LeoC: Another chapter of life~

Well, I posted in forum but there were many criticisms =(. Anyways, this is my 1st time using photoshop~ Comment on it, Daniel^^

Well, Mr Wind's birthday was actually on last Wednesday, but due to the fact that everyone was busy, the celebration was postponed to Sunday's night. To start off with, Mr Wind himself asked everyone to go to his house by 6pm on that day. The very thought arose in all of us in which we assumed we are gonna celebrate at his house, but it turned out to be an outing again^^. Before that, I went to Giant and bought him an anime DVD called ' Romeo X Juliet': Thought he like this kind of shoujo animation as he was very fond for certain shoujo comics =X. As everyone gathered, we set off to the Telepon Restaurant (Have no idea why it would link to telephone). It was some sort of steamboat restaurant. Here are the photos:















Everyone was waiting for the waiter to set up the steamboat. It was already near 7pm as we were going to start the feast^^.














Kinda dark ==. It was actually some meats being grilled on the pan around the steamboat.




















Ahzim, the only malay friend that was with us^^.




















Foo's doing some sort of ''de-glazing'' stuff, he defined it as scrapping off the excess oils.




















Wye Lup and Jon ~




















WALA~ The birthday boy!

Well, Happy birthday Jason! Watch the anime i bought for u ~ @@

Hari Raya Break ^.^

On Thursday whereby once i finished math class, i quickly headed to Taman Bahagia LRT station with Chang Win and Siao Fen. Yeah, going back to Sungai Petani to visit my relatives, seeing i couldn't go back on my grandma death anniversary. There were something embarassing happen on the way heading to Pudu Bus Terminal ( and i think it is verbally indescribable), but everything went fine as i stayed in my aunt's house in Sungai Petani for 2 days. It was until the 3rd day, i went back to kampung in Gurun. It is a very very old house, with noticeably zinc roofs and wooden walls. In front, it was where my granduncle runs his business - selling handmade rattan furniture and handicrafts. There is a small shop beside, recently built, in which my uncle sells computers and accesories and does all sort of repairs. The house was built, dated back before WWII. Anyways, something really big happened the day i was in kampung~

Well, here are some photos i took in my kampung - Nostalgic =)


My little cousins playing computer in the living room.


Something i missed the most - family sitting together to have a lunch. Haven't been doing this with family for years already. Inside the photo are my aunts, granduncle, and a kakak =)


The sunlight peering through the roof that illuminated the old nostalgic rattan furniture.


How these furniture weathered through the time......


My cousin and my uncle inside the shop.


The face of the computer shop =)


Nostalgic...


Outside the wooden house

Well, as I was inside the shop (for there was air conditioner inside), talking to my aunt. Suddenly, my aunt saw many people rushed outside and my grandaunt looked panic. Well, I followed out the shop and this was what i saw...


in the sky...

and there was a row of houses on fire, not far from where my grandaunt house was. So, everyone ran to the backyard of the wooden house, as the smoke whizzed over the roof from behind, and...

this was where the smokes came from...




It was said that someone left the stove on unnoticed, and the gas tank exploded. The weather was hot and there was strong wind, which my grandaunt worried that the fire would spread (Luckily it didn't), eventually all the wooden houses in that row burnt down to earth.


One interesting thing was the kampung people. Most of them were rushing to help, yet many just came to 'kepo'. All came by motorbikes or bikes just gathered around and looked at the fire scene, and talked loudly about it as if their houses were the one on fire. It was like something exciting that triggered the whole rural area, everyone just stopped by and went to had a look and robustly gossiped about it. Even after the incident, the excitement still never ceased.
I guess, this is what makes kampung always a kampung =)

So, kampung trip was marked with an end as I went back to Puchong today (Sunday, 28/09/08), where I was going to have a class gathering. Not many people came, but it was fun. Especially meeting back Nina and Fati, I just couldn't help feeling happy to chat with them.


Whole gang sitting in the mamak shop and chatting.


Ira and Fati. (from left)

Well, i was informed that today was Yee Yan's birthday. So Mun Fai, Y Lup and Sai Hoong secretly bought a cake for her. Tadaa... Happy Birthday, Yee Yan =)




Birthday girl was making wishes =)


It was like a press conference as everyone was snapping Yee Yan cutting her cake.


