Australia trip planning - Great Ocean Road and Goldfield Route

I have been doing the research on where to stay... where to visit... and what to do for the 10 days in Australia next month.

Initially, my plan is just to chill in Great Ocean Road and Melbourne but at the end after i planned, I realised that we have more time. So decided to cover the goldfield route which includes Ballarat which i will have my graduation on Dec 10th 2015.

Am excited to visit the underground mining, visit the great scenic drive of Great Ocean Road and looking forward to graduate in Federation University Australia :)

Yay~ Let's countdown now... 

Saturday afternoon - To gym or NOT to gym ...

Oops! people must be thinking... My only things can be do in Saturday is to gym. I was slowing down on going to the gym recently. Kind of lazy, not sure why but i think i have to ditch my bad habit of not hitting the gym as often as i did. 

I was proudly telling everyone i'm a gym goer and hitting the gym everyday. But today, I was asking myself "To gym or NOT to gym" 

Guess what? 

One of my friend who is a blogger posted a picture in my FB after i ask this "To gym or NOT to gym"

hehehe... do you find going to gym very hard? I found consistently going to the gym is hard after you kind of slow down. 

Okay~ Time to wrap up and hit the gym eh~

Spectre James Bond 007

C: And now we find out what 'M' stands for - 'moronic'. 

M: And now we know what 'C' stands for 

[pause]

M:'careless'

I found this interesting... 

Anyway, I managed to watch the latest James Bond 007 movie in Paradigm GSC with my friends after work yesterday.

It was a nice action movie with so so storyline. You know~ those same old James Bond 007 storyline. 

Anyway, i found it is worth watching. 

Reflection...

It's always good to do some reflection from time to time... 

Busy Wednesday Night...

Every Wednesday I'm attending the "Kub Kub" class... 

For your information "Kub Kub" class is my Thai language class. Yes~ I have signed up for learning Thai language class. :)

Today, I have signed up for a Business Analyst Virtual Event 2015... The events going through the webcast to participate in the conference event. The disadvantage in this side of the world is i gotta stay up whole night to go through the conference. And I need to work tomorrow ;(

This is a virtual even main lobby... 

Okie. gotta focus on the presentation now.

Cheers~

What other transportation do we have?

Mid of October, toll has gone up... What our lovely government said the increment is to encourage people to use public transport and ease the traffic jam. 

Now, public transport (train, bus and taxi) are going to increase... what would the government said this time? Let's use bicycle as we have build a nice bicycle track along the Klang River... LoL~ 

So now what would be our next alternate transportation for city of potholes? 

Could it be what you see in the picture...  

Why this could be an alternative transportation soon... cause in the country where you will find this type of transportation is that the other mean of public transport is NOT affordable...

 

Just guess how many people can fit into this small little car?

The Great Escape @ Singapore...

What would you like to escape from when you are in Singapore?

There is this place called The Great Escape... basically it's a hidden place that you can escape from most of the PRC / MIC tourists in Singapore... you may be able to escape from crowd like Orchard or Marina Bay Sand. Hmmm... what else you can escape from... let's see~

It's actually located Golden Mile tower parking... so it over look the view of the new stadium and the eye of Singapore with the side view of marina bay sand...

Great place to have an evening booze booze and chat chat... My friend has a nap too. Oops~
We spent about an hour plus and headed to Arab street later~

Countdown @ where?

One week back when i was in Singapore...

Friend : This year countdown where shall we go? 

Me : Not sure, you decide... 

Friend : Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok, ... 

Me : What are we going to do on the countdown? 

Friend : Just have a few friends to get together... 

Me : You wanna come over to Kuala Lumpur? 

Friend : Maybe in my place @ Singapore then... Let's have potluck... 

Me : Okay... 

Friday Oct 30th 2015 - whatsapp

Me : so have we decided where to have the countdown? I wanna book the air ticket already if confirm

Friend : confirm please buy your ticket 

Me : Okie will buy tonight 

Friend : Yay~

Night 

Looking through all the airline and finally decided to go with Tiger Air... 

Me : I'm booking the air ticket now. 

Friend : Let us know once you have confirm your flight 

Me : Done~ Here you go 

< Attached the flight itinerary > 

Friend : Yay yay... Let's plan for the party now. 

Me : counting down now... 

