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Saturday, September 24, 2011

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Source: http://foreignlanguagetranslatorscheap.blogspot.com/2011/09/cheap-ectaco-itravl-ntl-2g-greek.html

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Flower




Photo taken from Cameron Highlands. ok sorry la har i don't know what flower is this. hahaha.

Source: http://oh-chineng.blogspot.com/2010/08/flower.html

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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Road Trip: Detroit

On Day 2 of the great adventure, the all-knowing Google doc once again said to leave at 7am. We had a long day of driving, and we needed to make it all the way to Chicago with time for two detours. Since I was in charge this time, I got up at 6:30, took a shower, and then woke Eehern. At 7:15am, we were outside packing the car.











Figure: Miss Outlier runs on time.

 This was Friday morning, and I needed coffee. Well actually, most mornings I need coffee. On Friday mornings in particular, I'm used to World's Best School coffee hour where I get coffee and a donut.


Eehern, as usual, needed nothing.


But we stopped along the highway at a Tim Horton's, which is supposedly a cult favorite. In fact, two World's Best School Coffee Hours have featured Tim Horton's donuts, brought all the way from Rhode Island.











Figure: Forget the donuts, I have COFFEE.











Figure: But the donuts were delicious too. I had two. 

 I'd like to point out here that along the ENITRE trip, we hardly went an hour without seeing construction. I know summer is known for road construction, but seriously it was ridiculous.











Figure: Orange cones, orange cones everywhere

 Along the way we noticed the beloved Subaru had a home even here, in the middle of random Canada.




And I noticed a store for shopping, not available in Boston. :)











Figure: I asked if we could stop, and Eehern said "Go for it!" So we did.

 I took entirely too long to shop, but again Eehern was a gentleman and didn't complain. I checked out with a new shirt, and I went to find him.


I looked.


I walked around.


I peered over the racks.


I checked outside.


I walked around again.


I had lost Eehern, in a foreign country. I didn't have my phone. And then I recalled when Eehern and I had spent a week in London. I also went shopping there (and again, took entirely too long. It's a vice. I'm sorry.) And AGAIN when I came out of the store in England, Eehern was nowhere to be found. And my phone didn't work. In  London, after I exhausted all my options I ended up sitting forlornly on a bench on the side of the road, waiting for him to come back. In Canada, I stood in the front of the store until he showed up.


I think he just likes to lose me. But he can't be tired of me yet, it's only the second day!


We continued on, heading toward the border. This time we had our story straight - Eehern was ready for the "So what do you have in your car?" question. Tough stuff, those customs agents.... :)











Figure: But it was not to be.

 Instead, we got stuck in traffic. We CRAWLED forward. We could see that waaaaay up ahead was a bridge, and we assumed that customs (and freedom) lay across that bridge.


But with that vision dancing ahead, we were painfully starting and stopping our way down the road. Half an hour. An hour.


I was getting bored. My legs needed to stretch. I wanted lunch.













Figure: Not getting anywhere anytime soon.

Eehern needed nothing.


And hour and a half, and still more of the scooting forward.


I was cramped and impatient.













Figure: I had run out of my road trip drink.



And finally - FINALLY - we found something that made Eehern ruffled.


He was watching the idle RPMs on the dashboard. Wasn't much else to do, really. And the idle RPMs were high - something like 2.5. And then they would wiggle. And then go down. And then go up. And then down.











Figure: It's the middle of the bridge, and Eehern is freaking out about the RPMs.

 He got so worried about the situation, he called up the Cambridge Subaru dealership.


"Hi," he says, "I have a question."


"Go ahead," says the cheery woman on the other end.


"Well," Eehern begins, "I'm wondering what the normal idle RPM speed is for my car. It's shooting up to 2.5, and then whizzing down to 1, and then jumping all around. And I really just want to know if that's normal."


The lady, trying to be helpful, replies, "Well sir I don't really know, it's not my area, but I don't think that's normal, and you should bring it into the dealer."


