bus sToP cHicKEN RiCE, the bEST in towN!

BUS STOP CHICKEN RICE
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"It's very hot here! And yet no air cond! And look at the queue...don't you think is a little foolish?" As I remember saying to the friend who brought me there for the first time. But as soon as the food was inside the mouth, I'm convinced, I'm surprised, I understand WHY, and I'm feeling great. I feel like I'm on heaven!

Somewhere on this planet there is this one small town called S.K., and the village is dotted with many2 nice foods. Above them all, there is one that I can say is the signature food of the town. It's the chicken rice. Not the regular roasted one, but this is special. It's "white chicken rice" as the local calls it. BUt I think it is one of the variant of Hainanese Chicken Rice.

It's a bus stop next to it.

The Chicken Rice Stall.

If you were to ask me the name of the shop, i'll have to ask the seller. The shop or stall, as I would call it, does not really have a sign board. So, everybody starts to give names while trying to refer that place for lunch. Among all, the best suited one would be this "bus stop chicken rice", Coz the stall is just next to one. The bus stop is the landmark that you surely have to look for if you were to search for this place. Hence, this is how the name comes. But I don't think the chicken rice boss knows that. Maybe I'll tel him next time. Unless he put up a signboard, i'll continue to call it that way. I'll call it MY way.

The chicken Rice basically consists of chicken, rice and sauce. Chicken is very very very smooth! I've gotta repeat these a few times to actually illustrate how smooth it is. The chicken skin, especially can be used as a substitute for banana skin if you were to play a trick on someone you hate. Very slippery! And the chicken is coated with a nice aroma of oily sauce, some sweetness together with the tenderly meat! Arrgghhh!!! I shouldn't be writing this before my lunch...

baNaNa skin substitute.

And the second part is the RICE. They call it oil rice. Yellowish white in color, these rice is superb! The superb aroma of ginger and garlic is so strong that the whole place is engulfed in this smell of chicken rice. The way they make it, the rice are not sticky, no too wet nor too dry. And everytime I go there, I sure to order another extra bowl of rice to top up. It's just so tasty.

The fragrance of the RICE...see the chart.

And the 3rd element of a nice chicken rice is the SAUCE. This is the "catalyst" that brings the chicken rice to the top of the sky. Dip the chicken meat and mix it with the oily rice, the combination can send you on cloud 9 straight away. Ooo...I love it! Until now, I still do not know what is inside the sauce. But I can make a clever guess. There are some finely minced red chilli, green chilli, ginger, some garlic maybe? and some sesame or chicken oil I think, and sugar must have been added inside, coz it's sweet also.

It's the saUCE that rocks!

The best part of this chicken rice is that it's sold at a reasonable price. Though the price has increased over the years (especially after last year's oil hike), it is still considered a cheap street food.

reAsonaBLe pricing!

my custom dESigN for the sigNBoarD!

BTw, I'm considering to ask the boss whether he can teach me his chicken rice recipe or not, with a fee maybe. But I doubt it. First, I'm not a Hainanese. Secondly, do you think the boss will risk his business to some chap who might one day open a chicken rice stall next to his? So, is anybody out there who can teach me how to make delicious Hainanese Chicken Rice? A friend of mine, Mr "CUTEbanana" as he calls himself, says that he will open a chicken rice shop if he got fired as an engineer. I think the recipe might be useful to him too! So, someone with expert cooking talent, please help me! Or help this *cute* BANANA friend of mine!

p/s: Maybe I will propose my design of the stall's signboard to the boss in exchange for his recipe...do you guys think it will work?

I bought myself a camera…

I bought myself a camera!
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This is old news, but still worth mentioning. I would want to remind myself that I bought a pretty expensive camera last Christmas, compared with what I have been earning so far. And by writing it down here, I think it will serve as a reminder to me...USE IT WELL...USE IT WELL...

First of all, why an SLR? Answer is simple. I don't want to see any blurry, out of focus pictures anymore! Using the normal point and shoot camera is just too frustrating, especially if you have a nice scenery, only to find it blurred on the computer screen back home. Well, don't you agree? Nice scenes and leng luis are hard to come by...once you miss the chance, there probably won't be any second chance to take it...

Many many BUTTONS ar!

As a beginner in photography, everything seems so new to me. There are just so many new words, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, AE Lock, metering, EV, etc etc etc...with all the different buttons plastered all around the camera body. Many many buttons. So many that it took you a while before I could actually remember all the functions. However, lucky (or rather unlucky) for me, I have a bunch of photog-fever colleagues who helps learning much faster.

