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CNY 2012 in Putian, China

2012-02-02T13:27:00.002+08:00

Because some political people kept asking Malaysian Chinese to go back China, my family gladly return to China for Chinese New Year.
My grandfather is from Sin Hua clan, Putian, China. This is our first time back to Putian. As typical Malaysian Chinese, our minds were full of bad assumptions. Glad that all turn out much better than we thought!

Zhen sian chi, Dong hai zhen is the name of the village, near Seng You, 2 hours drive from Xia Men. Transportation is very convenient. There are long distance buses from Guang Zhou airport to Seng You.

Most people get married around the age of 17-20 years old, same as typical village. Most of young generation does not stay in the village. So chinese new year is the time of matchmaking, there will be many ladies doll up in every home. Parents will take their son around the village in search of son's life partner. When their son met the girl he likes, they can even get engaged after few days. Mostly don't get married legally yet, because they want to have many children. This is due to China one child policy. If 1stborn is daughter, they can have another child after 5 years. There will be a fine if they have another child. They won't be fined if they hv many many children before legally married.

3 major thing in their life are get married, have children and have house. Many of them work in city and have their own business. They built 4-5 floors of house. But they only stay on 1-2 floors. Their big tall houses locked for the rest of the year because they will only go back to the village during chinese new year.

Only in Putian, celebration of chinese new year is different. 3rd day of CNY is birthday for those who are 60 years and above. 4th day is like CNY eve. 5th day is even merrier than 1st day of CNY. In Putian, you get 1 year older on CNY. On 15 day, each house will send a representative to carry lanterns to form a long line imitating dragon's tail and march around villages. My cousin told me usually the event take place around 7 pm to 1 am.

Overview of my 2011

2012-01-19T12:52:00.000+08:00

2011 is eventful yet too personal to go into details.
Not to forget last year is very family oriented. It was all about family and transformation for me.

January was just an ordinary month, preparing for Chinese New Year in February.

February is the month full of red and angpow. Was in KL for Church Conference in subang Jaya with my youngest sister. Then met my friend and backpacked to Melaka. In Melaka, met my friend, whom I promised her I would visit her again, fulfilled my promise with a brief overnight.

In Melaka, met the handsome cendol hawker in front of A' Farmosa.

Biggest lion made from toilet brush.

After peninsular Malaysia, went to Sabah to meet long lost relative, including this uncle. The uncle who likes to laugh. Happy uncle who lives at Lok Kawi. Met many more long lost relatives at an auntie's open house.

Not to mention last valentines day was with a bunch of friends. Met new friends too. :)

Proceeding to March, a family reunion and my birthday! My parents get to have their 2nd wedding. My mother's dream to wear a wedding gown finally came true. For RM 10, they took their wedding photos.

April! Backpacking around IndonChina with 2 friends 2 - 21 April 2011.

Then Guilin, China with family... Tiring.....

May, my mum helped charity sale on Miri city Go green day.

Hin Ann Tata mee

And my parents get married 2nd time.

June, went to Keningau for my cousin' engagement..

Kadazan costume, one of the dowries.

July.. working!

Tide gauge

August, my mum underwent a small surgery. She is fine now. By now, I know how to cook...

September, Dad was 50! A surprise for my dad with the presence of my sisters.

Oct, witnessed flushing job.

Nov, LASIK!

December, Keningau!

That's all

Toboh Laut, Keningau

2012-01-18T15:08:00.002+08:00

Last year, 2010 Christmas and New Year was well spent in a small village in Keningau, Sabah. It may be small, but the name is not small. It is Kampung Toboh Laut. Laut mean sea. No idea what toboh means. Maybe it is Kadazan word. (The Kadazans are an ethnic group indigenous to the state of Sabah in Malaysia. They are found mainly on the west coast of Sabah). Beware that there is Kampung Toboh in Tambunan.

Vast sea of padi farm.

Walking on small path among padi farm. Carefully not to fall in the farm, and have a shower with blood sucker leeches.

This is raw rice.

A long walk....

Aaahhh... DISLIKE!!! I don't want shower with leeches!!

When I was in Vietnam, small bridges were built across small stream for small 'spirit' to cross it. This remind me of it. Here this bridge is for small human.

This well supplied water to farm and houses located near to the well. There are many black pipes flowing from this well to houses. The water is refreshing cool.

