~ New Place, New Life ~

Why do i say 'New Place, New Life' is because I have shifted to a new place at Lahad Datu. A proper house with a comfortable bedroom, a proper toilet, living room and also kitchen.Now, I'm staying with Ms Goh, a 40 plus years old woman that is still single.Well, she is nice to me.Helps me to buy fruits and also boil soup for me.Hehe..So, its nice staying at this new place.At least I do not need to worry bout flood.Haha..

Meanwhile, at my school, I'm the class teacher for 1 Ideal.The first class of the whole standard.The students are all very cute and will 'salam' me whenever I go out from the class.Besides, they will shout 'Teacher' whenever they see me even though they are far away.Well, looking at them reminded me how I behaved last time when I was 7 years old.

However, an unfortunate incident happened to one of my students few days ago.His name is Elyas and he is a smart boy.That day when I took them for injection, we found that his whole left hand was covered with bruises and scars.I didn't notice anything until then because he always wore jacket to school. Then, he told us that his mother hit him.Everyday, whenever he refused to drink. The revelation shocked us as we thought what kind of mother will do this to her child.

Then, I brought him to see the headmaster and my headmaster called his father the second day.The father actually told the headmaster it was their ways of teaching the children not to misbehave and he permitted his wife to beat the children.Another shocking revelation was, the mother is actually his "STEPMOTHER"!!! That is why she is so cruel towards them.

On the second day, the birth mother with all her relatives came to the school.Then the father also came and they nearly quarrel as both side wanted to take the child.Suddenly, my PK came and scolded them and I was shocked to See my PK so fierce.At last the case was brought to the police and I hope that the stepmother will be arrested so that she will not have the chance to beat the children again. Later on, we got to know that the stepmother actually told other people that it was the school teachers who beat his child until like that.So, my colleagues told me that luckily I brought him to see the headmaster if not I may get into trouble.

The lesson that I have got from this incident is be aware with your students problems and care for them as if they are your own children.Well, being a class teacher is really tiring but looking at my students laughing and smiling at me and calling me 'Teacher' is really rewarding!! I hope that my students will grow up to be successful just like the Teacher.Haha

Year 2009 !!

Happy New Year!!!!!!

So fast it's already 2009 and I'm one year older again.. That is not a good news!! I want to be young forever but I know it won't be happening so I will have to enjoy all my 'Young Years'!! Haha.. I was 24 at 2008 and a lot of memorable, sweet and exciting things happened to me at 2008. So now let's recap the events that happened at 2008!!

1. Chico & Oreo!!

Baby and I decided to get ourselves guinea pigs as pets so we bought ourselves two little cute guinea pigs (Chico and Oreo). It is nice to have them as they make us feel more responsible being an adult since they need to be taken care of and I will like to wish Chico 'Happy Birthday' as his birthday falls on Jan 12th. However, we have to give them away now and we really feel very sad. Hope that we will be able to get them a good owner.

Chico and Oreo. They are so cute!! I love you guys!!

2. Trips to Penang, Genting and Malacca with my family.

Last year my family and I were able to go for some unforgetable trips and we managed to have lots of fun. Actually it had been many years since we went for a family trip so it was really great to be able to have family trip last year. Hope that this year we can have family trips again as I really like going trips with my family. XOXO !!

Genting's Trip :)

Penang's Trip :)

Malacca's Trip :)

3. Graduation !!

Yes, after 6 years of sweats and tears, I finally graduated with honors!!. I was so happy as I was able to graduate with all my coursemates but at the same time I was also sad because we have to go our own separate ways now. Anyway, I enjoyed the 6 years that I spent with all of the B.ed TESL guys!! :)

Happy Graduation!!

4. Sabah!!

I was posted to Sabah, Lahad Datu on August last year and when I heard the news I actually cried due to the horror stories that I heard from people about Sabah. However, when I reached there I really enjoyed myself. I got to know a lot of friends, did a lot of exciting activities and got to visit many beautiful places at Sabah with my Sabahan friends like Mori, Auntie Lorita, Autie Maznah, Auntie Mazni and all the others. The people and the places there are really GREAT!! However, I still hope that I will be able to come back to KL to teach as all my families and friends are here.

