天下没有不散的宴席 There is no never ending story

I have trained a Jr. Marketing Exe, from two years ago, and I promoted her to Sr. Marketing Exe 2 days ago. And today I received her resignation letter.

I felt so sad that soon I will have more works to do, because the rest of the other Marketing Exe. are very new. Non of them work for more than 6 months. I have to train the new peoples again.

It's a painful process to train someone to be able to handle a brand from A to Z. And it is also painful that usually after they have learned, they leave the company.

Well, I will not stop her from changing company, as I know she is very ambitious person that a small company of where we work now is not able to satisfy her in her career path. So am I. So, I wish her all the best, and good luck at the next company. She is a capable person, who has the long term vision for her own life. I wish I could be like her, just walk away from a company whenever I want. It's too bad that I am stuck with the family business.

Anyway, the most painful transition period is starting from tomorrow to end of next month. Wish me good luck!

The Sanctuary Night

It's been long long time we don't go out as a group of S.H.E.
Yesterday, we have a reunion at The Curve. Li Yun and Justin also joined us. We went to Sakae Sushi to have dinner, then we went to the Sanctuary for drink.

During dinner, as usual, I brought a few different small bottles of liquors to the restaurant. My dear, Adrian love it so much. He immediately added Chivas (18 years + 2 years of my collection = 20 yrs) it into his green tea without our notice. And then his face turned red. Then we ordered more of ice to cool the hot green tea, therefore we can add in the "flavour".

Li Yun found the Barcadi Lemon is nice with green tea. Every of us keep filling it into our green tea to enhance the taste. Wow...It's really nice! try it at home or anywhere when you have chance! Li Yun was funny. She said she was too full, then she was holding the "lemon-green tea" to say "it helps to digest, as it's lemon flavour". Sound so true!!! But with her expression, she seems like loving the liquor more than everything :P

Here are some of the jin's pics in the Sanctuary. Li Yun and Justin left earlier... The S.H.E stay until the light was on in sudden. And we got the feeling of "raid" that make us recall the bad experience. It's the fake raid anyway. Hoever, no more mood continue to be there....we left "early"
Li Yun, and Sharon have the same pose when they listened to the music....the finger is the antenna!
See, how lovely we are? Adrian and I...Adorable, leng, and leng leng
Ah Dar and Ah Ling's darling pic
S.H.E. is back? Yeah, reunion!!!
Li Yun and Justin...geh geh si man pic.....
The angles Adrian said...


eh.......our side look, not bad ma....
Yin Yang look!
Our drinks....
ahh?? I missing something!!!! My tube....it's inside somewhere, I couldn't pull it up anymore...
Solo...



Sharon's flying hairs secret KUNG FU...."DON'T TAKE MY BARCADI!!!" I didn't say that! haha

Mission of the week

I got an "international mission" to complete.

Client: Soo Yee, Lim (Nick Name: Ah Nam)
Mission: RM 1,000 to buy accessories, and dress by this weekend.
Location: Anywhere
Specification: Quality is important


I have got this handbag....from Ruffey, it's from HK. RM 107.10
Accessories from Promod, and XXX accessories shop.
Clock wise: green necklaces (Promod): RM 69.90, Purple Bangle (Promod): RM 49.90, Gold Bangle (from XXX accessories): RM 14.90, 3 pairs of ear rings (from XXX accessories: RM 10.00
Clock wise: Black blouse (Promod): RM 69.90, White blouse (Promod): RM 99.90, Black t-shirt (Promod): RM 49.90, and flowery skirt (Promod): RM 69.90, and the belt (Promod): RM 29.90


Total, which come to RM 571.30

Mission is not completed. I still have budgets. However, Ah Nam, please let me know is that enough.

Sharon went to Sunway Pyramid with me to shop for these. We think that these are best on you. I couldn't get more at Promod as many of the sales items were sold. The shop was almost 90% empty with the promo stocks compared to 4 days back.

Hope you like them....

Counting Down

Guess what !!! Another 3.5 days to go !!! Finally my departure day is coming soon !! I am going home !! 2 months in Egypt is way too long for us. Its bored. Really I am not only counting down each day but few times in one day.

I was depressed after Min Hui left because its just so boring here that I got nothing to do but just eat, sleep and watch TV. Its really relaxing but its bored.

Anyway I am over it and I am getting ready to pack my things and runaway from this home.
Sydney here I am coming back !

11 days spent with Min Hui and Seng Beng

First of all Happy New Year to all of you. I have been away and I am still away and have no chance to spend time to write blogs. But I guess Min Hui has been mentioned bit by bit about whats happening with me.

Somewhere in Min Hui's blog I have mentioned that Min Hui and I were not close at all during our college time. We had limited knowledge of each other. During that time all I knew about her were the following things:

1) the girl who drives Vitara
2) she is rich
3) she lives in Cheras

Well, honestly thats all I know. I started to get to know her ABIT more was when we joined the singing competition at Sedaya College. We spent some nights training at " the house", we went for that singing competition, yeah we lost but we had great time. First time ever I sang infront of all strangers.

I started to get close with her .. ermm...really don't know when and how but surely through chatting after I migrated to Sydney. Days after days of our almost daily chat, I came across to realise that Min Hui is such a down to earth person to be with. She is a honest person and she does really treat you as a friend because she will trust you if she thinks you are a trustable friend.

When Min Hui decided to come to travel with me in Egypt I have no hesitate at all but just to open my arms to welcome her and wish her to have good time with us. I slept with her one night. Hahaha..all I worried was just how my son will HARRASS her during sleep. But she seemed alright with my son pulling her face and ears.

When Min Hui opened her luggage I was so impressed of her that small luggage can put so many things !!!! That moment I felt that she is somehow amazing. Then she pulled out her comestic bags..from big to small..then inside them there are many of these small little bottles of different creams or lotion or I dont know what are there that she has to put on her body parts. Again I was impressed. Then she started to tell me how much of this bag, how cheap it was, where she got it, how much is that cloth and how cheap. Hahaha..I was thinking...geee..another shopholic here!!

