Light Drawings

My mom bought these sticks from a warehouse sale that flash blue, green and red very rapidly. At the price of 2 ringgit each, she couldn't resist and got two.

Xin, my mom and I were playing with them for awhile when Xin and I took them into the study room along with my camera. Below are the results of an hour in a dark room. =D

Reminded me so much of the Red Hot Chili Peppers video for "Fortune Faded". =D Fun stuff, we missed House to play with the flashing sticks. xD Xin is so good with them!

Had a quick chat with Celina earlier tonight. I'm surprised she hasn't started packing yet, she has been talking about going to Australia since the first semester in uni. =D I'm glad to have a few close friends going along with me. Even though we're in a different courses, it's comforting to know they'll be around to hang out with. =)

*stress

Ah darn darn darn..

What to pack, what to pack??

Stressness, when you suddenly realize that you're leaving the country in 12 days.

Oh, what to pack?!

I just found out that I'll get RM5000 worth of insurance claim if my luggage gets missing in the airport for more than 8 hours.

Oh please lose my bag Malaysian Airlines.. just for 8 hours.

Any tips? Be specific, such as.. "3 packets of Shokobutsu". xD

Lol.. so lame!

Work in progress.

As you can see, the previous look of the Noodle Shop has vanished without a trace. Darn Blogger, I upgraded to their new template system only to wreck the format of my blog. Oh well, the Noodle Shop has looked the same since 2006. Time for a change. =D

We're renovating to serve you better!



p.s. - Managed to get a photo slideshow to work! Only shows the first page of my flickr account though. Wonder if I can change that.

Photo post

Ah, I so miss flickr. Can't wait for February to come to get my next 100MB of uploads.

I sound like a flickr junkie. =P In the meantime, I'll have to use Picasa to upload.

Let the uploading begin!!

Winnieeeeeee!

A pleasant surprise

I was fooled into thinking it was just a small simple chinese dinner with the Klang gang. I was so caught by surprise. =D

Thank you so much to all who took time off to come for dinner, it meant the world to me. =)


To En, Michelle, Lee San, Wei Jin, Nadia, Vivien, Su Yin (extra thanks to you and your brother for the lift there!), Joshua, Ko Kwang (not sure if I got it right), Boon Hoy, Joseph, James, Wei Hong (chestnuts), Richard, Datin Ee May and Justin (Chai). Thank you guys so much. You have no idea how much it made my day.

And thanks dear for planning it all. =D *hugs!*

It's HIM! It's HIM!!Mafia is such an emotionally tiring game, I'm so bad at it. Haha! Having to pull a straight face when they ask me if I'm the mafia is too difficult for me. At least I lasted longer as a mafia this time round. Darn Nadia and Xin kept accusing me! Well, Xin can probably read me like a book, she kept saying it's so obvious. I managed to fool James, Joshua and Mich though! =D

Thanks for being there guys. =) I have no words to describe how blessed I feel.

Thanks James for the Tungsten setting tip! =D

evil Flickr!

Argh, Flickr is so terrible. They first lavish with a gorgeous site to upload pictures and a beautiful easy-to-use interface to lure you into it. Then when you're hooked, they let you know that you've used up your monthly 100MB upload limit. When you try to organize your photos already in Flickr, they tell you that you can only make 3 sets with the free account.

(TT_TT)

oh cruel Flickr!

I just realized that both Bernard and PG have the "pro" logo beside their usernames, meaning that they're proud owners of a Flickr Pro account.

Silly me to think it was free.

Two years fee for a pro account is USD$47.99, when converted it would be about RM157.00. Divided by the 24 months, it would cost roughly RM6.50 a month. That doesn't sound too bad actually.


With my 100MB monthly upload limit reached I have to resort back to Blogger's image storage for the meantime.


John and Jane just left us to permanently reside in Australia. They're both wonderful people and will be badly missed by all of us. Take care you two! =D

I didn't feel so bad when they left, I'll be seeing them again in three weeks anyway.


