Stories of TTJoyce

2010-12-10T01:54:00.001-08:00

To all my blog followers or those who has been faithfully visited my blog,

I would like to say a big thanks to all of you for your time in viewing my blog.
It's a record of what i have done in UK for the past 1 year and 7 months. Of course, i also recorded some of the events happened after we came back to Malaysia for good.

Unfortunately, i have to terminate my blog for certain reasons. However, you still manage to view all of the events happened in UK.

Thanks and all the best!

Labour Day 2010

2010-06-06T06:39:00.000-07:00

Date: 1st May 2010

It's public holiday, we did not have to work... So, we went for yam cha...
the dim sum are not nice....no wonder Nelson's face was like that...

After the breakfast, we visited the carnival organized by Penampang
Basel Church

Penang food at KK

2010-06-06T06:24:00.000-07:00

Date: 30th April 2010
Venue: Lido Square, KK

Scorpion

2010-06-06T06:17:00.000-07:00

All the while i thought such big scorpion can only be seen in the desert.
Wow....i saw it with my eye somewhere in Damai, KK........

Visit to Institute Sinar

2010-05-13T03:54:00.000-07:00

Date: 28th April 2010
Venue: Institute Sinar, KK

I gave Yek Ling a lift to Institute Sinar to take her exam's result......
It was my first visit to this new building.

Sunday School Singing Competition

2010-04-25T19:04:00.000-07:00

Date: 24th April 2010
Venue: Dongonggong Basel Church

Sunday School singing competition......

Emm.... Nelson said the girl with No 4 looks like
Kai Tit's daughter.... hahaha

Photo taken by Yek Ling..... purposely!!!!!!!!!

Comment by the judges' rep

Dinner with Roger

2010-04-21T19:19:00.000-07:00

Date: 21st April 2010
Venue: Jin Hu Restaurant, Tanjung Aru, KK

Thanks to Roger who recommended us a new place for dinner.
I like the ducky roll very much... and the duck soup is also
very nice. The colour of the soup is not really attractive
but the taste is very nice.....

Yum Cha with Sherwynne

2010-04-21T19:14:00.000-07:00

Date: 18th April 2010
Venue: Old Town, One Borneo, KK

We met my sister's ex-primary classmates in the airport when we were
heading back to KK. We were in the same flight. I did not know that
she's still studying in KK, and i thought she has graduated.
She attended our matrimony ceremony in KK.

So, we arranged a time for yum cha. In our conversation, i accidentally
found out that her aunt is also Penang lang who has got married to a
Sabah kia and moved to Sabah. Wow.... great discovery!!!!!!!!!!!! My
husband was overjoyed as he finally found someone who can be
companion and comfort to her wife who miss her home so much....
hahha.......Sherwynne said that she will make arrangement so that
both her aunt and i can meet each other.... i really looking forward
to meeting her anut.......

Penang food at Lido Square, KK

2010-04-21T19:02:00.000-07:00

Date: 17th April 2010
Venue: Lido Square, KK

I was very happy to see lots of Penang food in KK. I need to express
my feeling here that it's quite difficult for me to accept the food in KK
when you had been living and eating Penang food for the past 27
years............ hahah.......I must also say that Lido Square has the
best Hokkien Mee in KK. I had been searching high and low for
Hokkien Mee in KK but could not find one which really suit my
appetite..... haha.....

Sunday School Easter celebration 2010

2010-04-06T18:24:00.000-07:00

Date: 4th April 2010
Venue: Dongonggong Basel Church

Sunday School Easter celebration........
We had a great time playing with the little ones.....

Steamboat.... in KK

2010-04-06T18:14:00.000-07:00

Date: 3rd April 2010
Venue: Yun Man Steamboat

Long time do not go for steamboat already....So, we went to have a
buffet style steamboat dinner at Yun Man steamboat restaurant. I think
this is the cheapest buffet steamboat that we can get in KK (it's RM20
for adult and RM10 for children.)

However, We agree that Xuan steamboat in Penang offers best range
of food. Nelson likes the chicken feet the best while Joyce likes the
stir fried seafood and ice cream the best.

Intelligence Education Group opening ceremony

2010-04-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

Date: 28th March 2010
Venue: Promenade Hotel

Intelligence Education Group's opening ceremony at Promenade
Hotel. This centre is located at Damai, near Api-Won.

Nelson's 28th Birthday

2010-04-06T17:53:00.000-07:00

Date: 10th March 2010
Venue: Alex & Pauline's house

We celebrated Nelson's 28th birthday at cell group.....

Breakfast at Jalan Pasar

2010-03-07T01:52:00.000-08:00

Date: 18th February 2010
Venue: Jalan Pasar, Penang

Saw the Ah Xian's TV programme about food in KK. He recommended
the Ah Pom. I listened to the interviews and found out that most
of them people spoke Hokkien. So, i doubt that place is in Penang.
I quickly called my mom and she was also watching the programme.
She said must bring us there when we were back to Penang during CNY.

So, with the die die must go & die die must eat spirit (Created by TY)....
we went there and we needed to wait for 1 hour before we could taste
the freshly made Ah Pom. It is really tasty.... like what was recommended
in the programme.......

AIM Joy Kids CNY celebration & Valentines 2010

2010-03-04T20:54:00.001-08:00

Date: 21st February 2010
Venue: AIM

Penang Peranakan Mansion

2010-03-04T19:39:00.000-08:00

Date:17th February 2010

Please visit website for more info about Penang Peranakan
Mansion:
http://www.pinangperanakanmansion.com.my/

Please visit TY's blog for more info:
http://leetzeyin.blogspot.com/2010/03/penang-peranakan-mansion.html

Meet with Su Lin

2010-03-04T19:20:00.000-08:00

Date: 19th February 2010
Venue: my house

Su Lin....my best friend since Form 1..... and coincidently she has
same birth date (same year) as my husband..... haha......
It was nice to meet up with her for chit chat.... she told us a lot
of her experiences staying and working in Korea......

