28 September, our lovely friend, Wan Yi's birthday. :)

I asked her if she would be going for celebration or dinner with family, surprisingly she said nope. Then I remembered Andrew wasn't working, why not we go to Klang for the fish soup again?! :O Yes! Andrew said OK! Then I asked Phoebe together, glad that she could join us! It is very rare for so many of us to gather for a dinner on a weekday. All of us were so excited. Too bad that Nicole couldn't join us.

Before we went to Klang, Andrew and I gotta pick Phoebe up from her home 'cause she was waiting for her friend to come to take the dog back. Last week she adopted a ShihTzu dog from her friend, but guess the poor doggy couldn't get used to the new environment. I've seen the dog for twice and thought I would want to see him again for the last time and say goodbye to him. He is actually very adorable and tame. Couldn't help but feel a teeny bit of sadness when he was leaving. He came to me, pawing at me wanted me to "sayang" him. Aww...... My heart melted.

Back to our birthday girl. :) We reached the restaurant pretty late. 5 of us, happily savoring the food. We were so hungry! The food was just so good...... Glad that they enjoyed the fish soup too. :)

Didn't manage to give Wan Yi a treat that night. Probably do it another time. Hahaha. Yeah, we girls definitely know how to have fun. :P

Phoebe's dog, only stayed for a week. He is very cute though.

The birthday girl at the restaurant in Klang.

With my BFF, Phoebe. (The white spot on my face :( is the smoke from the fish pot and Andrew didn't bother to ask us to take another photo T__T )

The food!!!!

终于又回来了！！！颇有一段日子没来这里享用肉骨茶了。我和Andrew都超爱这里的肉骨茶。也不知是我们习惯了这儿的口味，又或者是这里的真的很好吃。就以客观的角度来写吧。

泉记在这附近可算是小有名气的。凡是晚上8点开始，这里必定满座。没有大排长龙的现象，但是顾客可是络绎不绝，一个接一个的。我们常叫的都是瓦煲肉骨茶，“参”。再加上一碟玻璃生菜，这里的生菜可是好好吃的哦，来迟了也许就吃不到了。这里的肉和内脏都处理的很干净，可以放心吃，不会有什么臭味或怪味。我虽然爱吃肉，但是只要处理不当的肉稍有一些肉腥味我都不吃的。所以朋友们，如果我说ok，那你也可放心咯。哈哈哈哈。。。

肉骨茶的汤头还蛮重口味的，药材味也自然重了些。但是汤可是一点也不浓稠粘腻，带点甘苦。我曾吃过的不是太浓稠，就是太咸腻，吃了好口渴。泉记的就还好，咸当然会咸啊，但就不会是过分的咸。还有哦，这里的豆腐干也是超好吃的！我和Andrew来的时候都没机会吃到的，因为他不喜欢豆腐干！:( 那么大一碟，我一个人怎么吃得完啊？只有在和其他朋友来的时候才吃得到。好想念噢。。。

喜欢药材味重的朋友们，泉记肯定适合你了。不喜欢药材味的呢，也可以试一试，毕竟泉记的肉骨茶比较清淡不油腻。:)

差点就忘了说价钱了。老实说，还蛮贵的。通常我们两个人，一个瓦煲肉骨茶、一碟生菜、一壶茶，RM32.50。都还没吃豆腐干呢。加上豆腐干我看都要RM37哦。。。

地点：泉记肉骨茶，Jalan 2/23a, Off Jalan Genting Kelang, 53200 Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. （沿着Jalan Genting Kelang走，一直来到六福酒楼，泉记和六福酒楼并排。很容易找的哦。）

The title of this post looks weird, isn't it? Rain Man? Man in the rain? Raining Men sang by Geri Halliwell and The Weather Girls?

It's none of the above. It is a movie released in year 1988, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Surprised? I must say although the movie received many awards, not many know about the movie.

1988, I was only 8 years old, how did I get to know about it? Certainly I didn't watch the movie at that age. I watched it much later, perhaps when I was 16 or 17. Since then, the movie has been my favorite, on the top of my favorite movies list.

Rain Man is a slow paced movie. Some people may find it boring. But there are also a lot of depths in it. Dustin Hoffman played so well as an autistic man. Tom Cruise was a delicious young man in that movie.

