Christmas' Gifts that I Got

How many Christmas gift did you get this year? I am not trying to show off but this is my way of saying thanks to those that gave me a Christmas gift.

These are the three gifts that I got:

A Tupperware: Using it to keep some small items in my room... (Dunno who gave one)

Family Cuboid: Something that looks like a piggy 'shaking' its head and body with the present of light (both sunlight and fluorescents light). Yes, it is solar powered. (Also Dunno who gave one)

Glow-in-the-dark Wrist Support Elephant: I could say that this is the most special gift that I got this year... I am actually very concern with Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and have been looking for a wrist support for a while. Now that I got one, it is following me to work and come back home everyday. (Gift by ellyee).

So, thank you again for the great gifts...

Christmas BBQ / Birthday Party

Nowadays in Malaysia, everyone would be looking for excuses to get-together and every occasion would be celebrate together without the barrier of religions or races.

Same things happens with my group of friends... Weoi Li, Li Jin and I planned a BBQ get-together on Christmas and 13 person turn up. I know that it is really a small get-together as we only call certain old birds from KCBA. Those present were Weoi Li, Li Jin, Kok Lim, Mee Leng, Han Xue, Winfred, Chee Yong, Gee Way, Fay Chin, Ji Long, Ling Sze and my special guest, ellyee and of course me.

What initially planned as a Christmas get-together (as I know) turn out to be a birthday party for those with birthday in December as well...

Birthday Boys and Girls

The Healthy Cake

The Birthday Boys and Girls with the Cake

Blowing the Cake

Cutting the cake

Playing with the cream

After eating the healthy cake bought by Kok Lim (thanks Kok Lim), we continue with the gift exchanges section...

Once everyone got their gift we continue the night with a video of Weoi Li and Li Jin's wedding...

Want to know what I got for Christmas? Check out my next post...

Christmas' Countdown @ Aloha

Where were you on Christmas Eve? I dunno about you but I sure had a great time meeting up with new friends and had fun. Don't understand me? Let me explain...

I met up with some of my old friends in Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant in Wisma UOA II in KL, who brought another group of friends together. Altogether, we had about 21 person having dinner together. It was a quite session initially cause many of us are quite foreign with each other... Some that was around include, Puah, Wei Chuen, Hon Fei, Weng Fei and partner, Vincent (new friend) and Kenny (new friend)... There are many others but I dont really know their name... yet.

But things started to warm up after the dinner when most of us want to go for round two of entertainment... So, we end up in Honolulu Club @ Aloha.

Party all the way through countdown and we continue to dance until the about 2.30 am...

By the time I reached home, it was almost 4.00 am. Went straight to sleep and next thing I know, I was waking up at about 9.00 am courtesy of the liquor's effect that always hit me... (The more I drink, the earlier I will wake up). At least I got 5 hours of sleep...

P.S.: Got one comment from my mum the next day saying that I am getting more and more 'naughty'. Guess she was referring my 'clubbing' habit which see me going clubbing once every month. :P

Taiping Lake

Gua Tempurung, Ipoh and Taiping

Yes, you read it correctly...

I just came back from Gua Tempurung, Ipoh and Taiping... I know that it was not really that long since the last time I went there (Gua Tempurung, about a few months back) but when opportunity arise for me to have fun, I would not hesitate at all. Furthermore, I had always wanted to go to Ipoh to 'cari makan'... Will like to say thank you to Lee Yee as she is the only one that join me on this trip.

Anyway, about my second time going into Gua Tempurung... I was more ready this time, knowing what to expect already, I tried to prepare myself the best that I can. This time, I wore a t-shirt, short pants and slippers (On my first trip, both my sock and sport shoe was a goner...). I also bump into my guide for the first trip, Tok Janggut and I was abit shock that he still remember me.

Anyway, I must says that this trip is abit more challenging than the first due to the fact that it is rainy season now. I do noticed that the water level is higher and that the route are more slippery really make it a very different experience altogether.

The group was a medium size group of about 38 persons, young and old from countries like Malaysia, Singapore and even Korea. I got two cuts, one on my knee and the other on my finger and my body is aching all around.

After the caving in Gua Tempurung, we went to Kellie's Castle (I know, I Know... this is the 5th time I am there and really, I dont mind...) before going to Ipoh.

Night time there is the golden hours that I hunt for some of my favourite foods... Taugeh chicken with horfun at Onn Kee... Also bought the "Heong Peah" or "Honey Biscuit" which I believe is very delicious... (different people got different taste... so if you don't agree with me, live with it...)

The next morning, we went to the ever popular Fohsan Dimsum restaurant. Love their dim sum there... really, really delicious. As usual, have to wait for quite a while and we also have to tumpang other people's table to eat... but the meal is really satisfactory.

