[+/-] : 清明節

最近总细雨绵绵，让我想起清明快到了。已是好多好多年没有去扫墓了，我想我最后一次去扫墓的時侯我还是个中学生。

今年我回到家了，是時侯去扫墓和拜祭曾祖父曾祖母了。来临的星期天我会和家人驾2-3个小时的车程去曾祖父曾祖母所在的义山。印象中，我们得爬山， 除草，扫墓堆新土，把带来的食物花果摆在墓上，上香请先人来享用，烧金银纸钱等等。

在清明，让我们悼念已故亲人的同时，更要对在世的亲人尽孝道。。。对吗？

“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有？牧童遥指杏花村”
~ 我记得小时候读到这首诗 :D

-updated 30/3/2009-

Reached Lahad Datu at early morning and took this photo at the town area ...

Sun rise scene took at cemetery...

Another sunrise scene...

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[+/-] : My new DC ~ Panasonic Lumix LX-3

I bought Panasonic Lumix Lx-3 yesterday. It was a less popular silver color LX-3, I can't find the highly demanded black color LX-3 at here. Anyway I find the silver color Lx-3 just as sexy as his black color brother.... Not believe me? Look at the pic below

This great photo of silver LX-3 was not taken by me... I still learning how to take nice photo with this lovely cam

The front look of LX-3

Ok here are some of the photo that I took last night and this morning. I am a total noob in photography... so please forgive me if they hurt your eyes :P

My watch... shoot with dynamic B&W mode

Macro shot...

Another macro... See the pokeh effect :D

More macro....

Unknown flower...

Light pole in front of my house

My lovely niece...

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[+/-] : New feature of Gmail: Undo Send

I just found out that Gmail have introduce a new feature called "Undo Send". As the name implied, this function will undo the sending process and could probably save you from those "Oh Shit", "Oh My God", "Oh Fxck" moments. "Undo Send" puts a five seconds (If I have time correctly) hold on all outgoing messages. If you addressed an e-mail to the wrong person, let slip with an embarrassing typo or simply said something you really, really shouldn't have, Undo Send can be a lifesaver. Or, more accurately, a job-saver..... Make sure you make good use of the 5 seconds :P To enable the "Undo Send", you go to Settings and then Labs tabs and enabled it.

After enabled it, every time you send an email, you will see an Undo link at the confirmation message that appears at top of the your inbox.

If you do nothing then the email will send out...

Click on the undo, undoing the sending process

Once undone, will bring you back to the compose page

Do take note this "Undo Send" cannot pull back email that has been sent out and you have 5 seconds grace period to save you ass :P

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[+/-] : OMG Its Chelsea again!

Ok Champions League draw is out and yet again Liverpool will continue their annual European rivalry with Chelsea (Is this became a tradition??) . This means the Reds will meet the Blues for the fifth time in five seasons - four times in the knock-out stages and once in the group stages.

Liverpool have won two and the Blues one of the clubs' recent Champions League battles, but Chelsea won the last clash 4-3 on aggregate in last year's semi-final. Benitez's side won the 2004/05 semi-final, before the teams locked horns in the 2005/06 group stage. Liverpool then won the 2006/07 semi-final against Chelsea, who turned the tables under manager Avram Grant last term.

Look at draw, if Liverpool manage to find the way pass Chelsea and Barcelona (or Bayern Munich) to advance to the final, they might end up meeting Manchester United in Rome. This could be the sweetest ever CL victorious if they can beat MU and win their sixth CL title. Relatively it could be the most bitter lose should they was beaten by the Red Devils.

It will be a difficult journey for Liverpool to get to the final, but I know they can do it! All the best and keep marching on......

-YNWA-

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[+/-] : Zsa Zsa Zsu Fun Pub

Last night went to "Zsa Zsa Zsu", a newly opened pub located at the Promenade Hotel. You might wonder what is the meaning of Zsa Zsa Zsu. Actually it comes from popular series "Sex and the City", where Carrie describes it as the feeling you get when you meet someone you really really like. That sort of lovey, butterflies feeling when you just want to be with someone. Zsa Zsa Zsu is a discothèque with chic and contemporary setting. It has live resident band performances daily except for Sunday.

It was a decent outing... watching and listenning to the live band performance and finish off couple of jugs of beer (of course not by me alone) really help me to unwind. Too bad there are not too many people last night and the atmosphere is not that hot (Hmm... it is Monday night afterall). I didn't stay long and went back home before midnight... still got to work on next morning :P

This was the second time I had drinking session with friends since I came back to hometown. This time I didn't drink much... not like the first time. I was pretty drunk at the first outing and I made one stupid thing to cause my friend feel uncomfortable till now. I feel so sorry for that and hope one day she can accept my apology and forgive me....
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[+/-] : I Feel Ecstatic!

