I miss the green

I took this shoot when I off work yesterday around 6pm. The weather was warm, everyday I see the same color dark grey, everyday is the same. This lately I haven’t had the change to embrace nature. I miss the trees, the grass, the smell of the green, the beautiful scenery, the noise of the insect, to capture beautiful shoots, and many more. I need a break. Who want to climb Mount Santubong with me?

Making MoonCake 2006

I was lucky enough to know friends who know how to make moon cake (which mean I can eat free moon cake this year). I went over to my friend house last night, and we're having a pre moon cake festival celebration.

I waited patiently for them to make the moon cake. That night they are making two type of moon cake, the first type is something like jelly moon cake, and the second one is the type which you can eat it instantly after finish producing it, they call it Crystal Moon Cake.

Now I know making moon cake is very troublesome, need to prepare ingredients, need to make precise measurement for each ingredients. Phew~~~ 还是吃最爽. My dear reader, don’t you guys worry as I have taken photo of the recipe, so do go try it. And if really success, don’t forget to courier some moon cake for me.


little scale for weight measurement


the ingredient


this is the base of the jelly moon cake, they put a thin pink color jelly at the bottom, then wait for it to become solid.


and cover the base with a green color jelly.


Now making the moon cake.


add some color to make it look nice.


mix mix mix...


and throw some into this mould, and...


walah!!! The moon cake is ready. Making moon cake are easy as A.B.C


the roller which use to roll the moon cake when it is too thick for to eat.


So they make all kinds of moon cakes, square, circle, big, and small.


it say “flower is nice, and moon is round” 花好月圆


Beside self made moon cake, we’re also try some other type of moon cake. Bough it from market.


The end results, pretty. And for the taste, two thumbs up!


my pre moon cake celebration with my friends

Performance Day

Rehearsal Day

When the invited guests had arrive, we then sang our first song for the opening ceremony. We didn’t rehearsal this part, so before the curtain open we are so panic no one knows how and where to stand. Which left me standing right in front of the projector, but they help me switch place before the chorus start. And now I’m sitting in front of my computer doing my write up while looking at the photo, its really funny and fun (and I look stupid) :D

After the song, we invited the senior teacher to cut the cake, and gives opening speech. For us, we hurry get change and ready for our second performance. I forgot some of the lyrics, but lucky my friends’ voice is big enough to cover up mine. Beside the performance, we also have prepared a lot of vegetarian food for the invited guests. Just after we finish our song, we hurry join in the dinner. Among all the dish, I like the curry, it was finger licking good. I turn around, and notice the pretty piano girl is just behind me, I smile to her and she smile back. I stare at her for a while, and the voltage from her eyes are too strong. I wanted to stay and chat with her, but unfortunately I have to get ready for my next performance again (I even don’t have enough time to finish my drink), this time is the sign language performance. It is specially design for the deaf people, so that they will know the meaning of the songs.

When standing on the stage, usually I will get very nervous. But that night I had totally forgot the nervous, and actually enjoy every minutes of the performance. Because I was having so much fun with my friends, and in the mean time seeing the people from different society happily enjoying our show. These three weeks of hard work practice are all worth it.

We end the closing ceremony by performing our last sign language performance. Then we invited all the VIP to come up the stage, and took photos. We then help the sister send the maimed person to their car, each person have a moon cake, and a lantern to bring back. They are all very happy, and keep on waving bye bye with us. They don’t have much change to come out and have fun, so I was really glad they are having a good time tonight. We all thank the sister for bring them over, and wave good bye with them.

We all went back to the hall, and do the clean up. Arrange back the tables, and chair, took group photos. I don’t get to do meaningful thing all the time, so this is a night which I will remember for the rest of my life.


We don’t have enough time to rehearsal for this part, so we have no idea how and where we need to stand. Look at me, the projector is just in front of me, and all the people inside the hall are staring at me, this is super embarrass to the core.


Little kids doing their last practice, with the theme “New School Bag”


The opening ceremony


L-R: Peter, Ah Mao, Wei Yian, Wilson Chin (Me), Show Yao


Vegetarian food.


