The Clock is tickling.....
The anxiety is building.....
The joy is spreading.....
Everybody is anticipating.....
The day is arriving.......
The moment is closing in......
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!
Goodbye 2009, Welcome 2010! =)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
FIA Graduation
Today is the Graduation day for the one-year course which I have managed to make 60 over friends. It is a year filled with excitement, stress, fun, pressure, well basically it's quite hard to describe, it just contains everything! =)
Before the graduation ceremony, although its satisfying to know that I have managed to pass my final semester examination, the worries remain as no results are revealed to the us, especially when I want to know about my marks for Psychology and Culture & Performance in which I fare quite poorly. Fortunately enough the marks turn out very positively =D And I'm very glad that I manage to obtain scholarships for my degree studies which can really ease my parents burden.
To all FIA friends, It has been a very very entertaining years with you all! I treasure every moment we been through: the never-ending presentations (now ended), Drama, carnival, group projects.....The experience with you all made up a chapter of my life! For those taking courses other than Sunway Lancaster's Accounting and Finance, I wish you all the best for your studies and always remember you have a friend in me! =)
Before the graduation ceremony, although its satisfying to know that I have managed to pass my final semester examination, the worries remain as no results are revealed to the us, especially when I want to know about my marks for Psychology and Culture & Performance in which I fare quite poorly. Fortunately enough the marks turn out very positively =D And I'm very glad that I manage to obtain scholarships for my degree studies which can really ease my parents burden.
To all FIA friends, It has been a very very entertaining years with you all! I treasure every moment we been through: the never-ending presentations (now ended), Drama, carnival, group projects.....The experience with you all made up a chapter of my life! For those taking courses other than Sunway Lancaster's Accounting and Finance, I wish you all the best for your studies and always remember you have a friend in me! =)
To those taking Accounting and Finance, well, we'll just meet next year. Till then, enjoy the hols! XD
One big family!
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
善与恶
这整个假期嘛，还过得蛮“充实”的，最近正追看《 火影忍者疾风传》，越看越上瘾。
那么从中呢，看到了人性的两面：可为了利益不择手段的，也有为了朋友亲人壮烈牺牲的，其不顾生死的举动深刻刻画了现实生活人性两面的可怕。换句话说，我难听点的结论是：大伙儿都是两面人。。。。。。
为什么这么说呢？我认为其实人嘛，与生俱来就拥有两种性格：善与恶。这两种极端的性格，无法二合为一，也就是说，灰色地带不存在。一个人都拥有两种念头，而他/她的本性，归功于他/她是否能够压抑着恶念。格言有云：变好三年，变坏三天。无法控制著恶念的，就难免被恶性蒙蔽，被黑暗吞噬，就正如漩涡鸣人被九尾控制般。说到为了利益不择手段的人，滥杀无辜的凶徒，倒是在现实生活中司空见惯，这让人与人之间多了层隔膜，多了防备的需求。
道完了恶性，现在倒要研究善念的影响力。《 火影忍者疾风传》里不时都看到木叶忍者常为自己坚信的目标牺牲。先有第四代火影，后有第三代，接着阿兹玛前辈，然后就是自来也大人。这些忍者们的理念都相同：为了保护身边的人，保护坚持的信念。这就是故事中喻为“火的意志力”。说真的，每当看到这些忍者们奋不顾身的自我牺牲，会有热泪打转，有种感慨英雄早逝的情绪，有时还恨不得进入故事里替他们报仇的冲动。话说如此，这些牺牲，往往背负着重大的意义，包含着无限的推动力，使人改变，成长。这里可显出善念无法解释的重大影响力。
真希望善念永远能够扼止邪念的扩散，让世界永远和平。。。。。。
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Melaka Trip- Part 3 (final)
Hmm...how time flies, its already been the last day of the wonderful Melaka trip.
After the usual 'morning-waking-up' activities, Sunny drove us to a dim sum restaurant for breakfast. Well, the dim sum shop is nothing unusual to those seen the Selangor. But there's one notable difference I have to mentioned. The Large-size pau (dai pau) is the same size as Char Siew pau....(why then call it as dai pau?=.=) The food there was not bad. Initially Sunny suggest to bring us to another restaurant but in the end everyone just voted to anticipate for the later meal in which Sunny said that he will bring us to a Baba Nyonya style restaurant for lunch.
