Kending, Taiwan

This is soooo belated.....

Anne and I, well we went for a lil holiday down south of Taiwan. Think it was 5 days 4 nights, consisting of Kending and Kaoshiung. I will only post about Kending now.

The atmosphere there reminds me a lot of Malaysia, hospitality, skin color, apek look...... being the only difference, they all speak mandarin.

We spend the first 3 days in kending;

A brief... Kending is the southern most part of Taiwan, famous for vast grassland, and beautiful sexy beaches.

Every night, a long stretch of road, Kending Street, will be lined up with food stalls, took us about 1 1/2 hours walking from end to end

Chow Toufu!!!!!!

Ice cream.....

Me favourite

Traveling around Kending can be arduous, mode of transportation? Scooter!

Could only go up to 60km per hour max on this beast

WARNING:! The authorities are pretty strict about having your driving licence, shops will ask you about it! 

I actually don't have a motorbike licence hehe.

Interesting stops in Kending.

Gao Shan

Gao Shan is the highest peak in Kending, its about 45 minutes ride from Kending street, and please, don't attempt if you are not fit! Took us a staggering 15 minutes to reach the peak.

Gotto say though, the sunset is fabulous!

Some night seafood makan area

 I love this spot! You will be spoil for choice!

Yum Yum

Puffer FISH!

Our 3 course meal

Its the highlight, food wise. Cheap food, delicious. A word of warning though, do plan your trip early, else you will end up riding alone in the dark, creepy, really creepy, bugs flying around, whacking your helmet... GROSS. We were satisfied having dinner there, I was filled on the way back.. go figure.

We, Asians, always leave some memories behind...

Final note on Kending, do plan ahead, hotels are usually fully booked. We did bunk in a very nice one, called LoveSea Inn.

Please, don't conceive any ideas ok?

Creative minds

There are benefits of working with a bunch of creative people....

Think.... what would you do if you need to keep a server from sleeping? (don't ask me why)..

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Haha, bet you would have come out with a whole bunch of hi tech ideas. Here's what we did...

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Haha and to wrap it all off, the video of our creative/ innovative, whatever mind you call it

Updates...

Surprised? Haha, Jacob... updating? LOL

Yeap, updating because me lazy juice is oozing out. Since I posted a few months back about Anne surprising me with a phone, well it is now upgraded! Thanks to a colleague who wanted the Desire S, so I traded it for a Sensation!

That's not all, Anne really really wanted a Galaxy S2... yeap.. its done! Tho i hope she would take better care of this.... hehe

Everything is good I suppose, week in week out, waiting for me to jet off or Anne to fly back, all in all, at least we have something to look forward to.

Oh yeah, so lazy, but my last trip to shenzhen brought us to Taiwan. Had a 4 days 3 nights (maybe 5 days 4 nights) to Kenting and Kaoshioung, gotto say, Taiwan reminds me very much of Malaysia, with everyone being chinese!

Arrgh, really thought of posting pictures of Kenting, BUT I'm illegally using Anne's phone right now...... and all the pictures are in the Sensation.

whammy....

Testing 123

I sure hope this works

My new toy

Thanks to anne, she surprised me with a new toy when I visited her in china 2 weeks ago.
It's called, HTC Desire S.

I tried looking for an android app to blog, unfortunately, couldn't find any.
Anyway, thanks again dear, love too so.

Time Time Time

Do wish that time will zoom past, in a ..... sports car?

Since Anne's departure to China, its been pretty mundane. Sleep late, wake up early, go to work, breakfast, lunch, work, home, dinner, watch tv, chat with her, watch tv, sleep... weekdays. Weekends, wake up late, walk around aimlessly, probably go yum cha, watch tv.... .... (to be completed).

Its a good thing Mexcomm's pretty relax, so relaxed, I had to nose around looking for things to do! Its a good thing that there are pending projects in hand, else lagi cham.

That aside, our big boss, she's pretty cool....... that's all, more information shall be fed when the time is right.

Arrghhh blank head!!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, found a new group of 'Movie Kaki', people who will invite me for ... you know... movies.........

That's all I guess? hrmmmmm

Long Long... bz bz... YAY!!

Excited now! Will be Anne's reunion with Malaysia since she took up a job in china. Can't wait to see her! WEEE!!!

Anyway, things have been great for my family and I. Doing quite well in the new company, so far everyone is fun and gila and we're getting things done.

At the same time, lost some passion for updating blogs, maybe its just the fact of getting old.

Hrmm

Here I am, sitting free infront of a old old laptop, thinking.... thinking.....
It is only been a week since coming back from China, and already I'm missing Anne. Well last time, I don't think hard what to do after work, cause the normal routine will be, picking her up from shell and do something together: now, well hehe thinking what to do after this! haha

Notice I have not post any pictures from china, reason is because, the pictures are with Anne now, IN CHINA! HAHA. Will ask her to mail me some later../

Back to reality!

Have been slacking around in Shenzhen for 2 whole weeks, YES 2 WHOLE WEEKS! Excuse was to help Anne settle down, but it was more like a reality check for both of us;

1. Spitting is a habit in China
2. People are generally rude (well they are survivors and basically don't really trust strangers)
3. Watch your purse!

