It's been almost 2 months since I last updated my blog. The reason is because I have been rotting at home for the past 2 months. This too had made my Chinese New Year a blast! Imagine being isolated for so long, and suddenly getting to go out every single day after that, I bet you would understand how much I enjoyed during this festive season. Lucky thing after the festival, my mood can gradually go back to normal since I have some post-CNY events coming.
A really small portion of my relatives
One thing I always look forward to during the Lunar New Year is Karaoke!! By looking at the photos below, you can now understand why I like singing so much. It's because my family likes singing too!
Besides, I have a paternal cousin sister named Suet Li , aged 12 years old who's very talkative. We brought back the Play Station 1 for her, and she really loved the games, especially Digimon Rumble Arena (Japanese). For those who played this game long before, I'm sure you still remember how the characters pronounce their attack skills in Japanese, and it's kind of funny. The way Suet Li imitate WarGreymon's Circle Attack is so laughable. It's supposed to be a Heat Wave attack but I don't know how the character pronounced it. But my cousin sis went "Eyeball, Eyeball" and she kept repeating it while we were fighting the CPU. I can never forget that moment, 'cause she even imitate the movements like waving her hand forward. Our whole family was laughing at her cute actions.
Suet Li also like singing so much that we started singing before my other relatives arrived at the Karaoke room. I can still remember we sang JJ Lin's "Bu Chao Bu Yong Hua Qian" (his latest song). After the singing, I even keep teasing her with the first two words of the chorus, "Qing Ni!".
The resemblance between me and my family
Me and my cousins - Beng Yu, Mei Yee & Shu En
The first thing I did when I came back home was to accept the challenge of organizing a gathering for my Form 5 friends, requested by Zheng Yang. I made a rush decision and started inviting everybody to my house on the Saturday. It was a wrong one because I really expected somebody else to organize it because the probability of it was really high every New Year. On the day itself, my invitation got rejected by 95% of the crowd because SOMEBODY ELSE HAD A PARTY AT KLANG!! Fortunately, Tong Yen is so kind to attend my gathering despite knowing nobody else would turn up. He even brought his friend, Danny along and picked Jamie from his house. I don't know how to express my gratitude to Tong Yen for being such a nice friend since Form 3.
THANK YOU, WONG TONG YEN!!
My Form 5 friends playing Gundam, Naruto & Soul Caliber at my house
On Friday, Boon Kuang took me to Kota Permai for swimming and sauna. That was the first time I use those services even though I been there many times for badminton, dinner and singing. It was quite fun spending time with him, and we got to know each other much more better. Moreover, I met my high school teachers there too. Ms Reetha, Ms Parvathy and Ms Thava were chit-chatting at a corner. Surprisingly, they recognized me from quite a distance away, and we talked for awhile.
Later, I rushed to another of my high school teacher, Ms Chan's house for visiting. Boon Kuang went for his BM tuition instead. So, I went there with my sister. I was so glad to meet more and more of my old pals as time passes during this new year. There, I met Ms Chan's spouse for the first time, Uncle Gary. Ewe Jin, Ewe Jon, Peik Shuang, Peik Shyuan and King Yang were also there. Time passed really fast, and within less than an hour, I had to send my sister to her BM tuition. I was so reluctant to leave her house because she's one of the most friendly teacher I ever met. This made me visit her in the first place although she didn't even teach me before.
At night after sending my sister to tuition, I followed my parents to my Mum's friend's (Jennifer Tey's) open house at Bukit Rimau near the primary school. Shockingly, Mohd Daniel, my old neighbour friend was there too. It's nice attending parties, rather than organizing them. That's what I learnt. The host must also know how to give a warm welcome and make sure the guests enjoy it. This is something really tough, but I guess the rewards are deserving too.
Saturday, I was invited by my college friend, Wei Qi for KTV at Red Box, The Curve. Unfortunately, Shan Lung can't make it and I don't have a car to drive. So in the end, I didn't attend that gathering. Really sorry Wei Qi, I understand that disappointment very well. Instead, I went to Chun Yeen's house to play the whole evening. His mother was really kind and gave lots of food to me till I can't eat anything else. This visit was really an unforgetable one as I feel very relaxed there, just like my own home. Actually, I was supposed to go back at 6pm, but I delayed it to 8pm, and then to 9pm. Finally, we have to say goodbye, but who knew we would meet again in the next two days.
Sunday afternoon, my family went to the Bukit Rimau Sales Office to witness the professional martial arts. There's this giant God of Wealth which greeted us, and soon after we arrived, the performance of martial arts began.
