This is for you.....

Here’s a post about a simple lady,
Trying her hand at writing a story.

On the blog, Nuffnang's contest is seen visibly
Decided to try out, hopefully it's worthy.

First, from Realmart, I have to select a gift,
Then to decide whom shall I give.

Scratching my head almost the whole day,
Through endless choices, I searched my way,
Finally, Emergency Light, the gift that made my day

Dedicate it to dragon, a true friend I treasure,
Whose friendship no one can ever measure,
For he shines like a jewel during the darkest night,
Making every moment, every second ever so bright.

So, my fellow bloggers, what are you waiting for,
Click on Nuffnang Gift Ideas Contest and check out more.

P/S : I want to take this opportunity to thanks dragon for introducing me to the world of blogging. From here, I got a chance to know lots of wonderful blogger friends........YES, it's YOU. To all of you, thanks for your continuous support :)......

My Cherished Memories

People said 'A picture is worth a thousand words'. For me, a picture captured my most cherished memories. It is like pausing the time at that very moment and captured everything into a picture. Like an external 'hard disk' that kept the memories in place since the space in my brain is kinda 'limited' :).

YH asked me to sort out our previous trip photos cause he wants to have it developed. Ever since owning a digital camera, we have never really get the hard copy into the photo album anymore. The most that we did was getting it downloaded and burned into CDs. Hmm....while going thru those photos, lots and lots of sweet memories came flooding back.

Mom and me on the way to Lake Tahoe

One of the stops at Lake Tahoe. A very beautiful place
YH and me at Sausalito
Snoopy Land (Santa Rosa - somewhere near to where YH was staying at that time)
One of the trees in Redwood Reserve
Reno - just like a mini Las Vegas
Lombard Street, SF
Bodega Bay
Fisherman's Wharf, SF
Palace of the Fine Arts. Hey, we were not taking off our shirt ok, just adjusting it for the next picture. Ha ha. This place is famous to the local folks as a place to take their wedding photos. Nice beautiful buildings around here.

Ok..ok, GET BACK! GET BACK! I am still stuck at San Frans..ha ha. Better continue my pictures sorting before YH get back and start to nag me on the project which I have delayed since last year :)............

Cisco Certification

IT is the field that I selected when I first consider to further my study. Why did I select this subject? It was mainly because during that time, this subject was really well-known and I know that there are a lot of career opportunities for those IT graduates. With technologies advancement, almost all companies are running with the help of computers, be it for documentation or in house applications specifically for the company.

There are a lot of subjects that you can learn from IT. It could be hardware, software, networking, database etc. In the market itself, you can come across various types of IT related jobs. You could be an IT programmer, system analyst, network analyst, server or database administrator.

Being in a job dealing with IT myself, I found that having a degree in IT alone is not enough. The technology is advancing everyday, thus we need to find a way to keep ourselves updated with the latest IT information. One of the ways is thru training and certification.

So where can you look for those certification? Try visiting Cisco and learn more on how you can get Cisco certification. This site offers you various certifications related to IT, from entry to specialist. You can select whichever subjects that you are interested, whether it is related to your current job or for future career advancement. Having equipped yourself with the knowledge you get from Cisco certification, you will bring more values to the organization that you are currently working with and you may stand a bigger chance in getting the job you want from prospective employers.

Pay Day

Hmm, don't be mistaken. Not the pay day as in $$$$$$ but pay day as in paying what I owe earlier : TAG. Have 2 tags here. One from Anne and the other one from LimZhi

So, let's take a break from the Genting Highlands trip thingy and 'pay the TAG'

#1 : Tag from Anne
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1. Six people to tag.-
- Ha ha, I won't tag anyone :)

2. Six things I'm passionate about.
- Shopping
- Traveling
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Talking with my family & friends
- Watching people...haha, weird or not? But it is interesting to watch people around us, the way the dress up, the way they talk, their attitude etc :)

3. Six things I say too often.
- Pu tong wor (I don't know)
- Hello hello...(talk a lot on the phone so mar a lot of hello hello everyday lor)
- Yes?
- Hmmmmm
- Thank you
- Wo (me - I refer to myself as me mar, so a lot of me in one day lor)

