I love capturing photos of plants, food and non-living things because I always believe, although they are not human, but they do have their own expression and emotion yet to be read and appreciated.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

一公升眼泪主题曲 - Only Human

Only Human, theme song for 一公升眼泪, is my 2nd favorite Japanese song after Everything by Misia, theme song for 大和抚子. Of course, maybe one of the reason why I like both of the songs is because I love the series. Anybody who read my blog loves watching Japanese series too?

Frankly speaking, I watched only a few, but I think every series that I watched do bring out some meaningful messages, like 一公升眼泪, it is based on a true story, the sick little girl lived her life positively and the series tells us we should treasure our lives and the one who we love and the one who love us.

The lyrics of the song is very positive too, I'm trying my best to translate it into English (please bear with me because my English is not very good). Also, the song is in my playlist. With the pronunciation, you can sing along as well. Enjoy!

Only Human – K

哀しみの向こう岸に 微笑みがあるというよ
kana shi mi no mu ko u kishi ni hohoe mi ga a ru to i u yo
在悲哀的對岸 據說可以找到微笑
They say smiles can be found opposite the bank of sorrow

哀しみの向こう岸に 微笑みがあるというよ
kana shi mi no mu ko u kishi ni hohoe mi ga a ru to i u yo
在悲哀的對岸 據說可以找到微笑
They say smiles can be found opposite the bank of sorrow

たどり着くその先には 何が僕らを待ってる?
ta do ri tsu ku so no saki ni wa nani ga boku ra wo ma- te ru
好不容易到達後 在那裡究竟有甚麼在等待我們?
But when we reach there, what’s waiting for us?

逃げるためじゃなく 夢追うために 旅に出たはずさ 
ni ge ru ta me gya na ku yume wo u ta me ni tabi ni te ta ha zu sa
並不是為了逃避而踏上旅程 而是為了追尋夢想
I’m not running away, but to find my dream in my journey

遠い夏のあの日 明日さえ見えたなら ため息もないけど
tooi natsu no a no hi a shi te a sa e mi e ta na ra ta me i ki mo na i ke do
在那個遙遠的夏天 縱使因為預見未來而失去鬥志
In that distant summer, even though due to the foreseeable future, I lost my morale

流れに逆らう舟のように 今は 前へ 進め
naka re ni saka ra u fune no yo- ni ima wa mae he susume
現在也像逆流而上的孤舟一樣 繼續向前走
Like rafting a boat by myself in a contra current, but I’m still moving forward

苦しみの尽きた場所に 幸せが待つというよ
kuru shi mi no tsu ki ta basho ni shiyawase ga matsu to u yo
在痛苦的盡頭 據說幸福正在等待
They say happiness is waiting for us when we walk through the pain

僕はまだ探している 季節はずれの向日葵
boku wa ma da saka shi te i ru kisetsu ha zu re no hi nawari
我還在尋覓 隨季節變換而散落的向日葵
I’m still looking for the withered sun flower after season changes

こぶし握りしめ 朝日を待てば
ko bu shi nigi ri shi me asahi wo ma te ba
緊握著拳頭等待朝陽來臨
I’m still clenching my fist waiting for the rising sun

赤い爪あとに 涙 キラリ 落ちる
aka i tsume a to ni namida ki ra ri o chiru
在透紅的手後 眼淚悄然落下
Beyond my red hands, my tears fall down quietly

孤独にも慣れたなら 月明かり頼りに
kodoku ni mo na re ta na ra tsukia ka ri tayo ri ni
孤獨也能習慣的話 依靠著月光的指引
If I can get use to the loneliness, follow the moonlight

羽根なき翼で飛び立とう
hame na ki tsubasa de tobi ta to-
展開那雙失去羽毛的翅膀高飛
I can fly up high with my bald wings

もっと 前へ 進め
mo-to mae he susume
繼續往更遠的地方前進
Continue to go further

雨雲が切れたなら 濡れた道 かがやく
ame kumo ga ki re ta na ra mu re ta michi ka ga ya ku
雨雲散退後 濡濕的路上閃耀生輝
When the rain goes, the road shines

闇だけが教えてくれる 強い 強い 光
nami da ke ga hoshi e te ku re ru tsuyoi tsuyoi hikari
就像在黑暗中引導我的強光
Like a strong beam guiding me in the dark

強く 前へ 進め
tsuyo ku mae he susume
讓我可以更加堅強地繼續前進
Makes me stronger to go further

Friday, September 28, 2007

Famine 30

Wanted to write this for long time, but again, you know it's hard to fight with my lazy worm la...

