Bridge & Prologue

Hello. After playing MIA for most of this sem, me back now. It is a busy sem and nothing really special happened along the way. Hence the not-so-long-lah-hiatus. Probably joined the writers guild's strike in the US.

Semester's gonna end and at a furious, turbo-powered speed. Assignments and presentations just sucked your soul out like the Death Eaters Dementors of Harry Potter series.

Then there is a break. I don't care what you call it. Skipping classes for once a year is of almost squeaky clean record. The point is... I needed one.

So I am/was back in Penang (depends when you read this post), for Christmas. A break. Relaxing and having fun.

How fun, you asked. Maybe the pics for the next post will tell. Hehe. Trailer maa.

Till then, I just want to live.

Blardy Virus

Movie and series themes are so into the infection hype nowadays. Suddenly, fictional diseases are everywhere, infecting everyone and then, the heroes (the most common explanation of these people is that they are immune, every single one of them) came about slashing and gun-totting all those who are f*cked-up by the virus. Basic protocol.

Among them:

Resident Evil

The current trilogy is focus on the -turn-you-into-zombie-T-virus. By the time of the third installment, zombies are lurking every single corner of the deserted world, leaving a few pathetic hopeless humans defending themselves. Didn't mind Milla/Alice on killing spree tho. Ooo. Hot.

28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later

Here, the so-called Rage Virus reigns, turning people into blood-spewing zombies (again). Same consequences (deserted London, infected people). Similar heroes (they just can't die, can they?).

Heroes

Even the popular TV Series caught up with the disease. Season 2 is currently focusing into a virus with a cute name. Shanti virus is spreading at its initial stage. Peter saw the aftermath tho. And as the series title suggest, guess who are fighting them?












Peter: Er....so is this the T-virus, Rage or Shanti? I'm confused......

And there is also Outbreak, Twelve Monkeys, Virus (Japan) and to certain extend, Blade.
And so on and so forth.
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Was suppose to read socio-cultural comm. literatures and complete an assignment that links concepts and terms. Guess this is a warm-up, huh? How bored and senseless..

Swimming and Sex Don't Match, Mind You...

The bed is where couples make out and a place where every single part of the body is touched sensitively and where cheesy romantic I-Love-Yous are expressed to each other.

The swimming pool is where people go for a swim. Full stop.

But some just don't know which setting they are suppose to be when it comes to the make-out part.

I don't oppose public affections and I am definitely not jealous.

But if somebody is doing it right in front of your lane and obstructing and diverting your attention at the same time and don't even care to notice, it will be a different story right?

So what did I do?

I pulled off my goggles, showed them my pissed off face, showed them my middle finger X2 and tell them to "fuck off and get a room!"

I am sorry. Wrong transmission from my brain to the hand.

In fact, actually I DO want to do that, its just the, erhem, very very polite and angelic me is telling me to smile and say "Excuse me. Thanks. Have a nice day. And oh I recommended safe sex. And go girl, get laid. Way to go dude. Pfftt."

Somehow, judging by the way they are smothering each other, I felt that they are going to pollute the pool anytime soon.

Of course, the obvious action, or rather reaction, is to get off the pool immediately.


And yes, they definitely need a room. Another day ruined. Thanks, you pathetic and desperate bastards.

Online and Cruising

I am back. Back to the usual ways of sitting in front of my personal desktop, cruising and serving through the internet at my own pace, relieved of the hectic and will-make-u-deaf-shouts-and-curses CC atmosphere that had been haunting me for the past few months in KL. I am so back.

And for now, for nooww, I would like to thank iZZinet for that. Yes, for now.

Because they supply you with internet connection immediately right after you subscribe (and of course paid a hefty amount of cash). It is so immediate that I hardly believe that I was returning back to electronic civilization once again. As for suckmyx, why bother.

Lately, alternatives for broadband internet had been booming like mushrooms in M'sia. It is just that many of us that are ignorant of it and probably the infinite blinding amount of ads by TM that causes them to monopoly the internet sector.

