IN HO chinh Minh city, vietnam right now. arrived yesterday afternoon. wow, the city has lots and lots and lots of motorbikes. like no man's land. crossing the roads is such a terrifying experience. have to be careful. hope don't get killed here....had vietnamese beef noodles. good. the hotel is good, with good service. friendly staff.

Penang food not so good any more

People used to praise Penang food but i think it has been overated nowadays. Was in penang for four days and ate penang food in four different places. First night was in Feringghi food court. Ordered cantonese fried and hokkien fried noodles. Below average. Next night was in Northam Beach cafe. Had this french crepe (above average), tom yam yong tau fu (average), lam mee (horrible). then was in Tg. Tokong food court. Ordered curry mee (okay). Next day was in New World--curry mee (not as good ad the one in tg tokong, soup noodle (horrible) and tom yam fried rice (average). Conclusion: either we went to the wrong places or the good penang hawker owners have migrated to KL as I can get better food there...:-))

Time time time...why are thou so fast?

It is almost the end of the year, and as i reflect on the past eleven months, i get anxious...i have done quite a lot on other things, but not much progress in my research. Now, this is getting me anxious...i have to give myself two weeks now to get something done, a paper or something like that...but time is against me...:-(

A sad day

Yesterday four UTAR students went swimming in a waterfall in Kampar. Three of them drowned. One of them, a girl, was a student in my faculty--Yew Shy Gin from the chinese studies dept. May their souls rest in peace. I am told, another boy, James was a very active student during his foundation days in UTAR.....

life is short, life is precious,
live life with care
respect it,
don't take it for granted,
...

Mid-autumn festival

A friend and his residents' committee organized a mooncake festival. He invited me. there were the usual speeches, and there was this walk around the field with children taking along their lanterns. Reminds me of my kiddy years when I was holding the lantern and walked in the area around my house in PJ. Remember my sis and mum were with me....ah....those were the years...something to cherish, but never to lived again as we pass through this world but once...now I am forty five, going to forty six....live every day to its best, cherish every moment, for we pass through this world but once....

Is life just like this?

hai...is there all to life...eat, sleep, work, work work work....hhahahaha....am working on my research papers now, since it is exam week and finish my lectures...but still my mind not in full gear...as the chinese say...must "kar yau" (add oil) so that there is more energy to do the things I want to do...and i really want to come up with papers for publication....hai.....

accidents, accidents

was visiting my dad at the nursing home, and by chance saw a short news clip about some nasty accident in dunno-where, but definately in Malaysia cos the traffic policeman i saw in the news clip is Malaysian...now as I am at home and thinking about this.....every time when there is a long festive holiday (and it is a holiday now cos of national day), some people will die because of nasty accidents. And the cause of these accidents?----inconsiderate drivers...once along the Gopeng-Ipoh trunk road, I saw a lorry overtaking a few cars (and it was a double line on the road), narrowly missed an oncoming car which swerved to the side of the road...sigh....it is the evil that other people do that causes the suffering of another...