tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56391702012-01-27T21:37:31.795+08:00nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-30192718329388420212011-05-29T14:33:00.006+08:002011-05-29T15:18:30.283+08:00woke up at 6.15am this morning for skytrekking (exclusive invitation...err, exclusive as in taking up the extra ticket booked by aunt to celebrate her daughter's bday haha). it was a smooth journey to Taman Pertanian Malaysia, Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam, Shah Alam via Federal Highway. Just follow the 'Taman Pertanian Malaysia' signboard after the Batu Tiga toll...However, you may need some techniques to ensure you do not get lost with the signboards: if you do not see any signage on Taman Pertanian Malaysia while you are at junctions, just go straight (that's what i learnt from years of driving in Malaysia :p)<br /><br />the agriculture park was already packed with people around 8.15am! i didnt remember it was that crowded during my last visit in 2006 with colleagues (when we trip together 3)...those were<a href="http://yinping.blogspot.com/2006/04/outing-that-is-so-not-nypd.html"> good memories</a> ;) oh my, it had been 5 years! and i was only 24 during that time!<br /><br />it was such a nice plan to celebrate my cousin's birthday...25 pax including her friends n parents (yea, i was abit out of place with those teens but it was sort of like a family outing ;))... you'll be brought to the <a href="http://www.skytrex-adventure.com">skytrex adventure</a> site by tram, which is about 10 mins ride. Upon reaching there, go to the check-in hut to settle the documentations, take your gloves and head to the harness store to collect your harness. the staff will put it on for you, no worries ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NmSDaEPCPfk/TeHtZbxX9lI/AAAAAAAAFho/wf3J1HKVd64/s1600/IMAG0497.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NmSDaEPCPfk/TeHtZbxX9lI/AAAAAAAAFho/wf3J1HKVd64/s400/IMAG0497.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612027631887709778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2N_xWs8B_7g/TeHtaBpKAcI/AAAAAAAAFh4/634CZQ5FEX0/s1600/IMAG0499.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2N_xWs8B_7g/TeHtaBpKAcI/AAAAAAAAFh4/634CZQ5FEX0/s400/IMAG0499.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612027642053788098" /></a><br /><p align='center'>the birthday gal's bro...</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ohZlP30hkg/TeHtZl0XuHI/AAAAAAAAFhw/ogEk5qCe4dY/s1600/IMAG0498.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ohZlP30hkg/TeHtZl0XuHI/AAAAAAAAFhw/ogEk5qCe4dY/s400/IMAG0498.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612027634584631410" /></a><br /><p align='center'>the birthday gal...</p><br /><br /><br />you'll be provided with basic training and demo on the equipment: carabiners and pulley... it's fun to watch those kids going through the challenges with full of energy and curiousity without fear ;) i almost passed out after one of the challenges (due to you-know-what) but i persevere to complete the challenges ;) flying fox was definitely my favourite moment!<br /><br />we took the Little Adventure course (which we initially thought that would be too easy haha)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OVRxPVOVivI/TeHwtb3Z88I/AAAAAAAAFiI/8T-PodsI6BU/s1600/IMAG0500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OVRxPVOVivI/TeHwtb3Z88I/AAAAAAAAFiI/8T-PodsI6BU/s400/IMAG0500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612031274045273026" /></a><br /><br />this is the starting point for the Big Thrill(and they have Extreme Adventure as well which has taller starting point):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykWwdlakMeQ/TeHwtNvIYCI/AAAAAAAAFiA/EdmfYCtDgFU/s1600/IMAG0494.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ykWwdlakMeQ/TeHwtNvIYCI/AAAAAAAAFiA/EdmfYCtDgFU/s400/IMAG0494.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612031270252470306" /></a><br />it wasn't that easy to climb up the pvc staircase hehe.... <br /><br />seriously, it was really fun and exhilarating! over here, you are responsible for your own safety, even kids hv to do it on their own once they are on the real trek after completing the training.....the latest rate:<br />Little Adventure (LA) - RM 35.00<br />Big Thrill (BT) - RM 45.00<br />Extreme Challenge (X) - RM 50.00<br /><br /><br />off to bed now :p<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3019271832938842021?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-20180254683256431622011-04-06T08:31:00.001+08:002011-04-06T08:31:16.413+08:00<p><a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TZu0UQS6RAI/AAAAAAAAFco/10RrjDFk6YY/IMAG0468.jpg'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TZu0UQS6RAI/AAAAAAAAFco/10RrjDFk6YY/s400/IMAG0468.jpg' /></a></p>Instead of rat race, I'm stuck in morning tortoise race! This is before toll, I hope I can survive the next 5km++.....<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2018025468325643162?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-21528628603010155082011-03-30T14:03:00.001+08:002011-03-30T14:03:31.946+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TZLHp3FQeuI/AAAAAAAAFck/r3nKuJlkU14/IMAG0453.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TZLHp3FQeuI/AAAAAAAAFck/r3nKuJlkU14/s400/IMAG0453.jpg' /></a></p>Missing bubbling so much, so I went to get bubble tea to bubble with my drink haha....<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.8</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2152862860301015508?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-86078449423948114472011-02-22T21:21:00.001+08:002011-02-22T21:21:06.589+08:00<p><a href='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TWO4P--EIpI/AAAAAAAAFbw/Ffj7wUQM8Qw/IMAG0428.jpg'><img src='http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TWO4P--EIpI/AAAAAAAAFbw/Ffj7wUQM8Qw/s400/IMAG0428.jpg' /></a></p>Hv you seen this before? I like this idea :D at least my drive won't be so bored hihi....but is this allowed?<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8607844942394811447?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-68445383107146238652011-02-22T14:07:00.001+08:002011-02-22T14:07:09.646+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TWNSeydnXiI/AAAAAAAAFbs/JXbvPtAk7_k/IMAG0422.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TWNSeydnXiI/AAAAAAAAFbs/JXbvPtAk7_k/s400/IMAG0422.jpg' /></a></p>We hv green carpet to greet us : D<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6844538310714623865?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-89378564191808915942011-01-26T22:58:00.001+08:002011-01-26T22:58:31.228+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TUA2k-tUqgI/AAAAAAAAFas/Xc_ocoHDqeY/IMAG0381.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TUA2k-tUqgI/AAAAAAAAFas/Xc_ocoHDqeY/s400/IMAG0381.jpg' /></a></p>Eventhough email is a great tool and more practical in this era, I'm still more eager to receive snail mail compared to email. <br/> <br/> I always wish to find my name on the envelopes when I collect mails from the mailbox. But to my disappointment, those are normally credit card bills or other letters from organizations. <br/> <br/> So when I see these pink envelopes addressed to me, I was more than excited to read the content! 3 cny cards seems nothing as compared to the stacks of cards received during school days...but receiving 3 cny cards that cost 50 cents for postage fee currently is so precious to me haha..... <br/> <br/> Thank you so much to those senders ;)<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8937856419180891594?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-71100005974888043012011-01-20T23:26:00.003+08:002011-01-20T23:46:46.425+08:00Have you watched this Malaysian-made film 'Great Day' by Director Chiu Keng Guan? Make sure you watch it with your family, it would be more meaningful.... Get more details from <a href="http://koolcampus.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/great-day-天天好天-malaysian-movie-review-always-love-your-parents-because-time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-and-treasure-the-advent-of-each-new-spring/" target="blank">here</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://koolcampus.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/great-day-poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://koolcampus.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/great-day-poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />While watching the movie, the late Yasmin Ahmad came into my mind.... I shed my tears, missing her great work....But I am glad that I have found another director who has her touch... Though she is irreplaceable, I just couldn't help comparing his movies with her movies.  <br /><br />He used the same casts for both movies, similar to her. Both of them like to portray the breathtaking sceneries in Malaysia especially padi fields. Both of them do not need posh and luxurious cars n houses for their storylines. Both of their dialogues n scenes are so Malaysian that you can connect to the movie instantly ;) and multi-racial elements were included naturally :)<br /><br />And the best moment is my fear that she couldn't watch movie anymore is erased immediately when she states that she could watch clearly.... Perhaps that's the best new year gift ;)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7110000597488804301?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-39174326628183363862011-01-12T22:27:00.006+08:002011-01-12T22:57:25.177+08:00december is my favourite month in terms of commuting to work.... less congestion, less pre-work stress, lower blood pressure (yea, i'm exaggerating) , thanks to the smoother traffic condition....<br /><br />january may be the worst month of the year to commute to work... at least for me... connaught hiway@east-west link is flooded with more cars nowadays... i tried waking up earlier when the school reopened last week....it worked well, for 5 days i guess...but im just not a 6.30am-person :p<br /><br />i enjoy early drive to work actually but too bad, im blessed with sound sleep every night :p i love the morning breeze, watching the market scene(i'll pass by a wet market before exiting to hiway) in the morning especially before 7am as it inspires me to work harder and think of those traders' hardship (they have to wake up even earlier than me!)...and the best part is i may hv the chance to witness the rising sun, through my side-view mirror as i head west on the east-west link....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS29FcFtj3I/AAAAAAAAFaA/DBjTddEPKSY/s1600/IMG_4502%2B-%2BConnaught.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS29FcFtj3I/AAAAAAAAFaA/DBjTddEPKSY/s400/IMG_4502%2B-%2BConnaught.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561309016009576306" /></a><br /><br />another sunrise moment, captured at Cameron Highlands:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS2-pl6AEVI/AAAAAAAAFaI/UaSPIbIRDJ0/s1600/IMG_4315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS2-pl6AEVI/AAAAAAAAFaI/UaSPIbIRDJ0/s400/IMG_4315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561310736631730514" /></a><br /><br />on unrelated note...im missing this moment, my sea-sick is getting more chronic! this is what happen being on the land for more than 2 months :p<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS2_pMoFiyI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/zrB0WqOrTZQ/s1600/IMG_3208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TS2_pMoFiyI/AAAAAAAAFaQ/zrB0WqOrTZQ/s400/IMG_3208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561311829357333282" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3917432662818336386?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-72942686849479909772010-12-22T09:19:00.001+08:002010-12-22T09:19:28.829+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TRFSG_MXfQI/AAAAAAAAFZY/DtUewuPWg0I/IMAG0337.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TRFSG_MXfQI/AAAAAAAAFZY/DtUewuPWg0I/s400/IMAG0337.jpg' /></a></p>My breakfast for today ;)<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7294268684947990977?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-2532688989687264392010-11-21T10:09:00.001+08:002010-11-21T10:09:32.008+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TOh_WKinEZI/AAAAAAAAFL4/vTv_RTvbp38/IMAG0290.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TOh_WKinEZI/AAAAAAAAFL4/vTv_RTvbp38/s400/IMAG0290.jpg' /></a></p>I'm not a fan of pink but this is my second pair of pink shoes haha, not by choice though ;) inherited from my 10-yr old cousin :D<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.5</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-253268898968726439?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-37116974517190518622010-11-14T07:19:00.001+08:002010-11-14T07:19:46.105+08:00<p><a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TN8cwW4wVFI/AAAAAAAAFL0/RjecMz5gkmc/IMAG0280.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TN8cwW4wVFI/AAAAAAAAFL0/RjecMz5gkmc/s400/IMAG0280.jpg' /></a></p>I'll miss this balcony view tmr....<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3711697451719051862?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-73688785654940192292010-10-15T14:14:00.001+08:002010-10-15T14:14:05.465+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TLfxGv3ayDI/AAAAAAAAFLQ/ek2gkMjsrCo/IMAG0251.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TLfxGv3ayDI/AAAAAAAAFLQ/ek2gkMjsrCo/s400/IMAG0251.jpg' /></a></p>I never thought there r dummies in this aspect... I'm grateful that i do not need this book to teach me how to be happy ,) <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.2</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7368878565494019229?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-27390391112833659582010-10-04T08:12:00.001+08:002010-10-04T08:12:19.009+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TKkb2mM4xuI/AAAAAAAAFK8/DM0AE-VArPQ/IMAG0240.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TKkb2mM4xuI/AAAAAAAAFK8/DM0AE-VArPQ/s400/IMAG0240.jpg' /></a></p>Get me out of here. Don't know how long will it take to reach office huhu...<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.0</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2739039111283365958?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-21612263320660020322010-09-20T21:53:00.001+08:002010-09-20T21:53:18.285+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TJdnSHB2vAI/AAAAAAAAFKc/TAqtIMIeSLw/IMAG0206.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TJdnSHB2vAI/AAAAAAAAFKc/TAqtIMIeSLw/s400/IMAG0206.jpg' /></a></p>got this sticker when I bought the droid car stickers ;) I'm not a sticker person but it is too cute so I pasted it on my new notebook ;)<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2161226332066002032?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-12393100753708584432010-09-18T22:02:00.001+08:002010-09-18T22:03:00.047+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TJTGjltzyLI/AAAAAAAAFKE/t_gcTBhx2ks/IMAG0222.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TJTGjltzyLI/AAAAAAAAFKE/t_gcTBhx2ks/s400/IMAG0222.jpg' /></a></p>hv u had ur mooncake? :D<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1239310075370858443?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-81965977642871324082010-08-23T23:49:00.001+08:002010-08-23T23:49:48.405+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/THKYlkp9RDI/AAAAAAAAEgc/LVE0N-ec8QE/shot_1282460460714.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/THKYlkp9RDI/AAAAAAAAEgc/LVE0N-ec8QE/s400/shot_1282460460714.jpg' /></a></p>had a great lunch @ the haute food @ plaza damas with this ricoh model last weekend. will be back there for more scones! happy 31st bday, fox ;)<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8196597764287132408?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-85557534612571517762010-08-22T23:01:00.001+08:002010-08-22T23:01:21.855+08:00<p><a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/THE7vUquSyI/AAAAAAAAEgY/sgbidNp6Bdo/shot_1282460403135.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/THE7vUquSyI/AAAAAAAAEgY/sgbidNp6Bdo/s400/shot_1282460403135.jpg' /></a></p>still having fun with the retro camera app :D my fav pick of the day...Wat do u think of this pic?<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8555753461257151776?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-80850886955264918632010-08-19T22:57:00.001+08:002010-08-19T22:57:50.293+08:00<p><a href='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TG1GYzx5aNI/AAAAAAAAEgU/L_gzplkzM_U/shot_1282229518104.jpg'><img src='http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TG1GYzx5aNI/AAAAAAAAEgU/L_gzplkzM_U/s400/shot_1282229518104.jpg' /></a></p>it has reduced my dependency on my lappy, used to use it every night but now? I just turned it on today after few weeks, to do something droid can't, to burn a dvd ;) <br/> <br/> <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8085088695526491863?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-88597723456619775852010-08-18T23:56:00.001+08:002010-08-18T23:56:40.537+08:00<p><a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGwCmmS2PNI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/plBHdJHybCY/shot_1282143895608.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGwCmmS2PNI/AAAAAAAAEgQ/plBHdJHybCY/s400/shot_1282143895608.jpg' /></a></p>I think I hv never bought orange before but I did today after highly-recommended by nana (but my purchase wasn't the one she mentioned haha)...soon after I held the knife, I paused n wondered how to cut an orange :D <br/> <br/> the only way in my mind was to slice it to half, followed by 3 or 4 slices on each half...but hey I just learned another technique today :p tx nana. <br/> <br/> wanna know y I seemed clueless? coz I rarely eat oranges, probably 5 slices a year? not sure ;)<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8859772345661977585?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-56677711801385672352010-08-17T22:01:00.001+08:002010-08-17T22:01:55.073+08:00<p><a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGqWSWkByQI/AAAAAAAAEgM/n6unM1ziMT0/shot_1282051477602.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGqWSWkByQI/AAAAAAAAEgM/n6unM1ziMT0/s400/shot_1282051477602.jpg' /></a></p>though we deal with coins everyday, have u ever paid any attention to the coin details? this coin is older than me! I wonder how many ppl have it come into contact before for the past 33 years.....<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3.1</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5667771180138567235?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-26319417148613759652010-08-16T23:57:00.001+08:002010-08-16T23:57:05.220+08:00<p><a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGlfr0kzwwI/AAAAAAAAEgI/HaTfxx5BAJ4/shot_1281972480738.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/TGlfr0kzwwI/AAAAAAAAEgI/HaTfxx5BAJ4/s400/shot_1281972480738.jpg' /></a></p>any retro feel? was testing the retro camera app ;) <div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.3</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2631941714861375965?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-33295533426266194462010-04-28T19:57:00.002+08:002010-04-28T19:59:59.944+08:00have been listening to this again and again ;)<br /><br /><object height="300" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o324_xPE_Vs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o324_xPE_Vs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="500"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3329553342626619446?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-46415740380433698872010-03-24T19:55:00.002+08:002010-03-24T20:00:49.378+08:00To kick off my travel calendar for the year 2010l, I decided to head to Pulau Weh. Thanks to Air Asia, divers get to enjoy this dive destination in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. With the return tickets around RM220, it’s a very affordable oversea diving trip indeed ;) Air Asia offers 3 flights weekly to Banda Aceh.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n8IlPLP6I/AAAAAAAAEVA/x_AXAoHXkdM/s1600/IMG_0546.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n8IlPLP6I/AAAAAAAAEVA/x_AXAoHXkdM/s400/IMG_0546.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452166048273612706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >landing at Banda Aceh</span><br /><br /></div>Travelling to Indonesia means travelling as a millionaire :D I had 4,050,000(RP1 million=RM371) with me! Managed to contact a cab driver[Saifannur] prior to our arrival hence, it was a hassle free arrival for us ;) Went to the ferry port right away to secure our tickets. The Express Bahari ferry tickets are divided into 3 categories [Standard(Non-A/C): RP45,000; Exec(A/C): RP65,000; VIP (A/C + Snacks): 90,000] We chose Exec and a return ticket is RP115000 (discount of RP15,000).<br /><br />Then we headed back to the town to get our lunch. A basic Acehnese nasi campur meal. Fortunately all of us are ok with Malay food thus there was no food issue ;) The ferry ride was a comfortable one, this is an indication that Banda Aceh-Pulau Weh is quite an established destination over here. The ferry is thronged with locals and foreigners, but sufficient seats for all. The ride took about 30-40 minutes.. I lost track of time while I was there since I forgot my watch. By the way, Banda Aceh is 1 hour behind Malaysian time (Msian time = GMT+8).<br /><br />The ferry stopped at Sabang, the main town of Pulau Weh. Divers will either go to Gapang Beach or Iboih Beach. Based on online references, Gapang Beach offers higher-end accommodation [main dive shop: Lumba-Lumba but there are few more at Sabang too, some operated by Malaysians] while Iboih Beach[main dive shop: Rubiah Tirta] offers accommodations with rudimentary facilities. Based on a colleague’s recommendation we opted for Iboih Beach ;)<br /><br />Managed to hire a cab (RP50,00 each to Iboih Beach) who also has 3 passengers to Gapang. There will be many locals offering cab services but the price is standard so it’s alright no matter whom you picked, however, the cab is either a van or Toyota Kijang. We saw few new bungalows built by Lumba-Lumba upon arrival at Gapang and they look really nice although we only managed to take a glimpse of the back parts of the bungalows ;) It was quite a bumpy ride, a 40-minute ride to Iboh beach. Once we stepped down, Pak Dodent was there to greet us!! What a surprised welcome :D He was speaking in fluent English and wow, we were impressed! I will tell more about Pak Dodent later...<br /><br />We were brought to Fina Bungalow and we instantly said yes upon looking at their bathroom and bedroom condition. Better than my expectation although it was rather expensive in Iboih but it comes with fan and attached bathroom which is considered a luxury in Iboih accomodation. The price was RP150,000 per nite (RM55), only managed to get a RP10,000 discount per nite. It is located at the kampung area before we enter the beach area. Master wanted a cheaper option since he’ll be staying alone. We walked to the beach and he was practically asking each operator on available room. Not many choices left as most of them are either occupied or booked. He finally found one which costs RP50,000 a night (no fan, no attached bathroom) BUT nice view and a hammock ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6HnEYLVI/AAAAAAAAET4/5trIBJIX91I/s1600/IMG_0931.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6HnEYLVI/AAAAAAAAET4/5trIBJIX91I/s400/IMG_0931.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163832562068818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >our balcony @ Fina Bungalow<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5mgic78I/AAAAAAAAETg/RYcxl9bkK3U/s1600/IMG_0914.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5mgic78I/AAAAAAAAETg/RYcxl9bkK3U/s400/IMG_0914.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163263873478594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >commons sights of bungalows at Iboih</span><br /></div><br />Ended our arrival day with a dinner at Olala restaurant. So happen, I was trying to look out for someone to pass some gifts to the kids from my colleague, and the mom of the kids is the owner of Olala. Interesting stories from her, a divorcee with 3 good looking kids, all of them! Clara, Tommy and Yonas ;) They are of mixed Indonesian and Austrian parentage. According to Eka (the mom), it is normal for local girls to marry foreign tourists in Pulau Weh. She claimed that 2 of her sisters and some of her cousins followed her path too... now residing everywhere in the world ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5nCH4HFI/AAAAAAAAETo/ykOCMuIul5I/s1600/IMG_0990.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5nCH4HFI/AAAAAAAAETo/ykOCMuIul5I/s400/IMG_0990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163272888818770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >aren't they lovely?<br /></span></div><br />We woke up at about 8am on the next day. Had some crackers for breakfast... We don’t normally dive with empty tummy as it really requires energy :D We were the first 3 to arrive at Rubiah Tirta Divers and Isfan introduced himself to us. He is the younger brother of Yudi (the little boss of Rubiah Tirta) and son of Pak Dodent. Pak Dodent is the founder of diving in Pulau Weh. He was the first one to dive at Pulau Weh and a well-respected figure here. The diving business has been handed over to his sons but he is still actively involved in the daily operations... I always see him walking around, organizing equipments, entertaining clients, etc...A very healthy Pak indeed with swift movement ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5lqy3Q-I/AAAAAAAAETQ/7kjIvkyHpq8/s1600/IMG_0598.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5lqy3Q-I/AAAAAAAAETQ/7kjIvkyHpq8/s400/IMG_0598.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163249446798306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The dive center is quite a big one (and there is even a renovation going on to expand the center further!), the biggest I have ever visited. The equipments are very well taken care of and well organized. Most of the equipments used are of Mares. I quickly erased the safety doubt from my mind upon observing the center ;)<br /><br />We had Isfan as the dive master for most of our dives. He is friendly, helpful and attentive, it was very comfortable diving with him, though I heard there is at least another one good dive master there but we didn’t have a chance to dive with him ;)<br /><br />Lion fish and moray eels are two creatures that you will see in every dive! Although the visibility was not that good, we still enjoy the dives nevertheless with the rich soft and hard corals. The dives were mostly done in Rubiah and Selako islands but the one dive that is very distinct from other dives is the Underwater Volcano or also known as Bubbles. It’s just bubbles around and warm water ;) Not much of creatures spotting on this site but it’s really amazing to see this underwater hot spring ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5mK7SZmI/AAAAAAAAETY/l4_PgdQjXLM/s1600/IMG_0844.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5mK7SZmI/AAAAAAAAETY/l4_PgdQjXLM/s400/IMG_0844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163258072065634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >pufferfish! my new favourite :p<br /><br /></span></div>In addition to that, I did my first night dive finally ;) I had doubts about night dives before this, I couldn’t imagine myself in underwater without sunlight. But hey, night dive is so cool! You can see different creatures during night dives and we indeed saw more creatures at night compared to day dive. The highlight of the dive was a Spanish dancer, a beautiful graceful creature......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6IIBObSI/AAAAAAAAEUA/pSfpLoAkppo/s1600/IMG_1095.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6IIBObSI/AAAAAAAAEUA/pSfpLoAkppo/s400/IMG_1095.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163841407216930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the graceful Spanish dancer + a shrimp<br /></span></div><br />My dive profile as below:<br /><br />Bate Tokong – 24m<br /><br />Selako – 18m<br /><br />East Selako 22m – This is the site where a WWII bomb was spotted. It’s still there, perhaps the dive master over there should create a hand sign for bomb ;) Isfan was trying very hard to indicate this to us hehehe...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n71dQkCnI/AAAAAAAAEU4/F9BLIywo2Bs/s1600/IMG_1186.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n71dQkCnI/AAAAAAAAEU4/F9BLIywo2Bs/s400/IMG_1186.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452165719714433650" border="0" /></a><br />Arus Balee - 30m – Also known as Bastard Current in English, but fortunately, not so bastard during my dive.<br /><br />Sea Garden -12m – My night dive site! Beautiful coral with beautiful creatures....<br /><br />The canyon -26m – Nice topography and this was my toughest dive there, there’s one point where we need to hold onto the rock to avoid us being swept away by the strong current!<br /><br />West Rubiah – 20m<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6IlU-V_I/AAAAAAAAEUI/a9PScM6JH8k/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6IlU-V_I/AAAAAAAAEUI/a9PScM6JH8k/s400/IMG_1231.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163849274677234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >one of my fav pics<br /><br /></span></div>Sabang Wreck - 14m – An interesting wreck in the sense that you can swim around the whole wreck and you can go through certain entry....Lots of macro stuff including pipefish and ghost pipefish....<br /><br />Underwater volcano – 10m – Bubbles bubbles bubbles.... But you have to bear with the chemical scent before you descent...It’s quite unbearable but as soon as you get in, you’ll be amazed with this volcano..... hot spring underwater!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6I5HoJrI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/zumu1TtJ_Iw/s1600/IMG_1340.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6I5HoJrI/AAAAAAAAEUQ/zumu1TtJ_Iw/s400/IMG_1340.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163854587406002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The dive was around RP220,000 per dive including equipment rental (~RM80). It could be cheaper if you do more dives, but it’s also attributed to the high conversion rate, else we could have paid less ;) But nevertheless it’s really worth it :D<br /><br />Pulau Weh especially Iboih Beach is not that commercialized in the sense that all the accommodations and restaurants are operated by the locals. This gave us a ‘feels like home’ feeling as they are very friendly and helpful to tourists. Somehow, they will talk to us in Indonesian language automatically....probably we have the Malaysian face :p To my surprise there were so many Westerners speaking in Indonesian language over there! One assumption, they are working in Indonesia ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6JbUbakI/AAAAAAAAEUY/wNMVZo__49c/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6JbUbakI/AAAAAAAAEUY/wNMVZo__49c/s400/IMG_1394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163863767902786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The locals live in laid-back style and so do tourists over there...There is no rat race at Iboih Beach, besides Pak Dodent and the team who looked busy all the time due to us hahahha..... There was this evening where we wanted to try a new restaurant...We stepped in, the local lady welcomed us and invited us to have a sit...And that’s it! So we asked where is the menu? She said she has no menu and she’s not cooking tonight! We were actually very stunned but found it amazing and we left with laughter :D They don’t operate a restaurant to gain revenue but just to earn enough to sustain their life over there.....<br /><br />This place is highly recommended to those who wants to take a break from rat race and city life for a while. And due to its cheap accommodation, tourists tend to stay there for months if not for weeks.... It’s a pretty common tourist pattern there, how i wish i could do that!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5noqQn5I/AAAAAAAAETw/vNpnDnEfDt4/s1600/IMG_1074.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n5noqQn5I/AAAAAAAAETw/vNpnDnEfDt4/s400/IMG_1074.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452163283233578898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We managed to toured around with Pak Saifainnur on our departure day. He brought us to few tsunami-hit area and it was devastating to hear stories from him about the disaster... Nevertheless, it's great to see Banda Aceh is up and running again though I am not sure how much it differs from-tsunami.