Malacca #1: Eleven Bistro Restaurant

I've been to Malacca long ago before my internship but I'm just too lazy to update my blog lol Since I'm too free now, I decide to korek all my Malacca photos and blog about it :D

Actually this trip was a last minute decision by me since I've visited Malacca for few times and I got bored of all the old historical sites, monuments and museums over there. Then I decided to join my housemates one day before the trip because the study week was too long without any exciting plans.

Thanks to my dear housemates aka tour guides of the days, we were safe (although sesat a while upon arrival) and we've visited many places, tasted a lot of delicious local delicacies (including satay celup, nyonya cuisine, portugese cuisine, the famous fried oyster cockles and Nadeje's Mille Crepe!) and and captured tonnes of nice photos <3

So so so.. my first post of Malacca trip is about this restaurant- Eleven Bistro Restaurant in Jonker Street :)

The restaurant is next to the bistro so basically the whole shop-lot is "Eleven-ed" lol it's comfortable, with some oldies decoration and dim lighting :) love the ambiance!

Appetizer: pickled papaya and vege with ikan bilis! Love this very much :D

Sambal kacang botol!

Portuguese sambal chicken
Portuguese sambal prawn
Sweet sour fish lol
Egg fu yong! :)

Frankly, the food is not bad but I prefer nyonya food :D The price is reasonable since they provide set meal with a variety of choices such as the dishes above :)

Photos from their website. I'm impressed by their webpage lol they have all the details you need in their page.

So peeps, another nice restaurant to visit if you're in Malacca :D

Eleven Bistro & Restaurant

No.11, Jalan Hang Lekir (Jonker Walk)
75200 Melaka, Malaysia.

Business Hours :
Eleven Restaurant 11:00 - 23:45
Eleven Bistro 11:00 - 02:00

Voyage of my internship at National Sports Institute (9th May- 8th July 2011)

This is the video that I made for my internship's final presentation. You could see how much impact this internship gave me :D A great memory! First time making a video. Don't laugh at me :))

Plus showing off a bit here- photos taken with coaches and elite athletes :D

#1 Coach Rexy. He's really friendly and nice!!!!! Me likey him!!!

#2 Datuk Lee Chong Wei. He seems to be shy but actually he's not! He's funny and naughty when people is asking him questions seriously!

#3 Tan Boon Heong. He's is a cool dude. Really cool. I feel scare to approach him.#4 Koo Kien Kiet. Another cool dude. He's like scolding duno how many Xs bad words in the court LOL

#5 Hafiz Hashim. He's so CUTE!

#6 Ong Beng Hee. He's extremely polite and friendly! He even apologized to us bcoz he's sweating and wet when we're asking for photography! He'll greet and smile to us when he's around for fitness training! *heart melting*

#7 Azizul. The famous young cyclist is so cute and polite :) #8 Zaquan. Football team is so hot now!
#9 Coach Rajagopal. He was taken aback when we asked for photography haha.

#10 Elvin Chia and Alex Lim, the ex elite swimmers seem to become "meaty" a bittt :P

#11 Khoo Cai Ling. She's very pretty and clever!

#12 Chui Lai Kwan. She looks like Caucasian, cute and adorable but she's really naughty :P

Got to see all the elite players are not the priority for me since I'm not a big fans of sports. But this internship really teaches me a lot of things and every day is a new experience and excitement for me. I really respect the staffs in ISN as they're all having very high spirit and really professional in committing their jobs.

Well done to them and I really feel proud when they praised us as the best batch of interns throughout all the years *blush*. All the efforts paid by us in accomplishing the tasks, assignments and presentations were not in vain! They even asked us to work in ISN after graduating next year, but I think I wanna further my study and hopefully in overseas :D Credit to my teammates as they are real good working partners to be and I had lotsa fun hanging around with them :D

Now I begin to miss the time in ISN. Miss the small messy office with the chatters of interns and new staffs. Miss the time when I'm sitting at the audience seat of badminton stadium and hearing the funny conversation between players and the seriousness plus perspiration which made many T shirts gone wet due to the harsh training. I enjoy the time sitting at National Aquatic Centre while watching the practice of swimmers, divers jumping from the diving board and syncronized swimmers with the beautiful movements in water. All the experience just can't be obtained by any other chance unless I'm a sports nutritionist or sports scientist or any staff there.

