Unanimously, Europa will be our ultimate choice with 2 years holiday maker visa. Then we talk about some of our fondest memories from travelling. So happen she loves travelling as traveler, not tourist. Big differences.

Coincidently, my college mate suddenly uploaded our old photos on Facebook -_- talk about coincidences.

Reminiscence bout the time of the below photos was taken. One of my fondest memory in life. Such simple life back then. How i miss the times…

Karma people.

Sometimes, being ignorant to the surrounding could be such a bliss!!

Ignorant + Simple = Happy!

Life is as colorful as a candy store. Today is just a sour grape flavor for me. Tomorrow will be cherry tomato !!!

]]> http://apple4today.com/positivity/feed/ 1 http://apple4today.com/bustling-july/ http://apple4today.com/bustling-july/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:54:30 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/?p=1831 I’ve been travelling non stop since the end of May and I practically don’t have time to sleep 7 hours a day. FML

May 24h to 27th – JB/Desaru

May 29 – Genting

June 3rd to 7th, 11-13th, 18th to 20th – Penang

July 2nd – 4th – Penang AGAIN for friend’s wedding

July 7th to 9th – Kuantan/Cherating

July 10th to 12th – Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

July 14th to 15th – Langkawi

July 16th – 18 – Penang

Finally a whole week in KL to sleeeep!!

July 25th – 27th – Melaka/Port Dickson

I forsee another week in Penang in August when my uncle visits from Taiwan.

Looking at the above schedule, I already felt tired. Strangely enough, living out of my suitcase is something I’ve wanted and I am now living it! It may be tiring at times but I get to learn new things almost daily. Like why a village will remain to be a village like FOREVER due to the people there -__- How village people live life so carefree simply because they are not expose to material things.

I really do want to blog more on the food and places! but once I’m back in the hotel room, i’ve few hundreds emails to go through and then I’ll be so tired I just want to sleep. The next day, meetings entire day again and repeats.

Will blog on the fantastic food when time allow!!

It’s is indeed a Visit Malaysia Year for me

]]> http://apple4today.com/bustling-july/feed/ 1 http://apple4today.com/central-world/ http://apple4today.com/central-world/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 15:32:06 +0000 Eve http://apple4today.com/?p=1788 So heartbreaking.

To actually receive the news, a place where I had lunch, had dinner, got to know new colleagues and superior got burned down. For me, is for no apparent reason at all.

Not only it got burned down, it collapsed… All that remains are the ruins..

Never in my dream I would imagine this would happen to Bangkok.. Whatever happened to the land of smiles?

Bangkok is always associated with Happiness, Shopping, Fun, Laughter, Friends, Serenity, Temples,  Awesome times, Trying funky street food, great time laughing at friends…

Now, everyday we fear something will happen to friends, colleagues and innocent citizens.. Hope everything return to normal soon. Although it will never be the same again :(

During happier times at bangkok ..

When apple and blackberries are yummy and edible, not to mention cheap
Now, they have become nemesis

When the hardest task I had to complete is reading B-A ba~ C-A- ca ~ BACA!
Now my task daily gets tougher by the day, I’m a better juggler than tigerwoods

When going to someplace daily, means meeting your friends, chatting up, helping and learning from each other
Now, I think twice before talking, think thrice before swearing at someone not knowing when they’ll avenge for it, steering clear of someone

One thing made simpler (if there such words) in life for me now
When I feel like blogging, I search for d nearest switched on laptop wjhere most of the time when one is infront of me, I had already lost my trains of thoughts

Now, I can blog anywhere, anytime with my trusty bobbi…..

This post is the first post blogged via my bb

I just came back from mamak session with some friends and we started talking about things we must/want to do before we “settle down”. Loosely speaking that would be before we all reach our 30.

That is because when you are in your 20′s you are somehow still excusable to do crazy things but not as much as when you are 18. There’s a few things that I wished i had done before I am here today but we can’t turn back time.

The point of 20s is to reach 30s — and by then, people will really be expecting us to act like a grown-up.Like FINALLY

Thinking fondly of my experiences, I would have think twice at what I’ve did sometimes and I highly doubt I have the energy, time or guts to do it. Where had my enthusiasm and spirits went??

