Tomorrow's Eve

This is actually a very random post.

I received this just now, after a very long wait. 

Today is tomorrow's eve. The last day of 2008.  And a time when people flash back to see if they have fulfilled any of their resolutions for the year. 2008 wasn't an easy year for me. Started off with a bleak chance to fly, pretty upsetting SAT scores , followed by delirious emotional conflict . It even got worst in the middle of year due to two depressing fact I had to face. To the extend that I was inundated by an feeling of despair. It's these moments when you get to see who really cared about you. You know who you guys are. =) Really appreciated that. 

Things happen for a reason, and I realized that there wasn't any point crying over spoilt milk, yes spoilt milk instead of spilled milk. Spilled milk can still be used to feed a cat. lol. =p

Personally, I believe that those setbacks did indeed broaden my perspective in life. Learning what's necessary and what's not.  Not that I am a narrow minded person, but it really enforced the liberal side of me. 

On a different note, I can't believe that my holidays are about to end. Life's been rather good to me lately. Even giving me a free beach towel. lol.

But in a few more days, I shall be back to being a nerd. I'm taking two mathematics subject for the next semester, so I have to give it a little more effort- given my poor standard of maths. I really should be ashamed of myself for my previous calculus grades. 

And I noticed that a lot of people are taking leaves around this time of the year. I've send a few official emails lately , only to receive out-of-contact notifications. =.= On vacation, perhaps. 

Oh well, let's just hope that 2009 will be a blast. Happy New Year everyone! 

Bloggers' Meet @ Village Fast Food

Last Saturday, I went for a food tasting session for bloggers at Village Fast Food. Personally, I have not been to any blogger event before. But since, I'm on holiday, I thought I would give it a try. The event was jointly organised by Eating Out@ Kuching (Eat Ok) with Green Bento and Village FastFood (VFF).

Being a shy person, I asked the tam chiak Evelyn if she was interested to go as well.

 

What sort of expression is that ? Lol.

Village Fast Food is located on Jalan Onn Kee Hui, opposite of the SUPP Hall . It has a concept of healthy dining; where no MSG is added in the food. Thus, no extra thirst and migraine which you might experience from eating food which are splashed with MSG. A concept similar to my mum's cooking.*winks*

The concept of fresh healthy meals was started by Caroline Wee  at Green Bento. Now , she's expanding to Village Fast Food.

We were rather late,reaching when the introduction session was about to end.

This is not the first time, I blog about food, but usually, people would ask me why I would take a photo of the food before eating.However,  yesterday, there were 7 bloggers at our table and you could see everyone snapping away at the food before digging in.We started our course with soup.

Hot & Sour Soup. A heart warming dish for those who have a craving for spicy food.

Rice was served in a cute little bowl.

Butter prawn. 

You could also consume the head and tail portion of the prawn as well.I did. Seriously, it was nice.

Nyonya Sweet and Sour Chicken

I love it.The sauce was evenly spreaded throughout the boneless chicken.

Nestum Fish Fillet. Personally, I would prefer it with more nestum.XD

4 Combo Vegetable

I could taste the delicious sambal  leaking through the slices of lady finger.

Fried Mee Sua Cangkuk Manis

Actually, I would prefer more of the cangkuk( ma li chai) , but I guess VFF didn't want to overdose us with cangkuk.

Fish and Chips.

It was served with ketchup and my all-time favourite- tar tar sauce.

 

Grilled Beef Steak

The beef steak was served with 3 different sauce: 

Brown Sauce, Mushroom Sauce and Black Pepper Sauce

One of the blogger from my table winning a gift. ( I forgot her name) =.=

(From the left )Her, Francis, Annna

Emmelina and Francis (One of person involved in organizing of the event)

I would say the event was a success. Well done to Caroline, Francis, Annna and all the crew that made the event possible.=)

Abandoned Reading List

It just occured to me. I'm spending too much time online and on dramas and shows. From dramas like Heroes, The Gem of  Life to reality show like The Amazing Race. To add to my list , I discovered some interesting videos online, like Chick vs Dick .My reading list for the holidays have been neglected. Seriously, I have not even finish a chapter of any of those books.

First post with geotagging

Anyway, as the title says , this is my first post with geotagging. What's that? It's actually tagging a location to each of your blog posts.As simple as that. Check out it out below this post. You can even determine the specific location you wish to geotag your post with . Right to the specific housing estate. Well, my geotag isn't that specific, for privacy reasons.
Interested ? Login to draft.blogger.com to start blogging with geotags right away.

If your geotag is not appearing, especially if you are using a customized template; you might want to revert your widget templates to default. This can be done by accessing the layout section of blogger. Click on edit html and you'll find that option.

In addition, you'll also have to check the box for location in the setting of your blog posts under page elements.This must be accessed through draft blogger as it's unavailable in the conventional blogger.

One more thing, I realized that the geotag will disappear if you edit your post in the normal blogger. 

