.: Tiring Tired Ikea Day :.

woke twice this morning....first time at 7am something...after that...nobody is awake yet...then went back to sleep..and wake up again around 10am...hehehe...keng la me...

actually...this morning...me n Chia are supposed to go to LV n the bank to get something done...but eventually...we ended up going to Ikea...

after getting ready everything...shower...change...cleaning...packing....off to Ikea we go....we actually thinking of bring aig luggage to go Ikea to carry all our things...cos...the Ikea here is different from Malaysia...cos they dun give bags one...no plastic bags...we have to bring our one recycle bays or paper bags to carry the things back...tat' why we wanted to bring a big luggage at first to put everything into it...but in the end..we din bring...cos scared they dun let us in...heheheh....we took the tube....for about half an hour....then reached Tottenham Hale...haha...guess wat...we heard that there's free bus shuttle from the tube station to Ikea...and...both of us din know where to take the free bus shuttle...thus we went walking all around here n there to llo sofr the station...hahaha...finally found it...and both of us...squeezed into the shuttle...and yay...Ikea here we come...heehe...and we arrived at around 1.45pm....

after shopping at the display area...we went for lunch at the Ikea Restaurant...hehe...in Ikea Restaurant...of cos my try the Swedish Meatball la...but cos i wasn't having good appetite...thus i'd the mini set meal...hehehehehe......and Chia had pasta....which she think it does not taste nice...hehe...as for my meatball..it's different from the one in Malaysia...they deep fried the meatball..as compared to Malaysia...the boiled it...if i did not remember wrongly...hehehehe....

.:Chia and the "taste-less" pasta:.

.:my kid's meal Swedish Meatball set..on blue plate somemore..hehe:. .:Chia trying to drink the Ikea Cola-refillable with fork n spoon..wat's my sis trying to do huh:.

after makan...we continued our journey in Ikea..to shop the markethall and the warehouse...and guess wat...when were at the markethall..we saw a lady...shopping with a big luggage....yerr....we should had brought ours too....and now...we have to carry all the things...with our hands...instead of putting in the luggage and pull / drag...picked up our stuffs...and headed towards the check-out counter...so wat we bought huh??...wow...impressively lots of stuffs.....we bought 2 metal cabinet 148cm height weighing 7 kg each...2 wooden shoe rack....2 big storage box...1 big dustbin with lid...1 mini dustbin with toiletteries..2 pack of light bulbs...1 set of quilt cover with 4 pillor case...1 metal stand...hooks...metal tray for kitchen...some files holder..all thee things filled the big Ikea trolley full...and...yes...i filled out both mine n Chia's hand full too....see...this is how we packed the things we bought...

.:all the things we bought...packed into one large DKNY paper bag...one large LV paper bag..one big bin...and the 2 metal cabinet nad carry:.

carrying all these heavy things...we went to the free shuttle bus station...and oh no...the next bus is at 6.00pm while it's only 5.15pm now...how??...thus we walked all the way to the gate to the public buss station...and...we squeezed ourselves into the 192 bus heading to the tube station....finally...then continue carrying the stuffs into the tube...all the way back to Warren Street station...and walked all the way with the heavy things across a few streets and back home..usually..this journey from the station back home is pretty short...and today...it seemed so long...oh my....hehe...during the walk home...some passer-by offered to help..only if he has an extra hand...as he was alsi carrying a box full...hahahaha...and we reached home finally...hahaha...we dun have the strengths to carry the things anymore...so wat we did??..we started to drag them in the lift...and up into our apartment...hahahahahahahahahahaha.....should see our exhausted...very exhausted look...hahahahahahaha....yay!!!...we are home finally !!!

at home...we quickly get the shoe rack n cabinet assembled n fixed...and the we got to clean up the superbly messy store room....while Chia n Kart busy cleaning...me..have to prepare dinner for me n Chia...cos Kart ate ad...so i have to cook for 2..we are having fried rice & vege tonight...but we do not have anymore eggs n vege left..thus..i have to go down to the Sainsbury to buy them....while they keep on packing...hehehe....so here's how our dinner look like...it didn't taste tat bad after all..kekekeke...cos we both finished everything...hehehehehehehehehee....