After checking out, we went to Taiping Lake just for the sake of visiting the place... Found some new places That I did not know previously and took some pictures there...

By the time we want to go back to Klang Valley, traffic start to build up, especially in at Jelapang Toll and Ipoh Selatan Toll.

By the time I sent Lee Yee back to Miharja, it was already 5.20 pm and I reached home at about 6.00 pm...

My 3rd Wife

Introducing, my third wife...

Fujifilm Finepix S5600

I brought here about 2 years ago and it has been a faithful companion all this while

I will introduce my second wife soon...

DYC 12: Experience in the Dark

Another activity that worth me talking here about the youth camp would be the Experience in the Dark.

(Yes, I know. I have been talking a lot about the youth camp and I promise you that this is the last one, unless I remember something else to write about it again)

Anyway, the activity is not really something out of the ordinary. It is just an activity that we blindfold all the participants and lead them (while holding each other's hand) around the KCBA premise in the night (yeah, I know it is the usual stuffs).

What make this activity worth mentioning is actually events that happened during the activity.

Committee members are given the task not just to take them around the premise but to create havoc on them. Some of the stuff that the committee members did include sudden shouting, slamming doors, cutting their line, go into sudden high speed and obstacles all around the premise.

What is really remarkable that make me mentioning it here is the actions taken by the participants during the activities...

Since some of the stuff that we do was by force, the participants actually hold each others hand tighter than normal. it can really be seen as some of the committee members (me included) joined in as part of the line and purposely holding back the line... The few that holds me actually tighten their grip on me until my hand hurts abit... Leonie actually came to me after the activity for a hand massage becoz her hand hurt so much (luckily no serious injuries was reported). I was told that there was even one that was reportedly hanging, like Matrix, a few inch from the "stair handle' (forgotten what it is called) but because of the trust for his friend, nothing really happened to him.

If everyone can actually trust each other like that, we would have a more peaceful world indeed.

What I can says here is that I do believe that I had a group of friends that I can always rely on. You know who you are!

DYC 12: Light Sharing

For a change, the camp does not have the Night of Thousand Candles this year. Instead, they have a new activity call Light Sharing.

The idea of this activities is actually really good but the result was not what the person in charge expected.

The activity goes like this... All the participants of the camp would be "HUMAN" whereas the committee members would be divided to several groups, notably Lighter, Blower, Timer, Guide and Hellkeeper.

When the activity starts, all human are supposed to be put somewhere in the KCBA premise with a candle in their hand. The Lighters will go around lighting up as many candles as possible throughout the activity. The Blowers' main objective would be to blow off those candles that have been lighted and Timers will time those Human whose candles has been blown off... If within 30 seconds, the blown off candles is not lighted back, that Human is consider dead and is send to Hell where the Hellkeeper will take care of them...

The objective of the activity is actually to tell the participants that life is unfair, opportunity does not come knocking on the door too often and unity means strength. There are many other objective for this activity but I can't think of any right now...

Anyway, many funny things happened during the actitivities but I can't really tell you here coz, even though I am part of the game but I was supposed to be located in one place only. Yes, I am the Hell King. I take care of the hell.

Do you want to join me in hell? :P

DYC 12: Feedbacks

DYC 12: Feedbacks on ME!

At the end of the camp, I have received may feedbacks on myself and I must say that I was surprise on some of these feedbacks...

Most of the feedbacks I received was when everyone were having the self-evaluation session on the final day of the camp. As usual, a piece of paper is stick to the back of everyone and everyone can go around writing anything that they feel about that someone...

I maintained that I don't mind letting other tell me how bad am I but surely, I don't write for anyone... Walking around, I could see many people really want to give me their piece of mind about me but luckily, I only have one piece of paper stick to my back...

Anyway, some of the feedbacks that I received are as follow:

• Wow... You can play til so open. Yao Yeng la.
• Friendly this year.
• Rock on!
• Pain in the butt!! But I like!
• Friendly this year.
• Light an incense for me now.
• Too cool to be u...
• Sesat kia
• cute gay
• Funny as always!
• BusyBody
• cruel, evil
• Hell Keeper Rox!
• dummie ahead
• This year temper not that hot

All these feedback are exactly like the one on the piece of paper (slight alteration coz some used Mandarin wordings that I dunno how to put in). Another feedback that I got later on was that I was, to an extend, one of the attraction of the camp (did I told you about this?) :P

DYC 12: Participants

As far as I can see, I would like to comment that this year's participants is really the most obedient of all those that I have encountered since the first youth camp.

Except for the occasions when some of them don't really want to go to sleep (I guess this is the life of the new generation), They do follow instructions given to them and I guess that is one of the reason why I managed to be "friendly" this year. I hope that I can be like this for many years to come...

