Go Go Power Rangers, Sandy Lam and Storm Warriors...

Hmm... I didn't know what has gotten into me. I am now reliving my childhood almost every day by watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Haha... Kinda miss the whole thing. I remember I used to wait excitedly in front of the TV every week to watch this once favorite show of mine and I got really disappointed and sad when sometimes they had to cancel the show. I even kept annoying my parents to buy me every single toy of Power Rangers and just like any other parents, they ignored me and I would cry and beg but usually to no avail. If I was lucky, they would give in but they would only buy for me in exchange of good results from my behavior and also studies, and that was somehow my motivation to study just because I wanted the toys so badly. I wonder if that was a good or bad thing and does every little kid in the world behaves like me when I was little? Hmm...

[The heroes that I worshiped when I was a little kid, the colorful Power Rangers]

[Not long after, Tommy, the Green Ranger joins the force]

[When Tommy lost his power, he was then turned into White Ranger]

[The favorite movie of mine back then, and I prefer their Ranger costumes in this movie, and I kept wondering, why didn't they use the same outfit for the normal series up till this very day]

I watched till season 3, I guess and I stopped as the storylines got really cheesy and they were just not the same as the first 2 seasons and some characters and powers were changed. I can still remember Ninja Rangers.... Hehe...

Alright, besides reliving my childhood memories, I did something that the adult me usually do and that is being a photographer and took quite some happening photos. Went to Sandy Lam's Concert and she has indeed a strong vocal. I am not a huge fan of her but she is someone Hong Kong that is really proud of. She usually speaks softly, but when it was time to sing, the changes definitely surprised me. We were not allowed to take any pictures when the concert was commencing, so below are 2 pictures taken during a press after her concert.

[She looked really elegant and her performance that night was awesome. She could still sing greatly even she started to feel unwell.]

Next would be Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng together with The Pang Brothers came to KL for a Press Conference in promoting The Storm Warriors 2. They looked great despite a 2 hour long flight delay in Singapore.

[The movie was starred by Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok and directed by The Pang Brothers and above is a picture of 4 of them.]

[Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng]

That night, they also went to Time Square to meet some fans and play some games while promoting the movie as well. Look just how cool they look with those heavenly swords. After that, they had to rush for a flight to the next station. They must be extremely exhausted for having to travel and rush almost everyday. But the success of the movie rewarded their hard work. Hope they will come out with another sequel soon.

Phew... It was really tiring for me too as I had to go out everyday for the whole week for all those events but they were fun and I could gain some experience in them too. Hehe... It's time for me to snooze... Adios... (^.^)

Holidays... Woohoo...

Wow... It's been a month since my last post. My the month was well spent and quite a happy one too. My friends celebrated my birthday and gave me a surprise. Thanks to Seline, Jeffrey, Justina, Joey and Sylvia. Next will be Danny, Yap, Elson, and Zoeric for accompanying me for my birthday.

Next, I attended Sandy Lam's Live in Malaysia Press Conference that was held in Hilton, KL. She is really pretty and friendly. Hope to see her concert soon as it seems to be really interesting.

Then, I was invited to Seline's 21st birthday. It was really fun and met some of her friends too. They were really humorous and was really entertained by them. Hehe.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Nothing interesting happen lately, so nothing much to update. Will update when I have some interesting stuff happens. Hehe. Adios...

LaLa Album Promo Tour in Malaysia...

LaLa 徐佳瑩 (Xu Jia Ying), the champion of A Million Star, had debuted her album and she was here in Malaysia last night to do a promo tour. It was held in Sense Cafe, IOI Mall, Puchong. She was really enjoying it last night and was so surprised that she has so many fans in Malaysia. She sang 4 songs from her debut album and they were so full of feelings. Below are some pictures that I took... Enjoy...

