[E]ccentric

As promised, I will post on my trip back to Penang during the CNY holidays... soon.

This space will be updated =P.

CNY COOKIES AND SNACKS. 50% of my days consisted of me consuming these. I ate at least half of what was inside each and every container

CNY begins. So does the photography. Me and my sister Su-Lin.

My other sister, her twin, Su-Ann.

All the cousins from my dad's side.

The process. This is what happens every first day of Chinese New Year. My dad's side of the family will cook up this really huge dinner for the family ranging from my grandmother (dad's side) to her grandchildren. Preparation of the dinner takes from after lunch time till about 7. So it's around.. 4 hours?

The dishes are nearly the same every year except for 1 or 2 changes but we never get tired of it. It only happens once a year after all, and it's sort of like a tradition.

The dinner, but only half the dishes are here. This photo was taken before they finished setting everything so not all the food is here. Some of it was passed around too instead of being put onto the table.

Picture with my parents before dinner.

A view of the famous pagoda from my grandmom's (dad's side) house. It looks much bigger and stunning in person. My family actually planned to climb it during one of the nights during our stay in Penang but as usual, we were too busy with visiting, dinners, family plans and etc. Oh well, maybe next time. After dilly dallying around till 11 at night, we decided to get some supper.

View of the pagoda on the way to supper. When you go to Penang, you need to have supper. Every night. Because in Penang, any food is good food. So we just walked downtown and...

Picture with my grandma. Happy Birthday AhMa !!

Yea, you can totally see the redness of my face.

The whole of my dad's side together in one family photo =).

Finally,

The side effects of drinking too FAST. Yes, not too much, but too FAST. I can still remember my dad's words ,"Drink faster la ! Gulp somemore la ! Think you so clever" echoing in my head as I vomited in the toilet later that night. LOL

Well that's about my whole trip illustrated with pictures. There's actually more to it la but these are the more interesting bits.

YES, I FINALLY UPDATED ON SOMETHING. HAHA. YESS

Yea yea, I know I took long to do it. But I still did. Who are you to judge me? It's like my cousin says...

I just realized that I didn't blog anything for the the whole of February !

I'm a realist.

But I seem to find the results of Love Calculators and Palmistry more and more true as time passes by.

Rest in Peace.

Published: Sunday January 17, 2010 MYT 12:08:00 PM
Updated: Sunday January 17, 2010 MYT 8:45:43 PM

Four students missing in boat mishap (Update 2)

GEORGETOWN: The body of one of the five Chung Ling High School students, who went missing after their boat capsized in strong waves off Macallum Street Ghaut here, has been found.

Rescue workers found the body at 2.45pm on Sunday, believed to be that of Jason Ch'ng.

According to George Town acting OCPD Supt Gan Kong Meng, Ch’ng’s body was found under a boat not far from the shore.

Earlier, the body of their teacher Chin Aik Siang, 27, who was the school’s dragon boat team advisor, was found at about 11am.

A total of 17 students, aged between 16 and 17 years, and their teacher-cum-coach were training for a dragon boat race when the incident occurred at about 9am on Sunday just as the team was doing the final lap before returning to the shore.

The boat capsized when the students were doing a sharp manoeuvre, which hit a tug boat.

It is believed that strong currents had pulled the students into the water.

Twelve other students however managed to swim to the shore.

Some of them swam about 1km while some were rescued by two passing fishing boats.

A search and rescue operation has been mounted by the police, the Fire and Rescue Department and the Civil Defence Department.

The sunken boat has been recovered and towed to the shore.

Meanwhile, parents of the missing students are keeping a vigil near the scene.

Many of them were seen weeping openly and are being consoled by their relatives.

Those missing have been identified as Brandon Yeoh, Jason Ch’ng, Koh Yiz Hiang, Cheah Zi Jun, all 17, and Yong Xiang, 16.

It is learnt that some of the 17 students were not wearing life jackets.

It is learnt that the teacher Chin had only been recently appointed to the post.

He had been teaching science and mathematics for the past two years.

His body was sent to the Penang Hospital for post-mortem.

Meanwhile, Kuah Zi Xun, 17, who swam to the shore, said the strong current pulled down the students.

“Some of the who were wearing life jackets were also pulled down. I hope all my friends are safe,” he said.

Currently, more than 100 personnel from St John Ambulance, Rela, Penang Hospital, volunteer firefighters and divers from the Fire and Rescue Services department are involved in the search operations.

Penang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Wira Ayub Yaakob told a press conference that the incident occurred about 150m from the shore.

“We are still investigating how many of them were wearing life jackets,” he said.

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Interactor Brandon Yeoh from CLHS, Penang. Fellow DIC attendee, fellow interactor, dear friend.

I pray you are safe. Come back to us. Stop playing with water and come back to play viwawa with me. I haven't gotten to know you enough. I haven't gone out with you like that time you came to KL. I haven't seen you enough in sarung.

I am praying for you.

- Adrian and Interactors of SMKDJ

Happy New Year to all !

Sometimes, all I want for Christmas is to be able to just stand in a field of snow and just watch the stars as the snow falls down. Breathing in the cool and fresh air. Clearing any thoughts in my head.