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.

Year 2010 

Year 2009 

Year 2008

Year 2007

Year 2006

1030AM – Meet up for breakfast at Toh Soon Cafe which in reality means 1130AM to the boys. 3 tables and many more standing around.

12pm – proceed to the heart of Georgetown UNESCO heritage site

Interjunction of Muntri Street, Love Lane and Stewart Lane

Walkabout prewar houses with limestone wall

Behind Kuan Yin Temple

All the way back to muntri street, stopping at Moontree47 for the much needed WATER and rest from all the walking under the mid-day sun!

Mr Ciwawa the main photographer of the day. couldn’t thank him enough for his kind voluntary work

Hi Diana, it has been awhile since you have seen the sun. I’m sorry for neglecting you and I hope you are happy with the additional gadgets. Please be happy and produce a good roll from the weekend ^^

Destination change, vroom all the way to Straits Quay.

Oh well, typical day out. Lovebirds dating, girls chatting, guys gambling and daylight robbery. All in a day.

A compilation of the photos before we disperse at 4pm to go home, freshen up, sleep and overslept,and most importantly dolling up for the hen’s night. Obviously the stag night for the guys which was wayyyyyy boring, haha!!

Dinner at SixtyNine Mansion – was horrible as service was really bad and most of the food are cold when served. Dessert served with ice cream already melted. Disappointing. No doubt its a very nice restaurant but I do not think I will return for the 2nd time.

The Hen’s Entourage for the night

We were quite pissed with the service over at 69 that we went all the way down to UPR for 2nd half of the night. CLing was required to wear the tiara and veil the entire time although she cheated most of the time -_______-

Worried whats in-store for her.

Basically we had prepared several challenges for her to overcome and with each one successfully done, we will record it down in the scrapbook we had prior prepared.

It’s obvious we all had a fantastic night out and mission accomplished in creating a memorable and naughty final night as a single lady.

It was a very happening June and a great way to end the first half of the year. As we enter the 2nd half of 2011, I’m going off on holiday tomorrow (yay!) and with all the uncertainty behind me, i hope the rest of the year would be a blasting good one

Last weekend I attended the most heartfelt and touching wedding I’ve ever been to-date. To quote Sweeheng – A Great wedding would be a understatement to describe it.

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After talking about this wedding for what seems like forever, a topic that was rarely not talk about in any of our meet ups (which was almost weekly), can’t believe when the day has past and now it’s the beginning of a new chapter for 2 of my dear friends. I’m sorry we are unable to deliver the elephant ride for Angeline as we promise and she has to walk in

Lost for words on how personal and beautiful the entire celebration was. The ambiance for the garden reception was PERFECT. It was a sea of pink, white and crimson against the green garden and sounds of waves with warm sea breeze. When the music starts playing, and the bridesmaids start to walk in 1 by 1, couldn’t help but to be overwhelmed with emotions.

Thank you both for allowing me to share this one important day in your life.

Bird and Birdleg

Mamasan and the girls

A marriage is a promise to help, to give and to take, to share one life together.

To the couple who always have the cutest poses and forever camera sensitive, may your unions bring you love, joy and happiness as unending as the circle of a wedding ring.

Congratulations Rubberduck!

Trying to catch up as much as I can now. Even with a photo/blog post a week is so damn difficult. I don’t know how those people do it! After work, I would whale on the couch and channel surf all night. Now that I’m back in Penang, I have the luxury of satellite TV! woohoo!

What a whirlwind of events I had for the past 22 month residing in KL. Seems like it had only been yesterday I resigned from my job to venture to KL.

I was so happy when I thought I found THE job. You know, the type you look forward to it daily, supported by an amazing team. I was not on a single day of medical leave throughout the first 14 months I was with them. It was something that I am very proud of.

That was all before the nightmare started. Everything just seems to change overnight and I just couldn’t bear to face some people in the office. Disappointment, one after another. Unprofessional behavior and lies. The saddest part of the entire episode was the fact that I enjoyed my job very much, just not the people! Everyone is responsible for their own happiness and future. If I fail to take the first step out, I have no one but myself to blame for the miserable life I was leading. Therefore I decided to leave once again. Or should I say return to Penang.

For week 18, there will be more than 1 photos! Leaving everything I love behind was so hard. I was very torn when I had to decide whether to leave KL or continue looking for another job.. I love many things about KL. I do miss the solitary life where I can do pretty much what I want, when I want. But opportunity does not knock on our door daily..