Another amazing thing about Min Hui -- Sleepy Head !! The evening she arrived airport she couldnt stop telling me how people slept at Dubai airport...EVERYWHERE at the airport. And I really "pui fuk" her that she could sleep for 6 hours in the airport ON THE FREAKING FLOOR !!! Shes been sleeping alot during the flight and transit so I thought she won't sleep that night she arrived Cairo. I was looking forward to have girls chat with her and we couldn't wait that Adam to fall asleep. And she goes "Alice I am ok not to sleep tonight because I slept so much, so just incase I fell asleep after Adam sleep, wake me up yeah". But guys..guess what...just after few minutes I heard snoring !!! Not from my son but Min Hui. I was like...what the?? she was quick and really sleepy head. I was thinking should I wake her up?? Maybe shes really tired and needed to sleep because sick? Maybe shes still sleepy even I wake her up?? I was thinking for about 10minutes at the same time to see if she will wake up. No She didn't so I went to sleep also.

Oh yeah she has a very cute night gown...ahahahah..I love it because its cute and my husband also like it. He asked why I never wear like that.

Min Hui also a slow eater but the way she eats seem really enjoying every bite. There was one time she was quick - at KFC after visited Museum. Its not only she was fast but everyone else was really quick because we were all damn hungry and the KFC was delicious. She also dare to try almost everything, good on you girl. But too bad she was sick and not really taste the food.

Riding the horse to the Pyramid - I thought she would dare enough to try the camel but she didn't. However she was really fine while riding the horse even inside her was feeling scare. But to me, I couldn't hold myself but just to scream to begging my husband to let me walk to Pyramid instead. That was my second time riding the horse. Perhaps its been awhile now and I still fear of it. I think I have screamed for almost 10minutes only settle MY SCREAMING. But inside me still feeling scare. Seng Beng was even brave, he requested to ride the horse by himself instead with the guide boy. And he requested of how to make the horse to run abit faster. I was like...Seng Beng..if you really want to run the horse please do it abit far from me. Don't "yeh" my horse. Afterall, it was all good and we had very nice dinner especially the fresh egyptian bread.

Min Hui and Adam - I do see Min Hui love Adam very much and Adam likes being around her also. Well yes for the first few days. After that I bet Min Hui started to feel annoying being around with Adam. Hahahahaa because he is truly an annoying monster !!! Don't worry Min Hui, its not only you feel that, EVERYONE feels that too. Remember Sam's nephew, Essam, who works at Sharm El Sheikh? He told Sam that he rather go to dive everyday instead of sitting with Adam. One day we went to Essam's family for dinner, Adam was playing and running around the tv unit, we told Essam's dad that Adam has broke our remote and tv. Essam's Dad straightaway to tell us please this is the last time to bring Adam to my home. My mother in law also asked Min Hui to take Adam back to Malaysia when shes going back.

Seng Beng - He is truly a good partner to travel with. The first time I met him was at the airport. My husband never saw him before at all but he just went straight to Seng Beng to ask if he is Seng Beng because really Cairo doesn't have many Chinese. And Sam spotted the right one at the departure hall.
First impression - always smiley face. Seng Beng is such an easy going guy. He knows many things too and he is a very informative person. A very very genuine and humble person. I like when he started to tell story like " long time ago some people said .......... " One thing that he said to us which really impressed me is that how you shouldn't make up your bed every morning. Just let it be the way it is. The theory he said isn't really convince me but impressed me.
One thing about Seng Beng is that he goes to bed right on time !! Hahahaha... if there is a chance I wish that we will travel again.

I would like to say thank you for both of you for the time being in Egypt. It was the most wonderful time I had in Egypt. I still miss the house that you guys rented. Everytime when I go to the area I missed you guys.

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Adam Imaginary

Since I left Egypt, Alice always ask Adam...

"Where is Min-Hui jeh jeh?"

Adam is creative! He has many answers like what Alice told.

"Min-Hui jeh jeh go city"
"Min-Hui jeh jeh take train go city"
"Min-Hui jeh jeh go to work"
and one time Alice was surprised that Adam said "Min-Hui jeh jeh take plane go Malaysia"

And few days back, Alice emailed me told me Adam said "Min-Hui jeh jeh went to buy milk"

Adam is funny! And I miss him very much.....very muchhhhhh!!!

Live Toys

I went to find Adrian for dinner just now. We enjoy so much the live band at The Curve. Really nice! I wish I was with my bf just now. Too bad, I was with my lover, Adrian nia...:P

We went to Ikea to shop. We found live toys!!!! new plants!!! I have got myself 2, and he got himself 3. And I also got few candles to burn myself, and a new curtain for CNY!!!


They are both sitting in my toilet now :P There is sunlight, and hope that they could remind me to water them...:P

Celebration.....

My classmates and I went to celebrate after getting our result. All pass, and in fact some passed with flying colour!

We have gone for Balinese food at Ole Ole Bali, Sunway Pyramid. It's the same as BumbumBali, Puchong. In fact, the interior design is even better. Then we separated into two groups (male & female) to go shopping.

The feeling of group shopping was fantastic. I have got 3 dresses from Promod, and 2 accessories. It's on sales, the total of the bill is only cost like a dress for normal price I bought.

After shopping session end at 10pm, we went to Flam, one of the "drinking place" till 1am.

And I don't have my holiday today :P

Result is OUT!!!!

Thanks god that my laziness didn't fail my exams. And it's proof that MBA is not that though hehe...many classmates envy me that, eh....4 hours to finish assignment, and you passed it??? come on lar...hehe... I lost my confidence! I was very confidence to fail! hehe

I went to take my result during lunch break. And thanks to Sonny so much that he took the result for me....hehe...guess what, the lift was so congested, and he actually ran up from Ground Floor to 10th floor to collect it for me. Thanks thanks....Appreciate it!!!

