Happy Year 2009

At the moment, I’m happily having my year-end company break from 25/12/08 - 05/01/09. I didn’t have the time to update as I’m busy shopping, partying, playing my new toys and lots of things. I’ll briefly bring through what I did as there are too many if I go into details.

On the 24th of December, my employer RMR organizes Kris Kringle during morning tea time and provided a sumptuous seafood lunch with all the booze you want for all the employees! So basically that day, I was just hanging around chatting with my colleagues and proudly showing off my 450d. I’ve been in this company in the same team for 18 months already! Amazingly, I managed to pull through for my first job, although I’m not sure when will I bid goodbye~

My current team!

The group that I hang out with most of time during work

Emma & Churany

Two of my favorite neighbors who kept me company! They both talk a lot!

I only stayed for Kris Kringle and went off with Churany to start my booze plan for that day - I actually missed out that seafood lunch! Damn!

On 25th of December, drove to Venus Bay Beach about 3 hours away from Melbourne with a group of friends to celebrate Christmas!

The weather is great and the beach is greater! I took approximately 200 photos for that day, so basically I’m the happy photographer!

This is one of my favorite shot I took! I named it ‘To Paradize’

With my models – Li Li and Li Ling, you know that they are sisters by their name.

We chill out for a while chatting at the beach then went off to dig some fresh pipis. I wasn’t much interested at first until I start digging it, then only I realized there are so many of them - all so fat and big, it just make me happy knowing that I’m so going to eat them later~

Diggers~

After we dug up so much of them, we flew with happiness!

After the beach, we went to a place nearby to BBQ for our lunch!

Of course, not forgetting a turkey for Christmas

Yeah, we didn’t get to BBQ the pipis as eating pipis with sand is the last thing we want. So we left it in a container of sea water for some time so that the pipis clear out most of the sand before we can have a feast on them!

Look at that amount of our work! I know - high cholesterol!

After the long wait for about 6 hours, we finally had them for our dinner in Christine’s place. We were all so hungry, and all the pipis were all so delicious! I think that night I had 50 of them at least~ OMG!

And this will be Pipis Group! They dig, catch, fry, steam and eat the pipis like a pro!!

On 26th of December, I woke up early in the morning again about 8.30am just to go shopping! Of course since it’s Boxing Day – the great sale day!

With Philip, we travel from Westfield Doncaster shopping town then to Chadstone… Shop til we dropped, from morning 9am until 10pm!! Almost dead, this is the longest shopping experience in my life!!

On 27th of December, I broke down and slept for the whole blardy day!

When I’m awake, I just dota my night off!

On the 28th of December, went to city for some photo shooting!

Taken along Swanston Street…

Then went to look for poor Emily who is working to help me do some stuff~ Then to dinner together in St Kilda along Acland Street~

After dinner, went to had the best ice chocolate in Sofitel Melbourne

And more shots~

On the 29th of December, went to KTV and got hammered again~

On the 30th of December, had a great Dim Sum, and then rested at home to recover and get ready for 2009!

On the 31st of December, I’m here to wish everyone a great year 2009!! Best wishes with all your dreams come true!!! May peace break into your house and thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of bills, love stick to your face like Vaseline and laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success, happiness slap you across the face and may tears be that of a joy. And last but not least, may all the problems you had forget your home address!

Welcome 2009!

Christmas Gadgets

Welcome to my world!

Canon 450D + Ipod Nano~

I'm so happy! hohoho!!

Merry Christmas in Advance everyone!!

Alcohol Lesson

Don’t be curious why I’m doing this post - it’s for my own knowledge. I’ve ‘Googled’ the information from different sites and consolidated them. I thought it’ll be nice if I’m able to put those that I find interesting into one entry, the main purpose is to share and learn.

I believe moderate drinking of alcohol can reduce stress, create a carefree feeling which is pleasant and decreases anxiety. Sometimes, it might even help to stimulate appetite and swallow a whole cow, then act like a holy cow.

