Trillionaires, maybe not

Interest rates will be slashed.I guess the government isn't keen of having people walking around with trillion dollar notes, like those issued in Zimbabwe last month.

Ushering in prosperity

Gong Xi Fatt Chai

It's the time of the year again-the lunar New Year . This time around, I'll won't even be going back to Serian. It's interesting to see how my Chinese New Year celebration evolves throughout the years. During my younger years, I still remember my mum busy preparing food for the reunion dinner at my grandpa's place in Serian.Nowadays, my Chinese New Year is celebrated in the city. 
However, one element of the Chinese New Year that has not changed is the red packets or known as ang pows among the Chinese. It's a vital part of celebration and something to make up for my excessive spending over the weeks. This is a short quickie, as, I should be off, preparing to blast some sparks. To everyone who's celebrating , I would like to wish you, Happy Chinese New Year. =)

Meeting up with the lamer

Last Sunday, I went to Mid valley to meet up with Julia before she went back to Providence.On Monday, I found out that she got stranded at JFK Airport and had her valuables which refers to some face wash and stuff confiscated .She came back to Malaysia for her winter break without souvenirs. On that day, Midvalley was rather packed with people.Kelvin , Sing Hoe and Valerie came as well, but they arrived later as they had to go to church in the morning. So, Julia and I had ice-cream, which she later decided was better off applied to the skin-MY skin, went around Midvalley; looking at puppies including a chihuahua which pissed and shit all around, smuggling her into the Malaysia Career and Training Fair 2009, and looking at a certain pink skirt, before the rest arrived to save me .

Nice atmosphere at The Gardens.

Julia and me.

Some gay dude. ( Kelvin)

Sing Hoe and Valerie.

Just pretend that you didn't see the dude on the right.=p

Apparently , Julia has some fetish for glasses or something.Just look at the facebook photos for proof.

Despite her innocent look, she can be quite evil at times.

Look, she 's attempting to hurt the cameraman's eyes.

Rantings of a frequent traveller

Sometimes, travelling around in Malaysia can be a tiresome matter.  Take the KTM for an example.

Crowds of people waiting to board the KTM.

Once in a while, especially during weekends, you see this scene in the KTM.

It's a place where you get pushed, shoved and to some extent molested.

In times like this, where I have to stand, I would stand like a penguin, with my hands on the pockets. Being in a situation that pack like sardines , I don't have to fear falling over, as bodies will form a sort of general support for me. The risk, I would worry about is being pick-pocketed or having my stuff pushed out of my pockets. Trust me , it happens.

This sort of explains why every Malaysian wants to have their own automobile. And why cars are a preferable means of transport.

Something like this.

Another means of transport that I have been taking frequently is planes. 
If you're flying to Kuala Lumpur, you would usually have to walk into the terminal.

Like these people.

But, if you're flying from/ to Kuching, like I always do. You'll get to use the sky bridge to the plane, if you're lucky. Well, so far, I'm always lucky. 

Yes, the sky bridge. Airasia has been trying to upgrade their services.

But LCCT has become a little too pack. Reminds me of KL Sentral or Pudu during the holiday seasons.You get two queues leading to the same counter. Or someone telling you to make way for him/ her to pass. If you still remember my  tiring day at airport , it'll be a terrible experience for tourists if something goes wrong.

Despite LCCT's expansion ,  Airasia's statistics shows that the capacity of LCCT will not be able to sustain the volume of increasing customers of Airasia. 

This would probably lead to some consumers choosing to travel by MAS  @ KLIA over Airasia as for reasons related to comfort and travelling pleasure.
And recently, there's been an ongoing debate on whether Airasia should carry on with their project at Labu. The KLIA-East project. Some say it's a waste of money. Some say it's unnecessary.But, I actually believe this project is a very good one. Not only will it spur economic growth, develop the town of Labu, but it will also propel Malaysia to become South East Asia's aviation hub.

The Santubong Escape

Last month, I went to Santubong Resort with a bunch of friends. It's a local resort which have been rather unpopular among local denizens compared to Damai Resort and Damai Puri. Having said that, the rate for the rooms there is cheaper compared to the other resorts. We stayed there for 2 days and 1 night. Oh well, let's not bore you with the details. I have the photos , do the talking.

It looks as if we booked the entire resort.

The reception area.

Hohoho!! Santa is in town.

Girls talk.

Pool tables around the reception area.

The lounge when you can sing karaoke, which we did at night.

Ice-cream for sale.

Maybe Santubong Resort should hire him as a model.

The check in was a brief procedure, and we found our way to the rooms in a short while.

A glimpse at one of the room.

And we had pool view.

The swimming pool. With the absence of hot girls.

The area over the lake is a spot of golfers.

At night, we had dinner at a local seafood restaurant, where I managed to snap this magnificent scenery.

And obviously, I wanted one, with the photo of me in it as well.

New INTI

Since Julia was asking for photos of the "new" INTI, I decided to do a post on the New INTI. Taken over by Laurette Group, there has been  revamp on the look of INTI. So, here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

The reception area.

The academic block and the overhead bridge connecting the student centre.

The park in the middle of the academic blocks.

The solution of the new equation painted on the door.

The Center for American Education

You can see the magazine " Pour Out" being displayed.

The new look in the University Placement Office. With better computers and a nice sofa.

The new INTI bus.

Not to forget, the new AUP brochure.

With some very familiar faces in it.

And to add to the new things, there's even a new addition to the number of couples.