My family together with the God of Wealth
2 Masters demonstrating the flag art
Master standing on the knives without any difficulty
Both Masters piercing their necks with the sharp edges of the spear
The same Masters bending the iron rod with their necks
The 4 Masters playing the Chinese Drums
(Ms Lim Wei Wei's eldest son like it so much)
My seniors and I with Mr Lee at Alam Gemilang's CNY Party
Visiting of Teachers' Houses
(thanks Andrea for sending out the invitations)
This day is the best day in my life so far. There is nothing more fun than visiting people who I haven't seen for ages. What more, they are my teachers who have guided me to the peak of the mountain. Of course, i swear that I will reach the end of the universe in my lifetime as success is never ending.
Firstly, Boon Kuang, Chee Hong, my sister and I went to Ms Lim Wei Wei's house which is located only few roads away from my home. It's such a last minute decision that we don't even know whether she was at home or not. This was also the reason I didn't call the others for this. Fortunately, she was willing to come back from buying stuff for us! We really witnessed the activeness her kids portrayed during the surprise visit. I wonder whether was Ms Lim that energetic when she was a kid herself. But I salute her for being able to control her children properly.
Standing in front of her piano is Ms Lim's family together with us
(Thanks to her husband, we don't need to set timers like the rest of the photos during the trip)
Group Photo at Ms Ong's house
The guys with Ms Ong
The girls with Ms Ong
Photo taken together at Kai Xiang's place with Alicia's Canon digital cam
Following that unexpected visit, we were almost an hour late for Ms Leong's house. She said she almost fell asleep waiting for us. I felt so guilty about it, but she should be grateful that we are so appreciative of our teachers too. Here, we discussed something very different, which is our future career. She gave feedback and opinions about the various careers that we are interested in such as electronic and civil engineer, fund manager, dentist, nutritionist, gynaecologist, child specialist, etc. We indeed gain much information and knowledge about these job prospects from her. I guess everyone would agree this was the most enjoyable one, because Ms Leong even played together with us in snapping photos in front of her mirror.
Group photo taken by my sis's Samsung digital cam which I am selling at ChinWynn.com
Idea of taking photo in front of Ms Leong's mirror triggered by Alicia
Funny post by everyone
(This is the clearest photo among those I snapped, maybe because I keep saying that the mirror is cursed)
After Ms Leong's house, Boon Kuang sent Kai Xiang back while Andrea and Kareshma went home individually. The planned activities were supposed to be over, but we were not satisfied. So, next we went to Chun Yeen's place. Alicia kept saying everything was free in his house since Chun Yeen said that his Dad is working as some kind of shopping complex owner whereby he can get free stuff from the shops. Soon, Alicia rushed us to complete our mission as she needed to go back soon. We left the house after taking a photo in front of his beautiful mirror.
The remains of our gang
(looks like we love mirrors, reminds me of Persona 3)
At Joel's rooftop platform (twilight version)
[what a nice scenery, seems like Genting's environment]
At Joel's rooftop platform (daylight version)
Hometown - Ipoh / Malim Nawar
Thanks to my cousin brother, Kong Wai who had a really advanced camera, we managed to have some memorable photos for our family. While we were waiting for my youngest aunt and her family to arrive from Melaka to Malim Nawar, he took out his camera and started snapping pictures randomly. Here, we sort of had a group photo in front of my grandmother's house for the first time ever.
A really small portion of my relativesOne thing I always look forward to during the Lunar New Year is Karaoke!! By looking at the photos below, you can now understand why I like singing so much. It's because my family likes singing too!
Besides, I have a paternal cousin sister named Suet Li , aged 12 years old who's very talkative. We brought back the Play Station 1 for her, and she really loved the games, especially Digimon Rumble Arena (Japanese). For those who played this game long before, I'm sure you still remember how the characters pronounce their attack skills in Japanese, and it's kind of funny. The way Suet Li imitate WarGreymon's Circle Attack is so laughable. It's supposed to be a Heat Wave attack but I don't know how the character pronounced it. But my cousin sis went "Eyeball, Eyeball" and she kept repeating it while we were fighting the CPU. I can never forget that moment, 'cause she even imitate the movements like waving her hand forward. Our whole family was laughing at her cute actions.
Suet Li also like singing so much that we started singing before my other relatives arrived at the Karaoke room. I can still remember we sang JJ Lin's "Bu Chao Bu Yong Hua Qian" (his latest song). After the singing, I even keep teasing her with the first two words of the chorus, "Qing Ni!".
