Herein My Journey Begins...

On the contrary...

2011-04-30T19:33:00.001+02:00

Let's start the sentence again with ~ It has been so long, 3 months to be exact since I last updated my blog...again...succumbed by laziness that is thicker than 7 chapters of Harry Potter books put together and heavier than 10 kilos of cotton laid on you ~. Sound paradoxical? Depends if you look at the "10kilo" or "cotton"...either...it's some weight when you put them together. =) Plus, if you would notice....it grew to the extent that I have yet to put up my winter holiday's trip I went in February to London and Dublin!

Apparently if you would read such a beginning in my travel blog...you should have already guessed, " this guy must have stayed at home and have so much time thinking of such lame joke and not been for travelling this time". Bingo...you are right. While almost everyone is taking the opportunity of the fine and sunny weather this year spring break offers to travel...apparently this travel nerd just stayed at home with an initial high spirit of get back to the study desk and get ready for school reopen which however instead spent most of his time on Facebook and watching Mr Bean comedies on Youtube. A little pathetic no?

Well, at least I did spend a good 30 minutes to write this blog. So some compliment will you? *claps claps*

Now this is more like it...thank you. =)

Ok...I am not going to crack your curiosity on why I opt not to go anywhere this time. Well, everything happens for a reason they say. It's also true in my case. Staying alone at home just doing nothing does up my level of becoming the King of Laziness. Despite that, I've had the chance to see more of my surrounding...although the time spent on it was just a small portion. It does give some enjoyment to share as people throw some admiration as I put these up on my facebook photo album :-

One of the Wawel Castle Tower

UNESCO World Heritage site...just a stone throw away

The garden...

So...with a camera in hand...I managed to capture few of these while I was wondering around while showing some guests these sights. As a consolation for myself I can say....my home is just as beautiful too! Sometimes...we just don't realise what we have surrounding us as we are always busy on the look out and wondering for better things out there.

This period have also been a good serendipity for myself. One fine evening while I finally dragged myself out for a jog along the park surrounding the city...I find many colours of life too. Yes, I do felt the love in the air as couple by couple just cuddling up by the bench in the park...some just laid on the fresh green grass....gaze upon the great blue sky up there....with patches of cotton white clouds here and there lined with the golden ray from the evening sun....ah....and this point you must be triggered to say..."You are a lucky man...be in Europe to see all this"....while I would say, " You are even more lucky than I do...you don't have to be in Europe just to see this....you can actually see these just from a distance of your own home sweet home" (okay, face the fact...so minus the couple cuddling part)...yet...the sun and the sky? Why not step outside and see what you find today?

Wait wait...chill..not now...I mean after finish reading this. The point is...life is more vibrant that it seems to be. It's just we get to cramped with all the troubles of reality and hard facts of life that we have to face and we forgot to give ourselves a break.

Indeed...to go for holidays for me is not too much a break actually...mind you, the planning and logistics...it's not an easy piece of job if you wish to make a dream holiday yourself. In short...I am taking a break from my breaks. Ironic but true. Yet...certainly is worth all the work when you get to see what you want...I still look forward to more holidays coming soon. Hope everything goes well and SUMMER is here!

Till then....cheerios!

A Swiss' Train Tale, a French Christmas and an Upcoming New Year

2011-01-27T20:31:00.008+01:00

The same old excuse for not updating this wall for quite a long long time...I am lazy. Partly true, I was also quite occupied not by school...but of more holidays that are to come pretty soon. So, just not to let things pile up...I certainly have to share this year's Christmas holiday's vacation for it is yet another outing that I must say I am very blessed and lucky to have the chance experiencing the beauty of Switzerland.

Needless to describe in detail the natural beauty of Switzerland....we all have picture in mind about Watches, Trains, Chocolates and Alps when the word Swiss spark in our vocabulary...you are certainly right but also do let me just add two more to the conventional description of yours....Punctual and Worthily-expensive. A lil' something bout the trains...they come in all type, be it modern or classic, regular or panoramic, they bring you whenever you want in Switzerland without a miss in minute...so guess how punctual they are? So now since you have those description in mind...let see some real sights shall we?

Village by the hills...

Mountains by the Valley

Train cruising by the lake...

From the train...

A magnificent natural masterpiece...

 Godly nature...

I didn't cheat you bout the chocolate did I?

Yeap, there we have it....a summary of what I see in Swiss for just a mere 5 days...certainly it's just a few of the finest pics that could be captured...there are indeed much more that unfortunately could only be stored in mind as long as memory allows. Nonetheless...one word...breathtaking. Certainly this trip undoubtedly is one of the many trips that I've uttered the most, both silently and loudly...."Wow..."

Ultimately, what is a Christmas break is there's no Christmas celebration. I'm lucky indeed this year to experience a White Christmas, the french-way. So there I was in Strasbourg, the Christmas capital...ushering in the eve with french's snail, Le Escargot as starters, home-baked Patisserie with Salmon as main course and definitely Le Fromage and Alsace Vin Blanc to complete the meal.

Escargot...

Can't find elsewhere...it's home-made

Voila....Bon Appétit!

From there...it's all followed by customary Christmas carols all night long, exchange of gifts...and certainly visits of families. For their celebration is comparable to our CNY...I feel like warm at home. Mentioning about CNY....it's just exactly 1 week away from now. No doubt it'll be my second year of CNY away from home...my heart is still reaching far to my family to celebrate with them. How I miss again the New Year eve dinner and the first thing get up on the 1st day's morning to wish my parents and get the 1st Ang Pau of the year, then outings with friends for Ang Pau hunting expeditions and "open-table"....and....and....haha, well, pretty greedy in wanting all those even now but it was all great time together.

Nevertheless...I would never realise much fun of those if I haven't been away and had to celebrate it in a Polish way. So Mum, Dad & Bro, all my Heng Dai out there and certainly to You...an advance Gong Xi Fa Cai and Happy Chinese New Year!

Lots of Love,

Ming Lee

Christmas Comes Early

2010-12-15T12:21:00.001+01:00

Sometimes you just wonder...where have all my seconds ticked away? For me...most of them did went down the drain literally, but I still cherish those that made my days worthwhile. Of day and night, rain and shine...we've finally approach the last month of the year...a time of celebrations for most...a time of sharing for some...but a time of vacation for me! I still vividly remember what I am doing on this exact same day, same time and same moment...I was in my dreamland. No doubt, it now remained as one of the most wonderful time of reminiscence I could ask for ever since.

The Paris Disneyland

So what am I up to this time around? I would love to tell you now but best to keep it as a moment of surprise as I yet to discover it myself! Nonetheless...I am anticipating a classic White Christmas.

Speaking of that, the place where I'm living now, Kraków is no doubt white...and in this particular part of the world, the Christmas atmosphere is indeed undaunting for just anyone. Hence the come-about of the title for this post of mine. Apart from where I was and where I am going in Christmas period...which they are all secondary, an early Christmas for me also mean an early dedication of love from me to all my loved ones...both far and near. Scenarios might have been changed so far...from me assembling the Christmas tree to now only admiring others...from me anticipating a present to be anticipated for present (I'm still anticipating though...haha) but one thing doesn't change is the exchanging wishes of Merry Christmas. So...to those who can hear me...

~ Merry Christmas!

Wesołych Świąt!

Joyeux Noël!

圣诞节快乐! ~

Once in a Millennium

2010-10-10T22:10:00.062+02:00

Well, it's 10.10.10. What is so significant on this date? Nothing so special to me but to sit in front of my laptop, thinking of what to blog about after about 2 months abondoning this page. However, I can't deny that such perfection on a date like this...what is more it's a Sunday...I need to commemorate it somehow before it ends (according to Polish time)...in a rather simpler manner of just pure out-from-the heart words without pics unlike the conventional style of mine.

Allow me to begin where have I been since the last post of my blog dated August 6th. A week after that date, 10 days to be exact...I left this 2nd home of mine namely Krakow to be back to my sweet homeland. I guess I should save the space on the elaborations of what makes me opt to rather go through the enduring journey of approximately 20 hours of flight one way to have a 5 weeks holidays back home, by just summarising them into..."to satisfy all my emotional needs".

Of family, friends, and food...they all leave me no regrets although it was rather a short period of time I must say. From Melaka to Putrajaya, then PJ and Shah Alam...to have a rendezvous...back to Melaka for family and old pals...eg dinner at home (which indeed is what on my top list of my itineries), playing with my baby nieces, yum cha till wee hours in the morning etc etc, nonetheless to complete the trip back home with more trips...to Sibu and Bintangor, a long anticipated temptation that become the main factor in converting my MI to MP if you know what they stand for. Finally, a completion of yearly trip with my parents, this time to Singapore.

Above all, I must say, I have been treated well...even to the level of laziness...of not even need my energy to think what's up next on my to-do-list, especially on all the trips. You know who you are...*shy la me to say out 1 by 1...lol*

Nevertheless, there might be some imperfection of me that tingled, scratched, or the worst case scenario, hurt someone of you in any possible way from it begins...I also would like to say here a sincere ~"I am sorry...let bygones be bygones?
*with those charming little eye of mine (^66^)*
~~Could we still be friends?~~ Could we always be friends? =)"~

Anyway, it's back to school time. Facing a new terms...with the not-so-used-to-be-me attitude of me to kick off with...yet still anticipating a fun and exciting one with those who I have around. The past 1 year in my academic year has really been a colourful one...filled with all sorts that myself would just sit back,rewind and have a good laugh. Nowadays, I am indeed just a simple man with simple needs. ~tat's my dad's quote alrite~ So what lies ahead? Will slowly wait and see.

