Onion-kun

Emoticon has now become a part of the online communities and I have a particular liking to one...

I have been using it as my avatar in one of the forum (Klang Community eSpace) that I am participating and changed it quite frequently until this recent one that I have been using for quite some times...

Showing me working hard under pressure... :P

Also, if you have a look at my profile, you can see that I have change it as well with one of the emoticon.

So, now, let me introduce to you, my favourite emoticon... Onion-kun aka Abo aka Onion-Tou.

Bye bye...

I am so happy to see you...

Blank...

At a crossroad...

Relaxing in a hotspring

A football fanatic

I would say that he is darn cute and he has a girl friend too...

Her name is Meiya aka Onion-Mei, which I find her very beautiful too...

Meiya

How they looks like together when they are 'lepaking'...

They are good performers as well. Here they are having their concert for the onion club.

Learning the Unconventional Way

One of the greatest thing that can happened to a Malaysian is the ability to learn and understand many, many languages that is spoken in the world.

Basic languages like Malays Language, English and Mandarin is always like a second nature to many Malaysian. Dialets for the Chinese and Indian communities have also been absorb into our daily vocabulary with the overflowing slangs that we use everyday.

Other languages are not being left out as they have been making a lot of impact to our daily life. Language such as Japanese, Korean, Spanish and French are here to stay, thanks to globalization and of course, the Internet, for making all this possible in the first place.

Learning these languages can be very hard if you do not have the right method, but then again, the right method for you may not be the right method for others...

I have basic understanding on Japanese language due to the language classes that I took back in my years in univ but to speak basic Japanese, I would say that I learn from watching anime. I am still at the beginning but I do have a friend that can speak better Japanese language than me just by watching anime to learning Japanese language.

Honto ni??? (Really?? in Japanese)

Yes, I am not bluffing...

Sweat it Out

Playing badminton is one of the best way to sweat it all out after a hectic day/week at work.

I have stopped my badminton session for about 6 month and I have just joined back with my badminton group recently.

It was kinda hard initially, having "lost" most of my "stamina" and "touch" after stopping for so long but after 4 weeks of "training", I have already recovered 60% of my "stamina" even though the touch is still so-so...

Yet, it really feels good having the chance to play more and more games in one session. I still remember my first session early this month. I could hardly finished two games and by the time I get back home, most if not all my muscles ache like hell... Even moving around is kinda hard that week.

But after four sessions, I feel completely different now. I am sure that with my "hard-work", I would improve more and more as I believe that practice makes perfect...

So, for everyone who is striving for something that you have yet to achieve, GAMBATTE KUDASAI!!!

Ipoh Day-Trip

If you know that I have been going to Ipoh three times for the past one year, you should be having a "wah-lau-eh" face with you right now. Yes, I just went to Ipoh last Saturday, again, but this time, I am no longer the tour guide like the previous two trips. This time around, we have a local that is bringing us around for our food hunting one-day-trip... The group of seven consist of my cousin and friends plus the oddly-place me.

As usual, we drove to Ipoh but since this is a one-day trip, we have to make use of all the time we have on that day.

Believe it that I woke up a 4 am and at about 5 am, we are on our way to north to Ipoh. We were using two car, a Myvi and a SLK, for the trip and since that SLK (Super Little Kelisa) is mine, I drove it throughout the whole trip.

Our first stop is for breakfast in restaurant behind Hotel Excelsior. Cant remember the name as I was darn hungry and the only thing in my mind then was FOOD!!!

After breakfast, we proceed to visit a cave famous for its beautiful landscape, Kek Look Tong but not before dropping by a shop call YeeHup to get some local products like the famous white coffee and such.

After, Kek Look Tong, we move on to another must-visit attraction, Kellie's Castle... How I lost count on the number of time I have been to this magnificient castle...

Moving back to Ipoh, we visited Ipoh's oldtown area for lunch. The shop is "Kong Heng" and it was said that the curry mee and popiah (both original and fried) are very good but I guess it is only in the past... I dont find anything special about it, though.

Moving on, we move on to get a bite of the famous smooth Taufu Fah from Lai Kei Soya. They have alot of variant but those who tried it said that it really live up to the name.