[LaLa saying hello to everyone]

[Started singing her first song (身騎白馬) after the hello]

[Had some interactions with fans]

[Singing her second song for the night (哼情歌)]

[Doing some funny dance moves while singing the third song (喔伊細), and later singing the fourth song (失落沙洲) which was the most demanding song]

[She was presented an award for being nominated into the charts]

[She actually have 2 songs that were nominated in the charts, therefore, she got 2 awards. They are 失落沙洲 and 身騎白馬. That is very rare for a singer to get 2 songs to be in the top 10 charts]

[Poses for the camera]

[After that, autograph session begins]

She has a very sweet personality and of course I really admire her songwriting skills. The most demanding song that was previously told was actually written by herself. Not only great in composing, but also singing. I guess one should really be multi-talented to be able to be in the entertainment industry.

That's all about LaLa. Just wish her luck and may she brings more good music to us. Cheers...

Joey Yung Malaysia Meet The Fans Event...

YES YES YES..!!! I finally had the chance to meet Joey Yung in zero distance. It was held at a Hong Kong style dessert restaurant called My Honeymoon Dessert in Kepong outlet. This event was just for selected fans who won through a competition held by My Honeymoon and only those with invitations could go in. Of course it's all thanks to Danny again for allowing me to be his photographer. I was so happy that my heart leaped out of joy when I saw her. Too bad it was just an autograph session and no singing. When she got out of the car, Joey went straight in and started the autograph session. She is very friendly as she kept her smile from start to the finish. Lets just look at the pictures I took.

[Joey signing posters]

[Responding to a fan's question]

[Continue signing]

[Shaking hand with a fan]

[Signing albums no matter old or the latest]

[Joey gave a short speech]

[Answering questions from DJ and Fans]

[Pose for a picture before leaving to rest]

She have another round at Brem Mall by 7pm, but just too bad I couldn't go. That have an autograph session and she will be signing too. How I wish to hear her sing. Oh well, there's always next time. Hehe. I'm sure she will come to Malaysia again. Wish her luck and may her records hit the top of the charts. Got to go now and continue with my assignment again. Adios...

Saturday Night Out...

The first thing I thought of when I woke up was the boredom of staying at home and do nothing for the whole thing, so I continue to indulge back into my slumber. Then, I felt hope of being rescued from boredom when Kah Wai called me and asked me out, but have to be at night. I don't care as long as I can go out and it's been quite some time since we hang out together.

At night, he came to pick me up and off we go to Jusco. We bought movie tickets for G-Force before we shop around. The first shop we went to was Skinfood. As you all might have figured out that I am a very loyal and regular customer over there, even the sales girls could recognize me. At first, it was Kah Wai who wanted to buy cleanser, but he ended up buying cleanser, toner and a piece of mask. I didn't think of buying anything but I ended up buying an Aloe Sun BB Cream which has also SPF 20 PA+. The things Kah Wai is using are the same as mine, such as the Green Tea Bubble Cleansing Foam and also Peach Sake Toner as we have the same skin type. Below are the pictures of what I bought.

[Green Tea Bubble Cleansing Foam. Its lathery white foam are very soft and it can clean deeply into your skin. It can also helps to detoxify your skin with its natural anti-oxidant leaving it clean and fresh. You can feel the cleanliness without any pulling feeling.]

[Aloe Sun BB Cream with SPF 20 PA+ has a natural skin color to cover spots and uneven tones. It can also protect your skin from harmful UV rays while keep your skin hydrated and it has a soothing effect. It's easy to apply and it won't block your pores even if you did not remove it with make up remover. Its good for oily and combination skin. It comes in 2 tones.]

Gosh... I sounded like I was promoting them, but its true that Skinfood products really amaze me. At least they prevent me from having a major break out.

After buying our own things, we sat down chilling ourselves in Starbucks, passing our time there while waiting for the movie. I always enjoy their Java Chip Frappucino. It's sweet, and crunchiness of the chips really cheers me up. We chit chatted and catching up with each others life like we haven't met each other for ages. We did have a great time.

Then, up we go to the cinema for G-Force. I really love it. Not only the characters are cute and intelligent, but they also inflicted human's cruelty towards animals. It was fun and cute seeing guinea pigs in action saving the world.

