first experience

it is general knowledge of mine that during chinese new year period, i will be super busy. little did i know this year, the schedule is really packed until i am speechless. for the very first time, i have to rush from family dinner to meeting friends. and this time around, i have to meet two foreign friends: one from indonesia, another one from taipei. suddenly, my social circle has expanded internationally. i have no idea if you ask few years back that i will have to bring my friends around melaka during first day of chinese new year for asam pedas and naan bread. not too shabby. fortunately, both of my friends enjoy the meals very much. and i made a new friend on that day as well. the indonesian friend is my social circle from sydney university. he brought a taipei friend to visit malaysia and melaka.

most of the time being me complimenting how good taipei is ranging from its sumptuous food to convenient public transportation. if one thing you want me to complain about taipei is the place is too crowded. other than that, everything is awesome. i even told that to my relatives during visiting. haha. you can say i fall in love after a week there.

today is quite a day as well. while eating pan mee and mee hoon kueh at a shop, out of nowhere people starting playing the big drum and metal plate. my sensitive ears got a big shock. then, the lion dance came in the building  and started shaking heads and dancing. quite a scene. for some reason, i started realising malaysia is really a place rich in culture and its adversity is what makes me want to come back. the general question: why don't you work in sydney? general answer: i don't like sydney. as a person who values culture, i think being back allows me to learn and appreciate what i already had. one true fact is when i was studying overseas, i kept thinking about how is sydney different from melaka. the difference is vast and yet the latter has something more to offer. money can be earned but once culture is lost, you have nothing at all. an uncle told me some people who earn big money from malaysia and send their children to study overseas. in the end, criticize malaysia like nobody's business. he said there is no merit in doing that because you have forgotten your own roots. good thinking. i agree with the uncle. and something i would like to share, if you have seen how some of your children behave in overseas like i do, you would never send them there.

blogger feels that being a malaccan builds his confidence a little in life. what you call that in life? a sense of proud. where can you get that? no where but from your home sweet home.

 

the story of three guys and a pair of pants

it was early in the morning when i was awaken by my friend who came in knocking my door. after a short while, i realised i am actually staying at my friend's place and today is the day i am supposed to lapor diri with pejabat jpa. i was quite excited because today brekkie is bak kut teh. hehe... any good friend will know one of my fav food is pork rib tea *direct translation.

and off we go to klang to savour the delicious cuisine. not bad, i should say. the taste is no different from what i tasted last time i was there. i think melaka is comparable but the dried bak kut teh tasted even nicer.

after breakfast we went to putrajaya to lapor diri. the funny thing comes when we are turning and turning in the wrong area, thinking the office is located there. after half an hour of aimless turning, finally jason decided to ask a pedestrian. oh, problem solved.

after that, we went to the office. i was heading first to the office and as i was ready to click on the lift button, we  were instructed to go to the counter to register ourselves. that comes my first horror experience of the day. without trousers, i cannot go in. OMG. are you kidding me? we came all the way from shah alam you know. and pusing and pusing for so long. now you are telling me i have to go back and change. ok, as pressure kicks in, i guess the brain juice flows faster. i went with two friends, looky and jason. surprise, surprise, look is the only soul wearing the most decent for lapor diri. an idea struck my mind. we took turn to change in the toilet after each has registered. the problem: look is size 28 and jason and me are size 31.

when jason tried it on, i was literally LOL. so tight that we cannot even finish zipping the pants (same goes for me). we have to cover with our skimpy t-shirts and thats how in one pants has been worn by the three musketeers for the day. after changing, we keep laughing and laughing non-stop. what an epic moment. weird but true. i guess life is like this. when challenges come, embrace it with creativity and laugh about it.

blogger wondering how he ever will fit size 28 ever again. guessing the answer will be never! most memorable moment for 2012. what a way to start the new year.

universal language

in my humble opinion (erhem), there is a universal language that everyone speaks of. but the language meant here is the body movement. since sign language is a subset of language, why body language cannot be a language. i was listening to this good life by one republic (awesome giler) and suddenly my body started shuffling. suddenly, my mind is thinking about. does everyone shuffle when good music soothes the ears or just the pathetic weird me? i see some of my friends are pretty stiff. when they talk, the response are usually one or two words unless i press harder then words become sentences. do u like shuffling? i think shuffling is good. it means your body is happy because it recognises good stuff.

