Proud of my Senior

A senior of mine whom I got to know since I was in Form 2 is graduating soon. His name is John. I first knew him when I was in Form 2 and he was in Form 5. We barely got in touch with each other and that was when he got transferred to St Michael from JPP for his Form 6 studies. He is a bright student and always score with flying colours in his examinations. Even when he was in St Michael, we barely talked maybe because we were not close enough. He sat for his STPM and I didnt really know what happened to him next. Just a few years ago, I contacted him via Facebook again. He told me he was in my current University, The National University of Malaysia and he was in Nutrition. And do u guys still remember when I was in diverged paths after I got to know what course I would be taking? I got Microbiology instead of Medicine. His fate was almost same to mine. He comforted me, telling me that he was devastated too when he got Nutrition instead of Pharmacy. He even applied Pharmacy in UCSI and passed the admission test but finally gave in to Nutrition for he had financial burdens if he was to choose private university. Then, he got a JPA and the same goes to me. We are both JPA scholars. Sometimes, we chat in Facebook and got to know each other current condition. Just now, we chat again in Facebook and he told me he is going to graduate in this coming October. He is graduating with First Class Honour (CGPA kept a secret). His lecturer asked him if he wanted to skip his Master and continue his PhD in NUM. He agreed and is waiting for his lecturer to mail him the form. According to him, his lecturer asked him to apply to become a staff in NUM (a researcher assistant or lecturer's assistant, maybe) for half year and then NUM will be sending him to oversea for him to pursue PhD. Honestly, Im so happy and proud to know of his achievements. He is one great senior and Im definitely going to follow his footsteps. He made me proud as a Michaelian.... :)

Mood for Ghost's stories

Recently have the mood for horror stories. Met Kho, my former colleague and got to hear a few of nice ghost's stories. Today, Im going to blog 2 stories that she told me which I find them quite creepy and eerie at the same time. Honestly, after she told me, I actually had goosebumps from my arms till my neck. Well, here they go~

1) The first story told by her was about a friend of hers who happens to be able to see the unseen. According to her, she dislike to go out with this friend, lets call her Miss A because she behaves weirdly and scared the hell out of Kho. Whenever they go out, Miss A will definitely eye to the corner or to the seat where Kho was sitting, and Kho realized that and she was uncomfortable knowing that the beings were around and even sat next to her. Miss A knows how to drive but she gave up on driving due to her ability to spot the sightings of wandering spirits. She was afraid to drive especially at night where she could see ghosts sticking on her mirrors. There was one time where a passing by ghost stick on her front mirror and she could not see the road ahead and hit the tree. That was the last straw, she gave up driving completely. There was a time when Kho, Miss A and their girlfriends went to Genting Highland for vacation. As you know, Genting is haunted and famous spot for the gamblers to commit suicide after losing a huge amount of money in casino. They were on the bus and when they reached the peak of Genting, they were thrilled to rush down from the bus and inhale the fresh cool air of the hill. Miss A stopped them, asked them to allow someone else to disembark the bus. Kho was startled, she dint see anyone else except for her own group. When the path was 'clear', Miss A allowed them to disembark. Even in the hotel room, Miss A would check the toilet first before anyone used them and asked the girlfriends to be patient as she needed 'them' to move out from the toilet first before anyone of them used the loo. At the very night, when the girls were chatting on the bed and the small TV in the hotel room was turned on, Miss A's face turned pale and white. The girls were busy chit chatting before they noticed the change in Miss A's expression. When the girls confronted her, she shrugged it off and denied being pale. The girls were curious and they forced her to tell. Miss A refused and went to bed. The girls went to bed not long after that. The next morning, when the girls were in the outdoor theme park and had fun, they started to ask Miss A what happened last night and why was she looking pale. Miss A refused to talk about last night but the girls confronted her over and over again. Finally, Miss A gave in and told her what she saw last night in the hotel room. When the girls were chatting on the bed, she saw a small girl was sitting on the TV and looked straight to them. Her legs were swinging sideways and her eyes were concentrating on the chit chatting girls. The girls were shocked and they demand for a room change that very night.

2) The second story was experienced by a relative of Kho, her female cousin actually. During holidays, Kho and her family went over to her aunt's place which is in KL to stay. Her aunt and family stayed in a flat on the 15th floor and the balcony of their home was quite near to the balcony of the home of the next block. Thus, they could see almost everything in their neighbour's home. That night when Kho and her cousins were playing cards, Kho's back was facing the balcony. In the middle of the game, one of her female cousins alerted Kho

Cousin: "hey, there is a girl standing behind you outside the window, peeking at us"

Kho (turned her back):" No, there isnt any girl behind me"

Cousin:"Cant you see? She is right behind you and she was peeking us playing cards"

Kho: "Dun scared me, this is 15th floor...a girl right outside our window?"

