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just picking up where i left off years ago. read along, and you'll find out :D

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

swine flu

me went, me saw, me likey!

somewhat worried abt the current world-wide-epidemic-potential of swine flu? then head over to…

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/flu-guide/20061101/swine-flu-faq

its a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions abt swine flu i found thru Yahoo. it’s direct, simple to understand and its totally straight to the point, unlike the wishy washy articles u read on d news abt swine flu :/

better than “hearing” non-sensual info from others, no?

and YES, you CAN still eat pork :)

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

random picturesssss

me went, me saw, me likey!

DSC00001  leading Youth worship prac. after service in church
and yeah, i know, momo lookin’ goood hee…

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they’re learning fast, absolutely teachable, submissive to authority, the new generation and they CAN sing, so proud of them :]

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heavy storm that night with a flooded neighborhood :/

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huge-ass lamb shank from Secret Recipe…

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with Heroes Season 3 on d screen haha :]
why was this eaten at home? ask Secret Recipe’s lousy 45-min-wait-for-2-lamb-shanks service and Miss Ezra Yung for having to head back to work, ditching poor Mo to go home with lamb shank in hand and a date with Heroes instead :/

DSC00007 was hard taking this one hey. but i like it :]

DSC00008 breeze, breeze, salty breeze~

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RAINBOWWW!

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feel bad for him/her/it, always looking at the same scene ==

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see how the rainbow connects from both ends?

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my laptop wallpaper :]

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could’ve been my wallpaper had it came out better

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brought lil bro, Mark for his eye check-up
imagine this:
2 boys, sitting side by side, in a hospital waiting area, both with glasses, beach pants, slippers, heads bowed down and both intently reading a novel in hand… lol

DSC00033 James, “eh, Moses ah. why ur lil bro just like you one ah?
momolaw, “waddya mean?”
James, “look at him! he’s bringing a book around, JUST LIKE YOU!”
momolaw, “uhh… he likes ma. let him suang lo.”

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better pic?

STUPIAK THINGS TO DO WITH THE YOUTHS FROM MY CHURCH AROUND…

DSC00042 #1. how to help a friend into a car
(a Myvi slowed down, the driver stared in shock and drove away laughing hahahaha!)

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#2. how to help yourself out of a car

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#3. how to help a friend out of a car

back to random pics…

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Bernard’s (the guy in black in the 1st photo) power parking

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EDWIN KU!!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DALTON KU!!
(aunt Viv mutilated it before i could land a snapshot sigh…)

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IT’S A FRIGGIN’ ELECTRIC GUITAR WEIH! (well… Edwin DOES play the electric guitar in Youth)
check this, Edwin is Dalton’s elder bro by a few years and they BOTH SHARE THE SAME BIRTH DATES
cun weih! twins with only a few years difference haha!

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James chillin’ at my place before we went… somewhere lol

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kesian la this lil dude.
but hey, it looks DAMNED CUTE WEIIII! lucky i saw this while walking thru the pets exhibit

DSC00078*with South American accent* mornin’ music to mah’ ears ya’ll

DSC00091 lazy momo’s place of braindead rot :/
this holiday’s getting tooooo long

Sunday, April 26, 2009

miss Ling Taufu!

me went, me saw, me likey!

went to the beach yesterday along with a few people and noticed this…

DSC00059JENG JENG JENG!!! WHO THAT!! WHO THAT!!

DSC00068 Ling Taufu and James!

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closer look at d unlucky gal for the day :p
she’s the epitome of… S.A.D. = Single.Available.Desperate?

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i LOVE this pic, really surprised at how this came out in so much detail
that’s Aaron, James(Chung Zeng) and James’ two younger bros, Chung Yu and Chung Ho

coming out here, it was great. perfect timing for a breather and also to ask Aaron some stuff abt relationships hiak hiak (we talk abt relationships a lot ever since Form 1 lol. advise and such heh). but the highlight for today’s outing was Miss Taufu!

