Happy New Year 2012

Hey there you guys out there. Its 31^st December 2011 and it’s the last day of the year and tmr will be the entering of the new year 2012. Here by I wish u all readers out there a very wonderful new year 2012 and may the year of 2012 is nothing but fantastic year to all of you,..

Salam Sejahtera, dan salam 1 Malaysia kepada anda semua. Ramai yang mungkin tertanya Tanya kenapa tetiba sahaja penulisan blog ini bertukar kepada bahasa melayu. Seperti biasa, tiada apa-apa sebab yang istimewa, cuma terasa terlalu lama tidak menggunakan Bahasa Melayu untuk bertulis. Penulisan Blog kali ini adalah untuk memperbincangkan tahun baru 2012 yang bakal tiba tepat pada jam 12 tengah malam nanti.

Eddie pasti, ramai yang sedang khusyuk meraikan ketibaan tahun baru 2012 sama ada dengan ahli keluarga mahupun dengan sahabat handai. Pesta dan parti di merata tempat sememangnya menjadikan ia satu keraikan yang begitu menarik. apa yang ditunggu-tunggukan cumalah detik ‘countdown’ dimana semua akan bersama-sama mengira ketibaan tahun baru 2012 nanti. Yang pasti tempat-tempat yang agak meriah semestinya mempunyai persembahan bunga api apabila jam menunjukkan tepat 12 tengah malam nanti. Eddie berharap agar semua yang berada di luar sana dapatlah menyaksikan serta menghayati bunga-bunga api yang cantik yang dilepaskan ke udara.

Sigh~~ terdapat ramai orang yang akan meraikan ketibaan tahun baru 2012 namun Eddie di sini keseorangan di biliknya sambil menulis Blognya. Bukanlah kerana Eddie kasihan, cuma kini diriku yang berada di kampung halamanku ‘Teluk Intan’ dan sememangnya Bandar kecil ini tidaklah seriuh kalau dibandingkan dengan Bandar-bandar besar seperti Kuala Lumpur atau pun Pulau Pinang. Eddie juga berharap pada masa hadapan, Eddie dapat meraikan ketibaan tahun baru seperti insan yang lain. Kalau boleh, alangkah eloknya kalau dapat meraikannya dengan pasangan tersayang (walaupun kini masih tiada) dimana kami berkucupan sejurus tibanya tahun baru. Wah, alangkah romantisnya dan saya yakin ini akan mendorongkepada aktiviti yang seterusnya (hmm hmm hmm).. apa yang korang pikir??.. aktiviti seterusnya adalah sesi minum minum teh ataupun kopi lah~~ (hahaha)

Tahun 2011 sememangnya berlalu dengan pantas dan ia terasa seperti semalam sahaja dimana tahun 2010 baru berakhir. Inilah hakikatnya, masa memang berlalu sekelip mata sahaja. Tahun ini, banyak perkara yang telah terjadi pada diriku sendiri. Ada yang suka dan ada yang duka. Namun, Eddie terasa bersyukur kerana sekali lagi Eddie selamat mengharungi satu lagi tahun yang begitu bermakna ini. Yang penting, semua yang terjadi mahupun baik atau buruk dijadikan pedoman serta pengajaran dalam hidup Eddie. Bak kata pepatah buang yang keruh, ambil yang jernih.

Baiklah, Blog kali ini telah pun sampai ke penghujungnya. Entahlah, terasa bahasa eddie telah merosot setelah sekian lama tidak menggunakannya. Mungkin ianya sudah mula berkarat.haha.. kata akhir dari diriku, selamat menyambut tahun baru 2012 kepada semua rakan rakan dan semoga ianya adalah satu tahun yang lebih baik dari tahun tahun yang sebelumnya. CHEERS!!!!!

Happy New Year 2012 To All Of You !!!

Xmas eve Road trip..