Camping at Dantai

Semporna, where Mohanesh and Nori are posted. Had an enjoyable trip there :)

The beautiful and cold Kundasang

Catching fish at the stream :)

5. Registration At Tian Hou Temple

Baby and I decided to get register at Tian Hou Temple on 4th of October. We had all the wishes from our families and relatives. Our wedding will definitely be a great one in the future.. Hehe..

6. Trip with Rawang Gangz..

Last year I managed to go for a trip at Genting with my Rawang friends. I really had an enjoyable time with all of them as it was not easy to go out for trips like this together as a gang. The gossiping, fooling around and making fun of each really made this a memorable trip. Hope that we can still do it this year. :)

7. Christmas Celebration

I celebrated last year Christmas with Tisha, Ronald, Kelvin and his gf, Beverly, Siva and Baby. We had our countdown at the Curve and we really enjoyed ourselves. On Christmas day, we went to the ACTS church to see Julia perform in the Big Show. Then we went for to watch 'The Spirit' which everyone thought sucks. Haha.. Well, I would say that I had an incredible Xmas!!

8. New Year

Yesterday, we had our countdown at the Curve again. We were thinking that the Curve would have an incredible countdown with fantastic fireworks. However, the countdown wasn't that great and the fireworks were not great too. Besides, we had to wait for the jam to ease until 2 am. Tisha and I were exhausted as we went shopping first at One U at 2pm.Hence, the New Year countdown wasn't that 'Great'. Hopefully this year's countdown will be better than 2008.

Anyway, I hope that 2009 will bring me and all the people that I love lots of good lucks and happiness. Besides, I also hope that I will be able to come back to KL to teach.

Happy 2009!!

Yogi Tree

Yesterday, my husband's family, my husband and I went to Yogi Tree at the Gardens. Yogi Tree is a restaurant that serves healthy food as it's concept is back to original cooking.It only uses natural ingredients and original also flavours. Hence, the prices of the food are quite expensive.

The ambiance is very relaxing and you can see many advises on the wall.

However, the taste of the food is very good even though they do not use any artificial ingredients. The ambiance of the restaurant is also very relaxing and you can see many advises on health and food on the wall. Yogi Tree serves Western cuisines and also Malaysian cuisines too so consumers have more optuons.

The counter is also written with today's special menu so you can choose the food from there without looking at the menu too.

The service there is very good too. The waiters know their stuffs very well and are able to recommend the dishes to us very well. All the dishes that she recommended were very good. :) They were very attentive too as they would make sure that all the food were served on time and they would refill our water without us having to ask. The most important thing in a restaurant is the service and I would say that Yogi Tree has a very good service. Thumbs up for them!

The menu of Yogi Tree. We had ordered Original Roast Chicken, Chicken Cheeseburger, Chicken Pie, Nasi Ayam Percik and Spanish Fried Rice. We also ordered three cups of fruit juice. All the dishes that we ordered were delicious but the serving is not very big except from the Spanish Fried Rice which can be shared among 3 people. The desserts there are also very nice.

There is one good news.Anyone who has HSBC credit card can enjoy 20% discounts on the main dishes until 31st December. So, anyone who has HSBC credit card can try to go there. :)

~Chico & Oreo up for ADOPTION~

If you have read my previous blog then, you should know about my pets Chico and Oreo. They are two cute guinea pigs. Chico is a Shelty which has long and smooth fur meanwhile Oreo is a Abyssinian which has short curly hair. They are very tame and cute and they do not require a lot of time to take care of them.

This is Chico. He has brown and white long fur. He is very tame and he likes to eat carrot form your hand. He is a Shelty.

This is Oreo. He has black and white short fur and that is the reason we named him Oreo. He is very tame and he is a coward. He is an Abyssinian.

Chico is 11 months old and Oreo is around 10 months old.We really love them but we have to give them away because my hubby (Li Fu) is moving out soon from his house with his family and the new house does not have space for my two guinea pigs. I'm feeling so sad as we have been taking care of them for a long time.