Opsss... I forget to bring sarong! In small villages, some houses does not have 4 walls bathroom. You might need a sarong to cover you decency while having shower. Advisable to bring 2 sarong. 1 to use when showering, changed into another sarong, so you won't wet your your clothes while changing.

I phone with an IPhone

2012-01-12T20:44:00.000+08:00

Finally...

Finally..

Finally...

Finally..

I accept the fact of unable to resist temptation of lust for

luxury

Finally I take a bite on an Apple,

apple in the form of flat touch screen phone.

I phone with an IPhone.

How it even rhythm!

Complication with IPhone:

1) Autocorrect! It took me twice longer time than using keypad phone to type a sms.. Quick Annoying. I wish I can turn off autocorrect mode.

bukan=butane, haiz=hair....

Even my sighing can be hair, even chemical came out in my sms. My friends must be wondering why suddenly I had become such an intelligent lady.

2) My plump finger need to lost weight. Not easy to type 'n', my finger keep poking 'm'. Perhaps my finger is craving for M&M.

3) I have yet find a cute pouch or cover. My friend have a cassette for her samsung. I mean cover looks like cassette. Do you know what is cassette? I know I am so old school.

Cassette

4) Battery ran out very fast. The battery must be wearing Reebok sport shoes, that's why it run very fast! I have to time it, so I can be home when it ran out.... I better buy a Reebok sport shoes too, but not available in Miri!!!

5) I want to be free from Facebook.. but I can't run away from FB. Because of Facebook App...... Because I don't have Reebok sport shoes....

Relationship status: Complicated

Cute comment at the end of 2011

2012-01-06T19:17:00.000+08:00

Happy New YEAR!~

Best comment for the end of year 2011:

Your cuteness is 100%, however your prettiness is 0%.
Why are you so cute like sinchan?
I hate you but I love you.
Can I call you "sinchan comelku sayang" (my beloved cute sinchan)?

Yeah I am sinchan....

Dusun Wedding in Keningau

2011-12-19T10:21:00.002+08:00

Last November, my cousin, Fread get married with his beloved one. His beloved one is from Keningau. We joined his troop to Keningau to fetch the bride. Another wedding ceremony in Keningau.

My cousin is from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and does not live in Keningau. It is a tradition to fetch the bride from her maiden home to the groom's home. Because Kota Kinabalu is too far, they use bride's grandmother house as her maiden home, and bride's father house as groom's house.

Bride is hidden in this house. Forget to mention that bride's ethnicity is Dusun. This is the first time to witness wedding in Dusun's culture. Actually almost same as this post, the groom won't get the bride easily.

It was a long wait for the groom and his gang to arrived. The kids started to entertain themselves by plucking rambutan (hairy fruit). Quite sweet. hehehhe

Finally the groom came and try to pass thru the gate. At 1st phase, the groom were given a poem (pantun), and he have to answer with a poem too. Passed!

2nd phase, the groom have to give RM 19.15. Time to collect money!

Finally they can enter the house. To get in, the have to drink the wine. This is homemade wine (tapai), fermented of some natural food (rice, or potato, or coconut). This is the toll fee. This is 1st time the wine is served in bamboo stick.

In the house, the groom have to choose his bride from covered cloth. He has to give RM10 for a guess. As you can see he get it right at his 1st guess.

They were seated and food were served. Rice in leaf along with stew meat.

Sweet gesture between bride and groom.

The groom succeeded fetch the bride and they proceed to the groom's house.

It is not easy to go back the groom house too. Don't ask me why. It is the tradition.

The bride was covered with a cloth when they were walking to the house.

Bride's grandmother greeted by relative.

Not sure is this a tradition for the groom to hide under the cloth, or he is just having fun.

Everyone have to pay toll fee again. hehehe.

This wine can caused headache if not used to it. I drank 2 sticks around 4.30pm. By 11 pm, I had tremendous headache and almost vomit!

Meat are served after we drink the wine.

Wherever there are kids, there are rambutan!

Eat, Pray, Love

2011-12-17T22:26:00.000+08:00

Eat, pray, love.

This a 2010 movie, based on a memoir of Elizabeth Gilbert.

It is amazing how she can defined each phase of life so clearly. As if she is drawing a discerning line in her life.
Let me illustrated how I feel of the movie. Please pardon me...

My thoughts:

Rome is about food, India is about spiritual, Bali is about love.