May God grant her lot's of wisdom and strength to face every
challenges while working in Korea.........

Hard Rock Hotel Penang

2010-03-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

Date: 17th February 2010
Venue: Hard Rock Hotel

We had dinner at Northam Beach Cafe, then we went to take photos
at Hard Rock Hotel. It just opened last year and it is nicely decorated.

Dim Sum Breakfast

2010-03-04T18:20:00.000-08:00

Date: 17th February 2010
Venue: Maxim Dim Sum

Maxim Dim Sum is always crowded with people.

Langkawi Family Trip 2010 - Day 3

2010-03-04T17:44:00.000-08:00

Date: 16th February 2010
Venue: Langkawi

Again.. breakfast in the hotel.........At first we planned to go to ride
the cable car, but due to strong wind at the top station, they have to
cancel the ride. We waited for 1 hour but the station was still closed.
So, we decided to go somewhere else.

Please visit the website for more info on Langkawi Cable Car
info@langkawicablecar.com.my

We came to a place named Telaga Tujuh (the 7 Wells). At first
5 of us walked up the stairs leading to Telaga Tujuh. However,
my parents and TY gave up at 1/3 of the journey. Only Nelson
and myself managed to climb about 500 something stairs
and finally reached the destination. It was tiring !!!!!

After that we visited Perdana Gallery. It's a gallery where all the
gifts for our former Prime Minister are exhibited. If you go to
Langkawi, do remember to visit this gallery. I am sure you
won't regret as you can see a lot of precious gifts from other
countries.

End of day 2........................

Langkawi Family Trip 2010 - Day 2

2010-03-01T19:36:00.000-08:00

Date: 15th February 2010
Venue: Langkawi

Please visit TY's blog for more photos:
http://leetzeyin.blogspot.com/2010/02/beach-langkawi.html

On the second morning, we had breakfast in the hotel. After the
breakfast, we went to the beach behind the hotel for photo
shooting. Thanks to TY the great for taking the nice beach
photos.

Later, we took a boat to Tasik Dayang Bunting. There are
lots of monkeys. Don't feed them, if not you will be in
big trouble.

Before we reached Pulau Beras Basah, the boat stopped in the middle
of the islands where we can watch the eagles gliding in the air.

After that, we went to Pulau Beras Basah by boat. It was a sunny
& hot day... We did not swim but rather we chose to take photos
on the beach......

My dad die die must do this action....Accompanied
by Nelson

Then, we went for lunch at Pantai Cenang. TY said this place
is famous for it's Pizza. The pizzas are nice and the meal
is consider cheap. Can you believe that the big big cup of
coffee ais and teh ais is only RM2.50 each..... wow....

After lunch, we went to Langkawi Underwater World.

Next destination, Eagle Square. Again, i cannot be serious
and kept on finding ways to take some funny funny photos.
So, as a result we had some photos which TY named them
the Helang Men.

Please visit TY's blog for more Helang men photos
http://leetzeyin.blogspot.com/2010/02/helang-men.html

The end of day 2..........................

Langkawi Family Trip 2010 - Day 1

2010-02-28T19:21:00.001-08:00

Date: 14th February 2010
Venue: Pulau Payar Marine Park

Early in the morning, at about 7am, we checked in at Swettenham
Pier, Penang. At about 8.30am we departed from Penang by ferry.
It is a 2 hours journey to Pulau Payar. I slept throughout the
journey as i was too tired.

Pulau Payar Marine Park is located 35km south of Langkawi. It is
truly a nature paradise which embracsed lush forestation and
coral gardens.

We reached Pulau Payar at about 10.30am. It was a sunny & bright
day..... i do not know how to swim so i can only float with the help
of life jacket. Of course my dear sis (TY the great) did help a lot in
dragging and pulling me, trying to help me to swim..... haha....

We had buffet lunch at about 1pm. After lunch, we went to the beach at
Pulau Payar. There are small sharks near that island and we can
actually feed the sharks.

We waited for another 2 hours before we could depart to Pulau
Langkawi. It was like the oven on the reef platform, it was so hot
and we felt so dizzy and sleepy. We tried to sleep while waiting.
The 2 hours was like 20 hours on that hot platform.

We checked in at Langkasuka Beach Hotel 5.30pm and we had
dinner at the hotel's restaurant. It is hotel's policy that it's
compulsory to eat in hotel on the first day you check in.
The buffet dinner is RM50 per person. I think it's quite
expensive. The food are not nice and there are flies flying
around as it is an open air restaurant. After the dinner,
we went for a walk along Pantai Cenang. There are a lot of
shops at Pantai Cenang.

End of day 1........

2010 Reunion Dinner in Penang

2010-02-28T18:22:00.000-08:00

Date: 13th February 2010
Venue: Teow Chew Beng Chinese Restaurant

We had reunion dinner with my family straight after landed in Penang.
My parents ordered the CNY set dinner. It came with 8 courses.
The first dish was "Yu Shang" and it was the first time Nelson "lou
sang". He felt so excited and kept on asking what should he do. It's great
to be back to Penang and had reunion dinner with my family. I missed
reunion dinner with my family for 2 years as i was in UK..... cherish the
time with them.......

Reunion Dinner 2010 in KK

2010-02-24T18:07:00.000-08:00

Date: 12th February 2010
Venue: Nelson's home in KK

We had great reunion dinner at home in KK..... with great Hakka
dishes cooked all by my mom in-law........ It's great to have all
family members (including Kien Kien) for the dinner.....

