malacca trip

前幾個星期跟幾個死黨到馬六甲去逛了逛
幾乎快一年沒跟他們見面
這次時間配合得到就馬上答應了

循例就是吃吃喝喝，不過因爲這次住宿的房間很小又不方便所以沒喝很多
雖然塞了三個小時的車去到馬六甲就只住了一晚然後房間又不舒服
可是難得跟老友見面還是值得的

christmas eve

Stella and I hated to be in the crowd, so we decided to have a peaceful night at home instead.
while people queuing up in high class restaurant in their best dress, we just went downstairs kopitiam dabao some dishes from the mix rice stall.

the dinner was good, just a little too much that we can't finish all.



had a little red wine for the dinner, and we decided to watch a movie after that.
I suggested to watch "before sunrise" and "before sunset" coz they are Stella's favourite movies.

this is not the first time I watch the movies, just that I fall of sleep the previous time I watch them. now that I have subtitle for the movies, I managed to finish them all this time round.




I don't think I'd ever finish any of them if I were to watch them individually, but when put them together, it's an interesting story...

the first movie (1995) is about a guy and a gal met in a train. the guy had to fly back to US and the gal was heading to paris(?), but they decided to spend the few hours together in Vienna before they apart. well this is just a beautified one-night-stand story to me, doesn't really turn me on. the movie ended at the couple made a promise to meet each other again 6 months later at the same place.

the second movie (2004), before sunset, was 9 years after the first movie... the actor and actress are older now (both in the movie and real life). it's interesting to see the changes of their lives, and also changes of their character and personality.

basically it is just showing the couple talking and ranting for the whole movies, but it's interesting to watch them together. if watching individually... i'd recommend u to give it a pass... :P

oh by the way, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Before Sunrise - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunrise
Before Sunset - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Sunset

Japan Trip: Day 01

两个礼拜前公司旅行
本来是安排去年去的，但是大家都忙，拖到现在才能成行


ON ARRIVAL
匆匆忙忙赶完手头上的工作后大家冲到机场，还好没有误点
在机上看了出戏喝了点酒就睡了，为了第二天保留实力

到机场后买了巴士票，要等一个小时才开车
我们就随便在机场里溜达溜达

巴士超准时，服务员的服务也很好，不愧是日本
但开车后我们却被困在车龙里差不多两个小时，还好车上有厕所

路上乱拍

CHECK-IN + LUNCH
到酒店还太早不能check-in
放下大包小包的行李后我们就出去找东西吃去也

本来打算要吃拉面的，但看到店外的人龙就决定到另一家较少人的店去吃



STREET VIEW
吃饱后要去等巴士，路上看什么都很希奇，象乡巴佬酱

左边是电灯柱上的电箱 • 上图可爱的小绵羊 • 下图猜猜看是什么

GHIBLI STUDIO
然后我们就来到了日本动画的圣殿 - Ghibli Museum
馆内有好多东西看，由原稿、草图、雕像、玩具、短篇、3D立体动画等等
可惜馆内不能拍照，只拍到天台天空之城的机器人




DINNER
晚餐时间下雨，就随便找了家拉面店胡乱吃了碗拉面
店面超小，我们一行人就几乎塞满了整间店

进门先用自动贩卖机点菜
然后再把票根拿给老板为你准备食物

日本人吃东西很快
比我们迟来的人三两口吃完拍拍屁股就走了我们还在细嚼慢咽



SUBWAY
日本地铁满复杂的
不同的路线交错盘横，一不小心就会去荷兰
买票还蛮简单的，不过票价很贵

地铁站内的海报还蛮有趣的
"please do it at the beach"，叫你要玩到海边玩去
不过柱子旁的大叔大婶看起来还蛮可怕的
好像随时会发狂出手杀人的样子



SUPPER
搞了一整天回到酒店都快半夜了
日本人的肚子应该很小，那么一碗拉面怎能填得饱肚子
后来我们去麦当劳找东西吃
猪肉汉堡蛮不错的喔，不过可惜没有辣椒酱

I'm back

i'm back at last. it's good to be back...
will update photo n stuff later... but foresee that I'll be very bz recently, so just be patient n stay tuned, he he...