So what actually is this post have anything to do with 10.10.10? Nothing in specific I must say but on such a perfect day...it's to point out how a imperfect me could live a rather quite perfect life, have the opportunity to spend this perfect date in my lifetime with all those people around me that perfectly fit into my life, both near and far...I could not appreciate more but just with a perfect smile.

And yea...it'll be once in a millenium too for me to say all this. So it's a perfect post on a perfect date after all.

Signing off...

Really Italy...

2010-08-06T22:49:00.004+02:00

It was indeed another fun trip in Italy...this time the cities in nothern and middle part of Italy namely Arona & Lake Maggiore, Pisa, Florence and Bologna

A view in Arona at Lake Maggiore

Rendezvous with my Cousin

I must say...Italy was once a country that only reachable by imagination - a place famous for pasta and pizza ( it's pronounced as 'pit-za' not 'pi-za' ) and no doubt of her histories and arts ~ where the Renaissance was evoked - has now even became a meeting place with my cousin! Oh...how ironic things can be.

Spent a good 3 days of catching up with each other's life after 2 years from the last meeting, savouring good food and wine and enjoying some holiday's mood in a beautiful place call Arona...so pristine and calm...a city by the great Lake Maggiore, overlooking the Alps from the Swiss' border...a mesmerising weekend indeed.

Bidding adieu to him...I went on solo to visit the city famed by mens' art blended into nature's will ~ voila...Pisa (now this is pronounced as 'pi-za' ) and her leaning tower - the onced was one of the 7th wonders of the world.

Me...the Leaning Tower of Pisa...and...the lady with style

Who say Pisa is boring as the only thing worth to visit Pisa is to see the tower? Well, I can't deny that fully but you have to have some local to help you in diving Pisa more...not literally...I mean for real. So I went down the beach of Pisa for some sunbathing, "eye"-bathing and a swim on this hidden Italian coast with my kind CS host.

Down at the Pisa beach

Done with Pisa, headed on to the city of Renaissance ~ Florence. The city of Leonardo Da Vinci, Michangelo, Galileo Galilei, the Medici family and the least ancient, Florence Nightingale is no doubt a charming one. I could just sit by the side of the square and be fascinated away by the intricate façade of the Duomo.

The 'il Duomo'

And not to be missed is also to check out those market that sells leather goods...aah..felt as if back in KL's Petaling Street...

Florence's Petaling Street

~ psst...don't forget to bargain...it's all the same technique in Europe & Asia ~

We are almost done here. Last leg- Bologna. This medieval city is grand...I mean the architecture. Never come across a city with huge rows of shop-building and covered walk ways- over 45km of roofed "kaki lima".

The Walkway all the way...

Iconic Two Towers

*the shorter one is actually more lean than the tower in Pisa

As to close the story about my trip...let's check this out ~ Bologna hidden mystery

Notice the what's more on the up that the down doesn't have?

Of couse no, you....ish ish...it's the same statue! ~ the famous Neptune Statue in Bologna, it's just the hand and it's finger from different perspectives. It has a history and interesting story behind...so I leave it for you to check it out yourself! Ciao!

Along the Way

2010-07-18T01:44:00.040+02:00

A typical saying- "Hour ticks away, day passes by,month comes and goes but memories are here to stay". It is true indeed when you don't realise, time just flew by. The transition of the peak of my 1st year final examination period to my much anticipated weeks of travelling then back again to reality of life of summer clerkship happened like just in a blink of an eye. The past weeks although I had ventured wider across Europe, it is no doubt more than just a journey. To over 5 different countries and 8 different cities, I must admit this is no easy feat but we had all conquered them with victory. As for description for each places we had been over the 2 weeks period of hardcore travelling...I will try my best to highlight although not in-depth.

Let's begin from my 1st stop, Budapest. With new acquaintances but of common souls...I stepped into the city with the "Charlie's Angels"- Fiona, Christine and Ivy. It is also the only place we had CS-ing experience and again, a wonderful one from a nice lady named Judit.

2 cosy nights at Judit's

Budapest indeed is much more than anticipated...of sights of course!

A caption of Parliament at dawn...

A day after,with a bus...we are in Vienna- famous for music and art- an elegant city with distinctly pretty architecture...totally different from the norm of any Eastern Europe cities...not to mention the prices too. Also, you would not miss a sights of Mozarts from chocolates to miniatures.

Even a Fake Mozart is not to be missed!

It's rare to be able to get a cheap flight connectng Vienna and Milan but with the "house-fly" plane(FlyNiki)...we buzz it thru. Milano- the centre of world fashion is no joke...but it's see-no-touch for us. Best area would be the Duomo region and the Gallery...where you can find the bull! In Milan, 2 new faces, Sam and Candice join in the voyage and that had boost the journey to greater excitement and fun.

Me and the famous Bull with a hole right there...

Sam and Candice into the fun!

From Milan, we also made a day trip to the city of Juliet- Verona. Beautiful medieval city away from bustling city atmosphere, it's certainly worth the 2 hour train ride on purpose.

Beautifully Verona....

Done with Milan and Verona, it's time to the ancient city of Athens. Although just a short 1 day trip roaming on the ruins and rubbles of Zeus and Hercules' city...we saw mostly all of them including the Olympic Stadium as well as tasted some authentic Greek food- best is Mousakka.

Parthenon- the original...

Tired already? No way, more to come...after Athens, we took a 9hr ferry to one of the most beautiful island in Aegean Sea...Santorini. Sunset there is just breathtaking, not to mention the sea, the hill, and the houses...oh...Santorini.

Santorini's Icon...

Volcanic sand beach, sea and people

Testing the water...

Sunset in Oia...

It was indeed a long journey to and fro this amazing island but it's all worthwhile. Credit to Miss Ngui for suggesting such place which had never cross my mind as a travel spot...what's more to visit for real. Our stay at Tony's, food at Uncle Miami's and tanned from Santorini's sun made the stay even more memorable.

That was all for Greece, and now Espanol! Barcelona is our final stop for this euro trip. Everyone was nothing but tired and exhausted. Although this last leg hasn't been explored too much, but all essentials are done. Managed to enjoy some Gaudi's and had some real good seafood feast...worth the price...worth the price.

Me & Ladies in Sagrada Familia

Savouring my 1st lobster in La Rambla! Mmm...

A day out to Montserrat, Barcelona (1hr train away)...

A pretty relaxing 4 days 3 nights in Barcelona wraps up the series of episodes of my Euro tour with 4 ladies and a buddy.

To have made a 2 weeks trip, covering over 5 countries, almost 8 cities for 6 persons...it's certainly a task nearing to that of Herculean...was glad I wasn't alone in making this trip a reality. Additionally, it is the people that had fill this trip with the essence of laughters, sweats and tears, and above all...it is the process from strangers to friends that brings about a friendship that was built over mere 14 days and are meant to last forever that matters the most.

From a friend to friends...

Glad to have you both as my guests, companions and friends throughout the journey...

Hope it did leave us all a memory to be remembered...

So long ladies, also to Sam and Candice....till we meet again.

Dedicated to my companions ~

Ivy Koh

Fiona Ngui

Christine Ng

Sammuel Chan

Candice Ti

It's been a while...

2010-05-29T21:45:00.002+02:00

Wow...it was the last day of February I wrote my last post. Now it's the end of May already. How did time flies...a total of 4 months just flew by. Before stepping into my last month of 1st academic year in university...I think it's time to keep previous events into this small archive of mine and be ready to receive more in the coming months of pure holidays...yeap...it's Summer Holidays!

Well, last post I did mention a little about the All-Poland Medical University Anatomical Knowledge Competition 2010 that I intend to participate. Many elimination rounds I had underwent and just recent last weekend...I am glad and proud to announce that I had brought back the Golden Scapula. It was a gruelling, mental and physical challenging experience yet a motivating and inspiring moment as a student, as a colleague and also as a son. No matter how expensive or exclusive is an achivement...it's the smile carved on my parents' face marks the greatest value of all.

Individual Prize-2nd (& my team got 1st prize)

That's a snippet on my somewhat- latest academic achivement. And to steer off this pretty much lame story...it's about travelling again! Yippee...when's it's about travelling...all the energy flows in like waterfall (on the other hand when I start to read my notes...my eyes will just shut as if there's an elephant hanging on them...I wonder why...)

So...my latest trip for now was to Belgium and Netherlands. Not to boast, but I consider myself visited the whole of that 2 countries in my 7 days trip. In Belgium, I touched down on Brussels, Brugge(oh...one of the most enchanting city I've ever been) and Antwerp. While in Netherlands, Leiden and Amsterdam (two must visit to see Holland) and of course other cities one would definitely passes by when taking train. So...checklist...Belgium ✔, Netherlands✔. I think I wouldn't elaborate them much here as there's just too much...so as usual...check in my Facebook if you might want to have a little idea what are these 2 places all about. =)

Next up...well, summer holidays are always the "highlight" of all people in Europe. But I must consider myself lucky because I've found the travelling way- the Couch Surfing way. From my last trip to Belgium and Netherlands, I've been an active couch surfers. It was definitely a great experience to be able to see a place in its real insights and know new pals along the ways - a way to make this world a better place to live in too- as it's all based on the word "TRUST".

