Saturday, May 30, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 9:37 AM
The straight line appears to turn into one with peaks and trophs, and the machine starts to make beeping sound at a constant rate. A few adjustments are made, then it's time. Time to lift the lever. Sparks flying, electricity running through the thick copper wire lying around the room. A monstrous figure rose up, and from within a room, a cackling laughter is heard and then an exclamation "IT IS ALIVE!!!" Well, good news is i finally managed to log into my Blogger to write something. Bad news is, 4 weeks to my final exam, so expect the same state the blog is in now for the next 1 month or so. Honestly, nowadays i lost the will to blog. Even taking pics out of my camera and put watermarks on it seems so tedious to do. Not to mention studying whenever there's time, and when it's a bit free, i'll take that time to rest so i can concentrate on studying at other times. Blogging seems to be a task now, rather than a hobby i used to indulge in. Maybe it really is time to stop?Anyway, i'll post something interesting when i rediscover the will to blog, as of now i am going to prepare for the football match against Bradford Lodge in 2 hours time. Wish me luck!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 3:08 PM
Darn, 1 week after my return from the Kangaroo Trip, i still have not update my blog about it. I guess i will talk about it now, but i'll make it day per day. 3 days, 3 blog posts aye?The trip began at 4.30am on Monday 20th of April, that's when we all woke up after a night at Jeremy's place. Washed ourselves, had breakfast, get changed and head out at 5.30am. By 6.00am, we are already in the city.
The coach arrived at around 6.15am to pick us up at King William Street, then head to different hostels to pick up the other member of the tour. There are the 3 of us Malaysians, a Singaporean friend, an Isreali paramedic, two English, a couple of Dutch and a couple of Germans, and also 2 locals. That makes 13 of us.by 6.30am, everyone is on their way to Cape Jervis, where we had to take the ferry over to the island. We arrived at Cape Jervis just in time to catch the 9am ferry, which will take 45 minutes to cross from Australia mainland to Kangaroo Island.
Since the cost to transport a car over is expensive, the tour company had a couple of coach over at the island, so we took all our stuffs and meals for 3 days into the ferry with us, leaving the coach behind. Then we enjoy 45 minutes of blue sea water, birds gliding over them with cool breeze bathing our face with occasional splash of water. From afar we can see the island, which is 7 times larger than Singapore.
When we reach the island, we bring all our stuff from the ferry into the awaiting coach, and then head to a nearby store to stock up on more food and to have our toilet breaks. We were instructed to buy anything we might have forgotten to bring there (toothbrush, shampoo, beers etc) because once we leave the small town, it's all wilderness. Heck, there isnt even phone coverage on the whole island except the town area.
After everything's settled, Whales the tour guide drove a fair distance to our first sight seeing location, which is one of the viewpoints that look out at the ocean. The view is simply amazing, i have never seen any water body that sparkle as much, any sound made by waves as clear.
After a few minutes of picture taking, we head to our next destination, the Eucalyptus Oil Distillery. This is where they produce eucalyptus oil, which is said to be good for health and other usage. Many type of products were produced from them, including shampoo, perfume, balms or just the pure eucalyptus oil itself. Besides eucalyptus oil, the distillery also rear a few emus, and products like emu egg shells, feet skins and feathers were sold there too.
After that, lunch! we were brought to a beach which name i forgot, but it is said to be the top 10 beach in Australia. Too bad that time it's high tide, so we dun get to see much sand. But the beach is still beautiful nonetheless.
I mean, how many beach can u see having water as clear as this?
After visiting the beach while Whales is preparing lunch of bread, ham, chicken and other dressings, we went to Little Sahara. Basically, Little Sahara is a big pile of sand in the middle of the jumgle area, where people can run up and down them, and do stuff like sandboarding or quad biking. Unfortunately for us, the session did not go so well as the board provided by the tour company is lousy, so we did not get much of action. So Whales decided to take some money of the tour payment to rent a better sand board and sleigh the next day. So pics of Little Sahara will be on the next post ;)After the trip to Little Sahara, we made our way to our cottage where we stayed for the first night for dinner.
For that night, we had kangaroo meat for dinner with pita bread, and they were cook to perfection! Normally people will say kangaroo meat is tough, but I learnt that the reason it became tough is because people always overcook it.After dinner, we all head out to watch penguins! too bad i did not have any pics of them, because camera flash would cause the penguins to get stunned for a few minutes, which is enough time for predators to strike. But witnessed how penguins swim back from the sea, climb up the cliffs, cross the road to get to the other side (Why does the penguin cross the road?), climb another set of cliffs, then enter their burrow to feed their youngs. They did it so cautiously that it took them about 3 minutes to cross a road that we humans can cross in 5 seconds. Then we all head back to get ready for bedtime, while some of us stay out for a bit more while to sit around the campfire and talk about some random subjects.
After all that, bedtime! The story of Day 2 should be the next post, so stay tuned!
