Malacca Discovery

I'm always thrilled to find a spot of greenery in the midst of a busy street.

All aboard!

The joy of overcoming personal dislikes and preferences in order to work with others and accomplish a common goal.

Teamwork

Sometimes you just need to believe.

[Photo credit to Chris via Facebook.]

Fluffy clouds at Shangde

I'll remember this moment. When we paused in our tracks, looked up the sky and watched the clouds go by.

我会永远记得这一刻。 我们暂停，抬起头来，看着天上的云彩。

Sydney photo

Unfortunately you can see the piecing of the photos to form this pic.



We walked so much this day, my parents promptly fell asleep when we got back. Dinner that night was REALLY late.

Sydney photo

After imagining myself in an MTV-like senario, enjoying the breeze and good weather, assured that I've protected myself from Sydney's scorching sun by religiously applying layers of sunblock, I went home to find out that my head was sun burnt. At my hair parting... -_-;

Moral of the story: Wear a hat.

Dew in Muar

I miss mornings in Muar. The birds are incredibly loud, the air is cool and damp, and a fresh new beginning without baggage.

The day I went to the Opera House

The day I went to the Opera House.

The interior of the Opera House.

The interesting point for me was the people. They really like their wine!

Here they are getting their wine before the concert. Many then head outside to sip their wine and enjoy the sunset scene.

Sipping wine and GAZING into the sunset.

I was really impressed with the pre-concert talk. The speaker was funny, but I was more impressed with the people's response to the speaker. They were really engaged with the speaker. Maybe it's the speaker's skill, or maybe it's the people's own interest level.

After the concert, many asked me if I enjoyed myself. Of course I did! But I think Esplanade's acoustics are better. Hahaha... seeing the basses work so hard and not be hit by that wall of sound... was a little disappointing. Maybe my seat was just WAY too far away.

Want an apple?

The fruit shop


















Its proud produce.













A good reason why you should not wear skirts or kilts in this shop.

Happy New Year

Yup revived the blog... again.
Yes, yes you snicklers must be wondering how long this will last.
But it's just nice to have a new blogskin.
So I just made up a new post for the new year for the new blogskin.
And added the new photo to make the post look nice. Wahahaha....

Flowers in Muar

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Just came back from Muar a couple of days ago. Went a bit nuts over the flowers there. I think I'll head down to the Botanic Gardens soon to satisfy my flower cravings. hahaha...

I'm Back!

Yes I'm back! Medan was an enriching experience!! But I wanna wait for the pictures to come to me before I blog seriously. Anyway here's one of me, my G12 sisters and some of the kids and their parents we visited to give out toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap bars.

hahaha... I'm just remembering all the things our team did to ra-ra the kids, though I wasn't one of the main 'cast' - just supporting role, it was just nice to mix with the kids. I learnt a lot of classroom management from the church worker Sister Sri. She's got a song for almost everything! A song and a cheer to ra-ra, to quiet down, to line up... etc etc...

I'm off again!

Forgot to update the blog! Whoops...

Nov was month of slacking and mugging alternatively. Cos end of the month was exams mah. Not healthy man... it's almost like bulimia - you starve yourself, then you binge and so on and so forth. New Year resolution? Take it easy, study in moderation, play in moderation and do them consistently.

Oh and as the subject title says, I'm going overseas! In 9 hours I'll be on Silkair flying to Medan for my first ever humanitarian trip! Thank you all my sponsors! The Roll of honour Goes:

Siaohua
Eugene
Roland
Stella
Zhiwei
Edmund - I hope you got your dream job!
Elkan
Amos
Lynette - sorry for scaring you in China! :p

Cynthia

Shawn

And of course, my lifesavers - Mummy and my bro - for countless giving money when I've gone down to my last dime prematurely... Ahahaha... -_-;

Oh! Also worthy of mentioning was my feat of mugging for the exams and rehearsing for Messiah at the same time! So 9am are my papers (there was one for each day, back to back) after the papers ended at 11.30, Go for lunch, then head down to Esplanade - study in the backstage lounge room, scram a bit of bite before 6.30pm rehearsal till 10pm, stagger back exhausted to home, study more till around midnight, sleep for the next day's 9am exam.

It was quite fun, but by the 3rd rehearsal I was feeling the side effects - grumpiness, spaced out, inability to focus on normal activities like walking, choosing what to eat (I just stood in front of the stall and blinked.) Oh and I nearly popped my eyes straining at the TINY notes - couldn't figure which line was that note on. Is that a sharp or a natural sign? The 3rd exam without a doubt, is the one I'm Most definitely insecure about.

So the Messiah concert on the 3rd came and went. Okay I'm being vague - it was quite a glorious feeling - playing to a packed concert hall (which I hadn't experienced since Birmingham - Orff's Carmina Burana) Best part of it? My goodness, the first rehearsal with the choir, despite the weak playing by the orchestra, sent chills down my spine. Something about hearing choruses singing 'Wonderful Counsellor' was just... ooh~ Indescribable.

So anyway, I'll be back with more stories on Sunday - Special waves to Em, Q_n and Elk_! Sorry, too lazy to reply back on the tagboard. haha

Special wave to my bro in Australia too! Don't let your managers catch you reading this!

Pictures from Sydney - No.3

Pelicans!! My favourite pelican is from the movie, 'Finding Nemo'. Name's Nigel! hahaha... no relation to Mr. Wong. As you can see, the pelicans tower even above the kids. Big birds, no?

This loner was being fed scraps, and then those darn flying rats came to compete with it. No worries, the pelican held it's own in the battle. No fight really, just compare the size of those beaks!

Photo from Sydney - No. 2

Got this cool shot of my bro. kekeke... I would have gone and join him on the other pole, but I thought I'd spoil the picture. There's my bro looking lean and mean in cool black, then here comes me looking like a bright red tomato... or ripe papaya...?

Photo from Sydney - No. 1

Mashed peas in a pastry pie... ooom ummm...