Moderate drinking is good in some ways but it’s definitely hard to keep at that level if you are someone who loves to binge like how I used to. Binging alcohol is fun when it reaches certain stage but if one exceeded the limit, it can cause blackouts, memory loss and anxiety - sweet dream will then turn into nightmare, nightmare will then lead to depression, and if too much depression, one will suffer from personality disorders and experience the worst nightmare, then die! Whoops, not die but some serious mental health problems in the long run. Department of health define moderate drinking as “no more than one drink a day for most women, and no more than two drinks a day for most men”, which also means if you think you are a ‘super’ woman or man who fall out of that bracket, drink and binge all you want.

Some people depend on alcohol when they are feeling sad as they believe it helps them to cope with difficult situations and emotions, few will heed the advice that alcohol will affect their judgment, behavior and deteriorate the emotions which will make the situation worse. Why worse? Because alcohol exaggerates emotions, aggravate it and make that person more aggressive, less patient and impede the ability to make responsible decisions! After all, alcohol is classified as a depressant, in simple, it make someone stupid. Something interesting that a few might know - "one night of heavy drinking can impair your ability to think abstractly and grasp difficult concepts for as long as a month"! Gosh~ Stupid for a month?! No way!! Maybe that's the reason I made Just a “Stupid” Post.

The stages that one might go through when they consume alcohol –

Take a ‘super’ man for example:

1. Feeling it
2. Buzzed
3. Tipsy
4. Drunk
5. Wasted
6. Hammered
7. Smashed
8. Screw up
   

Then a ‘super’ woman for example:

1. Happiness
2. Intense happiness
3. Feel sexy and dance
4. Hugs and kisses for everyone
5. Suddenly he’s hot!
6. Oh my god~
7. Dinners make a comeback
8. Blackout

Some common stages happen in club includes, I’ll use ‘you’ in the example:

1. You ‘suddenly’ become an expert on every topic in the known universe. You know you know everything and want to share the knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage, you think you are smart so you are always right and the other person you are speaking to is ‘very’ wrong! Then the both of you will talk non-stop and make an interesting debate or argument when both parties think they are both ‘smart’.
2. You ‘suddenly’ realized that you are the best looking person in the club and that people fancy you. You go up to a stranger thinking they fancy you and really want to talk to you. You still think you are smart, so you talk to this person about any topic under the sun.
3. You ‘suddenly’ become the richest person. You buy drinks for every friend you encounter - you know you have to buy them since you are smart and the best looking person in the world now!
4. You ‘suddenly’ become a bullet proof person, no fear in anything so you challenge a game of wits with someone. Loser drink more but you know you have no fear of losing because you are smart, rich and hell better looking than any of them.
5. This is the final stage. You suddenly become invisible and no one can see you. You dance on a table to impress the person whom you fancy because the rest of the people cannot see you. As you are still invisible after the club, you walk through the street back to your home singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you and you are still smart as you know all the words in the lyrics. You act while you sing as well, since you are still the best looking person in the world.
   

Well, I think that’s most of it, a bad scenario will end up getting wallop by some other strangers who think they are ‘Jet Li on act’, that’s when the argument gets to the ugly side – the first ‘best looking’ chap don’t agree with the second ‘best looking’ chap, so they know they have to bash each other to win the title as this is a competitive world! Don’t you agree?

If anyone is reading this entry and you are an alcoholic… don’t get the wrong idea, I’m not trying to stop you since everyone know what is the best for themselves.

But here are some helpful tips for hangover if you are one alcoholic -

• Eat a healthy meal after wake up as processing alcohol causes a drop in blood sugar and can contribute to headaches.
• Drink plenty of water/juice to get re-hydrated before you crash. One of the best ways I tried is to drink isotonic/sports drinks like Powerade, Gatorade or 100Plus. To get the best rehydrate effect is - one before you start binging alcohol and another one after you stop, it’ll do a good job in re-hydrating the minerals you lost from alcohol.
• Avoid excessive caffeine the next day as it contributes to dehydration. Don’t force your body to go through caffeine withdrawal in addition to alcohol withdrawal.
• An over-the-counter antacid (indigestion aids) like Gastrolite the next day, it relieve some of the symptoms of an upset stomach and also slightly replenish some mineral from alcohol withdrawal.
• Eat and don’t go too many hours without food as this’ll increase the effect of low blood sugar and cause a headache.
• Eat complex carbohydrates like crackers, bagels, bread, cereal or pasta – this helps when the appetite is not in good mood.
  