The ways to take care of them are very easy.Everyday, change the newspaper on the bottom of the cage so the room will not be smelly.Then, give them water and food.Just make sure the food and water will not run out as they will die if they do not eat or drink in more than 12 hours. Then, every week just bathe them once and cut their nails once every two weeks. They also like to eat carrots and spinach but they are not allowed to eat too much of these as they will get diarrhea and they may die because of this.

Anyone who read this blog and is interested in adopting them please contact me (Sophia - 0122238138) or Li Fu (0123598687). We will give you the food, the cage, the nail clipper and also the shampoo. So, any good Samaritan please call us. Thank you.

~ Sakae Sushi ~

On this Tuesday, Tisha and I went to the Curve for another shopping spree. After one whole day of walking around, we decided to fill our stomach with Japanese food and we chose Sakae Shushi for our dinner. I have always wanted to eat Sakae Sushi as many people told me that the food there is good.

Tisha and I looking tired after one whole day of shopping. :)

The first thing that we noticed when we were seated was a small washing basin that was on the wall. We thought that it was for washing hand and Tisha put her hand under the water to wash. "Awww!! It was hot," shouted Tisha and she flung the water all over the place. I started to laugh at her and coincidentally the waiter was standing by our side that time.I saw him smirking too.Haha!! Tisha was so embarrassed and she blamed me for making her to wash her hand using the water. Well, next time have a better judgement gal.Hehe!!

The washing basin that burn Tisha's hand. Hehe..

The different types of sushi that are served there. The price is from Rm1.90 - 3.90.

We ordered a plate of ebidon, tuna sushi and also salmon sushi.Then I ordered a bowl of chicken udon and Tisha ordered Unagi hot bowl. Besides, we ordered green tea ice as our drinks and when the green tea arrived only we got to know that the hot water from the basin was actually for mixing the green tea. What a revelation!! Haha!!

The Unagi hot bowl.Tisha complained that she could feel the small bones in the Unagi and said that Sushi Zanmai Unagi is better.I also agreed with her that Sushi Zanmai food is better than Sakae Sushi and have more choices.

The green tea set. You have to do the green tea yourself and I think it's a brilliant idea as the waiter or waitress do not need to help us to refill. Besides, Tisha burned her hand because of this too.Hehe..

You can also order your food by using the PC. Just click on the food and the waiter will send them to you. But no one actually use this facility.

GenTing TriP wiTh R@w@ng G@ngZ

I finally went for a trip at Genting with my friends from Rawang after like ages of not being able to go to the previous trips with them.There were 13 of us that went for the trip and we had an enjoyable,memorable and the funniest trip ever.I will remember this trip forever as it was the most memorable and unforgetable trip.

Eight of us (Siew Yee,Han Wee, Wai Ching, Suet Chin, Chai Yian, Yoke Thing, Git See and me) rented a van to go up to genting. Meanwhile, Hui Ling, Figo, Jan Hou and Ming Hong had the luxury of going up by Figo's car.So Unfair!! Haha..Actually I enjoyed sitting in the van with all of them because we were able to gossip all the way up there. There were few incidents that happened during our trip at Genting. Now let's see what are the incidents.

1. The Van Stopped Us At Cable Car!!

Mr Raymond, our driver was supposed to send us all the way up to Genting but he actually stopped at the cable car station and had the audacity to ask us to take the cable car to go up. The reason that he gave us was the car engine might over heat.What the HELL!! He didn't tell us anything about this ealier and all of a sudden he just threw us at the cable car station.All of us were so irritated and when we saw the line, we nearly fainted. There was like around 500 PEOPLE waiting for the cable car and it would take us hours before we could even board a cable car. We were thinking of taking a taxi and ask Mr Raymond to give us back RM4 each and suddenly he agreed to take us up.It seemed that the engine would not over heat after all. At last we reached Ria Apartement safely without the need to push the car.Haha!!