And it is time to look beyond and change.

Apart from iZZi, 3G technology is becoming popular here, with the mobile operators here offering much choices, but of course with limited access here and there. Then, there is are some companies like Jaring and Time, which provide similar services, albeit, yet again, limited access.
And so on, so on blah blah blah. Point is, just browse around and we can find these options available and consider the best for your area of access.

To further know what is good for you, it is always advisable to read and post questions in forums. It serves the information that we need to know, instead of just being influenced by the sometimes exaggerated and tempting promotion that the salesperson offered.

Back to iZZi, it is a good, if not better, alternative to Streamyx. Considerable speed, 1.0Mbps (of course it's on best effort policy), claimed to be throttle-free for downloading and stable connections (prior to this blog). The major roadblock is definitely the paying system, which they require customers to pay 12 months upfront.

Apart from the mess-up part, it can be considered if you are frustrated with the very "stable" connection of wired broadband service or simply waiting too long to get the service or you are living too high up to get 3G mobile broadband.

Please note this is no advertisement or being overly-critical, just giving my two cents. Will update to give more feedback on this.

Kill Time Stories

Boring la....

Most of the time here, I was killing off my arse's cells by gluing it on a hard wooden chair. Bad choice I know. But there is seriously nothing I can do about. Most of my friends just went "poofed". I can't play football. And I am demoted to this particular chair most of the time. Boohoohoo.

And so I begin my series and movies killing spree.

Starting the list is the notorious Prison Break Season 3












Intertitle of PB S3. Looking through the fence is Penitenciaria Federal de Sona.

Season 3 started off where the oh-so-draggy Season 2 left off. And the tinkerman Scofield is once again in prison, albeit a worse one. In Sona, it is a very merdeka place, meaning that it is self-governed by the thugs inside there, which at the very top of the hierachy is usually the Tai Lou, or the Boss. And it makes Season 1's Fox River looks like a 5-star hotel practically. As the name title suggested, Scofield is once again trying to break the prison. Guess they need to have a Guinness World Record for Most Prison Breaks for One Man to honour his achievement. With a not-so-new theme (breaking the prison, duh), new characters (Susan the Company Girl is hot!) and a slightly new theme song (more Latin-ish), I am not expecting something as draggy as Season 2.

Next on the list is the highly anticipated Heroes, in Season 2.















Wah..another eclipse?

Apparently, Sylar is not dead. Whatsmore, he's been promoted to the main cast. Guess evil people don't die so fast eh? So is Claire Bennett, or Petrelli, or recently-being-named Butler. No matter what her surname is now, glad she is still alive. XD. Apart from that, everybody else is suddenly getting busy four months after the major event in Season One. *Spoilers ahead* Nathan is busy getting drunk. Hiro is busy getting irritating. Noah and Claire are busy hiding. Kaito is busy getting killed. Matt Hear-Me-Out is busy getting promotion and Peter is busy getting naked. *spoilers ended here*. So get busy watching Heroes.

Meanwhile, I am anticipating for series such as 24, House, Bones and Supernatural. I needed those dose. Somebody offer me those please.

Apart from series, movies are also part of my life now. As a Malaysian, I have to expect that a whole damn bunch of movies are i)not going to land here anytime soon due to the national censorship's violence-boleh, kissing-a-big-no-no policy ii) going to show, but I am impatient and iii)already having trailers here, but seem to not to be shown anytime. But thanks to the Internet (you know where la to download), we are able to get those stuffs that are prohibited or heavily censored here.

Cashback is one that falls in category i). Personally, I think it is a nice love story with daring appearance of nudity here and there but not everywhere in the movie. But hey, it is nothing near to porn. Plus, it is a story about a painter. So the naked scenes can be the excuse/reason/inspiration as a form of art.

Apart from that, I recommended 1408, Sunshine,and Reign Over Me. 1408's a thriller which is horrific at the same time, Sunshine's a science fiction which is horrific at the same time, Reign Over Me's a drama which is not-at-all-horrific at the same time. But, what they share, personally, is their good plot and flowing storyline. So they are worth watching if you are stuck in your pitiful chair.

