2008 ChiNeSE BoOkFeST @ MaLaYSiA

One month ago.....

I have seen the advestisment about this Bookfest at KLCC convention center in the newspaper

I marked the date in my diary......

Because I don't want to miss it....(I am crazy for book, right??)

Went there on 25/05/2008 with ChinYee ( a friend of mine who also a book lover)
As usual, we need to pay RM2 each for entrance ticket.....

Hall 1 was mainly sold English books and stationary......

Without wasting our precious time, we proceed to Hall 2-5 quickly, where mainly sold chinese books from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. It was so crowded, especially the Chinese Books from China section (Maybe due to books from China sold in cheaper price).

So, if you are looking for cheap books, you should go for china books where the quality of the paper maybe a bit poor.

In contrast, if you wish to get some good quality books, Taiwan's books are your choice.

Just within one hour, I manged to find a lot of books (with amazing price)!!

Let see how many books I bought......

FriEnDsHiP FoREvEr

Time flies toooooo fast.....

I think it was about three or four years we didn't see each other after graduated...

Not much change physically...

And how about our friendship??

I wonder has our friendship change anyway??

When i reached there....

I was quite worried

because i feel so strange and speechless when i met them...

but the moment i saw everyone
they instantenously gave me the warmest smile ever....
and so we talk and talk from first dish till the end...

Thank you... My dear friends

(Bryan, Wonsie, Phooi Thian, Kelly and LaiPeng)

To make my college life in KTAR a enjoyable and memorables one!!

BeLateD PhOtO - GuA TeMpUruNg TriP

After a long long time waiting......

Finally i get the Gua Tempurung trip's photos!!
We are so excited before our adventurous journey in Gua Tempurung

Dear, Steven and me take a photo before get wet!!

(thanks to steven who organized this trip so well!! Yeah! you are the man!)Nice photo taken by Elly.... The 'pondok' near the lakesideAnother nice picture took by Elly-- The inverted images reflection in the lakewater give the feeling of sedateness......!! and I like the wooden dock toooo!!This one tooooo!!! nice right??

Feel like i am enjoying the tranquility of rural village lifestyles!! Map that shows the route in the cave (We choose the longest and adventurous tract!!) The entrance into the cave!!Not forget to snap some group pictures in the cave.....Largest natural limestone structure in Malaysia.... So now you can understand how we get wet??? Finally, we reached the end of the route which is open end to another side of the cave......

However, our journey was not end yet....

We still need to follow the same route bact to the entrance!! :(

This picture make me think about the primitive societies or human that live here hundred thousand years ago...
How was their lifestyle.... how they hunt for food.... cook their food.....!!

DoNg ZeN TeMpLe WeSaK DaY PaRaDe

已经不清楚这是第几次参与由仁嘉隆东禅寺举行的佛祖出巡花车游行。

但对于去年参与这项活动还记忆犹新。。。

（仁嘉隆青运支会-参与2007年卫塞节佛祖出巡花车游行）

今年2008年，当然也不例外。。。

周日傍晚特地抽空时间代表仁嘉隆青运支会应邀参与这项为迎接卫塞节佛陀日所主办的活动。

在这里我想先声明：我并不是佛教徒！但不排斥参与各类型与宗教有关的活动。

当天场面十分热闹，上千名的信徒参与遊行活动，十分温馨祥和。

佛祖花车所经之处，吸引众多民众争睹佛祖风采。

有人手掌合十，虔誠敬拜；有人站在远处，静静观望。

法师在花车上沿途向居民洒淨，把祝福献給大家。（但我没被喷到！）
8公里的路程在有说有笑的情况下很快就到达了终点。

回到家，累了，很快就睡了！

AfTeR HiKiNG --- VerY tiRinG

Just after the tiring Mt. Nuang hiking......

My schedule for today was not end yet!! OMG!!

I still have to attend my cousin's wedding dinner.....

Without any delay, my dear and i were getting ourself prepared just after reached home.

Rush to the restaurant and found both of us were so tired and weary.

Nine hours mountain hiking really fagged me out!!

See!!how tired are we when we reached the restaurant.... :(

GuNunG NuAnG Hi'KiNg'

"No next time..... really really no next time......!!"

This is what i said to myself when i reached 'kaki bukit' of Gunung Nuang after the summit hike.....

"You better start to train before hiking Mt Kinabalu" warned by dear.

So i decided do this---- Hiking Gunung Nuang (tallest mountain in Selangor, 1490km).

As a first timer, i have no idea on the challege that i may enconter or how tough for me to climb up to the peak...

So, without any preparation, we start our hiking with 'full-bar' energy from the starting point to point A.....

This is a long ghastly walk with ups and downs, muddy roads, rocky roads, red soil roads or the road filled with loose gravels.

After a tiring long walk, we reached point A and saw a 'pondok' where i took the opportunity to take a rest. Snap some photos and continue our journey into the real challenge. We follow the path into the forest cross a stream and follow along the road mark on the trees. From here, i start to panic with my inedequate shoes that made me hard to walk or climb.... Besides, it also giving me blisters every where.... Sigh!! My cousins move along the path with some minor runs up while i choose to walk slow and steady. The trail to the peak was quite tough, we have to always keep our eyes on the next step due to the uneven and wet path that full with rocks, roots and loose soil.
After pushing ourself physically and mentally across a few stream, we reach a place known as Pacat camp. I took some rest here while my cousins continue heading toward the peak.
Due to the time constrain, i forced to continue the hiking before my energy recovered.

Without wasting any time, I pushed on to the summit trail and my stupid shoes are going to kill me now!! It makes me even harder to climb up with the pain on both legs. However, there are many sights along this trail that may distract your focus on the pain, such as the green and white algae or fungus, fallen trees that block the passage way, weird flowers, interesting plants and insects like gaint ants, millipedes and leaches.

Heading toward the peak, i found myself struggled with the difficult terrain. I thought of gave up and stop here because i was too far behind my accompanier and my legs were so pain.
Luckily my mental was still strong enough to support me to move on.
Some parts of the path is very steep (about 80 degrees climb up). Therefore, we have to haul ourself up and keep on moving. The elevation has went up tremendously when we were approaching the summit. The air become colder, and mistier. A couple of minutes later, I finally realize I was at the peak when my cousins yelled that i am almost reach the summit. Hurray!! I had truly conquered the peak.
I quickly dropped my bag and ploped down on the floor.
Feels really exhausted but great to rest my feet!
The view at the top was very disappointing which covered with shrubs and bushes.
We can't get any good view of the surroundings from the summit.
The mist is pretty thick and the weather is very cold especially when the wind blows.
We rested for around 15 minutes before descending. My cousins were practically running down the slopes but i was walking down step by step because my legs muscle were cramped.
Climbing downhill was not as easy as I thought because tired legs makes this stretch of road ten times more difficult.
After climbing downhill from the peak for about 4 hours , I finally reached the carpark......
But the time was already 5 pm when we finally drove off from Mt. Nuang. Anywhere, I was glad that I manage to reach the summit. It felt great!


**I'm going to climb Mt Kinabalu next month.....
My friend, John who was just came back from Kinabalu said the scenic at the peak was really nice, unlike Gunung Nuang, nothing to see but trees......
Looking forward to see the nice view there......

HaPpY MoThEr's DaY

Thank you...... Mum......I love you!!

Grown up in a very tradition Malaysian Chinese family...

actually i'm quite shy to say "i love you" to my mum or express my thankful to her.

All i can do is,treat her nicely and make her proud to have me as her son.....

No special celebration on that day.......

Nothing was planned until dear called me and suggest to buy a cake to mum.......

It is great to have you as my mama!!