Food, spiritual and love, can't they exist together.

So I can't pee while I poo???

What happen when we can't defined what is happening in our life? Does it mean this is meaningless moment of life? Oh my...

At most moment, I don't know the meaning of this life....

Is it poo or pee?

Am I heading at the right direction? Am I moving at all?

a friend once said when you have dejavu, you are at the right direction.

Whenever I sit on my couch, I have dejavu as if I sat on this couch before. Oh yes, I am at the right direction to become a couch potato.

3 April 2011 - Bangkok (Part-2)

2011-12-16T16:41:00.004+08:00

2 April 2011 - Miri-Bangkok (Part-1)

2 April 2011 - Bangkok (Part-2)
3 April 2011 - Bangkok (Part-1)

Back to riverside, did mentioned about souvenir plate? Plate with our own photo stick on the plate. We bargained and get 500B for 3 (170B 1 plate). Just our photo paste on the plate. You can removed the photo and eat with the plate.

On our way back to our hotel, we stop by the roadside to... camwhore with salt lake! For some of you who doesn't know that this is how they extract salt from sea water. Make a shallow pool, fill with sea water, let evaporation do its work. White salt will appear.

Salt Lake

Lady selling salt and salted fish by busy highway.

Then proceed to our hotel. After 15 minutes break in our room, we continue our journey to Discovery Mall.
If you are thinking about shopping!
Wrong, we are not going for shopping.
We are going to Madame Tussaude Wax Museum.

Then we had our very first horrific journey with tut tut!

See that narrow space between car and pedestrian walk? Tut tut somehow can squeeze into that narrow space. At one point of the road, left tire climbed up pedestrian walking pathway, and we were tilted to the right. All we can do was shout and laugh! We reached the mall safely.
Yuhoooo Madame Tussauds.................

Admission Ticket

And we met Obama...

L.A.S.I.K (3)

2011-12-09T15:39:00.001+08:00

"Miss Naomi, please follow me. Please take off your shoes. You can put you shoes in here."

See you later!

Door opened. Walking on the cold floor with my naked foot. Claws of nervousness is climbing up my spine.

A male doctor assistant in scrubs, with mask, guiding me to a changing room. After changing into pyjamas look alike clothes, sitting on a chair. He covered my hair with cap, my foot with foot cover. Drop few drops of anesthetic in my eyes. I said I am nervous. His soothing soft voice did some comforting, and is relaxing me. But the buzzing sound of laser machine calibration is so disturbing, and making me nervous again. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. *gulp*

"Please follow me."

Stepping into the clean room, for treatment. Everyone with mask, can't see clearly without my glasses. Who is the doctor actually? Dr. Sim, where are you?

"Ms Naomi, please lie down."

Ok, lie down on a bed. Putting my head in a U-curved hard pillow.

By this time, now I know there is the need of 10% can't refunded payment term. I feel like running out now! Lucky the assistant with soothing voice covered me with a thick and comfortable warm blanket. Have some calming effect.

"Miss Naomi, please look at the red light and don't close your eyes" Dr Sim covered my left eye.
Actually she gave me briefing before the treatment, I can't close my eye. Because my eyeball may moved when I closed my other eye. Hypnotising myself with the mantra "Open your eyes, look to the red light...Open your eyes, look to the red light...Open your eyes, look to the red light...Open your eyes, look to the red light...."

In LASIK surgery, the eye is held open with a speculum, and a suction ring is attached to the eyeball (A). A microkeratome is used to shave the protective flap off the top of the eye (B), which is then pulled back (C). A computer-controlled laser is used to reshape the cornea (D), and the protective flap is replaced (E). (Illustration by GGS Inc.)

Read more: Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) - procedure, recovery, pain, complications, time, infection, medication, prep, cells, types, risk, rate, Definition, Purpose, Demographics, Description, Diagnosis/Preparation http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/La-Pa/Laser-In-Situ-Keratomileusis-LASIK.html#b#ixzz1g1H37VR0

"Look down, look up, stare at the red lights"

Feel weird when the suction ring is attached to my eyeball, I can even feel the blade cutting. I told Dr. Sim. More anesthetic into my eye.
When the laser is doing his work, It took so long! My heart was screaming,

WHY DID YOU ALL LIE TO ME? YOU ALL SAID IT IS FAST! THIS IS NOT FAST! WHEN WILL THIS FINISH?

