Ba Zhang

I know, ba zhang festival is way over but then i din know it was ba zhang festival here till Laurent came and asked me if i wanted to make ba zhang.. y not rite since he got the recipe from his gf.. such a talented gf he has.. lol..


the ingredients...


this is a fucking expensive set of salted eggs... 2.69 pounds for 6...



chinese mushroom (yucks) and dried shrimps...

it was all eperimental as it was the first time i have ever done such things.. lol... luckily there was Lin Nyok to help us out.. she was kinda pro in it since she did it before back in her hometown.. i couldnt wrap the thing properly.. it always ended being flat and square instead of the usual shape which is like a pyramid(is it??)... lol.. i gave up after a wraping a couple of it... all i did was just put in the filling and pass it to the pro to wrap it up for me... lol..it turned out to be quite a success..especially the ones with the spicy dried shrimps (the ones that i cooked..bangganya)... lol..


Laurent making his bazhang.. wats with that look...


Lin Nyok and Jian Tung hard at work while i was busy taking pictures... lol...


boiling the wrapped ba zhang...

since we did it in the middle of the nite.. i did not get much of sleep coz u have to boil the zhangs for 3 hours and hang it to dry for another 3 hours.. so much work but it's all worth it.. lol...


tying the strings to the oven door for us to hang the ba zhangs..


the ba zhangs i made...


ta da... ready to eat ba zhangs..lol..

tat;s it... will be moving to my new house tomoro.. haven finish with my packing yet.. sigh.. so many thigns.. neway, till then.. cheers..

Graduated....

I'm finally a GRADUATE Engineer... but sadly, the results i obtained is not what i expect it to be.. wonder with that kind of results i could get any job offers especially in the UK since i will be staying here for some time.. well, just hope for the best...

on the happier side.. yea, i've graduated and i can start looking for a job and earn my own money... get a decent job to support my expenses, send some money home as well as my travelling expenses... i'm not done with europe yet.. havent been to most of the countries in europe...

and also, i will finally be able to see my parents in july.. woo hoo.. cant wait.. miss them so much... and for my little bro.. it will be his first time on a plane.. lol...
cant wait.. for now i shall work my ass off for my part time.. earn some money to pay off the house rent, ever increasing phone bills and hopefully some for my euro trip.. lol...
neway, got to cook now.. cheers..

Argh!!!

Results will be out in exactly half an hour... omg... i'm so freaking scared now.. even when i'm typing this my hands are shivering... my future depends totally on this results... y la it takes so long to release.. the hardest part of the whole process is the time spent waiting... argh....
alrite guys.. shall get back to my uni webpage and keep reloading it till my results are out.. wish me luck ppl.. cheers...

BOREDZZ!!!!!!

it's been weeks now since my exams was over and I'm still jobless and lifeless... sigh.. been doing nothing other than sleep, eat, shit, walk around aimlessly and filling up pages long of job application forms and also waiting anxiously for my results which will be out this THURSDAY... omg.. worried like fuck only... this sucks to the max...

Anyway, i've found myself a new home in BURLEY which is about half an hour away from the place i'm living currently.. paid up my deposit last week and there goes another hole in wallet... sigh...

this is a meaningless post... im just too fucking bored and i just feel like scribbling something.. lol...and oh.. i know this is old news but the petrol prices in malaysia has increased to RM2.70/ltr... wtf.. y la so much... how to drive car back home.. have to walk meh.. the freaking weather will kill me in no time if i were to start walking adn the public transport is totally hopeless... no system at all one... aih.. mana boleh..

dunno wat to write dy la.. till the next time.. i shall just go rot under my duvet till my results are out.. cheerss guys... wish me luck..

SUMMERBALL 2008

Leeds Uni organized a summerball last Friday.. It was held in Lotherthon Hall which is about 20 mins drive from Leeds City Centre... This summerball was a 12 hour event which starts from 6pm and ends at 6am in the morning... Was an outdoor event with 7 arenas for u to choose from depending on the choice of music one prefer... It was more like a huge clubbing area instead of a Ball... Liquors and cigarettes are sold everywhere... A bottle of wine cost 11 pounds... a little overpriced for it and it sucked... damn i hate wines...The ball was quite huge with the attendance of more than 9000 people since it's a combination of Leeds Uni and Leeds Metropolitan...I reached there around 7pm and left around 1am....

It was supposed to be a black tie event but since none of us have got black tie and couldn't be bothered about it... we just wore any available tie that we could find in our cupboard.. lol.. It was pretty cool since it was the first time, the whole gang wore suit for an event.. Girls looking pretty in their dresses and guys are looking smart in their suit...

There was also performance by this former SUGABABES member, Mutya Buena, unfortunately I did not get to watch her performance cause some of my friends wanted to go back already.. well, the performance wasn't suppose to start till 2am...There were also some DJ's and some bands performing in different arena.. Theere was also a free fun-fair where u get to ride all the rides for free.. But the queue was super long..

There was also an air brush tattoo shop, where all of us got ourselves a tattoo each.. lol.. just for the fun of it... most of us got it at the back of our neck while some of them got it in front at the sides... Basically, there wasn't much for us to do there.. so we head into oen of the arenas where some of them started dancing... and some of us just explored into the different arenas available.. There was this arena that plays country music.. lol...