Hey people, its Christmas Eve today and I’m back in my hometown Teluk Intan. It was a very good day for me and my two friend (Ramesh and Alex) as we had our time killing our bored Christmas Eve. Haha. Suppose we plan to head south to Kuala Selangor to visit the small town, then maybe drop by Sekinchan for their seafood. Anyway, it was a rainy morning but with our determination, the rain never stopped us. Hehe.. well… we started off to Hutan Melintang and had our breakfast there. While we were having our breakfast, we thought a rainy day will just make out trip to K.Selangor a little ‘potong stim’ so we came out with a crazy idea, where we to go all the way north for a hotspring experience. Hell yeah, it was a good idea. After all, a dip in the hot spring would be awesome during rainy season though. Hehe.

Ramesh & Alex :)

inside the car

So, we decided going to Sungai Klah, Sungkai, a small town not far away from Bidor town. I would say the place its worth a visit. Although the rain stopped, still we enjoyed every bit of it. Maybe it’s a weekend, so when we arrive, there were a lot of people there. And its kinda crowded all over the place. Haha. But still as I were saying, we enjoyed every bit of it. The warm water really relaxed us and we did went to the cold water pool as well.. for a second, we turned into little kids again as we slide down the water slide at the pool. Smashing! Hehe.. we spent almost 2 hours in Sg. Klah due to the crazy crowd, we decided heading to somewhere else. There were so many people that we don’t even has chance to boil our eggs we brought in earlier. (sad ~~)  ..

Rajah Brooke Butterfly at Kuala Woh

Then.. guess what? We headed to Tapah, another town in Perak state for ‘Banana Leaf curry rice’. That time was already almost 3pm and the shop actually had nothing left. However, we still enjoy the food to the max. (lol, maybe its coz we’re hungry that time). And after our late lunch, we went to Hutan Lipur Kuala Woh Waterfall area where it is one of the well-known waterfall site In Perak. Suppose we planned to dip ourselves in the icy cool waterfall but the water level its kinda low therefore it kills our desire. But still we enjoyed the amazing scenery and fresh air surrounded by tress and water. Hmm.. I surely will go there again sometime as the environment there is just superbly awesome. Trust me.. go have a look for yourself and u will know what I mean.

Its time to head back to home.. but there is one more place to go before we actually reached Teluk Intan, we stopped for a refreshing coconut drink at a small stall just on the road side near a junction of Sungai Manik and Chenderong Balai [(4.121582,101.122026) the code in the google map where u can specifically found the stall]. After the drink, we finally satisfy with the final rep and headed back home. We surely had our Xmas eve filled with satisfaction. Haha

Last but not least, I would like to wish all of you out there a Very Merry Christmas and May all your wishes come true as Santa knows that all of you has been a very good boys and girls. As for myself.. I want nothing other than each and every person out there to be happy and to be safe all the time. I’ll see you guys again in the next post ok guys? Hahahaha.. HO HO HO.. Merry Christmas!!!  

Winter Solstice ?? Tong Yuen Day??

Oh, its been awhile since the last blog i posted. today is 22nd Dec 2011 (Thursday) and guess what? its Winter Solstice festival. i understand that during this festival the Sunshine will be on its weakest and the shortest daylight ever of the year. Haha.. i read it somewhere in wikipedia though.

So, its TongYuen Festival and i got no idea it was until i saw alot of posts posted in FaceBook. lol, a lot of ppl posting out the pictures of the TongYuen they had. some are self made, some they bought from shops. they all seems so into the festival and posting status on how delicious and how happy they are having TongYuen to eat. well, i am happy for them too. after all, eating TongYuen indicates a person growing up and also it brings togetherness. Unfortunate to me, i never had the chance to taste a single biji of the TongYuen. although i am not a fan of TongYuen still i wish i could at least try and feel the hype right? after all, its the chinese tradition that has been passed down for years. or in this case, for decades. haha.

well, i guess i got nothing much to say anymore.. its a sudden and random topic to write though. So, here am i wishing all of you out there a very wonderful Winter Solstice Festival!!! oh ya... Christmas is around the corner by the way... i am sure a lot of ppl out there started preparing for the celebration. as for myself... i guess it will be a lonely Christmas. -Eddie-