Another thing that I want to say is that maybe because of having too many participants this year, it is harder to engage everyone in all actitivities...

DYC 12: Say What!

Usually, during the camp, the morning exercise is a super boring time. But that cannot be says for this year as the committee members managed to bring something different into the morning exercise. In fact, I would says that they are very noisy...

This is how they do it... One of the committee member, in this case, Ravin, would be leading the pack of all the participants and some committee members to go on a random sequences of shouts which consist of three phrase:

Say What!
Say Fu-yoh!
Say Wah Lau Eh!

The first time I heard it was on the third day of the camp. I was still sleeping in the committee room, before getting up to get ready to go to work and was hoping to get the most sleep that I can and out of sudden, I have about 80 people shouting according to Ravin's leads...

Say What! WHAT! Say Fu-yoh! FU-YOH! Say Wah Lau Eh! WAH LAU EH! Say Fu-Yoh! FU-YOH! Say What! WHAT! Say What! WHAT!...

It continued for quite a while and I would like to say that they really make a good alarm clock...

DYC12: Auction

Another new feature of the camp would be the auction of many of the committee members of the camp plus me!

Yupe, you read it right!

I was up for auction...

The auction took place on the last day of the camp where almost every committee members was up for auction. What I did not expect was something that some of the groups did.

Many of the committee members were sold at 30 to 40 merit points (subsitute for money which they earn through various activities throughout the camp) and the best individual auction was Ravin, which fetched 82 merit points alone.

What I did not expected was that I would be the main 'item' for the whole auction as Weng Phoon and I was the last to be auctioned... The bid was crazy with the teams grouped together their resources (merit points) to buy both of us. In the end, we were sold at 388 merit points (that is about 194 merit points for each of us). There was a group that purposely did not buy any other committee member just to make sure that they would have me...

After the auction, the team(s) that bought the committee member(s) has a period of time to ask us to do whatever that they want us to do (with a certain limits)...

The group(s) that 'bought' me initially makes me put on fake "breast" made up of papers and later ask me to put on sexy poses... Luckily I was not alone and I want those participants to feel that their buy is worth it, I followed their order... Later, we have to go on stage to dance and do some other acts (like taking off our shirt which only Weng Phoon and I did) as well and we end it with a dance using the song "Upside Down)...

DYC12: Water War

One of the prominent activity that has never been missed out from a KCBA Dhamma Youth Camp is Water War. In fact, it has been one of the main attraction for the camp itself. Yet, Water War is never be the same. One way or another, there would be some changes even though there are some similarities...

In the first part of the Water War, only the committee members are allowed to splash water on the participants. But as one of the two person running the water-war, I was instructed to give the participants a chance to splash water on the committee members in the later part of the war... I even volunteered myself in the middle of the 'war-zone' and says that I would not leave my position and anyone can splash water on me...

There were many instant that I unpurposely made mistakes and was either splashed by the committee members or participants... these moments created a lot of laughter from everyone and greatly lift the spirit of the war...

In the end, I believes that everyone have alot of fun. Believe me when I say this, I was wet over and over again throughout that 3 hours of water war...

DYC 12: Overview

KCBA Dhamma Youth Camp 12 is officially over yesterday.

KCBA Dhamma Youth Camp has always been part of my yearly schedule of event that I will try my best to be around.

This year, I went in as a advisor and photographer just to help out... What I did not know is that I would be getting more than I could possible imagine...

Since I still have to work during weekdays and on Saturday morning, the time I spend there are more limited compare to the time I used to spend there...

Anyway, I tried my best to help out in any way that I can. I made a resolution since last year that I dont want to scold anyone but did not manage to do it last year. However, I am glad that I did it this year...

The committee members for this year includes Huey Ying, Li Ling, Jessy, Shin Ling, Mei Xuen, Desmond, Ruby, Chun Hau, Pei Yun, Shin Dee, Chia Wei, Mandy, Leonie, Esther, Pei Pei, Kai Loong, Wei Loong, Wee Kiat, Wai Yee, Tuck Long, Rachel, Ravin, Nirosah and Wai Loon (If I miss you out, please forgive me). Even though there are some minor hiccups here and there, I would still like to say Congratulation to you all for your contribution and creativities... In case I somehow offended anyone of you, my humble apologies to you...

As I was there for a limited time only, especially on the first two days, I was on low profile until the next day. Apart from me, several other seniors come in to help as well and the other significant senior that contribute a lot is Weng Phoon (he just come out from hospital because of dengue).