After the breakfast, we first went to buy tickets for both D and ZS at the Melaka Sentral. Nothing special happened there, but when they went to buy the bus tickets, I kinda visualize how the both of them cam whore in the bus, lol, epic imagination (you would not want to know! XD) Later Sunny fetched us to Tan Kim Hock souvenir shop for us to get some Melaka specialties before we depart. Almost the stuff there could be found in Selangor but I manage to grab the Cocunut Biscuit in which Sunny highly recommended.
Soon, it was noon time --- time for another meal! As promised, Sunny brought us to the Baba Nyonya style restaurant for lunch (sorry I dun remember the name...) . We ordered a sweet and sour fish, an omelet, spicy kangkung (wow, we had kangkung for 3 consecutive days!) and a minced meat tauhu. The fish was merely sour-ish......but I guess its Nyonya style? Other dishes not much comment, the overall I'll give it a rating of 3.5 out of 5. Ah, I nearly forget to thank our dearest ZS for finishing the fish crackers and the fish particularly! Gosh, he really has big appetite!
Then its time to pack off. We rolled all the relevent stuff into our bags and its time to part......=( We thank Sunny and his family for their walmest reception throughout the holiday then started our journey back Subang at around 3 pm. On the way back, we passed through the same amount of traffic lights and this time, no more chickens or wedding cars though! (XD) It was really a tiring 2 hours journey back Subang from Melaka (highest appreciation to HK for driving all of us throughout the Trip, really glad to have friends like him!) Oh ya, the trip back was fulling --- we had tasty complimentary pineapple tarts from Sunny's mum, they seriously taste good! One more thing, the weather in Selangor and Melaka has quite a big difference: we depart with a sunny and hot weather in Melaka, but end up in a heavy rain upon reaching Subang!
Thank you to:
HK - for selflessly driving us from Subang to Melaka and all the other journeys in Melaka
Sunny - for being a wonderful host and taking the effort of bringing us to various locations in Melaka
Sunny's family - for granting us the permission to sleep at their house upon our visit, meal treat and the pineapple tarts.
D, HH, HK, Sunny, SA, SM and ZS - for bringing in the fun and memories throughout the trip!
That's the end for an awesome trip to the Historical City -Melaka! I will certainly look forward for more such trips! =)
PS: To D who is currently joining the Malaysian squad in Laos, Good luck and bring us some good news!
After the usual 'morning-waking-up' activities, Sunny drove us to a dim sum restaurant for breakfast. Well, the dim sum shop is nothing unusual to those seen the Selangor. But there's one notable difference I have to mentioned. The Large-size pau (dai pau) is the same size as Char Siew pau....(why then call it as dai pau?=.=) The food there was not bad. Initially Sunny suggest to bring us to another restaurant but in the end everyone just voted to anticipate for the later meal in which Sunny said that he will bring us to a Baba Nyonya style restaurant for lunch.
After the breakfast, we first went to buy tickets for both D and ZS at the Melaka Sentral. Nothing special happened there, but when they went to buy the bus tickets, I kinda visualize how the both of them cam whore in the bus, lol, epic imagination (you would not want to know! XD) Later Sunny fetched us to Tan Kim Hock souvenir shop for us to get some Melaka specialties before we depart. Almost the stuff there could be found in Selangor but I manage to grab the Cocunut Biscuit in which Sunny highly recommended.
Soon, it was noon time --- time for another meal! As promised, Sunny brought us to the Baba Nyonya style restaurant for lunch (sorry I dun remember the name...) . We ordered a sweet and sour fish, an omelet, spicy kangkung (wow, we had kangkung for 3 consecutive days!) and a minced meat tauhu. The fish was merely sour-ish......but I guess its Nyonya style? Other dishes not much comment, the overall I'll give it a rating of 3.5 out of 5. Ah, I nearly forget to thank our dearest ZS for finishing the fish crackers and the fish particularly! Gosh, he really has big appetite!