4. Six books I've read recently.
- Chicken Soup
- CSI
- Singapore Ghost Story
- Health book
- Believe or not, I read a children book recently, forgot the title. Was standing in the children's section in the mall and finished reading a book :).
- Cannot remember (hey, not a book title lar, I mean I cannot remember what book I've read liao)

5. Six songs I can listen to again and again.
- No idea coz I liked to listen to Chinese songs. I can't really recall their title and even if I can recall, I don't know how to write in Chinese :). Ok, let me list English songs :
- Nothing's gonna change my love for you.
- emmm...ok ok, I gave up, I cannot recall...hmmm.....

6. Six things I learnt in the past year.
- Health is important, gotta take care of diet
- Family support is important
- Playing rubik cube (Ha ha, failed miserably but at least can get a layer done :))
- Blogging
- Eating bitter gourd (though I don't like it, but I tried to eat it. Hmm....still cannot accept the taste)
- Still I would say, take good care of your health..ha ha

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#2 : Tag from LimZhi
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1. Where is your cell phone? Err....not sure. Let me make a call to my cell phone. After 1 min : Oh, there inside my bag.
2. Your significant other? Dearest lor.......ha ha ha
3. Your hair? Black, growing lor. A lot of people see me and said, Wah, new fashion kar....
4. Your mother? Is a beautiful and lovely lady.
5. Your father? Is a handsome and funny man.
6. Your favorite thing? Too many things, wanna list one here, undecided, dunno which one to prioritize
7. Your dream last night? Good question. Cannot remember a thing, so what's the interpretation?
8 Your favorite drink? Coffee or tea.
9. Your dream/goal? To live happily
10. The room you’re in? Living room
11. Your hobby? Traveling, shopping, sleeping, eating....hmmmm repeating what I mentioned earlier in Anne's tag.....
12. Your fear? Getting tag again.....ha ha
13. Where do you want to be in 6 year? Here lor, on earth
14. What you’re not? Male :)
15. Muffins? They are sweet.
16. One of your wish list items? To live happily with my loved ones lor.
17. Where you grew up? Where as in State? Place? Emm...ok ok. General one, EARTH :)
18. The last thing you did? Copying the tag from Anne's and LimZhi's blog.
19. What are you wearing? Wah, luckily I m not in toilet, anyway, decent clothes lar.
20. Favorite gadget? Handphone
21. Your pets? None at this moment, got a lot of uninvited bugs that flies into my house. That one consider temporary pet or not?
22. Your computer? Is in good condition today.
23. Your mood? Happy but wondering when this tag will end :)
24. Missing someone? Hu hu hu.....yes yes.
25. Your car? Is fine today.
26. Something you’re not wearing? Shoe, cause inside the house now.
27. Favourite store? Too many......
28. Like someone? Yup
29. Your favorite color? Happy Color
30. When is the last time you laughed? This morning when I wake up.
31. Last time you cried? Eh......yawn a lot last night. Eyes got tears. Consider cry ar?

Ok, completed all the tags. Phew.....at last.....ha ha.

Genting Highlands Trip #2

Wow, am back finally. Hi, everyone :). So long didn't update this blog. Ok, back to the old story on my earlier trip :).

Was walking around First World Hotel when we saw this open performance by the Chinese acrobats. Am really amazed by the daring stunts they did and they way they bent their body........hmmm........speechless. This is the first time I was standing so near to the stage to watch them performed. Can even hear them counting.......

Manage to take some videos too, well enjoy :)

Thousand Apology

Hello all, for those whom may be coming looking for new post, I am sorry to disappoint you cause I will not be able to upload them for these few days. I came home to stay with my parents since last week (thought of staying with them for a few days before I start work) and I can hardly online here (we don't have streamyx over here). When on my lucky days (like today) when I am able to grab the line, it will be 'crawling' like a snail :(.

So will only be able to post new things and visit your site when I am back to Penang :). Before I got cut off again, I need to quickly upload this post :). Well, see you guys later ya (most probably next week) :).