And thanks for the encouragement lunch.......

Look....

Last Saturday, I went to a dinner with my parents. My parent's friend's son commented that I do not look like 29 years old. I look like 24 years old! heheheh Di di very sweet....thank you....

Today, I went for slimming course. The girl who did the same treatment as me, we had short chat. And she asked me my age, when I said 29, her eyes opened very big! She said the most I look like 25 years old. Thank you mui mui chai....she is 25 years old.

Well....thank you for these encouragement to make me feel young always :P
This blog is for myself to shiok sendiri only hehe

Mateus Rose

I have to recommend this Mateus Rose to all of you. It taste very light, slight sweet, and very smooth. I just love it. I finished the whole bottle by myself last night. I surprised! I usually can drink up to 2 glasses only.


Anyway, the more I drink, the more depress I felt. I felt very lonely... in sudden. Lucky that, I am not good in memory for bad thing. I am back to normal today. I am okay now. I just need to be crazy sometimes.

女人那话儿 - Women's Private part

Yesterday, I accidentally found out this movie. I found the name of the movie is quite cute. So I watched it. It's called 女人那话儿 - Women's Private part. It won Best International Featured Film.

This is not exactly a movie. It's mostly interviews, interviewed different type of women to ask for their thought about love, sex desire, and man.

They interviewed woman from different age, and different background. It talked about gigolo, seeing table dance, sexual desire for normal woman, and sexual desire for lesbian, thought about man, what does woman want to be? be wife? be affair partner? be second illegal wife? They also interviewed AV actress, prostitute and more.

And surprisingly, women do not trust love anymore. They do not believe in ever lasting love. They believe that, they will love more than a man in their life time. And they can love their kids more than husband.

Some interesting interview that I love...

1) Gigolo...
In the interview with gigolo, it also mentioned about the different type of service required by different age of women. The most sex driven age is from 30s to 40s. (Gooshhhh......I fall into this category!!!!) And I am at beginning stage now. When 40s the women need more concern. They need the gigolo to talk to them. 20 year old to 29 years old women are mostly curious, that's why find gigolo. And gigolo said, most of the richer women are very lonely.

2) Do you prefer to be legal wife? be affair partner? be second illegal wife?
A woman she commented that she would rather be affair partner. It's exciting, and the man will always miss her. He will call her every hour. And think of her when have sex with his wife. His body, mind, and sperms are belong to her. woooo....cooL!!!

3) Why man likes woman to moan? Well the woman think that moaning is noisy. They prefer quiet. Quality moan is more important that just moan without the "peak". They think short moan is sexier than keep moaning. Who doesn't know moaning without the orgasm? I agree that too!

4) What do you expect to see when go for table dance?
Woman commented that, "I wanna see sexual organ" haha....well, I love their comment is so open, and speak up themselves. They are very outspoken.

If you understand Cantonese, you must watch it. It's so true, and make you more understand about women's life. No matter you are man or woman. Get some useful information from their experience in sex, in love, and in man.

The movie link

This is 18 SX. It's explicit. However, it's not ham sup. Watch it with another perspective to look at the relationship between man and woman... Enjoy!

Wine wine wine

Suddenly, I was dying for wine last night. And I have finished my wine at home. Therefore, I went to get some today. I have got Mateus Rose from Spain that Ah Nam recommended me. It taste pretty good. I love it. It's meant for ladies.


I opened it right away tonight. I wish to finish all, but I know I shouldn't. I think drink it for few days.
These are the wine that I have today. I think it can last for quite some time already. I have many other liquor, as their family picture below. Just that I think it's too alcoholic if I take hard liquor by myself. I have excuse to say, red wine is better for heart. So....I got red wine.....

Golf

I'm hooked to Nintendo Wii. I learned something from it too!!

Golf is a dirty game. You get all sort of names depending how you sink the ball.

If you sink the ball from outside of the rink, you will get a birdie. This one's good for lady or gay golfer.

If you sink the ball within, you get puki, i mean boogie. That's why guys always try to shoot from within. If you are lucky enough, you'll get double or triple of that.

I don't know under what condition you will get "par". If you get a really beautiful par, in cantonese, you can call "len par" etc.

Golf is a nice game isn't it? I start to like it...

Fortune Telling

I am supposed to go for fortune telling this afternoon as promised a friend to go together with him. He also asked another friend to go along. I have been struggling for very long time to persuade myself to go for it, as I always believe in myself more than fortune telling.

On the way going to meet up my friend, my mom called me. She told me that I have had a good life, why should I go for fortune telling? It will deduct my life span if I go for it. And the words from the fortune teller might not be true. It could be all lies. What about tell me everything bad? How am I gonna handle it?

I told my mom that I am going to ask two things only. I am curious about my past life, and I wonder about my marriage for this life. She was trying to scare me...hehe...what if the fortune teller told me, I will find my marriage at my age of 50s? Then how am I gonna live happily for the next twenty years? And am I gonna accept the "fact"?

Well, on the way I was driving, I found the words that my mom gave me was quite right. I am really having very good life now, and I foresee I am having better life tomorrow. As I am putting effort to build my life for tomorrow. I am not stopping there, and standing at the cross road to find my way. I also know that, if I have no bf or husband with me to the end of my life, I will be fine. I have my sweetest family with me. And I believe that, if I am not picky....there is always one for us. I know my direction, I know my past, and I am going to control my future. I do not need a fortune teller to reassure me my future. As my creator, My Mom has reassured me, I have good life. I have to believe her that, I have a good life, and I have no complaint at all.


Anyway, I still meet up my friends, and go for fortune telling together. I told my friend that I am just going with them, to accompany them. End up, three of us, only Vivian asked for it. Gary "sok sa".

The fortune teller firstly asked for her birthday and birth time. And then with that information, she went through many books with many different talks. It could be conflicted. Then she looked at her palm, and give another talk. Basically, mainly regarding money, marriage, and career.

