Suddenly, I'm off to Sunway Pyramid

It was another Thursday morning when I woke up. At noon I suddenly got a call from Shaizuan my college mate. He invited me to tag along to go around Sunway Pyramid for fun with him and Anas. I, having nothing better to do agreed on their invitation. Anas came almost an hour after that to fetch me and we went to Uan's house first before proceeding to Sunway Pyramid for the Zuhur prayers. After fetching Uan's UniTen friend named Fikri if I'm not mistaken (correct me if I had his name wrong) we head for Sunway Pyramid. First up on the menu is looking for a place to eat. Waffle World was the first suggestion but we went to Carl's Jr. which is a suggestion by Uan. And since I've never been there at the first place, I thought why not, though I know the price there is not as average as many other popular fast food restaurants. So nevermind that. Had our lunch and it was very filling indeed. The burger is as big as it says and that really suits my appetite. Hehe. Some of us even have difficulty finishing them. But I finished my food as usual sbb tak baik membazir kawan setan.

Whaddya mean it's gonna get messy? That's like something straight out of a mob movie! Or maybe they meant it's going to mess my cholestrol level? I dunno. But it's as filling as it is expensive

After that we went around tanpa hala tuju window shopping konon2 mcm terer shopping la to look around many interesting clothes dan berasa tertekan sbb sumer mende tak mampu nak beli with great deals. Oh well it wasn't the sale season anyway. Soon after lps diriku bosan sbb tak reti window shopping that, I suggested that we go play bowling. When we got there and looked at he price table, it was RM 8 per game which is mighty expensive dah rase menyesal lak cadang td but there is actually a student rate which is RM 3.5 per game. Now we're talking! And luckily all 4 of us brought our student ID and got those special rates. We played for 2 games. Out of the 4 people, I got 2nd for the first game and downright last ye la sbb dah lame tak main(alasan!). After the game, we got hungry again. Well, not REALLY hungry but there's now space for more food. Went to Waffle World as I suggested earlier. Running under a budget, we decided to share our food. 2 sets of food shared among 4 people. I shared with Anas and Uan shared with Fikri. We had waffle and drinks.

The bill that was splitted equally among me & Anas. Yup, wherever you go, there will be tax, whether it's govt. or service, you will get tax'd somehow

After the meal, time to go home for me. Since I'm not getting sent home as I was fetched when I came, I had to make my way by myself back home. I was worried about the crowd sbb nanti ade byk variasi bau badan because it is peak hours but I was lucky that there's not as many people as I thought. I even got a seat on the bus. Took the bus to Mid Valley to catch a Commuter to Kajang which is, by the way, the fastest way to go. As usual the train gets delayed for some unannounced problem but it got there on the next schedule. Again I was afraid of the crowd mengalahkan kapal angkut pendatang haram but luckily it was also not as full. Had to stand but it's no big deal. At least I don't have to be in a crowd dan bertukar-tukar bau antara satu sama lain and after a few stations I even got a seat. Got home before 9.30pm. What a day.


P/S: sorry Raihan aku pakai style strikeout kau tanpe kebenaran kau. harap2 tiada sebarang saman terhadap pembayaran royalti

My trip to Malacca (Melaka)

It was the Chinese New Year a few days ago and of course as Malaysian, what better way to show respect towards other people's event other than giving holidays!! Although many of my friends in college had over a week of holiday (including weekends), I've had only 4 days (including weekends). And since it's been a while since I've gone on a holiday with my family, and since my grandma and my grandma's sister are following, I thought I would tag along since I'm kinda my grandma's favorite grandchild :P

We left home on the early noon of last Saturday, packing for just 2 days and 1 night since that's how long we're going to be there. We got straight to Malacca without any stops on the highway. When we got in the city, we went hunting for a place to have lunch. While looking, I found this interesting road name.














but anyways, we didn't take our lunch at Tesco, we went here instead.














and saw a low self-esteem water fountain














and a shop with a sarcastic tagline














anyways, we had our lunch in the food court in there and it took me over an hour to wait for my food! I was starving and that made me a little grumpy. Look at my grumpy face. Well, just a little.