I think that’s pretty much for this post, I’m off to ‘DOTA’ now! Enjoy your weekend!! ^_^

Sleep Disease

I think this spring is quite twisted, summer is near yet the weather is gloomy and almost raining all the time. The leaf doesn’t seem so green, the flower doesn't seem so bright, and I’m so dull all the time, with my Garfield eyes as if I haven't sleep for 300 years.

At this moment, I wish I could…

And happily become the sleeping Macho~!

Nuffnang - Dell Mini 9

Don’t you just love Christmas Month? There are so many freebies!! I was surfing around when I came across “Australian Women Online” promoting to give out 2 Dell computers during Christmas – 1 for yourself and the other for your friend!! All you need to do is outline in 25 words or less why your friend deserves to receive a Dell computer, the competition opens from 18 November to 30 December 2008 but it’s only for those who live in Australia. Visit > Dell < for more information, put in 25 golden words and pick the Dell model you prefer!

Hold your horses!! Other than that, Nuffnang is also having Christmas promotion for Bloggers in Australia! Yes, you heard me damn right! I’m talking about Nuffnang, the blog advertising agency that earned Kenny Sia a big cash cheque has finally reside into Australia! To make things more excited, Naffnang Santa is giving out a free Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - will that be a ‘+1’ more chance to your dream come true?

Nuffnang!! Like I said before, I have always wanted to join Nuffnang since they have a cool logo as well as a poll layout! If you haven’t realized, the logo is like a cute stickman shouting out to everyone: it’s time to blog!!

Anyway, the other reasons that attract me is, Nuffnang’s operation is as lean as it gets –
• They developed a good online system creating a network connection between bloggers to share their experience
• Benefit readers and advertisers with an effective local advertising content!
• Most highlighted is, they even organise day out event so blogger gets to meet bloggers

Well, if you are from Australia and just started blogging not long like Suzanne’s (life of love & hate), or you are a friendly blogger who wishes to know more friends and enjoy sharing exposures like Samuel’s (Sam’s WWEarn), or a blogger who just loves the connection of people like Michelle’s (- m I c h e l l e -), or any other types of blogger you are! Do join Nuffnang as they are looking for all Australian bloggers, big and small, to join the ever-growing Nuffnang blogger community, the more the merrier isn’t it?!

Actually if it still doesn’t attract you at all, let’s get it straight – how about this?! Competition ends on Christmas Day, 25th December 2008, make a post about Nuffnang and give Nuffnang Santa a message like me! It’s fun!!

A tiny message to Nuffnang Santa:
I hope you are not a gay as I wish to have that Inspiron Mini 9 from you. I need Mini 9 so much to write whenever I want since I can only write at home at the moment with my big desktop PC. I feel disgrace as a blogger since I have never experience the ‘blog while you shit’ operation like most of the others did. Not just that, you’ll feel me when you see ‘him’ having a coffee in Starbucks with a lappy happily Nuffnang’ing’ away while I can only sit back and peep, worst case is when I saw ‘him’ stalking the ‘she’ in my Nuffnang life right in front of my eyes!! Please give me Mini 9 so I can satisfy my desire in Nuffnang 24/7 and make the fastest reply as if Nuffnang is my life wherever I am!!

Thanks Nuffnang Santa~!

Just for fun!

For Winners Only

Anyone interested to win a new Sony DSC-T77? Well I’m not aware of the specs, and you can always Google the information but who cares as long as it’s free from Sony! Secondly, it’s fun!!

Of course, there are some bottom requirements to enter – you need:

• Malaysian IC no.
• Email Address
• Your Name
• Password
• 5 Minutes of your time
• Any photo
• And recognition ability to prove that you are a human!

After you register, it’ll bring you to this section where you can submit a ‘picture of happiness’ with a 100 words of golden slogan! Then wait to become a happy winner!! Just like what I did 10 minutes ago~

[Vincent finally grow up as a gay] How creative are you with words?

