The Sail @ 220912

Man I miss the beach already.

Hello!

I just had the awesome-est weekend last week! Me and sis have a friend in MMU who is from Port Dickson and is a sailor since young. He invited us over to his guest house and offered some private free sailing lessons. My gosh such a rare deal! We've always wanted to try this kind of water sport :D And so we nodded fervently to this plan and invited 2 of our friends to come along. 

 Our friend, Alvin's "5 stars" guest house - The Beach House!

 HAHAHA one of the few banners displaying Alvin's portrait when he's young welcomed us when we stepped into the house. There're a few banners of him in the house during his "zaman kegemilangan" hehe. He'd won the Asia championship in sailing for under 15 category when he was 12. So cute :P

Cozy living room and great sound system that plays a lot of Oldies. Niceeee!

 The backyard full of sail boats.

Back door that leads to the beach! Love the sea so much!!!

Warm sun, blue sky, calm sea and numerous white sail boats. That's Port Dickson!

The not-to-miss shoes shot!

Purposely not wearing my cons so that I could play in the water. ^__^

 Found a rock with the shape of a love and......Teehee!

Coach Alvin gave us some short briefing before the sail. Some sailing techniques and what to beware of during the sail. The name of the boat is Laser! :D

After the briefing, we went for lunch at Port Dickson's McD. We chose to go to McD for lunch as the particular McD outlet is located just beside the beach! After our lunch, the sail begins! Woohoo damn excited! Many young sailors were having training that day in the middle of the sea, with a few coaches in a big motor boat supervising them. First, Alvin took steph with him with the boat and dropped her at the motor boat. Then he went back to pick the remaining of us.The remaining of us: Me, Yikxin and Bobo get to sit in a boat together with Alvin, and I got the boat tip seat which was super awesome! The bellowing wind, splashing sea water as the sail boat cruised over the rough waves, what a thrilling experience indeed! At first we didn't dare to touch the sea water at all in case there're some huge fishes or horrible unknown sea monsters watching us underneath the sea water. Then when we had gotten used to it, we kept trying to place our feet into the water or splash the sea with our hands haha. Never know sailing could be sooooo much fun! 

He dropped us onto the motor boat and picked steph for some individual sailing lessons. Some 15 or 20 of young sailors under 15 yrs old were having sailing training in the middle of the sea, and 2 coaches were on the motor boat supervising them. It was an amazing scene. It kind of shocked us to see how young most of the sailors are and how good they control their sail boats! Cruising left, right, controlling the rudder and aiming the red striking colour buoy.

Me and yikxin were kinda tempted by the sea water as we saw some kids dipping themselves in the water while hanging on to the motor boat. After encouraged by the coach, me and yikxin had a swim in the warm sea hehe. (Bobo doesn't know how to swim) But the wave was quite strong and we half kicking ourselves to stay afloat and half hanging onto a rough rope from the motor boat for our dear lives. Although we all wore our life jackets, but the waves were still a bit too much for us to handle lol. We got very tired in a short time, and had hard time struggling to climb onto the motor boat again hehe. The.sea.was.awesome!!

After we had our individual sailing lessons from coach Alvin, which involved me getting my head hit by the swinging boom twice, we headed back to the beach. We sat in the water for a really long time, enjoying the warm low tide sea water, treasure hunt-ed by the beach searching for pretty shells, mini crabs, and killed a small lala (we didn't know by force opening a lala could kill it! Just curious to see what's inside ._.), and tried to build a sand castle but failed miserably. Oh how I love the sea!!

My activity after bath and before our dinner: Stalking people sailing through the binoculars. No hot guys for me to stalk one. hahaha.

Had a stroll on a rocky beach after bath.

