Thai : My work

Places that I went, situation at hand; a different kind of feeling .
This was one of the village that I popped over. The pastor took us to a few villages, where a small number of them has accepted christ. My job was to entertain the children, well maybe a couple of adults as well. Since I don't know how to speak Thai, communication is abit of a problem.









Mummy dearest!! MUAKZ!!!!!
The outside of the hut: Just over that hill is Laos or was it Myanmar =P I forgot.. Yup, the hill top is the boarder; wanna step over and say hi? hahaha... a steep road leading back to where we came from. Bump ride at the back of a ut ain't fun!










Toilet without shades. well, if you gotta go, you gotta go. There is a proper toilet in one of the villages' home (which I borrowed) but I guess, not everyone has their own toilet at home. My guess is that this is a public toilet. I don't know exactly how this water is obtained, through underground? or being pumped up from the river. Either way, at least they have water.

Congratulations!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS MY HUNNY BUNNY YUNN!!!!!

muakz muakz from me to you and your fiance!!!

To my brother in law to be = Welcome to the family!!

Well, first comes ring, then comes wedding, then a baby tiger on the way. Make sure baby tiger know that there's an auntie all the way in Australia!!!

Drivable atm? Fear Factor?

Interesting funny pictures that I think I have to share with you all.


Look UOB atm van.. =) Don't need to rob a bank, just steal a van!!

Dried lizards sold in the morning market of Thad Tai. I wonder how they cook it.. =P

Lastly, the famous fried bamboo worms... yummy.. I've eaten them before. You have to try, taste not bad, just like fries, only crispier. They are kinda $$$ as the season was over. You'll have to go at the end of the year.

Fat Ronald? Thin Ronald?

Mc D in Thai... first thing I tried??PORK burger.. Don't beleive me?? I have a "blur" menu to show you.. Top right is Samurai Pork Burger... hahaha next pic: my burger (any my mum.. hehe)

Lets see, the average Ronald Mc Donald we know has always been thin. I don't think I ever seen him in a muscular/build form. The Ronald standing outside is the Ronald that we know so well. Check out my "Sawa de ka" Ronald inside the fastfood chain... haha it's so CHUBBY!!! the only regret that I have i that I forgot to stand next to him. haha that will show how thin I am.. =P

INTERNATIONAL WELL KNOWN??

hahaha pick a guess what brand are they.. =)













I had to take this photo.. haha how long has it been since I saw coke selling in large dirt glass, with very old logo??
It just seems like the last time I actually held one, carrying and drinking it around was in primary school....

Not to forget FOOD!!!

The usual me would have put this first before any other blog entry... hahaha.. oh well...
Let me just start with a simple yet luxurious first night dinner. What seems to be a normal meal for me; 1 meat dish, a vege dish and maybe a mix of mince meat and vege and soup is a considered luxury for the people there.




But what is the most interesting of all meals that I have of the pastor's wife's cooking is the first breakfast I was there. Take a closer look at the dishes, especialy the fried egg.










So what do you see??? If it's an even closer (but blur)
Let me give you a hint: it's egg fried in egg...
Now what sort of egg?
hahaha It's ants , ant eggs and chicken egg..... Talk about high cholestrol =P but it taste good!!!just like egg =)

Graduation!!

We were there in time for some of the students graduation.









6 students, graduating from primary school.... Cute bunch of graduate flowers...... So fat and round.

This is a poster:
This is what I can a pretty boy!! I can't even describe him as cute!! or handsome.... He is just PRETTY to me!!



Here is a game to play!!! Spot the chickens!! Can you see how many chickens are there in this picture... (Try enlarging it =P)

Sunday School and the kids

Ah my first Sunday School as a "teacher" hahaah Interesting experience.....
I think I would not go in to details of the entire trip, maybe bits and pieces here and there.. There's the normal, sing songs, play games... and fold balloons!!










Right: My creative balloon design!!! ahahaha does it look like a heart to you??? I wonder myself.. =P
Left: The kids are colouring the cross, in their most creative way.










Left: Group photo Group photo
Right: I was given a coloured cross and a flower made by one of the student.










Ah so far the 2 cutest boy and gal (the one in pink) that I might consider adopting. hahaha but the joke of the day is that the girl is actually the pastor's daughter...

So many things to say, so little time..

I am back from Thailand!!

Where did I go? A small little village in Thad Tai.
What for? Missionary work. There is an Orphanage and Christian Church that my church support.




What was going on in those few days? I guess I'll start with the serious work, then I'll put the "funny" stuff else where then... =)
Ah, trustly AirAsia, for cheap flights... On our way to Chiang Mai...

Here we have a short prayers for the mall night service the day we reached there. A small introduction for the 6 of us were given; and the kids themselves introduced themselves as well.