Anyway, the spitting really gross me out! HAHA Imagine a store manager spitting inside the stall while talking to his staff! 

That aside, that place is realistic, people work hard and slog to survive (not all of them). Guess they are on a brink of change, maybe, that is why they are starting to hire a lot of foreigners? haha

That aside, we enjoyed the country side, mainly, Yangshuo! WEEEEE!!! what a great place, met Anne's ex colleague, Mila who layan us very well. At the same time, met a few chinese locals who really help us change the outlook of China.

Alright, ought to work now, that's all CIAO!

Back from Singapore!

Went missing the past 3 days, was having a blastin time in Johor and Singapore. Its a first for Anne and I as we threaded the public transport from Singapore to JB, fun nevertheless.

Will post up some pictures once it is ready!

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Recovering Finger

It has been about 3 1/2 weeks since little pinky accident, only today i notice the swelling reduce dramatically. The joints are still very much bengkak, so can't really move it, but it is getting slightly better day by day.....

LOTUS

I'm kinda like a mini supporter for Lotus Racing, headed by Tony (ya air-asia). Recently, they announced that the name "Team Lotus" will be used next season instead of "Lotus Racing"... YAY!!! Though I don't really understand the difference! haha.

Anyway, since that announcement, there have been a HUGE war between Tony's team and Lotus Group + Proton. Apparently, they are not allowed to use the name "TEAM LOTUS"; claims Lotus Group.

Ding.. dong.. ding.. dong.. (typical Malaysians + English)...........

And finally! I found a very very interesting article, go ahead, click here and read about it....

So technically, Tony do have rights over "TEAM LOTUS" name blah blah blah.........

and yeah, when I ask you to read the post, it was because something caught my attention, can you guess it?

WHO CARES ABOUT TECHNICALITY! "Lots Of Trouble, Usually Serious", in short, LOTUS.

Finally!

Alright, thanks to timely EL (someone stole tow guard), me find time to bloggie!
Its about the redang trip I've been mentioning, well here are some pics + comments.
1st up, we drove there, 3 cars in total! Beth beth followed us, and after 3 hours of non stop mouth action!

 Hehehehehe she gave up!

Took us about 6 1/2 hours to reach Merang, we bumped into a lodge called 'Kembara Inn', pretty cheap. RM60 per air-conditioned room. Since it is a beach resort, we took the girls out for a taste of what's to come.

 Tell you, it was hard getting them INTO the water... it is harder getting them OUT of it

 The chalet!

So next day, we made our way early to Merang Jetty......

 Waiting..... waiting..... waiting....... and when we got on the boat.

 Beth seems to enjoy it A LOT! where as....

 Rachael found it BORING... The ride is about 45 minutes.

We stayed at Redang Bay resort, a resort we visited many years ago. Things still look the same, and my brothers....... well.....

 enough said....... malu.....

We went for a warm up snorkel........

 That's me collecting sea cucumber

 Uncle Charles' first dive!

After that we took a ride out to the open, Pulau Paku if not mistaken. We found some corals.....

 Ananemonameni..... geesh always get my tongue twisted with these stingy stuff.....

But with those things, comes a JOKER!

Corals are still OK!

 Spend quite some time here, and enjoyed some photo shooting!

 Lunch!!!!!!!

 After that we went for another dip just outside the resort, then played some beach soccer.

 This is the last shot before the unlucky incident.

The food served is actually pretty GOOD! haha bet daddy is one happy person! Besides that, we met a very happening family...

 Daddy's new best friend! hehe En. Ismail!

Next up, we were up for Marine park. We left early to avoid the huge crowd! and was duly rewarded

 See how happy the little ones are!

 Chel Chel getting tired edi! hehe

Every trip will be etched with lasting memories......

Hehe... OH WAIT! Rachael did her entertaining stuff too!!!

 Smiley face...

 WARNING!

Well, fast come fast go, its all left in memory now......

Glad everyone enjoy the trip, will try and organize more! Of course I'll be making trips to china from now onwards hehe.

Lack of inspirasi hehe

Alright, have decided, will throw in resignation letter coming Monday (11th October 2010). Reason, well, lack of inspirasi here. One of my colleague commented that this place is like a library... hehe

Anyway, I do have a good offer in hand. Anyways, I really wanted to at least complete a project before leaving, but it really seems impossible at times, projects not coming in at ALL! Maybe that's why it is not motivating. Spend the first few months working on a project that we thought was a GO, but end up NO GO, same to as other projects.

Worst, each NO GO does not contribute to our KPI.

I hate to rant about work, but here's the deal killer, feel like some of them here are not open, example, IT team, we don't even talk about technical stuff even though I have tonnes of ideas. Just say I am  under utilized here hehehe.

Anyway, a new chapter will unfold soon, sure hope the future company has better environment and more projects that will tickle my aging mind hehe.

HOOOOLIDAY!

Went for an Island trip with family and friends last week (16th September 2010), was absolute fun and funney! haha. Its great to be with a bunch where everyone is open and free; which well its like a very first company trip for KNN.

There's only 1 drawback, suffered a dislocated finger while playing beach soccer.

Still manage to enjoy though! Will post up more once I find the will to haha