Of Special One and Footie

The hype of football this week is of course the dismissal of the "Special One". Jose Mourinho is special in many ways, not only of his tactical superiority on the field, but also his cockiness while having press conferences. To non-Chelsea supporters, he is the "Arrogant One".










The former "Special One", now the "Dismissed Through Mutual Consent One"

Off the pitch, his brawl with owner Roman had already hinted his fate. Though with talent, politics still played an important role on his departure, added by the excuse of the recent "disappointing" results. And now, Chelsea will be under the vulture-face unknown and uncredited Avram Grant, who lost to Man U on his first charge of the game. Predictable anyway, given that the they lost their Special One. Jose must be laughing his ass out on his heir.

Elsewhere, Liverpool show that their same old demeanor, with yet another boring draw. Somehow they think that they can claim glory by keeping their goal clean, instead of winning the game. Arsenal made their priorities right, with five goals overpowering doomed Derby, and adding the icing above their cake, their players are so young that their average age is well below 25, with the oldest player aging only 27, on that particular day. And I know that my cousin brother is smiling all the way.















Young and talented.

Abroad, Barcelona show why they are a talented bunch with victories over Lyon and Sevilla. Arch rival Real Madrid looses tempo with draw over promoted Valladolid. In Italy, all is peaceful as draws are the results for the top-teams.

Lastly, a farewell, once again, to Jose. Will miss your exaggerated quotes.

AD

Stands for Advanced Diploma. And it ain't easy.

Having five subjects is already tough by standards. And be it a coincidence, it has to be us, the 07/08 badge to be the historically first ever group to have English for Management in Advanced Diploma Level. Prior to this, we are already the first-ever for many things. First-ever to take PTS. First-ever to have Science in UPSR. First-ever to have crappy Literatures in PMR. First-Ever to have our SPM format nipped and tucked. And now this....Guess I (and many more others) are the world's finest guinea piggies to be tested at.

And now, my course got 6 subs to tackle with. And what makes me pig-dicked is of course the English subject. Who the hell still thinks that learning ABC is still needed in Advanced Diploma?

Two things I hated English in TARC is one..they are absolutely a waste of time, energy and money. EMSD had to admit that they do not provide quality English teachers with interesting topics for the subjects, which leads to the second reason....they have the tendency to set the standards so friggin' high, that people in the range of B is the majority. What? TARC students are really that bad huh? Do note I have friends who scored A1 in 1119 English and English being their primary speaking language getting B. Beyond imagination.

Enough rantings there. Subs that I had are Cognitive Psych., Politics and the Media, Theories of Personality, Research Methods in Behavioral Science (or whatever), useless English for Management and Pendidikan Moral (another dumbass subject).

Cog. Psy.
Its the usual lecturer with calibre (Miss Aggy Hooi), so it is interesting and informative as usual. Nothing special here. Just that psychology has become very abstract here, which is a lil' bit hard to do catch up if missed classes.

Politics and Media
Not of our field. And definitely a sucker, if not armed with background knowledge of Malaysian politics (shout out to the girls in my class, XD). It wasn't that bad, and it opens up your eye to the dirtiest place in Malaysia( and any part of the world).

Theories of Personality
Complicated and complex subject with a weirdo lecturer, with respect. "It is always advisable to be nice to first time lecturers, and not to expect too much from them" is the advice that we are suppose to go by. But by the end of the day, we made evaluations no matter how, and pitifully she was to be awarded the worst lecturer we got so far. Round of applause please. Claimed to have done public speaking and is supervisor-phobic ("Please stay in the class room, I know that we still got 30 minutes left, but if I let you guys go, the supervisor will know." Little did she know of stuff called evaluation forms.), got heart-attack when asked relevant but difficult questions and beats around the bush all the time. Overall, a subject doomed.

Research Methods.
As usual, statistics, reliability, validity, experiment, bias and charts comes to mind.

