First Day as a Barista and Training Programe in Cameron...

It's been so many days i didn't put upload my blog !!! know what? cause my training date had been suddenly changed to 14th of April, so without spending much of the time, in the next day after I've done my first closing and i leave Ipoh on the next day. I didn't brought my laptop for the training, so i couldn't update my blog in Cameron sadly... But well, after I've finish up the Starbucks training, I get to learnt a lot of things and get to know a lot of Partners.

I still remember for the first day i being in Ipoh Starbucks, i was late @_@ !! cause i never expected that IPOH had Jamming in the morning -__- due to everyone were going to work as well... actually not late but just i reach there on time... the exactly time. Being a barista especially the one to do Opening cannot be reach on time or late ... but the first day i reach there on 8.30am... which the Shift Manager there " Shazry " told me that i reach there on time ... and asked me not to do it again. After that, i get to know " Sook Kuan " according to the information from other partners She's the most senior barista in ipoh branch Starbucks, also she's an Ex-Supervisor here, i was lucky because she's the first partner who thaught me everything about Opening. There's quite a lot of thing I have to remember for opening, from the Bar station to outside of the shop till the BOH " Back of house " a place where we put foods and stocks, all of it is actually have to done by 1 Opening Parter only him/herself...

After set up everything for Opening, then started my work... due to I'm the new partner there and this my first job... so i didn't know anything about Customer Service or the F & B, so I've to learn all these thing from today. I've to memorize the Foods' name in the Pastry Case and also the drinks' name on the menu Board. For the first day i worked at here.. i gave myself 80% out of 100% .... why 80%? haha... cause the first day I've made some mistake, i reach the store not in a proper time and i burn a " Croissant " !! haha....well it just the wrong step i heat up the croissant, so i burn the croissant into a Dark Ash, LOL.... but lucky that i didn't get scold from either sook kuan or Shazry ... but they helped to figure out my problem and teach me again, which i felt they are friendly and willing to teach me ...

So that was my first day experience in Starbucks, after that i get to know all the partners in Ipoh Strabucks, " Carene - my store manager , Siti - the second person who do opening with me, Suba - a funny indian girl, Firhad - Malay + Chinese Mix, Khevin - The one who always do Clossing, Thilaga - The second Shift Supervisor, GOH - one who taught me for clossing and Nomi - she is Siti's cousin ". Total of 10 partnes in Ipoh which i get to know them on last week.


On Sunday, I received a call from Thila, she told me that my Training have changed to 14th !! which means the next 2 days I've to go for training in Cameron, so i was busy for preparing on going there.... and 14th ~ 17th i were having my training on Cameron branch. Within 2 days of training over there, i get to know another gang of partners =D ... Kurma, Terranec, Ken, Rozen, Nick, Fara, Izwan, Boey and Sarika !! all of them were so so friendly to me, and happy to know all of them and a great experience in Cameron Branch =) although it just shortly of 2 days in Cameron but I'm real happy XD, Ken and Rozen were the 2 new Barista who had the class training together with me, we spent most of the time together in the class XD ... Kumar the Coffee Master, the one who gave lecture in the class, although i didn't saw his Black Apron, but he seems really pro on making coffee and he know a lot about coffee.




This (BTB) " Barista Training Book " all the barista has to complete it within 1 month... see how thick for this book !!! total of 18 Chapters !! more than 400 pages

we used 2 days in Cameron Training, from 10am ~ 6pm the class, to complete 4 chapters below.

-Creating Starbucks Experience
-Communicating About Coffee
-Art of Espresso
- Service at Starbucks

That's the 4 chapters I've completed so far... the rest of it have to complete that in own store within 1 month !! ... like assignment !! XD...






This BTB is not mine, my BTB still haven't get it yet.... maybe I'll get the latest version and not like this =) this 1 is temporally i borrowed from my partner Firhad for my training classes in Cameron use...

Member of the team - STARBUCKS

3th Apr - Today I've went to Starbucks to grab my uniform ... but i got things which not just a UNIFORM ... i got bunch of items like those I've captured on the pictures below =D... by next Monday will be start working ... morning shift =) and training will be on next week as well ^^ kind of happy when i received all these thing =D i can feel that I'm now a team member for Starbucks a " Barista " =D


Green Apron =D , Polo-T, Cap, few manuals, books =) also a name tag but i guess they forgot to give me =)




Coffee Passport is a mini notebook which inside got a lot of information about coffee from everywhere every country, I've did a little research about this, as a Barista in Starbucks, this book is use for record every coffee u have tasted, once u have complete tasted & recorded the taste of all the coffee, u would given a chance to take the Coffee Master Program and take the assessment to earn the "Black apron"!!

Whereas The Green Apron Book, It outlines the values, purpose, mission, and guiding principles of the Starbucks organization and also some interesting art pictures. For every Batista in Starbucks would have 1 of it ...




Inside of the " Coffee Passport " ...



Inside of the " Green Apron Book "...






Both of these book were the NEW PARTNER KIT, it contains all of the important employment related information that a new member needs to know. It also includes procedures that need to be followed by all the other partners, general information about pay and benefits sort of things =D.







Last but not least, Thx Starbucks once again for choosing me, I'll cheer up on working there !! although this is my first ever job XD !! here i come " STARBUCKS " !!!

