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Hiking to Moon Gate with Friends

The initial plan was Chien Chern come to my house to fetch me go to Penang Hill Tram Station to fetch Arron, Chen Yuen, Yiphing and Sher Reen to Botanical Garden, then hike up to Penang Hill and eat some ice kacang, then take the tram down and sit Arron’s car back to Botanical Garden for Chien Chern’s car. But FAILED because the tram service was down for repair work. So sad man.

While at the tram station, while waiting for Arron them to come, Chien Chern and I got no place to go and simply drove around the area and found a temple. So we went in to take a look and I prayed.

The temple was pretty cool and it’s quiet in the morning. I saw monks at there.

In the end, all two car drove to Youth Park and hike up to Moon Gate and come back down. It’s still exercise afterall but we were quite late at that time, it’s almost mid-morning already.

Moon Gate is a stop at the hill for resting. The trail up to the place where I always go hiking with my mom. It’s pretty fun and sometime can see monkey at there.

I did check how long the trail was before, it’s about 2km and it’s not very tall, around 230m above sea level and took us like half and hour. Wonder how long will it takes for us to climb the Mount. Kinabalu tallest in South East Asia.

Sher Reen, Yiphing.

I have got no food up there and at that kind of time, there’s no water service too, so I drank tap water up there, hopefully it’s clean. =) Feeling a little bit of hungry, Arron gave me a bite of his prepared sandwich. Thank you.

Chien Chern.

Spent like 30 minutes up there, crapping and shouting after other people went down, so at a moment, it’s only us up there. Very not quiet but a bit creepy. But soon, there’s hiker came up again and we turned our voice down. If you go hiking during the evening, there’s nice kopi-o to drink, music and many people up there, quite happenings.

Stim look with Arron.

There’s my respectful Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s photo. Rocks.

We wanted to go Penang Hill still, but no luck connecting it to there. There’s still a route at the back of Moon Gate, but no sure where it leads to. A little bit scary. Haha.

Nice view from some part of the hill.

We then went down under the hot sun. Very surprise and now only I know there’s still people go hiking almost noon. It’s like peopl
e go there at anytime of the day, don’t know night got or not.

February 6, 2010
My 2010 New Year Eve in Penang

Some friend must be thinking, “isn’t my new year’s eves are always in Penang (my hometown)?” Pretty wrong, last year I spent my New Year’s Eve at a cold and people-not-enjoying-new-years-eve place and that’s Guangzhou.

People at there don’t really interest in New Year or New Year eve, Chinese there are more to Chinese New Year, but so New Year Day is still a national public holiday. Still remember that I spent my day touring Guangzhou and at night counting down in the hotel room, watching Hong Kong’s great fireworks from the idiot box. It’s still fun though, because I was traveling. =D

Same thing as Christmas Eve’s morning, I woke up then went for dim sum at the same dim sum house. I don’t know whose idea it was, it’s just “IT’S DIM SUM AGAIN!”.

They as in Yiphing, Chai Wei, Chien Chern and Chen Yuen went back to their places and would be meet in the afternoon. As for me, I went for college hunting to ask info about studies. Went to The One, Disted and Equator and still I’ve got no decision in my mind. I am going to wait for my result in March already. I think I’ll go to a college whichever needed to pay the less.

Then went to meet Anthony, my tuition teacher at his new place, big renovation was going on because he wanted to remove all the wall in his new house. Seems interesting and just stayed there for a while and listen to his ideas on the interior design.

After college hunting, I actually got no place to go. I was supposed to go meet my friends at her house and I was in the middle of her house and my house, thinking should I go home for a rest or not. After thinking for a little bit, decided to spend the whole day out and only go back home at midnight. Save petrol by not going back and out. Hehe.

Very lame, we were suppose to think what to do and where to go at Yiphing’s house but in the end, we spent the whole afternoon at her house, crapping mostly and eat instant noodle. Thank you Yiphing for the instant noodle. At one time, I don’t know what we were screaming and shouting until the neighbour came complain, it means seriously that the place need better noise insulation. =D

Shit, act gay.

6pm came and in one car, I was the driver, we went to Queensbay Mall to check out the countdown concert. Unfortunately, there’s no Yiphing here, it’s only me, Chien Chern, Chen Yuen and Chai Wei. Mom keep telling me that it would be very jam around the area but what I saw was smooth traffic, just like the Chinese always says One Road Smooth Wind, which means move smoothly all the way.

