| pasted the present futurer

First off, more pics from the last makan-ing of the Catalyst CG.

mash 'em potatoes! mash 'em nauuu!

the plate of kindness

After missing church last week due to my immobility, I was finally able to make my way within the church sanctuary and into my beloved Esther's arms. Church was great, with a great challenge for mission work. But what comes next was even more exciting for me and it's something I've been looking forward to for quite some time; I'm going home to a place where I feel belonged - Asahan, to see grandma.

pork fat! pork fat! pork fat!

the strong 87 year old woman

We brought the camcorder along too and showed ah ma our Cambodia trip videos. She was happy for us. Not long after, we had to rush back to Malacca as the CF committee was to meet up at EP at 5pm. From there we convoyed down to the ikan bakar, slightly further down from Ujong Pasir.

super long table

bamboo snails - delish'!

burnt fish - awesome!

staring into the setting sun

Pastor took us here as a thanks for all our hard work for the whole trimester. For all the trials we faced, the sacrifices we made, and all the sweat and blood we poured out together; we truly did it all for the Glory of God.

now for another new trimester.. a new era~

This coming Wednesday we shall hand-over our work to the next batch of committee whom shall rise to the challenge and answer the call of servitude. hehe~ Should be interesting to watch and observe, don'tcha think so?




p.s. maybe it's not so sad being the oldest after all....
WHO AM I KIDDING??? hurrr~

T.T

| i wanna wake up

As quickly as the festivities built up, it ends. Chinese New Year 2008 officially over and the continuation of the semester continues.. Right.

serve tea, give blessings..

..and collect ang pau

I think I'm really getting old (we all are btw), because CNY is beginning to feel so.. routine'ish, in a negative way. No magic in it. No that much of excitement in meeting families and cuzzies. No looking forward to collecting ang paus. Nothing.

Sad eh?

But thankfully, there's always Some Good Food® and drinks to make me feel better. As much as I try to stuff myself up like a mindless glutton machine, I still get comments like, "Waaa~ You grow so much thinner already eh?". Blame the metabolism thingies.

old school hakka dishes (except the sau rou)

vodka with..

..orange juice equals..

..screwdriver

As with tradition, we'll visit father's side relatives on the 1st day of the CNY, mom's side on the 2nd, friends etc on the 3rd and so forth. To me, the only highlight of CNY is the chance to go back to Asahan; my place of solace and refuge.

everything here stays almost the same

cuzzies grown older

Back when I was a kid, we'd stay over at Asahan for a night or two as all of us were small and could easily fit in the living room. Those were truly fun times. Midnight card games where the loser gets powdered, colgate sleeping cuzzies, and other goodies. Now we're all grown up, losing our child-like conscious. heh~ In fact, one of my cousin whom I'm closer to gave birth to a healthy baby girl 9 days ago and she was so sad because she can't follow her siblings back to Asahan. Time sure flies.

welcome to the world, Joelle

gloria's second year at asahan

HUGE praying mantis

I wish I'd remember how to enjoy the simple things in life like Chinese New Year, Christmas, birthdays and good ol' holidays again. :)

How was your CNY?

The left behinds..

crosses fingers in fear of not getting new guitar

| home

It's been far too long. There's much that I've kept walled-up in my heart, in my soul.

I went home. It was refreshing though the time spent there was short.

So I'm gonna bother flooding this post with words.

Instead.. I'm gonna flood it with pictures!! hahahhha~

floored

comparison = malacca river

roasting feet

on my way home

foot hills of gunung ledang

lifehouse room

my grandma - strongest lady in asahan

favourite pass-time activity

haunted school toilet area

other haunted locations

on the pond

'the ring' moment

kid fell on his face a minute later

entrance to house from school

rooftops

ladies and gentlemen, welcome to asahan

we'll be back, ah ma~

It was refreshing and it was good to see my grandma again.
Thanks God. Nites peeps~

| back my blogging holiday

It's been nearly 10 days of nirvana on wontdieone.blogspot.com. By nirvana, I mean nothingness which, ironically, is what this blog is about in the first place; nothing. heh~

Gloria in the fullness of her.. glory

So yea, *koff* *spits phlegm*, prepare yourself for the usual after-holiday crap special as I bombard you various non-related picture and talk about 'oh-how-lovely-my-holiday-was-*butterflies*' ya da, ya da, etc, etc - you know, the usual fix.

