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Ameizing KL Stop
Last 2 weekend I headed down to KL to attend the concerts that I’ve long awaited for – Ah Mei !!!!!
Thanks so much to my dear sister for sponsoring me the ticket with great seat 
This would be my first time ever watching this legendary Asian power house performing live while it’s her 3rd/4th time already. #hardcore fan
LOVE all her costumes. very nice and sexy. She has got some crazy shoes as well, able to put up a match with Lady Gaga!
Diva moment. This is when she started to sing nonstop for 40minutes delivering all her super popular songs. Love it! Still cant believe she sang infront of me! Songs like Ting Hai, Yuan Lai Ni Shen Me Dou Bu Yao, Jie Tuo which I’ve heard for X amount of times in my life. Especially 记得 ( Ji De), the ultimate song to sing at karaoke. She’s really amazing. It’s one of the best concerts I’ve attended. She interact well with the audience with the voices, and dances to go with it. She managed to get almost everyone on their feet at her will, dancing and singing along like mad. The last concert i went where i get to get up and dance freely was Maroon 5. Awesome showmanship and True artist with voice that does not disappoint!
The weather was perfect for an outdoor concert too. Dark clouds was looming before the starts of the concert but then it cleared up into a beautiful clear sky with bright moon. It was around the “super moon” week. When she sang 掉了(Diao Le), the whole stadium was illuminated with handphones light, replicating the songs lyrics, falling stars… The feeling was so serene its surreal.
Then I get to end my fabulous weekend with not only my first little blue box, but second and third as well !!! So Blessed is my life now! Thanks to the angels around me!!! 
Cycling to Tonle Sap
On the last day we had in SiemReap, it was free and easy. So free, we decided to just walk around, towards town from our hotel.
G with one of the 3 cute resident dogs from the hotel
I really like this shot of us. Because i don’t look like me -__-
Anyway, we took a tuktuk to the Old Market after awhile to walk around and rent out bicycles for USD1 for the whole day. So cheap. Anyway, the initial plan was to cycle around Siem Reap, but I canot remember how or why we decided to cycle to Tonle Sap instead. -__-
The start of our cycling journey!!! 30km to and fro.. which is 15km 1 way!! Crazy much!! I haven’t sat on a bicycle for at least 12 years, what more cycle one. So it was such a challenge for me to cycle so far after so many year. Not surprisingly i started off wobbling all the way, like almost toppling over most of the time and shuffling with my feet instead. Also running across the street instead of cycling over it hahahaha..
We dont have a map or idea on where exactly it is. We just ask for direction cycling maybe 70% of the journey on roads like this!! dafuq
When people learn where we were heading, and when we ask ” Tonle Sap, Far?? Near?? ” their face darkens and answer was ” Not soon.. -_-|| ”
Being Zorro in SiemReap is Easy
*update:- MrSmallface say Zorro only fight for poor people, not distributed stuff. Okay, so i dont know my tale :( I was just associating the horseriding part. Should probably use robin hood as the title instead :(
Seriously.
Steps to feel like Zorro or 10% like him. You can choose to be Zorro or Robin Hood minus the robbery, only the giving part
1. Book a 2 hour trail ride with Happy Ranch. Recommend 2 hour otherwise, you wont get to experience much.
2. Prepare gift like below to be distribute to the maddox-es. 1 set of stationary just RM1. Need not rob.
Day 1 – QuadBike in SiemReap
The trip to SiemReap was very different from any of the other trips I’ve been to because its filled with so much enlightenment and adventrous. The closest travel that was as tedious as this was probably Krabi where MrSmallface and I sign up for a kayaking trip into the OPEN SEA ! Our arms went lame after the trip obviously, after battling the waves -_-
Arrived at SiemReap International Airport at about 8am their time, GMT +7 after staying awake the entire night at LCCT. It’s one of the passenger friendly airport I’ve been too. Not hectic and confusing like LCCT. Out from the plane, short walk to efficient immigration check. Then once you collected the luggage, it’s the pickup point. No one stopped me from doing this 
We arranged for Quad Biking on the first day with SR Quad Bike, a new establishment G found online. They pick us up at our hotel on time, just that we were waiting at the lobby area, the guy was waiting at tour desk causing us to lose about 20mins -______-
We were given a straight-to-the-point briefing session before we go for a short run to test our skills out..
All of us passed the test but Teong ! haha ! Experienced bike rider had to ride with an instructor lo… 
It was really easy to handle once you get the hang of it. Just accelerate and brake. Everything else are automated. We booked the 2 hours ride (USD25 per pax) which bring us through the local village trail, and vast paddy field, stopping for an amazing sunset. The photos does no justice to how beautiful the actual view was. Fits the definition of breathtaking.
Some of the kids from nearby villages that followed us. So friendly and cute. They are the children that I don’t see much in Malaysia anymore, the ones that Waves and greets without demanding for ipad or iphone to play afterwards.