Isha =)


Two good friends


Group photo =D

So, this concludes everything. The kampung trip was memorable, simply memorable. The gathering was nice, but not many people came (which was a downside). I guess there are always ups and downs in life, but if look brightly, it might just be the same.
Ciaoz =)

sWent Zoo Negara for voluntary program today. It was organised by A-Level Club and I joined it with few other AUSMAT friends. Well, it was very early in the morning, around 7 am, that I reached col with Calvin and Ji Hong. Departed from col by col shuttles, and reached the zoo about half an hour later, we had some briefings from zookeepers. Me and another four friends (Calvin, Nic, Gabriel, Siao Fen) formed a grouped and were assigned to Zoo Veterinary Hospital. It was..well..cool =) Sweeping dead leaves in the hospital compound. LOL, I felt abit sien but it was cool as entering the hospital, I saw a lioness with its tail amputated. It kept staring at me - as if i were food or something =(. Fleshy and fatty, exactly something it devours, huh? Then, we finished the task and were allowed to go around the zoo for some sorta break. The animals here were less than the time I first visited the zoo, I didn't know why though, and we joked as we reached the 'bear zone'. Then, we took some photos before we got back to our work again. It was disposing the expired medicines. It was like..well....swt-ish.. as I was recording the medicines, some of which should have been disposed 16 years ago. As the task completed, the veterinarian, Mr Kairul disposed all the tablets and pills into a tray. The rest were packed into boxes. This was the cool part. Nicholas and I brought the boxes to a lab, whereby the reaction he entered the lab (he entered first) was a sign that which alarmed me. As i followed in, I took a deep breath and It was like WOAH, pasar malam smell! A mixture of rotten fish and bad egg smell. As Mr Kairul opened a big freezing room (don't know what should it be called XD), my heart instantly gave a jerk. Two lion corpses - which was then tailed by the smell that surged into my nostrils - I felt nauseaous at that instant. I quickly held my breath and put the box in, and rushed out from there. A nice experience, though =). Then, we took some photos with Mr Kairul before we left the hospital. It was raining already. Well, we walked in the zoo with umbrellas, experiencing the first-time ever ''Safari in Rain'' ( in addition to this, all animals hided in the shelter so actually we didn't really see anything except some buffaloes and sun bears). There was also a bee exhibition. I bought a propolis honey, whereas Calvin bought another (which i forgot the name) , and we bargained, and got discount of rm8 for mine and rm2 for Calvin's. We later said we should have bargained more. Lastly, the day ended with a photo session with A Level students and...well..back to col.


Sweeping dead leaves




Some fishes i managed to snap in Aquarium.


The Zoo Veterinary Hospital


The Egg Incubator inside the Lab.


Fossil of some sort of big clam shell?


The tailless lioness =)


Calvin posing as if his head were being bitten by the skeletal thingy.


The cages where the injured and sick animals are admitted.


From left: Nicholas, Calvin, Gabriel and Siao Fen. We were recording and classifying the medicines.


Taking photo with Mr Kairul, the vet who guided us through the voluntary work.


Taking photo in front of the Zoo Theater.


Two cute penguins =)


Woohoo! Safari in Rain ~


Group photo with A-Level students before we left the zoo.


Zoo Volunteers!

Well, one day I might go back to the zoo for the work gain, since i already registered as volunteer =)

Back to Puchong, on the next day at nite, I went to eat steamboat with my old friends at the Sze Chuan Steamboat restaurant opposite IOI, near E-Arena. I just had my medical report that day and thus, i tried 2 eat alot of vege. Well, to my utmost surprise, Shu Xin came. Haha, I had a nice talk wtih her and Yee Yan. Tok bout col, their skul... Before that, i had gud tok and jokes with my other friends. Well, it was fun =) As i was talking to Shu Xin, I saw a cake with a lit candle placed on the table. Instantly a thought flitted through my mind: whose birthday? And as everyone looked at me, I quickly understood. They sang birthday song, and even gave me a bun and a egg tart as birthday presents. Haha, seriously, I was touched. Then, we went to the old spot again, the hilltop near Harcoft school. The same night view, but was filled with joyous atmosphere. I looked at my favourite horizon again. I felt nostalgic. Vincent and Foo even danced to the music played through handphone. Wye Lup said the cars dey drove lined in the manner that reminded him of Initial-D. Haha... here are the photos!


We combined two long tables, which meant we had two steamboats. One of which was combination of Sze Chuan Style Soup and Herbal Soup. The steamboat in the photo was Sour and Spicy Soup with Herbal Soup.


From Left: Wye Lup, Sai Hoong, Foo, Eugene and Jason.


This was the big plate Jason put all the cooked food inside. Haha, nearly empty when I snapped it.


Yee Yan and Shu Xin's steamboat, on another table.


What's left of the square chocolate cheese cake. XD


Sai Hoong enjoying the cake. XD


Woot! Peace!


Everyone chatting after eating the cake.


Eugene and Jon =)


Foo and Vincent, both old pals talking to each other.

This was the night view seen from the hilltop. The lights in distant lined and formed a horizon, this was my favourite. Jon said: It never ends. Yeah. Well, our outing ended, yet I felt very happy and touched. A deep appreciation to: Jon, Wye Lup, Foo, Vincent, Sai Hoong, Jason, Mun Fai, Eugene, Yee Yan and Shu Xin. A bow to all of you! Thank You! The best memory ever!