sonyericsson vs nokia

i m hoping to get a better mobile phone during my summer holiday break
currently i m using an old model given by my sis 4 or 5 years ago, it's nokia 6510.
although it's functioning well, but it's battery life span is getting shorter and shorter.....i just afraid someday it will just go off(which happened before, but i manage to 'revive' it, haha)

my main objective is to get a phone with a camera which i may take pictures at any time, but under the term to spend as little money as possible.
and now, i have 2 options
1st, an old model of nokia as well, 6610i which is FOC given to me from my sis.
2nd, my model of choice SE K550, which will cost few hundred..

although i'm clear of my choice, but in order to get my preferable phone...i must get enough sponsorship for it(so far only one)...or else i need to find a part-time job...argh!!!!
MONEY DOES MATTER!!!

don't waste ur blood

i just watched it in my fren's blog...it's hilarious
thanks kiwi for the sharing~



it's a clip to encourage warm-blood youth to donate blood
come on, the one u save, might be the one u love

unlucky journey to home

1st of all, i need to thank everyone who was with me along my journey back home. THANK YOU for your support, help and caring all the way, if not........i might be no able to reach malaysia in time

i started my way home on 20th jun 2008 7am. yea~~i know it's a bit early(actually it's much too early) for a 10.45am flight. we, me and another friend of mine reach the airport by 7.20am.....oh gosh~~! what are we going to do here for another 3 hours? the airport is empty without anyone (it's definately no like KLIA, it's 1000x smaller than that). stupid us go there too early.....aih~
what to do, just wait there until the flight loooo........

then the next station, Kiev
it was cloudy and having small rain....it's suppose ok if we are in the airport. YA, WE ARE IN THE AIRPORT AREA, but the domestic and international airport is apart and connected only by a 10 minutes open-air walkway. so..no choice but walk as we need to catch for the international flight to shanghai within 2 hours.

the Kiev international airport....i was abit shock when i saw it. it's not too big, nor very modernize, but it's just like i m back to Pudu Raya in KL... crowded like sardin, hardly to move around. everyone is squeezing here and there to move around, i just have to beware of my belongings.

suddenly my friend just realise his hand-carry bag is not around. GOSH!! where could it be? he ran all the way back to domestic airport as he remember put it at the chair while he went for collecting luggages. thank god he found his hand-carry and we successfully check-in by time, but the flight is 1 hour delayed due to raining, which means less one hour to spend in shanghai.

the weather in shanghai was not good at our arrival day...it was misty and hot, we felt just like in sauna.... all scenery view were not good.
we are too tire after 9 hours flight from Kiev to shanghai, and continuously walk for 5-6 hours in shanghai city center. someone even fall asleep while we are resting in starbucks cafe,haha

when we arrived back in shanghai pudong international airport, we spent around 30 minutes walking between terminal 1 and 2 just to collect baggages and check-in...try to imagine how big ,how tiring and how inconvenience it is, especially when we are sooooo tire after 'exploring' shanghai city.
all above just a small matter... and here comes the huge and most horrible hurdle of my journey back malaysia.

around 10 of us are inform by the check-in counter that we can't go on board as we didn't pay the fee for changed date of flight. it was just like a hit on the head....we are just one more step from home and you just cut off our leg,dammit!!!
initially we insist not to pay as the airlines(aerosvit and china eastern airline) should settle the money problems by themselves, furthermore i don't have that much of cash to pay it. but as flying time approaching and we are still not allowed on board....we became worry and unease.
both airlines stuff seem doesn't pay any effort in settling this matter, they just pushing the responsibilities away and want us to pay ourselves.
last minute calling....we can't stand the uneasiness and decide to pay it, by throwing out all atm or visa cards available. but not all of us manage to pay it, as i and a girl need to borrow money to pay for it. thank you for borrowing me money, or else i might need to stay overnight in shanghai airport.
the last part was just like scenes in movie, as i and the other girl were the last two to enter the immigration and custom, we were escort by the airline stuff all the way to the airplane, and i think i ran a distance about 500m with my hand-luggage(10kg, with wheel) and my laptop bag(15kg, put too many things inside =P). the door closed once we enter and pilot start announcing to take off.
finally the plane take off and i had a great sleep on the plane. we all reach malaysia on time without delay, wao~~it was fast!