White Water Rafting

I am a RAFTER!!! WOOHOOO

On a very fine Friday morning (7.10.11), I went for water rafting in Gopeng. That day was actually an outing for the tourist guide trainees. So, the trainer decided to bring the trainees for an outing in Gopeng. It is one of the learning processes through the course. So, I as the employee of the institute and a senior to the trainees have to go and monitor them. (the truth is I am there becoming bzbody)..
Well, we started our journey from Ipoh to Gopeng. And we had our breakfast in one of the famous yong tau fu noodle coffeeshop there (opposite RHB bank in Gopeng). After our breakfast, we went straight to the office in Gopeng which in charge of our water rafting activity for that day. For your information, we’re taking the services from ‘Adeline’s rest house’. They provide ‘back-to-nature’ activities and also accommodation. It’s so suitable for those nature lovers that love outdoor extreme activities. For more information, kindly visit their websites in http://www.rumahrehatadeline.com/ . Other than water rafting, they also provide a lot of activities such as waterfall abseiling, jungle trekking, paintball, caving and so on.

So, back to our journey, we were brought to ‘Adeline rest house’ using a lorry. Our vehicles were left at the office earlier and we took a lorry up to the hill. It was one hell of an experience, standing behind the moving lorry and enjoying the scenery of the village and the hills. It’s just so wonderful and it really took our minds off from the busy city life. The air is just so freaking fresh. And guess what, Gopeng indeed has a lot of ‘durian’ trees. Lol.

After we reached to the expected destination, we started to get ready and headed to the equipment place where we were given our life-jacket, helmet, and the paddle. At the same time, we were taught on the safety and briefing throughout the water rafting journey later. And yeah!! We’re ready to go.!!

Amri, Ezmal and ME!!

The whole rafting journey took about one and a half hour. 7 KM raft. And its only a Grade 1 rafting. Compare to what I did back in year 2010 in Padas, Sabah, the rafting level was up to Grade 3-4. Anyway, it was just as fun as I expected. After all, it’s my 1^st time doing this activity in PERAK. I’m proud enough because Perak state has the potential to conduct such extreme activities. Throughout the 7 KM journey, I couldn't describe it. it was just so exiting and adrenaline rushing. Well, u can just look at my pictures and u can feel the hype too. The water was cold and clear, the weather is perfect. It’s just so awesome. To look at the video, pls do go to https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150355462508979, :) 

So, when the journey almost came to the end, we were asked to body raft till the finishing point. Haha. We were once again brought back to ‘Adeline rest house’ and after cleaning ourselves up, we had our lunch there. And I am telling u guys out there, the foods were extra delicious. What I like about here is that, it requires tourist to wash their own plates and cups after using it. How smart. Hehe. So, that’s about it a short description bout my journey for water rafting. I definitely will go again and hopefully you all too will come and try for yourselves.  

~~ Its Over ~~ Yeah

Hello guys, its almost the end of August and Raya celebration is just around the corner. Anyway, today I just wanna crap something. There might be something that I never mentioned before. I took my Tourist Guide License Course. YUP, thats right, Tourist Guide. Being a Tourist Guide was never my aims but it will never be a waste to owned one additional skill either. Anyway, I have been working as an admin officer in GIT Academy Sdn Bhd (IPOH) since March 2011. So, apart from working here.. this is the place where I took my TG course as well…  it all make sense right? I work here, might as well I took a course here. After all, its just another additional skill that I am gaining.

I started the course in March and I am really glad as apart from learning new stuff every day, I also met new friends and formed a very good friendship among them. The almost five months’ course duration ain’t a waste as I learnt more about tourism industry. I realize that what I have learn during my Uni it’s just a very small portion of the whole tourism industry, Anyway, the course finally over and there will be no more classes for us. Sometimes it felt a little different when u no longer has to attend classes.

During my Coach Examination

On the 16^th August 2011, we had our written examination followed by the practical examination on the 22^nd August 2011. Both examinations were very important to us as whether we “eat rice or eat porridge” (Chinese idiom) depend on these examinations. During our last day of examination, mix feelings of excitement, nervous, happy and sadness all occurred at the same time. It was truly a memorable day to remember for all of us. Hence, all our hard work had comes to an end.

