...the road trip...

...from kl to kuantan to kuala terengganu, then back to kl and off again the kangar to jitra to kulim then to penang before heading back to kl again. phew, a tiring roadtrip with my guys but truly enjoyable moments out from the hanky-panky of the world within the surrounded 4 walls!

i really had a great time away in the east coast with cal; enjoying the beachside calming effect and the fantastic view of the south china sea. we both just sat by the seaside wondering out the bluesky turquoise green sea and white sandy beach. while at the north region with wt, we moon-bathing in rasa sayang hotel beachside. known for its famous seaview and stunning design of the lobby, we walked pass the guards towards the ocean and right to the beachchair and sat there enjoying the breeze. we could just sleep there instead of our horrible continental hotel.

and we travelled to all these distance without even having a map; getting lost was what we do best. wt count on his feel to move around while cal count on asking the petrol kiosk of the way. i count on my memory to remember the route. but of course, all 3 of us have our own strong sense of losing the way and getting lost many many times. we got so lost in kuala terengganu where we nearly went straight to kota bahru if it wasnt for cal who just shouted out, i think we are in the wrong route. and for the case of continental hotel, i was counting so much on my high-ego-sure-know-the-way-back-to-hotel-gut-feeling, i practically drove round and round komtar 10times and yet fail to find the way. got so fedup with my high ego, i decided to get out of the car and ask wt to drive. coincidently, we stop right infront of the famous trafalgar-square-pigeon-infected-temple. and wt got in the car, made a left turn and voila we found the hotel. i just dunno what got into me then. wakakaz.

now back to the 4 walled stadium and monkey show arena, i wish the whole trip could be much longer. life goes on...

...view from our hotel; the terengganu river......the beachside scenery of south china sea...

...view from our hotel; the island tallest ......wt in gurney drive with this notebook...

...glamour shot...

...i think kns took this picture during the charity dinner we helped to run. he calls it my glamour shot. wakakaz. usually, i am the one snapping pictures of others. hmm, this time, kns got me offguard...

...glamour shot by kns...

...my city experience in a city...

...was in the city on a city with delon last nite. browsing the roads of kayel, taking turns and rounds. the city seems to be able to handle it all. swerving from mahameru to ampang to bukit bintang and the backlanes and red light zones i was more mesmerized with the city than the city within. but with the heavy duty rain and flood, i was happy to be inside the city rather than outside in the city. it feels more comfortable to be in inside the city with the aircond directly blowing on my face.

the city skyline - extremely magnificent. i thought the view from mini-genting was good - dating success and munching peanuts with my lumix and tripod shooting at the twin towers after rain with the clouds hovering over the twins, but the city on a city feels satisfying too. the city skyline looks as good from a city within. as we were navigating our way through the lanes of the dorsett, stopping at the red, yellow and green, i opened the window for a fantastic view of the twins. with clouds hovering over the brightly litted twins, the view from the bottom is equally gengz as the view from the top. suddenly i felt so satisfying and happy to have recorded these two magnificent view in my memory. delon and me chatted up a conversation where he asked me to be a photographer instead. yeap. that is what i wanted to do. and found the courage to take the first step at that moment in the city.

actually we were heading to parkroyal for cheng mui's wedding dinner. a cozy place beneath the hotel lobby. a gathering of ex-colleagues. tonnes of jokes and catching up. it was great to meet up with the gang again...

...first step...

...met up with an ex-colleague who just came back from singapore. he looks different and changed. before the singapore work-training, this guy seems to be like dowan to go, not liking the singaporean lifestyle, hating to travel, all thousand and one excuses of not to go. and when i finally met up with him, he is like totally changed. he was telling us about his adventure in orchard road, walking along the road full of pretty faces and high-end fashions. he was comparing each complexes and telling us how takashimaya and all other complexes looks the same. he was talking about how efficient singapore's public transport is. he also told us about how clean the place is. and of course not forgetting how the singaporean-lifestyle-sked-losing is so apparent there. he was mentioning about his boss who likes to "count-dead-grass" as he puts it. pretty farnee way of describing someone's attitude. so what does count dead grass means. wakakaz. do you count dead grass?

anyway, i am glad that this fren of mine has widen his perspective and opened up his possibilities to see the world. its amazing how one's vision of the world has changed when one is willing to open up his eyes to see. i am glad he took the first step. when will you take yours?...

...happy.birthday.wt...

