One Sweet Day

Told Heng I love this Korean song very much. And this is why I put this song in my blog.

The reason why I love this song very much is the rhythm sounds really happy. Most of the songs we listen to are normally sad songs. Very seldom there's happy song describing people in love, even much lesser with happy rhythm.

Here's the translation for this song:

When the sunlight was broken into waves on this morning
I was washing my eyes and stretching my body
Today is sure to be happier than yesterday
One sweet day!

A tender wind tickles me
And the fragrant flower in my heart is a magic
That makes me smile with your fragrance
And I sing na na na...
Everyday sweet day
I feel like your refreshing lips touching my cheek and my lips too

On the road with glittering grass-green leaves
I'm riding the bicycle
And turning around and around again
I can feel how different I am because of you!
One fine day

All the passing people, all the trees are saying hello to me
It's good to have you now with the blur sky above and your love
And I sing na na na...
Everyday is a fine day

Two of us can be together like this on a charming day
And I sing na na na...
There are too many good things
You came to me like a dream
Everyday sweet day

Kampar and Ipoh Trip

Was off to Kampar Perak last Saturday with family. It was a 3 days 2 nights trip. My sole purpose of this trip is to see the mountains again cuz I miss them sooooo much. Everyone has different purpose for this trip. Zhuang wants to visit our grandparents' cemetery at Tambun, mum misses her hometown, dad just follows, Mei wants to see the famous Tanjung Rambutan psychiatric house, aunt went just because Zhuang wants to visit the cemetery desperately.

So I was like a crazy fella taking pictures of the mountains. Dad was nagging saying I shouldn't waste the battery taking pictures from car because the photo quality won't be as good.

On the highway to Tapah toll from KL.

If I'm not mistaken this is when I was reaching Kampar. On the way to the town area for lunch.

Kampar town area. You can see the mountain from the town behind the old temple

Last time, every time I go Kampar I would stay at my grandparents house at Eastern Garden. But this time I stay at the Grand Kampar Hotel instead of Eastern Garden because my aunt staying at the house couldn't manage to get me a bed to stay (she only has 3 beds available). Another reason is that GK hotel looks really nice and new to me. hehe. (Aunt suggested to stay at hotel so that I can stay at Eastern Garden with my parents)

Really nice mountain scenery taken from GK hotel. Layers and layers of mountains.
I wonder if I could climb up there and feel the cloud on top. It sure will be damn COLD and cool!!!!

Ridges of mountains from GK hotel

Pikachu-like limestone captured on the way from Kampar to Ipoh

Poor limestone hill got butchered and cut into pieces. =(

We won't have these anymore if people continue cutting the hills down!!

I think few years later there won't be any limestone hills left.

Mum said luckily there's some temples built in this hill. So people won't cut down this hill as long as the temple and the monks are still there

We went to the Kampar old temple to take some photos.

Entrance to Kampar old temple

Golden here and there reminds me of the emperor movie by Jay Chow

Nice old door beside the entrance

Pose at the stairs in front the temple

Although I put a lot of old buildings photo in Kampar in previous posts http://yinkheay.blogspot.com/2007/06/yea.html and http://yinkheay.blogspot.com/2007/06/cont-from-previous-entry.htm

I wanna add two more old buildings pictures.

Wisma Tamil Methodist. More than a decade old building.


Old building in town

The GK hotel is really grand and new. It's located near the UTAR Kampar.

Entrance of GK hotel

Very very big room for 4 person for RM164 (RM188 on weekends)


They have separated space for living room

Kampar has nice food. I was never hungry during this stay. Let me list out those nice food that I didn't take picture of. Cuz they didn't look special but they taste special. That's why didn't take the picture. I took soy sauce chicken rice, black pepper pan mee, curry glutinous rice, fish ball noodle soup, loh bak kou and CENDOL. =)


Something attracted me when I was walking in Pasar Malam the first night with my parents and aunt.

Very cute and colourful!!


Cute!!

The stall is 'branded'! It's called Allan's Cake
This stall was even interviewed and published in newspaper because of their assorted-flavour tarts.

The uncle kept telling me everything about their shop. They come from Ipoh and their son (the one who created different flavours of tarts) is at Singapore opening another branch of Allan's Cake now.

This chocolate ball is really tasty. Sweet and salty at the same time. That's why only left the last one in the box. Luckily I manage to take the pic before it's being eaten. =P

Assorted flavour tarts: Top left - Chocolate flavour, Top right - Blueberry flavour, Bottom left - Honey flavour, Bottom right - Pure flavour

Have you seen this type of method to make Apom Malik? Using these stoves?

And see the thin Apom Malik at the side. They taste like 'love letters' we eat during Chinese New Year.

They have the normal Apom Malik too. But the way the uncle made it was a bit different from those I had seen. Normally people spread the batter on the stove and then let it cooked and then spread corn and peanuts on top, right?

But this one is really different. The uncle spread the batter. Then he pour sugar on the batter and let it cooked. Then after that he spread magerine and peanuts on top. Very very nice. It's crusty outside but soft inside. And the peanuts smells nice.

I found some really special fatt kou (those cakes Chinese made for prayer) at the Pasar Pagi the second morning after my breakfast.