Well, my colleagues are partly responsible for me buying the camera. You know, one tries to poison another to buy, the other gets poisoned, and everyone starts poisoning each other and finally ALL is poisoned. The one who gets poisoned worst...are the one who starts the poisoning first. That's the story...

All the camera BIG GUNS

I have learned that camera manufacturers out there are also aware of this phenomenon, the growing popularity of photography as a hobby. That's why we see all of them jostling each other for the market share. Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Fuji...all has many ranges of camera to offer. All waiting to POISON us all. And Flickr too, is part of it. In fact, is LARGE part of it. Nothing to say here. One willing to sell, the other willing to buy.

PORTRAIT...see the CAT over there?

I think I like portraits photos more than anything else. At least I like to see them. Taking them is a bit of problem here, as it requires the greatest skills, and models are not that much. Simply taking other people's photos is another way to solve it, but it may bring unwanted troubles. Privacy is the word they gonna shout at you. So, to avoid these, the only thing you could do is to take your close friends and families or even YOUR CAT as the temporary model.

Yeah...i think i gonna try dolls later...anyone got extra cutie, kawaii dolls to borrow?

I don't have much to say this time. Just no mood. Next time...next time...

MACRO...see the BOKEH effect back there? :)

SPORT MODE...

Landscape...must use WIDE ANGLE LENS

What “gonG Xi Fa cHai” meaN to YoU?

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to YoU?
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"Gong Xi Fa Chai!"
"Gong Hei Fatt Choi!"
"Happy Chinese New Year!"
It's the Chinese New Year! It's the Chinese New Year! 2009! How's your CNY cellebration? Happy? Boring? Or just another holiday with some red fonts on your calendar?

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to a child?

*Fireworks*

I have been through many CNYs, and over the years, I've noticed something obvious about how the general Chinese population see it. Even for myself, the meaning of CNY has changed dramatically. The celebration seems to have lost the meaning i.e., nobody seems to care WHY and WHAT they are celebrating...CNY? It's just another holiday

As a child in the olden days, the single most fascinating activities during CNY is playing fireworks. THAT was the meaning of CNY for me those days. I used to play all sorts of fireworks, from the childish one (with negligable small explosion) to the big boys fireworks that has the explosion effect that can match those of a dynamite. There are just so many possibilities and ways of lighting and playing with fireworks, where the only limit is your imagination! Of coz, there are some minor accidents along the way, and we'll get scolded sometimes by the adults, but I've never regretted doing so.

The only LIMIT, is your IMAGINATION!

But over time, too many fireworks-related-accidents happened, and the government finally put an end to fireworks. Means NO FIREWORKS for the rest of the history of Malaysia. T.N.S.! W.T.F.! @$#@$$#@$@! Nevertheless, some minority of peole still do able to smuggle them into the hands of those who is willing to pay the price. But just a very very small percentage.

It's a pity that children nowadays had missed something as great as fireworks in their childhood. The over protective parents nowadays, is sure to deter their children from laying their hands on the fireworks. "No...boy-boy, it's very dangerous! Nyeh nyeh nyeh...bla bla bla bla..." Just hate it so much when I hear any parent saying this... no wonder children nowadays are glued to the computer monitor playing online RPG games...sooo booorriiinng!

And becoz of this, there is not much CNY mood around nowadays. I still recall the time when I was small, 90% of the time I can hear firecrackers here and there, where the atmosphere was so lively! But look at it now, what can you hear? All I can hear is flies and mosquitoes flying around...and some artificial firecracker sounds from the TV. T.N.S.!

The MOOD was so LiVELY those daYs!

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to a child?

*AngPoWs! $$$ Red Packets! $$$*

This, for me is the 2nd most exciting thing to look forward to in CNY as a child. This is where all the financing for the PLaYStation and Nitendo Wii come from! There more relatives you have got, the more angpows you'll get! It's just that simple! But although quantity counts, the *quality* of the angpow is sometimes more important, don't u agree? Nevertheless, I am already happy to get angpow those times, the amount doesn't really matter lah...

anGPoW time!

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to a child?

*Foodies!*

It's the 3rd most important thing to look forward to in CNY. Nien Kou is my favourite. This sticky little delicacy where you can only taste it once every year, is soooooo delicious! Yummy! Other yummy cookies are the spring roll, kuih kapit and honeycomb biscuits. These are oily foods. Overdose of these can have irreversible effect on the waist line, really. But to a small kid, what the ****! "GuLP!, RELoaD!, GuLP!, RELoaD!, GuLP!"

