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Friday, June 30, 2006

Penang Trip - Afternoon Half Of Day 1 - Part 3

Sighting seeing begins in the afternoon .. after all the heavy lunch ... I was kind of feeling sleepy and plus the hot weather... even worse... but Penang is famous for its many temples.. so my auntie wants to bring us to the temple to pray and see see look look.... so the first stop we went was a Thai Temple... which my fifth auntie says its famous in Penang.. for what reason... i kind of forget about it ....

The Enterance of the Thailand Temple

A Half Body Statue of a White Buddha

Then we went to a Burmese Temple where they have a standing Buddha which reach to the Celing of the Temple and it really really huge.... See my fifth auntie with the Buddha... the comparsion of it.... Its kind of blur... but that is the best that I can try to squeeze in... After all I am not a profession photographer... but I will try to improve...

Compare Compare.... Huge.....

Then we went to another Thai Temple... where they have a enormous sleeping Buddha... and as usual the sight amaze me .. as it was really huge.. and when i took the photo ... I could only capture till some where near the ankle part... I could not even capture the whole of it .... as the space inside the temple does not allow me to capture to it feet

The best I can capture within the Temple

Close to the actual size that I saw

After viewing so many temples.. my dad say do not want to go anymore .. as he does not believe in going to so many temple in a day.... so my fifth auntie say lets go driving around the mountain road to see if the road can lead back to their place and also to find the tropical fruit farm that she has been dying to find as she hard from friends... after so long there also have not been before and she does not dare to go alone .... so off we went ... for a car spinning time .. but the thing is that the twisting and turning of the road caused me to have a major headache and I end up sleeping in the car as everyone else was talking ... hehe ... me is so tired ... coz in the bus only 2 hours of sleep....

While in my sleep.... I hear my aunites and mum .. in fact everyone except me was so excited about something .. and it woke me up ... and something amazing caught their eyes.. we are actually driving along some durian plantation and ppl there use raffle string to tie to the during on 1 end and the other to the tree... so that when the durian drop from the tree.. it will not fall to the gound and injured the durian ... which actually spoils it and u cannot sell it ... so by doing it ... they save it from being spolit by the hard hit on the ground... and also easier for them to collect it ..

Look Closer to see the string tie to a durian each .....

That was the best photo I could take as the car was moving and my fifth auntie cannot stop long enough for me to get off to capture it and it was taken though the window... maybe can see my reflection ... lol.... no la .. u thnk my cam so super good mah ...

FINALLY !!!!! we found the tropical fruit farm... so we went in to see... and the first tree that we saw was a tree that my youngest gu gu told me was called the "bread melon".. I think something like that..... but things there do not look clean ... and I thinkw e only stop coz we wanted to go to the washroom ... hehe .... and they do have tour .. but it is so so so expensive.... RM 25 per person to let them bring you to the top of the orchard and then there will serve you some fruits... how u know what fruits... image eating 2 small piece of orange and it cost you RM 25 = abt SGD $11.50.. if give the visitor eat durian then its different.... but you will be suprise that a number of non chinese actually want to go on it....

Mum with the "Bread Melon"

Some Fruits for Sale... Does it look Inviting to you????

My Fav Dragon Fruit... Its the Plant.... Not ready to be consume...

A cute looking Pineapple

After this ... we decided to go home ... coz everyone was feeling sicky and tired from the Hot weather and also from being too long on the twisted roads.... everyone wanted to go home to bath .... as for me ... the only thing I did when I reach back crush onto the sofa and sleep... before dinner... I am totally tired out and my body and eyes could not take it any longer.. how long I slept ... seriously no idea.. as by the time mum woke me up... it was the WONDERFUL Dinner time ... that cost a bomb....

YUM YUM TIME...... To be eaten soon

p.s Cannot wait to go to sleep.. coz tomorrow is company's Family day and we are going to the ZOO ... yes the ZOO... with the monkeys ... polar bears... and all sort of animals... hehe ... will talk about it when I come home or after my Penang trips... entries... please remind me ... hehe... time to see my godson... MISS HIM SO MUCH !!!!

