轻轻的我走了，
正如我轻轻的来；
我轻轻的招手，
作别西天的云彩。
那河畔的金柳，
是夕阳中的新娘；
波光里的艳影，
在我的心头荡漾。
软泥上的青荇，
油油的在水底招摇；
在康河的柔波里，
我甘心做一条水草！
那榆荫下的一潭，
不是清泉,是天上虹,
揉碎在浮藻间，
沉淀着彩虹似的梦。
寻梦？撑一支长蒿，
向青草更青处漫溯，
满载一船星辉，
在星辉斑斓里放歌。
但我不能放歌，
悄悄是别离的笙箫；
夏虫也为我沉默，
沉默是今晚的康桥！
悄悄的我走了，
正如我悄悄的来；
我挥一挥衣袖，
不带走一片云彩。
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.
Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss.
I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out.
And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
My third story is about death.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Thank you all very much.
Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.
The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.
It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
My second story is about love and loss.
I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out.
And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.
I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.
My third story is about death.
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.
Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
Thank you all very much.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
壹碗冰
Today my friends and I went wondering around SS2 looking for desserts after dinner. Then we came across a cute sign board, a shop called Iced Bowl.
We went in curiously to have a feel of the place. It's quite similar with Snow Flake. The place is cozy and relaxing, there is a nice touch of light green around.
After placing out orders, we sat down and after a small chat, our orders was ready.
They looked so delicious. Seriously can't wait to eat them. I personally like this place more, maybe it is because there was not too much crowd, meaning you will have space and you won't feel the pressure of people staring at you waiting for your seat. I guess that's what made the ice so much more mouth watering.
Love the place..~~
After placing out orders, we sat down and after a small chat, our orders was ready.
Love the place..~~
Friday, September 2, 2011
Simply Briliant!
I was on the flight back to Kuala Lumpur from Bangkok, and while I was reading the magazine that they provide us on the flight, I came across this 'Briliant' article.
Seriously, it is simply briliant. Shopping while you are waiting for the train in the subway or anywhere is indeed handy in a way. The best part is that by the time you got home, you are done with your grocery shopping.
If only we have it in Malaysia. Maybe online grocery shopping having it delivered to our doorsteps. It would work, right?
Seriously, it is simply briliant. Shopping while you are waiting for the train in the subway or anywhere is indeed handy in a way. The best part is that by the time you got home, you are done with your grocery shopping.
If only we have it in Malaysia. Maybe online grocery shopping having it delivered to our doorsteps. It would work, right?
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Happy Birthday to Me~~
Oh My Gosh.. I'm getting old...!!
Had a great day on my birthday. Greetings and wishes from friends all around the world. Muakx.. Love you guys so much.. Thank you for all the phone calls, texts, wishes and birthday songs...~~
Went out for lunch with colleagues, went to Chili's with the guys, and went for Karaoke session with the girls.
Thank you all for your wishes, you all made my day so much more memorable~~
Had a great day on my birthday. Greetings and wishes from friends all around the world. Muakx.. Love you guys so much.. Thank you for all the phone calls, texts, wishes and birthday songs...~~
Went out for lunch with colleagues, went to Chili's with the guys, and went for Karaoke session with the girls.
Thank you all for your wishes, you all made my day so much more memorable~~
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
"One Day"
I just finish reading this obsessive book, "One Day" by David Nicholls. I could barely put my hands off it till I had finished it.
I enjoyed reading every bit of this book, loved the storyline and the way the author brings the characters into life. After reading, it makes you feel like as if you knew Emma and Dexter so well, since so long ago.
It is a touching story about two people, their journey over twenty years, sometimes they are together and sometimes they are not. The started on how they met, and how life changed them, the key people they met in parts of their life. The story itself is so real, so close to life.
A moving story about friendship, love, family, career, society with the ups and downs of life.
Do cherish the ones you love, sometimes, try not to look to far, as you will never know, that the love of your life is just right in front of you.
I enjoyed reading every bit of this book, loved the storyline and the way the author brings the characters into life. After reading, it makes you feel like as if you knew Emma and Dexter so well, since so long ago.
It is a touching story about two people, their journey over twenty years, sometimes they are together and sometimes they are not. The started on how they met, and how life changed them, the key people they met in parts of their life. The story itself is so real, so close to life.
A moving story about friendship, love, family, career, society with the ups and downs of life.
Do cherish the ones you love, sometimes, try not to look to far, as you will never know, that the love of your life is just right in front of you.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Snow Flake
A random night out with friends after dinner, Friday night. The night is still young, so where should be head to? Let's have dessert..!!