Nien Kou is my favourite!

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to adults?

*OuCh!*

For the adults, generally CNY is something that means NIGHTMARE, especially so if you are a married man/women. Expenditures on angpows alone can come out to thousands or so, and all the preparation for the CNY occasion and house makeover, will burn a dEEP hole in the wallet. Can you see it? What goes around comes around. All those angpows that you get as a child, you'll have to return it back! ;)

Burn a dEEP dEEP HoLE!

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" meaN to adults?

*LAdies and gentlemen...showOFF time!*

CNY is also a time when some long time buddy and schoolmates will have gathering annually and talk shit exchange info/knowledge. Initially, it's like "How do you do" sort of thing...then it gradually becomes a place of building business relationship. Then, people started distributing name cards and exchanging phone numbers and emails. That is still OK for me. But things start get a bit over when one or two rotten tomatoes started with "I'm the MANAGER of XXX company now" thingy. And then everyone will be like asking each other like where is their most recent trip overseas? Europe? Japan? Australia? And some will purposely accidentally hint that they are their own boss, and having a company to run, and that they have the latest Ferrari at the back of their garage. I really envy and admire them, and I am happy that they are successful in life. But just that sometimes I feel *down* when the same guy just now asked me how have I been doing, and I would be speechless... :(

I'm the mANAZER now! yOU Leh?

What "gonG Xi Fa cHai" *SHOULD* meaN to YoU and mE?

*REUnioN!*

I tried to think very hard why our ancestor invent such a thing as Chinese New Year. I think I got the answer. It's not for ANY the reasons I have just mentioned. It's a celebration where all our family members gather together and have a hearty meal, have fun, and to remind ourselves that no matter what, we are still a FAMILY!
And "gonG Xi Fa cHai" *SHOULD* meaN THIS to YoU and mE...

"gonG Xi Fa cHai" *SHOULD* meaN THIS to YoU and mE...

So how's your "gonG Xi Fa cHai" celebration going?

The creDit cRuncH; yR 2008 deja-Vu of The Great Depression

The creDit cRuncH 2008
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For the past few months, the financial section of the local newspaper is filled with many many negative news. It's in these times that I could see some very BiG, BoLD, and ConTrasTy fonts plastered across the tabloid like nobody's business. Business section suddenly become the main part of the newspaper.

Stock pLuNGeS all over the world

On the next day when the Dow Jones fell 25%, I've seen a very steep drop in the index graph on the paper..so steep that it's like a ravine among the mountains. And everywhere, you could see RED more than GREEN. A look into the stockboard, and you'll know what I mean.

The Credit Crunch

That week, I learned one new term. It's called Credit Crunch. Not the Coco Crunch that you took when you're a kid. Not that one. As far as I know, its the tumbling of the financial giants due to their mortgage based investments gone bad. Which also means that people cannot pay what they borrowed from the banks. Thats how giants like Lehman Brothers got bankrupt and trigger a super chain reaction of 'kABooMs' all over the world's financial markets.

If you happen to see the faces of the traders at the NYSE, you'll notice the contrast were so obvious. From a happy and joyful look a few months earlier in the stock rally to the frightened, weeping, and disappointed look that very week. Frankly speaking, I don't know how much they have lost, but I do know they've lost almost everything.

Some will have to JUMP

They say that this is similar to the Great Depression in the 1930s. I don't know what that was, but I guess I had gone through one similar one during my early childhood days, the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. Back then, I could recall clearly that many businesses were gone and went bankrupt. Stocks are so undervalued, that many are holding a stacks of useless paper. Also heard a lot of unofficial news of stock traders jumping off to suicide, coz they owed so much money, they'll never be able to pay it for generations. It's either they get chased by the banks, or worse still by the AH LONGS that they borrowed money from.

Some will have get chased by AH LONGS

It reminds me of a TVB series called “The Greed of Man” a.k.a. 大时代, starring Lau Ching Wan. The drama is also about the ups and downs of the stock market in Hong Kong, and how much grieves it has brought to people there. And I foresee things are repeating again and again...

And most of all, I still think there is some minority out there who is winning BIG out of this. Those, you call them BIG FISH. The one who lose, the MAJORITY, are the SMALL FISH. For me, this game of stock is always the game of BIG FISH eating the SMALL FISH. And this time around, many SMALL FISHES are in DEEP SHIT. Some are lucky to escape early enough, but majority are just like hopeless SMALL FISHes waiting to become somebody's dish.