Why is it my favorite? I'm not pretty sure it is Tom Cruise or the movie itself. LOL! But I love the movie. How the 2 brothers interact with each other and how their love for each other grew day by day. You would definitely shed some tears watching the movie. There are a lot of scenes that would make you laugh too of course. :)

I can't remember the movie very well now. I've only watched it once. Can't believe I fell in love with it the first time I watched it. Am going to find the movie and watch it again. Gosh... A 21 years movie. I love a 21 year-old movie??? LOL! I don't know what you would think of that. Hahahahaha......

Enjoy the trailer, for now. :)

Tomorrow has always been full of hope. Everyone is always hoping that tomorrow would be a better day. There are people who would be anxious about tomorrow too, wonder what would it bring. And I, am the anxious one about tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day with lots of fun.

Last week, my boss has verbally told me that the restaurant that he has some shares in would be having its official opening tomorrow. Few days ago, he gave some other colleagues and me this golden invitation cards, officially inviting us. LOL! I thought I couldn't make it as I might be doing a photo shoot with a cousin. But then, it was postponed. So, I would now be going to the restaurant for its opening. It is such a coincidence that my BFF lives nearby to the restaurant! I came to know about it last night. Perhaps I could ask her to go with me as well. The more the merrier.

Tomorrow night I'll be covering a wedding dinner for Gie too. It is something different as the reception would be in her house with all the canopy and buffet style thingy. She has a pair of great parents who have a lot of great ideas. I just can't wait to go there and meet them. I'm not sure if I could do well tomorrow. Anyway, I'll just DO my very best.

I'll be meeting Gie for the first time tomorrow. I wonder how it is going to be. We've never met before but we could talk in MSN and Facebook like we've known each other for ages. She has always been such a sweetheart.

Alright, I shall be having lots of rest today to prepare myself for tomorrow. But me being Ashley, my "rest" would normally be more Facebook-ing and gaming until my shoulders hurt. LOL!

There will be some great photos coming soon. Until then, it is all about me that you could find here. :)

Yes, if Wan Yi didn't mention it, I've forgotten it's been a year! It is an occasion that's worth celebrating.

A year of what? Of friendship. Last year September, I was actively involved in a wedding forum, Malaysia Brides. Discussions, inquiries, queries, answers, sharing of experiences...... I was writing and posting so much in the forum. I was pretty familiar with a group of members. We started to chat and share our experiences and life. Within a short period of time, we know each other if not very well, also pretty well.

Jenny and Adeline are the first two from the forum that I met. Both of them are funny type and very true to themselves. No disguise, no pretends. I was a bit surprised that I could get along with them pretty well, they're so much younger than me!

Then, I met Christine, Chelvin, Niki, Samantha, Berry, Elaine Choo, Winnie, Melissa, Vivian Miumiu, Vivian KC, Wan Yi, Nicole...... Then there was Elaine Gan, ZZ, Annie and Shin Yee. Geez... Now I realised I've met so many of them! What an honour! I even had the chance to photograph Vivian Miumiu, Christine's pretty doggie and Shin Yee! These are the friends that make everything worthwhile. They give you the supports you need just at the right time!

There are some of us making great efforts in maintaining the friendship. Over the years, I've come to believe that friends grow out of each other's life. Everyone has his/her own pace, we can't force each other to hurry or to slow down. It is no one's fault when we disappoint our friends, it's just merely our paths do not cross anymore. We said "Hello" with a smile when our paths crossed, but why is it so difficult for us to say "See ya" when our paths separated? Yes, it's not goodbye. Who knows there will come one day we will meet on the same path again?

A toast to friends that I have met in the past one year, to our friendship, to the happy times together, to the sharing of life experiences, to the laughters and tears we shared...... May our paths crossed for many, many, many more years to come. Cheers!

When I stepped out of the college and into the man-eats-man's world, I have held on firm to one belief and I am proud to say that I am doing it just right. It is so often that I tell myself, regret not, learn from the mistakes. It sounds easier than done? Well, not really. In fact it is easier than you think. Why do we feel regret of doing certain things? I have my way of not feeling regret and I know that once it is done, regret makes no sense at all.

Read something interesting moments ago, shared by Vivian. The article is in chinese though, if you can read chinese, click here. Please understand that I do not wish to repost the article here.