I guess that's all for now. Tuning out. Adios...

PS: Selamat Hari Raya to those who are celebrating... Cheers...

Helpless Connection...

My life is already boring and I already feel so lifeless, and Streamyx just likes to add salt to my wound. It keeps on disconnecting for no reason and I believe I already made thousands of calls to them but the matter still exists. They always ask me to check this and that but still to no avail in helping to get the problem fixed. So, I came up with a poem which I posted on my Facebook status and seems like my friends like it, and now I am posting it up on here as well. Enjoy...

Streamyx Streamyx

Please get your problem fixed,

otherwise you'll be hearing my voice everyday from 9 to 6,

or shove your ass with a long and wide stick,

so make sure no reasons and nonsense is made,

now start and get your connection fixed

Well, that's all for now and better publish it before Streamyx gets mad and disconnects me again. Tata.

Monotonous Life...

It's been 3 weeks since my college reopened and can still be considered OK. I am leading a very boring and monotonous life for now. It's like doing the same stuff everyday over and over again. Despite all that, I still manage to go out and hang out with my friends for lunch, shopping and movies, but not as often as before. I don't know why that I have this feeling that my life is changing, not for the better, but for the worst. Lets hope that my premonition is not going to come true.

UCSI is still renovating and making us very inconvenient to walk up the hill to our classes. I hope the renovation better be worth it and make our life better instead of more complicated for all the suffering of walking up the hill.

Oh well, I am out of things to say. Lets just wait till I get my colorful life back and I'll have more things to blab about. So, that's all for now. Adios...

52 or 1?

Another 30 minutes and fireworks will be displayed all over Malaysia and the word Merdeka will be heard as every citizens will scream proudly with the top of their lungs. Malaysia is 52 this year and people will just celebrate like it's the 1st birthday just like every other previous years. Performances will be held in certain states with a huge parade where cars are painted and decorated with the colors of Malaysia's flag or flowers, whether or not they're hibiscus, the national flower of this very country. Then like the previous years as well, it will be followed by a huge group of performers dancing traditional dances of every ethnic in Malaysia. I guess some people will never get bored of the same old predictable thing happening over again and again and again for the rest of their life but I'm sure our current Prime Minister will be very proud in seeing all this as he is promoting and injecting the "Oneness" concept into our brains with the slogan "1 Malaysia". Well, lets hope that we can really achieve the 1 Malaysia concept as I've heard ugly stories about it especially about our very main ethnic of Malaysia having a protest on building an Indian temple somewhere with the saying that the place is majorly of their religion. If I wanted to, there are a gazillion things for me to write about it but I just wanted to sit and wait for the glorious moment of our country's 52nd birthday while sitting in a cafe and enjoying my drink as some excited and all pumped-up Mat Rempits passing around this place noisily.

Ps: I personally feel that the 1 Malaysia logo is just too not creative, plain, monotonous, flat... and... erm... not attractive?

Rest and Relax...

The door left open with soft and cooling breeze rushing in and brushing through my delicate skin, plus the wind from the fan adds some chillness to the living hall. With the company of my TV which is now showing The Simpsons while I sit myself comfortably on the sofa and writing this very post. Ah... The comfort and satisfaction which is going through every inch of my body. It's been quite a while since I last sat in this comfy environment. Due to my studies, I rarely have the chance to come home, lay myself on the couch, flipping through TV channels, and watch whatever I think interesting and maybe online at the same time to check on my Facebook, play some games in it (Restaurant City and Pet Society most of the time) and wait for dinner to be served. How wonderful if my life could be like that forever? If only we do not have to worry about everything else such as money, studies, work, and whatever that leads us to grow grey hair faster than the speed of light. If only we could stay young forever. If only... The list goes on and on.

I've finally finish reading a book with the title 'Life's Like That' written by Lydia Teh, a Malaysian female writer who I really admire recently. Her book depicts on her own experience towards the citizens of Malaysia which we called Malaysians. She added a touch of humor while describing life of Malaysians, and I truly agree with her point of views and I could really relate myself to all the things she wrote. She was also brave enough to mention some major flaws of Malaysians but camouflaged nicely with her sense of humor.