With so much instability in the world now, I can’t guarantee I will even live pass the age of 50. Seriously. So to those that think, a human only deserve to experience life after you finish paying off that car loan and this housing mortgage, I suggest you think again.

Do you live to pay off interest and make other people like better, getting tangible items  or would you rather live a life full of life where  you gain and forever own the intangible items ie experiences and knowledge to the grave and next life?

With all the monthly earthquake =__= and blood spilling happening, it hard not to think of what I will want to accomplished before I am 6 feet under.

HENCE!!!

Things I wish I have the time, the financial support T___T and courage to do.

Attend Full Moon Party – Koh Pangan
Have a luxurious weekend get away at HuaHin
Step on Coco Island – Maldives
Experience Amsterdam
Visit Disneyland!! Preferably Paris – Disneyland!!
Travel to Eastern Europe
Go travel somewhere alone
Skydive
Go Bali
Backpack around Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
Explore SouthAmerica
Have a house with gardens so that my white westie and cavalier spaniels can run freely.
Visit more wonders of the world.
Meet and greet Hugh Jackman ^__^
Published or just successfully log all my travel experiences.
Join Oktoberfest – in Germany.
Participate in Songkran IN Thailand – Can’t believe I have not done this. Such loser..

For now, this is the only that I can think off. Seems like most of it involve travelling and festivals -__- Although the list might look short but it will take years and for some, a lifetime, to complete.

Here’s to ticking some of it off …hopefully very soon Woohoo!

One of my best and memorable moments in life.. which i can revisit the feeling sometime in the future.

Contrary to common belief, using 35mm films would be easier. It might so much easier to buy and develop but i face difficulty when advancing the film cos the indicators seems wrong or i just don’t know how to read it. Plus because its 36frames, there will be more films gathered at the spool, higher chance of getting stuck halfway too.

okay,time to criticize my films..

From my 36 frame roll of film, only 24 managed to be processed and more than half failed :(

#1 This is an example how a nice photo can be destroyed by a lab staff where they usually dont handle films anymore t.t  The below is incorrectly cut and then scanned. Hence the image is not cropped correctly to be center.

The frame that I used for this roll was  square over the sprockets but i failed to informed the shop and i guessed they just cut it all away  Although I can digitally crop it and make it nicer myself but then i’ll be missing the entire point of lo-fi photography.

The common noobie mistake when one uses a fully manual camera is forgetting to adjust the:-

1. Aperture

2. Focus

3. Taking into consideration the film ISO

#2 That’s why some of my photos are too up close, like the entire frame is filled with the focus object. Most of the focus for this roll was set at 4meter, meant to shoot something from afar -__-

#3 Mentioned above, when advancing to next frame, I do not know when to stop turning!! and therefore, overlapping frames…Mistake below are, not focus properly and overlapping.

#4 Double expose film. I think this is nice

#5 Double expose negative too. Wrong aperture setting.

Having said all the above, making all the “mistake” is how i learn to understand my Qinghua better ^_^ and the experience of handling a fully manual camera is fun! Never knowing the end product until you excitedly hand the roll of negative over the counter to get develop

Now i’m in the midst of going through my 2nd roll 120mm expired film. Will share when I have them develop.  Not sure what else was missed out but i think will be well covered in next post. hehe

Would you like to know how to insert the film? or how the 35mm back look like? Let me know..

Gurus out there are more than welcome to leave a comment!!

ITS SO UNFAIR AND THERE’S NOTHING MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT IT BUT RANTING  IT HERE!!!

I hate it when things are beyond my control. I hate it when I’ve done so much but can’t reap my harvest. I feel like I’m a farmer that tend and nurtured my crops. The day to reap it, it’s all taken away and some people who has just sat there sipping tea all the while got all the profit.

Everyone I’ve spoken to advised – Yea, life is unfair like that. Blame the system. Too bad for you. Be patient. Be professional.

I’m trying my super best to maintain a cheerful front in the office now. But who can be cheerful when you are the only one left out and everyone else is extending their “sympathy”.