The fortune teller also told her to package herself, change hairstyle, use cosmetics, and change dressing. And the fortune teller even recommend a cosmetics by naming the brand of it.

Overall, this is my first time experience for fortune telling, although I didn't participate. I would like to advice those who would like to go for fortune telling, please come to me, and pay me. I learned that.

The peoples go for fortune telling are those peoples who cannot make decision at that moment. They are lost in terms of their life direction. They need someone to assure them, what they think is right, or what they think is logical.

You can talk to a smart friend, if you need to talk, without paying the fees. You can even analyze your decision by putting the advantages and disadvantages on a piece of paper. And you know yourself better than anyone else. You know what suit you more, and how much you can take. Risk is always there, when you need to switch something for example, job, wife, husband and house... you know what to do. You know the trade off of changing job, that's new environment, new benefits, and if you really can't fit in the new company, worst scenario, change job, change your plan A to plan B. If you said whether you should move place or not, evaluate your financial status, see your needs, how far is the new place to work? How far is it to visit parents? You know what you want. Do you want to change bf? Well, you know the feeling most, and you know who treat you the best. Why you have to ask fortune teller? RM 100++ for the year, please buy Personal Accident Insurance for the year. If anything happened, touch wood, you really no worry for yourself and your family.

The fortune teller did mention, to get your fortune better for the year, you need to do this and that. For example, pray for ABC, and XYZ. It's only RM 100++ for the year. Tell you a secret, if you have

And lastly, when the fortune teller ask you to package yourself. Of course, without packaging, you are not presentable. So? peoples will not go to you. Peoples like nice thing, pretty things. So, go for beautician, and go for image profession. They are more worth to pay than fortune teller.

Some of the things that fortune teller told was right about you. And so what? You also knew it, why do you need the fortune teller to remind you? After all, you just want them to agree with your thought, and tell you something good to comfort you that you have good life.

Believe in yourself, be confidence, be happy, good lucks are always come to you. Your effort will not be wasted. Results will proof you from your efforts of hard work, and your time.

Lian Lian also said it right. Sometimes, the fortune teller did not say something right. Just that you have remembered what they said, and you tried to make it come true. It could be good thing, if you were lucky. It could also turn up very badly. Let's the things go naturally, with your decision to get right time, right person, at the right place!

Time flies

When the age grow older, the time flies faster. It's very mysterious like Lau Mau said. It will brings you many things without your acknowledgment, such as happiness, sadness, experience, friends, family members, career, knowledge, and more. However, what it gives you, it can take away from you too. In Chinese, we call it 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。 ( I am not sure did I use the right character or not, but it sound like that.) The water can float a boat, and the water can also cause the boat turn over.

Time can be measurable, and can be very abstract too. You can count it in second, in minutes, in hour, in day, and in year. However, it can be as abstract or subjective as a glance, a while, many times, long time, and short time.

There are 2 thoughts of time, positive VS negative, and it's of course, from myself. I am just sharing my thoughts.

First thought: You have time, but you found it always short...
1) Is that because of "our engine" improvement that cause us find time flies faster?
2) Or is that because of our life is getting more complicated compare to our younger time? There are more things or peoples around us, more things to settle, so we have just enough time for everything, and make us realize time is just too short. Need more, more time to rest, to play, to stay together with our beloved one.
3) We have more plans! We tend to have some short term plans and long term plans when we grow older. When we have plans, we can visualize the time, instead of abstract it like younger time. There is an invisible schedule printed in your mind.
Second thought: If you were the one always find time is not enough...
1) There are some old folk, who think time flies, because they are 60s. And they found that their health is not as healthy as the past, and they want back their past. At the same time, they know that their life span is going to finish very soon. Therefore, time is not enough. In my personal opinion, I think, if this person has done whatever he should do, and like to do, he will be satisfy with his/her quality time. He will not feel time is not enough, and look "back". As you grow older, you learn more. You should gain more than lose more. You have the option for your own time handling.

2)We have no time for family, for friends, for yourself, and for work. What do you do? Why don't you have time? Do you spend your time to meet your plan? or do you spend your time on bed to sleep? or you spend your time for something else, and you can't balance it?
Well, again, it's your choice, your time. You have to plan, and monitor it. Nobody can help you except yourself. Set your own priority, and do what you think is important. If you think sleep is important, then sleep. It could help for your beauty sleep, however, it has to be quality sleep. And this might be a trade off of your time to spend with your family, or for your work. Rank the importance of your life, more sleep (whatever more than 8 hours) or balance your time.

There is nothing impossible. You can allocate your time better...spend it more efficiency based on your prioritized list.

Thought again...
We are our own project manager that we have to make sure we are monitoring our own time, and schedule all of the time. Our life is our life time project. We have to execute our plans. There must be reasons for us to plan. If we do not meet our due date, why? Do we give up our plan? We have a better one? or it's really not our own decision but it has to be a joint decision to spend this time? We decide what we think is the best to us.


Anyway, Happy 30s!!! to myself, and I promised myself that, I have to spend my quality time with no regret on the day I walk away from you all.

Growing old is compulsory, growing up is optional

*** Remarks: Just not to confuse you, I am yet to 30s. I am 29, but most of my friends are 30. So I think it's okay to be 30s :P I do not mind***

Back to University Life...

Last Friday, as Adrian said, we were playing Nintendo Wii during mid night. Then Saturday meet up with many old friends who attended the same university. They decided not to get the Satay smoke, and wanted to come to my house for red wine, and chit chatting.

Well, I have class on Sunday!!!...anyway, it's first class. That's fine. I promised to let them come. We chatted till late night and take turns to sleep and keep chatting and drinking wine. We were like back in University time. We all camped at the living room until sun rise.

And that night, I just got to know more about Alston, my ex-bf. I didn't know so much about him until they told me. After so many years, the peoples I thought they were his best friends, are actually not his best friends, they didn't really like him. And they were congratulated me that he left me. And they asked me to forget about him and at the same time they were trying to ask me questions about him carefully. It's like spreading salts on my wound. I felt "Shiok-nya". It's fine to me!