I misses my colleagues so much. I am so lucky to be blessed twice with amazing colleagues!Especially Karen and Lim. People I talk to on a daily basis :(

I will again miss my dear “accidental” friend where our friendship was tested through time and distance. Haha..

Of course the people who i hang out mostly with. Im sure my weekends would be very much different without you guys again.Fear not, we meet often..

As much as I hate to admit this, I do miss living with DivaLisa and the new big room in the new house  in one of the best area which is suppose to be where I am now!! T__________T #sacrifices

Tornado hiting my room hours before I was to drive back to Penang

Close to 2 years of belongings.

The next chapter of my life in Penang had already begun. Hope it will be a good one. Seems like it will be.  #hopeful

Already a few have been teasing me for being a failure -__________-

For the month of February it’s all about love. Love for family, friends and mrsmallface

#7 2nd mega gathering for Colistrian class of 2002 gathering. I missed the first one so it’s officially my first gathering. It’s a headache but successful in the end. So glad so many turn up! Catching was so much fun as I haven’t seen some girls since then. Can’t believe it already been 9 year i left school o_O am i really that old??

#8 Annual Chinese new year lousang for those in KL. Some new addition, some that had moved back to Penang

#9 MrSmallFace birthday cum Valentines Day spend together with all our friends. Best way to escape the commercial trap of V-days. Had so much fun.. but sadly time was short.

Super yummy burger made by MrSmallface hahahaha! First time he cooked anything for me!

some of the pics we took on our bali day 2 which was spend sight seeing.

Random local kids

I would say Pura Taman Ayun can skip if you lack of time. Entrance fee required.

After about an hour drive or so, we reach Bedugul area further up north of the Bali Island. Lake Bratan was very nice! Should visit and the weather so cooling like Cameron highlands.

Had a lunch at a non-tourist place – Ayam Bakar Taliwang. As we wanted to try something new, we got our Super nice guide to bring us to a place HE would go himself. Superbly recommended. One of the cheapest and satisfied meal we had in Bali. The restaurant is just opposite the carpark of Lake Bratan. Walking distance.

We headed towards Tanah Lot after that. No sunset for us again :(( It was a cloudy day. They have a market there and the price are cheap.

Tips: Get your souvenirs or Bali Bintang t-shirt here.Me and Gisele got a tube dress for RM7 each! The bintang shirt are like RM3 each here too. Kuta shops are pirates!

It was a very nice stroll around the market before heading towards the super crowded Tanah Lot temple or the floating temple.  The temple is behind us and the scenery from here was amazing. Locals was surfing as well!  Thanks to our superb guide for bringing us. Too bad it was a very cloudy day and all photos doesnt turn out really well :(

Oh well, I’m sure I’ll be there again someday..

Infront of the temple already. If you notice, there’s people braving the waves to get over to the temple and had the holy mens blessings. At that time, the tide wasn’t really that high. Probably a little above ankle.

By the time we decided to go over, the water level rises way above our knee and it was a very scary experience actually. See the sexy legs behind me

I was being the scaredy cat and rushed to go over to the safe side as soon as possible. Not wanting to risk getting soaking wet. The tide was really scary and all of us were soaking wet by the time we wade back. Hence buying pants/dress on the spot -_-

It was almost waist high and the wave was so strong, I had to hold on to the temple helpers in order not to be swept away by the waves!

Leaving you with a photo of the temple and the temple helpers who had to swim back.

Anyway, I was in JB for an entire week for business and I was seeking for tips on where to eat all the time. Unfortunately, i think the place doesnt really have anywhere super fantastic eateries as the response sounds like silent cricket….  [-_-]

Meet up with Wanster, my twinsie for dinner 1 of the day, and he gave me 3 options. I picked the supposedly ” BEST CHICKEN CHOP IN TOWN” – It Roo Cafe at Jalan Dhoby, somewhere near Jalan Wong Ah Fook.

Love the ambiance of the place. Very old skool.

They have 2 type of chicken chop, the normal batter deep fried or mushroom sauce. We both had the root beer float just cos it’s Root Beer Float wor~!

Comes with laughter and good conversation ^_^

After dinner (they close pretty earlier, about 9pm+) we proceed to chill just few shops down the road – http://roostjuicebar.blogspot.com/

Its a nice vintage place again. But it’s not very well kept. IMHO okay..

Again, ambience + good chat = happy dopes looking forward to next vacay~

Passion Storm is yummss!!