Actually it is not long. 15 minutes for an eye.It only took 30 minutes.

After laser, I can smell some burned smell. Proceed to another eye.

Can't see well after the treatment.

After 2 hours, have to start dropping tear drop and antibiotic drop to eyes.

Can't go to dusty place.

Can't let water into my eyes. Hence I can't wash my hair that day, and careful when washing my hair, for a week. I wore sunglasses when I go shower, to avoid water splashing in my eyes. I still wash my hair myself. Water flow with gravity. Keep you chin high enough, so the water flow from head to back, not to front.

Can't touch my eyes.

Have to wear eyeshield before sleep. I bought a RM5 sunglasses, so I can wear to sleep. Once I only wear eyeshield to sleep, and they unstick itself and fell off. Lucky my mind set to not touching my eyes. I always had the nightmare of me touching my eyes when I sleep and cause complication.

Ok that's all. Vision is still not clear after 2 weeks. See you doc before Christmas!

L.A.S.I.K (2)

2011-12-09T14:43:00.001+08:00

On the day of Lasik treatment, scheduled at 2.30 pm. But I have to go there at 1pm. Go there so early to make payment. RM 1800 for one eye. As I have 2 eyes, I paid RM 3600. Phew... Lucky I don't have more eyes. There is a term of payment. 10% of payment can't be refunded.

Hmnn.. Why would someone ask for a refund? Someone may chicken out before the operation? Payment will only be done minutes before the treatment. If someone changed his mind, that someone can't possibly make the payment....

Go there early to pee also.

While waiting, I had a chit chat with another patient. She is from Sandakan, but always travel to Kota kinabalu. She is a frequent contact lense user. By the time she come for eye checkup, her eye nerve has spread toward her pupil and almost reached her pupil. Her eyes don't have enough oxygen supply, causing nerves spreading toward her pupil. Oh my!

Her turn for treatment is after me. She said she is going for mono treatment, which will correct her near and far sighted vision.

To be continue....

L.A.S.I.K

2011-12-07T15:54:00.001+08:00

I have a confession...

I used to have short-sighted...

I used to wear glasses....

No longer I need glasses.

Thanks to Optimax KK!

_________________________

I have been thinking to do Lasik for 2 years. But I was scare.

Everytime I google about Lasik and

saw this..

Just thinking of blade slicing my cornea gives me the chill.

Finally I had the courage to do it, because my brother did it, and nothing happen.

I used to read there is free eye check, but no longer have.

I underwent 2 eyecheck before the treatment.

1st eyecheck

Cost RM 120, and it is compulsory.

Check thickness of cornea, to determine which is the most suitable treatment.

Look for any scar on cornea.

Test degree of eyes (stressed eyes & stress-free eyes)

Pupil will dilated when eyes are stress free. This mean eyes are sensitive and have blur vision.

Check eye pressure.

Thickness of my cornea is adequate for me to go for lasik conventional or lasik customised.

2nd eyecheck

Due to high pressure on my right eye, glacoma is suspected causing my eye nerve to be bigger than usual and higher pressure.

2nd check for glaucoma.

Result is non-glaucoma.

Cost: RM 150

Treatment scheduled on 25 Nov 2011.

Bored of my own travel post.

2011-11-15T12:13:00.000+08:00

How was my trial of writing travel posts?

Do you think it is boring?

If you think it is not boring, good then.

But I felt very bored, too many photos, bad description, and I felt like I am rushing while I was writing.

Too much to write...

I am going to write it in other ways.

any suggestion???

3 April 2011 - Part-1

2011-11-14T23:15:00.003+08:00

2 April 2011 - Miri-Bangkok (Part-1)

2 April 2011 - Bangkok (Part-2)

3 April 2011 - morning

We woke up without alarm, around 8am. Today schedule included floating market, wax museum and buffet on Sky Bayoke Hotel. Quite a pack schedule, yet we are in no rush.

At 1st we thought of taking a local bus to floating market. However when we are outside of the hotel, we saw some taxi. According to a taxi driver who is very fluent in English, local bus will only take us to the bus station, from the bus station we have to take another transport to the floating market. Taxi trip to and fro would only cost us 900 Bath, which means 300 Bath per pax (RM30/10USD). It is quite a good bargain for three of us, and it is not a short journey. So it is taxi then.