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n70kmUf-I/AAAAAAAAEUw/3Fu8LgVJLuo/s1600/IMG_1396.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n70kmUf-I/AAAAAAAAEUw/3Fu8LgVJLuo/s400/IMG_1396.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452165704504868834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the ship that was pushed inland during tsunami</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6Y36lugI/AAAAAAAAEUg/aHnHuEFIdNc/s1600/IMG_1436.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6Y36lugI/AAAAAAAAEUg/aHnHuEFIdNc/s400/IMG_1436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452164129142192642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >taken while touring around Aceh town</span><br /></div><br />We ended our journey at Banda Aceh with a meal at a restaurant which servers Ayam Tangkap. He has mentioned this to us on the first day and yea, it was indeed a rare dish for us ;) Overall, it was fun to have him around showing us the whole town ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6ZffB54I/AAAAAAAAEUo/HnKvCWKrGjM/s1600/IMG_1456.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6n6ZffB54I/AAAAAAAAEUo/HnKvCWKrGjM/s400/IMG_1456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452164139764017026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >ayam tangkap ;)<br /></span></div><br />A tip for ladies, Banda Aceh is an Islamic state thus it is advisable to dress as decent as possible, at least a knee-length shorts or long jeans with a sleeved top...I thought I was decent enough but I received stares from locals for my shorts...<br /><br />A memorable trip indeed and I'll definitely return to Pulau Weh when it's visibility is back to normal ;)<br /><br />More moments can be viewed <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/yinpingng/BubblingPulauWehBandaAcehIndonesia#" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4641574038043369887?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-74444818058923686812010-03-24T18:41:00.002+08:002010-03-24T18:50:34.577+08:00that's what I feel when I look at this photo.... it reminds me of a poster for a movie by the late Yasmin Ahmad... sometimes green can be as nice as blue :p<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6nsi1UC-4I/AAAAAAAAETI/4CWvkLYfYWI/s1600/IMG_1579.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S6nsi1UC-4I/AAAAAAAAETI/4CWvkLYfYWI/s400/IMG_1579.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452148907079564162" border="0" /></a><br />moment by nypd....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7444481805892368681?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-45184163306600651842010-02-21T01:59:00.002+08:002010-02-21T02:21:16.495+08:00hi there....<br /><br />attended my final open house by ng's just now.... it would be my final cny celebration with them for this year and they'll continue the cny journey to genting highlands this coming weekend while im bubbling at weh ;)<br /><br />cny celebrations have been getting less exciting for me as years pass by... but i have come to the point to appreciate such gatherings with relatives... blame it for my age but this is a good tradition that i hope our generation will inherit.....<br /><br />every year without fail, my dad's siblings will take turn to organize open house during the festive season... although the activities that we do in each house are merely the same: eat, chat, gamble... there are indeed variations in each year at each house.... the quality of food that we eat..the topics that we chat, and the people that we gamble with as well as the games that we play....<br /><br />and i had a memorable closing chapter this evening ;) we had good dinner... i had great conversations with my aunties, discussing bout how do their children behave nowadays... they do have great concerns on the new generation, particularly those born after 1985 for our ng's family ;) probably because few of us, who was born before 1986 have been good moulds hahaha....<br /><br />our activities in such gatherings used to be divided into kids and adults category.... we used to have two gambling tables, one for the adults and one for me n other cousins.... and now, we'll have just one table, we have been upgraded to gamble with our uncles n aunties ;) probably we'll reintroduce the two-table scheme when my generation gets married and forms new families.... at least 10 -15 years from now to form a new table i suppose.... oh yea, did i mentioned i won rm25 in 10 mins just now? my first win of the year!<br /><br />im grateful that we still uphold this gathering tradition... a sweet cny 2010 indeed ;)<br /><br />how was your celebration?<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4518416330660065184?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-57267288461835420862010-01-26T23:37:00.004+08:002010-01-26T23:49:42.924+08:00entering e@curve's carpark, our eyes were wandering around looking for empty spot... as my friend parked the car, i started scolding him "hey, why are you parking at this spot? it's for handicapped people!"<br /><br />but as i look clearly on the floor, it was painted in pink with the caption "FEMALE SINGLE DRIVER ONLY" for a moment, i was trying to digest what does it mean... this is so cool! probably it's just me who is not aware of this privilege for female single driver ;) thanks e@curve :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S18On4G0WVI/AAAAAAAAEBY/-3CcD6o4c5E/s1600-h/IMG_9891b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/S18On4G0WVI/AAAAAAAAEBY/-3CcD6o4c5E/s400/IMG_9891b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431075753870776658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />so ladies out there who drives alone, head to the pillar index indicated in the photo for hidden parking spots specially reserved for you ;) saw more similar spots as i was walking to our car...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5726728846183542086?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-14283815740348042092009-11-24T19:22:00.005+08:002009-11-25T18:17:43.096+08:00hi there...<br /><br />This year around, my company's team bonding was held at The Andaman @ Langkawi. the theme for the first dinner was "Bollywood Nite". Have you seen me in saree/sari before? I bet not cause it was my first time wearing it ;) Thanks to nana and her mum, I had the opportunity to try out this traditional Indian costume. Though it sounded a lil burdensome to dress up according to the theme in the beginning, I enjoyed the process of completing the whole costume preparation ;) If it's not for this theme, I wouldnt have walked along the Little India @ Penang, I wouldnt have found the peacock feathers @ Little India, I wouldnt have gone to Brickfields to get the Sari Blouse, I wouldnt have the opportunity to try out the Banana Leaf rice @ Brickfields, I wouldnt have bought the bangles and many many more!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SwvELYZ92lI/AAAAAAAAEAc/EbHYF-3BVDg/s1600/IMG_9675.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SwvELYZ92lI/AAAAAAAAEAc/EbHYF-3BVDg/s400/IMG_9675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407631477397379666" border="0" /></a><br />The nite was filled with bright colours especially REDs ;) For me, it was the most successful nite in terms of adhering to the theme ;) And not only that, we had fun watching these Bollywood Beauties, performing on the stage in traditional costumes ;)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-894dd87a3284ea81" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D894dd87a3284ea81%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330376738%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D16468FFA4DC79D6C38B825174439BA99A33726A0.70103E2AD9CA9049E666744E828C6C0D71DA7D23%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D894dd87a3284ea81%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG38bEe9ik9JReaURFrHEsgcmelM&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v17.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D894dd87a3284ea81%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330376738%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D16468FFA4DC79D6C38B825174439BA99A33726A0.70103E2AD9CA9049E666744E828C6C0D71DA7D23%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D894dd87a3284ea81%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DG38bEe9ik9JReaURFrHEsgcmelM&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /></div><br /><br />More videos to come ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1428381574034804209?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-43145641574030311212009-10-31T10:49:00.002+08:002009-10-31T10:59:43.803+08:00i am at the crossroad again.... or probably fork road? like what nicole mentioned in her blog, i need to take some time to breathe some fresh air as well to project what i wanna do in the future ;) fresh air means more nitrox diving? probably yes to me ;)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4314564157403031121?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-25022736941542405822009-10-17T23:19:00.007+08:002009-10-18T10:22:30.608+08:00hi there,<br /><br />i have always thought that george town is spelled as georgetown, but i was wrong based on the signboards available in penang ;) 5 of us headed north to the city of all-time-favourite hawker food in malaysia, right after work last friday.... WSS gets to travel again ;) this time around, it made a journey of 800km.<br /><br />it was a rest &amp; relax getaway for us with good + cheap food.... the total expenses for the whole trip was RM162 including fuel, toll, accommodation and food. stayed in merchant hotel, this gave us the opportunity to explore george town on foot. thanks to nana n nottyboy's familiarity with the town, we managed to get around the town easily without really getting lost except when we were on our way to queensbay mall..... bad signage!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsDV0Xf0I/AAAAAAAADyw/fMtBr4vkGAU/s1600-h/IMG_9378.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsDV0Xf0I/AAAAAAAADyw/fMtBr4vkGAU/s400/IMG_9378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393601570893430594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >our first meal at penang, it was 12am++, left with not many choices, we had this wantan mee without wantan with bbq meat...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsDgJHi3I/AAAAAAAADy4/chA-ZUnZ5dY/s1600-h/IMG_9380.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsDgJHi3I/AAAAAAAADy4/chA-ZUnZ5dY/s400/IMG_9380.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393601573664820082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >not satiated with our first meal, we went to LineClear for second round! i had this roti salad, a different variation from the one i normally have at tmn saga.... not bad not bad....</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsEGHckcI/AAAAAAAADzA/pgLxXxG8CYs/s1600-h/IMG_9381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsEGHckcI/AAAAAAAADzA/pgLxXxG8CYs/s400/IMG_9381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393601583858356674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >it opens 24 hours a day, no worries on food at penang!</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsEmCkxNI/AAAAAAAADzI/5vB7ZFn_UzA/s1600-h/IMG_9387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsEmCkxNI/AAAAAAAADzI/5vB7ZFn_UzA/s400/IMG_9387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393601592427857106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >can u spot walter?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stp7LX80rtI/AAAAAAAAD0g/qyMeYvcURKU/s1600-h/IMG_9390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stp7LX80rtI/AAAAAAAAD0g/qyMeYvcURKU/s400/IMG_9390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393758939067494098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the trishaw owners waiting for customers right in front of our hotel...the trishaw structure is different compared to those that i saw at malacca ;)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsE-ILxRI/AAAAAAAADzQ/RXesdaewERU/s1600-h/IMG_9394.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnsE-ILxRI/AAAAAAAADzQ/RXesdaewERU/s400/IMG_9394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393601598893835538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the carrot cake is fried using charcoal! </span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnubaS8yVI/AAAAAAAADzY/rhvczcwJX5c/s1600-h/IMG_9398.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnubaS8yVI/AAAAAAAADzY/rhvczcwJX5c/s400/IMG_9398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393604183435561298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">our breakfast on second day ;) still can't beat ipoh dim sum though...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnub0xOWDI/AAAAAAAADzg/4hDgD0zWzug/s1600-h/IMG_9406.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnub0xOWDI/AAAAAAAADzg/4hDgD0zWzug/s400/IMG_9406.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393604190541862962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >known as the best cendol in penang, long q, but it's worth the wait, really good!<br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnuca3HM1I/AAAAAAAADzo/RxG_qotoMeo/s1600-h/IMG_9410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnuca3HM1I/AAAAAAAADzo/RxG_qotoMeo/s400/IMG_9410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393604200767107922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">discovered this outside an indian shop, 3 of us ended up buying around 30 sticks of peacock feathers (or do they have another name?).. used to ward off bad luck, we escaped an encounter with a bus while crossing a road while 3 of us were holding the feathers.... probably it was just a coincidence....</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyIHaAtZI/AAAAAAAAD0A/IjQnblNe4tU/s1600-h/IMG_9417.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyIHaAtZI/AAAAAAAAD0A/IjQnblNe4tU/s400/IMG_9417.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393608249993901458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">strolling along the street occupied by indian shops, you can see vibrant colours everywhere, furthermore, in conjunction with the Deepavali festive season...</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnuc8X86DI/AAAAAAAADzw/12FSKkIxfKc/s1600-h/IMG_9419.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stnuc8X86DI/AAAAAAAADzw/12FSKkIxfKc/s400/IMG_9419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393604209763215410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">highly recommended by nana and yes! their products are really great!</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">with good-looking owners haha...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnudC5TEJI/AAAAAAAADz4/N-QrkBX7O10/s1600-h/IMG_9431.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnudC5TEJI/AAAAAAAADz4/N-QrkBX7O10/s400/IMG_9431.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393604211513692306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">had prawn mee at the hawker stalls area near sunway hotel... fox loved this...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyIyFZ7UI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/pLkULIR4LeI/s1600-h/IMG_9430.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyIyFZ7UI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/pLkULIR4LeI/s400/IMG_9430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393608261450198338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">fried oyster from the sunway hotel area...RM 7 for this, generous amount of oyster but i prefer the one at jalan bunga raya@malacca ...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyImkH9-I/AAAAAAAAD0I/DeTuWYmUh3o/s1600-h/IMG_9436.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyImkH9-I/AAAAAAAAD0I/DeTuWYmUh3o/s400/IMG_9436.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393608258357819362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">last meal before we left for KL ;) what a good way to end a trip to penang with its infamous char kuey teow ;)</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> located at lorong selamat</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyJfzLhBI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/05LPiDdYsDo/s1600-h/IMG_9435.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StnyJfzLhBI/AAAAAAAAD0Y/05LPiDdYsDo/s400/IMG_9435.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393608273721787410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">to spot the stall, it's pretty easy, a lady with red hat and a transparent goggles with black legs....</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stp7LrjEHGI/AAAAAAAAD0o/ld29kbGWWFk/s1600-h/IMG_9438.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Stp7LrjEHGI/AAAAAAAAD0o/ld29kbGWWFk/s400/IMG_9438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393758944328162402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">ala-hollywood? ;)</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">nypd signing off....<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2502273694154240582?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-61520182937214949852009-10-13T19:18:00.000+08:002009-10-13T19:18:43.571+08:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StRiEbeqjdI/AAAAAAAADuw/_ASM4LlTW2k/s1600-h/IMG_9374b.JPG'><img src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/StRiEbeqjdI/AAAAAAAADuw/_ASM4LlTW2k/s400/IMG_9374b.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a>&nbsp;</div><br /><br />nottyboy alerted me to look at the sky on one fine day while we were approaching EOB. It was so beautiful! I have never seen something like this before... All of us in the office ended up looking at the sky for about 2 minutes, just to admire the art of the nature.....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6152018293721494985?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-7943762325525452192009-09-18T18:40:00.001+08:002009-09-18T18:50:39.357+08:00<div>hi there..</div><div><br /></div><div>i did it differently this time... i could have chosen to fly to KB but i opted not. cause i hv few better reasons to do it differently ;)</div><ol><li>to travel with wong siew siew (someone said it's very chinese so it has another name, walter shawn smith hehe btw, it's a HE)</li><li>to test wong siew siew's performance on highway in terms of fuel consumption, speed, stability, etc.</li><li>to experience the scenic view of pulau banding and the whole journey to kuala besut via kuala kangsar>gerik>jeli>kuala besut.</li><li>to experience driving alone on north-south highway</li></ol><div><br /></div><div>so the outcome of this journey:</div><ol><li>i am loving it more and more :D no complaint!</li><li>the max it reached was 17.2km/l (well, considering the one-lane highway of the gerik-jeli highway, i am happy with that), max speed was 140km/h(i wanna acelerate more but safety comes first ;)), i feel stable and safe in wong siew siew ;)</li><li>it's worth the road trip, im sure u'll be like me..."wow"...</li><li>not too bad, i can handle it :p</li></ol><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhYFl9wdI/AAAAAAAADqk/DZQBjGLOftQ/s1600-h/IMG_9031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhYFl9wdI/AAAAAAAADqk/DZQBjGLOftQ/s320/IMG_9031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753046084043218" border="0" /></a><div>thanks to greatlyshort, my best travelling buddy.... you never fail me hahaha... though i bullied her to drive most of the time ;) it would even be better if more ppl can join this road trip..but too bad, it's still in the month of july in lunar calendar... many ppl forbid themselves from sea at this time....</div><div><br /></div><div>the detail of the journey: KL-Tapah-Kampar-Ipoh-Tronoh-Kuala Kangsar-Lenggong-Gerik-Pulau Banding-Titiwangsa-Jeli-Kuala Besut-Ipoh-Kampar-Tapah-KL... it was a road trip across 5 states namely KL, Selangor, Perak, Kelantan and Terengganu of roughly about 1200km.</div><div><br /></div><div>it was rather suspense for us during the drive to kuala besut as we have miscalculated the journey time and we have booked a 1.30pm boat ride to perhentian. it was about 9am when we reached kuala kangsar exit. at average, the journey to kuala besut is about 5 hours. but we were left with 4 hrs 30 minutes to reach the jetty on the dot excluding parking and walking to the jetty!! which means we had only 4 hrs 15 minutes!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhYWyzJLI/AAAAAAAADqs/2tLwGs-wGaY/s1600-h/IMG_9051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhYWyzJLI/AAAAAAAADqs/2tLwGs-wGaY/s320/IMG_9051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753050701276338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">driving to catch boat ride meant i can only take photos from the car ;)<br /></span></span></div><br /><div>so we decided not to make any pit stop and try to drive as fast as possible since we did not think that there should be any speed trap :p was trying to spot the elephant crossing signboard all the way but we failed! dunno whether it's miracle or it's due to lighter traffic, we managed to reach jetty at about 1.10pm! phew.... not only that, the parking personnel was so kind to offer us a ride to the jetty area ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>waited for the boat till about 2pm and finally we are on our way to our diving college haha... we checked in and had lunch at amelia's cafe...our favourite spot at coral bay for the last 2 visits.... i ordered my favourite seafood fried rice and watermelon juice... next, we headed to quiver dive team to leave our equipment for tomorrow's dive since we have decided to hang out at long beach on that day.... kin, the big boss greeted us and didnt let us go easily haha... he persuaded us to take the enriched air specialty! at the same time, we were asking where is jim...he's now working at long beach ;) we also saw some familiar faces there, iain and jamie... it feels good when u recognize someone there ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhZdhM6rI/AAAAAAAADq8/W_4JTOOgx6s/s1600-h/IMG_9082.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhZdhM6rI/AAAAAAAADq8/W_4JTOOgx6s/s320/IMG_9082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753069686385330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">my diving college</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhY3zIUHI/AAAAAAAADq0/S2VuLyiYphI/s1600-h/IMG_9070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhY3zIUHI/AAAAAAAADq0/S2VuLyiYphI/s320/IMG_9070.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753059561033842" border="0" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">my best coral bay moment since my last 2 visits... </span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span>not sure how come we ended up agree to sign up for the course!! this is really our diving college and KL is our diving break location!! the enriched air is a rather short course, a video session, two knowledge review sessions and a test! we managed to complete the dry course in 3 hours... we had to force ourselves to get our brain working in that 3 hours (5pm-8pm)... miraculously we get through it!!</div><div><br /></div><div>basically enriched air is about leaving less nitrogen in our body after diving... normal compressed air tank consist of 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen. a nitrox tank consist of higher oxygen content up to 40%. diving with enriched air allows longer bottom time (almost double compared to compressed air) and shorter surface intervals which means i can do more dives in a day! at the same time, i feel better after each dive, not that exhausted, didn't feel nauseous at all ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>jim being at long beach means we had to be taught by another instructor... jamie was our instructor, an experienced instructor and more lenient compared to jim haha.....it was sort of an open-book and open-discussion test for us in which we cant't do that during our OW test :p</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhZ-SUJyI/AAAAAAAADrE/ME-w24v814s/s1600-h/IMG_9102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNhZ-SUJyI/AAAAAAAADrE/ME-w24v814s/s320/IMG_9102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753078482315042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">bubbling with enriched air!</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div>the next day, we were all prepared to dive! steve was assigned to lead our dives. diving with enriched air mean we have to analyze the tank before we plan our dive. different oxygen level allows different depth. the higher the oxygen content, the less deep you can go ;) it doesn't sound right logically but yes, it works that way... due to malfunction of the analyzer, we had time to set up other gears and had some conversations with iain and jamie ;) nice talking to them...some serious and crappy stuff hahaha....</div><div><br /></div><div>finally we can get onto the boat! first dive was at Outer Reef... not many things to see but we still managed to spot some pufferfish, boxfish, poccupine fish, stingray, etc.... diving with steve is relaxing... probably because there were only two of us ;) we managed to stay around 40 minutes in 28metres where it's only bout 20mins in air dive. took some photos but sigh, it wasn't that good :( i'll try harder next time.... at the sea surface, we normally climb up to the boat using ladder but the smaller-sized boat did not have one! steve showed a technique using fins to kick ourselves up to the boat.... i can tell u if we were using normal air tank, i wouldnt have the strength to try few times of climbing up to the boat... in previous dives, i would hv total flat energy to climb up to the boat, with enriched air dive, i was still energetic after the dive, seriously i hv no regret getting the certification ;) im still trying to get the correct technique to get onto the boat with fins ;) greatlyshort jokingly declared that she wants to bring her own foldable ladder next time haha....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh2eySnSI/AAAAAAAADrM/U2ME0nfWN5E/s1600-h/IMG_9145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh2eySnSI/AAAAAAAADrM/U2ME0nfWN5E/s320/IMG_9145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753568242703650" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>second dive was more like a sand diving at Petani Drift :p minimal visibility and our objective was to spot macro creatures on the sand base.... steve spotted some nudibrach, slipper lobster, spider crab....again, my photos need a lot of enhancement ;) what i like most is we went to different dive spot this time compared to our last two visits to perhentian :) new dive site, new experience... but, the seahorse is nowhere to be seen :(</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh2xajAkI/AAAAAAAADrU/e8eLr-GmWZs/s1600-h/IMG_9199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh2xajAkI/AAAAAAAADrU/e8eLr-GmWZs/s320/IMG_9199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753573243388482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh3YIFrOI/AAAAAAAADrc/FVq82ubWKTI/s1600-h/IMG_9201.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh3YIFrOI/AAAAAAAADrc/FVq82ubWKTI/s320/IMG_9201.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753583634951394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh32wqH1I/AAAAAAAADrk/6cVIYYEgLlM/s1600-h/IMG_9223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh32wqH1I/AAAAAAAADrk/6cVIYYEgLlM/s320/IMG_9223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753591858175826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh4QhZnWI/AAAAAAAADrs/GMPrIQaA-tY/s1600-h/IMG_9238.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNh4QhZnWI/AAAAAAAADrs/GMPrIQaA-tY/s320/IMG_9238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753598773501282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">with steve and greatlyshort</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div>although perhentian cant be compared with mabul, kapalai or sipadan but i still enjoy bubbling at perhentian... it's my comfort zone and my training ground :p so what's my next destination? tenggol and boracay ;) and probably perhentian again!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNiCcMwApI/AAAAAAAADr0/wIpOf5jZoAw/s1600-h/IMG_9246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SrNiCcMwApI/AAAAAAAADr0/wIpOf5jZoAw/s320/IMG_9246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382753773706805906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">great memory, great moments, hoping to return there ;)<br /></span></span></div></div><div><br />click <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/yinpingng/RoadTripToPerhentian#" target="_blank">here </a>for more moments ;)<br /><br /></div><div>nypd signing off...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-794376232552545219?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-47083314910676534972009-09-08T20:52:00.000+08:002009-09-08T20:53:55.648+08:00<div><i>ah beng: hi there, how are you ? </i></div><div><i>long time no contact liao, how's everyone there ?</i></div><div><i>eh... still remember me ?</i></div><div><i>dont worry, no sale here, hahahaa</i></div><div><i>no tuhan nag also, haha</i></div><div><br /></div><div>someone ping-ed me with this msg on gtalk today and this ‘ah beng-ish’ msg really made me LOL haha…. Guess who?</div><div><br /></div><div>nypd signing off...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4708331491067653497?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-8164817057155386372009-09-01T20:08:00.002+08:002009-09-01T20:13:56.539+08:00suddenly, i found it back today ;) it has been so long since i last did this... the motivation, the force... to..... <div><br /></div><div>im enjoying the moment.... the tranquility, the absence of ppl, just me and you....</div><div><br /></div><div>nypd signing off...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-816481705715538637?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-7159847895817476262009-08-28T01:00:00.002+08:002009-08-28T01:11:32.195+08:00i watched him from my car while waiting for the traffic light to turn green...<br /><br />he was walking with his blind stick, trying to avoid any danger in front by keep on moving his blind stick. at one moment, he almost bang into a group of three guys but fortunately his blind stick managed to guide him.... i felt relieved seeing him able to continue his journey... i saw many ppl passing by the area but none offered help... as he moved forward step by step, his blind stick detected a pillar... i thought he would move to the right a bit but he didnt... he took out a mini basket instead.... then only i realized the three guys just now may had been standing at the pillar where he normally stood to sell tissue papers... but he didnt ask them to go away, he moved to another pillar further away instead..... which was probably a real tough challenge for him to just move extra 10 steps and to find another pillar to start his working day....<br /><br />i really wished i could stop my car to purchase all his tissue papers but the traffic light turned green....<br /><br />i vow to buy tissue paper from blind ppl the next time i bump into them selling tissue papers...<br /><br />today, i get to understand how hard is his journey to his working place just to earn a living... i cant imagine myself walking in dark where other ppl are walking in bright... i really salute him for his effort...<br /><br />he may probably thinking of whether his earning for the day will be able to feed his whole family or not when at the same time other ppl are thinking of spending money lavishly, buying luxurious cars, buying big houses, pamper themselves in branded stuff....<br /><br />he wandered in my mind eventhough it's already almost 17 hours after the incident.... i couldn't sleep thinking of him... he really made me realize.... what is wealth when i still see ppl struggling to earn a living?<br /> <br />probably, the simplest answer is: that is life...<br /><br />but that answer can only give me a short-term comfort...<br /><br />i dunno, im still confused, is 'pity' the only thing i can do? im sure it's not but im still not sure wats beyond that, i want to cross my current border line... i know i can....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-715984789581747626?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-55237762616589698542009-08-24T23:33:00.003+08:002009-08-25T00:47:40.336+08:00hi there...<br /><br />this monday is rather strange in a way for me, full of excitements... few colleagues asked me for lunch in which i could only fulfill one of them... after lunch, i opened my Google Reader page and read updates from <a href="http://allisterlee.