Langkawi Island

A number of people have been asking for photos from Langkawi. Truth to be told, we have not even send the films to be developed yet! Wanted to do so today but our local photo shops were closed.

Since I now know how to put the pics taken from my PDA on-line, I thought I just put some here until we get the 'real' ones!

Pulau Dayang Bunting (Pregnant Maiden Island)
One of the islands that we went to during island-hopping. There's a lake in the middle of the island (which reminds me of Lake District). The myth says if you drink from the lake, you'll be able to conceive .. if conceiving is a problem that is!


Pulau Beras Basah(Wet Rice Island)
A small island but with superb white sand beach



Sunset at Burau Bay
A priceless experience... just surreal!




Sunrise at Awana Porto Malai
Just beautiful... without even having to leave the room!




View from the room during the day

Cuti-cuti Malaysia (part II)

Thanks to azid, I have finally figured out how to convert pictures from my CLIE into jpeg forms. So, here are some of the photos that I took during Nada's visit.
p/s For better viewing, check out community.webshots.com/user/ryzah


National Mosque


Sultan Abdul Samad Building
A view from Merdeka Square



Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Building



KL Twin Tower
A view from afar


Melaka Sultanate Palace
A replica!



Cheng Hoon Teng Temple in Melaka
The oldest chinese temple in the country


Waterfall at FRIM
FRIM: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia

Lost comments

Sigh... I've lost my comment section 3 times now. So I've decided to finally change the provider from Blogspeak to Haloscan.

Hope this will be better.

Birthday wishes

I'm 28 today... 2 more years to the big 30.. what a scary thought!

I don't normally bothered about age and birthdays apart from enjoying the outings and gifts ( I just like to be at the centre of attention you know!) But so many things happened in the last few months that made me start thinking of my own life. I'm more aware now how life can be so fragile and vulnerable...one day you might be sipping coffee at a trendy cafe yet the next day, you might be attending your own funeral. One day you might be driving a mercedes but probably struggling to even afford a decent meal in the next week.

Flashing back, I couldn't decide whether I was better off in the last year comparing to the year before or not. On one hand, I've got a new job in my own country, closer to my family, as well as fortunate enough to have new friends that I can already call bestfriends. On the other, I'm still missing the country where I've grown up the most (emotionally that is)... where I learnt the meaning of independence, self-belief, true friendships and yes,back-stabbing and heartbreaks too. A country that have seen my lowest and highest points in life so far. In the last year too I've lost a number of people that were once closed to me.. Not an easy thing to take in considering that the last death I've encountered was in 1979 when my granddad passed away ( I was only 3!).

Anyway, I just realised that when people asked what I wanted for this birthday I didn't once give a definite answer. I guess for this year, my birthday wishes are...

to have the best of health
to lead a peaceful life with the person I love

May sound corny, but hey, it's my birthday!

Happy New Year

Hope it's not too late to wish all of you a happy new year. Hope 2004 will bring us happiness, success and the best of health.

Sorry for not updating this blog for quite some time as well as for the delays in replying your emails. I promise all will be back in order soon...

Welcome 2004!

Cuti-cuti Malaysia

I know I've promised to put on some photos from Nada's visit but I still haven't figure out how to convert the photos from my PhotoGear Studio to uploadable forms... Well, I've said before that I'm no computer whiz haven't I?

Nevertheless, I just want to share one thing from my tour-guiding experience: Batu Cave stinks! It was such a hard work to walk up the stairs with my limping leg but I thought it would be worth it once I got up to the top. But hey, it was nothing like I imagined at all. There were rubbish everywhere and the smell was just unbearable. The stairs were slippery (and hazardous!) and the worst thing was people actually feeds the monkeys there and then just throw the garbage on-site!How disgusting!


The question is, who is actually responsible for its well-being? Batu Cave is a unique tourist attraction with thousands of visitors each year especially when it is so near to the city centre. Thus, it is really sad to see its poor maintenance. Strange isn't?

Happy Birthday love!

Have been busy with tour-guiding and limpin' (still!) but just pop in to wish Azid Happy 27th Birthday!



I'll put up some photos from Nada's visit soon. Meanwhile, good luck to her on her lone visit to Cameron Highland and Penang before jetting off to Bangkok. (Sorry mate, wished I could be there with you!)

Anyway, I've booked a holiday to Langkawi for the new year.

Nada: if you read this before the date, do join us if you can ok!

The 'turnaround' man

Fair to say that he is not in my 'favourite uncle' list. When I was a kid, he was one that I feared most ..and presumably most of my cousins felt the same way too. I can still remember once he scolded me (for no apparent reason?) and I cried for a long time... Well, I was just 3 at that time anyway. He has got this permanent fierce-look which doesn't go well with small kids (or just any kids, fullstop.)... But I guess it is an advantage when you have 20-odd kids in a house during raya time. Somebody need to be the bad guy right?

But I do know that he is actually a kind-hearted man. An honest and hard-working one too. He has done a good job turning around Koperasi Polis and Oriental bank. So, good luck to him for his next task... MBSB.

For full story, read this week's The edge cover story:

Rising through the ranks and Back to basics for MBSB

Gimme CLIE PEG-NX80V/G ..and got it :)

I just feel like showing off today. I bought this PDA of mine about a month ago. But not until yesterday that I really got the chance to play with it or actually read the manuals for that matter. You see, this is one advantage of not being able to walk around...you get the chance to be a PDA/notebook geek for a couple of days atleast!

Now.. I finally managed to figure out how to export and import photos as well as downloading MP3s onto my PDA. I've also managed to install sony sonicstage on my notebook... it is so much better than my winamp!I know I'm probably excited over nothing but I'm not well-versed in high-tech stuff, you see. So, to be able to to all these are big achievements for me. hehe...

I actually bought the PDA for work purposes. It is frustrating not to be able to get sufficient medical info when you're answering queries during on-call or to be fighting for PCs at work just to search Micromedex. Now I have Micromedex and other useful protocols and guidelines in my pocket! Cool eh?

I'm off work...again!

I spent almost 2 hours (and RM200 of Azid's!) at Ampang Puteri Hospital yesterday. It all began on saturday morning when I fell while playing basketball...the first ever session since puasa/raya break. I thought I just sprained my ankle like I commonly do but the pain got worst yesterday that I had to asked Azid to take me to the hospital. The A+E MO thought I have broken my foot but when the orthopedic specialist came and saw the x-ray, he told me that I have got an extra bone in my foot and that I've twisted that bone. Me ...with extra bone?! The ever-so-kind doctor said that I'm born with it and my other foot has got it too. You see, some people are born with 6 fingers ... I just have extra bones in my feet.. hehe... It is actually funny if it ain't so painful! The plus side is, now I know I'm not adopted or anything because 2 of my younger sisters got them too!

Anyway, the doc said that it will take 3-6 weeks for the pain to heal. That means I can't play basketball or badminton for that period! That is so long! What am I gonna do until then? The doc also said that if the pain doesn't go away, he might need to remove the extra bone surgically. Emmm... just got me thinking...why wait?

Condolences

I would like to offer my condolence to Acu (my youngest uncle) and family for the death of his mother in-law, Umi on the 22nd of November 2003 (3 days before raya). Al- fatihah.

To lose his mum and mum-in-law in a short gap must be devastating.
Be strong Acu...