...

Crap.. 3 weeks! Where on earth did January go?!

Everything's set for me to go, passport, tickets, visa, a place to stay. All I need now is to pack and place my backside in the plane. Sigh..

I must say I'm pretty stressed up, just thinking about it worries me to death.

On your head!

My mom was decorating the place under our staircase as she always does for special occasions such as Christmas. With Chinese New Year coming around the corner, she whipped up a few things make the place look pretty.

While she was trying to find the best place to hang her little red lanterns she asked me, "Where should I hang this?".

Tina would say, "On your head!"

Hehe..


I miss you Tina. =) See you soon!

roar!

Yum yum..

Think I'll start placing pics through flickr from now on. It's slightly more convenient. I won't have to upload the picture into Blogger.

The sizes are a problem though, Medium is too big and Small is too small. The only solution I see is editing the HTML for the picture size when I post it, quite a hassle. Wonder if there are any other alternatives.

I love how you can see more details about the picture with flickr. Helps you learn from the pros who take much nicer photos. ISO speed of 800 and still so noise-free?! Ah.. The joys of a DSLR. Photography is so expensive. Lucky Ii Shan for getting a free one as a gift from his nice uncle. =D


hmmm?


roar!~


It was Jane's and John's farewell yesterday. I took a few pics, I'll upload them when I can.

Hard to imagine that I'm going off as well. Not permanently moving there like John and Jane, but the thought scares me nonetheless. What's it like to leave everything familiar and close to you behind? My stomach turns just thinking about it.

Sigh.. Less than a month to go.

Must make the most out of it. =)

Panorama

Outside Well Cooked Gourmet. Trying out the panorama feature. The silver Honda's my Betsy! xD

I was really impressed by the Panorama Image Stitching program Canon provided. Just take a few pictures in succession and the software sews it together for you to create a panorama. How far digital camera technology has come!

I find it funny that the lady in Well Cooked Gourmet remembers me. Finally, a restaurant that I can call for "biasa" and get what I want! =p

Lo Poh no.5

It's here!

I can't believe it!

I wanted to believe that it would arrive today, but I didn't want to disappoint myself. "They can't be that efficient." I thought, so I decided to forget about it.

Just then, I heard the horn of a vehicle coming from outside my house.

"Could it be??"

I unconsciously ran down the stairs with haste. I held my breath, preparing for disappointment. It's probably just a friend of my mom or the paperman collecting his monthly fee or something.

IT WAS THE POS LAJU!!!

xD

My baby!

No longer will The Noodle Shop use bad blur handphone photos! Say hello to 7.1 Megapixel goodness!

I tailed John, Jane and Crissy to Parade to look for a pouch to keep it in. Decided on a nice (brown, =p) Golla pouch. A bit on the pricey side but I think it's worth it for it's quality and protection it offers.

Now to look for rechargeable batteries. I'll have to wait till my next allowance comes in, I so can't afford it now.

Too lazy to post my first few pictures here. I started a flickr account to dump them in. Feel free to take a look. =D

I absolutely love the macro shots it takes. Not to mention the Aperture priority mode is fun as well! Hope to master the full manual mode with practice and time. All in all, it's a wonderful camera with great features for the price I paid.

Leap of faith

I've bought it.

Well actually, more like I've paid for it.

RM580, for the Canon PowerShot A570 IS, a 1GB SD card and the screen protector.

I made payment on Friday night. I'm so happy to find out that the store promptly replied my e-mail the very next day. =D I feel like a 5 year-old waiting for Christmas.

I was initially worried about purchasing the grey market product, (It's perfectly legal in case you were about to call the police.) since it doesn't come with the warranty. But Rudi endorsed it, since the savings made can be massive (50 percent in my case) and that these cameras rarely go wrong.

Hehe.. can't wait can't wait. Hopefully it arrives by Tuesday.