 Our dinner! We searched online for any recommended stalls to dine in and it lead us to this place near Lukut. Not nice one -___-" The ikan bakar was so so only, lost to the ikan bakar at Melaka. :9

 Oyster omelette!! This dish looked so yummy at first glance with the big fat juicy oysters, but when we dug in, it is full of flour and the oysters were not fresh enough. The other dishes like salted egg fried sotongs and marmite prawns were also not very tasty. But its still okay as the price were quite cheap!

After our dinner, Alvin brought us to visit his house and drank some Chinese tea.
And psst! His bro was kinda handsome! /blush hehe.

 Later that night, Alvin brought us to his family club, The Yacht Club. His family loves to hang out in this club and it is for members only! We were feeling so exclusive able to visit this old school bar haha.

My little moustachie. Not feeling alcoholic that night, so orange juice it is! The songs were all oldies and the elders love it here, dancing on the dance floor swaying to the music. Very romantic much! This is a totally different life here and I'm really glad I can experience the other side of the culture. This is way more romantic than watching movies and having fine dining in an expensive restaurant. <3 p="p">

They have a pool beside too! ^___^

We had sailing on the next day too. It was a lot more windy on Sunday, and the wave got really aggressive. I thought it wouldn't be a good idea to steer the boat myself, might as well let Alvin control the boat. The boat was quite fast from the harsh waves and once our boat nearly capsized! Luckily we managed to balance it and sailed back to the beach safely haha. SO FREAKING AWESOME! Sometimes I secretly imagine what will happen if the boat overturned :P it was a really common thing for sailing according to Alvin.


 Good bye our little hard rock hotel (Drew by a foreigner haha)

(That girl above is steph) Thats all for our PD trip! Really appreciate our friend Alvin for teaching us how to sail. It was a really rare experience and I would definitely like to try it again!


Thats all for the pd post. Time for some jogging now. Argh I'm so tanned! Ciaoz!

090912

Ohai!
My internship finally ended on 7th Sept! And my next sem will only start at mid October. So, I'm considered as unemployed at the moment. Haha. Goyang kaki at home. Will post the pictures of other trainees and me up very soon! :)
Before that, two of my favourite mentors decided to have a farewell trip with me! Aww so sweet of em. We decided to go KL as Seremban has no nice place to go to.

Equipped with GPS, let the road trip begin!
Some introduction hehe. The guy on the left is Aristotle from Philippines, a really friendly foreigner who looked like a Chinese to me at first glance. He had culture shock and hard time adjusting to the norms here haha. On the right is Kok Siong from Seremban, a really down to earth guy that doesn't look anything like his age. Haha. Good thing tho as both of em were like no age gap, very comfortable to be with. They were really great mentors to me, and I really appreciate our rare friendship!

None of us are familiar with kl roads. Luckily the GPS worked and we reached Mid Valley safely! Although we couldn't find the entrance to parking lot and parked in the hotel beside. Hehe. Good enough! We opted Plan B for our lunch, since this restaurant is so recommended by many bloggers, we decided to have a go.

The relaxing atmosphere of Plan B. On a side note, we saw a handsome Hitz fm deejay having lunch with his mom! Handsome-nya hehehe

 I decided to order Club sandwich! Was not feeling well that day and had bloated stomach, I can only finish 1/3 of the portion! Didn't know the portion was that big, should have shared with sis. =\ The sandwich was really yummy, taste was exotic and I was so guilty I couldn't finish it.

Sis went for her favourite dish, carbonara pasta! Not bad. Again, the portion was too big for her and she couldn't finish it lol. Actually the food at Plan B was much affordable than expected. The price is almost the same like Chilies or TGI Fridays. So..guarantee we'll have next time! Sis hasn't tried what she wanted yet, the famous egg benedict, as it was only available for breakfast.

