.: Hi..from Norway :.

hi all....
jus a short drop here....
am at norway now...at the capital of norway..Oslo....hehehe...
finally can online here in this hotel...

and...wow..the standard of living...cost of living... here in norway n sweden is so the high....a hotdog costs about RM30...mineral water costs RM28.50 per 750ml bottle...more expensive than petrol er as petrol cost about RM7 per litre....wat de....so...hehehe...banpeng...i dun think can jus simply buy u a mineral water lo...even my coke also cant buy much...cos it's about RM15 per 500ml bottle.. :(everything is jus so expensive here...postcards can go up to RM5 each...and stamps cos bout RM5-6 for postcard....wow !!! shocking price ler....not just tat....a cornetto cone ice cream in M'sia costing RM3+++...i'd ad find it not cheap...n now...a simple cone ice cream...similar to cornetto cost about RM15 each...and for soft ice cream...which usually cost around RM3-5...is like around RM15 each...wow...wow...wow !!!!

okler...have to go now...
drop by again when i'm back next month..
see ya...
tatatatata.....


by the way...it's 10.30pm now...over here in Norway...got to go to bed...
Nitez.....

.: See Ya After 3 Weeks :.

hehe...
i'll be going on family holiday for 3 weeks...will be going to Sweden..Denmark...Norway....and London...
thus during this period of time...will not be uploading any posts...
will be missing in action lo....hehehe...

though happy to be able to go on holiday again...but i'm going to miss the Beijing Olympics... :(
atheletics is starting this week...and i'm going to miss it...and the closing as well...going to miss all those ler....how???.......no choice lo..but junt to enjoy my trip lo....
Although Lee Chong Wei lost to Lin Dan today...and lost quite terribly...however...i still think he's great to at least gain a Silver for Malaysia.... :)...

so see ya all after 3 weeks.. :)

.: Lee Chong Wei is in the Olympics 2008 Finals !! :.

me came home after meeting up with Chris*Dear and Mr.Tan at Klang today evening...

when i reached home...dad n bro is sitting by the TV..looking to excited...me quickly ran n ask...wat's the result...it's the finals match...and Lee Chong Wei is leading...hehehe...

finished watching the final match...and YAY ! ! ! !...he's in the Olympics 2008 FINALS...tat meant...Malaysia now has a secured Silver in the medal chart...hehehe....

The last time Malaysia gain a medal in the Olympics for Badminton is many years back when Yap Kim Hock & Cheah Sun Kit played for the doubles...and now..yay!!.....we have a secured silver medal...and even maybe a GOLD medal...

i'd always been a supporter of Lee Chong Wei...and i believe in you!...Make Malaysia Proud!...

がんばて! ...加油!...Lee Chong Wei ! ! !

here's an article about today's match...

Lee Stumbles but Prevails

(BEIJING, August 15) -- Malaysia's World No. 2 Lee Chong-wei had his first scare since entering the Olympic Badminton tournament, but emerged triumphant against Lee Hyun-il of the Republic of Korea 21-18, 13-21, 21-13 in the semifinals of the Men's Singles competition on Friday, August 15.

Heavily favored for gold, the Malaysian ace stayed undefeated in his previous matches, taking them all in two straight games.

Lee Chong-wei stayed in form throughout the first game against Lee Hyun-il, the quarterfinal stunner of China's third seed Bao Chunlai, to win 21-18. Then his winning streak was put to an abrupt end in the second game, as Lee Hyun-il scored a consecutive 11 points to lead 16-6 midway through before closing it at 21-13.

The Malaysian shuttler soon recovered, building a solid lead with several unassailable net flies and razor-sharp smashes. Though the left-handed Lee Hyun-il played hard, coming up with a perfect net shot and driving several cross-court shots to narrow the margin, Lee Chong-wei won the third game 21-13.

"I made a few mistakes in the beginning and I knew I could not win, so I just prepared myself for the final game," said Lee Chong-wei about his loss in the second game. "I followed the game plan from the beginning and went all out to take the last game."