beside all the unlucky happenings, i still experienced some good stuff in my journey,

• watch sunset and sun rise on plane in less then 4 hours

sunset on the plane

sun rise on the plane

down there is 1 am

• delicious 'xiao long bao' in shanghai
• experience the only commercial Meglev in the worldit's always 10 cm above ground
  

回家。。。。。

海外留学的生涯，最期待的非回家莫属
但，第一年与第二年的我并不非常想回家，为什么？
因为回到家也只有我一个人，一个人孤孤零零的家。。也算是家吗？
那时候父母及兄姐们（我是最小的，没弟妹）都在外地忙碌工作或读书，
回到家面对的只是四壁墙 。。。好冷清哦~~

第三年，我异常的想念家，恨不得一考完试就立刻飞回家，冲呀~~~
又一个为什么？
因为今年我不再是一个人在家了，
爸妈已经回来了，非常高新，雀跃万分~~
我不会再一个人吃饭、一个人洗碗、一个人看戏、一个人。。。。

可是开心之余，想象之外的事也接着来
去年我看见的家，或许我应该用“家”吧！！
我到现在还不知该用什么来形容它，
总之我第一眼看见它之后只能感叹一声，~哎
我只可以无能的乖乖安静，默默的‘根云’。。。。
毕竟过去几年我也没贡献什么给这个家
只希望我能在短短的两个月假期把它整理得比较像一个家吧~~
但 去年我的任务并没成功。

今年第四年，一样的我，但心情却不一样了
没有归心似箭的感觉，可是又有一点想家
经过一年的时间，它今年又会是怎样的呢？
会不会又一个崭新的家？ 开玩笑！！
我对它的期待会有所保留，也许这个暑假又是一个不可能的任务！

父亲节

打从小时候
爸 对我来说是一个严肃、威武的代名词
爸 总是一副不可亲近的模样
脸上总带着一副厚厚的眼镜，认真严肃的表情
我总觉得，爸离我好远好远。。。。。

他 从来不多说话
说一就一，说二就二
我们五兄弟姐妹从小也得都乖乖的听话
但随着年龄长大，我们也渐渐叛逆
以为自己长大了，可以自己做决定了
还好爸永远都在我们身边
在我们需要依靠的时候提供我们避风港

爸
谢谢您 对我们的爱护、对我们的养育
谢谢您 对我们所作的一切一切
虽然你我时常会有口角
但 相信我们之间的爱一切都在不言中

爸 父亲节快乐~~

Kiss-Because I'm a Girl(chinese and english version)

i found this in other's blog, i always wanted to hear it in language which i understand, haha

Xu Jie Er (徐捷儿)-没有你的每一天 'Mei You Ni De Mei Yi Tian' (Days Without You）

回家的路总是很远
话少得很可怜
一个人的晚餐
都是孤单的滋味
看见身边重复上演
属于我们的画面
选择逃避的眼
怎么还是会流泪
--
爱着你的每一天
你就是我的世界
那时候还以为我
就爱这一遍
--
没有你的每一天
快乐离我好遥远
心已随你走了
还能用什么感觉
-----
我舍不得睁开眼睛
害怕身边没有你
也许在梦境里
是我们最近的距离
想念你温热的手心
冷风里把我握紧
当冬天又来临
这温度该怎么延续
----
谢谢你曾经爱过我
给我最美的经过
但生命最爱被剥夺
未来的路该怎么走
---

KISS-because i'm a girl(english version by Jini)

- Lyrics
I just can't understand the ways
Of all the men and their mistakes.
You give them all your heart,
and then they rip it all away...
You told me how much you loved me
And how our love was meant to be.
And i believed in you, i thought that
you would set me free...
(chorus)
You should've just told me the truth
That i wasn't the girl for you...
Still i didn't have a clue
So my heart depended on you...
Whoah
Although i'll say 'i hate u' now
Although i'll shout and curse you out...
I'll always have love for you
Because i am a girl