The cousin started to sense something was amiss, she forgot she was in the 15th floor and her face turned real pale and white. She let out a high pitched scream and dashed out of the room. The rests were startled. The next morning, when they confronted her, she told them that she really saw a girl standing outside the window and looking at her. She told them that the girl looked just like any other girls, with her casual attire, her normal human face and she was peeking them playing cards. She actually smiled to her when they had eye contacts, thats what made her screamed. Then, the girls thought that maybe it was the neighbour opposite to their balcony was standing in her own balcony, watching them played cards. When they tried to peek their opposite neighbour and that was when their aunt came in and asked them why. They told her that they were trying to figure out who lived opposite to them. Their aunt told them that the opposite home had been left vacant for many years even before they moved in. Then, they heard stories that the opposite home was once occupied by a pair of young husband and wife. One day, they got into a huge quarrel and the young wife jumped off from her balcony, died instantly. They concluded that the lady Kho's cousin saw that night might be the young wife, trying to check out what her neighbour was doing. Since then, the cousin never visited the aunt's home anymore and few years later, the family moved out from the flat. Fortunately~

Ghost Story Again~

Last night, I was with my Form 6 crazy friends in Olivenz Cafe. There were 8 of us (including me) and our conversation started with simple chat included how we were doing, out recent life and what we are going to do in this semester break. The gathering started at 730pm and ended at 1145pm. the topics of our discussion deviated to paranormal encounters and somehow, they were interested to listen to my stories because according to Fox, mine is very scary and gives goosebumps. Well, in this blog, Im going to blog another ghost story, personally told by both my uncle and aunt. I have an aunt, uncle and 2 cousins staying in Gunung Rapat area, near to Sam Poh Tong. They like dogs very much and currently, have 2 dogs as their pet. A few years ago, the folks here were shocked by the news of someone being shot to death in a car. This news was reported in the TV and newspaper. This man who had been shot to death was sitting in his brand new car when a few other guys went towards him and pulled the trigger, shot him for more than 10 times in his car. He died instantly after the hit-man attack. The car was covered with blood and his body remained seated in the driver's seat. He lived in Gunung Rapat area and according to unknown sources, he was loaded and was very cunning. He took others on granted and pushed them to the edge of bankruptcy. In his business, he crossed the line and unleashed the wrath of his rivals...to the point of killing him. Until now, his killers are still free and the force did not probe further when this case faded on his own, a typical situation here. Back to the point where he was shot to death by his rivals, the car was then claimed back by his nephew who stays opposite to my uncle and aunt. According to his nephew, this car was bought by him and his uncle so after his uncle died, he reserved the right to claim it. He had all the blood stains removed and drove the car back home, parked in front of his house (which is opposite to my uncle's) in the middle of the night. The night when he drove the car home for the first time, the uncle's dogs started to howl at the car and this drove other dogs nearby to join in howling. The howling was long and eerie. My aunt was alarmed by the howl and alerted my uncle. My uncle brushed her fear aside by telling her that the female dogs were having period that drove the males crazy. My aunt was not convinced because she knew dogs normally bark and in 'certain' occasion, they howl. According to Chinese belief, animals especially dogs can see the unseen and when they do, they howl at the entities to show their fear and alarm people nearby. My aunt continued to sleep despite the continuous howling and the night was made creepy and eerie after the arrival of that car. The next morning, my aunt went over to her neighbours and she was told that the neighbours felt something was amiss too the moment the car arrived. They heard the howling and the howl continued for hours non-stop (see how afraid the dogs were). They shared the story early in the morning and they told my aunt that the car was the very car the man had died in it. My aunt was of course freaked out but kept to herself. She could actually see the car right out of her door and windows. The following nights, the neighbourhood experienced very weird things. My cousins and my aunt could hear someone was crying in the middle of the night and it was the voice of a man. Coarse and manly sobs could be heard in the street and specifically, from the car's direction. Another neighbour, a woman heard someone sobbed heavily outside her house and decided to take a peek through her window upstairs. What she saw really scared the shit outta her. She saw a man sitting under her tree outside the house and sobbed very heavily. Since the night was late, she could not tell how the man looked like but based on the shape of the black entity, she could tell it was an adult man. Another neighbour, a teenager girl was on the phone in the middle of the night, chatting happily with her friend. Her chat was interrupted abruptly when she suddenly heard a man cried out loud in the middle of the night, breaking the silence. She had goosebumps and quickly hung up and went to bed. Another middle-aged man felt the presence of a man walking in the back alley and heard soft sobs and whispering, when he went to check via his kitchen windows, the alley was dark and no sight of any human. After consecutive of disturbing nights, the neighbours confronted the nephew's mother and the mother herself was worried too. Some neighbours heard a man crying in the day right outside their house and they had to put some amulets and charms to prevent this 'man' from entering their house. The nephew's mother later had the car blessed by Buddhist monks and ever since then, no sobs were heard and no one see the man sitting under the tree anymore. The car is still there and the dogs no longer howl, indicating the previous owner is now in the place where he belongs.