We also just got back from our Camerons trip. Glad to see all of them doing well. =D

It was quite a surprise to see Simon as RBS president. Lol. He does ooze with responsibility and confidence. I'm not at all surprised that Kee Ken is a Team Leader. Haha! All the best to all of you in your mission teams! That includes you too Tina, Ei Leen and Jeremy!

While we were up there, Rudi asked Tina if she missed her brothers or not. Seeing her nod was the best thing I saw all week. =) We miss you so much Tina!

It was such fun being on holiday with the RBS gang. They're truly people you can fully open up with, a really wonderful bunch. =D I never knew Mafia was such an emotionally taxing game. Trying to prove your innocence when everyone is accusing you is so tiring. I make such a bad mafia, they always figure me out.

I'm gonna miss them lots. Not just my RBS mates, my family, my church mates, the Pondok Gang. I'll miss you all.

A picture I took with James' camera. I love your camera la Boon.

His cam can do this effect. So cool. haha, thanks for uploading the pics Boon!

RBS nostalgia

She called! =D

Tina called just the other day. For some reason I almost didn't recognize her voice. She sounded so cheerful and happy. Well, that's what RBS does to you I suppose. =)

I'll be going up with my RBS year to Camerons this weekend. I have plenty of stuff to pass to Tina and Ei Leen. Must remember to buy donuts before I go up.

Ah, I can't wait to dig in the food. Banana Pancakes, Excellence , German. hehe..

What I can't wait for even more is to see my sis and my cousin up there. =D

Question?

There's something I can't quite figure out, I'm hoping anyone out there who reads this has some insights.

I've been surveying prices for the Canon PowerShot A560. From what I see, most retailers price the baby at approximately RM700-RM800. This price comes with a 1GB SD card.

Now, I've stumbled upon this shop's website on Lelong.com offering it for RM550, also with a 1GB memory card. It so happens that the shop offering this is at Subang Square SS15, right opposite the Guitar Pro Shop.

My question is this, why can they sell it for 200 ringgit less? What's the catch? Their website says it's because they're a distributor. I can't examine the product beforehand because they're out of stock. To place an order I would need to give a RM200 deposit.

Is it a scam? Any thoughts? The shop's Lelong reputation is pretty much clean with 130+ happy customers. I would like to believe it's the real deal, but then again you can't be too cautious. My reasoning is because the retail price in the US is $150, which is RM550.

Well, if you have any idea do write on the cbox. =D

blufPod

It's been awhile since I produced a proper post. So many filler posts with no content! Lol. I've got quite a bit on my mind lately, time to let them out.

First things first, a very Merry Christmas to all! =D Hope you all had a good one this year. I spent a small fortune on gifts for my family this year, hehe. I hope they liked them, I figured I'd get them something nice this year since I won't be seeing them in awhile. What really made my day was to see my cousin happy with the watch I got her. =D Thanks to all who so kindly thought of me this Christmas!

Just had a bite of Simon's first attempt of baking. Not bad at all. =D

My parents recently came back from a trip to Dubai. (Without their children, so terrible. =P) While they were there, they were delighted when they saw the latest iPod Nano on sale for less than 130 ringgit and bought a few back. I can see why they were so surprised, the darn pirates did a really good job in the packaging department. If it wasn't for the shiny 2GB logo at the top of the box I myself probably wouldn't have noticed it was fake at a glance.


Sorry for the blur pictures, my phone camera can't take macro shots for nuts.

It even came with the actual instruction sheet that comes with the original iPod Nano! So pro la these pirates.

Actually it's not all that bad. 2GBs of space, built-in (nonsense) speakers, video playback (also nonsense, it uses some obscure 10 frame-per-second format), FM radio, an E-book reader. What really surprised me was that it's voice recording feature is actually quite power. lol.. Maybe I can use it for lectures or something.

