weekend at home...

... is something to be cherished.

anyway, this is how much alcohol dad's consumed since gramps left for australia (yes, again)...

this is how much stock he still got... have not include 3x 15yrs glenfiddich (obviously his favourite), i think there's another dimple and martell VSOP and co...

human models~ haih~~ sigh in satisfaction~~

冬至lu~

呼~终于静下来了，好hectic的几天。果然没办法连续超过72小时地拥抱人群呀。。。结果今天一放工就早早跑回家了，明明不该先回的 :P

见到你们真好 :)

再和backpacker接触真好 :)

LL嫁入豪门真好 （哇咔咔，以后破产有人救命~）

看到你们，就会记得最原本的自己呢 :)
而看到Silver仔用手抓食物，开开心心睡阳台的样子，会记得生活其实有多么的简单，会记得刚开始回到现实的时候那种“大家怎么都那么有礼教？”的感觉 ^^

是个虚幻的悠长周末啊~

大家冬至快乐！送上踢足球的毛泽东主席汤圆雪人一个！（复杂咧~）顺便贺圣诞了^^

broga hill take 2

nearly take 3 this morning, turned out that i FFK >_<
thousand appology! ppl in stream and lake, body not from self XP

anyway, lets see pics from the 2nd hike with my beloved siblings~

看那红色蜻蜓停在青青草杆~

when the sun and light is doing magic, there really is not much left to be done ^^


a lalang pretending to be a caterpillar ="=
精神分裂症的lalang ="=

all the way up~~~

my models posting ;P

you jump i jump~

karate kid~


we are the world~

looking back at the first peak. xuan having a rest before attacking the 2nd peak~


finally at the 3rd peak! memo shot ^^ everyone looks tired~

fabulous sunset at the peak :)

journey down hill~

australia has sign boards of kangaroos and koalas, sweden's got moose and reindeers, we have cows~


nite nite~

华丽的一族

连铁平这样优秀的人，都会有忘了自我的时候呢。
承受着巨大的压力和痛苦，就会这样吧。。。为了达成目的，而有点不择手段了。integrity呢？
favco 6 share values 里的第一条 ^^ integrity呢？我也常问自己。问的时候会难过呀。坐在篱笆上的人，integrity会脆弱吧。。。

最后那里，那么努力了还是没办法的话，让自己踏进铁平的靴子里，也唯有做出和他一样的选择吧。在充满了珍贵回忆的、宁静的、大自然的怀抱里，结束一切。
所以，真的没哭，反倒是成了教材，给我好好上了一课，是怪胎还是冷血啊？ ^^

愿有梦想的人都加把劲去追！真的要过得好好的呀！

i'll try.
thanks for the reminders :)

12月

1983年小巷12月晴朗
夜的第七章
打字机继续推向接近事实的那下一行
石楠烟斗的雾
飘向枯萎的树
沉默的对我哭诉。。。

hmm，唱十二月的歌似乎不多啊。这一首也不是 ^^

开钢铁厂的铁平有一个开银行的弟弟叫银平 XD
那个铁厂又把我带回瑞典了呢^^
毕竟在那里参观了欧洲最大的地下铁矿场，又被偷渡进去sandvik钢铁厂的R&D部门，呵呵
能做这些事，算是很称职的materials scientist吧 ^^ *才怪*

有在努力工作啊。努力学习，也努力让身子好好的。
是有为之身，才有机会有为吧 ^^
可是要像在瑞典的时候那样凡事拼到尽，
那也很难了吧。。。
左耳上那颗钛合金耳环，（说了是称职的materials scientist呀~）
说：
一切都结束了，
这两年的一切一切，
要好好记得，
永远记得。。。

心理上是准备结束了，只是有些事好像惯性作用太强了，
停不下来lu~

答应过自己的期限是26吧。backpackers "youth" 和 "adult" 的分水岭。
长大lu~

1983年小巷12月晴朗，
望这个12月也晴朗 :)

没力跟十一月说再见。。。T.T

scattered thoughts about... astro

the sun has just completed 2/3 of its journey, shifting from the equator towards tropic de cancer.

when the sun went to rest this evening, orion lies low on the eastern sky.
the moon, hanging high in mid sky, is half shadowed by the earth.

the dim street infront of my current resident, stretching in the east-west direction, provides a decent venue for star gazing ^^
Hej, orion. it's been a while!
seeing every single member star of it so clear, so unmistakable, conjures a smile onto my face :) it's just like seeing a familiar old friend, of familiar old ways, of familiar old voice, of familiar old smell, of familiar old laughter... 严重恋orion情节。。。

but if meeting orion brings such joy, such delight, please explain why dont i just go and see it every clear and cloudless night? in tropical malaysia, it's right there, hanging low and sweet all year long, no?
hmm, not to be understood XP

found a potential photographer's treasure island - favco factory

(mr. ang, if you are reading, please be so good to jump this coming line)
also found a very innovative way to curi tulang... XD
go down to the production factory for these treasures~

just a couple of snaps from this afternoon. checking Dom's powerpack and wondered how they actualy put a fastener thru the dampener. decided there must be a hole in the middle, decided to go to verify the existance of the imagined hole. hah! it is there! *pretend syok*
love the blueish rays creeping in from the test yard~

also accidentally found out that somehow the door hinges on our powerpack assembly drawings are not tally with the details, therefore affecting the opening radii by... well not much, just a tiny wee bit :P production is ofcoz following the details? the shot is affirmative.

