Chinese New Year!!!! (short post)

its gonna over soon man!!! crappy la~~~ why enjoyable things have to come to an end in a short brief of period?? PIFF!!!!! aint that the crappiest thing happened to you??? ish ish.. anyways.. just come here just to make a short post about wats going on.. well.. its gonna end soon the month of february in which in exactly 1 month i will be flying soon.. hmm.. its kinda funny on how im feeling towards it.. and to be honest im quite worried more den excited.. perhaps in just in the life of you when your growing up and having more and more responsiblities.. hopefully.. things will turn out to be just fine.. haha.. since its the NEW YEAR.. so lets start the year with a more postive and optimistic thoughts.. =) wish everyone a happy chinese new year!!!!!! and more thorough post will be up soon.. just wait and see..

Tah Ke Huat Tua Chai Oh!!! Gong Xi Fatt Choi!! Wan Shi Ru Yi!!!

-Billy- =)

Trip to Hometown in Sabak Bernam

Well, it was a reminising journey of travelling back to my hometown in Sabak Bernam in which located nearby border of Perak and Selangor.. Kinda missed the years back when I am still a children and now look where am i!! 18 years old of age.. going to a student exchange programe to Japan for 1 year.. aint time passes DAMN fast when you enjoy?? especially during nursery days.. i surely missed the things i have did in school.. and nursery.. Travelling back to my grandma and granddad house is definitely a trip which is a must to go.. i havent met them for months and as time passes i getting close to my student exchange in which i most probably or WILL missed next year's Chinese new year celebration depending on my program ending at which month or date.. so its better for me as a filial grandson to do my duty of visiting of them both before i fly..

Basically, the objective of my journey back is not just about visiting my elderly in addition.. i hope to be learning the tradition of doing Kuih Bakul (nian gao).. Maybe not to the extent of continuing the generation but rather gaining basic general knowledge of making it.. Well, it is a dying traditional side dish where we as the future generation having the responsibility to know the bits of pieces of our ancestors culture and traditions.. I am pretty sure that everyone knows what is it.. but i dont think you guys/girls will know what is the purpose and the methods.. haha..

What is it??

Chinese new year's cake is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese cuisine. It is available in Asian supermarkets and from health food stores. While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is most popular during Chinese New Year. It is considered good luck to eat nian gao during this time, because "nian gao" is a homonym for "higher year." The Chinese word 粘 (nián), meaning "sticky", is identical in sound to 年, meaning "year", and the word 糕 (gāo), meaning "cake" is identical in sound to 高, meaning "high". As such, eating nian gao has the symbolism of raising oneself higher in each coming year (年年高升 niánnián gāoshēng).

Production..

They all share the same glutinous rice ingredient that is pounded or ground into a paste and, depending on the variety, may simply be molded into shape or cooked again to settle the ingredient.

Finish Product of Nian Gao!! Yum yum..

Before being like the top picture, you must make the paste for it.. and this is how it looks like before steaming it..

Some pictures are taken from internet though.. because i was busy helping and gaining knowledge of these traditional dishes rather than busy rather than taking pictures in addition i never bring my BABY go home.. my DSLR ( Nikon D3000 ) T.T

を訪問する Broga Hill..

hmm.. its kinda outdated this thing.. but still i will blog about it.. =) last weekend (Sunday) i think.. I and my brother including few of his gang here and there.. went all the way to Semenyih, Kajang just to see the sunrise.. before this my plan was to go for undang amali unfortunately i *&$% failed the undang theory by 1 marks.. in which delayed the amali for 1 week, ( in the end, i still went at Thursday after pass the theory 44/50 at Tuesday) SO.. my brother and his girlfriend, Tanny, woke up at 2a.m ++ while me stay up the whole night because of my sleeping disorder.. throughout the whole journey we fetched extra 3 person and waited for almost an hour because of some SMART ass that does not have the sense of punctuality.. (darn!! stupid!! Malaysian behavior!!) it was funny waiting that long at BP petrol station until a police car patrol ordered us to leave the area as the suspecting us to have an illegal GATHERING.. i was like WT*!! we have guys and girls.. and we wore sports gear plus we do not hold anything dangerous (if you consider camera is a dangerous weapon then you are a *ucked up dumbo) in the end, we still manage to travel to Broga Hill to catch the sunrise..