*facepalm* Lady, don't you know that now we are going to be worrying about this for an entire two week trip...? We spent TWO HOURS in traffic. As we were waiting the final last bit, which seemed forever, and I was hungry, and I needed to stretch, and I needed a bathroom break, I thought "We are never getting to America!"


But thankfully, we did. Next stop - Sonic!











Figure: Ah, road trip drink.

 Sonic is a nostalgic favorite of mine from Oklahoma. It's a drive-in restaurant, where you order from your window and the carhop brings your food out. I love it. I love the Supersonic breakfast burrito, the Chicken club toaster, and ESPECIALLY the Sonic Cherry Limeade.


We even got there during Happy Hour with half price drinks. I ordered my favorite combo, with tater tots, and even Eehern got a cherry limeade.


I practically inhaled my food, as it was like 2 or 3pm and I hadn't eaten.


As I was chowing down, I heard, "Um...." said Eehern, "Would you mind putting your tater tots on a napkin?"


I paused in the midst of chewing and glanced up. My tater tots were sitting in a cardboard fries container on the dashboard. I had my lap covered with a napkin. Seriously, man? Put a napkin on the dash under the already contained tater tots?


Okay, sure....


I finished, and asked Eehern how his meal was.


Picking at his sandwich, he confessed, "I'm not much a fan of eating in the car."


Laugh! Alright, I get it. :) No more eating in the car. It really didn't bother me, I just didn't realize.


When it comes to idle RPMs and fries on the dash, you don't mess with Eehern! :)

Source: http://three-sigma.blogspot.com/2010/08/road-trip-detroit.html

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

La Sagrada Familia

This month, the family and I had the great opportunity to do some travel in Europe and we began our travels in Barcelona, Spain.    I have to say that I found Barcelona to be an unexpected surprise.  It was alive, vibrant and full of life on every street.    Shopping, cafes, museums, the Mediterranean port, culture and food.   I was very taken by the city and found it to be one of the best places I've visited and I hope to go back sometime when I have more time.  It is alive much like New York City.


I had always wanted to visit the La Sagrada Familia as I've seen pictures and heard the music from long ago by Alan Parsons Project.    We heard that the best way to visit was to buy tickets in advance which we did and as result, we were literally the first people into the structure the morning we visited.   When we walked in, we were the only visitors there for a few brief minutes.  We were also the first up the elevator that allows visitors to ascend the towers for a look across Barcelona.    What a delight.   I could have sat there for hours and just soaked up overwhelming size and magnitude of the project and building.


What an enormous effort by those who are moving this forward.   It is said that it might be another 40 years before it is done and it began in the late 1800s.  There are pictures of it in its early stages so you can watch the story of this construction unfold over time.


Here are a few pictures from our visit.












A view from outside










Inside Looking Up










Another Inside Looking Up










Close Up




I listened to Alan Parsons Project 'La Sagrada Familia' while I walked around inside the 'La Sagrada Familia itself.   A friend (John) commented that doing such was very Inception like which I thought was funny.



I found a great book on the building which includes the story of its construction and its history and of course all about Antoni Gaudi who is the famed architect.   The book is called The Expiatory Temple of La Sagrada Familia.    It is currently out of stock at Amazon.



Antoni Gaudi has work all across the region and much of it is amazing.



Related, there is a great museum of Picasso work in Barcelona.   You can see his early work and the evolution of his painting style.  Early works look like a child's paint by number, but then it quickly looks much better.   There are also sketches and drafts that then lead up to a final painting.  Very interesting and a visit is definitely recommended.


Barcelona is a great city.


Source: http://mabplace.blogspot.com/2010/08/la-sagrada-familia.html

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Kyungsung University Summer Cultural Exchange Programme: In My Perspective (Part 2)

July 24th 2010 (Saturday)


Only one day and it felt like one week already. Probably is due to the crazy long one I had the previous day. I remember missing Malaysia madly already, the people and the food I mean. But am still looking forward to life in Busan. Programme hasn't even started and we were already so busy mad. Skipped breakfast since we were so freaking exhausted.