To win a chance – Click the floating logo on the sidebar~

Dream vs Reality

Sometimes when I was trying to wake up for work/school, my brain will make up some silly dreams. It happens once in a blue moon, but irritating enough to cause frustration. For example, this morning I dreamt that I’m in the office working when I’m still asleep~ so what happen was, when my alarm rings, I switched it off right away before I realized and my brain goes “Okay, I’ll call them back when I’m free since I really want to finish up this job first!” DENG!!! With eyes closed and a hardworking scene in my head... Happily the dream went on~!!
This is not the first time, so I have multiple alarms set at different time to poke me up and keep me on time for work. The worst dream happened was, I thought I woke up, brushed my teeth, showered and got into my clothes but when the next moment comes, I’m still happily drooling on my bed and will have to do everything again - just like Dejavu~

It’s always good to set clock 15 minutes ahead of current time.

Melbourne Street Art

Let’s take a walk with Graffiti

Something common in Melbourne but unique to the others is the Street Art. I have no idea about the history of artists in Melbourne, but I’m pretty sure they are good at vandalizing buildings with creative Graffiti! It’s no surprise to find a striking patch of Graffiti when you enter a dark, dirty alley around Melbourne - you’ll find yourself stunned since they are so cool!!

Last year around October, Street Graffiti was legalized in Melbourne as there are too many ‘noobs’ around the city who illegally design vandalize monikers on buildings, alleys, train stations and public toilets with colourful spray. Throughout all these years, the problems got so big that it’ll cost millions of dollars to clean up those vandalized streetscapes. So, the idea was to replace the amateur art pieces with new ‘pro’ graffiti. As in the street culture, it is impolite to deface another artist’s graffiti finished work and somehow it works. Regardless of that culture, I think no one will bear to dirt these masterpieces.

Along an alley is the graffiti of movie Princess Mononoke (Anime Movie made in 1997 by Hayao Miyazaki aka the director of Spirited Away)



Then we monkey around the wall with tree spirits like idiots

Lame with the main character Ashitaka

And find them absolutely creative!

There’s this very cool lane near my work place…

Colorful city covered with gorgeous and vibrant lane ways!

Want to see more? >Click here<

Melbourne - the leader in street art. What say you?

Happy Birthday Tiffany

I still remember helping Tiffany to organise her Birthday party on the big fishing boat last year. It was adventurous and although some vomited because of the rough waves, everyone still had fun to the max! And today, this birthday girl is reborn again~

Water Front @ Port Melbourne

People say that birthdays are good, there are many reasons to it – statistically, the one who have the most live the longest or realistically, you get a reason to eat lots of cakes – especially those super rich cakes from Melbourne!!

Tiffany decided to Waterfront it this time, and this is what happens…

Port Melbourne Waterfront has a good environment stated right in front of the sea. Everything is good except for the weather that day, it was blardy cold and raining, the fact that it’s located beside the sea makes thing worse. In the restaurant, we were "so honored" to be seated on the biggest table with the biggest chair around – the big long rectangular table is so long and big that a whole cow can be served on it! So cool but we were bugging the manager to change us into a round table since we felt too honored and can’t really hear each other from one end to the other.

Tiffany vs Lobster

Anyway that’s not the most important thing. Tiffany had a good time with her lobster even though she’s allergic to shells and her lips become numb when she was having it and she actually enjoyed it, so it’s all good. I was having fun teasing Evelyn about her new hair set - finally she doesn’t have to self-declare about herself as a beauty with her old dodgy hairstyle. Hoho~

Below are some of the decent photos I took that night, I like their seafood platter the most! But, I'll have to forget about the price if I really want to enjoy it~

Evelyn New Hairstyle

Their Kitchen is cool, the setup and the feeling of the restaurant is almost perfect if they don’t seat us on that table…

Baby Snapper – not very satisfying though…

Salmon on whatever sauce – I wonder if it’s nice~


Grilled Seafood Platter

Fresh Grand Seafood Platter – nicely decorated!

Nice atmosphere~

And the table is too big for a group photo so I only grab half of the gang since I don’t want to go through all the trouble to do it.

KTV December

After the dinner, we hopped over to KTV December for alcohol and more celebration!!

Happy Birthday again, and hope you'll have a smooth-sailing year ahead!

And it was a Good Night!