Thanks mom for the Mp3 player! I was thinking of getting one before I go to Australia, now I don't have to. =D You read my mind.

Just realized that there is a whole row of pixels on the screen that's not working anymore. It was working fine a minute ago! I've barely used it for a day. (-_-") I wonder if it will make it with me to Australia.


It's been only 1 day since Tina, Ken, Simon, Ei Leen and Jeremy left for RBS in Camerons. I miss my sis quite a bit. (TT_TT) It's so quiet at home without her. To think that I'll last for a month.. woo woo. You won't believe the random phrases she comes up with each day.

At least I'll be able to see them when I visit with my RBS kaki, hehe.

The only good that comes out of Tina being away for a month is that my leg hair can now grow freely and abundantly with her absence. xD


I'm in lurveeeeeeeee...

The Canon PowerShot A560. I spent 6 whole hours today reading reviews of budget digital camera's for less than a thousand bucks. I believe I've found what I was looking for. =D Gonna need something to take kangaroo pictures with.

It roughly costs about RM750 in the LowYat forums. With a 2GB SD card too! Now to submit my petition to my parents. xD

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=D

STREETTT FIGHTERRR!

This is crazy..



And I thought Rudi was good. xD

This was a tournament video for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

If you were wondering what they were all screaming about at the end of the video, Ken was at the brink of defeat when he countered Chun Li's special move with a 15-hit parry, not an ordinary block. The parry requires precise and precision timing to pull off, including a mid-air parry where Ken has to jump to execute. He then finishes Chun Li off with a magnificent combo..

Brilliant..



This was the video of the whole game. Enjoy. =D

Donald?

So here's the senario.. Xin's sister Jin and her brother Sek Lin are trying to feed their beloved cat Meeko some medication.

Hear the sounds the cat makes. =D




Meeko is quite a monster so he had to be wrapped up and bounded with a towel to force the medication down his throat. Haha.. funny cat.

Pa Rup Pa Pum Pum

Haha.. Judson recommended this to me. Lol.. The Animal couldn't keep up with the legend. xD



Another one Jud recommended. This is a really old video, means that Buddy has been crazy pro since forever. How on earth do you get so good?! The dude can't even read sheet music! According to Jud anyway.

The good stuff doesn't happen until about a minute into the clip. You can so tell the drummer to the right is Buddy, his sound is so distinct. I think Gene Krupa got owned. lol.

Judson is so inspired. He's still so young. Looking forward to see what he's capable of. =D

Tan Hong Ming

So cute! Small boy also know how to invite for a romantic dinner! Die la when puberty hits. Taken from Grace's blog.

The weather has been awfully wet these last few days. Hope it didn't spoil the youth camp. They come home today! xD Can't wait to take my cousins out for a drink.

I've recently stumbled across a series known as Robot Chicken. There's nothing quite like it. =D I find it so inspired and random. Imagine how much work it takes to do a stop motion show. Too bad they don't show it here on Cartoon Network.

Spent quite a few hours yesterday watching the series on YouTube. It was however insufficient to fill my craving, so I had to resort to torrents to get my fix. xD

I'm delighted fan boy to see that they did a whole episode on Star Wars! Even George Lucas provided his own voice for the skit! What a sport!



"But, I'm ambidextrous! See?"

Lol.. Poor Panda. (walrus creature)

"I love your hair! Where did you get it done?"

xD

Salted Egg Crabs

Ooo wow.. It's about time for an update.

If you guys read my cousin's blog, we've been away in Kuantan for the past 3 days to visit our grandparents. Well, we're back now.. Oh how I miss Poh Poh's Char Siew.. They're just like her fried eggs, simply magical. xD

It was a nice visit. I think I've bonded a little with my little cousins with my newly learned horrible mandarin skills. I know Li Li has certainly been making fun of me in mandarin but at least I can somewhat communicate with her now. Hopefully I can further improve myself in hopes to shed the Banana status I have.