I had a lot of fun with them...but next time, please make it Friday night. I was very suffering on Sunday. I was sleepy, and not sure how to react with my stomach. Not too sure should I stand, or sit, or sleep in class to take care of it, because I have had a glass of coffee to awake myself. At the same time, I am not a coffee drinker, I am kind of allergy with strong coffee.

I then went out again with them for dinner, as one of the friend who came back from Toronto is going back on the next day. I really appreciate to meet them again. Lau mau was crying when she sent Swee Ling, and Sze Sean to the highway, which to KLIA.

She missed University life too much!

Close up for Egypt trip

After some specific topics about Egypt, I think I have to write a overall experience of the trip. I do not want you to misunderstand and miss the chance to Egypt.

I enjoy the trip. And I think for every trip, the companion of you is very important. That will conclude whether you enjoy the trip or not. I have had very good companions throughout the trip! Thanks again Alice, Sam, Seng Beng and of course not to forget Adam.

However, health issue is also important to decide whether you can enjoy the trip. I was sick, so I was not really have the health to support me for the whole trip. I took a lot of medicine. I finished the whole bag (normal plastic bag that you get from grocery shopping) of medicine that Seng Beng brought there. I was laughing at him, and ended up I am the one who finished it. FINISH IT!

Place....
Egypt is a place where I think still a must go place in my list. And I have got it marked as "visited" now. It is one of the world seven wonder! Some tips for you. You have to go with some preparation, make your study of the country before you go. Learn basic Arabic number character for your easiness when you make payment. Bring along your student ID if you still keep one. It's useful to get half price discount for entrance charges.

And other things about the place, I have mentioned before, the toilet!
You will need maximum 5 days to be in Cairo. not to stay more than that, there is nothing much besides a few must go places:
1) Pyramid
2) Mohamed Ali Mosque
3) Museum
4) Nile River Cruising

If you have more days, try other places like Sham-el Sheikh that we went or Luxor, which we missed out in the plan.


Food....
Do not expect much about the food. Some basic food is available, like Kebab and pita. Always Barbecue food, with very little or no vegetable.

Price....
The price for imported products are very expensive. Products like corn flakes that with selling price of RM 5.99 in Malaysia is selling about RM 20 in Cairo. Potato chips that selling at RM 3.99 in Malaysia worth RM 10 in Egypt. It's ridiculous. And raw eggs!!!! It's about RM 1 for each of them.

Eating out and if it's a dine-in restaurant, you have to pay very high price then. You have to pay for the very expensive service changed, and dine-in charge. Based on our experience, it cost about EP 126 to EP 170 for 2 pax.

Nothing much for shopping. You would not really like the fashion there. Perhaps you might wanna buy some souvenirs. The souvenirs are very very very very expensive. And I think not worth to buy it, especially the souvenirs are printed "Made in China". APA LAR!!!

Peoples....
The classic thing about their peoples is their driving behaviour,which I mentioned in previous blog. And besides that peoples there in Cairo are not that friendly. They always say something bad in Arabic on us. There was once, Alice was mad, she didn't know what did the lady talk about us, so she said it very fiercely to the woman "MAKINSTAWA", which means "non of your business". The woman was shocked, and speechless. We walked away like that.

They didn't know much in English. They are mostly communicate in Arabic. It's very difficult to survive there without knowing how to speak in Arabic.

Some other words that I learn in Arabic are:
1) Ya Lah - Let's go
2) Lah - No
3) Shukran - Thank you

Another classic thing about Egyptian is, they start their day very late, and they end their day very late too. We went out for sight seeing every afternoon after 1pm-2pm. I remembered there was once, Alice said want to bring me for very good Hot Dog. So we gotta wait when Ahmed is free, and another of Sam's friend is free, so we have car to go there. Sam told me to pick me at 10.30pm. I was shocked at first, but I take it, as I know they have late dinner already. But when I was sleeping on the couch and woke up at 10.30pm, they were not there yet. They arrived 11pm, and we arrived restaurant at 11.30pm. I have no appetite to eat at all at that hour. Mr. Seng Beng uncle was tired, he couldn't even join us, he slept early :P

Before I forgot, their breakfast + lunch (our brunch) is at 4pm-5pm. It's also their main meal of the day.

With our observation, we found the peoples there are very fat. And they do not move much. I felt so good to be skinny category there!

Transport....
It's very easy to get taxi in Cairo or Sham-el Sheikh. Taxi in Cairo looked aging. They are old. The only problem with taxi is, they do not understand English. How are you going to tell them where you are heading to. And they do not follow meter in Cairo. You have to negotiate price when you are on taxi.

There is train to the city too. The amazing thing is, there is no map at the ticket counter or anywhere before entering to the station. So, with the limited English that they know, and zero Arabic that we know, we feel lost, and we can't even communicate that lead us can't go out by our own without Sam.

We rented van from Hisham (Sam's second brother) to the tourist spots. It's EP 200/day. It's convenience.

Additional tips to Egypt. You gotta know someone there. You can't backpack there! NO WAY! It's not that safe for backpacker. You can choose to get tour package if you do not have friends there.

We spent very little for this trip. I spent RM 1800 for total exclude airfare. And it's included the expenses I had in Dubai.

Dubai for transit, I found nothing special there. Yes, many rich man. But Makinstawa (non of your business). So what's the point to see people rich? I rather I am the one. It's like little India. And nothing special about Dubai except, the whole place is puzzled by money, and only shopping malls are available. Nothing special in the shopping malls.

If you talked about the Mall of Emirates, there is a ski place in the mall. I rather suggest you to go Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or Switzerland for Ski. Not this place, everything is man-made.

There are many nice building. Yes, but I personally feel building is still a building. It's nothing special. It's just built in different shape and some they purposely make it looks old, which it's still a new one. The famous hotel that I post previously, I found it look like the "TM Building" in KL, Malaysia. Really.....Dubai has no own identity...besides a rich place!