talking about good stuff, let's talk about taipei. taipei is seriously good stuff. i will bet with all my harta benda/treasure/kim(hokkien)/kam(cantonese) and jin(gold) that if you dislike taipei, i will give it to you. so like it that i think i will be returning here in the future. but i have a mission in mind, i want to start learning chinese. serious! although i can speak fairly bad, knowing chinese will help me to enjoy more food and get to stay at better homestays.

sadly, this vacation is coming to an end. all great stuff comes to an end just like how a fantastic road will always reach its destination but it is not too late to hope the future brings better things. i have the opinion that experience is always left at its peak. in that way, we will have the fondest memories and keep thinking about it in the future, just how i view love should be. wait, i have no experience in love at all but i can't help thinking my love life should be that way as well.

blogger feeling romantic in taipei, in gastronomic wise, at the very least. 

hey, taipei is awesome

when i first landed, the air is chill. but the air does not really reflect taipei well. it is one of the most vibrant cities i have ever seen. with so many night markets, my stomach is constantly full to the core. the people seem to stay awake 24/7 and they move in droves. everywhere is people. loving it. will update soon.

blogger thinks this must be the first holiday that satisfy his gastronomic bliss best.

i am the bad guy

so for voicing out the truth, i have become the bad guy. haha. the person voicing out must be at fault is it? i did not even mention it and someone already terasa. the reason i am being indirect is to save you some face but you end up opening up all the cards. people who genuinely help do not calculate how much they do but keep quiet about it. those who are not, keep calculating who is doing what and since one person (in her opinion) has not done anything, so the person should do it? where is the logic?

worse of all, she miscalculated who is doing what because she is not involved that much. all she cares is her own job which pays so well in her mind. and i have lost my eligibility to comment about anything. fine, next time i am not going to say no more. you are the one who proves yourself not doing much. a few days before, i have asked another friend to cover up her part as a backup. true enough, one day after, she push her task to the exact friend which i ask to help her. what a joke. i dunno speaking out needs eligibility at all.

blogger has no idea why is he getting so worked up over it. now he believes what "no good deed goes unpunished" means. the paradox of all, he read this phrase in the morning questioning why good deed should be punished. he should take it like a joke. LAUGH my friend, laugh.

hopeless. if one friend who promised to do something in 2011 and breaks it in 2012, i think all the promises people made to her should be treated the same way. this way, she will learn next time in order for a promise to work, it works both way. end of story.

blogger feels geram for having such a friend. no worries, it will be a good riddance soon.

new year is here

i am loving 2012. first, my haircut rocks! i dun care what you say. i care if you ~lurve~ it. if not, i don't. but i guess this will be your first and last time viewing it. because my mum nagged a little. she mentioned the next time  i should be more moderate. how to be more moderate? there is moderate and rock. if there is a gap between moderate and rock, i would settle for rock. in my humble opinion, she dislikes the pakua design but likes the haircut in general. okay, at least i get to maintain it. overall, i have mix reviews. some say they cannot imagine me having this hair design because i do not have the look (cousin + aunt). my friends said (nice, PAI KIA, cool and too complicated) the WORST is speechless until she has nothing to comment. but my neighbour auntie like it leh. she said very "sat" (hokkien). *bow. i can imagine my friend's shock face when i showed him my photo. he has no idea i am daring enough to carry this hairstyle. aiya, this is nothing. when it comes to haircut, i am willing to go the distance. i show this particular friend my hair because last time, he used to carved a line on his hair and i commented, "nice but i have already done it WITH ZIG ZAG design". haha. take that! he was laughing hysterically, i wonder whether it was disbelief or admiration of bravery.

second of all, i will be travelling to taipei. i like the idea of going to taipei because one, i get to taste all the snacks and night market foods. second, eat all the foods. third, food. yeah, i think the third reason sums it all. currency change done. ticket checked. bus ticket bought. thing left to do: prepare my stomach. been expanding it like a spring ever since i came back. my neighbour spotted the difference within 2 weeks i am back. oh no! time to get some exercises= resolution no. 1. i love jogging in sydney. it has a trek which i found months before i came back to malaysia. nvm, time to find another trek. i like the trek as there are dogs running and walking around it. then, you are jogging beside a harbour where ships are being anchored. and you can watch the sun setting. perfect. wonderful memory.

oh my second resolution is being optimistic.i read an article that being optimistic brings the different perspective to life. i think nothing bad by being optimistic.

blogger thinks the second resolution will be easier to accomplish than the first one. the rest of resolution comes as time passes. it is just too early to dictate what they are when you still have 11 months and 28 days to go.