Oh and I'll miss the Salted Egg Crabs from Kuantan.. Wonderful wonderful salted egg crabs. *drool*. If you ever go to Kuantan you MUST try it.

haha..

In other news, the past few days after coming back from Kuantan have been awfully quiet. With both Tina and Judson away for Youth Camp, there's this strange feeling of emptiness in the house. I never realized how the two of them made the place so lively and noisy, since this is the first time I'm alone at with with the both of them gone. I'm guessing that this is a taste of what it'll be like in Clayton. Sigh..

I'm sure they're having a blast at camp along with the rest of the youth. =) Can't wait for the stories or video of the theme night.


On to the next item on the agenda, apparently.. We have our own BIGFOOT! =D

Presenting, the Malaysian Mawa of Johor!

Another article..


For those not too fond of lengthy articles, a video from one of the articles.



I have to say I've always been particularly fond of cryptology, as geeky as it may be. It's fun to know that Malaysia is involved too. xD

sk8

We skated and we skated and skated and skated. A total of 6 hours, from 9am to 3pm.

When driving Xin back home, I noticed that every time I made a turn my legs would twist a little as if I was balancing myself on the ice.

When I was sitting still on the floor, my legs still felt like it was skating on the ice.

For 20 bucks a day, ice skating is not an activity you can do everyday. My calves still hurt like nuts. However, the amount of good clean fun it provides among friends is absolutely magical. =D

Welcome to the 60's!

Yet another memorable piece of my childhood. =)

CYBER COP GO!! xD

I can't believe how horridly cheesy the intro is! I remember it being so much cooler as a kid. Chuen and I used to love the series to death.

The action figures were the bomb. I remember they came with little black suitcases where their weapons were stored in which you can attach to the arms. Just like the show! So cool. xD The Green Guy had the awesome machine gun, the Blue had the rocking sword. I think Chuen had the Blue guy. If I'm not mistaken I had the Green guy.

Ahh.. Good times..





What a fun movie Hairspray is! =D It would have been so much better watching it in the cinema. Too bad I was pretty tied up when it was released.

Xin and I went over to Ee May's place yesterday to hang out and to catch up. I absolutely LOVE her new home. It has always been a dream of mine to own a 3-story house in my older years. =D And her house design is so modern with its huge windows, ikea-like interior and a nice big garden! A gorgeous gorgeous home, haha. It's nice to have you back Ee May! xD

Can't wait to meet her Justin Chai which I heard so much about.

The new shopping center in Bukit Tinggi is pretty nice! Feel like going back there again.

I never knew that Ee Vee (May's sister) went to Monash Clayton in her Uni days. What more she stayed in the Halls, which is exactly where I'll be staying when I'm there. After promoting the Richardson Hall she stayed in and talking about uni life there for awhile, it suddenly hit me. I don't have a lot of time left before I go off.

Everything has already been confirmed. My acceptance letter, my lodging, my course subjects, plane ticket and all. The only things left to handle is the fees and my visa.. I'm actually leaving home..


I'm looking forward to it actually, despite knowing too well that I'll badly miss everything I'm familiar with and love back home. I'm thankful for my parents who gave me this chance to experience life abroad when they didn't have the opportunity. Thank God that my exchange application was accepted, there's no way we could afford this if we paid the Australian fees.

I wonder how I'll fair in Clayton, since I've never lived away from home. It scary to think that my first experience living alone will be in a foreign country, exactly 6372 kilometers away.

2 months to go.


Everything's set for me to go. The question is, am I ready?

Powerrrrrrr Xtreme!

Jon has been posting plenty about his 80's childhood cartoons. I was just surfing the net a minute ago when this particular cartoon just randomly popped up in my head. With a quick google search, I'd like to share with you what I grew up with. =)

Any of you watched this while growing up? =D

Ah, The Centurions.. =) It's just like how I remember it. 3 guys with canggih suits that combine with canggih weapons beamed down from the sky. lol.. I used to run around pretending to be the blue guy (Ace McCloud). xD The ground and sea are for wimps. =P

I love the scenes where they merge with their weapons. Makes me feel like a kid all over again.. =D Not to mention the sheer number of different weapon sets still make me go "Wahhhh..."