To all fellow GIT Ipoh trainees batch 2/2011, I wish all of u the best and hopefully we pass the exam brilliantly. And what Mike told us; “Don’t be a guide just because we have the license, but use our license as a stepping stone to become a better guide every time”.. And I seconded that. 

Seriously, I don’t know whether I will do any guiding or not in the future but with the badge I am going to have, it will manage to bring me further. Just keep our finger crossed.

Happy Exam Over~~

Even our GIT KL principle, Miss Cindy and Mr.Jenson came to gv us support. 

"THINK TOURISM, ACT TOURISM"

Everything PARENT did is for their children own good !?!?

     Hey everyone out there, its seriously been awhile. I myself also can’t believe that this blog has been freezing almost half a year now. The previous post was like 20^th January 2011?? Omg, its really a freaking long time. I’m here today coz of my inner rage within myself that makes me wanna share a little sumthing with u all out there. Well, a personal thoughts of mine and I am not asking for opinions here. So, I apologize for the involved party, if u think what I mention later offended anyone, I apologize in advance. But seriously, i don’t care. Lol.

     So, a lot of things happened in the past half year. I went for interviews and failed them, I got my new job, I am starting my new class, and I am living in a different environment. So, none of these things I wanna talk about, if u guys really wanna know, well.. just msg me.. I wil reply u all in no time.

     Okay, enuf for the introduction and greetings, and now.. the real thing is here. So, base on the title above, today topic is about parenthood. Well.. undeniable, parents are the creatures that loves their children the most. Despite what the children have done to them, still they are the most forgiving human being on earth that one can find. And parents will do anything just to see their children happy, or keep them away from danger. And I seriously respect all parents out there. No matter u hv been parent for a long time, or just recently being a parent, or even going to be a parent. u guys gain my respect. Sincerely.

     Well, sometimes, parent did’t realize that what they did will indirectly or perhaps directly hurting their children. They might think that what they have done, is for the children own good, but come on, is that really so? Parent has all the rights to do whatever they want to their children in almost everything. But there is only one thing and one thing only that parents aint gonna interfere it’s the children happiness. When they are young, YES!! They need u to tell them what happiness is. U feed them, u shower them with love and u make them happy. That is happiness.. and as ur child grow older u aint got the say anymore of what is happiness. Children will have their own definition of happiness and they knew exactly where to find it. And as a parent if u don’t know how to accept that fact, well sorry folks.. ur eventually just pulling the distance between u and ur children further. We as children, we will always love u all as parent, but we aint looking for happiness through u. we seek for something different and bigger, and more important and precious. We seek for BLESSINGS!!! Blessings is the one we really need after we grew up. U all has done a good job by giving us happiness that we need during our childhood and we love u for that.

     Unfortunately, sumtimes,  parent just didn’t know when to stop. They will keep on doing whatever they think whats best for their children. And we cant blame them. Coz this is the way how parents roll. They don’t care even if their children unwillingly doing things that they are being asked. Parents rather been hated by their children just to make sure the poor child listen to them. There are parent that willingly die for their children. All it is because of wanting their children to go the way they wanted.

But dear parent, u guys need to understand.. your children aint the infant anymore that need the mother to breast feed, that need the daddy to carry around all the time. Not anymore! The children has grown up and has the thinking of their own. Just accept the fact and suck it up!! We all as children will still respect and love u. and coz of that, it aint giving u all rights to break or take away the happiness of the children. HAPPINESS is in our own bare hands, no matter what happen in future, we wont regret as it is our own decisions. We wont blame u guys for not stopping us. (of course when we’re doing drugs, u should do sumthing to stop us.) because, what we really need is ur supports and blessings.  