Joining the rat race. Today i understand the true meaning, as to climb the rank, sometimes you need to rat someone out. But I wont do it in my case. Will just ruin my own reputation here.

I will survive this down point of my still young life. Taking it with a pinch of salt and Jason Mraz’s song

Sometimes the sun shines on other people’s houses and not mine
and the shy can paint the sky in a way
that takes away my summer time

and somehow the sun shines upon you while i struggle to get by
there’s a light in everybody so send your ray of sunshine

Calm down
Deep breaths
And get yourself dressed instead
Of running around
And pulling all your threads saying
Breaking yourself up
**********
Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name)
Are the things that make you panic (Go your own way)
Is it Mother Nature’s sewing machine?

Are the things that make you blow (Hold your own, know your name)
Hell no reason go on and scream
If you’re shocked it’s just the fault (Go your own way)
Of faulty manufacturing

Everything will be fine
Everything in no time at all
Hearts will hold

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It’s always the details that is driving everyone crazy. The norm. The culture. The impression. The perception. And perception can very well be reality/fact.

Like what i got from the email today, 100 frogs started to jump up a flight of stairs. Bystanders, kept shouting poison words like ” you can’t make it” Stop dreaming”. Slowly one by one gave up..because they believed what the others are perceiving. Except for one..who succeed. Why only 1 out of 100 succeed?

Simple, the frog is deaf.

Sorry, slightly out of topic. It’s been awhile since I just rant and blog, not caring about a certain topic like food, place or event.

It’s time to do something. Quoting from Sweatlee blog “If you feel like shit, don’t just sit there and feel like shit. Do something about it”

I want to be able to say “I LOVE MY JOB!” one fine day I don’t want to be categorize under “people who work for work” statistic! Please give me some time. I just started out.

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Since when is it OKAY to arrested people just gathering peacefully and even their legal representative? Does that make us any different from the less civilize/unfortunate countries?

Since when is it OKAY to let the mat rempit and snatch thieves roam the road freely because it’s difficult to round them up? When people are DYING because of them. And when people are dying, the people we help put into the cabinet to manage our country think the best to mange them is with rehabilitation/counseling centre. Set up with what? Our tax money of course, what else is new

Remember the case where the gang of mat rempit beat up 3 guy and a girl because they THOUGHT the car hit their friend? What is the verdict on that case??? Not to mention many forgotten cases…

Malaysian likes to forget. Doesn’t matter because it wont affect their life in anyway, except when the victim is them. When I was in UK, i see the news of little Maddie(the girl which got abducted) for a YEAR about Relentless help and updates. What about us? Remember Buscrashnomore? Why do i see Konsortium still active on the roads? Our lives mean nothing??

Since when is it OKAY to have 21 children when you have a crappy job and having a hard time raising them?? What is the Family Ministry(watever its called) doing about this? Isn’t this negligence?This is plain stupidity and irresponsible behavior.

When people wants pet owner to spay and neuter their pets, I think we need to spay that stupid man here.

Since when is it OKAY to shoot dogs? or break their neck? or throw them onto a deserted island to fend for themselves against flood, eagle and snakes?? We all heard of Dog Pawn, what about cats?? Can’t we at least be fair? They are after all, living and breathing beings. Don’t you think that whenever there’s a NO PETS sign, it would be a dog?

Why not a terrapin or sugar glider (i think ppl keep them as pet) Why don’t dogs have freedom here T__T I envy those europe country where pets are treated equally although there’s still some sicko around.

It’s great being able to blog about my thoughts. It’s been too long i suppose. Been blogging mostly on mundane and happy stuff like ” WOW! The food is Greattt!”

I must have bottled up all my anger all this while…pheww… Please don’t arrest me. I still have a dog to care at home. I’m just a normal girl expressing her view on how she sees things she listen from the news.

Thanks for reading if you are still reading so far. I’m really happy people are reading what I write although I won’t know most of the time. I don’t get much comment..heheh

Shit, it’s 1248AM. I’m suppose to do something else. So fail -_-||