The concert was starting at 8 and it was like 6.30pm when we arrived. It seems like there’s no crazy fans waiting at the front line, since there’s nothing to see yet, we went into Queensbay Mall and roam around, without sense of direction and shops to go or things to buy.

My favourite thing to do is standing in front of any of the Mac, iMac biggest screen 27″ preferably, turn on Photo Booth program and make fun, then bluetooth all the photo for self-storage. =D Very lame right? It’s a form of my entertainment when I found Apple’s computer at the store. We spent like half an hour at there and took quite many photos. Hopefully no one were laughing at us and the Apple people didn’t even want to bother us.

Accidentally bumped up with Mxdoing Min Xiang and his friend Sammy, they were going for a movie instead.

Very sad that after playing so long at the Photo Booth and walking the whole mall, the concert still not yet started. The MC were just interacting with the people. I don’t have the Rock’s Zone ticket, so I didn’t bother to go in early.

Very lame, we went into the mall again. I went to get my camera batteries because I was scared that my camera will run die if I keep on shooting useless stuff.

It’s dinner time after that. Almost all restaurant in Queensbay Mall are not very low priced, so we went out of Queensbay Mall and found Mommy Wang at the opposite. Not very low priced too, but do serves not-bad Taiwanese food.

After dinner for sure would be the concert time! Since we have got no ticket, we stand pretty far from the stage and only can see from the screen. I didn’t have a zoom lens, so not thinking of photo shooting that time. Just enjoying the crowds and music.

It’s a Chinese concert, organized by local Chinese commercial radio 988, there’s 2 Taiwanese singer (Tank and Power Station) and many local artists and what I was waiting for was the Taiwanese singer only. =D They came out at the very end of the concert for countdown of new year.

Met Alvin there.

Then P1 Wimax were giving out a lot of air banger but it’s lousy, it goes airless after a few bangs.

Cheong Kin were there too!

After Tank came out on stage and sang many many song, I really meant many, maybe he is popular so the whole half and hour was given to him, then we went somewhere near backstage to wait for the fireworks. Power Station took the stage on after that, and they were counting down for it. Found no where to sit, it’s everyone, and since the road was block, we sat on the floor. ^^

5-4-3-2-1. Yoyoyo, happy new year!

Didn’t have a tripod with me so I can’t shoot nice fireworks photo. I took them handheld at a slow speed. The fireworks was not very awesome, it’s like 10 minutes long only.

Amanda the blogger was there too!

And met Lester, Emily and Jameson.

The night had not end yet, the most shitty thing was queuing up to pay parking ticket, the line was half and hour long and after paying, the whole carpark was a massive jam, takes another half and hour to get out. Scary. I was thinking that won’t I have to repay my parking ticket because I exceeded the time limit after paying the parking ticket and not out of the mall, but it’s not a problem already because there’s guard collecting ticket and need not insert into the barrier machine again.

It’s only jam at Queensbay Mall carpark, the road outside was smooth. The night then ended with a supper at Upper Penang Road. Then it’s home everyone. Happy Chinese New Year for now! Haha.

February 3, 2010
Chung Ling High School 2009 Graduation Day, Before Official Ceremony

This post was supposed to be updated during the school holiday last year in December, I was so busy and forgetful, so before I’ve forgotten, I gonna write it up and share with you guys. As you know, I am no longer in high school right now, I’ve graduated from my lovely Chung Ling High School and doing nothing right now, waiting for SPM result and will be going to college soon.

Sad? Yeah, but still life has to move on. High school was fun and have to say that it’s the most fun schooling part in life, better than primary school or kindergarten, I am not sure about college or university but for sure, I’ll still make fun and enjoy every part of it. =) So guys and girls out there who are still in high school, please enjoy every moment and study hard for it, it’s short, it’s the only time where you need not to worry about other stuff, people make decision for you, you just need to study and play. That’s the two thing.

In November 2009, the school have a graduation ceremony for the Form 5s (me), Upper Sixth Form and the Year Six students of Chung Ling (Independent). This day was an exciting day to me, I thought I will be sad, but all my mind were fill with “Let’s take photos, let’s take photos and see you”. It’s not really the last day for us to meet because the days after, we had a week of school and 9 days of SPM.