The article is saying that no matter what type of man a woman is married to, she tends to feel regret of marrying that man. To a certain extent, it is true. Most of the women will complain how they wish their husbands to be better. Rich men's wives hope their husbands would have more time for them, poor men's wives wish their husbands to have more money, faithful men's wives pray their husbands to be more understandings, romantic men's wives cry that their husbands to be more faithful...... The list could go on and on......

I do complain about Andrew too. We are no perfect man and woman. But I don't feel regret of marrying him. If I were to be unhappy with him, I would have chosen not to marry him in the first place. Or I would have chosen to divorce him and go on with my life. Why would I be sitting here telling the whole world that I regret that I married him but not doing anything at all to change the situation? Sitting and regretting the decision without taking actions, that is just not me. If he was a mistake in my life, I'd make sure I don't repeat it. But no, he is not a mistake. Despite of those small little tiffs and disagreements we have had, I am happily married to Andrew.

Andrew has the same belief too. He said that those who regret are silly. :) Why regret? Just make sure you make it right and it's no big deal, he said. How enlightening that is! It kind of influenced and changed me further. Everytime I want to do something, I make sure I put some thoughts into it before I make the final decision. Once I decide, I do not regret about it. I am glad that whenever I discuss things over with Andrew, instead of giving me a solution, he would lay down the consequences if I were to do or not to do it. He doesn't decide for me, he helps me think better and clearer.

I do not have a rich husband. He is not the most romantic and nicest guy on earth. He ain't in the professional field and he is not handsome. :) But I am happy enough to have him around. All those money and status matters, we could both work together to achieve them. More often than not it is the journey that counts, not the destination. :)

Nothing would last forever unless you make an effort to make it lasts. So long as we're living and walking, we sure as heaven will do our very best to make things work.

P.S.: Another idea rolled into my mind recently. I surely hope to see it happens next year, but it is going to take greater courage and strength. Until then, I shall keep the faith and work towards it.

Earlier on, I believe those who have followed my blog would know that I've helped a friend with his wedding photography. After given him the whole bunch of edited photos, he then requested if I could help him with printing of the album. I've mentioned to him earlier about this Photobook Malaysia. Having all the photos printed in 4R size and put into a photo album, why not make a photobook? I felt honoured again that he appreciate my ideas and asked for my help again.

I was working on the photos layout using "My Photo Books" software, downloaded from the Photobook Malaysia website. The nightmare began when I realised there were too many photos with too little pages to fill in!!! 282 photos in 40 pages??? Additional page is at RM12.80 per page!!! That is insane! Anway, I went ahead with it. Then, I got another photobook printer from Christine. What a life-saver!!! She recommended EcazStudios to me, which offers similar quality to Photobook, but at a much lower price. RM369 for 11" x 8.5" hardcover book with 100 pages!!! But then, there's a small catch. Either you layout your photos using Photoshop, OR iPhoto. The latter is a software which is ONLY available in all Apple's computers. The PDF file I saved from Photobook, is watermarked as "proof". There's no way I could use that for printing. It's either I use Photoshop to lay them out once again, or I go to the Apple store using their computer there and then.

It was a bit troublesome for me. But since I have promised my friend, I'd have to keep to my promise. After dragging it for so long, today I finally finished everything in Apple store in KLCC. 2 and half hours standing there, no chair or stool for me. Yes, they let me stood and worked! Eventhough they provide good service, leaving me standing and working for more than 2 hours had kind of put me off. My lower back started to ache after 1 hour into standing. Andrew was in KLCC too with his cousins, they were having fun whilst I was working on the photos. Finally got it done and I could then join Andrew for the fun.

No fun it was! It was getting so crowded by the time I finished my lunch. Took some photos for the children, bought something for my sister and we headed back home.

Supposed to go to Klang for "bak kut teh", but Andrew's friend just had it this morning. So, he brought us to try some other specialty in Klang, fish soup in a pot. It's nice, something unique that I've never tried before. It tastes a lil' bit like the fish head noodles, but this is without the milk. I love soup. Hence, I love this. :) We couldn't finish the soup, it's served in a big pot!!! The pot is of the size of those steam boat pot, there was only 3 of us. But we managed to finish most of it. :D I shall go again since the soup is nice, probably with more friends.

Andrew's cousins, also my cousins. :)

The yummy pork ribs in marmite.

The big pot of fish soup.

