Hiking Trip

I love to hike. Whether it's a forest jungle, mountain, even volcano or glacier if I would have chance.

I went to Bukit Melawati on the other day with friends. It was a tremendous hikes with a gang who has some kind of hiking bug. I truly enjoyed the entire trip much!

Although the weather wasn't good, we only saw a blur sunrise.

Still - we had a great time.





I’m keen to try out parts of the Bibbulmun Track one day – apparently one of the world’s great long distance walk trails, stretching nearly 1000kms through the heart of the scenic South West of Western Australia.

I also want to climb Mount Kinabalu and Mount Fuji before I die.

*More photos coming up soon*

Balmy Mornings

Raining season is over. The weather is warming up.

The days are longer. The air is thicker. The heat from the day clings to the trees, the roads, the earth.

We walk through the park each morning, and the morning is rich with new smells.

Warmed eucalyptus trees, flowers bursting with honeyed oils, Indonesian curries, sizzling sausages, chlorine, grass cuttings, bore water sprinklers.

I love this time of year.

漫长的夜晚

今天，我过得即充实又快乐。

很久没用华语写部落格。每当夜幕来临，心情就会跟着低落。。不过倒享受独处的时光。假日的快乐让我整理好照片再和大家分享， 现在。。我想介绍这首歌给大家。

很爱很爱，真的很爱这首歌。元若蓝表达的很好，每一个字，每一个音符都牵动我的心。

元若藍 - 半情歌(偶像劇《命中注定我愛你》插曲)
作詞：陳靜楠
作曲：方文良
編曲：吳俊毅

花 接受凋零 風 接受追尋
心的傷還有一些不要緊
我接受你的決定

你將會被誰抱緊 唱什么歌哄他開心
我想著天空什么時候會放晴
地球不曾為誰停一停

你的明天 有多快樂 不是我的
我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口愈合
也撤銷我再想你的資格

你的祝福 一半甜的 一半苦的
像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的
我只能唱著 一半的歌

你將會被誰抱緊 唱什么歌哄他開心
我想著天空什么時候會放晴
地球不曾為誰停一停

你的明天 有多快樂 不是我的
我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口愈合
也撤銷我再想你的資格

你的祝福 一半甜的 一半苦的
像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的
我只能唱著 一半的歌

我的明天 快不快樂 都是我的
我們的愛是唱一半的歌
時間把習慣換了 傷口愈合
也撤銷我再想你的資格

你的祝福 一半甜的 一半苦的
像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的 總是未完成的
另一半的歌

想听这歌的，请按这里
如果你有看这部剧，那感受可能更深刻。

夜，已很深了。。
今晚的夜特别漫长。。

Life is Irrepressible

It’s been raining. And we have stuff growing on our door mat.

Daffodil

“The daffodil was chosen as the symbol of hope for all touched by cancer because of its reputation as a hardy annual flower, pushing its way through the frozen earth after a long winter to herald the return of Spring, new life, vitality and growth.” (Daffodilday.com.au)

Usually, I’m not one who gets overly weepy by symbols and metaphors. (Ok, maybe they tug at my heart a little). But daffodils do particularly have a special place in my heart, just because my grandpa and uncle died of cancer, and many of them out there survive cancer.

I think daffodils are absolutely beautiful. And that money for cancer research and support is a worthy cause.

In fact, flowering bulbs in general are simply amazing. To think that something so dirty and ugly and looks like a demented onion could possibly erupt into a stunning flower.

And that all the information for bright yellow petals, green stalks and a funny trumpet shape is stored somewhere inside this lump.

I guess in a way, I feel that the bulbs are more beautiful than the flower itself. And possibly a more beautiful symbol of hope.

.......

Eh, did I just get all weepy?

*May God bless my friend, Tong Lai's dad who is suffering from Lymphomatic Carcinoma (cancer of the lymph node) in his final stage. All we can do is pray hard and live in hope..

In the Class

My preschooler said to me, “HEY TEACHER! What’s a ghost?”

“It’s a… well. Um… lets see.”