Hey??? why Nelson & mom are exlcuded????

Sook Yi & Chun Liang's Wedding Reception

2010-02-24T18:03:00.000-08:00

Date: 6th February 2010

Congratulations to Sook Yi & Chun Liang!!!!

Dinner with Roger before CNY

2010-02-24T17:57:00.000-08:00

Date: 5th February 2010
Venue: Luyang Restaurant, KK

It's Friday again.... it's time to meet with Roger again....
Since it's almost Chinese New Year, let's go for good food.....
We brought Roger to Luyang Restaurant for dinner and this restaurant
is famous for the Chilli Crab.... it's really tasty........come and try if you
like to eat Chilli Crab

Dinner with Mei Mei

2010-02-24T17:42:00.000-08:00

Date: 4th february 2010
Venue: The Hut & Old Town

This is actually the first time i talk to Mei Mei face to face. I used to
hear about her a lot from Nelson and see her from the photo. Finally
i had the chance to meet with her. She's really a nice lady. From the
conversation, i can feel that she's a gentle, patience and caring sister.
She encouraged us a lot with her own experiences and God's promises.
May God continue to bless her, family, her ministry abundantly.
Really hope to see her again in the future.

p/s: too bad that we did not manage to take a photo before she left.......

One Malaysia Gong Xi Fa Cai

2010-01-27T17:45:00.000-08:00

Date: 23rd January 2010
Venue: KDCA, KK, Sabah

Western food.....

2010-01-27T06:06:00.000-08:00

Date: 23rd January 2010

We did not have meat for almost one week (for healthy purpose)...
So, we decided to go for western food.....I fancy fish and chips
while Nelson is lamb chop lover.

Dinner at Secret Recipe

2010-01-17T17:21:00.000-08:00

Date: 16th January 2010
Venue: Secret Recipe, One Borneo, KK

We had dinner at Secret Recipe after the talk. It was an enjoyable
and relaxing dinner. Sometimes, life is too busy here..... and we
often do not have time to sit down properly to have a nice chat
together as husband and wife...... it was really a precious time where
we sat there, we ate and we talked and we shared our thoughts........

I buat pandai wanted to take picture with the cake,
suddenly the cake just dropped..... Nelson managed
to capture this funny picture........

Cheesy Cheese cake

Meatball Spaghetti

Lagsane

游戏透透乐

2010-01-17T16:59:00.000-08:00

Date: 16th January 2009
Venue: Sangri-la Hotel, KK

We attended a talk by 黄晋亮讲师 and he talked about a few topics
such as:
1) who should play with our children
2) What are the mportance of games to children
3) How to un understand more about our children through games
4) etc

It is quite an interesting talk where he quoted a lot of cases where
the children's problem were identified through sand play theraphy.

They will organise a 30-hour course soon.
Course: 让游戏更靠近你孩子的心灵- 家长游戏治疗培训班
Date: 27-28th March, 10-11th April, 24-25th April, 2010
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Lintas Square, KK
Fees: RM 1500 (course material, APT certificate, 6 teas and 6 lunches)

You are encouraged to join if you would like to know more about
how to use games to build strong parent-child relationship.

Oi Mee's Wedding

2010-01-03T18:33:00.000-08:00

Date: 2nd January 2010
Venue: Grand Port View Restaurant

Congratulations to Oi Mee & Leon !!!!

Em...i think of the time when i got married.....

Dinner with my relatives

2010-01-03T18:27:00.000-08:00

Date: 30th December 2009
Venue: Goh Teo Kee restaurant

It's great to meet with my aunt, uncle and 3 cousins. They are
staying in Australia and are back to Malaysia for vacation. My
second cousin was only 7 years old when i last saw her, i could
not believe that she's already 14 years old now....time flies.....

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Lunch with Ying Ying & Ka Bo

2010-01-03T18:14:00.000-08:00

Date: 28th December 2009
Venue: Eastern & Western Cafe, Batu Maung

It's great to have a quick meet up with Ying Ying & Ka Bo
after we have not meet each other for long long time
TY was terribly ill on that day. So, after i fetched both of
us, i went to pick TY up from her company. We dropped her
in the clinic then we proceed for us lunch, then we asked
her to walk by herself to the cafe as it was only a few shops
away from the clinic.... hahaha...... thanks TY for taking
this picture for us while she was still ill.......................

KL Family Trip 2009 - Firefly Park, Kuala Selangor

2010-01-02T01:04:00.000-08:00

Date: 26th - 27th December 2009
Venue: Firefly Park, Kuala Selangor

After the lunch in KLCC, we quickly heading Firefly Park.
According to the person in charge, it would only take us around
1 hour just to get from KL to Kuala Selangor. However, we only
reached there after around 3 hours. We did not have idea why it
happened. Anyway, thank God that we reached there safely.

Firefly Park Resort Bukit Belimbing located at Kuala Selangor,
Malaysia. It is the only place in this region where you can witness
the sight of millions of fireflies flashing in synchrony, often referred
to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.

We reached there at about 7.30pm and we manage to ride on the
8pm boat along the Selangor River where the fireflies inhibit around
the branches of the “Berembang” trees along the riverbank. The trees
seems like Christmas trees. The creation of God is so amazing.

Please visit the website for more info:
http://www.fireflypark.com/

After the boat ride, we went for dinner at the seafood restaurant
beside the resort. I'm not sure what happened to the restaurant
as there were only 2 table of customers in the restaurant, me and
my family and the other 2 foreigner. However, it took us about
half an hour before we could have our dinner. Of course, the other
2 foreigners need to wait for another 10 minutes before they got
theirs. However, thank God for the wonderful meal.

We took some photos before we left on the next day.