Hunk Report 2

The second report of my workout progress. Recently, browsed the net and found out an American Naval Calculator, used to calculate the fat percentage in body. Entered my data and found out that my fat percentage is now 12.4%. Yay! Just a mere 2.4% and more to burn off before revealing my 6 packs. Ever since I came back to Ipoh, I spent my time on workout and strict diet. Been having salads as my dinner for a few days and followed workout plan closely to burn off calorie. Whenever i jog now, i can see my 6 packs struggling to come out, haha. I also ordered protein supplement from my friend and expected to arrive in no time. The reason for protein intake is to burn off calorie and build my biceps and triceps. As i notice, both my biceps and triceps are still so small. I need bigger arms.

  nice arms =D

Exam Over!!!!!!!!!!

Hulala~ Exam is finally over! Just finished my last paper today, Fundamentals of Molecular Biology and ending that paper officially ends my first year in NUM! Whoa, so fast...I will become a senior next sem already. Packed all my stuffs and ready to go back to Ipoh. My resolution for my 2 months holidays? Intensive work out to bring out my beautiful 6 packs! I can do it! I will make it! I will reveal what hidden in 2 months time! Yay!

Father's Day

Today i will talk about the most important man in my life-my father. My father is the symbol of strength and he is the pillar of the family. He was born in 1961 in a village called Pasir Pinji. Back in the 60s, my paternal grandparents were poor and they had to rent a small room in a wooden house to stay. There, my father as the first born always with my paternal grandmother, stayed at home while my grandfather was always away for work. My grandfather works as a carpenter and he still does. My great grandfather was a teacher. In the 60s, my father had been a very naughty boy, according to my grandmother. In the 70s, he attended the Private School of Poi Lam and there, he befriended alot of friends whom now, we call them uncles. Their friendship lasts for so long, for decades and still live in the same city.
 My father completed his Form 3 if Im not mistaken and started to follow my grandfather to learn carpentry. He was an apprentice to a furniture carpenter whom he had bad memories of how abusive the carpenter was. Sometimes, he would talk about his time being an apprentice and complained that old carpenter and his dictator son. Soon, my father left and pursued my grandfather's footsteps and ventured into the world of carpentry. He still works as a carpenter and built many houses in Ipoh and I must say, without them, there will not be rapid development so practically they 'build' the city. The story of how my father met my mother was told in another post and then, they got married, produced 4 children. I still remember my father was very strict to me when i was very young. It was because i was very naughty and he feared i might ended up in the wrong path. Slowly when I grow up, I am not that naughty anymore. My father does not share much of his childhood memories but we often heard them from my grandmother. Now, he is 51 years old and is still working to provide food to the family. Sometimes, when i compare him with his older pictures, lets say 5 or 6 years ago, he grows older already. He has white hair, wrinkles and dark skin tone due to harsh work under the sun 6 days a week.
  He loved to race. He used to bike-race with his friends and had accident. That accident made him retired from the race. However, he loves to race with other drivers on highway when he is challenged. There, he goes, racing on the highway and my mother will keep warning him to stop. Sometimes, we sit in the back also worry for the speed he is driving, 160km/h. He does not get tired for driving and according to him, the longer he drives, the more energetic he becomes. He loves orchids and goldfish too. We have 3 tanks of goldfish and 1 tank of Flowerhorn in the house. The garden used to have orchids blossom every spring but now, his interest in orchids faded and he concentrates on goldfish instead. His earlier interest was on bonsai. Our house balcony is full of bonsai and one of my household chores is to water the bonsai. We always tell him that we need a bigger house but he is still worried for our education. Basically, there is nothing much to worry about but I think he is still reserved on buying a new house. My parents told us that buying new house is now our duty...Lol...so my siblings and I will have to plan for that. The dream house he wants is very simple, just a house with no upper floors and a big lawn for him to rear goldfish and plant orchids.
  Anyhow, this is the story of the most important man in my life...=)

 My father in Hai Peng Kopitiam

Coco Lee

Im sure the name Coco Lee is familiar to most of you out here. Coco Lee is a Chinese American who gained her fame and popularity in singing. Her talent in singing really 'wow' us. Her actual name is Ferren Lee and has a Hong Kong mother and a Chinese Indonesian father. Her father died when she was very young. She is the youngest and has 2 elder sisters. Her family moved to America to stay and her beauty secured her a place in Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant. Later, she signed a contract and became a singer. She was famous for singing the theme song for both Disneyland:Mulan and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (starred by Chow Yun-Fatt, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Zi-Yi). Out of her many songs, i like only 2 songs... :P. One is 暗示(Giving Hints) and 每一次想你(Everytime I Think of You). Both songs are meaningful and the lyrics tell how she sacrifices in love and her foolishness. The songs are sang with emotions and the tone is sad. I think you guys should download and listen, holds meaning to most of the people. In 2011, Coco Lee is married to a wealthy Canadian-Jewish guy, Bruce Philip Rockowitz and her wedding dress is designed by Veronica Wang. WoW!

Coco Lee and her husband




Coco Lee-A legend