YES~ I will be counting down in Singapore this year... 

What is your plan for New Year Eve?  

Mai พะโลั

What is พะโลั ?

I was on the way to Penang this morning and dad decided we should stop over Kampar for his favourite Char Keow Tiao @ one coffee shop in Kampar that we visited on our last trip.

Unfortunately the Char Keow Tiao no open today. So, we have no choice but gets something else to eat. I turned and saw this พะโลั  on the menu... so i decided to place a order. This is the bowl of so called พะโลั

I snapped a picture and sent a copy to my friend in Thailand and guess what he came back with... "mai (in thai means Not) พะโลั na kub"... Oops~ he said " I think this is Kuay Jubb na kub".

So, i google and found out there is one youtube video teaching on how to make พะโลั

My next trip to Thailand... i must to try พะโลั na kub.

Taj Mahal

Finally i get to see one of the 7 wonders of the world during my India trip~ 

TAJ MAHAL 

Since young i wanted to see the Taj Mahal because the first time i saw Taj Mahal is the miniature model at my grandpa house. Now I finally got the chance to see and walk into the Taj Mahal... It was an amazing architecture with the rich stories behind the Taj Mahal... 

I have quite a few pictures taken in Taj Mahal that i planned to share in A picture A day starting Monday (Nov 3rd 2015) for showing Taj Mahal The Series... Stay tune and visit A picture A day eh~ 

Hazy? Misty?... Are disaster and raining days coming?

How do you feel if you sit travel on the boat and you hardly can see where are you heading, no visibility like the picture...

Worry?

Confuse? 

Insecure due to cannot see things clearly in front?

Hopefully nothing bad will happen? 

Keep praying?

A lot of unknown... 

So this could describe what happen and how i felt after hearing the Budget 2016. What will be Malaysia future? How are we going to survive with the hazy government, spending like water yet telling everyone we have money constraint.... hardly can see plan to fix the Ringgit dropping... So what do you think? 

After the hazy day... once you can see, it might have been the raining and disaster days... So let's prepare ourselves and get ready for the disaster and raining day in ahead of us eh~ 

Opportunities knocking your door...

When the opportunities come and knock on your door, what should you do? Answer?

Or stay behind the door and observe / analyst the situation...

Black & White photos...

Sometime it's nice to have black & white photos instead of colour... Do you see what i mean?

Boat by the pier

Cultural Show @ Hoi An, Vietnam

City @ India - Kolkata

House built on middle of Inle Lake, Myanmar

Which is your preference, colour or Black & White?

Go WESMEN Go...

Last Saturday, when i don't know what to have for lunch in JayaOne~ I dropped by Wendy since there is the simplest and faster lunch before 2pm investment sharing. Walked over to the counter and saw a food that reminds me of the days back in Canada...

Are you a fan of basketball? 

You must be wondering what is WESMEN in my post title. WESMEN is my University basketball and volleyball team. As a student, we usually get free games to watch when the team is at its HOME i.e. back in their own home ground. It was fun watching live with all the cheering, shouting and booing... etc. Not to forget we also have the vuvuzela that cheered the team.

Let me see whether i could find a youtube clip of the WESMEN playing at HOME. 

What you usually have for munching when you watch sports? In Canada, we would have one glass of Labatt Ice and the food that made me think of Canada...

Nacho with Cheese

Yes~ It's nacho with cheese... Yummy eh~

On learning investment

I have signed up investment classes to learn on how to invest with minimised the risk. It was a 4 days classes with multiple tutorial.

Have been looking at the chart and still not so confident to trade live. Still using the simulation to learn and learn. Am i losing opportunities?

The Zoo come to you...

"In other part of the world, we go to the zoo. In India, the zoo come to you" said our guide whom accompanied us in Agra India. 

This is really true after staying in India for 10 days. 

Did you recognize this?

How about this?

Goat on the road too... 

So do you agree with the tour guide... Zoo come to you in India~ 

Anyone been to India with the same feeling?

Sawadee krap

Today is my first day of Kub Kub class Level 2...

Yes, kub~ I have finished Level 1 kub.
Nov 13- Nov 15th 2015, I will be going to Krung Tep for a practice session. Now i need to brush up my pra-saa tai na kub.