I was trying to create a question for them in their workbook while considering whether it was a good idea to tell the children about spirits, death, heaven, the afterlife, and lost souls haunting the earth. I mean, if this isn’t the height of progressive teaching for kids, then I don’t know what is. However, he interrupted my deep contemplation.

“Are they just funny little monsters with blankets over their heads?”

“Yeap. That’s exactly what they are, mate.”

My little Blue Eyes of Scotland

Introduce my little blue eyes --- CAN CAN.

*The eyes doesn't seems very blue here, because of my lousy camera.

Beautiful Sunday

Yesterday I was invited to a dog show and competition at Bandar 1U park. It's the first time I've been to a dog event, so was Bean Bean.

We reached the park around 12pm after church, caught the dog competition, which was funny in certain parts but mostly left us awe seeing how the dogs responded to their owners. Brilliant stuff.

I really enjoyed looking at all dogs around the park! Those rare dogs like St. Bernard, huge white chow chow (looks exactly like lion, I was too excited and forgot to photograph again! T.T), pure white Maltese, a numbers of elegant Husky and beautiful Golden.. and some breeds that I can't even name them.

Bean enjoyed very much too as she's received lots of warm welcome from others. Everybody was pretty amazed about her curly hair, I always make fun of her by telling them her nick name is "lun mo" (curly hair) and she's actually from India! *giggles*






*Cute Schnauzer!*

Huge St. Bernard! I love to call them Beethoven because of the movie. *smile*

"Ah..I'm tired and it's hot!" while on the way home.

Then we had lunch at Old Town White Coffee.

*my love "Nan Yang coffee*

*Rendang chicken with rice*

*Ipoh Hor Fun*

*half boil eggs*

*Thick Toast with homemade strawberry jam*

Drinks with friends at the evening, dinner with family and movie at night with somebody. It was a great Sunday out!

Xixili Makes Me Happy

Aaahhh, there’s nothing like a good dose of shopping with the girlfriends to brighten my day. Especially during a lingerie sale.

I’m a complete sucker for xixili’s Lingerie collection. There’s no other way to describe it - I’m a girl and they’re just so preeeeeeeety.

Photo is of a model from Indulge Fashion.

A Breather

I'd like to share a wonderful article to everyone today.

What Happens in Heaven.

I gotta slow down.

My life is insanely crazy with activity. Everyday is a huge adventure. People. Parties. Dinners. Lunches. Gatherings. Shopping. Visiting. Organising. Cooking. Running the studio.

I just want a day where I do NOTHING.

I want to put my feet up. I want to remember how to be still. To contemplate and have meaningful thoughts. To remember that life is good. That things could be worse.

And that my little problems aren’t so bad in the bigger scale of things.

Exquisite Roast Vegetables

This is another of my favourite, healthy and very lazy meals.

Use any sort of vegetables. Egg plant, tomatoes, capsicum, red onions, pumpkin, sweet potato, baby carrots, beetroot, turnips. Add fresh herbs from the garden.

Drizzle lots of olive oil, salt, pepper.

Into a 180C oven for 1.5 hours.

Serving ideas: Toss with pasta. Serve with rice. Or pita bread. Or a bunch of fresh green salad.

Blue eyes

I've always wanted a cat in such a long time.

Guess what?

There was a blue eyes kitty appeared at my studio's staircase yesterday. She has cried for hours. Poor thing! I beg she must be starving.

She's tiny (just about a palm size), dirty and looks terrified. I've absolutely no ideas of taking care for cats, especially a kitty. Luckily my god brother Melvin is a cats lover, he's an expert and has three cats at home.

We straight away sent the kitty to my god father's house after work last night. Everybody was excited about the little one. We gave her some milk but she doesn't seems to like it. Then Mel gave her some mince tuna, she loves it so much!

We have brought her to doctor this morning, and decided to leave her at Melvin's place for the first week since she's being deworm. She's got a little infection on her eyes as well. It's better to let them take good care of her till she get well.

And I've just found out from the doctor that my little kitty is actually not a normal stray cat but a Blue Eyes Siamese!

Oh my sweet God it's October

Wooo, that was fun. But time consuming!

I’ve already had a few friends and family members ask me what my students want for Christmas. Aakk! It’s still OCTOBER! Damn you super-organised people.