Then, we had lunch at Ipoh for the famous chicken rice. The chicken
rice shop was so crowded.

We reached Penang at about 5pm. This is the end of our KL Family
Trip 2009..........................can't wait for Langkawi Family Trip during
Chinese New Year 2010

KL Family Trip 2009 - PetroSains

2010-01-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

Date: 26th December 2009
Venue: Petrosains @ KLCC

On the second day, we went to visit the Petrosains in KLCC. At first,
i thought it would be bored to visit such place as it's meant for children.
However,I am wrong, it's suitable for children and adult. You can learn a
lot of things there. Most importantly, the entrance is not expensive
at all. You can actually spend the whole day there if you want.

Please visit the website for more info:
http://www.petrosains.com.my/

After visited Petrosains, we had lunch at one Thai restaurant in KLCC.
The food are expensive but they are really nice.

After the lunch, we quickly drove to Kuala Selangor as we would be
seeing fireflies at night........

KL Family Trip 2009 - Sunway Lagoon

2010-01-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

Date: 25th December 2009
Venue: Sunway Lagoon

It was great that mom and dad could have 3 days holidays. So, dad
decided to bring us to KL for a short family trip......Dad drove all
the way down to KL....He's super...

We stopped somewhere near Perak for a short rest.

After we checked in hotel, we went straight away to Sunway Lagoon.
Please visit my facebook for more photos

At night, we went for shopping in Times Square. After walking here
and there for about 20 minutes, only we decided to have steamboat
as dinner. Everywhere was just crowded........

On the way back to hotel, i managed to capture the video of
Jalan Alor - a street full of hawker food

Jalan Alor

AIM Christmas Dinner 2009

2010-01-01T16:23:00.000-08:00

Date: 24th December 2009
Venue: AIM

It's great to be back to AIM to celebrate Christmas with AIM's brothers
and sisters. I miss all of them. Although i've been to churches in Nilai,
then to UK and now in KK, AIM is still my "home". I won't forget how
AIM teaches and guides me to walk close with God.

Thanks to allpastors, church leaders, Sunday School principals and
youth leaders.Thanks for giving me opportunities to serve in various
ministries,such as Sunday School, Youth and Praise & Worship.
I won't forgethow we worked together as servants of God to organize
the AIM JoyKids Camp and D-Camp. These 2 camps had blessed a lot
of youths and children. We know that God will continue to bless
AIM as AIM is His body...We all are linked because of His love.

Let us continue to pray for AIM so that it will really become a
church where living water flows..... let the love of God flows
to the market place, to our neighbourhood..... May this church
continues to shine for God as we celebrate 50th years anniversary
in year 2010.......

From left: Zi Rong, TY, Joyce, Joon Nee & Sui Yin

With little Elim

From left: Zi Rong, TY & Joyce

With AIM youth

Joyce, Ah Beh & TY

We asked boy to kiss Ger Fong.... then Joyce managed to
capture this precious moment.....

Joyce, ah girl & TY

Tit, Joyce, Boy & Han Bing

Tit, Boy, Ah Beh, Joyce & TY

New friend who i met in AIM.....a new MYF member
Going to sit for SPM in 2010 but he does not look
like Form 5 student.... haha....

Joyce, Andrew, Tit & Ticu

My forever kai sai lo - Tit

Tommy pretends to be anty and Joyce pretends to be
muscular man

Joyce & Boy.....i'm very happy to see a speedy recovery
on him.... God really love this boy.....

Christmas dance from Youth

Song performance from Indonesian fellowship

New generation - i used to act the one on second left

AIM Carolling 2009 - Night 2

2009-12-27T06:07:00.000-08:00

Date: 23rd December 2009

We continue to bring the good news to our families and friends.
Our first destination was at Balik Pulau. The bus took the longer
route to Balik Pulau. As a result, we were 1 hour late. So, it was
quite rush for us on that night. However, it did not stop us
from bringing good news to people.

Our 1st destination - Oh no... i could not remember the name
of the house owner. I was too hungry at that time, so i quicly
grabbed a pao and a kuih to eat. I did not have time to even
take a picture.

Our 2nd destination - Thomas Wang's house

Some of us were exhasted already, but we still need to go on.....

Our 3rd destination - Back to OXO Cafe

Our 4th destination - Hock Chai's house
We were quick hungry by this time as we did not have proper dinner

since 6pm. So, after we sang the songs, we quickly grabbed some food

to eat then continue our journey.

Our 5th destination - Chun's family house

Our 6th destination - Ah Boy's house

It was already nearly 11.40pm at that time.

Our 7th destination - Sophia's house

It was already almost 12am at that time.....

Although it's already midnight, we still wanted to bring the good

news to people with joyful heart. Joy to the world, the Lord has

come...

Our last destination - May Jiuan's house

look at this little girl, she's only 3 years old.... she

was still very joyful and energetic although it's

already 12am something......

Joyce & Ticu

From left: TY, Joyce, Ella, Ah Lian & Lay Khim

End of 2 nights of carolling..... It was quite exhauted to sing carols
from house to house. However, we have to learn from the shepherds.
They heard the good news and they went on to tell other people about
it. Have you found the true meaning of Christmas this year?

AIM Carolling 2009 - Night 1

2009-12-23T21:09:00.000-08:00

Date: 22nd December 2009

It's again Christmas time. Again.... We carry the mission to bring
the good news to families and friends.....Christmas is not about
Santa Claus, not about holidays or presents. It's all about love
of Jesus. He came to us to save us so that we can be free in Him..
May you find the true meaning of Christmas this year. May your
life be filled with God's love and may you have peace, love and joy
in you and your family. If you do not know Jesus, why not take
this opportunity to know more about Him. I'm sure your life
will be different if you give your heart to Him......
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

We gathered at church at about 6.30pm. After blessing prayer from
Pastor Loh, we started our journey.