Sembawang White Bee Hoon Restaurant @ Singapore

Believe or Not people just queue up for food in Singapore. One of my friend queued up 2 hours just to have this...

叉烧饱

Cha Siew Pau

When she told me, I was like... why? I still can't believe people will queue up 2 hours for a 饱 ...

Another friend of mine told me this Sembawang White Bee Hoon Restaurant also need to queue for 2-3 hours... My first reaction was I can skip it... No way i will queue for food. It's really pack if you see the picture that adapted from Juicyfingers 

Picture from Juicyfingers

Guess what? My friend bought me to taste this White Bee Hoon in this restaurant last Sunday. Of course it was not as pack as what the picture shown in Juicyfingers blog. Otherwise, you will not see me eating in the shop. Neither do my friend who also no patient to wait for food.

Hazy day, Singaporean chosen not to go out. Blast aircon to get rid of the burning smell. Maybe this is one of the reason why this restaurant lost its SIGNATURE... QUEUE~

The food is very nice and i don't mind to pay a visit in the future.

On planning for year end Australia trip

I have completed my MBA in July and the graduation will be held in Australia. Looking forward for my graduation in Ballarat.

Now, am planning on how i will spend the 10 days (Dec 5th - Dec 13th 2015) in Southern Australia i.e. Melbourne area. I heard there are one very nice driving stretch by the coastline near Melbourne and Ballarat area. The Great Ocean Road (GOR).

Anyone been to the GOR before? Can share with me your plan? 

On Weekend Getaway in Singapore - Saturday

Weekend getaway to Singapore to visit my friends... 

My last visit was visiting Garfield and Odie together with my friends... hehe, the Garfield run. 

This visit I managed to visit a couple of places... 

Are you able to guess, where i have been in Singapore?

Are you a fan of HardRock?

To a HardRock fans... whenever they travelled, they will search the internet whether there is a HardRock Cafe in the particular city... if yes~ tadaaaa

I was in New Delhi last March. And i have convinced my friend to drop by the HardRock Cafe in New Delhi. It was located inside a very posh shopping mall with Starbie, FitnessFirst and multiple international brand.

Let's go inside...

In India, it's very hard to get beef... So when we saw the menu served beef. It was paradise after 10 days of non-beef meal...

Last but not least... camwhore.. camwhore...

Weekend Run Away...

In less than 12 hours i will be landed in ...

Yes, I'm leaving the city of potholes and getaway the weekend to the kiasu land. Not sure what my friends have planned for my visit.

Anyway, I will go with the flow... a.k.a Follow la~

Sunday afternoon meeting...

My Friend : "Meeting?"

Me : "Yes" 

My Friend : "Working on Sunday?" 

Me : "Kind of... hehe" 

My Friend : "Wow~ Busy man la"

Me : "hehe" 

I was in Starbie waiting for the rest of the team members appear to the meeting. I have reserved a 8 seated tables preparing for our discussion... 

So, anyone have any idea which Starbie is the picture taken? 

Merdeka weekend with Sister and Nephew

Sister and Nephew are in town last weekend during the Merdeka weekend. Most of my friends have gone to the BERSIH 4.0 but i didn't take part of the event as my sister and nephew were in town. Hey, this didn't mean that i support the kok kok gai as he has said that whoever didn't appear in the Bersih 4.0 means support him. Come on, some of us just tight up with something else.

Anyway, let's just don't talk about the event. Later my blog got blocked. :')

I spent my Merdeka weekend with my sister and nephew in Port Dickson... My sister have rented two room in Thistle Resort which my parent were there too... It was so crowded with families...

I was enjoying the sea breeze with the "People Mountain People Sea" but still not that bad as i managed to build the sand castle with my nephew.

Was there only 2 day 1 night... Short but enjoyable. How's you celebrated the Merdeka weekend?

Garfield Run @ Singapore

Hellooooooo...

Not sure how Garfield runs... He is so so sooooo FAT FAT FAT!!!!

Anyway, I'm going to participate on the Garfield run this coming September 19th 2015 @ Singapore. Hey it's NOT a kiddy run but i think there will be lots of kiddy adult as they wanted the Garfield T-shirt and finisher medal ;-)

Are you growing up with Garfield and Odie?

Have you got caffeinated?