Sosial Online Game ...

Recently been busy on doing my report ..gotta rush my report before i go for training... this afternoon been called to starbucks and asked about the hotel location for my training... but the store master Cerine told me that location been changed not KL anymore, now been switch to CAMERON HIGHLAND and the date postpone next week =s ...so i got to work on monday first .... next week ony training =) this friday gotta take my uniform ^^" so before i go for working.. hopefully i can finish up my report... so then i can work happily without worry on my report =)

Well, recently i also busy on playing some Sosial Online Game ... what is those " Sosial Online Game " ? ... is actually the game from facebook which allow u to play online with ur buddy ... u don' really need to play much ... just online for certain time and play for awhile ... then u can continue ur work =D ...its really good especially for me !!! XD cause even though im addicted on it .... but still they will run the game their own =) those are the game i played recently " PET SOCIETY, FARM TOWN & the latest game from playfish " RESTAURANT CITY " << got addicted XD...

RESTAURANT CITY :

Exterior of the game of " RESTAUANT CITY "






Interior ... so far still has no $$ to upgrade yet XD ...

FARM TOWN :

flower shape for the farm XD ....




Little Heart shape ... my first art piece on farm !! =D

PET SOCIETY :

well too many hacker on this game... and now been not really active edi =) but still i log in sometimes XD....





All these my favourite now !! XD will log in quite often for relax while doing my report and also keep in touch with my friend on Facebook !! its cool ~~ try it out ^_^ "

A New Day Has Come ...

Its been so many years i sticked my favourite " FINAL FANTASY " posters in my room... and now finally i've decided to take down all of it ... cause my life is no longer in Virtual anymore ... few years before i've been putting myself in Online Game for so many years ago .... played from day till night ... a fully " OTAKU lifestyle " been finally away from it =) ... I am back to reality now =) eveything i did and do for now ... no longer is a REALITY to me =) ... so is time to say good bye to the world of FANTASY =) although i know fantasy so much better than reality ... but still i should face the real world =D ... Bye Fantasy =).

Here I Come The Reality !!!









NOW YOU SEE !! NOW YOU DON'T !! =)







FACE THE REALITY NOW =)

I'm a " Barista " NOW !!! =D

For so many days i've been waiting their call and finally, this morning, while i was watching the drama " Triumph In The Skies " in epi 7, everyone of them in the drama was getting their job to be a Pilot. Suddenly, i received a call from starbucks .... and guess what ? ...." Congratulations Mr.Ivan, u've been selected as a Barista in Starbucks !! " i was like " YEAH " i made it ... they hire me as a Barista =D for that moment i'm quite happy with it !! cause i did it for the interview !!! .... so what happen for the next is ... i'll be sending to KL next month for 2 days for a Barista Training ... i'll learn and get the knowledge of how to blend coffee , brew coffee and all =D !! so i am so exiting now !! because im the choosen one !! THX =D can't wait to go for the training next month =) while in the training .... they provide hotel for us as well for 2 nights in Time Square Hotel =D .... so well i'll try to take some photograph over there to post up here in the training ^^

Well, sort of happy today =), cause i did my first interview in my life XD ....thx for everything, thx for all my friends who used to support me behind ~ thx =).

Thx Starbucks for giving me the chance for this job =D.

STARBUCKS BARISTA !! I'M COMING !!! XD...

Interview.....

Was looking for a job these day, job which relate with my dream career =) so after discussing with my friends..... i decided to choose the following cafe =). Enjoy reading =)






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http://da-journey.blogspot.com/2008/04/indulgence-restaurant-and-living.html

3th of March

- went to Starbucks and Indulgence to looked for vancancy .

So the first place i went was Indulgence, a cafe which in a banglow, there's a rumor about this cafe too, they said this is " The Most Expansive Cafe In Ipoh ", but it doesn't really influence me for working here... still i think i can gain alot of experince here other than the others cafe restaurant. when i reached there it was around 10am in the morning, i saw a lemon yellow " Porsche " was parking there, but something im curious that there's no other car was around, i wondering was it they closed today? afer that i saw a lady out there near the etrance, for that moment i guessed she must be a staff there, so i walked nearer to the lady with a short hair and a wound scar on her chin, she shout far away from me, yelling that " Today were closed ", but i insisted myself walked infront of her greeted her with a sweet smiling, and asked her " Is there any vancancies here??" then she thought for a while and said " Yes " but our manager is not around for today maybe i can give you the form first and you fill up that and bring it tomorrow, for the moment i'm glad to heard that XD, so then i followed her and got into the cafe, the place was warm and silent with nobody else, i looked around there, it was such a gorgeous place, with a home design cafe, to be honest, i never visited to this place before, because i ever of heard of the expansive food and drinks here. After that, she gave me a piece of Application form and asked me to fill up with it and brought it for the next day, so after that... i'm leaving.


Then pass by perade, so thought of went to Starbucks asked for vacancy, so afer i parked my car, i went inside Starbucks, i saw 2 girls were there, then i asked for vacancy from them, after that an indian girl told me that our supervisor / manager was not around .... so then she passed me a paper of application to filled up with it =) ... after filled up ... she asked me something bout whether i can work on any shift or not and previous job and so, after answering her .... so then been ended up with it =). went home after and spend my day outside in infinity play a game with my friend kenny - " Left 4 dead ".