English for Management (see above comment)

Moral dan Etika
Pointless subject, but amazingly with a good lecturer.

Result wise, getting 3.5 will be priceless.

Note: Post inspired by song "How far we've come" by Matchbox 20

Graduation

I'm awake, I'm awake....after all these centuries...I am with an internet connection which is private enough and with a helluva time to bother with, albeit at home back at Penang.

The line that I registered 3 months back at KL? No sign o those bloody suckmyx mother f*ckers putting an effort to call me for installation....

Anyway, it is nice to be back in the rather chilling comfy sit back at home shweet home... its raining almost continuously out there and I have no plans to remove my stuck arse out of my chair....so here I am ready to blah blah blah about my dull boring life during the past, say, 3 months....

Couple of months ago, I attended my convo at TAR College.....and come to think o it...I graduated...that was fast for 2 years ya know...now i am a qualified counselor....

Here are some o the pics....
















Coursemates and me.....with then-fresh flowers..















Meet the parents (and sis) pic...

I was busy attending other's photo sessions, that I forgot to camwhore myself that day...XD...

And boy, I graduated...whatever...XD

Hiatus

To actually dedicate my centurion post to a hiatus was absolutely degradable.

But due to the circumstances, this is waht it is gonna be.
And that is thanks to the fucked-up TM management and its useless system. I DO actually wanted to bomb-up the non sensible booths that is everywhere outside the college.

Anyways, some updates....

-In Advance Dip. now. Psychology.

-Got my first C grade for diploma. An idiotic subject. Makes no sense. And that probably cost my chances for a scholarship. Pig dicked.

-Graduate with distinction. XD. Parents forced me to go for convo. =.=

-Living in Plaza Prima Setapak now. Nice place.

-Miss hostel. Not really the place. But the people there.

-Have not touched down in KLCC or any other shopping malls for the past 2 months. Pathetic I know.

-Ate more than ever. Suspecting second season of puberty.

-Thinking of Penang.

-Still single. *shakes head*

To sit in the CC and update a blog was not the sanest thing to do. Thus, the hiatus.
Will have to wait for the Suckmyx to come.

Final Score

Being the loosing side, its hard to compose this post...

While stronger than the 2005 squad, Liverpool still can't get past a bunch of old nasty looking mafias of Milan. It does make you question whether they are using the right tactics against a side who has now claimed its 7th European Cup.

The bunch of mafias....don't they look like one?

Alrite, alrite. From a neutral perspective, they did deserve to win, simply because they are the better team on the pitch. Defence are good, Gattuso snarling as usual, Kaka (the only bloke that does not fit in the Mafia-lookalikes team) creating beautiful chances and most important of all, Inzaghi scoring the goals, both. You look at it, and it seems to be a pretty organized team, which explains the cup.

As for Liverpool, sweeping some of the ineffective players and bringing new effective ones are essential if they want to win anything next season.

Till then, its summer hols for footie.

Aye, Captain!

Yohoho....Pirates are back..and after watching all the trailers, it sure consist a big bunch of them.
Pirates lords they called, and their crews. And of course, the Captain is back. Aye!



















Spooky Jack Sparrow...

This time around, as the story goes, Barbossa is going to save Sparrow, with lovebirds Swan and Turner getting cheesy once again on screen. Beckett and Davy Jones wants to eliminate the pirates through East India Trading Company. Sparrow and Barbossa gather all the king's men..sorry..pirates from the seven seas to counter back. Simple huh, the plot? Maybe. Will see.

And here we go again....another summer of sequels. Next, we have Shrek 3. Then, Harry Potter. Then, Mr. Bourne. Then, Rush Hour 3. Also starring Spidey 3....guess Hollywood ran out of ideas, but nevertheless, will enjoy it.

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And speaking of captains, two of them will lead their teams into The European Champions League Final in Athens. Gerrard and Maldini preparing their team for a showdown since the miraculous final in Istanbul 2 years ago.