my sepet (but kiut!!) niece

The Chinese New Year tradition of my family goes like this. Eve; reunion dinner, 1st day; father's side, 2nd day; mother's side, 3rd day and beyond are for friends and other people. In the previous years, to me, 3rd day and beyond meant going to random chinese houses and collect those much wanted ang paus from those poor, unsuspecting recently married couples. A great tip is to go in flocks of friends - like locust. heh~

a lil drink with a few good friends

mah jong - go figure

Reunion dinner was held at my father's side older sister, aka the eldest aunt. It's customary for us to bring our butts to her house and eats some real good hakka shit food! After eating my aunt's food, you know it's good when everyone around you keep pilling up on those bowls of rice. Gotta especially love that super-spicy soup, aunt's specialty - made with love and heat. Came home and had some good mah jong with the family.

i'll never get bored staring into the peace that is asahan

Went to my mom's hometown aka my kampung in Asahan which is very near to the famed and legendary Gunung Ledang. If there's any REAL good place to find peace and quiet to study or ponder, nothing beats my grandma's place. It was pleasant sight to see all my cousins and also uncles and aunties. Nothing beats saying 'pai seh, pai seh' when accepting those ang paus. hehe~

the evy-yer-muz-do-wann walk

if you noticed; the roads leads to an endless nowhere

Oh yea, we brought Gloria along too and she was an instant hit to all my cuzzies as we're all doggie lurvahs. It's a good thing that we brought her too. She was all excited seeing this very VERY open new environment where she can just run and run and run - fall, then run and run again. Of course, she did shit and pissed all around the compound but, hey! bro's there to clean up her mess. Isn't he such a nice guy? heh~

she took away my spotlight

remember her? the single cuzzie.. heh~

Came home at night feeling ever tired, exhausted and super satisfied. Once a year, I get to return to my sanctuary and let go of all my sadness, grief, hatred and anger - things that you don't (almost never) see from me. hahahaha~ The next few days I've been very unproductive. Haven't gone around to collect them ang paus. Sleeping very late and waking up even later. But I've spent a lot of time playing with Gloria who seems to be in the stage where puppies throw tantrums and bite a lot. hmmm~

mom only lets her in the house when its a hot day

wake up

eat

sleep

repeat

somebody say, YEE SAAAANG!

My family knows this real good sea food restaurant at the back of my taman. The owner who's the chef, is a rather close family friend has he often invites us over for a drink and makan. But after a few days of 'cant-come-busy-sorry' from our part, we decided it was time we pay them a little due visit. We ordered our usual food and was happily eating away when suddenly his wife came with four bowls of soup but this ain't any ordinary soup, this is the famed Monk Jumps Over The Wall soup. Boiled for 3 days to bring out the ultimate taste and boy does it taste good. In fact, it taste soooo good that I've completely forgotten to take pictures of it, thus it's only for me to enjoy, visually and taste-budly. heh~

The following days was...

Friday practice

Thong Sui House after practice

Saturday lunch

Just my opinion ya? It may differ with people but I felt that the ABC I paid at the Thong Sui House was over-charged at a crazy RM2.50. In fact, I don't like ABC and I have no clue as to why I ordered it in the first place. Crazy right?

when one wakes up too early..

I did it again. Yes, I did. Once I again, I woke up 7am and went to church at 7.40am thinking that Chinese Service at CCC starts at 8am. This is the second time I've done such a thing and boy it drains the life out of me. As if me having not enough sleep was bad enough. Luckily though, I had my bro and GerX to teman me throughout this.. "ordeal". heh~ We went to check out the chicks the nearby catholic church for awhile too.

check out them eyes - thanks bro

Though I was seriously exhausted to unexplainable limits, I had a great time worshiping God today. Once again, Louis did a great job leading the people in to presence of God. Another plus point is that the specially invited pastor, Ps Leroy who preached was able to deliver the sermon is a exciting and funny manner that caught all our attention. CHING! He made a great point about evangelism too that is true to the core. After practice our music boss, Jason Leong wanted to meet up and discuss stuff with us.

in godfather voice; "you do as i say.. ching?!"

After such a great Sunday service I feel all excited and energetic to face a week of study and mid-term!!

Yea right~

Oh well, it's good to be blogging again. I wonder if anybody missed my blog during the holiday. heh~ I assure you posting will continue in the usual routine.

Well, before I go, I present you the newest couple in MMUCF.

shooooo shiieee~

Nites peeps~