Lunch:


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Going for a trip to Yongusan temple... Dhinesh's idea. He has this big thing for religious places. Hmmmm.



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The exchange students from China and Taiwan reached in the night and joined us that day.


First subway ride, (after coming back from Korea, I really felt our LRT is crazy slow. Shrugs.) Plus the whole length of the subway train in Korea is awesome. And they really take the seats reserved for the weak, old, handicapped and pregnant women seriously, even if the whole train is crowded, the seats will still be left empty. *mumbles* unlike Malaysia =,= Well, not to say I am not grateful towards my own country, extending the LRT cabins is a good approach, but the mentality of the people is an issue.



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Stopped at forgot what station and walked a distance to a bus stop. Camwhored around. And did you know, their bus stops have this display board which tells you how long it takes for the next bus to arrive. Plus, even for a 15 minutes wait, they were complaining that the bus is taking too long. Haha. I didn't dare to tell them in Malaysia, we could have waited for 30 minutes to one hour and be thankful that the bus actually came.



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Oh. And the kids around here are surprisingly cuteeeeee! And quite well-behaved. The ones in my park seriously... Shrugs. I have no idea how rude they were until I visited Busan. But, one creepy thing here in Busan, once these kids caught sight of you, they just stare... and stare... and stare... and stare...



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Reached Yongusan Temple shortly after.


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I know la. Many commented about how my arm looked muscular. It is not. It's fats. Now let me live in peace, I know I have fatty arms. Oh, by the way, picture with my zodiac!


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Malaysians in Yongusan Temple!


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Guan Yin (something) Di... My Chinese sucks d T_T


Anyway, check out the scenery:



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Pretty, no?


And what we always say there, "Take a picture! Take a picture!" Just that it's not only a picture, we ended taking plenty.



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This is a nice shot though...


This leads us to a small underground stream where the water is all clearly filtered naturally. And it tasted sweet as well. No idea if it's safe but whatever la, if something happened, it probably happened long time ago d. I'm sure Tee Seong wouldn't want to try it, that health freak. Haha.



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Meet Run! Super runner and rock climber. Glad I met someone who shares the same interests as me. Just that this one is at a more professional level. Haha. And no, he's not in the programme, just saje-saje tagged along for fun since it's the weekends.


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Ooooo. I am talllll xD


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More scenery


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Guan Yin statue


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Resting la weather getting hotter like in Malaysia


Started to get adapted to the weather there, it was probably as hot as Malaysia already. Sometimes hotter on certain days later during the programme. But, still it's very constant, as in, it doesn't suddenly decide to pee unexpectedly =,=


Oh. Not forgetting a group picture:




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I kinda like my camera there. It just happened to take very very nice shots, despite being just a digital camera. It doesn't do its wonders that much here in Malaysia, perhaps it's the weather =,=



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Su, our very noisy friend. I love her though. Haha.


Found this awesome snacks, some sort of dough with red beans thingymajig, Sungki, or rather we called him Peter (Dhinesh's roommate) bought some to treat us. Nice dude la he. And you will be hearing a lot from me throughout my entries of my stay in Busan from this entry till the last one about how nice Peter is. He is like seriously one awesome dude, with a nice body haha. No, I ain't joking, he does has a good 6 packs.



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Awesome snacks, some of the Koreans said it was their first time trying these too. Hahaha. It's like us, who actually tried all of our local delicacies anyway until we were to bring our foreign friends around. It's like I never been to Central Market until the day I was assigned to bring some of the Korean students there. Hahaha. Yes, I'm dead serious. And no, I am not blogging about that trip because I am lazy and it was seriously way too overdue.
Oh. The aunty gave us free coffee too. Just because we are tourists!
SEE??? HOW NICE THE PEOPLE HERE ARE! WE GET RANDOM FREE STUFFS EVERY OTHER DAY!