Then its time to pack off. We rolled all the relevent stuff into our bags and its time to part......=( We thank Sunny and his family for their walmest reception throughout the holiday then started our journey back Subang at around 3 pm. On the way back, we passed through the same amount of traffic lights and this time, no more chickens or wedding cars though! (XD) It was really a tiring 2 hours journey back Subang from Melaka (highest appreciation to HK for driving all of us throughout the Trip, really glad to have friends like him!) Oh ya, the trip back was fulling --- we had tasty complimentary pineapple tarts from Sunny's mum, they seriously taste good! One more thing, the weather in Selangor and Melaka has quite a big difference: we depart with a sunny and hot weather in Melaka, but end up in a heavy rain upon reaching Subang!
Thank you to:
HK - for selflessly driving us from Subang to Melaka and all the other journeys in Melaka
Sunny - for being a wonderful host and taking the effort of bringing us to various locations in Melaka
Sunny's family - for granting us the permission to sleep at their house upon our visit, meal treat and the pineapple tarts.
D, HH, HK, Sunny, SA, SM and ZS - for bringing in the fun and memories throughout the trip!
That's the end for an awesome trip to the Historical City -Melaka! I will certainly look forward for more such trips! =)
PS: To D who is currently joining the Malaysian squad in Laos, Good luck and bring us some good news!
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Melaka Trip- Part 2
Started the day with the fragrance of the pineapple tarts, Sunny's mum is really a very hardworking and talented pineapple tarts sifu, just moving down to the kitchen can smell the aroma of the tarts.....
Since its around 10.30 when we get ourselves ready, its almost time for another 'Brunch' session. Sunny took us to have a meal of Melaka's famous Chicken Rice Ball. Each of us had 5 rice balls, which Sunny suggest is equivalent to one bowl of rice (well, dunno why, eating rice balls seem to be less filling than a bowl of rice, maybe psychological illusion effects?XD). The texture of the rice ball is nice and the overall taste was good. The chicken was normal but the main focus lies within the rice ball. The time we reached the shop which is situated in the end of the Jonker Street, the crowd has started to built up. Eventually, scene of crowd lining outside the shop is inevitable......
After the meal, its time to explore the landmark of Melaka: the Red House aka Rumah Belanda! On the way to the structure, went over to some excavation sites with ancient city walls, no wonder Melaka ia known as the Historical City. Then saw a lot of familiar tricycles with flowery designs, its amazing some travel along with rap kinda music or famous MJ beats! After the red house visit and a few cam whore session, its time to move on to the St. Paul Institute, which is located in the tip of a hill. There located gravestones of various former Dutch, Portuguese and British's residents in Melaka. Since the gravestones are craved in Latin, its kinda amazing when you touched upon them, it has a very realistic historical feel as if they are just made yesterday. Moving down later, we got ourselves in the infamous remains of the A-Famosa wall.
After all those, went for cendol session. This time, upon Sunny's recommedation, we try another stall of cendol in the Jonker Street. The shop is acctually another seller of chicken rice balls, but additionally they also sell cendol. Out of a rating of 5, I would give 4 marks for it! =)
We're once again ahead of schedule which Sunny has planned. So he decided to bring us on a car tour around Melaka. We went along to see along landmarks such as the Eye on Malaysia, Dataran Pahlawan, the Airport and also the AEON supermarket.....however, one of us is not paying too much attention to the tour----the person who said "maybe" when we asked did we go to the airport ( you know who you are....XD)
Evening time, went to the Capitol Satay, wanted to have steamboat with satay sauce being the 'sup', but eventually switching to another shop after the former close down on the particular day (no idea why). First time eating such stuff, but it was very interesting upon tasting it. The food such as prawn, fish balls, chicken meat and other usual steamboat stuff was served in sticks, and they are soaked into the bath of satay sauce before being eaten. A man had to constantly come and stir the pot in which the peanuts of the satay sauce have condensed down (haiz, so mafan!) But I will particularly rate the combination of 'Yao Char Guai" with Satay sauce the highest among all.
After the meal, went to the Portuguese Settlement which is situated near the sea. When I first got off the car and walk towards the small jetty area, I still remember a man, a restaurant owner keep on recommmeding his restaurants good food. "If you're hungry sir, come drop by our restaurant there, we serve good food and most importantly it has a family style of cooking" the man said sincerely. Gotta check out his food in the future! We relaxed ourselves by enjoying the sea breeze and the waves near the small jetty which keeps on giving out squeeking sounds here and then....