Taxi ID

Our nice taxi driver

For safety purpose, we always take photo of everything as proof. We even plan to take photo everytime we pay money. Actually that is just a good excuse. We are just like typical Asian. Photography is most important in travelling.

Our destination

This leaflet is useful when we are communicating with taxi driver. We can just point to our destination, and the driver will know where you want to go, without even talking.

LPG Gas station

Coconut served when we arrived at the jetty.

Before we depart, some explanation given to us about canal and which market we will be going. Beware that there are many floating market in Bangkok alone. The most famous of the floating markets is Damnoen Saduak. We going there~~

Be ready to smile when someone is taking your photo. Don't be shy. It is for your souvenir plate. (Normal sold for 200 Bath per piece, but we bargained and get 170 B per piece)

Along the stream, there are many stalls selling souvenirs (Duh!). They have a hook with long wood that can hook any passing boat. Don't forget to bargain!

Buy! Buy! To support local economy!

Uk.

This is Uk, our skipper. He is a very happy one. Happy skipper with happy girls.

Elephant Pillow 300B

Art on Teak 500B

I bought a elephant pillow and a painting on a wood. So happy! Quite expensive~~~

I only have keychains for you all. hahhahaa

This is the scene at central market. Souvenirs here are cheaper than those along the canal. Perhaps many people finish buying their souvenir when they reach central market. You can try bargain for lower price easier here.

Not to forget to show my lunch, Mango with sticky rice. Very sweet. It is 50 Bath.

When Uk shouted elephant, our friend Ad saw some brown stuff sticking out from water surface and it looks like an elephant. She point to it and shouted "elephant!". Mix also joined her and kept looking at the brown stuff. Laughter filled our boat, when they realised it is actually just stub of wood. Even Uk understand the humour. at the jetty, before our boat touched the jetty, Uk already started telling people at the jetty what happened back there.

Next destination continue in next post....

2 April 2011 - Bangkok (Part-2)

2011-11-12T16:31:00.004+08:00

2 April 2011 - Miri-Bangkok (Part-1)

2 April 2010 - Night

Heading out to Kaosan road for dinner.

13-15 April is New Year for Thai, Songkan Festival, a.k.a. water festival.

On our way to food, we saw this mobile Bank. Cute bank with cute bank cashier too.

Across the road, there is a chinese operated food stall. We thought we can have our very 1st nice tomyam.

But.....

Framed on the wall without any photo in the frame.

That is our order. Tomyam is 100 Bath, bean sprout is 50 Bath.

While waiting for our food, we are so obsessed with the coke, can't resist from camwhoring with it.

*snap*

Not nice at all..... A big disappointment on tomyam kung

Not letting it to spoil our happy night out. lalallala

Back to Kaosan road. Actually many interesting to see along the road.

You can even make a fake certificate here~~

Next we head out to a bar, Roof Bar & Restaurant. I had a sex on the beach. It is not a real sex. If I was on a beach, perhaps it is real. JJ (just joking)

While enjoy it, not the sex but the drink, I noticed many people are drinking this...

It is Thai ~~Samsok~~ Sangsok

The sex made me too drunk for anymore booze. Going for samsok tomorrow night. By now, only one of us is free from alcohol.

If the three of us would have to walk straight on a straight white line, Ad would fail, I am still ok.

We even have to form a train, hand to shoulder, to go back to our hotel.

My luggage is still missing.

Not going to sleep naked with the girls. Lucky I have my multipurpose jacket. *wink*

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2 April 2011 - Miri-Bangkok (Part-1)

2011-11-10T12:19:00.000+08:00

2 April 2010

11.25am: Flying off from Miri to Kuala Lumpur alone. So excited. I can't believe I am going to backpacking.

Tips in buying ticket: It may cheaper to buy ticket online on Friday.

Once the plane touched down in KLIA, walking straight to departure gate to meet my other 2 friends.

3:15pm: We don't get to sit together on the plane because we checked in separately. Fyi, we are flying Malaysia Airlines.

When we reached Bangkok, Thailand. 1st place we have to go is the toilet!

Someone had this idea, the crazy journey started

Toward to long Q at immigration counters.

I get a good news in the airport. My luggage will arrived with the next flight, and they gave me a number to call once I am at my hotel. Yeah, no need to carry 2 bags.

