New Year's Eve

woke up around 7 in the morning, nothing much (which is worth sharing) happened during the day, only that mom brought us out in the evening. went to leisure mall, first thing we did was to purchase the movie tickets. lord of the rings: the return of the king. the most anticipated trilogy, yeah! it's amazing, especially when they battle. the number of warriors and all that. well, there were some touching parts too. great movie overall. the movie started at 7.20 and ended around 10.35.

look, with just a blink of an eye, it's almost new year. blink, blink, and blink, gosh, how time flies. i can still vividly remember the moment when everyone was fearing of Y2K. i can still remember the day i first entered form 1. wow, one more minute till new year. when the clock strikes 12 it'll be a whole new year!

What A Blunder...

again, brother woke me up early to play RO. i gotta stop playing that game... took a short nap around 10, and received countless phone calls. hm~ plan didn't work out perfect, we were suppose to go to leisure mall at 1 pm, but there were some minor problems. after so much of negotiating, i wonder how much i spent sms-ing, loy yang's mom finally came and fetch loke and me to leisure mall. had mc donald's for lunch, then went to buy the tickets. wanted to watch lord of the rings initially, but unfortunately the tickets were sold out. nvm, might be going with mom to watch later. anyway, we bought tickets for 'colour of music'. i think that's the title, starring miriam and tony leong. not bad i'd say, some laughters here and there. well, outline it's a love story. after the movie, all of us went to tam's house, and then waited for loy yang's mom to come fetch us home.

Badminton, huh?

shawn woke me up 6 o'clock in the morning to play ragnarok, of course i did coz he was going to help me tank. i'm trying to lvl up my merchant... hm, enough of that, i went back to sleep at 8 and woke up around 11. had curry 'hor fun' for breakfast then went to universal for biology tuition at 12.45. gosh, i was totally lost after missing 2 classes. sigh~ luckily i could recall some of the lower form facts. it helped somehow. came home, played ragnarok again then went out at 4.30 to bukit jalil club. as usual, 1 hour badminton. i'm kindda lazy, hehehe... had some light snacks after badminton with cousins and their family, then went straight to pasar malam. well, that's for today.

Boxing Day

well, i don't really celebrate christmas, not to the fullest, so it's not really boxing day for me... all i did was staying at home, playing RO... this game is real addicting, i'm trying not to play so much... coz i've alot to catch up in tuition after i missed so many classes !

Merry X'mas

woohoo... woke up this morning with my christmas socks hanging on my bed. i've guessed so, hehe, some pratical treat mom used give us kids for christmas - chocolates! yum yum, without dilly-dallying, i got up and peeped what's in it, 4 bars of kinder bueno. yummy, although not as much as the previous years, but good enough. i had an extra gift too - a 0.3 mechanical pencil which i requested from mom (i broke my old one in beijing). i can't really remember what i did after that, coz i'm posting this on the 28th! just changed the date u see... anyway, went to granduncle's house in damansara jaya after that. is it jaya or heights? i forgot, hehe, doesn't matter. christmas dinner, well, he organises dinners every christmas. it's great, especially when u get to gather with relatives. but this time, two of my uncles' family didn't come. nvm, still sufficient ppl to joy up the night, i guess, hehe. adults chatted among themselves, while me and my cousins sat outside and had our 'youth conference', lol! chatted alot and also played with my granduncle's new puppies... man, they're really adourable. went home around 10 something i guess... well, that's it !

Day ? - Could I Have Stayed A Little Longer ?

Came back not long ago from KLIA, and i'm really dizzy right now.
This was what happened today: The plane was to depart at 8.45 in the morning. Dad woke us up around 5 something, had sausages and chocolate drink for breakfast, got ready, and we left the apartment at 6.15 sharp. The taxi driver was already waiting for us downstairs. Traffic was pretty smooth, of course, it was so early. Reached the airport in half an hour time. Dad paid the taxi driver and we went in to check our flight's counter and so on. As there was still time, we sat at the sofa there to kill time. Proceeded in after that, well, parting from dad is always not easy, but, hm~ Anyway, dad says he's going to remain in the airport till we reach the boarding room. :) Well, lots of prosedurs after that, including filling in forms, and checking in our luggages. Dad called mom's handphone a few times too, just to check whether everything was alright. The dreadful 6 hours flight from beijing to singapore was kindda shaky. Landed at Singapore Changi Airport at 3 o'clock, and off we went to do a little shopping as the gate won't be open till 4 o'clock. Well, flight from singapore to kuala lumpur wasn't that bad, luckily it's just half an hour flight, i was already feeling sick at that moment. Came down, mom bought DOM for her friend, and we went to claim our luggages. 3 checked-in luggages this time, instead of only 1 when we came. Heheh, i was seeing things spinning around me that time, dizzy! Aunty Linda and Yan were already waiting for us at the arrival hall. Headed straight to Burger King to have dinner. I ordered mushroom swiss burger plus fries but only managed to eat half of the burger. :-/ Right after i reached home (home sweet home), i ran straight to the pc, but didn't sit long there, i wasn't feeling well u know, took a bath, then went to bed. Zzz...