The so called illegal GATHERING

lol.. the shutter was having a bad time because it was darn dark!! (the line is made from torchlights)

haha.. sorry my noob-ness in photography.. im still learning!!

The trail was a little harder than what i expected, it may seem dark, but i still able to see huge HOLES or perhaps gorge beside the trails and it was STEEP!! when i said it.. it is.. haha.. we started at around 6a.m?? or maybe later than that, but we reached the 3rd peak at 6.30a.m?? the site has 4 peaks in which the 4th peak it was said to be closed.. not for tourist.. anyways, it was awesome the scenery and the surrounding.. breezy and cooling.. and joked among ourselves by saying that next time we will bring pots of Bak Kut Teh, or maybe Steamboat so that we can enjoy the hot-ness of food at a cool area..

It was at the 3rd peak.. and it was still kinda dark.. haha

The sign of SUN is rising!!

nice?? do comment.. lalala

the Sun has awoken.. =)

By 745.. we headed down.. snapping pictures which i and my brother think it is worth to snap on.. haha!! after hill-hiking we went to a nearby famous PROCLAIMED temple nearby.. in which we snap few interesting photos that will worth the laugh or smiles from anyone who reads my blog.. haha anyways pictures will be posted below.. =)

Remeber the holes i was mentioning??

lol what if i fell la..

lol.. This is a LALANG for those that does not know.. haha

scenery..

City of lights..

The Temple Area

am i the fish or is there a wrong meaning??

My brother and his zodiac

And mine..

got no idea what flower is this.. haha but it was a nice shot right??

durian anyone??

ouch?!

karate kid the wannabe

bollywood ala cina campur india.. haha

another ala cina + india

got no idea why he stuffed his head inside.. @@

That is all the interesting photos ( i think) haha.. anyways its glad that i cna be involve in blogging so that i can kill of my time and share the moments.. haha =)

P.s the title is called "visit to"

And of coz the group photo.. =) where can i miss that..

-Billy-

AwesomePossum!! (learned from a couple)

College Life.. hmmmm

Well, i gonna miss it for 1 year because i gonna be in Japan doing my EXCHANGE student program there.. As you all know mix feelings will be for sure as there are things that you are gonna miss it when you are there.. for example, your family, friends and 1 year late for college life.. haha!! In addition, i still remember deeply about a person who asked us this rather interesting question to me..

Why or when does the MALAYSIAN society adopted a culture of finishing your school/college life the faster the better???

I realized it after i started my part time job at Shepherdoo as a waiter.. there are no easy way out when you are earning money.. every penny i earned is every bits my energy being used to work plus working hours will take most of the time in a day.. (Simple calculation for my part time job - 5pm-2am is work.. 3am-11pm sleep.. 12-4pm do your day thing) Practically i have no time to do what i wanted to do like driving and Japanese class.. Though my wish list to buy things with my earned money is long, its kinda heavy hearted to spend it just like that.. haha ryte??

No offence guys and girls, just why u want to end your studying life so early???

Anyways i still wants to wish to those people who attending college at early intakes and late intakes.. as what i heard college life are awesome.. glad you guys are afford to attend so am i next year.. cant wait to join you guys!! =)

Random Post

I knew this song long time ago just that i dont know the title.. at last i found the title and the MV together at youtube.com so i thought why not i introduced it to whoever visits my blog and its kinda related to where i am going to undergo my exchange program.. hahha

Eason Chan - Under Mount.Fuji

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Overview : Its a about a guy/girl who wants to end their relationship after all these years.. I loved the lyrics, tune and most importantly sang by Eason Chan who is like 1 of the GODS of Singing in Hong Kong..

Christmas for 2009!! =/

Come to think of it.. i had a pretty gloomy Christmas for this year.. Why is that so?? 1st of all my family usually have buffet dinner together but.. sadly enough we skipped that tradition PLUS.. whole Klang town does not seem to have the mood to celebrate it.. exceptions for the CHRISTIANS though.. Seriously though.. compare and contrast these two pictures below.. Aint it the difference of heaven and hell??