Stadium Juara, Bukit Kiara (the training court for national badminton team)

National Aquatic Centre (the place that I like most :))

Being a part of this big family is a great experience. I went through the interview and working experience, the hard time can be brutal sometimes but all the wonderful persons around me just made it bearable :D

And THIS WAS MY INTERNSHIP :))

Putrajaya Floria 2011: Roses Are Forever

Malaysia's premier outdoor garden and flower showcase is once again held at the Waterfront, Precinct 2, putrajaya. The theme for this year is "Roses are Forever". Very romantic huh? *heart melting*

I went there on the first day and it's really crowded there with lotsa people and of course bulky DRLRs. It's encompasses a wide vicinity of indoor and outdoor compound. Trust me, I just walked for around 1/5 of the route and can't tahan because the weather is too hot! Lotsa activities are included in the itinerary such as indigenous performance, graffiti drawing demonstration, photography competition (I think passed already) and etc etc!!!

Sadly to say I just took few photos because too many visitors there and I really lazy to rebut taking photos with them :P

Roses in test tubes! Putting roses in water could preserve it for longer time! :))

I don't think "Roses are Forever" anymore.. See all the rose petals on the floor ROFL

I shall say "Roses are Everywhere" in the vase, test tube, on the wall, dining table, yard, garden and EVERYWHERE. It's quite a scene. Visit Floria 2011 before it ends on 17th July :D

Putrajaya Flower & Garden Festival 2011

Date: 9th - 17th July 2011

Venue: Waterfront, Precinct 2, Putrajaya

Theme: Roses Are Forever

Opening Hours:9am – 10pm (Monday-Thursday)9am – 12midnight (Friday-Sunday)

Free admission!

Life is full of beauty #2

"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

@Malacca river (2011)

Life is full of beauty #1

First time jumping in group while capturing photo. Lesson learnt: never forget to lift your legs :'(

@Maya Bay (2010)

最后一天……

在National Sports Institute的最后一天……

我很幸运，在这期间经历了很多不同的运动比赛 (Malaysian Open Swimming 2011 & SUKMA)，甚至有机会接触国家羽球和足球队、近距离观看俄罗斯水上芭蕾的练习，在 ISAK Level I & II（专业skinfold measurement文凭考试）担任助手，就连平日在外国练球的Datuk Nicol David也在这段期间回大马参加壁球比赛。

百感交集。很舍不得大家 :'(

在这个大家庭里真的学到不少东西

每天都像新的旅程

充满刺激、挑战与未知数。

真的很佩服

这儿每个人的能力和态度

锲而不舍的精神和谦虚的心态。

感激大家教会我很多东西。

我真的觉得大开眼界。

谢谢你们的赞赏和鼓励 :)

我一定会继续加油！

希望你们继续保持你们对Sports science的热忱

以运动之名

继续你们的旅途。

久违的废话篇

我觉得我很奇怪~怎么说呢？

当一堆工作排山倒海迎面而来时，我虽拼命工作但不忘发牢骚，埋怨工作压力而无法生产高品质成品；当工作少时，我却提不起劲去动它，搞到截止日期到了才埋头苦干。

就如考试般，我每每等到考试前几天才有心情读书，虽然成绩过得去，但总会埋怨自己平时不努力而一直让成绩处于美中不足的形态。

该怎么说呢？我就是这样，总不会逼自己做自己不喜欢的事，也不喜欢让自己压力。小时候喜欢阅读，也会乖乖做功课，但那完全出自于自己喜好。父母不常给我压力，也不会督促我读书。我从来不会为了要考获佳绩而逼自己读书，而且也很少补习。因为我讨厌压力，而我也从来不觉得这是个问题。

第一次发现问题存在，是在我中六的时候。那时候课业繁重，课程也很难。我不再对书上的知识有兴趣，也开始讨厌读书，就这样在半放弃的状态下度过了中六。这也写下了我学习生涯最不堪回首的一页（有小小夸张 :P)。

而且，我的运气总是差那一写写。总会经过一番努力后，因一些很无聊或很欠打的科目或事情把我的目标搞砸。

这时候，我开始思考这个问题。发现到成功之道在于毅力和努力，而且要有明确的目标。只要自己有坚定的立场和目标，成功必然不远。运气不好，就是视上天的考验，并往好的方面想。

