The WE n only WE

My homemade soya milk

2007-10-23T00:16:00.000+01:00

Just wan to save the blog.....haha

Blessing in Disguise

2007-09-21T14:35:00.000+01:00

Working in a goverment hospital doesn't seems that bad. In fact, working away from home it's actually a blessing in disguise. When I informed some people that I actually enjoy doing what I'm doing right now, they don't seem to believe me. When they asked me where exactly I'm working, they will look at me in disbelief and their tone of voice will be incredulous and sceptical when I told them I'm posted in Temerloh, Pahang. The first thing that pops into their minds are the image of me working in a small hospital which is surrounded by acres and acres of vast forest and the picture of me sleeping in a 'rumah kayu' with no water supply, electricity and no connection whatsoever to the outer world. Wake-up people. Learn your geography before you say something negative. Like they say, if you have nothing nice or positive to say, don't say anything at all. Oh, by the way, I'm renting a rumah batu house with clean water supply and I do use electricity to light up my rented house. And the place do have internet connection.

I've been working in the particular 'ulu' hospital for two weeks. Was posted to the manufacturing or as they called it, Galenikal Unit. It was fun. Learnt to make eyedrops, eardrops, gauze and et cetera. Supposed to use the aseptic technique but not exactly sterile cause as everyone knows, the government is on a tight budget. Can't dwelve deeper into details as my hospital reputation is at stake. Then, was stationed at the ward pharmacy. The experience was really an eye-opener and heart-warming. I have learnt so many things even though I've been working there for only a week. I managed to counsel a few 'special' patients and the things that most of us take for granted are especially valuable to them. Some of them are so poor that they can't even afford to pay their medical fees which is considered very cheap for us 'lucky' people. They don't complain about how's life so unfair. They don't bitch about the unfortunate events that befall them. They don't yearn for materialistic things. They only wish to have longer and uneventful life. They have nothing and yet they are so happy. Met some HIV+ patients. Was really interested in knowing their life stories. Most of them are IDUs. Felt sorry for their wives and children as they are positive too. The most satisfying part of the job is when the patients look very happy when you talk and listen to them. I guess they were often ignored as everyone is always so busy to even look into their direction unless necessary. The satisfaction that you will get when someone look up to you and listen to every single word you tell them is what makes waking up at 7am and dragging yourself to work everday seems worthwhile.

Not to forget the HOs. Didn't know they are so clueless. Was screening some prescriptions and discovered that they make so many mistakes that without us pharmacists, they would have killed countless patients. Certain Canadian grad HO can be so arrogant and not admit his mistake. Go die and eat shit la, huh? The rest of the people are very nice and friendly. So helpful until you' couldn't believe that such nice people still exist in this world. I though everyone only cares for themselves and selfish in sharing whatever they know. Guess I was wrong. My colleagues are extremely nice and funny. Working with them is really pleasant. Come to think of it, I am very grateful that I got posted here.

Brain Drain or No Brains?

2007-09-08T07:58:00.001+01:00

Becoming a government servant in this country is seriously such a hassle. You have to fill in countless forms and undergo many procedures just to be one. They do not give you anytime to prepare yourself and let me tell you one thing, their management and administration department is so last-minute. They do things extremely slow and don't let me start on the way they handle things. I've been to their so-called health department and the office looks like a hurricane has hit it. Take for example my case. I went for the interview on the 26th of July. I did not receive any news or call from them until the 30th of August. Mind you, before I found out which state I'm going to be posted, I've made countless phone calls to the department. I've dialled their so-called 'hotline' number a gazillion times until I can even memorised the 3 numbers in my heart. Found out I was going to work in Pahang for a year. Fine, that's ok, I still can accept that. SO, after I received the appointment letter on the 30th of August, they actually got the nerve to ask me to report myself for work on the 1st of September. Excuse me, don't they know that we need TIME to prepare ourselves for work like finding a place to rent, the location of the hospital, and other major things to be settled before we can actually start working??? It's bad enough when they don't let you work in your hometown or the states that you have chosen, but when they actually want you to work immediately without giving you some time to work things out, do they think that professionals like us want to stay in this country and serve them??? I seriously do not think anyone in their right minds want to stay here and 'serve' them. So, goodbye Msia and Hello, Singapore. No wonder there's a brain drain. No wonder everyone wants to run away. No wonder there's a shortage of health workers and professionals. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Next Monday will be my first day of work. The name of the hospital is Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh. Brand new hospital. Huge. Why did they build such a big hospital in a small town??? A waste of taxpayers' money probably. Any serious cases are send to Kuantan hospital or GHKL. What's the point of such a big and new hospital if all the important and serious cases are refered to another hospital? Anyway, found a house to rent. Only RM380 per month. Damn cheap. Will be staying with a batchmate and a senior. Hopefully everything will fall into place without any major obstacles. Oh yeah, and they will actually pay us in November. That means we won't receive any 'bread' until the next 2 months. SO, who's going to pay for our rent until that time?

Marriage

2007-09-04T11:33:00.000+01:00

I think I wanna get marry liao la, dun 1 work ad...sienzzzz, some more got some of them labelled IMU pharmacists as useless!!! Haiyo, some people say that we bought our degrees with money....=.="" no drive to work, seriously think I choose the wrong course.........should've become an accountant...

Pahang, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-27T09:20:00.000+01:00

Oi, guys I've got some good news for u ^^ I will be leaving Selangor soon to work in Pahang, hehehehe...keep in touch and do come visit me there and we can gamble away our hard-earned money in Genting. wahahahhahah must go fren fren with Uncle Lim liao =) hope you guys get the places that you all initially requested. If not, come here to Pahang!!!!!!! Wahahhaha..

I am coming back soon!!!!