The resemblance between me and my family
Me and my cousins - Beng Yu, Mei Yee & Shu EnSo those were some of the most memorable events which occurred at my hometown, Ipoh. My father's side was slightly lame since I don't have much common topics with my cousins, except for Suet Li (songs) and Zhi San (games). But both of them went back early as one needed to go visiting at some other places and another one was sick. Some of the unforgetable moments there were when the Astro decoder threw sparks and emitted smoke due to no reason, and wasting money eating two reunion dinners during a recession.
Oh, before I ended the Ipoh trip, I went visiting with my college friends who lives in Ipoh. On Wednesday which was the 3rd day of CNY, I went to Ipoh Parade to meet up with Kar Mun & Tien Jiun. They took me to Li Jhuin's house and then to Kar Mun's house. Their families were very welcoming and I had lots of fun even though the trip was very short. I'm so sorry for Phei Hern who I don't have time to go and visit despite the fact that he's going to Perth to study. I would like to wish him all the best there and hope he can adapt to the environment there. This is to Ern Ern as well.
Back at Kota Kemuning
The first thing I did when I came back home was to accept the challenge of organizing a gathering for my Form 5 friends, requested by Zheng Yang. I made a rush decision and started inviting everybody to my house on the Saturday. It was a wrong one because I really expected somebody else to organize it because the probability of it was really high every New Year. On the day itself, my invitation got rejected by 95% of the crowd because SOMEBODY ELSE HAD A PARTY AT KLANG!! Fortunately, Tong Yen is so kind to attend my gathering despite knowing nobody else would turn up. He even brought his friend, Danny along and picked Jamie from his house. I don't know how to express my gratitude to Tong Yen for being such a nice friend since Form 3.
THANK YOU, WONG TONG YEN!!
My Form 5 friends playing Gundam, Naruto & Soul Caliber at my house2nd Weekend of CNY
On Friday, Boon Kuang took me to Kota Permai for swimming and sauna. That was the first time I use those services even though I been there many times for badminton, dinner and singing. It was quite fun spending time with him, and we got to know each other much more better. Moreover, I met my high school teachers there too. Ms Reetha, Ms Parvathy and Ms Thava were chit-chatting at a corner. Surprisingly, they recognized me from quite a distance away, and we talked for awhile.
Later, I rushed to another of my high school teacher, Ms Chan's house for visiting. Boon Kuang went for his BM tuition instead. So, I went there with my sister. I was so glad to meet more and more of my old pals as time passes during this new year. There, I met Ms Chan's spouse for the first time, Uncle Gary. Ewe Jin, Ewe Jon, Peik Shuang, Peik Shyuan and King Yang were also there. Time passed really fast, and within less than an hour, I had to send my sister to her BM tuition. I was so reluctant to leave her house because she's one of the most friendly teacher I ever met. This made me visit her in the first place although she didn't even teach me before.
At night after sending my sister to tuition, I followed my parents to my Mum's friend's (Jennifer Tey's) open house at Bukit Rimau near the primary school. Shockingly, Mohd Daniel, my old neighbour friend was there too. It's nice attending parties, rather than organizing them. That's what I learnt. The host must also know how to give a warm welcome and make sure the guests enjoy it. This is something really tough, but I guess the rewards are deserving too.
Saturday, I was invited by my college friend, Wei Qi for KTV at Red Box, The Curve. Unfortunately, Shan Lung can't make it and I don't have a car to drive. So in the end, I didn't attend that gathering. Really sorry Wei Qi, I understand that disappointment very well. Instead, I went to Chun Yeen's house to play the whole evening. His mother was really kind and gave lots of food to me till I can't eat anything else. This visit was really an unforgetable one as I feel very relaxed there, just like my own home. Actually, I was supposed to go back at 6pm, but I delayed it to 8pm, and then to 9pm. Finally, we have to say goodbye, but who knew we would meet again in the next two days.
Sunday afternoon, my family went to the Bukit Rimau Sales Office to witness the professional martial arts. There's this giant God of Wealth which greeted us, and soon after we arrived, the performance of martial arts began.