Blurry pic of us at Plan B. Teehee :D Thanks kok siong for treating us. To be honest, I'm really not used to being pampered like this. But well, as someone said, we have to learn to accept blessings! Thank you, stay tuned for your "Plan C" yea. ;)

Later, me and sis did some window shopping while the guys walked around the mall before our movie starts.  Initially we chose the movie Chernobyl Diaries, but its not showing on that day. Phew :P Not sure if the show is really scary and I can take it anot haha. We watched another movie instead, The Watch. Its a comedy and the movie was so so only. I won't recommend it UNLESS you have to choose a show between horror movies and that,like our case, then you have my advice to watch it lol.

For dinner, we decided to try Bak Kut Teh as Aristotle has a taste for authentic chinese cuisine and we love the bak kut teh in Bao Xiang restaurant. We find it really nice, wonder why I heard some negative comments about it and the restaurant is always so empty. But we were really satisfied with our meal :)

 Yummyyy! Really love the bak kut teh! But we were darn full by then and couldn't finish the you tiao. Awww the picture is making me craving for bak kut teh now.

Us again. We look so formal in our pictures huh! Haha.

Later that night, after hours of turning around Mid Valley, asking locals and checking the names of every tall building we stumbled upon, we finally found our destination!

 Luna bar!! So touched when we finally found the correct building! The Pacific Regency Hotel was really hard to find! Plus it was very cloudy and drizzling that night, GPS was not working very well. Oh been wanting to go to this bar for quite a long time, and now our wish came true hehe. :D Some said Sky bar offers nicer view but it needs booking and has cover charge.

 ^___^ Stunning view of Petronas tower from Lunar Bar.The view was so exotic and yet the price was super affordable! Really love the place!

Us again. Hehehe. Not feel like drinking anything alcohol that night. The drink was only rm10+ and you can stay there whole night. Awesome place!

Theeeeee pooooool!!! So cool rite! And the dj was just up there inside the cubicle, playing club music. Yeah I think the main thing that attracted us was the sparkling pool hehe.

The boys relaxing over the music and view.

While the happy girls were busy taking pictures and trying to check in through facebook. wahaha.

All in all, the whole trip was an enjoyable and adventurous one! You'll never know whose lives you'll touch! Alright its time for bed. Good nite!

Wheeee

Hello!

So, me and my sis went back to our uni in Melaka last Saturday to settle some stuff. Before that, we met up with our fellow uni mates and had a brief reunion!  

Oh the overwhelming feeling when those familiar roads and buildings appeared in front of my eyes. How I miss Melaka already! Its been months since I last see the roads, our ep apartment (now a really dusty room), and the shops around Bukit Beruang. Yes the shops! There're so many bitter sweet memories! The time when we were juniors and first moved into Ixora apartment beside MMU, the breezy nights when we will go around explore the restaurant/cafes with hsemates after bath, the gossips about which and which seniors or new comers. Kel Ling, our forever favourite housemate, and Fong Yee, our cute neighbour. Love em lots. Sigh.. Those were them days.

And yes, it was Just A Couple of Months! I'm over reacting I know haha. Think i'll most probably be crying my eyes out when its time for me to graduate! :( Not sure what happened to me recently haha. Feel like gonna miss every single thing I see or feel each day. I miss school life, but I'm pretty positive I'll miss my intern life too tho. There's only one week left for me to be in my company and I'll be back to school in no time. After that, I won't able to step into ffcm anymore, have lunch everyday with other trainees, work with other engineers, have long chats with my colleagues, see the scary botak boss scolding people ( :P ), observe people that passed by my seat whenever I have nothing to do, secretly counting the frequency of some people who visits the toilet very frequent hehehe (can't help it!).

But its time to face the reality, I will go back to MMU, finish my fyp, graduate and become a real engineer and go out there to make mom and dad proud! To be honest, I felt chills down my spine when I heard people calling me an Engineer in ffcm. The title is like a little too heavy for me lol. I know I'm studying engineering course, and soon to be an engineer (duhh what else then), but I used to think being an engineer is way too cool and its really hard for me to achieve this sacred title Hahaha. Silly me.