It looks like everyone are enjoying their dinner.


I like this group, their from the Dancing Buddhist Association, their theme is “Buddha with Thousand Hands” 千手观音


On the back stage, getting ready for the sign language performance.


My favorite part of the show for tonight, the piano girl.


Solo Singer, some people look very normal. But each of them have their own hidden talent, just like this girl when I see her doing rehearsal I though she can’t sign well. but when she really sign, OMG!!! Her voice was just awesome.


Time to go home, bey bye guys, see you all next year :)


Our cake, again vegetarian cake. I’m eating a lot of vegetarian stuff this lately. No wonder I feel healthy.


A group photo, this is some of my friend from the Youths Buddhist Society.

Sign language performance

The last time I’m on stage was the time when I study primary school. I was telling story on “Puss in Boots”, many years later I step on the stage again, and this time is was not story telling. I will be performing sign language today at the Kuching Buddhist Society – Youth Section. I’m very nervous now, have been practice for almost two weeks, but yet still can’t remember some part of the sign language.

Tonight my group member and I will be celebrating the second anniversary of the Buddhist Youth Section, and we will be performing two sign language performance, and sing two songs. We had invited the Orphan society, the Deaf and Blind society, the Old Folks society, and the Maimed Person society to come over and enjoy our performance.

After off work, I hurry rush to the Buddhist temple and start our practice cum rehearsal for tonight at the hall. During our rehearsal we had forgot some of the steps, and our teacher was so angry and start to shout at us. But we all laugh, and had totally forgotten what the following steps are. Which makes our teacher angrier but in the same time laughing at us, I really had a great time with them(though the dancing teacher always scold me). I told my teacher that when I do the wrong steps, the guests will laugh so this can be considers entertainment as well. Because our main reason is to spread the joy to our guests, so as long as they are happy, I don’t mind let them laugh at my silly mistake.

Then I can see smoke from the teacher head. We all work together to decorate the stage, help to arrange the tables and chairs. And I can see the Master of Ceremony is busy preparing her speech. I’ll be going to perform the best I can tonight, and try not to forget the steps. Wish me luck my dear reader.


When I finish my work, it was already dawn. Hurry rush to the Buddhist temple to do my rehearsal.


After I reach, they are decorating the stage. My job is to take photos on before and after.


On the stage, they had mark on the stage to let us remember our each position, where do we stand, and how to we move.


The schedule for tonight, and the MC is preparing the speech.


Some of my friends, decorating the stage.


This is Wei Yian, one of my good friend


Decorating the background of the stage.


Waiting for the rehearsal to begin.


and waiting...


The people are practicing piano at the back of the curtain, the girl playing the piano is pretty and talented...and sweet.


Lights, check!!!


Solo singer no one.


Solo singer no two.


Solo singer no three


My friends are doing their last rehearsal for tonight.


Here they are, the group behind the curtain.


”Wilson, do you feel nervous?” my friend asked me. “Nop, not a bit.” I answer (to save face)

Lunch @ Health Food Centre (Vegetarian)

My colleague is on a slimming program, so I accompany her to Health Food Centre at Centre Park for some non oily vegetarian food. When we reach, there are lots of people queuing on the fast food section. I was lazy to queue up, so I order a vegetarian laksa, I’ve also order two taro kuih, which cost RM0.50 each.

Today (22 August 2006) is the first of August on the Chinese Lunar calendar, no wonder there are a lot of people having their lunch here. Most of the Buddhist religion people they will have vegetarian food on the first and the fifteen each month. I don’t have this kind of habit, either do my family, and fried chicken is like my life. So I think it is impossible for me to become a veggie lover.

The vegetarian laksa, the taste is not as delicious as the non-vegetarian laksa. Is not salt enough, and the soup is not that tasty. Usually I would finish up my laksa soup, but today I’ll just skip this habit. My colleague because she is on diet, so she just had some vegetable for lunch.


This is Health Food Centre (Vegetarian), that afternoon is pack with people. Cause that day was the first of August in the Chinese lunar calendar.