Had iced noodle for dinner. I took loads of pictures of it, but I think I accidentally deleted them. Shrugs. Anyway, the iced noodle was killer awesome, I could even remember it even I have no photos to remind me of it because it was that good! I wanted some more of it =( But the last iced noodle I had in Seoul really killed my memory of iced noodle T_T


Went to get some traditional ice cream after dinner, was given free cans of green tea. Yes, due to the fact that there's tourists in the group (I probably ain't considered as one of the tourists, seeing that I kept being mistaken as one of the Koreans =,=). Proceeded in playing some games which end up punishing people by hitting the losing ones on their wrists with your two fingers, Korean style they say. And I have been seeing that a lot in Korean dramas, just that I don't know how painful it will get.




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Believe me. It is really painful. And I suck at aiming, hit Kisong, or rather we call him Bruce Lee, with my fist instead of my fingers. Whooops, sorryyyyy. Kkkkk (OMG! I'm using too much "kkkkk" while chatting with them already! Apparently, it's "lol" in their language. Haha. I usually use it as okokokokok, but need to use them carefully now with whoever I am chatting with so to not give out wrong messages).


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Tsk tsk. Look at that evil face of Bruce Lee.

Back to the dormitory from a day at Yongusan Temple and stomach filled with iced noodle (aka naengmyeon... I think?) and traditional red bean ice cream, tasted very similarly to our ice kacang.


Went back for a quick shower and was invited to join the Koreans and Japan exchange students for a drinking session. Well, free alcohol, wouldn't missed it. And I don't mind paying for it actually, the alcohol there is so much cheaper! Crazy people all, soju + beer ain't exactly a good combination. I'm okay with beer, but the soju is some strong stuff. My roommate, Inhye's face was crazy red after her first few glasses. We kept asking them to stop refilling our snacks portion, cuz as people from a food-loving country, we kept stuffing ourselves with the snacks until the our plates were left empty while the others' were still untouched. Paiseh.



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They started to play games, stupid fun and they asked us to share whatever games we play in Malaysia during drinking session. I stoned, haha. But, Oga and I stared at each other and came up with a game on the spot, adding game rules to whatever the other left off and taa-daa, some alienated game was created. Man, Malaysians are awesome. Haha. And apparently, those people present actually like it! I am amazed. They kept calling it the Malaysia game, but I felt bad, so I told my roommate, Inhye the truth so that they stop thinking it's something we play in Malaysia. Imagine them suddenly go berserk in a bar during a visit to Malaysia, wanting to play that =X And it'd be our fault.

Drank passed whatever I have drank before and was still sane. Tummy didn't felt good though.


July 25th 2010 (Sunday)


People always said that I am slow, but now my reaction towards alcohol ALSO slow. Been vomiting my morning away and slept past breakfast, head was dizzy from yesterday's drinking session. And for some unknown reasons, my stomach felt bloated after vomiting. Shrugs. Bahhhhh. Really felt like dying. I don't want to drink so much anymore. Torture sial. No more soju for me. Carroll said I am super gutsy to actually took the original soju, to think I drank damn a lot of it summore =,="


Rested enough and off for lunch before going to Shinsegae Department Store, the biggest department store IN THE WORLD. The Japanese and Spanish exchange students arrived the day before, so basically most of the participants for this programme have arrived so far. Except for a few more Japanese students, I think? And the students from Kazakhstan.



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Came across this parking entrance where there is this lady, dressed in security vest and miniskirt and boots. What the heck. Parking attendants also dressed so sexy wan ah? And she kept doing the same hand signals, her legs doing some skipping movement. Damn cute lor. Oga said perhaps it's some publicity/ marketing tactics to keep people going to the said department stores. But, sanely speaking, who would go to a department store just to go past a cutely-dressed parking attendant?



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Okay. Maybe some would. You wouldn't know. I don't know too, I don't know how the guys' minds work anyway.