Now we are at Suvarnabumi Airport in Bangkok. From here, we want to go to Kaosan road. Kaosan road is known as backpacker's area. It is tourist friendly and consider safe for tourist. We are going there by bus. We ask some tall Thai guys for bus station in the airport, we then follow them. It is quite a long walk down from arrival hall. Later we realised the guys didn't actually remember that we are still behind them, when we at an exit, we saw many bus. They didn't stop to tell us that is the way to our bus. Lucky we have eyes to see the bus for ourselves. Just for double confirmation, we called out to the guys to confirm that is the place we can take a bus to Kaosan road.

The ticket cost 150 Bath, around RM15. Kaosan road is the last stop of the bus. The bus stop few times before it reach Kaosan road.

Once at Kaosan, we actually had no idea which hotel to stay. Suddenly a Thai guy pop out from nowhere, he wanted to take us to a tourist information center. He claimed that tourist information center can get us some discount for hotel, and it is run by government. Our tour guide refused to follow him, because lonely planet mentioned that it is not advisable to follow these people.

She is the tour guide, we follow our tour guide.

So we walk along the road with our heavy bags and ask around.

Finally we found a decent one, Sleepwithinn (http://sleepwithinn.com/). One room with a king size bed for a night is 1050 Bath (around RM105). We shared one bed.

It is quite nice, small but elegant. Truly comfortable.

Its washroom is in a see through glass door with shower curtain. Washing basin is in the room. By this time, we are terribly hungry.

Heading out to Kaosan road~~~

Oh yeah, before heading out for food, I made a phone call to the airport and give him my address. So they can send my luggage to me. Cost me 20 Bath for the call.

Backpacking 2011 Outline

2011-11-08T05:01:00.001+08:00

Most of you may not know that I had my 1st backpacking out of Malaysia last April.

The trip took place from 2 - 20 April. For 19 days, our journey covered Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Generally it is our journey back home via longer route, Indochina. Why do I say so?

Because 19 days is too short to truly uncover whole Indochina!!

Many backpackers we met during our journey, take 6 months to travel around indochina.

Our group is quite a unique combination. 3 of us are Borneo girls, and are with different life background.

Our tour guide is a Muslim. Let's call her Mix. Mix is actually our crazy tour guide. By looking at her itinerary, we have to be powerpuff girls to catch up with it. It is so pack that we have no time to rest and from time to time, we will overnight by the beach. 19 days! It is quite rational to be in rush. The other 2 crazy girls don't mind such crazy tour guide.

Another Borneo girl is Ad. Ad is truly a Borneo girl. Her house is very long (*wink*). She is actually our ambassador during the journey. She can speak Japanese and this help when we lost our way and met a Japanese. She and I are from different ethnicity, but many people said she is my sister.

Lastly is me. As the fairest of the group, fair as in fair skin, a good follower.

Wherever we go, we attracted our fair portion of attention. One with headscarf, one fair and another brown. Clearly we are Asian. Not many short Asian girls with big backpacks and claimed to be backpackers. However one thing I am sure that made us the center of attention is we laughed a lot, and it is not a quiet laugh.

Oh yeah, not to forget our faithful Lonely Planet.

Lonely Planet with her owner

2nd Miri Tattoo Exhibiton

2011-10-30T18:41:00.002+08:00

This weekend attended 2nd Miri Tattoo Exhibiton at Eastwood Golf Club & Resort. This exhibition started on 28 October, and last for 3 days. Finally my camera is out of his hiding. Extra mold on its body, spices up my photo.

There are live bands performing for the whole day.

Call me outdated or anything, I don't get what they were singing really.

This band group is ok.

Next band is worse.

All they do is shout~~~Arrrgggghhhhhhhhhhh EEEEEEEEEEEee..

This old is a tough old man. He started this tattoo from the 1st day, and continue it on second day. Mind you, he is skinny, have only skin and bone, no fat at all. It is more painful when you are thin.

Make me wonder what he do for living.

Admire this tattoo artis, he looks so cool with his mask. Seems like he is the only one is wearing a mask while tattooing.

Meanwhile his masterpiece is too sexy for me, if not mistaken he is wearing boxer.

Cool, right?

This lady is having tattoo for both of her shoulders. It makes me think of Naruto.

Tattoo artis is so attentive to their art.

Not to forget it is Halloween too~~~

Stay tune for body suspension!!!