Milan wants revenge. Liverpool wants another miracle. It is setting up so nicely. Two of the most prestigious clubs battling, yet again in 2 years, for glory.


















Another miracle? Or vengeance? Can't wait.

And as a Reds fan, I would say....Go grab the cup and shut Gattusso's mouth once and for all.

Dislocated

Just as I was going to execute my plan for a fit holiday. It came to a halt....















......with this.

And a big halt it is.

A dislocated knee. Hah!

It just took a split second. A sprint with the ball and a supposed-to-be-deceiving act of changing the direction was all it took to got my knee into the above condition. Guess the receptors were slow there.

















When analyzing the scenario after that (which you don't do when you are in immense pain during that moment), the ankle seems to play a bit-part role in causing the dislocation. Note that the ankle and the knee is linked through like this...












...and according to the pic, it does makes sense that both the knee and the ankle signed a deal to make my hols miserable.

I went for bone-setting by this Si-fu who had been essential in treating all my previous fractures (its called tie ta in Mandarin). It was a painful process. Least to say, it was torturous. The sifu just push to my limits where I can't really bent my already cacat-ed knees. In the end, I was left panting for breath and struggling to sense my leg.

And its all just because of a sprint and a change of direction, or was it misdirection?

Currently, I am able to walk, or rather, limp. Without crutches but with all those guards that you can find in Guardian. I felt so overly-protected.

Then again, for the sake of being able to walk properly again, I would do anything.

And I am considering "retirement" from football.

Hiros

This is Masi Oka from Heroes as Hiro Nakamura












At the centre, is my friend Vince....
















As Hiro wants to bend time and space, he did this...














And just so you think he's the only one who can do that...




















Holly COW! Exactly the SAME!! No?

Heroes

It's just amazing to think that a certain series that based it's theme on something that has been through ages can provide such an addictive dose in our lives.

Heroes...ain't that simple enough for a title? Dozens of movies, songs, music and TV shows had the equivalent name. And it shared similar theme with other shows such as X-Men and Mutant X. Having said that, the question is..why the series is causing an euphoria throughout the world?










Title card of Heroes.

It's a special series because it has Hayden Panettiere in it the story is in arcs (overall and small), which involves ordinary people discovering amazing abilities and their reaction to it....

.....aiya, does that make sense?

Actually, the show's addictive because at the end of every episode it shows the phrase "To Be Continued..." and you will be like, "Oi, wtf? Finish d ah? 45 minutes d meh?"














Ordinary people with amazing abilities....more like
Beautiful people with I-so-want-that-power-too abilites

I was skeptical when my friend introduce me the series like, "Dude, you watch "heroes"? You want ah?"

"Huh? Nice meh? Is it another show with superheroes flying around with weird, body-hugging, panties-outside costumes?"

" You just watch la. Nah, all inside this DVD.."

Since then, my world is so changed....












Hayden as Claire....I like. XD

And to think that I am just less than one week away from the season finale with the previous episode's cliffhanger and various previews and sneak peaks and teasers reminding me almost every moment, its torturous.

Just so that you haven't been catching up, I strongly recommended this series. Its so gonna hook you up, promised.















Please watch us show our abilities!

Naili's

The moment stepping inside this place, I knew I am going to love this place. It isn't some typical warung, though their origin was one. It might looked like a rundown place if you do not really sending your visual sensation into your perception, but if you really focus, you know this a place that is not something simple.
















The entrance

According to legend, it was originally a stall owned by two people selling nasi lemak and ubi rebus. Seven years on, they already have a restaurant so nicely decorated and furnished that you don't really can't imagine how their stall looked like 7 years ago.

Today, apart from the original stuff, they offered both Eastern and Western cuisines. Ranging from nasi gorengs to koey teows and to Fish N' Chips, it was amazing to think the achievement they worked for.
















A blurred image of a sampan right inside the place.
















The kampung-ish setting of seatings.