Lee Chong-wei will go to the final and meet the winner between World No. 1 Lin Dan and fourth seed Chen Jin, both of China. If he wins in the final, it would be the first ever Olympic gold for Malaysia.


Now let us all..hand-in-hand...wish Lee Chong Wei...our national shutter...All the Very Best for the Beijing Olympics 2008 Badminton Men's Single FINAL ! ! !
がんばて! ! !

.: 080808 Continued :.

so for the 2nd part of my day on 080808...
where did i go??...wat did i do??...
and it's already after 10pm...after the dinner with the photoshoot crew...

so...after the dinner...me accompanied Unix to his fren's engagement dinner...who is also my senior in SriKl...hehehehe...
Congratulations Wee Kiat on your engagement.. :)
hehehe...as many people got engaged today...thus many ppl hold engagement party here n there...and...kekekeke...we actually went to the wrong house at first...hehehe...malu betul...pai-seh ah...kekekekekekekekeke....

so...after hanging awhile at the engagement party....a few of went...headed to Sid's Pub at Taman Tun Dr.Ismail for a drink...hee...
and here are some shots around Sid's Pub....

.:inside Sid's Pub..how western:.
.:the guys who went for the drink..we have Jason..Peter..Willie..C.K..Unix & Matt:.

.:and here are the ladies of that night...hehehe:.
.:Shan...Oktavia...KahLoo:.
.:Shan...YinYin...Oktavia:.

so here goes my day...on the 8th of August 2008...8月8日2008年...

and my day ended on the 9th of August...heeee....

so how did u all spent ur once in a lifetime 080808 day???

.: Dentiste PhotoShoot:.

it's 08th August of 2008...it's the *08.08.08*...
it's the day of the Grand Opening of Beijing Olympics 2008...
so wat are you doing on this once in a life time day of 080808???...what did you do on this once in a lifetime day??...

me??...i was busy the whole day...since morning till nite...had a photoshoot...for Dentiste from morning till around 9pm..i thought the shooting will end early thus i can at least watch the opening...but who knows...my photoshoot ended around 9pm...and after shooting..i had dinner with the boss of Dentiste and the whole shooting team..hehehe...

so here are some of the pictures of the photoshoot ont the great 080808...

.:Shan getting her hair done for the shooting..after make up:.

.:some of the products for the shoot that day...so the many...these are only jus a part of it:.

.:having toothbrushes..tooth paste..tooth foam...tooth brush picks..health drinks...etc etc:.
.:Shan...getting ready for the shooting...hehehe:.

.:Shan with Cindy...the one who'd found me and got me into this PhotoShoot for Dentiste...manager of Smile Link:.

.:Shan with Steven...the photographer for the day...a local photographer who had won lots of photography awards:.

.:Shan with Sara...the make-up artist and hairstylist of the day who'd made me looked so nice for the shooting...love her make-up n hair-styling so much:.

so the shooting ended pretty well...though i have to do many of posing n jumps...hehehe..but it's worth while..and i did enjoyed myself there...

thanks all of u for the whole day...like Mrs.Wong...Cindy...Steven..Sara...K.C and a few art director who'd taught me many things...

Thank You...

你们辛苦了.....

谢谢 ! ! !

so...tat's all for my day on 080808???...

no no no...it's not the end yet...

hehehe...it is to be continued....

so..stay tune...kekekekekekeke.....