All I ordered was fried rice with omelete. How difficult can that be. After lunch we went around the surrounding areas of A'Famosa to look around the historical monuments and stuffs that Malacca is famous for. There were the trishaws, souvenir shops and all.














Luke, he's not your father.














Bicep tricep! Bones and skin.














Mcm budak2














I also climbed the stairs to the St. Paul's church. Which is on the hill behind the A'Famosa if any of you are wondering. The steps were pretty steep too. Here's the view from up there.














And here's what the St. Paul's church look like from a perspective :P














After the long ascend, it's time for the long descend. Phew haven't had this kinda of exercise in a while now!














In front of the historical A'Famosa














Strolled inside the Dataran Pahlawan for a while when I stumbled upon this on a tourist guide to Malaysia interactive panel. They spelled my name wrong! But it's close enough. Yeah, some people have public phones and nasyid groups, I have an interactive panel! How cool is that?














After all that, we got to our place that we're supposed to spend the night in. It's no hotel, just a service apartment. Better than nothing. Had some fun at the apartment's swimming pool. I don't really enjoy swimming actually but it's not like I have anything better to do.

After the swim, we got ready for dinner at a seafood restaurant famous in Malacca placed in Pernu-Umbai. The place was full of people! All of them tourists of course. Luckily we got a seat. Ordered quite a number of dishes but since there were 8 of us, it didn't take long to finish them all.










































After the dinner, we walked around the jetty for a while and then got to the the city of Malacca for more sight seeing.









































Went back to our place and called it a day.

The next day, the rear left tire of the car was flat. It was caused by a tear on the tyre. So we had to change it of course. Not like we have any choice. So of course this is a mens job. Me and my father changed the tyre.























































After that is done, we went to McD for breakfast. It has been a while since I had breakfast in Mcdonald's. Had Big Breakfast. Oh yeah, on the way there, I found this hillarious stall sign.














And this would be my breakfast














Walked around Dataran Pahlawan again and I bought a book. It was titled "Across the Nightingale Floor" by Lian Hearn. It was used book. I'm not much of a reader but his book seems interesting. I'm giving it a try. Soon, it is past noon and it's now time for lunch. Since Malacca is famous for it's Asam Pedas, we stopped by a food court that has Asam Pedas. I don't eat 'em but my grandma and my parents does.














After lunch, we head for Ayer Keroh since my youngest sister has been wanting to get on a cow cart since we got to Malacca. It was a scorching noon. And maybe that made the smell of the cow even stronger. I don't know. But we got on one. And cows, as naturally as they are, stinks. Anyway, it was a great experience and it would be fun to ride on one with close peoples.














And after the cow cart ride, we strolled around some stalls again. Just like we did in Dataran Pahlawan and in front of Mahkota Parade earlier today. Man this is tiring!














We're heading for home at last!!!! Can't wait to get home. I'm spent. Just when I thought everything's gonna be alright, traffic jam!!! From Dengkil exit until Nilai exit! That is like around 70km of traffic jam! Aargh!














That is a long line. So in order to evade this traffic jam, my father thought he could cut through the LEKAS highway that connects Kuala Pilah with Kajang. I told him that the highway isn't finished but he insisted. Oh well...














And the highway is NOT completed!! But refusing to turn back due to massive traffic jam even in village roads, we went on. We cut through some waterfalls, Kuala Pilah, Tampin, etc etc!!! We were wandering aimlessly for over 4 hours!!! OMG!!! I pity my grandma behind. We had to get lost when she's with us. Of course she's physically exhausted. We got back at the highway at last... BACK IN MALACCA!!! Through the bad conditioned village roads!!! That's a lesson we're not going to forget anytime soon. And owh yeah my phone's battery has been dead since in the jam. Sorry to those people who wasn't able to reach me. After we got away from those intimidating village roads, we thought the traffic jam are over. But we thought wrong...