Okay, the main point of this post is not to reminiscent the good ol' days! By meeting up, we meant.... to parteh the night! Huhu. Here're some pictures of what we did for Friday night!

 "I'm gonna live, my life. No matter what we party tonight~ I'm gonna li-li-live my life, I know that we gon' be alright~ " Notice the purple laser! That is SHOOO COOL! ^_______^

 First time snapping pictures inside a club haha. Really love the loud music and party atmosphere. Another side of the world!

 Smokin'! hehe. Dry ice I mean. Are there any clubs that don't allow smoking cigarettes? Inhaling those second hand smoke all night is so unhealthy!

I don't really drink much alcohol as my face will glow bright red after 2 or 3 glasses of drink, which only contain around 80% coke and 20% alcohol lol. Lame right? I'm still not sure of my drinking limit as I'll stop once I feel my face is blushing. Hmm the worst I've ever went was at Movida. I ordered a cocktail and it had this strong pungent minty smell. How the hell am I supposed to know the drink named Grasshopper could be in mint?! lol. Without any choices left, I tried my best to gulp the whole disgusting drink down together with some french fries. I drank my drink too fast, the effect started to show and I was super dizzy, can't even walk myself to the toilet! I leaned to the table and slept around 15 mins. And I'm totally fine when I woke up! Haha. Thats the only experience that I'm so near to drunk, and I'm not going to try it.

I hate it when I blush easily after a lil alcohol. It was back in 2 years ago when we went to try out the pubs in the famous Lam Guai Fong street when we visited Hong Kong. Felt so embarrassed when we had to take public monorails to back to our hotel after that. The colour of my face was giving people the impression that I've drank a minimum of 3 bottles of alcohol, when I only drank not even one bottle of Carlsberg! Not fair lah. But then on the upside, blushing can save you from being forced to drink. People will think you've drank a lot!

All of us! Glad to have em as friends in my life!
I still can't believe that we clubbed for two days straight. O_O That. was. insane!


P/s: If you can't change anything, just leave something beautiful as memory behind! You could be the next angel in disguise! ;)

I do this a lot of time. HAHAHA.

Hey there!
So, last Sunday our friend, Frank decided to bring us for a Korean meal for our belated birthday celebration. And he chose Da Chang Jing, a korean cuisine restaurant. We've never been there before, and he claimed that it is the best in town, despite my sis got a lot of negative feedbacks of the restaurant from her colleagues. But it's still worth a try. :)

We departed at 930pm for our supper late dipper (dinner + supper) (lol okay sounds weird!) All because of... this!

T__T very heartbreaking indeed. That fateful night, almost all malaysians' eyes are keenly glued to the tv, supporting the hero of our nation,to compete for msia's first gold in London Olympics. The game was legendary! It will be even more legendary-er if only Datuk Lee manage to win the gold medal back and make msia proud. Nonetheless, LCW is still no match with the man above, world no.1 badminton player, from China. But its okay, both of em have given their best and they deserve their titles! Thank you to LCW and LinDan for such a good game! :))

Andddd our dinner is served!

 That's a lottttt of meat right! The food there was so so, I'll give it a 5.5 on scale 1 to 10. Haha. Cause for me, the most important thing of Korean cuisine is their side dishes, but the sides they provide do not satisfy me. Of all the Korean restaurants I've tried, the sides of this restaurant is considered as slightly below average.. Besides, there's a glimpse of our kimchi pancake on top right, well, its a little too soft for my liking. That's very sad as I thought pancakes are all yummy. But! On the up side, the meat is as awesome as usual, and the soups are delicious! :D

 Kimchi soup! Yummeh. They have this seaweed soup which is equally yummy too, according to sis. She finished the whole bowl of it when she's suppose to share with me, so I never get to try it -____-'' lolz.

