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Since we have come to UBC, all of us has adopt habit of eating instance noodles. Found this from an email:

INSTANT NOODLES

Dear instant noodle lovers,

Make sure you break for at least 3 days after one session of instant noodles before you eat your next packet! Please read the info shared to me by a doctor. My family stopped eating instant noodles more than 5 years ago after hearing about the wax coating the noodles - the wax is not just in the Styrofoam containers but it coats the noodles. This is why the instant noodles do not stick to each other when cooking.

If one were to examine the ordinary Chinese yellow noodles in the market, one will notice that, in their uncooked state the noodles are oily. This layer of oil prevents the noodles from sticking together.

Wanton noodles in their uncooked state have been dusted with flour to prevent them sticking together. When the hawker cooks the noodles, notice he cooks them in hot water and then rinses them in cold water before cooking them in hot water again. This process is repeated several times before the noodles are ready to be served. The cooking and rinsing process prevents noodles from sticking together.

The hawker then 'lowers the noodles in oil and sauce to prevent the noodles from sticking if they are to be served dry. Cooking instructions for spaghetti require oil or butter to be added in the water when boiling the spaghetti to prevent the pasta from sticking together. Otherwise, one gets a big clump of spaghetti!

There was an SBC (now TCS) actor some years ago, who at a busy time of his career had no time to cook, resorted to eating instant noodles everyday. He got cancer later on. His doctor told him about the wax in instant noodles. The doctor told him that our body will need up to 2 days to clear the wax. There was also an SIA steward who after moving out from his mother's house into his own house, did not cook but ate instant noodles almost every meal. He had cancer, and has since died from it.

Nowadays the instant noodles are referred as ' cancer noodles '.

Good luck everybody, NOT EXCLUDING ME, one of the instant noodles lovers.

钱不够用

现在还是考试期间，但是不知为何自己完全不处于考试状态。刚看完了一部旧戏：钱不够用2。这部戏蛮感人的，尤其在于它的尾端。毕竟，它反映了平凡人往往对年迈的母亲的嫌弃与不屑，然而最后戏里的三兄弟始终反省了，并且开始过着更充实的生活。我本身对这部戏有些感触，当我看着戏里的母亲那年迈无力的身躯以及逐渐退化的思维，我顿时想起了我身在大马的母亲。总有一天我母亲也逃避不了晚年的到来，而看了这部戏后，我答应自己以后一定不要抛弃我母亲。从小到大，母亲都是最疼爱我的人，父亲时常早出晚归，因此我与母亲的亲切感远远超越我与父亲的感情。虽然我时常耍脾气声称母亲偏袒于大姐， 但我也深知她最疼我不过了。甚至每当母亲与父亲吵架时，我也会站在母亲的那一方。无可否认，虽然我时常与母亲吵架，但我还是很爱她的啊！母亲时常说我与父母在外的交谈不多，并且向我透露她朋友的孩子在外与母亲又说又笑，而且还拖着母亲的手。虽然我在外对母亲是冷酷了一些，但这并不代表我不爱她啊！这毕竟是我的人格啊，怎么说呢，那就是我在外往往对待人处世这方面不太开放，比如若我身在一些不太熟悉的朋友当中，我也是那么沉默寡言的吗。总而言之，我如今是多么想念她啊。

我也趁这post透露一个令人难以置信的事情：
就在我飞往加州的前夕，发生了一件可怕的事情。我还记得当时我在我死友--奕祥的家。突然我接到一通紧急的电话，我父亲告诉我母亲通电向他说kancil不见了。事实上之前我已向母亲说我要到奕祥家一趟，她也答应了，并说不会与我共餐。眼见情况不妙，我疾驶回家。当时的母亲失去了短暂的记忆，并透露她无法想起她当天所做的一切，以及完全不记得我到朋友家一趟。她甚至忘了当天我二姐将会回来， 并且在某个阶段声称不懂我将到加州深造。 我顿时愣住了，我无法相信摆在我眼前的事实。我留下了我的男人泪，我目睹父亲也有着与我一样的感受。于是，我们把母亲载到外婆家，希望可以挽回当时的情况。但是这还是于事无补。外婆建议带母亲到佛堂求助，到了佛堂，一些信徒慰问我母亲，并怀疑可能母亲无法承受某些压力（家庭的经济情况及我即将的离去）， 而开导了她。晚上，我们带母情与婆婆与姑姑共餐，希望家庭的温暖能改善母亲的情况。不久，二姐到家了，我们促母亲早些上床，希望一眠过后一切将回返正常。当晚，我在床上也希望明日一切将过去，之前我还恳求观音娘娘保佑母亲， 并答应我将更遵守我母亲。现在回想起来，如果我回马后违反对观音的承诺，我将得到什么报应呢？LOLX. 明日一早，我睡眼惺松中，隐隐约约听见大姐的声音，原来大姐特意请假回来了。我跳下床，看见母亲的脸色比昨日好多了，并且已恢复了一小段的记忆。我们一家人到外共餐，这的确是个千载难逢的机会，毕竟自从姐姐们在PJ工作，已有一段时间我们没一同用餐了。接下的几天，母亲的情况稳定了，我也因此更珍惜与母亲一起的日子。