The BIG FISH and small fish theory

Hopefully, this is not gonna last too long. And by the way, this is a good time for BIG FISH thinking alikes to start FISHING!
Happy FisHinG!

fLY! To BahRaIN!

fLY to Bahrain!

Yup. On a 2-week-working trip to this country called Bahrain. Never heard of it? So am I a while ago. Location: Middle East. Next to the Arabic Sea. It's my first time on a long journey flight. I nearly covered half the globe this time...nearly...

So, on the day of flight, me and my colleague Ding went to KLIA Airport as early as 8am to check in. But the airline was not as punctual as us. We were stunned after learning that the departure flight was delayed by 5 hours! Yes, F-I-V-E ! WTF! Ding and I were like...you know what I mean?...really makes me wanna say foul words again....Xx!@#@%$$!

So after checking in, initially we just wander around aimlessly until we found a McDonald's inside he airport. Both of us had some breakfast there, and started surfing through our laptops. Time passes so slowly that moment. But the battery life of my laptop is not that long. And there don't seems to have any power adapter available nearby. So, bye-bye to the internet. Still another 3 hours! What to do leh?!!! Ding's computer battery was more durable than mine, but he still do get bored with the surfing..."I'm SLEEPY..", he said. Stacking his luggage on his seat, he make a short nap to kill some time...zzZZZ

As for me, I just sat there like a dumbass, looking boringly out of the restaurant. Saw a "leng-chai" (handsome) pilot busy flirting around with a pretty air stewardess in the nearby table. The girl seems more than happy. Same also with the guy. Any, the pilot looked like a big time playboy to me...but anyhow, you can't judge a book by its cover, so I told myself.

Soon after the couple left, there isn't much things to look at, just the front view of the interior airport. It's a nice architectural design, especially the roof, whereas the columns was like a bunch of concrete tree trunks to me...

Ding's SLEEPY LooK

Feeling so boring, I just took some random pics with my landfill-camera. A few is Ding's sleeping look. Hope he don't mind.
I got so bored, I took a leftover McD tissue paper from my breakfast meal, and I do this...you'll know what I meant when u see this pic below.

the tissue paper and the peN

Finally, it's already time for boarding. We packed our things swiftly and proceed to the departure area. Gulf Air is the airline name. Never heard of it b4 this. An hour later, I think I know the answer fo its non popularity, coz there's damn lots of things to complaint about! The worst of all is the quality of the entertainment system offered. Blurry LCD, faulty headphones (only one side got sound!), and the best part is, there is this constant cracking sound emitting form the headphones! Such a distraction! T.N.S.! Coupled with the narrow range of channels available, with 70% of them are Arabic, there isn't really much to choose from. The HULK seems to be the best, and so I watched, skipped to the next, and rewatch couple of times...till I get totally frustrated with the stupid 'cracking' headphone noise! Shutting the whole thing off out of anger, I took out the same tissue paper I brought from McD, resuming 'the work'.

The plane suCKS!

Another thing that pisses me of is the way some of the passengers are behaving. Since I am seated at the very last seat in the ECONOMY class, where the toilet is a mere 2 feet away, you kind of feel *~stressed~* when some passengers have a habit of NOT closing back the door after their BUSINESS. Things become worse when you're in the middle of having your lunch at your seat! Can you imagine what is my *~fEELinG~* back then? But luckily, there is still this exhaust fan inside the toilet that keeps the SmeLLy air from coming out. But anyway, it really irked me! Can't you ppl have a better toilet manners? K.N.N.!

The last seat next to the TOILET!

Still, there is something to be happy about. At least there is...ahem!.., some beautiful air stewardess around. That's the only consolation I could thought of. There is this funny instance where I was asking for a cup of "Sky Juice" from one air stewardess, and she can't make head or tail of what I am asking for. Then there one of the air stewardess (the prettiest one), explaining to her the meaning of Sky Juice = pure water. I should have said plain water instead.

The pretty air stewardess and the SKY Juice

From what I heard form others and info collection, Bahrain gives me a not so good impression. Desert land, temperatures as high as 50 C is surely a number one turnoff. Besides, the high exchange rate, 1 Bahrain Dinar = 10 RM also mean my wallet has shrunk by a factor of 10. It surely won't be easy...won't be easy...

Bahrain quick facts

The flight was sooOOOOO long, 8 hours to be exact. The feeling is like going on a space vacation form one planet to the other! Just wondering when can I reach the destination...