.: LuNch wiTh DaNieL + ShoppiNg wiTh ChiA :.

wokr up early in the morning...and went to yoga with mom n sis...wow...it had been a long since i last wake up early n do some exercise..hehehehe...it was cloudy when i go for the yoga class...and after class...the sun finally came out n say hello...

and today afternoon...i'll be meeting Daniel for lunch...
it had been quite some time since i met Daniel...
talking bout Daniel...hehehe...we met last year..when i attend class at IACT Damansara Utama...a creative advertising course which my company had paid for me n my colleague to attend..and Daniel is my coursemate then...hehehe...and many things happened between me n him...kekeke..ok...enough of the history....as long as...until now...we are still frens... :)

so we had lunch today at The Cruve...cos Chia said it had been a long time since we both go out gai gai together..thus...Chia had came along as well..for the lunch...and it's very nice of Daniel that he didn't mind Chia tag along.. :)

i drove there today...and on the way to The Curve...i had my sis...Chia..more like she had herself...singing weirdly to all the songs that are played in the radio...every single song played..whether she know or she doesn't know...she'll just sing a long...and hum along the entire song.. hahaha...i was like...aiyo..wat r u singing ler??....

and at last...we'd reached The Curve finally...hehe...and i can have enough of her singings ad...kekekekekekekeke...no ler...jus kidding ler..dun angry ya Chia...kekeke....so at the Curve...Daniel had decided to have lunch at Dragon-i...and thus Dragon-i here we come.. :)

and here are some of the shots of the food we had at Dragon-i...heee....
请曼用。。。

.:the must eat - the famous 上海小笼包:.　

.:ta-da...the Steamed Meat Dumpling...yum~~:.
.:pan mee??...no ler..it's hand made 拉面 with chicken n sesame flavour..好吃!:.
.:dunno wat pan fried tofu but Chia said it's very nice..but we didn't order cos can't finish..hehe:.
.:the cutie piggy steamed red bean bun:.
.:see..the piggy bun~bun~...so the cutie~cute かわい:.

.:hehe...the piggy changed look ad..after Chia eating its ears n took off its nose...and after peeling off it's outer skin...and now..it has a mouth and a lump of hair on the head....kekekeke..looks kinda horrible to me though:.

after lunch with Daniel...erm...sorry Daniel..cos made him late for work...anyway...Daniel...really got to say thanks to u..for the lunch...and also..for making time for the lunch even though u'd jus recovered from your fever...Thank You..谢谢! ! !

so after lunch...me n Chia went shopping...both of us are like running from The Curve to Ikano then to The Curve..hahaha...talking back bout it...hehehe...it started from me parking the car at The Curve...cos we having lunch at the Curve...and only after parking car..only i remember we have to go to Ikea..omg...so how...hahaha..after lunch...we drove our car to Ikea...kekeke..cant jus walk there??..cos we are buying many things there thus cannot carry all the things bought...thus i drove to Ikea...once we entered Ikea..grabbed the yellow bag...and a very loud sound of thunder jus bang our ears....the next second...it's already raining very heavily outside...thanks to Chia singing in the car jus now...it finally rainned...we were chatting about how dry is Kl these few days without rained during lunch with Daniel...and it'd now rained so the heavily...till The Curve which is located right opposite is hardly visible...

after shopping at Ikea...hehehe...i then drove the car n park at the Ikano side...and we both went shopping at Ikano...starting from Popular Bookshop...and we carried all the books & stationeries bought...walking from Popular to Speedy Video...hehehe...i bought the Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2 Japanese Drama Series DVDs there...finally get to watch them lo...yay!!!...now waiting for the Movie DVD to be in the market...can't wait! ! !...after Speedy...we went to Gurading..carrying more things...and we went to the Curve...n shop for our things...wow...after that...we walked all the way back to Ikano...and headed back home...hehehe...

wow...am really tired today..feel so much like 2 *soh-Poh (crazy girls) walking all around from The Curve to Ikea then to Curve and back to Ikano...really walked alot today...moreover after going yoga in the morning...hehehehe...though tired...but am happy...cos it had been a very long time since i last hang out with Chia alone...hehehehe....

Thought: to cherish and to appreciate all the time spent each day..especially with your family...cherish n appreciate every minutes n seconds spent with them....