Yesterday, again Wan Yi came to pick me up around 4pm, she had made an appointment with the chinese sinsei in Cheras. I wonder how I could repay her enough for her kindness. I am very fortunate that I've always been surrounded by people who are willing to fetch and send me whenever needed. I have always told myself, always, that I will have to remember to do the same to others if I have the chance. It doesn't mean that I have to repay to the same person who gave me a lift, it could be repaid to others who's in need.

I am glad that the sinsei said that my health has improved a little bit. LOL! Yeah, just that teeny weeny bit. :) But still, that is an improvement. I shall continue to take good care of my body. After all, no one is responsible for my health except myself.

After seeing the sinsei, Wan Yi asked I have any place I'd like to go. Of course I didn't expect to go anywhere other than visiting the sinsei and heading back home. She then made an impromptu suggestion of going to Ikea! Gosh...... Again, it's kind enough of her to offer me a lift home afterwards. Okay, I must admit I couldn't resist the temptation of Ikea-ing too! LOL! It's been quite a while I hadn't been to Ikea, more than half a year! We spent some time in finding the right and shorter way to go to Ikea from Cheras, nearly got lost. Luckily we made it. :)

Can't believe we were having so much fun in Ikea too. Laughing all the way through, jokes, ideas, admirations, impressed with the designs...... We spent more than 2 hours in Ikea! I only bought a pair of brushes for bottles cleaning. LOL!

Everytime I go Ikea, there's one thing that both Andrew and I must have. Of course I wouldn't miss it too eventhough Andrew wasn't with me. The ice-cream!!! It's only RM1, and it is yummy! You don't believe that a RM1 ice-cream would be available in such a place and yet it's yummy? Go have one the next time you visit Ikea (it's right opposite the check-out counters). :) The other thing that is nice in that lil' cafe is the curry puff. But it's quite expensive though, RM1 each. I bought 3 curry puff and the ice-cream. Yum yum!!! Wan Yi and her dearie husband got some hot dogs for themselves.

We headed to the car-park with our satisfied and filled tummies. Hahahaha! Wan Yi suggested again to have dinner together, in Klang!!! She was making me feeling oh-so-guilty to have her send me back home all the way from Klang and they'd have to go back Subang again. Luckily my knight in shining armor called just at the right time. :)

Andrew: Going dinner? Later I come Subang pick you up, don't always let people send you home.
Me: Sure not???
Andrew: Yes LAHHHH!!! Either you wait for me or you ask her to send you back, you choose!

Hehehe... I am fortunate to have such an understanding husband too. So, I went to Klang with them without feeling that extra of guiltiness.  :) We went to Boston again. This time, the food was nicer. We waited 1 and a half hours for the food!!! People, if you do not have the patience, that is definitely a place you wouldn't want to go despite of their good food.

Went to Wan Yi's house to wait for Andrew. Watching TV, eating mooncakes...... Gosh... Meeting with Wan Yi would definitely make you feel guilty of yourself. I was practically eating all the time!!! She certainly knows how to keep your mouth busy and keep every corner of your tummy filled with nothing but food!!! LOL! Well, no one to blame but myself. She can't force me to eat too if I could resist myself from eating. Hahahaha......

I reached home around 1.30am. What an unexpected day filled with fun! Thank God for giving me a bunch of good friends while taken away some bad ones from my life. LOL!

Photos time! (Photos taken using my iPhone, not of good quality I must say.)

The yummy ice-cream!

The hot dogs!

Steamed lala clams.

Deep fried crayfish with Nestum (oats).

Saw this huge bus was on tow on our way back to KL. Huge bus with small tow truck, incredible.

Last night, I was nervous for Melissa, the soon-to-be bride. Why? Because she was having difficulty with her slideshow, it just seemed that she couldn't convert it into DVD format. Wan Yi and I had spent the night the try to solve it for her too. Hahahahaha...... Luckily this morning she SMSed us that she finally settled it and it's working good. Phew! I didn't realise that I worried so much and I was having this nervousness until this very morning.

Since I had a late night, woke up late today, 12pm!!! LOL! Got up, did some facial mask, iron Andrew's shirt, Facebook-ing for a while, shower, body scrub, make-up, dress up, styled my hair...... Geez... It was then 5pm! I was all ready waiting for Wan Yi to come pick us up, but she was late. Luckily the journey to Seremban was pretty smooth.