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">aquatastic</a>, he posted the results of the underwater shootout contest. i almost missed the contest as i only submitted my photos a day after the deadline ;)<br /><br />to my surprise my photo earned an honorable mention in the wide angle category! i have fallen in love with that shot when i played it on my digicam during surface interval, never thought the judges think that way too ;) check out the results <a href="http://allisterlee.blogspot.com/2009/08/winners-of-great-sabah-underwater.html" target="_blank">here</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdgjaD3yI/AAAAAAAADXM/JaiVc5h3Ews/s400/IMG_6869.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdgjaD3yI/AAAAAAAADXM/JaiVc5h3Ews/s400/IMG_6869.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />i learned a lot bout underwater photography from a talk that i attended recently...the key point that i'll remember always: MOMENT. im lack of this in my macro shots, so i gotta try harder next time ;)<br /><br />next, was supposed to hv dinner with another colleague but i opted to go yoga instead to see my handsome instructor hehe.... as i was taking escalator down after my class, i saw someone familiar, standing near the isetan.. it's ryan young!! the bubbling fren that i met at lang tengah... coincidently, he's leaving for redang this weekend.... and he was looking for wetsuit... n i found a solution for him haha.... im amazed with the timing!!<br /><br />then while walking around, i received a call from greatlyshort, telling me our utp senior is coming down to kl from sabah this week.... so we arrange a meet up with her! not only today is 'meet-old-frens-day', it was also 'meet-ex-colleague-day'! i bumped into GSW when i was walking out from jusco supermarket ;) but he didnt notice me :(<br /><br />the excitement didn't end there.... i received my p1 wimax refund cheque today after few weeks! and i received a rebate voucher letter from metrojaya today as well!<br /><br />what a great day today! I am blessed.... I hope my good days won't end so soon... I hope to see new excitement every day ;)<br /><br />tomorrow will be better...<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5523776261658969854?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-28338274855426370362009-08-15T09:30:00.004+08:002009-08-15T10:03:38.003+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SoYQSSjveFI/AAAAAAAADbk/jgksgF4FHII/s1600-h/gubra.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SoYQSSjveFI/AAAAAAAADbk/jgksgF4FHII/s200/gubra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369997512091334738" border="0" /></a>hi there<br /><br />my first attempt was during its first release on astro... I missed the cinema screening and I was given the second chance to watch y\Yasmin Ahmad's second movie! but not sure why, I only managed to keep myself awake for about 15 minutes... at that point of time, I thought it was rather boring with the conversation scenes between orked and alan.... so there goes my second chance...<br /><br />yesterday, while I was browsing cds and dvds at rock corner@the gardens, I found sepet (rm 19.90), gubra (rm19.90) and mukhsin (rm13.90)!! I went to the counter and ask the guy whether muallaf and talentime are available on the shelf or not....as expected the answer was no.... and we chat for quite a while about Yasmin Ahmad's movies.... imagine, 2 malaysians chinese chatting about a malaysian malay director on her malaysian movies... and I believe she is the only director who is able to create such plot!<br /><br />I have watched sepet and mukhsin at cinema but I missed gubra as mentioned earlier.... coincidently, gubra is to be shown at 10pm@channel 110 astro, a channel dedicated to the late Yasmin Ahmad from 8-31 august 2009. contrary to the previous gubra experience, I was glued to the tv for the entire 1 hours 40 minutes!<br /><br />wat more can I say about her? she is just brilliant!! every scene was acted perfectly by the cast...every scene moved my heart! the momentum of my crying was intensified towards the end of the movie...<br /><br />some of the memorable dialogues that were inserted into the movie so naturally to indicate it's a Malaysian movie:<br />orked: "<span style="font-style: italic;">i can't imagine if Malaysia consists of only one race...</span>"<br />orked: "<span style="font-style: italic;">imaginne kalau Malaysia ada satu jenis food jer, boringmya</span>"<br />alan: "<span style="font-style: italic;">yala, if there's only Chinese in this country, I would have migrated...</span>"<br />orked: "<span style="font-style: italic;">i pun tengah bayangkan kalau negara ni ada malay jer...i pun dah lama chow....</span>"<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">*can't really remember the exact one, it should be 90% similar....</span><br /><br />some of the memorable scenes from the movie that promotes multi-racial harmony:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">alan's family and a malay family: both husbands were warded...alan's dad refused to consume hospital food, the nyonya wife accidentally uttered 'babi' and the malay family overheard, she quickly apologized to them and not only the malay lady forgave her but offered her rendang ayam!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">the ending of the movie showed 3 religions: muslim, buddhist and christian...a scene that you rarely have the chance to watch in a local movie...</span><br /><br />I salute her for showing real Chinese elements in the movie... including the word 'babi' in a movie? nak cari pasal ke? not only that, she knows what is 'chee chap chuk'!! a common porridge among Chinese which contains parts and organs of a pig. she even showed the hawker stall preparing the porridge!!! well, this is who we are, what we eat, if it wasn't because of her, I bet the other community in Malaysia wouldn't be exposed to this.... thanks Yasmin for making us understanding each other better ;)<br /><br />equally, the other races get the opportunity to learn more about Muslim... I may be familiar with all those scenes but I believe it may be some other people's first experience watching those scenes....she portrayed her religion beautifully....<br /><br />there wasn't any hate to any religion nor race in her movies...we are all Malaysians! beautiful proverbs to end her movie with:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"the lamps are different, but the light is the same"</span><br /><br />it wasn't only about races and religions... it was also about relationship..love, family, friends... she even managed to slot in few scenes to create awareness on HIV....<br /><br />throughout the whole movie, her presence is always felt...i dunno why...I was imagining how did she come out with all the ideas... probably she was just sharing her life experience, so you can feel the connection between you and the movie because that is reality... that is Yasmin Ahmad, a gifted talent....<br /><br />when I got on to my bed after the movie, I cried, mourning for the loss of Yasmin Ahmad... I'll deeply miss her work, her hard work, her meaningful work, her big contribution to the nation....<br /><br />if any of your non-Malaysian friends ask you: what is Malaysia? you can ask them to watch any of Yasmin Ahmad's movies or her Petronas ads... that can best describe Malaysia....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2833827485542637036?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-58826155296270336292009-07-29T23:49:00.004+08:002009-08-14T18:47:29.049+08:00hi there...<br /><br />it's hard for me to make this decision...it's hard for me to let go but i have to... i can't be influenced by temptation... was attracted to it the moment he brought it out from the storeroom... but i need to cover my expenses! so i made a sacrifice...to let go my first coach handbag ;( this will be my inspiration to earn more from online business to sponsor my next vacation... arrghhh, y is it so hard to let go?? but i have made my decision... no regret!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SnBxazA6hPI/AAAAAAAADas/9blxDToPpxo/s1600-h/PIC_0092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 263px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SnBxazA6hPI/AAAAAAAADas/9blxDToPpxo/s320/PIC_0092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363911861382841586" border="0" /></a>nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5882615529627033629?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-78055197236218796162009-07-26T16:31:00.006+08:002009-07-26T17:26:51.003+08:00hi there...<br /><br />had a chance to use my underwater housing during my previous bubbling trip at sipadan, mabul and kapalai. due to lack of experience, i did not manage to set up my housing for my first-day dive which was at sipadan! i learnt many things about underwater photography during this trip based on my experience and more to learn in future underwater shooting ;)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >lesson 1</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">get your underwater housing ready, a day or few hours before your first dive! this was my first mistake during the trip. being helped by my instructor during last trip, i took the preparation for granted this time without realizing i do not have much time before my first dive! thus, for future trips, i'll just assume that i need to prepare the camera before reaching the island. </span><br /><br />so i missed sipadan for my underwater shooting. let's talk about the diving experience there then ;) people have been telling me that diving in sipadan needs experience. yes! i agree 100%, 20+ logged dives is not enough. i had to use extra 2kg weight to dive in, due to the strong current (based on instructor's opinion)..... truthfully, i didnt really enjoy my first dive, partly due to lack of sense of security.... partly due to different environment compared to other dives, this is almost limitless depth (well, it's about 600m deep).... and partly due to the strong current... the main contribution factor should be anxiety... so this comes to next lesson ;)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >lesson 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">make sure you are in calm and steady mood before your dive. anxiety always happens to me during my first dive in any trip... i always have the feeling of "too many things to prepare!" before the dive... choosing the regulator, bcd, setting up the tank to bcd and regulator, buddy check, putting on wetsuit, defogging mask, wear bootie, check mask fitting, get my camera ready... i guess the anxiety will slow down gradually with experience ;) calm is important to regulate our breathing during the dive, and we can enjoy the underwater world better with a peaceful mind ;)</span><br /><br />due to the strong current, somehow, i didnt manage to make complete safety stop.... imagine, going as deep as 26m without proper safety stop! i did feel unwell during the surface interval..kinda nauseous... but i braved through the second dive.... it was better than previous one as we were aware of the underwater situation...and followed by third dive.... great experience in sipadan especially on the school of barracuda and the turtle tomb... i would reserve the experience in sipadan for my future sipadan trip as i believe this is not my best experience in sipadan ;) i'll be back there!!<br /><br />second day was much better... i prepared my underwater housing after testing it on a bucket of water... my equipment was prepared in seconds, as i know they are working well as in previous day... so i am ready to bubble! first stop was at kapalai... great site for macro photography!! i was so excited.... furthermore, we followed liza (a lady instructor who was more attentive ;)) on the dive and being an experienced instructor there, she showed us so many creatures!! and she gave me hint on what creatures that worth to be captured :D<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >lesson 3</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">safely guard your camera underwater. for me, i will hook it to my bcd all the time although i have the wrist band... just to secure it in case my wrist band fall off... set your camera to underwater mode. but if you are into shooting macro creatures, change it to digital macro else the result wouldnt look good ;) for me, i enjoy macro photography more....as most of the creatures will be static most of the time, easier for me, especially nudibranch... but it's equally exciting to capture humongous fish as well like grouper ;) not to be missed out, turtles!!! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >lesson 4 </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">go to the creatures as near as possible for best angle! during my first shooting experience in perhentian, i did not get very near to the creatures which resulted in less desirable result... this time, i tried to capture as near as possible. but again, lacking of experience has led me to be able to approach known harmless creatures only ;) particularly those small creatures like nudibranch and clown fish... i don't really dare to approach turtle yet haha, i always imagine myself what will happen if i fall onto it when i can't maintain my buoyancy ;)</span><br /><br />second and third dive were at mabul. equally exciting and many things to see!! the underwater world is simply amazing... im speechless...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >lesson 5 </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">if you want to let your buddy or anyone to take control of your camera while diving, make sure the person know which scene mode to use when shooting. liza was too excited to capture some creatures during my third dive so she had my camera most of the time... i did not mind as i want to enjoy the bubbling experience without camera and to be captured :p.. but a little disappointed when some rare creatures came out unclear during to incorrect mode setting.... so this is a great lesson for me! </span><br /><br />overall, i am pretty satisfied with the result this time ;) being a novice, definitely I have more to learn... thus, i am really looking forward for my next bubbling trip which is still unknown :( need to recover financially from my last trip... feel free to comment for future improvement ;)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdgjaD3yI/AAAAAAAADXM/JaiVc5h3Ews/s1600-h/IMG_6869.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdgjaD3yI/AAAAAAAADXM/JaiVc5h3Ews/s400/IMG_6869.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693701388984098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdhMrDwII/AAAAAAAADXU/se-LBgyhIuI/s1600-h/IMG_6960.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdhMrDwII/AAAAAAAADXU/se-LBgyhIuI/s400/IMG_6960.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693712466133122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdhXXuQcI/AAAAAAAADXc/6_BtlELq_w8/s1600-h/IMG_7001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdhXXuQcI/AAAAAAAADXc/6_BtlELq_w8/s400/IMG_7001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693715337822658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">one of my fav</span>...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Smwdhy-e8YI/AAAAAAAADXk/2NKQWElBLsE/s1600-h/IMG_7068.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Smwdhy-e8YI/AAAAAAAADXk/2NKQWElBLsE/s400/IMG_7068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693722748154242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">nypd's moment with turtle ;)</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdiDFrqII/AAAAAAAADXs/EAeQXWhnCrI/s1600-h/IMG_7090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmwdiDFrqII/AAAAAAAADXs/EAeQXWhnCrI/s400/IMG_7090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693727073314946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">though it's unclear but hey, it's mandarin fish!!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">my most obedient models ;)<br /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweTRbJfTI/AAAAAAAADX0/A3PmdaKtdJo/s1600-h/IMG_6968b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 330px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweTRbJfTI/AAAAAAAADX0/A3PmdaKtdJo/s400/IMG_6968b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362694572735036722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweTr8GUyI/AAAAAAAADX8/it0gj0oZ9fY/s1600-h/IMG_6984b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweTr8GUyI/AAAAAAAADX8/it0gj0oZ9fY/s400/IMG_6984b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362694579852563234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweUEVsiXI/AAAAAAAADYE/MMXDEL3SIn0/s1600-h/IMG_6908b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SmweUEVsiXI/AAAAAAAADYE/MMXDEL3SIn0/s400/IMG_6908b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362694586402376050" border="0" /></a><br />*all photos were taken using Canon IXUS 870 IS<br /><br />nypd signing off....<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7805519723621879616?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-1801751384688471162009-07-21T00:23:00.002+08:002009-07-21T00:26:30.563+08:00hi there...<br /><br />will be leaving Seattle to LAX then to MAS in 9 hours time! my longest vacation to-date i suppose... time to think of stuff that i left behind back at Malaysia! do i feel recharged? i think so hahaha.... but my bank account needs to be recharged too :( no more shopping for next 6 months :P<br /><br />see you guys soon....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-180175138468847116?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-35663229084746497252009-07-18T16:01:00.002+08:002009-07-18T16:13:03.320+08:00hi there....<br /><br />i dreamt about wong siew siew yesterday ;( can u believe it, instead of missing anyone back in malaysia, i am missing it!<br /><br />still have few more days here before im back to malaysia! thought of updating daily but i failed hehe....<br /><br />nypd signing off..<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3566322908474649725?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-34056899395733625472009-07-12T09:39:00.005+08:002009-07-12T10:04:07.106+08:00hi there...<br /><br />landed safely at LAX at about 1pm LA Time after 18-hour flight... didnt sleep for most of the time on the plane this time! dunno y, probably due to the flight time which departed at 940am... or probably due to the pain on my tailbone for sitting uncomfortably :(<br /><br />there was an entourage of ppl from the ministries of information and arts (something like that la, too lazy too google :p) which includes 2 local artists namely bob AF and sarah. probably they are attending a competition or performance over here?<br /><br />some passengers were more aware/concerned about h1n1, thus you can see ppl with mask throughout the flight. some styled the mask with sunglass, to look more stylish i suppose hahaha... i tried wearing mask but it's just too uncomfortable...but i chose to bear with it at certain point since im still coughing....<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1GwdFbI/AAAAAAAADO4/QL0AQ9ebtAA/s1600-h/IMG_7374.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357383413313377714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1GwdFbI/AAAAAAAADO4/QL0AQ9ebtAA/s400/IMG_7374.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> this mask looks like donald duck, i wonder who designed this :p</span><br /></div><br />somehow the turbulence was quite bad, fortunately the weather turned out to be better as we approached LA. the landing in LA was smoother than the one in Taipei, the first stopover. managed to catch up with some movies and short tv shows from MAS' Select...i played few chess games too but i lost all to the com :(<br /><br />staying at four points hotel, near the LAX airport for a night. still waiting for karen's arrival at about 8pm++. will it be a teary moment for greatlyshort and her sis hehehe.... the hotel is pretty good, a king-size bed fit for 3 ppl, equipped with iron, ironing board, hair dryer, coffee maker and quality toiletries...for a price of around $100.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1raHjdI/AAAAAAAADPI/o48I7aX9P4I/s1600-h/IMG_7383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357383423151803858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1raHjdI/AAAAAAAADPI/o48I7aX9P4I/s400/IMG_7383.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1W2SZ1I/AAAAAAAADPA/Jy0HlL53kJs/s1600-h/IMG_7382.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357383417632810834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Slk_1W2SZ1I/AAAAAAAADPA/Jy0HlL53kJs/s400/IMG_7382.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />just picked up our rented car from Budget just now...We got a Ford for the economy range, not a bad car u know....for $61 (including insurance) per day... if compared to malaysia, for the economy range, we'll probably get a wira or iswara perhaps? </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SllAROfwTRI/AAAAAAAADPY/-4NNqC_vvn8/s1600-h/IMG_7390.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SllAQ1cac_I/AAAAAAAADPQ/VC043BsP12w/s1600-h/IMG_7389.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357383889702253554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SllAQ1cac_I/AAAAAAAADPQ/VC043BsP12w/s400/IMG_7389.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>went to carls jr for our late lunch...still the old me, ordered charbroiled chicken salad... it's $4.89 over here, which is actually costlier here if we convert it to RM. but we're in LA, don't convert!!! :D</div><div></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SllCSuGC-zI/AAAAAAAADPg/fad2Aogoetg/s1600-h/IMG_7390.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357386121112386354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SllCSuGC-zI/AAAAAAAADPg/fad2Aogoetg/s400/IMG_7390.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div></div><div></div><div>that's all for now ;) </div><div> </div><div>oh! no jet lag yet for now ;) will it happen later? i hope not hehe....</div><div><br />more updates coming soon ;) [trying to update daily while the memories still fresh in mind ;)]<br /><br />nypd signing off...</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3405689939573362547?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-2298807837662859232009-07-10T23:11:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:48:46.985+08:00hi there...<br /><br />just came back from tawau last monday and im ready to fly again to LAX tomorrow ;) hopefully my immune system is strong enough to protect my body...just recovered from flu, fever and cough ;)<br /><br />this time around i'll be touring Los Angeles and Seattle ;) have faced many uncertainties in planning this vacation due to the pandemic H1N1...thus everything is considered last minute confirmation ;) i didnt even have the chance to look through the travel guide on these two places.... guess i have to study hard on the plane :p sometimes, when you least expected that it's gonna be great, it'll turn out otherwise ;) and this is how im feeling right now about the trip.... being given second chance to visit the country, i wished to do what i missed out during my first visit ;) more shopping, more photographs, more exploration!<br /><br />more stories after this ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-229880783766285923?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-12699428513271576992009-06-27T22:17:00.002+08:002009-06-27T22:27:56.183+08:00hi there...<br /><br />got myself a pair of diving gloves today... it has been difficult for me to search for a suitable one as some XS sizes still do not fit well into my palm... finally, found one that i consider the most suitable for my palm (although there's still about 2cm extra for my pinky finger)... i can't be bothered with the brand nor the price anymore ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkYsRbISgcI/AAAAAAAACos/weizh2RY6E8/s1600-h/IMG_6489.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkYsRbISgcI/AAAAAAAACos/weizh2RY6E8/s400/IMG_6489.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352013885028336066" border="0" /></a><br />a pair of diving gloves is important if you are doing buoy line descent... without the gloves, your fingers will end up with scratches and some bleeding which could be hurtful... although i personally prefer to bubble without gloves as wearing gloves will reduce your fingers' sensitiveness, but prevention is better than cure ;)<br /><br />ok, i'm all geared up for the SEApadan trip ;) welcoming the month of july with a big smile ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1269942851327157699?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-19097524860729515682009-06-25T22:19:00.005+08:002009-08-14T18:49:05.081+08:00hi there...<br /><br />finally, i had a chance to spend my weekend with colleagues this year ;) although it wasn't a vacation but i enjoyed it...something different which i have dreamed of doing it ;) it was a project called NCabin, to assemble a prefab cabin that has been constructed by my boss for his daughter's family who owns a plateau farm at Janda Baik.<br /><br />the journey was great, not too near and not too far from KL, which is adequate to have a feel of "I am out of KL!!". what more with great traveling buddies this time, dumdum n dd [hahaha!]<br /><br />the farm is located at Kg Sum Sum, Janda Baik, which is near the McD rest area before you drive up to Genting Highlands ;) the climb up to the farm wasn't that tough, even a 3-year-old kid can do it ;) so there's no worries....<br /><br />there were few people who have arrived before us, so the construction has actually began. we were greeted by my boss' daughter and granddaughter and were given a short tour on what they have at the farm... I was impressed with whatever they have done to the place, they have shower room, complete with mirror, toilet with a toilet seat cover :p, clean water supply, mini garden to plant organic lady's fingers, tomatoes, carrot, etc, a hammock, swing, tent, BBQ utensils and the hero of the farm, the scarecrow which they named it Dato' Rafee ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOQEWNVXsI/AAAAAAAAClU/MASes2YWY90/s1600-h/IMG_6453.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOQEWNVXsI/AAAAAAAAClU/MASes2YWY90/s400/IMG_6453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351279186601664194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkORlTbmDPI/AAAAAAAAClc/sIv-HXFkcOM/s1600-h/IMG_6277.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkORlTbmDPI/AAAAAAAAClc/sIv-HXFkcOM/s400/IMG_6277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351280852303482098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the tour, work begins.... I wasn't really helping in the beginning, can't find myself useful to them with the hammering, knocking, carrying loads, etc ;) So, I begin capturing their hard work moments ;) After a while, I moved to the other side, the BBQ area, to at least help out something ;) Well, at least kyla was there to entertain me :D I was trying to capture moments of the sick zachy but he refused to be captured! I irritated him until he said "No photos, please" and started to cry hahaha.... ooops sorry lil boy ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOQEFF7_AI/AAAAAAAAClM/KuRVgfxZOzg/s1600-h/IMG_6360.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOQEFF7_AI/AAAAAAAAClM/KuRVgfxZOzg/s400/IMG_6360.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351279182007237634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As morning turned to afternoon, more and more colleagues appearing ;) it was windy and cooling although the sun is shining directly to our place.... then, lunch time! great great food.... you can never get hungry with my boss family ;) BBQ drumstick, BBQ kebab, BBQ marshmallow, satay, nasi lemak, roti canai murtabak, egg salad, coleslaw, brownies, juices, soft drinks, and the list goes on... they even prepared chili sauce and ketchup! see how thoughtful and details are they ;)<br /><br />soon after lunch, we were taught on setting up the what I called "mosquito netting" on the window ;) few of us were paying attention and i was more like a listener....but gradually helping those guys out ;) it's really satisfying learning something new and looking at the result... from an empty rectangle, we set up the netting, we fixed the window frames, and lastly the cabin curtain which is a green tarp ;) it was a great team work, I could sense that everybody involved in this was enjoying the moment and learning something new ;) and when we faced with some challenges to fix the last 2 curtains, we brainstormed and discussed on solving it ;) don't think that we only need physical strength in the cabin construction :p<br /><br />really salute my boss for successfully building the dream cabin ;) he was so thorough in the design that he planned out the detail on how to channel lightning to the ground.... I sincerely hope that the NCabin will stay strong and tough regardless of the weather ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOSiAlpAuI/AAAAAAAACls/ZXXILBTEyWs/s1600-h/ncabin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkOSiAlpAuI/AAAAAAAACls/ZXXILBTEyWs/s400/ncabin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351281895217365730" border="0" /></a><br />what a great day! though it's tiring but it's fun! we won't get to do this every weekend ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkORl44negI/AAAAAAAAClk/gTFcQXQkuRI/s1600-h/IMG_6432.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SkORl44negI/AAAAAAAAClk/gTFcQXQkuRI/s400/IMG_6432.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351280862357322242" border="0" /></a><br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1909752486072951568?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-82114938595667682562009-06-20T00:05:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:47:29.049+08:00hi there...<br /><br />i dunno why but i had sleepless nites for the past 3 days! i was mentally and physically exhausted but my mind just couldn't turn into hibernate mode...lots of images passing through but none of those reflections are familiar to me...i can't even remember a single thing when i woke up, forcefully ;)<br /><br />is it due to excitement? depression? stress? the most possible one is excitement hehe.... end of june is coming soon ;) followed by july, my vacation month!<br /><br />and i can foresee that i couldn't sleep tonite too, due to excitement of tomorrow's trip to Janda Baik ;) it had been a while since my last outing with colleagues... truthfully, i do miss those 'when we trip together' series ... this is unavoidable...ppl change, ppl hv diff priorities and preferences as they grow older...so do i... to the 'when we trip together' members...i really miss those experience ;)<br /><br />nite! attempting to sleep with my lullaby of the week: kris allen's falling slowly hehe<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8211493859566768256?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-54711116965476738572009-05-23T02:51:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:49:23.123+08:00hi there...<br /><br />i was down with 'Kris Allen' fever for the past few weeks...it got worse this week, and reached the peak tonight..so i seek medical treatment to cure it.... any guess? i googled n youtubed him for few hours :D and my firefox is full of youtube tabs with his songs from his american idol stint.... and that keeps me awake till now... never hv been sleeping so late for months!<br /><br />the fever is still there...i guess it will be there forever ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5471111696547673857?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-85691669180035140182009-05-21T22:53:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:49:23.124+08:00hi there...<br /><br />I have always wonder how to swallow pills that are large in size.... being gifted with a small mouth(dun laugh!) definitely scares me when I see pills that are bigger than ordinary panadol.... when dd told me about how the pill made wonder to his family on curing cough... I decided to try it...<br /><br />the moment he showed me the pill, I was shocked to see the colour, the size, and the amount that I need to take! somehow, I don't like white drink, and I don't like black food! and...the pills are in black! real black hahaha.....see this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShVwAnXxXFI/AAAAAAAACZw/_fZBvx4mEv8/s1600-h/IMG_6120b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShVwAnXxXFI/AAAAAAAACZw/_fZBvx4mEv8/s400/IMG_6120b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338296089188588626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShVwAvPod1I/AAAAAAAACZo/1-HFGKmrcSo/s1600-h/IMG_6122b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShVwAvPod1I/AAAAAAAACZo/1-HFGKmrcSo/s400/IMG_6122b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338296091301934930" border="0" /></a><br />for a moment, i tried to strategize on how to get the pill into my throat.... it was quite a hard time for me, getting choked twice! anyway, I managed to swallow 5 pills in the end ;) great achievement of the day :p<br /><br />let's see whether it will manage to suppress my cough ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8569166918003514018?