Those interested to know more can check out what the google team has to say on geotagging. Click here.

A series of unfortunate technical events

It was sometime ago when I had problems with my laptop. The last occurrence was the attack of Antivirus 2008 through a fake codec scam.That Antivirus 2008 is not what it claims to be. It's actually a rogue software- a hoax to swindle people's money by claiming the presence of non-existent threats. That pesky program even mocked me by hijacking my desktop wallpaper. Such a nuisance. Luckily, I was able to get rid of it using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.
But , just now a series of unfortunate technical events occured. Pretty much reminded me that I shouldn't laugh at people.You never know how fast things might turn around and strike at you. Well, suddenly my web browsers was unable to display webpages. I was connected to the Internet; my downloads were still running.But Google Chrome displayed this :
Error 2 (net::ERR_FAILED): Unknown error.
None of the pages seem to load. My Internet Explorer 7 went with the typical:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Firefox was worst . The whole page was blank , and nothing was displayed

Initially , I thought it was due to some of the tweaks I did to Bittorrent;thus, I resetted all the settings.However, the problem persist. Darn. Frustrated, I restarted the window. Only to be greeted by this :



Again and again. No joke. It restarted over and over again. After 5 or 6 times , I rebooted in safe mode and ran an malware scan on the system. Then , it came to me that I just installed Rapidshare Plus, a software to help me download files from rapidshare.As a free user, I don't have a premium account. You know me, I don't pay for what I can get for free. >_<

Something you might be familiar with, after your computer reboots from an error.



And I saw this for the first time.

Being paranoid, I went on with a full adware scan after that incident. It's better to be safe than sorry.
ps- the 28 infections were just some Internet Explorer cookies from some advertising sites.

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Long Ice-cream

I think Sugarbun has the "longest" ice-cream , you can find around the city. That day, while hanging out at the Spring with a bunch of friends, I tried the Sugarbun ice-cream. During my younger years, Sugarbun had that blue bunny and they serve very delicious fillet and chicken. Nowadays, a variety of dishes seem to have pop up in the menu. And the bunny ? Missing in action. Seriously, I think it's a bargain. For RM 1.50 , you can have so much ice-cream. Not bad eh.

Tagged by a Giraffe

I was tagged by a giraffe sometime ago, but I was too lazy to do it. But since I'm in the mood now, here goes . 

1. What is the relationship between you and her?

She's my junior. lol.INTImates. Haha..that sound wrong. We're friends.

2. Your 5 impressions towards her.
Giraffe-like. LOL.Okay. She's sporting, active,nice and smart.

3. The most memorable thing she had done for you.

Listening to me rant. Really, it's one of the best thing someone can do for me.

4. The most memorable things she have said to you?
No idea. I have very bad memory.Maybe  "Seize the moment, blaze a trail"?

5. If she become your lover, you will..
Have spots ??  lol...

6. If she become your enemy, you will...
OMG. I'll nice to animals. How is that possible ? 

7. If she become your lover, she has to improve on...
I have no idea. Seriously ..

8. If she becomes your enemy, the reason is...
I killed a giraffe . Okay, I don't know ..

9. The most desirable thing to do to her is?

Point and laugh at her.I think I like to do that to a lot of people. 

10. The overall impression of her is...
Nice outgoing person, good listener . 

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?
Nice and friendly ? Okay, I'm not that friendly as I used to be. LOL.  Lazy ? Wait,  I know you people want to say this . Yes, noobish... =.=

12. The character of you for yourself is?

What is this question asking ? Urrggh.. Okay, I believe that a lot of things are just a matter of perspective. Some people like to make things complicated, while I prefer it simpler. I've learned the hard way that I can't satisfy everyone. I'm a non-conformist. lol, in some aspects, I just refuse to follow the norm. I believe in living life with no regrets, living life to the fullest. It's just too short to waste. 

13. On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?
Lack of confidence? 

14. The most ideal person that you wanna be is?

Is that a question? Obviously, I want to be me. =)

15. For the people who care about and like you, say something about them.
Aww, they are the best people on Earth. With especially good taste. =)

Tagging..
1. Julia
2. Yung Terd
3. Kelvin
4. Claire
5. Evelyn

6. MeiiLynn
7. Wan Yi
8. Michelle
9. Bernard
10. Yi Jing
11. Karuna

12. Chin Yee

It's 12 for the month of December. =p

Who is no. 2 having a relationship with?
His mangas.. lol.

Is no. 3 a male or a female?
Duh. XY chromosomes. What do you think?

If no. 7 and no. 10 were together, would it be a good thing?
Err..no. Bernard will be jealous.

How about no. 5 and 8?
No either. 

What is no. 1 studying?
You mean her major ? Econs maybe, or psychology. Wait, it's lamerlogy. 

Is no. 4 single?

Nope.

Say something about no. 6
She loves teddy bear ...Sheessshhh...

What about no.. 11 ?