2007-08-09T18:46:00.000+01:00

Hi, everyone, how are u?? Everyone alright in Malaysia?? Everyone still remember me?? If forgot, let me say again, I am Cherrie, YES, Cherrie...Remember now?? Haha...

I am coming back on 26/8 and will be arrived in the evening of 27/8. I will be staying till 15/9, there are 3 weeks times in between...Anyone free, come out for tea or shopping...? My phone number is 0173586954, if i am not mistaken, haha, cant remember properly or u can call to my house 62765325...thanks, see you soon!

Again congratulation once again to all of you for graduation ceremony in IMU and happy birthday to yun min on 18/8...Have a nice celebrating for graduation and birthday on that day!

Why no updates?

2007-05-26T23:02:00.000+01:00

Oh!!!?? How can this blog be so quiet? No one update any post! Ok. Let me update something on food..

Weeks ago, we went to Kamasutra for lunch buffet and there, i took some pics using my hp. The whole restaurant is just full of smelllll... that's the curry smell... it's too strong! Ok. The food there r ok only, not to say nice or super not nice, but one thing i can tell u is that the food are super salty!

The starters.. includes curry puff, fried chicken and dunno wat..

The curries.. got chicken and mutton curries.. i dunno the names for the curries... paiseh!

2007-05-19T01:38:00.000+01:00

1) Name one person who made you smile last night.
KH

2) What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Sleeping, woke up at 3 pm

3) What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Reading One Piece manga

4) What was something that happened to you in 2006?
2006- great year, left the comforts of home to study in Glasgow, completed the 1st phase of my degree, all the hard work n sweat have finally paid off

5) What is the last thing you said aloud?
Damn funny

6) How many different things did you drink today?
2

7) What color is your hairbrush?
Orange

8) What was the last thing you paid for?
Dinner tab at Asia Style

9) Where were you last night?
Block E-9-2

10) What color is your front door?
Brown

11) Where do you keep your change?
A box

12) What is the weather like today?
Shitty weather

13) What is the best ice cream flavor?
Strawberry

14) What is something you are excited about?
Going back home soon!!! Can't wait for the day to come!

15) Do you want to cut your hair?
Just cut it last month, so no

16) Are you over the age of 25?
Soon...

17) Do you talk a lot?
Crap a lot, gossip a lot, must really get rid of this bad habit liao ler..

18) Do you watch The O.C.?
Not interested in these teenage drama kind of shows...

19) Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yes

20) Do you make up your own words?
Yes

21) Are you typically a jealous person?
No

22) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “A”
Alroy

23) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “K”
Kamal

24) Who’s the 1st person on your received calls list?
KH

25) What did the last text message you received say?
....private la...

26) Do you chew on your straws?
No

27) Do you have curly hair?
No

28) Where is the next place you’re going?
Leeds/York

29) Who is the rudest person in your life?
I can answer this Q easily with a snap of my finger. There's this girl i met in Manchester, damn bloody rude 1, mentioning her name makes my blood boils----->can't reveal her name, if not some1 will whack me but her initials are NYC (not New York City ok??)

30) What is the last thing you ate?
Pringles

31) Is marriage in your future?
Marriage is not far away....

32) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the past two weeks?
Movie....so long i nvr watch liao but last watched was Blood Diamond...

33) Is there anyone you like right now?
Yeah, i really appreciate the person very much n m glad tat i met tat person cause i've gained so much invaluable experience and knowledge from tat person

34) When was the last time you did the dishes?
Just a while ago

35) Are you currently depressed?
No, life's great at the moment!

36) Did you cry today?
No, cry 4 wat??

37) Why did you answer and post this?
Nothing to do la, wat else.

38) Tag 5 people who would do this?
SYT, Yun Min, Xiao Vin, Mel and Lee May

De-stress questionaire

2007-05-18T19:52:00.000+01:00

1) Name one person who made you smile last night
Nobody make me smile last night wor because everyone was busied studying. Mayb 周公did...:P

2) What were you doing at 8:00 this morning?
Studying hard in toxicology!

3) What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Surfing internet...

4) What was something that happened to you in 2006?
Grandma passed away :'(

5) What is the last thing you said aloud?
I don't wan resit!!! esp dispensing and law, hate it!

6) How many different things did you drink today?
Water, orange juice... the curry and tom yam soup with noodles count onot?

7) What color is your hairbrush?
Brown

8) What was the last thing you paid for?
Egg from Iceland.

9) Where were you last night?
My room

10) What color is your front door?
My house front door? White.

11) Where do you keep your change?
Wallet.

12) What is the weather like today?
Sunny and windy.

13) What is the best ice cream flavor?
Pistachio

14) What is something you are excited about?
Going to finish exam and 3rd yr next thursday and leaving nott on 4/6.

15) Do you want to cut your hair?
Of course! 1 year didnt cut my hair, look like broom...

16) Are you over the age of 25?
Hmm....girl's secret. Nothing secret actually...

17) Do you talk a lot?
sometimes..erm...esp when someone dun let me sleep in mid-night!

18) Do you watch The O.C.?"
Same response as Shin Jeng although i heard O.C. before from friends' conversation -->
"apa tu? paiseh ah, a bit ketinggalan zaman...(<--copy and paste from yt)" <-- copy and paste from yixin<-- c&p from chong guan <--- C&P from SM boy.... i dun watch OC,but i dispense OC =.= ....(oral contraceptive in case u dunno wat it stand for....)"

19) Do you know anyone named Steven?
too bad, i dunno anyone named Steven. I only know 7-11....

20) Do you make up your own words?
Don't know wor....no kua....-_-'''''

21) Are you typically a jealous person?
Hmm....YES! I am but I am also a typically good in control my jealous. So, conclusion is yes or no leh?

22) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “A”
Adeline.

23) Name a friend whose name starts with the letter “K”
Kian hui

24) Who’s the 1st person on your received calls list?
Justin

25) What did the last text message you received say?
Confirm chequeback from carphonewarehouse.

26) Do you chew on your straws?
sometimes but once i noticed it, i will stop it because i felt so disgusting...

27) Do you have curly hair?
Yes. Slightly. Natural one....

28) Where is the next place you’re going?
Toilet/kitchen? Not going out till monday wor, monday will go to sport centre to sit for exam lol.

29) Who is the rudest person in your life?
Those who break my heart.

30) What is the last thing you ate?
Ice cream with waffer.

31) Is marriage in your future?
Depends on fate.

32) What is the best movie you’ve seen in the past two weeks?
Omg. Cant remember when is the last time i watch movie which is more than 2 weeks ago....muahahaha

33) Is there anyone you like right now?
Of course lol...like can be many meanings ma......

34) When was the last time you did the dishes?
3hrs ago

35) Are you currently depressed?
Dunno, mayb, never check it....

36) Did you cry today?
Long time didnt cry already....

37) Why did you answer and post this?
Tagged by Shin Jeng who said i need to relieve stress....
Save this blog.... Haha~
I wan to tag other ppl....:P ~evil smile~

38) Tag 5 people who would do this?
Siaw Vun (faster update ur blog la)
SYT
Yun Min
Yoke Teng
Melanie (Belated birthday present for u, hehe...)
*The first 4 ppl must be tagged because they are hyperactive sesat gang...haha....

~Mission Completed~

Happy Birthday, Mel!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-05-07T13:34:00.000+01:00

This post is dedicated to the leng lui of sesatgang, MELANIE CHIN HIANG KOON!!!! Hiang Koon, all of us wanna wish you a very Happy 23rd Birthday!!!! We hope you have a smashing time on this special day...but really doubt it due to the upcoming exams =( Anyway, hope all your wishes come true and hope you are showered with lots of love, joy, and pressies! We will have a double celebration after the damn exams are over ok??

Our birthday girl is damn sexy 1....

Leng lui ah......

Bird's Nest

2007-04-28T16:10:00.000+01:00

The season of spring brings new life and new growth to the world. Flowers blooming everywhere, buds forming on the tips of stems, leaves growing on once-barren trees, and trees flourishing once again after the passing season of winter. The buzzes of bees and the chirps of birds seem to welcome the coming of spring after several months of dull, wintry nights. The world seems to re-enter the cycle of life and once again, the shy rays of sun appear from the shadows of clouds and bathe the land in its radiance. Amisdt all these, a new life is being born outside the window of Block E-9/F10. To be exact 4 new lives. Si Salmi was the first person who noticed the bird's nest outside the window of our flat. Didn't know she is so observant 1...(wahahaahah), anyway the basket-styled nest was hidden in the shadows of the twigs and it was pretty difficult to spot the eggs. The twigs were quite big and long, kinda amazed by the strength of the bird who built the nest...really fascinated with the eggs and the nest. According to YM, this is because all of us stay in the city, that's why never see a bird's nest before la. Really difficult to take the photo of the nest cause the branches and twigs keep blocking my view...had to rummage and remove some of the twigs carefully so that I don't destroy the nest...

The nest...in the begining, all of us thought they were overgrowth of some kind of trees or shrub...

The hidden eggs...

Looks like telur puyuh...

A much clearer shot of the eggs...

After all, the season of rebirth is really a celebration of new life and also to celebrate the fact that all of us at this moment are still living...in joy of course!

Strawberry Tarts

2007-04-20T19:38:00.000+01:00

The irritating 'washing machine' sound is still there. I even made another complaint to VO this morning regarding the noise. Barbara even replied my e-mail and she already informed the VO and had asked the maintenance team to look in to it as they were also aware of the problem. Probably due to the complaints la because I think I have made countless complaints about it. On a lighter note, here's some photos showing the sinfully delicious strawberry tarts we just had. Ah Min and boss loved it so much. Boss lagi greedy, she ate two pieces at one shot. Hopefully she will naik my gaji and belanja me la since I recommended her such nice delicacy. Anyway, the tarts were bought from Greggs at the price of 2 pounds for 4 pieces. Greggs is the leading bakery store in the UK and can be spotted easily on every street in UK due to their significant blue signboard.

The exterior of the box says it all...

The 'quartet' of tarts...boss ate 2 of them (damn tamak la she)

Damn delicious...there's a huge strawberry on each tart. The strawbery itself is coated with thick strawberry-flavored syrup. The crust crumbles easily and it's filled with fluffy white cream.

If you're a sweet-toothed person who loves strawberries, you must try this!!!

Lousy Room

2007-04-20T01:48:00.000+01:00

This post has nothing to do with the picture above. Feeling damn agitated now due to the incessant 'washing machine' sound coming from right above me. What is this la??? I paid few thounsands pounds for this kind of room??? Damn noisy. E-mailed Barbara regarding the noise and she better reply or else I will bombard her with hundreds of e-mails per day. Forget bout my rantings. Good night. How I wish I am back home sleeping in my own comfortable bed right now.

Disappointed....

2007-04-19T22:09:00.000+01:00

At the moment, we are really disappointed and speechless. Our tickets application for the match between Man U and West Ham on 13th May in Old Trafford is not going great guns!!*Heart-Broken*. We are really not lucky enough, sigh...Stupid ballot system!!It was heavily oversubscribed, prolly becos it's the last home match for Man U in this season. Wonder what r we going to do in Manchester on that day. Cos we will be staying in Manchester for a few days, but we will make our day trip to blackpool and liverpool as well la. Our initial plan for that day was to watch the match and loiter ard Old Trafford, but now, according to babi, we can just sit in the dim sum restaurant and eat from 12pm to 4pm. LOLLLLL. Anyway, we are still looking forward to our trip to Manchester, Blackpool n Liverpool!!:)Besides, we also hope that miracle will happen although it sounds quite unlikely. But, we should be optimistic, right??hehe..
P/s: Thanks a lot to Ah foo (Man U superfans..haha)who helped us to apply the match tickets!!Thanks yea!!

