A Fun and Happy Celebration

Date: 28th December 2008
Venue: Sanctuary Care Centre
Event: "Dear God" project and Christmas celebration

I know it was last year's stuff but I'm kind of delayed in posting it and it's worth sharing.

It was a nice sunday morning and my club is having a fun Christmas celebration with the children from Sanctuary Care Centre. So far only myself, Sharon and 2 of her guests were there. So, we talked to the caretakers and the children while waiting for Calvin and Jacqueline together with our lunch. A brief info about the home, it's a home that takes care of children aged between 4 to 16 year old who has a single parent, orphaned or abandoned. They survive on personal charity donations, recycling used items and sell used clothes to pay for the bills.

It didn't took long for our lunch to arrive and all the kids took their place at the tables while KFCs are being served (drool...^^). Everyone had a hearty lunch and settled down for the next activity...game time (Yay...!!).

The first game we played was called Hot Potato. It's a simple game where a person is given an item that was meant to be passed around while the music is being played. The one who holds the item when the music is stopped loses and has to be punished. In this case, they were required to dance. Some of the children were too shy to dance and some took a friend to dance along. They were having so much fun. Of course they can't go empty handed so a sweet was given to them.

We played a few rounds before moving on to the next game...Charades. The topic chosen was sports. Charades is something like Win, Lose or Draw but the person have to act instead of drawing. The catch...? Whichever kid that guessed correctly can ask the Rotaractors and guests to do whatever they want. In our case, we had to dance ^^". There was baseball, american football, volleyball etc. It was so much fun. Too bad for those who didn't make it because they missed seeing me and calvin dancing to hip-hop...LOL

The last game we played was Dancing Robot Game. The children will start dancing when the music is played and freeze in whatever position they're currently in when the music stops. They can't move until the music is resumed or else they're disqualified. Basically everyone was excited while playing the games. After that, it's present giving time (another Yay...!!).

Since the original Santa Clause was not around, we found a replacement which is yours truly. I can't deny it because I do have a bit of the body shape (I've got to lose weight already *sob sob*). Once all the children got their presents, it's time to open them. It was heart warming to see the innocent smiles and laughter of the children when they see their presents. After a whole day of fun and laughter, we bid farewell and had a brief lunch ourselves before going back. Although it was a tiring day, I really had fun and enjoyed it.


Our venue for the project ^^


Sharon discussing with the caretakers


Lunch time ^^


Sharon helping out to pass out...KFC!? *drool...*


Game time (look at Jac doing her stuff...LOL)


It's so fun even Sister Malar joins in ^^


Some of the children having fun


A very unlikely Santa Clause...hahaha


Jac is such a caring "kakak" wakaka


Sing-along to wrap up the event

New Template (^^)

Hi there,

It's been quite some time since I've updated my blog. So, this will be my first post of the year. I've got bored of the usual templates available here so I went to look for a new one and I found this on the net. Isn't it cool? Lol

Well, I really like to watch animes if they're interesting to me. So I got one that features Bleach. (^^) I hope that I can update my blog with more posts in the future.

A memorable birthday dinner

Date: 20th December 2008

Venue: Passage Through India, Jalan Tun Razak

Event: Raj's 21st birthday dinner

It's a real special day for my friend Raj. It's his 21st birthday which means from now onwards he'll have his personal freedom and will be responsible for it. I've never been to the venue before, so I've got to survey the available route with Raymond in his car in the morning. After a few turns and near misses (including a weirdly shaped roundabout), both of us managed to find our destination. It's not really a grand place for a birthday party. But the restaurant was nominated for one of the best restaurant in Malaysia. Talk about looks can be deceiving.

After locating the venue, we went to pick up colborn to watch a very cool action movie at Sunway Pyramid - Ip Man. It's a biography movie based on the life of the late Bruce Lee's master starring Donnie Yen as the titled character. it's a really nice movie to watch.

We had a short lunch and met up with Priscilla and Xing Yi who're coming along to the birthday party too. Well, to summarise the whole event, the food is nice (not forgetting spicy too) and we got to see a really meaningful present giving ceremony and a few entertaining presentation and performances (^^). There's also special speeches given from friends and relatives to those who're at the event and the birthday boy. It was a really happy occasion for everyone.

The entrance to the restaurant


The outlook of the venue


Here's another one


Aren't the birdies cute?

The room is decorated with *gulp* balloons (yeah go ahead and laugh at me)

Back Row (L-R): Colborn, Raymond, Wui-Kit and me

Front Row (L-R): Raj, Pei Ru, Xing Yi and Priscilla

Us again from another angle

Raj and his family with the birthday cake

Cute mini cupcakes (^^)

Though it's too small, it's actually the scroll from one of the cupcakes

"Raj, Sing! Raj, Sing! Raj, Sing!" (>.<)

Here comes Vijay to save the day with his handphone

They both make a nice duet...lol

Raj's present from us. What is it? Ask him instead (=P)

Raj with Pei Ru and Xing Yi

Another poison to my addiction

Recently, well, it's just only on friday actually. I got to try a new computer game for the first time. The game is Dynasty Warriors 6. I know for those who've played the previous versions, you might've gotten bored with the series. But it's my first time playing it and I love the game since the previous versions were only released for Playstation and I don't have a PS. The game is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The battle scenes and movie clips are enjoyable to watch. The aim is simple, just make your characters run around killing enemies while trying to survive. You can also complete the missions available along the way.