Not just vegetarian food, cause the moon cake festival is just another fifteen days away, so they also sell vegetarian mooncake. I haven’t try vegetarian moon cake before, don’t know it tast good or not?


My three layer teh si peng, but can’t see the other two layer, cause they didn’t give me a transparent cup.


Mix vegetable for my colleague, most of the vegetarian food is tasteless. They should add in more salt. But I should also start to change my eating habits, should take more healthy food.


This is my vegetarian laksa.


Here is a close up on the laksa. The color, is not red enough, is not salty enough, tasteless, but is very spicy.


My yam cake, cost RM0.50 per piece, and I bought two.

The Meeting Point where people’s meet @ Kuching Waterfront

After having dinner with my friend, she was asking me where to go after the dinner. Kuching is a small place, beside movie, and the shopping complex, I really can’t think of other place for a date. And so I bring her to the waterfront.

After reach, I park my car, open the car door for her and we start to walk. We bought some drinks, I took some night shoot of Kuching Waterfront, and the night view was awesome. Then I pointed on a place where there’s table and chair and suggest that we sit down and have a rest, she agree. Upon sitting down, I look around and told my friend that this place is nice although there is no background music but it is a nice place for chilling out and relax. She reply with a sweet smile, then I continue to tell her more stories.

Then suddenly a guy came next to me and call me “Sir, do you want to order something to eat?” he said. I said “No, I’ve got my drink thank you.”. Then he told me that this is actually an open air café, and we are not allowed to bring our own drinks. He then pointed at the big banner saying The Meeting Point with the tag line Where people’s meet. Which mean this area is for their customer only, not for dating. I look at my friend, she smile at me. Both of us apology to the guy and leave, on our way back to my car my friend keep on laughing at me. This is really an unforgivable date, why do I always encounter such embarrass thing in front of pretty girl.


The construction site opposite the waterfront.


Kuching waterfront night view


My coke


wow, what a nice place to date


The big banner, which I didn’t notice it. Saying “Wilson, this is not a free place for you to date”

MMS from Kuching to Johor

This is a short story about my friend travel from Kuching to Johor, and on his trip he MMS (multimedia message) me on the interesting encounter during his trip.


Starting:
Me as Wil
My friend as L



L: I’m flying away from Kuching. hahaha.



L: so sad, this is not my plan, have to take AirAsia instead. Sardine class flight. Who to do????



L: the most beautiful girl in the airport. Isn’t it sad story to tell you all? Traveling is not fun with no pretty girl around :)



L: As far as I concern, this is the most handsome one. So sad no other pretty girls around… :)



Wil: You good la, can go travel. Please help me take that pretty girl contact, she’s too hot. You want to eat egg or not?
L: u eat egg in the morning? right now I’m already RM123 bill, every MMS is free, so fun and still got 10 days to go before cut off bill. Hahaha!! Song!!!
Wil: oh no wonder, mine still have RM70 to go. Haha..goog good. Don’t forget to show me how Johor looks like.
L: hahaha, when I reach Singapore I let you see more girl.



L: Johor air port. Not as good as Kuching Airport, and no hot chick also.
Wil: Where are you heading now?



L: millionaire wannabe also need to take bus.



L: sad to say that this is JB. The most ancient city in Malaysia. Full of bushes, nothing else, tonight I will stay at my friend tree house.



L: ethnic group from JB sien~~
Wil: Help me to tell that auntie to sit properly cause is not good for her back.
L: can’t sit properly, bro. too fat. Imagine your gf one day look like this bro, yucks.
Wil: shit la, are you cursing me!!!



L: what can you see from this image?
Wil: A pretty ma ma?
L: Not only that. It shows that I’m also heading to Mersing :)



L: raining here, very inconvenient to go around but feel really freshed and not frustrated with hot wether :)
Wil: Here HOT like hell!! You haven’t reach mesing?



L: hot enough?
Wil: Not bad, got foreigner, how about the local people there? Got hot one or not? Please no more ethnic auntie :P
L: bro, my phone don’t have high zoom level. I’m taking a big risk to take their photo. I afraid they ask me to stay over night at their room. .them I will doomed as I with gf now :( no freedom.
Wil: Oh I understand how you feel bro, last time me also the same, go to beach got sexy girl also need to curi-curi watch, she caught me once, then my ears kena pull le :(
L: I know how you feel, this is how I felt, do you know what I found out. My ear still ok.



