tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171302072024-03-24T02:33:10.913+08:00MADisON_veloCITYwhat I face everyday.....
..to be a man of tomorrowAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.comBlogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-4992766477195320002012-10-12T08:39:00.002+08:002012-10-12T08:39:43.306+08:00How "Turning A Blind Eye" Gets Its Meaning
Last week, I was doing my shopping as usual. I would look around at the home improvement department while my wife will shop for our grocery. Soon, we met up at the washing detergent area. They were doing a promotion item on one of the dish washing liquid. My wife chose the fragrance while I look for cheaper alternative than the one she was about to buy. You see, I don't mind spending less on Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-18317155935996512882012-08-20T13:37:00.001+08:002012-10-12T08:40:42.185+08:00Blowing Water
It's been quite a while since I last blog. Married life do take some of your free time I guess. Having said that, working has been quite hectic since. Furthermore, weekend is like a attending living skill (Kemahiran Hidup) classes. Ever since we moved into our new house, both Han Ching and I has been spending time on decorating the house. Furniture was one by one bought and moved in since last Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-64032402040347665322012-06-22T18:50:00.001+08:002012-06-25T08:05:21.634+08:00Finding Honey on The Moon
When it comes to money talk, everyone will have all the reason to support his/her spending. The issue of spending a huge amount on the car registration plate number has been hogging the limelight recently. I guess even if the winning bid was won by any rich business man, people will still talk about it. The fact that we are bickering on other people's spending is purely down to one word.
Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-37090030897399913072012-04-12T07:24:00.002+08:002012-04-12T07:25:40.448+08:00Malacca - Admiral Cheng Ho Visit
My best friend registered his marriage last year. Just one day before my marriage registration. Ironically, my wedding ceremony is just one day earlier than him. So when I got to know that we won't be able to attend each others wedding ceremony I was a bit disappointed that I can't be his true brother (fist hits 3 times on the chest) on his big day. But after sharing our own story on the actualAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-5989158471449276232012-03-17T23:43:00.058+08:002012-03-29T07:41:07.167+08:00Pearl Of The Orient
For the first time, I get to travel with my sister-in-law, my brother and her parents from Hong Kong. I think my brother was jumping for joy for this trip after spending most of his time abroad. Actually, they were here back in August last year to attend my eldest brother wedding. Well, Penang of course is the favourite choice of destination for Hong Kong people and also the obvious choice Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-85149724996958003062012-01-16T18:24:00.003+08:002012-01-17T08:31:13.888+08:00Bapak Tarakan
When I was posted to Tarakan, never had I heard of this name in Indonesia before. But a Google on the web, I noted that Tarakan to be a significant name for Word War 2 history. It all started here. So, how on earth a small island like this can garner so much attention from the Japanese invasion?
The Japanese wanted Tarakan for two reasons: a rich oil field and as a strategic air base from whichAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-3687722115416333352011-12-12T08:52:00.001+08:002011-12-12T08:52:49.381+08:00My First Building As An Engineer
As an engineer, nothing is as proud as designing your own first building. When I first started working, never crossed my mind that I will be getting the chance of designing a building. Though not that fancy multi-storey skyscraper, but to be able to have a building under your name is already quite a remarkable platform to me personally.
I posted so many pictures with the iconic buildings Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-90009765604514479572011-12-01T08:29:00.001+08:002011-12-01T08:30:37.533+08:00Sitiawan - Swiflet City & The Venice Of Perak
Since Han Ching moved to her new job, she gets to travel more on local scene. Though this time is not China, Pakistan, Indonesia or Thailand on wings but instead Perak, Penang, Johor, and Selangor on wheels. As I still have leave to clear from last year and after a hectic an d sleepless month working for ironically a project in Perak, I was surprised to go back to the town where this project wasAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-71904550906698552892011-11-16T19:45:00.000+08:002011-11-16T19:45:26.081+08:00The Day 1 Million Youngsters Spoilt My Company Event
Company event was something which I always perceive as an event where the whole company goes out for a little get-together. I always into the idea of going out traveling. I missed the last time the company went for a holiday trip to Melaka as I was in Middle East posting.
