Bali 2010

Time flies when you're having fun

Countless times that I've had this feeling

Of course, same goes to Bali~

Just a short 3 days stay over there, made me feel like going back there again in the future.

How should I start?

Detailed narration of the whole trip? Nah, too lazy and too meaningless for that

Decided to be stingy this time, and to be kind at the same time

What more can I say? 

YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO BALI TO FEEL IT ALL, AT LEAST ONCE IN YOUR LIFETIME

Clear enough? Yes, I'm kind enough not to spoil the fun and speculations :b

Then what should I write?

Hmmm...

This trip basically featured 6 people:

Us 4 (Dad, mum, sis & me) + Tanti (Uncle Julius's daughter, our super tour guide) + Pak Nyoman (our super driver)

Tanti's doing her internship in Bali 'cause she's studying Tourism, hoping to be a tour guide someday

Pak Nyoman, an experienced tour guide himself too, a typical Bali natives, kind and faithful. And he speaks many languages!

Bali's a place overloaded with friendly people

They are ready to help anytime, anywhere, seriously anywhere (even in the middle of a traffic jam)

Unlike most part of Indonesia, it's main religion is Balinese Hinduism. And more than 90% of the residents here are Hindus. They worshipped a lot of things, mostly magnificent things like huge rocks, giant trees, metals, giant turtles and of course beautiful statues.

They are all faithful servants of their religion and thus the crime rate here is almost negligible, as they are fearful of their god.

And everything is built on the foundation of their religion

Buildings are not allowed to be taller than 4 or 5 storeys, which is not taller than the tallest coconut tree, because they believe that coconut tree symbolises the god of Sun.

They believe their faithfulness could prevent natural disasters from happening to Bali Island.

I believe it's because of these beautiful traditions and beliefs, Bali's a terrific place to get a peace of mind and to relax yourself fully, without any worries.

One beautiful thing about the people in Bali, despite all the foreigners and migrants from every other part of the world, they stick to their tradition and their fashion no matter how cool the trendy clothes are. It not only maintained the unique qualities of Bali, it also made Bali a place like no where else.

We didn't really get into a Bali-like resort this time during our stay there

But the location of our hotel is in the middle of Putar, kind of a central area of Bali island.

Which makes travelling and shopping a lot easier ^^

Phew~~~

This holiday just came in the very right moment of time

Right after a year of hard work (erm...maybe not hard enough :b)

Beautiful sceneries, the tranquility of temples, what's better for a place to close ur eyes and hear the sound of your heartbeat?

By having Tanti as our tour guide, we made it to many places which didn't have many tourists, sometimes none at all! How nice???

Not to mention it's a beautiful chance for us 4 to reunite and have fun together, to have the usual dramatic war and all

As holiday's shorter by 1 month this time, it feels more precious to me

Bearing in mind it might be my last long holiday before stepping into the workforce

It should be more cherished!!!

Hope that this would once again be an unforgettable one~

Growing up means letting go of something, to grab hold of something bigger

Stay optimistic, with all the supports I have, I step forward with all my heart

Bali, I'll be back!!!

Just a blink

Blink blink

I was back in Adelaide

Blink blink again

I was there in Changi Airport again

Blink blink once again

I was there in home sweet home once again

Blink blink blink

I'm here in Jakarta already

To me, felt like everything in 2010 happened in just a BLINK

Time just passes by quickly this year

Is it true that most people over 20 y.o would experience this?

Life just get a step ahead of us and we are constantly catching up with it?

Or we're just dragging life like a poor tyre?

Either way, my point is, there's no harm stopping for a while and enjoy your life!

And oooohh YeAh~

How many times I'm gonna say this?

I love my life and the people that I'm with now!

This might the reason why 2010 is speedy, good times just pass by quickly!

Rather to say that I'm stuck in Jakarta now before getting over to beautiful Bali

Why not say that I finally get to meet dad again, and enjoy the live family comedy unfold while being one of the 4 leading casts!

Life's great, truly hope this would be the case for my loved ones' too~

Or......Let me bring JOY to you!!!

Hope you're happy when you see this, smile :)

Guess what's this...

Pig's oil in crispy form!!! (Found on a Chinese Restaurant's dining table, somewhere Jakarta)

I can smell you...HoLiDaY!

After a constant input of heat from the sunlight for more than half a day

Adelaide and also me are grilled (Can't imagine life in the next few days...)