Overall for today... i thought i might be panic or something, but i didnt =) so gave myself 99/100 marks XD ....

4th of March

- Eearly in the morning .... went to indulgence again for the interview, same thing which was the lemon yellow "Porsche" was park outside on the same slot as yesterday.... i reached there at 9 oclock..... i met the lady again with short hair and scar on chin.... after that i asked her for the interview and manager, then she went into the kitchen and called the manager out for interview .... on that moment .... i was siting on the sofa in the cafe .... with a comfortable and warm feeling, looking around.... after few min sitting there, i saw the manager coming out from the kitchen .... a little stout and chubby face for the manager, so i greeted her morning and started out the interview ... she asked me about those common interview question, after that she explained to me about the salary and working hours there and telling me that this cafe business only for 4 days in a week, which means they were off during Sunday, Mon and Tues. So then she also asked bout my handphone number once again and some small talked with her, from here "felt that they will hired me" XD, still she said, will called me once they were ready. After that, i leave Indulgence =)









Then spent my afternoon time gaming with kenny again =D then night time went to watched movie " The Legend Of Chun Li " =s well that was not really a good movie for me.... not recommended anyone of you to watch it.... i was force to watch this movie, because my friend "Dann" already bought the ticket for this movie =s and before that was wondering why he bought this ticket ... i asked him .... know what he said ? reason was because the actress who role in Chun Li was " PRETTY " -____-" well ... though she's pretty but, overall i dont really know this movie was actullay an action movie or what =s totally a mess and lousy =( ... after that ends up with yum cha with them and went home.


*Actually today been hesitated which cafe i should choose if both are going to hire me =s .... for today, im still prefer the feeling on Indulgenc, mayb because of the enviroment there..... but still thinking bout it.

5th of March

- a promise to my grandpa, i hv to sent him to JPN for renewal of his Driving License .... well u never can guess that how old my grandpa ?? his actually 80 this year XD .... but still he can drive XD is that amazing ? XD yea quite so ...im proud though his very healthy till this age =) still can cycling to pasar malam haha .... well woke up early in the morning too and brought him to JPN, while on the way to JPN ~~ i received an unknown called .... so i answered the phone, and guessed what ? it was from Starbucks ..... they called me because they would like to have second interview with me @@ .... this time the interview will faced on to another person maybe the supervisor or manager i guessed ... he told me that want to meet me this morning, but unfortunately i'm busy cause i've task on my grandpa... so i will visit them tomorrow, so then after i hang up the phone .... continue driving my grandpa to JPN.

6th of March (Today)

- woke up early in the morning again for the Starbucks interview, before i went to the interview, i checked on the internet about starbucks, cause i dont know what i am actually applied that day =s i thought that was not in vacancy though =s but yesterday been asked for second interview ? i was curious .... so then i did some research on Starbucks this morning before i went to the interview, so...from what i checked out on the internet was @_@ .... i found out that they were now in vacancies for " Barista " i wondering what is barista ... though in the application form .... i applied as a waiter / cashier passed few days ago, on that time was thinking what job im actullay applied for ? the place has no waiter, is all on self-service, only there's people on the counter for payment, that's why i wrote cashier too =s ..... untill this morning i only found out that .... the job in starbucks they not called " waiter / cashier " but a " Barista " known as a Coffee Maker @_@ so then i only realize that i was actually applpying for the job of " Barista " kind of unbelievable !!!......

So after i knew that im going to take this job as a " Barista " i was actually so damn excited with it XD .... when i reached Perade Starbucks ... i saw a malay guy who smoked outside the staircase... with uniform of Starbucks... i was wondering is that the staffs there? nevertheless, after i've parked my car.... i walked inside Starbucks and i saw another malay guy which looks familiar to me, and suddenly reminded me his my schoolmate of mine during secondary, guessed he counldn't remember me. He greeted me a warm welcome, then i told him that i came for interview ..... after that ... he called the guy outside the staircase " sha... sha .... " name of the guy, then the guy outside coming in and he asked me to sit down and wait... then he asked me whether i need a coffee or not... but i said i dont need that .... but still he gave me a cup of coffee and he told me that... interview might going long @@ i was wondering " WHAT " ? long ? how long it should be ? that time i was still blur wondering interview which took long period of time?? so then i just forget about it .... i drank my coffee there and enjoy myself as like a guess sitting there XD .... after while, a guy came out from the kithen, that guy was just now that one who smoke outside the staircase @@ oh my.... his the store master / supervisor there... and his going to interview me today @@.... so he said he will gonna asked me a few question ~~ i thought only a FEW !? but know that was more than 30 questions =_=" ... been gone through the whole interview for approximately for 1 hour !!! not just the question but everything -___- welll to be honest... this was my first ever interview as well =s .... never thought of taking so long though ... no wonder they gave me a cup of coffee =s ... actually its more like a conversation than an interview for what i felt , but well ... everything is going fine .... and i did answered them very well with a good performance today XD so i gave myself 90/100 marks =s .... 10 marks cause of didnt prepare and i miss out something .... =s .... overall it went through pretty well =D and im quite satisfy with it.... i guessed either the same to Shaki =) the store master =) .... well he did told me that .... to work as a barista here ... will be sending to KL time square for training for 2 days then only start to work .... and the work here were on shift just like job as steward ? XD .... After finish up the interview.... i did shake my hand with Shaki .... and he said will pass up my interview result to manager and maybe would have the third interview with the manager only they will decide whether they hire me as a " Barista " or not =) ...