If I were to sad, it will be already few weeks before, thinking of high school was going to end soon. Anyway, that day was fun. For the first time, I woke up pretty early and meet up a few friends, Shaun, Jin Sheng, Hock Sheng, Tee Jin, Shi Jie, Young Hean, Yong Chieh at Greenlane McDonald’s at around 6am for a breakfast before going to school. It’s just for fun, not really for eat. I don’t have appetite when I wake up early in the morning.

Then off to school. See a lot of cars and I have to park my car far far away at the back of the school. The front car park were closed for VIPs and teachers’ cars have to move to the back. All students have their tie on, good hair styles and teachers were in good look too, make ups and nicely dress. Once in my lifetime, yearly in teachers’ lifetime.

Playing with my camcorder.

The official ceremony starts at around 9am, I reached school at around 7am and the atmosphere was noisy. Everyone was just talking and busy taking photos so as the post goes on, you will see many photos of handsomes, not saying me. And friends, sorry if I missed out your photos because I took too many photos that day and won’t be posting it out. Though, you still can check out your photos at my Flickr set.

Chee Pherng and me. Same class twice, 1T9/2005 and 5SA1/2009.

Yan Duan and Chun Ping.

Tee Jin, Jin Jie, Me, Jin Sheng, Yong Chieh, Shaun, Peng Sheng, Xiang Foong, Shi Jie.

Lames. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Serious.

Wei Chung.

Chun Min, Kai Yang, Me. Kai Yang same class twice too, 1T9/2005, 5SA1/2009.

Jing Min, primary school mate, same class 1T9/2005, 5SA1/2009, Tee Jin, same class 3TA4/2007, 4SA5/2008, 5SA1/2009.

Jing Min, Jin Sheng, same class 4SA5/2008, 5SA1/2009, aka muscle man.

Most humorous monitor of all time, Juan Shong.

Yong Chieh, the black one.

Young Hean, basketball pro.

Tick Sern, same class in 2TA4/2006, 5SA1/2009. A siao kia.

Zhong Lin, same class 2 times. 3TA4/2007 and 5SA1/2009.

Adrian, very nice person, good and most friendliest prefect and musician too.

Min Zhi and Merritt, same tuition before.

Peng Sheng, same class in 1T9/2005, 2TA4/2006, 4SA5/2008, 5SA1/2009.

Guan Thye, same tuition during primary school.

Xin Khai, same class once in 1T9/2005, Jing Min, Jeffrey and me.

Too many names.

Beng Tian, all time-siao kia.

Photo with neighbouring class, 5SA2.

Aw Chen Yuen.

Special request by 5SA2.

They said want to be shown on blog, so here it is.

Bernard, Fei Wen, Ee Heong and me. Same class once before, 3TA4/2007.

Same class once before. Daniel, Liang Sun, Arron, Me, Tall Fangs, Simon Cheong and Xiu Xin. 4SA5/2008.

Ren Yu who was same class in primary school before and Hua Ken who was same class before in 4SA5/2008.

Top student in school, tennis state player, Gerald Wu.

Same class before in 4SA5/2008. Yi Fan and Kuan Ho.

Yu Jin, my partner in Graduation Magazine, and Barrie, tuition mate during primary school.

5SA1 with Andy Loh, left beside me.

Same class in 3TA4/2007. Tih Liang and Kang Yi.

Hua Ken, Shaun, me and Khai Hern.

Wei Lee, me and Gerald who sat in front of me in class.

January 27, 2010
A While at Kuan Yin Temple

So many bad and sad things happened lately, the dragon boat tragedy, I got food poison and went into the hospital, and camera gear spoil. Mom asked me to go to the temple for a pray for good luck and good in everything. Chinese New Year is coming and I also hoped that I will have good luck all the time.

Long time didn’t go Kuan Yin temple already. The last time, was like before SPM which we were having temples hopping in Penang.

Flock of birds.

So last week, I went there with Arron and Chien Chern. Bought praying materials and went to pray in the temple. The whole process took like 15 minutes.

Chien Chern.

Pitt Street in Chinese name, literally means Foot Of Coconut Street.

Arron.

After pray, I went home. Very fast, and very short while. Didn’t spend much time out there because it was getting late and I don’t want to be stuck in the traffic jam.

January 24, 2010
Day Out At Gurney Plaza with Alvin Ng, Chien Chern and Arron Lim

Now is holiday to me, always go here and go there, I don’t feel boring because I still got a lot of thing to and want to do. Going out with friends is just part of it, I don’t want to waste so many money out also.