Sunday, April 05, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 8:58 PM
Milkshake making with my new bought blender:
Just add ice cream and milk, blend it and pour into your glass to enjoy:
Damn, my blogging skill is deteriorating, what's with the 1 line blogging?Anyway, why did i get the blender anyway? surely not to just make milkshake. No, not to make belacan either. Well, i got it to mix my protein powder. Protein powder will get all lumpy and hard to dissolve in water. So i got this blender to mix it with milk whenever i'm done working out in the gym.That's right, i'm now visiting the gym on a regular basis, like 3 times a week. After each workout, it would be best to have some proteins to build up and repair muscle cells.
Loaded with nothing much but proteins and some vitamins and minerals, it actually tasted pretty good. Look at the protein content of this thing:
And no, i am not gonna build up to be a wrestler, in fact the one i get has less protein, but it also has L-Carnitine that will metabolize excess fat. We'll see how well i do in the next few months ;)
Wednesday, April 01, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 2:30 PM
Okay, i can't hide my feelings anymore. i think that it's about time for me to tell you what i wanted to tell you for such a long time. First of all, i apologize if what i'm about to tell you will make you mad, or make u stay away from me. i wouldnt blame you, i know the consequences that MAY happen. Before you start wondering "who is you?", you is YOU. yes, YOU. You who is reading this. U know who you are. I have always wanted to tell you this for a very long time, since the first time i met you. All your actions, all your talks, all your thoughts...makes this feeling i have for you stronger and stronger each day..there is no simpler way for me to tell you, because it's hard enough to think of you this way. I don't go around telling people about my feelings, but i think it's about time to tell you..I've been planning to tell you this a long time ago, so much so that i actually made it into a short song, and you can listen to it HERE. Hope you will understand what i tell you, and yea....do let me know what you think of it. Thanks.
Sunday, March 22, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 4:42 PM
the birth of Siew Mei Sim is today! Ok, i can easily said SMS' 20th birthday, i just want to make it sounded more historical. This teehee queen will always make lectures hard to concentrate in, especially the constant hehehe if you sit near her in lectures. When you turn to give her an annoyed look, she will look at you back with a "what? what did i do?" look. Then it will change to "mind your own business" look. Well since today is Sunday and there's no lecture, you are allowed to teehee all you want with Bruce and Deuce. Too bad Truce won't be able to make it today. Even though i dunno whether u are still my regular visitor or not, but since you blogged about my birthday once, I'll repay it with an exclusive though short slot in Da Club. A pint of beer on the house to everyone, wishing Sim Siew Mei a
Saturday, March 07, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 10:03 PM
During my holiday time back to home, i had the privilege of enjoying the business class section of the flight. Reason? the money provided by dad's company is sufficient, and if i don't use it, it will be gone by this year.
Besides the spacious seats, there's of course the food. Damn, looks like few of the best food in the world is actually in the sky! Take this satay during the MAS flight for example, one of the best i ever had.
Following meals include some rice cake with wine and also rice with chicken.
Business class passengers also enjoy the privilege of the Golden Club lounge in KLIA.
It's big with many seats and sockets around, ideal place to use your laptops. Free food and drinks included. I can even shower there to refresh myself! just ask the guy outside the toilet for towels and he would gladly hand you the shower pack.
Next would be my flight from KL to Doha, let's see what Qatar Airways can offer. Although not as luxurious, their food also have the class of it's own. I mean, how often can you enjoy caviar, a type of expensive fish egg you spread over bread to eat? My friend Arik told me that these black caviar is the most expensive amongst the caviars. Well, he is right: The caviar of the sturgeon is the most expensive. I did some research and found out that a normal sturgeon caviar costs USD30 per pound. that would make it to be around RM200+ for a little more of 1kg. GOSH!! And that's not even the most expensive! It looks weird, slimy and all but then it actually tasted pretty good, no fishy smell or yucky taste. tasted like salty tiny jelly spread.
Not only that, i get to eat ice cream on flight:
There's also wantan noodle for Qatar Airways' flight, but the picture i took was too blur. Basically it's the oriental noodle with wantan soup.Then it's the returning flight from KL to Australia using MAS again. Again there are satay, as well as some cooler beverages. I ordered a glass of Bloody Mary:
Also served are otak-otak, and lamb shank. 
