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Spent my 2nd day of CNY traveling from Johor to Singapore - for a flight to Bali!

Happy Chinese New Year.

It was the first time I drove to Singapore. Quite convenient as the road directed straight to Changi airport (of course, with some help from the GPS).

Small family taking pic while waiting for flight. I think I like to paparazzi people around me lah. Didn’t manage to round Singapore on MRT as we reached late. Flight was at 6pm.

Here we go! Took jetstar. Not sure how much my dad spent on this but nothing is better than a sponsored flight. Wakaka.

The most expensive dinner ever. Some fried mee and sandwiches for 5 for almost hundred over ringgit. Well, the difference is we had the meal on air. Actually I think the Air Asia’s meals are more affordable. And actually those hot meals are not warm. And sandwiches are just north pole cold.

Reached Bali and checked in to Jayakarta residence in Denpasar. The arrival airport was small and short as compared to the Changi which we need to take skytrains between terminals. Without knowing the price of local taxi and fail to plan for any kind of research, we got chopped for a trip from the airport to our resort for 150,000 rupiah. Well, it is more or less reasonable I think? Of course it can be cheaper but we are a family of 5. The return trip at the end of this trip from hotel to airport was around 70,000 only. The price of lack of research. But they offer a price of 250,000 at first encounter, and 150,000 is a much bargained price.

Advice would be, to tell your hotel to arrange the transport from airport to the hotel for you. It would most probably be cheaper. But if you are traveling alone, just grab a bike around that area and you are good to go. Hehe.

It was late so only simple supper for us from the 24 hours shop opposite of our resort.

Indonesian instant noodle :) It was too dark for any photography and we were a bit tired of all the traveling. So no more pictures for today. The apartment has plenty of place for 5. The bell boy offered himself to arrange for our transport for tomorrow but we politely told that we were tired and will only plan the next morning. He left his number. We felt at home as we can speak in Malay language and they would understand us. Indonesian language isn’t too hard to catch either. And most people there speak english.

Next up, the real Bali.

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Or the Balinese banner says - Gong Xi Pat Cay!

It usually means a lot of food and food and food! This year managed to stay in Seremban for a day only. People come and go as usual but just nice to collect some ang pao. Luckily nobody told me to get married fast.

It is always about putting your hand into the jar and get some nice junk food out from it.

And just like last year, we celebrated the birthdays of these 2 women. LOL.

Not much photo taking as I was busy with that PS3 in the hall. However, manage to do some fireworks shot.

And of course more pics of the family members but I guess those are strictly private! Will blog about Bali trip next. Stay tune.

Specially trained by the Russians, in the cold gray area of Stalingrad, prepared to intercept all those who interfere with our mission!

The training was harsh! Not to mention the cold snow and blizzards! We shoot stuffs, blow up stuffs, created explosion in the kitchen and even throw darts at enemies from our hostel windows!

There was one that a molotov cocktail was thrown into one of our comrades’ room! Of course it was already too late because we were all still quite amateur that time to capture the villain!

Just some photos that I happened to scroll by from my yester-years in Volgograd. Maybe growing up there isn’t too bad after all :)

Happy Chinese New Year!

Wrong post at the wrong time. LOL.

First of all, this new year will be different. Why?

1. Am spending it with a zoom lens, a prime lens, and a wide angle lens.
2. Will be having quite a long holiday :P
3. Will be in Bali this time with family.

I can foresee a lot of nice things to take picture of! But I still don’t have the time to sit down and research on what to do in Bali and what to see there!

Anyway, tomorrow will still be working in nursery. Will be rushing home after 5 and hopefully not many cars on the road. It is quite scary to drive on a jam packed 2 lane over 100km/hr.

Already 2 weeks in paeds. And already had 2 calls indeed. It can be quite taxing working in the nursery as things can get really hectic and sometimes you got tons to do! Trace this and that, make sure this and that is done, and of course, make sure that they are alright and you wouldn’t miss out something crucial. Looking at their faces can be quite satisfying and calming but it doesn’t happen all the time. LOL. And I think working in the nursery certainly develop some sort of skills that you know what the babies want and how to calm them down. There was once that the mother failed time after time to calm the baby down but miraculously the baby went quiet when she was in my arm (either I’m really scary, or it is the other way round).

However, of course, this is another department where I’m suppose to learn something and hopefully utilize them in the future. And I’m glad that I’m consciously learning things and let’s hope that this would last for a long time.

Of course, standing in the shoes of an O&G houseman (just a few weeks ago), delivery some how means the solution for a lot of your problem but in the shoes of a Paeds houseman, it usually means the beginning of a lot of problems. Therefore, it is not hard to understand that we need to work in a team.

I hope I can upload all those funny cute chubby pictures that I took here but I think it is kinda like a privacy and I certainly wouldn’t want any mothers accidentally identifying their babies on my sites and sue me. So if you happen to see me in person, it will make me happy to show u some of those cute babies on my phone.

That’s all for now. Have other things to do. Will post more next time regarding my trip!