The whole place is practically kampung and beach themed. The wooden pondoks, bamboos (?), sampan's, surfing boards, carving arts. It gives a pleasurable and serene type of atmosphere for everyone dining there, in addition to soothing music of course.

As for the food, I haven't tried much, but would say that their food are crave-fulfilling. Not really heaven-like, just manageable to suit its atmosphere.























Western or Local

It was a promising place for yam cha session, only that to maintain such "wealthy lifestyle" is a suicide attempt in finance management.

Verdict:
Worth trying out.
Food: Can eat la.
Atmosphere & Settings: Top notch
Serving time: Not in the Tortoise speed category.
Price: walan yea expensive....for a student like me that is.

Twenty

Its almost ten thousand years ago since I update the blog. And gosh, I've passed so many milestones during my absence.

For instance, my birthday almost one month ago.

And now...I am no teen anymore.

No big deal here. It's just age. Something that we will not loose, unlike money. In fact, it will just add, instead of deduct.

And here comes 20, they say. Old liao lo, no more teen liao lo, one more year can go Genting casino liao lo, one more year can go in Zouk liao lo.....yada...

Honestly, not into those stuff.

Anyway, I would like to thank my coursemates and hostelmates and any other friends and relatives for reminding how old I am already. The two cakes that I got was incredibly delicious. And thanks for the multi-lingual b'day songs that probably rung in my head the whole night after hearing it for 3 hours per day.

And my b'day wish? Secret la, tak boleh tell.

In fact, I was so busy swinging from mamaks to cafes that I forgot to note such memories in my camera. So no pics here. Just appreciations. 'Nuf I guess.

Will definitely update blogs often from now....if I am motivated enough.
Promise that.

Present

Hectic schedule for 3rd sem almost condemned this blog. Thank god some sub-conscious memory reminded me that. And speaking of which....

Prior to my birthday, I got my earliest present possible. A far far away one. From Liverpool actually.

And their present is....

A 4-1 demolishing of Arsenal. How sweet.

Not that I have any grudge on them. But considering the fact that they had beaten Liv for 3 successive games this season, the fight back is definitely needed. And Liverpool just found the right time to proceed with it.

I was skeptical at first to go for the live telecast, considered the fact that my previous 2 visits were disasters. Anyhow, I made it to BRJ. 5 minutes gone, and the first goal was in. Oh, well. Not that I was being un-supportive, but usually, Liverpool got this trend against big clubs that when they scored early, they lost.


















The celebration begins since 5 minutes to the game.

That wasn't the case today. Bless them.

By 35 minutes, the second goal went in. Now that's rare, but I am beginning to enjoy it.
Arsenal tried to hit back and they did. But the moment they hit the bar twice in 10 minutes, I knew that today will not be their day.

















The second goal.

The third goal went in and I was thrilled. Hands up high.
















The third goal

Arsenal got a consolation goal before Crouch completed his hat-trick to make it four- one.
Now thats football. XD














The fourth and final goal.




















The feel good factor.


And that is the perfect gift for my birthday. For now.
So if u guys got a whole lot better present for me, don't be shy to drop by. Hint hint.

Heh.

Right

" So, u guys wanna watch movies now?"

"Er..No!"

"Nah...jz watching episodes..."

"Oh ok....I'm coming!"


















Now, it did sound normal.

Only this time, it ain't a trip to a cinema or theater with someone you prefer to go with.

The world is full of idiots, fools and bastards that don't have the most basic instinct of sensing and perceiving others' most obvious non-verbal behaviour that even a twitch of the mouth that would have probably murdered a nearby cat. In short, they are ignorant.

Of course it wouldn't be a problem if you are the only one who dislike a person to watch episodes or movies or porn with you. The solution is you don't have to. Simple.

But buuutt....
The destination is somewhere that you called it as your home, where you have the right to preserve how it is going to be, who is coming in, where things should be, when people are allowed to step inside. You have the right to prevent god damned intruders forcing themselves into a home without the consent of the rightful owner.

Yes, blame me for the failure of exercising that right. Blame me for being compliant. Blame me for being weak. Blame me for having no courage to speak out my mind.

