I don't know this girl. But after reading her news, I feel extremely sad and sorry for her family, her boyfriend, her friends and everyone who knows her. From what I gathered, she's a bright and brilliant girl who's studying medicine in Sydney under ASEAN scholarship, and now having her summer break at home I guess. She was on her way to KL where her bf was waiting for her but a car crash on the highway killed her just like that.
Please post this on your blog now to help:
Chung Lern and Nian Ning’s families would like all families and friends of the victims, dead or alive, in the Slim River Bus Crash to come forward and join them in taking action against the bus company. Stand up to seek justice for these three innocent individuals, who were all so young and full of life.
If you have a blog, please call out to ANYONE who knows someone who survived or did not survive the crash to come forward to join the Lee family.
Make a huge difference, make a huge fuss.
For now, you may contact Lee Chung Lern at chunglern@gmail.com or preferably on his handphone at 012-6670368.
Nian Ning's blogs..
http://nianz.blogspot.com/
http://www.xanga.com/nianning
May you rest in peace.
look at the bags we're carrying and you'll know how much we've shopped for that day alone. told ya hong kong is a place for nothing else but shopping and just shopping.. but u have to pandai-pandai go during sales period lah. 
this photo marks the end of our stay in HK.
ruins of st. paul's.. 
which is one of the world heritage in macau. 
the portuguese-style stone road. fyi, this place is called largo do senado. 
the pastry is very very crispy and the egg part is soooo smooth it feels like jelly... its seriously good till the last bite. looking at the pic i still wana eat it now. 
after lunch, we practically spent the rest of our time at the newly opened venetian macau. again, its wayyy below my expectation after reading kennysia's blog. all the interior design is so fake even those who have not been to the real venice are hardly impressed. i think they really tried hard to save on their spending cost.
our 3rd day didn't just end so easily at disneyland.. before we call it a night, we decided to give ourselves a small treat and chill out at the most famous place in HK -- Lan Kwai Fong.
Lan Kwai Fong is a place like Bangsar or Sri Hartamas in KL.. The place only comes alive at night. It's basically a square with many bars and pubs lining up the streets, blasting with different genre of music.. 
before i went to HK, I was told by my mum that Lan Kwai Fong is the place where most of the local youngsters hang out at night or working people chill out after work.. but, what i saw was mostly foreigners standing in groups outside the bar with their drinks in hand, talking and laughing, while some tourists were busy taking photos, looking around and all instead.. hmm, wrong information from drama series. 
i'll skip this part. the train which took us from sunny bay station to disneyland is disney-themed! 
everything is so cute.. see the mickey-shaped handles and windows... these details have helped to create the playful atmosphere in the train. so the journey to disneyland itself is already exciting. the only regret is that it is quite short. the journey lasted less than five minutes.. 
before anything, we're already arriving at the disneyland train station. i wish it had lasted longer because you don't get to ride on a disney-themed train like that everyday. 
There's not much to do at the park for our age. The park is divided into four parts, Adventureland, Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and ... I can't remember all the names. There are a few rides to take but we didn't take any. I don't know why. 
Instead, we had fun meeting all the Disney characters.. The park wasn't too crowded that day, so we didn't have to queue for too long to take photos with these characters. Weather was cold and drizzling a bit now and then. 
Look at Donald's expression. Hahah, he's so funnyy. I feel like looking for an internship or a job at Disneyland after I grad. That will be so much fun...
And this stupid goofy is hiding himself behind us. 
Sometimes I think you can easily tell whether it's a guy or girl inside by observing their actions or movements. Mickey is so tame and quiet if compared to Donald and Goofy. So we made our own conclusion that inside Mickey is a girl while inside Donald and Goofy are guys.. 
Inside Mickey's house. I was being mistaken as the staff working there by more than five people. It was after the afternoon parade show, I was waiting for Snow White to take photos with her when I realized most of the people passing by were staring at me for a few secs. More than three came to me and asked me for directions and when I said I don't know, they gave me this look and said "ohh, you're not working here isit?" HAHA! And then there were a few kids who started to wave at me... CheaYin told me that they think i'm Mickey and suggested that I act like one. 
So I started posing in front of the camera CheaYin was holding and started smiling and waving back to kids who look at me... Hahaha! And they really waved back! And there was this chubby boy who saw me and asked me where is my mask.. muahahha.. He actually asked if it's ok to have my signature but I just smiled and walked away... Poor boy, he must be so dissapointed with the Mickey he met. 
it was quite fun acting like a Mickey. hahaha.. Thanks to my red coat and the mickey hairband..and the hands. lol. 