It's tough to kick start the day especially yesterday was the national holiday with a long weekend... I'm not sure how you could start your engine... I usually start my engine with a hot caffeinated drink... Yup~ It's coffee~

So...

Life post MBA

1.5 years of MBA has passed so quickly without even notice. The rushing of getting all assignment and exam done semester by semester have occupied most of my time. Classes has jammed up my weekend calendar. I was busy with classes, assignments and exam preparation.

People said it's very tough to go through the process. To me, it's a matter of how your priority, commitment and time management. No doubt it's taxing to go through the 1.5 years MBA courses but it also given me lots of fun and knowledge gained throughout the period.

The best jackpot that i gained from is to have this MBA totally FREE. Not a single cent paid to obtain this certification. YES~ my previous company has paid for it... You must have wondered why I said FREE. I suppose to have a bond of two years with this company but guess what? I was given the chance to get out from the company without need to be bonded as i was given the choice to obtain the Voluntary separation package.

Anyway, back to after MBA, since i was so FREE... I decided to sign up a two weekend course on INVESTMENT in US market through Beyond Insights, an investment training institute to learn about how to invest in US market with a right method and reduce risk of losing the capital if we do it right.

It was an overwhelming two weekend with all the financial figure which i was not fond of... Anyway, reality bites, no matter how you don't like it. You have to love it cause they will help you to make MONEY~

Other than the Investment courses, I have also sign up Thai language class and a sales class etc!!!

Now, I'm looking for a nutrition class to attend~

Sawadeekrap

It's has been 6 weeks after i finished more than 50% of my Level 1 "pas-saa tai' class. Now, i can speak a little bit of thai...

Revision on thai language

Namaste...

The next few posts, let me bring you to my #throwback of my India Trip back in March 2015. Hope i will not bore you to death~

I supposed to post this straight after I come back to Kuala Lumpur but... something comes up which have drawn my focus to... Now i could reclaim my time to blog about India trip. An interesting and fascinating trip to me~

MBA Final Semester

My final semester has started. This semester I'm taking two subjects i.e. Accounting Finance and Marketing Management. According to our senior, these two subjects are not tough. Can I party over these two subjects ;-)

Anyway, still gotta focus on the study to make sure I finished the MBA by July 2015. Since my MBA was sponsored by the company, I don't need to pay a single cent to obtain this certification. So the only thing I gotta do is to work hard and get over it. 

Last semester was the worst as there were 3 subjects and all 3 were not so straight forward. It took time to do the assignment and study the subjects. Anyway, I got them all passed!!! ;-) My only concern now is how i could make use of my MBA to get a better job in the future. Maybe i should ask, could I get a better job with my MBA?

When you throw a stone and you might hit MBA graduates on the Central Business District (CBD), just like now degree holder is just a paper to go into the working life. So what about MBA? Sigh~ 

Okay~ i shouldn't be so emotional in the Friday afternoon which most of you have planned how to party over the weekends. I'm waiting for my classmate to arrive in a not so quiet but empty Starbie... Don't ask me why eh~

Starbie on Friday Afternoon

 

Expect the unexpected...

World changing faster and faster under this digital era... time will never wait for us to react.

For the past two months, things changes surrounding us and life will not be the same again. Just need to keep going and going like energizer rabbit~ Keep motivating ourselves to overcome the tough time.  We really don't know what will happen tomorrow.

Anyway, be strong and take good care of yourselves.

Stay tune with the India trip post eh~

A quite Birthday...

Sitting in Starbie with heavy rain outside... This is my this year birthday. Reflecting what I'm going to do in the near future. A new chapter soon to be started and lots of plans in my mind~ Wanna to kick start a good new year (i meant chinese new year).

For the past one months, i wasn't in the mood to blog. Not that something bother me, just that my studies have taken all my time. The rest of it trying to catch up with friends.

Today it's my birthday. I'm alone in IOI city mall... walking around and now in Starbie to prepare my presentation for this Sunday. This is how my study life about...

Starbie new drinnk

My friends have celebrated my birthday in Malacca last weekend. It was an enjoyable weekend in Malacca... I was glad and happy my friends have celebrated my birthday. Thank you to all my friends who wished me in Facebook. And specially thanks to my friend who organized the birthday getaway to Malacca... also friends who attended my Minion Attack birthday party...

Minion Attack

My birthday cake