Bali trip

went to Bali 2 weeks ago, with group of friends frm Malaysia.
it was a really big group, feels like we were in a package tour but in fact we were just free & easy.

it wasn't an impressive trip, nothing memorable.
felt a bit disappointed about Bali, but after came back and heard that there are actually lots of things we haven't seen. may consider to go there again...

anyway, just treated this as a good breakaway from my recent busy workload
I wish i could had more massage sessions like the previous Thailand trip

not much to talk about, this is just mainly to show show some photos i took :P

for more details can check out others' blogs:
Gary's Blog: http://garyliew.blogspot.com/2009/03/bali-trip-28th-feb-3rd-mar-2009.html
KP's Blog: http://kp0046.blogspot.com/2009/03/bali-trip-2009.html
BanTwan's Blog: http://btlee.blogspot.com/2009/03/bali.html


P/S: the above photos were digitally retouched

happy CNY

过年了 大家新年快乐

这是我婚后的第一个新年
但也还是跟往年没两样
过年大部分时间都在看戏
家里的韩国新媳妇也在狂看韩剧 旗鼓相当
过年通常我都会呆在家里
然后今年年初二就会开工所以应该也不用花太多钱包红包

昨晚吃过团年饭后哥哥接到电话
说他朋友的朋友去拜年
才刚下车就被人砍伤抢了包包
虽然是在过年但我还是忍不住诅咒抢匪天打雷劈不得好死
抢钱就好何必伤人呢

无聊的年 就拿着相机在家四周随便拍拍
才发现我已经很久没有注意过我的家了
每次回来都是匆匆忙忙的
去旅行还会留神注意但在家却好像比过客还过客

有点灰的新年


《令人討厭的松子的一生》山田宗樹
《五分後的世界》村上龍
《轉山-邊境流浪者》謝旺霖

my korean wedding: part 2

不好意思，各位久等了
最近很忙，到现在才有时间更新，呵呵

第二部分的婚礼通常只有家人和亲戚能出席

其他朋友如果有安排的话就会被带去吃饭，不然就会直接回家吃自己

这一部分韩语叫"pae bek"，中文是“幣帛”。。。

我也不知道是什麽意思，可能是要用钱买新娘吧，呵呵

ladies and gentlemen, here comes the part 2!!! he he...

sorry for being late, was very very bz lately

the second part of the wedding ceremony was held in a small hall
it's only for family and close relatives... other friends and colleagues normally will not be attending to this session

this session is called "pae bek" in korean, in chinese it's called "幣帛"

刚开始先正襟危坐拍拍照
first we sat at the front of the hall, simply just posing and take photos

类似华人婚礼，我们也要给父母敬酒（不是茶喔），当然也有拿红包啦，呵呵
similar to chinese tradition, we need to bow and serve wine (not tea!) to my parents, and they gave us ang pao in return.

敬酒过后我们俩就要从两边拉一块布来接我妈向我们抛来的栗子和红枣
栗子是儿子，红枣是女儿。我们接到了三颗栗子，表示我们将会有三个儿子 :P

接下来我们就向stella的父母、我的家人然后她的家人与亲戚敬礼和敬酒

then my mum were asked to throw some chestnuts(?) and red dates to us, and we were suppose to catch em with the cloth as seen in the photo. the number of chestnuts and red dates caught means the number of son/ daughter we'll have.

chestnuts means son, red dates means daughter
we got 3 chestnuts, which means we'll have 3 sons, ho ho...

then we bow and serve wine to my parents-in-law
and then followed by my family members and stella's family

接下来的仪式很有趣
stella咬着红枣的一端我咬着另一端，然后两边一起扯
咬到红枣核的就是有话事权’的人。。。我输了 orz。。。

after bow and serving wine to the people, it's our turn to drink!
and then, stella need to bite a red date, and i had to bite from the other end of it and pull
whoever got the seed will be the one in power... and stella got the seed...
see how happy she laugh, and bitter smile on my face... ha ha

权力大战后，接下来我就要背着新娘子绕场一周
整个仪式到此正式结束

和家人拍照后就换衣整装到附近的酒店吃安排好的自助餐
因为接下来要赶到机场去济州岛，所以我们俩只能囫囵吞枣胡乱吃点东西填填肚子
可是酱也给了我很好的借口不用跟她的韩国亲戚对酒，呵呵~

after the power struggle, I'll have to carry stella at the back and walk round the table
till then, the ceremony was considered completed.
we then went out from the hall and take photos with our families.

after changing, we went to a hotel nearby to have buffet dinner
we didn't really enjoy the great food because we needed to rush to airport to catch the flight to Jeju Island to start our honeymoon trip
but that gave me a good excuse not to drink with the korean family... that's really lucky, he he...

next... we off to Jeju Island for our honeymoon...
to be continue, he he

《阿正当家》宫部美幸
《无名毒》宫部美幸
《誰》宫部美幸
《理由》宫部美幸

my korean wedding: part 1

ha ha, I know you guys have been waiting for this
this time I'll really try to update as soon as I can... try my best :P
and due to the popular demand, I'll try to write in both English and Chinese, he he...