We went to Snow Flake in Sunway Giza, the place was packed..!! Seriously packed! The queue was from the entrance till the counter. We got ourselves the iced red bean and the monthly special. It's actually not bad, no.. It's good. Really refreshing, something rather new, different I would say.
There are a huge variety of choices to choose from. From different types of topping, to whether you want it to be ice, jelly or soya.
It is really quite an experience. So that's why there was a queue from the entrance.
We went to Snow Flake in Sunway Giza, the place was packed..!! Seriously packed! The queue was from the entrance till the counter. We got ourselves the iced red bean and the monthly special. It's actually not bad, no.. It's good. Really refreshing, something rather new, different I would say.
There are a huge variety of choices to choose from. From different types of topping, to whether you want it to be ice, jelly or soya.
It is really quite an experience. So that's why there was a queue from the entrance.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Android Users vs iOS Users
This is something quite interesting to read. There was a survey conducted to research on the difference in personality between Androids users and iOS users.
For the source and the full article, you may visit http://www.slashgear.com/android-vs-ios-personalities-infographic-15171918/
And FYI, I'm an iOS user and proud of it..!! ^^
For the source and the full article, you may visit http://www.slashgear.com/android-vs-ios-personalities-infographic-15171918/
And FYI, I'm an iOS user and proud of it..!! ^^
Monday, August 15, 2011
RAC Subang Guest Day
Guest Day... Wohoo....!! It was in Windsor Tower, it's such a nice place, by the poolside. Gosh.. Why didn't we get in the beautiful pool?
We had a huge crowd of people attending Guest Day. Guest Day is where members of the club bring their friends along to hang out with other members of the club. It's also an opportunity to introduce your guests to Rotaract.
We played games togethers, shared some laughs, had some secrets shared.. ^^ It's fun to know new people from different walks of life, different careers and getting to know more about them.
And of course, there was food.. Lots of them.. It's a Potluck Style kind of thing, where everyone brings a bit of food to shared, so that means you will end up having a huge big bunch of food..!!
It was a beautiful night, and the place offers you a relaxing view of Kuala Lumpur, you will be able to sit down and chill while admiring KL Tower and KLCC, not to mention the new palace as well.
We had three speakers to introduce the guests to Rotaract. Rudran started the flow with a brief introduction on Rotaract and the four avenues. James shared with everyone about his experience in Rotaract, shared on a meaning project he did with the Orang Asli. And finally, I was the last speaker. Muahahahaa... Well, I did a short talk and video presentation on my International Service experience with Rotaract. Gosh.. It only end up making me miss traveling more.. Miss my friends in Portugal, in Slovenia..
In conjunction of Guest Day, we had an induction ceremony for new members as well. RAC Subang is growing.
We had lots of fun that night. You can tell by looking at all the smiles on everyone's faces right? ^^
We had a huge crowd of people attending Guest Day. Guest Day is where members of the club bring their friends along to hang out with other members of the club. It's also an opportunity to introduce your guests to Rotaract.
We played games togethers, shared some laughs, had some secrets shared.. ^^ It's fun to know new people from different walks of life, different careers and getting to know more about them.
And of course, there was food.. Lots of them.. It's a Potluck Style kind of thing, where everyone brings a bit of food to shared, so that means you will end up having a huge big bunch of food..!!
It was a beautiful night, and the place offers you a relaxing view of Kuala Lumpur, you will be able to sit down and chill while admiring KL Tower and KLCC, not to mention the new palace as well.
We had three speakers to introduce the guests to Rotaract. Rudran started the flow with a brief introduction on Rotaract and the four avenues. James shared with everyone about his experience in Rotaract, shared on a meaning project he did with the Orang Asli. And finally, I was the last speaker. Muahahahaa... Well, I did a short talk and video presentation on my International Service experience with Rotaract. Gosh.. It only end up making me miss traveling more.. Miss my friends in Portugal, in Slovenia..
In conjunction of Guest Day, we had an induction ceremony for new members as well. RAC Subang is growing.
We had lots of fun that night. You can tell by looking at all the smiles on everyone's faces right? ^^
Thursday, August 11, 2011
MudTrekker 'Pain'tball
'Pain'tball day~~ I can feel the pain even before the games started. We bought this really cheap coupon form Groupon for paintball with 500 pellets and it's only RM60..!! So that's the price I'm willing to pay to get myself in 'pain't.
MudTrekker is located somewhere in Kuang. It's not too far from Kuala Lumpur, but yet, not too near neither. It is located nearby some quary, hence there will be a lot of lorries traveling in and out carrying tonnes of soil or stone.