奶油鸡 (Butter Chicken)

2007-04-19T21:26:00.000+01:00

Today, we have a guest come to my house to have dinner. And, we decided prepare one dish per person. So, I have cooked this dish called 奶油鸡. Actually, it is a recipe of 奶油虾 (butter prawn)， but i changed it to chicken. I think some of the food stores in Malaysia also have this dish.

Here is my recipe:
Ingredients:
1. Half chicken - cut into small pieces
2. 2 tbsp butter
3. 1/2 cup of desiccated coconut
4. 2 green chillies (chilli padi is the best choice) - cut into slices
5. 1/3 cup of evaporated milk
6. Curry leaves (taste better but optional)

Methods:
1. Marinated chicken with salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper powder for 2 hrs
2. Then, mix 2 teaspoon of cornflour into the chicken.
3. Bake the chicken at 190 degree C for 30-45 mins until golden brown. (Remember to turn over the chicken on the half way so that it is cooked thoroughly). Another way to cook the chicken is deep fry, but i preferred bake because deep fry is too oily...)
4. Once, chicken is cooked. Prepare and heat a wok.
5. Melt butter in the wok, and add in desiccated coconut and fry for a min.
6. Next, add in green chillies (and curry leaves), fry for 1-2 mins.
7. Add chicken and some salt into wok and fry for a min, then pour in evaporated milk.
8. Now, fry till all the evaporated milk evaporated and it is done!

N.B. If u use prawns, then boil or fry or deep fry the prawns instead of bake.

*Have a nice try!*

Disturbed mind....

2007-04-19T01:34:00.000+01:00

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long long time ago - Jogoya (We must go again!)

2007-04-18T22:27:00.000+01:00

After paying a 'visit' to Mr Hira (MSL) to take our flight tickets to UK, we headed to Jogoya for lunch - a Japanese Buffet @ Starhill- recommended by Boss (aka syt) and babi. The design was nice and was comfortable for dining. There were a variety of food for u to choose from. Slurrps... The food was prepared freshly for example soup, grill fish, etc. Each table has several Jogoya clips. If u wan to order stg, juz place the clip at the particular section of food u wan to order and the food will be served to ur table. The coconut drink was our favourite, LOL. Due to some sickness, our sesatgang leader dun hav the chance to drink coconut but chinese tea and also sum thai fried rice but not seafood hahaha after paying for soooo much. From the Boss (aka syt) and babi experience, they personally think that the best time to go is Dinner time cuz its peak time which means food will be tastier and fresher wahahaha! Here are some of the photos, we will first start with the photo of our boss...

Boss: "introducing u Jogoya!"

Steam fish. Nice!

Muachi

Unknown

Favourite chawanmushi

Special soup

Cheese baked oyster

Fresh oyster

(babi, boss, sjeng and kimberly's favourite)

Posers

A pic with the posers

Lovely coconut drink! So refreshing!

Enjoying their feast!

China Blue

2007-04-18T20:17:00.000+01:00

Our stay in Glasgow is going to come to an end in three months time. After that, we will be flying back home and start our job as government 'dogs'. Of course, before we leave, we try to enjoy every moment of our stay here. Life here has been great and looking back, there are many wonderful memories to be shared together. One of them is our constant lookout for Chinese restaurants in ang-mo land. Sometimes, I always wonder to myself the reason why my housemates (especially Ah Min) always choose to have Asian food when we dine outside. Didn't we eat Asian/Chinese dishes for the past 20 years??? I thought we were supposed to try out what the ang-mohs usually eat over here. Everytime we decide to eat out, the list of restaurants that crop up are always Asia Style, Chukoku, Kama Sutra, Starwalk, China Blue, Kokoryu, and IchiBan (n.b. all these restaurants either serve Chinese/Indian or Jap/Korean food). We have dined at all these places and the food was just so-so except for China Blue. So far, China Blue serves the best dishes and probably is the best in Glasgow City (im my opinion la). We had a hard time finding the place as it was located in quite a secluded street. Had to call JY for the location. The interior of the place was just like a typical Chinese restaurant in Malaysia. The place serves various types of Chinese dish you can ever imagined. Just looking at the menu makes our mouth water. Some of the dishes we ordered were...

King prawns with egg-white bits. Don't let the picture deceive you. Although it looked nice, the taste of it was so-so. The prawns were kind of soft and the egg-white bits were 'wet'. A big dissapointment of the night...

Fried chicken pieces with sweet and sour sauce. The sauce was cooked to perfection and the chicken were crispy and tender at the same time...

This was even better. Chicken pieces with lemon sauce. Very appetizing due to the tangy sauce...

Seafood belacan. We thought it was supposed to be red/orangey color because of the belacan. Mana tau it turned out to be white in color =.=". It didn't have any belacan taste or aroma. However, it was still spicy and hot due to the cili padi. This dish had generous portions of prawns, sotong, and scallops...very worthy of your pounds...

Claypot minced pork and tofu with salted fish. Super nice!!!

The star of the night was this kai lan dish. Damn delicious. Probably because we had been deprived of kai lan for so long. Plus, there were lots of scallops in it. The main drawback was the price of it. This cost 15 pounds...

Took some photos after the meal. Want to hightlight the fact that our boss is always ready for the camera 24/7. She damn sensitive to camera flash...all of us were not ready except for her...