Back to my points...I've aimed to cover almoz the whole Italy by several trips...a step down South to Greece and hopefully Turkey, Istanbul...some West to Spain, East to Romania and the Black Sea and a little North to Germany for the world famous- Oktoberfest. The most challenging right now is to Germany for Oktoberfest. As it would be packed...and crowded with all visitors around Europe and the world...it's not only costly but also...hmm...unfavourable to budget traveller like me...haha. But as the spirit is there for now...I'm working my way there. Nothing is impossible right?

So...transition back to reality, I have officially 18days counting down before I could declare myself a traveller and a 1st Year Medical "graduate"...provided all exams are scored well. Also I would try my best not to left my blog to "collect dust" too.

Till next post...cherrio!

Snippets- Out of Traveling Period

2010-02-28T20:58:00.000+01:00

Although this blog is intended to share where I have been but I guess I should make it more versatile as well, as it is not I'm on the move for travelling 24-7.

So, before March come, indeed I feel there had been much went through and learned as well as to expect in coming days and months. It would be a moment of "pouring" all out to be able to be filled again.

As to say, life is stranger than fiction. Well, it is true to me to some extend but it is not that weird after all. There may be some up and downs in the perspective of work, social life and play...it sailed pretty smooth all this while. However, I indeed felt the recent earthquake in Chile had also some after-effect in my sails. Thankfully nothing disastrous. Instead, it shook me up pretty much and make me realised- "hey,it's time to come back on track." Well, it doesn't mean that I took the wrong path in something but just dwelled a little too much. Perhaps it is suppose to be drowned before one learn how to swim.

For now, with a sigh of relief...it is time to venture into coming months, begins with March. It is just recently that it come to me realisation that March is no joke a busy month indeed. With few exams coming up, the 1st to begin 2 days immediately it begins and will end with a 100 question anatomy qualifying exams-for the Golden Scapula Competition. It is a all-Poland anatomical competition that is somewhat prestigious and a moment-of-medical-student-life achievement. Basically, it is to compete with other brilliant international medical students all over Poland and one will get this :-

yeap...a Golden Scapula indeed...

It is going to consume up pretty much of brain tissues, effort and time to be able to get hold of that. It is a motivation. It is to be achieved indeed. So "no more talking, get working!"

Alright, with that I am suppose to end. But before that, it would not be suitable if my post have nothing to do with any traveling juice since this is a dedicated travelling blog. So, some snippets of plan for coming holidays, 1st in April, next....2 months of pure holidays- summer holidays (a months has been deducted for working purposes). With an ambitious plan in head to cover Benelux area- Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands in 6 days, it would be on my strategy table if were to be able to obtain a green light in the nearest exams which is on the 2nd of March. So, "work hard, play harder".

Till next post...March, Here I Come!

Prague it is...

2010-01-30T00:42:00.000+01:00

The City of Light, the Eternal City and now the Golden City...Prague.

Basically I had not spoken much of Czech during my 2-days stay in Prague...ok maybe juz Dobry Den? Haha...I would have to say...Polish has much similarity to Czech but definitely English is obviously understandable more by the people there in comparison to even Krakow.
In the initial plan, Prague was not in the itinery but luckily we did included it in for transiting before heading home back to Krakow.

So...landing at Prague International Airport at midnight from Rome...it was snowing heavily and no joke...

-15C it was.

However...this is what actually anticipating us.

Prague...

Prague no doubt one of the most beautiful...perhaps charming city in tthe world. The feeling of being brought into a wonderland like in those childhood story immediately surface when one just view it...awesome indeed.

The Dancing Tower...

Being enlisted in one of the weirdest building in the world...this is no means a great architecture. Only in Prague. This is considered modern architecture...but look at these...

Astronomical clock...

Prague Castle...

The astronomical clock will have a small performance every exact hour...then a guy will blow a trumpet as well. We have the trumpet blowing version in Krakow and an interesting story lies behind it...but I'm not sure is it the same historically for Prague's...perhaps different although similar. As for Prague castle, it is indeed worth the hike even with chilly wind blowing and with shivering legs. Magnificent for the top hill view and the castle of course as well.

As we were day during the Christmas season...it is a tradition to visit the Christmas's Market...well, we actually did not miss in any of the cities we had been...and each has different feeling. But in Prague's, it was really really freezing cold...so tip...don't underestimate the Czech's winter. However, with our tour guides, Terri and Adeline around also the nice Christmas snacks treats...the warmth blanketed those moments.

Prague's Christmas Market...

Of treats and friends...

Our craze...

Our main focus in the Christmas Market was juz this...a kind of roasted bread roll...addiction of someone had had me influenced as well...altho it is pretty pricey...but really tasty.

Nonetheless, how could one even miss the most important landmark in Prague...the Charles Bridge rite?

The must touch on Karlov Most (Charles's Bridge)...notice tat got some part is especially shiny

Ok...for those who actually know the story...you must be laughing now for the pic show I'm actually touching the wrong side. So this is correct instead....

Touch the right on the stars for good luck n wishes... remember,not the left on the dog

So...it is also believed that with that being touch...a return to Prague will be promised. With that hope...I anticipate.

Tat's all mainly bout the 4 different countries I went (don't forget Vatican is a country itself ). It was indeed a memorable trip and worth the every moment of the journey in everything from sweat to laughters. Travelling opens up our heart and mind...broaden our views, perspective and mindset. No matter where and how we travel...the most important is to enjoy every moment of it for it is an opportunity that perhaps come once in a lifetime.

Next stop...juz wait and see! =)

Roamed in Rome...

2010-01-23T19:45:00.002+01:00

Instead of polishing up my Polish, and cramming up for my Chem in about 2 weeks...I chose to bring you to roam in Rome. (what a rhyme...)

Well, The Eternal City is the second destination on my itinery for my last Christmas break, a continuation from The City of Light- Paris. About 2hr flight, there were we in Italia.

Ciao! Ci Ci....Allora...Ciao Ciao!

Don't get me wrong that I'm becoming a bird or something similar as I stepped foot into the ancient city. It is just this 3 Italiano that I learned during my 4 days stay there...mainly thanks to Letizia...our "landlord" for 3 nights.
*This is not advertisement but a pure recommendation- when you want to overnight in Rome...you would never want anything else than Lilliput Hostel.

As my large blog photo up there presenting the magnificent Colloseo, I must admit the picture said it all. Rome is a large city but with small vicinity...you can actually walk all on foot! It is one old city that need young spirits to let its beauty revealed.

Fontana di Trevi

A day view

Although it does not function specifically as a wishing fountain...I would say it is more suitable to name it as the fountain of hope. When you are in Trevi's Fountain, it is a must for a coin to be thrown...not just "baling" or "lempar"...there's a way.

Tips : Turn your back against the fountain, hold a coin on your right hand...toss the coin into the pool over your left shoulder....and hence a return to Rome is promised...well...we'll see.

As for not-couple-yet "couple", if by any chance your coin stack above "yours truly", well, the Roman Cupid has his arrow right "bullseye" on your heart.

Pantheon...

For it has stood there for perhaps almost 2000 years...this monument certainly has it's significance for it has awed millions of visitors...but surprisingly not one of my 3 travelmates here.

If you have read the book "Angels & Demons"...there is one thing inside this building that certainly will catch your attention. It is the famous...

The operculum

More mysteries and clue? Follow me...

One of the many St. Maria's Church....but the most important of all

Know what is this? It is the Free Mason symbol...yeap...right there in one of the window of the same church above...if you have a 1 US dollar note...u'll notice it is there as well...

Indeed the ancient city is very big...not because of its vicinity as mentioned earlier...but it is the buildings that made it seems so...eg.

Plaza Venetia

If you would have noticed that the size of the statue in the middle of the building...it still looks the same as of the bus even we are indeed way further in front from it for this caption. So...I must stress...it is humongous.

Next up, this place is indeed a "romantic" place if you do some set up...for you can easily see people taking wedding photos, couples holding hands and of course...enjoy some Roman artist artworks where you can observe the sunset at the same time as well....it is none other than...

The Spanish Steps...

Last highlight of the our roam...

The Vatican...

Yes, it is the you-can't-miss St. Peter's Basilica that shines the night sky of Rome. But just to highlight something here it is that...practically this pic was taken 1 street down the magnificent building...technically, we did that from another country...trust me..I'm not "bullshitting"...it is The Vatican City picuture taken from Rome, Italy.

Sky view from the top of St Peter's Basilica Cupula...

Main altar of St. Peter's Church...

It is a rather long blog post here I know but anyhow....Welcome to Rome!

ps- there's another fact you should know when you are in Italy it is that u'll never missed a chance to eat pizza and pasta if you didn't even thought about trying it here...it's more common than 7-11 back home. The tip is...go anywhere...the price is about the same...so don't be afraid to enter classy looking restaurant for a pizza or two. ;)

Snippets in Paris...

2010-01-15T14:49:00.001+01:00

For now another important exam had just ended so I think now would be the best time to share some of my first trip in Europe over the last Christmas break in December since I would not be posting about any new places most probably not till April! ( only will have Easter break by then)

Well, the last trip covered Paris, Rome and Prague. Three most beautiful cities- I personally agree with many comments on them after seeing with my own eyes. I shall begin with my first stop...Paris- The City of Light.

Not too details on what we do...but some interesting stuff that might catch ur attention in Paris!

Bonjour! Excusez moi...est que vous parlez anglais? Oui. Merci! Voila...with these few words in head...off we go to Paris from Krakow! (phew...u know wat...we survived! Lol...u know why)

A lil picture 1st I guess...