剛從韓國行完婚禮回來，這就是我的韓國傳統婚禮的照片
我們行的是韓國傳統婚禮，現在來説就算是韓國人也很多都沒看過
然後我的家人也一起飛去韓國，所以這次婚禮對我們和親戚朋友來說都是很有意義的

ok, ladies and gentlemen, here are my korean wedding photos (part 1)... ta la

cover shot, this is taken before the ceremony started.
儀式開始前先擺擺款，是不是很象在拍戲。我覺得有點像好色的皇帝在調戲良家婦女的感覺，呵呵~

we walked to the stage one by one...
first i went up there to bow to my father-in-law, then followed by Stella
我們分別有兩個人陪著走上台， 後面還有人撐黃傘，象黃帝出遊醬
我先在臺上向岳父大人行大禮，然後Stella才到臺上來

after that we just follow instruction from the host to bow and make toasts to each other.
luckily the host can speak a little bit of English, plus the help from the guy kneeling next to me, I was still manage to follow the steps.
然後就是夫妻交拜，還有互相敬酒
敬酒時其實只需要意思意思沾沾唇就好，可是什麽都不知道的我卻一口干了
跪著要站起來時因爲衣服太長絆到了有點站不穩，搞得哄堂大笑

then we walked down from the stage, friends and relatives throw some rice on us
接下來我們從臺上走下，親友們就在兩旁把米往我們身上撒（應該是米吧？）


finally, we went back to the stage again together with our parents, bow and thank to those who attended the ceremony. then we were off to say bye to friends who were leaving, and took photos with people before the next phase of the ceremony starts
最後，我們跟父母回到臺上鞠躬謝禮，然後就個別跟要離開的朋友們拍照道別致意

till then it's the end of the first phase of the ceremony
friends were leaving or off to the dinner/ meal provided at another place, as the second part is only for family and close relatives, which I will cover in the next blog entry
第一的婚禮到此結束，通常朋友們到此就會離開或到安排好的地點去用餐
第二部分的婚禮是只有家人和近親才能出席的，下次再續。。。

《 Inside Steve's Brain 》 Leander Kahne
《火車》宮部美幸

cameron highland

乘着劳动节假期
去了趟金马仑高原
说是＂乘着＂，其实也只是胡乱冠上而已
跟劳动节没什么直接关系
就碰巧安排在同一个星期罢了

一起去的是以前念书时的同屋室友
认识到现在有＋年了吧
几乎每年我们都会安排到哪聚聚
单身去　带女友去　带妻儿去
我们都一起经历了各人不同的阶段

跟旧友相聚是舒服的
地点尚是其次
以前会谈人生谈理想谈感情
现在长大了都不怎么说出口
只在饱食酒酣时感受彼此的关怀

困在下午两点半的车龙里
挤身在混浊喧哗的浑沌时
才惊觉回到了熟悉的吉隆坡

久违了
也期待下次的相聚

《到处存在的场所 到处不存在的我》村上龙

news update

ladies and gentlemen, I've got a news to announce

this may not be a good news for the ladies, coz I'm legally a married man now!
I just went for ROM last friday, he he...

put up some photos here to share the joy!

before going to ROM

Stella trying to help me put on tie

one ring to bind them all...

showing off

drinking session with a few friends

《想我的眷村兄弟们》朱天文
《佐贺阿嬷：笑着活下去》岛田洋七
《创意哇沙米》中谷彰宏
《厚黑教主杜月笙》司马烈人
《项美丽在上海》王璞
《书剑恩仇录》金庸
《飞狐外传》金庸

新年点点

难得收拾房间，稍微可以见人
一直以来都希望能有自己的空间
想要把房间的几幅壁都变成书橱
愿望还没实现，现在只稍稍把漫画整理出来
可是看着一柜子的漫画就已蛮有成就感的了，呵呵


家里挂了两幅字，是继承法师写的
一眼看去心都会定下来
是不是很有禅机？


过年就是过年，没事做就要吃
其实不太喜欢过年，因为感觉是很暴发户的节日
大家都暴饮暴食然后还很理直气壮的赌博
我家虽然没人赌钱，可是暴饮暴食却真不是盖的

《有时候懒一点反而好》- 黄韵玲

Thailand Trip 2007 - Phuket

其实我对普吉岛没什么印象
因为她没有什么令人惊艳之处
就象是个看过之后
一转身就会忘掉的路人甲

令人佩服的是
在年前海啸的肆虐后
当地人很快的又重新振作
也吸取了教训作了准备
在我们离开那就天有个海啸演习

希望不再有可怕的天灾
路人甲可以平安繁荣

《想我眷村的兄弟們》- 朱天心

Thailand Trip 2007 - Koh Samui

from bangkok we took a bus to jetty
then from there we took ferry to koh samui
the whole journey took a freaking 15 hours!!!

upon reaching at koh samui
we hired 2 taxi to the town area and look for place to stay
it took us a while to find a place we like

over here we went rested well
and we went for a short snorkeling trip at nearby island
not fantastic view n no super clear water
but we still enjoy ourselves

I like the sky and lamp posts in samui
the sky is so blue and the cloud is beautiful
streets are full of wires, and i like the mess...

p/s: before starting my korean trip, pls allow me to finish off the thailand trip first. bantwan predicted that it'll take me half a year to finish this, so i dun hv much time left already, ha ha... :P