Fascinated over the photos we took of them.
Throughout the 2 hours and for the following few days, we find ourselves waving to random kids and strangers ALOT! They are like the friendliest group of people ever. WY’s “kim jong ill” moment.
I think they spend their days waiting for tourist to go by their villages so they can wave and shout HIiiiiii !!!! at us. There’s one time, where we were drove past a house quite fast and the kids couldn’t run up to us in time, so they just screams Heellloooooo 
at us … -______-
Just a few tips for those who would like to try this.
1. Dont wear white as it will turn to orange or beige at the end of the trip. This is how the towel looks like after wiping our face. There’s practically no proper tar road, just dusty red earth all the way. So i think it’s really thoughtful that the bike company provided mask and helmet with eye shield for us
2. try to wear long pants to protect your calf from the heat of the engine.
Truly enjoy the experience of quad biking through siem reap and will definitely do it again if opportunity arises!! A photo with the owner.
Whirlwind 2011
Seems like the year passes by in a blink of the eye.. cliche, i know.
If i were to sum up this year in one word, it would be changes.
Believe this year is where people around, including myself make drastic decision and big changes in their life. I believe and live by the motto, change is the only constant in life, so true especially for this year. Friends getting married, friends moving on with their life, career leap, relocation and much more.
As for myself, I decided to quit my job in KL and moved my base back to my dear hometown with has the worse traffic that I could have ever imagine. Probably one of my wisest decision this year. For now, I am enjoying my career. Very fresh, very new, very exciting, schedules are like a roller coaster ride with crazy work hours when nearing dateline but full of flexibility to be independent.
It was such a Fun year for me! For a start, i went to 4 concerts, which is once every quarter Maroon 5, swooning over ever sexy Adam Levine. Eason Chen and Zee Avi was equally awesome with different feel. Cherry on top of it all was realizing my dream of watching Jacky Cheung!! Undeniably i grew up listening to his songs, naturally i become a fan. Sadly i couldn’t make it to any of his previous musical or concerts and was sooo happy that he made a stop in Malaysia again! He does not disappoint and will definitely be part of the audience for any of his future show in Malaysia. Biggest regret in terms of concerts was not able to attend Jason Mraz’s Asia stops :(((((
Then there was the Hot Air Balloon Festival and Orbing experiences.
Favorite past time for the 2nd half of the year. Red times with Kimmies ^_^
Addiction for 2011 was unmistakable Snowflakes and Chatime. Surely i am not the only one, the first one or the last here.
Earlier in the year, i ticked off another “want to/must do” in my life. Something inspired by this little cute guy here. never had regret
Now that I’ve passed a certain age in life, invitations to weddings are coming by the throngs. This year alone I’ve attended 8 weddings to be exact.. probably this trend will continue for a couple more years, then I’ll start attending baby showers and children’s birthday..haha. Not complaining though, i love to attending weddings, a celebration of love, a good excuse to doll up (^_^) and meeting up with friends and absolutely having some great fun!
From all the weddings, this was one of the most moving. Meeting up with so many of my old pals for the entire day, recreating the ending dance pose from our scout/guides days back in 2000. Most beautiful wedding overall still was Eunice’s wedding in Melbourne. Amazingly perfect!
What is a life journey for me without a splash of travelling involve? I got myself a new camera this year or rather MrSmallface got it for me ^^ Loving it till today, Sis even brought it to Nepal and Mt Everest. talk about journey.
Went to Hanoi, Vietnam for the first time with my family. A first after more than 1o years. Loving the beautiful place, would love to revisit someday!
Then it kinda seems like tradition for me and MrSmallface to go away for our anniversary. Last year in Sabah, this year in Taipei.
Revisited Bali again with some old and new folks, still the same old Bali. Would love to go again, well, I would love to go anywhere anytime again But come on, who can resist Bali ? Still so much left unexplored. I still want to go to the Rock Bar!! Unfortunately previous trip, i was just soo close but still failed :( Must GO!
Short weekend trips
- Hadyai
- Pusing, Perak. Kellis Castle
- Weekend getaway in a bungalow we rented in Taiping. Was suppose to sekeping serendah but they are so booked out, until next year!! Too much! Eventually decided Taiping was a great midpoint to meet for the folks from KL and Penang.
2011 has been good to me. Full of new start, new challenge, new experiences in life. Learn alot, laugh alot, weep alot – probably for movies -_- Grateful I had my family and friends around me for whatever reasons. Grateful I am still able to do what I want (well, most of it)
Come what may 2012. It may or may not be the end of the world, haha, life still goes on until its realized. For me, who live each day to the fullest, Mayan’s prophecy doesn’t matter. whatever happen, happens
My Resolution for the coming year is to stay grateful for what I have, and be more forgiving towards others.
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