Siew Yee and me posing in the van happily :)

2. Karaoke Session

The first activity after we had our MC D lunch was to sing karaoke but we decided to do it during the dinner time as the price was cheaper and we could have our dinner together.Most of them had never gone to Genting's karaoke before and it was already several years since I visited Genting's karaoke, so all of us did not know how the karaoke room would be and we were all filled with anticipation of having a superb karaoke session. Deng - Deng - Deng - Deng! The room was actually quite small for 13 of us and the things inside were all very outdated.From the TV to sofa and even the remote control.We actually had a good laugh at the room, thinkin that it was such a 'Dinosaur room'. The problem of singing k at genting was we were not able to sing new songs because they did not have them. We actually had a hard time selecting our songs to sing. The worst thing were the mics and the surround system. 13 of us actually had to share two mics as the waitress said it was their protocol of giving two mics for each room. Then one of the mics was not working and after changing it, the mic was still giving us problem. Sigh......You should upgrade all the rooms Tan Sri Lim.

Happily snapping away during our Karaoke session. :)

3. Bowling Session

We girls decided to go bowling at around 11 something as the guys wanted to go to the casino and this was the most memorable bowling session that I had ever had.First of all, I started of terribly and scored only 9 points after 3 games and all of them were laughing at me saying that the last one would have to treat all. To show that I was not a terrible bowler and also to save my wallet, I actually strike at the 4th game.WOW!! All of them were shocked and we were also lauging as we belived the reason that I strike was because I jumped on the floor till the pin drooped.Haha..Could anyone believe that?At the end I won the 3rd place.Haha. The funniest incident that happened was a group of foreigners (we suspected from India) actually had the audacity to come inside and took the balls and threw them on other people's lane.The couple beside us were the victims. When we were looking at the drama unfolding beside us, something happened to Hui Ling. It was her last game and she had just strike so she had another chance to play. When she was looking at the 'drama' an Idian woman who was from the group actually took a ball and sneaked up to her lane and threw the ball - inside the 'LONGKANG'. Haha!!

When Hui Ling saw it, she went ballistic and she scolded the woman "What the HELL, why did you simply threw on other people's lane?" All of us were shocked to see her so fierce as this was the first time we saw her scolding at someone so fiercely. Then the woman kept on apologising and ran back to her family. At the end the staff was able to ask them to leave. It was actually the funniest thing that I had ever seen before and all of us really had a good laugh at it.We would not forget this incident forever, especially 'What the Hell!'. Haha

Posing with the ball during the game :)

Where you throwing the ball gal?Haha..

4. The Van Didn't Come to Fectch Us!

On Sunday, we had agreed with Mr Raymond that he would come to fetch us at 2 pm sharp. 8 of us were waiting impatiently for him when the clock was showing 2pm and most of us were rushing home as that day was 'Go Dong'. Yian decided to call him after we waited around 10 minutes and he said he was on the way up. After another 15 minutes, she called again but this time he did not pick up the phone. She continued calling him and he still didn't pick up. After half an hour, we were all getting angry so we decided to give him a last chance. If he still did not pick up our call, we would just call taxis to send us back. At the end, he still didn't pick up the call so we decided to take taxis to go back. This was the most irresponsible person that I had ever seen before so next time please do not ask Mr Raymond to send any of you to anywhere because he does not know what is called RESPONSIBILITY!

All of these incidents actually make this trip more fun and memorable. I will cherish this memory forever as we all know that it is not so easy to go for a trip together again in the future as all of us are busy with our own lives. However, I hope that we will have many more chances to go for a trip together again :)

~ S@D ~

Just now I just got to know that two of my friends that are teaching in the same school with me have successfully applied to go back to their hometown. I do feel happy for them but at the same time I'm feeling sad because I lose two friends from the school.One of the teacher is Teng and she is from Sarawak.Furthermore, she and me are the only Chinese teachers in the school and now I will be the only Chinese in my school. :(

Every Sunday, she would fetch me from my house and went church with her.Then. we would go to eat lunch together and now I will definitely miss all these outings.Sigh.. Besides, she was the only one that I could speak in Mandarin with and any problems that I faced I would also tell her.Well, I will definitely miss her as she is a good friend to me. She really helped me a lot during the first few weeks that I was there.She was the one that fetched me from the airport,introduced me to the school teachers and told me all about the school.Without her, I think I would face a lot of problems.

However, I wish her all the best in her future school and get a baby faster with her husband.Hehe.. I will miss u gal :) xoxo