Been told a man will leave you cold
Get sick of you and bored...
I know that it's no lie
I gave my all still i just cry
Never again will i be fooled, to give my all
When nothing's true...
I won't be played again,
but i will fall in love again...
(chorus)
You should've just told me the truth
That i wasn't the girl for you...
Still i didn't have a clue
So my heart depended on you...

don't take advantage of a girl's willingness
to do anything for love
and her caring instinct
i didn't know that to be born as a girl
and to be loved was so hard
although i will curse you i'll still miss you
since i am a girl, to whom love is everything
although i will curse you i'll still miss you
since i am a girl, to whom love is everything

- Narration (Girl)
the pain
it's not enough to describe how i feel
we were so happy together
but I know now
I've been blind
you told me that you'd never let me down
whenever I needed you
you'd always be here
I can forgive but I cant forget
even though you hurt me
I still love you

(korean)
don't take advantage of a girl's willingness
to do anything for love
and her caring instinct

- Narration (Guy)
There's someone I'm in love with..
Although I can't be with her now..
I'm still in love with her...

there are many other languages as well..
# Cantonese version : "野种子" (Yi Chong Zhi) ("Wild Seed") by Bobo Chan
# Tagalog (Philippines) version : "Kung Alam Mo Lang" by Roxanne Barcelo
# Vietnamese version : "Noi Dau Muon Mang" by Anh Tie
# Portuguese version : "Se você disser que sim" by Francielle
# Japanese version : "Onna Da Kara" by Azuki
# Turkish version : "Grup Anlılar"
# Spanish version : "Because I'm A Girl"

my 1st time listen to this song was trace back to 4 years ago, when i arrived in ukraine. among all the versions, the original korean still the best!

Medical workers' day cum 1st ball of CSMU

after 3 months of training..today is our performing day

dress-up before the ball start, with my pretty partner-Soo Bee

3 pretty malaysians

pre-dance on the run way

somewhere in the middle of dancing

yeah~nice photo catch on me by my friend, haha

with our dancing instructor, George, which also a 5th year medical student

a souvenir for every dancer

everything is nice, except the ventilation in the hall....
there are no ventilator, air-conditioner or fan, the hall is full with people and is pretty HOT!!
imagine dressing like that in the hall in middle of summer, just like inside an oven.......... SIAO ar!!
p/s: i sweat like crazy and my whole white shirt is like soak in water

tire..

although i m in holiday now..but i still busy on something
the dance performance..... we have 2 hours dancing practice everyday.
today is full dress rehearsal, and this is the only full attendance since we started the training.
me and my partner dance quite well, i m very satisfy with our performance today, but there still some rooms for us to make it perfect.

during the rehearsal something terrible happened.....
there is a russian guy which nearly never appear in practice(as i remember) came for the rehearsal today. his partner, also a russian girl which also just came for practice for few times only. this pair seems like don't know anything about the dance(all the steps, movements and lining etc),they did some mistakes which affect other pairs around them...and sadly, i m just standing behind him!

we had some minor body contact throughout the dance...that still ok with me
my partner always whisper and remind my steps so that we stay a distance from them to stay out of troubles...hahahaha

but....sometimes it's just unavoidable
there is a part during the dance where we need to squeeze a bit in the center, and they cut into my line!!OMG!!! someone step on my shoe and knock it off, and my shoe just gone hiding under my partner's dress...shit!!!*%&#$*
i m not sure who is the culprit....but i know they are not far from me

there is another incident, same part, same place... and i think is caused by the same pair as well.
what happened this time?? it's more terrible
a girl(dancing just in front the pair that i mentioned) fall down in the middle of the dance hall, and everyone was shocked!!! who had the scorpion tail?? i guess i know who...

all these never happed before, even during our previous practices we squeeze like sardines in the middle, but it happens today, on the rehearsal day...is it a good or bad thing?
maybe i should just think it the other way, it reminds us to do our best, but prepare for the worst.