The place is quite cool, as you have really random obstacles and the method of the games kept changing, making it so exciting. The marker (which in layman term the paintball gun) is so heavy due the the gas pressure tank. For me, holding the marker alone is tiring. And imagine having to run around the field and avoiding getting shot at.
Well, in the end of the day, I was all clean. Muahahahaa.. Cause I was all of the time hiding and shooting people. Everyone had an awesome time shooting at each other, and talking about how many shots they got on themselves, more like bruises. ^^
Tiring yet it was so much fun..!!
MudTrekker is located somewhere in Kuang. It's not too far from Kuala Lumpur, but yet, not too near neither. It is located nearby some quary, hence there will be a lot of lorries traveling in and out carrying tonnes of soil or stone.
The place is quite cool, as you have really random obstacles and the method of the games kept changing, making it so exciting. The marker (which in layman term the paintball gun) is so heavy due the the gas pressure tank. For me, holding the marker alone is tiring. And imagine having to run around the field and avoiding getting shot at.
Well, in the end of the day, I was all clean. Muahahahaa.. Cause I was all of the time hiding and shooting people. Everyone had an awesome time shooting at each other, and talking about how many shots they got on themselves, more like bruises. ^^
Tiring yet it was so much fun..!!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Transformer 3 in a Different Prospective
Transformers are back~~ So excited over it.. I remember watching the first movie.. The amazement what there from the beginning till the end, definitely a great movie.
And now, we have the third movie, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Of course I would not miss the movie. But this time, I am watching the movie with a whole big group of kids, kids from homes, refugee kids, it just made the movie even better.
For the first time, I had to wake up at 7.30am for movie. I mean it's Saturday 7.30am.. Gosh.. But then it's for a greater cause, it's for the kids..~~ We gathered at the kids home in Puchong, everyone seemed so excited..! After breakfast, we head off to IOI mall.
Everything in the mall was still close, well, it's just 9am, what do you expect? Meeting up with other Rotaractors, and registering the kids, and we are all ready with our popcorn and Coke for the movie.
You just have to watch Transformers in 3D, it's just pure awesome...!!! Even though I am like against watching movie in 3D (dizzy and all), but Transformers is worth it.
We enjoyed the movie too much. After the movies, you can hear the kids talking about the movie, how Bumble Bee was, love the joy in the atmosphere. After lunch at Papa John's, we head back to the kids' center and said our goodbyes.
It feels awesome to bring joy and smiles to these kids. There are kids but then appreciate things more than we do.
Let's bring smiles to the world.
And now, we have the third movie, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Of course I would not miss the movie. But this time, I am watching the movie with a whole big group of kids, kids from homes, refugee kids, it just made the movie even better.
For the first time, I had to wake up at 7.30am for movie. I mean it's Saturday 7.30am.. Gosh.. But then it's for a greater cause, it's for the kids..~~ We gathered at the kids home in Puchong, everyone seemed so excited..! After breakfast, we head off to IOI mall.Everything in the mall was still close, well, it's just 9am, what do you expect? Meeting up with other Rotaractors, and registering the kids, and we are all ready with our popcorn and Coke for the movie.
You just have to watch Transformers in 3D, it's just pure awesome...!!! Even though I am like against watching movie in 3D (dizzy and all), but Transformers is worth it.
We enjoyed the movie too much. After the movies, you can hear the kids talking about the movie, how Bumble Bee was, love the joy in the atmosphere. After lunch at Papa John's, we head back to the kids' center and said our goodbyes.
It feels awesome to bring joy and smiles to these kids. There are kids but then appreciate things more than we do.Let's bring smiles to the world.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Traveling Around the World - Venice, Italy
From Slovenia, we took the night train to Venice.. There was a delay for the train, it was delayed for like an hour plus, which is better than the last round where another friend who visited Slovenia and the train had like a delay of more than 3 hours, causing my friend to almost missed his flight.
Well, you know trains.. Bumpy, crowded.. But we had to get some sleep since we will be in Venice in the morning and there will be so many exciting things to see.
Stepping out of the train that morning, filled will all the anxiety for Venice. Venice is a city which is so alive. There are activities going on no matter which part of the city you are in.
There were so many tourists around. You could hardly see a local around. Even the storekeeper was not local, mainly Chinese.
No cars, that's for one. Everything is transported using boats. Everyone here seems so busy and are always on the move.
Our hotel was a nice and cozy place in Venice. No lifts, so there's stairs. Gosh.. My luggage...!! Thanks Peter..~
We walked around Venice, looking at the stuff they are selling in shops and stall. We went to a park to chill and enjoy the sun for a bit.
