Ready to dive

Finally...the wait is over. Its been slightly more than 6 months since I last dive into the sea (ones a while got dive in swimming pool ler :p hehehe). Over the months....I kinda forgotten how sea water taste also...hehehehe.

When I heard bout the trip to Perhentian on end March, at 1st I kinda shake the idea off coz the sea will still be quite rough bout this time. Also during that time, I have not secured a job yet, hence going diving is way out of my budget.

Then later I manage to get a job.....hmmm...now seems I can go dive d. I calculate my budget and seems like I can afford to get some gears too....hmmmm, now I am even tempted to start diving again.

Finally I made up my mind....and round up some friends. I got my gears...and I am going diving end of this month. Now only 1 word I can say....

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

In a foreign land

When you enter the wolf lair...., howl like the wolf. When you enter the lion's den...., roar like the lion.

weather ohhhhh weather

I kinda wonder....how come you are so unpredictable. In my schooling days, I was taught that rain usually follows a pattern and is according to monsoon. Also if the sky is dark n thunders can be heard, then its gonna rain heavily on that day.

These days however.....u decide to rain whenever u like. The most magnificent thing is u will be so hot and sunny during the day...then continue to be hot n sunny in the evening but u decide to pour ur rain also. It does look funny when it rains in a hot and sunny day. Ones a while it happen...well people will find it strange. However when it happens almost everyday.....it starts to be a nuianse.

Haihzzzzz.....what can I do....just live with it lor.

Diving soon lor.....

Today went to buy gears.....wah...really kenot tahan lah. The feeling of going back into the sea is just so strong. When testing the gears n putting on the BCD to test the size.....really feel like going back to diving d.

Its been 6 months now......arghhhh....half year din touch the sea liao. Miss seeing the nice fishes, the taste of salt water and the wonderful feeling of doing "backroll entry" into the sea.

Need to brush up on my skills again before goin back into the sea......have to get used to my new gears n know where are the equipments attach to.

Anyway...gonna have a trip voming really soon, so I wanna say....

"Sea oh sea...u wait...I am coming back to embrace u d"

ooooooooooooooooooooooh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Going diving soon.....

ONly 1 word to describe this feeling...."YAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Raining on a sunny day

Haihzzz.....why oh why. It started out as a clear sky morning....with slight breeze blowing the haze into KL. Then in afternoon and evening....the sun is so bright that it can burn. The heat is so intense that we sweat while having lunch.

Then in late evening ard 6.20pm....I was ready to leave office and pay a visit to my mechanic. The sun is just so bright n it looks like a sunny hot day. I walk to the window to check the traffic...n to my horror...I realise....its pouring heavily out there. I kinda wonder....where the hell did these rain comes from ?????

Its been raining for more than an hour now and it shows no sign of stoping. I think I might as well not wait anymore n make a move lah, since I'm gonna get wet anyway.

Damm the weather.

CNY 2007

Dunno why this year I got feeling to take so many pictures during CNY. Below are some of them:


Tiny pot of nice blooming flowers.


miao miaaaooooooo


Got a very kilat punya kereta in my porch....spend hours polishing n waxing it.


Night decoration.....took this while preparing for prayers.


Cheery blossom tree.....of course fake wan lah. I made those hanging ang pow fishes...hehehe.


Mum filling up ang pow packets.


The fruits n cakes for prayers.


Preparing the prayer meja.


A view of my garden. Notice the many ang pow fishes...hehehehe.


Dad cleaning the ancestors altar.


Prayer table done d....all the offerings are in place....can pray d.


Sis preparing fruit punch for the CNY party.


All the ingredients for nice homecooked food.


The hasil from the ingredients.


A look at my house.


Sis and aunty arranging the food for the party.


Makan makan.


Quite a lot of people came...mostly relatives.


After makan....its gossip, talking and kepoh time...kekekeke.


Last picture....me kneeling down to wish my aunt Happy CNY n offer her tea. This is tradition.

Main teka teka (#3)

What does Boreal, Mad Rock, La Sportiva, Rock Pillar and Petzl has in common ????

**yawn** sleepy liao **yawn**

Main teka teka (#2)

What does Deuter, Tatonka, NorthFace, Mammut, Karrimor, Osprey, Actrex and High Sierra has in common ???

Ini lagi senang...hehehehe =)

Main teka teka....

What does Mares, Seac Sub, Apollo Sports, Technisub, Cressi-Sub, Scubapro and Zeagle has in common ???

Come on...senang saja ni....hehehehe.

Sudah start ni

haihzzz......sudah start lah ni. What I mean....well...its the weather lor. I remember bout 1 month ago...I read in the papers n it says that due to El-Nino, Selangor is gonna be getting a lot of sunlight so the Menteri Besar ask people to brace urself for water ratioining. Then bout 2 weeks ago...the Jabatan Kaji Cuaca say that, also due to El-Nino.....Selangor will be getting a lot of rain.

So how....wanna listen to who ??? or should we just blame it on El-Nino ???