Ahem, i'll just sumarize a little of what i experienced throughout the whole week:
It's winter in beijing, leaves fall during autumn and right now, all the trees are bare. Guess what, even birds' nest are visible on trees.
It seldom rains there, which is why the atmosphere is dry (unlike malaysia, which is 'panas dan lembap'). Arg, it didn't rain even once when i was there, that's why i didn't get to witness snow falling from the sky! Well, due to the dryness, lips and skin crack very easily, which is what i'm experiencing now.
One thing which puzzles me is that, there's this electromagnetic current everywhere. Simple things we touch eg. the taxi, door knobs and even ppl's finger could give u a minor shock. I usually hesitate to touch the escalator's handle there, well, just in case. Maybe u can figure out why by refering to some theories in physics eh?
Wind there is really strong and chilling, when i get really cold, my fingers will hurt at its' tips and so does my toes. In Forbidden City the other day, i kept demanding to go back earlier as my ears were pain. hm?
One note: nothing is free in beijing. You even need to pay to enter a temple !

Day 8 - ???

woke up at 10 something, had breakfast, then laze around. not much plannings today, anyway, went out during lunch time to a few bookstores, i chose a book which costs 20 yuan, then had lunch at a restaurant nearby. hm, i ordered a bowl of beef noodles, but didn't ate the mee. wasn't feeling well that time, sigh, the noodles look delicious though. haha, did a little shopping after that, mom brought some more souveniers, while denzel got his wallet which he demanded earlier on. came back, not long after that dad and mom went to the supermarket while we kids stayed in the apartment. mom prepared the dinner tonight, right after dinner, i took dad's camera and snapped a few pictures around dad's apartment. ;-)

Day 7 - Ready, Steady, SKI !!

hoho, wore 4 layers of clothing today, including thick thights, a sweater, an overcoat and the usual wind-breaker. dad woke me up really early today, bout 5.30 in the morning if i've not mistaken... scrambled egg for breakfast and we all went out at 7. this time, first destination was to huai bei skiing resort. well, went there along with another malaysian family, hehe. the whole journey took almost 2 hours. superb, the whole thing was great. the whole place was covered with ice and yet i was sweating when skiing? haha, rented skiing equipments including the boots, snow blades and also the ski poles. yup, through out the whole game, me and shawn didn't fall even once. haha, we were so proud we boasted to our parents, mom fell a few times. :-/ after it was all over (2 hours was the duration), we got up the cab and the driver brought us to tour around that area. it's quite rural/remote over there, unlike the city which is progressing pretty fast. we stopped at a few scenic spots, snapped some pictures at the entrance, and it was time for lunch. can't remember what's the restaurant's name, but i guess it serves sichuan food. yummy, best local food so far... we headed straight home after lunch, another 2 hours journey. dad paid the taxi driver right after we reached century towers (dad's apartment), rmb 750 altogether, including yesterday's whole day trip. dad says it was reasonable. =) moreover, he was friendly. we rested at home, i tried to take a nap but at last didn't, went online for a moment instead. went out again around 6 for dinner, planned to go to an indonesian cuisine earlier on, but got to know it's closed for renovation when we reached there. well, went to a wubei restaurant instead. there was some performance there, quite interesting. food was just average. walked over to the shopping mall after dinner, bought a few things, and came back here again.

Day 6 - Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo

pizza for dinner again!! all because of little denzel! well, had fried egg with bread for breakfast, then went out at 10.30. first stop was summer palace, again, didn't tour the whole place. it's huge, man! the lake there is so wide, but frozen right now due to the temperature. wind today was extremely furious, could almost lift me up! i was chilling from top to toe then. we didn't have proper lunch today, just a few taiwanese sausages in summer palace and some instant noodles in the zoo. beijing zoo was our next destination. such a sad state that the zoo was not proper maintained. got to see giant pandas there and later bought some souvinear. most of the animals are kept indoors. haih, didn't visit the whole zoo again, missed out the aquarium, lions, tigers..... after that we went shopping, bought some more winter clothing, then had pizZa for dinner. hm, came back to dad's apartment around 7 something... that's all...