Venice at night is very romantic for a change. It is nice and quiet. You could here violins almost around every corner.
And since I will be spending my last day in Europe here in Venice, I went shopping for souvenirs, which I don't really like doing. Gosh.. Shopping.. I'm fine.. But getting souvenirs are the hard part. You would want to get something nice and useful which people won't end up tossing it away. Start counting who are the people you would want to give them to and all.
One thing that you cannot miss in Venice, Spaghetti..!! They are just brilliantly delicious, simply just perfectly cooked.
And of course a cup of coffee and sitting my the sidewalk of a cafe. Simply marvellous.
Venice is a place where you could easily get lost as every street looks the same, every shop seems the same. And as we were lost, we came to this big art piece. It was so beautiful and the incredible part is that this master piece was actually made from individually painted eggs. Cool...!!
My trip to Venice with Tea was fun and memorable. I love my friend so much and I am sure I will miss her too. After all these days spending fun times together, we finally had to say good bye, which is saddening and hard.
Hope that we will be able to meet each other again next year. Take care darling~
Well, you know trains.. Bumpy, crowded.. But we had to get some sleep since we will be in Venice in the morning and there will be so many exciting things to see.
Stepping out of the train that morning, filled will all the anxiety for Venice. Venice is a city which is so alive. There are activities going on no matter which part of the city you are in.
There were so many tourists around. You could hardly see a local around. Even the storekeeper was not local, mainly Chinese.
No cars, that's for one. Everything is transported using boats. Everyone here seems so busy and are always on the move.
Our hotel was a nice and cozy place in Venice. No lifts, so there's stairs. Gosh.. My luggage...!! Thanks Peter..~
We walked around Venice, looking at the stuff they are selling in shops and stall. We went to a park to chill and enjoy the sun for a bit.
Venice at night is very romantic for a change. It is nice and quiet. You could here violins almost around every corner.
And since I will be spending my last day in Europe here in Venice, I went shopping for souvenirs, which I don't really like doing. Gosh.. Shopping.. I'm fine.. But getting souvenirs are the hard part. You would want to get something nice and useful which people won't end up tossing it away. Start counting who are the people you would want to give them to and all.
One thing that you cannot miss in Venice, Spaghetti..!! They are just brilliantly delicious, simply just perfectly cooked.
And of course a cup of coffee and sitting my the sidewalk of a cafe. Simply marvellous.
Venice is a place where you could easily get lost as every street looks the same, every shop seems the same. And as we were lost, we came to this big art piece. It was so beautiful and the incredible part is that this master piece was actually made from individually painted eggs. Cool...!!
My trip to Venice with Tea was fun and memorable. I love my friend so much and I am sure I will miss her too. After all these days spending fun times together, we finally had to say good bye, which is saddening and hard.
Hope that we will be able to meet each other again next year. Take care darling~
Traveling Around the World - Piran, Slovenia
Piran.. The sea.. Sun set.. How can you not fall in love with this place? I melted when I placed my first eye on this place. It's just awesome.
Taking deep breathes, enjoying the view around. Everyone is having a smile on their face. It's such a relaxing place. There is absolutely stress free.
And the night view, romantic.. Tell me again, why won't you fall in love with this place again?!
We had a superb dinner at this really nice and cozy restaurant. We are by the sea, so ya.. We had really fresh and delicious seafood for dinner. Fresh.. You still can smell the sea from it. Or is it really the sea? ^^''
Piran is a beautiful town, there are limited number of cars allowed to go in the town, as you can see, it's packed!
Tartini Square is one of the highlights in Piran. It is name after this famous musician from Slovenia.
There is no beach here. What between us and the water are just rocks, huge ones. The water is freezing..!! Yet, very refreshing. Tonnes of people laying down at the pathway, sunbathing will reading.
We went on a cruise on a boat own by this rotaractor, awesome..!!
Later that night, we went to a place own by a rotaractor and had BBQ there. Awesome place, outdoor with a campfire.
And ya.. I was the one preparing the dinner...!! Not.. Hahahaa..
I really love Piran, it's probably the sea, the waves, the sound the waves make when it hits the shore.. Calm and peaceful.
To be continued~
Taking deep breathes, enjoying the view around. Everyone is having a smile on their face. It's such a relaxing place. There is absolutely stress free.
And the night view, romantic.. Tell me again, why won't you fall in love with this place again?!
We had a superb dinner at this really nice and cozy restaurant. We are by the sea, so ya.. We had really fresh and delicious seafood for dinner. Fresh.. You still can smell the sea from it. Or is it really the sea? ^^''
Piran is a beautiful town, there are limited number of cars allowed to go in the town, as you can see, it's packed!