Miss.Panda growing up. 11:58 PM.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Penang Trip - Morning Half Of Day 1 - Part 2

Reaching Penang bus station.... we waited for my Fifth auntie (my dad's 5th brother's wife... yes I come from a huge family... lol ) to come and pick us up.. the wait was like about 20 mins or so .. but to me it seems to long ... perhaps coz I am tired and also feeling hungry and grouchy...

Finally my auntie came with a 7 seater car to fetch all of us ... as plus my youngest gu gu and her hubby .. there is a total of 5 of us .. and driver is 6 lor .. so how to seat in normal car... so lucky my uncle borrow the 7 seater from his friend who have gone to China to do business.. I think its to get more tea leaves... hehe....

So at the bus station .. we wanted to go and and try to see if we can sell off the extra 3 tickets that we have brought ....

Lady : Do not know can sell of or not la
Auntie : Try for us la
Lady : Ok I will try for you... not confirmed on ha ...
Aunite: Can la ... U sell seat 1 A B C for us hor..
Lady : Ok can .. u leave ur number .. if sell off I call you...
Auntie : Can ... u call me la

The lady at the counter was talking super slow.... almost fall asleep while waiting for her to finish talking .... so me and my gu gu walk around and see the other prices of the bus to other parts of Malaysia and also to Singapore... wow the prices are so much different from agent to agent...

Finally all these got settle.. so we went back to the car and then got ready to go for breakfast...

"Ringggggggg"

My fifth auntie's phone went off.... smart guess is my uncle calling to see if my auntie have picked us up yet... so after much talking .. we finally arranged to have breakfast together... so off we went to have dim sum breakfast at some so call coffee shop place...

Wow the breakfast there is nice ... the century egg congee was powerful... not too thick and not too think... just the right texture of a good congee

My First Bowl of Food in Penang

Some other Dim Sum that I eat... I Love them ...

The egg tart was super good.. but too bad I was enjoying myself too much that i totally forget to take picture of the egg tart... wahahah .... greedy me ... after all this .. my uncle went to work ... as it was still Friday... and we went to their place to unpack... bath and then go out ...

Seeing it was best believing it ... the 4 stories of stairs that I have to climb... arrrrrr hate it with all the luggages... but no other choice... so be a good gal and climb.. so tiring.. and sian ... hiazzzz

Finally I did it ... first time I see their place ever since they move here 4 - 5 years ago .. cannot really remember... not really big.. but have 3 bed rooms... and the whole place was air con ... so that was a relief to me.. coz weather was really hot .... so after all the unpacking of "goods"(my familys meaning of items brought for each other to eat.. wear.. drink .... as some items are not available in different parts of malaysia or not at all in malaysia ... or that someone can get better discount else where then the place they are living in)

After some gossiping and talking ... everyone started to bath 1 by 1 before going out ... and starting the day tour... we first started to look for food as it was lunch time.. so call my uncle again and heard he was at a tea place... so off we go ... to find him for lunch and also to drink some good chinese tea.... wow the boss at the place is a good friend (The nice uncle who lend us his 7 Seater car) of my uncle and they just open a new shop ... it seems my uncle hangs out there most of the time as per my fifth aunite ... hehe ....

Tea Making

My Fifth Uncle with his expensive Tea... its Like RM 200 plus for a small box..

"Professional" Utenils for Tea Making

After all the beganning of tea... we all went for lunch at a small time coffee shop and the whole place is full of clocks.. for whatever reason I really no idea... the weather was really hot and the "cooling" tea we drink does not taste right... so no mood to take photo.... after lunch ... we went to the orginal tea shop of my uncle's friend (yup the same uncle).. and the first thing my mum have carving for was durians... and to my horror.. they intend to go to the tea shop to have durians... *FAINT*

The tea shop that my fifth auntie was promoting since we arrive.. saying they have really nice tea and some items made of tea that we cannot image.. and some of the tea in big log cost like RM 42 000 and it will increase as the year goes by (coz the tea matures and it gets better)... the tea cup set there also really nice and pretty and not cheap ok...

Guess what it is made of ??

Something Interesting....

RM 42 000 Tea.... = about SGD$ 22 000

Mum eating Durian... the evidence.. wahahah

Even after all those food... we still went on to eat chendol... wow famous desert in Malaysia..... cheap nice and good...

The 1st road side stall we went too for Chendol....

Mum and Fifth Auntie enjoying it... Yum Yum

The Cooking of the Famous Penang Laksa..