8 hours! It's like travelling to another pLaNET!

thE attAck of the ReD bomb!

Need I to explain to you what is meant by RED BOMB? It simply a funnier way to mean a wedding invitation card. 'Red' is referring to the color of the card, while 'BoMb' is because the damages it inflicts on the receiver, though not in the form of physical injury of course. The damages will be in...err...well,...financial. For Chinese culture, when we attend a wedding dinner, we are supposed to return the "ang pow" - also a red packet containing $$$, as a gift in return for the favor of the couple inviting you for the dinner.

thE attAck of the ReD bomb!

And the 8th month in the lunar calendar is always the 'preferred' month for most of the Chinese weddings to take place where most of the auspicious dates often drop inside this month. Maybe it's becoz of the "fatt" factor of the 8. Coupled with the Mooncake Festival, the restaurants will be fully booked well ahead in schedule. I've heard stories of couples having to book a year ahead! Since the lunar calendar is normally a month earlier compared with Roman calendar, so it means this peak period you always find it between September and October. Red bombs will be flying around like nobody's business, and many will get hurt. I'm one of them, especially this year. :) I could understand though...coz my batch of friends mostly are at an age where marriage is the 'IN' thing to do!

thE Trending of Red BomB frequency over the year

Well, I can actually sense the 'red Bomb' coming my way somehow or rather. This is especially true when all of a sudden you have got a call or sms or email from a friend that hasn't shown on your phone display for a long time. Ok, Brothers and Sisters out there, I'm not implying anything here, alrite...dun get misunderstood. I feel honored to be invited by you all, and I'm more than happy to attend, but sometimes truth is truth right? So, the moment you read the message or email, where it is written very politely...with all the flowery languages, and all the nice words. But if you really want to see it in an Ultra-Negative way, all the flowery languages will change to this; "I wish you could attend my wedding so you could help me PAY for the dinner!"

I'm getting MArrieD! GiVe Me your ReDpacKET!

Speaking of ang pow, this is the more interesting part. The first question that comes to the mind will be...how much should I put? Well, one thing I can be sure of is...the price is getting higher and higher these days. Of coz the *amount* varies according to the level of friendship or relationship between you and the one inviting you. Not to be forgotten is that it also depends on where the dinner is taking place. You can't expect to get good angpow rates if you're havin it in a village compared to big cities. A table of 10 in a five star hotel ballroom certainly cost more than a grand, while half a grand will suffice for a same table in suburb area. So, the *amount*, you'll have to do the calculation. Considering my current assets and net worth, a 100 bucks packet will put an "Ouch!" in my mouth. Anything greater than that...it'll burn a deep hole in my wallet. And a few of these hole burning exercise in a row, and I'll have to take bread for the remaining days of the month.

how BiG is yourS?

So, when the big day comes, you will dress yourself up smartly for the event, where theoretically, you go there to witness and celebrate that very important moment of your buddy. But I don't know why, through many years of localized culture or whatsoever, the wedding dinner has suddenly become a place for endless "Yum Seng" and crazy "karaOKE-ing" by some. Sometimes, I do think that the real meaning of wedding dinner has gradually lost especially now. I dare to challenge anyone...that half of the attendees do not know or worse still, don't even care about what is happening in the front stage during the ceremonies. What interests them may probably be how the next dish will look like, or they might be busy looking for that bottle of Chivas Regal.

the UnStoPPabLe!

And the worst experience for me is always this...having to endure all those "UnsToPPaBLE" uncles and auntys karaoke-ing the whole night. They'll hold on to the microphone the whole night singing endlessly one song after the other. Things will get even worse when the "Tai Kam Jeh" (emcee for a Chinese wedding) is also of the same gang of karaoke lovers. Then, the whole night changed to a horrible concert venue. Only difference is, you get food served while watching it, and secondly, 99% of the time, the singing skills of them...sigh...let's just skip that part okie? ;)


But at a recent wedding dinner of my ex coursemate in uni time, I still do have to endure these typical moment. Just that this time, I choose to see it in a funnier way to make my day feel better. I was taking a pic of my other coursemates where the LOUD speaker is just inches away from their table. One of them even have to close his ear with hand while posing for the camera! Of coz we didn't talk much on that table...just too difficult to hear what others are saying.

I just can't stand it ANYmore!

I'm not against singing anyway. Just not too much. And just make sure the "standard" is there LAH...That day, there is this one man who had way too much of Chivas Regal, and he started to sing on stage. Oh...I tell you...The out of beat singing, the "super-singing-POSE" of his, and his never ending persistence is really funny to look at. But anyway, everyone had a good laugh that night, and that may be the best part of the performance.

the karaoke POSE!