With this kinda weather, it's not easy to get your study mood up, and luckily I didn't plan to do that

So...instead of sitting there all day refreshing fb (which I did for about an hour doing so today)

I decided to pack up my stuff for HOME! And also for moving house!

Which ends up successfully in this kinda weather -.-'''

And yea, realised that even after the previous pack up, I still got lotsa stuff to be packed up

4 years of life in AUS, no kiddin'!

Hmm yea, pretty much a sweaty process, with nice music, wasn't too bad after all

Just one week away from freedom, yes I can smell the vacation and the fresh air already

But still held back by the reality! (Exam...)

After lunch today with Boss KJ and Bday boy iSuk, I went straight home for the packing up

Realised that my life this week is gonna be pretty slow compared to last few weeks with CheeKheng messing around

I've always thought that I would study better alone but I was wrong all this while (Well, kinda...)

With my lappy occupied by someone to watch drama and connect to the world via fb

I could study pretty efficiently and without distraction AT ALL

Ironically, the temptation of world wide web > temptation to talk, with CheeKheng being around :b

Hey, that's a good thing, right???

Means we can get our priorities right and focus on what's on the top of the list first while we're together :)

To me, happy study time = happy chit-chat time later

Can't chit-chat and talk nonsense AS WELL when I'm under pressure

SO......

Without someone there to highjack my lappy away :(, I hope Determination could help me stay away from it!

The fact that this week's gonna be pretty slow is a 'thought so' thing already

Therefore, faith and trust are what we're gonna practise in such time

I believe~

And with guidance and care from above, there's pretty much nothing we couldN'T do

Hope for a happy study day tomorrow! lol!

HOLIDAY!?! Bali!!!

Yes, BALI!!!

Don't really know what to expect from Bali besides B.E.A.U.tiful beaches and good foods

Of course, this will be the time baby 550D steps up and do its stuff

Expect great great photos ya! Like the sceneries and all...

And I bought a portrait lens for another reason...

To help dad and mum capture the moment~ realising that they haven't been taking photos together for quite a long while, this would be a great time to do so (Before wrinkles and grey hairs took over :b)

According to mum, dad used to be a photography fanatic, of course, with his old school SLR camera with 'filem' and no LCD screen

And he might be able to teach me some tips ^^ (although it's a digital world now :b)

Dad's a quick learner, that's not a problem~ (Yes, he's using a MacBook Pro too, hehe)

And mum, with all her “哎哟，浪费钱啦” talk, would always be beaten badly by HO's United (i.e. HO ChooLee, HO AikHui & HO EeWen)

Of course, she would always give in to our 'fans-like' move to electronics...cos...what to do??? $$$ already been paid, always, I mean, all the time, before her consent :b

And yea, 6 days away from freedom!

And yea too, wanna shout out how H A P P Y I am now!!! ^^

~H.A.P.P.Y~

What's ahead?

Being a person who loves to imagine (of course, optimistically)

I've never found myself stop my imagination throughout my life from now and then

And thus, there's a lot of "what if"sss in my head and often some far-fetched reasons to back them up

Hmmm, good or bad?

I guess sufficient is good.

Looking at graduation in about a year time

Things such as looking for a job, house, car popped up

And these things are often seen as 'hardship' as:

Job= Money= Car + Shelter +/- Happiness

The most determining part of this eqn. would be JOB

And the process of looking for this crucial part of the eqn. could potentially be very hard

And hence, no JOB= no Money= no Car + no Shelter + Unhappiness= DOOMed

That's why people say that Graduation= Sacked

Wait a minute...

What if...

Within that 18 months of job searching, I find a job?

The eqn. would then be:

Job= Money= Car + Shelther + Happiness + lots more

What a perfect situation to be in!

How about we discuss the odds of getting a job?

Hmm, can't really tell...

Hard? Easy? Ok?

Well, I can't control all these but to work hard every single moment

The rest, leave it to god to decide and I'll keep having faith!

Ideal situation, stayed in Adelaide for a few more years, save up some $$$

Back in M'sia with bags of gold (exaggerating but that's how I want it to be, LOL)

Open up my own concept healthcare centre (hehe, I had this planned like long ago)

And become a C.E.O :b

HEY, money can't buy happiness! (to a certain degree, thus the crossed out "happiness" above)

And yea, I shall keep reminding myself, that without the ability to enjoy the happiness, money doesn't mean anything anymore

I must admit that I'm a materialistic person, born on 21st September (according to an personal analysis article, which is quite true)

I admire sophisticated tech gadgets, powerful cars and smart interior design of houses......