I am currently reading her other book titled 'Honk! If You Are Malaysian' which is quite similar to the previous book, but different stories altogether. I was amazed with her style of writing and I've never in such a long time enjoy a book that is written by a Malaysian writer. Hope she will have more books to come.

The Simpsons is over and it's time for me to get back to the book. Hope I can finish it as soon as possible as my classes begin next week and it's gonna be busy, and totally gonna gives us headache due to the so-called 'systematic' systems and management in UCSI. Enjoy and relax while I still can and that applies to all my UCSI friends. Tata.

An Interview with V...

On Monday, Danny, Yap and I went to do an interview with a new group in Malaysia with the name V. It's only V and nothing else. V actually stands for Vampire because they like it as they think that vampires are cool and have a lot of changes. They will use the image of vampires for all their albums in the future. They are singers but most of their songs are dance tracks as they are a dance-themed group.

It was quite sad to hear that Toro, the leader and the eldest (23) of the group had been through so much. Something happened in his family when he was around the age of 13 or 14 and he moved out to stay alone and worked to support himself. Luckily he have very supportive friends. When he had enough money, he opened up his very own dance studio to learn and to teach at the same time. It got quite big and famous along the way. Later, he moved to KL and worked 3 jobs a day support himself, but he did not neglect his interest in dance, so he continued teaching. The conversations went on and on and I can't write everything here because most of it are private and confidential. So, below are some photos of V.

[Group photo of V]

[Group photo of V]

[V promoting their album]

The interview did not really look like an interview and it was more like a normal conversation. They were very friendly and we have a couple of good laughs while talking to them. It was really fun. Anyway, here I would like to wish that their album will be a big hit and keep holding on. never lose sight of your dreams and interests. They will somehow take you somewhere later in life. Well, that's all I got to say. Tata for now.

Rotting at Home...

Gosh... It's extremely boring to have nothing to do at home for so many days. It's been only almost a week since I handed up my last assignment, and that time I was hoping to finish it early and start my resting-peacefully plan and feel the paradise of staying at home, but it all turned not that good. All those resting might be good if they're for a short period of time, but if I stay longer like that, I feel myself getting dumber. I really have to start to look for something better to do. Oh well, for a start, lets look at the assignments that I handed up.

I had finish a web page of 3 pages which includes a main home page, a video page and a topic page. Below are the pictures.

[This is the main page of my very own web page]

[My video page, and it was quite a hassle to embed a video from YouTube into it using FrontPage, but luckily I managed to find the solution in YouTube]

[We were to choose a topic that was covered in the syllabus, and I had chosen Mozilla Firefox because I am using it and is very satisfied with it. Hehe.]

Then, for written discourse, I grouped up with Ray and YY to do a brochure and we had chosen Britney's Hidden Fantasy fragrance as our product.

[Front and Back page of our brochure]

[The contents of the brochure]

I would like to express my gratitude to Mr.Sandy Alan Rowe for allowing me to do an interview with you for my Alternative Voices assignment. Then, I would also like to say Thanks to Danny Foo, Vick Teo and Junvinna for taking the time to let us interview for our Popular Culture final assignment about reality shows. I am feeling truly grateful towards the help of you guys in helping me completing my assignments. A million thanks to all of you again.

Well, that's all from me for now. Will see if there is anything interesting stuff happening and post them right here to share with all of you. Tata and have a great day ahead.

Lappie's New Toys...

Despite of all the busi-ness with assignments, I still found the time to go to PC Fair last Saturday with Elson and Joey (Elson's friend from UTAR) as I really wanted to go and see if I could get anything for myself. Indeed, I did. I bought a few things which I am very satisfied with. I always wanted to get a laptop skin for my lappie, but most of those that I saw weren't attractive enough for me. It's either their designs were too complicated, or too childish. Seemed like Joey has the same thought because both of us especially dislike those with football teams' logos on them. We walked around and we stopped at a stall with interesting laptop skins' designs but most of those that we prefer were out of stock. Then one with blue shades and stripes attracted my attention and I bought that after asking Elson for opinion. Behold of what I bought during PC Fair in KLCC.