If you like shopping, visit MALAYSIA PLEASE! You got 5 stars hotel at 1 star hotel rate in Dubai! And you have plenty of choice for your shopping experience! With Good FOOD, and CLEAN toilets!

Fantastic Weekend Shopping Experience

I have been doing quick shopping last weekend.

Friday night when I was playing Nintendo Wii. A call from Soo Yee told me that, "Swarovski is on sales. It's 75% off!!!! What do you want to get?"

"I want necklace, earrings, and mobile phone accessories. How much is that?" (I still concerned about the price, as I am broke!)

"Well, range from 20 to 40 pound."

"Wow....so cheap. Please get me 2 pairs of earrings, 2 necklace, and 1 mobile phone accessories" And I have got it. It's with Soo Yee. I have many things with her, and I owe her a lot. I have Swarovski not sure how many sets and what are they already. And I have Burberry belt, and what else I have there? I can't keep track ... I plan to fly over to meet Soo Yee by end of the year. It's good to shop there and nice to see Soo Yee and ah cheh again! Let's travel with me Soo Yee hehe...To Eastern Europe....as you suggested...

Then Saturday when I went to work in Damansara Mutiara, after I settled the thing, I went to Naf Naf for 15 minutes I guess. I have got 3 pieces of new clothing. And I went into a luggage store for 5 minutes to get an Elle lap top bag.

I am now shopping in Japan through my cousin, Mei. She is helping me to get a Blue Label Burberry hand bag.

Feel like dying with the financial burden that created by myself, at the same time feel great to get those stuff stock up home, and do the exchange of handbag, and wear a different accessories to go out everyday. It's making the process mah fan, and time consuming, but it's fun. Fan Jin....

Guild Day

I skipped work today. Emergency leave. Felt useless. Blamed myself for laziness.

But I thought about a few things today. Maybe I can share with you all.

A university friend came back from Toronto to visit us today. She told us she's happy with the job. Good pay. Daily 9-5. Go home on time. The western work culture (Canadian, at least) is that nobody shall stay overtime. Otherwise you make your colleagues look bad. Because everybody wants to enjoy life, and they view hardworking colleagues who work overtime as losers. I admire this culture. Why this culture does not exist in Asia (Malaysia, at least)?

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Was insulted by a Body Jam instructor at FF cheras leisure mall. There were only two male students in the class. During one of the track we were split into two groups. When it's our turn to perform, he shouted "Look at them dance!..... and muntah (Vomit)!". I felt offended but I wasn't angry. Somehow I felt the remark was pun intended and it is directed towards me. Am I over sensitive?

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I think I'm really getting old. Friday night played Nintendo Wii with MH & friends. Slept at 5am. Saturday, gathering at friend's place (university mate reunion). Slept late too. Sunday went to Gym (self-inflict tiredness) and went out dinner. As a result, extreme fatigue on Monday and have to call in office to take leave. Really felt old. (Cantonese: Low 9 Jor).

Another sign of aging. I suddenly like staying at home a lot. I suddenly can accept myself sitting at home all day. Play with the dog. Clean the house. Clean the aquarium. Cooking. Gosh. Must do clubbing next week.

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8 - Cantonese word for being busybody, nosy, put fingers on other's business. 8, nowadays does not require you to go out from the house, interact or talk with other people. Just start an internet forum for your neighborhood. Like my residential area. They have all sorts of heat-up discussions there. Complaint. Gossips. Who and What. Like recently, there was a burning car incident. Speculation really went wild. Like a rich girl having affair with a married guy. Their love nest is here in this building. Wife found out. She came and looked for her husband. After she failed to do so, she furiously burnt the car. The car was a gift from the rich girl to the married guy. Damn drama. At the same time entertaining. So start a forum for your neighborhood now. Warning: the gossip may end up at your doorstep.

Cleanliness of Egypt

This is a special request from Alice. She requested me to write how dirty Egypt is...hehe...
Well well... Before I visited Egypt, I was warned by Alice. However, I didn't believe it. May be simply because of I was overwhelming by the my dream's pyramid.

Alice emailed me, remind me to bring wet tissue. She told me, I will need it during the trip. Things are dirty.

First two days when I was in Cairo, Alice told me her father-in-law, and mother-in-law always ask Sam. "where is your wife?", Sam always has the same answer, "She is cleaning the unit (the floor that owned by Sam, where Alice stay in Cairo). The in-law felt very strange and asked the son "Why your wife clean the unit everyday?"

Alice even brush the floor, and toilet, and vacuum very often. She uses a lot of toilet paper to clean the toilet bowl before using it. Well, to remind, the unit is belong to them. So no outsider is using the toilet. However, whenever she wants to use it, she still clean it a few times.

It's simply because the place in Cairo is too dusty!

My finger nails was coated with black colour, and no matter I cut, I clean, and I wash, I couldn't remove it away. My finger nails were clean on the second minutes I cut it when I arrived my home in KL. It's really difficult to keep the hand clean. Don't ask me why...


I have no comment on the food cleanliness, as I didn't see how they cook or wash the dish.

The worst case about cleanliness was the toilet. When we were on the way to Sham-el Sheikh, we need to stop for output definitely. It was 6 hours driving trip!

So there was once, the toilet was very dirty. I saw left-over shit in the toilet bowl. I covered the shit with tissue paper, and I told Alice, it's safe to go in. And when everybody was back into car, they asked, did you guys see shit on the wall? Goshh...KNN....I luckily didn't see it.