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-15419393133438603742009-05-20T18:46:00.001+08:002009-05-20T18:46:00.880+08:00hi there...<br /><br />Was back to Perhentian Island for a real short getaway... It was meant to be a fun diving experience before the Sipadan trip in July '09 but we ended up taking Advanced Open Water course instead :D Again, we stayed at Shari-La Resort, again, we were attached to Quiver Dive Team @ Coral Bay, again, our instructor was Jim ;)<br /><br />This time, I opted to fly to Kota Bharu, Kelantan with Firefly instead of taking a night coach as what we did before. This saved me at least 7 hours including the waiting time at the airport. I am loving Firefly! Still don't understand the AirAsia hype ... With firefly, I can save traveling time to LCCT, I can save the bus fare to LCCT from KL Sentral, I can save the RM5 per check-in luggage bag, I faced less restriction on the hand-carry luggage, I can be spared from the delayed flight ;) And you know what, Firefly do serve some refreshment (muffin and orange juice) during the short 1hr 5min flight, FOC! Not that I am so into it, but comparing to AirAsia, hmmm I am happy to fly with Firefly so far ;)<br /><br />Took the 8.30pm flight and reached KB airport at about 9.50pm due to slight delay. Saw a 'Welcome YINPING' paper held by a taxi driver that I have booked earlier. Went straight to his WAJA airport cab which drove us to Samudera Hotel, Kuala Besut, few minutes away from the jetty to Perhentian. The next morning, we headed to the jetty at about 7.20 am. Took the 7.30am boat to Perhentian. The boat ride took about 30-45 minutes I guess ;) much shorter than the boat ride to Lang Tengah... Was greeted by greatlyshort upon arrival at Shari-La Resort, Coral Bay. Three of them were already there a day before since Jessica n Diana were on their way to become Open Water divers ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdWHrDyCI/AAAAAAAACZI/Ya-Kbbh6k50/s1600-h/IMG_5850.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdWHrDyCI/AAAAAAAACZI/Ya-Kbbh6k50/s400/IMG_5850.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337571880473970722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">sunset @ coral bay...</span><br /><br /></div>The first 2 days at the island was filled with the Advanced OW course activities...not much free n leisure time..Nevertheless, I enjoyed the quality time spent on enhancing my diving knowledge :p This course was much easier than the Open Water course as we do not need to sit for exam nor quiz for this. Two dives were compulsory: Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation. And, we were recommended to take the Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist and Wreck Diving electives.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdWRogzCI/AAAAAAAACZQ/GnXz6MW1mtg/s1600-h/IMG_5895.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdWRogzCI/AAAAAAAACZQ/GnXz6MW1mtg/s400/IMG_5895.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337571883147643938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">great dive buddies ;) greatlyshort &amp; meifong</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Overall, the dives were great...although the visibility was not that good, but with great dive instructors and dive buddies, I did enjoy my dives... I only wished that I had more opportunities to capture the underwater creatures...Wasn't satisfied with my photo capture this time... Well, I am a serious student, I don't play-play with my camera while undertaking those courses :p Was only allowed to bring the camera along during my Underwater Naturalist dive... I am sure I'll have more opportunities at Sipadan and Mabul ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdW1aOOXI/AAAAAAAACZY/86zmHolekn8/s1600-h/IMG_5915.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdW1aOOXI/AAAAAAAACZY/86zmHolekn8/s400/IMG_5915.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337571892751382898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">nypd@temple dive site</span><br /><br /></div>Jim is still the good instructor :p somehow, he seemed to be getting stricter, which is good because we forgot few points that we learned during our OW course and I am going to remember those points from now onwards....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdXQwqtsI/AAAAAAAACZg/snWPuOv4upE/s1600-h/IMG_6019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ShLdXQwqtsI/AAAAAAAACZg/snWPuOv4upE/s400/IMG_6019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337571900093281986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">great memories with meifong, iain, greatlyshort, jim!</span><br /><br /></div>For me, 3D 2N for a bubbling excursion is insufficient... I wished I could spend longer time there...I didn't even get the chance to go to Panorama, Long Beach!<br /><br />Somehow, learning yoga has manged to improve my breathing underwater... I consume less air now ;) even, Iain was surprised that I consumed less air than him in one of the dives :D I no longer afraid to clear my mask when it is fogging, and kinda calmer now...experience does count in bubbling ;)<br /><br />Hope to experience greater moments at sipadan n mabul soon!<br /><br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1541939313343860374?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-32659042207354673972009-05-10T23:45:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:49:51.174+08:00hi there...<br /><br />do you feel warm lately? my natural air-conditioner doesn't seem to work lately.... n i think it was one of the factors contributing to my not-so-well condition this weekend.... which means i needed to stay at home to recuperate....or is it due to my anxiety of my bubbling trip this coming weekend? i had a worse one prior to my phi phi trip last January....<br /><br />to ensure i am fit to bubble this friday....i decided to feed myself with some vitamin C from natural source ;) i have relied on effervescent all this while whenever I'm caught with flu/cough/sore throat but i did not have it at home ;) so, as what i saw daddy whizzy did before :D i cut an orange into 8 pieces and ate all of them! i have never been a fan of orange but i have no choice this time.... hmmm orange is sweet, not as sour as i thought! few hours later, i ate another orange.... n u know wat, i felt better after that.... not sure whether the oranges really help but hey, i don't hate orange anymore ;)<br /><br />hope that i'll be back to normal ASAP....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3265904220735467397?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-88360927321995778022009-05-08T23:57:00.000+08:002009-08-14T18:50:05.601+08:00hi there...<div><br /></div><div>Finally, my sis wedding ceremony is over...Phew! After months of planning, the event went on well... It's really not easy being a wedding planner, whatmore I do not have any wedding experience! Thanks for the trust that you gave to me, sis ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>The challenging part is my sis and her hubby is in the States while my family and I plan the wedding for her back here in Malaysia... From the wedding banquet search n reservation, guests list, make-up artist, bridal shop to decorate the bridal car, florist shop for corsages and hand bouquet, caterer, wedding march idea, dinner slideshow, dinner reception, alcoholic beverages, photographers, bridesmaids, bestmen, flower girls to the tiny details of getting petals for the flower girls, it has been a memorable journey for me n my family....</div><div><br /></div><div>Although there were miscommunication, arguments, dissatisfaction here and there... these are actually signs that everyone is concerned about the wedding.... From this occasion, it really opened my eyes how supportive are my family and relatives.... We asked them to wear white, they did, we ask them to be the bridesmaids n best men, they agreed, we asked them to be the MCs for the dinner, they agree, we ask him to be the chauffeur, he said Yes!, we asked them to play piano and sing, they agreed although only few hours of practice... The wedding wouldn't be a great one without their assistance ;) Thanks, family, relatives and friends ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the best decision is to engage <a href="http://flyingcolor.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html" target="_blank">fox</a> as the official photographer for the memorable event... Thanks fox for all the great moments that you captured ;) Knowing there's a reliable photographer n being the floor manager of the day, my camera was not with me most of the time... anyhow, thanks to my brothers n cousin, they managed to capture some nypd moments during the event ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT7ao4WeI/AAAAAAAACYU/Gj6n7a9O-R4/s1600-h/IMG_5473b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT7ao4WeI/AAAAAAAACYU/Gj6n7a9O-R4/s400/IMG_5473b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480138941684194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">my fren who took a day off just for this event!</span></span><br /></div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT7i6EhRI/AAAAAAAACYc/n6B6b6vhhSc/s1600-h/IMG_5631b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT7i6EhRI/AAAAAAAACYc/n6B6b6vhhSc/s400/IMG_5631b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480141161268498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">officially my bro-in-law after the tea ceremony ;)</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT700Q5jI/AAAAAAAACYk/vEU1MSs2xF4/s1600-h/IMG_5658b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT700Q5jI/AAAAAAAACYk/vEU1MSs2xF4/s400/IMG_5658b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480145968752178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">fox at work @ lookout point</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT79QDyGI/AAAAAAAACYs/fzTm9elg4d4/s1600-h/IMG_5666b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT79QDyGI/AAAAAAAACYs/fzTm9elg4d4/s400/IMG_5666b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480148232816738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">part of the zhi muis ;)</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT8Gz9MLI/AAAAAAAACY0/4MT1dJiXQKo/s1600-h/IMG_5680b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRT8Gz9MLI/AAAAAAAACY0/4MT1dJiXQKo/s400/IMG_5680b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480150799298738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">one of the shots that i managed to capture...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRUPt-LDtI/AAAAAAAACY8/JwBtBXb0HfM/s1600-h/IMG_5828b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SgRUPt-LDtI/AAAAAAAACY8/JwBtBXb0HfM/s400/IMG_5828b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333480487728647890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">with the flower girls of the reception...</span></span><br /><br /></div></div><div>To Mel &amp; Brian, congrats! Hope you guys had your dream wedding ceremony ;)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8836092732199577802?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-15526198161720552052009-04-20T22:59:00.004+08:002009-08-14T18:50:19.729+08:00hi there...<br /><br />i thought it was a normal dinner cum get-together but i was informed that dum intentionally organized this in conjunction with my one-year-wiser day hehe...tx dum, really appreciate it....n this is my 9th treat from frens n family ;) n wat a great end to the celebration, i managed to fulfil my cravings for sweet n sour crab! huge crabs indeed...<br /><br />the restaurant is called 'restoran siu siu', near the bukit robson/seputeh area.... it's kinda cool that you will not be aware that u r in the middle of the city once u r there coz u will be surrounded with greeneries ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySP1sHiPI/AAAAAAAACVQ/cVDMZDgR-EI/s1600-h/IMG_5199.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySP1sHiPI/AAAAAAAACVQ/cVDMZDgR-EI/s400/IMG_5199.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326793260080269554" border="0" /></a><br />it's signature dish is claypot crab rice... refer to the pics below... it is really good, once u eat this, u wouldnt want to eat claypot chicken rice anymore haha.... and look at the size of the crab!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQCUlM8I/AAAAAAAACVY/mbX-ol767nM/s1600-h/H.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQCUlM8I/AAAAAAAACVY/mbX-ol767nM/s400/H.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326793263471211458" border="0" /></a><br />overall, the food there is comparatively good ;) well, my favourite seafood spot is still ulu yam ;) but the size of those crab is really an eye opener....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQXsloVI/AAAAAAAACVo/Hu8qvtNQbEo/s1600-h/IMG_5236.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQXsloVI/AAAAAAAACVo/Hu8qvtNQbEo/s400/IMG_5236.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326793269209047378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >macro shot on the claypot rice...</span><br /><br /></div>if you dun believe me that the food is good, look at these photos ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQVewwGI/AAAAAAAACVg/AhhKXzxWt40/s1600-h/IMG_5225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeySQVewwGI/AAAAAAAACVg/AhhKXzxWt40/s400/IMG_5225.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326793268614185058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >all cleared!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeyUUeu52cI/AAAAAAAACVw/pacmjYz_Xtc/s1600-h/IMG_5238.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeyUUeu52cI/AAAAAAAACVw/pacmjYz_Xtc/s400/IMG_5238.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326795538840541634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">.... guess who is this? sedap hingga menjilat jari hahaha :p</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeyUUk7sdDI/AAAAAAAACV4/P4iku7FAnEQ/s1600-h/IMG_4954.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeyUUk7sdDI/AAAAAAAACV4/P4iku7FAnEQ/s400/IMG_4954.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326795540504802354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">yea, it's related to prev pic :p</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">thank you so much for the great memories @ siu siu.... we ate, we laughed, we talked, we laughed n laughed n laughed.....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1552619816172055205?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-63218824814573685942009-04-14T23:55:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:50:19.730+08:00hi there....<br /><br />im in the world of 27! who cares bout the number...haha....yea, i started to say that after hitting 25 :P<br /><br />i had 4-day eating feast around KL and Ulu Yam starting last Friday and lasted till Monday evening. Thank you for all the treats! fox, new, greatlyshort, bro, mum, colleagues, fy and pk ;) and thank you for all the wishes via SMS, phone calls, facebook, emails, etc....<br /><br />what did i achieve for the past one year? i would say i started to strategize in catching and realizing my dreams, one by one.... and i'll continue to do that this year... life is so beautiful, it really depends on how we see it ;)<br /><br />just wanna share some bday moments here....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy9kjK5DI/AAAAAAAACUQ/FpgZC_sg4kg/s1600-h/20090413_Bdayb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy9kjK5DI/AAAAAAAACUQ/FpgZC_sg4kg/s400/20090413_Bdayb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324577430311724082" border="0" /></a><br />one of the recorded treat moments was the treat by greatlyshort! actually not so much in treating me haha...she wanted to try on jogoya but too bad, it was fully booked...went to have shangri-la hi-tea instead.... quite a good mix of foor varieties and nice deco but nothing much to shout about... you can see which was my favourite based on the pic size haha....it was a great lunch indeed ;)<br /><br />had great food at italianese, ulu yam and few other places also.... too bad, not so convenient to take pics at that time ;)<br /><br />the most creative gift goes to....fox n new! i did not even know the real gift after opening it haha....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy--xrNfI/AAAAAAAACUw/oZM7LIKuOAY/s1600-h/IMG_5170b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy--xrNfI/AAAAAAAACUw/oZM7LIKuOAY/s400/IMG_5170b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324577454531753458" border="0" /></a><br />seriously, i thought it was a Canon EOS 5D Mark II replica.... until fox forwarded me the link that talked bout this item.... It is a thumbdrive!!! The best part is, it's not available in Malaysia :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy-eF1dOI/AAAAAAAACUY/QtWCl7IAsvQ/s1600-h/20090413_Bday2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy-eF1dOI/AAAAAAAACUY/QtWCl7IAsvQ/s400/20090413_Bday2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324577445757940962" border="0" /></a><br />it looks so real, ain't it? btw, that was my model, posing with my new camera hahaha....<br /><br />and i was spending my weekend and am goin to spend these few days to tie these ribbons...no, I am not Melissa and my hubby is not Brian :P another 102 pieces to go.....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy-hWKo7I/AAAAAAAACUg/BCcZW7-fUXc/s1600-h/20090413_Bday1b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeSy-hWKo7I/AAAAAAAACUg/BCcZW7-fUXc/s400/20090413_Bday1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324577446631744434" border="0" /></a><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6321882481457368594?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-73139105876464978162009-04-13T00:07:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:50:19.730+08:00hi there...<br /><br />it had been a while since my last post... on off-bloggin mood lately ;) everything is alright except that kinda busy preparing for sis' wedding... so many things to organize!<br /><br />received this from the threesome after the Java trip... dunno y crab makes them think of me haha..... anyway, this is even better than a stress ball at work! it is useful for fingers stretch, to hold my headset, as my paper weight....and as a toy haha.....and had a photo session with it last Friday...btw, some poses were choreographed by nottyboy ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeITPopkKsI/AAAAAAAACUI/pkmAcWQnYgE/s1600-h/crabbies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeITPopkKsI/AAAAAAAACUI/pkmAcWQnYgE/s400/crabbies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323838868836068034" border="0" /></a><br />and, i hv received gmail stickers from my sis!! sorry guys, wanted to send some envelopes to gmail on behalf of u guys, but too late as the date due was too near.... only managed to get my sis to send for me..... it's not so 'big thing' after all....was expecting more and bigger stickers...but it's just cool ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeITPajfYkI/AAAAAAAACUA/XlApmxUWRjo/s1600-h/g.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SeITPajfYkI/AAAAAAAACUA/XlApmxUWRjo/s400/g.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323838865052492354" border="0" /></a><br />and this hour marked my migration to the world of 27...<br /><br />and i shall get my beauty sleep now, nite...<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7313910587646497816?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-63469603618523954772009-03-15T22:39:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:50:30.384+08:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">hi there......<br /><br />when i need time to be alone and to reflect my whole life again....i love to travel on my own to a place away from kl that i used to be there before... i enjoyed the bus ride, surrounded by unknown people, away from any distraction, giving me time to reflect myself, my work, my life, how i live and how other people in the world live.....<br /><br />i used to be able to be in hibernate mode once i step into any mode of transportation....but no more nowadays...my mind cant stop thinking.... it's not a bad thing, it really gives me a chance to organize my next steps in my life.... thus i wouldnt mind the hassle of having to get to puduraya to get the bus ride. this time around i chose to head to my alma mater @ tronoh perak.... somewhere i used to be for 4.5 years...<br /><br />every bit of the journey from gopeng to tronoh made me recalling past memories as an undergrad student.... the roads have been upgraded to a certain extent where i was confused... im glad to see such development, it shows how important is my alma mater....<br /><br />thanks to greatlyshort for letting me to put up a few nites in her rented room. we decided to go for food hunt this time around ipoh.... the food hunt began as soon as i jumped off from the bus...we headed to a dimsum shop at bukit kledang for dinner cum supper.... the owner is still the same as 5 years ago... the price is almost the same too, didnt really take note on the price though.. really craved for the fried char siew pau (second from right at the most bottom row of the pic)... not sure where else can i find the similar pau...<br /><br />the second day, we headed straight to ming court@ipoh for dimsum breakfast ;) the dimsum is just different from those at KL, incomparable... n i discovered a new thing, yam with lotus paste filling! (the one next to char siew pau in the pic), it's a mini version, i like it!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">right after dimsum, we headed to a coffee shop called 'nam heong' if im not mistaken... i had the best white coffee there...together with a plate of penang char kuey teow.... non-stop eating! then we drove to 'ching han guan shop', dumdum ching's dad's shop :p we spent RM 67 buying cookies n bisuits! greatlyshort was so exited to see so many kinds of biscuits there..i bet she'll visit there again even without my presence haha.... had a chat with dumdum's parents n auntie(i suppose)... hmmm n discovered that they call him 'meng chai' :D<br /></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Sb0TWLX14ZI/AAAAAAAACPw/usb1GnGyjDA/s1600-h/20090315_Ipoh.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Sb0TWLX14ZI/AAAAAAAACPw/usb1GnGyjDA/s400/20090315_Ipoh.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />next, to the most famous shopping mall there, kinta city, a place which i frequent few times in a week last time... they are now equipped with mng, guess, espirit, just to name a few! we had a productive shopping day....<br /><br />food hunt in ipoh is incomplete without tasting the beansprout chicken...we only spent RM11 for 2 there! the noodle is so delicious even with the plain soup only....arggh! im missing the noodle in the restaurant!<br /><br />visiting the tronoh market on the sunday morning felt like visiting my relatives.... the auntie whom i used to order breakfast from could still remember me, not only the auntie, even her husband can still recognize me! i shall visit u again, auntie uncle ;)<br /><br />i had the chance to drive around my alma mater and wow, if im driving alone there, i may be lost in the campus, those buildings that used to stand tall 5 years ago have been demolished to make way for new roads in the campus.... nevertheless, i luv to see the positive development of UTP ;)<br /><br />a great escapism for me, just for 2 days...and im back to rat race... is this the life that i want? im searching for the answer.... in the meantime, life must go on ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Sb0TWLX14ZI/AAAAAAAACPw/usb1GnGyjDA/s1600-h/20090315_Ipoh.jpg"><br /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6346960361852395477?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-86993684244934692462009-03-13T00:06:00.001+08:002009-08-14T18:51:15.521+08:00hi there..<br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SbkzM2Tv8JI/AAAAAAAACM8/0LP1aA9VffM/s1600-h/IMG_4916.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SbkzM2Tv8JI/AAAAAAAACM8/0LP1aA9VffM/s400/IMG_4916.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Sbk1DxpPxMI/AAAAAAAACNE/KYwS5xTCZuI/s1600-h/IMG_4909.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/Sbk1DxpPxMI/AAAAAAAACNE/KYwS5xTCZuI/s400/IMG_4909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312335574442427586" border="0" /></a></div>had a chance to witness a sunset on the day i got back from eagle ranch retreat @ port dickson... can you guess where were these taken? i used to frequent here but i did not realize the breathtaking scenery that i could capture from here.... probably because i used to come here late at night and not in the evening ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8699368424493469246?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-1043861474480258212009-03-06T01:46:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:51:31.446+08:00hi there....<br /><br />if I am granted with a wish, all I wish for is good health for all the people in the world. I wished that all the people in the world can see the world, can hear the world, can smell the world, can taste the world, can travel around the world, can talk to the world, can lead a healthy life....<br /><br />looking at how my buddy is suffering right now, i just wished that i could share the pain... i feel useless sometimes for not being able to console her, for not being able to understand her, for not being able to tolerate with her, for not being able to take care of her..... i could only offer some words of encouragement which is easier to be said than done.... sometimes i do wonder why in the world that she has to endure all this? but i am always thankful that at least her condition is least serious compared to some people in the world.... i have always thought that she would be alright, she's a tough gal.... but, she has reached to the limit that she is almost giving up, no matter how tiny is one's medical problem, he/she still suffers!! i hope i can play my part to keep her strong and optimistic....<br /><br />watching <a href="http://www.asu.edu/feature/fall04/macintyre.html" target="_blank">Scott MacIntyre</a>'s Top 36 performance in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ToA-8Pt5vo&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">YouTube</a> made me cry even harder... he who is almost blind sang with emotion and perfect showmanship.....being blind is not an obstacle for him... i salute him for having the courage to challenge himself to face the world in American Idol.... i cannot imagine how would i endure it especially the hollywood week which was so intensive....how doeos it feel like hearing audience clapping hands without realizing they are giving standing ovation, listening to judges' comments without being able to witness their expressions.... Scott, thanks for inspiring me!<br /><br />goin to bed now, with the hope that tomoro is going to be better...<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-104386147448025821?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-63651747123824420762009-02-24T23:57:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:51:31.446+08:00hi there...<br /><br />working in a shopping haven, i did not really notice how economic crunch has affected ppl of malaysia...the shopping mall is still crowded as usual... there are still many purchasing transactions going on...<br /><br />but.. looking at the crowd during the JCard day today really made me realized ppl are spending less nowadays... there was no more long queue at fitting rooms and cashier counters....i did not need to squeeze with ppl just to get the item that i was eyeing for...<br /><br />is it really a sign? yes, it is hitting Msia.... opportunity is coming soon...<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6365174712382442076?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-90529289491236802852009-01-31T04:02:00.002+08:002009-02-02T18:06:01.618+08:00hi there...<br /><br />it's day 4 @ phi phi.... it's last day to be spent @ phi phi.... we had a quick breakfast to cherish our moments @ phi phi by doing other activities.... i was reluctant to snorkel initially, considering i have dried all my diving equipments and we were supposed to check out later...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTLetZGI/AAAAAAAAA8c/lBwxO67JXf4/s1600-h/IMG_1880.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTLetZGI/AAAAAAAAA8c/lBwxO67JXf4/s400/IMG_1880.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296757958333260898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the humble bungalow of phi phi hill resort...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTb8tjuI/AAAAAAAAA8k/0a5_pqfQWHw/s1600-h/IMG_1890.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTb8tjuI/AAAAAAAAA8k/0a5_pqfQWHw/s400/IMG_1890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296757962754068194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the top hill restaurant @ phi phi hill resort...<br /><br /></span></span></div>in the end, i changed my mind...to taste the salt water of phi phi for the last time ;)i changed and grabbed my mask n snorkel to small beach... did not bring along my fins knowing that it would take some time to dry them later....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTo7mJZI/AAAAAAAAA8s/iCsYLXSn6zY/s1600-h/IMG_1898.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTo7mJZI/AAAAAAAAA8s/iCsYLXSn6zY/s400/IMG_1898.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296757966239049106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">view from small beach</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>it was only me @ small beach ... cool... it's so amazing to see so many fishes there! the crystal clear water, the wave splash, the serene ambiance, the magnificent view... what more can i ask for my last morning @ phi phi? did not dare to snorkel far as small beach is located at a corner, where i may be out of boatman's view.... while enjoying my time with those underwater creatures...something suddenly hit my leg... i looked back and i saw jellyfish!!! without thinking any further, i swam as though i am running while being chased by a dog! i felt glad i managed to reach to the shore without being stung by the jellysifh... i did not know whether it's a dead one or still alive or a plastic bag that i assumed it was a jellyfifsh... probably i was still traumatized with the incident@lang tengah.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTm16_XI/AAAAAAAAA80/WgECdZFQbBg/s1600-h/IMG_1911.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdTm16_XI/AAAAAAAAA80/WgECdZFQbBg/s400/IMG_1911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296757965678378354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">another </span><span style="font-size:85%;">view from small beach, with some movements<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2DFOiKI/AAAAAAAAA_s/t5CKiRKPq2g/s1600-h/IMG_1916.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2DFOiKI/AAAAAAAAA_s/t5CKiRKPq2g/s400/IMG_1916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166476188223650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">potrait shot@small beach, but the horizon line could be better...<br /><br /></span></span></div>i aborted my snorkeling soon after that :( i then proceed with photography session to capture the nature while waiting for master who planned to snorkel from long beach to the small beach....but the wait was forever, he didn't turn up! fortunately i spent my time there fruitfully ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2EDDBsI/AAAAAAAAA_k/vS6_L57WgVI/s1600-h/IMG_1894.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2EDDBsI/AAAAAAAAA_k/vS6_L57WgVI/s400/IMG_1894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166476447516354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">btw, that's phi phi ley...the best island you can shoot from long beach</span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdT4-J2dI/AAAAAAAAA88/vMShv-mM-g0/s1600-h/IMG_1945.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHdT4-J2dI/AAAAAAAAA88/vMShv-mM-g0/s400/IMG_1945.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296757970544744914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">it's blurry, ain't it? but i just love this, made so many attempts to capture the view from different angle..... this is the straightest horizon line that i managed to capture from this angle hehe....<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfI2O1xDI/AAAAAAAAA9E/fytYt1vpcas/s1600-h/IMG_1946.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfI2O1xDI/AAAAAAAAA9E/fytYt1vpcas/s400/IMG_1946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296759979854119986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >another one...