Of course there are other meals, but those others aren't that nice or special compared to these few. Hey, this is not meant to brag, but just to share about what a business class flight would look like. Indeed an amazing experience, hope i will be provided enough money this year for another turn end of this year. After all, i'll be returning once only :P
Friday, February 27, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 1:09 PM
After nearly 3 months of holiday which seems so short, i am back in Adelaide, ready for another term of pharma-related subjects. It feels so weird when i opened my room's door, because it is exactly how it looks like when i left. As though i have never been anywhere, as if these 3 months never happen. Anyways, i dun feel much when i returned. Probably because i already said my goodbyes to family when i left Doha, so flying from Bintulu to Adelaide doesn't seem that heavy. Of course goodbyes to my grandma and aunts, but that's all to it. Now that i am back, stuffs that i need to do:- Clean up my room a bit...when i left, it isnt exactly in a good condition.- Stock up some food. when i left, i cleaned up my fridge so that no food is in it. Not to mention my maggi kari was confiscated by customs official due to it having "mixed spices".- Get ready for uni. like duh...- Plug my com to my speaker which i already did. Ooh~Lodge is pretty empty, many are not back yet, and familiar faces have either left Adelaide or moved out. Seems like i will be one of the seniors now, and probably will be given the job of a duty officer, where for one night or two in a week, i will hold the master key and a walkie talkie so that if anything happens, people can contact me to solve the problem or if necessary, call the manager. the job cuts $20 off weekly rent, which is a good deal. Maybe i should apply soon...Looking forward to meet friends again in these coming weeks!
Thursday, February 19, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 6:50 PM
Who could say they have not heard of this instant noodle? favourite snack to some, life savers to others. Though unhealhty, people still munch into these noodle be it at home, at work or a nigh out at the mamak.
This is by far the cheapest food i can think of back in Aussie. 3 packets of these only costs AUD0.75, plus egg and some meat, total cost for a meal would only be around AUD2. it is also fast, cooking time takes only 15 minutes preparing everything. Not to mention extremely nice and addictive. If it's not because of the fact that instant noodles are generally bad for health, i would have this as my major source of food!I'm not doing any promotion here, i just joined Facebook's Mi Goreng fan and realized how many people from all over the world actually loved this food, including Europeans and Americans. And the biggest fan of all would of course, be this person:
Thursday, February 12, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 1:40 PM
It's been almost a week since i arrive in Bintulu. And as expected, i really have nothing to do here.If you think my routine of wake up - lunch - com - gym - dinner - com - sleep with occasional things to do in between in Doha is boring, it's even worse here. it's wake up - breakfast - com - lunch - com - nap - dinner - com - sleep. Huh....I met my friends on Tuesday night. we went for a few games of pool at 9pm, then chit chat a bit and by 11pm, we asked each other "where to go next?". Nobody has any idea, so we went home.So, to kill of some time, i decided to play around with my jerseys. How to play with a shirt, you ask me? well...not exactly playing, but more like customizing. That is to mean to apply name and numbers on my empty shirts. For example, here's how a normal jersey looks in most of the shops:
Tools used are a ruler and an iron. Ruler to arrange where to apply the name and number set, and iron to....well, iron it down. The result:
Now my shirt has an identity! Applying name and number sets on a shirt ain't an easy thing. First of all, i must make sure the set are correct for that particular shirt. it varies according to teams, manufacturer of the shirt, year the shirt is used in or competition the shirt is used in, or a combination of any of those. You wouldn't want to have a BECKHAM 7 on a Malaysia jersey, it looks weird. Positioning is also important, where to place the names and numbers, the gap between each letters, is it dimensionally straight and not crooked. That's not all, i'm playing around with iron, so a worst case scenario would be me burning my house down. Or i might just ruin the name and number set by melting it, or even burning a hole on my shirt. But it's fun customizing my own shirt, you may say it's some kind of a craft (and i know someone LOVES crafts) ;)But i only spend 30 minutes for this shirt....back to boringness again.
Friday, February 06, 2009, Blabbered by Pyroboy1911 at 4:43 AM
I'm now sitting in the lounge in Doha Airport, surrounded by men with suits. Would have preferred sitting at Costa, can have a cup of coffee while writing this post, seems more "professional" ;)Anyway, it seems like it's just a few days ago i reached Doha. 2 months just past like that, it's 1/6 of a year for crying out loud! Now i'm on my way back to Bintulu for a little more than 2 weeks, then off back to Adelaide, back to studying, back to routinized life. From now on, no more sitting in the living room from morning till night, no more playing around in the playground at night, no more basketball session at the basketball stand that belongs to someone else, no more going out in the morning to shopping malls looking at girl's stuff, no more random cakes and titbits from mum or other aunties, no more movie nights or game sessions, no more gim rummy session as well. I guess i can still do those in 10 months time when i return end of this year, but 10 months is definitely a long wait. Special thanks to mum and dad who either cook food or bring me out for dinner, so i have 2 months off from cooking. Thanks to my siblings as well, spending time with me whenever possible. Also thanks to Jas, Sherp and Ivy who will organize or join stuffs to do or else it will be a boring holidays, and also thanks to Auntie Vera for all the wonderful food, especially the Peking duck. On the bright side, going back to Bintulu means i will get to visit grandma and aunts, as well as friends who are still not back to their respective places of study. Other than that....i guess there's nothing much to do either. Till next time, logging off from Doha, marking an end to this chapter of my journey.