My PMS?

I have not been feeling right recently, somewhat - something is missing. I am not depressed nor sad but yet felt miserable. I tried to motivate myself but my negative chi beat the hell out of me. Everything I do doesn't seems satisfied!

Tried to do many different things to change my "negativity" state but nothing seems to work permanently. I tried to watch movie, which is one of my favorite past time, and I bought "Night at the Museum 2". Although I had a good laugh and felt better but it was just temporary, I fell back to my negative state the next day.

I played golf and I was hoping that doing something I like would help to pick myself up but ended up making a fool out of myself and not to mention poorer me (got whack left, right & center!). I can't tee off, my short game sucks, and worst is that I took an average of 3 putting shots! Oh btw, in almost every hole, I had my shots either in the bunker, drain or OB!

I tried to jog but only manage to run for about 50meters and i fell flat. Cant' run at all. Tried the self motivational thingie but doesn't work. The only consolation is that I manage to walk about 2-3 miles. Felt a little bit better after the walk. Tried to blog but words, ideas and my thoughts doesn't seems to come out right - very messy.

However, I felt better since last weekend. I think spending time with "her majesty" and the 2 princesses helped me tremendously. I've completely forgotten and lost track about the "miserable" feeling. Going thru their homework, played tic-tac-toe, snake and ladder, watch my elder ride bicycle with her cousin, tried to teach my younger one to ride was quite joyful and delighted.

This is definetly one of the medicine I needed most but unfortunately, its Monday today! They have to go to school and work! Meantime, I'm still not 100% cured yet! I wish everyday is a weekday ... ;)

I need to find something else to help turn things around permanently leh. I need to discard this lousy state of mine. It's not healthy and certainly not productive being in this state for so long! I need something to stimulate and invoke my "long term" positive energies.

Anyway, things that I haven't tried but I think that can "pick" me up are the followings:-

1. To sit in a motivation session to get myself pump up. But Anthony Robbins not in town!

2. To hire a witch (if there is one in M'sia). Maybe they can put some positive spellcast on me?

3. To watch a stand up comedy show. Maybe they could cheer me up. They say laughter is the best medicine right? But I'm not sure if there is such a show in KL. Ada meh?

4. To get a good aromatherapy massage. hmmm - this option is more promising and easier to do as we have a few in Sg. Long. woo hoo... i'm already felt better!!!!

5. Eat durians? Tried. It worked but I cannot be eating it everyday right?

Any suggestions?

Oh, I wanna share this song with you ... listen to this little girl sing! It's definitely my favorite.

Durian Season

Yay, the durian season is here. While we drove back from Sungai Tekala last week end, we spotted many durian trees along the way. We managed find a place to stop by to take a few pictures ... tried to look for one too.... but unfortunately there wasn't any. If you are wondering why I said "look" instead of "plug", that's because only the ripe one will drop off from the branch by itself.

Now, imagine if Newton were to sit under the durian tree and not the apple tree .... hahaha. We wouldn't be learning about Newton's law of gravitation today and probably Einstein wouldn't be able to formulate his EM=C2 equation!

Anyway, many Malaysians can easily spot a durian fruit but behold and betold .... embarrasingly, many Malaysians still doesn't know how a durian tree looks like. Don't believe me ... do a simple survey and ask your close friends. My guess is that 4 out of 10 cannot point out a durian tree especially when there is no fruit on it. Let me know if I'm wrong.

Weekend retreat ... part 2

Sungai Tekala

This is a much better place for a family get together and if anyone wants to be with nature. Great tropical forest with waterfall too. Entrance fee is only a mere RM1 (USD 1.00 = RM3.60). It’s about 20 mins drive from Semenyih town going toward Nirvana Memorial Park. The place is about 500m further away from Nirvana.

The best thing I like about this place is the waterfall. Though it’s a small waterfall but the gushing water is thrilling enough to get your heart pump affectionately! It’s a real great fun and exciting!

For the city kids, at first they might not like to play in the water as it looks “dirty” with the fallenleaves and branches as compare to a swimming pool, but believe you me, they will not get enough of it once they dip into the water and stand on the stream of gushing water running through their body.

See the water surging/rushing onto my niece and nephew. It takes guts to stand below the gushing water.

I was told that you can discharge all your negative energy whilst absorbing the positive energy from the surrounding, especially if you walk bare foot and it is even more effective if you stand "under" the waterfall.

You can see many people enjoying themselves; Malay, Chinese, Indian or Sikh …no racism crap. We all share and play at the same place…. this is what I would think the “ 1Malaysia” slogan which our PM professed, should be. Look at the picture … everyone is enjoy themselves!

Ah, you can see also interesting people with different distinct culture/mentality. They would bring all sorts of household things. I mean, I understand if they brought their camping, or picnic stuffs but baby crib, rocking chair???! And I saw a lady washing her hair with shampoo and a boy applying soap on his body …. on that water!?? What on earth are they thinking, man??

Anyway, one thing I’m proud of is that all Malaysians shared and play at the same place harmoniously. Wouldn’t this be nice if our politicians leaves out the racial issues and focus our nation building! Sometimes, I really piss of with these politician bozos!

Here are additional pictures.

It’s a superb place to be for a short weekend getaway especially for the Klang Valley folks and if you are lucky, you'll be greeted with the wild monkeys. Btw, there are little fish and prawn too.

KLCC - Petronas Twin Tower

Ah… our proud monumental icon. One of the best structural designs in the world. This building always amazes and fascinates me. It looks magnificent day or night, near or far.

We (especially the ladies) likes to go to KLCC as they have everything under the same building, retail shops, more shops, bigger shops, playground (biggest in KL), restaurant, cinema, convention center, free air-con, etc.

If I have foreign guest, this is definitely a place I would take them to and I’d drive them to a great spot to take picture.