.: fried rice with "lap cheong" & mushrooms:. .:boiled pepper Romaine lettuce soup:.
.:our dinner for the night..a very simple one..hehe:.

after eating...Chia continue packing the superb messy store room...thanks to my bro..kekeke..while me...busy in the kichen again..busy cleaning up n washing all the utensils...hehehehe....when we are done...we continue watch out Taiwanese drama 命中注定我爱你...while...folding the plastic bags...dun ask me how many....cos it's very the many many...no not many,..it's much....after folding whole nite...we still have another box of it not done...imagine how many r there...hehehehe...after tat...we both off to shower...and off to bed....

am so so so tired today...

and we can rest finally...heheheheh...

yay....

.: London~ London :.

yesterday...25th September 2008...woke up at 7am...final packing up for all my things...clean up myself...saying goodbye to my room...went to say good bye to "a-mah & a-gong" too....then at 7.45am...headed to KLIA...
dad..mom..bro...came together to the airport...yee had to go to school..thus she din come..Unix wanted to come send me off at the ariport too..but he can't...cos got to go to work...thus he only sent me off from home...actually suppose to call sukhui to come along too..but cos she din sleep the whole tuesday nite..thus better let her sleep...in KLIA..went for dim sum breakfast at Eden...Vennie & Tuck came n join us too...was really happy to see Vennie...missed her so much...

9.20am...hugged Ven n Tuck..bid them tata...and hugged daddy mummy n bid them tata too...walked down the escalator...heading towards the immigration...wouldn't even dare to look back..cos afraid of tears come rollling down...

9.30 am...passed the security check...went on the aero train...walked towards to C27 to board the plane...9.45am...announcement "Dear passengers, this is the final call for flight MH004 to Heathrow London. Could all passengers please board the plane immediately"...and where m i...still in the long queue entering the gate C27 departure hall...while 3G-ing with dad..mom..n bro...9.55am ..boarded the plane finally...went to my seat at 17K..Business Class lower deck front row window seat on the right...the seating were pretty empty having only me on the right aisle...while on the left there are 3 passengers...and centre..nobody...

got myself settled down at the seat..took the newspapers...surprising..the Sun and the Star too...with the main page news of fuel price went down again..good thing for all of us in Malaysia..then..took the magz..CLEO...had hot towel to refreshen up with pink guava juice...at 10.15am...flight MH004 flying to Heathrow London took off from KLIA...after 12hours n 30 minutes...had finally reached Heathrow...at 3.45pm UK time...

went thru all the immigrations n customs without any interference...everything went on well...then waited for Chia for about 1hour...and off to our home in London...took Heathrow express to Paddington...hehe..and the Paddington house of pancake pop-up..then took bus back to William Road...first day in London..wat i had for dinner??..we went to da-pao KFC for dinner..hahahahahahahaha....then while eating KFC...we watch Taiwanese drama together...命中注定我爱你....then shower n off to bed....successfully held back all my tears...and slept ok-ly....

the interesting part is today..the 2nd day here in London...woke up in the morning...read email from my dear daddy...n tears jus started rolling down automatically...but i know i have to be independent n to be tough now..i will がんばて です!!!

after shower...went to Japan Center for Sushi Lunch with Chia...she dropped me off to the bank and she headed off to uni for classes...have to go to bank to settle some stuffs...n thanks Matthew the relationship manager for helping to get everything done in the bank so quickly n perfectly...thanks...went straight home after tat...then went online chat chat...webcam with mom n bro n yee n hui n bb....then chat awhile with Ven..tuck...ban peng...am really happy to see they all in msn.. :) and then off to shopping for groceries with Chia n her fren Kart...why??...cos we have to cook dinner for 6 person tonight...haha...only my 2nd day in London already have to cook for so many people...hehehee....my pleaure my pleasure...

so..after shopping...3 of us were all busy in the kitchen preparing the food to be cooked...rice...meat...veges...etc etc...have everything washed n cleaned up...and off to cooking here i come...hehehe....
we have 4 dishes & one soup....how fulfilling..and pretty healthy too...kekekekeke....