The dinner was kinda too heavy for that time, and as expected, I have bloated tummy the next day. :( My digestive system is not very good, I can't eat anything right before my bedtime. Else, my stomach will be feeling uncomfortable the next day. My stomach can't even stand any spicy food, even my favourite burger, McDeluxe is included. I sure will have diarrhea after that. But.......I don't care :P Meh.

And so, today, I was taking my usual evening walk and...

Puma? lol. 

When I was walking pass a house, this cute cat was staring at me and started meowing. Then, it came to me and lie down. SO CUTE CAN?! It even tried to brush against my legs, but I'm not sure if its stray cat or someone's pet, so don't dare to touch her in case she's dirty. AHH I LOVE CATS! When I'm lonely I'll prefer dogs, but when I'm busy, I'll prefer cats as they're more inert. <3 p="p">

"You got a fast car

But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way" -  ♫ Tracy Chapman, Fast Car

" It's the boy you never told I like you, 
It's the girl you let get away.
It's the one you saw that day on the train, 
But you freaked out and walked away 

It's the plane you wanna catch to Vegas, 
Things you swear you'll do before you die, 
It's the city of love that waits for you, 
But you're too damn scared to fly.

*                    *                     *
It's all the money that you're saving, 
While the good life passes by.
It's all the dreams that never came true, 
Cause you're too damn scared to try. " - ♫ Selena Gomez, Hit the Lights.

Worth pondering. :) Nites!

August first!

Hello! So fast and my fav month of the year has arrived! It was great indeed to wake up with loads of messages packed with love, same goes to my Facebook wall! Once in every year eh. Hehe. It was a pleasure too, replying each and every one of the messages! Some can get really creative with the wishes haha. There're some uni mates that had graduated and it hurts a lil to imagine going back to campus without the sight of em.. Some of the people whom I've brushed shoulders with frequently but never really talked with in campus, some of em whom do not appear familiar to me, clicking into their profiles and the pictures of anime characters did not help me to recall who are them. Neways, big thank you thank yous to those who wished me, those wishes are more than enough! (If any of you read my blog lol)

So, Last Sunday, Sis's colleagues decided to celebrate our birthday at a Japanese restaurant nearby, Matsu. It was my first time there. The food was really awesome! The best in town i think but the price there are also top in town I guess haha. After our meal, they gave us a lil surprise,

 CUPCAKES!! Me and sis are special fond of cupcakes, and this is our very first cup-birthday-cake! Aww so cute aren't they?! They tasted decently well too! "Happy birthday Ying & Ni" ^_^ Appreciate much, thanks guys for such a memorable birthday! wuv you all haha. Sadly I only took this with my phone. Our group and individual pictures aren't with me.
After the yummy dinner, we had yumcha with high school mates.

 Sorry for the noise-full picture. My phone doesn't work well in the dark. hehe. This is ah fu! Our best best friend! Thanks for always be there for us, and stay as sampat as you used to be! :D

 Sis with Fu. Thank you for the presents! I also realized we didn't take any pictures with Amelia, who arrived later lol. And other besties who are unable to join due to studies. Hehehe but still, happyyyy! Friends forever yea :)

 Me all hyped up before goin to work on my big day. How I wish I can self declare holiday!

Annnnnd a birthday must-have! The cake! Me and my sister decided to go and seek our birthday cake on Wednesday after our work. After hours of choosing between shops, we finally settled on this! Black Beauty. Oh big mistakeee! Well, according to the salesgirl, it should tastes like a moist cake and pure dark chocolate. But when we eat it, it tastes like ordinary cake, with super sweet cream in between and a hint of coffee. T____T undeniably the worst cake we've tasted these 22 years. Sobs. We should have stuck with the safe option of American chocolate or Black Forest instead. Haih.

Well, that's all for the birthday post. Actually I don't really feel birthday is important anymore after my 21st. It should be celebrated but I'm starting to feel indifference when it comes and goes. Hehe.
Hopefully, it is a year older, a year wiser.

Gonna end this post with a sketch. Bye! x

P/s: Focus focus focus!