Miss Taufu was from the same graduation year as James and I and all three of us were from the same highschool, around the same clique in highschool, were prefects back in highschool and had LOADS of fun and laughs together when we stayed back in school for backdrop projects (hall deco. for official functions and stuff, tedious work). we 3 then made it to Taylor’s together but then Miss Taufu here received her JPA scholarship for medicine and left for some govt uni in Shah Alam, AWAY from Taylor’s, Subang, leaving poor momo and James aka Jameeee behind to have all the fun we can get :p

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Miss Taufu’s EVER fair legs/skin/all around la!

it was really a great time meeting her again. she came back to miri coz of her study break. and for the nerve of her, she came back WITHOUT informing us! 
    WANNA EAT SLIPPER IS IT HAH?!?
but still, because I was such a great loving friend, i asked Cindy, her eldest sis abt her and it was only then did i found out that she came back this time round.
  * that was James’ cue to nab her out of her house, away from them
    satanic books she brought back from uni to study for lol.
but hey, her coming back was kinda like a blessing to me coz if we didn’t meet, i wudnt be seeing her again for the next few years bcoz the next time she’ll be coming back to miri would be in middle august and i’ll be headed over to USA ady by then, during the 1st week of August.

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stranded kid heh

we talked abt loads of stuff - her studies, her plans for the future, her family, sisters, my relationship with ‘her’, things i’ve been doing in Youth, me gawking at her 2nd sister still being single, me accusing screaming to ask if she’s lesbian or not, her laughing the way she laughs while covering her mouth saying she’s not lesbian and confirming that she likes guys ahahaha (she’s been single since forever!), the guys at her uni being sad unsociable studious bookworm pricks, my overseas decisions, brunei trip, shopping in KL, clothes, MNG, G2k and so on.

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aaron never had any chinese writing lessons and writes better than James, Miss Taufu and I all put together… Gosh!

momo,
“so u’re saying that the guy’s in ur area study ALL THE TIME and has got no social life??”

Miss Taufu,
”yealorr! all they do ah, is after classes, go home, study all the way till seven, go for dinner and then study again. this one guy ah, has only been to Sunway Pyramid once and this coming June is his 2 yrs studying in my uni ady! and the guys there damn kepo one. get some info ah then SPREADDDDDDD to the whole world”
(are u guys like that? honestly…)

momo,
walannnn! kolien lo u! haih… now, aren’t you sad i’m not available anymore?? *smiles (u know how i smile hahah!)

Miss Taufu,
i go on ur waiting-list looooo! *laughs uncontrollably*

momo,
wah! SERIOUS AH! u confirm if u want 1st then get back to me!
AHAHAHAHAH!

i found it kinda surprising how MIss Taufu and i got along so well chatting along like it was the most routine of things to do in between us. i guess we both changed a lot since highschool, matured and less self-concious abt talking to the opposite sex. open-ended conversations at its best happened :)

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Aaron professing his love to Janet thru… the sand
Aaron, love professing thru the sand never got guys anywhere far (except for them guys in movies like the guy in License To Wed)
heh

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Aaron and James’ damned lousy attempt to write my name
THE 3RD CHARACTER SO HARD TO WRITE MEHHH!

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he became 6 inches shorter! wheeee!

DSC00076 Jameeee – Miss Taufu – momolaw – toothfearie

DSC00074*Jameee took a suckky photo right? sigh*
Christine Ling Sing Ping
you will always be…
the gal i had a crush on in Form 2
the gal i gave a ladybug plush doll to on Valentines Day that very year
and i’ll always be the guy who didn’t had the balls to admit that it was him who sent the stupid ladybug plush doll (only admitted a couple years ago heh)
and also the guy who denies having written the card with his UGLY, yet recognizable handwriting on the Valentine’s D. card
*eh it wasn’t me wattttt :p :p :p
and also the gal who will MOST LIKEY… NOT make my waiting list :p
(there’s only one spot on my waiting list n its taken ady dear, better nab me quick next time if i’m available ey? haha!)
remember, she’s single… Go Get HER!