Dish no.1: Fried ikan bilis + "lap cheong"

Dish no.2: Onion Prawns

Dish no.2: Onion + Mushrooms Egg..hee...see..perfect flip...so the nice..heee

Soup: Vegetable in chicken soup

Dish no.4: Grilled chicken drumsticks & tighs with onions n shrunk-mushrooms..hehe

hehehe...i was also surprised...how could i managed to cook all these out...of cos with the help of Chia and her bunch of frens..Kart..TengTing..Jean..WeiLee...busy offering to help in the kitchen to prepare the raw materials and tasting the food too...hehe...hopefully the food did not taste tat bad..no matter how is it..this is also my first time cooking for so many people...hehehehehe....
so...as a whole..this is how our dishes looked like...altogether 5 dishes to be eaten with rice..for 6 persons...

Shan's first home cook meal for 6 person

at first..Chia was afraid of having too few dishes for 6 of us...while we were shopping for groceries..she was busy counting dishes to prepare...and after cooking n serving..my turn to worry...worry the food taste bad...worry too much food..nobody finish...and many wasted leftovers...hehehe....and lucky me is....everything is finished...including the rice...all gone...hehehe....thanks all of u to finish everything...and also thanks for not complaining the food taste bad...hehehe....thank you !!!

clean sweep...all food gone...to??...6 stomachs...hahaha...

okler..got to go to bed now....very tired ad.....n sleepy ad...
i'd have very great satisfaction today...cos i got all the things tat are to be done today..all done...and the greatest satisfaction is cooking the meal having everyone finishing all the food...
Thank You all very muchie !!!
Nitey-Nitez...晚安。。。おやすみ　なさい。。。

.: Missing You :.

Tonight will be the last nite sleeping on my bed...before i leave for London...and will only be back on December...going to miss eveything...everyone here for few months...
everything happen just so suddenly...am supposed to leave on Sunday nite...and because i had collected my visa this morning...my dad had straight away got me a ticket to London...flying off tomolo morning....

it jus happen so suddenly...that till now...i still can't believe that i'm flying tomolo...my mom told me...i'm supposed to fly off last Sunday with Chia...and now i'm flying off 4 days later...but...i miss here...perhaps maybe if i had flew on Sunday...i would not be so upset to fly...cos Chia is with me...but now am flying alone...really miss so many things here...

many say...there's nothing much to miss ler...cos i'll be back in December...not even 3 months...some say i'll like it there in London...but no matter how much i will like London...it's still me who is missing here ad...i'm already missing Unix so much...got to leave him for 3 months...and i really dunno what will happen in these 3 months...will things go on well...or will it not..i dunno....i'm also missing both my dears so much...Ven told me she heartache...knowing i got to leave...she say she might not be going to airport tomolo got she scared she'll shed tears...i miss her so much...both of us see each other at least once a week...now am going to miss her for few months...Chris says she misses me lots too...was shocked to know i'm leaving all of sudden...she said she will be busy shooting tomolo..thus cant send me off...i miss her so much too...my bride Jesmine was supposed to meet me up tonight before i left...but cos leaving tomolo morning...cant meet her...i havent seen her for quite some time ad...and now starting to miss her too...hope her preparation for wedding goes on fine...am jus missing so many ppl...like my dai-b ler...my ricky kor...my yeh yeh....kerbau kor...kurus la...gemuk ji mui la...pendek la...so many so many of them....

and most importantly...miss my family so much...i know dad is worried bout me going to London cos this is the first time i'm leaving home for such a long time...mom jus said today..both daughters left for London..left my bro n lil Yee...nobody accompany her shopping around...grandpa n grandma...getting older ad...miss them so much...the last time i went back..grandma hugged me so tightly that she wouldn't wanna to let go..i jus hope they'll stay healthy n happy forever...er jiu..er jiu mu...gave me a lucky charm ang pow today to wish me all the best...xiao jiu havee given me a few words of advise "self love, self discipline, self independent, self initiative and self condifence"...went to Pyramid today n met MeiChi...she too shocked i got to lfy tomolo...then hanged out with SukHui yesterday...and she came to bid farewell today after yoga class...lee bb also came today...i'd hugged her....amd going to miss my this bunch of cousin sis so much...

i dunno what i'm typing here ad....maybe my mind had been blinded by tears and everyone + everything that i missed so much...used to missed my bro & Chia a lot when they go UK...now am going to stay there with Chia...and everything everyone here....guess i better stop now..before..more craps will be out....