Le Tour Eiffel...

A day view...

Night view of Tour Eiffel from Arc de Triomphe for it's hourly light show is magnificent...see pic above!

A day view from Palais de Chaillot at Trocadero...that is what you can see as in the second pic.

Tips:- Save some of your euros...climb Tour Eiffel till 2nd floor and take the lift up...u save about 3 euros by taking lift straight up to top and also to enjoy some view!

*ATTN:NVR USE THIS OPTION IN WINTER UNLESS U WANNA BE "PRESERVED".

Arc de Triomphe

Ooo...Champ Elysees (view from the Arc)

City of Light- true indeed. Next...what else is more important to pay a visit to Mother of all paintings...The Mona Lisa...

These are few of the many places a must visit in Paris displayed...wait wait...you must be wondering...is Ng Ming Lee missing one of the most important place in Paris?? Well, Eiffel Tower is in...Arc de Triomphe is in...Champ Elysees is in as well...what else? U muz have thinking of this especially you ladies...jeng3...

LV Paris...(with 3 floors of collections)

No joke...I went in...grab a few display to try...worth of RM 5-6000 a piece...well, you are in LV Paris!

Haha...that was to get away from stiff travelling documentary...let's get back to some more imprtant places...2 more to go. ( of course there are more...for those...I leave it for you to check out yourselves)

The Notre Dame...

Make sure you are here to signify you are in the Paris "old time"...lovers of Disney's...it is this where the site of Hunch Back of Notre Dame focused on.

Since we talked about Disney's...hey...don't forget...there's a Disneyland here! The Disneyland Paris...

The Sleeping Beauty's Castle in Disneyland Paris...with my companions

A day trip to Disneyland mark the last day of our trip to Paris, France. Next up...Rome, The Eternal City.

Au revoir!

All roads lead to Rome...

2010-01-10T14:49:00.004+01:00

The phrase "all roads lead to Rome" is indeed true when one steps foot in the eternal city and thus it become the first title of my new concept of blogging...a journey to the world. Altho it seems I would have reached the final destination in my journey to the world as the phrase sounded...I had just begun from there.

No doubt...travelling opens up our heart and mind not to mention our eyes of course! I must say it is a blessing from others that I am able go around this part of the world which I only had them in my day dreams before this.

The recent Christmas break had end my 2009 with a whole new experience, making me ready for more in this brand new year of 2010. Join me in search of new places, new people and new outlook of life!

Next stop....

I'm back...

2009-09-28T21:35:00.001+02:00

Lucky for me to still be able to sit straight up and blog after an almost 12 hour train from Gdansk to Krakow. It was another adventurous 2 guys' holiday trip for me after the one I had with Desmond to Singapore and conquering the peak of Mount Kinabalu with Kian Joo. The difference now is I'm in a far far away land and everyone speak some languages that do not understand each other....this trip is real "traveller sejati".

It was splendid all the way from Warsaw to Gdynia then to Sopot and finally Gdansk. These tri-city is really a nice place to visit and to relax my mind with some chilly but cooling Baltic sea breeze before begin my medical studies.

I would rather say this trip is not as intense in the sense of tiredness and wilderness compared to my Singapore trip except the train ride back home to Krakow. Basically pictures uploaded in FB explain the beauty of the tri-city and it is really worth all the way up north of Poland which is about 750km away from Krakow in the south.

Nice places, nice food, nice hang out activities at night in some foreign land...this is really backpacking. A brand new experience for my American travelmate, Mike. This is his 1st time going on such exhilirating trip with a friend especially Ng Ming Lee. U can juz ask Desmond Ang or Kian Joo bout their experience...;)

It was the train ride coming back from Gdansk to Krakow that made the climax of the entire trip. It was a whole 12hr journey which begin at midnite. Having backpack on our back, we hopped on to a very cheap train ride. These are the comparison on the trains I took which show why I say the trip back to Krakow was very cheap:-

Krakow to Warsaw (3hr)- about rm80

Warsaw to Gdynia ( 5.30hr)- about rm100

but

Gdansk to Krakow (12hr)- about rm50

The catch is the cheap one is that there is no seat reservations, u have to rush to get on board, squeezing with some drunk,big size, fierce looking people in the middle of the night to get thru the narrow corridor, no bar cart and last but not least awfully dirty toilets( in comparison, I must say even Malaysian public toilets are better...now u noe how bad it is...lol). But we managed to get seats in one of the many full compartments after sitting in the hallway for more than one hour in which a massive drunk guy was sleeping alone in there. Eerie at first but he actually turn out to be a typical Polish guy that trying to get some sleep for a long haul ride. There are many youngsters too actually partying in the trains with alcohol n smokes. This is the real conventional train ride my readers.

After a boys weekend out, me and Mike got safely back to Krakow and ever ready to start the engine for the new semester with 1st session- Anatomy Dissection Class. See you all again.

Cheerio. ;)

Hoping this train to take me home thru the country road or rather railway...enjoy the song posted too.

My first stop...

2009-09-24T22:54:00.000+02:00

While I still manage to use internet in Warsaw...yeah...I'm reporting from Warsaw.

3 hrs Intercity train ride which cost 66.66PLN (approx RM80.00) from Krakow to Warsaw brought me to my first stop in my Tour de Polska.

Greeted by friendly seniors...a drop at Hamdan's apartment...off we go to Frederick Chopin Airport...to welcome my old frens and classmated whom juz arrive from Malaysia to study in Warsaw University. What a reunion after months...reli touching.

Same incident..tonnes of bags...tired faces...but still head to Malaysian Ambassador to Poland residency for Hari Raya open house. After more than 3 weeks...finally tasted again some Malaysian food but still better back home...swietnie( excellent in Polish).

Blogging from Hamdan's apartment, will go tour Miasto Warszawa tomorrow after getting out official things done...teraz to wszystko. Do widzenia.

Dedication to My Dearest Grandma

2009-09-18T17:08:00.000+02:00

It has been a while since my last post that is when I had just arrived in Krakow from Malaysia.

Indeed I left home filled with excitements, hopes and feeling of success. There is really nothing I could say I have not had left undone back home before I leave. For example set foot on every states in Malaysia including the summit of Mount Kinabalu, had oversea vacation to Vietnam with my parents, savouring many of my favourite food back home,precious time with friends and family, tonnes of good and touching farewell wishes and lots of friends and family sending me off the airport but there is just only one thing,just only one.

My dearest grandma,Mdm Lim Tuan Ha, was ill and had been on the bed for more than 6 months before she peacefully leave behind her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends and relatives just today morning Malaysian time. I had expected that I couldn't send her off in her last departure. This is the only thing that I had to heavy-heartedly left behind.

It is indeed a great loss to me but this loss at least comes with an ironic sense of relieve and contentment. It would be a greater suffering for her to be in her state of illness longer. I don't wish to see which the worst which had happened to my grandfather before he passed away few years ago to her also. It is indeed the most painful thing to experience by closest family.

She had been living with me for years ever since I was born. My grandmother is a really admirable one as her capability of running the family business during her younger days and building the family tree to a highly sturdy one...capable in all required skill as a housewive needed from babysitting, sewing, cooking to even ...and what's more...her wits and guts of course. Not many people expect her as a chinese old lady to speak Malay, English besides all those major Chinese dialects so fluently...Just too much to tell for those experiences I had went through with her all these years. I will always miss her.

As a devoted Christian, she spend her life praising the Lord from her younger days till the day she can't lift herself up to go to church. She lends her arm to those who needs without second thoughts.

But I would really say I'm sorry because I had sometimes make you angry and at times make you annoyed. Thank you for all your wishes all these years before you go to bed in hoping your this grandson will be successful in everything. Thank you for all your teachings in everything and those had really brought me through all the way to where I am now. I promise you that I will strive and be able to become a successful doctor. I am really proud to have you as my Grandma and you will always be remembered in your this grandson's heart. Sorry for not be able to be by your side during your last moment. But I am always glad that you will never forget me.

Love you Grandma. May you rest in peace.

Jestem w Krakow

2009-08-28T00:06:00.000+02:00

I can't believe I'm actually blogging from another continent of the world from Malaysia. I'm in Krakow! ( *spelled as krakoof)

First stop, KUL-FRA (MH006). After a long tiring but quite a new experience ( compared to AirAsia) 12hrs flight frm KL, 9 of us reached Frankfurt, Germany. Juz a transit of 2hrs n we are heading towards Krakow using Lufthansa Airways(it's a reli big schedule board...not digital...classic!)

Jestem w Krakow!

So, we met up with First Secretary aka JPA officer from Prague, Mr Firdaus in Balice Airport, Krakow. (Man, he's reli great n outgoing person!). The Medical School officer pick us n lead us to our dorm in Grzegorzecka (*pronounced as....well never mind...lol)

For about RM1200 per mth per person( eqv to 1000zl), u get...

We went for a sightseeing tour in Krakow and the buildings there are awesome! The European style and Renaissance mood, what a sight. Those photos are in Facebook...do hv a look.

We'll, tat roughly about me journey from KL to Krakow, an almost 10,000KM away from home.

So, will update more later...stay tune! =)

Benefit of the Doubt

2009-08-02T17:58:00.000+02:00

Sometimes it is juz unbelievable when you can get something really good and "should" be expensive at a super cheap price. Guess wat, I'm not talking about the Mega Sales currently launched but a haircut in a professional hair studio!