...20.01.2007..happy birthday wt...

we had a small dinner to celebrate his birthday at chilis. though a long queue and a tiring wait, we finally got our table right at the far end of the restaurant. good food. great dining experience. meal was filling. too much actually. cant finish most of it. i got the chilly cheesestick which turned out to be like dem huge. loon got the burger also big servings. my two guys - cal and wt knows best of good food. they went for the lambchop and ribeyes. of course it taste superb. but wt rated his ribeye grade B losing out to eagle's nest in damansara perdana. and we had ikeas meatballs for lunch. oh darn. stomach full of meat. dem fulfilling day. the small little girl at the far end has the best of all worlds. all these lengchai colleague spared her part of the food to her and she got all of everything but ordered nothing. i think that should be the strategy in chilis. do not order individually. share out the food.

we had tostada chips for everyone to share. dunno why ler after fred intro that to me, i am like addicted to it. just sitting down there munching the chips with salsa drinking juices. cloud nine man! loon asked wt of his dream? he said he wants to be in haven. our jaws dropped like 100miilion feet staring at him. wakakaz...i know what he meant, anyway we have been working closely for so long di. cal's gf came later to join us. trust has to be from both side, else it is called stupidity. hate also must be from both side, else we call it stupidity too. and wt brought up about love, of course love also must be from both side too and cal showed us how love is from both side - thts wht we call love. wakakaz...

the bill miraculously came out not to be too much for a chilis dining and some ribeye and lambchops and multiple bottomless chips and juices. a wonderful gathering...

...my two teammates in tms... ...the rest of the gang at chilis...

...10001...

...i have 10001 mails in my mailbox. omg!!!...

...relieved...

...relieved. thats how i feel after the enrolment for 17sites. on sunday the 3 of use standby in ciast to support the 4 sites that went live on sunday. the number of calls i got is amazing. the phone kept ringing non-stop. one problem after another. wt didnt even have time to eat his breakfast i bought. after struggling for almost 5 hours, it was almost over lunch time and we finally found time for lunch. we munched at mcd, had a quickie lunch and rushed back to ciast to continue with the support. when done, when finally the sites closes for enrolment, it was a big relieved. but, for tomorrow, there is more to come. later that evening, drove all the way to kuantan alone. reached kuantan at about 9.30pm. checked in. slept and woke up to a really stress day in ilpkuantan.

08.01 is a day of stress. i got double the calls from my colleagues and the system admin of the institutes compared to sunday. i didnt even have time to stop and go to the washroom. the calls kept coming in and i believe my 2 guys in ciast have a worst time than me. receive calls, answer calls, solve problems, etc. and of course, amazingly i was able to find solutions to some of the problems in ilpkuantan. sei mei this not so technical guy is able to look into the tables and database and solve problems. wakaakz. i had called calvin earlier to ask him to check for me. he mention something that to check this table. and i took heed of his advice and checked that table. and amazingly, i found the solution and solved it. immediately i called calvin to inform him of the good news. phew, what a day to accomplish tasks.

hectic day. stress filled day. headache. but relieved!!!...

...the day before the stress day...

...the day before the 17sites enrolment. had a gathering of old buddies at may yenn's big condo in bukit utama. standing on th 17th floor above the skyline of bukit utama, the view is simply magnificent. the balcony is so huge that you could have setup a mini dining hall and have a romantic dinner for two overlooking the damansara nite sky. her room is huge. the kitchen quite big too. and of course her guest room is seriously big. very the gengz.

we had steamboat at the nice condo. eat talk and talk and eat and chat. yehim was there too. he just came back from hongkong for holidays and due to fly back the next day. its great to meet up with old frens again. some with babies. some came alone and single but we all went home with a stomach full of seafood and tonnes of good memories. thanks mayyenn for a wonderful nite and good memories. and of course, tomorrow is gonna be a big headache - enrolment standby!...

...ke arah khidmat berkualiti dan produktif...

...i am so worked out and tired and blurr today. 17 sites going live using the system on sunday and monday. i do not know what will happen. but i will focus my thoughts to the positive side of it and smile my way out when the enrolments finishes then. thats the only way to make things work now i guess. tms - the most successful...

TMS - Ke arah Khidmat Berkualiti and Produktif

...i saw two moons just now...

...sometime when we are not careful, we might trip and fall. falling is nature's way of telling us that there is such thing as gravity pull. amidst the nature's way of telling us what is right and what is proper, we should also know that once we fall, we should be able to get up back on our legs. and be able to walk again. but alot of us fail to get up after falling. the pain may be unbearable. the bruises may be vast. the cut may be deep. to heal, it takes right effort. not just effort and perseverance, but right effort.

the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 has made me see the rising of phenomena called the double moons again. one we see right above our heads at nite. and the other is a fren who has this significant linkage to these moons. his right effort has taught me the right understanding. his perseverance has guided me through the darkness of nightfall. his magical hands has shown me the third side to a coin. rise to the occasion and persevere through the pain. and thats when we see the blossoming of a noble life.

though 2007 may have started with a big bang to the emotion, i am sure the downs is going to be over soon. its with the downs that we see the happiness of ups. its with the suffering and pain that we understand the big bang of what is happiness all about. happy 2007 my dear moons...