Missing you all so much......................................
Please all of you do take care...and stay happy n healthy always...................

.: Ohayo Gozaimasu おはよございます!! :.

good morning??...i wake up very early today??...
nah...no....it's more like...i'm still not off to bed yet...
so wat m i doing in such early hours in the dawn??...to catch sunrise??..hahaha...had caught a few sunrise in my room since i'm back from UK...i jus can't seem to fall asleep when the moon is still up...dunno wat's wrong with me...

many of my frens thought i'd flew to London ad...am in London now...without letting them know...nah..apparently...i'm still in KL...and the one in London now is Chia...she flew there this morning...and why am i still here while she's there ad??...cos...my visa application is still not ready yet...am stil waiting for my visa...hopefully could get it this week...and fly to London after that...so wish me luck.....!!!...sounds like i really wanna to go there asap huh....well..nope...i really miss here alot...i miss everyone..everything...everywhere here alot....if i can choose...i would wanna to fly there later....cos no matter how i still need to go there to do my masters...complete it...in order to do that..i need my visa...so...wish me luck !!!

many things happened to me...and words itself jus cant simply define it all...thoughts of many things went thru my mine everynight before my eyes...no..it's before my mind shut to rest...i even ended up in bed of tears...my dears n dai-b n a few frens saw my status in facebook and asked me wat's wrong...seriously...it's not i dun want to tell..it's even me myself also dunno wat is wrong with me...something is wrong with me recently...i havent been seeing Unix these few days...dunno why...we tend to argue a lot these few days...is it me??..i really dunno...jus...i'm not me....just dun feel me..and i dunno why???....

few days back...got to know from my mom that my uncle in ipoh had been admitted to the hospital due to appendixes...he was admitted to the hospital for 4 days...as i know...appendixes are minor operation...and usually only have to stay in the hospital for a day or more...but this time..my uncle was sent to the ICU after the operation...only then i knew...his intestines was infected n burst somehow...my uncle n aunt from kl..went to ipoh to pay him a visit...i was supposed to go back too...but knowing that will be going to the hospital to visit him..am scared...hospital does gave me fobia...had went to the Sunday Medic on Friday to get my medical report done for my London immigration thing...tat's scary enough....now going back there...it does scares me....thus...i did not follow back...and only today...after my uncle n aunt came back from ipoh..only i know...that my uncle in ipoh had done a life threatening operation....

well life is really very fragile...human body is also very fragile....not jus to adults....not just to the elders...and now even to the infants....jus like in China now....milk can kill infants..wat's going on??...infants n babies grew up with milk...all of us here grew up with milk...and now these milks are life threatening...to whom??...to the newly borns...to the babies...to the infants...even to adults...to everyone...till Starbuck's in China no longer use milk in their product....wat is going on??....milk is the most essential nourishment for infants...now...it can kill them...cause them sick....articles of milk killing babies...death toll rose to 6 person...and putting thousands of babies into illness had been circulating all around....this is case is not even over yet...another case had arosen...today Star's front page...Marriott hotel at Pakistan was bombed...and it's believe done to mark the anniversary of the Sep11 case...wat is going on??.....is it still not enough put to illness n death ad this year??...how many more people will have to suffer this??....during SiChuan earthquakes...many of the victims were the children n teacher...milk case...victims are the infants....now bomb case...victims n victims again...how many victims more should be sacrificed????

seeing so much disasters happening all around the world...we should be glad and blessed that we are still here today...being able to be together with our family n frens....we should be more than enough satisfied...however...in the nature of humans...humans are never satisfied....so a i really staisfied with my life now??...if i answer fully 100%..it's definitely wrong...if i said...i'm satisfied...tat's true.... :)

wow....at the midst of getting resy to bed...guess had already blurped out many things...hahaha...until which...i dun even know what this post us supposed to be about??..it started with a Ohayo title...ended with world news...hahahaha...i really dunno wat is wrong with me....我真的到底怎么了呢？？？？？ わたしは　だいじょぶ　ですか？？？

.: Genting 1-Day Trip :.

many people had been asking me...why is it that i still haven't blog my 3 weeks Scandinavia n UK trip..well....still waiting for the pics from dad....and now...blog bout the Genting trip i went first...hehehe....

went for a Genting 1-Day trip on Friday 11th September 2008...with Unix....it's just a very short trip up there....

on the way up to Genting..we went to the Chin Swee Temple...pray pray...n took some pics there..and among all the pic taken there...these are the few that i liked most...hehehehe

.:gazing with serenity...with the giant buddha:.