To those who know me, I'm a down-to-earth guy, low profile, humble ( chewa chewa, lebih lebih pulak eh? lol)....and dun care about my face much wat's more my hair! Muahahaha. But there's this hair studio tat caught my attention and made me real curiouz yet doubt tat it'll be good. Why?

Coz this pro-hair studio called the Team Hair Academy in Melaka where it has a student department which cut hair at very cheap price. Guess wat's the catch? Haha, it's tat WE become the "specimen" for the trainees there to perform their skill before being graduate from the academy.

After days of "fikir masak masak", I put myself into the worst case scenario tat if my hair is cut like s**t, I'll shave it juz like during NS training. Lol. So I give the new place a benefit of the doubt. When the trainee ask me how I want my hair done, I juz promptly say, "a decent and normal but 'in' style will do"...and there he went.

So, after this hint, guess how much this hair cost plus washing k(got head massage too) and also all those wax and spray to make tat...a total of 1hr++ there... :p

My most "in" hairstyle I've ever cut...lol

In total only.......RM4 man! ( haircut- RM2 n hairwash- RM2)

So all the doubts are all invalid henceforth. Even give a pak cik cut hair under the old tree also difficult to get a RM2 one rite?

Hence, the moral is, give it a try to anything u wanted to except all those life threatening ones and juz lay back and feel the outcome. No matter is good or bad, the moz important is tat u'll always gain something...tat is experience tat money can't buy.

Today's quote- Always give others the benefit of the doubt. =)

p.s.- if u dun believe, come to Melaka, find me and I'll bring u there and give it a shot. ;)

Dunno where to start...

2009-07-19T11:19:00.000+02:00

After my last post on my trip during the period from my departure from LCCT to Kuching and the first day...i stopped posting. Here are some acceptable reasons...

1) Too much adventures tat I went thru for my trip to Borneo, esp to Sabah so there'll b ALOT to be written...and I'm lazy...lol

2) By mouth, i used about 2 hrs juz to described my Mt Kinabalu adventure to my friends back home! Tat hvn't included my sarawak n vietnam trip! Gosh...hahaha

3)My internet connection is too slow to upload any photos n i hv been workin on it but eventually...sudahlah :p

So, how on earth am I goin to tell all my experience...hmmm...got it. Browse thru my facebook photo album...and for sarawak experience...read Li Yan's. ;)

My Adventure Begins...

2009-06-21T16:47:00.000+02:00

Alrite, BTN has came and gone. Too much to be described so rather skip it first. Let me begin telling about my Borneo adventure!

The trip of course started with my first ever flight in LCCT. Full with excitement, I hopped into the Air Asia's aeroplane joyfully( like a kid goin for his first fun fair trip...hahaha) despite waited for more than 4 hours before flight because of some delay. Tasted a RM 4, small cup of Nescafe 3 in 1 belanja by one good man coz of some help I offered him earlier during checking in of luggage...what a fantastic start.

Me and the Nescafe in the plane

After a much anticipated 1 hour 30 minutes flight, me and my gang- Maddy, Li Yan and Fikri reached Kuching International Airport( quite an awesome airport in Sarawak).

Maddy, Li Yan and Fikri about to board the plane...

First stop, Mimi's house and a feast awaited us prepared by her mum.

A feast with exotic Jellyfish...

Next stop, met with Daniel Chong, poor guy, while we juz about to start enjoying ourselves, he gotta go back KTT for new sem...good luck dude. We went to jalan- jalan in Kuching town and went to Taman Sahabat and later yum cha- 5 layer tea( till now, this is the most layer I've ever seen, Semenanjung got 3 only le and Mimi wants 7...lol).

The 5 layer Teh in Kuching in Jalan Song

So this wraps up my first day in Kuching...2nd day...reporting next. Cheerio. ^^

Anticipating...

2009-06-14T03:59:00.000+02:00

Finally, all stressful period except for another final one, A2 result period, have over.
Most important and exciting result I've got recently was my successful entrance to Jagiellonian University! It was really relieved to pass that toughest hurdle.
Well, let's get pass all the examination stuff and let's rumble with holidays n fun.
Frenz came visited Malacca last week and I'm now in KL, went to Genting Monte Carlo Casino, again and will meet some BNM frenz in Mid Valley. Tomorrow, will venture into the wilderness of Kuala Lipis, Pahang for BTN with coursemates and juz a day after tat will be my first flight journey out of the peninsular and heads towards Borneo.
A 9 days visit to Sarawak and 3 days to Sabah. The climax is, the hike up the highest peak in South East Asia, Mountain Kinabalu with additional, Via Ferrata ( do check out this website to see what it is- www.mountaintorq.com). Hopefully my legs are strong enough to bring me up to see the beautiful sunrise at the summit.
Will then come back for a few days to rest and another flight trip awaiting...this time to Vietnam! 5 days 4 nights...woohoo.
Finally, it'll be a resting period and spend some precious time with family and friends...hopefully all go well and board the MAS plane to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
So for this coming 3 weeks I will not be accessing to internet as my adventures begin.
Cheerio!

Freshing up...

2009-06-09T21:04:00.000+02:00

It's has been really quite sometime since the last date I updated my blog.
Since now exams are totally over and is in holiday mode now...I really gotta dust off my dashboard and continue to be inspired and to inspire.

Before proceed any further, I shall wait for another moment in continuing out my pen on the paper...or screen perhaps. Will be back real soon again.

Cheerio.

For my dearest...

2009-05-10T06:53:00.000+02:00

Although this song very "lou tou"( old fashioned in cantonese)- but it's really meant from the bottom of my heart...juz for u Mum.

世上只有妈妈好
Shi shang zhi you mama hao
有妈的孩子像个宝
You ma de hai zi xiang ge bao.
投进了妈妈的怀抱
Tou jin mama de huai bao
幸福享不了
Xin fu xiang bu liao.

世上只有妈妈好
Shi shang zhi you mama hao
没妈的孩子像根草
Mei ma de hai zi xiang ge cao
离开妈妈的怀抱
Li kai mama de huai bao
幸福哪里找
Xin fu na li zhao.

*this is also one of the chinese song that i can sing fully without pinyin and without the lyrics too. :p

Continous celebrations...

2009-04-30T16:25:00.000+02:00

What would you feel if your birthday been celebrated more than 3 times in a row?
That's exactly what happen to my classmates whose birthday are in the month of April. So, before April ends today...it'll be appropriate for me to commemorate these. But it'll be just an example of what we always do for birthday boys and girls.

Lucky for them...ALL 5 is always full of surprise. The whole series of event would usually be initiated by my two ever-sporting and responsible cum committed class reps with some tricky ideas. But what to say...lies always come first and names of lecturers will not be missed to be used as tools...which our lecturers actually consent for it. What a happy college rite?

The whole series of event for Aprils started on the 28th with some tricks saying there's a gathering at what time and which place. The best part is...everytime this old tricks works. So a chinese proverb has been justify which says, "It's ok to use old tricks, as long as it works". Hope you know how it's said in Cantonese.

Then, here comes the climax...a full course human dessert. Usually we'll have human muffins or cakes ( flour and water) but ALL 5 has just recently made a new recipe...human syrup! Oh man, the effect and display was really fantastic. I'll try to upload the photo when I got them. Haha. We then had some wars where suppose the birthday boys and girls should be "tricked" but in turn...the rest had also became the victims. What's more when one of the birthday boy is Irfan, my classmate aka cyborg or robot. I was chased by him round the college...but luckily I was quite vigilant and fast, so able to escape at first. By that time, almost all my classmates already "saw red".

However,I was also been bloodied by them in the end. My poor snowy white pants turned pink! Man, too embarassed to snap a picture of it.

Alrite...then we had the cakes and waited for a trip at 8pm to Alamanda, Putrajaya to celebrate( again...second half). We had some Dominoe's and then spend some time in the arcade and bowling centre.

The best part of this second half event was started with a roller coaster bus ride from KTT to Alamanda which we almost crashed to a road divider, a herd of cow and know what...we came to a dead end. What a ride!

After we finally reached, Fikri, another classmate of mine(A Good Samaritan) who earlier negotiated with our college bus driver ( a bit...ahem ahem one) that we'll be in Alamanda till 11.30pm. So, as he sped off, we go on wif our event. As the time ticks, the clock reached 11.30pm. The catch was the class still got half of the ten bowling games to be continued. Our friend here(Fikri) start to panic as he look at time...all the cold sweat and veins...i tell you...fuyoh. Luckily, the driver didn't get mad and we all safely board the bus at 12.00am...what a day. Thanks to Fikri for his negotiation.

Here goes the birthday surprise event series for April. ( There are lotz of other actions like splashing water and throwing some smelly eggs the days before). As the months go by...it'll get more intense I supposed. But i think only the May people can enjoy all this as we'll come to an end of our course early June...A2 exam is the finishing end.

What are important in all these that have been done is the friendships and a good college life memories that are to be remembered. I presume everyone of us with our group of friends will do this. At least, our birthday come with a bang rite? So, get indulge and enjoy.

Perceptions...

2009-04-18T20:33:00.001+02:00

Aren't we all so lucky to have good vision though may experience some impairments that sometimes have to be corrected by using spectacles, contact lenses etc? The human eyes are one of the most remarkable organ in our body. You will certainly agree with me after you watch The Incredible Human Body on Nat Geo with episode on human eye. As eerie as it may sound, our eyes look and see beyond ordinary things...don't worry...I'm not goin to talk about "those things that can be seen by some eyes".