Joyce & Little Santa (Talkative Santa)

TY & 2 Santas

From left: Joon Nee, Joyce, Zi Rong & Tommy

We went to carolling by school bus. Thanks to uncle who drove us
around Penang to bring good news to families and friends.

Our first destination - Mr.Charles Lee's home.
As we were already late for half an hour, so we did not stay long at
their house. We quickly cabut after we sang the christmas songs.

Our 2nd destination - Kam Hong & Han Yin's house
Again... time is so precious.... we also quickly cabut after we sang
the Christmas. Some of us even walked down about 10 floors
just to save the time of waiting for lift.

Our 3rd destination - Mr. & Mrs. Chew's house.
We stayed for a while for drinks and some finger food. The guys
were super hungry already. We heard that there were lots of
food at Joo Wei's house, so we all tahan and with hope that
we could feast at her house later.

From left: Sophia, Janice, Ticu & Joyce

Our 4th destination - Joo Wei's house.
She invited a lot of friends and relatives to her house. Her house was
packed with people. We also celebrated Joo Wei's birthday.

Joyce & Ella

From left: Joon Nee, Cindy, Kean Haaw & Joyce

Our 5th destination - Shirley's house

Our 6th destination - XO Cafe
We were being invited to sing in XO Cafe (near Queensbay Mall).
It's a nice place for yam cha with friends.

Our 7th destination - Joyce & TY's house
Chin Wen, mom & Abigail were at my house. They have been waited
for us since 9pm. Actually there was one more house to go, but we
called it a day as it was getting late and we also need to help to
clean up the house.

Blessed Christmas to everyone !!!!

AIM Joy Kids Birthday Celebration

2009-12-23T19:16:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: AIM

AIM Joy Kids Birthday Celebration........Thanks to sister Joon Nee
who put a lot of effort in making the birthday crown although
she's super busy at this moment. Thanks also to sister Phaik
Cheng for her idea for games and all the teachers who have
helped in preparing the food.

Birthday Games

Lovely cupcake done by Su Lan anty.... forever yummy!!!!

Birthday girls and boys....

Our dear friend, Ah Lian

2009-12-23T19:02:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: AIM

Photos with Ah Lian... my mom's best friend.......

TY & TT

TY, Mom & TT.......

Performances in Queensbay Mall

2009-12-21T02:05:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: Queenbay Mall, Penang

Batman show

Model Search 2009 (Final)

The Heroes....

2009-12-21T01:31:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: Queensbay Mall, Penang

Display of the Heroes at Queensbay Mall...

Em... tried to be like the Hawk Girl....

But..... em.....

Let's go fly the Kite!!!!

2009-12-20T18:38:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: Seaside near Queensbay Mall

At first, we planned to go for dinner at Queensbay Mall. While dad
was driving, we saw lot's of people flying kite at the seaside. TY
wanted to fly a kite. So, we bought a kite and joined the crowd.
It was a windy day so it was very suitable to fly a kite.......
There were a lot of colourful kites on the sky....I never fly
a kite when i was small.... so it was really an exciting experience.

BB Junior Swimming Day

2009-12-20T18:12:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th December 2009
Venue: Stallion Apartment

Zi Rong and Tommy invited us to help to be life guard for
BB Junior's swimming activity. LIFE GUARD??? How can they
invite 2 people who do not know how to swim to be life guard?
haha..... anyway, TY was fully prepared for swimming while
TTJoyce was sitting there chit chatting.......

TY is swimming

Joyce & Sook Ching (my church friend since 1998)

Vincent & Fen Ru's 1st Wedding Anniversary

2009-12-10T01:25:00.000-08:00

Date: 6th December 2009
Venue: Kampung Nelayan Seafood Restaurant

Wow... Times really flies...it's already 1 year after Vincent &
Fen Ru got married. We gathered for a dinner to celebrate
their 1st wedding anniversary. I just wondered why didn't
i take the photos of Vincent and Fen Ru? I only took
photos of food and the cultural dances? silly me....
hahahha......

Shark fin soup without shark fin.......

Clam with Chili Sauce

Clam with garlic sauce

Soft shell crab

Butter Prawn

Homemade Taofu

Photo with the cultural dance dancers

Coconut pudding - dessert

Malaysian Cultural Dance

Kadazan Dance

Chinese Dance

Malay Dance

Arabic Dance

The Bamboo Dance

St.Joseph School Fund Raising Dinner

2009-12-08T22:20:00.000-08:00

Date: 4th December 2009
Venue: Putra Restaurant, KK

We attended a Fund Raising Dinner by St.Joseph School. It was a
successful dinner. We were being entertained by a lot of performances.

Cultural Dance by the students

Lucky draw prizes......

Song performance - the singer looks like Chuan Feng....
(this is what we think..... haha)

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Song Performance

Performance - Guitar Solo

Song Performance by a guy looks like Chuan Feng

Choral Speaking - by students from St. Joseph

MC pretended to be the famous local singer & actor -
Si Ampal

The real and the pretended Si Ampal

Si Ampal and his translated English song

Dinner at Wagamama

2009-11-30T03:48:00.000-08:00

Date: 29th November 2009
Venue: Wagamama, KK

We had dinner at Japanese restaurant, Wagamama........

Latest photo of Joyce & Nelson..... gaining weight!!!!
ahahahhahahahah

The Suhsi conveyer belt

My Myvi

2009-11-30T03:43:00.000-08:00

Actually we have bought this car for long time (since September
2009) but i did not have the timeto take the picture of our car
and to post it on blog....i love my car........

Don't misunderstood that Joyce did not help to wash the car.....
this was the first time Nelson washed the car... all the while it
was being washed by Joyce......... haha.........