I felt ecstatic last night. Why? Hmmm.... look at pic below and it explained everything :P


Could you believe a 4 stars Liverpool thrash Man Utd.... at Old Trafford, the so called Theater Of Dream? After thrashed the Galatico 4-0 in mid week, the Reds again produced a superb performance to record their biggest at Old Trafford since 1936 and ended the reigning champion 12 matches unbeated run in EPL.

With this win, it cut United's lead to 4 points (though they still have one game in hand). This means Man Utd still remain the hot favourite to retain their champion. However I hope this defeat had put them under slightly more pressure and aspired others teams that Man Utd are not unbeatable!

Alright here are the highlight of the excellent game............

Tevez through to Park, his pace takes him through and Reina comes crashing out.... PENALTY.
C.Ronaldo step up and scored! Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool

Out of nothing. The long ball over the top and Vidic didn't clear. He let it go and then Torres' pace took over. A clinical finish from Torres give VDS no chance. It is all square now!


Gerrard gets the other side of Evra. Races through and he is fouled, just in the area.

GOAL! Gerrard slides it home. VDS was close, but too much power. It is 1-2 now!

Gerrard run to the camera and kiss the lens to celebrate his goal


Just as Fergie brought his three subs on, Vidic was beaten by Gerrard and hauls him down. He was the last man, Gerrard was through on goal, and that's another good decision. Vidic is off.


From resulting free kick, Aurelio curls it in! VDS didn't even move! 1-3!!!

At injuried time, Dossena breaks and loops the ball over VDS. 1-4! Amazing!

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[+/-] : French Crepe Cake

Yesterday was my sis-in law birthday. Hence my brother bought her a specially ordered cake which is the French crepe cake. I have no idea how this cake look like and how it different from those Japanese crepe since this is the first time I heard about this cake.

My sis-in law said the cake taste nice and this really make me drooling and can't wait for tasting it. Too bad it was about the dinner time and I can only take it after dinner. So not long after dinner.... I can't wait anymore and open up the fridge to cut a slice for myself. Ok... this is how the French cake look like....



It got at least 20 layers of whisper-thin crepes, caramelized on top to form a crisp sugar roof, bonded together by a creamy custard. The look alone already made me drool and at first bite... I had fall for this cake and it become one of my favorite treat. It taste nice, creamy but not so sweet and I really like the airy texture of the crepe layer.... simple say it is just lovely :)


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[+/-] : Are you a "Yes Man"?

Last night I was bored and thinking what to do to kill my time. The idea of playing NDS is out since I had spent couple of hours in the afternoon in "Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon"... I want to give it a break.

So I decided to watch the newly bought DVDs by my bro (thanks Jimmy). The titles that I shortlisted were "Red Cliff" (Chinese movie directed by John Woo) and "Yes Man" starred by Jim Carrey. In between the two, I choose "Red Cliff" as the movie that I want to watch for my boring Sunday night. However.... things are always going as you planned. Somehow the "Red Cliff" was not able to read by my laptop. After few attempts to read it failed through... I decided to forget about the warfare, forget about romance of the three kingdoms and let Mr. Liar Liar to show his magic.

After watching "Yes Man", I would like to say "Yes, Yes.. I love Yes Man". To be frank, I was pleasantly surprised. I was expected this will be just another average comedy movie but obviously I was wrong. Yes Man was hilarous and delight to watch..... at least in my opinion.

Yes Man is in common "What if...?" sub-genre. This time around, Jim Carrey plays Carl, a lonely divorcee that has somehow pissed off even his best friend, Peter. Carl's life is sucks! He got a dead-end job at a bank, yearns for his ex-wife and spends his nights watching rented DVDs... all by himself. One day an old friend introduces him to a self-help program that based on a simple principle: Say yes to every things, anythings thrown to him. Carl's life changed in amazing way.

As expected, this say "Yes" to everything approach gets him into all kinds of wacky situation. For instance, having a steamy morning session with his horny elderly neighbor.. LOL; date a persian wife through an online service; partying all night whilst drinking countless cans of Red-Bull, introduces him to the extremely free-spirited scooter girl...Allison and etc. It look like being 100% "Yes" might be tricky at times... :P



"Yes Man" is not just hiralous... It is packed with great soundtrack too. I really like the song "Jumper" sang by Jim Carrey when he was trying to save the guy who want to suicide. And the song plays in Ducati scene is just another greak piece of work. As summary, "Yes Man" is the movie that I like and would recommend to anyone who want a great time with some excellent laughs and cool music.

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