Got there at 7.30pm. Melissa looks so so so beautiful! Gave her a big bear hug. Hahahaha...... It's fun and nice to see all the familiar faces again, Christine, Samantha, Berry and Nicole were already there with their husbands. So much fun we had running between 2 tables taking photos. LOL! We were so crazy doing all the crazy things, talking all the silly talks, and we laughed so much and loud! Hahaha......

Finally, time to say goodbye. Promised to give Melissa a big "tight" hug... Hehehe... Felt my eyes tingling. I have always felt emotional attending friends' wedding reception. Don't know why.

May Melissa & Alex live happily ever after. :)

This morning, saw a friend posted a photo in Facebook. I was so curious and yet excited. Dan Brown has got new book???

Just so that if you don't already know Dan Brown, he is the author of the famous "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons", which have become the big movies in cinema.

I am a fan of his after his publication of The Da Vinci Code. Love the little riddles in the book and how things are all intertwined with one another. That's the beginning of it. After The Da Vinci Code, I bought Angels & Demons. Again, I fell in love with the riddles and symbols, and the Illuminati. Finished that, I thought I'd take a break from all the Dan Brown stories and imaginations. But I missed his stories so much! I bought the Digital Fortress and Deception Point! Geez...... Guess what? After reading Deception Point,  that has become my favorite of them 4. You just can't praise enough of how brilliant Dan Brown is to come up with such plot! LOL!

Everytime I went to the bookstore, I would definitely go check him out if he has any new book. And everytime I was disappointed. Come on, 4 books and you aren't writing anymore? 5 0r 6 years after the last book and no more? Gosh...... So sad......

Then, now we have The Lost Symbol!!! And it's the Robert Langdon series!!! I gotta grab it! My gosh, it is only available in hard cover. I don't usually buy hard cover book as I don't find the need of having hard cover for a novel, and it's more expensive. But for this time, I was just going to break free from my own traditions. Hahaha. I bought it! My first hard cover novel (yes, seriously it's my first, except that Jamie Oliver hard cover cook book). I just couldn't wait for the paperback, I want to read it now. All right, for this long weekend, it's just going to be Dan Brown, Robert Langdon and ME. Hahahaha......

Okay, enough of Dan Brown. I'm sorry if I was babbling. :P I'll tell you later if The Lost Symbol worths all the attention of mine. LOL.

Finally I could upload photo to Wordpress. The hard cover book costs RM99.90, but currently Kinokuniya is having a 30% discount on the book, with purchase of any other value of book/magazine! If you want it, go grab it now!

很奇怪吧，面档竟然有肉骨茶？！是的，你没看错，我也没看错。那里明明就写着面档。也许早市卖面，晚市则是肉骨茶吧。

昨晚看完戏，Andrew的爸爸，也就是我的家翁，说带我们到Kuchai Lama去吃肉骨茶。他说好吃。到了那，还没坐下来，我就看见了。。。饭桌上有一只小蟑螂！！！我的天啊。。。勇敢的Andrew把它拍走，然后一脚把它给踩死了！*晕倒* 硬着头皮坐下来。猪脚醋没了，所以只叫了肉骨茶。

肉骨茶来咯！！！唔。。。汤头不是很有味道，感觉就像普通的一碗汤，没什么药材味。肉嘛。。。汤味没被肉吸收，肉也只是肉味。豆腐干（tau fu pok）也没什么味道。生菜似乎油腻了一点，咸了一点。好失望啊。。。唯一的好，就是便宜！三人份的肉骨茶和一碟菜，才RM38而已哎！我和Andrew常去的那家，两个人加一碟菜都要RM32了！但是一分钱一分货，好吃的贵一点没关系。不是吗？:)

三个人的分量还蛮多的，胃口不大的三个人，叫二人份其实就够了。

很抱歉，我的iPhone竟然没把地址给储存起来。只存到了店名！店名是“好易记肉骨茶”。从电话里的地图上，我只看见Jalan Gembira，Jalan 1/128，大概是在Taman Gembira的附近。实在是太抱歉了，不好意思。经一事，长一智。下次我会小心存好地址了。

下一次，我将会介绍一下那间我和Andrew常去的。对我们来说不远，就在我们所住的附近罢了。

如果你也是肉骨茶爱好者，要留意了哦。:)

I think this is my 5th post about Michael Jackson. I know I never blogged about him while he was alive, and to blog about him now may only make me looking as if following the trend and news. Well, he IS now everywhere, on the TV, internet, news, music store, bookstore...... How can one-self not think of him when practically we are surrounded by him? Before this, when he was alive, the world had never been surrounded by this much of Michael Jackson. Don't you agree? Not even when he was involved in all the accusations and having his concerts.