Tartini Square is one of the highlights in Piran. It is name after this famous musician from Slovenia.
There is no beach here. What between us and the water are just rocks, huge ones. The water is freezing..!! Yet, very refreshing. Tonnes of people laying down at the pathway, sunbathing will reading.
We went on a cruise on a boat own by this rotaractor, awesome..!!
Later that night, we went to a place own by a rotaractor and had BBQ there. Awesome place, outdoor with a campfire.
And ya.. I was the one preparing the dinner...!! Not.. Hahahaa..
I really love Piran, it's probably the sea, the waves, the sound the waves make when it hits the shore.. Calm and peaceful.
To be continued~
Traveling Around the World - Nova Gorica, Slovenia and Trieste, Italy
Next stop, Nova Gorica...!!
We went to this beautiful place, more greens and trees, perfect weather for a walk. It's like a forest trail where we walk pass this river through a bridge. The water of the river was blue and it was so clear. You could even count the pebbles in the river.
As we walk deeper into the forest, the more green it got. The air here was cool and refreshing, this is seriously a great escape from the city. The view inside the forest is just mesmerizing. Hope I wish I could just live here.
The main attraction of this walk was this breathe taking waterfall, Waterfall Kozjak. The water is actually cooling and freezing, matched up with the cold breeze makes a perfect combination for a chilling, relaxing evening stroll.
Next we went to this Italian church, where we were about the brief history on what happened here during the world war. This is the place where they memoir the Italians who fought for the war.
In Slovenia, I have to say, we had so many meals of barbecue, and I'm not complaining. They are awesomely mouth watering, hot dogs, peppers, salads, Chevapchichi...!! ^^
Next, we went to Gonjače Tower. It's build on a hill, and climbing up the stairs are seriously scary. Well, I'm a afraid of heights, but I'm here, so why not. You can actually feel the tower moving when the wind blows. (Gosh.. I can't feel my legs) The view up here is just spectacular. I would stay here longer, but the heights are getting into me.
Yum..!! I am madly in love with the desserts they serve here. They are so many variety and they are all sinfully good.
This bridge is one of the longest stone built bridge in Slovenia. Stone built..!!
We went to the borders of Slovenia and Italy. There was no border..!! Some part of my body are in Italy and some are in Slovenia. Cool...!!
We went to Triesta, Italy. We visited Miramare castle. It's located along the coast, great view, awesome castle.
From the palace, you can see fish swimming in the water below. It's freaking clear seawater.
We then went back to nature a bit, Rilke path. I love walks, especially in the woods.
This is the reward you get for walking all the way, the view of the Italian coast. ^^
To be continued~~
We went to this beautiful place, more greens and trees, perfect weather for a walk. It's like a forest trail where we walk pass this river through a bridge. The water of the river was blue and it was so clear. You could even count the pebbles in the river.
As we walk deeper into the forest, the more green it got. The air here was cool and refreshing, this is seriously a great escape from the city. The view inside the forest is just mesmerizing. Hope I wish I could just live here.
The main attraction of this walk was this breathe taking waterfall, Waterfall Kozjak. The water is actually cooling and freezing, matched up with the cold breeze makes a perfect combination for a chilling, relaxing evening stroll.
Next we went to this Italian church, where we were about the brief history on what happened here during the world war. This is the place where they memoir the Italians who fought for the war.
In Slovenia, I have to say, we had so many meals of barbecue, and I'm not complaining. They are awesomely mouth watering, hot dogs, peppers, salads, Chevapchichi...!! ^^
Next, we went to Gonjače Tower. It's build on a hill, and climbing up the stairs are seriously scary. Well, I'm a afraid of heights, but I'm here, so why not. You can actually feel the tower moving when the wind blows. (Gosh.. I can't feel my legs) The view up here is just spectacular. I would stay here longer, but the heights are getting into me.
Yum..!! I am madly in love with the desserts they serve here. They are so many variety and they are all sinfully good.
This bridge is one of the longest stone built bridge in Slovenia. Stone built..!!
We went to the borders of Slovenia and Italy. There was no border..!! Some part of my body are in Italy and some are in Slovenia. Cool...!!
We went to Triesta, Italy. We visited Miramare castle. It's located along the coast, great view, awesome castle.
From the palace, you can see fish swimming in the water below. It's freaking clear seawater.
We then went back to nature a bit, Rilke path. I love walks, especially in the woods.
This is the reward you get for walking all the way, the view of the Italian coast. ^^
To be continued~~
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