Just have to have some of the fried banana balls before leaving for sight seeing ... that is my dead finger pointing to the uncle what we want... the dark brown ball on the left hand side is the one that I want to eat and it super nice ... delicious man .. now it makes me miss my 2nd Gu Gu's one.... going to ask her to make for me ... YUMMMMMMMMMMMM.....

To be Explore......

Miss.Panda growing up. 11:44 PM.

Penang Trip - The Bus Jounery - Part 1

Back from my Penang trip for almost like 2 week already.. and I know the lack of updates is upsetting both to myself and also some of my close friends who read my blog regularly... have been complaining to me why i never update and so on and so forth....

so below is not a very detailed Penang trip ... actually the trip was organised by my youngest Gu gu (dad's youngest sister) or I think so ... lol coz say that my uncle was being promoted and that he might be posted out of Penang soon ... so lets all go and visit before he goes away.....

In the beganning we are suppose to stay in a hotel with a shopping center just beside it ... and what bathroom overlook the sea... so u can see the sea while bathing... but all the plans change... coz my xiao yee... (mum's youngest sister) and her daughter and son was suppose to join us ... but at the last min... my xiao yee fall sick and we are unable to sell of the extra tickets.. so in the end... 3 of us took 6 seats on the coach from SIN - PENANG.... and also have to stay at my Uncles's place which does not have a life and have to walk 4 stories before reaching his flat... that we save almost RM 600.. which went all to the food we eat...

wahahaha ..... and the most pissing of thing is that the arm rest in the center could not be taken up .. so cannot lie on both seat to sleep.... so we end up carrying all the luggages we had on to the bus ... a total of 4 luggages... 1 each for mum, dad and myself ... another 1 extra is food items... and 1 plastic bag which i keep my pillow and Mr M.... he goes on every trip with me .... (Yes I know I am still childish .. but cannot sleep without him ... everyone in the family knows about it ....YES !! even my grandma... HAHA!!)

Crossing the customs was fast and easy for both Singapore and Malaysia side... not much of a problem .. maybe because it was Thursday night... so not many ppl was travelling that night out of the town ... Finally after the Malaysian customer... there my 11 Hours of jounery begains... as we got on to the bus ... mum say want to sit with me .. scare to seat by herself and also want to share listen to my ipod with me ... so as we got settled down ... taking all the jackets... shawl.. and what have we for the long cold jounery on the bus... and before we can sit down ... the ppl in front of us ... just put their chair down and totally we cannot go in at all ... so mum was like

"EXCUSES ME! we have yet to sit down ..."

The couple turn over and give us a blank look .... and then quickly push up the seats... so mum say why not we put the luggages there and we seat behide it .... so not so uncomfortable.... to me was ok .. so once again we shifted all the luggages to the front seat... and as we settled to get comfortable.... and try to sleep... the funny thing is I totally could not sleep.... I also wonder why.. coz normally I will fall fast asleep in the bus once i get onto it .... and will normally sleep till the next stop point for food or for toliet.... so keep on fiddling with my ipod and change the music.... but still after 30 mins still cannot sleep.... arrrrrrrr this is terrible.... then I turn to my mum side....

"ARRRRRRRRRR " I scream in my heart

My darling mum scare me la... she covered her head with the shawl and in the darkness it looks super scary man .....

Then I think she can feel me staring at her... and turn over to look at me ....

Me :" Mum what you doing ?"
Mum :"Very cold la ... the air con blow until I have headache now"
Mum: " I think I go and sit there" (she points to the seat beside her)
Me : " ok... careful ha.. do not fall down"

So once again she have to shift the stuff from the single seat to the seat beside me .... all those shifting ... and without noticing ... hahah we reach the first stop .... makan time for my parents....

The Big Bun My Parents eat

If you look carefully... The century egg porriage is known as Thousand Island Egg... "Faint"

The Food My Darling Mum and Dad Consumed

My mum was like totally no words and ask my dad

Mum : You sot sot issit... why so much food?
Dad : Totally ignoring my mum and just ate his food

All I eat was I think .... a little of the bun skin and a piece of chicken from the "lor mai kai" (a kind of food made up of rice and chicken pieces or pork meat ")... that is all ....

While my parents was finishing the food .. I wanted to go to the bathroom again before boarding the bus...

