Saturday, September 26, 2009

Hi!
how are you u guys? hope all's well.
Here are some pictures from kelly & me in Melbourne.

we barely meet up (once / twice a semester?) but have heaps of fun and loaaaadddss of food when we do!
this was from our meet up in June, just before the 1st semester of school ended.

hope you guys are well!
take care & c u soon!

muaxx

with love,
Grace & Kelly

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Summer Holidays 2009

Hey, hows everyone doing? Remember about the missionary trip which i mentioned in the previous post? Well the organizers changed the location of the mission, to Bandung Indonesia, however our aim was still the same! RAWR!!! lol. Well my main duty in the team was being the photographer. So just look at the pictures below.

So our team flew from LCCT on 1st August to Bandung by AirAsia.

Indonesia AirAsia
Bandung Airport


Save our Souls orphanage

Bandung Red Crescent Hospital

A river in Bandung city

Class attendance at a kindergarten

Rumah Harapan, where the family of the house takes in unwanted children, and raise them up as their own.

Street hawker

Games and singing

Medical checkups



Panji Kemenangan, home for mentally challenged people

GAMES!!!

Old folks home for the disabled

Wound cleaning (PS: saw that hawt guy in black?? =p)


Blood Donation day!

Blood testing

Donation! (no sweat!)

Hospital trip

More check up

Hospital Director

Church with disabled people

WOOHOO!!!

We even travel to the village site, to give our service to the locals.

Other doctors helping out as well.

On that day, i was in charged of the pharmacy segment.

Busy, Busy

After completing our service, was my turn to get to know the cun Indonesian doctors =)

MMA team 09

Group photo with the volunteers, doctors, pharmacists, nutritionists

posers.....

Indonesian mamak. Enough of pictures of the service now, time for food and relaxation!

Nasi Goreng Indon

FOOD FOOD FOOD

ZOMBIE chicken



Grattidute dinner for us

Doctor Iwan from Bandung


Bandung hot springs.

In conclusion, the trip has taught me to cherish my family, and also appriciate what I already have. Im glad being able to do something for those in need and hope it will leave an impact on their lives, so that they will too give to the sociaty, once they are capable.


The mission ended on 11th August. Few days later, I met up with Chin Loong, Weison and Wee Kiat.


Well, I gtg now, celebrating my birthday tonight =X. Sorry for the cincai post. lol. Take care and God Bless.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Spring - Summer 09 Collection

Hey all, guess who's back to resuscitate the blog! Haha, don't get the title wrong, its not a fashion show(lame joke). I'm still alive here at Moscow, didn't get bashed up by skinheads yet, still playing DotA, and still single. Haiz....

Today was my Biology finals, where the exam as held at the Biology department, located at the outskirts of the city. It takes approximately 1 hour on Metro(subway train) to reach there.


As you can see, its already the middle of spring now. Flowers blooming, birds flying, the smell of raging hormones in the air. Average temperature is at 19 Celsius. By the way, see those small huts, those are garages where Russians park their car and hide their junk from the public or porn their wife.


The sight of green is everywhere, comparing to white in my previous post.


Some weed where naughty people(unlike me) take and blow at other people's hair.


On the way back to the Metro station from the Biology building. I wonder who is that naughty boy. Tsk tsk. before leaving, I went to KFC to had lunch with my friends.


I ordered chicken wings( Hot & Spicy) and 0.5l Coke (price: Rm 14). After feeling bored of 'cuci-mata' with Russian girls, I and my friends head back to the city center.

Here is Arbat street, one of the tourist sites in Moscow, and among the few places where Russians could actually understand simple English.


Free lance artist and musicians roam the street, painting your potriat for a price.



The street is also famous for the variety of international cuisines like Japanese food, Italian and Western. Batu Keras Moscow is also located along this street. (Batu Keras = Hard Rock)


Wondering how long can the lady hold her position without moving. Haha


Violinist performing


A memorial fountain of a famous Russian dancer


Artist selling their art work.


Mr crazy fingers and his loud amplifier.


When our legs were aching, throat was dry and body was sweating it means it was time for............. STARFUCKS!!!! lol, Starbucks


Mocha java chip frap with chocolate + vanilla cream. (price: rm25). They wrote my name wrongly, 'Tumy' in Russian is pronounced as 'Timu'. LOLz. Cuci mata-ed and chatted for awhile and we decided to head back home.

Entrance to the Metro.



Inside the Metro station.

Spring!!! (go compare this picture with my previous post. Its the same playground)



Walking back home~~~


Purple flowers blooming.