Before the clock strikes 12, there were already a lot of drunkards walking around.. And the toilet was outdoor, u can see ppl peeing everywhere.. the allocated space for toilet are rather disgusting... i do not wish to continue about tat place... loll...
Overall, it was quite a nice experience since it was my first time attending a ball in the UK...

Here are some pictures that I took that night...


started of with some styling of the hair.. that's lauren


then we proceed to some pictures taking session among the housemates.. lol..


some last minute shaving...ken wayne and lauren.. tsk tsk tsk...


that's me.. i think i bought an oversized coat.. looks kinda big on me.. sigh...


the housemates... gonna miss u guys once our house contract ends where we will staying in different places.. tat's me, ken wayne and wilson..


Wilson and Ken Wayne acting cool...


in front of St Marks Gate..


transport to the Ball...by bus.. lol...




outside in Lotherthon Hall...


inside the Ball...


Wilson and Lauren.. posers!!! lol...


the disgusting wine.. JACK RABBIT...


Lauren's loving it.. He drank quite a lot of it.. and ended up doing all these..


part 1


part 2


and there he goes... totally high.. hahaha


me getting the tattoo done...


the tattoo...


sexy


yiikes...


wilson started posing like some mafia..hahaha


Lin Nyok and I... the girl who taught me how to make cheese cake... haha...


the 3 engineering beauties... haha.. Jacqueline, Siew Yuen and Lin Nyok...


some random pic...

And Lastly, the journey back...


we conquered the whole lower tier of the double decker bus.. cool leh.. haha...

tats all... cheers..

Hungary trip...

Since I'm pretty jobless now and I'm bored to death, I shall continue with my euro trip post... This time it's gonna be an update of the Hungary trip...

Hungary

From Vienna, we took a train to Budapest, Hungary... SI have to say, I have the best time in HUngary among the places i went to coz the place is nice and stuff there are really cheap, we had to visit the money changer liek few times a day coz we always used up the money we had in our wallets... lol.ince Budapest is divided by a river, one side is called Buda and the other is called Pest, I stayed in Pest where the apartment we rented is located.... It was a nice and cozy apartment where they have 2 double beds, sofas, tv and all the other necessary stuff... It has to be best accommodation among these 3 countries that I went to... The girls rented 3 apartments and we were divided into 3 groups, 4 person each apartment.. The apartment is quite big , it could fit more than 6 persons... lol.. My housemates in Hungary is Yi Yun, Yee Xian and Xiang Ying... 2 med students and one pharmacy student.. and they are all JPA scholars... feel so intimidated staying with such smart people.. lol... but anyway they are nice people and yi yun likes to perform card tricks where it only jadi on the 3rd attempt.. haha...

Anyway, HUngary is not a bad place, the sceneries are quite nice and the food there are excellent...If any of you plan to go Hungary, I have to recommend this restaurant called FATAL.. the food is awesome and the portion is quite big where u can share with ur friends.. lol.. other than the food, the thermal bath is awesome.. u get to chill and relax in the heated pool.. It;s one of the attractions in Hungary... There are so many places with this thermal bath.... The one i went has got a swimming pool and 2 heated pool with different temperatures and als the sauna and steam room.. It was very relaxing.. just that there wasn't much leng luis for me to look at.. got quite a number of guys there though as the girls was drooling over them... hahaha...

There was also this cave church and some monument on top of the hill which was quite nice as u get to see the bridges connecting buda and pest and also other parts of the place... THere's also this market which is 5 mins walk from the apartment i stayed in.. They have a food stall which have different types of dishes to choose from... its like the nasi campur back home just tat here they sell pasta as well instead of only rice.. lol...and also a lot of cheap fruits there...

We also went to this island in betweeen BUda and Pest, which is called the Margaret Island if im not wrong.. anyway, tat place is like a huge garden with sceneries and stuff, and since we are too lazy to walk we rented bicycles which can fit 6 persons.. quite cool, it's like a car.. haha...

There's also another attraction which is the Parliament building.. Nothing much there just a nice building.. lol.. went there on the last day...

i think tats all i can say, couldnt think of anything else.. cant recall any rite now.. lol.. just gonna upload some pictures..


the market...


the girls enjoying their food..


graffitis are everywhere...


the bicycles...


the passengers...


my bedroom.. since there's 3 girls and 1 guy.. i got the whole room to myself.. muahahaha...


the tram which leads to BUDA Castle..


In front of BUDA Castle




FATAL Restaurant... Recommended...


YUM YUM...


cave church


inside cave church


went to watch a ballet show, 'SWAN LAKE' on the last night since we have got nothing else to do and the tickets was rather cheap... the show was not too bad.. i din know it was a fairytale till the girls told me about it.. lol..


Housemates in Hungary...Xiang Ying, Yi Yun, Me and Yee Xian


Xiang Ying and Yi Yun...


Parliament Building...

in the airport, while waiting for the flight, the girls decided to have a game of big 2 since the flight was delayed for an hour...

Yi Yun tried to cover her face with all the passports she was holding.. lol..

Neway, that's all the pics I will post up coz my connection here is pretty bad.. More pics could be found in my facebook profile but I think most of you guys have already seen it.. It has been a wonderful trip with these girls and if there's a chance in the future hope to travel with you girls again.. lol...

cheers..