The left is Orchard Road (Singapore) and the right is Klang..

See la the decorations.. damn it.. its like DEAD.. you know DEAD?? it may seem not that bad though.. but seriously.. its DEAD.. haha.. *whatswithmeandthewordDEAD??*

Fortunately, it was not that disastrous after all.. Friends i have gained in AFS Pre-Departure Camp brightens up my day.. not just that im flying to JAPAN soon, but having bunch of SAME age n SAME like thinking is awesome!! seriously its AWESOME!! hahaha and of coz need to thanks to one of the best VOLUNTEERS in Malaysia.. for organizing and executing a what an AWESOME camp.. =D THANKS!!!!

The dying me.. during recess.. hahaha (awesome photos by D-90 n Dexter + Edmund)

The SUPERB volunteers that i have mentioned.. =D

(Left To Right : Cheng Yee, Su Yin, Suraya, Jian, Edmund, Dexter n Julian)

The AFS Batch 2010/2011 =D

What did Su Yin said at camp really flatters me.. as one of the BEST batch.. haha.. seriously i felt GREAT and more excited about the exchange.. Pumps even higher as day pass by and REACHING nearer for me to go away from MALAYSIA for 1 year.. EXCITING-nyerrrrrr!! =D

Hopefully.. what you spent in the holidays are currently AWESOME.. bad things may come.. neither the good ones.. (What goes around comes around ryte??) Have a blessed year and its time to prepare for the NEW year.. 2010.. and time is getting shorter.. 2012 is the end of the world aint it??? hahahaha

P.S : Who wants to join me for Holmes next week?? Finding Kaki.. =D

Living A Life With Full Anxiety

-Billy-Gun-

Current Mood : Lively + Christmas Song by Archuleta (Soothing n Awesome)

How artist are borned??

Have you ever wondered.. how teenagers like us get the stroll of success in the music/acting industry??

For example :

1. Taylor Swift (20 years old but debuted at 17)
2. Miley Cyrus (17 years old!!)
3. Selena Gomez (17 years old!!)

Most of them are either same age or older then by what?? 2 years old?! seriously.. how did they manage to did it?? haha.. i wonder if america's music industry policy is about you got an AWESOME single or perhaps a sit-com to start off (which captures the hears of million).. den your chances of success in the industry will be 10000% confirm?? Damn.. why am i borned a malaysian?? =P

Somehow i saw this video in Facebook.. where tons of people have commented it.. and i thought.. maybe perhaps how artist are born?? Such a tender age, he was able to strum a guitar?? and sang jason mraz song?? wth wei.. seriously.. though lyrics are blurry but still.. it is still unbelievable.. aint it??

Living in a world where miracles sometimes are unbelievable..

Billy Gun

Holidays = Hell

It has been ages i have been post on something huh.. wat to do.. I was lazy and timeless to do so due to SPM.. =p

Well.. holidays are here, it may seem that it is paradise for us Form 5-ians.. but for me its HELL.. Frequently i am stuck at home.. rotting myself with games and facebook.. ==" seeking a part time job is not easy like it seems, especially you have specific factors preventing yourself to get 1.. Haihz.. sometimes i feel i am useless.. cant do anything until new year is here and my shopping spree for my exchange trip to JAPAN.. Worst of all, is when i promised my mom that i will pay my Japanese class fee by myself.. Looking at the circumstances now.. i know that its going to be my mom is gonna paying it.. in addition she already spent rm4000++ on my laptop and D-SLR camera.. >.<" hopefully i can do something to repay back her next time when i am capable on myself first..

Situation may seem grey-ish for me.. somehow i know it will turn colorful again as things will comes around and goes around.. With my available cash and time before i fly to JAPAN, hopefully i can spend my time with my "CRUSH" and ability to confess to her will be soon.. though support from friends are tons of it.. it still hard to confess to her when she is everything better than me.. haih... time is short people!! appreciate everything before its to late.. especially with your loved ones and your friends..

Updating with the feeling of EMO!!!!

Billy Gun..