L: having food at this stall. Don’t know will get lau sai or not later.



L: ngai tii, who’s feet is this? So gigantic. Huge feet = huge dic* ?
Wil: d slippar not ngam with d foot le. According to feng sui, ppl with big leg usually equals to *cough* small *cough* dic_ this ur feet kah bro?
L: hahaha…who teach you that feng shui? Change sifu lo, bro.



L: this is way to my friend hosue. I can’t imagine how his tree house looks like :)



L: I use this kind of transport to go to my friend house…are you kidding me? Serious ah?



L: speeding boat, scary!!!



Wil: looks very fun, Kuching almost rain. The rainbow also comes out.



L: this is the ocean



L: People that rarely found in Kuching.



L: look like what?
Wil: What’s that? Big fish?
L: Mental



L: Taking bus is boring, I miss my Honda at home.



L: If only the girl that sit in front of me is prettier then my bus stop wont be so boring. But pretty girl where will take bus right?
Wil: where u heading now? Send me some scenery photos.



L: Singapore, always long queue. Staff are slow, Malaysia never have this kind of long queue.

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At Singapore because of the roaming fees, so he stop sending me MMS (temporary), after he reach Kuala Lumpur, the story will continue…

Raise a Pet Fish – Part Two

Raise a Pet Fish – Part One

So it was Tuesday, I went to the aquarium shop at Jalan Rock. Looking for black color fish, first I plan to buy black gold fish. But the boss told me they don’t have stock for black gold fish. Which mean I only can buy one sucker fish first (black color) with RM2.00. So for the rest 5 I’ll buy it some other day. I then pick a black and wired sucker fish from the aquarium, and it was fun to see how the guy nets my fish. And I also bought another new aquarium which is blue in color to replace my existing one which is too small it cost me RM12 for that aquarium. So now I have my new fish, new aquarium. The last thing that I need to do now is to give my fish a new name…


The fish shop at Jalan Rock, the owner is a nice guy


This is only the black fish available in the shop.


All the fish run for their life.


So this is the lucky one who follow me home, my new pet fish

Raise a Pet Fish – Part One

Last Sunday I went to the fish shop to buy myself some equipment for raising a pet fish. Since this is the first time I raise a pet fish, so I want to start everything at the very basic level. So here are the things that I bought:

1. Mini Water Filter. RM3.00
2. Aquarium Air Pump. RM6.00
3. Small Hose. RM2.00
4. Anti Chlorine. RM2.00
5. Fish Food. RM3.80
6. Fish Tank. RM5.00
Total expenses RM21.80

After buying all the related equipment, I then start to setup my mini aquarium. First, I open up all the equipment to check whether is working or not, then I look for a good location for my fish to stay. In front of the door would be a good place, I pour some water into the fish tank, and start to connect the hose to the water pump. Ok now there a problem here; after I had put the water filter into the tank, I realize that my tank is too small. At first I was planning to raise 6 black gold fish, and now I think I only manage to raise one…

This Tuesday will go to the fish shop again to buy fish to put into the tank.


This is a mini water filter which cost RM3.00.


I open the filter to check what’s inside, at the bottom half there are many tiny rocks. Not really sure what does it use for, but is very similar with the filtering stone in my water filter.


The water pump cost RM6.00


It label “High Quality” there, hope it’s really givme good and high quality fresh oxygen for my fish.


Small hose to connect the water filter and the oxygen pump. RM2.00


I almost forgot the water need to be neutralize before putting any fish into the tank. This is a must buy item which cost RM2.00


Fish food cost RM3.80. The boss told me this is a high quality fish food, when the fish eat it, I don’t have to clean the tank that often. This is just what I was looking for.


My first fish tank cost RM5.00.


In front of the door will be a splendid place to raise a fish. So everyone who came in or go out will notice my fish, and will help me feed them just in case I forgot to feed them.