Will share more on some good food i stumble upon in Johor when I finally stop procrastinating or have less work (yea, like that is going to happen +_+ )

toodles..

Last weekend, my friends decided to be adventurous and we started to drive few hours towards Sepang Gold Coast.

Our top priority for any road trip needless to say would be to fill our tummies!! No matter where!

First stop: Famous Pau Shop in Tanjong Sepat. Hai Yew Heng. The town ain’t big at all. You’ll deff find it.

Old Dame hand-making the infamous pau while watching Astro..

Some uncle before us bought like 100 pau of the same flava? o_O We see them pushing few trays out within the few minutes we are there. RM2 per pau.. can you count how much they are earning per day.. $_$

You see all the auntie and uncles came by bus load hoarding in front of the pau shop buying pau. Because pau seems like the only famous and THING to see/buy here.

After we had bought some of our paus, we head over to a nearby jetty to feast. Not much photos, busy eating. Most of the finer images you see in this blog was taken by Duckie.

This is raw from Lx3. Unedited using the Dynamic Black & White.. I think it’s quite nice but then again, it’s my opinion only..

Lepak at some restaurant.

After that we went to Sepang Gold Coast only to get denied entry for not being a guest (reasonable) So we lepak at the beach next to the water chalet for about an hour before we got chased away by the guards again. This time not reasonable because he just picked on us. The other people loitering around was not being picked on. Reason? We are blocking the view of the patrons.. Duhh…

The said patrons are sitting above the patio. hmm.

One of my favorite photo of the entire day. Thanks Duckie! MrSmallface look so cheeky…

I look like a lollipop here… Round face and non proportioned upper body.

Tired after prancing around so I just squat there for the rest of the time while the guys continue on snapping away.

By 7pm, everyone was famished again! We went back to Lover’s Bridge, Ocen Seafood for dinner and it was so packed. Waited and waited.. until we had a table and the storm just threw a huge fit!

We were like eating while soaking our feet in a pail -__-

Everything was not bad, the famous oyster fried egg was bigger than my palm. Haha! The clams in beer sauce was great and couldn’t remember the other dishes as we were eating in fear the whole place would just crash into the sea.

Did i not mention the restaurant was built on stilt above waters -__-

So gonna be a busy week. Actually halfway through, and I’ve already pulled my head bald already with the craziness at work.

Have a good week ya’ll!

Er, but this place I suppose is not really considered a hideout anymore as it is quite well-known among the local. My friends, family and I had been here few times before as i love the place and coffee! Latte ♥

What I love the most is that they allows the patrons to draw nonsenses on their table! Like this! ha ha!

Our view for the entire afternoon while chatting. P-1 camera so nais, can cry…

I was there actually to catch up with my dear ex-colleagues from penang company.

The long awaited photo of the crunchy yummy Kahlua- Tiramisu. The cakes and dessert are between RM16-18++ which is expensive if you rate is base on Penang standard. However, I don’t think the restaurants target market are locals. This is the place where most tourist would stroll by instead of locals who shy aways from the sun like vampires.

Crushed Lime and Mint Soda, RM10. Healthy Kimmie’s drink. I don’t know the taste, dont dare to try. Too green for carnivorous me

I had the Strawberry, Banana & Orange Fresh Frappe, Rm14. Very suitable choice for a hot afternoon.

A photo of us again, since December. 8 months it took to schedule a meet up.

Went there again 2 weekends ago with TeongLi and MrSmallFace for them to try the cake. The following photos by BB and lx3.

Certified by Teongli. Complete with shiny, starry eyes.. hahaha ..stupid..

A mahjong paper, a glass of Buncho crayons and boys missing their childhood = unleash their drawing skills.

Ultramen being attacked by Godzilla. BBM for help -__-

Have a good week people

Two years and counting, MrSmallFace is still MrSmallface Good job to you! Keep up the good work ya.Looking forward to many years calling you MrSmallFace in my blog instead of other names.

I look so pale here, but I’m NOT!! It him being so tan, cis -__-

My besties turning quarter a century old. Kekekeke~!! Happy birthday dearies!

Visiting CousinTing also means setting my foot at East Malaysia for the first time. Really is cuti cuti Malaysia year for me. If I manage to go Kelantan or Kota Bharu, I would have really done it!! Let’s hope I quickly blog about KK before losing the mojo again…

Finally, this is how we do teambuilding in our company!!