now i just hope tomorrow everything will goes smoothly :)

waving goodbye~~~

it's been days after my exams... and i m still here in ukraine
day by day pass by, i wave goodbye to my friends
some of my friends already back in malaysia
some other already step on to euro trip
most of them just on the flight back to malaysia today
the remaining will fly back sooooon in this week
but me, there is still long way to go for my flight
it's on 20th Jun 2008........argh, another one week plus
u guys sure wonder WHY i don't go back straight after my exam...WHY i stayed back....
there is only one reason..
ballroom dance performance...YEAH~
i been practicing this dance together with my partner for months, and now it's time to show it. we will dance together with another 20+ pairs, it will be a great performance.
it's on 13th Jun 2008 4pm(ukraine time) in my Uni indoor basketball court.
of course, we still need to practice some more to improve our dancing skills, today rehearsal make me realise that we missed some of the steps...oppps~(missed too many classes during exams time)
we just received our invitation cards (it's all in russian), another 4 person may invited... anyone interested?

倒數

<sup>i read a nice article forward by my friend and i would like to share with everyone~

從事投資顧問的我，從來都很愛自己的家人，愛自己的伴侶。至少，我以為是這樣。

我每天的主要工作是緊貼著香港及美國股市，就是這樣，已經花掉大半生時間。餘下的時間就安置在情人、朋友、及家人身上。

為了《愛得太遲》的內容，為了對家人、情人的內疚感而流過眼淚，但淚痕風化後，仍雖繼續為「將來」而賣命。為了《無事常相見》的歌詞，為了曾被冷落的好友而眼淺過，但深呼吸一口氣，還是要營役餘生。為了未能抽空回家團年，為了未能抽空陪女朋友驗身，我們竟花得起寶貴的時間來冷戰。但我想，父母、伴侶，都是最親的人，應該會明白的。

我的生日快要來臨，但沒有期待過，因為，根本沒甚麼值得慶祝。反而，想一個人靜下來，享受一刻的寧靜。在南丫島的度假屋內，我準備感受一個較孤單的生日。

在晚上，靜坐在度假屋的露台，沐浴在帶有點點鹽份的微風中，整個世界都變得很寧靜。突然，我迷迷糊糊的聽見頗陌生的聲音，我再細心一點聽…… 原來，他在跟我說話：「……年青人，我希望今年送您一份很特別的生日禮物，甚麼也可以。」

我想，我大概已經進入了夢境，跟神仙對話。 我微笑回應道： 「是神仙嗎？那……我真的甚麼願望也可以提出？」

「對。」

「那，我就希望有一雙眼，能夠看透每一隻股票升跌時間。」

「沒有問題，那對眼睛已經給您了。」

夢醒了，一笑置之。 第二天，回到戰場上，我看著升得頗急的「森力鋼鐵」，心想「它還可以升多少天」呢，突然間，有個發光的「3」字浮在「森力鋼鐵」之上。三天後，它真的插式回落了。原來，這份生日禮物是…… 真的。

我善用這雙上天賜給我的「眼睛」，在股票市場嬴了很多場勝仗。不過，我已經有很多天沒有見過家人和女朋友了。 今天回家，一推開門，就向著自己的房間走去，隱約的聽 ! 見媽媽說：「明天是爸爸生日，你可以回來吃飯嗎？」不過，爸爸立即搶著說：「不用回來，你忙你的工作吧！」

我放下了工作包，就走到客廳跟爸爸說：「如果可以的話我會……… 」突然，我看見爸爸的頭頂出現了一個發光的數字……「35」。我立即給嚇呆了。之後，我慢慢回到房間， 35天後，爸爸會……

爸 爸生日那天，我盡能力完成手頭上的工作，回到家，爸爸已經睡了。我在房間像小朋友的哭起來。三天後，我請了假期跟父母飲早茶，看見爸爸的發光的數字是 「34」……原來，這是我還可以見他的次數。慢慢地，我也看見媽媽的頭上浮現了「45」這個數字。原來，看著自己跟家人的相處日子在無情的倒數，心，是很 痛，很痛的。