After the Taufu Fah, we continued with our hunt for food and our nose lead us to try the Famous Salted Chicken here:

By the time we finished with the delicious salted chicken, the sky has turned dark and raindrops start to come down. As it was still a long while before dinner time, we decided to take a walk in Ipoh Parade... I managed to find a wallet (for a moment I was about to type purse :P) and bought it without a second thought. Have been looking for one for a long while...

Dinner time came and we move on to our pre-planned dinner place "On Kee" Taugeh Chicken. Most Ipoh people actually prefer this shop compare to the other one "Lou Wong" and I should say that I have the same opinion. Have been having taugeh chicken here since the first time I came to Ipoh.

After a wonderful dinner, we move on for dessert... yes, tong sui at, where else if not "Tong Sui Kai" aka "Dessert Lane" beside Sam Tet School...

Moving south back to Klang, we dropped by Bidor for the also very famous duck drumstick soup...

It is really superb and the final part of the journey home is a slow one as it was raining cats and dogs... Reached home about 11 pm and by the time I am ready for sleep, it is about 12 am already... Sigh, I still got tai chi class at 7 the next morning...

Life is so unpredictable

Things happens all the time...

Life is so unpredictable, No one knows what is going to happen next.

Initially, this post should have been written last Tuesday but due to time constraint, I was not able to do so.

At last, I find some time now and I am trying to make the best out of it as I really want to share this with everyone that is reading my blog.

Anyway, I was busy with my work last Tuesday when suddenly, a colleague of mine informed me and everyone in the trading room that the husband of a colleague has just passed away due to an accident.

It was said that the husband has been acting abit weird a while before the accident happened. Even the wife (my colleague) was acting weird that day.

Life is so fragile. Anything could happen in a instance. What I am trying to say here is that, we should live our life the best that we can without compromising any factor that might endangering ourself or anyone beside us.

The Drive of Life

I was so into a TVB series these past weeks that my parents was complaining about me spending most of my time watching the series in my room. I was really watching it to the limit as I was watching 6 episodes in one weekday and about 12 episode in one weekend...

Finally, I have reached the finale yesterday night I watching it all satisfied my thoughts as it is really full of things that we should learn. Below are some of the lessons that I have learn and I wish to share it with you here...

1. Never talk bad about anyone behind their back because they just might hear it. I was astound by the number of time this happened throughout the series. If a character speak bad about someone, that someone would overheard it and would plot a revenge for that person. Even if the character was talking good about someone, that someone would only heard part of it and misunderstood about the whole situation.

2. The most important things about life is family and no matter how many person are there in that family, everyone is important and a family would not be complete if any one of them is not present.

The series is really a good one and I do recommend it to anyone else who have not seen it yet... and if you are asking why only now that I managed to watch the series, well, I dont have Astro at home and I no longer rent any TVB series..

I am looking forward for...

The reason I am not updating my blog more regularly these days is because I have been very busy with my work.

As hardworking as I am, I have already planned a few activities for the coming few weeks. Some of it is not confirm yet but I am really looking forward for those that is already in the list...

Next week, I might join a one day trip for food-hunt but destination not confirm.

I am going for a two days trip on April 2008 to One Fathom Bank Lighthouse, 45 minutes off Port Klang with the bunch from myKlang Forum.

I am going for my third concert of my life in April too... Joining me is Hanxue and we are going for Mayday Jump Concert in Genting Highlands' Arena of Stars...

Also heard that Emil Chau is coming to town (in May) and if everything is right, I want to go for his concert as well...

Oh, how I am looking forward for these now...

Interesting things that you do in your car...

The question was asked by MIX.fm's deejay the other day. A listener called up and tell everyone what he did (in the car)...

Here is how the conversation went on air...

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Deejay: Mr X (dunno his name), what is the most interesting thing that you do in your car?

Mr X: I clip my nail. (deejays laughing) Both hand and leg. (more deejays laughing)

Deejay: Wow, then how do you accelerate or break the car???