.:shan with the kwan yin:.

i remember...during the MMCC 2006..haha...i had a nickname called the KwanYin of the pageant...kekeke...and now...am taking pic with this KwanYin standing tall..heee...

.:with peace n harmony:.
.:raise me up:.
.:beauty of the sun:.

after praying at the temple...we headed straight to Genting...actually our plan to Genting is not to the theme park...jus merely going there to walk walk see see...hehehe...and we ended up going into the Ripley's Believe It Or Not..and we spent about 1 1/2 hours in there...adventuring...playing...and seeing all around...you'll understand if u got there...as usual...almost every my visit to Genting..i will go there...hahaha....wanna see some pics of the inside...hehe...for facebook users..it's in my facebook phot albums..hehehe....

.:shan & the gigantic chair:.

.:wish me all the very best of luck oh!!!:. .:hi-5!...books..please give me wisdom:. .:this is wat u call TALL...that is shortie lil'shan:. .:illusion:.

after Ripley's...we went to The Bakery at Genting Hotel Lobby for tea...we had this American Doughnut...which is very delicious...big n fluffy as well...love it a lot...then we had this mixed cheese n turkey ham croissant and a hot chocolate...wow..the hot chocolate..the way in making it is...hahaha...interesting... :)

.:the big n fluffy tasty american doughnut:.

.:the special interesting hot milk??..no..it's hot chocolate:.

.:see...it's hot chocolate:.

.:the mixed cheese n turkey ham croissant:.

after our tea...we headed back to KL...well...it's not tat cold in Genting today...the weather is pretty cooling..and luckily on our way down..it's not tat foggy too... :) hmm...the next time going to Genting..must visit the theme park ad...it had been a long time since i ride on the roller coaters there...heheehehehehe....see ya...and i'll be back oh !!!

.: Back to KL..fiNally :.

Phew...

Am back from the 3 long weeks holiday...finally...

Was back to Kl on Friday 5th Sep...and was really very busy after I came back...

A superb busy schedule...moreover with the terrible jet lack..hahahaha....

Touched down in KLIA at aroun 5pm..after that..had dinner at Zen Pyramid with my uncle....after dinner..went home..but cant really sleep ler..due to the jet lack...and the next day...wake up..pack my stuffs...attend my usual Japanese Class...and rushed back hometown straight after class...am i'll be going to UK soon...thus...have to go back hometown to pay my grandparents a visit before i fly off...am going to miss my grandparents so much...jus hope they will be happy n healthy always....spent a night there..and most of the time at this farm....next to the lake..as we are having some praying ceremony there...my grandma had been helping out in this praying ceremony for 43 years ad...wow...so long ad...hehehe..really going to miss grandma so much...so here's how the lake at the farm looks like...very the nice...

after dinner on Sunday nite..headed back to Kl straight...hahaha...it was pretty fun driving here and there with my Uncle n family..it had been quite some time since i last spent so much time with them in the car...hahahaha...

talking back bout driving..hahaha..we almost got lost on our way to the farm..not actually getting lost ler...as we went in there on Saturday nite around 10pm for the prayer session...the whole area is so so so dark...it's not like they have street lights there...it's just so dark in there..and my uncle who is very familiar with the road there suddenly say..."how come so long also haven't reach"...we was like har??...dun scare us ler...my aunt was like...we are like in an adventure now...hahahah..how cute of her to tell us some funny things to make us laugh...hahahaha...well..actually my uncle din go on the wrong route..he's on the right track..just is too dark..that we were not even sure where were we then...hahahahahahahaha...at last of cos we reached there on time for the prayer session and for me..i got to see my grandma there and have her a super tight hug...heee... :)

back in kl...still dealing with the jet lack...i have to wake up early on Monday morning...to go renew my passport for my visa application...then i got to go to the bank to get things certified..then to the photo shop to snap pictures for the visa application...then back to the immigration to collect my passport...and later at nite..have to go for yoga...hahaha..surprisingly..i was too relaxed in yoga class and i fell asleep in class...hahahaha..pasi-seh ler...kekekekekekeke...