“Burn” money is fun as they said, but I don’t have that much money to burn, lots of gadget, camera lens, clothing are in my wishlist and shopping list, so I have a lot of saving to do. Do support my sponsors on the sidebar too. =) I didn’t look for part time job also, but then keep hoping that I can earn more from my blogging job. Anyway, still got to thank all of you for supporting my blog everyday.

One day, I forgotten when, I went out to Gurney Plaza with the usual friends, Arron Lim, Alvin Ng and Chien Chern. THey are my buddies, so don’t be surprise to always see them appear here in my blog. Most people have already go to college or are working, so I only left this few friends that keep “burning” money everyday, doing nothing, “sang” here and there.

Tell you a fun place to take photos in Gurney Plaza and that is Nichii boutique. Although the place sells all women’s clothing, but then you still can go in to take photos. The lighting is good and camera is allowed, not like other shop that don’t allow people to take photos. Very uncomfortable with that kind of shop.

Sexy mannequin’s leg. =.=

Pretty lame we were, we went to the fourth floor where there’s coin game machine for very very little children. We went to put in coin and play, the helicopter and merry go around. I am too small enough to fit in those game machine. =D Frankly, I didn’t try this when I was small.

Chien Chern acting cute.

We then have afternoon tea at a cafe named Downtown Cafe, a budget eating place in Gurney Plaza, hidden at the fourth floor in front of BEST electronic store. Most workers at Gurney Plaza go there to eat.

LOL.

January 24, 2010
Breakfast at Mandarin Cafe

Now is holiday to me, because I don’t go to school and I don’t go to work. Everyday just, sit back, relax and enjoy, it’s kinda fun, you don’t really get much time after I get back into school or work. Now is the time between graduated from high school and waiting for result. After studying for 11 years, primary and secondary school, this 3 months break is good.

Some friends have already went into college, some got themselves a job, and some are still like me, doing nothing, in a holiday mood. You say like that good or not?

Stim look.

Last friday morning, went to jogging with a few friends, nice to sweat. Then we went to breakfast at Mandarin Cafe which is located at Island Glades.

Got talk got smile, we eat and we talk. Spent the whole morning at there, because we just didn’t know where to go next. I was with Chien Chern because he car pooled me and became my “driver” for the day.

Wasting petrol is no good and it’s destroying the environment with carbon. So car pooling is good, or the best, public transport. =D But ever since I have got my driving license, I seldom take the public bus anymore, seldom. I kinda miss the days when I was on the Rapid Penang bus, I can surf the net on the bus somemore.

Alvin the camera boy.

Always is this two appear in my blog.

Same pose always.

Cool!

But anyhow, drive or public transport? By the way, second question to my friends, are you studying now or working or doing nothing like me?

January 21, 2010
Christmas 09 at Jelutong Night Market

I know it’s already 2010 but I still have so many things to share with you guys in 2009 man. Back to Christmas Day 09, it’s pretty lame and spontaneous day, but yet fun and interesting. No sense of direction and plans to go and ended up at a night market at night.

I thought after going to Nautilus Bay, Gertak Sanggul, dropped Chaiwei home then I will be home, only then I realized that that day was Friday and there’s night market on every Friday night, so last minute decided to go take a tour and dinner at the night market.

We were there early, so we went to Yiphing‘s place for a sit first before the night falls and the night market starts. Talked and prank called Chien Chern before going to the night market, pretty lame.

It’s very happenings, very crowded on a Christmas night, but then the walk way is very narrow and I don’t like. Feels like pushing all the way and keep moving on, hard to stop by and see something. Perhaps Farlim’s night market is funner, but then I still like happening place.

It’s always the same thing, clothing, junk food, hawker food, accessories but no pirated DVDs.

Met Andy and Ammerlynn at the night market, they joined us for Hokkien noodle and Char Koay Kak which I think they’re so-so only, I know better one at other place.

Then try to camwhore a bit but always failed and took a lot of shot. The whole night street, it’s just keep flashing, flashing and flashing, everyone was like looking at us and I didn’t care and we were in the middle of the road. LOL.

Take 1: Failed, because no Chai Wei.

Take 2: Failed, because Chai Wei’s face was too big and Andy was out.

Take 3: Failed, because Chai Wei didn’t look at the lens.

Take 4: Failed because Andy out of focus a bit and Chai Wei was out again.