[The laptop skin which I really like and only costs RM 25. Thanks to Elson for helping me to cut and paste it properly to fit my laptop]
[I also bought this keyboard protector with only RM 2]
[Then, there is this LCD Cleanser Suit. Thanks to it, my lappie is now sparling clean. A cleaning liquid, a brush and a micro fiber fabric was attached together. The whole thing was only RM 5. Unbelievable, right?]

[This somehow amazed me the most. It's a 3 in 1 mousepad made of micro fiber fabric. You can use it as a normal mousepad, as a cloth to clean your screen, can also be used as a screen and keyboard protector. Amazing right? I am quite satisfied with it and my mouse glides smoothly with it.]

Those were what I bought and I wanted to look for a set of speakers for my lappie, but it was too crowded and we were starting to get frustrated. Therefore, we decided to go home. Elson, who wanted to go there first, bought a Canon Pixma PM145 3 in 1 printer with only RM 199. It can be used as a photostat machine, a printer and also a scanner. I wanted to get one too, maybe sooner or later. Hehe. Joey bought a laptop skin, pendrive and a mouse.

That's all from me for now. Will keep my blog alive when I am done with all my assignments. Ciaozzz....

Astro Star Quest 2009 Finals...

After a 4- months-long battle, the winner of Astro Star Quest has been borned last Saturday at Bukit Jalil Indoor Stadium. I was there live as a photographer and I was very pleased with the result for this year's competiton compared to the previous 2 or 3 years. This batch has really got the talent and worked very hard to realize their dream. Congratulations to the top 3 winner, Juztin, Min and Yoke.

[Juztin, Min and Yoke posing with their trophies]
[During an interview at the post-party after the competition]

If Juztin was not overwhelmed by his nervousness, he might have won but Min was sparkling that very night as her performance was stable and did not show any nervousness at all. There was some minor errors that day because of their guest performer, Janice from Hong Kong was not feeling well. Overall, this year's competiton has gained my respect as the contestants won fair and square.

Ps: I just chose to upload this 2 photos because I had taken a total of 955 photos for the whole show, and I couldn't put them up all in here as I am currently very busy with my assignments and might add some more later. Please forgive me. Hehe. Tata. (^.^)

Presentation Sucks Big Time...

The title says it all. It was the baddest presentation ever in my life. We did a presentation about our trip to Taman Negara today for Popular Culture class and it really got on my nerve. Thanks to my groupmate for doing such a 'marvelous' video which he insisted on editing it since it was his brother's camcorder. The video is about our interviews with the backpackers we met. He said he sacrificed 3 nights of sleep to edit that video and I really wanted to tell him "and this piece of SHIT comes out?". I had been asking him for the video since we came back from Taman Negara as I have to refer to the video to write our report.

Until last Monday (6th of July 2009), he told me the CD is not readable and he had to go up and down to find ways to edit the video. Yee Ling and me were starting to panic because the presentation will start the next day, Tuesday (7th of July 2009). Monday night, he eventually found a way to transfer and edit the video. Luckily we were not the first few groups to present and we still had some time to do some editing.

Wednesday night, he came over and said he had finish editing, and I gave him some comments but he was just too stubborn and did not want to listen. I told him to adjust the volume of the backpackers as they were too soft and he did not, he did not even put subtitles because our lecturer said we have to and I personally REMINDED him not to save as MP4 file as it would reduce the video quality, and he did not listen either.

Thus, all of this led us to be the boringest and dullest group amongst the rest. The lecturer somehow dislikes me and I could feel it since the beginning of this semester and it was more obviouys today. He was laughing while commenting on other groups' presentation, but when it was my group's turn, the smile and laughter were swept right away as we stepped to the front. Luckily, Yee Ling and me did a last minute Power Point slides in class while others were presenting as not to make our presentation dry. We inserted pictures we took during the trip and explain later during presentation.