Late in the night, after a quick bath by everyone at Sunny's house, its time for 'Yum Cha' session. Sunny tried to invite a few of his friends to a mamak stall and introduce them to us (at the same time, giving SM some partner choices =P) Unfortunenately, other than the introduction part, the rest of the 'yum cha' session went by as if 2 different gangs of friends are meeting up instead of blending together....(sad case for Sunny who is the centreman among the 2 groups)
Later returing to Sunny's house, the others still have games of UNO while I opt to sleep =)
Quote of the day,
D: you think I dun have the card?!
(card thown)
D: Ya, I dun have the card.......
ps: Thank you SM and ZS for the photos!
Since its around 10.30 when we get ourselves ready, its almost time for another 'Brunch' session. Sunny took us to have a meal of Melaka's famous Chicken Rice Ball. Each of us had 5 rice balls, which Sunny suggest is equivalent to one bowl of rice (well, dunno why, eating rice balls seem to be less filling than a bowl of rice, maybe psychological illusion effects?XD). The texture of the rice ball is nice and the overall taste was good. The chicken was normal but the main focus lies within the rice ball. The time we reached the shop which is situated in the end of the Jonker Street, the crowd has started to built up. Eventually, scene of crowd lining outside the shop is inevitable......
After the meal, its time to explore the landmark of Melaka: the Red House aka Rumah Belanda! On the way to the structure, went over to some excavation sites with ancient city walls, no wonder Melaka ia known as the Historical City. Then saw a lot of familiar tricycles with flowery designs, its amazing some travel along with rap kinda music or famous MJ beats! After the red house visit and a few cam whore session, its time to move on to the St. Paul Institute, which is located in the tip of a hill. There located gravestones of various former Dutch, Portuguese and British's residents in Melaka. Since the gravestones are craved in Latin, its kinda amazing when you touched upon them, it has a very realistic historical feel as if they are just made yesterday. Moving down later, we got ourselves in the infamous remains of the A-Famosa wall.
After all those, went for cendol session. This time, upon Sunny's recommedation, we try another stall of cendol in the Jonker Street. The shop is acctually another seller of chicken rice balls, but additionally they also sell cendol. Out of a rating of 5, I would give 4 marks for it! =)
We're once again ahead of schedule which Sunny has planned. So he decided to bring us on a car tour around Melaka. We went along to see along landmarks such as the Eye on Malaysia, Dataran Pahlawan, the Airport and also the AEON supermarket.....however, one of us is not paying too much attention to the tour----the person who said "maybe" when we asked did we go to the airport ( you know who you are....XD)
Evening time, went to the Capitol Satay, wanted to have steamboat with satay sauce being the 'sup', but eventually switching to another shop after the former close down on the particular day (no idea why). First time eating such stuff, but it was very interesting upon tasting it. The food such as prawn, fish balls, chicken meat and other usual steamboat stuff was served in sticks, and they are soaked into the bath of satay sauce before being eaten. A man had to constantly come and stir the pot in which the peanuts of the satay sauce have condensed down (haiz, so mafan!) But I will particularly rate the combination of 'Yao Char Guai" with Satay sauce the highest among all.
After the meal, went to the Portuguese Settlement which is situated near the sea. When I first got off the car and walk towards the small jetty area, I still remember a man, a restaurant owner keep on recommmeding his restaurants good food. "If you're hungry sir, come drop by our restaurant there, we serve good food and most importantly it has a family style of cooking" the man said sincerely. Gotta check out his food in the future! We relaxed ourselves by enjoying the sea breeze and the waves near the small jetty which keeps on giving out squeeking sounds here and then....
Late in the night, after a quick bath by everyone at Sunny's house, its time for 'Yum Cha' session. Sunny tried to invite a few of his friends to a mamak stall and introduce them to us (at the same time, giving SM some partner choices =P) Unfortunenately, other than the introduction part, the rest of the 'yum cha' session went by as if 2 different gangs of friends are meeting up instead of blending together....(sad case for Sunny who is the centreman among the 2 groups)
Later returing to Sunny's house, the others still have games of UNO while I opt to sleep =)
Quote of the day,
D: you think I dun have the card?!