Take 6: Passed (a bit). ALL IN!

Happy new year. Haha

January 17, 2010
Back From Hospital 2 Days Ago, SUCKS

Two day Thailand trip, a lot of Thai spicy and sour and delicious food, many tomyam and seafood, then I fell sicked. Life sucks man. It’s not just sick, it’s very sick until I have to suffer in the hospital. I came back home with a fever, took paracetamol, went to bed then wake up still hot. Then I rested whole day at home and it got even hotter at night and as high as 39 degree cel and I had to go to the hospital, I was afraid of dengue or H1N1.

So sad that they admitted me in. I had not only fever but also diarrhea. I suspected food poisoning but doctor never mentioned a word about food poisoning.

One night passed, body cool down but still abnormal and that’s really WTF and FML because doctor wanted me to stay for another night in the hospital to monitor. Hate it so much. It’s so boring, and not comfortable with the pack of glucose going into a needle into my blood, the not-nice-sleep at night, the lousy food, the lousy Internet connection and the small TV. Bad bad bad.

Mom brought me the laptop but only get to go online for a while because the Internet connection very lousy. Always disconnected one and need to wait a while only can reconnect again.

Anyway, still have to thanks Yiphing, Arron, Chien Chern, Tee Jin, Alvin, Wei Chung, Yong Chieh and Fang Juinn came to find me and talk or else I will be bored till knock on the wall. Time passes very slowly at there, you can’t imagine how slow it is.

I also want to thank my daddy and mommy keep on coming by too, else I will be so lonely. Hehe.

On the second night, I keep on praying that my shit turn saturated and no more hotness for my body. I want saturated shit and no more diarrhea, it’s really suck if it continues. Luckily, everything turned good in the next morning.

The only thing was I didn’t really got a good night sleep. I slept pretty late because I couldn’t fell asleep and the stupid nurse wake me up at 7.30am and asked me not to sleep, saying the doctor will be here soon. WTF, the doctor only came by at around 10am. So shit man.

Doctor discharged me and I need to wait for the bill and medication for another 2 hours in the hospital room. Bored till……. I am so fine now and I advise you to take care of yourself, everyone. =) Hospital sucks.

January 16, 2010
Went to AEON Jusco Seberang Prai City

AEON Jusco Seberang Prai City is actually a shopping mall on the mainland of Penang. I think it’s pretty new, like opened few years back only and it’s big. Always wanted to go check it out but didn’t really get a chance, dad always forgotten to bring us go so this time I went with Alvin, Arron, Chien Chern and Tee Jin while we were at Butterworth during the holidays.

I actually accompanied them to check out a job interview. Then after the job thing, we got no where to go, so we hop on one of the Rapid Penang bus which took us to the AEON Jusco Seberang Prai City mall.

I’ve forgotten to note the bus number but it’s pretty easy to get on. At the Penang Sentral, also the bus terminal on the mainland, just check out bus that has place list with Jusco and that’s it. Get on for almost a 45 minutes trip to reach there.

Nice building. What’s that?

Not near, it’s pretty far, but I believe you can reach faster if you drive there. Consult Google Maps on how-to. That’s what I always do. While on the bus, we passed a lot of kampungs, small padi fields, a lot of trees and many unknown sub-urban place.

We saw the AEON mall in sight and press for bell to alight. The mall is almost the same like the one that I’ve visited in Johor Bahru, the AEON Jusco Tebrau City.

It’s long inside, shop lots are big, they keep on saying it’s like Queensbay Mall and there’s only 3 floors with quite many standard shops too.

LOLs.

The place is not bad, quite standard but something very scary is that it’s so quiet when we were there. It’s like one of the weekday in December and there’s only little little people. This place is built in a very ulu (suburban) place and nobody comes on weekday. Deserted a bit already.

After having afternoon tea slash lunch at there, we went out to find bus and go back to the ferry terminal. There’s food outlet there, but all expensive expensive and we were budget eater, so forced to eat at their food court, just same like the other Jusco food court like at Queensbay Mall.

Took the ferry back to Penang island. Island sweet island. ^^

January 15, 2010
Found Beng Tian at a Computer Store

Still remember Beng Tian? If you do read my blog from long ago, like since when I was Form 4, you will always see this person appear in my blog post. He is Beng Tian. Few days ago, I found him working at a computer store at Midland Park.

Don’t you think the uniform is very LOL?

January 13, 2010

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