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Italy Trip - Day 4

2009-11-19T18:40:00.000-08:00

Date: 22nd June 2009
Venue: Pisa, Italy

Last day of our Italy trip - Pisa. We went to Pisa by train. Again,
We found some difficulties in finding the place of the B&B.
Finally we found it and to my surprise, the house's design looks
like Malaysia's house. I was very surprise to see the plants
where you could hardly see in Europe countries. It was a sunny
day!!!!!

A Due Passi Dal B&B:
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187899-d1395507
-Reviews-A_Due_Passi_dal_Centro_Bed_and_Breakfast-Pisa_
Tuscany.html

Then, we started to walk around the city. We could notice the city
is surrounded by walls.

Ta da!!!! The Leaning Tower!!! I have finally seen it with my eyes.
I always see a lot of pictures where they use the cut and paste
method to edit the pictures so that the person can be seen
standing beside the Leaning Tower.... But hey!!!! I was really
there to take those funny pictures with the tower.... Not only us....
i can say that everyone who visit this place will surely post and the
photographer will try all their best to capture the angle like what
are shown in the pictures below.

Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisa

Then, we crossed the river and we reached Santa Maria della Spina.
The sc
Please visit the website for more info:
http://www.toscanaviva.com/Pisa/santa_maria_spina_church.htm

We heard that Italy is famous for it's coffee but we have not really sat
down and enjoyed the coffee at the coffee shop. So, we decided
to order a hot and cold coffee. Actually it's nothing so special
about the coffee, it's just about the relaxing moment and
the enjoyment of the atmosphere at that coffee shop.... haha...

Then, we came to Piazza dei Cavalieri (the Knight's Square).

Again... it's dinner time.... Well, since it's the last night we were in Italy....
We decided we should have nice dinner......Wow.... i can say that
it's the nicest dinner that we have ever had when we were on trip....
It's only about 26 Euro per set dinner!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad that we
could not remember the name of the restaurant!!!!!

Nelson's meat starter

Joyce's seafood starter

Nelson's meat starter

Joyce's seafood starter

Nelson's main course #1

Joyce's main course #1

Joyce's main course #2

Nelson's main course #2

Joyce's Side dishes

Dessert

In the next morning, we had breakfast at the B&B.

Then, before we left Italy, we decided to visit the Leaning Tower
for the last time. Although we had a lot of pictures with the
Leaning Tower, we still capture more on the last day
of our trip.

Back to B&B.....

Finally, it's time to go back to Birmingham.....

at the Galilei International Airport.......

End of our Italy Trip!!!!!!!!!!!!

Italy Trip - Day 3

2009-11-19T17:24:00.000-08:00

Date: 21st June 2009
Venue: Florence, Italy

We took a train from Rome to Florence. I felt asleep in the train.....

We spent a lot of time searching for our B&B. We were lost and we kept
on turning to the same road that we have been. We were exhausted but
thank God that we finally found the place. After we placed our luggage in
the B&B we set off to look for food as we were super hungry at that time.
We found a pizza shop (Gustapizza) which offer nice and cheap pizza.

Again... there are a few bridges along the river.

After lunch, we walked around city of Florence. It is not as busy
as Rome. It is more peaceful in that place. Our first destination
was Piazza De' Pitti.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Pitti

Then, we crossed over Ponte Vecchio which consider as a very famous
bridge in Florence. It is the oldest wholly-stone, closed spandrel segmental
arch bridge. There are a lot of people selling gold and jewellery along the
bridge.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Vecchio

Can you believe that this waffle ice cream cost 12 Euro??????....
Please make sure you check the price before you order
1 piece of waffle is 4 Euro, if 2 pieces is 8 Euro....
1 scope of ice cream is 4 Euro......

Next, Piazza della Signoria. It is a L-shaped square in front of the
Palazzo Vecchio.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_della_Signoria

Benvenuto Cellini's Statue Perseus With the Head
of Medusa

Loggia dei Lanzi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggia_dei_Lanzi

A shop which sells wood craft

Next, we reached a place call Piazza Duomo. Basilica di Santa Maria
del Fiore is one of the largest churches in Italy and the dome if the
largest in the world.
Please visit website for more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral

Façade of the cathedral

The last judgement - under the dome

San Lorenzo Market Street

Our next destination was Piazza S.Maria Novella. It is the first
great basilica in Florence.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Santa_Maria_Novella

Ok...It's time for dinner again... There are a lot of restaurants along
the street near Piazza S.Maria Novella. So, base on our experience,
we would not choose to dine in at the restaurants where the waiters
or waitress pulling business outside of the restaurants.
We chose a restaurant which is packed with people and the food
served were really delicious.

Joyce's starter

Nelson's starter

Nelson's main course

Joyce's main course

After the dinner, we walked around the shops before we went back
to B&B. I saw a shop selling chocolates. Wow... the chocolates
were nicely decorated..............

End of 3rd day....................................................

Italy Trip - Day 2

2009-11-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

Date: 20th June 2009
Venue: Rome, Italy

We slept quite well last night as we were veru exhasuted. I, especially
had a nice sleep as i ate 2 paracetamol. Praise the Lord that i felt
much better when i woke up.

We were waiting for our breakfast to be served. We discussed
about type of breakfast that would be served. Would it be like
English breakfast? (with sausages, eggs and toasts) or would it
be buffet style breakfast? (with cornflakes). So, early in the morning
at about 7.30am, we were already waited at the dining table.
Stella already in the kitchen preparing breakfast by the time
we entered the dining room. She was making coffee as we could
smell the aroma of coffee. Finally, Stella served us with 2 tiny cups
of coffee and a packet of biscuit. We did not say anything but to
finish the coffee and biscuit. After we finished the breakfast only
we realized that normally Italian drink Expresso (a tiny cup of
coffee) and with biscuit as breakfast........ haha.... different country
different culture. I'm pretty sure that Nelson was not satisfied
with this type of breakfast.