(card thown)
D: Ya, I dun have the card.......
ps: Thank you SM and ZS for the photos!
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Melaka Trip- Part 1
Recently went to Melaka for a 3 days 2 night trip starting 6/12 - 8/12 with a bunch of awesome FIA friends: Hock Kuan, Denesh, Zhi Sum, Su Ann, Hey Herng and Siew Ming. The following will describe about the activities throughout the stay in Melaka in 3 different parts, each part describes the activities for one day.
Started the journey to Melaka at 8am, I was supposed to meet up with HH, SA and SM at Sunway at 8 to car-pool HK's car to the destination. Unfortunenately, I was late due to my too-safety driving skills (sorry la, SM, I haven't reach pro stage! XD).
The early 2 hours drive to Melaka, particularly to Sunny's house was quite normal, with nothing special happened. But once we stepped into Melaka, the real fun came in. According to a statistics revealed by HH, SA and SM, after the toll entering Melaka, we actually passed 14 traffic lights (Melaka people LOVE traffic lights), saw 5 weddings cars and 1 miserable chicken before we reached Sunny house. Denesh and ZS reached Sunny house 20 minutes later after fetched by his parents at Melaka Sentral. I still remember the call Sunny's parents made to him for confirmation: "Are your friends one Indian one Chinese?"
After reaching, went to a nearby shop to eat "Fish Paste-Yong Tau Fu Mee" We ordered separately but end out having 3 large plates of food placed in front of us other than the individual mee....What a filling 'BRUNCH'!
Then, we went to Mahkota Parade and Dataran Pahlawan for some very very fast window shopping. Since we are way ahead of our schedule, Sunny brought us to a Karaoke session at a KTV situation at The Jetty. THe lesson I learned here is: DO NOT go near ZS when he sings 'Seasons in the Sun' and 'Halo', especially the chorus part.....Funnily enough, we went back to Mahkota to treat ourselves for Cendol! I was the odd one out ordering Lin Chee Kang instead of Cendol ( too thirsty that time.....XD) Wow, the first time I drank Extra-SWEET Lin Chee Kang.
Later at evening, Sunny's parents brought us for a dinner session by having Ikan Bakar and other seafood at a restaurant near the river (I dun quite remember the name). The seafood was goodm but the epic one was the Kangkung ----spicy and explosive in the mouth. Notable good food: Ikan Bakar and the Padan-wrapped chicken.
After the Dinner session, went to the infamous Jonker Street. Saw stalls just like the Pasar Malam. Notable features here are the stage put up for the events, particularly singing ones. We had sticks of fruits soaked in melted sugar and the Taiwanese Pearl bubble tea (but this time with frog balls!) These frog balls eventually turned out to be ZS's favourite!
Lastly, ended our night by visiting the Eye on Malaysia at 11.30pm. The fare is relatively cheap of RM 8 (conditions: Malaysian student) . We managed to spun for 6 rounds on the ride. The starting was quite scary, especially the top part, since I personally have height-phobia. But later it was okay.....After the 3rd round, it was kinda nothing else to be seen. However stepping out of the ride, the scenery was nice with the Eye on Malaysia as the background.
A tiring day indeed.....
Started the journey to Melaka at 8am, I was supposed to meet up with HH, SA and SM at Sunway at 8 to car-pool HK's car to the destination. Unfortunenately, I was late due to my too-safety driving skills (sorry la, SM, I haven't reach pro stage! XD).
The early 2 hours drive to Melaka, particularly to Sunny's house was quite normal, with nothing special happened. But once we stepped into Melaka, the real fun came in. According to a statistics revealed by HH, SA and SM, after the toll entering Melaka, we actually passed 14 traffic lights (Melaka people LOVE traffic lights), saw 5 weddings cars and 1 miserable chicken before we reached Sunny house. Denesh and ZS reached Sunny house 20 minutes later after fetched by his parents at Melaka Sentral. I still remember the call Sunny's parents made to him for confirmation: "Are your friends one Indian one Chinese?"
After reaching, went to a nearby shop to eat "Fish Paste-Yong Tau Fu Mee" We ordered separately but end out having 3 large plates of food placed in front of us other than the individual mee....What a filling 'BRUNCH'!