I've seen company going for a Mount Kinabalu hike. Angkor Wat trip. Though it is something to be jealous of, but sometimes Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-81474016335723833492011-11-10T08:21:00.001+08:002011-11-10T08:23:11.802+08:00Triple Tap - Are You Ready?Angry with tight dateline?
Fed up with paper jam?
Run out of tissue paper in the pantry?
ARE YOU READY????To vent out your anger after a tough working day?
Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-42339025794584091142011-11-05T21:02:00.000+08:002011-11-05T21:02:23.263+08:00Queenstown - No Kings Land
Finally, I reached the last day of my tour in South Island New Zealand. The town where we stayed, Queenstown sits on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by the Southern Alps. The beautiful view is enough reason to spend time in Queenstown if you choose not to do anything else and since we still had hours before our flight back to Auckland, we took a stroll around.
The town centre Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-8459944003640597272011-10-31T08:16:00.002+08:002011-11-01T18:27:34.627+08:00Queenstown - In Ferg We Trust
When I ordered my burger, the cashier was asked for my name. I was dumbfounded. Why would you need to tell your name when you purchase any food?
“Huh, why you need my name?,” I asked the cashier.
She was even more taken aback than me.
“Au Yong. A-U- Y-O-N-G,” I replied after being given the nudge from Han Ching signaling me to just do what she asked.
(Few hours before that)
“F**k burger, Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-39647204425885228952011-10-26T12:53:00.004+08:002011-10-28T08:02:37.042+08:00Milford Sound - Doesn't Sounds Right For My Tummy
That morning we woke up quite early. We were (well I was) afraid that we will miss the bus. We abandoned our car trip because the road leading to there was quite dangerous. We were warned by Han Ching’s uncle and aunt on the danger of driving to Milford Sound. Well, going to New Zealand in the wake of the earthquake disaster in Christchurch has been dealt with unwelcome dissuasion from our peersAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-75764044807632722982011-10-16T11:25:00.001+08:002011-10-16T11:26:13.631+08:00Queenstown - Thanks Steve & Our "Jobs"People tend to get bored nowadays in their jobs place. Jobs has become part and parcel of our live. No jobs, no money, no honey and no travel. We all should be blessed that we get to travel to other countries as such a young age. I look at all the generations before me that the furthest they may go when they were my age was just Singapore. And that’s too by bus and not by plane.
Air ticket wasAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-17260945190818986652011-10-08T22:19:00.001+08:002011-10-08T22:21:26.511+08:00The Day My Garmin Failed In Puzzling World
After spending another night at Fox Glacier, we had enough of other guests cooking antics in our lodge. Basically it was a cheap place to stay. But the way they prepared their dinner does not reflect a budget type of lifestyle. Imagine that someone can have the luxury of heating their plate in the oven before putting their “main course” on it. The next day, we started our journey down south to Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-69235930198945737692011-10-06T17:02:00.002+08:002011-10-06T20:07:02.284+08:00Potong Glacier!
When I was six years old, I used to watch the drama series like Knight Rider, A-Team, Mission Impossible and the one that I would like to take mention here, Air Wolf. The opening theme of the Airwolf still stucked in my memory that I hummed the music when I was about taking my first helicopter ride. Flying between an airplane and helicopter is quite a bit different feeling. In a chopper, you Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-80664195591358332392011-09-08T07:58:00.000+08:002011-09-08T07:58:14.855+08:00My Ice Hoki Date
The next morning, we started our journey very early. We need to get to Fox Glacier. That’s like 260km away and we need to get there early for the registration for our glacier hike. It was dark and rainy. Just like the day before. Cold and strong wind burnt up all the heat generated from our warm breakfast we ate earlier on. Leftover sausages from yesterday dinner. Sighed. The journey was slow Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com4Fox Glacier 7886, New Zealand-43.4644799 170.0175878-43.556677900000004 169.8596593 -43.3722819 170.1755163tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-77292394399788315842011-08-05T15:10:00.017+08:002011-08-11T07:26:31.407+08:00I Met A Guy Called Arthur TodayWhen I woke up the next morning, I opened my eye. Took a deep breath. Rubbed my eyes. I was still alive and had not gone to heaven as claimed by the previous guest here. I opened the curtain and found cars were starting to gain in number on the once quiet highway the day before. As we couldn’t find any grocery shops nearby yesterday, we decided to order a specially made breakfast from the owner Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-75466888709578883422011-08-01T08:18:00.019+08:002011-08-05T14:38:25.528+08:00Springfield - Land Of Homer Simpson
Today mark the last day of us in North Island before we head our journey to South Island on our own. After all the driving tips (apparently, they have this weird ‘give way’ rule that normally will get you killed in Malaysia) and how to use ATM debit card in NZ, it’s time to say goodbye to our stay in Hamilton.