As usual, I need to go washroom again at second stop. There is no rest house along highway, therefore it was difficult to find toilet. We found petrol station to go for toilet. This toilet were locked by the petrol station cashier. When I went in to check it out, I almost puke. The toilet were very very extremely dirty!!!!! I have never seen such a dirty place. You can "see", "smell", and "touch" the kanasai toilet. I decided not to use the toilet bowl, which full with the multiple non-flushed output. I wonder what did they eat. Why it was so smelly, and so disgusting. When the moment I was out from the toilet, Alice checked with me the toilet situation, whether okay to use. Well, the moment I wanted to reply her, I wanted to vomit. It's really disgusting, and I couldn't explain to her. I asked her not to use, as she couldn't even accept the first one.(This is the picture I could find from internet, which is similar to what I saw. Well, I couldn't take a single breath and wanted to die there. I couldn't take the real situation for you. This picture is much better than what I saw)

Until today, whenever I wanted to talk about this toilet, I can still visualize the toilet very clearly in my mind. And I feel that I am very lucky to be in Malaysia, as the public toilets here are not as bad as in Egypt. My complaints about Malaysia toilets have to keep it back for temporarily.

Drivers in Egypt

Alice requested me to write how dangerous were we on the road when we went Sham-el Sheikh, and the way back from Sham-el Sheikh. Well, let me talk about the overall Egyptian driving standard. The comments here are some from Seng Beng input. Thanks Seng Beng that really putting hard work to think about it, and I felt sorry that, I was like forcing him to write...hehe....

1) One of the very big common driving habit that Egyptian has, which we couldn't accept is...
They do not turn on the light during night time! So when the car come from opposite side, "seems like" cannot see them, they will flash the light to give the opposite car aware of their existence.

We were so surprise when we saw it, because when we walked, it's difficult for us to identify whether the car is moving or parking. Moreover, when they see peoples crossing road, they accelerate even faster, like wanna "hit you die".

2) They like double signal! They always use double signal, which we think convey very misleading message to the cars behind. According to Sam, it's their law, which Alice doubted with it, and so as Seng Beng and I doubted with it. :P

3) They drive crazily with horn. I felt they drive very dangerously. However, Alice and Seng Beng got different view from me. They think that they drivers in Egypt are very skillful. They drive very carefully. As everyone drive with no manner, so the drivers got to be very careful. We seldom see accident happen, we saw one only.

4) When we went to Sham-el Sheikh, the Ahmed fei chai drove very fast without considering us behind was actually following his car. He felt very fun to drive fast, and let Sam to chase him. As I think the only skill he has is only driving. It was so dangerous, as Sam is lack of experience driving in Egypt, and he is not familiar with Egypt roads anymore. And he tends to drive to the side, because it's different driving side from Sydney!

5) When we were on the way back from Sham-el Sheikh to Cairo, it was 3.35am. It was so dark. Both sides are mountains, and really really dark. And same thing, Ahmed fei chai drove very fast! And there was also a car which broke down, and didn't put on any signal or give awareness from far. Sam didn't see it, luckily Alice told Sam. Or else, we are oh...oh liao....

Well, thanks god that, we are safe!

Gilvie's Dreams

I got a SMS from my sister, Gilvie on last Sunday morning when I have had breakfast with my relatives. She is now in Sydney, Australia. I almost puke....

She said, " Last night I dream of Joshua (my brother) dump Crystal (Joshua's current gf), and married maid, forgot tarzan or Aliyah can't remember. The night before, I dream of I have had sex with David Beckham. Haha."

The drink in my mouth was almost puke out, and I can't tell my aunt or grandma about this crazy dream. So I shared this with my brother, Joshua, and Mei, my cousin who sat next to me.

Joshua was curious who did he choose in Gilvie's dream.
"So, what's Joshua decision?" we asked.
Gilvie replied, "Of course maid. But not sure Tarzan or Aliyah."

We also curious.....so we asked...
"did you enjoy the session with David Beckham? Did you see yourself as Victoria?"
hahaha...lucky she said, "no, I wasn't Victoria, and half way "doing it", Victoria was back. Then I went to hide. And I saw you, Min-Hui hiding together with me".
I asked, "If I were holding a camera?" hehe...no answer....Crazy dreams.....
her bf asked her, "how many position you have with David Beckham?", she said can't recall. hehe too bad!!!!


I think she is just too free, sleep too much in Sydney, and makes her dreams a lot....she is really day dream....

My Dream's Trip - Cairo, Egypt, and others

Going Egypt is always my dream since I was young. It's a mystery place that I always feel there are a lot of secret carry from the old time till now. So I have made it. I have been there from 21st Dec 2007 to 1st January 2008. I then transit at Dubai, and I took the opportunity to go the world famous trading city in U.A.E. from 1st January to 3rd of January 2008.

Let me share with you some of my pictures and short stories.

This is a trip that I went with my friends, Alice, her husband Sam, her son Adam, and my senior Seng Beng. And we also went to Sham-el Sheikh with Ahmed (Sam's best friend) and his wife, Basmah as well.

Cairo

Ahmed Zaki, this is where Sam's family stay. They have the whole building, and the lower ground is their office.


We went Giza on the third day of my trip. That's where Pyramid located. We ride horse to go in. Most of the tourist take buses into the Pyramid.
You might think, why not camel? It's too tall. Not for me! :P This is my first time riding a horse. See??? How tall are our horses?


There are eight pyramids in Giza. We stopped at the smallest Pyramid, as the big one, we are not able to take picture of the whole thing.
This is the funny picture that we found out, we capture Seng beng in the picture too. This is not in purpose.

This is Osman. The boy that take care of my horse.
Arh....... Pyramid? It's just on my finger tips.
Behind me? Adam is changing his diapers. ha......happy me. First time see desert. Sua gu...

After the pyramid, we had our dinner at this restaurant... they use traditional oven to bake bread and roast chicken! They cook at the entrance of the restaurant.
This is where to the dining place...
The interior of that restaurant...
We went to the "cheapest market" in Cairo. This is at the Hussein street (If I am not mistaken). We picked 8 pieces of souvenirs, they charged RM 800++. VERY EXPENSIVE!