Mr X: WHAT BRAKE??? (everyone laugh like hell) Oh, that brake... I use a thing call handbrake.

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And I thought shaving in the car (this is what I do almost everyday) was out of the ordinary... I couldn't stop laughing when I heard the above...

Read for Life

Reading have been a big part of my life. I read almost anything that might interest me. I am into fiction (think fantasy like "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" series) and self-help (think "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "Six Thinking Hats").

To an extend, I am actually addicted to novels by two American novelist. The first novelist is John Grisham, who is best known for his work in modern legal drama like "A Time To Kill", "Pelican Brief" and "The Client". Many of his work has been adapted into movies

The second novelist that I am addicted to his works is Robin Cook, an American doctor / novelist who write about medicine and public health. His notable novels include "Coma", "Harmful Intent", "Outbreak" and "Seizure".

My favourite book by John Grisham are "The Firm" and The Rainmaker" whereas my favourite book by Robin Cook are "Contagion" and "Chromsome 6"

If I got the time, I will try to write out something about these novels...

Learning Tai Chi Chuan

I have always prefer having at least an instructor/teacher while I am learning something as it would speed up the learning process.

This is the main reason for me to stop my Saturday's Tai Chi Chuan class (even though I only went there once) and to concentrate on the Sunday's class. I am very fortunate that Weoi Li's uncle is teaching the Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan in Setia Alam and it is really a nearer place for me to learn Tai Chi Chuan.

The Tai Chi Chuan that Weoi Li's uncle is teaching is the 37 Forms Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan that was thought by Professor Cheng Man-ching (he has been a college professor), he himself a student of Grandmaster Yang Cheng-fu, one of the descendant of Yang Lu-chan, the founder of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan.

Professor Cheng is well known as the person who introduce Tai Chi Chuan to the West.

If you are interested in learning, please contact me and I will give you the details and just maybe, we can learn and practice together

Back to Memory Lane

During my house-cleaning before CNY, I noticed an old box in my room but due to time constraint, I did not managed to open it up and look at what is inside. It was only on last Friday that I managed to find some time to look into the box...

Opening the box, I found many items that I have almost forgotten about. Stuff like the school magazine, booklet from certain buddhist camps and some old books plus certain letters really brought me back to the memory lane. I was so move by some of the discovery that my eyes became wet.

Those were the days that I have been though and it will be memories that I would treasure always... (I guess that is why I have these stuff kept in that box)

Take care of my Health

It has somehow become a tradition for Long Wah Temple, a temple that I used to frequented when I was younger, to provide angpau (those red packets which contain money that is given to children during Chinese New Year) which contain 20 cents and a message that will remind the person of something. To an extend, it is like fortune telling and it is up to the person to believe in it or not.

In my case, I choose to believe in it as when I reflect on what I have gone through, the advise in the message really wakes me up.

Let me explain... I have been having fun for the past six months, doing things that I never thought I would do previously like clubbing and drinking liquors (even though not that too often)... Not that I would stop completely but I really need to reduce the frequency to the minimum.

The message that I got actually reminded me that those fun are impermanance and what is really important is my own health. Without a healthy body, there would not be any fun at all.

Hence, I have been changing my lifestyle for the better. I have started jogging in Taman Rakyat, Klang since last week and will do so every Sunday together with my 'kaki's, Weoi Li, Li Jin and Kok Lim. Join us if you are interested. We will be there at about 8.30 am every sunday except if there is something else going on (call us to double confirm. Dont want you to go there and found out that we are not going).

And just now, I have "unofficially" start my learning curve for Tai Chi as well. It is actually a group of elderly that practice everyday in Happy Garden and one of them happens to be Mee Leng's mum. On my first day, I am just getting used to it and hopefully, soon, I would be able to understand the steps and practice alot more often.

I should be restarting my badminton practice this coming Tuesday with my badminton's 'kaki's. It has been six month. Hope that I am not that 'Karat' with that racquet of mine...

If you are interested in joining me in any of the above activity, let me know... The more the people, the merrier it would become...

P.S.: Not that I am going to stop my clubbing activities and drinking but the frequency will be reduce and I dont want to get drunk that often...