MJ's most anticipated "This Is It" video, is coming soon. It's a video all about his rehearsals on his never-get-to-do-it concert. Finally, we will get to see Michael Jackson performing on the stage for one last time.

Since he was an idol, I've never met him and I would never meet him now, he has always been in my heart and mind, he will always stay in my heart. In fact, him being dead doesn't really change anything, except that no more "new" news and songs from him in the future. No more live performances. Oh yes, how could I forget! His great contributions to the children and the world. With his death, no one could or would continue what he was doing. That would change a lot of things. How sad. Guess most of the parents now would be begging for MJ to be alive instead of cursing him and calling him names that he had never deserved.

Enough of Michael. Now I am waiting impatiently for his video. Saw the trailer of it, awesome! His dance moves are unbeatable! You rock the world, Michael!

P.S: "Man In The Mirror" just can't stop playing in my head! Weird......

I was pretty upset and pissed last night. I've noticed it a while ago, didn't really get bothered by it. Well, after all, everyone could improve. But gradually, I realised it was more than just improving. We learn something, we understand it, we improve on it, we practise it. We're adults, we don't copy like what children do during their learning process. However, what I have seen was an adult practically copying like how children do.

Been telling myself to look at it positively. But the feeling was so overwhelming that I just felt helpless and disappointed. Andrew has told me to stop blogging, another friend on the other hand told me not to give up, as there's no second Ashley in the world, everyone is unique. Yes, I did say that before, everyone is unique. But seeing what has been my style and way has become others', I just couldn't help but felt disturbed inside.

Perhaps someone just couldn't understand the meaning of "unique", perhaps like what a friend mentioned, they got no substance so they copied.

After giving it some serious thought, why shall I make myself difficult, getting all upset and disturbed by someone that probably purely is admiring me? Yeah, they said I'm good and people out there is simply just admiring and copying my style. LOL! That made me feel even more vain.

Thanks to my friends, they're really angels sent from above that could really make you feel good about yourself.

I seriously love blogging. Call me vain or showing-off. Who cares? I have a bunch of friends that care, and that is more than enough. Enough to make me pick up my faith once again and move on.

P.S: There is one thing which others would not be able to copy from me. My experience, my feelings, my thoughts and my life. They're all what make this blog. And I am very proud to say, that I write in my own way and I have my way of writing. And, I AM NOT ASHAMED OF IT!

It's been 8 years, since the world witnessed the WTC Twin Towers engulfed in smoke and fire and collapsed to Ground Zero. No one would or could ever forget that.

Many innocent people and heroes died on that very day. We wept for the dead, and cursed the terrorists. The world has once again seen its darkest day.

The fight against terrorism continues...... Will there ever be a day that the world is free of terrorism?

Feel so sad by merely looking at the video seeing how the plane crashed into the tower full of people, innocent people......

I want to write, I love writing. Over the past one year, writing/blogging has helped me looked at things at a different way and learned. I've done some soul searching after I put my feelings down in words, I would let my thoughts settled after I wrote them. This is the reason why I love blogging/writing. I finally found a channel to release my feelings.

In fact I've written something else in this paragraph. I deleted them, again. See, it once again proved that putting my thoughts into words indeed make me think better and act better.

Someone has asked me, if I were writing my personal life, why would I want to share it in my blog, share it with the world? A lot of people out there are trying very hard to have their own privacy, yet I am exposing myself and making myself vulnerable to the cruelty of this world. I have no answer for it. Is it because of that pure vanity of mine wanting to show off? Or do I simply just want to have a blog since it's another trendy thing to do? I don't know. Well, perhaps there's a little of showing off there. Can someone tell me???

Shall I continue writing/blogging? Shall I make my blog private and only share my photography works?

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My home, another 1 year and 3 months, I can then finally get the key. The key to my new hope. :) The key to open another whole new world, the door to another whole new sight.

