kota tinggi

went kota tinggi last sat...not as nice as i tot...with all the cement path and stairs... used to be a hot place i guess.. now there are not much people... surrounding looks plain and unnatural with all those man made stuff... but nevertheless the waterfall itself still looks nice : )

chinese new yr is just around the corner

the KL story

went over to KL last weekend....

day 1
we left for KL via the second link at tuas... a long queue at tuas checkpoint... cause its hari raya ... so i guess many family are also getting a quick get away for the weekend.... we cleared the malaysia checkpoint customs faster then singapore… i wander why its faster... incoming commuters supposed to take more time to clear customs,.. and singapore supposed to be more efficient... hmm... made at stop over for breakfast... reached berjaya time square hotel around 1.30pm...

view of our room in berjaya time square hotel



floor plan of our studio suite room... big and spacious!


view from the window



we shop around times square….10 floors of shopping.. but around only 6-7 flr are occupied... it boost one of the world largest indoor theme park... and also has an IMAX theater...we visited the theme

theme park ticket stub


a view of the indoor theme park


went imbi plaza... which is like the singapore's sim lim square...lots of computer hardware... and pirated software too... kekeke...went sungei wang plaza... very crowded... great place to hunt for cell phone and everything’s else...visited other shopping complex around bukit bintan area...had our dinner later that.

dinner


night view from our room


day 2
had our buffet breakfast at the lobby cafe... we are off to explore KL more...
went medeka square... the place where malaysia usually hold their national day parade and other important national events... nothing much to see... got a tall flag pole... an open field... some old buildings... thats all...but its a tourist destination...

the super tall flag pole...


medeka square's city hall building... i think


went central market... which sell lotsa handicraft stuff... woodcarvings... pewterwares... batik... jewellery... and many many stuff... good place to get souvenirs... spend some time there... remember to bargain if you want to buy anything... most of the items don't come with a price tag...
beside central market is china town... busy...crowded... and messy place...but you can find a lot of bargains there... especially fake branded hand bags...tees etc... again...if you happen to buy anything... remember to bargain...

next stop is KLCC... kuala lumpur convention centre... took a LRT train to KLCC station... inside KLCC is a spacious shopping mall ... you can find many branded shop you known there...quite a big shopping complex... too unfortunate that KLCC's observation deck ticket was all given out for that day…it had a 2000 visitor per day limit... :(we can only view the tower from the outside... behind KLCC is the central park.

taking LRT train to KLCC


roti boy bun outlet


inside KLCC shopping complex


a view of KLCC's twin towers from central park


we took LRT to bansar station... bangsar is very much like holland village... lot of eateries and pubs... good place to chill out... not much crowd when we were there.. probably because the night is too young...around 6.00pm...

bangsar


went to IMAX theater to get tix (RM20 per tix) to watch "the polar express" 3D had our dinner at a street hawker stretch.. dun know wat is the street name... but very near bukit bintang street... the whole meal was rather good priced.. around RM45...for 4 dishes :P~

IMAX ticket stub


day 3
we decided to stay at the hotel to enjoy its facilities... went for a swim at the pool... too bad the men's sauna room is not functional... we left the hotel lobby for singapore at 3pm… reached malaysia checkpoint around 9pm... again.. was a breeze to cross... but there was a long bus queues at tuas checkpoint... again dun know why....hmmm...

the end... :P

You call this security! >:(

I took this pic while on my way to levenda mrt station.this roving security officer is sleeping on the job! Why the hell are they employed for! I dont feel safe at all! I am going to post this pic in the public forum!

hello KL

yes i am still kicking alive!... tomorrow holiday...going KL lor... have to wake up very very early... still have the flu and cough symptoms going on... watch for updates! no updates means GPRS technical failure again! bye for now...

the thing about charity

i know you are going to say "what liew... that was so last week...." when you begins to read next sentence… i read last sunday's strait time today... yes today.. this evening... come across this column by oh so famous sumiko tan... “the problem with charity”…she written “… a person who goes out of his way to help a stranger is undoubtedly charitable and should be praise… but what is this same person turns a blind eye to the needs of his immediate family and neighbors (and i do know people like that) would he still be considered charitable?” …. and “Is a person who donates $50 less charitable than one who give $500?...” well… why do charity?... i got my point of view… i always believe when a person do something.. and i mean anything… there is a reason…a motive… you eat… because you are hungry… you exercise… because you want a healthy body…you work hard…. because you want a raise… you work smart… because you are efficiently lazy… people do things for different reason… same goes for charity… i give because “i am born to be a charitable person”… “i want to help the world to be a kinder place” rubbish!... we do charity because it MAKE US FEELS GOOD! all drains down to the basic rule of living… to fulfill our needs! mother Teresa love the world… it makes her feel extreme pains when she sees sufferings… and by lending her heart out to help… it ease her pains too... she feels good!.. people saw that… and they followed her mission… and they felt good too… it brings life and hope into their heart.. so damn GOOD!.. and this is also the reason why i donate… it feels good when you know your effort helps to brings sufferings down a tiny weenie bit… but there is a problem… when the effect of charity no longer give you the drugged effect… you become what we always said “charity fatigue” well... unless you are like mother Teresa who was “forever addicted”… i must said it can’t be prevented... not until more images of sick suffering people flashes on the TV… like the recent asia tsunami diaster... mother Teresa was… you know… one of the exceptional case.

marriage meltdown

i was talking to a friend at bukit panjiang plaza’s mac yesterday night... one of my close friend since my poly days… he is on the verge of marriage breakdown… i don’t know how to explain it…it’s a long story… its all about giving too much and not be able to received… from my own decipher engine… a person cannot continuously give without receiving anything back… love is like the air… you need to breath-in….so you can breath out… else you will suffocate… anyway… all of us told him to give himself some time to pull the plug… make a decision… too painful…its just not worth it…

working on sunday

arggg... i am now working... on a sunday morning.. almost complete.. just a few more mins!!!... almost forgot i have to come back to work for server patching works.... damn... work till this level still have to do patching myself...wha liew... bor bian... even they are to do the patching i have to ensure their works.. hiaz... must as well patch myself....had been here since 5am... now almost 8am... hungry...

sick

yes.. its the time of the yr again... where the flu virus spread like nobody business... remember the SARS period? anyway... i am not spared...i am sick since tuesday this week... had been miserable... my 2 day off has becomes my MC.. wasted... not fully recovered yet.. getting better...

lesson learn?

my eyes are always watery when i read the pages of news on the asia tsunamis...its coming to 2 weeks now...we won't be able to feels what they are suffering now... we can only understand... and hope they can pull through and not happen to us... i think those people who saw it happen in front of their eyes will remember the terror forever... pains they suffer of loved ones.... i can understand how much grief they felt for those volunteer for rescue and salvage... when there is a crisis there is always hope… and its hopes that hold people together...all these are telling us somethings... to chariest those things we have now... but when will we really learn to do that?

again... pls help. channel news asia

just do it?! so simple?

there was a saying... "if you think you should do it... u should" such a simple action... but required great courage... how many time have we wanted so much to do something.. but was hold back for whatever reasons... reasons which sometime don't even exist... imagined and conjured images of fear we foresee of doing it... the fear... the burden...the imaged.... human got such a powerful mind of constructing images of self sabotage... which lead to our own destruction... things we should have done; we didn't... things we thought of doing; we sat aside.... how i wish it would be easy as breathing... i myself are also figuring out... many time i am faced with required me to something... but would pull my hair in despairs... why we can't just follow our heart... why are there so much burden....burden we can't even explain....

all ends when you have learned....