Haha. Actually it wasn’t my plan to spend anytime up in Genting but since a promise had already been made then it need to be fulfilled.

However, I wouldn’t turn down any chance to try out my wide angle as well.

High up view of Genting indoor theme park.

Didn’t get to try the outdoor theme park for too long as it was raining in the evening. WIll make it a to-do to try out that superman 360 degree spin near that London bus. Wasn’t a big fan of all these but surprisingly I found myself a bit more brave this time. LOL.

I will say that I like to paparazzi people so getting a zoom L lens would be my ultimate dream in my hobby. Nothing beats real emotion. And definitely it will help a lot with the shaky images when the subject is too far away.

A short trip actually. Found some faulty part with the new lens actually. It always show that the contact between the lens and the camera is not good. Think will get it back to the shop for repair or check up later but it will take a month to fix it according to the salesman. So I think I’ll just send back the lens after CNY. It is going to be a lot of photographing in Bali anyway :)

.. I’m not dead yet. Just entered Paeds so a bit hectic swallowing all the new info and coping with the new workload, and of course… the babies.

Actually am still in tagging process so updates will come later. Let me have a night sleep first. More updates coming week hopefully!

Sorry this is a short post. Haha.

Hope this goes into the ears of people who are meant to hear this.

I think..

There was a song with lyrics saying that ‘even if it is the distorted wrong truth, but it will still prove to be some kind of training’.

People feel discourage from time to time. Whether it is a big blow, or it comes bit by bit. At times you might even feel like you have reach the limit of your ability, that you can’t really continue living life like this.

There are just too many things which go against what we really want. Of course, if we are given the chance to decide who we will meet and what we will do, who doesn’t want a good life or have a good ending?

That’s why I say, sometimes, you just can’t quit.

It is that moment that you thought you are about to breakdown that you know if you hold on a little bit longer, you will be a record-breaker.

It is during mistakes that the harder it hits on you, if you have the guts to stand against your ego and mood and face it, then maybe that mistake is not too big, because it didn’t make you fall.

If life is without obstacles, you will be like a tree, without the blow of wind.

Grow some backbones. Be a man that we think you will be.

It was a sudden decision when eileen told me that there is a new surgeon and appointment can be bring forward.

It had been quite a long time since I made up my mind to remove my 48 molar. It doesn’t mean that it is the 48th tooth. Dentist name their teeth differently. The first number indicates the section on the mouth. 1 being the upper right, 2 being the upper left, 3 being the lower left and 4 being the lower right. And the 2nd number indicates the number of the tooth from the midline. It is the 8th tooth from the lower right angle of the mouth, the 48 tooth.

My history dated back to Russia itself. I had been visiting dentists to settle this problem. Xray was taken so mine is a horizontally impacted molar, which a normal extraction is impossible and the tooth need to be broken into pieces before removing from the socket.

I had my xray taken on last Monday. And had my minor oral surgery the coming morning.

Despite all the procedures that I had done on ppl, the experience of ppl doing procedure on me is not good at all. LOL.

LA is the painful part. The lower gum anaesthesia is more or less acceptable. Not to painful. But the injection to the upper palate is the most painful one. And usually i think the dentist will do it last.

From there onwards everything is painless.

And the next pain onset will be few hours after the surgery, when you are still bleeding from the socket but the anaesthesia is wearing off. You will still feel pain as you need to bite on the gauze to stop the bleeding.

For me few days after post op the pain come back. Cos i’m not compliant to the painkiller. Plus I got a few additional oral ulcer to complement the pain. Damn. Eating is hard as I gotta chew on the other side really slowly. But eating on soft food helps a lot.

Gotta go STO tomorrow. Hope that everything will be okay!

Retrospective entry on my Muar trip on last day of 2010.

It was spontaneous. Called up my friend for breakfast and end up jumping on the plan of driving to Muar for breakfast and jalan-jalan.

It is not the first time I went to Muar but before this I was merely a passer-by. This time, to try the food and talk to the people.

Searched on Google on the way there for things to do. Most of them pointed to this dimsum place. ‘Man Xiang Lou’.

Not a bad choice after all.

The food was good. But slightly pricey thou. The dimsums were quite big in size. Rich with prawns. So not much to complain about. The only downfall would be the dishes came out one by one, instead of together 1 shot. I would prefer the latter style so that I can photograph all of them together.

And later followed by a walk around Muar town, and took some pictures on the journey to this cafe called 434. Also recommended on website.

And the 434 cafe on the street along the Muar river.

The verdict - i think the coffee that I tried in Kemaman coffee shop in Kuantan was better. This one in Muar is more milky. But the bitter taste of coffee is still something inviting.

The trip ended with us visiting Tan brother’s aquarium. A lot of fish to see there but can’t manage to find the baby sharks. Thought of keeping one myself in the hostel here. LOL. Will I go back to Muar again? Hmm.. maybe for leisure and if the company is good.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers,
but be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain,
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,
but hope for the patience…. to win my freedom!

Happy new year. May all be loved and healthy. May all be successful and good.