</span><br /><br /></div>next, i went back to the bungalow and took my shower...then started packing....i cant believe it, i have spent 4 days there....why would good things end so early? i have to be back to reality soon.... we checked out and walked down the steps to the foothill... btw, there are 88 steps to phi phi hill resort, audited by nypd ;) so, in total I have climbed up at least 700 steps in the 4 days ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfJn92VSI/AAAAAAAAA9M/OUOGpuB5ero/s1600-h/IMG_1967.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfJn92VSI/AAAAAAAAA9M/OUOGpuB5ero/s400/IMG_1967.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296759993204626722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">took this while taking the stairs down...sob sob...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfJ3epNUI/AAAAAAAAA9U/i2TVT6cy-eU/s1600-h/IMG_1970.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfJ3epNUI/AAAAAAAAA9U/i2TVT6cy-eU/s400/IMG_1970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296759997368710466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">last moment at long beach....</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span>we took a boat to tonsai village with krabi town as the next destination in mind.... we approached a travel agent there and she recommended us to spent our night at ao nang beach, 30 mins from the airport... we paid 450Baht each for the boat fare to ao nang @ 3.30pm..... it was about 11.30am when we bought the ticket...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxxZ-tnI/AAAAAAAAA98/KFwJzufFUDY/s1600-h/IMG_2081.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxxZ-tnI/AAAAAAAAA98/KFwJzufFUDY/s400/IMG_2081.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761782444930674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">common sight @ tonsai<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxwUPhAI/AAAAAAAAA-E/UPu6hxjl5x8/s1600-h/IMG_2082.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxwUPhAI/AAAAAAAAA-E/UPu6hxjl5x8/s400/IMG_2082.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761782152430594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">another common service offered by local ppl @ tonsai</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>we took a stroll at the village again to kill our time...we stopped by at a stall to have coconut shake ;) the guy, clad in what they call fisherman pants was very friendly to us.. he can even utter 'selamat datang' when we told him we were from malaysia....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNZ6AZ9VqI/AAAAAAAABAs/fR4qlNYOmMw/s1600-h/IMG_1986.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNZ6AZ9VqI/AAAAAAAABAs/fR4qlNYOmMw/s400/IMG_1986.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297176439793997474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the man...</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfKYCVGSI/AAAAAAAAA9c/hNsCLns0-7s/s1600-h/IMG_1994.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfKYCVGSI/AAAAAAAAA9c/hNsCLns0-7s/s400/IMG_1994.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296760006108322082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">recovering from tsunami...developments going on...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZlXBeHI/AAAAAAAAA_c/0_1a9JlwZXc/s1600-h/coconut.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZlXBeHI/AAAAAAAAA_c/0_1a9JlwZXc/s400/coconut.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296766864452581490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">pic 1: you would think that it was taken at a beach<br />pic 2: you would think it was taken from a traditional kampung<br />pic 3: it's actually taken from the busy tonsai village<br /><br /></span></span></div>he then politely asked us whether hv we been to viewpoint... hmmm, we have been contemplating whether to go or not in day 2 but we decided not to since we were told that it will take us 1 hour to go up and another hour to come down......and then...he told us...it only takes about 20 minutes to go up! quickly we made a move to start climbing the stairs to view point ;)<br /><br />the excursion to phi phi was not only about 'dive deep'! indeed, it involves some 'climb high' activities! being absent from exercise for last few months, the climb was rather tough for the unfit nypd... nevertheless, the pain faded as soon as i witnessed the view of koh phi phi from viewpoint!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxnkxZLI/AAAAAAAAA90/vwXDIDLmnOY/s1600-h/IMG_2061.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxnkxZLI/AAAAAAAAA90/vwXDIDLmnOY/s400/IMG_2061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761779805840562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfKrsnNwI/AAAAAAAAA9k/iN73dCcRKJ4/s1600-h/IMG_2016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHfKrsnNwI/AAAAAAAAA9k/iN73dCcRKJ4/s400/IMG_2016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296760011385943810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the unique formation of koh phi phi don...</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2X7WjnI/AAAAAAAAA_0/Sf9Rmg7ppJ4/s1600-h/IMG_2006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2X7WjnI/AAAAAAAAA_0/Sf9Rmg7ppJ4/s400/IMG_2006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166481783950962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxgiOsHI/AAAAAAAAA9s/5f0dpar-ihU/s1600-h/IMG_2058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgxgiOsHI/AAAAAAAAA9s/5f0dpar-ihU/s400/IMG_2058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761777916129394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">i like the foggy effect ;)<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2dJl8iI/AAAAAAAAA_8/OdWUBOWkdew/s1600-h/IMG_2050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2dJl8iI/AAAAAAAAA_8/OdWUBOWkdew/s400/IMG_2050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166483185857058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">another one..</span></span></div><br />soon after we had lunch, it was time to leave koh phi phi...sob sob.... we were given a sticker with 'Ao Nang' printed on it to stick on our top.... the journey to aonang took about 1 hour 30 minutes... we were back on land again!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgyXIid9I/AAAAAAAAA-M/VaGobAUIUeE/s1600-h/IMG_2102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHgyXIid9I/AAAAAAAAA-M/VaGobAUIUeE/s400/IMG_2102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296761792572323794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">bye phi phi!<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNTuQhZRDI/AAAAAAAABAc/GLSOJnT0JLg/s1600-h/IMG_2103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNTuQhZRDI/AAAAAAAABAc/GLSOJnT0JLg/s400/IMG_2103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297169640891958322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the sticker...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2UaCtRI/AAAAAAAABAE/gazmFL4mTrY/s1600-h/IMG_2108.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNQ2UaCtRI/AAAAAAAABAE/gazmFL4mTrY/s400/IMG_2108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297166480838931730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the little boy who kept me awake during the boat journey, he is so cute!<br /><br /></span></span></div>being clueless of where to stay, we managed to find a room which cost 500 Baht, this time with hot shower and TV ;) after leaving my backpacks, we went out to explore the town.... hmmm it was livelier than krabi town....we made a good decision to divert to here ;) let the photos speak for me ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHisglPBbI/AAAAAAAAA-U/zbq-ITbrpmk/s1600-h/IMG_2115.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHisglPBbI/AAAAAAAAA-U/zbq-ITbrpmk/s400/IMG_2115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296763891052643762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">this is what they call bus....sunset @ ao nang beach</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitDRaMqI/AAAAAAAAA-c/7WHz48TTZpg/s1600-h/IMG_2126.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitDRaMqI/AAAAAAAAA-c/7WHz48TTZpg/s400/IMG_2126.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296763900364731042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">if you notice, the price is much cheaper @ ao nang..</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitrzEYPI/AAAAAAAAA-k/XJGz5zqXr6g/s1600-h/IMG_2129.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitrzEYPI/AAAAAAAAA-k/XJGz5zqXr6g/s400/IMG_2129.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296763911243325682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">this is where we had our dinner, fried rice or phad thai for only 35 Baht...you will need to pay at least 60 Baht in Phi Phi for the same food..</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitoULnOI/AAAAAAAAA-s/_Gul_7flI3w/s1600-h/IMG_2139.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitoULnOI/AAAAAAAAA-s/_Gul_7flI3w/s400/IMG_2139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296763910308469986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">i had so many plates of phad thai during the 5 days...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitv6DX8I/AAAAAAAAA-0/zLI0Jklr6Yc/s1600-h/IMG_2141.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHitv6DX8I/AAAAAAAAA-0/zLI0Jklr6Yc/s400/IMG_2141.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296763912346361794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">admiring the soap carved into flowers by the lady..<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlYu26jxI/AAAAAAAAA-8/mkN3JfSxXIw/s1600-h/IMG_2161.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlYu26jxI/AAAAAAAAA-8/mkN3JfSxXIw/s400/IMG_2161.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296766849822396178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">this was where i spent my last 20 Baht!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlY3DJz0I/AAAAAAAAA_E/fz9d4mwQO4c/s1600-h/IMG_2174.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlY3DJz0I/AAAAAAAAA_E/fz9d4mwQO4c/s400/IMG_2174.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296766852021210946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">my last 20 Baht = banana pancake for my last breakfast @ krabi ;)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZBcxqpI/AAAAAAAAA_M/3bmF7f-X-g8/s1600-h/IMG_2178.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZBcxqpI/AAAAAAAAA_M/3bmF7f-X-g8/s400/IMG_2178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296766854813035154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">tuk-tuk<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZZzcM-I/AAAAAAAAA_U/D7ZkiD73kEY/s1600-h/IMG_2181.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYHlZZzcM-I/AAAAAAAAA_U/D7ZkiD73kEY/s400/IMG_2181.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296766861350548450" border="0" /></a><br />all in all, it was a great excursion for me.... being in people's country allowed me to explore and interact more and at the same time, it gave me an opportunity to realize how beautiful is our own nation's underwater world... i would definitely explore thailand more if there are cheap flight tickets available... their islands are just too beautiful... of course i would love to explore malaysian islands at the same time ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNRWxpBOFI/AAAAAAAABAU/JYv-uFGIeQI/s1600-h/divesites.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNRWxpBOFI/AAAAAAAABAU/JYv-uFGIeQI/s400/divesites.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297167038442190930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> dive sites in phi phi<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNVyOH21JI/AAAAAAAABAk/soos-cAVsQc/s1600-h/IMG_2193.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNVyOH21JI/AAAAAAAABAk/soos-cAVsQc/s400/IMG_2193.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297171907990705298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">waiting to board the plane...</span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNRWUnE-tI/AAAAAAAABAM/byjENzpir74/s1600-h/IMG_2195.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SYNRWUnE-tI/AAAAAAAABAM/byjENzpir74/s400/IMG_2195.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297167030649420498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">thanks to my companion, you never fail me ;)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>let's see how many months i can resist before next bubbling trip ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-9052928949123680285?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-73870262929616525092009-01-26T22:30:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:51:59.587+08:00hi there....<br /><br />a brand new chinese new year with a brand new template for my bloggie ;)<br /><br />first and foremost, wishing all of you a new year filled with abundance of good health and wealth :D<br /><br />so, what do you think of my new bloggie's look? i chose a light background for my text this time, just for a change.... n i chose blue as the background colour.... blue has been my favourite colour all this while and blue world has been my passion since i got ceritified as bubbler ;) am trying to personalize all the details.... bit by bit ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SX3Nk-YiaFI/AAAAAAAAA5c/m-EUg_pZK0s/s1600-h/IMG_4058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SX3Nk-YiaFI/AAAAAAAAA5c/m-EUg_pZK0s/s400/IMG_4058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295614771962472530" border="0" /></a><br />i had my first toss of yee sang on the new year eve... it was pretty happening this year with all the food and gamblings around....but seriously, i do miss my sis during this festive season... and i bet my other relatives have the same feeling as well.... nevertheless have to get used to this.... i hope you have a great celebration too, sis ;)<br /><br />gonna continue with my final episode of 'sun, sea, sand and bubbles' soon ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7387026292961652509?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-81978829889511020672009-01-20T19:13:00.008+08:002009-02-02T18:07:20.161+08:00hi there...<div><br /></div><div>this time around i brought my camera ;) same package, 2 dives a day... we have different diving buddies this time... Sarah from London and Dieter from Belgium.... This time around, we are bubbling at Bida Nok (the other site from yesterday) and Maya Bay.....</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1xhqXd_I/AAAAAAAAA3o/vd57CfEV-hQ/s1600-h/IMG_1780.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1xhqXd_I/AAAAAAAAA3o/vd57CfEV-hQ/s400/IMG_1780.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293336799498172402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">the dive center, long beach divers...</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1x4j9zpI/AAAAAAAAA34/fCPZ6JQzAg8/s1600-h/IMG_1782.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1x4j9zpI/AAAAAAAAA34/fCPZ6JQzAg8/s400/IMG_1782.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293336805645340306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">calm beach in the morning...</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1x_SKpOI/AAAAAAAAA3w/IxZ-v_Df1zw/s1600-h/IMG_1790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1x_SKpOI/AAAAAAAAA3w/IxZ-v_Df1zw/s400/IMG_1790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293336807449732322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >look at Scott, carrying 2 tanks is like carrying 2 </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">floats haha...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></div><div>We saw more creatures this time! We were just inches away from a huge leopard shark! We also met with moray eels, moorish idols, etc.... It's really a great experience where we need to go through some narrow rock formation... This time around, I can control my buoyancy better compared to my previous trips.... I manged to refrain myself from using my hand while bubbling ;) Mask clearing is no more a fear for me ;) Next time, I wanna try on taking out my regulator, blow bubble and purge ;) </div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1yCuRuzI/AAAAAAAAA4A/w5WOrub8gTA/s1600-h/IMG_1803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1yCuRuzI/AAAAAAAAA4A/w5WOrub8gTA/s400/IMG_1803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293336808372943666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">this is how our boat looks like too ;)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1yULwi-I/AAAAAAAAA4I/SkHNRtjrQ_I/s1600-h/IMG_1815.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXW1yULwi-I/AAAAAAAAA4I/SkHNRtjrQ_I/s400/IMG_1815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293336813060000738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">which is my tank hehe...</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div></div><div>The water was quite choppy... It was really tiring to swim back to the boat after ascending.... Probably, this is the moment I hate most during bubbling ;) Felt that the equipment is so heavy :P<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0fuJqZHI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/VIccMyGPrGg/s1600-h/IMG_1820.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0fuJqZHI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/VIccMyGPrGg/s400/IMG_1820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293405762845566066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">maya bay as the background...</span><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0feYwUBI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/xJrem3csyHs/s1600-h/IMG_1831.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0feYwUBI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/xJrem3csyHs/s400/IMG_1831.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293405758613901330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">one of my favourite photos ;)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0gLcY2TI/AAAAAAAAA4g/yB7xim1kr1w/s1600-h/scene2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 68px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXX0gLcY2TI/AAAAAAAAA4g/yB7xim1kr1w/s400/scene2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293405770708736306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">a stitched photo of phi phi ley ...</span><br /></span></div><br />really felt sad after my last dive...fourth dive... felt that 4 dives was not enough ;) wat to do.... on a budget vacation.... but the 4 dives were really fruitful for me ;)<br /><br />the rest of the day were spent in long beach..... rest n relax....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8197882988951102067?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-80537844736688996402009-01-19T00:56:00.009+08:002009-02-02T18:09:25.948+08:00, hi there...<br /><br />the taxi fare to tonsai from long beach is 100Baht per person. alternatively, you can walk to tonsai by goin through some hills.... it was really a culture shock for me when i reached tonsai. never would i imagine that a village in an island could be so busy with tourists walking around.... never would i imagine a village in an island would hv so many facilities such as atm, foreign exchange, 7-eleven, laundry shops, etc..<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNld9SENeI/AAAAAAAAA2g/VGPmWMGBH7s/s1600-h/IMG_1672.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNld9SENeI/AAAAAAAAA2g/VGPmWMGBH7s/s400/IMG_1672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685552431412706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">on the boat to tonsai...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNleuQ79HI/AAAAAAAAA2o/OZwXm7LDSMA/s1600-h/IMG_1685.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNleuQ79HI/AAAAAAAAA2o/OZwXm7LDSMA/s400/IMG_1685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685565580014706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">atm n foreign exhange...look who is the customer ;)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlg-6UGBI/AAAAAAAAA2w/8oaH_ojyWHE/s1600-h/IMG_1687.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlg-6UGBI/AAAAAAAAA2w/8oaH_ojyWHE/s400/IMG_1687.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685604408268818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">7-eleven at a strategic location..</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlhKydTpI/AAAAAAAAA24/GujPcuaexHY/s1600-h/IMG_1697.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlhKydTpI/AAAAAAAAA24/GujPcuaexHY/s400/IMG_1697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685607596543634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">you can spot this kind of stall in almost every corner..sellling the same stuff...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlhOlY4aI/AAAAAAAAA3A/Y7IfHn_1gSo/s1600-h/IMG_1711.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNlhOlY4aI/AAAAAAAAA3A/Y7IfHn_1gSo/s400/IMG_1711.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685608615469474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">souvenirs...clothes...etc...<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNme1HdTzI/AAAAAAAAA3I/hE86tB68zjQ/s1600-h/IMG_1712.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNme1HdTzI/AAAAAAAAA3I/hE86tB68zjQ/s400/IMG_1712.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292686666930933554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">you will be spoiled for choices with so many dive centers around tonsai....</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>you can practically bump into white people in every step that you take.... it really amazing to see how the koh phi phi has captured the hearts of westerners ....<br /><br />this is the view of the beach at tonsai village. no doubt it's more crowded than long beach. and i would say, long beach is more beautiful and serene ;)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNmfYzKGRI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/rQQtQ2ZxHUE/s1600-h/IMG_1700.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNmfYzKGRI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/rQQtQ2ZxHUE/s400/IMG_1700.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292686676509464850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNmg66-JbI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Ze653Ay6gWo/s1600-h/IMG_1729.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXNmg66-JbI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Ze653Ay6gWo/s400/IMG_1729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292686702848910770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">still admiring those deco :P</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">we strolled for 2 hours before we settled down for dinner... this time around we decided to go for a bbq fish, pineapple rice, mixed vegetables...and of course my watermelon shake....my fav drink during bubbling vacation to keep me hydrated ;) it was rather windy in the evening... really great ambience for an open-air dinner.....<br /><br />after the dinner, we hired a long tail boat to transport us back to long beach.... the evening boat journey was totally different from the day boat journey..... it made my mind wander far... i felt grateful for being able to be here to enjoy my life... at the same time, i felt sorry for those who do not hv such opportunity to travel.... i seriously do... that is why i always try to do it budget-style for all my vacations.... i wanna explore the world...in moderate style.....<br /><br />the people of phi phi really depend on tourism as their primary income.... i cannot imagine how quiet it is without tourists.... i cannot imagine how was life after being hit by tsunami in koh phi phi few years ago before they rose again....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXRVGK4ff4I/AAAAAAAAA3g/kpjChBbvsSs/s1600-h/IMG_1760_s.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXRVGK4ff4I/AAAAAAAAA3g/kpjChBbvsSs/s400/IMG_1760_s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292949026556051330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >a humble thai citizen, trying to earn some living by transporting tourists using long-tail boat...i cannot decrypt what is in his mind...hopefully the 100 Baht that we spent can at least contribute to his daily income....</span><br /></div></div></div><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8053784473668899640?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-68956370035965147372009-01-18T09:22:00.006+08:002009-02-02T18:10:44.535+08:00hi there...<br /><br />I woke up at about 7am before my alarm rang. went to get a quick shower (grrr....it's cold water) then headed to the phi phi hill restaurant for our breakfast. nothing to shout about for breakfast in phi phi. you can choose either cereal, thailand pancakes, waffle, toast or just a plain cup of coffee perhaps ;)<br /><br />took a leisure walk to <a href="http://www.longbeachdivers.com/">long beach divers</a> since we were ahead of time.... did not know what to expect for our first bubbling experience in koh phi phi. in my mind, i was recalling my experience in perhentian and lang tengah... and the jellyfish incident in lang tengah is still fresh in my mind ;)<br /><br />once we reached the dive center, we met up with Scott, our dive master who is the son of Trevor. such a good-looking guy, am sure he is younger than me....probably in his early 20s. in long beach divers, our tank, bcd, and regulator are pre-assembled by our dive master! we just need to do a quick check to make sure the equipments are functioning well! what a good service :D master went to select his fins and wetsuit while i was busy cleaning up my mask with johnson-johnson baby shampoo which i brought along. it is to make sure our masks do not fog when we are underwater. the baby shampoo was recommended by my instructor back in perhentian. but there are few websites claim that saliva is the best option actually, and it is at no cost ;)<br /><br />surprisingly, at long beach divers, they do not have such 'mask-defogging' procedure.... lang tengah does practice that too. hmmmm i wonder what about other dive centers in koh phi phi ;) at about 9am+, Scott gathered 4 of us for a briefing on our dives today. master will be my buddy while theo(from belgium) would be melanie's(from canada) buddy. Our first dive site is <a href="http://www.divetheworldthailand.com/thailand-scuba-diving-dive-sites-phi-phi-islands-bida-nok.php">Bida Nok</a> while the second one would be Palong. Bida Nok is a popular diving spot in Koh Phi Phi, one of the best sites in this island.<br /><br />Unlike the experience in perhentian and lang tengah where we need to gear up and carry our tank to the boat by ourselves, our stuff were loaded into a long tail boat by them, even the dive center owner carry tanks to the boat! and all of them can carry two tanks at one go including a lady dive master! salute you! we sat on another long tail boat which drove us to the big boat bout 200m away from the shore.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGxTh8LoI/AAAAAAAAA2A/dwJvofP88eM/s1600-h/DSC08204.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGxTh8LoI/AAAAAAAAA2A/dwJvofP88eM/s400/DSC08204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292440693728095874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >on the way to Bida Nok...</span><br /><br /></div>Wo! New experience indeed. We are diving from a big boat, not the sampan-like boat! The journey to dive site took about 25 minutes. We did a buddy check..the 'Begin[Buoyancy] With[Weight] Review[Release] And[Air] Friends[Final Check]' procedure. Instead of the backroll entry, I got the opportunity to try giant stride entry this time ;) Hmmm, this was much easier actually ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGyDMotHI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BntvUE5YhSE/s1600-h/DSC08258.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGyDMotHI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BntvUE5YhSE/s400/DSC08258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292440706523640946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >my dive master, Scott<br /><br /></span></div>After getting four of us to gather together, Scott gave the instruction to deflate our BCD :D I was blowing bubbles again hehehe.... Unfortunately, I cannot really go down more than 1 meter, I was thinking probably the weight was insufficient but Scott was looking at the other 3 divers. He spotted me and then he took a big rock to put into his BCD and passed a weight to me. Oh no! Did I gain weight or the weight in Lang Tengah was heavier? But I can still fit into my wetsuit hahaha....<br /><br />With the additional weight, I managed to go down easily ;) phew! so our underwater journey began..... nothing extraordinary about its marine life. I saw more varieties in Lang Tengah. But the formation of rock and coral is so breathtaking.... In few spots, we were required to squeeze through the rock to get clearer picture of the coral reefs.... I like the experience, never did this before in previous dives.... probably I'll like wreck diving hehe.... I think most probably the new creature that i witnessed is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_sea_star"><span style="font-style: italic;">Linckia laevigata</span></a>, a blue sea star ;) other than that, there were schools of fishes, probably golden damsel, trumpetfish which is yellow in color, scorpionfish and also female spotted fish.... the dive lasted for 45 minutes.<br /><br />soon after exiting the sea to the boat, we were provided with the lunch that we have pre-ordered. i opted for phad tai. it was really good. but eating it on the boat is a pretty tough task, as it was sailing to maya bay, the place made famous by the movie 'the beach' which stars leonardo de caprio.... we didn't reach maya beach, just admiring the beauty from the boat....i can see so many boats with so many tourists flocking the maya beach.... no resorts there, just a daily tour by travel operators...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGxXDiIbI/AAAAAAAAA2I/p1E7hzww9Dk/s1600-h/DSC08210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGxXDiIbI/AAAAAAAAA2I/p1E7hzww9Dk/s400/DSC08210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292440694674301362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >nypd with maya beach background ;)<br /><br /></span></div>we then continued our journey to palong, our next dive spot. we managed to see more in this dive. we saw a turtle ;) being an abiding diver, i did not touch it. i'll only break the rule when i see clown fish aka nemo...i just couldn't resist the temptation :p it's very common in phi phi to meet other group of divers underwater... there were loads of boats ferrying divers who is eager to explore the underwater world in koh phi phi. again, the dive lasted for 45 minutes....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGx2kgYuI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/WRFz98QWN8Y/s1600-h/DSC08216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SXKGx2kgYuI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/WRFz98QWN8Y/s400/DSC08216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292440703134098146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >thanks for being such great diving buddies ;)</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>once everyone is on the boat, we headed back to long beach. really wished that we could do another dive but they only offer 2-dive package for a price of 2500Baht with lunch and equipment included. it was around 2.30pm when we reached the shore. we cleaned up our equipment, filled up our dive logbooks, shared our underwater stories and that's the end for day 1 bubbling.<br /><br />didn't bring my camera today, that was why the photos were limited ;) all photos were taken with master's camera...and no underwater photos this time, still haven't gotten my underwater housing.... finger crossed, there'll be underwater moments for next bubbling trip...<br /><br />our afternoon session was spent at tonsai village ;)....more stories to come....<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6895637003596514737?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-70638133958051076592009-01-16T00:13:00.006+08:002009-02-02T18:11:41.430+08:00hi there...<br /><br />sun, sea, sand and bubbles.... what a great excursion to kick-off my Year 2009 ;) with an intense craving for scuba diving, master and i planned for a bubbling excursion with 'minimal budget but maximal satisfaction' in mind.