Creative-nya

Despite the nice food, there's a very bad tasting tong sui shop near the GK hotel. I didn't try their tong sui. Zhuang ordered peanut porridge from this shop and the dessert doesn't taste like peanut at all. So we took this picture of the shop. Hehe...

We went to Tambun for grandparents cemetery. I took some photos there. But duwan to show here la. Some people pantang to see cemetery pictures. Then after that we went to visit a relative in Ipoh. She's my great grandfather's brother's wife. Being a great grand generation, of course she is old. Really really old. She's 92 years old. But her hair is unbelievably dark. She said she doesn't dye hair. And she looks young!

Other random nature photos:

On the way back to Tapah from Kampar, there's a very very big lake by the road. Ideal for kayaking. hehe.

White flowers by the roadside

My favourite flower. But I dunno the name.

2 cows sitting beside the road as if waiting for me to take their picture. So I did.

Was standing so close to the cow I was all shaken. Hehe. Summore dun dare to use flash. That's why the picture so blur. Hehe. I saw buffaloes walking at the field beside the road the next evening. But I couldn't take the picture cuz they were too far from road.

Interesting mind-reading game

This is cool. I don't know how it works but it somehow knows what numbers I choose and came out with the correct image.

Zhuang was terrified. She said it's a kind of dark magic. Sounds scary. But I still think it's cool.

For those who are curious try this out. For those who are faint-hearted, please do not try more than twice. lol. (If the dark magic word scares you)

Here you go. This is the site: http://www.gangqin.cn/heart.htm

Have fun!

Mums and Dads

Just finished Mitch Albom's "For One More Day".

Both his "Five people you meet in heaven" and "For one more day" are easy to read because he tells life from simple stories. Although the "Five people you meet in heaven" is more well-known compared with the latter, the latter moved me more.

I guess it's because this book is about the love between mother and child. In the last few pages I could not hold the tears anymore. My tears kept streaming down my cheek when the man had to depart with his mother.

There's an invisible connection between every mother and child even before they have physical contacts

I wouldn't know which one I will choose if there's a choice given between losing my mum or die.

How about you?

After losing your mum for so long and missing her so dearly years after she was buried under the ground, you are given the chance to be with your mum in heaven forever if you die. Would you choose to die?


Alright. Back to Mitch Albom.

Was planning to write about my curiosity on the influence of his father on him. In both the books, he sketched the eagerness of a child to be assured by his father. Both the characters in the two books (Eddie and Charles) he described wanted approvals from their fathers since they were kids. They respected their fathers but at the same time feared them. And in the end both the characters followed what their fathers want them to be.

Either following what daddy does happily

Or reluctantly

Whether or not the child shows it on his/her face. Either way a child will always seek for approval and attention from father.

Just like the song by Simple Plan-- Perfect. Every child seeks approval from dad.

Hey Dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according
To plan?
Do you think I’m wasting
My time doing things I
Wanna do?
But it hurts when you
Disapprove all along


And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I’m never gonna be good
Enough for you
I can’t pretend that
I’m alright
And you can’t change me

When dad disapprove with what the child is doing, the child gets really hurt.

Imagine you really enjoy to be a break-dancer and your dad shakes head every time he sees you coming back from a dance battle with friends. Imagine you really want to take up a degree on journalism but your dad wants you to study engineering and although he paid for the journalism fees he shakes head whenever he sees you writing an assignment. Imagine you went for a back pack traveling and your dad says it is just a waste of time.


Imagine I told my dad about my passion in blogging last night and all he said was "Cut it. Nobody would want to read your blog." It really hurts. Very much.

Can't wait for my parent's visit

Mum and dad are coming to KL tomorrow morning!!

I’m thrilled. =D

I haven’t seen my parents for more than two months ever since I got my job. This is actually not the longest record. Last time when I was still in uni I went back home only twice a year, in the July one month break and December-February 3 months summer holiday.

For the 3 months breaks, I had industrial training in my second year in Gribbles for 2 months. I rented a room near the place I work. So, I didn’t meet my parents as frequent (although I still went home during the weekends). Then, third year summer holiday was even worse. I went back to my hometown for 2 weeks and started to work as research assistant on temporary basis in my uni back in KL. And I then continued staying there for my next semester. So it was like about 6 months without seeing my parents.

I think my parents missed me more than the reverse way back then. Cuz I didn’t feel any homesickness and seldom miss my parents during the stay in my uni.

And now. 2 months for not seeing my parents make me miss my parents so much. Something is really wrong. I still hang out with friends, although not as frequent. I even climb hills, very healthy indeed. lol. I went shopping with my cousins and aunt. But, somehow, I miss my parents. A lot.

These few days the peninsular had been raining almost everyday. The road surface got really wet and slippery. Recently there are news on cases and cases of accidents on the highway because of slippery roads.

Today’s news in Star online: Mum and daughter killed on way home after holiday and Lorry mishap, so no papers.

I sincerely hoped that there will be no rain tomorrow so that the road will be safer to drive. But the weather forecast at http://www.kjc.gov.my/english/weather/forecast/town.html shows 'rain whole day' everywhere (including Johor, Malacca, Seremban, Putrajaya) on Wednesday. =(

Praying for them.