UG Bday Celebration In Office

today special event, lol... today is basically ug's bday celebration in the office. we had planned to give him triple surprise for his contribution to the team these few weeks. so the plan for the day was...

baby went to buy the cake wif dengli for the later celebration at ard 5pm. this is the proper n big cake for him. then after my meeting wif the court users for the conference room pilot, cnn, starlite and me went to funan to shop for a small cake. n the hell we found one squarish cake made out of pink hello kitty, lol... then after which we ding dong here n there n cnn went to get a present for him too.

after which when we reach the office, cnn proceeded to carry out a meeting b4 the actual celebration began. then aa got rdy the small cake for ug, lol... but of course dat was meant as a surprise to him. (although he didnt seem to be surprised cos repairer gave the cat out of the bag) after which came the actual cake dat was meant for the proper celebration, lol... well anyway, we did hv a great celebration for him, hopefully he is very happy today n wish him a happy bday!

Good Day!

wah, my hamster tried to 'commit suicide' this morning, lol... before i went out, my mom told me 2 of the hamsters were missing from the cage. i was like -.-'''. last nite onli i found one of the hamster n brought it back to the cage, today morning onli 2 lost again. then while my mom was cleaning the washing bay, she saw one of the hamster hiding under the washing machine! so i quickly go help n grab the hamster n put it back into the cage. this stupid hamster is the one dat ran away from home thrice... quite sad one rite, muz be kena bullied by the 3 female hamsters, lol... ok anyway, the other baby hamster which ran away was found by my mom once again. but tis time is a bit more dramatic. while my mom was trying to clear the sewage pipe at the washing bay (pouring water into the pipe), she saw the hamster in the pipe! oh my god, the hamster dropped inside the pipe! oh my, luckily my mom noticed it early, else the hamster would have been washed dwn the pipe!

when i saw the hamster, he was already half-sighted in the pipe. my mom gave me a scoop which i tried to insert into the pipe to scoop up the hamster. the hamster tried to cling onto the scoop but failed, instead it fell deeper into the pipe. at tis time, i could onli see his mouth... then i was thinking, haiz, going to die le... then my mom went to get the clamp so dat i can clamp out the hamster. when i walked back to look at the pipe again, i saw the hamster die die cling onto the pipe! yeah! it's two 'hands' were clinging in front and it's two feets were stopping itself from falling in! so i quickly used the clamp to grab it up, fearing i might kill the hamster in the process, so i had to slowly grab. phew, n it was safely rescued from the pipe.

i was so happy when i rescued the hamster from its death. yeah yeah, then as my mom was trying to make it dry, my mom felt the hamster shivering, lol...

then as i was meeting baby on the same day, she oso rescued a young girl from her hands getting crushed by the opening mrt door. baby moved her away at once after the young girl's hand was stuck at the door. lol... wad a coincidence... like we all always say, with good heart comes good things.

Requirement Gathering @ High Courts

today is the 1st day i have gone to such a major meeting, it was an eye opener. the 3 main jos were there to lead the show. the way they try to go wif us n giving us a lot of help in a lot of areas is very good. this showed dat they really wan to get involved in this project. well anyway, juz to update my status on this past 2 weeks. after coming back from my hiking, i began my days of OT. the more i do the OT, the more i feel the team is more messy. haiz... sometimes i find dat it is a waste of time to do something dat is nt really required. i dunno la, i juz feel dat tis project is so messy, especially in the planning. but after going thru today's meeting, i feel a lot better with the way canwe dictated the project. hopefully the days to come will be more properly planned and less OT. :)

Connected

hi all, i m going to let u all know how gd this movie is n i strongly recommend all of u to watch. the overall story is not bad, it goes straight to the point n does not show a whole lot of story telling from the front. instantaneously, barbie hsu (female lead) was abducted after 10mins into the show. then after which the story flows very quickly in getting louis koo into action. the overall action and heartbeat pace is very fast. there are some jokes in between this fast pace action movie. most remembered one is the time which louis koo went to buy a car-hp charger n is disturbed by the salesperson. tis movie really deserves a 4 star rating. 4/5 i give it. :)

Dinner and Dance @ Marina Mandarin

yes, the title tells u everything. it is the yearly dinner and dance of crimsonlogic, the company which i m working in. the theme for this year is glamour n a lot of ppl really dress up very glamorously. it was like woah, the 1st time i have 'came' to this event, lol... not really the first dnd i hav attended, but in terms of working life, it is the 1st.