Then again, most people just take rights for granted. Some abused them. Some overused them.

Whichever side you are in or with, it tells you that rights aren't something easy to deal with. Just picture the scenarios of the people that had been fighting for human rights like since forever and the people who had been compressing them.

Still...
I really would have like to brake a bone or two or maybe the whole fucking structure of the next foolish being that steps into my room without me saying yes. Hear that, bastards!

Out.

Chinese New Year Part 2

I so much want to skip this blog....but thx to my irrationalness and stupidity, I labeled "part one" in the previous blog, and it ain't a custom for me to see something cliff-hanging there. So, what the hell?

Part 2 is mostly about the Ti Kong's b'day, which is a big deal for Hokkien people. It falls on the 9th day of CNY.



















This is definitely NOT how TheeKong celebrate b'day.
















The actual visual of how it is done.

Lots of stuff was offered. Fruits, kuihs, chicks and ducks(literally, mind you) and occasionally one whole roast pig.

The preparation was long. It took almost the whole evening to set up the stuff. And by midnite, the ritual begins. Praying, burning of hell (or in this case, Jade Emperor's) notes, and of course, feast.

















Practically, the ritual is to seek blessings from the Jade Emperor.
As for how the ritual begins and mostly limited to the Hokkien ethnic, read HERE.

Traditionally, my family had always did it at my uncle's house. This time around, according to mom, we did it in our house to have more blessings. Oh well.

As I was busy taking pics, my cam beeped and indicated low batt. =.=///
So I missed the bonfire and all the post-ceremony situations. Darn. Next time around la.

And so here I ended my long breath CNY account. Writing festive blogs are tedious, especially after the mood's gone.

Out.

Chinese New Year Part One

It's always sweet to be back in Penang (or wherever ur hometown is) during CNY. I really sympathize friends who had to stay continents away during the festive season. Sooner or later it might happen to me, but for now I am still enjoying it here. Blek!

Anyway, this is how my CNY for the year of the Piggy goes....

Prelude to CNY

Ever since I moved to Kay Lel, holidays before CNY is always dedicated to meeting lau peng yews. There are soo many of them, ur kampung one, ur primary school one, ur secondary school one, ur kindergarten one....
It is when all gatherings is to be held, because people most probably come back for CNYs.




















Kel's place. Poor guy departing right before CNY.
















Secondary school gathering. No babes allowed! XD

Then of course those small small gatherings, like going-for-movies or jz simply sit-at-on-a-padang-and-kap-siao types.

And not forgetting people who needs to depart from Penang to stuff their brains with tons and tons of knowledge. To you guys I sympathize.
























Will miss u guys definitely.

CNY Eve.

Also known as Chu Xi in mandarin. It is time to start gatherings with families.
















Dad (in blue) with uncles.

The eve is always about family gathering and eating together. Due to overload of people (my grand dad had 11 kids, imagine that...), we don't do it in Arthur-and-his-knights-of-the-round-table-style. We just scatter all over the house to eat. Well, as long as you are in the house and as long as u can hear others shouting ur name from the kitchen, it is still considered that we gathered, right?

As I mentioned, Chu Xi is about family and food. So there are tons of food here.
















All these years, we did steamboat each and every time. It's been the custom for my family like since forever.






























One thing good about doing a steamboat is that you can take as many rounds as you want. Jz add in what you craved to eat into the pot for a while later, u can get what u want. One more advantage is that, as my auntie quote, we are a bunch of sharks, we need a helluva lot of food. So, steamboat is of course the best option.

Chinese New Year

The actual day(s) are of course about saying Gong Xi Fa Cai and receiving ang pows. It is always a bonus to have lots of relatives who are already married. More married relatives = more ang pows. Hehe.
















Of course it comes with a price. Visiting relatives for me had to be done for 4 to five days. It is exhausting, traveling practically the whole island.

But then again, think ang pows and exhaustion will be gone. XD

To be continued.....