I really wish that the future wedding dinner I attend will have less of those karaoke-ing. It would surely be better if the emcee focus more on the more important ceremony. One of it is the scene where you get all the relatives of the couple to take a group photo and to toss the champagne together and celebrate. Coz at the end of the day, you're going to a WEDDING DINNER, not a concert, rite?

group PhOTO! YeaH!

The real meaning of Wedding Dinner

p/s:
Congrats to those who is having married these few months. For those wedding dinners that I have attended, hopefully my ReDPacKet is acceptable LaR...

aHa! neW hEadeR!

Finally! I've had finished making myself a new blog header! How do you guys think of it? OK or not? Whatever you said, I think I am not gonna change it anymore for the time being, coz I've already changed the design for many many times. TOO TIRED! But also very challenging at the same time. When I finish it, I feel a lil sense of satisfaction and most importantly...HAPPY. I don't know why. It seems like this feeling is a stranger to me long long time ago. MAybe THIS is really what you call JoB SaTisFactiON, the feeling that I don't seem to find much in my current day job. Is that a sign of anything?

Sure! At least I know I like using Photoshop more than AutoCAD or Solidworks or even AVEVA PDMS! For those who don't know what the heck I'm mumbling about, the few latter names are the software used for producing engineering drawings in 2D and 3D. All of them are much more expensive compared with Photoshop. The first one being 3 times, second one 10 times, and the last one is the king of all kings... a few hundred times the price of photoshop! Can you imagine that???

My process of making this header can be easily summarized as Sketching > Scanning > Coloring > Cropping > Finish! Tata! I would say the hardest part would be the sketching part...coz sometimes, I just don't have the 'correct feel' and 'inspiration' to sketch. Plus, the crazy work schedule and the 'paradise' working environment here, is sure to be a no.1 inspiration kiLLeR. Too much of rubbish thoughts cloGGing my mind. Get OuT, you RuBBish!

mY sKetCh!

ONE: The pic above is the sketch on a paper scanned to photoshop. Very big file I tell you...

Clouds render effect

TWO: Then I try many to make a cloud to add this dramatic feel to it by using clouds on it. Hmm....too many clouds! I try another.

add coLoR to it

THREE: I put the color inside it lor, simple painting and some gradient...But the color choice is not that good this time around. Just seem to be lack of something, or rather too much color I think...oUT!

white background...

FOUR: I removed the cloud and try to make it in white background instead. But the background seems to be just too dirty...so this one is oUT! And the thing that this configuration doesn't seem to 'blend in' with the page background color of #333333 (grey), I gotta omit it liao. Then finally, I tried ThiS.

Finally! Blackboard + Chalk Effect!

FIVE: This! Yeeeeaaaahhh! ;)
The color seems to blend in nicely with the background. For me it reminds me of the blackboard in my primary schOOL. The chalk and board is sOOoo...outdated! But I like it. ☻

This picture down here shows the pic of a person on the planet Jupiter? With the rocket departing...leaving him behind, the sun is made of a large filament bulb, the beautiful mountains and clouds...I think I can't explain to you the meaning of these, coz I myself draw these randomly out of nothing. Sorry bout that.

RockeT, dun Leave me HERE!!!

The second one, I can tell you something. It's a view from the airplane onto the clouds. ImaGinE! Imagine that you could ride on a skateboard and skate ON the clouds, how nice would it be! And imagine you could sit on a giant sized paper plane and go around without having to pump any petrol at RM 2.52 a litre? (heard they dropped it liao to RM 2.42). Imagine...you could lean on the moon curvature, and do some fishing once in a while, imagine... you could go on a trip of 'beanstalk-hiking'...where you can enjoy the superb view when you reached the top. Imagine...imagine...imagine....

I'm On CloUD 9!

Damn! I'm gotta be mad soon imagining these! Gotta stop liao...stop liao...Maybe it's the hangover from last weeks yam SeennnngGG section with my colleagues. (yam seng means cheers / to propose a toast in Cantonese)

Well, I could still accept these kind of 'side effect', at least better than one of my colleague's one. He got so 'hanged', he rammed onto an Estima while driving asleep. Yes, ASLEEP! But lucky for him, he woke up from his SLeeP. Lucky for him. Nevertherless, I will still say this...

Huan! Let's try another round! I'll fetch you home this time around!