My own photo blog

Following a friend's footsteps (many thanks to Ubi), I have decided to set up my own photo blog too...


Phantasm of the passed memories

Nothing much yet, but it is a start.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
-- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

Unforgetable trip to PD.

As the saying goes, "A picture speaks a thousand words", let the pictures speak for themselves.


I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex. "
-- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891




"If I know what love is, It is because of you."
-- Herman Hesse



"A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me Together forever and never apart, Maybe in distance, but never in heart."
-- Anonymous



"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides"
-- David Viscott, How to Live with Another Person, 1974



"Paradise is always where love dwells."
-- Jean Paul F. Richter



Who is this guy, anyway?? Baywatch?

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.

Compiled from the photos taken from the 2005 Depalvali + Hari Raya holidays Port Diskson Trip (31st October - 2nd November 2005).

Research on the Malaysian leadership under way

Under the grants from the Perdana Leadership Foundation, 5 malaysian scholar are to conduct research into the nation’s leadership history. Read about this at the Star online.
Research on the Malaysian leadership under way

The research topics are as follows:
1. Malay intellectualism through the thoughts of three prominent thinkers
2. the politics of national identity through the country’s four prime ministers
3. Malaysia's past foreign relations
4. Dr Mahathir’s approach towards regional development and Asean
5. the pattern of opposition towards Dr Mahathir’s declaration of Malaysia as an Islamic state

well, it is always good to learn from the history. But granting a research grant of RM10,000 to RM50,000 for these kind of research, is it really worthwhile?

As how my colleague put it, we human likes to worship the past, especially those good old days..

But, is it really that, nowadays we don't see any more of the moment that we should be proud off? Ok perhaps, our first austronaut eating roti canai and drinking tea tarik in batik shirt, is not something we should be proud off, but I am sure there are things that we can be really proud of as a Malaysian. One thing for sure, the stable government and the harmony multiracial/multicultural country.

People always take it for granted, we look back into the past, on how glamourous we used to be and so on and so for, and we forget that we should work even harder for now and the future. So that one day, our son'son can look back and say, "Yes, our past generation did something good"

My only hope is that, the valuable grant could be use in a more practical way. Instead of researching how good our past prime minister was, or how we treat our neighbour, we could use the money to train our younger generation to be a even better prime minister one day.

"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we made today."
-- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947), Interview in Chicago Tribune, May 25th, 1916

Busy busy busy busy.

I have been feeling really busy lately, but if you ask me what I am busying, I would have answer you that I don't know. Really, I felt busy, look busy, but actually I don't really know where all my time were spends.

I have been very much lacking behind on my music theory home work, my project, and all other stuff. I have not been involved in anything that really take up all my time, don't I. Then? Where have all my time been missing?

I suspect someone must be stealling my time from me. And as a matter of fact, I also know his name, we used to be very close, he was my very close friend. What I have today, I owe everything to him. Though when I thought I can finally break away from him, he is back. Always lurking behind me, watching me closely, waiting for his opportunity to steal my time. Silently he came, silently he disappear. Without a trace. The only evidence of his criminal, was the missing time.

He name is Procrastination, the thief of time.

How can I get rid of him, oh God, please help me!!

"Our worst enemy, is the one closest to ourselves, ourself."
-- ekoay, in the depth of despair, 2005.

Malaysian F4??

F4? or .......?!

Ahh.... photo from the past. Aren't they good looking? :P

Friends

Can you believe he is Jay Chow?

This guy is the best friend I have since secondary school. Of course those old pal from the good old days are still there and deep in my heart and I treasure them very very much.

Anyway, his name is really Jay Chow, thou not to confused with the taiwanese Jay Chow. But, definitely, this Jay Chow is better man than that Jay Chow!

He is single and still available. Any one interested in meeting him in person, can drop me a line, and i can arrange the meeting.. hahahaha... just joking.

Thats what friends are for.

Cheers mate!

Under the sea 6

Lots of fish... are they sardines? Oh boy, I am so hungry!!

Under the sea 5

The living reef

Under the sea 4

The flooded forest

Under the sea 3

Look!

Under the sea 2

The Living Oceans

Under the sea

Wah, sharks!!

Opps, I have beeen missing from blogging action for err...... 1 month plus a little bit... hehe. Anyway I am back in action.

First, some photos to share, these are some of the photos taken from the latest attraction in KL, the Aquaria KLCC. Not the KLCC but KL Convention Center. Well, the place, as you would have guessed, not very big. Yet, the exibits were.... well good, thou not much marine species on display, but the place is quite well design and very informative. I would say that, they should breed more species instead of having 2-3 sharks as the main attraction. Anyway, congratulations on a job well done and keep up the good work!
And thats that.