Do you know that we don't use our eyes to see but is actually our brain. Believe it or not, it's true. Our eyes which is some marvellous video cam(or receptors to be scientific) are directly connected to the brain and our brain 'see' beyond the physical appearance of objects thus creating a quality analysis on them known as perception. Our brain discriminates every object we see whether is living or non-living ones but also can be done is just a matter of miliseconds-aka snap images- to the extent such that we generate some sorts of personal feelings in our own way of interpretation. We discriminate because something we see is just not the way they suppose to be. (Please be reminded, "discriminate here is not only apply to way we see things negatively, it is also a way of giving something its quality). See how perception works now? Sometimes it may be good but sometimes it just seems so cruel. How? A simple and direct example would be this...

Perhaps everyone should know who is this lady right and what she did rite? Or these options may help you...

A. A farmer/gardener

B. A teacher/some intellectual

C. A psychiatric patient

D. A talent show participant that made the biggest hits in Britain

If you can't get the answer, you must have been locked inside a cave for quite some time! A perfect example to illustrate what I mean. Perhaps, there's no need to further elaborate rite?

Well, this is life...and I believe all of you must have experience this situation. Another excellent example would be the movie which was this year's hitz...winning plenty of award...a movie that was never expected to achieve such success...It could be said that the odds of finding needle in a haystack would be higher...but there you are...an 13 Oscar award winner(hope I did not make exaggerate mistake in the figure)...Slumdog Millionaire. It'll would be too long also if I were to explain how perception applied in this movie...so I suggest you watch it. I'm really regret for watching this movie so late and I'm totally agree for giving so many award to this movie...a must watch.

So as you can see, people understand the adverse effect of perception and they voice out thru supporting both the two subjects mentioned in great majority. Not to mention this which apply to Barack Obama rite? Yet, we also must understand coins always have two faces. So do perception, there are good and bad perception which our brain automatically signal to us when we see sth. But people still hook on to more of the negative one than the bad one. Agree? Everyone of us discriminate when other give negative perception to others but hello...so do ourselves. Why? Simple. It is already in us. We can remind ourselves or others not to have negative perception at that instant but it is only after we realise. What about before you realise it...it is call snap judgement. So how to mend it? You can't for sure if you don't tune up the conscious part of your brain more. But don't get on it too hard because as just said, it's our nature. This is how we survive. Nothing is perfect in this world.

So, although we can't do much when we perceive something but let not our verbal section of the brain directly connected to it. Otherwise, your perception will bring you great trouble in life. We still have to live life with eye open but strengthen your goodwill and consciousness, something terrible may be just as great as it should not be.

What less is more...

2009-04-03T07:33:00.000+02:00

The title seems paradoxical but it's very true indeed.

This past week was quite a turbulence not only to myself but also to the people around me.How?

It certainly kicked off with the Earth Hour movement which happened just last saturday. To me, it's nothing but a good act to remind us the importance of minimising the effect of global warming though it seems kinda "ineffective" and "seasonal" where the whole world only amplify on that hour and day. Yet, never forget that it is a call and not a long-haul campaign to ask the world to conserve energy and all sorts. Such "long-term" lies in our hand and no one can scream and shout at us if we ourselves being ignorant and don't practice it at home.
With more and more critics, debates and arguments on the Earth Hour issue, we will not get anywhere near to save the electricity bill in our own home, what is more in saving the planet. Sometime, it doesn't harm doing something that doesn't harm. Please don't just criticise others' good causes or intentions although we may have tonnes of good and intellectual reasons and the right to do so. As the saying goes, "tepuk dada tanya selera". What have ourselves done instead apart from criticising and and discouraging others?
It's not that we should be quiet and not expressing our viewpoints as we certainly can't do that in this democratic world rite? I am also now expressing my own point of views. However, in some situations which are intentionally good, we should just let it be. We may be different in the way of conduct but we are aiming the same goal aren't we? Sometime, less is more.

This is not only subjected to that issue but other matters in life too.

So happen on that same day, something very minor also happened in the place where I am currently at. A small glitches resemble a "match-fire" had turned into a "forest-fire" just because there are some of us don't want to let it be blown off. Assertive is good in some situation but may cause backfire when we go overboard with it. Does it worth to let some petty issues that can be easily solved with a straight talk and some handshakes and lame jokes cost you friendships? Absolutely not. Worst still, other previous conflicts had also been triggered by that. The situation had turn sour not only within a group but the whole lot.
"Little movements" that have been done by a particular person caused disgust among others leading them to condemn and regard it as childish and hypocritical act. There is no point of letting this "fire" continue to spread. It is not a problem at all if we could just adopt the "sudahlah" attitude and let it be. Sometimes in life especially between human to human relationships, we should just let some issue or conflicts diminish no matter how right that we think we are. There's is no need to applaude the negative cascade effect that bring about by us to others as no one will gain anything in the end. Sometimes, Newton's Third Law of Motion just don't apply in human relatinships. Again, less is indeed actually more.
Peace.

Well, there are other minor turbulences that happened as well but I'll just let them be. Let's us sooth our emotions now by enjoying the song, "Let it Be" by Beatles.
Cheerio.

(Video in Clips to Be Shared)

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right it front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be

For though they may be parted
there is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah,let it be
there will be an answer

Let it be Let it be,
let it be Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer

Let it be Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

The end of an hour...the Beginning of the Future

2009-03-28T17:56:00.000+01:00

The much anticipated 60 minutes had just flew past us. Yet, it did not just ticked away like any other ordinary hour. Instead, the hour was hailed by millions of people around the world!
As one of the many caring planet Earth citizen, I have done my part to vote against global warming. Have you? Don't worry, this election is no ordinary elections and it's ongoing. It's not an election to expect anything in return but is one in which to save our planet as well as our live from jeopardising effect of global warming.

Indeed, global warming is inevitably unavoidable as each and everyone of us is contributing to it although we did not intend to. Our carbon dioxide footprints are everywhere. No doubt, carbon dioxide have to be generated to enable us to live but it's now far beyond the sustainable level. Like the saying goes, " Too much of an essential will harm us". If we don't do anything ourselves-in this context, not to reduce the emission but actually maintain the deteriorating rate-we may only be left not much days of survival. I'm not exaggerating but you will agree if you watch "six degrees can change the world" in Nat Geo.

I'm also not saying that everyone of us including myself are culprits and ignorants towards global warming issue- an issue that is not recent. As we live together under the same sky and above the same crust, we are like a big family living under the same roof. When there are some of us inducing harm to our home, are we goin to be quiet about it and let our home rot? Certainly not.

This is exactly what Earth Hour intends to make us understand and realise. We are no barbarian to use force in asking those culprits to stop destructing our Mother Earth hence we chose light switches. Something not peculiar to us but we have all this while took it for granted. Not only on 28th March 2009 at 8.30pm it transformed into "ballot paper" for us, it also still act as a daily healing wand to our devastated planet. A simple act by switching off unused lights, an act that undoubtedly able to be done even by a 3 years old child or an 80 years old wheel-chair ridden grandmother, can make a hell lot of difference. This is even more significant when everyone does it together just like during the past hour.

Earth Hour is just the first step that all of us took to walk the path towards a perfect world which still has a long long journey to go but certainly it's a promising path that we'll certainly be able to reach the ultimate dream end. We may not see the impact yet but believe it or not, you did sth great on the Earth Hour day. Let's continue to walk this path together.

Just ordinary...or intriguing?

2009-03-22T06:50:00.000+01:00

As I am writing this, my face is suffering from burnt not because of fire or flammable stuff but the blazing sun after an eventful sport's day of my college. I wanted to laugh upon looking at my face in the mirror but I can't coz my skin is all tense up, only able to display a courteous smile. So now, I look even more Malay- real proud of it- or like a construction site worker after a hard day of work under the sun. But all this doesn't bother me at all as I am used to it during my scouting years but my appearance gave a minor shock to my parents (my mum especially) and all sorts of skin care products were queuing up for me to use.

I don't really use all these but I have to, so I chose an aloe vera gel...refrigerated one. Hopefully it can heal me or else really gotta use Olay cream as recommended by Joanna. Haha.

Despite having a tanned skin which maybe will last for a week at least, I really enjoyed not because now I look more like Louis Koo now but efforts that everyone put in bore fruits, making the event more happening. The day started with Larian Mesra aka cross-country to a nearby stadium, decorating pitched-up tent with a Giant octopus (better not to mention what I did with it), blah, blah blah, and finally end with prize-giving session.

Have to salute girls from Blue House as they are really good in track events especially the 4x400M...Gold medal le. Good job to Susu, Syiao Wei, Aqila and Nasehah(if I am not mistaken)...Although the time records of all track events are not comparable to those of standard and professional athletes, this proved that JPA scholars are not nerds and just lock ourselves up in the room studying.

These few months are really jam-packed with events and will last till end of this month as next week will be my college's Mentor-Mentee Day. I am in for cooking event and performance as well. Not to forget is next Saturday, Earth Hour at 8.30pm.

Many questioned the rational of this act (which is to switch off your light no matter where you are for one hour) and asked why we should do it.

Yet, I would rather ask why we should not. There are plenty of reasons for doing it but not everyone will find it convincing. But just believe me and believe your heart that by doing this, we really can make a difference. It is not a "you are not to reason why, but you are to do and die" situation but a good act goes a long way. Not only that it won't cost you anything but by swtiching off your lights will also save your electricity bill. You can even be part of the caring world citizen in giving a hand to give some breathing space for our deteriorating Mother Earth. It's not an act only meant for environmentalist or humanitarian etc but is for everyone including ordinary persons like ourselves. It's a head start for us in living an energy-conscious way. Not only for that coming one hour,but eventually everyday of our life. Causes like this is just one of the many that we can contribute. Why not start from the simplest one with this?