Same place...
We went to the cafe that famous as Cairo to feel the feeling at cafe (like our mamak). The feeling is good, Mamak Feel, Restaurant price. We had this rice pudding, which made by rice, and soak it into yogurt. It's.....not nice hehe
We went for cruise at the next state. I couldn't name it anymore. Perhaps when Alice back to online, she could tell.

This is Egyptian Museum. The price for foreigner and local is a big gap. Local is EP 2, and foreigner is EP 50. And with student card, I enjoyed 50% off :P I have been using the same student ID for the past 10 years :) I also enjoyed 10% discount for my shopping at New Castle, UK two years ago!

Cute Adam...

Alice and I, at outside of the museum. We were not allowed to take picture inside the museum. I also entered The Royal Mummies Hall to see those Royal Family Mummies.

We went for dinner at 11.30pm to eat very good sausage in bun. Due to dine in is expensive, we eat outside of the restaurant, at the car. It's still expensive. I think.
We went for horse cart for city tour. It's dangerous :P as the horse cart go on the normal road!
We went to Ahmed's bike store. His dad opened a bike shop for him and his brother. And he also own a gift shop. Their life is like 60's China life style.

I asked for water at Ahmed's bike shop. I appreciated he gave me a glass of water to take my medicine. After I returning the glass to him, I then realised that, that's shared glass. Everyone use that glass for water. Ehmm..ehm....well...it's over.
This is the coffee stall that at the river bank. See how simple, and .....dirty?

We were in Cairo City!!!

We always wonder, why the road, and street are always busy? What are they doing? Are there many jobless peoples? Why they walk on the street all time? They drive very fast, and carefully, because every driver in Egypt is like F1 driver, when they see you crossing road, they will accelerate ...FASTER!!!

This is a night market near by Sam's house. This is basically little China. They are all selling Made in China stocks! and obviously, they bought over priced items.
We also bought some fresh juice to drink there, and Alice was lucky to get a foreign object in the pack.....a white colour of worm! YIACKSSSSS

We also visited Mohamad Ali Mosque, which also called Citadel of Salah al-Din. Again, I enjoyed student price here too! hehe....


We wanted to start Indian show...actually...



Inside the mosque....

Cairo City behind me....Busy busy city


Here is another cruise we took at Nile River, at the Cairo City. Suppose we wanted to take those very big cruise, but due to no reservation has been made, we can't go anymore. And that's the last day at Cairo, we then take this small boat to tour Nile River at the night time. Very cold...
Lucky me with thick winter jacket.



Sham-El Sheikh
We went to Sham-el Sheikh, with 6 hours driving distance from Cairo. The way to Sham-el Sheikh was very nice desert. And a lot of dinosaur (some grass grow with distance) to keep Adam stay...Sham-el Sheikh is a place, where can see beautiful beach. Many European traveled there, and we didn't really see many Egyptian there for living. Just small population there to work at the tourist spots. And basically the whole place is for tourist. There are many top's hotels.
We were happy that three of us out from apartment only. Alice, Seng beng and I. It's more relax...hehe
We were at outside of our apartment
When we cross road, I found this....at the middle of the road....Why? So many cigarette buds?
In front of our apartment...The lady with tudung is Basmah, Behind her was me, then Alice, Sam, then Ahmed. The kid is Adam.
Alice and me ...posing....
nice apartment?
This is the busy street at Sham-El Sheikh. We had our both nights dinner there....Nice restaurant....
The New Year Eve, Seng Beng and I walked at the busy street. Others didn't join because Alice need to take care of Adam, Sam and Ahmed need to nap in order to drive later. And Basmah prefer to stay back.
Forgot which hotel...
The Street....again...
This is XXX Beach....sorry, not really know where were we...After some walked, Seng beng and I decided to go Casino to earn some money to cover our trip. We won USD 400!!! Good New Year Eve!!


My first time trying Shi Sha....I almost cannot breath...


Dubai....
It's almost end of the trip. We transit at Dubai as said. I don't like this artificial place. Everything is fake, they are puzzled by money.

This city is full with foreigner, not the local peoples. A lot of peoples from India, Sri Langka, Pakistan, Chinese, Philipines, and Africa. And guess what, in the shopping mall, some of the shops played Indian song. "What a nice environment"...


Dubai Museum....Slightly better than Malaysia one, which see Baju Kebaya, Sari, and Cheong Sum. There is one thing that attracted us. One of the display in the museum, it used lighting to change the outer and interior of the tomb.


This is the river where Dubai city people use to travel to the opposite river bank.
This is the boat that we pay Durham 1 to go over opposite bank. The are a lot of boats , which no waiting time.This is Old Souk (Old Market) of Dubai. They sell a lot of fabric. And most of the shops are operated by Indian, Pakistan, and Chinese.
We then walked to the museum, this is not the real Camel. I do not dare to take picture with camel ehh....We saw a tour bus. We ran on the bus without asking any detail. And it's DRH 175 each pax! Damn expensive! Well, it's okay, we understand to be tourist, it's a must to pay for this unfair high price. Okay, we are still happy...

View from the river...
This is the famous hotel...Burj Al Arab Hotel. The restaurant on the top floor can see the view of Dubai while the lowest floor of restaurant can see underwater aquarium.
This is beach of Jumeirah. It's nice. But we don't have time to be there. We were on the bus.
We reached Souk Madinat, Jumeirah. Souk means market. Again, this is man-made market. Nice fake view, but if there is choice, I wanna go for historical place. I felt like I was at Sunway pyramid.
At the restaurant that we had our lunch. Japango. Really expensive food.
In the souk ...
Inside the souk...
Another building I found quite special. It looks like Palm Tree....

We also went to the biggest shopping mall, The Mall of Emirates. There is an indoor ski. Well, Again, man-made. Sien...

I went off second day, lucky that I were there for a day only....Seng Beng had another day for transit....he was suffering :P

I'll write later to share my comments for the trip...

** P/S: You may see, my face grow round!!! Shit!!! There is different from day 1 to day 14th**
More pics available later, after I exchange with my friends...We are all in different countries, it takes time...