<br /><br />thanks to the fuel surcharge removal by air asia, we managed to book a return flight [LCCT - Krabi] for just RM 231.00 each. Our journey to Koh Phi Phi began even before the departure date. We did some 'googling' on accommodation options, boat schedules, dive package, etc.. We are grateful to find few parties that gave some valuable information and recommendations.<br /><br />The real journey began on January 8th 2009. Our flight took-off at 12.05pm sharp. We landed in Krabi International Airport at 12.25pm. No, it was not a 20-minute flight :p Malaysia and Thailand has a time zone difference of an hour ;)<br /><br />On exiting the airport, we were contemplating whether to take bus or taxi to the Krabi Pier. We were pestered by so many people to board their taxis and buses. To save our budget, we opted for bus for 90Baht. However, the bus actually did not stop at Krabi Pier, instead it stopped at a restaurant in Krabi town which sells boat ticket to Phi Phi with free transport to the pier. Oh no! We were conned! So, please take a cab if you want to go to the pier directly. Blessing in disguise, this gave us an opportunity to explore Krabi town before boarding the boat at 3pm. We went around the town by foot, dropping by at travel agents, asking bout the boat ticket price. The price is either 400 Baht or 450 Baht. All travel operators offer free transport to the pier. Before purchasing the tickets, we had our first Thai lunch at a restaurant nearby. The fried rice was ok but I just couldn't take the soda water that I ordered :( I was expecting to taste like Ice Cream Soda....<br /><br />We then walked around but there was nothing astonishing. So we went back to one of the travel agents and purchased our boat ticket at 400Baht. A Thai bus version that looks like big tuk-tuk came to pick us up. From that point onwards, you will notice that you are surrounded by Caucasians... as though you are in a tropical Western country. You will notice this even more in the boat to Phi Phi.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kLooTY9I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/ODj-M1oWo2s/s1600-h/IMG_1561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kLooTY9I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/ODj-M1oWo2s/s400/IMG_1561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291558238231421906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">on the boat journey to Koh Phi Phi</span></span><br /><br /></div>The journey to Phi Phi took about 1 hr 30 mins. I slept most of the time in the boat but quickly awaken myself on arrival to Phi Phi, welcomed by the blue sea, blue sky and white sand! I finally landed myself in Koh Phi Phi! The boat stopped at TonSai Pier, the main village in Koh Phi Phi Don. On the way out, I spotted a board with my name written on it held by a boatman that will take us to Phi Phi Hill Resort at Long Beach.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kMQP8fDI/AAAAAAAAA1o/FkYfwEm9rDU/s1600-h/IMG_1584.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kMQP8fDI/AAAAAAAAA1o/FkYfwEm9rDU/s400/IMG_1584.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291558248866675762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">do you like the deco?<br /><br /></span></span></div>i finally had the chance to be in a long tail boat, the pride of Thai beaches that I have read over and over again in the cyberworld. But one thing that I did not notice while I view the photos online is the decorations that they put on each long tail boat. I love to see the vibrant deco that they put on to their boats!<br /><br />The journey from TonSai to Long Beach took less than 5 minutes. Before we stepped out from the boat, I saw the steps that we need to climb to reach the resort ;) Oh no, it is so high up there! But I wasn't that worried considering they have a mechanical elevator to transport our luggage to the hill. So, we just need to get ourselves up there ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kM3nluXI/AAAAAAAAA1w/K3vFH8ts1DY/s1600-h/IMG_1593.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kM3nluXI/AAAAAAAAA1w/K3vFH8ts1DY/s400/IMG_1593.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291558259434830194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">reaching Phi Phi Hill Resort...</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>If you ask me, I rather dive deep than climb high :p The climb was rather exhaustive for me but the view is really good up there. A 2-single-bed bungalow costs 750 Baht a night, with fan and without hot shower. Who cares, we are here to bubble only ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kNxB4HbI/AAAAAAAAA14/6Foy43TB27k/s1600-h/merged1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kNxB4HbI/AAAAAAAAA14/6Foy43TB27k/s400/merged1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291558274845908402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">steps to Phi Phi Hill... the staff awaiting our luggage to reach up the hill</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kLgNaYcI/AAAAAAAAA1g/cOOqlH-gDrg/s1600-h/IMG_1649.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SW9kLgNaYcI/AAAAAAAAA1g/cOOqlH-gDrg/s400/IMG_1649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291558235971150274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> took this photo while climbing up Phi Phi Hill...</span></span><br /></div><br />Once we settled down, I picked up my fins, booties, snorkel and masks to get to the beach. THe first thing we did on the beach was to scout for the Long Beach Divers shop. Once we stepped in, I recognized Trevor, the owner whom I have been communicating via emails to inquire about diving and accommodation. We filled up some forms, discussed about tomorrow's plan and ordered our tomorrow's lunch. Yes, we are bubbling tomorrow!<br /><br />Soon after that, we headed to the beach for first snorkeling session. It didn't really impress me as I have seen nicer and clearer shore in Lang Tengah island. Nevertheless, it always feel good when I am back to the sea ;) The snorkeling session didn't last long as it was already 6+ when we started.<br /><br />Had our dinner at the Phi Phi Hill Resort since we decided not to climb up and down again ;) And I am off to bed at about 10+. Dunno why, I only practice healthy sleeping time when I am vacation :p Sleep early, rise early :p<br /><br />day 2 coming soon ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7063813395805107659?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-10746473541890075692009-01-13T00:09:00.004+08:002009-02-02T18:12:32.371+08:00hi there.....<br /><br />back to reality again after 5D4N bubbling vacation.... let these photos speak how beautiful koh phi phi is...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SWtthir5n6I/AAAAAAAAA08/Zn12X9JQqlA/s1600-h/scene4_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 85px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SWtthir5n6I/AAAAAAAAA08/Zn12X9JQqlA/s400/scene4_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290442610290827170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">a magnificent view from ViewPoint, TonSai Village</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SWtthbDl_7I/AAAAAAAAA00/xsA3-odCMFw/s1600-h/scene3_s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 82px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SWtthbDl_7I/AAAAAAAAA00/xsA3-odCMFw/s400/scene3_s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290442608242720690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">snapshot from long beach featuring phi phi don and phi phi ley...</span><br /></div><br />the photos could be better after some editing on the stitched photos, still trying to bring back my mind back to reality, so i dun really remember what is adobe photoshop at the moment hahaha....... [click on those photos for larger view, you won't regret ;)]<br /><br />more stories to come after this ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1074647354189007569?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-49843257128201026642009-01-07T00:10:00.003+08:002009-02-02T18:16:12.267+08:00hi there.....<br /><br />all my bags are packed...ready to depart on thursday hehe.... somehow abit anxious coz this is my first oversea bubbling trip ;) i know it's gonna be a good one...hopefully :) finger crossed, i'll recover fully by tomorrow from runny nose.... perhaps its due to my anxiety ;) ok, lets use the word 'thrilled' then ;)<br /><br />however, i think im not as thrilled as my first bubbling trip to lang tengah hehe....ppl always say the first experience will leave a deeper impression.... i still remember how eager i was searching online about divings and purchasing diving gear soon after i got my open water.... but i slowed down in this after my bubbling trip to lang tengah last september ;) dun get me wrong, it's not that im not passionate about bubbling anymore, it is just the feeling hehe.... i'll never say no to any bubbling trip ;)<br /><br />after this trip, i hv to either purchase or DIY my new log book ;) the current logbook can only record 15 dives.... i think i'll opt for DIY ;)<br /><br />ok, i shall get a good rest...<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4984325712820102664?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-46879268886645262682009-01-01T02:33:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:52:35.487+08:00hi there,<br /><br />it seems like the year 2008 was so short..... probably due to not many changes in my life for the past one year....<br /><br />the year 2008 was another challenging year for me indeed.... i had to make so many decisions that could affect my future path... as time goes by, i hope my decisions are wiser.... and year 2008 also marked the kick-off point for me to venture into one of my teenage dreams....i finally got myself certified as an Open Water Diver ;) and i finally realized that my state of tranquility lies beneath the blue nature instead of the green nature.... and my bubbling trip for the year 2009 will begin next week @ Phi Phi island, Thailand!<br /><br />the year 2008 also witnessed me injuring my tailbone which has affected my life dearly (fortunately, it is recovering...), being stung by jellyfish (an experience that you would not want to try) and got robbed in front of my own house (thanks to my scream, he flew away...). I am grateful that I managed to overcome all those obstacles and not letting myself into a pessimistic state of mind.<br /><br />had a family gathering just now..... while nearing Jan 1 2009 12 am, my cousin persuaded me to bring her to see fireworks... as we walked out, we heard the fireworks...she and her another 2 cousins were running happily to get nearer to the playground to see the fireworks clearly.... i shared the same joy as them, welcoming 2009 running on my high-heels....i can see the joy in them witnessing the fireworks display... as a child, new year only meant i am one year older, jumping to another standard in primary school....<br /><br />as an adult, i hope to have a more focused year starting from 2009...<br /><br />let's just hope for a better year ahead and learn from previous years' mistakes....<br /><br />Happy New Year everyone ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4687926888664526268?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-10534560618484317382008-12-11T00:37:00.005+08:002009-08-14T18:52:35.487+08:00hi there...<br /><br />while rearranging my stuff into my newly-painted room, i just realized how much i adore handicraft when i was younger... i found a bag of colourful straws (i think at least 500!) that i used to make roses... i found a bag that contains baby socks and also cotton that i used to make dolls... i found a bag that contains cross-stitch materials....i found loads of wrapping papers, paper bags, used ribbons that i used for gift wrappings.... i found loads of empty boxes!<br /><br />after keeping them for years, i have decided to dispose them... but i just cant dispose all... my mind said "yes, please throw away all this rubbish"...but my heart said "no!! this is all your hardwork, your passion...."<br /><br />gosh, i was more cruel this time, i threw away a lot of stuff...i threw away the socks, i threw away those empty boxes, i threw away a bottle of roses, i threw away my old teddy bears, i threw away the cross-stitch stuff....just to save some space in my room....<br /><br />but i still retain those straws, cottons, paper bags and some ribbons....<br /><br />and few days after that, i just realize how useful were those empty boxes to me during critical time!!! christmas is just around the corner!! i was clueless for a moment when i needed those boxes to wrap christmas gift for my co's events.... it's too late to find back those boxes, so i have to opt for DIY-paper bag instead ;)<br /><br />and not to waste my effort that i put into my straw roses project few years ago, i decided to give it away to the person i got for the gift exchange event in my co.... i hope the person knows how much effort and passion i hv spent on it.... and sadly, i have forgotten how to make those straw roses :( what should i do with the 500 straws???<br /><br />this is the garden of roses that i planted few hours ago....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ST_6NMk_fuI/AAAAAAAAAzM/iKkOKmYFXPU/s1600-h/IMG_1393.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/ST_6NMk_fuI/AAAAAAAAAzM/iKkOKmYFXPU/s400/IMG_1393.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278212392923135714" border="0" /></a><br />i still love handicraft, ain't i? yea, i think so but not as crazy as before.....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1053456061848431738?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-77994603548994280382008-11-24T22:32:00.008+08:002009-08-14T18:54:23.544+08:00<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">hi there....<br /><br />i have never been a fan of japanese food... i always relate it with raw food.. but somehow, sushi zanmai has changed my perception ;) now, i would not say no to invitation to dine at sushi zanmai ;)<br /></div><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwII_ukXAI/AAAAAAAAAw8/AOniASzosvo/s576/IMG_0908.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwII_ukXAI/AAAAAAAAAw8/AOniASzosvo/s576/IMG_0908.JPG" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">i think it's called dragon roll, couldnt recall the jap name ;)</span><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwINVf8ZRI/AAAAAAAAAxE/iq1iSt3D1fQ/s576/IMG_0910.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwINVf8ZRI/AAAAAAAAAxE/iq1iSt3D1fQ/s576/IMG_0910.JPG" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">a closer look...try it!<br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwIRPutA5I/AAAAAAAAAxM/DXR2GHbE5OY/s576/IMG_0917.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwIRPutA5I/AAAAAAAAAxM/DXR2GHbE5OY/s576/IMG_0917.JPG?" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">tale of 3 mushrooms from the chawamushi ;)</span><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwIVAdHUbI/AAAAAAAAAxU/9E9wEmPMwSE/s576/IMG_0919.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwIVAdHUbI/AAAAAAAAAxU/9E9wEmPMwSE/s576/IMG_0919.JPG?" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">from another angle...</span><br /></div><br /><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHPisWuaI/AAAAAAAAAwY/eWx4CSE-Hqw/s576/IMG_0921.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHPisWuaI/AAAAAAAAAwY/eWx4CSE-Hqw/s576/IMG_0921.JPG" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">more of the 3 mushroomies :D</span><br /><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHT07_mzI/AAAAAAAAAwg/B_20HsLEf5M/s576/IMG_0925.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHT07_mzI/AAAAAAAAAwg/B_20HsLEf5M/s576/IMG_0925.JPG" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHX6x6laI/AAAAAAAAAwo/aWSer59tJqQ/s576/IMG_0927.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHX6x6laI/AAAAAAAAAwo/aWSer59tJqQ/s576/IMG_0927.JPG?" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHcvI9hNI/AAAAAAAAAw0/tO130yJKQ38/s576/IMG_0936.JPG"><img alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SSwHcvI9hNI/AAAAAAAAAw0/tO130yJKQ38/s576/IMG_0936.JPG?" width="400" height="300" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">the satiated nypd...<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">nypd signing off...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">p/s: pics posted were not edited to retain their originality... and due to nypd's laziness :P</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7799460354899428038?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-7398970319384961212008-11-15T10:09:00.008+08:002008-11-15T12:10:45.461+08:00hi there....<br /><br />the theme definitely fits into our co teambuilding this year.... it was rather easy and relaxing for those who have been to our previous outings ;) but as for me, i did not really hv that kind of 'syok' feeling.... the 'syok' was felt through ever since we started the planning.... it sounded easy, it sounded as though we were given enough time constraint [24 days]... it was really a 'syok' challenge to 11 of us to organize a getaway for 61 of us....<br /><br />i learned a lot during the whole process... i experienced a different kind of leadership, i saw the true colours of ppl in my organization, i took up some challenges that i have never done before, i sacrificed my initial planning, i learned the things that we have missed out throughout the 24-day planning....<br /><br />despite the task to 'syok' ppl...we do find time to 'syok' ourselves too... i had syok swimming (or playing water? :P) two nights consecutively, i had syok driving along PD beach in the midnite, i had syok during photo sessions with my team members... and my car felt syok too until it syok-ed us with the alarm problem in the midnite hahaha....imagine my car alarm went wrong in the midnite and lasted for almost 15 minutes at 2am++! fortunately the parking area was located opposite the resort....<br /><br />btw, we had the event at avillion, port dickson.... nothing much to shout about the beach but the resort itself deserves to be mentioned....well-maintained place...what i like most is the 24-hour swimming pool ;)<br /><br />managed to steal some time to capture some photos...not many though...i wished i capture more ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2PHcIKI/AAAAAAAAAgI/7sSdC3V5oQQ/s1600-h/IMG_0637.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2PHcIKI/AAAAAAAAAgI/7sSdC3V5oQQ/s400/IMG_0637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268718815073280162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">water challets @ avillion... ignore the sea colour hahaha... dun compare with east coast islands..</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5FeQJ8w6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/-4aYsFvGzIk/s1600-h/P1010316ed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5FeQJ8w6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/-4aYsFvGzIk/s400/P1010316ed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268725000105149346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">told ya not to compare :P see da diff? oh no, im missing lang tengah.....</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2oHYJDI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/QxirJ5Ruaq8/s1600-h/IMG_0650.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2oHYJDI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/QxirJ5Ruaq8/s400/IMG_0650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268718821783905330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">romantic? a wedding dinner by the beach...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2_PAuCI/AAAAAAAAAgY/cA-aak6r_z8/s1600-h/IMG_0791.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_2_PAuCI/AAAAAAAAAgY/cA-aak6r_z8/s400/IMG_0791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268718827989940258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">i luv macro!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_3Rny7_I/AAAAAAAAAgo/7xMvXNWlTp4/s1600-h/IMG_0833.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_3Rny7_I/AAAAAAAAAgo/7xMvXNWlTp4/s400/IMG_0833.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268718832925732850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">nice?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_3AYaZ2I/AAAAAAAAAgg/2jLZ7BhVIMY/s1600-h/IMG_0816.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR4_3AYaZ2I/AAAAAAAAAgg/2jLZ7BhVIMY/s400/IMG_0816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268718828297807714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">my personal favourite ;)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5HmQtF9yI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gtrNNmOhk4U/s1600-h/IMG_0643.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5HmQtF9yI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gtrNNmOhk4U/s400/IMG_0643.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268727336714762018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">i luv my new hard rock cafe honolulu top! our 'life is syok' theme was derived from nottyboy's quote 'life is short' during our inaugural meeting :p<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5KV9WHDEI/AAAAAAAAAhI/XxczLdB5Ag0/s1600-h/IMG_0730.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5KV9WHDEI/AAAAAAAAAhI/XxczLdB5Ag0/s400/IMG_0730.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268730355175066690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> 'life is syok' by syok-syok selalu...<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5KVmRbjaI/AAAAAAAAAhA/GMnbRmoZBLk/s1600-h/IMG_0692.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SR5KVmRbjaI/AAAAAAAAAhA/GMnbRmoZBLk/s400/IMG_0692.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268730348981423522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> 'life is syok' by syok-syok selalu<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">nypd signing off....<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-739897031938496121?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-71179917288015156752008-11-05T23:33:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.970+08:00hi there...<br /><br />i just couldn't stop myself muttering "they are so cute!" over and over again when i saw this bunch of kids having a tour at klcc suria mall during the canon photomarathon....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SRG_3qjU-nI/AAAAAAAAAY4/b02wE_6LPAg/s1600-h/IMG_0464.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SRG_3qjU-nI/AAAAAAAAAY4/b02wE_6LPAg/s400/IMG_0464.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265200402408995442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >from far, they were walking with hand on their frens' shoulders, divided into boys and gals...and this was when they were boarding the escalator to get down one floor....</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SRG_3xrjyII/AAAAAAAAAZA/bDzwQXMdLzE/s1600-h/IMG_0465.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SRG_3xrjyII/AAAAAAAAAZA/bDzwQXMdLzE/s400/IMG_0465.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265200404322568322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >and once they were out of the escalator, the teacher instructed them to do the same again ;) you normally hear ppl saying 'hand by hand'...this time, it's 'shoulder by shoulder' :P</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">kids are just lovely... what even more babies....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7117991728801515675?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-71802123925003624102008-11-02T12:40:00.009+08:002009-08-14T18:54:23.544+08:00hi there....<br /><br />my inaugural participation in canon photomarathon was indeed a 'get-to-know' session with my latest baby, canon ixus 870 IS ;) great experience that i had last saturday where the adventure began as early as 5.30am and lasted till bout 9.30pm... the event took place at berjaya times square started from 7am till 8am as in initial shedule.... but ended till 9.30pm due to delay....<br /><br />the organization of the schedule is a bit of dissapointment IMO, perhaps it was due to unexpected number of participants....but somehow, this really has to be improved, else the return rate of participants for each year might be affected ;)<br /><br />anyway, other than the issue, other aspects deserved to be mentioned...free quality t-shirts, caps, towels as well as free breakfast and hi-tea ;) not so free after all, canon managed to get more than 1000 people walking around KL promoting its brand at the same time!<br /><br />as for me, it was rather an exploration and exposure... it was indeed pretty tough to win a competition which is so subjective... and i would never imagine that wat they wanted was actually something that is within the box... o perhaps we thought too much ;)<br /><br />i had the marathon with fox n nottyboy.... thanks for the great company... we had laughters all the time for the whole day ;) and the proudest achievement for me was walking from berjaya times square to klcc by foot! i would have never imagined myself doing that if not for the marathon :p<br /><br />the photomarathon was basically divided into three themes and participants are required to take photos in accordance to those themes. The three themes were:<br />1. indulge metropolitan<br />2. mess in rules<br />3. goes green<br /><br />it was pretty hard to interpret those themes into photography. i could imagine the visual result that i wanted in my mind but it just didnt turn out that way ;) not only BTS, pavillion and klcc that we went, we also explored photograppy prospects at petaling street...<br /><br />though it was called 'photomarathon', we did have time to stop by to indulge ourselves with food hahaha... we had air mata kucing n fruits at petaling street, o'brien sandwich at klcc and organic food and drinks at bukit bintang :p<br /><br />a photography competition is really subjective...at some point i wonder why did the judges selected the particular photo? but in the end, i told myself, it's really subjective, no argument ;)<br /><br />enough said, photos time!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3Pg3Tj7YI/AAAAAAAAAYY/9c_EWjSvgBg/s1600-h/IMG_0269.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 239px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3Pg3Tj7YI/AAAAAAAAAYY/9c_EWjSvgBg/s400/IMG_0269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264091702974737794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >soon after we took photos on this backdrop, more n more participants did the same haha..</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1AoZOcK9I/AAAAAAAAAXI/4SOcT1GYlro/s1600-h/IMG_0271.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1AoZOcK9I/AAAAAAAAAXI/4SOcT1GYlro/s320/IMG_0271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263934602176375762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >nottyboy's morning look :P</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1Aoka_NsI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/YJzMy0f2c6Y/s1600-h/IMG_0272.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1Aoka_NsI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/YJzMy0f2c6Y/s320/IMG_0272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263934605181793986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >can you interpret the expression?</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1Ao-h012I/AAAAAAAAAXY/doeEwb8XiXo/s1600-h/IMG_0279.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1Ao-h012I/AAAAAAAAAXY/doeEwb8XiXo/s320/IMG_0279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263934612189796194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >before flag-off...</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3TVFWa8oI/AAAAAAAAAYg/0AW6lYi8kiI/s1600-h/IMG_0306.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3TVFWa8oI/AAAAAAAAAYg/0AW6lYi8kiI/s400/IMG_0306.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264095898632909442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Theme A: Indulge Metropolitan: Submitted this</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3T41iUvLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/mi4jYTZDVs8/s1600-h/IMG_0289.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3T41iUvLI/AAAAAAAAAYo/mi4jYTZDVs8/s400/IMG_0289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264096512863157426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >My model :P<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1BzhpREjI/AAAAAAAAAX4/XDczPtKjUIg/s1600-h/IMG_0410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1BzhpREjI/AAAAAAAAAX4/XDczPtKjUIg/s400/IMG_0410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263935892926566962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Theme B: Mess in Rules: Submitted this</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1BzG3GG4I/AAAAAAAAAXw/UcSizbw-axc/s1600-h/IMG_0381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1BzG3GG4I/AAAAAAAAAXw/UcSizbw-axc/s400/IMG_0381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263935885736811394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Second option for Theme B</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1B0M8j2dI/AAAAAAAAAYA/bzyYRMf8izE/s1600-h/IMG_0478.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1B0M8j2dI/AAAAAAAAAYA/bzyYRMf8izE/s400/IMG_0478.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263935904550214098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Theme C: Goes Green: Submitted this.. And I should hv not promoted other brand actually haha<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3T5PetILI/AAAAAAAAAYw/VF9aZZbMNXE/s1600-h/IMG_0324.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ3T5PetILI/AAAAAAAAAYw/VF9aZZbMNXE/s400/IMG_0324.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264096519827300530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Testing my camera's macro mode ;)<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1B0kPvPRI/AAAAAAAAAYI/-DYUSoIOCe8/s1600-h/IMG_0538.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SQ1B0kPvPRI/AAAAAAAAAYI/-DYUSoIOCe8/s400/IMG_0538.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263935910804667666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Testing my camera's macro mode ;)<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Much more to learn to take better photo ;) though it's just a compact, im happy with my baby ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7180212392500362410?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-36895590909228229952008-10-28T00:27:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.970+08:00hi there...<br /><br />this weekend was filled with dinner treats, which explains why I can never lose weight ;)<br /><br />Started off with Saturday evening at KDE, a treat by my first uncle... I was a historical dinner for us as it was our first dinner with complete family members after few years! Hmmm, somehow, the feeling is not the same anymore. Nevertheless, it's great to be able to experience it again ;) I can't ask for more...<br /><br />Sunday evening was spent at aunt's hse with a dinner treat by my sis... Great food again and had our mahjong session..something that we always do during Chinese New Year...<br /><br />And Monday dinner was spent at teluk gong, a treat by my auntie.... another round of mahjong session at kota kemuning ;)<br /><br />3 days in a row, and we are going for 'jln-jln cari makan' at malacca town today!<br /><br />Don't care...eat first, think later ;)<br /><br />I'm blessed for being able to taste such great food.... Of course, eat moderately ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3689559090922822995?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-12996187422147440642008-10-08T22:59:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.970+08:00hi there...<br /><br />do you feel incomplete when one of your immediate family members is not not around for 6 months? i do... no matter how irritating and annoying is she, i do feel incomplete when she is not around....and when she is back here.... our home is more lively ;) at home, she is the noisy n crazy type and im tagged as serious type....and she is my sis...<br /><br />i do feel the same too when one of my brothers is not around during weekdays... and i do have the same feeling when we no longer see our dad that often anymore....<br /><br />if you ask me to choose, i would rather be back to our childhood and teen days when everyone is living happily under one roof.... we would normally have a gotong-royong and gardening session every weekend and after our hard work, we would take our bath and head out for either breakfast, lunch or dinner together every Sunday without fail.... i miss our bak kut teh meal, ulu yam feast, sri kembangan lunch, morning dim sum, etc... 6 of us would fit into my dad's old junk to those dining places....<br /><br />now? i can only play it in my memory.... i have accepted the fact that we are adults, each of us is leading different life. and i chose to remain here to reduce the amount of 'ppl not around' at my home. am i happy to be here? do i want to be not around here? i just feel incomplete....