After the interview today .... im happy with what i hv done.... yet satisfied with my performance =D ...... and now wishing to get the job in Starbuck more than Indulgence for just a Waiter XD ..... i think Barista would learn more than a waiter =) so hope that i can get the job.

My Days ....

Today early in the morning, I was awoke by a call from insurance company =s damn annoying -_____- plus when i picked up the phone .... she speaked to me " can i speak to " Mr.Wong please " then Hi, I'm XXXXX from Insurance ... then bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla , my mind was empty/BLUR cause i was awoke by her, *yet dont really heard what she said* , without thinking, although been tot of asked her to repeat that ... but ends up with.. i said .... can u called my father =s cause his the one who paid insurance for me .....then i hang up the phone and continue to sleep XD .... but its 10am though so just wake up and online for blogging here, cause been so long didnt post up anything so today gonna write eveyrthing bout my days =) ...

19th -- night time were went to a " Guan Yin Temple " with my dear mommy near the TM company or its beside the Kinta river / opposite River Front the most recent IPOH river side cafe... i went there with my mom because today is " 观音开库日 " in english my guess =s maybe = " Guan Yin Treasury Opens day " which means today guan yin templer will open for peoples to so called "借库" and "还库" .... borrow debt or refund the debt from guan yin ... if you been borrow debt last year from guan yin, so today you have to refund the debt... otherwise bad fotune will goes to you " for what i heard from my mom " So that day when i reached there around 11.30pm ... there were full of peoples queue up there waiting to enter the temple for this ritual ceremony. Because the temple was small yet i saw inside there were full of peoples, so each time 10 peoples out from temple they will only allowed another 10 peoples to enter again ... it still early for that time ... so just queue up for a few min then can enter to the temple already.... some of them which were LATE @_@ i saw a long queueing outside "排场龙" ...

so here's the some photo which i took that day ....


u can see there's 2 pack of incense paper, some in coin form and joss-stick sort of thing in the pict, those thing my mom used it for "借库" and "还库" that day and she did brought a big bottle of lamp oil to donated to the this temple, pray that family could healthy + wealthy after =D.

After being there for approximately 45min i think, then finally prayer been done, after took my mom's home .... i have another mission .... after 12am ... which means 20th my dear friends they back from KL by train oo around 12.30am ++ will reach... so as a friend here..... after i dropped off my mom ....then headed back to the train station to take all of them =) ...

But something interesting when i reached the train station was .... i met a Luxury Train parked in the train station @_@ .... i cant believe my eyes XD .... its parked opposite lane, so i immediately rushed over there and took some photos !!



the real train is much gorgeous than those i took on the photos =) i did some research about this train too .... and guess what, it was the first ever train to transport passengers directly from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok for the history. Whichever journey passengers decide to take, they are assured of the highest quality food and service while enjoying dramatic views across the South East Asian landscape. =s sounds cool ...but the price / fares, if u checked on the website i given below u must be more SHOCKED for it XD anyway i felt lucky cause i got near to this Gorgeous train, although i cant enter to the train .... just from the Exterior its enough for everything !!! ><

here's the link about the history of this train as well as the FARES !!!-_-

http://www.orient-express.com/web/eoe/eoe_a2a_home.jsp

21th -- went to a restaurant / cafe with my "Dearest" =) called " Beacon Point " located behind of "新东区食物中心" the food / service / scene quite nice ... the most importand is .... if u dine with someone u love... it could be sweet every where rite ? XD ....

photo which i took in this cafe... * Beacon Point *


Just the " soup of heart " is sweet enough to share with ur love one =) ...



22th -- done on editing a photo of myself which i took in the morning for my new hairstyle which i made =) ... gotta put on Facebook to show everyone =D .... but here i'll show the Before and after version =) the improvement of my photoshop skill XD .... i love this photo very much much like a COMIC version of myself XD and i like blue eyes =) ....

Here there's


Nice ? =D ...


Ok finish out my blog =) 9 hours to go .... will take YOYO bus to KLIA with my friend Steven =) farewell to him which he will be going to England =) ... well, got to mention here that we'll gonna gave him a suprise for him in KLIA =D so if i've take any photo out there ...i'll blog up here =) so see ya =)




Wishing you all the best + take care + Bon Voyage =) may our friendship last forever.

Good Luck

13th of Feb - Movie of the day with my friends

" The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " - story about Benjamin button "Brad pitt" who is born to this world with unusual circumstances. Borned eighties and ages backwards. Which means he born as a eighties BABY !! " An Old Baby " looks like a monster for everyone @_@ ..... and when he died, he turns back to a just born BABY .... so that's part of the inresting story ....

Whole story was about Benjamin Button the grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Overall for this movie, u can find that's funny, romantic, intresting and sadness =) it last for about 3 hours +++ in cinema XD .... though is quite long .... but yea it was an intresting movie for me XD.

