Ip Man (Yip Man)

Watch Ip Man on yesterday (Friday) with Guet Cheng. Initially wanted to watch Beverly Hills Chihuahua but the the position of the seats available was not suitable. In Malaysian cinemas, you have to be 18 and above to watch Ip Man, but we didn't realize until we are about to enter the cinema hall!! The guy behind the ticketing counter just sold it to us. I suppose we look older than our actual age or he doesn't care. The movie is about Yip Man who is highly skilled in the Wing Chun style of kung fu. This is based on a true story and is set during the 1935-1945 period. Apparently, one of Yip Man's students was the one and only Bruce Lee!! Generally, the movie was okay. There is plenty of action as this is a kung fu movie. Yip Man is virtually unbeatable in the movie. I also completed most of my Christmas shopping (whew!!) while in 1 Utama.

In exactly one week, I will off to National Service. 3 months without computer, radio, TV and driving. I just want to enjoy my stint as a NS trainee and get it over with.

East Malaysia trip

No Star, New Straits Times in East Malaysia

The very, very small Mulu airport
(Excluding the airstrips, it is smaller than an average semi-D house)

The Royal Mulu Resort petrol kiosk

At the Mulu Caves bat observatory platform

'Huh?!'

Boat ride to more caves...

Note: I am not the photographer

The 5 storey high canopy walk

Jeric the blowgunner..

The East Malaysia trip lasted for a week. First Miri, Mulu, back to Miri and then Kota Kinabalu. Within Sarawak & Sabah, there is only one flight service: MasWings.

This is the view from my window seat in the journey from Miri to Mulu

All in all, it was a smooth trip. Unless you count my dad breaking his glasses on the first day. Not only that, I think I seen enough caves to last me for a lifetime. In Mulu, if you don't see caves, then you got nothing else to do. Seriously. Mulu is so kampung-ish and is surrounded by vast amout of tropical forest. All the supplies such as Milo, rice, petrol, drinking water etc are all flown in. In Miri, there are a lot of oil and timber tycoons. Miri is a much bigger town than Mulu, but it is still quite boring. Kota Kinabalu is undergoing rapid development. Walking in the city during daytime, its like slogging it out back in KL (minus the skyscrapers). If you are wondering why I wasn't at prom, this East Malaysia trip was one of the three reasons.

Taylor's Open Day

Yeah, I went to Taylor's Open Day today just for fun. Serious. Since I got nothing better to do, my parents pushed me to attend the Open Day. So I called up Guet Cheng and we both went to Taylor's Subang Jaya. We attended two talks: one about design (presented by someone big from Ikea) and another about communication (presented by Allan Wu himself). There were a lot of people in the communication talk, which leads me to suspect that most of them were there to see Allan Wu personally.

Sorry, I didn't bring any camera to take Allan's picture but let me tell you this: Allan Wu changed his hairstyle (hair was dyed brown and no longer spiky) and he looks less good-looking in reality. But he is fit and in very good shape. After the talk it was already 2.30pm, and we wanted something to eat. However, Guet and I did not know Subang Jaya well, so we ended up returning to DJ to makan.

My maternal grandmother is currently in hospital for suspected heart attack. My mum and siblings went back to Taiping for a day trip to visit her. I hope and pray that everything will be fine.

I Can't Believe It

I can't believe it, but I am sick, during post-SPM period!!! For the past few days I suddenly had a loss of appetite and frequent migrain. But Thank God I am feeling better, though not 100% myself yet. Kinda boring when you are sick and can't do much.


Just registered for SAM in Taylor's Subang Jaya today with my dad. Even with the RM 10,000 waiver from the Principal Awards my dad had to cough up close to RM 5000 for Semester 1. Private colleges are really, really expensive. I will only become a 'college student' in March as I have the luck to be elected for NS. But never mind, I think NS will be fun and hopefully it will be a great learning experience for me. To all those who got elected for NS, my advice is that don't differ and hope that you never get called up. What if you are already 19 or 20 and you receive a letter stating that you must hadir for NS? It will be an absolute nightmare.


Been playing a lot of Age of Empires 3: The Asian Dynasties lately. I am really getting bored of it. Since I am hit by a mystery bug that gives me appetite loss and migrains, I am stuck inside my house reading, writing, blogging, watching TV, and playing PC games. I can't wait till my brother's friend lend us Red Alert 3.

On Sunday I am going to East Malaysia with my family for one week. Yeah, its a holiday trip. I hope I won't be too sick for it.

The End

SPM has come to an end. Today I just sat for my last paper, which was Prinsip Perakaunan. Finally!! I can afford to put my legs up and rest properly. But not for long. I am definitely fatter and heavier, so I have to continue from the Battle of the SPM to the Battle of the Bulge. Anyway, I have to report for NS on 27 November. My campsite is Mantin, Negri Sembilan. As farI know, Kah Vong, Cheok Tung, Jia Hong and Neal are all in the same camp and batch as me. Good-lah, at least not so boring :-)