All oso posers la...

Finally, a proper picture...boss like never move or change her expression at all from the 1st photo...

In short, China Blue is the place to go if you wanna try delicious+scrumptious+yummy Chinese food.

On an unrelated note, here's a photo of the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre...

What was he thinking when he shoot all those innocent people before taking his own life? Looking at his pic gives me the creeps. I guess he lost the purpose of living and didn't value his life...was quite interested in the news because the shooter was an Asian. And hopefully, this incident doesn't bring out any racist attacks against us Asians....I' m still living in an ang-mo land......

Leader Ah Kim

2007-04-16T02:05:00.000+01:00

Till now, the leader of sesat gang haven't make an appearance yet as she's now overseas doing some 'business'. Before she left, our responsible leader delegated the job of updating this blog to us. We are now awaiting her return anxiously and hopefully, she will bring back some souvenirs for us from her overseas trip!

The leader (third from left) and her loyal non-sesat assistants...our leader is very sesat 1 cos she always has a bored expression on her face...

Here's a clearer photo of her. Take note of her face as you might need her in the future to teach you the art of 'sesatness'...

God bless u, Leader Ah Kim!!!! Wahahhaha...crap =.='"

Second reader!!!!!

2007-04-15T16:36:00.000+01:00

Woohoooooo...finally we have our second reader here!!Her name is Jebbrine Goh!!She is XV, SJ and my former housemate back in Bukit Jalil!!We miss her sooo much!!She is currently studying in University of Adelaide, future pretty doctor!!hahaha...Isn't she pretty???According to her, she is still single n available. Soooo, guys out there...don't miss d chance!!Faster grab her!!But one criterion is, u guys must be a surfer dude la...muahahahaha!!!Jeb!!Welcome to our blog!!!!!!!

Glad to be the first guest blogger here!

2007-04-15T13:22:00.000+01:00

Haha, finally start my first blog here... What topic should i start leh? lets talk about how we know each other then...Everything start from the Nottingham Games in sometimes Nov 2006...There was a gang called 'sesat gang' from far far land Glasgow attacked to a land called Nottingham just for supporting their friend, Yin Ting who took part in the table tennis competition and also travel around....So, on the day before they came, i saw Shin Jeng's msn nick saying tht she is coming to Nottingham Games, opps...I never know she was in Glasgow till tht moment...haha....then from her i know Hooi Khim was there as well...I was damn excited tht time because i was waiting for so long in UK to meet some secondary schoolmates but years to years, didnt meet any of them...and this year, i have the chance, so i was so so so happy and cant wait to meet my old friends...hehe...Through Shin Jeng and Hooi Khim, i got to know their friends e.g. Kimberly (we have many common friends after few hrs chat.), Yin Ting (the one who took part in table tennis and also the champion! Congratulation!), Yoke Teng (our common friend, Gil), Yun Min, Siaw Vun, Xiao Vin, Lee May, Melanie, Salmi.This is the only photo i have for Nottingham Games...Can anyone send me more photos on tht day?

Actually on tht day, besides shin jeng and hooi khim, I only remembered Kimberly, Yin Ting and Salmi...haha, others name were too confused to me, don't know which name is which person but now i remember all...

Then, it is my turn to visit Glasgow! Haha, and they treat me so nice, hang out with me although they have so much work to do and study....We have so much fun these few days...and now i am invited to become a guest blogger here...really happy to join u guys...like ur gang because there are varitety of ppl in this gang, got sesat ppl, got normal ppl, got dreamer, got ah ma, got sleeping beauty...hehe....and here are some of the photos in my camera.

First dinner in 'Best Kebab', we all will remember how 'good' it is the taste of the sarbeni....haha....

It is spring! Flowers everywhere....

What are we doing there?

Is this the Glasgow University main gate? Some people said there is another one wor??

This is the place where we were told 'only look at the right and left but cannot go upstair...' wahaha

Shin Jeng was being a camera man.

We like to make pose....-_-''''

Pose again...actually we are asked to do it...:P

Dinner @ Pizza hut

Here are the foods.....

Scottish breakfast

The following are all from Pizza hut but forgot to take the pizza photos...hehe....

Chicken Wings

Sping roll

New York Cheesecake but it taste like Egg Tart.....

Erm...Forget what is the name for this dessert. Anyone remember?

Strawberry ice-cream cake

Is my blog too long...hehe....:P

Have a nice day....

Enjoying the sun

2007-04-15T12:53:00.000+01:00

Taking photo with firemen

Haha why the unknown looked so strict and sad wan while everyone was smiling haha

Of Green Bean and Ah Min

2007-04-15T12:15:00.000+01:00

Right now I am enjoying my green bean 'tong sui' while typing this entry. I have been deprived of green beans for exactly 10 months and to be able to drink the 'tong sui' right now is simply wonderful. I have to thank Ah Min for making this tong sui. She's so nice even though I always bully her, wahahahhaahah....Actually I was in my room revising when at exactly 12.13 pm, I heard a knock on my door. So, when I opened the door, Ah Min was standing there and holding the tong sui. Wahhhh, so touching.....wahahahah, she slaved over the stove to make this tong sui and brought it to me personally. Okay, Ah Min I promised to you I won't bully you just for today ;) Back to the green bean soup, it was really refreshing since the weather was extremely warm nowadays. The consistency of the soup was just right and the green beans were cooked to the right temperature for the right amount of time. The beans were soft and much of the flavour can still be tasted. In short, it was a great and delicious tong sui. Thanks Ah Min!!!

The tongsui....

The green beans with much of the flavour still intact...

I finished it within 5 minutes...can I have another bowl of it, Ah Min??? Heheheheh..

Provand's Lordship outing

2007-04-14T21:40:00.000+01:00

With Her Majesty Queen!