<br /><br />i hope there is no such feeling when i form my own family in the future....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-1299618742214744064?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-81551455955045017442008-09-24T18:22:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.971+08:00hi there...<br /><br />while i was enjoying my auntie anne's pretzel at the elevator from P1 to P2 yesterday, the headlights of a car at P1 caught my attention through the glass door as i was looking up..... and then only i reallized i can view P1 from P2 at that area.... and then it made me wonder how tall is the 2-storey and i wonder how many storey of buildings did i dive during my last trip....<br /><br />assuming <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_tall_is_a_story" target="_blank">one-storey building</a> is 10 feet, and my max depth was 28.8m, this means i have went down 9.6 floors!  i wish to go deeper next time ;)<div><br /></div><div>nypd signing off...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8155145595504501744?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-64014107577139079612008-09-21T22:54:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.971+08:00hi there...<br /><br />i have hurt one of my lifetime frens recently....due to my previous experience that led me to uphold a principle that he disagrees.... i do not why both of us were deeply hurt with the incident, especially him who thinks that im not being logical enough in this case...<br /><br />sorry buddy, i really cant help it where my previous experiences have taught me few times the same lesson that i should learn. he thinks that i have locked myself not to trust anyone because of my previous experience. yes, i do not deny that... he asked me to unlock myself from this deadlock. i'll try my best but not in near future ;) i know im being stubborn, i know i hv to let it go, im trying, im really trying....<br /><br />thanks buddy for not being mad at me but instead trying to find out why did i react in that way. thanks for the effort to meet up with me and letting me know bout your point of view.... i really hope that this incident wouldn't affect our friendship which i treasure, all the time....<br /><br />i have recently read few inspiring books... i just dunno why, perhaps my reading mood is back... perhaps i need to find answer in those books to know myself better.... i was hooked up with <span style="font-style: italic;">Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture" </span>today... and I watched his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo" target="_blank">last lecture online</a> too... i learned a few things from his book and i hope i'll apply those life lessons in my life.... one of my favourites from his lecture is:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things."</span><br /><br />i think i need a new environment to help me rebuild myself...<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6401410757713907961?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-61652398427220356252008-09-20T16:25:00.006+08:002009-01-19T18:16:28.479+08:00hi there...<br /><br />finally my anticipation for my first diving trip is over with better expectation of what I can barely forecast :p<br /><br />the whole trip was a learning experience, be it on diving skill or life lessons. It was our first time boarding Firefly, it was our first time flying together (though I have known greatlyshort for 8 years!), it was our first time landed at lang tengah, it was our first dive after the compulsory open water dives during our OWD course, it was our first time knowing so many people during a trip, it was my longest domestic vacation period (5D 4N) and it was my first time being stung by jellyfish and I hope it is the last time!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fly with Firefly</span><br /><br />Firefly uses turbo propeller to carry their passengers. You may check out more information <a href="http://www.fireflyz.com.my/flights/fleet/" target="_blank">here</a> . I had the chance to try both Fokker 50 and ATR-72. Definitely the latter one is more comfy and nicer looking. I was scared by some people that flying with Fokker plane will be a bad experience, especially during the landing. But due to its strategic airport location at Subang Terminal 3 and RM3 promotion, we opted for Firefly instead of the more well-known and more established AirAsia.<br />The landing from KL-KT was better than KT-KL but still at acceptable rate ;) No need to be afraid of Fokker plane J Though it may be noisier prior to landing but it’s worth the RM3 experience (well, plus airport tax and surcharge, it’s RM60), as claimed by greatlyshort after our landing at KT “For RM3, not bad” ;) And the take-off is really on time...<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waiting is torture...</span><br /><br />We arrived at KT (Kuala Terengganu) airport about 8.20am. The land transfer driver, En Yasin picked us up to the Kuala Merang jetty. The journey to the jetty took about 30-40 minutes. Well, it’s just a wooden jetty, don’t expect much like the Kuala Besut jetty. We were informed that we need to wait for another group of people, landing at KT about 9.30am. So from 9.00am till 11.00am, we need to entertain ourselves at the jetty which merely contains the wooden walkway and the Redang Lang Resort’s boat. We took photos, we ate our cookies, we slept on the boat and finally, that group of HongKies arrived at 11am. Upon loading their luggage into the boat, we left for Lang Tengah. Hooray!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clear sky, blue water, white sand, warm people....</span><br /><br />Lang Tengah is an island which is located in between the more infamous Redang and Perhentian. We were greeted with clear sky, see-through blue water and warm people upon arrival. I remembered seeing a lady welcoming us once we stepped on the white sand of the beach. And later, she introduced herself as Alice. We checked in and had our lunch, which was provided in the package. On our way to our room, we met Uncle Gary who warned us that there are abundant of jellyfish in the sea! Gosh! We thought they are at Redang onl but it’s too late to regret now. Our room is just few doors away from the dive centre so it’s quite convenient for us. Our first dive is scheduled to be at 2.30pm.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bubbling Day 1....</span><br /><br />While we were gearing up, there were a group of guys also preparing to dive. Looking at their size, I felt intimidated. And they look like pro :p Soon when they exited from the boat, we discovered that they are Open Water Dive students ;) We headed to Batu Banyak Keras for our debut dive. Our dive guide for the whole trip was Aung and sometimes accompanied by other guides as well. The first dive wasn’t a perfect one as my newly-bought mask was fogging while I was bubbling! I did not have the courage to let the water comes into my mask by purpose and clear it... I do not like the salt water in my eye! So I was diving with minimal vision range and was looking at my gauge to check my air pressure constantly. I was taught to start ascending when the air pressures shows 100. So I informed Aung about my air pressure but he still continued moving here and there so I just followed him. Greatlyshort was taken care by another guide. When my air pressure dropped to 70, I alarmed Aung again and this time he gave a signal to slowly go up. As I was following him behind with my limited visibility, suddenly I felt the stinging sensation on my face! My immediate reaction was to use my hand to take it off my face....gosh, it was really really painful and I bet nobody would ever want to experience the jellyfish sting L I kept going up until we reach 5m for safety stop, then only I informed Aung using hand signal that I got stung by jellyfish. He was signaling to me too that he got stung on his face too. That 3-minute safety stop was a torture to me to bear the pain. When we finally ascended, I got a bit panic due to the pain....<br /><br /><br />When we reach the shore, the news that I got stung was further known by others, perhaps due to my scream haha.... But well, the resort is not big, everyone can see me.... Aunty Alice quickly brought a bowl of vinegar for me to dab on my hand and face. The pain lasted till the moment I went to bed.... Thanks to greatlyshort who helped me to clear off my dive gears since I was motionless after the sting.<br /><br /><br />At one moment I got paranoid about our next 5 dives, thinking of the possibility being stung again. But I know, it’s so ridiculous and childish to forgo other dives just because of this incident. Greatlyshort gave me a dum advice :p “Never mind lah, take it as an experience... Furthermore, you’ll have a topic to blog about for this trip”. True enough, I am blogging about it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bubbling again and again....</span><br /><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2raDj_wI/AAAAAAAAAWY/BXcrb21hevI/s1600-h/P1010302.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2raDj_wI/AAAAAAAAAWY/BXcrb21hevI/s320/P1010302.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248020322638364418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >nypd ready to enter the sea!</span><br /></p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>My next five bubbling experience (at Karang Nibong, Tanjung Telunjuk, Karang Bahar, Karang Nibong Laut, Batu Bulan) was filled with great discovery of the underwater world, trying to identify those creatures to log into my logbook. Some of the great creatures we witnessed were leopard shark, pipefish, nudibranch, giant moray eels, bamboo shark, crocodile fish, sting ray, clown fish, cabbage-shaped starfish and various schools of fishes.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2sMmOmrI/AAAAAAAAAW4/wnPmtxfjZwU/s1600-h/nemo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2sMmOmrI/AAAAAAAAAW4/wnPmtxfjZwU/s320/nemo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248020336205535922" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >my favourite underwater creatures...they are just too lovely! (*the photo is not taken by me)</span><br /></div><br />I also took the opportunity to practice my buoyancy skill, fin flipping skill, breathing skill, and I tried defogging my mask underwater which was actually quite easy. The great thing about diving is we will definitely have a postmortem to discuss about what happened underwater which would normally leads to laughter ;) This time around, the most mysterious question would be why greatlyshort tend to float up especially when we make safety stop hahahaha.....<br /><br /><br />After filling up the details on our log books after final dive, we discovered that our dives were quite unsafe based on the calculation in the Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) or we may have miscalculate them. Is that why Malaysian divers are always deemed as crazy divers? I think so too somehow ;) We were brought to dive to a max of 28.8m where for OWD, the maximum limit is actually 18m ;) And the minimum tank pressure logged was 30 bar/psi where the warning level is marked at 50 for every gauge ;) Yes, we are crazy hahaha.....<br /><br />truthfully, if you have been to the underwater world, you would never need to admire aquarium anymore :p you can have live view of the aquarium (better view indeed) without the four-glass barrier.....the underwater view is just too magnificent....<br /><br />and after this trip, i realize that i might be able to quit eating seafood (my fav huhuhu) one day, after more dives....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sharing session...</span><br /><br />We are glad that all the people there especially those diving instructors and guides were willing to share their knowledge with us. Seriously, I personally learnt a lot about diving in terms of skills, locations, underwater creatures from Uncle Gary and Abg Roslan especially. It’s fun to listen to their diving stories cause we can laugh and learn at the same time ;)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meet people, go places, do things, underwater</span><br /><br />That’s what written in the OWD manual as what we should do next after we have completed the OWD course. And as early as our first dive trip, we managed to experience all of them ;) Not only we met those instructors and guides, we also mingled around with the OWD students. Thanks to the 3-tall-not so dark-handsome guys, they have made our trip to be filled with more activities. We chat, we played cards, we snorkeled, we karaoke-d (I didn’t of course) together....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2ruOojeI/AAAAAAAAAWg/MsaTaBIv7v4/s1600-h/P1010261.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SNS2ruOojeI/AAAAAAAAAWg/MsaTaBIv7v4/s320/P1010261.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248020328053509602" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">when we are not diving, we snorkel....</span></span><br /></div><br /><br />And I should also give credit to Redang Lang Resort for its warm hospitality. When we woke up on our way to breakfast, we’ll greet people ‘Good morning’ here and there... can you imagine, it’s like going to work and greeting your colleagues ‘Good morning’... Special thanks to Uncle Gary and Aunty Alice for all the chat sessions be it on diving experience, life lessons, advices, etc.<br /><br /><br />At first we were quite worried on how are we going to spend 5 days in this tiny island. The word ‘boredom’ never appeared during our stay there... it’s more than sufficient to just sit on the hammock and looking to the sea.... If you are bored, just snorkel by the beach....<br /><br /><br />If you are looking for a quiet island to spend your vacation, this is the place for you.... If you are wondering how much did I spend, inclusive the air tickets, the whole trip is amounted to about RM 770...a great deal for a 5D4N dive package with 6 boat dives and unlimited shore and boat snorkeling ;) somehow, our dive equipment rental got waived, the best bonus for us especially for me who got stung by jellyfish and the rat experience in our room that crawled on my shoulder at 6am on the last day! How come greatlyshort is so fortunate not to experience all these gross incidents?? That’s still a mystery to me ;)<br /><br />p/s: more photos on the way....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6165239842722035625?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-84416325257429558332008-09-06T20:59:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.971+08:00hi there...<br /><br />after searching hi and low at various dive stores, i finally found the mask for my snorkel ;) here it is:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SMJ_V94PlgI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/c8ZBIB2XK_c/s1600-h/Photo-1160ed.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SMJ_V94PlgI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/c8ZBIB2XK_c/s320/Photo-1160ed.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242892931577124354" border="0" /></a><br />you must be wondering how come nypd chose a plain black mask ;) i tried to get the matching blue clear color seac sub mask with the snorkel but somehow, the mask doesn't suit my face. i was recommended to try on this mask...hey, dun play play, this is not ordinary mask :P this is <a href="http://www.apollosportsusa.com/Products/Masks/Biometal.htm" target="_blank">apollo bio metal mask</a>.. and the price is more than double of other masks displayed at rainbow runner, ampang. i chose it not because of the price though, the feel is different compared to when i tried on other brand hehe.... but most important is; it fits my face pretty well (hmmm my nose was the main prob in selecting mask actually :p) and the silicone is softer.....<br /><br />i'll know whether my investment is worth it or not this coming weekend :D<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8441632525742955833?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-71240353270256085432008-09-03T16:05:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.972+08:00hi there....<br /><br />there are huge differences between the above mentioned 2 categories of rest ;)<br /><br />i simply cant do anything when im sicking n resting :P i slept at 9.30pm yesterday n woke up at 10.30am the next morning...a total of 13 hours of rest.... somehow, it was the best sleep that i have ever had in these few weeks ;) and that was my earliest sleeping time in history i guess :D<br /><br />im not sure it's coincidence or law of attraction in action, while waiting to collect my med at clinic yesterday, i simply grabbed a magazine to kill time....was just flipping through since i wouldnt hv enough time reading any article, n guess wat, i flipped to this page! bout a diver! wat a coincidence ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SL5wDcR6u9I/AAAAAAAAAWI/4fow6lEGIZk/s1600-h/Photo-1154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SL5wDcR6u9I/AAAAAAAAAWI/4fow6lEGIZk/s320/Photo-1154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241750220739099602" border="0" /></a><br />anyhow, the nurse was looking at me suspiciously after hearing my bubble camera sound haha.....<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7124035327025608543?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-59839107929879760072008-08-31T00:37:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.972+08:00hi there,<br /><br />finally, i can put on my fins properly with this low-cut bootie ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLl-vK4fayI/AAAAAAAAAV0/9sG6chfC5E4/s1600-h/1149ed.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLl-vK4fayI/AAAAAAAAAV0/9sG6chfC5E4/s400/1149ed.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240358990262528802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLl-vLqX_bI/AAAAAAAAAV8/gvuWMdvDAGc/s1600-h/1152ed.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLl-vLqX_bI/AAAAAAAAAV8/gvuWMdvDAGc/s400/1152ed.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240358990471757234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />cant wait to flip my fins in underwater! was walking around with my bootie n fins on just now hehe....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5983910792987976007?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-75373429198158098552008-08-29T18:47:00.004+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.972+08:00hi there....<br /><br />on my first random click on my archive , i clicked this <a href="http://yinping.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114080999500493681" target="_blank">page</a> ... and i mentioned about 'scuba diving' in that post!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLfX4fRh5mI/AAAAAAAAAVU/HnZ5yHng2ME/s1600-h/history.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLfX4fRh5mI/AAAAAAAAAVU/HnZ5yHng2ME/s400/history.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239894056936531554" border="0" /></a><br />how coincident can it be??? that was in february 2006. and this made me thinking of my friendster's profile in the 'about me' section.... i remembered i wrote something bout 'scuba diving' too.... n this is it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLfX4dHIIbI/AAAAAAAAAVc/ku2DmO_8f5Y/s1600-h/history2.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLfX4dHIIbI/AAAAAAAAAVc/ku2DmO_8f5Y/s400/history2.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239894056356028850" border="0" /></a><br />based on the emoticon used, i guess i was just dreaming at that time.... i guess it was just a dream that wouldn't come true.... but 2 years 5 months later, i managed to realize the dream ;) diving has been something that i look forward in my life.... sorry, you cant stop me from talking bout diving :p u'll know when you go through this :p<br /><br />im getting my bootie tomoro..n hopefully mask too... perhaps i was too fussy the first time i visited the shop.... how to grow my nose sharper so that more mask can fit me better :D and i wanna get a digital compact camera n its underwater housing too to share the underwater world here.... camera! camera! camera!... i hope law of attraction wont fail me here hahahaha.....<br /><br />have a great weekend ahead ;) it's gonna be 3-day hard-earned work-free days...<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7537342919815809855?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-56109005458910734022008-08-23T23:31:00.005+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.972+08:00hi there...<br /><br />when nypd does not blog frequently, you'll know she is not at her best emotional state... sometimes, for certain reasons....and sometimes, for no reason ;)<br /><br />perhaps it's due to age is catching up, life is getting more complicated and challenging... im not sure myself... spent my evening finishing up the book lent by <a href="http://bubbling-creek.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hikari no Tenshi</a>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Secret by Rhonda Byrne</span>. and the book really inspired me! i got down from my bed after reading the last page of the book and finally i found back the normal nypd in me...<br /><br />the book is so powerful to inspire and motivate me to achieve what i want....it's the power of law of attraction and also the power of our own thinking. somehow i found the answer in the book.... i was not thinking positively enough past few weeks, i was not feeling gratitude enough for wat im owning, i was having too much of worries, i was not thinking of wat i wanted all this while or rather i was not a big dreamer in certain aspects, i did not hv the courage..... i was thinking of wat i do not want instead of wat i want....<br /><br />from now onwards, it's the mind game that i need to play.... i need to let the Universe know wat i have in my mind... i need the Universe to attract those things to me ;)<br /><br />talking bout the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction" target="_blank">law of attraction</a>, while it is well-known im still infected with diving fever and hv been thinking bout diving all this while, i thought i will just go for a dive trip before the monsoon season begins in november.... so that's why i bought the lang tengah dive package... and miraculously, the next day, i got a call from greatlyshort telling me our dive school owner called her to invite us to participate in project AWARE at perhentian, 2 weeks after my lang tengah trip ;) hence, i ended up going for 2 dive trips in september!<br /><br />counting days hehe.......<br /><br />on another note, during a visit to mph with dumdum n new, dumdum did a dum act haha:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLA2GgCPzJI/AAAAAAAAAUw/lLwCPdS7zsc/s1600-h/Photo-1139.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLA2GgCPzJI/AAAAAAAAAUw/lLwCPdS7zsc/s320/Photo-1139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237745851938360466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLA2GwUKaOI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EzLbSFrFkWM/s1600-h/Photo-1140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SLA2GwUKaOI/AAAAAAAAAU4/EzLbSFrFkWM/s320/Photo-1140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237745856308472034" border="0" /></a><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5610900545891073402?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-32225044535355584412008-08-16T22:45:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:54:50.669+08:00hi there....<br /><br />yea, finally i hv decided to have my next bubbling at lang tengah island :D no turning back already as i hv paid for the package and the flight, great way to make sure i wont ffk haha...but anyway, i certainly wont miss this trip as im really longing for this trip.... my life has been on the bottom since i was told that my fren's fren has sold the redang package to others, and now im glad that i've confirmed my next dive trip :)<br /><br />i miss my dreamless sleep! i hv been dreaming for the past 7 days.... i need good sleep.... maybe tonight?<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3222504453535558441?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-56512396757117456002008-08-11T18:36:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.973+08:00hai...<br /><br />memandangkan dah lama sangat tak tulis dalam BM, baiklah, saya akan melayan permintaan 'tagged' ni daripada serene angel....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. nama-nama timangan oleh org tersayang</span><br />ah-B (semua sanak saudara panggil nama ni, takde pun yang panggil nama sebenar sampaikan sepupu yg lebih kecil pun panggil ah-B che che!)<br />ping ping<br />yang lain tidak boleh dipaparkan di sini hehe...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. anda seorang yang...........</span><br />poyo...tidak....itu whizzy, bukan nypd :p<br /><br />saya seorang yang suka gelak :P tapi hanya bila mood baik, kalau mood tak baik, baik jangan dekati saya kerana saya akan menjadi nypd yg garang....<br /><br />saya seorang yang tidak boleh duduk kat rumah, suka melancong, biar habis duit asalkan dapat melihat dunia (peribahasa apa ni?)<br /><br />tapi saya juga seorang yang suka lepak kat bilik saya dengan lappy kalau takde benda nak buat....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. insan teristimewa.describe apa yg membuatkan die terlalu istimewa di mata anda.</span><br />belum ku temui lagi... akan ku jawab bila masanya sudah tiba hahaha<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. makanan kegemaran anda</span><br />makanan laut dan sayur-sayuran terutamanya yg bukan berwarna hijau tua, ubi kentang lecek(faham ke?), ubi keladi, jagung!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. warna kegemaran</span><br />biru, hitam<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. lagu kegemaran</span><br />kalau lagu melayu, mungkin nanti(peter pan) sebab ada memori terindah hahahaha....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. sikap yg membuatkan anda tertekan</span><br />orang yang...<br />- tak faham bahasa walaupun dah ulang berkali-kali<br />- konon-kononnya hebat tapi taklah sehebat mana pun<br />- berlagak manja...tolonglah....<br />- talam dua muka<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">8. 3 bende yg mesti ade dalam handbag anda</span><br />telefon bimbit, dompet, kunci kereta<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">9. kali terakhir anda menangis beriya-iya..kenapa??</span><br />kalau menangis tak beriya-iya, hari sabtu lalu semasa menonton drama "moonlight resonance".... sebab saya mudah mengalirkan air mata semasa menonton tv ;)<br /><br />kalau menangis beriya-iya, hari sabtu lalu lalu, menonton cerita yg sama juga....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">10. teg 6 rakan anda</span><br />- adiepot<br />- ywinnie<br />- hero alamkekal<br /><br />3 cukupler saya ni baik hati :p<br /><br />p/s: saya dah meMelayukan semua soalan hahaha....<br /><br />nypd berundur....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5651239675711745600?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-40900777992769809012008-08-07T13:36:00.005+08:002009-08-14T18:53:39.973+08:00hi there...<br /><br /><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/malaysia.anwar.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview" target="_blank"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231646166315381106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SJqKeEXDMXI/AAAAAAAAAUo/q9132dER90s/s400/a.PNG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SJqKWE4P7yI/AAAAAAAAAUg/r3PAnEkLi3E/s1600-h/a.PNG"></a><br />nypd signing off...<br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4090077799276980901?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-54569352793610685252008-08-03T21:24:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:54:50.670+08:00hi there....<br /><br />arrghhh....i need some good dives :( i wanna blow bubbles :p<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5456935279361068525?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-59520995520526236552008-07-20T11:14:00.004+08:002008-07-20T11:26:12.644+08:00hi there...<br /><br />have been using bubble(my phone's camera) to snap watever that i find interesting from wednesday till today...<br /><br />this week is Eggy Wednesday ;) so we were served with boiled egg with kicap ;) this week, i decided to make egg mayo sandwich out of the boiled egg and this is my product hehe....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvXrHgm0I/AAAAAAAAAUI/tiXHmcO75x0/s1600-h/Photo-1110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvXrHgm0I/AAAAAAAAAUI/tiXHmcO75x0/s320/Photo-1110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224931338949270338" border="0" /></a><br />while feeding my bb, i saw this, recorded by the previous vehicle which used the particular pump... i wonder what car is that..RM300 of petrol? that is more than 4 full tanks of my bb!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvX5vt_pI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/vQWV25KbTSE/s1600-h/Photo-1111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvX5vt_pI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/vQWV25KbTSE/s320/Photo-1111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224931342876016274" border="0" /></a><br />this is my latest craze haha... finally i own a pair of fins ;) it's gull coco fins, a japanese brand and this particular range is designed for ladies. it's pretty light compared to other brands and the most important is this brand has my size... and i bought a matching snorkel too :p but too bad couldnt find a mask that suit me but it'll definitely has some light blue element :D<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvYBKL1tI/AAAAAAAAAUY/UIyVwl0cgos/s1600-h/Photo-1113b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SIKvYBKL1tI/AAAAAAAAAUY/UIyVwl0cgos/s320/Photo-1113b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224931344866072274" border="0" /></a><br />have not been waking up late for the past few months...n i woke up at after 11 this morning! but it wasnt a real good sleep last nite..... perhpas due to some unsettled issue.....<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5952099552052623655?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-38624737453289064672008-07-14T23:25:00.005+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.155+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHt03sS7nGI/AAAAAAAAAUA/gVgQbqiYcUw/s1600-h/Photo-1104b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHt03sS7nGI/AAAAAAAAAUA/gVgQbqiYcUw/s200/Photo-1104b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222896692998413410" border="0" /></a>hi there...<br /><br />i put up that title as my gtalk status msg for today... and fox asked me later in the evening...<br />"wah nypd, you joined marathon?"<br /><br />nypd who was blur with the statement answered that another colleague was the one who joined (just so happened i saw that in her facebook..). but he still said this to me:<br /><br />"u went 20km? and u did it in 125 mins? really not bad leh"<br /><br />and finally, i understood what was he referring to.... and i laughed! not because of his misunderstanding over my status, it's because '125mins for 20km' really sounded like a marathon record, created by legs...not cars! i really had a good laugh haha...thanks fox, be it intentionally or unintentionally ;)<br /><br />it took me more than 2 hours to reach office today... and i was late for bout an hour! crazy crawl...i could practically put my car in D mode and let it move forward without accelerating, wave at nottyboy when our cars were parallel to each other, make up, eat breakfast, put on sunglass due to glare, take photo, switch between 3 radio channels, listen to same news over and over again from the radio (i think bout 4-5 times!) sms with nottyboy (i sent out bout 20 smses n i believe he sent about the same amount too) and reena.... and fortunately, my mode was not ruined by the traffic congestion, was quite productive at work today hahaha..... but i do stil think bout diving hahahaha....<br /><br />i hope tomorrow will be better.... no more snail lanes....<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3862473745328906467?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-7780818606854385222008-07-12T22:18:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.156+08:00hi there....