I have never have my own place that I can call home, except the one in my hometown. That is my root that I know I'll come running to whenever it calls for me. A home here where I work and live, I have never had it before. I have a place to live now, but this is not home. This 9-by-9 foot of hole, is just a shelter. I rest, sleep and relax in here. It does offer me some warmth at times. But I've never felt the belonging here.

I am so full of hope now that I'll be getting my new home. I am so worried that something may happen and it will all disappear. Or it will come later than I expect it to be. Seeing it going up and up (yes, I can see it from where I stay now), that does give me some security.

Day by day, month by month, I am becoming more and more impatient. On the other hand, I wish the time could pass slowly so that I could have enough time to save for it. I do not wish to have a luxury home, of course everyone wants the best-furnished house if financial permits, I want a homey home. I just want some place that feels like home, a place that welcomes me home at the end of a long hard day. A place where I can dance my silly dance moves like nobody's watching. Hahaha. I'm getting all excited just by the thought of it.

I can't wait to get my hands dirty, get my brain busy and get myself tired in decorating and furnishing my home. Yes, my home. All the hard work and sweat will be worthy. To be able to build my own home, how sweet does that sound! Fabulous! :D

Few weeks ago, we've all decided to have a hens-day-out for Melissa, our lovely bride-to-be. Time flies, her wedding is coming in 3 weeks time and her wedding reception in Seremban will be in 2 weeks time. She is always such a lovely girl that gets touched easily, I still remember she said she was so touched that we were planning a hen's night for her. LOL. To us, we didn't really plan anything. Just make ourselves available on that day for her. :)

As usual, our hen's night routine has become Karaoke first, followed by lunch/tea time and shopping. Hahaha. Yeah, nothing special or naughty.

Today we went to Redbox in The Gardens in Mid Valley City. 3 hours of karaoke session with lunch and drinks, going to sing our lungs and hearts out!!!

Melissa was the last to reach as she went to the Matta fair to grab some package for her sweet honeymoon. Before she came, all 4 of us were already singing and eating. So sweet of Nicole to bake us muffins again!!! It was raspberry rum chocolate muffins! So yummy... mmmmm...... Not just the muffins, she had made some mooncake too!!! Gosh, this girl is so talented in baking and cooking! The mooncake was black sesame skin. Ooohhh...... It tastes so special and the fragrance of the black sesame... Yum yum! I had 2 pieces!!! Hahahahaha...... Guess what, I brought 2 pieces of muffins home too, my breakfast tomorrow! LOL! Thank you Nicole.

We were so crazy in singing, especially when it came to singing MJ's songs. Thought that we shall sing his songs as a tribute to him, who know we were just singing out of tune and shouting MJ's famous "oohh... oh... yeah..." This crazy Wan Yi, even sang Carpenters' songs. My goodness...... We were basically shouting towards the end of the karaoke session, I almost lost my voice.

Mel wanted to get some swim wear, too bad she couldn't find one that she likes with reasonable price. Can't believe that swim wear now is so pricey. Even I myself couldn't bear to part with my money for such small piece of cloth! I need a new swim wear too. Sigh. Went to Charles & Keith too. Gosh... I love those bags. Now I am seriously considering buying one. Hahaha.

After done with the shopping, Vivian and us went separate ways as she had a dinner date with her family. The 4 of us went to the Jonker Street cafe to have some desserts and chatting. Can't believe 4 of us are such chatterbox! Talk, talk, eat, eat, non-stop!!! LOL.

Finally, it's time to go home. Mel left with Alex, Nicole's husband came pick her up, and I stuck with Wan Yi. LOL. So nice of her to offer me a lift home, oh, should say so nice of her hubby to offer me. Hahaha. I brought them to this old mamak stall near TAR College, to have the famous Mali's Corner nasi lemak ayam goreng and kuay tiaw goreng.

Had great fun today! Thanks to all the friends that made it happened today.

Few days ago Nicole was asking me if I could join her to the Malaysian Furniture & Furnishings Fair in KL Convention Centre. Since Andrew would have to work till 9pm and I would normally go to KLCC to wait for him, no harm going with her to take a look. She also asked if I would like to go for a movie after that. Final Destination 4 that is.

I've watched all the first 3 sequels of Final Destination. The 2nd sequel is my favorite. It's interesting to see how those teenagers fought so hard to live, for a second chance. But the new FD4 is a disappointment. Read what the critics have to say about it. The trailer looks damn good! But the movie... Sigh......