Episod 2 " KL Trip " & " A FRIEND'S Value "

Wuahaha, few days ago been went to KL again =D .....second time on going there in this month .... although being scolded by my family, but still i insist on going there cause why ??? my friend ?? lol .... not really my friend only =) well because of " JOGOYA " lor XD located in STAR HILL GALLERY, Relish floor, it consider a Buffet restaurant with unlimited food , drink , wine and also the Haagen-Dazs ICE CREAME !!.... well i'm such an ULU guy never been there before. As my friend who's in KL ... they have been there few times before and everytime they back to IPOH surely they will talked about this restaurnt " JOGOYA " .... so the curious of myself, wishing to go there long time ago... and finally, this time they organize on going there, therefore i must take this chance to go there NO MATTER HOW !! XD

This is a 2 days 1 night trip just, i went there on 6th in the morning and try not to eat so much because of the night JOGOYA dinner XD even afternoon i ate only 2 breads for my lunch after that we have some window shopping in Time Square, Pavillion as well in Star hill to wait for the time to get our dinner XD ...

when it was 6pm we wait for everyone seated on the white Sofa infront of JOGOYA, due to some of them been went to LOT 10, so we just wait all together to get in... when they have reach there, after making the payment then we started to go into JOGOYA !!! a warm WELCOME from the staffs there, then they took us to our seat where we have reserved ....so then we turn ourself become a " HUNGRY GHOST " looked for the food around , took the plate and start taking our food all around XD ...


Tasty Craby saying HELLO to us ' eat me eat me " XD ....








Hungry Ghost " Summer " taking the Crabs XD...






Hungry Ghost " Mandy " Looking for food XD ....






Hungry Ghost " Penny " eating King's Fried Rice @_@ ...






Hungry Ghost of " Myself " eating Oyster !!






Because of it was still in Chinese New Year, so the restaurant gave a free " Yu Sang " for us.






Yummy Oyster =D ....






Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream !! the one in RED = Resberry flavor =s seems HORRIBLE for me like bloody =s ....






Part of the Sweety Deserts, There have more !!!






Me and Girls of the night =)






Group Photo of the night =D .... everyone going to be FAT after this dinner hohoho XD....






Me and a random trees outside of Star Hill Gallery =D ....





After hving our dinner, i follow my friend's car to Niu Ze Sui in Ara Damasara, went there for a strolled since i never visit there before .... we als enter to the Festive Fun-tasy also known as "卡通彩燈世界" where there's alot of Disney Cartoon inside in Lattern form....





Mickey and his friends =D ...







Winnie The Pooh and his friends....




Me with Mickey and Minnie =) Gong Xi Fa Chai .... =D



Well, There are more pictures but unfortunately canot show up all here XD overall for this trip was AMAZING =D ... thx you guys once again =D


When the next day we went to the a new fast food in KL called Wendy's =) a fast food restaurant ... the foods there quite nice... bout the size ... normally if u ordered LARGE size in McD ... it will be deffinately the biggest size for fast food in Msia ... but in Wendy's ... if u ordered a their set in LARGE ... u may be suprise for it ...cause their size is follow the size of the western country ... so is totally a huge huge size @_@ ... for the medium size its just the same size as the McD LARGE size ... so can u imagine that =D ...


After having brunch in wendy's we decided to go back to IPOH ... some of them remainin KL for study ... but kenny following us back to IPOH. And know what ? this time we're taking another transport the KTM back to Ipoh, it considered my first time on this transport ler .... it took us more than 3 hours to reach IPOH ... although it was a long journey ... but the good thing is ... its much comfortable than BUS cause not much shaky and u could go toilet anytime u wish to =) even they have TV too . it devided into few classes also for the train, for us we took the Superior Class back to IPOH ... cause Steven my friend told me that the Economic class' chairs is not so comfortable compare with this .... so we bought the 8pm ticket and we back to IPOH ...



Photo of us inside the train =)....



Interior of the train ... the crew of the train .. they checked tcket and left side there with a plasma TV !! =D ....



A westerner who SLEPT behind of the seat of my friend @_@ i wondering why .... was the place much comfortable than sitting / Sleepig on a CHAIR @_@ ? WERIDO !!....





10th - Today, when i woke up, i felt that i am unhappy and also annoyed... due to recently, many of my friends been walked away from me .... i never heard from them for so long yet, even i asked them out for tea or so but they just rejected me.... i was wondering why ?? am i did something wrong to them? because of this problem, it drived me to become CRAZY soon ... that's why ... i'm really tired on all these thing ....

After having some talked with my granny this afternoon, then i only realize that the value of " FRIEND " meant to me ...... friend can be ALOT of them .... but a CLOSE FRIEND / TRUE FRIEND ..... we dont need much of it .... just a few of them can do ..... so as from now .... i should know how to devide my friend, and telling myself, i'll not care about the rest of my friend anymore who dont really wish to see / meet / talk to me ..... cause whenever i think of the " SICKED OF YOU ALL " i may become real CRAZY soon !! so is time to say good bye " FRIEND " is for my own good sorry =) .... and yeah .... feeling better now after talked with my granny XD ... thx for my granny and love her so much, teach me such a good lesson today =)

" A friend can always be a liar, but your family wont, the best and the truely one always your family " agree? friend ? =) ...