<br /><br />sounds like someone is telling officer(nypd) hahaha...no, that's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_me_now" target="_blank">title </a>for a tvb drama which im currently watching.... really like the show till i sacrifice my friday n saturday nite just to watch this series! im crazy, i think :p<br /><br />and somehow, with a faster connection to facebook (yes, they read my complaint! yeah rite!) im getting addicted to it! which i have to control hahahaha...else i'll end up facebooking all the time, no...not during working hour, im not paid to facebook :p<br /><br />with this information era, it's pretty easy to find info anywhere virtually... wat u need is just a connection to the Internet... and the availability is getting easier and easier nowadays so no worries ;).... as for me, i really like the <a href="http://maps.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> application... well, who is not a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googler" target="_blank">Googler</a> (seriously, i didnt know there is such word before i typed this, out of curiosity, i typed that term in Google and found wiki as one of the results...) nowadays?<br /><br />back to Google Maps, being someone who has no sense of direction, it is really a helpful tool for me... to search for the exact location of where i wanna go :) to avoid getting lost n crying hahaha .... but somehow, i do feel that sense of direction can be improved with experience :p so where did u intend to go and need to use Google Maps? guess la :p<br /><br />shall i finish up the remaining episode of catch me now? i think i better do it now while i have "time".... useless nypd! "who cares...", said nypd.... siao nypd!<br /><br />*seriously, im a lil crazy today...dunno y.... and i still miss diving ;(<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-778081860685438522?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-75537567131890799682008-07-06T16:27:00.006+08:002009-08-14T18:56:58.030+08:00hi there....<br /><br />though it has been 4days+ since i came back.....im still missing last weekend :( as what i told my buddy, it was easier for me to get back to reality after my new york trip than this perhentian trip..... the experience was marvelous and unforgettable......<br /><br />the island, the open water diver course, the people, the food and everything @ perhentian are still fresh in my mind......<br /><br />the journey began on friday nite where we(greatlyshort, emy n master) took a mahligai express bus from hentian putra to kuala besut jetty, terengganu.... wanted to get a 3-seater bus bus there is no such bus, direct to the jetty.... unexpectedly, the 4-seater bus was comfy enough.... the 'not dum' nypd :p brought along her neck pillow (yea, my bday gift from colleagues which i always bring together for long bus journey ;) and also sleeping bag to be my hugging pillow hehe..... my effort to bring these two stuff was not wasted as i really utilized them in da bus..... instead of becoming my hugging pillow, it became master's and my blanket in the bus journey due to the strong air-cond.....<br /><br />reached the jetty@5.30 due to the speeding bus driver so gotta sit down n wait till 7am.....managed to locate a coffee shop to kill our time there.... greatlyshort contacted the boatman and we took a speed boat@ 7.20am... dun worry, your bags wont get attacked by salt water :p though it was a bumpy ride, i always enjoy boat ride :p<br /><br />the ride to coral bay took about 25 mins... managed to check-in upon arrival at shari-la resort and managed to persuade them to give us additional breakfast for the next 3 mornings ;) master went to check-in at his budget accommodation @ senja bay... lucky him...he got accommodation @ rm50 a nite though the normal price is rm100...thanks to the diving school owner.... as for us, our accomodation@shari-la was quite good, equipped with air-cond and tv though we dun really need the tv haha......<br /><br />our first surprise was our instructor, jim is a Scottish! hmmm more motivation hahaha..... soon after breakfast we began with filling up details, short briefing and then we were told that we have to be able to swim/snorkel for 100m n float for 10 mins..... so we went to the equipment room to select our gear.... unexpectedly, they did not hv full foot fins for my feet!! are my feet that tiny??? fortunately after a search, jim managed to get a pair of adjustable fins for me although they were still slightly bigger but i managed to survive with the fins for the next 4 days ;)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8e5upiI/AAAAAAAAATA/qOxp5NCTx6M/s1600-h/perhentian+011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8e5upiI/AAAAAAAAATA/qOxp5NCTx6M/s320/perhentian+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219834635419035170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >us in wet suits ;)</span><br /><br /></div>after getting mask n snorkel, we headed to the shore to be tested... all went well, all passed! hurray! the rest of the day....we were introduced to other scuba equipment, assembling the whole scuba system.....they look complicated in the beginning but after few practices, all the procedures were on our fingertips already....carrying the tank for the first time was a nightmare! but again, you'll get used to it as you go for more dives....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8hz81-I/AAAAAAAAATI/EiSyC0GOxmI/s1600-h/perhentian+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8hz81-I/AAAAAAAAATI/EiSyC0GOxmI/s320/perhentian+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219834636200105954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >nypd n greatlyshort... can u see the burn on my arm?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8sxK8BI/AAAAAAAAATQ/B3ir-lKzhFM/s1600-h/perhentian+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCT8sxK8BI/AAAAAAAAATQ/B3ir-lKzhFM/s320/perhentian+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219834639141236754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >sunset@coral bay...<br /><br /></span></div>the second day was the most tiring day, and i could finish 2 plates of fried rice during the lunch hour! we were underwater for 3 hours in the morning.... and underwater again after lunch.... jim was a great instructor where he is strict, ensuring all of us can perform what is required and at the same time he has his humorous side too ;) i do not want to say much bout the confined water dives as you should experience it yourself ;)<br /><br />we finally get to do our open water dives lesson on the third day at romantic beach and also war bay... we went 10m and 7 m deep on that day.....and 16m and 7 m on the fourth day... the open water dives lessons were easier and we got the chance to really swim underwater.... the underwater world is really beautiful.....with all the aquatic population..... the most beautiful thing that i saw during this trip was at romantic beach where various types of fish were swimming around a big coral.... it was really beautiful, i wished i had a camera to shoot it but it's alright, i have already planted the image in my memory..... if you witness that, you wouldnt want to see aquarium again.... n i believe there are many more beautiful scenes underwater everywhere!!! n we also managed to swim with a turtle! jim was so boastful about that to another group of diver hahaha.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWdTBOczI/AAAAAAAAATg/1Q-GfdwQzpM/s1600-h/perhentian+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWdTBOczI/AAAAAAAAATg/1Q-GfdwQzpM/s320/perhentian+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219837398188192562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >this is wat we do after each dive ...<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWd_qls3I/AAAAAAAAATo/VzPjHQMqMbE/s1600-h/perhentian+075.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWd_qls3I/AAAAAAAAATo/VzPjHQMqMbE/s320/perhentian+075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219837410172842866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >the instructor n his students after certification :p...<br /><br /></span></div>being in underwater....we did experience some 'culture shock'....the first thing is... we breathe through our mouth, not nose as how we normally inhale n exhale.... second, our eyes may feel a little discomfort if salt water gets into our mask but we'll adapt to it with more dives...third, our throat will get dry due to the continuous inhale n exhale activity from our mouth.... fourth, we need to equalize our ears as we swim to different depth but this can be done easily.....fifth, we only use our legs to swim while diving....<br /><br />not only the dive was fun.....the lunch and dinner sessions were equally fun as well.... though i have never thought of this group's combination but it turn out we really got along together well.... there wasnt any lunch or dinner session without laughter..... jokes on what happened underwater, on underwater hand signals and also sharings on our life.... out favourite hangout place was amelia with good and reasonable-priced food.... i had their seafood fried rice thrice! we also went to long beach by jungle trekking ;) that beach is equally nice or i should say better than coral bay.... i cant really make that judgement as we were there only during a dinner@ panorama....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWdbMRvSI/AAAAAAAAATY/oLxv8Y9kMC4/s1600-h/perhentian+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWdbMRvSI/AAAAAAAAATY/oLxv8Y9kMC4/s320/perhentian+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219837400382029090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >a view from amelia restaurant...<br /><br /></span></div>and of course...the island itself is fantastic....the feeling was different when i went to pangkor or langkawi....perhaps because perhentian island is really an isolated island by itself, no access road, no vehicles around, except boats of course..... i could really put off kl and work from my mind....<br /><br />it was really hard for me to say goodbye to perhentian on the fourth day! i reluctantly got up from the speed boat and headed to the jetty..... another exploration to kota bharu begins ;) thanks to emy's brother who picked us up.... my first visit to kota bharu, yea...finally i reached kelantan! went to emy's house to rest before taking our bus to kl@10pm... we enjoyed great hospitality from her family and had great dinner there...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWd90NKII/AAAAAAAAATw/uqdruDgaejI/s1600-h/perhentian+079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SHCWd90NKII/AAAAAAAAATw/uqdruDgaejI/s320/perhentian+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219837409676306562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:85%;" >our boat ride back to kuala besut jetty...</span><br /></div><br />finally, we were in transnasional 3-seater bus to get back to KL huhuhuhu..... and this would be my last time boarding transnasional hahaha.... the seat is not comfy at all! i rather take the 4-seater mahligai coach again.... not sure how come their 3-seater coach is so uncomfy :S<br /><br />so we were back to reality after 5 great days! but honestly, the thursday ans friday were really unproductive for me @ work...missing perhentian, missing underwater, missing the lessons, missing jim, missing the time we spent together there, missing the freedom, missing the laughters n jokes, and basically everything bout open water dives!<br /><br />not enough of vacation, i headed to ipoh after work on friday hehehe..... just because i miss dim sum n ipoh food :p so, enough of rest and relax, this time really hv to back to reality and be in the rat race again ;) i hope i'll be fully recovered by tonite!<br /><br />*currently busy scouting for scuba equipments :p and also planning next diving trip :D<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7553756713189079968?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-41398640783228933282008-06-26T23:08:00.002+08:002008-06-26T23:12:35.540+08:00hi there....<br /><br />yes, finally the wait is over ;) all my bags are packed, im ready to go .... :p i hope i'll hv a good break... longing for one....<br /><br />dun jeles hihihihihihihi.....<br /><br />btw, i dunno y im not addicted to facebook.... wat is so great? yea, i know it's great but super slow which has deterred me from facebooking ;) scuba diving is better muahahhaaha<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4139864078322893328?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-73959411091553865302008-06-23T17:50:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.156+08:00hi there.....<br /><br />hmmm....do i look really happy lately? i did not realize but my boss said that he noticed that! not my lil boss...my big boss! hmmmm....perhaps im too excited for the comin trip this weekend.... or perhaps i have managed to solve all the tangles in my mind.... not to the extent of solving them though, just that i managed to think through....i guess ;) or perhaps im seeing someone? i know thats wat in ur mind hahaha but no, im not.... i wished i am hahaha.....<br /><br />gosh...i hv bout 80 pages more to go before friday to finish up my 3 chapters of PADI handbook.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF91PdE12YI/AAAAAAAAAS4/gL1vzGELtd4/s1600-h/DSC_6654.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF91PdE12YI/AAAAAAAAAS4/gL1vzGELtd4/s320/DSC_6654.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215015801881745794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">nypd looking for adventure again hehe....<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">nypd signing off....</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7395941109155386530?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-73870179919045872402008-06-22T23:56:00.003+08:002009-08-14T18:56:58.031+08:00hi there....<br /><br />had a pleasant trip to jakarta recently... no, it's not a vacation ;) but i did hv fun despite traveling with ppl whom i never imagine before hehe.... and meeting an indonesian who is so friendly n helpful have left fond memories in my heart of jakarta....<br /><br />it wasnt as bad as what i expected....jakarta has changed, the new leadership has managed to transform jakarta, according to one of malaysians who has visited jakarta before this, who was traveling together with me ;)<br /><br />i was informed that ppl will always beg/ask for money/tips where ever you go, even from a cab driver who open the boot for you to take out your luggage.... and also from a story of my sis' fren who based on his own experience who needs to pay for taking a photo with a mascot on the road.... with this information, my another travel mate n me were trying to ensure we hv small change in our wallet within our millions of rupiahs to handle such situations...<br /><br />i was stunned with the professionalism of the airport cab service... they even have lcd display of those guests who hv requested for transport arrangement upon arrival! we were transported to grand hyatt jakarta with a merz kompressor ;) hmmm n the cab driver did not ask for tips!<br /><br />the hotel was great, was told that it is the most luxurious hotel in jakarta... soon after settling down, we met with an indonesian contact.... she brought us around to shop around.... i was expecting myself shopping in places like petaling street or masjid jamek...but i was wrong....we went to a shopping mall called itc(international trade center) where lots of small shop lots selling mostly indonesian batik wear, tudung, telekung, etc..... next we went to cempaka mas....another shopping mall, which is more common among local ppl and we had fun choosing batik wears! we can basically sit down n take our own sweet time browsing n flipping each kain batik hehe.....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6ApguXIvI/AAAAAAAAASg/Eqh5xTsWaeI/s1600-h/IMG_5110ed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6ApguXIvI/AAAAAAAAASg/Eqh5xTsWaeI/s320/IMG_5110ed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214746869188993778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">i had fun wit batiks</span></span><br /><br /></div>i was touched by some indonesian old folks who were still looking for job at the age of 70+... shame on us young ppl who always think of fun n regard work as burden..... and they really earned my respect for not complaining despite hv to wait for so long...... unlike some of the younger candidates......<br /><br />we continued to shop after a long day on the second day.... this time we went to sarinah, another shopping mall.... the price is higher but we hv no choice since we are running out of time else everyone in the office wouldnt get any souvenir hehehe.... my shopping ended at hard rock cafe where i managed to get there all by myself!<br /><br />the ppl in jakarta are friendly, really friendly... though i have never been there but seriously, the condidtion was much better than i expected.... it looks like a modern city comparable to kl in certain areas.... but you will see the opposite side or perhaps the old jakarta when the cab driver uses short cut that bypass certain roads with wooden houses.... and when you see ppl selling all sorts of things on the busy street (scenes that you wont see in KL, fortunately)..... so somehow, i do feel fortunate that i am from KL, not jakarta....no offence to jakarta ppl but i still prefer my home country......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6ApmEx3eI/AAAAAAAAASo/juLHy4GdZhM/s1600-h/IMG_5115ed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6ApmEx3eI/AAAAAAAAASo/juLHy4GdZhM/s320/IMG_5115ed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214746870625197538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >the modern jakarta...</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6AqcafsWI/AAAAAAAAASw/ZEMgbHZ9sMg/s1600-h/IMG_5105.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SF6AqcafsWI/AAAAAAAAASw/ZEMgbHZ9sMg/s320/IMG_5105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214746885211795810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >another view of jakarta....</span><br /><br /></div>one thing that i wish i can do in jakarta is exploring indonesian food.... perhaps i'll be back to jakarta again or other parts of indonesia to continue my shopping and indonesian food exploration ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7387017991904587240?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-85284793150613516202008-06-12T23:09:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.156+08:00hi there....<br /><br />can u guess wats my favourite scent at work?<br /><br />no, not the air freshener spray at the ladies... :p<br />no, not ivanD's fragrance :p<br />no, not the toasted bread's smell.... :p<br />no, not the nasi lemak :p<br /><br />it's the freezer and server room scent hahaha.... weird but i love the scent ;)<br /><br />so, wats ur fav scent at work?<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8528479315061351620?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-81843748419062857772008-06-08T22:49:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.156+08:00hi there...<br /><br />im not sure bout others..... but for me... things turns out the way u wanted when you least expected.... but not all the time of course ;)<br /><br />i did not expect to find the particular vege dish@bulan terang on that day but it was there!<br />i did not expect that person to call me but that person did!<br />i did not expect i could simply escape from her with an excuse but it happened!<br />i did not expect to have internet connection now but im connected!<br /><br />the feeling is greater when im in this situation than when im expecting something after thorough planning.....<br /><br />on the other note...im really happy for my cousin's wedding.... we used to play together during every chinese new year..... n i know she has gone through so many hardship due to her family condition.... but she stayed strong till now, n she is so capable to arrange n plan her wedding stuff without the assistance of her parents.... i felt so touched with her perseverance and determination that i shed my tears twice during her wedding ceremonies.... and witnessing her finally tying the knot with her bf of 8 years really bring tears of joy to me n to the rest of our relatives.... really hope her marriage will be long lasting and i know both of them will do their best, if they can do it for the past 8 years... im sure they can for the next few decades ;)<br /><br />its goin to be another hectic week again.... and we're back in rat race after stopping at the pit stop for 2 days... should i cheer or boo? hahaha..... this is life!<br /><br />p/s: im really feeling the pinch now due to the fuel price hike! gosh.... if last time, i'll just simply go anyway without much analysis, with the current fuel price, i hv to plan my journey ahead to get the best fuel efficiency plan..... n ensuring other teeny weeny details like tyre air pressure and fuel tank level to be in optimized condition.....<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-8184374841906285777?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-55243006903041852392008-06-06T19:21:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.157+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_LTKzGNKDTNZAM:http://www.greatexperiencedays.co.uk/images/products/prodLifeScubaDiving.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 109px;" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:_LTKzGNKDTNZAM:http://www.greatexperiencedays.co.uk/images/products/prodLifeScubaDiving.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>hi there....<br /><br />i wished i can buy time....though the cost of living is getting crazier, i wished i can buy some time... so many things i want to do but so little time that i have...perhaps i've committed too much time at work place.... just feel like staying back lately ;)<br /><br />and i can't wait for June 28! im seriuosly looking forward to the trip... in my quest to become a diver hehe.... and somehow, im getting excited traveling with a new combination of ppl, a group which i have never thought of.... my instinct tells me it's gonna be fun....<br /><br />i hope i'll be in such photo one day..... alreza....waiting for u to become underwater photographer :p<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-5524300690304185239?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-28533357795071968212008-06-03T00:09:00.004+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.157+08:00hi there....<br /><br />the effect is here....right at my working place.... unfortunately, it's a negative one.... i do hope everything n everyone will be ok soon.... im recuperating.... is it true, as u grow older, u tend to be forgiving? i have no strength to be angry anymore.... i have no strength to blame anyone.... i have no strength to think of the betrayal.... i have no strength to be pesimistic....<br /><br />instead, i gathered my strength to calm down and accept, i gathered my strength to mend things, i gathered my strength to forgive and forget, i gathered my strength to be optimistic n cheerful.... i am gathering my strength to fence off the negative aura in my surroundings.... im gathering my strength to make ppl surrounding me tougher and stronger.... it wouldnt work with me alone.... lets do it together ;)<br /><br />lets bring back our high morale!<br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-2853335779507196821?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-45178830064559435662008-05-29T22:59:00.006+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.157+08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://alreza.smugmug.com/photos/298881131_dwmr8-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 202px;" src="http://alreza.smugmug.com/photos/298881131_dwmr8-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>hi there...<br /><br />had a getaway back to nature recently to endau rompin, johor, our xth 'when we trip together' series.... this time more adventurous as we r not staying at 5-star chalet....we stayed in tents! we travelled with backpacks! and we were not driving this time....<br /><br />too bad, our chief organizer, fox couldn’t make it one day before the trip due to chicken pox! but anyhow, we went on with the trip since payment has been made....<br /><br />in total we have trekked approximately 20km in 4 days. we had 2 guides with us, Abo n his bro.... two orang Asli who can speak very fluent Malay. im really impressed with Abo's Malay language.<br /><br />i had fun with my 4WD mates...nottyboy, alreza, beer_flower and sally... i had fun with my tent mates... beer_flower and sally.... i had fun with my trekking mates...alreza, beer_flower and nottyboy... i had fun with my kercang mate..sally...<br /><br />but i miss daddy, dumdum, fox and mimi in the trip... if u ask me to choose my preference between tmn negara n endau rompin, i would definitely vote for tmn negara ;)<br /><br />i had fun solving all the kercangs on the last day... my new toy :p i had fun eating nasi buluh...i had fun travelling with my backpack :p i had fun living in the rainforest without coverage for 4 days...i had fun playing with water....i had fun feeding the fish...<br /><br />but i still miss tmn negara huhu.... i miss the boat ride...i miss the faces of the children playing with water by the river using buckets... i miss alreza's incident of leaving his phone in tmn negara :p (just to recap this for alreza...) i miss the floating restaurant...<br /><br />and im looking forward to my diving trip....soon ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7V_HbHOYI/AAAAAAAAASY/1PtRwvH8pwI/s1600-h/Photo-1031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7V_HbHOYI/AAAAAAAAASY/1PtRwvH8pwI/s320/Photo-1031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205833499588114818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://alreza.smugmug.com/photos/298965860_KTftV-M.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://alreza.smugmug.com/photos/298965860_KTftV-M.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7UfnbHOXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/-eSRcEeK-vE/s1600-h/DSC_6930.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7UfnbHOXI/AAAAAAAAASQ/-eSRcEeK-vE/s320/DSC_6930.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205831858910607730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7OM3bHOWI/AAAAAAAAASI/plJ2-xjrJDs/s1600-h/DSC_7001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SD7OM3bHOWI/AAAAAAAAASI/plJ2-xjrJDs/s320/DSC_7001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205824939718293858" border="0" /></a><br />view <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuaranoi/sets/72157605169787422/" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://alreza.smugmug.com/gallery/4986797_gwYmr#298870060_a76ka" target="_blank">here</a> for more photos by nottyboy and alreza ;)<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-4517883006455943566?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-64412283678745345672008-05-13T19:11:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.157+08:00hi there....<br /><br />after few days of holding it to myself.... i finally shed my tears, in my work place! and it's not one-minute cry... i do feel better.... but it doesnt solve anything... at least on my emotional point of view... im growing stronger after the cry ;)<br /><br />after thinking for few days.... i guess i hv to make a big turn which i wished i do not need to.... i hope my year of 2008 will turn brighter soon.... i do not like being pessimistic.... but so many incidents happened lately.....<br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-6441228367874534567?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-39865543772444443922008-05-04T13:04:00.002+08:002009-08-14T18:56:11.157+08:00hi there...<br /><br />do you believe your eyes? i do... i believe in my own judgment of ppl rather than listening to rumours and gossips...<br /><br />same goes to news articles in mainstream media... it has been all this while a prog-gov coverage and news on opposition will only get published for critics.... but ever since they took over 5 states in recent elections.... there are more coverage on pakatan rakyat...well, you hv to be fair to those states hehe..... that also, mainly on controversial stuff...<br /><br />i guess they hv been trying hard to dig stories on Penang's CM to portray a negative image but this is not an easy job or perhaps impossible haha.... he is so famous now with his humbleness and leadership by example, thanks to ning's manager's <a href="http://mrmanager.blogspot.com/2008/05/have-you-seen-chief-minister-sit-in.html" target="_blank">post </a>on their encounter with him at KLIA and the discovery that he is traveling on Economy Class.... and this post has attracted The Star to publish the <a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/4/nation/21148152&amp;sec=nation" target="_blank">story </a>of the CM.... and it tops the most viewed and most emailed category ;)<br /><br />since fri may 2, the date of the post published, it has attracted many ppl to link the post from their blogs and forums..... you can get a list of <a href="http://www.google.com.my/search?q=ning+baizura+lim+guan+eng&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;sa=N" target="_blank">search results</a> of these URLs from google search....just type "ning baizura lim guan eng"....<br /><br />a simple encounter of a singer and a CM has proved something to Malaysians.... and further reading of comments in another <a href="http://mahaguru58.blogspot.com/2008/05/penang-chief-minister-yab-lim-guan-eng.html" target="_blank">blog </a>led me to his discovery:<br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Brother Zainol, I have seen Guan Eng at public food court during lunch hour taking his lunch. I have never seen ex CM Koh Tsu Koon at public food court during his tenure, but for Guan Eng, it is normal for him to go to simple food court to take his lunch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sometimes I feel so touched and so small compare to him.</span></span><br /><br />hmmm though i haven't seen this with my own eyes... i guess i can trust ning's eyes with photo as proof ;) <br /><br />nypd signing off...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-3986554377244444392?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639170.post-77318663977707553102008-05-01T22:41:00.003+08:002008-05-01T23:25:06.903+08:00hi there...<br /><br />how i wish that i can go for vacation whenever i feel that i need one..... vacation to langkawi during the recent weekend was a good stress reliever ;) this time around, with an abnormal combination of ppl :p consists of mum, sis, bro-in-law, bro n 3 of his frens....<br /><br />didnt intend to go actually but since it's my last vacation with sis before she left for US for good.... i decided to tag along though i didnt want to spend ;) looking at how my bro n his frens spent time together really reminded me of my ampang buddies.... we used to set a target to go for at least a vacation from year 2005... however, we only managed to make it twice before all the unforeseen incidents happened.... oh gosh, i really miss holidaying with them! when i c my bro n his frens i really envy them for having such a close group of frens of more than 10 years and still get along so well...<br /><br />looking at my sis of how happy she is with him... im glad that she finally found the one... i believe that he'll take good care of her.... is that true that ppl will look more beautiful when love is around? this really applies to my sis actually... take care mel.... though we'll miss u here but we cant say much since u r leaving for good... gosh, i can't refrain myself from crying while typing this! just hope that my mum will be ok.... now that she is gone, i hv to become 'tai ka che' huhu.... and i have to spend more time with mum huhu.... not that im complaining but this means i cant simply hang out till late nite anymore huhu.....<br /><br />some photos taken during the trip with my bubble camera... and i learnt a new term... "camho" not sure of the spelling though but my teenage cousins were talking bout this hahah...it means selft-potrait using ur phone camera hahaha..... n i took so many of them during the trip hahaha...... well, u can call me SS haha....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SBnfyPC4kDI/AAAAAAAAARw/gJhg7AM3vMU/s1600-h/compiled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SBnfyPC4kDI/AAAAAAAAARw/gJhg7AM3vMU/s320/compiled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195429699273658418" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SBnfy_C4kEI/AAAAAAAAAR4/v4FvlQcQIkc/s1600-h/Photo-0856.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4z5BlcEJoG0/SBnfy_C4kEI/AAAAAAAAAR4/v4FvlQcQIkc/s320/Photo-0856.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195429712158560322" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >n this is my new lappy bag.....btw, that's not me :p</span></div><br /><br />nypd signing off....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5639170-7731866397770755310?l=yinping.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nypdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12398701741375618361noreply@blogger.com0