My family together with the God of Wealth
2 Masters demonstrating the flag art
Master standing on the knives without any difficulty
Both Masters piercing their necks with the sharp edges of the spear
The same Masters bending the iron rod with their necks
The 4 Masters playing the Chinese Drums(Ms Lim Wei Wei's eldest son like it so much)
After that, my family and I went to my Mum's friend's (Auntie Alicia's) house at Hayat Saujana, near the Subang Airport. I can't believe I managed to drove there and back with everyone still alive. My confidence in driving really increased drastically after that. The bungalow was extremely big, but I don't really like its concept of having Wood as their main design. Among all the bungalows I went recently, the best is Auntie Evelyn's as its design is really modern, and it can match a hotel's environment.
Sunday night was my previous tuition centre's CNY gathering. The committee members and the owners of the centre really did a good job organizing and ensuring the success of that party. Despite the burnt fuse and partial power failure, they remained calm and created a really hillarious atmosphere for the guests. Even they had their fun too, I guess.
For me, this gathering was more like a reunion for me. Again, I can see the faces of my seniors. I can't believe how friendly they are when I first knew them through being a prefect looking after their class. Furthermore, this party allowed me to get to know 2 more friends better. They are Chee Hong and Resha Ng. In the first place, I wasn't sure what their names are, or more like how they looked in my memories. For Chee Hong, I quickly chatted with him once I got back home to confirm that he is the person in my memories. On the other hand, I was stunned by the act of Resha greeting me even though she wasn't sure I know her. Thanks to her initiative, I have one more good friend.
Sunday night was my previous tuition centre's CNY gathering. The committee members and the owners of the centre really did a good job organizing and ensuring the success of that party. Despite the burnt fuse and partial power failure, they remained calm and created a really hillarious atmosphere for the guests. Even they had their fun too, I guess.
For me, this gathering was more like a reunion for me. Again, I can see the faces of my seniors. I can't believe how friendly they are when I first knew them through being a prefect looking after their class. Furthermore, this party allowed me to get to know 2 more friends better. They are Chee Hong and Resha Ng. In the first place, I wasn't sure what their names are, or more like how they looked in my memories. For Chee Hong, I quickly chatted with him once I got back home to confirm that he is the person in my memories. On the other hand, I was stunned by the act of Resha greeting me even though she wasn't sure I know her. Thanks to her initiative, I have one more good friend.
My seniors and I with Mr Lee at Alam Gemilang's CNY PartyVisiting of Teachers' Houses
(thanks Andrea for sending out the invitations)
This day is the best day in my life so far. There is nothing more fun than visiting people who I haven't seen for ages. What more, they are my teachers who have guided me to the peak of the mountain. Of course, i swear that I will reach the end of the universe in my lifetime as success is never ending.
Firstly, Boon Kuang, Chee Hong, my sister and I went to Ms Lim Wei Wei's house which is located only few roads away from my home. It's such a last minute decision that we don't even know whether she was at home or not. This was also the reason I didn't call the others for this. Fortunately, she was willing to come back from buying stuff for us! We really witnessed the activeness her kids portrayed during the surprise visit. I wonder whether was Ms Lim that energetic when she was a kid herself. But I salute her for being able to control her children properly.
Standing in front of her piano is Ms Lim's family together with us(Thanks to her husband, we don't need to set timers like the rest of the photos during the trip)
Next was Ms Ong Lin Lin's house. Boon Kuang and I were late due to the delay of waiting for Ms Lim to get back. I didn't expect to see so many people at Ms Ong's home. Furthermore, they are my best friends in high school. I can't thank Andrea Ng enough for this! We talked about lots of stuff like the teachers we have in common and also comparing SPM with A-Levels. Those were really heated-up topics and they made us laugh a lot.
The only weird thing was that Ms Lim mentioned about Andrea and I, maybe because we were the ones organizing this event together and she didn't notice that we were friends when I was still in school. This is weird when she also talked about Harpreet and I, the same topic discussed at Ms Chan's house on Friday. It seems like everybody, whether teachers or students, were speculating that we are couples. Seriously no!! Our highest state of relation is just best friends, and nothing more than that. I really appreciate Harpreet for being my best friend, whether I'm enjoying or facing hardships. The people who struggled through SPM and all the moments of high school together with me were Harpreet and Catherine. We not only went through extra classes, academic affairs, but also helped each other a lot during our prefect duties. Thanks to both of you and those who attended this event for making my high school life a memorable one.