ok anyway, on tis lucky day, i had my lucky mom, nt working so i had a car. lol... i went home after work at ard 315pm. reached home at 330pm, then started to get rdy. i went down to fetch baby and lulu n legend at 5pm. but along the way, baby couldnt make it in time for going home to change to her dress, so i went to take for her. after which she changed to her dress at the bridal shop and we proceeded to fetch lulu. but lulu 4got his card along the way n had to make a change of plan. had to bring lulu back to his home to get his card and then go dwn to fetch ug and crystalclear.

then i was like tinking... hw come ug was with crystalclear?... then erm... behind 4 ppl?.. anyway nt my problem, wahahahaha... along the way ug was teased by everybody sia, haha... luckily he nt the petty sort, else all die! LOL... we reached the hotel at 715pm, juz in time to get my complimentary carpark ticket. then we were seated at table 35, the last row near the door. bad place cos a lot of ppl were walking in n out of the area. haiz...

but still nt too bad la, baby n zai at least won some consolation prize (robinson voucher). baby can go for shopping spree of $70 le, lol... the whole nite was quite fun n in fact, i guess at least 70-80% of the ppl were very participative. i tink all of us really enjoyed ourselves sia... oh ya, mentioning about the prize, the top 3 were very attractive. 1st - $6000 coultre watch (worn by leonardo di caprio leh!), 2nd - $2000+ LV bag! 3rd - $1200+ Gucci bag lor... wah the company really fork out a lot for the top 3 prizes... y nt give us the $$ instead...

at the end of the day, we went home at 1145pm. ok la, nt too bad, i quite enjoyed on the 1st time of company dnd. :) cheers! hopefully i win something nx year!

Kingdom of Heaven

seriously speaking, kingdom of heaven does not appeal to me at all. it is kinda **** and i tink it will onli appeal to christians or catholics. onli the war section at almost the end of the movie, which i tink is good. dats all... haiz, wasted 3hrs of my time watching this movie. rating: 2/5...

Traffic to Work

wah piang... today traffic damn jialat lor. i got off as usual to work at 750am. same timing, reaching the 184 bus stop at 8am. ok, bus comes at 805am. nice, so happily taking the bus down the road. after the turn at cashew road, jam! omfg... then i was like thinking, "ok, maybe jam till hillview no more jam liao." out of my expectation... it jammed all the way to clementi... haiz. dunno wtf is the RB doing nowadays, y cant they juz do something constructive along all the jamming roads. pls dun build anymore ME, pls change one of the lane to bus lane... the ppl travelling along those roads by buses will be very grateful if the lane is changed. pls be smarter and come up wif a better plan instead of installing more ME.

4th Day at Sabah

yeah, the last day at sabah le. early morning at 7am we woke up for our breakfast. we went for breakfast at their restaurant. the restaurant was juz beside the beach. the scenery was very nice, facing the beach, having our breakfast. :) i realised their breakfast always have hotdog wif baked beans and onions. but the way they cook it is very nice. anyway, we had our fill of the breakfast n then went back to pack n to set off back to singapore.

we went off from the inn at around 715am n reached the airport at ard 8am. while we were queuing to check into the airport, a lady approached us. asking for our help to look after her mother when she is taking the plane. cos her mom was also following the same flight back to johor. n so we helped her. we helped and talked to her along the way. but once we got on to the plane, i fell into deep sleep, haha... too tired le la. :D

anyway, we reached johor after 2+hrs of flight. n we settled for a small lunch at merry brown in the airport. after which about 1/2 hr later, we went to catch a cab back to the custom and then head straight home after dat. wad a long journey home... :) but the trip to mt kinabalu was really worthwhile. :) i strongly suggest those dat love hiking to explore this part of the earth. gd luck to all those dat are going, u will like it. :)

3rd Day at Sabah

today is the climb towards the submit! we woke up at 1am to get rdy for the climb. at which time, song wasnt feeling any better from last nite. (he was having a mild headache and had 4 panadols in the period of 5-6hrs) so me n cf went to pack n change n made sure we had warm water to drink before we went off. luke (as written previously, our mountain guide) came to find us at 145am n told us dat we could onli set off at 215am.

ok, so we waited a while, prepare a bit more before we set off at dat time. n so 215am came n we started climbing! act b4 we even start climbing, we saw a flight of stairs... its like, very very high n steep?... n song was like going, "luke, is it always like dat?" n luke replied, "yes..." me n song was like, "..." we continued climbing and climbing. then a while later, song showed signs of slowing down, so i was asking him every now n then whether he is ok, he claimed dat he is ok too. so we continued our way up until at a point when he say he couldn't take it. he felt like puking and decided to take a rest back at the 'hotel', asking us both to continue our climb. n so we left luke to take care of him n we continued our climb!