Here's their very first episode. You can catch parts 2 and 3 in the youtube site.



POWERRRRR XTREME!!

A gaming tribute

And I thought the Gaming Theme Acapella was good. =D



Performed by the California Band during a half-time show recently, it was nothing short of spectacular. See how many tunes you can identify!

I shamefully admit that I could identify all of the songs played in the video. Seems like I need more time out in the sun. xD

Gibson-WHAT-Guitar?!

What makes this Gibson Les Paul different from the rest?

Click the picture to find out. Look under the videos section. I was going "FUAH!!" =D

Go electrical engineering!! xD

"Who touched Sasha?!"

Haha, Judson and I pretty much memorized the script for all the Team Fortress 2 videos. The heavy and the soldier's vids are a good laugh. =D

I sure hope the internet cafes have this already. Can't wait for the next Subang fragfest. xD

Must see!

Two movies you must absolutely catch if you can.

Ken, Daph and I went to watch it not knowing anything about the movie. Not much was put into its promotion I suppose, or either that I haven't been watching TV recently. However, this wonderful fantasy world of Neil Gaiman is sure to delight. =D Great choice Crissy!


Next up,
Much much better than I expected. Don't let the "From the studio that created Shrek" tag line put you off. Unlike the last 2 Shrek sequels, this show is actually genuinely funny! Certainly one to catch if you're looking for a good laugh. I wanted to take Xin out for my second round of Stardust since she hasn't watched it, but she recommended this. Good choice Xin! =D

Oh how I wanted to talk more about these movies, but I wouldn't want to spoil your experience. =) Catch them of you have the time!


On my way back home using the Federal Highway, there was bad traffic accident that occurred near the exit to Shah Alam. All I could see were firemen cutting through the wreckage to get to someone stuck inside the badly damaged white Proton. Alive or not, I could not tell..

The road dividers were distorted so bad as if they were made out of aluminum. I could only pray that no one was lost in that crash.

You couldn't believe the number of kepohs (not you liesl. =) ) that slowed their car to a complete stop in the middle of the road to get a better look. Even the other side of the road which was not blocked by anything was almost at a standstill. Heck, there were plenty of people right beside the firemen, not helping in any way but taking videos with their handphones.

Idiots.

That accident sure reduced my speed on the road by a good 20km/h. Do be careful on the road, or anywhere else for that matter.


I've been craving for a little bit of ice skating for some reason. How about a mass ice skating day? =D

Euphoria

Finally! With Digital Systems done and over with, I officially usher in the holidays!! xD

It was a good paper, thank God. Tricky, but I think I nailed it.

Bring on the holidays! =D

15

15 hours from now, I would be a free man..

Well, not really. I would still have 1 more paper, ECE 2072 - Digital Systems. But Digital Systems is a whole lot easier compared to any of my subjects taken this semester.

Switching Electronics was horrid. Even the smart ones were cursing through their teeth. I'm rather worried about it. The worse case scenario would be failure.. =|

I already did my best, so if I do fail I'll take it like a man.

A lot of load has been taken off my shoulder recently. After some enquiry, it seems that I got a full offer for the Student Exchange program. Meaning, even if I totally screw up this semester I still go to Aussie, since it's based on my last 3 semesters results. =D

Yay. Good to know that hostel deposit won't go to waste.

That sure takes off a lot of the pressure on me.

But then again, I won't ever want to repeat/fail a subject. I must do my best!

My next paper, ECE 2092 - Advanced Engineering Mathematics B.

My math may be horrid, but I will overcome!!

15 hours..



Do pray for me. =)