needed a bit more time to better the shot of the hinge. but i suddenly realise that i was really indulging in my hobby during work by then ^^ so there u go, a hinge of nearly focused. adrian newey's loyal student, just cant help to strive for "artisticallity" within engineering >_< wakaka...

fingers got really itchy by then, thought i better go~

should go for a good long photo shooting visit someday. wait til i finish this rework H14T and F4T! mm, main dish on my desktop for the next fortnight.

finally, gotta say this no? well done and congrats on your UPSR little bro! ^_^
and my good little model ^_^

矛盾

矛盾的社会啊。。。
矛盾的你我啊。。。

矛和盾一直拉拉扯扯的，最后到底鹿死谁手呢？
拉扯之间，一不小心重心一偏，又失衡了。。。

若矛能让让盾，
或盾能让让矛，
成为“只有一面盾刺不穿”或“只有一柄矛没法挡”不就得了吗？
成！
本来让矛胜嘛，没什么大不了，
让盾胜嘛，也没什么大不了。
但偏偏就因为不知道矛胜了比较好，还是盾胜了比较好，
为了怕犯这一点错，
就只好继续矛盾下去。。。

对吗？

啊~

续《冰点》和《kite runner》之后的另一本好书啊T.T
classics果然是不一样T.T 让人感觉其它书看了都是在浪费时间。。。。（作者们抱歉了，给你们鞠躬Orz）
怎么小时候看完全没有这样的震撼和共鸣啊？
有人猜到吗？上个post的第一本书^^

慢慢看，慢慢看~希望会继续感动 :)

a lot of unorganized thoughts wei

engrossing in the routineness of life ^^
kick me~
really, sometimes it's nice to have the settling feeling. if you know wot i mean. otherwise, try sleeping on 15 different beds in a month. then you might know wot i mean ^^

farewelling a few from favco, all the best yo.

looking forward to the return of a few jedis ^^ the one finally homecoming from the land of long white clouds; the one who's already planning to cause food shortage in malaysia; and the one and only who's sooo high profile her return is making me plan to take leave already XD
ak, it's that time of the year already. news from up above says temperature in sweden's been dipping. eddie's going to shenyang somemore XD cold die~

mm, time for housekeeping.

to end this post, allow me to quote two lines from the two books i picked up this wk.
one is:
"当你凝视夜空中几颗疏稀的寒星时，你会感到一种孤独凄清的气氛吧？于是，你觉得月亮的温和可亲了；可是，在你寂寞的心灵中，也许又会神往太阳光辉的照临"
guess which famous book is it? ^^

another one is actually from the 2nd book's author's biography:
"。。。于吉隆坡马路沟渠，日本温泉，西藏雪域，台湾田野等地方间奔波。终究只觉得自己和世界一样，渐渐失去重心。该干脆与世无争，却流连风花雪月，也醉心贪嗔痴狂。所以独爱文字，因为他们助人把脚站稳。"
该干脆与世无争，却流连风花雪月，也醉心贪嗔痴狂。。。
haiz~ *苦笑* ^^

lalala~

more cold apples :)

ish, today even worse, faulty load sensing line, data fedback not processed XD
only the last ball was alright i suppose...? ^^

still, endorphin makes everything won~der~ful~~ won~der~ful~~ weee~~~~
which gland produce endorphin de ah? i shall get mine checked.

and yup, you are right, futsal again ^^

sweet november

by keanu reeves. used to be LL's favourite movie? ^^

hm.... why do all the months have exactly opposite moods when you live them in Malaysia vs. in Sweden? november used to trigger titles like "november rain"...

for the past two years, september had been wonderful. it's the mushroom month, where smurf houses of all designs and colours mushroom out in the wild. it's the month when the woods are at their prime, so brilliantly colourful under the setting sun. when temperature hangs at the comfortable late-teens, and people beautiful from the active summer ^^

while september this year is concluded by one sentence from zyan: "wake me up when september is over". simply dreadful XD

our 7-week-semester system in chalmers means october comes along with the pressure of project due dates and exams. definitely a grumpy month. as the emotion of being away from home catches up after the hype of september.

october this yr... ehe... go read my futsal post XD
nah, at least things are more settled. i'm happy enough :)

the nordic/english november is well-known for its magic to bring depression to a climax. sweden will be loosing daylight every single passed day, desperate rain drizzling non-stop, draining and freezing my lifeliness along. so? replanish with alcohol la~~ XD

four days into this month and it seems healthy enough ^^ hope the trend continues ^^

