Conquering the Peak of IndoChina

I've done Mt. K.

And I found out about Mt. Fansipan from The Star today. Planning to conquer it if and when possible. Any takers?

Further details at: http://www.trekfansipan.com/

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Bento Bento Bento

My fish and eel lunchbox, at Kissaten (I think that's the name), Ipoh. Yummy, fun but fattening few days of CNY hanging out sessions and roadtrips with the gang. Haih, I dread the thought of next Tuesday!

My Alma Matter

Secondary school; the place you had your first crush, puppy love, sense of comrade-ship, sense of pride towards your achievements, and most importantly the place that shaped you to be who you are today. I passed by my alma matter yesterday and stopped right in front of it while waiting for the traffic lights to turn green. Hence, this picture...

Bringing Nature to Work

Mum planted this 'lil plant for me. I brought it to work yesterday to brighten up my otherwise lifeless looking work station...

Of Eggs and Pigs in Blankets

We had an 'experiment' filled lunch today.

Bro made his egg-which-sticks-on-the-toast toast today. He tried placing the slice of bread on a frying pan and then he cracked the egg on the bread hoping that it would cook. But alas, it didn't. Hence, he turned to the oven for rescue. And thank god it did.

With some garlic butter spread on the bread and some black pepper sprinkled over the egg. It looked good, if not calorie laden!

In the meantime, I decided to make pigs in a blanket. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_in_a_blanket) It was something I first had during the first of my many Christmases back in Manchester. Sinful, but delicious!

Well, it's essentially cocktail sausages with slices of streaky bacon wrapped over it. However, we decided to substitute the cocktail sausages with German Bratwurst for a crunchier and meaty bite. :P

It turned out fine but would have been better had we used cocktail sausages. Firstly, we didn't have enough bacon to go round the Bratwursts. And secondly, lazy me didn't bother using a toothpick/cocktail stick to hold the bacon in place. Hence, the 'blanket' slipped off the 'pig' at the end of the cooking process.

Nonetheless, here's the end product.

Note to self:

Will use toothpicks and get more bacon if we use German Bratwurst again. Otherwise, will buy cocktail sausages for it.

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Acessories; bracelets, pendants, anklets, etc are one of my biggest vices. I succumbed to the temptation once again, and hence this new bracelet of mine. Probably the chunkiest and heaviest one that I've owned so far...

It's got blue crystals, that's probably one of the reasons why I love it so much!!! :)

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Live Feed: BAC Graduation Ceremony

Here I am, my butt plonked comfortably on a seat at the Sime Darby Convention Centre; attending the BAC Graduation Ceremony. More pictures to follow...

I N.E.E.D T.O R.A.N.T

1. I'm lying in bed, sick again for the 2nd time in 3 weeks. Bloody hell!

2. I find blogging increasingly frustrating nowadays as my bloggable material is restricted somehow. Firstly, I can't blog about work. Secondly, I can't blog to diss and bitch. Thirdly, I can't blog to complain. *sulks*

3. I question time and again some 'wise choices' of mine. And am preplexed as to the reasons I chose to do likewise.

4. I think I'm burning quite a few matches every now and then. And I am really at the risk of burning myself sooner rather than later.

5. Can someone spare me some time and listen to me??????????????? P.L.E.A.S.E......

6. Oh, okay... I need to learn how, when and actually T.R.Y to keep my mouth shut.

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Raleigh @ Youth '09

Here's what I've been up to this weekend - I dropped by the Raleigh roadshow at Youth '09.


The Raleigh crew did the usual expedition slideshow presentation along with a short talk by LY about the 4 Raleigh challenges.

We had a huge 8-man tent on display, alongside with a colourful, Hawaian beach themed 2-man (I presume) tent which some cosplay dudes took the opportunity to pose with. And of course, Liza and I grabbed the opportunity to take a picture with them!

Spoke to a February '09 venturer who sounded quite enthusiastic about her up-coming adventure which I'm sure she will enjoy tremendously.

Raleigh-ians, being the 'jakun' Raleigh-ians whereever we go, we were jumping, scrambling, screaming and running around the whole exhibition hall. And of course, the presence of bean bags do not contribute much to prevent the cause.

Res ipsa loquitor (Latin for the thing (in this case, picture) speaks for itself).

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Mamut!!!

Our complete collection of Mamut stools fr Ikea; in pink, blue and green...

Of Bonfires and Matches

The thought of it is tempting,

But light too many matches, you'll end up burning yourself...

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