Outside my hostel. (Compare this picture as well)


My room's new arrangement. I divide it with the clothes cupboard. Though the room looks smaller, at least i got more privacy now. Remember when i say my roommate was a 33 year old with 3 girlfriends? well he shifted off after an argument with me about him bringing those girls in. Now another Arabian replaced him, and he's another fucking pain in the gluteus maximus. But at least this one has only 1 girlfriend. I realised now what people do during winter, where its too cold to go out and have nothing to do beside sleep. They reproduce! Free 'show' for me every weekend. An adventurous one, as he dares to do it, even though I'm in the room, at the opposite side. (for your info, his gf is the size of a gorilla. I wont even want to peep, even if u pay me too. Listening to her primate call(moans) makes me shiver)


Finally is my messy table, where i study, pawn noobs, chat, Skype, and watch 'stuff' online.

No more other pictures for now. Will have my final exam on the 15th. Will be flying back on the 23rd of June, and be in KL for a week. Wanna meet up anyone? Will be at KL on the 14th of July as well, meeting up with my old housemates and Darren if you still remember him. Will be free till early Aug. In Aug, I will be going to a small island off Sumatera called Pulau Nias (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nias) following a group of other volunteers for missionary service. watch this video for more details (<---- WATCH!!!). Now I need your support! We need financial support from every possible source. Though this program is organised by a Christian fellowship, I as a Buddhist feels that there shouldn't be any religion barriers when it comes to helping those who are deeply in need. The world is not as pleasant as it seems. Nias was badly affected by the tsunami, YOUTUBE the island and you can see the level of destruction. Help support if you hear my call or just pray for them, or you can just be ignorant asshole and don't give a fuck about it.

I will be returning from Nias at the end of Aug, and will be flying back to Moscow on the 30th of Aug. Till then, bye and hope to meet you all soon. GG WP GL HF.


Sunday, February 1, 2009

Beer trip in Europe

Since the blog seams dead, let me revive it with my pictures during winter holidays.

Pils drinking in Austria

Authentic Cola-Rot which is cola brewed with red wine

Bavarian porcelain beer mug

3 double shots = Instant KO

Drinking at the Munich castle



2 mugs down

Feeling tipsy

Dinner in Munich


Radler Beer

Kamikaze, Scotty's Special, B-52

Weis beer or Wheat beer

Bavarian stew with Hells beer

Sorry for the lack of texts, as I'm hibernating(lazy) now since the temperature outside is -20 degrees centigrade. Till next time. Bye

Thursday, November 20, 2008

1st report from Moscow (by Tony Sin)

Greetings friends in Malaysia & all round the world!!!
I'm back with an update on how life in Moscow is.

Firstly, let me introduce you all to 'Shaumar'. It contains roasted marinated meat wrapped in a piece of 'Lawash'. Its a popular Russian snack (but for me I consider it a full meal, due to its large size. LOL) which cost around 140+rubbles, or RM20+ each

It tasted like 'Siew Yuk' which is found in Malaysia, however the meat here is more tender and juicy.

The picture above shows the meat being wrapped in a piece of Lawash. Lawash is thin like our Malaysian roti tissue, but less oily, however more salty and contains spices. The texture is rough like a paper bag, maybe due to the flour used. So I just called it roti tisu tandas. Haha, I don't know much, but I know it is tasty and filling.

Here is a picture of my messy room. The bed on the left is mine, and right, my 33 years old room mate which is a orthopedic surgeon serving in a hospital nearby. By the way, he's a Syrian and has 3 different girlfriends.

The blocks toilet and shower/bathtub

The next room, which is also stayed by 2 Malaysians

The kitchen where i show off my cooking skills.

My block main door.


The 2nd floor corridor. You can see the doors for different blocks.


The entrance to my hostel with the guard post on the right.


The walk way in front of my hostel.


Cars covered in snow.


My hostel taken from opposite the road

Children's playground which is covered in snow.

If you all have wondered, what is the meaning of a block, actually my hostel (which is called Spartivnaya) consist of many blocks=rooms on each floor. In each block, there are 3 rooms, a kitchen, a meeting place and a toilet. So my block number is 210, while my room number is 210/2. Not so hostel like, but cant consider it to be apartment like to.

The time difference is we are 5 hours behind Malaysia(daylight saving) and the exchange rate is RM1 is 7.7rubbles, which you cant buy anything here except donating to the beggars.

So this is the end of my post. Take care and all the best to you all. Will post more pictures soon. Bye from Moscow...

Monday, July 7, 2008

G12 Gathering!

Ok, so here here's a recap of our last week's g12 class gathering. After 6 long months, I've finally managed to get half of the class together for a little gathering. Those who were present on that day were:

Hardeep, Hui Hua, Cheryl, Winnie, Preeya, Lisa, Pei Chern, Ashwini C, Sook Cheng, Weison, Tony, & Seng Chuin.