The only weird thing was that Ms Lim mentioned about Andrea and I, maybe because we were the ones organizing this event together and she didn't notice that we were friends when I was still in school. This is weird when she also talked about Harpreet and I, the same topic discussed at Ms Chan's house on Friday. It seems like everybody, whether teachers or students, were speculating that we are couples. Seriously no!! Our highest state of relation is just best friends, and nothing more than that. I really appreciate Harpreet for being my best friend, whether I'm enjoying or facing hardships. The people who struggled through SPM and all the moments of high school together with me were Harpreet and Catherine. We not only went through extra classes, academic affairs, but also helped each other a lot during our prefect duties. Thanks to both of you and those who attended this event for making my high school life a memorable one.
Group Photo at Ms Ong's house
The guys with Ms Ong
The girls with Ms OngWhen we were at Ms Ong's house, she told me that Jun Huang and Kai Xiang live opposite her house. So, we decided to go to Kai Xiang's house since most of us know him. Harpreet went back home, and the only reason she did that was because she's taking A-LEVELS, the killer course! The rest of us went to visit Kai Xiang and who knew that he's following us to Ms Leong's house after that. His mother wanted to return a bag of givings in exchange of what we brought for his family. However, we were to polite to take it, and in the end, we regretted because we don't have anymore givings left for the unexpected houses which we were about to visit.
Photo taken together at Kai Xiang's place with Alicia's Canon digital camFollowing that unexpected visit, we were almost an hour late for Ms Leong's house. She said she almost fell asleep waiting for us. I felt so guilty about it, but she should be grateful that we are so appreciative of our teachers too. Here, we discussed something very different, which is our future career. She gave feedback and opinions about the various careers that we are interested in such as electronic and civil engineer, fund manager, dentist, nutritionist, gynaecologist, child specialist, etc. We indeed gain much information and knowledge about these job prospects from her. I guess everyone would agree this was the most enjoyable one, because Ms Leong even played together with us in snapping photos in front of her mirror.
Group photo taken by my sis's Samsung digital cam which I am selling at ChinWynn.com
Idea of taking photo in front of Ms Leong's mirror triggered by Alicia
Funny post by everyone(This is the clearest photo among those I snapped, maybe because I keep saying that the mirror is cursed)
After Ms Leong's house, Boon Kuang sent Kai Xiang back while Andrea and Kareshma went home individually. The planned activities were supposed to be over, but we were not satisfied. So, next we went to Chun Yeen's place. Alicia kept saying everything was free in his house since Chun Yeen said that his Dad is working as some kind of shopping complex owner whereby he can get free stuff from the shops. Soon, Alicia rushed us to complete our mission as she needed to go back soon. We left the house after taking a photo in front of his beautiful mirror.
The remains of our gang(looks like we love mirrors, reminds me of Persona 3)
The 2nd last house we visited was their classmate, Joel, who they claimed that he's a genius in everything, not to mention wealthy too. Definitely, I believed whatever they said after I went to his home. He even has a robot to clean his floor, according to them. The exploration around his 3-storey house was overwhelming. The thing which amazed me the most is his elder brother's poster of getting excellent results and being the best student in the WORLD!! Wow, it's unbelievable, really!
At Joel's rooftop platform (twilight version)[what a nice scenery, seems like Genting's environment]
At Joel's rooftop platform (daylight version)After having a game of hide-and-never-seek at Joel's house, Alicia, Boon Kuang, Chun Yeen (ABC) and I went to the last stop which is my house. We didn't really do much here except chatting for awhile before Alicia's parents arrived to fetch her home. The worst thing was we forgot to snap a photo at my house in front of my huge mirror. But this gives those mirror-lovers an opportunity to come to my house again too, so I don't really mind. Finally, I sent Chun Yeen back home with Boon Kuang in the Toyota Unser too. What's embarrasing was when I almost reached his house, I accidentally slammed on the horn and it sounded so loud in front of a walking couple. Lucky thing they are not gangsters. If not, I would have been beaten up already, haha.
So the story about Chinese New Year has been told and my life is back to normal, dull and plain. Luckily, there are post-CNY events which gradually bring my life back to usual, such as my primary school best friend, Chen Hoong's birthday party at Red Box, Sunway Pyramid, and my college classmate, Shu Wen's birthday dinner at Ittalianies, The Curve. Thankfully, it is the existence of these events which would not make me go into depression after such an immense change of events.
So the story about Chinese New Year has been told and my life is back to normal, dull and plain. Luckily, there are post-CNY events which gradually bring my life back to usual, such as my primary school best friend, Chen Hoong's birthday party at Red Box, Sunway Pyramid, and my college classmate, Shu Wen's birthday dinner at Ittalianies, The Curve. Thankfully, it is the existence of these events which would not make me go into depression after such an immense change of events.
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