To fulfill this part of my happiness, I must earn lotsa $$ to do that

Not to mention that GOOD FOOD is already a must, without negotiation what-so-eva

What else what else???

So exited for the placement!!!

Hope to get a place in the city near where I live and hopefully in a hospital!!!

Who knows???

Recently, been doing nothing but studying and having a bit of fun here and there

Would feel quite worried sometimes about my results, no one wants to fail and retake the subject, SOOOOO, I MUST STUDY HARD!!! NO EXCUSE!!!

Of course, fun is an essential part of my fun!

Here's some fun! lol~

Found out a way to eat TimTam, in a more delicious way! With milk!

Bite a lil bit of both ends, and suck the milk up from one end

Awwww, so nice!! Thanks to CheeKheng!!

What lies ahead? Who knows?

Have faith.

Faith is having the courage to take the first step without knowing the end of the staircase.

Define "Miracle".

It's been a while since my last update

Busy??

Erm...nah, yea...well, sort of...

Alright, ya, was busy, thus no time for blogging

But felt a strong urge to note something down now

Although just 30 mins away from heading to work (last ref session of the year, and possibly in a while?)

4th year's coming up, meaning...LOOK FOR A PHARMACY JOB!

For a good chance to stay over here in Adelaide after graduating

Sis coming over to AUS, Adelaide's unlikely, Perth possibly the best chance

Well of course I hope she would come, but the option here is just not attractive enough

Perth! The city that I love, still, until now.

Trip to Perth once in a while is definitely tempting, so, why not for her to go Perth? :b

Wow, back to the topic

Yea, define "Miracle".

Q: How about an example?

A: e.g. My life at the moment.

Q: Please justify.

A: Oi! Can't you tell???

Q: Comment.

A: Hmmm, I felt that everything that happened this year to me have been miraculous. Since the start of 2010, I kinda felt the opening of my heart, in many ways. And of course, I must give the credit to the people that I've met, be it new friends or old buddies. Without y'all, I wouldn't have made it, to the happy me. Not like I wasn't happy at all before, but it's like, happYness to a higher level! You get what I mean?? Or maybe I should tell you more??

Ohya, it's still early to write up a summary for 2010. So, I shall keep it simple, for now.

I met amazing people this year!!! They opened my eyes, to realise that there's a bigger world out there with nice people around. They helped me regain my once very optimistic view of the future, not like I had forgotten how to dream back then, it's like they rejuvenate my thirst and desire to dream big again, without any restriction or worries. It's like, they set me FREE, somehow. Thank you people, you know who you are.

Not to mention my buddies, my all time favourites. The ZL gang. You guys stayed by my side once again, no matter what happened. You guys cheered and encouraged me, to do things outside my comfort zone. And backed me up, without any justification, I mean, you guys backed me up no matter what I do. The trust, is what I need the most. I know you guys are still waiting to pop that champagne bottle, well, I won't let y'all down! My buddies!

NBA slogan- Where amazing happens.

My life- Where miracle happens. LOL

What more can I say? I've been blessed all my life, up until now.

Even when things seem about to fail, somehow I could just pull it thru'

Once again I must include this favourite statement of mine:

"People are brought to this world for people"

We all come to this world for a specific reason

And I think people around me all my life have made a big impact to my life

If you still can't tell how happy I am at this stage of my life

I probably need to revise my english writing skill :b

All I wanna say is that, I'm happy, very very happy!

Found a friend Chee Kheng :b that I could share anything with

Relationships with dad, mum and sis are have never been better

Friends, of course, been there for me all the time

Studies, erm, yea right, let's put it this way, I love my course, and I love everything about it except exams, okie?

Work, kinda miss the job refereeing the guys already...especially the old guys, I love to ref their game, even some of them are old and grumpy, but the entertainment they brought to me every week is definitely unforgettable and of course, enjoyable!!!

Yea, I just wanna say, I'm happy! Very very happy!

Schizophrenia

Became quite interested in this topic recently

Was amazed by the symptoms that patients actually suffer from

1 in 100 people in this world experience this illness

Why wouldn't you know someone with this illness?

"Cause they often live in isolation and they are homeless, unsupported and helpless"

I couldn't imagine the feeling of having this illness but definitely realise the devastation it may bring

Human brain, the most complex organ in the body

It governs what you do, either voluntary (your movement) or involuntary (your guts motion)

And yet, it's still not fully understood

The movie "Butterfly Effect" kinda show the idea of it but not quite

Nevertheless, it's a nice movie that somehow gives us in-sight of how a mentally ill person lives his life

All of us undergo the emotions of depression, anxiety and more

How are these classified? I wonder...