*momo smiles*

Friday, April 24, 2009

what i’ve been doing…

me went, me saw, me lazy…

what have i been doing ever since i left KL on the Dec 8th, last yr…

well now, let’s start with this year, shall we?
was called up by NS to go for NS (mom sent a letter the year before in Oct to request for me to attend 2009’s 1st batch n finish off my NS recruitment) on the Jan 8th and there i was, stuck in NS camp till March 11th (i’ll put up a post all abt NS when i do finally get the pics from a frn of mine).

after NS, it was a series of SLEEP, EAT, SLEEP, EAT, SLEEP, SLEEP, GAMES, EAT, ONLINE, SLEEP, MANGA, EAT, SLEEP, MOVIES, SLEEP, ONLINE CHAT, LIMTEH, DOWNLOADING MOVIES, SLEEP, MANGA, EAT, JOGGING, CHA SIU OIL KOLO MEE, EAT, TONS OF NOVELS, SLEEP, POTTY BREAKS, SLEEP and…… SLEEP.

kinda sad right? ah well. that abt sums up what i’ve been doing ever since i got out of NS. REALLY bland and its starting to wear out on me. heck, i even have time to download movies i’ve missed over the last few years, as far back as 1994. well, a “few years'” would be an understatement heh. see see! my movies list! (a few movies i wanted to watch again heh)

GOAL: to download all these movies before i leave for USA!

1994
Forrest Gump (James wasted 20 yrs of his life not watching this
                      movie sighhhh… have YOU wasted your life not
                      watching this?)

1998
Patch Adams (the guy with the red nose!)

1999
American Pie (the guy who did the Apple Pie!)
The Green Mile (the guy who spat out flies ugh)

2000
Men of Honor
Left Behind: The Movie

2001
American Pie 2 (the guy whose mom got boned lol)

2002
Bowling for Columbine (directed by Michael Moore, need to ask
                                   more?)

2003
American Wedding (the guy who boned the girl’s grandma lol)
How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (i think my sis has this somewhere…)

2004
District 13 (parkour n street stunts!)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (also directed by Michael Moore, just watch)

2005
Our Daily Bread (if u wanna see how cows and pigs are chopped up
                         live to feed us? Spoiler: award-winning silent
                         documentary film)
Wedding Crashers
xXx: State of the Union

2006
Amazing Grace (anti-black slavery in the 18th cent)
Bring It On: All or Nothing
Casino Royale
Dynamite Warrior
Employee of the Month
Everyone’s Hero
Facing the Giants
Finding Kraftland
Flags of our Fathers
Flushed Away (them mice who got flushed :[ )
Hoot
One Night with the King (champagne anyone?)
Stranger Than Fiction
Take The Lead
The Last Kiss (yummy)
This Is England
You, Me Dupree

2007
Arctic Tale
Catch and Release
Daddy’s Little Girls
Dan in Real Life (ooooooh! MUST watch)
Enchanted
Feast of Love
Fred Claus
Into The Wild (let go and go forth “title”)
Georgia Rule
Good Luck Chuck (ahahahah! this is hilarious!)
Hitman
Martian Child
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (kiddy)
Nancy Drew (just curious heh)
No End in Sight
Reign over Me
Sicko
Sydney White
The 11th Hour
The Ex
The Game Plan
The Great Debaters (interested in black racism?)
The Party Never Stops
The Ultimate Gift (i wanna watch thissss)
Then She Found Me

2008
Baby Mama
Bolt
Death Race
Definitely, Maybe
Drillbit Taylor
Fool’s Gold
Get Smart
How She Move
Ironman
Mad Money
Made of Honor
Meet the Browns
Rambo (bloody, gory, Barret 40. Caliber Sniper Rifle available to
            oogle at heh)
Sex and the City
Speed Racer
Step Up 2: The Streets
Street Kings
The Bank Job
The Dark Knight
The Fall
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Reader
The Secret Life of Bees (award winning novel adaption, something
                                     like To Kill A Mockingbird hey)
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2 (sounds like a corny chic
                                                             flick no?)
The Visitor
Transporter 3
Vantage Point (same thing, 5 different views)
Wanted (Jolie oogling session)
You Don’t Mess With the Zohan (spoiler: piranha ball biting)

Other than that, also downloading DCI (Drum Corps International) World Championships for the year 2005 thru 2007, ESPN broadcast. Beth, i know u’re jealous of this haha!

yeapppp… that’s abt it for before 2009. and i haven’t even looked thru the movies i’ve missed this year! well, this year has a lot seemingly good movies coming up tho (minus the kid with over-gelled hair who plays Son Goku).

why no horror movies? simple, momo = pussy at watching horror movies :) sue me.

very much a lifeless segment for me, no?

