I ain't talking..

My dad's the kind who takes every opportunity to take us for a trip away from home whenever there's school holiday. I suppose that's because it's the only time he ever have a time off. I might grumble sometimes - but in the end, I'm grateful for the family time.

So this time around we went to none other than, Penang! ..Okay, Ipoh along the way for breakfast. It was a rather short trip, a one night stay. Because it was a last minute decision to go there, we didn't book any place. We were prepared to stay at YMCA hostel. Alas, when we reached there it was decided to skip it for another hotel.

I was looking forward to sing YMCA!

My dismay was short-lived because the place we ended up was kinda cool. B Suite, check it out - It's considerably cheap, spacious, really big army shower head (think waterfall!). Okay the only drawback is it's not in town, it's further south of the island. But it's a good alternative to the hustle and bustle.

I'm sure every single soul who goes to Penang never fail to eat its popular food, so I'll spare you the details. One of the place we went was somewhere new, Straits Quay. The atmosphere was really soothing, relaxing and you can see friends and families hanging out by the seafront. The highlight for me that day was the colourful wind fans. There were hundreds of it. It's hard to pass an opportunity to go to Penang. Wait for me another day!


The think-something-funny moments..

Just your typical birthday celebration night, to embarrass oneself by singing or deliver a speech. In this case, both.

Happy birthday, Michelle!

The year-end passed so quickly, didn't it? When I blinked and take a deep breath, I find myself attending friends' weddings, relatives growing up and older, people changing; hair styles, clothing, voice. Technology has also found a way to root itself into our lives.

So what's on your mind?

The weekend before ushering into the new year has been a blast. Literally I might add. Haven't been to a beach that was so windy-in-your-face in a long time. I can't remember when was the last time, in fact.

Well don't hesitate, it's not too late.

Found this somewhere in my media collections, the stuff we do when we were younger..


I'm always thankful for my family and friends. Love you guys, happy new year :)

Admittedly, that was what I was going to call out until I realized in a split second that porridge is indeed made out of rice.

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I love asking questions on Sunday. More often than not, the answers will unfold itself. Early this week, I was just wondering about life and death, and hating the idea of losing loved ones. Later that morning, I got my answer in the form of Ecclesiastes 3. Somehow, it's better hearing than reading it yourself.


Indeed, everything has its time. Laughing to myself, I was rest assured.

I suppose I haven't been talking much these days, have I? :) When I'm not talking, I've been taking it out on the pictures. Notice that thing at the right side of the page? A little bit below.. Below the chatter box, below the music bar. Yes - it's new, the picture stream.

But excuse the photo quality, I usually take it on the go. Camera is in hiatus mode. At the rate I'm going, my photo stream will probably speak more than me. I... like the feeling of walking down the street or doing my own thingo and a moment stop my steps halfway just because I saw a 'frame' and I just have to take that picture.

Talking about pictures, here's some editing and composition I did recently. Feel like playing spot the difference?

So I finally managed to sort a few pictures to add into this. It seems like it was just yesterday where we're rushing between train doors, frozen stiff while huddling to get to our destination. And of course, some snow ball fight that breaks apart before hitting the target.


We hit Tianjin first as part of the transit to Russia. It was very tiring mainly because of the instruments. Imagine 20kg baggage on one hand, another 10kg on the other hand. We had to walk from the bus station to the bullet train for Beijing. It was almost unbearable. But thank God a kind man actually guided us and helped with our luggage :D It was really sweet of him, when we were about to part he introduced us to his wife/girl friend that he was meeting there.

I feel obliged to insert this pic because of the bomb it cost for our ride. You're not a tourist if you haven't came across this experience.


The scenic tour before reaching to our hotel. A ride that was supposed to be 10 mins was dragged to 30 or more minutes. Paid more than 5 times we should.

It was probably about 0 degree that night. We had this heated pillow that we'd stuff our face in. One in action;


We searched and found a food street. Some food were just SO yummy that I don't know whether it's my stomach doing the talking or not.


The INFAMOUS maize that we always talked about. Looks so delicious, and like it melts in your mouth. Only it doesn't.


First prominent thing we experienced in Moscow is the metro station. I am impressed with their architectural designs. Just search on Google image for "metro station moscow" and you'll know what I'm talking about.


The temperature there was averagely about -10. It was extremely cold for me, and what's worse was I'm the type who can't stand cold weather. Nonetheless, I tried to take as much photos as I could.


Unfortunately by the time we were actually free to shop and look around, our time ran out. Although at the end I didn't captured thousands of pics, I am happy with what I have.

I was gonna talk about food.. But I'll leave that for another place. Then again, I don't a story to tell. Not a proper one anyway.

I kept pausing my writing because I needed a happy song to jump start this post. Besides that I was distracted to pass a level of a certain game... I failed to do so and returned an hour later.

You know what I love doing? Unplanned photo-shooting session. Just take a walk in the city - let the wind, light, and mood lead you to do whatever your heart desire.