La Mer
La mer qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent, la mer
Des reflets changeants sous la pluie

La mer au ciel d'été confond ses blancs moutons
Avec les anges si purs, la mer
Bergère d'azur infinie

Voyez près des étangs ces grands roseaux mouillés
Voyez ces oiseaux blancs et ces maisons rouillées

La mer les a bercés le long des golfes clairs
Et d'une chanson d'amour, la mer
A bercé mon coeur pour la vie

-- Cherles Trenet, Albert Lasry

Music or noise?

"Music has to be the spark that lights up the fire in human spirit."
-- Ludwig van Beethoven.

Right, I have been learning to play the violin from a music school in Selangor, and every year they will organize a sort of an annual concert. Last year I was very lucky to be able to join their orchestra, and to perform in their annual concert.

This orchestra is initiated by one of the teacher, she even volunteered to guide and conduct the orchestra. And mind you, she VOLUNTEERED, meaning she was not paid for all the trouble.

The concert last year was a huge success, and every one was happy with the orchestra, especially the performers themselves. And of course, me!

Early this year, everyone was already anticipating the annual concert. Finally in May, the concert pieces were out. Every one was really excited about the pieces. And like last year, the rehearsal session was held once every fortnightly.

But unlike last year, the attendace was poor. Despite the poor attendace, every one still work very hard. Although we will never be perfect, but if we work harder, we can be almost perfect.

And because of the limited rehearsal session, some of us organised a group practice session every alternate rehearsal session. Making it a practice session every week.

Why do we do this? Was it only because we want to take advantage on the school just to get more practice session? No! Because we want to play better in the concert, because we do not want to disapoint the school and the teacher.

As of last week, I received a memo from the school, infact every performer received one, it is a memo requiring the performer to pay a tution fees of RM100 per person for joining the orchestra, and because the attendace was poor.

Tuition fees?? But the teacher wasn't pay a cent for that. Then was it for utilities charges then? But isn't RM100 too much for utilities charges?

Or is this just another business opportunity for the school?

I don't know. But all the sudden, the school seems like a filthy beggar that will do anything for money, instead of the advocates of music and arts.
I wonder how hurt the teacher would be when she heard the news.

RM100 may not seems to be very much, but money is not the concern.
It is about how the school treat you, how the school value you, and how the school appreciate the orchestra.

Do they started up this music school to teach music because the love of music and they enjoy sharing it with the others? Or, just because the students are a bunch of idiots that they can exploid to make more money?

If so, was what they preached, music or noise?

edited 30th June 2005

Earth Angel

Earth Angel, earth angel
Will you be mine?
My darling dear, love you all the time
I'm just a fool, A fool in love with you


Me and my angel in Penang

Came back from Penang on moday, literally escaping the monday blue. haha....

But this week was a good week for me. I felt more energetic and motivated to work after the short break in penang. It was a really physically and mentally refrehing.

My angel and I together with an "Ang mo" friend of mine and his fiance visited the old fort Cornwallis. Though I have visited this place plenty of time during my secondary school years, but this time it somehow felt different. Well ya, they have done a very good job on the building conservation, but I think it felt different because there was an angel by my side.

Earth Angel, earth angel
The one I adore
Love you forever, and evermore
I'm just a fool, A fool in love with you
-- Penguins

Be it the truth or lies........

It has been all about "AP"s in the news lately.

"AP", or approved permit is a permit that will allow the holder to import cars into the country. It was also a tool for the government to help the bumiputra entrepeneurs to build up their empire. To help them get their shares in the chinese majorities' economy.

Recently, the ex-prime minister, Tun Tan sri Dr. Mahathir, claims that some of the AP holder are exploting the privilege, to escape the high taxes that imposed on imported cars, thus threatening the national car, Proton's, market shares.

In responding to Tun's claim, prime minister, Dato Badawi, also revealed that a few of the bumiputras are actually holding the majority of the APs. All this points to the Ministry of International Trades, and it raises doubts, in the procedure to approve the APs. Rumour even has it that cronism were involved.

The minister of international trades, Rafidah, denies involvement in the approval of the APs. And, ironicly, as of yesterday, another minister from the ministry of international trades admit that he was the one who is responsible for all approval of the APs and that minister Rafidah was unaware of any of this approval.

Well, even more irony thing is that, the APs was a supposingly bumiputras economy boosting program initiated during the time of prime minister Tun Tan Sri Dr. Mahathir.

Which is truth and which is lies, we will never know......
At the end of the day, the only one we needs to answer to, is ourself, our conscience.