I guess because of the lack of experience, certain activities actually need one of the seniors to take over just to control the participants. This is where I have created another trademark phrase: "5 Minutes of Silence" I used it so much that it makes a lot of the participants laughing but understand what I want them to do, that is to keep quite and listen to either me or the committee members for further instructions...

If you want to know more about the things that happened in the camp, I will try to write as many posts about the thing that happened in the camp as possible. Be sure to check out my blog more often. Will try to upload some of the pictures that I have taken during the camp too...

KCBA Youth Camp 12 (2007)

KCBA Youth Camp is ongoing now... Have to come out from the camp to work... after work, need to go back...

Mixed Feeling

I am having mixed feeling right now.

Videographer

Yesterday was The Big Day for Loong Yeaw, a good friend of mine and his now wife.

Yes, yesterday was their wedding day and I am part of the BROTHERS that join him to 'fetch' (apology for not using a better word here) his wife home.

What really came in as a surprise is that initially I thought of taking photos like all the other wedding that I have been covering but Loong Yeaw actually has a special task for me...

I was to become the videographer for the whole trip, recording the many events that took place while he was on his journey to 'fetch' his wife and back. Indeed, I was honoured to be that person, even though I dont really know whether I did a good job for it or not... Forgive me if my 'work is not up to your expectation.

One last thing about becoming the videographer is that it is better to get a lighter viewcam for these job or if you have the budget, get a professional for the job... It is really a tiring job holding that 'heavy' viewcam even though I did enjoy the experience...

Multiply Personalities

I went to watch "Mad Detective" yesterday with ellyee in TGV, BRCC. Initially thought that it is just another detective movie (the genre that I like), I was shock to find that this movie actually offer more than that.

The protagonist, Detective Bun, can see the inner ghost(s) of anyone, if the person got it. And it turn out that the antagonist, Wong Chi-Wai, has 7 inner ghosts. Won't say much about the movie, just in case you have not watch it yet.

But after watching the movie, I have been asking both ellyee and myself on how many inner ghost(s) or the word that I would rather use, how many personalities that I have...

Somehow, I felt that I have many personalities in me...

If you could see the different personalities that I have, please let me know by leaving a comment to tell me about the different personalities that I have and that you know. Thanks....

Outstation to Penang

I am going to Penang tomorrow, well ahead from the initial plan of end of January 2008 but not for holiday but more of a business outstation trip with both my manager and also my GM. The main reason I am going is because I am kinda well-versed with Penang's road and will be there as the "tour guide"...

Mainly staying in Butterworth area, I am wondering whether I will be able to go to Batu Feringghi to "sapu" dvd or not...

Keeping my finger crossed...

Will be back on Friday...

Weoi Li and Li Jin's Wedding Photos

Sorry for keeping many of you waiting... there was a technical glitch...

Sunday with a Differences

After telling myself to skip going to Incovar on Sunday, I thought that it would be a uneventful day. Boy, I was wrong. In fact, I was doing more things that I thought possible.

Late in the evening, I got a call from YH asking whether I want to go have lunch with him or not. I made the correct guess that his gf is attending a training course and he need someone to accompany him to pass the time (This is the second time actually).

Since I have not even ate my breakfast at that time, I agreed and we went out for Hainanese food near the old REX cinema. Afterward, we move on to Klang Parade for 7 games of pool before playing another 2 games of bowling.

Next, we have some light refreshment at the snooker centre while watching the Hong Kong Badminton Open Final where we were disappointed when Lee Chong Wei was defeated again by World's No. 1, Lin Dan.

What I did not expected was to meet up with a relative/friend of mine after many years we have lost in touch. She invited me to join her for a movie with another friend later that day and we ended up watching "Enchanted" at TGV Bukit Raja Shopping Centre.

After the movie, we moved on to 99 Mamak for my dinner where we talked on alot of stuffs. By the time I reach home, it was about 11pm and I continued with some personal work before going to sleep at 12am. I am still abit blur now even while I am writing this post... Zzzz......

Silence

Strangely to say this but I had never been in silence like many of you except when I am sleeping. Don't understand what I am talking about? Let me explain.

If I am in a situation when I am alone and there is no source of sound whatsoever, I will still be hearing sound (something like a ringing/whining sound and no, it is not supernatural).

I guess I never really give a thought about it before until last year when I encounter the idea. The reason I never noticed it before is because this ringing/whining sound have been with me since I was young and all these while, I thought that it is actually normal.

The correct name for this situation is Tinnitus but itself is not really a disease but more of a symptom resulting from a range of underlying causes, like ear infection, foreign objects or wax in the ear and injury from loud voice. I guess the cause for me having this ringing/whining in the ear is the wax that have been accumulated in my ear all the while... Most of the time, I have sinus in the morning and it is actually the same stuff that cause the ringing/whining...