After the breakfast, we headed Basilica St. Pietro. This place is
really magnificant. I really do not know how to describe my feeling
when i entered into this building. I was speechless. The sculpture
and the painting are so great........
Please visit website for more info about this building:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica

They have tight security check on tourists who enter into the building.
All your bags and cameras will need to go through the security
check scanner. Of couse all the tourists will have to go through
the security scanner gate.

Make sure you do not wear shorts or skirts (above knee level)
and sleeveless blouse or T-shirt if you want to enter to
the building

We spent nearly the whole morning in St.Pietro. Then, we had a simple
lunch (just panini) and we continued our journey. We walked down
the road and we reached Castle Sant' Angelo. We did not enter into
this castle as the entrance fees are quite expensive.
Please visit the website for more information about this castle,
which now is a museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castel_Sant%27Angelo

Then, we crossed the Ponte Sant' Angelo. Ponte means "bridge"
in Italian. There are quite a lot of bridges along the Tevere River
(Fiume River).
Please visit the website for more information about this bridge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Sant%27Angelo

There are some stalls selling souvenirs and ice cream not far
away from Ponte Sant' Angelo.

In front of Ponte Umberto I is the Palazzo di Giustizia. This is a
place of justice.

I saw this complete set of Noah's Ark in one of the shops near Ponte
Umberto I.

Next, we walked further down the street and we reached
P.zza Navova. It is a city square in Rome. There are a lot
of fountains in this city square.

Please visit the website for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_Navona

Fontana del Nettuno

Fountain of the Four Rivers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi

Not far from P.zza Navova is the Pantheon. I think many people
should be familiar with this place. Pantheon is a temple for all the
gods in ancient Rome. This place was really crowded
with local people and tourists. The design of the building is unique.
The building is circular with three ranks of huge granite Corinthian
columns.
Please visit website for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome

Joyce starts to show her funny face expression whenever
she sees horse.

Wow... it was indeed a hot day in Rome. So, we decided to stop
for Italian homemade ice cream. One of the children in Harborne
Kids Club told me that i must try the Italian homemade soft ice
cream if i were to visit Italy. She is right, it's a must to try!!!!
The ice cream is so creamy and soft....

Nelson is happy with the ice cream

I accidentally tripped over a small stone and my feet was hurt. At first
we decided to stop our journey and just sat down to rest. We looked at
the map to locate the next destination, it was stated as a fountain. Well,
we thought we should stop and rest as it was nothing interesting about
fountain. Afterall, we had seen so many fountains around Rome. As we
need water to clean the wound on my feet, we thought we should at least
walk until somewhere near the fountain to get some clean water.

I tell you we will regret if we did not try to make it to this fountain. It
is not a small fountain. It is a huge fountains with lots of statues .
It is magnificant!!!!!! It is Fonte di Trevi. The fountain is not only
celebrated for its excellent water but for the legend that whoever drinks it
or throws coins in the fountain will assure his return to Rome.

Next, we were at Trinita dei Monti. It is a Baroque church in Rome.
Please visit website for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinit%C3%A0_dei_Monti

This place is again crowded with people

Then, we came to Fontana del Tritone.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_Fountain

Next, Piazza delia Repubblica. It is a semi circular piazza in Rome.
In front of the piazza is the Fountain of the Naiads.
Please visit website for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_della_Repubblica

After about 8 hours walking here and there in Rome, we decided to
call it a day and back to Stella House.

The entrance of Stella House.... with huge door

We had terrible dinner last night, so we decided to treat ourselved
with nice dinner. We really enjoyed the food although it's a bit
expensive than what we had last night.

Joyce's starter - mussels

Joyce's main course - Egg Plant Pizza
Nelson's main course - grilled chicken

Mix fruit - dessert

End of 2nd day..................................................

Italy Trip - Day 1

2009-11-16T18:40:00.000-08:00

Date: 19th July 2009
Venue: Italy, Rome

Wow...After few months of planning, it's time for us to have our
last holidaysbefore we go to Malaysia for good. Thanks to my
dear husband who plannedeverything properly for the trip.
I am not a good planner. So, have to rely on my husband to
make reservations for everything.... haha....

God is good, all the time!!!! We experienced Him a lot
during our trip to Italy...... At first we planned to go to
city centre train station with bus (as we have sold our car).
It was quite troublesome to go there with luggage on day
with quite gloomy weather. However, as we were waiting,
we saw a car gradually slowing down as it approched the bus
stop. It was sister Naggi..... she saw us and offerred us a lift
to the train station. Wow..... Praise the Lord....

We took train to Gatwick Airport (London) and we stayed
at Yotel for just a few hours for a nap before we flew to Rome
with Easy Jet. Yotel is a cabin hotel in Gatwick Airport.
Although it's small, it is a nice place if you just want a nap.
Please visit the website for more info:
http://www.yotel.com/default.aspx

Photos taken in Yotel Cabin

After about 5 hours nap in Yotel, we flew to Rome.....It was so hot
in Rome. I was not feeling well at that time so the hot weather
was really killing me. I felt so uncomfortable but still have to
smile while taking photos...... hahahaha......