星 期天，被我冷落了的女朋友終於來電，想見一見我 。我們就相約在又一城的COVA見面，因為我記得，她很想到COVA吃甜品，但我一直未有時間陪她。我到了好一陣子，她還沒有出現……半小時後，我看見站 在大門口的她……頭上面出現了「1」字，我……還看見她身邊多了一個「他」。這次之後，我們真的再也沒有見面。

一個星期後，我辭掉了工作，盡量陪伴在家人的左右 ，用儲下來的積蓄跟他們去旅行，直至爸爸患了重病 …… 直至爸爸頭上終於出現「單位」數字。最後陪伴爸爸的幾天，我盡量逃避正面面對他，最多也只是低下頭跟爸爸說話，因為我不希望看見「3」、「2」、「1」。

在 隱約看見爸爸的「1」字那刻，我離開了病房，走到街上。在途中我一直淚流滿面，眼前的東西都已經看得不清不楚。在醫院大門外，我看見媽媽，抹乾眼淚後，她 的頭上竟然出現「1」字……媽媽 …… 我轉身看著身邊的途人，全部都在頭頂掛著發光的「1」……我呆呆地退後一步，就看著馬路上的巴士撞向自己，來不及反應，我已經眼前一黑。

很光…… 很光……原來，已經天亮了 ……原來我還在度假屋的露台上。多謝他的「生日禮物」，我想，我大概知道餘下的路應該怎樣行。我們 ……是不是要看見「倒數」，才會懂得珍惜可以親眼看見他 / 她的「這一次」。

朋友：就由今天起，每次與父母、親人、伴侶、朋友見面，就請珍重珍惜。要學懂世事無常。</sup>

it's cherry time~

yeah~ the fruity season has arrieved in ukraine
now we can see various of fruits selling on the street
cherry,strawberry, pear etc(some i don't even know how to name it, but it's eatable)

i bought half kg of cherry last day for just 5 grn(about RM3.50), isn't it cheap?
yeah, and i think the price will go down some more throughout the summer

here are have some pic of the cherry i bought

when BIG meet small, size does matter

twin sharing the same umbilicus ..or placenta?haha

this one looked weird... what's the thingy on that?

those left over after i ate some, yummy~~

TRAGEDY!!

i heard a shocking BIG news today afternoon..(it's among CSMU malaysian students)
there is a young indian man(of course malaysian indian) missing since last week

his poster is every where in the U, hostel etc in variety of languages
many efforts been thrown out in order to search for this poor guy
it's dishearten when time pass by but still no news about him
we held a protest to local authorities two days ago for non-efficient and ignorance attitude toward malaysian problem(i was not in there coz it was middle of my exam) that's the sad thing when u r abroad in a foreign country.

after the protest, i think some actions were taken
and here come the tragic news this afternoon after i finish my dancing practice
"HIS BODY IS FOUND IN EVPATORIA, at the seaside" was what i heard from my friend i met on the way back to hostel.(evpatoria is a small tourist town about 2 hour away from simferopol, the city we lived in ukraine)

"OMG" was my 1st respond..
i never though he will end in that way, i thought he might be just going somewhere.... to clear his mind maybe,
i and he doesn't know each other, although i seen his face for few times(as i remember)
i don't remember his name, even until now
we never spoke to each other though
yet..this news really make me feel sad
i don't really know the story behind all this, but nothing will change anymore
the fact is he already gone...............
may he rest in peace~~autopsy been done on him and the cause of death will be announce by tmr, hope no covering by the authorities on his cause of death.

good and bad news

yeah~~
the good news is, i finish all my exams successfully
but..there is a bad news

my returning flight should be on 18th Jun
but it is delayed to 20th Jun...so sad
why? no enough airplane was the reason given
one week only one flight from Kiev to Shanghai
what to do? i need to transit at Shanghai

extra two more days in this foreign country
another 16 days to stay here..should find something to do
study?..nah~i just finish exam
go have some fun,a trip?..need to find some money 1st
better just stay in room, watch movies, play games etc
this the usual way i spent my spare time =)