Chinese New Year =)

Today consider as the end of the holiday for everyone who's back for Chinese New Year celebration, everyone been going back to their place for work few days ago ... and finally IPOH has back to normal again .... no more crowded and no more jamming XD .... but i think still there have peoples here, cause tonight there will have a ritual celebration called "拜天公" so tonight gonna go to my friend's house for this ritual celebration. Besides, in the afternoon i got some video from my friend " Hansen " which he made my day... this 2 video below XD .... its an really really INTRESTING video which i wachted for the day XD so gotta show up here for sharing XD... i felt that im bad after i've watched it cause i laughed =x .... but well ..... i don't know what kind of impression i should gave him ... so now your turn to tell me about the feeling of you guys after u watch it XD ... comment please XD i know u should think that's INTRESTING too XD its about a Korean fellar who sang the song of Mariah Carey =) he has the GUTS !!! i'm proud of him =)


Another version of " touch my body " - Tuts My Barreh " ..... XD



" We Belong Together " take note on 2:40 - 3.17 for this video XD.....



For my Chinese New Year this year was.... so damn boring in the morning till noon, but lucky that night still have some activities for me XD ..... just hang out for yum cha , clubbing and have some gathering with my friends which we didnt met each other for quite long and also "拜年" got quite a lot of angpau this year WUAKAKAKAK .....


A special day on "年初四" fourth day of CNY, my friend " Penny " she held a birthday party for that night, so i spent my time there and enjoyed on her party ....well i arrived there at 6pm and i was the earliers 1 to arrived there cause i promise her to be a SLAVE for her XD... other peoples reach there was around 8 something. It was a very special party .... cause .... her party have 3 different style for us to cook for our food ... normally either BBQ or STEAMBOT or BUFFET .... but ..... she have all even a special " TANPANYAKI " so XD that was a cool party i can said XD ... yet ... we're very enjoyed for the night =) at the end of the party .... we have gambling too...but i didnt played , i just seat on aside and looked XD quite enjoyed too cause i can feel the night for the Chinese New Year here , rather than stay at home growing mushroom + webby XD ....



On "年初六" sixth day of CNY, a meeting for my secondary school friends' and some of them which back from Singapore, they dated me at 12pm, that day i got a called early in the morning around 10am from them, last night i slept at 3am but then after the called, they asked me to take them earlier due to the first time of being there ... so they might know i will take some time looking for thir house in " TASEK " !! but worst thing was aa.... some of my friends who lived near my house still not waking up yet !! since they asked me to got there earlier =s ..... so i decided to go TASEK first to take both of them , then only i back to take the rest of them which they live near my house, " actually is a huge distance from my house to her house, my house is somewhere around in PASIR PUTEH, but no choice -_- since its been so long i didnt met them, so i kept my promise to take them first " so started my journey from my house to Tasek at around 10.30am ...
and i reached Tasek was around 11.15am ++ and i started to looked around for their house =s ... and know what ? when i can succesfully to found out where their house was..... it was about 12pm guess =( .... so from here u know how long i take my time =s .... their house was located in TAMAN TEWAS MEWAH !! a place which was DEEP DEEP DEEP in , sight =_=" .... after i took them guess what ? i have to went back to PASIR PUTEH to take the rest of my friends =_= .... and we headed to IPOH PERADE for the meeting =s .... actually there's somebody in perade was waiting for us and he already there in morning around 11am !!! poor guy ... his been waiting for us since 11pm up till 1.30pm, when i fully loaded everyone of them only we headed to Ipoh Perade..... it was a LONG LONG JOURNEY !!!

So then we started on our meeting in Ipoh Perade "Food Court" its been so long ago i never been there before ... but now i've a chance @_@ ....we have a lunch there and chit-chat in the food court and taking some photograph there for about 2 hours period of time @_@ my first record on being in the food cour for 2 hours !!! =O THAT WAS AMAZING .... so then after the meeting we strolled in the Perade and thx for the Key Chain from Lai Ying which bought from there. So when we finish up strolling around in Perade.... we decided to visit another friend which she unabled to joined this meeting .... we went to her shop and visited her, on that time there was 6 peoples which they wanted to visit her but my car can only filled up max 5 peoples .... so 2 of them took a cab to her shop. We spent around 2 hours in her shop for the meeting + chit-chat.... after all =s .... when its over... is my tun again .... to take everyone of them back home @_@ so .... another journey / trip from PASIR PUTEH to TASEK again =_= .... and night time i have another tea meeting with another gang of my friends, without wasting my time ....i didnt went home and continue on my journey from TASEK, headed back to PASIR PUTEH to take 1 of my friend, then we went for our dinner in EVER FRESH. After the dinner, still i have to headed back to PASIR PUTEH ONCE AGAIN !! cause what ?? another friend of mine wanted to joined for the tea meeting too . WOW .. so .... why im writing down all these here, because it was a day of " DRIVER " for me .... actually for the last person i took, i was really mad + tired about it ... but for that day ... i really did my best cause i never showed up my temper yet i still can go trough the meeting HAPPILY !! if there's a chance u being a driver for whole day ..... do u willing to do so ?? and i did know that if my family know about it .... i can really die for it =) they must kill me harder , going here and there for whole day =( ..... but friend is used to be like that, so i would't care much bout it .... many of you may think im a fool for the whole day .... yes i am i admit that .... but as from my heart .... i just hope that, for what i did ..... as a friend of mine can really appreciate + treassure and understand me, why i willing to do things like that for you guys ....