We stayed in Stella's house B&B while we were in Rome. The owner
of the B&B (Stella) is a warm and nice lady. Although she cannot
speak proper English, she tried all her best to show us the direction
to the tourism spots in Rome. So, i would recommend you to stay at
Stella's house if you were looking for affordable and comfortable place
to stay in Rome.However, one thing that we did not like about this B&B
is it is located near to the main street, and a lot of vehicles passing by
that street at night. So, it's a bit noisy at night. But apart from that,
it's a nice place to stay.
Please visit the website for more info.
http://www.venere.com/bandb/rome/bandb-stellas-house/

There are a lot of stalls along the streets outside of Stella's house.
You can easily buy food such as pizza as there are a few bakeries and
pizza shops besides Stella's house.

Joyce is happy with her first lunch in Rome

After lunch, we went to first hot spot in Rome with train - The
Colosseo. The place was very crowded. My advice to you if you want
to visit Rome in June or July will be to apply sun tan cream, wear sun
glasses or hat or even bring umbrella and must have water with you
all the time if you do not want to get dehydrated.

It's ok if you do not bring enough drinking water with you as you can
easily get drinking water everywhere in Rome. You can refill water at
the place shown in the pictures below.

Joyce cannot stand the heat in Rome + not feeling well
at that time = give up and sit beside the road to rest while
Nelson walk around to take some photos

After that, we walked down the street and we reached Arco di Tito
where we saw a lot of ruins. This is Foro di Cesare (Forum of Caesar)
which lies at the foot of the Capitol hill, part of its area being now
occupied by the gardens and parking lots of the Via dei Fori Imperiali.
It was built between 54 and 46 B.C. by Julius Caesar at his personal
expense, with the object both of enhancing his own fame and meeting
the needs of the citizens, for which the old Forum Romanum was no
longer adequate. The scanty remains give little impression of the original
structure, which covered an area 170x75m/550x250ft. Nothing has
survived of the sculptural

decoration of the forum, including an equestrian
statue of Caesar which is described by ancient writers.

Then, we walked further and we reached Monument to Vittorio.
Its is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of
a unified Italy Emanuele II. I think this is a very important place
to Italian as visitors and tourists are not allowed to sit or
even squad down at this monument. I guess it means that you
do not show respect if you sit or squad down. There was a group
of people sat down on the staircase while taking photos. At
the end, the security guard asked them to delete the photo
as they were sitting down.

Wow...it was really hot outside, i could not stand anymore.
I was like walking in an oven. Finally, i gave up and back to Stella's
house. I took some photos in the room before i took a nap.

The old style lift

It's time for dinner. At first, we wanted to have dinner at a Steak House
beside the Stella's House. According to Stella, they offer nice steak.
However, we went out at about 5.30pm and it's consider too early
for dinner. So, a lot of restaurants were still closed and yet to start
business. Later, only we realized that normally Italian do not have
dinner such early. So, if you want to get nice Italian food, you have to
wait until maybe 8pm.

Ok.... back to my story about 1st dinner in Rome. As we were
out for dinner too early and we had no choice but to have it
as we needed to be back to B&B earlier for rest. So, we walked
around to look for restaurants which has started business.
Finally, we entered into one resraurant which offered set dinner
at 8 Euro (main course + vege, 1 bottle of water, coffee) and
10 Euro (main course + vege, 1 bottle of water, coffee & dessert)

Wow... it is cheap loh!!! So, we ordered the 8 Euro and 10 Euro
set dinner. Em.....we nearly fainted when the we ate the food.

Let's talk about the main course first. Nelson had steak while
i had cabonara spaghetti. According to Nelson, the steak was
like stone and not cooked properly. Nelson suspected they
did not fry or grill it but just cook it in the microwave. And for
myself..... this was the worst cabonara that i had ever tasted.
The spaghetti were like dipped in melted butter.

Later, they served us the steamed vegetables. The vegatables
looked ok but again... we nearly fainted when we ate. The
vegetables were very soft and it seemed like steamed for
too long or it was the leftover from yesterday.

Ok... next, dessert. They served Nelson with a slice of pie and
they also served me a slice of pie (the dessert was not included
in my set dinner, but they said it's a complimentary from them)
Wow... as a dessert lover, i felt so happy as i had dessert too....
However, i nearly fainted again when i tasted the pie.... It was
the worst pie that i had ever tasted...... it was hard and the cream
inside tasted terrible.

Ok... we still tried to be positive and hope that at least the coffee
will be the only thing that we enjoyed for this dinner. However,
to our surprise, the coffee tasted so bitter and 2 packets of sugar
also did not help to reduce the bitterness.... WOW.... this time
we really gave up..... So, we asked the waiter for bill. The waiter's
attitude was not really good since the beginning.

Later, we discovered that we were overcharged 4 Euro. So,
we asked the waiter. According to him, they charged 2 Euro
per person as service charge...... Wa!!!! 2 Euro per person.
They did not serve us properly still want to get 2 Euro from
us? Their serving attitude was terrible.... they were like banging
the plates on the table when they served the food.

Finally, we left the restaurant with lot's of complaints although
we know that we should not complain. However, i must say that
i vomitted everything out at night as i felt really uncomfortable
after eating the oily oily Cabonara spaghetti.

Our advice to those who wish to find good food in Rome.
Rule #1: After 8pm
Rule #2: Don't look for restaurant which offer cheap set lunch
or dinner.....
Rule #3: Don't look for restaurant which has waiters or waitresses
standing outside to "pull" customers.....

End of 1st day.........................................

Graduation Photos Shooting at Lee Lian's Studion

2009-11-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

Date: 6th November 2009
Venue: Lee Lian's Studio

Ta da..... here comes our pro photographer...... forever funny....
the best thing to have photo shooting at her studio is you can
do whatever posts you like and you can borrow whatever tools
you like from her as long as you can find in her studio...... haha.....

Please visit TY's blog for more photos:
http://leetzeyin.blogspot.com/2009/11/tys-graduation-photos.html

The pro people always do not show face....... hehehe.....