Went to this gorgeous place on Saturday evening at Sheraton Imperial, KL by Azura’s (FF Gym friends)invitation.  Ahhhhh……

Had a great time, great food, great wine, great company of friends, great chat, great ambience. I got to know a few more new friends and had a good chat ranging from wine, to Europe, and then from man vs woman to porn .. LOL

Fresh bread with Balsamic Vinegar

Fine dining is never complete without some Reds

 
The appetizers … Mushroom Soup, Calamari and assorted veges

One of the mains … Australian Beef …

Can’t take more pictures because my iPhone battery was flat.

Thank you Azura for the kind invitation and arrangement.

Apart from that, another personal highlight of the day …

Finally, “some” definition at the abs … This pic was taken before the dinner. I was shocked when I saw this and couldn’t believe my eye. Damn happy for the result. Gonna push more for this …

A special thanks my favorite BodyPump instructor Swee and my “PT” Hector for the gym trainings.

Saw this at one of the office that I visited a while back.

Kinda interesting …

Those who are close to me would know how much I hate people smoke in front of me. Contrary to popular belief, I’m actually fine with people smoking in front of me, as long as they don’t EXHALE.

Let us list down some of the harm smoking does to you, shall we?

• Make your wallet bleed.
• Make your lung bleed.
• Annoy the people around you.
• Air pollution.
• Cause cancer.
• Decreased productivity.
• Waste time.
  And the list goes on and on …

How people would pay money for something that does absolutely nothing good for them in return still puzzles me.

If the smokers can smoke in front of me, can I fart in front of them?

There are a few things in life that often hints at you trying to tell you something. What happened to me yesterday was this :

• Tempted to accept an invitation for a meal after work.
• Getting lazy after a 3 hour long meeting ending at 6pm.
• Mistaken yesterday (Wednesday) as Thursday over the phone.

Perhaps the other part of me just wanted me to skip the RPM Endurance class. *lol*

I’m glad that I did not compromise. And so I went for the RPM Endurance class. It is a 90 minutes non-stop group cycling class. This is my first time doing an Endurance class.

A view from my bike. Note the 2 water bottles there.

What amazes me is that despite knowing that all of us will go through hell during the class, the class is still a FULL HOUSE.

The calm before chaos. Everyone is setting up and relaxing.

What amazes me is that despite knowing that all of us will go through hell during the class, the class is still FULL HOUSE. Everyone was cycling like mad as if a group of mad dogs were chasing from behind. And the aftermath, is this ……

  Aftermath - A pool of sweat

If you ask me whether I’ll go for such classes again, I’ll definitely go again. It’s a good class.

 
After class camwhoring with sweat flooded shoe, sweat-wet clothing

This will be the part 2 post about my recent trip to Thailand.

Opium, anyone???

Naah … Just kidding.

A trip to Thailand is never complete if you did not go for their local delicacies or food, whether is sold by the road side, road stall or on the road. Contrary to usual belief that road side food are not as good as those in air conditioned restaurants, the roadside food along the streets in Thailand are just the total opposite. Apart from that, they are cheap too. Damn cheap …… Sometimes I just wonder why they can keep their price so low even though their petrol price is at least double of what we have here (38.3 baht per litre, which is equivalent of RM3.80 per litre for RON95).

You’ll never get starved in Thailand because the streets are just abundantly packed with food. Note the word “abundant”. Grilled Pork, Meat Balls, Sausages, Dried Cuttlefish, Sticky Rice, Glutinous rice, Sweet deserts are just a damn small part of what you can get on a typical street.

What you see above are pineapples, ready to be “skinned” and eaten on the spot. Though it might look normal in the pictures but wait till you see the actual size at the pic below. It’s smaller than my palm but don’t let the look deceive you. This fruit is damn sweet and nice. And CHEAP!!!

Another one of my favorite is their sticky rice served with various kinds of toppings, notably mango, steam egg custard with coconut milk and etc. Priced at 5 baht, 2 packets of these can feed an adult.

Apart from these local delicacies, there are also various dishes that are pretty much can be found here in Malaysia. One of them is this :-

Chicken Rice …

This stall has really good business and the food taste nice also, and priced at RM2.50 per plate, with a complimentary soup.

For the dessert, this is one of the interesting ones …

Self-made Coconut flavored Ice Cream with real fruit chunks. Taste like heaven … LOL

Hungry now???

This is the Part 1 post about my recent trip to Thailand.

Some of you might know that I just went to Thailand 2 weeks ago with my family to visit the relatives on my mom’s side. I’ve received lots of messages from friends asking me to reconsider due to the political state in Thailand, but I still went on with the plan.

It’s been close to 7 years since I last went back to my mom’s hometown. It feels good and nice to be able to catch up with the relatives.