Of course it's the same addiction level as Highstreet 5. I'll never leave my happy "family" just because I have a new game. So don't worry *smiles happily*. We'll still get to meet up around the night time. Although I had to leave early due to some personal unavoidable reasons.

A Garlic-ish Invention...?

Well, the title says it all. This topic has a little bit to do with garlic, and it just started innocently (^^).

I was thinking of trying out a new dish. Scrambled egg with garlic sandwich. The ingredients I used are as follows:

1 Egg
A bit of butter
4 cloves of garlic - finely diced
2 pieces of bread - spread with margarine

The method of preparation:
1) Stir fry the garlic until it's fragrant, then drain the oil
2) Add in the butter and egg and stir slowly over low heat. Scrape the sides and bottom often to avoid sticking.
3) When done, spread over the bread and it's ready to eat (^^)

The result:
I think 4 cloves of garlic is a bit too much already. The taste kind of overpowered the egg. The garlic was so strong that I can taste it when I burped (sorry for the rudeness ^^). I'll try with 2 cloves next time instead of 4. But overall, it was a good dish (^^).

Animal fun (0.0)?

Yeah, I'm sure you'll be confused with my title. But I'll try to be as detailed as possible. For those who knew me, you know how I react when it comes to pet shops. I'll just stare and adore the animals there (except for creepy crawlies and reptiles). Dogs, cats, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, ferrets, bunnies, chinchillas, hedgehogs, fishes...the list is kind of exhaustive depending on the animals available for sale.

One of my best friends from secondary school once said that my house is like a zoo. Well, during that time, I had fishes, a turtle, hamsters and stray cats (Yes, I do buy Friskies for the cats). Now, I only have 2 aquariums and a few stray cats (^^). But if you bring me to a pet shop, you'll see most probably a very embarassing side of my personality (^^). Only just a few weeks back, I went to a pet shop with one of my best friends from college (Again yes, I have best friends in school, college and others to come ^^ ). The pet shop is located at the top floor of the Ikano Power Center located at Mutiara Damansara. We went there because I needed to buy some water plants for both of my aquariums.

We looked around at the other pets and saw a particularly interesting dog. It's a male Mini Schnauzer that's sleeping. He's sleeping with the belly side up, you'll think it's very rude. I actually told my friend that if I was the owner of the Mini Schnauzer, I would've called him Rufus. Lol. There's also a cute Pomeranian with white fur. Yes, it's pure white. Normally I've seen Pom-Poms (I liked the nickname ^^ ) in brownish colour but not white. There's also a few very cool looking Siberian Huskies and one of them is also white. Too bad no pictures are allowed. Or else I would've posted here as well.

That's enough about pet shops, you might be thinking how the heck did I tame the stray cats behind my house? Well, it started with a particular batch of stray kittens. At first, I would buy cat food and also play with them. That's how they got used to me and my family (only myself, my sisters and my aunt who often visits during the weekends. When they hear my mom approach, they'll disappear at the speed of light. Lol). In fact, they got too friendly until they became quite naughty already (Guess we were too lineant on them ^^ ). The females would give birth behind my house, maybe because it's the safest place for them. Especially now there's even big monitor lizards crawling around sometimes (so big that the fighting male cats have to stop and watch out when one appears). But the kittens are so cute and cuddly, sometimes I manage to tame one or two from the whole litter to get used to us. Lol

Ecstasy Level Increased (0.0)!!

Well, for those who read my previous blog (Like ecstasy...). You know I'm already addicted to the game HighStreet5 (which is not healthy at all, sitting glued on the chair staring at the PC). Normally, I would've got tired of online gaming after a while like Ragnarok Online, O2Jam, Maple Story and others (No, I'm not a fan of DOTA and Counter Strike type of games). Due to rude players mostly. Well, there is a reason to why I'm addicted to it and can't stop playing it.

The reason is simple. The people I met there. (^^) I can't believe I joined a guild where mostly everyone are brothers and sisters (Of course not real siblings, just more like pet siblings). Of course there're also players that scold vulgar words but only when they're really in a bad mood. Other than that, we just hang out and enjoy while playing the game and chatting. Among the guild members, there's one other player who got my attention. She's calm whenever there's problem arises in the guild (mostly love problem from a particular pair who're also my pet siblings ^^ ). Well, usually it's up to the both of us to try calm things down (but she's better at this kind of things than I am ^^ ) Usually we chat among the four of us together, hence I don't dance often (unless my typing speed is so fast I can do both - - Talk about multitasking. Lol ).

All in all, I'm really happy to have joined this guild and I don't want to leave it. Especially after meeting so many new friends and siblings. I'll try to brainwash some of my friends to install the game and join the guild in the future. *evil laughters*