Mum : I thought you just now go already
Me : I want to go again
Mum : U old women issit ?? Go so many times ..
Me : Cannot issit !!!
Mum : U later do not drink so much water.. If not later want to go pee again
Me : " Roll my eyes" I go just in case mah....

After all these.. when we got back on the bus .. we realise we are the only family who got down the bus to eat and use the bathroom... the rest of the people are either sleeping or just went down to use the washroom.... hahaha ... greedy us ....

So the jounery countined.... but still I cannot fall asleep.... and I only managed to fall asleep after the 2nd stop which was by then 4 am in the morning .... so thoughout the trip .. all i hear is my music and my dad snoring and some other ppl... wahahaha

All of the sudden... I feel a tap on my shoulder and I jolt up from my sleep

Mum : Reach Liao
Me : :Rubbing my eyes.... orrrr... so fast mah

Looking at my watch it was only 6.45am in the morning and we have reach PENANG !!!! The total jounery was only like 8hours plus ... not the 11 hours as per the travel agents.... wahahaha ....

Out of the bus .. I saw my gu gu looking up onto the bus to see if she can see us and I waved to her and she waved back she saw me ... hehe .... so grabbing all our stuff and luggage we try to get off the bus .. but the aunite in front of us .. jsut stand there and switch on her mobil phone and taking her own sweet time ... my dad just stand behide saying nothing .... mum cannot take it anymore so ... she was like

Mum : Auntie excuse me
Aunite : Sorry ha ....

As for me .. I was still in my sleepy state... coz all I had was like 2 hours of sleep or a little more or a little less....

The end of the bus jounery... the beganning of the the Food Jounery

Miss.Panda growing up. 12:06 AM.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

A MeaningLess Life

Am i going onto a meaningless life.. where work is my only hope and dream or my only thing that i do nowa days.... have tons of long overdue things to blog and also tons of things that I have yet to do ... I need to go do some long overdue shopping ... but I doubt I have times... and I think I have tons of things that is over due....

My trip to Penang... as my photos are not downloaded yet from my Digi... (ya ya I know I am lazy)

Spend Sunday morning sleeping and then dinner at Raffles Town Club with my extended Family... the international buffet was not that good and it cost like a freaking S$ 18.90+++ or something like that... then saw a big white board there promoting the WORLD CUP ... and placing the dates and then we saw a that the promotions manager or Events coordintor really going to be hated by all funs... coz he/she actually got the date for the WORLD CUP FINAL DATE WRONG.... he/ she put 10.06.06... wahahaha

I cannot stop lauging... my uncle just cannot take it .. so he took a pen and circle around it and says.... MATCH OVER ???????

Some one else at the back saw it and could not stop laughing... that is just my family... hehehe ....

Miss.Panda growing up. 2:04 PM.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Just Another CHILDISH Act

Recently things in office has been going crazy and ppl saboing us ... like no tomorrow .. and like what I say.. me have been working .... now then I know in the world.. there are such ppl thinks the whole world owns then and not even RESPONSIBLE with their own work ... I mean come on lor. ... this is your own job .... if you keep on taking MC (medical leave) and then disappear and not come to work ... Finally after the whole world decided to stop looking for you ... you appear and put the blame on everyone... except yourself....

When I heard the reason of her wanting to quit on her job .... I do not know to laugh or to feel pity towards her own childishness.... her reason is .....

""Pandapig"(She does not call me that la) is too Strict with me"

"Ppl is Jealous of my friendship with S"

Faint how come there is such ppl with such rubbish excuses.... look at this... if I am not strich in my work and everyone does it in her own way and happy do ... not happy do not do .. then how can the office or the department run .... and some more... me and S is the trainer .... and if anything goes wrong ... who is to take the BLAME..... its ME !!!!

Anyway... she finally return call and she is finding all sorts of excuses and blaming everyone except herself... finding fault in everyone except herself... Lucky never make uniform for her.. if not waste $$$ and also ppl effort in making the uniform.... Her personal life is already in a mess... and that is her problem and not mine ... so shall not comment on that... then she want to make the working environment into another huge messy area....

BUT.... FINALLY she is gone ... total GONE.... I RATHER work 7 days a week or 6 days a week then to have her burden us .... I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THE WHOLE SHIT.....