along the way up, the mountain was very steep, we had to use a lot of energy to climb up. considering dat the air up there is quite thin, we had to take in huge breaths. we still had to stop every now and then to take a rest. around 1/4 up the way, we had to climb sideways up the mountain. if u fall, dats it liao. its dat steep and its dat high... when we reached 1/2 way up the mountain, there was a check point. we paused for a while cos i had to look for the mountain pass which i kept in the bag. so we paused, then suddenly song came up to us. surprised! we tot he was going back to the 'hotel' to stay. ok, he was feeling alrite already. we stopped there for like 15mins before we continued our climb. (onli me and cf were climbing at tis stage)

so we climbed n climbed, big cold winds and steep slopes were the obstacles dat we had to go thru. along the way, we keep stopping every 10mins or so, to take a breather. at ard 3/4 up the mountain, our water bottle suddenly dropped from the backpack! omg! luckily we were left wif ard 100ml of water in the bag. at least dat could last us up n down the mountain. we reached the peak of the mountain by 530am. woooo, the scenery was very nice and i had taken quite a few photos up there. by the way, the temperature up there was 5deg! dats damn cold lor, feeling the cold on my fingers. oh ya, 4got to mention one thing. after we reached the peak, 10mins later i heard song calling for us, lol... so he indeed came up to the peak after all. dats gd dats gd, haha...

ok, nth much at the peak except dat we saw the beautiful sunrise. but it wasnt beautiful anymore after the sun rose up, cos it was quite hot! so we proceeded to climb back dwn the mountain at ard 630am. wah, walking dwn the slopes were a pain in the ass... making both my feet toes painful. anyway, we kept walking dwn n dwn n dwn, reaching our 'hotel' by 8am. then i went to the restaurant to book a place for the 3 of us, while song n cf went to pack our items n bring them along. wah our breakfast we eat until mad, haha. damn hungry lor... lol...

anyway we set dwn the mountain at 930am. walking dwn the normal trail, we realised dat it was going down-hill all the way, steps n steps n steps. n i m saying really is steps. steep steps n slopes are spoiling our legs n toes. then at one point of time, song was trying to be funny. asking cf whether he is ok, then cf answered 'yes' and almost slipped. i did the same to song n he almost slipped too, haha... but the climb dwn was quite xiong la, we took ard 4hrs to walk all the way dwn the mountain. we finally got our certificate of climbing the Mersilau Trail and reaching the summit (Low's Peak). hehe...

then we went dwn to the hot-springs at Poring. wah dat was the worst place i ever went in sabah. cannot make it sia, the hot-springs were actually designed for the public, n it is really for the public! everyone can see everyone in the tub one lor! then we 3 sian 1/2, we decided juz to go for a dip in the hot water for our legs. after ard 30mins we went off already.

at ard 645pm, we reached our dinner place, sajut seafood restaurant. the worst part about this restaurant is dat it does not have any crabs... in the end we ordered soft shell crabs, steamed prawns, chili kangkong, chili sotong, seashell and noodle. all the chili dishes not spicy at all sia, compared to the ones we ate in singapore, its like heaven n earth! sian liao sian liao... haiz... n it cost us RM$169...

nvm ba, next we went dwn to our hotel for the nite at traveller's inn, the tour guide's inn. which is also the place which he is staying. he even wanted to talk to us after our bath, but we decided not to go dwn cos we were too tired. so we slpt at ard 1030pm dat nite. really is super tired...

2nd Day at Sabah

k, today we woke up at 6am to get rdy for our trip to mt kinabalu. we had a sumptious meal for our breakfast. the meal includes bread, baked bean with onion and hotdog, fried egg and a glass of hot tea. after having our breakfast, we proceeded to do a final check on our backpacks and then set off at 7am. the sky and weather looks good and we are all set for the climbing of mt kinabalu.

reaching the foot of mt kinabalu for registration at 8am. we had to be given the 'permission' to climb the mountain, so we need to have a mountain guide wif us. his name is luke. and so before we went on our hiking, we were given a lunch box each for us to eat along the way up. 9+ and here we go!

the trail we took is the mersilau trail. it has been said to have beautiful scenery along the way up the mountain. it is oso the harder and longer trail of the two available, it is around 2km longer than the normal trail. when we reached the foot of the trail, we were so energetic dat we started walking up the trail rite away. ok, this trail is quite bumpy, a lot of rocks, steps, steep slopes up and down, even had bridges and waterfalls. the scenery was really very nice.

along the way, the 3 of us decided to do rotation on leading the way up the mountain. (in fact, the mountain guide wasnt the one leading us... seems like we are the one leading him, lol...) anyway, he is here to make sure we are ok and dat we have help to go back if we are hurt. he is oso here to make sure dat we will get to the top on time. after a rotation of 2 times, which is my turn to lead, i did a faster walk so dat we can rest longer if we were to reach the next shelter. (oh ya, forgot to mention, there are shelters along the way up to the top) but i guess i overdid my walk n i suddenly over-strained both my thighs. argh! i had to take a rest and had to let either one of them take over the lead. i had to walk a bit slower and had to rest more in order not to let my thighs cramp.