Ok, then I just need to connect this small hose through this hole.


then connect the other end into the air pump…


…and walah!!! *silence and think* shit!!! I think the tank is a bit small :(


I switch on the air pump, it works. Then I put five drop of anti-chorine and I’m almost finish setting up my first fish aquarium.


I was planning to raise 5 black gold fish, and one sucker fish to clean the shit.


here is how my fish tank looks like. Don’t laugh…

Imagination

Some of the photo I took when I was driving.


There are Giraffes, zebras, and elephant walking in groups, and searching for water to drink on a hot evening at Africa.


Silver dragon chasing the fireball.


Side by side

Padawan Festival 2006 @ MJC Batu Kawa

Last month there is this Kuching Festival 2006, and this month there is this Padawan Festival 2006. Surprisingly this year they celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Padawan Festival. The festival was at Batu Kawa New Township, a 15 minutes car drive from Kuching town.

My friend drive me to the festival, when we entered the place it was crowded with people, there is a stage for the local singer to open a mini concert. Is no different from Kuching Festival, the only different is that here they have a mini fun fair. My friend and I survey the whole place first, and then we decided what to buy. There is a lots of food there, but I can’t eat that much because I have to go back home later to have my dinner.

Our first stop I bought a roti chanai, and I was attracted by a erected chanai. But I didn’t get that one, I bought the telur chanai (egg chanai). Most of the stalls here they also operate their business during Kuching Festival. We came to a stall call “Uncle Bob fried Chicken” this is like a franchise stall. They learn this technique from Taiwan, and bring it back to Malaysia. The secret ingredient is the seasoning powder that they put on the fried chicken. Last we went to a kuih stall, the fried dumpling is highly recommended, I don’t really like dumpling, cause it contain vegetable inside, but this one taste really nice, and is finger licking good.

If you like Kuching festival, this Padawan Festival is more or less the same. The best part is there’s a lots of food to enjoy here.


This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Padawan Festival


A mini concert at the back of all the food stalls.


The place was pack with people, can see most of the Kuching people likes to eat


The erected roti chanai, and if guy eat it. It will bring one good effect….


I bough two roti chanai for RM3


Fried chicken, fried meatballs, fried nuggets, fried noodle. <-- warning high cholesterol, danger!!!


barbeque chicken, I’ll be having a barbeque party on this coming Saturday with my buddies.


Taiwan sausages, RM2 each, and with different kind of flavor.


Oh no, is another high cholesterol stalls.


The “Taiwan Girl” is not bad ho!!!


some fried noodle, fried rice, and fried beehoon.


haha, a little girl are mad at her mom. Her mom keep on calling her to come and eat , but she just ignore her mom. What a naughty little girl.


Here comes Bob


The fried chicken is just an ordinary chicken meat, the magic is on the seasoning powder.


After they put the seasoning powder on, they cut the chicken into small pieces so that is easier to eat.


This fried dumpling stall, highly recommended.


This is what I ate, but I forgot the price.


It spell, _O_U_B_S


Bingo, and the first price goes to…


This thing actually turns very slow, don’t let the photo fool you.

6 random facts

Tag by pinkcotton, and miracle8 :) Write 6 random facts about myself

1. I have really bad short term memory, and I am very forgetful. Trying my best to improve my memory.

2. I like to talk to stranger, is like opening a gift. Because you will never know what’s inside the box until you open it.

3. I like the work that I’m doing now, cause I have something to look forward to. I know what I will become in the next three years if I continue repeat my work, and continue consult with my guru, and my mentor.

4. Family is very important, whenever I have problem they will always be on my side supporting me. I will always ask advice, and opinion from my mom, cause she is a very clever person. So I hate people who do not respect my family.

5. I like reading; reading can tune my mindset, and can help to improve knowledge. And I am looking forward to read a book call “Blue Ocean Strategy”.

Ok, the tag stops here :)

Doreamon DVD

During National Day I went to the small China town and bought a set of DVD. It was my favorite machine cat Doreamon. It had all the cartoons series, and all the movie Doreamon.


The small China town at Jalan Song


Doreamon DVD cartoon series.