Take care everyone :)

Genting Highlands Trip #1 - Cable Car

For those who have been to Genting, you will know that there are 3 ways to reach Genting City, by car, by bus or by cable car aka sky liner.

Well, since there were too many of us that day so we gotta separate into 2 groups. I went up by car while my sis took the cable car. So, I past my camera to her knowing that the scenery from the cable car will be much much nicer.

So, here are some of the pics that my sis took. Thank sis...too many of them, can't post all, just pick a few to share here :)

Billboard

Hello All...Am back. Where did I go? Went to KL to visit my sis and took my parents to Genting Highlands. Am really tired but wanted to post something here :)

When you cruise along the highway / expressway, do you take notice of the billboard? If yes, do you really look at what is being advertised? Well, for me, when there is something interesting that catch my eyes, then I will look at those billboard.

Find that, nowadays, the advertisers are getting more and more innovative in order to get the attention of passer-by, consumers etc. Happened to spot those cute and eye-catching billboard when we were along one of the KL highways. Sorry ya, if those photos are not clear coz the sky is getting darker and darker (about to rain) at that time.

I saw this billboard first. Silly me, from far, I really thought someone is standing on top of the billboard :)
I know this is not clear but we were driving kinda fast so it is hard for me to take the pic. It was a bear on the top right side.

Well, we have the same sort of billboard in Penang too. Along the Jelutong expressway.

So, do you see this type of billboard? If yes, do share it ya :)

Piggy will be away :)

Piggy will be out of town, taking family away for a short local trip :).

To all Penangite bloggers who will be enjoying replacement holiday on Friday or Monday : Enjoy your holiday :)

To all other bloggers : Have a nice weekend :)

Will be back next week, till then : TAKE CARE EVERYONE :)

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Mizi Bistro

When you read the title, guess you have known that this post it's gonna be about food again. Yeh, you are right. Went to have western food at this restaurant (Mizi Bistro) at New World Park, Penang during YH's birthday.

I made the 'hong kai tan' (simply translates to red egg) for him. Kinda conservative right? Ha ha. Some of you may be asking how we ended up with 2 cakes. Well, one was from by us (the left one) while the other one from his insurance agent who happened to know his birthday from the form she was to collect that day :). So sweet of her.

They have À la carte and set on their menu but if you pay additional RM6 or RM9 (forgotten which one) when you order the À la carte, then you will get to enjoy the soup, drink and dessert of the day (aka set lor).

I had this. Pan Fried Salmon
Combo set (Lamb chop, fish and chicken)

Seafood Kebab

Seafood King

salmon and steak

One of the soup available in the menu (pumpkin soup)

Well, the taste? Emm...normal western food, so so only lor.

Note : Sorry for some of the blur and bad quality photos. Ha ha, it was kinda dark in there and we are too hungry to hold the camera very still to take those pics :).....ha ha

My wish : Good Health & Happiness to everyone

Yesterday was a really happy day for me. Finally, after several months, my treatment completed. When I stepped out from the hospital, the sky was blue and clear just like the one below.

I don't really know how to describe my feeling that time. I am happy, thankful and grateful for being here today and enjoy life as it is. Though I have said this before in my previous post, I wanted to say this again here : I want to thank everyone, my hubby, my family, YH's family, relatives, friends, colleagues, doctors, nurses and hospital staff for your caring gesture and for being there always. I know some of you have been praying for me, I sincerely thank you for your prayers.

For now, I am just looking forward to this :

There is sunshine after the Rain
May there be happiness after the pain

Vegetarian Food

Back with food again :). This time gonna introduce a nice vegetarian restaurant in Penang. My brother took me to town and we went to this restaurant to have our vege share :). It's Lily's restaurant serving various types of vegetarian food.

Hokkien noodle (shrimp noodle - of course with no shrimp) for me

ma lak noodle (super spicy noodle) for my brother

Side dish 1 : Pasta Cheese Bake

Side dish 2 : Dim Sum

They have plenty of food to choose from in their menu, from Western to Asian and even nasi kandar (steamed rice with curry dishes) and nasi lemak (emm...translates to coconut cream steamed rice with spicy sauce).