the longer we walk, the harder the trail. we kept complaining to luke that how come the trail so difficult one, haha... we really keep moaning and kp here n there along the way. song and cf oso offered to rotate in carrying my backpack cos my backpack was quite heavy compared to theirs. (it was quite true actually, and after rotating, we really increased our speed) but still, very rocky and very hard to walk. walk ah walk ah, finally we reached 3/4 at 530pm. dats roughly around 8hrs of travelling along 7km! crazy rite! we were very tired when we reached up there. we had to stop at 3/4 for our stay there for the nite and for our dinner!

(the dinner was buffet style) wah we were very very tired at our legs man. the moment i found a seat, i sat down n rested. really is both legs cannot move sia. so i asked them to get their food first, lol... same la hor, eat until sibei shiok, haha. walked up the mountain for 7km+ is damn hungry de lor, even though along the way we still had some snacks, we are still hungry de!

the bad thing is now, after dinner, we went to take some photos of the sunset. here it comes... we walked back to the restaurant and then head straight for our 'hotel'. we came to a Y junction and then followed the way towards our 'hotel'. we walk ah walk ah, walk for 5mins still haven reach! wth... so far away from the restaurant! n the nite oso very the cold le lor, 9deg leh! somemore we were wearing short sleeves and shorts! knn so far away the stupid 'hotel'. take 15mins to walk to the 'hotel' under so low temperature... haiz... stupid design of the place.

after reaching our 'hotel', i see a lot of ppl wearing thick clothings sitting at the 'living room' having snacks and drinking hot water. so shiok, lol... we proceeded to our room and found out that we had to share our room wif one foreigner. then we took turns to go for our shower. the interesting part is here. there were 3 cubicles for bathing. cf went into the 1st one while i went into the 2nd one. the 1st one had gushes of water, but as cf was bathing wif the warm water, cold water keep coming out occassionally, lol... the way he bathe n talk is damn funny la, haha... mine wasnt any better. at first i tot someone was bathing before me, so there should be water supply. but when it came to my turn, there werent any water! onli drops of warm water were coming out of the shower tap. oh my... same goes for song who came in later too, lol...

soon after our 'shower', we got rdy to rest, by then it was already 730pm. we had to get up at 1am the next morning to proceed wif our climb up the peak. so we had to rest early. nitez for today and rdy for tml!

1st Day at Sabah

hoho, early morning at 5am, song, cf and me got up and get rdy for going to johor to catch a plane to sabah for our 4 day 3 nite trip. we slpt at ard 12 the previous nite and had to get up at 430am!! oh my... damn tired lor. i slpt all the way from song's house to custom, custom to senai airport and from senai airport to sabah airport. when we reached sabah airport, we were greeted by someone called james. he was the guide for the whole 4 days at sabah.

1st day we landed, he brought us to have breakfast cum lunch at one of the coffeeshop nearby. the food we called was not too bad, but very expensive, even himself oso stunned. we all thought there they wrote RM$5 per plate, but the ger charged RM$8. haiz, anyhw charge, wt... anyway, after having our meal, we set off for a short tour in sabah. we went to many places: the lover's beach, the observation tower, some of the memorial places and even to James's sister house for hari raya! lol... then finally, we went to our home stay. it was up a mountain, the scenery was very nice. overviewing some mountains across the landscape, very nice view. james oso brought us around his plantation. there were lots of fruits ranging from pineapples to mangosteens to jumbus and to durians. for our remembrance over there, we planted a small tree and named it against our 3 names. :) hopefully the nx time we go back there, we will see it grow tall and healthy!

we had our dinner over at the home stay consisting of fried prawns, vegetables, chili chicken, steamed fish, etc. totalling up to 6 dishes in all. eat until very very shiok, haha... i helped to finish up everything sia. :D after eating our dinner, we watch 2 movies from dvd, Kingdom of Heaven and 天地英雄 until we fell back to slp for the next day trip to mt kinabalu.

Painted Skin

ok, watched this movie with baby at cineleisure. this movie is quite nice, considering that zhou xun and zhen zi dan is acting in this movie. act the supporting actress is much better looking than zhou xun, haha... if anyone knows the story of this movie, it would be very interesting. i onli knew of tis story after watching this movie. it is one of the stories in 聊斋. i give it rating of 3.5/5 due to the fact of some interesting scenes and great effects. nice movie, i recommend to watch. :)