"You can fool all of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all of the time,
but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."

-- Abraham Lincoln.

What do you want in life?

Got a link from a colleague of mine. It is about the speech of Steve Jobs and how he affected her life.

A truely good read.Very insipring.
Something we all need from time to time. A reminder, or perhaps a ring of bell to awaken our innerself.
YouthCurry

If you are looking for the full article of Steve Jobs' speech to Stanford University (June 12, 2005), you can get access to it from this site:
Stanford

another good one... very thought provoking indeed..
shanxank's guide 2 face the world

* Make sure to download it to your local machine.

"I know what I need to do. What about you?"

The symbol of patriotism.

"Patriotism is a feeling of love and devotion to one's own homeland."
--Wikipedia.


Negaraku

Negaraku, tanah tumpah-nya darah ku,
Rakyat hidup, bersatu dan maju.
......
--"Negaraku", The national anthem of Malaysia.

As promiss, the picture taken somewhere near my office.
How shameful. The symbol of our country, torned and ruined.

Hang not our national flag, if you do not value her. Buy not out national flag, just because you wanted to show your spirit of patriotism on the National day, and then let it rot after the event. It is sad to see our national flag scattered on the floor, like rubbish.

If you want to hang our national flag, treat her right. If you want to show your spirit of patriotism, do it right. Starts with the man in the mirror, and love your national flag, love your country.

If you cannot even do this, what is the use of singing the national anthem in the cinema?
By the way, how many of us can still remember the lyrics and truely appreciate it? How many of us know the official version of the national anthem?

"How to love our country, when the country is treating us like a 2nd grade citizens?" you ask.
Yes, this is a difficult question to answer.

The truth is, it is very conflicting. In one hand, our country is among the safest in the world, harmonious, multi-races united and politically stable. In the other hand, corruption, cronism and no races equality.

What has our country did for us, especially to the chinese???

"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
--John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America.

What have we done for our country, other than endless critism??

What have we done?
......

Why do we fall?

" Why do we fall, sir? So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up."
--Alfred Pennyworth, Batman Begins.

But what you would do? If you do not even realised that you are actually falling? In the world that relativity do not work (as einstein would have expected), there are no such thing as falling or flying... They are all the same. The distortion of falling is simply because of the benchmark you relate it to. Otherwise, you may even be flying now.

This is why success and failure is only inch apart. No, success and failure are one. Neither there are good nor evil.

This is something that the school, the society never teach... This is the greyish side the world. Part of the world that we seems to have forgotten or some of us choosed to ignore.

But of course, if you never learn to fall, you will not understand flying. Sounds confusing? Who told you life is easy.

Life is short. Live it.

"Why do we fall, sir?"
-- So that we know that we were standing. It is only cause and effect. It is only "karma".

You do not understand what I am trying to share? It is ok. I my self do not understand.
Perhaps next time. Perhaps......

C'est la vie, mon ami.

Me again.

It has been too busy to write blog lately. Virtually no time to do anything for myself. But if I want to blame anyone, I have to blame myself. Honestly, I have been procrastinating for too long, and now everything is chassing up to me.

"Procrastinating is the thief of time". Read that when I was in secondary school, I understand the meaning, but I never realised the effect, then or now.

By the way, I am finally connected to Streamyx. But still without the free modem. Then why? u ask? Don't ask.... I am too tired to explain. It's a long story........ The thing is, it turn out that Streamyx is just another way to connect to the internet. Nothing more. Why was I so frustrated then. Ego? perhaps.

My girlfriend would say that, after I have Streamyx I will not think of her that much... But if only she knows that, "What life is life, if Kai Lee do not by".....
Even the force cannot help. :P

Was going to write something about patriotism the other day. I took some photos of "patriotism" from somewhere near where I am working now. Ya, about partiotism again... I am patriotic... You do not believe me?? hahaha.... Anyway, will write about that, when I find a way to upload the pictures to my computer.

Getting fat lately.... really need to do some exercise! hehe

Thank god is friday.......

I am so glad it is friday again. It had been so tiring this week.

How could a usual working week so tiring? Am I getting older or what? Sigh... I am not sure.

Continuos nights of OT are taking a toll on me... My minds are so fatique and my EQ drops sharply. Too much works? or maybe it was some side effect from the trip to Taiping last week.

I doubt too much works as the cause. I used to work 7 days week non-stop, and it never cause me any problem.

So tiring..... So frustrated..... for no reasons. Ha!

Perhaps is the "happens every month" thing. But if I am not mistaken, that only happens to the female species.

hahahahaha....

Hope it will be gone soon.

God! I am so tired.