then on Tuesday...i think i injured my wasit during yoga the nite before as i'm having some aches here n there...after that..complete my visa application form...from head to toe...and...hahaha...off to Zanmai for dinner...kekekeke...chinese always say...during the day dun talk bout ppl..and during the nite dun talk bout ghost..on our way to Zanmai..we were talking about his fren...and guessed wat..we met his fren at Zanmai that ay..wow...see...now u know wat it means...hahahahah....

then this morning..wake up early to go to the UK Visa Application Centre...submit my application form n things...hope everything turns out fine...hope my application gets approved..god please bless me...wish me luck that everything will be fine for the application please.......please....wish me luck... :)

phew...see...such pack schedule ler..thus until now only got time to bla-bla-bla here...hahahaha...ok..will talk about my 3 weeks long holiday soon in the next few posts...

see ya...

.: Ola..from London :.

hello everyone...
hee...am at London now...my last stop for my 3 weeks long Scandinavia & UK trip...
phew...can finally come online...after 2 days of failure internet service in our London apartment..
will be back on Malaysia on Friday nite...
and...am going to meet my darling and dears soon...YES !!!
miss them so much....muax !!

hee...today...my family went to French Restaurant at the top floor of London Hilton for dinner..we had...wow..a very yummy 3 course French meal + red wine with superbly great service and a superb view of London city..the price??..haha..need not to say...sky-rockingly high + expensive..luckily not i pay but my daddy...hehehe..thank you daddy...heee...will post up the pictures when I'm back to Malaysia lo...cos...i didn't bring the adapter to for my camera to copy the pics into the pc...so...have to wait lo...heee.. :)

so how's Malaysia...i got the news that fuel price had dropped by 15 cents...but wat difference does it make ler...not like it'd dropped 50 cents....hmm...

well..was on the tube back to my house the other day...and at the tube station...i saw the news of Tremor 6.1 hit South China...omg...how could this happened again??...and from the staffs at the tube station..it's at SiChuan again...oh no !!!...again...SiChuan is just recovering from the earthquake in May...and now another hit...the staff asked us...whether is it lucky or unlucky that the Olympics is over...is it true that the Beijing Olympics bring bad luck to China...i really dunno...but this is really very saddening.. :( ...on the other part of the world...in US..hurricane hit them....nooo...all these are not good at all...when will only all these end??....

anyway...the attached is the article i found about the tremor that hit China...

Tremor Rocks South West China
6:54am UK, Sunday August 31, 2008

An earthquake measuring a possible magnitude of 6.1 has struck China's south west Sichuan province, according to state media.

There are conflicting reports on the size of the tremor, with the US Geological Survey putting the scale of the quake at 5.7. Xinhua News Agency says it was centred between 20 and 30 miles from Panzhihua city, near the border with Yunnan province, and was six miles deep. Many houses are believed to have collapsed and there are reports that 22 people have died and hundreds injured.

Sichuan province is still trying to recover from the massive 7.9-magnitude quake that struck in May, killing nearly 70,000 people and leaving up to 10 million homeless. Tens of thousands of people died while trapped for days in collapsed buildings, with no way for other survivors to get them out by hand.

In one school alone, around 1,000 pupils and teachers went missing. And heavy rain made rescue operations even more difficult. A large number of people were forced to evacuate their towns and villages after huge "quake lakes" formed following heavy rains and landslides.
The death toll in May was the highest for a quake in China since 1976, when 242,000 people perished when the northern city of Tangshan was flattened.


ok...it's getting pretty late here now in London...going to 1.00am
i got to get to bed now...and wake up early tomolo morning...have many things to do tomolo...and the busiest is...to complete my personal statement...and...to go shopping...hehehehe....
good night...
see ya all...