Again, although drugs are useful in their own way, HAPPINESS is still unarguably the best medicine in the world.

Wouldn't it be cool if I can prescribe "Happiness" to patients that are suffering?

I wished that I have this ability~

Well at least, to bring joy and happiness to the people around me ^^

Beautiful Sunday!!!

After a good night sleep, gym, great lunch and some studies...

Now is the time to revisit my memory and note down the beautiful moments!

Holiday just started  a few days ago and now, I'm enjoying every moment of it

Something special this holiday is that I'm enjoying it in a way that I normally wouldn't do in the past

Live everyday to the fullest?

Certainly!

I'm starting to have a bit of self-consciousness

By saying so, I actually spent some good hours to study in the library for the past few days

Realising the fact that I lived normal uni weeks IDENTICAL to holidays

Given that I only need to spend very little time going to lectures and tutorials throughout the week

I decided this is the time to make a difference in my life, lol!!

Time to catch up some studies~

Magically, this felt so inspiring and I'm so motivated, rather unbelievable

I really must admit that I lived my usual uni life TOO RELAX

I'm so relieved that I finally realised that studying at home is no more a good solution

My bad, I just can't concentrate ENOUGH to study productively at home

Blessed enough, library is just about 10 mins walk away from home

Given that the weather has been better, there's no excuse to not take that 10 mins walk!

And yea, I love library! It just make you study~

That's the first FULLNESS of my holiday.

Church on Sunday!

Although I'm not a Christian, going to church and singing praise and worship songs are nothing new and rare to me

As most of my buddies are from church and basketball...

So, it's holiday and basketball would be on that evening

Why not spend the whole day together with my fellow teammates and get over to the court together?

The service session was like any other session, singing praise and worship songs and listening to the preaching of the pastors

I must say that I found it refreshing every time singing praise and worship songs, it gives me peaceful time to think about what I've done throughout the week and also make myself promises to become a better person, silently to myself while the music play along softly

I guess friends and this refreshing moments are the two things that made me keep coming back to CCM

After the service, we had lunch and started to chit chat, of course we talked about the game that was gonna happen last night

And then, adults went on to their classes respectively

That left me and PinYang, with a few hours of time to spare

Instead of sitting there and watch NBA videos

We decided to go play with a few kids, who have nothing to do and a few hours to spare as well

"How about, we play Hide n Seek??" said a cute girl Ally

Yea why not?

So, 6 of us, Ally, Sinead, Nicholas, Maria, PinYang and me

We played hide n seek, a game that I haven't played for years (maybe since high school)

The building was quite a big one, but spacious

Hiding wasn't an easy thing to do, especially for me, with the size and all -.-'''

We divided ourselves into two teams

Me, Maria and Sinead

PinYang, Ally and Nicholas

Maria and Sinead are just two super cute girls, 4 years old little girls

As you can imagine, very active and adorable!

I love kids but hardly have time to spend together with them

And yesterday, the amount of stuff that 4 years old girls know about just stunned me!

So clever, yet innocent

That's what make them so loveable and cute

They like to look you in the eye and seek for your attention all the time

One thing that makes them cuter is that they are so obedient and they listen to what adults say...

"No hiding in the kitchen and toilet"

"No playing with the lift"

There was once we hided in the lift, and when we were getting out of the lift

They asked me to go out first from the lift because...

"We will get scolded if we play with the lift..."

LOL!!!

The way they said it totally melted my heart......or I'm just too easy to be melted??! haha!!

And your praises would make them so so so happy that you couldn't imagine

The hide n seek game was so fun as we found so many places to hide, even in a rather spacious building

I think we spent almost an hour and a half playing the same game, changing sides when one team got caught, and we never got bored, that's the amazing part!

The story doesn't just stop here...there's more later...

Ever wonder why girls tend to think more than boys?

They started young!!!

Once again, they ask question that could melt your heart easily

And draw your sympathy straight away

There's this little girl who wonders why her mother is not with her always

Looking into her eyes, I felt the need of the love from a mum by a little girl

And she's confused, while I'm not sure as well

What can I do???

But to console her and tell her some random 'nice' reasons why

Deep inside her eyes, I can see her confusion, still, after nodding her head repeatedly

Poor thing...can do nothing but just to bring some momentarily happiness for her

And of course, the match that night, as awesome as ever!