Anyway, I decided to make an online Wish List of books, toys, and music for my little ones - and hopefully provide some direction for the kind-hearted. Ah, the internet is a wonderful thing.

Beautiful noon

I had a gorgeous afternoon chilling with my girls. It's been long enough since our last hang out.

We went for a drink at starbucks after K-section. Quin and Eve manage to catch a movie. But I couldn't join them because of class start at 4pm. *sniff*



Yet it's a wonderful day, thanks to you girls who had really made my day! *heart*

xoxo

Sunday's Art Class II

This is one of the classroom, fully decorated and handmade by the kids.

Amazing works!! Love every inch of the room.*heart so MUCH*

Sunday's Art Class I

I have been a little busy with my own stuff lately. But I'll try my best to keep updating as much as I can.

Last Sunday I went for my art class as usual, the art exhibition in the school were still on going. So you can see paintings were hanging everywhere around the school.

Here are some of my favorites.

Lesson time.

Wedding Dinner

This weekend I went to a wedding of some good friends of mine, Addy's eldest brother wedding. It was *SUCH* a lovely wedding. Their families and friends were already so intergrated with each other. It was a really nice feelings. There were also zillions of great stories ranging from the hilarious drunken ones to the sweetest romantic stories.

The wedding dinner was at the Grand Ball Room of Bukit Jalil Golf Club Resort. The food was fantastic, the music (Live band) was just perfect. I drank a few glass of red wines. I'm quite particular on wines but it was absolutely not bad at all.

We were on a table with excellent company - full of laughter, chatting, and crazy antics.

Anyway, the bride and groom looked great and extremely happy! The speeches from addy's dad were funny and touching. The MC did a great job. I ate sooooo much food. We had lots of laughs and took lots of photos. We had a fabulous time!

To view more photos, please visit my photo album in facebook.

Random Things about Me

I love beautiful things. Art, design, photography, rocks, flowers, landscapes, pottery, jewellery, textures, colours, buildings, people.

I always wanted a tattoo on my back, but couldn’t find/design an image that I’d be happy with for the rest of my life.

I love reading. I think life is too short to read crap books, so I only read books that come highly recommended. I like reading from all genres. Trashy chick lit, hard-core sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, crime, classics.

I enjoy keeping healthy and active. I like taking walks, jogging, swimming and being outdoors. I’d like to do a bit more scuba diving, snorkeling, kick boxing, and Latin dancing. I also like the occasional game of squash, netball, soccer, tennis and beach cricket.

I enjoy crafty designy things. Ceramics, pottery, knitting, sewing, paper crafts, painting, printing, illustrating, drawing.

I love cooking! And eating. I get such a buzz from experimenting with food and recipes. I prefer fresh, healthy, low-fat, low-sugar foods. But I can’t live without dim sum, pizza, pasta, hamburgers, chocolate and KFC.

I can drink pretty well, and love alcohol but I'm not a drunker. Given a choice, I'd reach for a beer over wine and cocktails.

I’ve worked and studied in Singapore. It was great fun. But the crazy expat life wore me down, and I just wanted to come home to my mother’s cooking and the big Malaysia skies.

I’m a Christian. I reckon that God is cool, loving, down-to-earth and has an awesome sense of humour. But his PR people need to lift their game.

In my list of dating/relationship requirements, I really didn’t care about a guy’s look or race. It was all about confidence, stability, eloquence, a sense of humour and the ability to hold an interesting conversation. But so far I've only dated Asian guys.

I’ve always wanted at least three children. I love big families.

I love going out. Sitting in cafes, dancing in clubs, talking in bars, dining out, house gatherings, parties, barbecues, weddings, picnics! I also love an occasional trip to watch movies, theatre, musicals, symphonies, stand up comedy, rock concerts and live bands.

At the same time, I can’t think of anything more satisfying than sitting in front of TV, eating take-away, lights down low, in my pyjamas and watching crap on TV. I’m a home girl at heart.

Basically, I strive to live a balanced life. Fun. Serious. Fast. Slow. Brainy. Bimbotic. Intense. Lazy. You get the drift.