Day 5 - Chao Yang Theater

woke up and had sausages for breakfast. went out after that to the bookshop. cds there are real cheap! bought an original linkin park meteora for only 20 yuan (rm 10). well, spent alot of time in there, the bookshop has a total of 6 floors. should have chosen more cds... haha. we later had kfc for lunch, then continued shopping again till dinner. as for dinner, we went to pizza hut (little brother's request). arg, if i continue eating lots of heaty food i'm gonna get sore throat again. we later went to watch acrobatics. tickets were pretty expensive, 120 yuan (rm 60) per person. but i guess it's worth it. man, the show was fantastic!

Day 4 - Splendid Forbidden City

had western food for breakfast. after that went to forbidden city. wind is pretty strong today, very, very chilling. it's dry over here, even my finger's skin cracked, ouch! back to the tour, well, it's a very huge place, didn't manage to tour the whole city coz of the weather. but i can say it's nice. came straight home after that, and had instant korean noodles for lunch. went out again around 5.30 pm after that to visit my grand-uncle. gosh, as usual traffic was really congested. took quite a long time to reach our destination. hm, went to the restaurant next to the his apartment later on, grand-uncle ordered lots of dishes, and his daughther footed the bill. next, we went to his apartment, clappers are installed in every floor, with just a clap, the lights will be on. chatted and chatted, then came back to dad's apartment around 9.30 pm. ;-)

Day 3 - Shopping !

right now, i've no idea wat's happening to my blog... well, had bacon with egg as the start of the day. went to a few shopping malls after that, bought quite some stuffs, new year clothes for little brother, trousers for mom, and some tid bits. had japanese noodles for lunch today, and mushroom soup, croisant and coffee for tea time. went to a yunnan restaurant for dinner, food tastes 'special', but average. hm, nothing much, went back to the apartment after that.

Day 2 - Great Tour

was forced to wake up early this morning, we were supposed to follow a local tour to a few tourist spots. first spot was to a jade carving factory. nothing much, just got to see how jades are carved and so on. next was the great wall of china. there're snow everywhere. nice, but it'll be slippery if stepped on. gosh, whenever the wind blows, we'll surely chill. jaz walked till one point then we turned back. toes were numb, fingers were hyper numb! (even with protective gloves) went for lunch after that, well, satisfying enough i would say. after all that was 2.45 pm and we went to the ming tombs. didn't visit the whole place though. next stop was some traditional chinese clinic. just spent a few minutes there and after all that, it was the end of the tour. came back to apartment. rested a while, then went out again for dinner. pizza hut. haha, went to the supermarket after that. hm, i kindda observed the price of the fruits sold there. one shocking thing was 1 whole durian costs 128 rmb (64 ringgit). dad bought us some ice-cream too! heheh...

good morning beijing

started the journey to klia around 6.30 last night. well, left siva's class an hour earlier and right after i left the class, i got non-stop missed calls from both conrad and edward. haha, what more, of course i played with them too. after checking in our luggage, we finally had our dinner in the food court, together with aunty linda and cousin yan. as expected, flight was delayed due to the weather before this. it was almost midnight when we reached singapore change airport, and the next flight to beijing will be at 1 something, am! went a little shopping in the airport, and the sales guy there was rather rude. bought some nougats and candies and off we went to the boarding gate. journey from singapore was boring, 6 hours! i was yawning non-stop but just couldn't sleep. slept for bout 3 hours anyway, later on woke up to watch csi on the mini screen. temperature in beijing was approximately 2 - 5 degrees celcius. dad was already waiting for us at the arrival gate, immediately we went to purchase some bottled drinks from the vending machine nearby and get a cab to dad's apartment. hm, nice apartment, friendly security guards i would say. went for a shanghai lunch and did some shopping. sad to say the shopping mall was crowded with customers. besides, i was so tired at the moment after the long flight. came home after that as dad suggested that we all should rest first. slept, woke up around 5 and went out for shopping and dinner. guess what, dinner at mc donalds. haha, but mc donalds here is different from those in malaysia. did alot of shopping before that, my brothers and i got a new wind-breaker each. mom got a new pair of shoes and a new set of hat and scarf. went for a stroll later on before taking a cab home. my, it was winding and cold! even with gloves my fingers were numb. all in all, today is considered a tiring day!

bon voyage!