I think both the menteri besar n jabatan kaji cuaca also ngam.....coz now days damm hot sun in morning n noon...then damm heavy rain in evening n nite. The doctors also damm happy...coz the sudden change of cuaca (1/2 hour is enuf to change from damm hot 'sunny' to damm heavy 'rainy') can cause many people get sick.

Last weekend balik kampung for CNY...wa lau eh...damm hot my kampung. My mum say I lucky d....coz still got bit drizzle in late evening. She say prior to me coming back...it can last bout 5 days without a single drop of rain n the sun will be blaring its mighty ray direct doen to earth.

I wish the rain in KL could lari a bit to my kampung lah.

CNY coming d

Yahoooo...every year, this is the moment I am looking forward too. Well...its becoz got angpow mah....hehehehehe. Actually I always look forward to CNY becoz its the time I get to see my cousins n relatives come together. The atmosphere is just superb....so many people coming together to share stories n laughters.

I remember when I was a kid......playing fire crackers is still legal. On the eve of CNY, dad will hang the long long long red cracker "pau chiong" on the porch and wait for the clock to strike 12 midnite. Then he will burn the cracker with the neighbours n the whole "taman" will have thunderous sound of fire crackers.

Now days its illegal to play fire crackers anymore....but the spirit of CNY is always there. Maybe the celebration is less these days....however the tradition is still well maintained. My sis n me still kneel down n offer tea to our parents on the morning of the 1st day of CNY as an act of seeking forgiveness. I plan to maintain this tradition to my kids next time n them to thier's.

Kacau my cousin...hehehe

I always like to kacau my cousin (Eric)....maybe coz he is the only cousin I have which share the same sex n age with me.

Recently....I was eating at a rest in SS15 with Beckz....then suddenly I saw this chap just came n sit 3 tables away from me. He look damm familiar...n came with a gal I don know is who. Then I tengok betui betui...baru realize its my cousin.

So I pick up my mobile n gave him a call. I pretended dunno where he is n start asking questions...like "mana lu ??", "what r u doin ?", "with whom r u with ?"...etc. Suprisingly he quite honest also ah...din tipu me...ehehehe. Then after makan, I walk to his table n say I saw him earlier lah. He also quite suprise...say I very bad coz kacau him...hehehehehe.

Few days later I was at home n called Eric to inform him of something. As usual...my 1st words to him will be "Mana lu ???"....., immediately his reply is "U mana...cepat keluar..jangan sorok sorok"...kekekeke. At 1st I quite suprise...then I realize that few days ago I baru play a joke on him...so now he tot I am ard n saw him also...hehehehe.

Now think bout it...also feel funny lah. Nice to have a cousin that can kacau kacau ones a while...hehehe.

Dive season gonna start soon......yahoooooooooo

Hmmm...if I remember correctly....the last time I dive was middle Sept last year. Its been almost 6 months now....hmmm....ada sikit miss diving also. Soon the dive season on the East Coast gonna start.

Initially bout the end of last year, I tot I would not get a chance to dive again this year. Initially wanted to do DM training this year also....but then seriously kena reconsider.

The bout the begining of this year...I manage to secure a kerja. This means I will have income to feed my passion d....however now got 1 problem pulak. Now $$$ might have...but time maybe tarak pulak...haihzzzz.

End of March got a trip to Perhentian.....me n Beckz also planning to go for it now. Hopefully our plan jadi lah....seriously we need a diving holiday to kick start the season......

DIVE SEASON GONNA START LIAO LAH............YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2nd encounter with Bank X

My second encounter with Bank X. This time is to make my ATM card n setup my e-banking stuff. I went there at lunch time (since now kerja liao...not much choice)...which I know will have many people wan.

Sampai at the bank....I went to the counter n enquire bout the process. Then realize ini Bank X quite canggih wor...use some smartcard reader to read ur IC n scan ur thumb print for bank acc authentication. Not bad wor...use bio-metric wan.

Then the person gave me a card with a number on it and pointed me to a row of chairs n ask me wait there. Then the counter person will manually call u wan....aiks....what happen to technology d lah.

Anyway the whole process is quite fast.....only the wait is bit frustrating. They manage to issue mt rhe ATM card immediately, which I can use immediately also. The at nite...I kau tim my online banking thingy also d. So overall still ok lah.

Kerja liao

Wah....just realize more than 1 week din post anything in here d....kesian blog. Anyway was bit bz for the past week.....coz kerja d mah. Pagi sampai petang bz kerja...then mlm mau settle personal stuffs, sports n tido. When things are more settle d....will make time to kacau kacau in my blog again...hehehehe.

Anyway...now kerja d, best also. 1st of all the office is in KLCC....level 66 lagi, damm tinggi. First day they ask me no need go so early....come in at 10am, so I tumpang my sis kereta go kerja lah. Left rumah bout 8.45am n reach KLCC at 9.30am...ok lah.