We all played well, we cheered out loud, we hustled~

HCFA!!!

more to come...just wanna have some quality time to write them down!!!!!!

Beautiful Sunday!!! (Pre-blog)

Having such a strong feeling to blog about my awesome Sunday!!

Hide and seek with cute cute kids Maria, Sinead and Nicholas...

Breakdance session coached by Serene...

Semi-final great game and win...

The friendships created...

So many great things to blog about but I have to get in bed NOW!!!

Gym session 9am!!!

Yes, holiday's here, I WILL HAVE TIME

And I WILL DEFINITELY BLOG IT!!!

Happy!!!!! ^^

Something 'Bout Love- David Archuleta

空荡荡的感觉

这种感觉

不知道这常不常发生在大家身上？

因为这种感觉

不是不开心，也不是很满足

有种卡在中间的感觉

卡到竟然让“难过”这种感觉变得比较踏实

这样至少可以很清楚知道自己的心向着哪里

好过卡在中间，进退两难这种尴尬的感觉

真的很不好受叻

想想，没有不开心啊！

再想想，也没有烦恼啊！

再想再想，那为什么又会有这种空荡荡的感觉叻？

就这样空闲的想呀想，就像一个螺旋一样又转回第一个问题。。。

还真的有点恐怖的，因为不知道原因，所以是神秘感披上恐怖的面纱

最近的生活

还真的有点忙的

但是说忙也不是很忙

平时还是有时间看看电影

午餐时间还是可以看一集drama

反而可以说是时间多到有点过分了

是不是这两个星期没有做工？？

结果会觉得生活没有什么方向感

我不喜欢没有目标的生活，懒懒地活着绝对不是我的生活方式

很久没有那种为生活打拼的感觉了

难道工作赚外快真的已经变成我生活一大部分了？

难道它不至是我的外快来源，还变成了我的精神支柱？？

没有理想的人生对我来说是蛮恐怖的

我承认自己很喜欢物质上的享受

尤其是在科技上，都会要求上等货

对于自己这样的性格，很久以前就已经心里有数

所以，以其改变这个天性，不如脚踏实地地努力满足欲望

当然，人是要学会知足的，欲望这种东西，没有特意设限的话是不可能有截至的

量力而为，更是重要

说白了最后不谓是追求“快乐”

没有必要为了追求一种性质的“快乐”放弃另外一个“快乐”

说回来，自己现在物质上的享受，可以算上很不错的了

已经不能再要求什么的了

所以。。。问题不出在这里。。。

那。。。又再哪里呢？

是不是太多东西来得太容易就会开始觉得理所当然呢？

是不是就会对环境失去了兴趣呢？

上面这两个对我来说都是很危险的问题

失去了热忱，就好像失去了灵魂一样

没有了灵魂，那人不就变成一大块会动的肉罢了？

如果你是大雄，小叮当突然有一天没有电池了

需要换电池才能继续操作，但是会失去所有记忆

你会选择留下它的记忆，还是会选择复活无所不能的它呢？

空荡荡，对我来说，真的很不是滋味！

多两天又是篮球赛

是个很好找回自己的机会

当然，谁不想把球赛打好？

就这次，我特别期待，特别想打好

所以，我乖乖休息，不敢轻举妄动

不管结果如何，我知道只要尽力，就能更快找到方向

下个星期的test

当然也要下心思去读

这两个挑战

希望成败都会对我注入一支强心针

找回方向！

我不要空荡荡，我要充充实实的！

不趁年轻时打拼，那要等到几时哦？

A tribute to whom it may concern

It's about time to let the world see...

Who do you think this is?

Just another asian dude?

NO!

(Does he looks like someone in this photo?? hmmm :b PLS IGNORE ME)

23th August 1988

191cm

91kg

Harvard University Economics graduate

Golden States Warriors Rookie Point Guard

Ya, it's about time

To show the world

Height is not what brought asian ballers into NBA

INTELLIGENCE and DEDICATION are what brought them there

Although black players are renown for their SPEED and AGILITY

It doesn't mean that asian ballers can't have them too

Jeremy Lin

A total package to prove the doubters wrong

This is how he plays...

See for yourself!!!

Sick?? Yea, I must agree with you...

It's not just a personal achievement by Jeremy

It's a reality

It's a signal implicating "You can do it too!"

It's not about skin colour anymore

It's not about how tall you are anymore

It's all about how hard you work

It's all about how much you love what you do

It's all about how you hold on tight when there's doubts

It's all about faith and determination

Jeremy Lin

Watch out for him.