In FD4, the people are basically trying too hard to break the chain to stay alive. The actors do not have any characteristics at all. I can only identify them as, the lead actor Nick that can't act, the lead actress Lori that tried too hard to look pretty, Janet the ostrich that is too over-the-top and the hunky Hunt. Things happened so fast that there isn't time to look at the characters in details before they died tragically and exaggeratedly. Unlike in FD2, all characters are being played pretty well and organised.

Also, the way those people died, give me a break. They're only disgusting, other than disgusting, I couldn't find any other word for it. Oh yes, there is another one, exaggerating. The plot for their deaths, some of them are indeed pretty lame. LOL.

Okay, at least there is one good thing. The consequences of when things go wrong at the wrong time and wrong place, that is more logical than the other 3 sequels. You don't see death god playing a big part in FD4, no creepy scenes with chilly winds. They are pretty logic that things could go awfully wrong when you least expected it and that's how accidents happen.

Anyway, just my two cents of thoughts. Enjoy the movie.

好久没写华语了。。。。。。

时间真的是不等人。一月时还在叹又得再捱多一年，现在却已经是9月了。很快的就要和2009年说再见了。哦不，应该是永别。哈哈哈哈。。。

回顾过去的9个月，学了不少东西。想做的事，有几件也做到了。想一想，日子过得还算开心的。当然不开心的事也有，部落格里也写过。但那些都不值得一提再提。伤心过，反省过，想通了，汲取教训，也不必再去耿耿于怀了。继续原地踏步的钻牛角尖，还不如往前看，向前走。

早前有个朋友说我总是记得一些不开心的事。说的正确一点，我并不是老是记得伤心事。那些不开心的事，成为了一种体验，教会我别再范同样的错。不开心的事也是一种鼓励。都是经过那些磨练，才会有今天的我。如果我不再去记得那些经历，那么我根本就不会有进步，不是吗？

快乐的日子更不用多提了，因为太多了。想写根本都写不完。哈哈哈！放在记忆里，时时提醒自己我是快乐的，那就够了。快乐的事才应该摆在心里收着，不开心的事摆在脑里纪念一下就好了。啊，我现在终于明白人家常说的“别放在心上”是怎么一回事了。好事要放在心上，不好的事就“别放在心上”。原来如此。

人生短短数十年，今日不知明日事。毕竟今日才是主角，才是最重要的。改变不了过去，那就改变今天。要改变今天，就得从改变自己开始。改变不了世界与别人，改变自己是最容易的了。麦克杰逊与王力宏都是这么唱的，不是吗？

If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change. - 麦克杰逊，Man In The Mirror

我可以改变世界，改变自己。- 王力宏，改变自己

Michael Jackson's burial is tomorrow. If Wan Yi didn't tell me this afternoon, I wouldn't have remembered.

For the whole month of August, NTV7 played his concerts and performances during all the Saturday nights. I only managed to watch one, the HIStory concert, which I have watched numerous times until I've lost count. Nevertheless, it is still great to watch.

From the shock of his death, to the realisation of he is truly gone, to the now he is going to be buried for good...... It has now ruled that MJ was indeed murdered. Negligence or not, MJ's physician has caused great loss not just to the family, but to the whole world.

I still couldn't believe all the accusations towards MJ on child sexual abuse. Look what he had done for the children. For someone who had done and contributed so much for the children in need and turned around and abused them?

Can time heal all wounds? Including this one that caused the whole world to grieve?

Michael Jackson was the best dancer and performer, and he will always remain as the best dancer and performer.

One video to remind ourselves, how much of effort MJ had put in to make this world a better place.

Finally.

Few months ago I've created an account in Wordpress, transferred all the blog posts here. But I didn't go on with it as I found it not as user-friendly as Blogspot.

But I guess when it's time to move, it is time to move.

Fish Avenue is now officially a Wordpress blog.

You may notice that there are some blog posts being protected by password. That is to give myself some security.

If there is any post that interests you and is protected, please feel free to drop me an email.

I would like to emphasize again like I used to, Ashley only writes about her own feelings towards certain situations. If you find it offensive and uncomfortable in reading my blog, you have the absolute right to stop reading. I am writing about my life here, not about any other people's life. Hope that the readers out there could understand.

Thank you for your understanding.