Among all my friends ... there's peoples which walk away from me .... forget about me .. and yet i know there's also people who really treated me as their true + best friend appreciated me , i would like to THX for my friends who are still remember me and also friend who really treassured me =) THX and may our friendship can last forever =)


Twin Sister of my Classmate when secondary school =)
Left: Lai Ying & Me, Right : Lai Yun & Me



Today "年初八" day eight of CNY, i went to my friend's (Ah Chuan -a childhood friend) house which they have a ritual celebration for "拜天公" " Prayer for the " SKY GOD / GOD OF HEAVEN " its a Hokkien tradition for day of 8th day ( 11pm onwards which is zi3 shi2 子时 - which is consider as the 9th day) in the CNY they will have this prayer. Hence, they started their prayer at 11 and before that they will have a dinner / open house for their relative or friends, so i went there around 9pm with one of my friend Ah Fong, when i reached there... i greeted to his family for gong xi fa cai and i looked around for him my friend Chuan then we seat on the swing which we used to seat on it when we were in childhood .... Chuan is my childhood friend which we used to played together and we also a good partner in badminton training =) Its been 1 year we never met each other, so we spent our time for chit-chat and ate on the swing... after while chuan's friend also arrived on his house and he introduced them for me which was Alex, Hoe, Loon and also 2 girls which they are sibling.... they were their National Service mate, which they knew each other in NS.... well im the one who attended for NS too, but im not in the same Camp with em, so we have conversation about those days in NS talked about the story in NS and we also play some card game together with some alchoholic drink for penalty for loser, so that was quite happy.


In late night, 11pm we started our prayer for the SKY GOD, i took 3 joss-stick and turn around face on to the sky and pray. After the prayer actually they will have to burn the so called incense paper which offering to SKY-GOD, but then a heavy rain poured down on that time =s so they delayed this burning part until the rain finish. On that time i was going back to home, because Fong he want to back home, as im the follower of his car ... so i have to go home, but for me cause of the ceremony still hasn't end, so i drove my car back to his house to continue on the ceremony... So then after i went home i changed my cloth and back to his house again. When i reached his house after a few min of chit-chat with him .... the rain had finally stopped and then we continue for the burning incense paper, i was assisted around for puting all the papers together then we started to burned the incense paper. After that, they brought out some fire crackers and launched it, so then its the end for the ceremony. Next they took the complete Roasted Pork "烧肉" and chopped it in to pieces and served all the peoples there... it was dangerous ...cause the one who chopped the roasted pork was in DRUNK @_@ ..... so everyone of us was afraid that he might chopped on his on hand -__- ...he was like a man who in performing the " Drunk Martial Art " 醉拳 !!! every chopped he made, everyone of us were shocked on him =_= but he insisted for it eventhough they asked him to stopped -_- Stuborn .... but lucky that he did a very nice chopped that he dindt hurt himself ....


So after the ritual celebration ended up..... i chated with chuan asked about his family, his study, realationship sort of thing and ended up at around 3am .... and i went home and slept =)

2009 KL Farewell + Shopping =) ....

Yea... finally im back from KL, been staying there for 5 days and 4 nights at my friend's house =) thx PENNY and MANDY provided me such a comfortable place this " little dog " to stay with XD .... and brought me to KLIA for Ashley's farewell , shopping and also EAT !!! within 5 days !! after i reached my home... first thing i did was headed to the weight meassurer to meassure out my weight !!! and know what ? i thougt i could go KL for keep-fit though .... but then !! i gained another 2 more KG now !! ARHHHH..... totally GOSH LIKE now =( guess in the coming CNY ... i will gain another few KG again !! damn it =( ..... anyway ... that was an intresting trip for me =D .... thx for the trip and u guys once again. =)

So, where i've been in KL ?? actually all the while we were just SHOPPING .... early in the morning 10.30pm " consider late for me LOL " .... wake up and brushing up ... after that .... 12 noon only we start on our journey to shop and eat !! so .....we have only 2 meals everyday,... which is < breafast + Lunch = BRUCH > as well as DINNER of course...

For the first day was a little bit different ....cause we have a farewell for our dear friend ASHLEY therefore, we woke up at 7.30 in the morning .... and went for our breafast with another group of friend Billy and Kenny in a chinese restaurant called SEA VIEW restaurant in Paramount cause we were staying there.... so then we started our journey to KLIA after our braekfast ... it was EARLY for us though ...Ashley's flight was at 2 oclock .... but we went there around 10 i guessed... cause its our first time on going there by car.... so for an insurance... in case of we lost @_@ ... so we went there earlier and in the end still we reached on KLIA at about 11+++ after that .... we went for a strolled in the KLIA and wait for Ashley to come to the KLIA.... After Ash's family reach KLIA, we helped them carried the luggages to the registeration counter and noticed that some of their luggages was overweight @_@, that moment.... we took out the things on the lunggages which is overweight and put it on some other lugguge which is hang hang carry. Fortunately, the workers there helped us alot and treated us very well even though the luggage is 1 KG oveweight still they allowed the luggages in... if they really want the exact weight <23> KG ... maybe we cant make it though =x ..... lucky that 24 KG they still allowed that .....