     And of course, there are a few major examples that can be related to the above discussion. For example,
1.  ‘job’. Parents should not expect their kids to do/to be someone u wants them to. Give them freedom. Give them support; let them do whateva they want that will make them happy. By doing things they enjoyed, they will certainly make a living out of it. what for to have a big earnings but deep inside the kids are having depression and unhappy in work place?
2.   ‘relationship’. This is the worst case that a parent can do to their children. In those days, especially the asian family, parents we’re fucked up to arrange a match-making for their children. Although this practice has been slowly vanishing but still there are a few still happening. Dear parents, as I said earlier, happiness is in the hand of the children themselves. Especially in love life, it is seriously forbidden for parent to interfere in it. So what if the daughter want to marry a drug addict??? So what if the son want to marry a prostitute??? Its all about the chemistry they have with their loves one. (the example was too exaggerate, but it is straight to the point). It gives no rights for anyone even parent to interfere and break the relation off. Parent always give children a hard time by wanting them to decide whether to select between parent and the love one. And this is actually torturing the poor child and it gave no mercy, eventually the child would have to choose his/her parent over their lover. Because we asian, we are the most loyal children ever. And this will be the end of it.

so, I guess that enuf from me. For now. Lol.. anyway, once again I apologize for the blog and I am sure this matter is very subjective. It might be right, it can be wrong. But I just want to stress a thing that is, we as children will always love our parent. We as children, we rather our heart is aching, and bleeding all the time in order to show our love to u all. Coz we do love u, without u all parent, they wont be us.

PS .  I am very lucky and I am indeed grateful that my parent are the most understanding people in the world, at least in my life. They might be disagree on stuff I did sometimes, but in the end they showed me the best supports and blessings to me. I will remember that my mummy once said to me. “whateva u do, we will support u as long you think it’s a right thing to do”. thanks daddy mummy.

2011

         Another great year gone by and now it’s already year 2011. It has been a great year 2010 and I guess life has just got to move on despite the good and bad that happened in the year 2010. Year 2010 indeed it’s a good year to remember. My graduation, my 1^st job, and etc. so, here it is another chapter of the blog namely ‘2011’..

          As far as you guys (who reading this) concern, I Eddie Quah has been a NEET since last year December. Quit my job as a tourism officer in Tourism Malaysia Perak hoping for a better opportunity. It’s been… let’s see, almost 2 months as a NEET and I am back to hometown for good. Well, the everyday routine was basically the same. Well, I never stop myself from job hunting and I did go for interviews for my other jobs. Just put it in this way, all doesn’t go well. Hmm, we just have to keep our finger crossed and hope for the best to came rolling to us right? So, I guess all the opportunities will have to wait till the CNY is over. So, I’ll be continuing resting my ass till that day to arrive.

          Talking about this year, I bet some people are making their own resolution. As for me, resolutions don’t really occur in my life since forever. And I can’t see the point of having one either. Basically from my understanding, resolution is determination to do something or not to do something and they try hard to make it happen. Well, I used to do or not to do something base on the situation. We can’t just predict what will happen can’t we? However, people have their resolution so that they will plan and know what their next moves are, and what they got to do in order to achieve their aims and goals. so, I guess this is a bit subjective over this matter ain’t it? For me, i do have my own resolution. Well, its not a resolution exactly but more to a list of stuff that I wanted to achieve. And I am gonna try my best to achieve it and hell no I am not gonna grief bout it when I don’t achieve it. That is just me, don’t judge me for my statement there. =)

          During my stay since I become a NEET, I try to figure out what I really want in life. This question has been popping out since I was 19 year old kiddo. And till now I gonna be 24 this coming 19^th March. Believe it or not, I still can’t figure out. And that scares the shit out of me. I was always asking and asking and I don’t seem to get the answer. I admit that it is my problem for not taking the initiative to seek for that answer but it’s not that I don’t want to. It’s I am not capable to. I’m always hoping that paths are there for me to walk and just follow whatever paths it might have. I have to come to my senses that I am not a kid anymore. I am becoming a man and a man take responsibilities on his own actions. I want to seek for myself, my true self.

          So, though it is too late to say this but I would like to wish people out there a very wonderful new year 2011 and may this year bring more happiness and good health to everyone. And for myself, I wish I can be what I want to be, and I am trying my best to seek for my aim and goal in life. Thanks.~ --eddie- 

(below are just some of the stuff that happily happened this year recently)

Family Outing to Sg Klah Sungkai on 1st Jan 2011

My AV866 with the leaning clock tower