Wow this is crazy. But it better than being lost in nowhere. We were stuck in the jam until well over 10pm. For about 2 hours I guess. Stopped by Seremban to strecth oursleves and get some refreshment. Sent my grandma home before going back to Kajang. Got our dinner (and supper) at Prima Saujana. Got home and responded to everyone that wasn't able to reach me earlier.

It wasn't a bad trip actually but the part where we got lost for over 5 hours spoilt everything for me. Nevermind. At least I got some holiday. I'm bak at college. Can't wait for the next holiday :P

P/S: I have also attempted on photography while I'm here. Checkout my MySpace photo album and leave some comments!

Why living in Malaysia is a bliss

Actually there is of course a lot of reasons to it but I would like to press on one reason that is...
We have holidays for every celebration!!!

Honestly guys, since my class started back in December, I have been having as much holidays as I am having classes. And most of the time if the holiday is on a Tuesday or a Thursday, the pupils will request the lecturers to postpone the classes on Monday and Friday respectively to a later date so we can have a longer holiday. This is so great. In this 3 weeks in particular I have been having a total of about 10 days of holiday. Yup. Believe it. If you can see our calendar there should be celebration for everything and since Malaysia consist of 3 major race, we do give respect to them by giving out holidays. Some people told me that countries like England only get 3 days of holiday annually. That's like so sad. In Malaysia I guess there's about a total of almost 20 days of holidays annually, even more if you're still studying.

For now I've been on leave because of new year 2009 and just last week I have got 5 days of holiday because of Christmas. Not that I don't like holidays, I love it! Just wanted to say something about it. Starting next week, everything will start to be normal again. Yup. I'll be going home on Fridays by Komuter again. Until Chinese New Year near the end of January that is! And my Finals for this semester should be in the first or second week of February. And then a month of holiday!!! Oh good gracious God thanks for making me a citizen of Malaysia. I'm lovin' it!!!


Anyways,
Hello 2009! Hopefully it will bring more sweet memories ;-)

2nd sem holiday ending

My 2nd semester college holiday is coming to an end soon. Turns out I did nothing in this holiday. Nothing to unwind and de-stress before my new semester starts. Well. Maybe I might as well bring all the stress forward into my next semester. What else can I do anyway.

Void

My holiday has started a week ago. Until now I have no plans of going out or anything. I have been staying at home doing nothing. Well, actually I have been playing games and get online due to the lack of activities. Hehe. Still it's very boring to do those things all the time and I really want a breath of fresh air. My headaches are still there as usual. Nothing I can do about it I guess. I'm getting fatter. Yeah. Believe it. Somehow I am getting fatter. Need to lose weight. My college life is very depressing. Very very depressing. For combination of things. I want to take this holiday as an oppoturnity to destress. Before I start a whole new semester of more pressure and tension. My semester break, all of them, has also been shortened to around 2 weeks to save time and cost. Therefore I'm the one who among my friends the last to start my holiday but the first to end it. Humph. Guess there's no time to lose then.


P/S: Probably going to PC Fair in December. Anybody wanna tag along?

On 2nd semester holiday!

I am home!!! Well, only for 2 weeks. My class will commence on around the 15th of December. So for all of you out there that have anything to be done with me, such as outing invitations, dinner invitations, things to give (or borrow. hehe) please do so in this very brief 2 weeks. And due to time constraints, I think I'll manage to only get an L car license. Yeah, I still don't have one. Humph. Better than nothing I guess.

Bored at the college

My 2nd last week here for 2nd semester. Can't wait for the holiday. Life is very depressing here actually. I don't have a lot of friends and my only entertainment is my mobile phone. I spend most of my time in the room attempting to study, sleeping or messaging people. Anti-social? Well, probably but we shouldn't put it that way. Huhu. All of my assignments are done, final exam preparations are underway. Just waiting for time to come for me to get some holiday. I need recuperate with my hobby. Hehe.


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