With our artistic art work! Look at the sjeng n yting, they were so KEEN in showing their piece of art work!

Hkim (sesat gang leader) , what were u doing?

Charming smile

2007-04-14T20:59:00.000+01:00

After seeing all the pictures above, do u guys notice that there's always a kind of smile on our sesat gang's assistant leader-KIMBERLY's face??Her smile's charming, isn't it??wahahahahaa....

Disney crazy fans

2007-04-14T20:29:00.000+01:00

Visiting a toy store or any kind of shop that sells childrens' playthings really brought out the kid in us. We stumbled upon a huge Disney store in a shopping complex known as St Enoch. For those who are interested, department stores here in Glasgow are quite 'dead'. They are not like Mid-Valley or 1-Utama in Malaysia whereby the shopping complexes can accomodate a huge number of shops under one roof. Over here, you can actually visit all the stores in just an hour. Moreover, the shops here are pretty dull and uninteresting. Anyway, back to the story, we discovered the Disney store which, as the name suggests, sells Disney-related stuff. They have everything you can ever imagined: from mugs to Disney character costumes to candies. The ubiquitous Disney soft toys are of course available in all sorts of sizes, shapes and colors. It's just like stepping into a wonderland whereby cartoon characters come alive. To cut the long story short, we just fell in love with all the things in the store la. The ang mo lang sure think we are kids and no one will expect that all of us are actually over 20 years old. Here were some of photos that we took in the store....

Janice, Ah Ma, XV, unknown and boss squatting down to take photos with the cute stuffed toys. All of us are fans of Winnie the Pooh and to be surrounded by all these toys are ~~heavenly~~ =.="

Ah Ma bought a Pooh bear wearing a T-shirt with the word 'Glasgow' on it. It costs 15 pounds...@@ something that measures up to only 9 inches is actually worth RM 105!!! How is that so??Mind-boggling isn't it??

And finally, our treasures from the store (We didnt nicked them la of course, we bought them). These cost 10 pounds each. So you can actually imagined how much those Disney money-sucking bosses earn when the labels actually read 'Made in China' =.=' Can't blame them though, it's just us consumers who can't resist cute and kawaii stuff!!

Culinary Fools

2007-04-14T20:13:00.000+01:00

Before I left the comforts of home to study overseas, mom always bugged me to learn the art of cooking. For me, improving my culinary skills was the last thing on my mind at that time. The theory of cooking and the fundamentals of food preparation didn't interest me at all other than to my stomach. Everytime she called out to me to watch her prepare a masterpiece, I would just ignored her and pretended to do doing something else. Sigh...if only I had listened to her. After all, moms are always right. When I first arrived here, my housemates and I didn't have any proper meals other than instant mee and bread. We continued eating maggie and bread for a few weeks before we decided to start cooking together. Our first cooking session together didn't turn out to be a disaster. The dishes we prepared weren't that bad and some of them tasted quite good if I were to say so myself. Ah Ma and XV were pretty good compared to boss and I.

Herbal chicken baked in oven prepared by unknown. Instant spices were used to marinate the chicken. The aroma was very appetizing due to the herbal spices...

Seaweed soup and some veg..didn't look appealing but they were good too...

Ah Ma's potato chicken...didn't know Ah Ma could cook such delicious dish. She prepared this dish according to her mom's secret recipe. Nice!!!

Our cooking skills had improved vastly since last year. Although we weren't chefs in the making, it proves to show that practice does make perfect.

Congratulations!!!

2007-04-14T18:47:00.000+01:00

Congratulations to Cherrie Lim on being the first reader of our blog!!!!! You must be over the moon on being the first reader AND the first invited guest blogger for our blog. =) AND she is from Nottingham!!!!

Cherrie is elated and speechless when she found out that she has the honor to be the first reader! ('',)

Walking down memory lane....

2007-04-13T20:25:00.000+01:00

Have you ever wonder to yourself how time flies when you are enjoying yourself but it seems to stop when you have nothing better to do? As time marches on at its own pace, we seem to forget about living our lives meaningfully. We seem to be stuck in what is known as the life cycle whereby each and everyone of us wakes up each morning, goes to uni/work, study, eats, sleeps, drinks, and the same thing repeats itself again every other day. As I was browsing through my photo albums, my attention was diverted to the album labeled 'Graduation'. Looking at the pictures brought back wonderful memories on that special day. Although it wasn't the 'real' ceremony, we were very blessed and proud to be able to complete the first part of our course. That was last year. And I really hope history repeats itself again this year on the 25th of June 2007 for all of us. This time round, we can proudly called ourselves pharmacists. And the drudgery of life really begins when we start to work.....Anyway, back to the positive side of life, we still have our exams and holidays to look forward to in May/June =)

Part of the gang--->SJ (her hair looks a bit diff from now), Ah Ma, Ah Kim (finally she appears, but not in person la), SYT aka unpredictable, unknown, Janice and sesat gang assistant...

Ah Ma, SYT and unknown with a well-known model, $P....

Look at Ah Ma, her expression was priceless.... @@"

We look kinda ridiculous in those black robes...more like wizards and witches rather than graduands....and what that Ah Kim holding la...????

Looking back at all these photos, I am glad that I am part of the gang. Being friends with Ah Ma, sesat people, 'boss', model, and the rest of the 'normal' members of the gang have brighten up my life with crap as well as laughter.

夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏

2007-04-11T20:20:00.000+01:00

Xi yang wu xian hao, zhi shi jin huang hun

(love this chinese idiom a lot)

(the meaning sorta like although sunset is beautiful, but the duration is very short - juz like good thing will not last for a very long time)

(sumone rectify the meaning for me if u all think tht is not an appropriate explanation)

Evolution of Banana or Brinjal

2007-04-11T20:14:00.000+01:00

Have you ever seen a black banana before??No right??cos this mutated banana is probably d one n only in d world..it was planted successfully at d balcony of E9/F10 by a researcher, Prof Salmi. So do you guys feel interested to plant this super banana at home??just give a call to Prof Salmi!!!!muahahahahaha...

p/s:Abt the mutated gene, the Prof Ser can giv a full explanation as she is pro in DNA now after her research project!

Lovely sunny day

2007-04-11T16:53:00.000+01:00

Wow, what were the two guys doing? What were they repairing?

Look! The ang mors were having a great time sunbathing. Wahaahah

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

2007-04-09T22:49:00.000+01:00

Apple castle

Cute Pon and Zi

2007-04-08T23:52:00.000+01:00

I found out about these two cute characters from the Internet. One of them is Pon and the other is Zi. The yellow one is pretty emo and is always seen with tears streaming down her face, so i assume it's the girl and the blue one is the guy. Real cute, they tend to show their love towards each other in a rather morbid way....

Their relationship reminds me of two of my housemates. The one staying in Room 4 is always 'fighting' with occupant in Room 1. Room 4 occupant always pays Room 1 occupant nightly visits until Room 1 occupant cannot tahan. Room 4 occupant will disturb her and jump around in her room. As we all know, Room 1 occupant is quite 'special' and she is very afraid that those staying below her will hear the noise and thumps coming from her room. Although their relationship is quite volatile, I believe strongly they love each other very much..... =)

See how loving they are with their arms around one another......

More of Pon and Zi characters, please visit http://www.azuzephre.net

Our Pin Collection (money sucking hobby..hahaha)

2007-04-08T23:40:00.000+01:00

So far, we have 'conquered' quite a number of countries. Throughout our journey to all these places, we have amassed quite a huge collection of 'invaluable' pins. Let me allow your eyes to feast on our collection...=P

Babi's pins

Yumi's pins
(thanks wchin for the pink cute little hankerchief!i love ya,my wife!)

Unpredictable's pins

(the empty space there is reserved for Hard Rock Pins only..hehehe)

Stress Reliever

2007-04-08T19:20:00.000+01:00

Stress everybody???
watch this sure u wont feel stress anymore!!!

p/s: 18SX...
those who dare not say out "S...E...X.." pls dont click n watch...
Enjoy watching...

n...
continue ur study....

Friendship!

2007-04-07T23:58:00.000+01:00

Two best friends, the gang leader-Ah Ma and the assistant-Ah Yoke were enjoying d magnificent view of Edinburgh together from d Edinburgh zoo!!This pic kinda resembles d strong ties of friendship between both of them, and of course, between all d sesat gang members as well!! Hopefully the friendship bonds of d sesat gang members will stay strong forever n there will be some similar pics taken after 10 years, 20 years, 30 years or even 40 years!!i think this post sounds a bit emo la...u gals must be thinking i m crazy already.hahahaha....

Celebrity of the gang!!

2007-04-06T20:33:00.000+01:00

This picture was taken ages ago, during SJ's birthday celebration in Asian Style Restaurant. Do u notice that there's a celebrity in this pic who's trying to stop the paparazzi from taking her beautiful pic??Cos she felt that there was an invasion of her privacy!This celebrity (in red color sweater, in case u r blind) is none other than our man gang leader-AH MA!!!hahaha....

The leaders!

2007-04-06T12:28:00.000+01:00

Thanks for everyone for the nominees.. And i am here to proudly announce that the list for the leaders, as below:

Sesat Gang: HK (head) Kimberly (assistant)
Man Gang: YM (head) YokeTeng (assistant)

Wakakakaka....

Happy Easter 2007!

2007-04-05T23:40:00.001+01:00

Cool New Graphics - MySpace/Friendster

Malau's Birthday Surprise

2007-04-05T22:27:00.000+01:00

We threw a surprise party for Malau last Monday. We celebrated her birthday a day earlier as she was leaving the country for Amsterdam the next day. SP and SV came around to our place late afternoon to make the surprise birthday cake. Unfortunately, the cake was not a success even though we used a ready-made batter (how is that so ). It seems like my housemates and I are not blessed with cullinary skills. We have celebrated countless birthdays and yet, we still fail to make a proper and nice cake (with the exception of cheesecakes la, this one oso have to be under XV's supervision). After the disastrous cake-making session, SP masterminded a mischievous prank on the birthday girl. We were supposed to lure her out of her room and sing the birthday song to her. After the song ended, and while she was making a wish, we splattered the cake towards her face. The end results was...

The unsuspecting victim...

The slightly burnt chocolate cake...didn't look appealing...

As to what Malau had to say on her surprise birthday joke, please read the previous post by her. Later at night, we brought Malau out and treated her to a scrumptious meal at The Counting House. It's located in front of George's Square and it's actually more of a bar than a restaurant. We settled ourselves in the comfy chairs and ordered our meals to feed our rumbling stomachs. I will let the pictures do all the 'talking' as to what we had that night...

SYT's peri-peri chicken with side orders of chips and corn on cobs. According to her, the chicken was not spicy at all even though it was given a rating of 5 chillies...

BBQ chicken with melted cheese and bacon. The sauce was out of this world...

XV with her fish and chips...

The dessert, Belgian waffles...this tasted heavenly!!!! The waffles was soft but not soggy and it literally melted once we placed it in our mouth. On top of it was a scoop of Movenpick vanilla ice cream and it was drizzled with heavenly-sweet maple syrup.....yummy....

After the makan session, we surrounded the birthday girl and gave her....

Kisses!!! Look at how overjoyed she was when everyone puckered up their lippies.... ('',)

After the kissing session, SV was pretty high...