Bibimbap for lunch! Awesome stuff I tell you! I miss it too! Oh my gawd la, I want to have Korean food again. Missing it is making me so miserable... =(



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Slurrrrp!


Headed over to Shinsegae Department Store after having our tummies filled. I remember me being extremely bloated, haha.



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Most of them wanted to go for ice skating, but Kuala Lumpur has its own rink in Sunway Pyramid, at a cheaper range summore. So, Dhinesh, Oga and I didn't want to join them. Went to do some shopping, or rather, window shopping around the mall. I have to say the arrangement of the boutiques and all are quite different than Malaysia's own Midvalley or 1Utama or Berjaya Times Square or whatever. Did you noticed that these malls in Malaysia are somehow rather big and confusing but only have a few floors? If the malls in Malaysia require so much walking and traveling around, why are there more overweight people if compared to Korea? =,=" Since, they say going around these malls are us KL-nites' favourite past time anyway. Well, at least according to my last semester's lecturer la.


Found some awesome-tasting seaweeds! I was never a huge fan of seaweed, but this tasted goooood! Well, that was then. Towards the middle of the programme, I found another one which tasted even better! Damn. I'm hungry now T_T



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Oh. And Dhinesh and I found out that the Baskin Robbins here cost lesser than in Malaysia! Glee!! Time for indulgence!

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Chocolate chip cookie dough and of course, my regular favourite: Pistachio Almond. Dhinesh and Oga said it tasted weird and I have strange taste buds. Shrugs. I still have no idea why so many people don't appreciate this flavour! It is soooooooooo awesome, okay! Om nom nom!


Waited around for the rest to finish their ice-skating session while busy nomming off my ice cream. Headed to the highest floor of the building to the SkyPark of Shinsegae Department Store. Niceeee.

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Feels like you are completely outside of the building. But, you ain't.


Sunlight was pouring, blardy hot weather. But, hey, it makes good lighting for some photos taking!

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Awesome view from above:

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Many good scenery shots la this trip.




Well, honestly speaking,
Felix was right. There ain't much there at Shinsegae. And clothes in Korea has seriously small sizes, how to shop? Okay, fine, I'm just big =,=


Returned to the dormitory for presentation practice. The remaining participants arrived that day. Full attendance now. Everything went well during the practice. Was a brisk.



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Han gug sa ram ANEEYO!


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And we didn't know we will be good friends in the near future then...



Went out of the university grounds after the practice on our own. Malaysians on the loose in Busan. Haha. Felt so free for the first time, probably due to them kept sticking to us all the time made us felt so pressured and suffocated. Oh well, they learned to let go after awhile, which made things so much more easier and bonding got easier when they treat us as friends rather than tourists/ kids whom they have to look after 24/7.

I remember that night when we returned back to the dormit
ory, our roommates came and approach us and thought that we Malaysians didn't like them. Gah. How we hate communication breakdowns. Dhinesh's roommate wasn't one of them la though, I think it's how guys are less bothered about these. Haha. Interesting creatures. Oh well, I am glad they did approached us anyhow, it strengthened my relationship with Inhye anyway cuz that night was when I actually took time and effort to talk about whatever with her. And of all things, we talked about politics =,=


Well, better than nothing.


And by the way, this day marked the moment where I was at my lowest point of self-esteem. Being in Korea made me felt super ugly and fat. The people around there and on the streets are literally good looking. I don't know whether the looks are fake or real, but they are just damn gorgeous! Not a good place for one to boost self confidence if you are weak to begin with. Sigh. I know I should not fall into this sort of pressure and I am ashamed that I actually did... even if it was for awhile. But at least, I managed to climbed out of it shortly after this day. So yea.


Shall continue with part 3 soon. And yes, I AM going to blog about every other day of my stay in Korea! x)


Source: http://khai-sim.blogspot.com/2010/08/kyungsung-university-summer-cultural_17.html

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