例子1：

努力读书考好SPM（努力读好中文和1119英文），拿了12个科目，却因为无聊的科目(EST和 MORAL) 考到 A-，而和JPA擦肩而过，让出国留学的梦想粉碎。申请Matriks、Petronas和政府的一堆东西，什么都拿不到。

安慰自己：

呵呵，反正很多人比我厉害也没拿到JPA，没什么大不了，又不是世界末日！最多嘛读STPM咯~政府不帮我，我嘛投火箭咯～

例子2：

被抽中NS（这不是个问题），上网查自己拿到哪个camp时，臭哥哥一直在旁边高喊Baling！Baling！按进去时真的是Baling。

（Baling 可堪称是全吉打，甚至是全马最严的camp，教练喜欢以各种理由与“酷刑”惩罚学生，而且每晚睡前听 taklimat,女生都得穿baju kurung，男生得穿formal和打领带，有够变态！）

安慰自己：

以为每个人可以尝试到正宗当兵的感觉咩？这是个磨练、磨练～没什么大不了！最多嘛安分守己咯！

例子3：

MUET考试拿到Band 4, 而且是219, 差一分就拿到Band 5。

安慰自己：

哎呀，我的英语也没那么好啦！与其当个烂Band 5, 不如在Band 4 中当个好汉！

例子4:

某个学期，我连很难的科目都考得不俗，希望拿到4.0, 但进到一个老师很烂的Band 3和Band 4英语班。我们拿的是oral interaction, 那本英文书的程度容易到好像小学（可能一点中学）那样，全大学的同学都说这科很容易score。偏偏遇到一个part time的拽老师，每次给assignment的分数很低， 还诬蔑我组的assignment是上网抄的！屁！那是我们辛辛苦苦写出来的！我们和她当面对质，她说她教过很多学生，知道我们(Band 3 Band 4) 的水准不可能那么高到好像master phD那样　（这句话很搞笑！）！还不肯还我们assignment让我们看错误在哪里。我还气到email 投诉信到Fakulti Bahasa Moden dan Komunikasi的 Coordinator，但得不到回复。就这样，那个学期，我唯独这科拿不到A。虽然对我来说，成绩不算什么，也不能代表实力，尽力了就好，但我就是不甘心这样被对待！

安慰自己：

那种人会有报应的 >< 之后真的没看到她在UPM出现过。

例子5:

上大学时申请不到JPA。人人都说那个很容易申请，而且是抽的。

安慰自己：

我不想和政府打工，所以也没上诉。(可能JPA已blacklist我 :P)

例子6:

每年新年和哥哥妹妹玩牌打麻将，一定会输。甚至运气差到每局的牌都是烂到连妈妈都摇头那种。有次爸爸偷偷拉我到一旁，告诉我：“你和爸爸一样很聪明，但聪明人运气都很差。”　之后他塞了钱给我，叫我去和哥哥妹妹继续玩，不要扫兴。不知我应该哭还是笑～呵呵。

安慰自己：

逢赌必输教会我不赌博，不赌就是赢家嘛！

好啦，讲了一堆无聊的例子。可能这些例子让别人觉得我欠打～还是那句，视失败为磨练，不气馁并再接再厉！还有很多例子但我都忘了~这些也不算挫折，只是人生小小的经历。每当不开心时，我总会想到我的家人。呵呵~

我有很好的家人，很伟大的父母。父亲是个happy go lucky的人，他很聪明且时常天马行空，但缺乏毅力而时常半途而废，呵呵！但他从来不会阻止我做任何事，秉持着“放孩子勇敢去闯，让他们学习和变creative”的精神。小时后，他常常带我们旅行、看戏、野餐等，还讲笑话和故事给我们听，教我们折纸和画画。母亲却相反，她是个很努力和有毅力的人，想做的事一定会做到。而且母亲比较严厉，对我们管教甚严。那时候我们最爱爸爸，常常叫他保护我们，尤其是妈妈拿着藤条的时候 :) 妈妈是个家庭主妇，把家打理得井井有条，我很想念她煮的菜哦！

虽然上了大学我还是很懒惰 >< 但我立定了目标。虽然于实习期间曾动摇过，但我相信如果目标实现了，就算不是最好的选择，至少我不会后悔。老土一句，人因梦想而伟大嘛！

说了那么多废话，是时候停止了 :P