After the slides, it was time to show the sucky video. I could see my classmates doing their own things and the lecturer's face was as long as a giraffe's neck. I didn't even want to watch my own video as the sound quality was bad, it was pixelated when turned to full screen mode and no subtitles in it.

Our lecturer did not say much after our presentation and I felt a dagger stabbed into my heart when one of my fellow classmates commented "you have to becareful when you want to save your videos in MP4 format". At that moment, I wanted to say "I had REMINDED him, BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN", but I just said thank you and left.

Later, I went to have lunch with my friends and they understand how I felt as I already told them everything and they were being honest that our video sucks and uninteresting. I said I felt the same too but there was nothing I could do as someone insisted on doing it on his own and doesn't want me to touch it. They also said that our power point slides saved us. Phew...

Well, I had finish complaining and I have to continue with other assignments as finals are coming. Hope I can pass with flying colors. Wish me luck.

Taman Negara Trip for Popular Culture...

It's been a week since I came back from Taman Negara trip for my Pop Culture assignment and I only decided to write about it now because it was quite a busy week for me with all sorts of assignments and mid-term exams. We had to interview some foreign backpackers and see what their cultures are like and I am very grateful to make it back home alive. Lets not waste anymore time and see what I've got.

[First day, we stopped at Jerantut for lunch and the food there are very yummy]

[Then, when we reached Taman Negara, we had to walk all around to look for our dorm or hostel]
[Finally, after a long walk, we finally made it to this dorm which costs us only RM 10 per person and per night]
[In it was 3 double decker beds and both our groups shared this room]

[After resting, we decided to eat at those restaurants located at the riverside and I took this picture while waiting for others to decide on where to eat. It's one of my favourite picture. Hehe.]

[After a long discussion and some camwhoring, we decided to take our dinner in this restaurant called Family Restaurant. After dinner, we went home, took our shower and rest.]

[The next day, we took the boat to the next side of the river to go further into Taman Negara because most of backpackers will be there]

[My group: Einstein, Yee Ling and me]

[Two groups together: Einstein, Kian Keat, Yee Ling, me, Diane, and Syeet Yeng]

[Jungle trekking and stopped to camwhore for a while. Haha.]

[Met some foreign backpackers and took some pictures with them]

[Our first interview]

[During the interview]

[Walking deeper into the jungle and it was really very tiring. Luckily we sprayed a very thick layer of mosquitoes repellent or else we would coming back here with swollen red dots all over our body. Hehe]

[Our 2nd interview with a pair of couple]

[3rd interview]

[Took a picture with them]

[4th interview]

[5th interview]

[After the interview, we immediately became friends and he is only 22 years old from France and his name is Mathias. He joined us for the canopy walk and later for lunch.]

[Both groups with Mathias]

[After waiting for 2 hours plus, it was our turn to go to the canopy walkway]

[Then, we finally made it back and took a boat back to the other side where we had started. Mathias joined us for lunch and also dinner that night. Everyone was extremely exhausted due to the long walk and all the waiting and interviewing, and we went back to take our shower and rest early that night.]

[The very last day, we took off and head to the same restaurant in Jerantut for lunch again and we were all very happy. The road was very bumpy]

I reached home and started to rush for a Written Discourse assignment which I had to hand up the next day and I of course managed to hand it up on time. Hehe.

This trip was not fun at all and there wasn't any entertainment and the whole street would turn dark by 8pm. The only fun thing I experienced there was chatting and playing poker with my friends. In my report, I will ceratinly include one sentence into my conclusion, that is "I will never ever in my life go to that place again".

Well, that's all for this post. Have to start doing some assignments as soon as possible and stop procrastinating as this is the 8th week. 6 more weeks and this semester ends. I really hope to end this semester as soon as possible. Got to go now. Tata. (^.^)