We each take turns to tell a moral story or share an experience we had with god to them. The person in Green is the pastor who runs the church and take cares of the orphanes. He helped us translate from English to "La Hu" language, while the boy in black and orange translate from chinese to "La Hu" language.


My bed.... small and comfy... Definately straightened my back when i zzz every night =P

Back Home!! Full Fridge, with nothing to eat.....

HOME SWEET HOME MALAYSIA!!!

I just got back a couple of days ago. It's nice to be back once in a while.... get rested, rejuvenated.. etc Some stuff just bring back memories. One of the joke in my house is that the fridge is always full, but nothing to eat!.. Take a look at one of my fridges. Do keep in mind that all fridges in my house are under the same condition.
Lets start from the very begining, a very good place to start!! I'll just type what is visible okie =)
From the 1st level, there is juice juice and more juice, oats milk , soy bean milk, pineapple tart, some rice pop crackers, bread and red bull.
2nd level: Lots of small containers, containing "dunno what: biscuits,odd looking herbs", a McD fries packet, biscuits and cake.
3rd level: ginger beer, milk, packet tea, sprite, wine, yoghurt, bread and biscuit.
4th level: more drinks, instant noodles, more little containers...

Where is your average fridge filled with snacks??? junk food? It's official, I have aliens living in my fridge. Most of the stuff, I have no idea what they are... Maybe for you, you'd think that there's alot of things to eat, for me: I don't fancy bread, tarts and cakes, picky on the type of biscuits I eat. This leaves with with pretty little options =)

It's coming it's coming

hehhe, Yes I'll be uploading my 1st yee sang dinner pictures soon =P.... hehehe it's coming it's coming.. =P

okie, Lets go on to anoter topic for a while.......

Could you tell me what happen after that???!!
Okie, For the driver out there, it is common to pay the person who you bang a compensation, if you're at fault right??... For example:
You are driving along the road, at a lazy dazy mood, when suddenly you realise the car in front of you is not moving. You stomp on your brake and couldn't stop in time; therefore you bang the car (duh!). You get out of the car, inspect etc... then there's a damage about $200, you negotiate trying to reduce it... and by the end you pay $150 to settle everything. okie here is the twist:
If it is a police car you bang... do you have to pay them back for car damage??? (erm i'm talking about police in other countries, other than Malaysia where bribing occus =P)...
Of course there is the "get out of your car with your hands up", "ID please", "breath test' for alcohol.. etc... So back to the question: Do you pay for the damage?

hehehe =P

The Year of the FirePig

Welcome to the Year of Firepig!!!!

I've already had my reunion steamboat dinner, held on the 17th February 2007 (Saturday), with a few friends who are not back home celebrating with family. We had another steamboat gathering yesterday 20th February 2007 (Tuesday) with a couple of friends who came just back from home sweet home. Both of this steamboat was held at 40-ish Celsius day.... hahaha not the most brilliant idea; at least no one has to think of what to cook for a gathering.

Time to "lao yu shen" or "lou yee sang" on the seventh day of Chinese New Year!! Just in case you don't understand what is Yee sang: it's a dish name (translated to) Prosperous Life. When you "lou" it, it means making a prosperous life. Further explanation and pictures will be on that gathering =)

Hope everyone is welcoming the year as enthusiastic as this little cute boy =)

Motivation!!

I've got an email from a friend who was trying to motivate the people around her. So I've decided to share some of this motivation with you. Hope you feel slightly better after looking at this =)
We all agree on the phrase "United we stand; divided we fall"..... this result in:


Never give up!!! When there's nothing else you can do (even if your frens can't help you), you know that you're doom. Of course it's not that bad if you're the only one who knew about it; but if you have friends who like taking photos of you = YOU ARE DOOM!!!

Compulsory for medical field people

I went for blood donation about a week ago (regular donor). Then this question popped up

Shouldn't all medical field people be donating blood???

All doctors, nurses, interns, medical students, nurses student maybe even pharmacist; unless of course there's medical condition that prevents you from doing so ;anemics, people with low blood pressure, blood problems...etc.

These people are meant to save lives; shouldn't they be setting a good example and donate???All these cries of the blood bank getting low on blood. How one person's blood can save 3 lives (depending on form its being used). The blood bank has been calling people up for donation, and it sure makes you wonder could all those "kind" souls who donate $$ to charity could do abit more =)

I've heard from people who are in the medical field, who refuse to donate blood, gives absurd answers to why they do not like to donate (list below), sure frustrate the h*ll out of me. They should make it compulsory for them to donate at least once a year!!!