.: Grandpa's Birthday Celebration - IpoH :.

on Saturday..after Japanese class...
my family had rushed back Ipoh to celebrate my Grandpa's birthday...it's his 83rd Birthday...wow... :)

We had the celebration dinner at Pusing Public Seafood Restaurant in Ipoh...ok...i know the name sounds funny...but in Chinese it sounds ok one ler...
all my uncles n aunties n cousins were back to celebrate this auspicious event with my grandpa n with my grandma beside him...hehehe..how happy.. :)

before going to the restaurant...we went to Indulgence Ipoh to collect the birthday cake which i'd called to reserve in the morning...

when we reach the restaurant...there's a couple holding their wedding dinner there...we celebrated grandpa's birthday at this same restaurant last year...and at that time too there was a wedding going on...hehehe..ok..back to the restaurant...my family went to collect the cake thus we reached a bit later...and when i reached...i was surprised...why??...cos our table is decorated better and nicer than the tables for the wedding dinner's guests...hehehe..how surprisingly.. :)

.:appertizer - tiramisu cake slice from Indulgence:.

.:table reserved for Mr. Lee Chun..my grandpa:.
.:our dining seat setting:.
.:all the chillies and garlics for add-on to taste:.
.:opening appertizer - crackers:.
.:the menu for the night...though jus only 5 dishes...but we are superbly full:.
.:the jumbo starter dish...of lobsters n abalone n crab meat n dunno wat roll:.
.:the 3 siblings posing with the lobster:.
.:we had shark fins soup too:.
.:having the lobster n shark fins...of cos we can't miss the Abalone ler:.
.:we even had geoduck shabu-shabu:.

.:so wat is geoduck??...it's s kind of seafood as well...this are the slices of it:.
.:now let's all the grandchildren begin eating the geoduck..and we have wasabi too:.
.:my grandpa's eldest n youngest grandchilren...both girls..hehehe:.
.:in every birthday dinner...of we can't miss the *long0life noodle*:.

.:oops..can't see the noodle...cos covered by the shreded pork n veges..hehe:.
.:in this family...this is how we eat the noodle with chopsticks...hehe..it taste better this way:.

.:all grandchildren making big big star for grandpa..hehe...which is who??:.
.:hehehe...my cousin sis trying to take the tallie-long n smallie-cute picture:.
.:Happy Birthday Grandpa...choco moist cake from Indulgence Ipoh:.
.:lastly...the chinese dessert....red bean tong sui with black sesame fillings tong yuen:.

公公。。生日快乐 ！！！

Happy Birthday to you and may you n Grandma stay happy n healthy always.. :)

P/S: there are more pictures in my sista n cousin's camera..wait till i get from them then i post them here...hehehe..there are some crazy pictures as well oh...heee.. :)

.: Happily Friday ! :.

wat i did today??...the 1st day after i quit my job??...

hmm...more like yesterday...the first day of August....

hehehe...nothing much...but just went out the whole day..gai gai..movie...n snapping pictures all around...hehehe...traveling from Kota Kemuning to P.J then to K.L and to Sunway....hehehehe...

Unix came n pick me up in the morning...and out first stop is for the movie at Cathay Cineplex Cineleisure...ya...we brought *bear bear* out today..hehehe...bear bear practically did some of the driving too...ermm...to help Unix a bit i guess...kekekekekekeke....

.:taking picture in the Unix car car and our journey begins:.

.:hee...see bear bear wants to drive as well:.

when we reached The Curve...we went to buy the tickets for the movie...and off to shopping around The Curve and Ikano...hehehe...after much walking..we went for our late lunch at Secret Recipe...cos Unix wants me to try the GordonBlue...hehehehe....so here we are at Secret Recipe...

.:cutlery all prepared for our meal:.