And SYT tried to calm her down...

It was a wonderful outing and everybody had lots of fun. However, the night didn't end yet as we head back home to JBC. While we were chattering away at Bock J-5, a very well-known celebrity visited us.....

It was none other than Jang Nara herself...

It was a night to remember for all of us =)

Nominations!!!

2007-04-04T17:15:00.000+01:00

Any nominees for the head of sesat gang? and another for the man gang! 2 different committees.

Sesat Gang: Leader: ??
Assistant Leader: ??

Man Gang: Head: ??
Assistant Head: ??

Let's vote for your choice!

Eureka! I have discovered the new mouldy food!

2007-04-04T13:35:00.000+01:00

Specimens

After Prof Su, I finally have the opportunity to discover mould!

Pls, the two students, grab ur golden chance by discovering the new species and observe them in terms of colour & shape!Thanks

Knowledge of the day

2007-04-04T13:32:00.000+01:00

Koala bear sleeps approximately 20hours a day.
Thus, lots of energy can be conserved.

A Trip to Edinburgh Zoo

2007-04-04T00:12:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday, SYT, Ah Ma and I decided to visit Edinburgh zoo. A day trip to the zoo gave me an opportunity to test my photography skills as well as my patience as we waited for some time for the animals to strike poses to take a good photo of them. Anyway, the main reason we visited the zoo was to see the famous king penguins and polar bear. Our plan was to leave JBC at 7.30am but due to certain cirtcumstances, we only left at 8.15 am. We managed to catch the 8.30am bus to Edinburgh at Buchanan bus station and arrived at 9.40 am. Paid for our zoo entry tickets which cost 8pounds each (non-concession price was 10.50pounds). Here are some photos from the trip...

SYT at the ticket counter...

Ah Ma with a macaroni penguin, even the penguin cannot tahan with her 'yim chimness' in taking photos...

Even the penguins were enjoying the sun on that day...

The main transport in the zoo that brought us to the hilltop...

SYT insisted I took a photo of her with ang mo children, according to her, this showed that she was in an ang mo zoo, me dunno what's the point =.="

We were pretty excited when v discovered that the zoo boasts the only koalas in UK. However, there was only ONE koala and it was sleeping when we were there...-.-""

Not a very clear shot of the polar bear, it was not white in color and it was pretty lazy. Her name's Mercedes and her husband, Barney died last year...

Penguins taking a stroll outside of their enclosure...

Looking at the penguins remind me of ourselves. How v always leave XV behind and being inconsiderate and thoughtless. XV pls forgive us...=)

Them again posing wif the camels...

There were over 51 species of animals and the grounds of the zoo were extremely huge. Plenty to see and do but we left the zoo at 4pm and decided to go to the city centre to visit...

The Elephant House cafe. We were looking for this cafe until v got lost. After much 'arguing' as to who will ask a passer-by for the location, Ah Ma decided to do it. Actually, v forced her to ask cos she always 'direct' us to do things...anyway, this cafe was the place where Harry Potter was born. Went inside, pretty cosy. SYT wanted to dine there, mana tau the waiter behind the counter told us they were closing in 10 minutes.....

In the end, v had our dinner @ Bella Italia. SYT wif her pasta.

After a tiring day with aching feet and sore back, v decided to head back to Glasgow. Shown above in the photo is two happy children with contented smiles on their faces...

Sesat Gang group pic with birthday girl!

2007-04-03T18:20:00.000+01:00

ok i hav brightened the pic n hopefully u guys think it looks better now hehe

observe the birthday girl with red nose!Her skin is very smooth NOW after the afternoon special 'facial' treatment!

The only Sesat-Gang pic i have

2007-04-03T11:12:00.000+01:00

The only group pic that i have in my camera, of 10 of us, is just this. And i guess kimberly's cam shud have another group pic, rite?

Haha..

Someone pls photoshop the pic.

Yours truly

2007-04-02T19:25:00.000+01:00

Thanks everyone for the early morning 'facial'. appreciate it a lot. actually i was kinda surprise cos this is the only time it's done in the day and not the night. u know wat i mean rite.. hahaha..

haha.. the smile was because meow was acting damn weird. suddenly being so semangat wanna cook lunch. when the door kept buzzing, normally we dun give a damn cos its either the 'angmoh's or someone else. if some one in the house is expecting someone then they will open the door or they will phone before they come. So when the door kept buzzing, suddenly meow soooo semangat wanna open door. calling me to open makes it even weirder. so i kind of suspect something but the 'facial' thingy, thats a total surprise. hahaha.. I was gonna bathe that time anyway so it was okay but if u guys were 1 minute later, i think i will force everyone to bathe... hahahhahaha *yunmin relieved*..

u must see yun min at the time.. i oso dunno where that gal go. vanish so fast. hahaha.. wanna do facial to her oso cannot cos she run like the flash. hahhahaa

kla.. thanks everyone for the facial

Lee May - Happy birthday

2007-04-02T15:57:00.000+01:00

LeeMay -- How was the surprise just now? Is it SURPRISE enough?

Faster write ur feeling here in this new blog! All of us r waiting for u! Did u get perasan and kept on smiling when melanie asked you to go and open the door? Is it that u expected us to give u a surprise? ?? ?? fast fast tell....

Welcome to the "SESAT"' gang blog

2007-04-02T15:35:00.000+01:00

Happy Birthday to Lee May!!!!
Do u like the surprise?wahaahhahahaa

The WE n only WE

2007-04-02T15:11:00.000+01:00

Hello everyone!

I am here to tell you guys that i had opened a new blog for all of us!

So, do post as often as possible, on whatever matters!

And.. do change the template and everything if u guys feel to do so!

Happy blogging! For everyone ~~