Crappy excuse:
1. Afraid of needles
heeeelllooooooo you're a medical student you'll be poking people needles onto your patients, what $%^$%^$ excuse is that??
2. Makes me go weak
you're a doctor, you should know that this condition only last for 2-3 days, at most a week, for a healthy person.
3. I just don't like it
inconceited selfish B*****d/B***h
4. No time
then make time, I'm sure between your social life, annual leaves.. etc you could just squeeze out 1 hour for it
5. I'm having my period
then do it on another day
6. I have aids (I think this was meant as a joke, but that's not what a doctor should be replying)
you don't have one, if you're a doctor with aids... WTH are you still consulting patients?? unless the patients are confident with your work

No more dumb excuses... Go Donate Your Blood!!!!!

Valentine's day

Valentine's Day is tomorrow!!!! and Pigeon is around to celebrate with me... Yipeeeee.... (Last minute change of plans)

So what are the normal things that you would get on Valentine's???My point of view of course.... The commercial lovie dovie things like:

Roses (single rose or a bunch depending on the guy's budget)

Chocolates, preferably in heart shapes
Romantic dinner for two in some posh nosh place (always an ideal thing, cus the restaurants would have valentine's special, and you don't have to clean up if you're having dinner at home)

And if your a girlfriend like me.... I've no idea what to get... i'm so stuck and it's also a last minute thing, cus I thought I had more time (Pigeon is meant to fly home this holiday). I ended up buying something "useful" and not romantic at all......sigh... Of course there is the being common present like the chocolate option, cooking/baking for him, but I don't want that!!

This is what I got for him... hahaha [pick a guess what it is]

Aren't I a romantic fool?? =P

EEEeeewwww Part 4

Okie, I've decided to conclude that that girl is wearing a uniform to the lab..... She wore the same thing again on Monday!!! I'm too gross to think about any other things... so mind set:

"She has a dozen of this and she wears them like a uniform"

eeesh!!! what a way to bluff myself!

Adjustments

Well, I just did some adjustments to my humble little blog..... nothing massively huge changes.... enough to look a bit more bloggie! I've added a couple of my active friend's blog and my sister's as well. Feel free to check them out. =)
ciao ciao

Makes you wonder....

This is a joke I grabbed from hemmy.net. A pretty good site to pop over to have a look... =)

On the very first day, God created the cow. He said to the cow, "Today I have created you! As a cow, you must go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will work all day under the sun! I will give you a life span of 50 years."
The cow objected, "What? This kind of tough life you want me to live for 50 years? Let me have 20 years, and the 30 years I'll give back to you." So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the dog. God said to the dog, "What you are supposed to do is to sit all day by the door of your house. Any people that come in, you will have to bark at them! I'll give a life span of 20 years."
The dog objected, "What? All day long to sit by the door? No way! I give you back my other 10 years of life!" So God agreed.

On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey, "Monkeys have to entertain people. You've got to make them laugh and do monkey tricks. I'll give you 20 years life span."
The monkey objected. "What? Make them laugh? Do monkey faces and tricks? Ten years will do, and the other 10 years I'll give you back." So God agreed.
On the fourth day, God created man and said to him, "Your job is to sleep, eat, and play. You will enjoy very much in your life. All you need to do is to enjoy and do nothing. This kind of life, I'll give you a 20 year life span."
The man objected. "What? Such a good life! Eat, play, sleep, do nothing? Enjoy the best and you expect me to live only for 20 years? No way, man!....Why don't we make a deal? Since the cow gave you back 30 years, and the dog gave you back 10 years and the monkey gave you back 10 years, I will take them from you! That makes my life span 70 years, right?" So God agreed.
AND THAT'S WHY....
In our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play, enjoy the best and do nothing much. For the next 30 years, we work all day long, suffer and get to support the family. For the next 10 years, we entertain our grandchildren by making monkey faces and monkey tricks. And for the last 10 years, we stay at home, sit by the front door and bark at people!

Eeeewwwww Part 3

Finally that gal has decided to change clothes.... =)
hahah that's about it!

EEEEEWWWWWW Part 2

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Thursday and she is still wearing the same orange t-shirt and beige pants!!! Eh gal!! it's summer right now!! It ain't winter!!!!!!There is no such thing as to wear the same clothes for the whole week and not sweat!!! She probably thinks that her E. Lauder can cover all the odour???!!! Wah Piang!!!

will update again tomorrow!!

EEEwwwwwwww

Remember the guy that I mentioned last year, in my lab?? The one who has strong BO smell. Well, I found another one. A girl this time!!

A new Honours student arrived last Friday to begin her research. I won't mention where she is from (not being racist; from *I..n*) . What has happen to far, is that she has been wearing the same clothes, from top to bottom (literarily), since Monday... and it's now Wednesday.... she hasn't stink yet. hmmmmm under observation ; is she gonna be wearing the same thing this week... talk about saving water, detergent and electricity (if you use washing machine).....

Will update soon on results =)

Question?

hhmmm,
Is it me? or is the picture thingy below ain't working?
Oh well, will update something soon... nothing much has been going on...
Don't think much will be going on for Valentine, as my pigeon will be flying back home...
=) tralalala