The venue:
Nandos Mid Valley

Mrs Kalpana was also present last Saturday, it was real nice of her to drop by, as she actually had something on later on the very same night.

So by around 5.30pm, almost all of them were present, minus Tony, Weison, Sook Cheng, & Seng Chuin. We sat down at a small corner, which was...
RESERVED specially for us

...and did a lil catching up. It was real nice to meet everyone, especially after not seeing each other for such a long time. Here's the 1st class pic we took:

Oh, and in case you were wondering who the on the right was, its Lisa's bf. Here's a larger pic of the happy couple, sorry Lisa, hahaha

At around 5.50pm, these 2 guys finally showed up...
Where they both went, I have no idea, haha. Weison droved, a spanking brand new sexy black Suzuki Swift! Apparently they had to park at the Gardens as parking in Mid Valley was already full.

Once everyone was there, we managed to all gather around to take a class pic:

Take 1

Take 2
Winnie's head's behind mine in both pics, I'm truly sorry, haha

Here are the other photos:
Everyone was delighted to see Mrs Kalpana, I certainly was too!

3 of the 5 guys who popped by for our gathering

You know what...?

It somehow seems like...

... Cheryl's face just keeps appearing on every photo...

RIGHT??! hahaha

Mrs Kalpana, Hardeep, Hui Hua, & Winnie left soon after, at around 6. Not long after that we decided to finally order our meals, peri-peri chicken!
Weison and Tony browsing through the Nandos menu

Pei Chern decided to take the risk and order the special set of the day...


Before the food arrived i decided to pull out my birthday surprise plan of the day for Sook Cheng. I've managed to get this Mud Chocolate Cake from Zen before we went to Nandos, and with Cheryl's help, I've managed to smuggle it into Nandos without Sook Cheng's knowledge.

Initially, my plan was to get Sook Cheng to order the so called special desert of the day from the waiter, which would be a signal for the cake, & when the cake arrived, we would all sing a birthday song for her. But alas, the plan did not work...as usual. The manager of the place told me that the refrigerators were all full with stuff, and that the remaining ones were out of service.

So Cheryl and I had to go to one corner, manually light the candle and bring it to Sook Cheng. Well, nevertheless, it wasn't too bad. Sook Cheng did not expect it, as least that's what i hoped. But well, it was better than nothing. She seemed happy with the cake and that's worth every single bit of the effort for me. Thanks so much to Cheryl for all the help you gave, haha, doing surprises is just not my kind of thing.

Happy Brithday Sook Cheng!A present from Pei Chern to Sook Cheng

We managed to get some cake on her face too

After waiting for quite a while, the waiter finally arrived with our food. Here's what i had:
Mild peri-peri chicken with 2 side dishes and a glass of bottomless iced lemon tea

But guess what Pei Chern had?! Her special set of the day turned out to be...some...hangman stick with a plate on the base and a long nail-like stick hanging from the top, scary-looking i must say, haha, i dunno how to describe it, have a look for yourself...

We sat down and continued cahtting as we ate, and how does time fly, before we know it, it was already 7.30. We decided to make a move...but there was just 1 problem...settling the bill. Apparently the person at the cashier did not want to separate the bill, so we stood around a table and started applying our superb mathematical skills. It was funny i tell you...it took us around 10 minutes to finally settle the bill, and the discussion was so intense that it just felt like one of those PBL sessions we nave in uni, haha.
The crew working out the problem


Too many RM50 notes...too little change...

So with that, we bid our farewells and went back home. It was a great gathering, being able to meet up with everyone after so many months in uni. Thanks so much to all of you guys for popping by. Hopefully in time to come, i shall be able to organise another one and have all our g12s there. Do keep in touch alright? Take care and see all of you g12s in the not too distant future!
G!2!!!

O yea, before i end this entry, check this out, ...i saw this not long before i arrived at Nandos, around 4pm at the lower ground level, in front of Carrefour:
These are actually REAL LIVE people, i thought they were dummies! I saw these before in Venice, Italy, but it certainly was shocking to see Maxis using this to promote their Activ10, haha, i really wonder how much they were paid by the hour...that's if they could last there for an hour! There were actually aunties posing with these poor people. Now we have a candidate for the worst job in Malaysia. Haha, ok, take care g12!


Sunday, June 29, 2008

Let's all meet up this sat!

Here's d confirmed stuff after weeks of waiting:

Venue: Nandos Mid Valley (its on the LOWER GROUND, south court if i've not mistaken)
Date : 5 July, Sat
Time : 5-7pm (couldn't get lunch time, cause its peak period)

Some of our g12 lecturers might be there this saturday too, i'll confirm with them soon. Alright, see all of you guys there!