2nd day I pandai pandai.....wanna try take the public transport. I will kena take the bus from my place to KL Sentral, then change to Putra LRT to KLCC. Left home bout 7.15 am n step on the bus bout 7.25am. Suppose to reach office at 8.30am. Then to my horror.....the jam damm kaw jialat lah. Finally after standing in the bus n LRT for so so so so long....I reach office at 9.30am....wa lau eh. Luckily my office not very strict on time in n time out for consultants.

The next day I am posted to client's site at Sec 16 PJ d. Wah...I am thinking..."good good...no need jam to KL d". Now I can wake up bit later n then sit my bike to PJ n reach ard 8.30am.

Quite glad that I started working again. Now I can plan my time better and also make use of it more effective n efficiently. Felt bit useless after sitting at home for so long.

damm damm damm

Yest I went to sign my contract with my new employer....then they ask me to open an acc with Bank X so they can pay my salary to that acc. I asked them whether they take any other bank punya acc or not, they say no.....so I know d...will be damm mafan to deal with Bank X wan.

So today I go to Bank X....the nearest cawangan to my house lah. 1st trip already kena patah balik home to take something....coz this Bank X manyak particular wan....want water bill lah, telephone bill lah, astro bill lah....etc bills to see, then only wanna open the acc wan.

When kau tim bring all the docs n fill the long long form (now digital age lah, why still got such long forms wan)....then wait for them to process. Then when come my turn...the staff check my details n say I got an "inactive" acc with the bank but in other branch. I told them I closed the acc many years ago d....but they say according to the system its not "closed" but its "inactive". Now they kenot open new acc for me, instead I kena go back to the original branch where my "inactive" acc is, and reactivate it. I was thinking...."What the F***......ur system screw up n now I kena ding dong ding dong kasi u all bounce me here n there". Luckily the original branch is still in the Klang Valley.

So lastly I was back at the branch where my so called "inactive" acc is located. Sampai there, I say I wanna reactivate...they check n say its "closed"....what the heck. Ask me to reopen a new one at the branch near my house (the one I just came from), I say kenot coz the other branch say ur system won't allow it coz its "inactive". Then they ask me to wait...n they check check. Finally say my acc is "inactive" n they will reactivate it. Ask me fill forms again....so oklah, I fill n tot its over. Then I submit the forms...they ask me to come back 3 hours later...wa lau eh...I am thinking why they can't do it immediately.

So now I am back home while waiting for my 3 hours to be up. I really damm tu lan with this Bank X d. I dowan to mention name lah...but being able to blog bout it also I happy liao.

Finally.....

Akhirnya....penantian ku selama 6 3/4 bulan berakhir minggu depan. However it will still be project based....6 months saja with chances of renewal. Bit sien when heard its project based contract...but then, better than nothing lah. Finally can plan my other activites such as jungle trekking n diving too d.

If u r wondering what i am talking....well.....I'm gonna start working liao lor.

hehehehe =P

Balik kampung

I balik kampung (Melaka) last weekend...and as usual, nothing much to do. So I visited the Melaka Zoo, which I have not been there since a long long long time d. Took my camera with me n manage to get some nice picture also.


Burung kakak tua.


Rear shot of a deer...hehehehehe.


2 bats (kelawar, not kayu pemukul) hanging on the top of the cage.


This is a Madagascar Lemur....cute little fellow lah.


This is a burung nuri......nice.


Big big lembu with big big horns.


Tiger sleeping....I notice all the tigers in the zoo are sleeping, maybe just only past their lunch time.


Nice beruk.


Malayan porcupine...quite big and also sleeping.

Overall the trip was nice and educational. The zoo is ok lah...., quite big and many displays. However I think it can still improve a lot, especially on the directions. There is just not enuf signboards showing where specific animals are and how to get there.

Watch movie...

I seldom watch movie.....in cinema and also on TV. Suddenly few days ago (Tuesday to be specific)....suddenly feel mau go see movie pulak. So I drag Beckz with me to my favourite cinema (GSC @ Summit USJ) to catch a wayang. The wayang we choose is "Night At The Museum"....have to choose a comedy..else both of us will sleep in cinema later =P

Bout the movie:
Quite nice....very funny too. I like the Easter Island kepala statue...keep on calling Ben Stiller as "Dum Dum"....hehehee. The "Hey, dum dum! Give me gum gum!" phrase really make everyone in the cinema burst in laughter.

Also the miniatures of the cowboys and the romans are funny too. Their leaders Jedediah (acted by Owen Wilson) and Octavius (acted by Steve Coogan) are damm funny...asyik mau gaduh only. The ending part featuring the two characters is really funny....not gonna spoil the story by telling it in my blog. Its kinda funny that Owen Wilson is uncredited in the movie..., though he played a major part in it.

Robin Williams acted well as Theodore Roosevelt (US 26th president). One of the quotes he say which I find very funny is "Dear Lord Larry! Why are you slapping the monkey ?" when he saw Ben Stiller exchanging slaps with a monkey call Dexter.

Not forgetting is the monkey call Dexter.....really funny monkey. I sometimes kinda wonder how those people train these monkeys to be able to act so good.

Overall....nice and funny movie to watch. Enjoyed myself for the whole duration of the show n din slept off too.....hehehehe.