Since today I don't have much thing to do, sitting in front of the pc by doing nothing looks weird right? So, and finally, I'm forcing myself to write la... (what a good introduction!?)

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Date: 15-16th September

Venue: Bukit Jalil Indoor Stadium

No. of participant: 5400 pax
(yes, it's not typo error and your eye sight is alright)

Another record breaking for me, can you imagine, I starved myself for more than 30 hours.
Person like me, who love food and eating say she want to join this famine 30 camp, I can tell you, none of my friend believe me and support me for doing that.

Where should I start?

Saturday, 15th September 2007
8.30am - Breakfast with parents, I ate a bowl of mee... (I should have taken something heavier)

11.00am - Ready to go to Bukit Jalil

11.30am - Met Joanne & Danielle, (my camp mates). And I thought we can eat something there before we officially being "locked-up". But, NOBODY SELLING FOOD THERE!!! HOW COME?!?!

11.45am - Registered myself

12.00noon - Change to the famine 30 t-shirt... can you imagine how long was the queue? 5400 participants, 70% were girls and according to "survey", girl's toilet time is 3 times longer than guy. Not to mention, this hour onward we can't take anything d.

(Played some games, listening to some talks, break - "break" does not mean you can eat)

8.00pm - Concert time!

10.30pm - ZzZzZzZz (We slept on chair, the fold-able one, so, quite difficult to sleep la, I couldn't sleep well until 3 or 4am)

Sunday, 16th September 2007
7.00am - Woke up. Because everybody woke up and started packing, I felt pai seh to continue sleeping la.

(Don't ask me what I did, I have no idea... I was too hypo... what's in my mind was just "LEAVE ME ALONE", but I was quite touch by performance by disables and the sing-along session.)

4.30pm - Called home, asked my parents to go to the restaurant at 6pm sharp and order the food, so at 6.30pm, I can reach there and "ENJOY" my food RIGHT-A-WAY!

(Last 5 hours were the tougher period... I think I slept all the way to 6.00pm)

6.00pm - Oh! FINALLY! Finally we got our break fast meal, a bottle of chocolate soy milk, a piece of banana cake and a protein shake. Frankly speaking, I don't really feel hungry at that moment, I just want to go back, take a nice shower and dinner and sleep. That's what I want to do. I finished the soy milk and cake and went to get my car. I'm so ready to go home!

6.30pm - Got to the restaurant, my parents ordered my favorite dishes, but, after taking a few mouth, I felt like vomiting, food just couldn't go in to my shrunken stomach.

Of course, after quick dinner, actually I ate very little, 1/4 bowl of rice, 1 piece of meat, few pieces of toufu and small piece of fish, I drove home, took a hot shower, and went to sleep.

What a good experience, but, if you ask me, whether I'm going to join the camp in following years... ermm, sorry, I'm not keen la... I want to do charity, but I would prefer in another way and term. But, for those who has never experience this, I highly recommend you to try, at least you know, you are lucky, you are well fed, and you will treasure your life, treasure your food, appreciate what you do have now. And of course, not to mention, you will also get to know a lot of nice people, kind people there.

Last but not least, I would like to share the theme song with everyone of you. It's meaningful and the music is very touching. The song is in my playlist, below is the lyrics.

明天孩有希望
Tomorrow


小小的眼光
失去了光芒
即使小小的手掌
也有权飞翔

大大的梦想
失去了力量
哪儿有大大的肩膀
温暖他心房

明天孩子们会有希望
会长出耀眼的翅膀
朝着那温暖的风和光
轻轻地飞扬

The world we live in
Can do with giving
A child today
Is a child of our tomorrow

I’ve seen the children
Who have been broken
By wars and hunger and natural disaster
So broken

When tomorrow comes
We must have hope
We must reach out
To every single child
When Tomorrow comes
We spread our love
And make it a better day

生活会有悲和喜
We’ve gotta pray and do our best
只要伸出我们的手
To bring you a better tomorrow

明天孩子们会有希望
会长出耀眼的翅膀
When Tomorrow comes
We spread our love
And make it a better day/让你我都飞扬

明天孩子们会有希望
会长出耀眼的翅膀
When Tomorrow comes
We spread our love
And make it a better day

词:Francissca & Bibiana Peter(英文)吴以建 (中文)
Chinese Lyrics by Goh Yii Jian
English Lyrics by Francissca & Bibiana Peter
曲:罗忆诗
Music by Yise
编曲:郑可恩
Arrangement by Ian Tee
制作:郑可望 & 王诗豪@Mobimusic
Produced by Abraham Tee & Billy Ong@Mobimusic

My camp mates
(the guy in yellow was our group leader and the one right has joined this camp for 10 YEARS!! OMG, I salute him)

For further details, check out the following link
http://www.worldvision.com.my/

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Sky Bar

Sky Bar

Address: Traders Hotel, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: (03) 2332 9888
Opening hours: 5pm - 1am
Dress code: casual

I like this bar, because it's located at the 33rd floor of Traders Hotel. During day time, it is opened for the hotel guest to swim and sun bathing; at night, it will be opened for people like us, go there for a drink.