Palm Reading

2011-10-20T17:57:00.000+08:00

Left palm:
I have many admirer and I love many men.
Currently there are two men whom I love, but it won't be long lasting.
The one, who will be long lasting with me is the one chosen by my family.

Right Palm:
Money given by other people such as my future children, my spouse, my siblings, my parents, will be not much, and not less. I am a big spender and spend all money given by people.
However I will save all money earn by myself.

These are written by my palm lines.
Read by Pak Salim, Oct 2011.

Naomi's Believe it or not

I forgot that I am still single

2011-10-13T08:02:00.000+08:00

I forgot how to be a girlfriend.
I forgot how is it feel to have boyfriend.
I don't remember know what should I do if I become a girlfriend.

As someone who is not attached to anyone, I am free as a bird.
I don't have to report to anyone when I do something.
I don't have to ask anyone before I do something.
Unless I need to consult with my parents.

Independence and freedom.
Might be lonely and alone.

Attaching to someone is equivalent to sacrificing for someone.

"Why are you still single?"

A popular question. I also wonder why. Can you please give me the answer to it?

Not enough socialise? I have friends who are very socialise but yet still single.

Not pretty enough? Someone said I am pretty before.

Not slim enough? I am not too fat....

Laugh too loud? ok... maybe? hahahaha

Am I a lesbian? I am straight, but lesbians do look at me when i go out.

No Car by Jimmy Palikat

2011-10-10T14:26:00.001+08:00

Chorus.

Memang aku ini
anak orang miskin
tiada apa-apa yang dapat ku berikan
engkau memang cantik
memang tidak padan dan tidak sepadan

aku anak kampung
tiada pelajaran
kuli-kuli sahaja
memang tidak padan
cantik bah kau itu
banyak yang tergoda lagi orang kaya

Tiada kereta ku bawa kau jalan-jalan
rumah ku pun tiada adapun bapa punya
apa lagi belanja mau bayar berian kahwin sama kamu

bukannya ku tidak suka sama kamu
tapi aku takut hidup kau kan sengsara
kerna aku cinta aku lepaskan kau sama orang lain

engkau masih muda cantik lagi menawan
janganlah kau cari lelaki macam saya
engkau memang cantik
nanti kau menyesal tiada guna 3x

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tiada kereta ku bawa kau jalan-jalan
rumah ku pun tiada adapun bapa punya
apa lagi belanja mau bayar berian kahwin sama kamu

bukannya ku tidak suka sama kamu
tapi aku takut hidup kau kan sengsara
kerna aku cinta aku lepaskan kau sama orang lain

*repeat chorus*

For the past 1 month, there are many post about this song on Facebook. I didn't pay attention to it.
Until my boss get the song from someone and play it to me.
I know it is Sabah song just from the music at starting.

Going to play it for my mother.
Best!

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this is my own translation for the benefit for those who can't understand Malaysia Language.

I am a poor man,
with nothing I can give
you are beautiful
not a match with you

I am a villager
with no education
just a labour
really not matching
you are beautiful
attacted many rich man.

I have no car to take you around
also have no house, the house belongs to my father
moreover no more for life expense, dowry to marry you

It is not me who does not like you
but I fear that you will suffer with me
I let you go with other because I love you

You are still young, beautiful and attaactive
don't find a man like me
You are really beautiful
it is useless if you regret later

when you drive

2011-09-27T22:08:00.000+08:00

When you drive.....

You know you have not turn on car headlamp, when the road is unusually dark at night.
You know you are not driving straight on your lane/ driving zig zag, when car at behind does not overtake you, even when you are driving as slow as 30 km/hour.
.. errrr maybe should just avoid female drivers with big car.

Not to talk about someone, someone bad may happen to the person.

2011-09-22T17:59:00.000+08:00

Taboo told by my mother: Not to talk about someone, someone bad may happen to the person.

Now I really take this seriously.

In one morning, we were talking about our colleagues' wedding. Chatting away how special is their wedding, while looking at their photos. The moment we stop talking about them and back to our work, someone came to our office and told us the bad news. An accident happened in Mexico Gulf, and he is in the missing liferaft. It was a shock to us. One moment we were talking about him, one moment he might be forever gone.

A friend said perhaps the moment we were talking about him, he was not around anymore. It is a remembrance of him, when we were talking about him
.
RIP.