话说。。。it's thursday again

and thursday has very recently become futsal day ^^

oh~ ppl on the pitch are not that scary any more~ (though still a bit bit scary)
and i still play crap ofcoz~ having demonstrated it personally, now i understand how they miss a header a yard infront of an open goal~ XD

cramp.... again.

cold apple tastes good~
especially good after futsal~
everything is wonderful after futsal~~~
yang will tell you it's highly excessive endorphin working~~~~~
who needs marijuana~~~~~
weeeee~~~~~~

ak, there are a couple of pics from daily life. life is beautiful indeed ^^ shall take more pics! (that's endorphin loaded me again...)

weeds ^_^
在家后面小径旁的一个屋顶。妈妈发现的。
不是被唾弃的东西吗？
换个角度就看到了它的美 :)

golden bumblebee~
在踏着被路灯拉长的影子而归的时候 ^^ (macam ini pun boleh jadi running gag ah?)
hor, go buy 4D

satiation

mom's gonna kill me but FUTSAL ROCKS!

how wonderful it is when you dun have to ask others to fly on the pitch on your behalf...
^_^

it was a fine afternoon and the tedious BOM transfer process was suffocating me and i thought i might as well go run myself sampai putus nafas (against mom's wishes in my best interest, i should add). so i went.

warming up in the net-enclosed pitch has already gave me the redbull effect.
erm... in case anyone needs a reminder, redbull give you wings.

play starts.
fly~~~

the feeling everytime i got the ball was like... eh? how come there's a homo sapiens closing in on me?
help!!! XD
so you can imagine i am really crappy XD the last time i actually played a game was with the eight-country-link-army made up of iraqi, afghans, palestinians, egyptians and our neighbouring indonesians (yeah i know, even with me, a malaysian in, there are still only 6 countries). and that was in May last yr...
and then it was me and my ball and the ever companionable walls of motionhall since.
told u i'm a hermit. (read the last post if you are missing something)
for christ's sake.

and somehow, it was the very first time i see a dear friend play. teo is indeed good :)
i myself played until my legs gave up and gone cramp. even driving home switching feet on the throttle and brake was fun ^^
no dad, pls dont yell...

girls, pls dont yell oso... come back we go basketball ^^

people

once upon a time, woei said: "people are very important, very important"

so important that she had to repeat how important it is.
well, as important as i agree they are, they tend to give headaches.

in malaysia, it is quite impossible to get into hermit state... especially when one starts working again. especially especially when one rejoins her ex-company...
where the reason again lies within people.
kinda miss sweden for this matter.

as dad would like me to put it, in the evening, when i leave office and 踏着自己被街灯拉长的影子而归 (only sometimes, right? other times are pulled by the setting sun), i go back to a place they call... hostel.
i call it sanctuary myself.
housemate 家荣 is a nice and quiet guy. leave early every morning and back late in the night. the only time he would knock on my door is when he comes and ask if i would join him for dinner.
a non-intrusive housemate is an essential part of a sanctuary ^_^

in sweden, among the immigrants like myself, we have this sentence that popped up quite a few times already in my short stay there. it reads:
"sorry for not respecting your privacy the swedish way..."

it is used when some iranian got ur phone number from someone else;
when some spaniard is enquiring something very general about your family;
when some chinese has just found out that you have not signed up for a group project and offers you to join their group.
which are all perfectly normal in our beloved malaysian society, and societies outside sweden (and other scandinavian countries for that matter), i suppose?

which i'm somehow not used to. after living it for more than 20 yrs.

collectivistic culture...
="=|||

i've been on total freedom for a little bit too long XP

working on it...
working on it...

random

half way thru october and the sun slowly moves away from the equinox position. miss 见光死, that is, I, am feeling happy about it. it means leaving office at 6.50pm will be a good time to witness a colourful sunset.

gaining immunity to UV, especially after the company treasure hunt. got a shade darker, and that renders me no more allergic reaction since the one i got from the hunt faded away :)

pictures from the hunt shot by my nikon coolpix L15 are trapped in it, since i wasnt using the memory card and the camera cable is lost somewhere between eastern equatorial malaysia and western arctical sweden. beat that.

borrow a few pics from everywhere else for illustration purpose ba.



ok, still unable to upload pics... ="=

broga hill wf dad and bros finally here~

i see red,
i see blue...

but the silver lining gradually takes over...

the lalang from lalang hill

N/A w/o title as per SOP

one (probably not sufficiently good) reason i like to stay back in the office til late, is the one minute solitary walk from the guard house to where my golden bumblebee is parked. the lack of homo sapiens existance; the street lamp which had already gone off twice when i was walking pass; flocks of birds hanging out on the trees by the road; the factory opposite emitting the only audible sound along with a distinguishable chemical smell; and when it's the right time in the month, the moon will be hanging accompanied by a few startlets.

lily strongly warned me against writing anything work related. in case a certain mr. ang drops by.
oops.
nah, i could just do it in chinese...