after the lunggages check in sort of thing.... and finally we have a seat on the McD in the airport. On that time ... ash's friends were also arrived on the airport for the farewell @_@ and there's alot of peoples on a table .. i didnt count but i guess is more than 10 peoples there .... so we enjoyed the very last moment with ash, chat and also gave her a small gift, and i did gave her my favourit book < THE SECRET > from the first i knew this book... it changed me alot from the past till now ... and she's the one who introduced this book for me ... so i decided to gave her this book, its belongs to her actually XD ... without this book ... maybe im not < who i am > for today .... though is second hand ... from me ... but i keep it very well.... like a new book though XD ..... some of them may thought that im STINGY on giving out this < SECOND HAND > book .... as for me ... it meant alot to me ....i know that Ash u'll understand me rite ? =) ... So when its times up, it was the SAD moment... Ash cried out at last ..... and we said good bye and take care to each other and farwell after =).... So after the farewell, we decided to go TIME SQUARES .... for our lunch and also shopping of course =D ... but ... bad things happened to us ..... we have a SERIOUS JAMMING there =s stucked in the car for about 1 an half hour, all the parking entrance were closed .... but the luck still with us ... finally we got in to the car park .... and got our parking slot, but its already 4pm +++... so then we find something to eat after we get down from the car.... and finally we choosed Shabu-Shabu for our so called 4pm LUNCH =s ..... so here's some photos i taken there ^^



Kenny , Penny and Mandy =) as well as my Normal set of dish with some cute little Star and also the mandy and penny's soup for shabu-shabu, Tomyam flavor =)


So aaa now im not going to mention too much bout my daily journey, i'll just show some intresting place i went and i did on this trip XD.... we did went to alot of places for shopping like The Curve, One U, The Gardens, Time Suqares, Sungai Wang, Sunway Pyramid, Mid Valley and more =x ... forget also haha ... well ... there's one of my friend which she had a talent on BUILD UP a salad in PIZZA HUT @_@ why do i said BUILD UP take a look on this photo u may understand it hahaha ....
Actually this is not suprising me, cause its not the first time she built such a TALL SALAD though, the true name of the bowl of sald is called < Garden Salad > but everytime she's not making a GARDEN but a FOREST salad .... that's why ... LOL




I watched this movie too, thx Summer for the Free ticket from MY-FM, its a FIRST RUN in mid valley for that day... so i watched this in earliers of time and also there's alot of MY-FM DJ watched together behind of the seat though =D and this is a super FUNNY movie for Chinese New Year =D must watch it guys !!! =D




This is my first time to eat on this Bar.B.Q Plaza steambot restaurant... what is the different of this steambot restaurant is, when u grill the meat, the juicy sort of thing will go down to ur soup ... so for the same time u could also enjoy the tasty soup too !! the SAUCE which it let u to dip with the food that u stemed is GORGEOUS too !! so must try for those who never take this before =)...





Here we come !!! The Fireman Steambot !! lol the second time of Steambot for the trip.... though they said this STEAMBOT is cheaper and worth more than the BAR.B.Q Plaza ... so we went there for our dinner on the fourth day.... well honesty to tell u guys YES !!! everything here is PERFECT !! somemore got FIREMAN SHOW !! and also FREE DESERT and UNLIMITED ORDER !!! SERVICE HERE IS SUPER NICE also !! and the BOWL for grill and steam is sllightly wider and deeper than the BAR.B.Q plaza .... although the sauce here was not as tasty as the Bar.B.Q plaza... but overall ... i voted this !! plus they were doing CNY promotion now !! RM19.90 for unlimitedl, i felt that im super lucky for this time XD but of course have to THX for my buddies who brought me here =P !!! after Chinese New Year will rise back to RM 29.90 ooo .... but still it worth for the PRICE !!! and yea ... we did CRAZY on EATING for this night !! keep order !! and also the marvelous fireman show =) its a really nice restaurant located at JAYA ONE building.... opposite of UTAR < section 14 >




Yea !! KEN the FIREMAN who performced for the night.


Everyone of us were FULL .... and very enjoy for this dinner too =) look at the photos below XD .... we're enjoyed =)

Penny , Mandy , Summer and Me =)




Took the Brunch at Segafredo before we going back to IPOH in the Curve =)


So ya .... that's part of it where i've been for the trip =) after the brunch .... we leave KL at 5.30pm for the half an hour of jamming .... about 6pm ++ we finally out from the Sungai Buloh toll and back to IPOH ... after that have our dinner when we reach IPOH .... at Onn Kee sprout Chicken =D !!! treated by Mandy's parents .... they paid for us =s .... so thx ya Mandy =)...


At Last.... the trip ... i bought all this thing. 2 shirts and 2 pants and also a Spec for my Chinese New Year !! yeahh =) ... wishing everyone would have a prosperity + happy Chinese new year =).....











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On the other hand, I received a Bad news from my friend's Chee Meng, he told me that another friend of mine his parents had an accident and mom had pass away this noon and father still in operation...... this is a really sad news for me .....i would pray that for her mom hope that she could Rest In Peace ... and pray that for his father he would be fine after ..... God Blessed You my friend.....
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