She's said to come from Sri Langka. >_<

The hottest book in town

Worrying about where to go, for dinner or to hang out with friends ? Worry no more, My Privilege Book is here. This book is a smart guide to dining, entertainment, retail and services in Kuching City. Besides, it offers the owner, elite privileges to various offers around the city , be it shopping or dining . Retail therapy couldn't be better in Kuching. What more can you ask for?

Yes, a warning have been issued. It contains more than RM3500.00 in value. =)

Ta da.

My Privilege Book 2009 is launching on 12.12.2008.Those interested in the book can check it out at the following venue:

-The Spring ( 12-14 December)
-Crown Square ( 12-24 December)
-Boulevard ( 27-29 December)

If I'm given this book, I would most probably go like this :


Wait , I mean like this :

Maybe a little more ecstatic.

Those interested to take part in the competition organised by Kuching Bloggers can check it out , here

Dinner at BDC Seafood Restaurant

Yesterday, I had dinner with my family at BDC Seafood Restaurant located at BDC Commercial Center.

A glimpse at the place from outside.

The main entrance.

Entering the place, I noticed that they had partitioned the ground floor.The result ? A small and cosy dining area at the ground floor. The dinner we had was nice but quite costly. In addition to a bowl of white rice each ( I had two) , we ordered :

Onion and ginger venison

Hung Sao Tofu

Bilin with red wine

An exquisite dish of Borneo. I haven't seen this in West Malaysia.The taste of wine wasn't that strong but it blended nicely with the bilin.

Crispy threadfin

A very appetizing dish. And the fish was fresh.

Kailan

This dish was also well cooked. Surprisingly, I ate quite a portion of it. I'm not really a fan of this dish, but my taste bud surrendered to such a nice dish. Overall, it was a nice dinning experience I had there. Stay tuned for more food. =p

Chicken Balls

This happened sometime ago, but the balls are too tempting. So, I decided to write a post about it. I had the opportunity to try Malacca's famous chicken rice balls.
Thanks to LuLu who hails from Malacca.
As a famous shop in Malacca, hungry customers had to queue up while waiting to be seated.

This is a set of meal for five.

Here's a closer look at the chicken meat.

And not to forget, the balls:

Chicken rice balls.

Don't they look cute.

And obviously we had a photo session.

We initaily tried to set the timer for the camera, but a kind hearted customer volunteered to help us. =)

Revival of the shutter bug

I saw a cat outside the window yesterday. And decided to do some photography. Since, it's volunteering to be my model.

This is taken with my phone.

Realizing that it wasn't a good shot, I hunted searched for my aging camera. It's been some time since I used it.Hence, I took these:

With optical zoom only.

Unable to get a clear shot of the creature, I opted for digital zoom.

A little blur.

Frustrated with the quality of photos taken, I decided to try my luck outside with my phone.

Doesn't seem any better.

T.T

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Confessions

This isn't the most interesting post, but please bear with me. I need a channel to rant.No, it's not that I'm not contented with what I have but rather it's the regret of what I have lost.But, that's just a matter of perspective.

Cheerful as I usually seem, there are times when I really break down.

You know , at times, I feel rather disappointed with myself. It's amazing , how long , I have lived , in ignorance, without realizing a lot of things. There are episodes, where I truly regret for taking things for granted. I'm not seeking to be an replica of an over-achiever, nor am I seeking to own the world.

The fact is , there's plenty of opportunities which I have always took for granted. Episodes of idling, taking people I love for granted, and even not completing what I set out to achieve. There just too much in my life. It takes a lot of courage to realized how much I have lost as a repercussion of my blatant ignorance or should I say my inability to appreciate what was there- the chance available.

Instead I do the wrong thing at the wrong time.Or sometimes, the temptation of maintaining the norm,it's just too tempting. I guess that where I should draw the line. The very reason, I am sitting here hoping while others are achieving what they want. Although, William Hung may not be the most appealing example to follow, his attitude of doing the best and having no regrets, is indeed something to look up at.

There are times, I had so much I wanted to say ,but I ended up saying nothing. Such irony in life. Perhaps, I didn't know where to start.

Today, I woke up, feeling rather disappointed with myself. I had a short chat with Yung Terd, which confirms my view that, people are losing out a lot due to the absence of opportunity. Or rather the knowledge and appreciation of it.

Everyday, I see people seeking for change.But,Change is a powerful word, that many people aspire and hope for, yet they are afraid of it at the same time.

Philosophical as it sounds, these are thoughts not many people think of . While some people are still searching for goals in life , I already have an image of it. It's just a matter of putting it into action.

You may not understand what I am talking about, for I am talking on a broad range of issues in my life.Don't bother asking. There are things that you'll never understand if you haven't been through what I have. This post shall serve as a reminder to myself,to prevent myself from disappointing myself or the people I care about, anymore. What I am today, is a product of my actions in the past.

What I am in the future? That depends on what I have the courage to do.