“View of the waters surrounding Thailand from above.”

“A view of the airport garden from one of the restaurants”

“In Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport”

During the stay, Thailand was very hot with temperatures ranging from 36 to 38 degree Celsius. Thank God that there were aircond rooms for me to stay in. LOL. That aside, this period is actually a new year period for the Thais, which is called “Songkran”. Water splashings are literally everywhere and falls in just nice with the scorching hot weather. Everywhere you go is a wet war zone where everyone just in the Rapid Water Splashing Mode.

I stayed in the car most of the time because of my wound. So can’t get wet. Otherwise I’ll definitely join the war… LOL…

Don’t know whether this is an annual thingy or not, hopefully it’s not. For every year without fail since 2007, something involving injuries will happen to me. Let’s do some recap, shall we?

2007 – Toe Tragedy
2008 – Knee Tragedy
2009 – Mishaps

This year, my bike skidded when I was on my way home from office on April 9th, 2010. It was a damn rainy day at 4:00pm when I finish work. While driving along the Mahameru Highway, the car in front of me braked suddenly and I brake too. My front wheel went spinning out of control and I fell off from the bike.

Thank God that the injury was not as bad as the 2009 mishaps.

12th day view of the scar.

I’ll be flying off to Bangkok tomorrow morning and then transit to Cheang Rai.

Lots of friend asked me whether I want to reconsider my plan due to the political situation in Thailand. But I just don’t give it a damn…… I haven’t been going back to my mom’s hometown for close to 6 or 7 years already.

Pray that this will be a safe and smooth sailing trip. And pray that my family and I will come back the way before we went.

On another unrelated note, the iPhone has been serving me well with some useful apps. The camera function really comes in handy. This is what I snapped while at gym yesterday …

After posting this pic on my FB, some friends claimed I’m becoming a narcissist. LOL.

My favorite spot in Phase4 Studio.

Finally, I’ve joined the iPhone user family over the weekend.

Any good apps to recommend?

BOY : May I hold your hand?
GIRL : No thanks, it isn't heavy.

GIRL : Say you love me! Say you love me!
BOY : You love me...

GIRL : If we become engaged will you give me a ring??
BOY : Sure, what's your phone number??

GIRL : I think the poorest people are the happiest.
BOY : Then marry me and we'll be the happiest couple

GIRL : Darling, I want to dance like this forever.
BOY : Don't you ever want to improve??

BOY : I love you and I could die for you!
GIRL : How soon??

BOY : I would go to the end of the world for you!
GIRL : Yes, but would you stay there??

SHARON : Have you ever had a hot passionate, burning kiss??
TRACY : I did once. He'd forgotten to take the cigarette out of his mouth.

MAN : You remind me of the sea.
WOMAN : Because I'm wild, romantic and exciting?
MAN : NO, because you make me sick.

WIFE : You tell a man something, it goes in one ear and comes out of the other.
HUSBAND : You tell a woman something: It goes in both ears and comes out of the mouth.

MARY : John says I'm pretty. Andy says I'm ugly.What do you think, Peter?
PETER : A bit of both. I think you're pretty ugly.

Girlfriend : "...And are you sure you love me and no one else ?"
Boyfriend : "Dead Sure! I checked the whole list again yesterday".

Teacher : "Which is more important to us, the sun or the moon?"
Pupil : "The moon".
Teacher : "Why?"
Pupil : "The moon gives us light at night when we need it but the sun gives us light only in the day time when we don't need it".

Teacher : "What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?"
Pupil : "A teacher".

Waiter : "Would you like your coffee black?"
Customer : "What other colors do you have?"

My father is so old that when he was in school, history was called current affairs.

Teacher : "Sam, you talk a lot !"
Sam : "It's a family tradition".
Teacher : "What do you mean?"
Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father is a teacher".
Teacher : "What about your mother?"
Sam : "She's a woman".

Tom : "How should I convey the news to my father that I've failed?"
David: "You just send a telegram: Result declared, past year's performance repeated".

Teacher : "Now, children, if I saw a man beating a donkey and stopped him, what virtue would I be showing?"
Student : "Brotherly love".

Teacher : "Now, Sam, tell me frankly do you say prayers before eating?"
Sam : "No sir, I don't have to, my mom is a good cook".

Patient : "What are the chances of my recovering doctor?"
Doctor : "One hundred percent. Medical records show that nine out of ten people die of the disease you have. Yours is the tenth case I've treated. The others all died".

Teacher : " Can anybody give an example of COINCIDENCE?"
One Student : "Sir, my Mother and Father got married on the same day and at the same time."

Teacher : " George Washington not only chopped down his father's Cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now do you know why his father didn't punish him ?"
One Student: " Because George still had the axe in his hand."