There is a quote that all of us can ponder,

"We do not inherit the goodness of nature and environment from our ancestor but we borrowed it from our children."

I may not able to convince everyone to do this by just mere words but if the good cause is spread from mouth to mouth with help from everyone, I believe we can really make it happen. This hour is just like another ordinary hour in life but it would be a more meaningful one in which we should spend it together with a good cause like this in moving on to the next in life.

It's only a week away...let's start with the person beside you. We can do it together and we'll make a difference.

Next, most of us will face exams and all energy should be diverted into that to achieve success and flying colours. Again, let's move on together and reach our goals! "Togetherness to success". Hurrah!

A Brilliant Conversation Indeed...An Email From My Friend...An Inspirational Dialogue...

2009-03-19T12:26:00.000+01:00

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir. Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD Good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?

Student : Yes.

Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella. Is GOD Good?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Is Satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor : Where does Satan come from ?

Student : From . . . GOD . . .

Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student : Yes.

Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes. Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?All these terrible things exist in
the World, don't they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe
the World around you. Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor : Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor : Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor : Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat. We cannot Measure Cold. Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?

Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . . But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't. If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less full understood either one. To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?

Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and Cannot even
prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor. Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain,Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . . No one appears to have done so. So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that You have No Brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your lectures,sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly!

That student was Albert Einstein.

Bridges- Dialogue Towards A Culture of Peace with Prof. H. Robert Horvitz, 2002 Nobel Laureate -Medicine

2009-03-16T18:42:00.000+01:00

Intro

Today is really a memorable day for me and my friends as we attended a lecture on Biomedical Science, World Health and World Peace in UKM, Bangi by Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. H. Robert Horvitz (Medicine, 2002).

Ok, let’s dun get too formal(ok the intro is quite formal though).Let me begin with some intro on the speaker.

“He’s a wise man, a double degree holder-Engineering Mathematics and Economics but also the same person who received 2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine as a microbiologist. Feel stunted? I bet you haven’t. A person who discover programmed cell death- an active biological in human body( tell you more later) and illuminate the future with hope in curing cancers, neurodegenerative diseases- just to mention a few. To state strings of award he received- I think this page can’t hold enough words for it (you can go to http://www.peace-foundation.net/ to know more about him). He is also the very person that actually give a one hour lecture on his research which he took tens of years to find the significant breakthrough in a very simple and fun way that made his audiences ranging from medical specialist to biomedical students…also A- level student like me as well as to laymen who just feel free to attend the event fully understand to his topic.

Gee, good to have a lecturer like him and indeed feel awesome to actually sit the very front seat( just in front of him) and listen a lecture by a Nobel Laureate, a Harvard Phd graduate, a member of USA National Science Academy and close personnel to President Barack Obama. Gosh, I think I just can’t stop describing him already.

Alrite, let’s get into the topic and my latest experience sitting like one of the prominent Parliament Senator in the UKM Senate Room and got the best seat there…..awesome.

Chairman of International Peace Foundation, Mr. Uwe Morawetz, an inspired and dedicated man to bring peace to the world by means of dialogue…my idol as well…first greeted me, had a warm handshake with him and a tête-à-tête as well. With throngs of people started to swarm the hall and fill up spaces, I anxiously anticipated my other friends who were on their way from KTT in a Kancil taxi. As I waited for them outside the hall, their seats had been swap and filled by the management so as to fill up empty spaces without me realising it. I really got fumed and feel sorry as Li Yan, Fikri, Phyllis and Hoh had to be seated in another hall. Sorry everyone.

The wood- laden doors then closed and the event began. An intriguing slideshow of UKM achievement and speech by both Mr. Morawetz and Vice Chancellor of UKM welcomed us and followed by the lecture by Prof. Robert Horvitz.

The lecture…

Well, it started off with a bang as the Prof looking man crack a lame joke…you know what I mean.*Laughter* about his daughter and his Nobel prize…a gold medal, some cash as well as a certificate- a “Diploma” according to him.

Then, serious part began.

His explanations on his research works, programmed cell death( apopstosis ) and it’s application were actually really informative and made me realise the interconnection between cell-cell relationship to human-human’s. How, let me illustrate it…

Okay, programmed cell death works in a series of pathway. It’s an active biological process where cellular suicide occur. In normal condition, it helps to control number of human cell to prevent it from too little(excess cell death) or too much(insufficient cell death). What happen if it really malfunction? Well, the former condition can cause disease like Alzheimer, Parkinson, AIDS, just to name a few while the latter will cause cancer eg. blastoma and lymphoma and others. So, it consists of several genes in our body to regulate the process, namely the Killers- BH-3, caspase and Apaf-1 (egl-1,ced-3, and ced-4 in C. elegans) and the Protector- BCL-2 ( ced-9).

In the roundworm, C. elegans…it functions like this…

egl-1 ----> ced-9 ----> ced -4 ------> ced-3 ---> cell is killed
inhibit inhibit activate

So, in other words, egl-1 functions to prevent ced-9(the Protector/ anti-death gene) from preventing ced-4 to activate ced-3(the executor) to do the killing. It’s seems more like an organisation of a murder plot right? The more interesting is after cell is killed, it’s get rid by being engulf by other cell and degrade. In C.S.I. context, it’s actually

1) identify victim ( which cell to undergo apopstosis)
2) kill the victim ( apopstosis)
3) get rid of the corpse ( engulfment)
4) clear all evidence ( degradation)

Get the idea how programmed cell death work? Believe it or not, this is exactly how the Prof explained!

The thoughts…

This also made me realised the relationships that I had mentioned. In that context, we can see that two totally contrasting gene function actually work together to ensure apopstosis occur in the normal way too prevent the diseases mentioned due to their malfunction. They really depend on each other to bring out the desired outcome despite they can be said as rivals. Without the killer, we are in risk of cancer, without the protector, we risk of Alzheimer and Parkinson. Thus, it has come to my consciousness that actually the world resemble the cell in which there are always groups with contrasting view points and they ought to live with each other or they will have no such groups if one of them are missing or stand at the same belief, literally. The molecular world is actually the template to how human- resemble the gene should live with each other. We should make our ultimate difference as our strength to achieve our common and desired goal. However, mankind mostly does not realise this. We need the difference in each and everyone of us to live life better, a constant regulator in our living in every aspect. We may be different and we will always be as that the true beauty of life. We may be different in the way of conduct of our living but we will always looking and heading towards a common end. The ultimate goal of life is not made from same belief and stands but the unity of our difference. This is the fundamental of world peace.

A quotation by Prof. H. Robert Horvitz to me,

" No gene is an Island"

I daringly put the Prof research work in my analogy and ask his opinion on this in front of the videos and cameras’ lens as well as the audiences comprise of high ranking personnel, prominent and biology intellectuals, doctors and specialist, lecturers and university students of medical and sciences field as well as the Vice Chancellor of UKM herself, YBhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Sharifah. I thought I’ll be a laughing stock of the whole Senate Room but it turn out to be the one of the best moment in my life. Eye-to-eye Q&A with the Prof replying positively to my rather absurd question, highlighted by the Vice Chancellor in her closing speech and listened by so many field specialist and intellectual, it’s really an unforgettable experience for me.

This may be my last Bridges- IPF event this year and I'm satisfied and have no more regrets.

Certainly I am looking forward to attend next event on the topic- Contemplating The Universe in Putrajaya...but Pre A2 is coming as well.

In the next post, I will share with you analysis from the Bridges-IPF event.

Adios for now...

We care...let's do our part

2009-03-15T17:56:00.000+01:00

It's a common to hear others asking and telling u to play ur part in saving the environment as well as the world.

It's also true that we are no superman that have some super power to hail such move.So, big and significant move we can't do, small and petty actions we condemnded. These are quotes say by many when being approached to do his or her bits in the context.

Yet, we ought to realise that saving the world and the environment are no Herculean task at all and can be done in many ways and extent. Here's an opportunity that virtually every person on Mother Earth regardless of age,gender,race,religion, and background, what's more our EPL team can do to give her some sort of CPR that brought to us by Earth Hour.

Advertisements have been projected throughout the world in almost every form of media. We juz have to make our mind conscious enough to realise it. What's next? Let's hail it.

When I say that all of us can actually save Mother Earth for one hour and all u have to do is to juz move to ur light switch point and turn it off for that short period of time on one fine evening, u muz thought i'm either crazy or too obsessed with actions in saving the environment.

But, this is certainly true and i'm calling all u guys and gals out there to join me on the 28th of March,2009 at 8.30pm to do it. Let's do it together!!!

p.s.- believe it or not...u can noe more by log in to www.earthhour.org.

I'm back

2009-03-14T09:52:00.000+01:00

Greetings to everyone,

I'm back once again to the blogging world.

Previously i did blog but stopped for quite sometime...perhaps kinda busy with studies and stuff or just giving excuse to myself to get away from writing too much "controversial" comments that may cause some sparks to people and i may end up in precarious state....haha.

So, i think i will change a little in my style as well as keep myself updated with friends and other bloggers.

Let's the new era of kancil90-Rich begins!

