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Raya season...

It's the Raya season. Firstly, to all Muslims - Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri... Maaf Zahir Batin!

Raya season = really quiet in the office (except for the music from my colleague's computer). Working in government sector mah. The entire department is on leave today, except for a Sabahan, a Chinese houseman and myself.

Raya season also means that the number of calls and walk-ins are fewer, so it's a good time to catch up on pending work. Not much for me since I usually clear off my work as soon as possible, hehe. So, I've managed to do a bit of blog maintenance - if you've noticed, there are now labels assigned to all my posts. =)

Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year means a long weekend for all Malaysians, as the first and second day of Raya was on Saturday and Sunday, giving us an additional day off on Monday. What did you do during your long weekend, eh? The highlight of my long weekend had to be the boardgames marathon... hours and hours of gaming at Kenrick's house (thanks Kenrick for providing the venue and the games - have to thank Elena for lending you those games too!) The games started at around 3pm on Sunday with four people - Eric, Kenrick, Sandra and myself. Within a couple of hours the numbers have increased to seven, with the addition of Shi Wei, Mark and Ps. Tim. We finally had dinner at 8-something due to a duel to the end (Renegade vs. Sheriff) in the game of Bang - Sheriff (me) won against the Renegade (Eric)!!! Woots!!

The rest of the evening/night was like Survivor, haha... "Outplay, Outwit, Outlast"

"Outplay" - to be the winner of the game
"Outwit" - especially in Bang!
"Outlast" - to be the last one awake?

Ps. Tim was the first one to leave at about 2AM (Monday) and braved a drive all the way to Cheras... Shi Wei left not long after. The remaining five played Carcassonne after a break for a quick bite. Finally, Eric, Sandra and myself left at 7.30AM (Monday), by which time Mark had already fallen asleep! We were rather amused at the fact that nothing we did would wake him - nudging him and smacking him with pillow included! (I wonder if a tornado or an earthquake will wake him... Mark, what say you?)

~ Featured games ~
1. Carcassonne


2. Bang




3. Settlers of Catan


... 3 games. 5-7 players. 14 hours of fun ...

... 24 hours without sleep, but hey, let's do it again sometime - next public holiday : Deepavali! ...

I Like You Song...

I totallly forgot about this videoclip!! Saw it again recently, thanks to Eric... =P

It's so cute, so I thought I'd attempt to post it here... The term being "attempt" because I'm not sure if this'll work, haha... We shall see...

Now presenting... the "I Like You Song"...


Want one? Go to http://geocities.com/testiflash

*Disclaimer: This song has supposedly driven some people up the wall... In case you experience the same effect... haha, sorry ler.... muahahahaha!! I still think it's cute!

I've been tagged!!

Hey, to those of you who tries to be funny and liken being tagged to putting price tags on merchandise at the store or tagging animals with tracking devices... eewwww... think again!! Cos you must be crazy to think I'd sit still and endure that!! I don't like needles. Fullstop.

Well, first time being tagged (not counting those games of tag, or "catching") and I got tagged by Isaac so here goes the "4 things tag"...

Four jobs I've had in my life:
1. Music teacher
2. Telemarketer
3. Frontdesk assistant/PR
4. English teacher

Four movies I can watch over and over again:
1. Lilo and Stitch
2. Stitch the Movie
3. Shrek (1, 2 and 3)
4. (Can't think of anything else at the moment, but are the above considered 5 movies??)
Disclaimer: I wouldn't actually be watching them over and over, but I think having them as "background music" while doing some other things wouldn't be too bad, hehe!

Four places I've been on vacation:
1. Melbourne
2. Sydney
3. Singapore
4. A number of Malaysian islands

Four of my favourite dishes:
1. Fried rice
2. Ice kacang
3. Lobster
4. Desserts

Four places I would like to visit:
1. Australia (missing my family members there)
2. Singapore (cos I promised Lovy eons ago, hehe!)
3. United Kingdom (yes, supposed to go for a while liao)
4. Disneyland (before I get too old, haha!)

Four most overused words:
1. "Hehe"
2. "Haha"
3. "No worries"
4. "Hmm..."

Four gadgets that I have:
1. Mobile phone
2. PDA
3. Laptop
4. MP3 player

Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. Heroes
2. The Simpsons
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. C.S.I.

Four bloggers I'm tagging:
1. Eric (here... re-routing traffic to your blog la... say I steal traffic from your blog... ish!)
2. Sieh Jin (new blogger... wonder if he'll get to it, hehe!)
3. Leishia (now you'll have something to do other than slap mozzies on my blog *winks*)
4. Japheth (just thought of tagging you, hehe!)

Okay... time to work now... tata!!

The long awaited update...

Yes, as promised... The long awaited and possibly overdue update. I dunno if anyone still reads or visits this blog, hehe! Well, if anyone is still visiting or reading, please leave a comment or something so I know you're out there... somewhere... =)

Well, here's a few random pictures, which should pretty much give you an idea of what's been happening lately...

<-- Breaking in Irene L's new camera phone... =)

No penalty for parking in a handicapped lot??!! -->
<-- Celebrating Irene T's birthday at YAC

I think Kenrick is still hungry... =S -->
<-- This looks like the new in-thing to do... =S

See what I mean?? Hehe... -->

<-- Isaac trying to impersonate a bug! (Hint: Look at the bug eyes, hehe! *winks*)

Awww poor thing... who left him out from the YAC lunch? -->
<-- Isaac looking left out too... Erm, yes... correct shop lar.

Save Elmo Campaign!!

Yes, the long awaited Save Elmo Campaign is going to be published!!! *drumroll*

First, a little bit of background...

Once upon a time, there was a regular member of YAC1... let's call him 'LS'. When YAC meetings were held at ML's house, LS would seek out the cute little red Elmo, and once finding it, he will hold on to Elmo for the rest of the night. So one fateful evening, a few members of YAC1 decided to launch the Save Elmo Campaign... and this is the result...

[Please click on the image to enlarge...]

~The "Save Elmo Campaign" would not have been possible without the efforts of YAC1, as well as the help of Photoshop-guru, Isaac... Much thanks!!~

~This is an amateur effort... Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions for improvement, etc.~

*Erm... how to enlarge the picture without distorting the image ah?? Anyone have any ideas?

Pangkor Trip : 12th - 25th April 2007

Pangkor trip has come and gone. Still so tired from the extremely LONG two weeks which was lectures and activity packed from the time you woke up till you went to sleep at night. The only rest in between that you got was if you managed to catch a few winks after grabbing an extremely quick lunch, or just catch a few (and hopefully not get caught) during the lecture. Of course another good opportunity is when we have taichi sessions for morning excercise, haha! But who likes to sleep standing up, right?

Here are some highlights from the trip... The more 'exciting' parts anyways!

<<= Some Chinese temple with a mini-Great Wall and huge arapaima fishes in their pond. Stumbled upon a section where they kept lots of tortoises too, but didn't have a chance to take any pictures

<<= Kota Belanda (Dutch Fort)

<<= Karaoke night (supposedly with one of the lecturers, who didn't join in eventually!)

<<= The first room I stayed in (really old and small)

<<= The new room I moved into

<<= Me and the coolest roomie a girl could ask for

<<= My group (behind us is our erm... 'masterpieces')

<<= Few pics from Malam Mesra

<<= Kem Kesihatan (Health Campaign) at Kampung Sungai Pinang Kechil, Pangkor Island, Perak