Translated International Driving License – checked
Han Ling’s debit card – Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-33218019288720156372011-07-19T07:57:00.003+08:002011-07-19T08:05:52.649+08:00Bay Of Plenty Good View
If you thought smelly bean curd at Hong Kong is smelly, wait till you spend a night at Rotorua. It bring back memory of those chemistry classes I attended in the secondary school where you mixed two liquid and get the by product that emits rotten egg smell. And you thought the student besides you just farted.
Well, most of our closed friends and families are a bit concerned when we decided to Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-23613349065044666262011-07-08T08:12:00.004+08:002011-07-14T08:07:58.835+08:00Rotorua - Land Of The Rotten Egg Smell
The first instant impression when we landed in Auckland Airport was... The blue color of the sky and green color of the grass were separated finely by the thin horizon in between. Han Ching and I were captivated on our way to Han Ching’s sister and brother in law home at Hamilton in their newly bought car. So new that they only got the car key hours ahead of our arrival. Nope. Not that they Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-16082403360421320512011-06-30T08:04:00.002+08:002011-06-30T08:05:38.111+08:00New Zealand - The Zeal Of A Couple
Free return flight to NZ courtesy of Han Ching's Enrich Card.
Earthquake in Christchurch.
Hotel booked has no power and water.
Non-essential flight warning to Christchurch.
Itinerary has to be changed.
Family members are worried.
Han Ching's sister in NZ gave 100% assurance.
Driving alone on unfamiliar road.
Happy ending or worst trip?
Coming up next...
Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-6992072669343098742011-06-28T07:57:00.002+08:002011-06-30T07:48:53.768+08:00Food T(r)ail Of Feline City - Eating Out In KuchingSo, what food you need to try in Sarawak?
1. Sarawak Laksa at Chong Choon Café at Abell Street
Sarawak laksa is a bit different from the asam laksa in Penang. Here, they put lots of pepper into it. I guess the famous place to get it is at Chong Choon Café. The locals like here as well. At Chong Choon Café, you can try their toast as well. Thumbs up for me. As for the Kolo Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-41780079334350564382011-06-23T07:44:00.003+08:002011-06-27T08:29:24.038+08:00Miao Miao Trip - A Noon In The Museum
Woke up in the early morning on my last day only to find a ticket on my windscreen. It’s just like entering the office after one week posting only to know your colleague is leaving. Shoot. Offence? Parked at a restricted area without displaying parking coupon.
Luckily the penalty was not that pricey as it caused only a few bucks. Well, my girlfriend gave me the Chinese proverbs thingy again, Au Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17130207.post-54667867924922064662011-06-09T21:20:00.005+08:002011-06-10T08:02:03.959+08:00Bako National Park – On Stranger’s Tide
After visiting the Sarawak Cultural Village, there was no longer anything interesting about Kuching unless you take a flight to Mulu Caves which is a World Heritage site. We found that to be time consuming. Therefore, I decided to go to this Bako National Park with hope that it will offer me some greenery moment like my previous trip to Taman Negara and Kinabalu National Park. Upon reaching theAu Yonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487558807525115305noreply@blogger.com0