.:our drinks...ice lemon tea & oreo milk shake:. .:chicken chop rice with mushroom sauce:.
.:the gordon blue that Unix wanted me to try..see...so yummy n cheezzyy:.

after our scrumptiously tummy full meal...we rushed to the cinema for our movie...it had been awhile since the last time me n Unix visit the cinema together...the theatre at the Platinum Club for our movie..hehehehehe..it's not my first time...but it's his first time there and it's also our first time :)

.:the lounge at the Platinum Club..for the guests to chill out n relax before n after the movie:..:theatre 11 or 12??..hehe...our movie is in theatre 12:.
.:inside the movie theatre...let the movie begin..heee:.

after the movie....we chilled out a bit around the lounge...and we went on the massage chair for some relaxation...and went surfing the net for awhile...hehehehehehe...

.:Shan...chilling out at the lounge:.

.:here i am on the Ogawa massage chair in the lounge:.

after all the chilling out n relaxation at the lounge..we went walking around..and we are supposed...more like i'm supposed to be home by 7pm for my latin class...hehehe...but...after the movie...my latin teacher called to cancel the class...and Unix decided to bring me to the "Eye on Malaysia" at Titiwangsa...which he's promised to bring me there...at least before it is being relocated again...so before we went there...we'd visited my favourite doughnut shop...

Ta-Da ! ! !

.:the Big Apple Donuts! ! !:. .:we had 1/2 dozens of donuts...all for both of us..heee:.

after that...off to go both of us to the *Eye...hehehehehe....by the time we reach there...it's almost sunset...and the sky is getting dark...am really touched when i see the Eye standing tall n beautifully right in front of me...and of cos...i didn't miss any chance taking picture with the colourfully lit Eye on Malaysia...

Taking some close shots with the Eye...hehe...having it standing tall n big with me...

.:Shan with the purple Eye...for my dear-Ven whose fave is purple...hehehe:. .:Peace!..with the *sunny yellow Eye:. .:taking picture with the brighty-white Eye:.
.:yay..blue is here finally!!..Shan with her fave blue-ey Eye:.

And now..some further shots with the Eye standing beautifully behind me...with the impressive water laser show at the lake...

.:Shan with the brighty-white Eye again...hehehe:..:yay!!..taking picture with my favourite Blue Eye again!!:.
.:Shan with the green Eye...not the jealousy eye oh ~~:.
.:here come the sunny yellow eye again..hehe:.

after all picturing and taking photo at the Eye...Unix brought me snapping some shots of Kl night view...and guess wat...hehehe...we actually went on the route that had bad traffic...get ourself get stuck in the jam...in order to take the few shot of KL...hehehe...how crazy are we huh...despite of the increase in fuel price...kekekekekekeke...and after so many shots..only i got these few shots which i think it's the best of the best...hehehe....

.:night view of KL with the KLCC & KL Tower:. .:cars in-a-row stuck in the trafiic...caught in side mirror..oops...my camera was in the shot too:.

after the drive around KL...we went to Sushi Zanmai at Pyramid...*again...to met up with my mom n siblings to have a light dinner there...and..oh my!!...4 of them really ate a lot...lots of shashimi and sushi...and desserts as well...and...we have a few custom made desserts oh..hehehe..thanks to my cousin sista...

どうも　ありがとございます!!

.:my bro's custom made Choco-Banana Parfait..without banana but lots of choco ice-cream:. .:板チョコ　もなか itachoco monaka..choco coated vanilla waffle ice-cream:.
.:and this is the new way of eating it...even when forks are given:.
.:who eat it with chopstick??...both my sis n Unix..keke:.
.:黑ごまアイス goma ice...the black sesame ice-cream..with the new style of eating:.
.:and it's my sis new style of eating it with chopstick..hehehe:.

hehe...

and here it goes...my busily yet happily Friday outing...hehehe.. :)

just wanna to thank Unix so much for bring me to the Eye...am really happy to had been there.. :)

Thank You !!!

Thought: the most beautiful things are not seen with the eye...but it's seen and felt with the heart...and today...i'd seen n felt many beautiful things around me....and am really happy to had spent my day like this today... :)