I know my boss have been working very hard to keep us together and making our working environment a much more nicer place to work in with bonus and also allowance... and other staffs...

I hope Cheryl will stay and not quit .... coz even though she is blur at times.. she is hardworking and also willing to work and share our burdens... and talking about it ... I still own her $$ for lunch she buy for me ....

"GALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL !!!!!! I do not mean to forget one... I will pay you when I come back next week... SOOOOOO Paiseh la ... SORRY........"

I will be going to penang and I pack my luggage in the shortest time possible with all my trips... think I am soon to be a season traveller... LOL..... took me only like less then 30 mins to get all my clothes into my baggage... Ops... left my pink slipper... wahahaha .... later I will put it in ....

Miss my SISTER la.. she is in Bangkok and coming back today.. later she is driving us to the bus station .. and yeah .. me have not change any $$ yet... wahaha .. never mind la .. own mummy first la ... so busy this week... totally forget... hiazzzzz....

Now I feel like sleeping .. but cannot sleep la.. wait tonight cannot sleep then how ... 11 HOURS of ride.... ARRRRRRRRRRR to and fro is 22 HOURS... less then a day but almost a day gone... lol.... When i come back .. will blog on how is survive it ... heheh .....

Till then .... my work is my life now ....

Miss.Panda growing up. 4:28 PM.

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

I think I am SUPERWOMAN

Tell me about it man .. I seriously think I am super women... I have been working since last night... stop work at about 11 pm last night.. and stay over at my work place... and then start work at 7 am again this morining .... on top of that... I am working till 11 pm tonight... so that means just for oday.. me is working like 16 hours.... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ...... I am so sleepy now and also starting to have a little headache....

I think I can set up a room here and then sleep inside ... lol... wahaha ... who knows .. soon a room will become my personal room ... wahahah with my own soft toys and pictures and a personal computer inside...lol as if it will happened... but just my thinking of it ....

I promise friends my stories.. but seriously do not have time to do it ... maybe this week when I am on the way to penang then I will write in the bus or something like that... me is looking for a laptop to lend.. who wants to lend me ... coz my sister sold our old laptop away... wahaha.. so waiting for her to get a new one before we can bring on our trip... see la now no lap top .. so ma fen .... and the bus ride is 11 Hours ... how to survive.... eeeeeeeeeeeeks... me thinking of it ... and still thinking .. thinking ... have not even pack yet when I am leaving on thursday.. and now me is so so so sleepy...

I still have 5 hours at work ... and I have already finish all my work .. with nothing to do excpet to wait for my guest to come back and maybe I will be busy then ... but till then ... I am as free as a bird... but the bird is cannot fly one lor .... lol...

*Yawn* * Sleepy*

With all the work piling and ppl MIA .... I think I am working non stop ... DO U THINK I AM SUPERWOMEN ...... even though I like that song.. does not mean I AM ..... I miss my bed.. my dog... my soft toy... my mum .. my dad... my sister in bangkok so nothing to miss...and a speical someone.... /blush

Miss.Panda growing up. 5:36 PM.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Sick and Sianzzzz

I have been coughing like no body bussiness these days... thus the lack of updating of mu blog .. as everyday in office all i do is work and then after work come home ... drink the cough mixture and its makes me feel sleepy... so back to bed to rest and when I wake up .... have a little something to eat... then I drink my cough mixture again and thus feel sleepy once again ...

Have not really been online or even visit my friend forum .. sorry about that... I guess I am just too sick and tired... have so much things to updare and talk about .. I think I shall take 1 day leave and stay at home and update all that is to update soon .. coz if not I think I will lose all the momery soon .....

Today cannot ... as I have to go shopping to get my Jie's birthday present ... if not no time to shop liao ... as she will be on leave from Tuesday all through the week .... so have to pass her on Monday... she is sort of my Jie cum my Shifu... coz she have taught me the ropes to my job some 5 years ago ... and since she have move on to another position ... I really do miss her a lot at time s.. but I guess the move was better for her...

I am coughing and so sick... but still I want to go shopping and get her present ... coz I love her and she Loves me too ... heheh ... that is how we love each other.... weeeeeeeeeee....

So now need to go bath and off to shopping .... sick and I need rest.. but for Jie... have to go out la ... hehe ....

Miss.Panda growing up. 12:03 PM.