Ah, I sometimes wonder if they got inspiration from our favorite “jagung” (corn). Here are some picture I took with my Canon IXUS digital camera. The pictures were a bit shaky as I took it without using a tripod.

The only complain I have is when I leave the building … that's when you find out the parking fees! It’s damn overly priced! Paid about RM13.00 for 3 ½ hours! What a reap off ... not so free air-con afterall!

Weekend retreat

Fuh ….what a week-end we had! It was quite a fun, exhilarating and exhaustive weekend especially for my kids. We have visited 3 different places, 2 around Selangor and 1 in KL. We went to FRIM in Kepong, Sungai Tekala in Ulu Langat and KLCC.

FRIM – Forest Research Institute Malaysia

I had always wanted to visit this place since a few years back when my good friend, CK, told me that it was a highly recommended place for a family get-together thingie.

We tried to go there once a few months back but unfortunately at that time, it was raining like cats & dogs with occasion thunders. We ended up having a cup of teh tarik (click here to see how we, Malaysian like our tea being served) and buns at a small Malay stall just outside of the main gate.

Anyway, this time we did manage to visit the place. It is a good family–get-together place especially if you like to jog or walk, camp, meditate under the tree or just for the love of surrounded by nature. I was quite surprise and impressed with the well planned “township”. This place is huge and green!

First place we stop by was the playground…. got to let the kids release their “energy”. Here’s what “restraint-in-the-car-for-an-hour” would do your princess … “monkeying”.

We then had our tea at Malay Tea House Restaurant for a cup of “Misai Kucing” as in Cat Whiskers. This is a picture of "Misai Kucing" flower. See the resemblance? It was recommended by the waitress. Apparently, it is a favorite amongst Malay tea lovers as it helps to reduce cholesterol, body heatiness etc. can’t remember much as I just wanted to try something new and besides, she mentioned the magic word - "lowering cholesterol". mmm .... no need to think twice. Anything that lowers cholesterol will be a plus point to me. Well, not sure if it helps my cholesterol with just a few cups but it definitely taste good and quench my thirst.

It was a quite a hot day, so we just drove around the area. We didn’t really have the chance to “feel” the whole place and because of this, personally, I think FRIM is a just “so-so” place to visit. I know I know... its not fair comment but that's how i felt.

Hey, it’s way past 1am. Need to get my sleep. I’ve got an important appointment first thing in the morning. I’ll share with you the other 2 great places we visited ... with great pics too. Stay tune.

President Barack Obama Speech

This is my first time listening to Presiden Barrack's speech. He is definitely a great orator with great passion and sincerity. His very cleverly crafted speech touches on very sensitive issues with the Muslim world, where every human being can relate to them. It was really an eye opening.

Whilst listening to his speech, my first reaction is that wow, how I which that our leaders back in Malaysia has the same mentality and conviction. If "color blind" American can vote an African American to lead it's country, why can't we ... I know it took America many many years to have such change but why can't Malaysia leap frog them. Hey, we are a much much smaller country and we want progress too, don't we?

Excerpts from PB ending speech, "All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort, a sustained effort, to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

It's easier to start wars than to end them. It's easier to blame others than to look inward. It's easier to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There's one rule that lies at the heart of every religion, that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian or Muslim or Jew. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the hearts of billions around the world. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.

The Holy Koran tells us: "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."

The Talmud tells us: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."

The Holy Bible tells us: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."

How very true and to the dot! I would love that every Malaysians listen to this speech and reflect, ponder and digest them ... I want our beloved country to be a progressive, prosperous and safe country to live in. No more racism, "clutch" mentality crap! For goodness sake, we are all Malaysians!

Here is President Barrack full text speech.

Durian - the King of all fruits

Today I'm honored and thankful for I was mentioned in ACT's post, a frequent visiting blogger of Durian Talk. Never in my "wildest" dream that I would thought someone would write about me ... especially when I've just started blogging. I would like to say a big big big gigantic Thank You to Andrea for your encouragement and your support. The posting about me was unnecessary ... though i admit that i like it very much. I would like to also mention the bloggers that gave me strength and inspiration, namely, Cindy, Ian, David, touch-n-go-without-leaving-comments-anonymous, my parents, my teachers, my ..... whoa... like giving the winning Oscar speech .... woo hoo!

Anyway, irregardless of what those "westerners" describe me, the King of all fruits, in ACT's post, I, the King of all fruits, would like to share with you what the holy guru who lives 2500 years ago in India, once said,

"Believe nothing because I have said it,
Believe nothing because the belief is generally held,
Believe nothing because someone else believes it,
But believe only that which you yourself discover to be true,
And let others have their own beliefs."

So, if you ever come to visit this part of the world, be adventurous, give yourself a chance to "take on" the King of all fruit, take a little bite and enjoy the rich texture and the exquisite taste. Don't let those comment affect your quest for great food!

Tips : Ask for the sweet type and then move on with the bitter-sweet ones ... whilst you crave for the King of all fruit ... listen to this great song

Tell me why?

- there are so many religions who preaches love, compassion, respect, and yet there are so much hatred, fighting and war?

- we have so many schools, colleges, universities and yet we lack of knowledge and cannot think?

- with so many big conglomerates, banks, manufacturers, business, and yet we have huge deficits and unemployment?

- with so many hospitals, clinics, doctors, phamaceutical companies and yet we still die of disease and sickness?

- there are so many new housing development project and yet people live on the street?

- with so many means of communication, and yet people doesn't know the truth?

- after 50 years of independence, yet people talk of racial sentiment?

- with our great police force, army, FRU and yet we feel insecure?

- our once formidable football team in Asia, and now became whipping boo-boo boys?

Anyway, listen to the song below. Great singer and great song. I stole the title from him .... hehehe