Then I really get it. Nowadays I don't really talk about someone who is alive, not going to talk about his favourite food, his hobby. Keeping to myself is enough.

There were many times when I mentioned someone, that person would appear or contacted me.

There is a chinese saying:

Don't talk about someone during day time, don't talk about ghost during night time.

another poo poo dream

2011-09-17T13:07:00.000+08:00

Another dream...

Am in a toilet, a mobile toilet. this toilet will open its door in 20 minutes.
Once I am in the toilet, it started to shower water on me. Showering??
Looking at the toilet bowl. It disgust me. Typical Malaysia public toilet.
Showering water, but I am not wet.
Basket beside the bowl is full of used toilet paper.. yuck...

Suddenly water stop showering. Just before I start to take off my pants, the door open.
20 minutes is up!

I really need to poo poo!!!!

I really wanted to do big business when I woke up!

Wedding spree as a Sister

2011-09-06T14:14:00.001+08:00

Attended 2 wedding dinner in a week, 1 & 4 Sept 2011.

Wedding dinner on 1st Sept, it is my neighbour's wedding. It is special because I know many new friends that night.

4 Sept is bit tough because I was bride's sisters during the day. As sisters, our responsibility is to torture brothers of bridegroom when they came to fetch the bride. This is typical modern day chinese wedding. Brothers have to go through phrases of test before they bridegroom can get to the bride.

When they reach the gate which is locked, they are required to write vows on a paper given by us. They have to read out loud for the bride. When the bride heard the vows, she gave signals to us and proceed to 2nd phase.
The door is locked. Keys are hidden in ice blocks. They break the ice and open the gate. The brothers are barbarian, it is easy for them.
Happy hour! They have to drink beers and burp! We have a sound measurement device to measure it. The one who can't burp have to wear coconut bra and hula dress, and start hula~~
Best Model of the day! Pick a lot and the lucky two become the model, and makeup by the brothers according to given photo. It was so funny, because they had fun and creative in using the makeup tool. Rambo eyes and clowns lip! Never expect same guy who dance hula get to be the lucky one.
Balloon within balloon. Another door to pass through, door into the house. Arch of balloons, with key hidden within one of them. One angpow can only pop 5 balloons. This is so funny, because after the pop all the balloons, the right key has disappear. Lucky the groom have a spare key! Almost have to call for a locksmith~~~
Next is yoga. One of the brothers want to do the corpse pose, laying on the floor. And they have to keep the pose while the others have to sing nobody nobody but you. They didn't know the lyric. Instead of singing the original lyric, they just sang ' I don't know, I don't know how to sing~~'
Going up the stairs with question, 3 steps up with correct answer, 2 steps down or an angpow with a wrong answer.
10 commandment!! One of them is play less angry bird! Signed!

Tiring but it was fun!

You may find it is quite easy. Most of the brothers' girlfriend or wife are sisters.
We have to be considerate and not make they suffer from stomachache or physical pain.

Looking for the missing key~~

What will you become after 10 years?

2011-08-31T21:35:00.000+08:00

My previous post reminded how we used to write about what will happen to us after 10 years time?

Have you write this essay before?
Do you still remember what did you write?
What did you want to be after 10 years?
Are you what you dream to be?

For me, it is easiest to write about wanting to be teacher or a nurse, typical girls job. Anyway it is essay for fulfillment of academic request. Have to pretend to be very contributing to the society and not selfish. 10++ years ago, in secondary school, what did we know about paying tax and better chance?

At 17 or 18 years old, rich parents started to infuse the idea of studying abroad and work abroad with better pay into their children's mind. I know many people who study abroad, stay there and migrated. I also know many of them came back to Malaysia. Government called them patriotic, I say they wasted their parents' efforts. Parents sent you away and not expect you to come back to work with small salary in Malaysia. But you are back, work with small salary that you will take forever to earn back your super expensive school fee.

Children with poor parents, parents only expect us to finish our school, and work. Most parents too busy working to feed children. Most of the parents want their children to further their study. They know the importance of education. Some parents only know their children have to work and earn money. At this stage, it is all depend on the child. Some of these children end up to be a successful businessman. University only educate us to be a worker. 'Society' university force us to be innovative in earning money.

So now is that tenth year, what have you become?
So what if you had become of what you had dream of?
So what if you are different from your dream?
So now what? Start to dream of what happen after 10 years?