Well, as u can see, i'm posting this pretty early today. It's because i won't be able to do this at night. I'll be on a plane, to where? Beijing. Woke up around 9.15, and noticed there were incoming sms-es. Yeah, from conrad. :) I replied then straight away went down for breakfast, again, i didn't finish 'em all. Haha, took my medicines with some tasteless barley drink. No added sugar that is. Hm, luggages are already well-packed. Maybe there're still some things to be brought there. As for me, i'm still packing my giant pouch-bag which i'm bringing along. Equipped with my discman, i suppose i won't be that boring in the plane. One note, i hate sitting in airplanes. Y? Everything is bad in there. The smell, the food! And i'm air-sick. Too bad isn't it. Hopefully i'll be able to publish my next post tomorrow, in my dad's apartment. Well, provided if he allows me to use his laptop!

i'm feeling weird...

woke up early, piano lessons at 11. had lunch - a piece of bread chucked with tuna, and a few spoons of mushroom soup. still no appetite! completed my addmaths homework, oh well. walked to tuition around 4.40, mr lee didn't teach today, his son took over. nothing much happened, i came home and ate dinner, then surf the net while chatting with ern li. chatting with edward right now. argh, mood isn't good. well u know y edward! hehe...

yet another sore throat?

sigh~ woke up in the morning with a stinging bad sore throat. had a piece of bread for breakfast then took panadol. wore my jacket for almost the whole day, well, i just hope to get well as soon as possible. why? cause i'm going to beijing soon. it's winter right now, and it'll definately be freezing cold. played pc again, but later did a little addmaths. couldn't finish all the homework though, i was a little too tired at that moment. lunch was served later on, and i a few spoons of porridge was satisfying enough for me. went to bed, woke up, and felt totally awful. argh! played pc, and between that, joanne did sms and later phoned me, asking mainly about our tuition stuffs and so on. continue playing the pc until mom called for dinner, again, i didn't manage to finish up my meal. went to the doctor at around 8 o'clock. this time, mom is gonna make sure that i finish up all my antibiotics. (well, i didn't finish mine before this, and now i'm sick again!?)

can't it be a little easier?

gosh, i just reached home from a whole lot of tiring walk. first, i was busy dreaming when i didn't realise i was already an hour late for siva's class. in the end, i decided not to go or else i'll be the laughing stock of the class. (not actually class, but siva himself) at around 1.10, i quickly rushed out to meet edward and loke to go for the next tuition which is in pudu. this time, we had no choice but walk to the bus stop in front of the main road. man, just from my house to the bus stop takes more than 15 minutes. reached the bus stop, there were empty places, luckily. well, unfortunately then, there were no place in the bus and i had to stand. traffic was severely congested as well, and it took a long time to reach our destination. suprisingly, the teacher came in late, and to our dissapointment, he ended our class early too! what the... the bus we sat home was also full, no place, traffic was still from bumper to bumper, and my bones are about to snap standing in there. agaiN, we had to walk for 20 minutes. i didn't bring any water, and i regretted it. my throat was as dry as the desert. thristy, lethargic, and about to faint, i had no choice but to continue walking. bla bla bla, at last i'm at home now. by the way, right after steping inside my house, i quickly reached the fridge to help myself with a glassful of chilled water. phew~

sob sob...

i'm actually writing this past midnight, just changed the time :p. well, bio tuition and piano lessons today. nothing much, just that i didn't practise enough so i performed really bad. didn't follow mom to club for badminton, no mood... supposed to have dinner right after that with my aunty and cousins. mom came back after that and brought us to pasar malam. first, saw conrad... next was a surprise, chi wei. first time seeing him in taman midah with the fact that we live quite near each other. didn't do any revision today, bad bad...

Do u realise how time flies ?

It's 5th of december, next friday will be 12th, and i'll be spending about 10 days in beijing with dad and mom and bro... heheh, the holidays are gonna end soon. sigh~ oh well, woke up pretty early in the morning, did a little add maths and played RO, again. my normal daily routine. bla bla bla, lunch, nap, and tuition. nothing significant happened. today is rather a boring day isn't it?

lol, how long was it since my last post? and what a surprise, almost everyone is having their own blogs right now. i remember when i first started, the only person doing blogging was edmund. well, today isn't entirely a good day for me. woke up in the morning and felt kindda nauseated. apparently, i was having a fever and chilling the previous night. dragged myself to wake at last, and only later realised that RO will be under maintainance till 12 noon. argh, checked my inbox, and connection is at snail's speed. here's what i hate most, i had connection problems later on and the pc cannot be connected to the internet. went for tuition at 4.30, and well, it's back to mr lee's cracking jokes (i guess?) hehe, came home, had dinner, didn't really eat much today coz of my appetite. went upstairs after that and checked the modem's connections while browsing through the manuals. i was kindda ratty then, so fed up with it. FINALLY, with a few clicks of the mouse, i'm back nice and connected to the cyber highway! played RO with brother, then did a little tuition work. =)