Saturday, April 18, 2009

hate

me went, me saw, me no likey!
-
I.FRIGGIN.HATE.BLOGSPOT'S.
BLOGGING.SYSTEM.
RAWRRRRRRRRR!!!

sue sue!

me went, me saw, me likey!
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hahahaha! babi! just gotta love these conversations with Sue Anne (a good friend of mine from back in Taylor's College)
remember my 1st Halloween Party post, with me in the tube top? yeahhh, it was Sue Anne's.
(Sue Anne, don't kill me for this, just treat me to McD's heheh)
and yesh, i still love you! :D
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Monday, April 13, 2009

love the beats to the music and lyrics hey

me went, me saw, me likey!

sad story, lovable tunes

me went, me saw, me likey!

recogtunity?

me went, me saw, me likey!

there are many ways to love someone.
sometimes we want love so much, we’re not too choosy about who we love.
other times, we make love such a pure and noble thing, no poor human can ever meet our vision.
but for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say,
”There is something about you i cherish”

*Laurie~ minstrel of Tyr-Sog

Sunday, April 12, 2009

dudeeee...

me went, me saw, me likey!


this.is.so.friggin... woah!

zzZZzzZZzz feat. lil bro

me went, me saw, me likey!

DSC00718AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! HE’S GONNA HATE LOVE ME FOR THIS!

Markus and the bbq that happened lol

me went, me saw, me likey!

DSC01118took this pic a while back, on a morning when i sent mom to the airport heh.

2 weeks ago, Markus Chong decided to drop by Miri and crashed over at my place.

DSC01122DSC01124  chilling at starbucks before we left for some gaming :p

Markus’ from Brunei. born n bred in brunei, but is somehow a Malaysian citizen lol. His dad’s working in ITB (Institut Teknologi Brunei) as a senior lecturer in Electrical Engineering and i dont even know why i’m talking abt his dad lol. hahahah!

i met Markus when i was in National Service and like me, he’s a 1989-er who deferred NS for 2 years because he was taking his A-levels in brunei. so, score one for a person my age and understanding to talk to when things got RIDICULOUSLY screwed over in camp.
we talked abt roadtrips and that was when i suggested that he come down to Miri for a few days, checkout the place and its food and then i’d head up to brunei along with him and chill at his place while heading out for FOOD TRIPS in brunei heheh!

anyways, this post is abt the stuff that happened when Markus was around and only happened because Markus was around :/

and as any good host would, i brought Markus to a few of Miri’s scenic spots :)

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that’s Reggie and Daniel, both from camp as well who met up coz Markus was around

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and because Markus was around, Daniel (below)DSC00465 decided to arrange for a bbq n invite us for the NS pre-planned visit/bbq at his family’s 5 acre wide garden. wooooot!
Daniel’s Kayan and he taught me a lil abt the differences in the various indegenious tribes. and no, Kayans do not consume Tuak by tradition. they’re a peaceful bunch :)

so daniel rounded up the rest of the guys and we all headed over to the garden which is situated at the outskirts of Miri (further than Soon Hup Garden). drove dad’s Unser and thank God i did coz the way up to the garden was damned rocky.
the turning to the garden was from the highway but there’s no signpost wadsoever and the turning included a wooden bridge the car had to drive thru lol.

PICTURES!