Recent Issue....and My Comment

2008-12-15T06:52:00.001+01:00

I would like to express my utmost gratitude towards my parents who made their most crucial decision a decade ago to send their children to national schools since primary level despite received criticism from friends and family whom have strong chinese education background. They see the future in which a national school may promise although strongly agree to the effectiveness in chinese education especially in the subjects of Maths and Science. What have bear in their mind is not only the academic importance but also the holistic viewpoint that their children will achieve. They have even hailed the idea of national unity and believed national schools can provide a platform to carve it in each n everyone of us. What is the importance in holding fast in extremism the idea of ethnic identity and preserverence of mother tongue if we are not able to mingle well in a such complex and diverse society which reflect uniqueness of Malaysian culture.

It is no doubt that culture and mother tongue language should be the priority to reflect the identity of each ethnic group but we should also must remind ourselves that we are living in Malaysia where she will always be our homeland. We shall not make the differences between ethnicity surrounding us as a liability but as an asset to which we can reap much benefit from. This is what the true objective of a national school intended to sow in every Malaysian. This is what may actually determine the future and Malaysia and certainly not what our forefathers hope to see what is happening right now when the idea is first introduced. Despite being taught in full Bahasa Malaysia except for Maths and Science is taught in English which is the most brilliant brainchild in the education history in our country, we are still given many chances to learn our mother tongue in school and opportunities to involve in cultural society such as the Tiong Hua Society and the Indian Cultural Society. Undeniably, the system certainly did not propel my English proficiency to Shakespearean level but certainly did provide me opportunity to learn in which many of us find it very useful in facing English Proficiency Test like MUET or IELTS in our tertiary education now. This is indeed suits the saying, "killing two birds with one stone", in fact not only two but a flock of them in which from my personal point of view from what I had experience and are enjoying till today.

Hence, let us not continue bickering on the issue of vernacular school or the language of teaching for Maths and Science as this will not benefit anyone but certainly will jeopardise the future of the children. Instead of finding fault in each option that are available, why not let us together find the solution in merging the best from them. A comprehensive decision have to be made from top authorities and stakeholders to put this ongoing dispute to rest. As the saying goes, "always look at the glass as half full and not half empty". We should always hold fast to that in every decision we make.

Student's life.....

2008-10-18T19:06:00.000+02:00

Well this few coming months is a crucial months both for me, other students and also most political figures.
I'm having my life determining exam now, AS level, a must score exam so i manage to fly to Poland to continue my study in medicine starting next year.
While my friend in Form 6 is facing their final year exam, i wish them best of luck.
As what shock us is, the new premiers of MCA. Who has thought that Datuk Ong Tee Keat will partner with Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek? But we may see astounding fireworks from their partnership.
As for our beloved Pak Lah, he's leaving soon and wishes him bon voyage. May a new premier for our country successing him can govern the country steadily and more efficiently and steer our motherland to its vision of 2020.
However, all this would be difficult even for Alexander the Great becoming our PM and achieve all our vision if we as rakyat...the skeletal system of the country...do not give our cooperation and give our commitment and also play our role as well.
No matter who hold the premier post in the future...we should always be committed to enhance the enforcement of policies by the government.
Don't just be a spectator and even worse, a negative speculator who (never mind if does not contribute) worsen the situation and feel happy when others are in turmoil.
Everybody can play a role for example:
- a child can listen to his/her parent and become a well- cultured grown up 1 day
- a student can study smart and hard to strive for his/her own future
- a businessman who can strengthen the economic pillar of his own,family and country
- even a fishmonger can contribute a lot by harvesting good catch for the day to feed others (provide much protein as well)

You may say this is juz bullshit but try to think it over, aren't all of us no matter from what background have our own niche ( role to play by a species in the ecosystem) and we are all interconnected as we are all entangled in a web of chain. (So do not take on others niche as this will cause chaos is the biosphere!)

If u can't help, don't complain. Try to do something which you have always feel impossible to do
which is blocked by ur own "scarred" spectacle by taking it down and replace it with a new and pure one - the one which we see thru when we all small and cute as an innocent children- try to look for it maybe you have put it somewhere over the piles of your old stuff

Always think positively, see innocently but think maturedly, listen properly and react rationally.
If we can't cultivate our own thinking, how are we goin to influence and spread our thought to others?

A brilliant quote from Pak Lah recently :

With every generation passes, there come a new one who needed to be taught all over again from scratches....

Hence, to enable us to be a teacher for the younger generations, we have to make sure we are on the right track, no matter which named track are we in, as long as our final destination is the same- to bring development and better future for our own ang children

The younger ones are innocent and have the right to choose their own track which they wish to follow and shall not told to go by which track.
As senior, we juz have to guide and not force.

So, to have a better Malaysia of tomorrow, we should play our own role first before busy commenting negatively on others. Good luck in whatever you do. (You do not know until u try it- juz give it a shot of what u intend to do.)

Adios for now, will be back soon.

Who are WE?

2008-09-28T15:52:00.000+02:00

The phrase " after 51 years of independece" have been use widely and popularly to reflect our awareness as a Malaysian in media towards our country's, her land and peoples' freedom.
However, have we trully understand and embrace it's meaning and try to find it's true meaning to be applied in our daily life as a Malaysian.
From the racial relationships reflected by various media nowadays we can easily say, NO.
But actually what exactly are happening at the grassroot rakyat ourselves?
Is it really the racial situation in our country has reach to the level where we can't stay harmoniously with each other and look at each other with racist spectacle?
For me, I don't think so.
Let me put it this way,
After 51 years of independence, we still do not dare to stand out from our own creed, religion, community, and society to speak out what is true and what is wrong for others who does not belong to the group mentioned from the perspective of third party because we are still not regard us as bangsa Malaysia.
What is important is not the word, "Merdeka" itself but actually is its contents or "pengertian dan pengisian Kemerdekaan".
We are hindered and scared by our own people such that if we speak out something for others who are thought not belong to our same group even they were right,we are condemned, isolated and boycotted by them.
What's the point of protecting our right and pride but we don't help others with their right when they need us?
Have we ever imagine if we are in their shoes? What would we feel?
We are also scared if we are outspoken and be more outstanding the rest of our own group, we may be criticised to be a populist, opportunist,etc etc etc.
Let us try to understand this quote,

We actually do not afraid of our own weaknessess,
we are actually afraid of our mightyness and capability, which is limitless.
we frequently ask ourselves, who are we to be popular, smart, good looking, confident, outstanding and successful,
but actually we should always ask ourselves, who are we not to be.

Hence my fellow friends and countrymen, let us put behind all our differences and start to look at thing from a more humane pespective. There no such thing as racial difference but there are different characteristics that we need to tolerate. Like the Malay proverb says,

"Banyak udang banyak garam, banyak orang banyak ragam"

Indeed, there's no such thing as bad race but there are bad people due to their bad behaviour. This, you can't blame anyone but the person's way of upbringing. Futhermore, who are we to judge a religion, a race or a creed but we can and have the right to judge someone characteristics as we are all human beings. Take down the racist spectacle if you do have one on now and try to look at the world around you without it and really, you will feel different.

Opportunity are aplenty out there, do not blame others if u can't get one now. Put the attribute on yourself and see where you can improve more and become even better. All you have to do is not to afraid outshine yourself in a proper way and do not put the racist cap on your head and judge something by it. Even sometimes this cannot be avoided in some situation, but always tell ourselves that we are actually a small diamond in the sea of gold, people may be blinded by by the gold but wisemen and true jewellers will not and they will eventually find us. As the saying goes,

" Hanya jauhari mengenal manikam", so let us be the "manikam".

If we want to have a stable political, economical and racial situation in our country, let's play our part now.
No matter who are we belong to, we shall put the interest of harmony and peace first. Moreover, we are Malaysian after all.

Juz get started...

2008-09-11T14:53:00.000+02:00

To all my fellow friends and countrymen,

Haven’t we have had enough of what is currently threatening our country's peace, security and harmony?
We are all Malaysian who are cultivated from young for not to distinguish ourselves from one another through our education system and always put our country first and before anything.
What happened now truly reflects the efficiency of our education system as what the government wants the future generations to achieve from the day where education policy is tabled in Parliament doesn’t work out at all!
But, is this what we should blame the government for things not working out just merely what is happening is actually from our own wrongdoings?
This is truly unfair to anyone…to the government…to our family…and to ourselves.
Nobody owes us anything for us not being good, handsome, prosper and rich. Everything lies in our hand and we have the power to determine our future and not just leave it to mere fate.
Let’s us be reminded by the famous phrase from the famous foremer US president, John F. Kennedy quoting that,

“ Let us not ask what the country can do for us but what we can do for our country.
Let us also not ask what a government can do for us but ask what we can do together
the with the government to achieve a better and more prosperous life”

As the saying goes, actions speak louder than words...so do our best to prove other people doubts wrong and simply ignore the nonsense hurled at us, as not just apply to the current issue but also other similar incidents happen to us.

However, never look down on words and languages as they can be a great weapon either to catapult a person success or bring down an empire. Learn the art of language and use it wisely and ethically...as the famous Malay proverb says- "kerana pulut santan binasa, kerana mulut badan binasa."

The current racial relationship certainly cannot be denied is not in good situation. But, it is one choices and human right to choose this by giving such reaction over it since the feeling of ethnicity buried deep down in every human and it is up to us whether to lied it on the surface of our heart. For me, i don't choose that and always look forward to ketupat and rendang for Hari Raya and thosai and chappati for Deepavali.

As I always believe....MALAYSIA BOLEH!