From the bar you can see a breathtaking view of KL & my beloved KLCC. The place is not very crowed, you don't have to share table with others, but of course I will suggest you to do a pre-booking if you want to go there during weekend.

And, my last advice is, don't wear too thick (or should I say you can wear as sexy as you can), as it's quite warm in the bar, don't forget, it's open air.


The Logo


Magnificent view from the bar


Sitting by the swimming pool,
enjoying the KL city view while drinking & chit-chatting


The cocktails
(the price is quite reasonable)


Flower in ladies
(hehe, I'm not drunk, but I really like the flower and the display, also, we need to queue for long in there as there is only 1 toilet)


First time to Sky Bar with Bryan & Elaine, Jeff, Alex, Adrian and his friends (not in pictures)
(16th March 07)


2nd time, went with Theresa & Stephanie & her colleagues (not in the picture)
(17th August 07)


Happy hour after work, with Winnie & Elaine & Eng Hooi (not in the picture)
(20th August 07)

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Celebrity Collage & Morph

OMG... this is cool man! Although I don't think I'm as pretty as those girls la... but knowing that I'm 83% look-a-like to Jolin & the Korean star, Son Ye-Jin, I'm happy la... hehehehe what do you think?
I think, this is the best compliment of the day!
Try it out for yourself!




Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Rib Shop

The Rib Shop Sdn Bhd

No. 120-122, Jalan Kasah, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur
50490 Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

  • Tel: 03-2096 1645
  • Fax: 03-2095 9726
Oh, this restaurant is a heaven to me, cause they serve my food - barbarian food!!!
Why? Look at the portion, look at the presentation of the dish, look at their menu and even the name of the shop tells you what they have.

Actually I heard of this shop quite some time ago, I think is recommended by friend, but I lazy to find out where's the restaurant until Elaine planned a birthday celebration to Keang Fai there.


Slow braise pork rib
Me & Winnie ordered a big one so we can share. The meat is so soft until you can de-bone the rib with fork.


The Barbarian
Holly cow, this is really a barbarian food, 2 big part of ribs, for sure it can't be finished by oneself.
The ribs are marinated with bbq sauce, I think. The meat is harder, compare to the slow braise one. This one, if you don't mind, I think it is better to use your hands to eat like a real barbarian, tear the meat as hard as you want... oh, yummy yummy


Now you see... before eating


After the "war"...

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A little out of the topic...
After dinner, drinking time la.
Actually in The Rib Shop, we have already ordered 2 bottles of red wine. Then we also booked a table in a wine shop next door and continue our drinking, mana tau we were late and they released our table. End up, we decided to go to Hush, Bangsar to drink.
See la, this guy is so lucky to have so many girls celebrated birthday with him.


Tuesday, September 18, 2007

KLCC

You have no idea how much I love our KLCC twin tower, not because I love to shop there, but I love the building itself, day and night, it gives you 2 different feelings. Let's feel it yourself.



Day



Night
(Almost the same angle, these 2 pictures were taken when I was waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I'm not walking, but I'm driving. hehe, yes, I'm really a dangerous driver)



Photo taken at Sky Bar, 33rd floor of Traders Hotel



Taken at Top Hat Restaurant



Photo taken in front of Avenue K


Photo taken right in front of the main entrance to Suria KLCC


Before this post, I have another post of KLCC as well... click on the link below and see!
KLCC (28/10/06)


Bread Basket Bakery (Part 2)

My second visit to Bread Basket Bakery


Custom made mango lychee for me and Poh Yee
Because we said we can't finish a half kg cake, and they don't have slices, so, the baker made us this smaller version of mango lychee. So sweet!
Poh Yee somemore asking the baker to make heart shape cake for her, but they don't have the mold, so, he use a strawberry and cut it into heart shape. So so so sweet!


Cappuccino


NEW! Honeydew longan cake


Opps, I forgot the name of this cake


Swiss Black Forrest

Below are some cup cake that they have:






They are so attractive... if you are full after tasting their meal, but you just can't stop eating without dessert, these are what you are looking for!

For those who has not seen part 1, here's the link!
Bread Basket Bakery - The passion of baking