For some unknown reason, it seems that my family likes to have our family outing at Genting. We were there during 2010 Countdown and then again we were there over the weekend.

Somehow, most of our trips there (if not, ALL) were fully sponsored by you know who. *snigger*

AND you know who also paid for our travelling expenses for our family trip to Thailand this coming April. *guffaw*

The last time I went to the Genting casino was around 5 years ago. I manage to win around RM2500 with a RM50 dollar chip on Roulette. Actually I don’t really fancy going to casino as I know myself that I don’t have that kind of luck and guts to place so much of money on the gambling table. AND I don’t like the “smokey” surrounding and the crowd.

I did play 2 games of Baccarat this time and manage to win RM150. So I spent the bounty on a treat for my brother and sister at Starbucks AND got myself a new Nike gym bag ------>

Free stuff aside, these trips truly is a good time for me to spend some time with my family members since all of us live apart from each other. It’s a time that I truly cherish. Should have more trips like these heh? *wink*

To some people, Chinese New Year is a good time to foster closer relationship among family members.

To some people, Chinese New Year is a good time to get extra pocket money.

To some people, Chinese New Year is a time where they are bugged with interrogation by family, friends on their girl/boy friend’s whereabouts, marriage dates blar blar blar.

To some people, Chinese New Year is a good time to sleep through the whole day.

To some people, Chinese New Year is a good time to be well fed with a good family-cooked meal, albeit fattening.

To some people, Chinese New Year is a time to get fat …

NO??? Take a look at these.

How to NOT get fat with all these things around???

CNY is just less than a week away and I still haven’t finish doing my preparation for CNY…

Still have a haircut to get but seems like no time to get one.

Monday – Gym
Tuesday – Gym (might be cancelled if appointment with property agent is ON)
Wednesday – JUNK practice (last practice before CNY)
Thursday – Guitar Class
Friday – Guitar Class
Saturday – BALIK KAMPUNG !!!

Where got time???? Oh my…

I immediately thought of Swee and my fellow BodyPumpers when I saw this video.

Enjoy ……

最近在水哥的车上听到这首歌。。。

让我回想起以前经常听这首歌。好喜欢它的旋律，歌词。

最近听回去，发现他还是一样那么好听，也喜欢上它的编曲，制作。
想要在这里向各位大大推荐，希望大家会喜欢。

紅紅的太陽

词曲：高德华
编曲：詹凌驾
演唱：十月合唱團

甚麼時候我才能學會飛翔 在萬里無雲的天空裡昂揚
世界竟是如此的寬廣 印入眼底的是紅紅的太陽

請讓我就這樣的學會飛翔 在你的天空裡盡情的昂揚
生命在此刻不斷的成長 你就是我那紅紅的太陽

你就是我那紅紅的太陽 紅紅的太陽 喔
融化我心頭的滄桑
你就是我那紅紅的太陽 紅紅的太陽 喔
你讓我忘卻了憂傷

回頭望一望走過的路是那麼漫長 好多的心事是我沈重的行囊
黑暗之中我已迷失了方向 絕望的前方是你溫柔的光

你就是我那紅紅的太陽 紅紅的太陽 喔
融化我心頭的滄桑
你就是我那紅紅的太陽 紅紅的太陽 喔
你讓我忘卻了憂傷

Just to share a video I got from Andrew Kam.

Hope you’ll like it.

I was very excited that JUNK will be backing a local diva, Candy Cheah for a Tiger Beer show at KL Live on Jan 12th.

I’d say for a non full time musician like us (All came from IT background, except for SX who is still studying Telco Engineering), we managed to pull off a decent show playing different interesting genres, including Samba, Bossa, Cha Cha, Techno, Fusion, Soca and etc… And Candy Cheah was just simply amazing and very accommodative and very supporting of us.

Too bad Brett can’t join us last minute due to work commitments. Luckily CY is willing to stand in for us and spent time with us practicing.

We had 3 practices before the show and it was tiring but a fun time nevertheless. It feels good to be able to spend time with fellow musician friends to play music. It was truly a great experience. 

The audio crews for the show (From REDANTZ) is also worth mentioning as they are one of the best crews that we have worked with. They are very very friendly and willing for accommodate our requests. The sound check was simply short and sweet. It is one of the shortest sound check that I’ve ever had.

In a nutshell, it is cool experience to be able to play music these bunch of people.

Thanks Chris, Hung Siew and Onn for helping us out on the photos and videos.

For the whole photo album, do visit JUNK Facebook here ……

P/S : I almost collapse after the show … Doing backlines and playing for shows is very very tiring…

David - 爱心之夜4音乐剧
Jan 9-10, 2010 – KLPAC

JUNK - Candy Cheah feat. Junk
Jan 12, 2010 - KL Live