We definitely had a memorable time there=)
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After our breakfast, we hit on our way to 
it was so misty for the whole day. we couldn't get a clear view of the magnificent night view of HK. pretty unlucky becoz some say that HK night view is so spectacular you have to see it at least once before you die... but it doesn't really matter oso lah. we've seen it mah.. so, can die d.. 
the must-take photo for all tourists at 
Basically Mongkok is a very busy area with lots of people and passing cars.. something like Petaling Street. You can get all sorts of stuff there at a bargainable price. But becareful, if you don't have the intention to buy, don't start bargaining.. if not, people will 'diu lei' lorr. Again, they're not friendly.. I'm not comfortable with the crowd so we didn't stay there too long. 
for those who read kennysia, i think you will be familiar with the followings. 
he recommended this shop which sells mango pudding before on his blog. so we tried it out when we were there, of course with pretty high expectations after reading all his compliments for the shop. 
but it turned out to be more of a dissapointment. first, the price is not cheap. one bowl like that will cost you around 26HKD. (i can buy one spaghetti top from H&M already..) 
and.. i personally think you can get almost the similar, if not better, thing at Hayaki. seriously.. ^^ and with the same price, you can get to enjoy five to six bowls of mango ice rock at hayaki! Really, i think this 
I'd recommend this hostel to anyone who's planning to go to Hong Kong and looking for a good youth hostel. (do not expect any big room though, remember that HK is a small city with limited ground space)
The name of the hostel is Yes Inn. It's ideally located on the Hong Kong island at Fortress Hill, which is just two stations away from the Causeway Bay a.k.a Tong Lo Wan by the subway train (MTR), and the room rates are reasonable. Good for students like us who can't afford to pay for hotels.
Yea, like those you can see from drama series, i.e: detective investigation files. look at this guy, he cannot tahan d, wana act like 
Gosh.. the SALES! Almost all the shops are having winter sales up to 70% discount. You know, it's a sin to not buy at time like that. 
I got myself this red winter coat with 50% off from Esprit that first night itself. Intentionally left my black winter coat at home so that I have a reason to get a new coat there if the weather is cold.. hehe. That's the whole purpose of going to HK rite. 
Outside Times Square building at night.. 
We're going to Hong Kong TOMORROW morning !!!! I'm totally excited about it because this is the first time ever we're travelling to another country together. It will be a 5 days 4 nights trip.. 
250g of butter, 200g of sugar, 200g of bananas, 300g of flour, 5 eggs, a bit of salt, banana essence and baking powder, whipping cream or milk powder..
first, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and continue to cream till light and smooth. (tips from the book: butter and sugar has to be well-creamed before adding the eggs, and the eggs should be added in slowly to avoid curdling)
then, pour the mixture into a greased and lined loaf tin, something like that.
Bake at 180 degree celcius for 40 minutes. And... 
ta-daa! your cake is all ready to be served.
I'm too lazy to serve my cake nicely.. So this is the best decent photo I managed to take. ;P It tasted not bad at all, but there's still room for improvement..
This photo is taken outside the casino. It'd make the story more interesting if I say it's outside the walker hill hotel instead.. Back to the story. I uploaded this photo on my friendster account.. and out of boredom, i just captioned it as 'current bf.' 
and then.. THIS! strawberry cheese cake. 
brought the strawberries home all the way from korea.. first time decorated a cake. well, mum thinks its a lil ugly (and i kinda agree) but what do you expect for the first time... 
He's a gifted kid who has a superior music talent in him to the stage where he can hear music from anything, anywhere. He never give up his effort in searching his long-lost parents who he's never even met before, through performing music. 
He believes through music, that's the only way to get himself back to his birth parents - Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) who is a cellist in the movie and Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), an Irish guitarist, also a lead singer in a band.. 
hence, he never stop playing... i personally love this music-fantasy drama to bits. i find the main actors are individually very charismatic and put together, they just create the harmony elements of the movie... 
There are some critics which say Lyla is bad at faking it playing the cello but since I don't know anything about the cello, I can't tell, really.. It doesn't really matter that much. The music is incredibly good after all.
Highly recommend this movie to those who love music.. (note: you must still have that inner-child in yourself, if not, just forget about it..) remember that this is a fairy-tale drama. if you're one person like i mentioned, i guarantee you'll be touched like hell..
they are really nice people and have been great friends of mine for the one whole year in korea univ.. i can't imagine how would life in korea univ be for this one year if i had not known them. sigh.. wont get to see them in korea univ anymore next year. 
sometimes i'm not good at expressing myself, but esp. wonny.. he has helped me a lot, in almost EVERYthing. i first met him outside the 'innovative hall' in our science campus. i haven't noticed him until that day after class and we just abruptly said hello. 
he has been not just a friend to me, but also a listener, a private tutor, a cook, a brother, even a mother to me for the past nine months since we know each other. i must say i haven't met anyone with better patience than him to tolerate with my level of stubbornness. i regret those times when i had my bad days and threw my tantrums at him for no reasons at all. i can be very ridiculous at times. not did i just forget to appreciate what he's been doing for me at those times but still ignore him and turn a deaf ear to his kind words. urghh, i'm such a pest. 
so, to cut the long story short, here.. i just wanna say thank you for everything, and most importantly for being there for me.. really! and the rest.. i think you know. :) i'll be calling you ajushi soon... instead of oppa. keke!