Then, we went to Mahkota Parade and Dataran Pahlawan for some very very fast window shopping. Since we are way ahead of our schedule, Sunny brought us to a Karaoke session at a KTV situation at The Jetty. THe lesson I learned here is: DO NOT go near ZS when he sings 'Seasons in the Sun' and 'Halo', especially the chorus part.....Funnily enough, we went back to Mahkota to treat ourselves for Cendol! I was the odd one out ordering Lin Chee Kang instead of Cendol ( too thirsty that time.....XD) Wow, the first time I drank Extra-SWEET Lin Chee Kang.
Later at evening, Sunny's parents brought us for a dinner session by having Ikan Bakar and other seafood at a restaurant near the river (I dun quite remember the name). The seafood was goodm but the epic one was the Kangkung ----spicy and explosive in the mouth. Notable good food: Ikan Bakar and the Padan-wrapped chicken.
After the Dinner session, went to the infamous Jonker Street. Saw stalls just like the Pasar Malam. Notable features here are the stage put up for the events, particularly singing ones. We had sticks of fruits soaked in melted sugar and the Taiwanese Pearl bubble tea (but this time with frog balls!) These frog balls eventually turned out to be ZS's favourite!
Lastly, ended our night by visiting the Eye on Malaysia at 11.30pm. The fare is relatively cheap of RM 8 (conditions: Malaysian student) . We managed to spun for 6 rounds on the ride. The starting was quite scary, especially the top part, since I personally have height-phobia. But later it was okay.....After the 3rd round, it was kinda nothing else to be seen. However stepping out of the ride, the scenery was nice with the Eye on Malaysia as the background.
A tiring day indeed.....
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
3/12 ----18
The above numbers are important numbers in my life. Yes its the Day in my life! When the clock strikes 12 on the 2nd, I have officially join the 18 years- old club. =)
Today was quite a phenomenal day. Though I didn't went out with a bunch of friends go here and there, The Day actually went on happily.
First of all, there was the birthday blessings from the Facebook, with bunch of friends expressing their blessings to me, which kick started my wonderful day. Seeing the blessings was a satisfying and happy 'activity' (guess I'm really easy to get contented XD). I am seriously happy to have recieved theses blessings from friends from primary to college. You all cheer up my life for sure! I seriously treasure the moments and memories I had with you all!
The afternoon went well with Choon Yen having a 'yumcha session' with me and my bro Old Town. (Choon Yen, if you're reading this, I sincerely thank your effort for coming all the way from KL to copy the software game for us, I hope you manage to get home before the rain)
Lastly, my family brought me for a scrumptious dinner at Restorant South Sea, near Sky Park at Subang to have a wonderful seafood meal as a celebration for The Day. Wow, that restaurant had went through some serious renovation, tt look classy!) The filling and tasty meal surely wraps up a memorable day in my life!
Utmost thanks to my family and fellow friends which made up a splendid Day for me!
PS: Happy Birthday to Dai Kar Jie, Su Ann!! =)
Today was quite a phenomenal day. Though I didn't went out with a bunch of friends go here and there, The Day actually went on happily.
First of all, there was the birthday blessings from the Facebook, with bunch of friends expressing their blessings to me, which kick started my wonderful day. Seeing the blessings was a satisfying and happy 'activity' (guess I'm really easy to get contented XD). I am seriously happy to have recieved theses blessings from friends from primary to college. You all cheer up my life for sure! I seriously treasure the moments and memories I had with you all!
The afternoon went well with Choon Yen having a 'yumcha session' with me and my bro Old Town. (Choon Yen, if you're reading this, I sincerely thank your effort for coming all the way from KL to copy the software game for us, I hope you manage to get home before the rain)
Lastly, my family brought me for a scrumptious dinner at Restorant South Sea, near Sky Park at Subang to have a wonderful seafood meal as a celebration for The Day. Wow, that restaurant had went through some serious renovation, tt look classy!) The filling and tasty meal surely wraps up a memorable day in my life!
Utmost thanks to my family and fellow friends which made up a splendid Day for me!
PS: Happy Birthday to Dai Kar Jie, Su Ann!! =)
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