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the place was all green, trees, small family plantations and totally a cut-off place from town. EXACTLY something i needed from doing nothing at home :) and down a small hill u have…

DSC00467DSC00469that’s Daniel’s mom, btw :) REALLY nice lady who likes to share abt the family and stuff

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a small clearing, with trimmed grass, a small wooden hut, benches strewn about the clearing, an outside table and also a walkway across a small river to head across the whole 5 acre garden (in which only 1 acre has been cleared so far, the rest of the 4 acres’ actually still a jungle filled with monkeys n other animals lol).

DSC00473love how the kitchen’s totally back to basics, firewood lol

best thing abt the whole place was that, EVERYTHING u see there was built by Daniel’s dad!! wooooah! so nicely made and everything’s sturdy in structure and just a really comfy place to chill.

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most ppl would be skeptical abt indegenious ppl in a sense where most wud say that they’re still slow, outback, laidback and never progressing. Daniel’s dad? he’s a senior section leader in one of Petronas’ IT departments and he’s constantly flying abt, conducting seminars on using the latest tech in Petronas bases around M’sia. slow? laidback and lazy? seems like we’re actually the blatant ones who look down too much on the indegenious peoples rather than their obvious progress.

DSC00476this part’s right outside the kitchen n Daniel’s dad is actually planning on digging up a large pond to rear fish so that they could fish right off the kitchen’s plantform haha!
Daniel, “Catch fish from here, fresh, n then straightaway cook!”   

DSC00480reggie, solomon and rudy and uhh… doggie?

DSC00481 daniel, chopping up small bits of firewood to work up the bbq pit

DSC00482 Daniel’s challenge to both Markus and myself (2 city boys) was to build the fire for the bbq that was when i asked, “sure! so where’s the charcoal and firestarter?” LOL damned jakun la me!

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Markus and i both sucked so bad that Daniel did everything instead haha!

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the plantation consists of various fruits in which the family sells as side income

honestly, the garden was beyond what i expected and everything was so natural, so normal there. i felt totally at ease and was looking forward to the enjoyable day instead. smiled and enjoyed myself so much that day heh :)

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Daniel wrote this. true, no?

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honestly, Rudy’s one of the few guitarists i know who’s superbly damned good at guitaring n actually knows what he’s playing, how to make variations effortlessly, n just genuinely enjoying the heck out of himself and others in guitaring, with no intent in showing-off his skills. he kept singing hillsong’s hosanna lol.
yesh, we’re all christians who love jammin’ heheh.

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Daniel’s younger bro, Rainee (i think it’s spelled this way). plays the bass guitar and is really good at it hey.

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see the HUGE.THICK.SAVOURY.JUICY.TENDER.FATTY.GLORIOUS.HEAVENLY.
BEST MEAT IN THE WORLD!
PORKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!

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and then… JENG JENG JENG! dark clouds settled in above us and is friggin startled to drizzle!
a good day half ruined but hey, there’s still everyone around and good food to be passed around in a while more :)
Daniel then gave instructions to shift the whole bbq pit over to the hut where there’s an overhead ceiling to keep out the rain haha.

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shifted over to the hut’s kitchen to divide the bbq-ing and finish cooking everything faster
there’s auntie who’s making paste out of shrimps, garlic, cili padi, n onions for when cooking the vegetables

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that’s a small plate of meat sauce with LOADS of smashed garlic, cili padi along with a lot of lime juice that solomon n rudy made.
ultimately spicy, HOT and tongue flaring, but it went soooo well with the pork!

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there was actually too much food for us all to finish haha, but fun nontheless.

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some small fishes and prawns that Daniel’s dad caught in the pond not so far off from where we were.

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talked to Daniel’s dad for almost a couple of hours, asking abt the garden, how he made the hut n its add-ons, his job, family fares as well as his past. (That’s his granddaughter, Jemaimah, btw)
he proved to be a very wise man who really takes family into account. he said that the garden’s like a small vacation spot where he and his family can get away from their usual life and head back to basics, working together, clearing the land and form strong bonds amongst each other.
and really, Daniel’s family is REALLY tight with 4 boys in the family. children-parent relationships are very open and without strain. something that made me smile over and want as well for my family, down life’s road :)

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we all left with bloated stomachs, smiles, and a reunion in mind for next time :)