my bro has flown to texas for 3 mths work training.. 3 mths! i realised i will be missing a lot of things when he's gone.. not his "brotherly" love.. but my 2gb sd card n my webcam.. T.T.. he exchanged his gf's measly 2 256mb cards for my 2gb.. T.T.. shld ask him to buy a 2gb card for her bdae this yr

lent him n his gf me n my bf's webcams.. he asked how come i lent him 2 webcams cos he tout he can video chat with us.. eh.. i dun want to break his fragile heart but frankly speaking i nvr tout of video chatting with him leh.. haha. everyday see him oso nvr toke much.. see his face on msn? eee... let him n his gf video chat lor.. i am modern cupid.. :p

no more toilet hogging from him for 3 mths.. hehe.

my mum say we whole family fly over to meet him n travel after 3 mths.. but.. i not enough leave! think the most i can go is 1 wk.. -__-.. air tix v exp.. my father ask if i paying for him n my mum.. -__-'''.. around 5k.. fly there pok oredi.. where got mood to travel.. -__-

just came back from my uncle's house.. so hot n stuffy there despite switching on 3 fans.. :S

this yr's mood is sianer than past few yrs.. i think its bcos some cousins nvr come n the rest were glued to the tv set watching 黄金甲.. its such a slow n boring show.. n i cant even c clearly from the place where im sitting.. missed out the "assets" of the show.. haha. my sis say the show is so bian tai cos they all wear until so tight n low-cut.. i din get to c it! haiz

the old folks have a knack of making jokes out of the show.. when the killing ended n the soldiers spread out the new carpet to cover the mess, my father said "wah our vacuum cleaner oso not tat efficient..".. n when they started the fireworks my uncle said "national day parade!".. i think zhang yimou will b v sad if he sees the way we poke fun of his movie.. haa

happy new yr! its the yr of piggy.. feels gd to start the yr with a pig life.. eat n sleep.. hehe. dun need to wake up so early n work!

one of the faq came up yest.. my uncle asked if im working in electronics n when he heard my co name he said "oh its retrenching ppl rite? heard its cutting cost.. quite sad rite.. seagate is expanding.. it bought over maxtron".. if only certain things can b predicted as easily as cny faqs.. haa

yest's new yr countdown show say dog will have a gd yr! provided we laugh often.. dun anihow say things in case we offend our gui ren.. so i must laugh more often.. HAHAHA. finally no more 犯太岁 kind of stuff

this morning went to temple to pray.. den we decided to try draw lots.. first time draw so duno how to do.. haa. my mum say must call the god's name first n say ur qn, den throw the two thingy to c whether it approve ur qn or not.. she forgot to tell my bro so he nvr call the god's name n end up throw twice oso not approved.. haha. i threw once can liao.. den shake here shake there n finally the lot dropped out.. phew. so scared later all drop out.. haha

i drew lot 51.. but no interpreter around.. self service one.. so i took the slip of paper myself.. but cos their shelf number a bit weird one so i took the wrong lot.. took 41 instead.. -__-''.. n we actually finished interpreting until i took another slip for my sis den we realised i took the wrong ones.. haha. seems like my father can b a well-liked interpreter.. everything oso can say until gd lot.. just focus on the gd wordings can liao..

initially the 41 lot he say its gd cos the chinese phrases indicate it.. but my bro say its not v gd cos the 古人 part says 董卓收卢布.. 卢布 chases after 董卓 wife n got killed by 董卓.. eh.. den the lot 51 my father oso say its gd cos got one phrase says 自有佳期.. hmm.. the 古人 part says 武侯招兵.. duno wats the story behind it leh.. but basically the english translation is telling me to take it easy in times of trouble. den everything will turn out gd. so it tallies with wat the show says oso.. must laugh more.. HAHAHA

came across an interesting post.. http://www.finickyfeline.net/?p=864 .. how true.. no wonder they say men r from mars n women r from venus.. oso read from newspapers tat women like to toke indirectly but men toke directly n dun get wat we say.. den they toke to us like mental patients or cut us off by saying we keep repeating ourselves.. -__-

yest me n pig were toking abt the typical qns the relatives will ask during cny.. i think we can formulate our own faq n paste on our foreheads liao.. haha. we can imagine the relatives asking the same thing one by one: u grad liao ah? now working ah? work where har? pay how much? a levels coming out liao hor? where u plan to study ah? study wat har?

as for me.. most likely it will b: where u working ah? work wat har? hows the work? bonus how much? mayb the more kpo ones will ask "when u getting married ah?" but i doubt they will ask.. hehe. the more informative ones mayb will ask: ur company retrenchment ah?

these r just some worst-case scenarios.. i think so long as we mingle with our cousins we shld b quite safe as there is safety in numbers.. hehe. one more day to cny! cant wait to enjoy the hols n collect lots of ang paos.. $$$

the temple where the wedding rites were exchanged

Tanjung Batu: buildings.. the grey part at the top r bird houses where they capture sparrows for bird nest.. no wonder they so rich..

streets.. motorcycles v common in indonesia.. even women oso ride bikes

another view of the street

juz came back from tanjung batu.. the boat ride was 2 hrs.. @.@.. cramped space n got insects.. :S.. the place is looks v primitive from outside.. but go to his uncle's house.. wah! his flat-screen tv is at least 40 inch? heard the place is abt the same, if not bigger than sgp..

walk around a while den went for lunch liao.. its like a family gathering.. if not for the "getai" singing.. their music is still stuck at my father's generation.. all sing oldies.. i think if my father went there he sure go up n sing n den praise himself after tat for his gd singing.. haha.

hygiene level is not v high.. houseflies flying everywhere.. one bowl one spoon one chopsticks use till the end for all the dishes.. we even have to wash the spoon ourselves after eating the yam paste.. -__-.. tout the yam paste was the last dish so i finished up my drink but turned out theres still some more after tat.. the lychee was the real final dessert.. so weird one.. this time realli eat until explode.. -__-

got to taste boar meat oso.. its like the three-layer meat in sgp except it has no bone layer n its skin is v thick.. meat is quite tough oso.. but quite nice

the guards at the harbour r corrupted.. purposely made us wait without letting us check in so tat we will succumb n pay them.. @#$@#$.. bcos of them we almost couldnt find a seat to sit.. somemore ppl put their things on the seats n occupy more than 1 space..

seems like nothing much to do there.. duno how they spend their time.. mayb make kway or watch tv.. laid-back n relaxed lifestyle