如今隔明年summer break还有一段时间，我已下定决心一定回返马来西亚。幸亏我与母亲还有保持联络（either using extra extra phone card or msning when my mother go to my grandma house). 除了能再度见到母亲，我还能与一些朋友聚旧，向母亲学习一门厨艺，品尝大马佳肴，睡在我心爱的床上。SYOKNYA! 好期待明年五月的到来啊！

Digital Devices Are Sho Sho Sho Integral in Our Lives

I am not a maniac in spending money. However, when it comes to electronic products, I am always willing to spend lavishly to get what I desire. My passion towards these goodies are sho sho sho strong and overwhelming. Well. In the midst of exam period, suddenly I am so enthusiasted in writing this post. These are my babes :

Sony Ericson K750 (So durable)




Sony PSP Slim Piano Black



Canon Digital IXUS 90IS (Accompany me in every trip oh)





Samsung YP-U3 Blue (With Blue LED light)




Apple Iphone 3G (with ROGERS WIRELESS Contract)

Logitech Cordless Desktop S510

And.....This is my beloved ACER mentioned in my previous post. Well. I could only bring it back to ACER service centre in Msia next year.

ACER Aspire 5580 (malfunctioned lolx)

Finally, proudly present my new laptop! Sad~I have to endure 3 months with plenty of allowance left...

Sony CS Series Dove White

Stylish Enough?

I do like the speaker and screen of this product. And. I have had a tough time making decision between SONY and TOSHIBA. Hope that it can be with me for the coming 4 years....

My beloved Acer

Finals are just around the corner. Unfortunately, my laptop malfunctioned at previous night. The screen suddenly turned red and blank. I had no choice to perform a forcing shutdown. Everything was gone after that. I switched on the laptop and the screen stayed blank and did not respond. I tried for a few times and it's still the same. This morning, after the diag. test the man told me that the hard disk is in good condition. He claimed that most probably there are some problems with the motherboard, and it will cost approximately $235 to fix it. However, I can't ensure myself that there will not be other problems after the fixing. Indeed, Acer is sux, maybe, as many friends were facing some other similiar problems with their ACERS too. However, I love my Acer. It has been with me for 1 1/4 years. Moreover, I bought it using my mum's own saving. Why could this happen to me? Also, should I pay to fix it, or buy a new laptop? Any suggestion, please?

Victoria Trip

It was 8am in Saturday morning. We were ready for the Victoria trip. After some preparations, we gathered at the bus stop and boarded the bus to the jetty. Victoria is located at the opposite shore from Vancouver and thus we had to ride a ferry across the sea. Although the ticket was expensive, which cost $13 for each trip, it was worthy because it was my first experience riding a ferry. Well, it could be also the first time I see a ferry. The ferry was huge and it is capable of supporting the weight of cars, trucks, and passengers. On the ferry, there were numerous facilities such as food services, gift shop, arcade, car parks...One could hardly realize that he is on a ferry. Besides, I am very satisfied with the spacious seats compared to the seats on a plane. I could stretch my legs easily and sleep comfortably. It would be perfect if the design of the seats is implied on a plane. We spent most of the time on the uppermost deck of the ferry. I enjoyed the chilling wind and the breathtaking sea view while taking some photographs. Seagulls were anywhere around us too. No doubt that I will not forget this experience in my life.

Arr..Ferry~~

We are here!

The uppermost deck

Disgusting 'Titanic'

Tranquil

Water trail of ferry

Very handsome!

Found this in gift shop

Another 1

Peaceful

O Canada~

Reflection of sunlight

We took a bus to downtown after the ferry ride. The downtown of Victoria is somewhat different from the downtown of Vancouver from the aspects of building structure and living pace. I like the design of those old-timey buildings. Indeed they are very special and bring me some special feelings. The scene is similar to those snapshots we saw in TV or magazines.I could feel myself in foreign country for the first time as despite the fact that I have stayed in UBC for almost 3 months. UBC has not much difference with parks and is only special of its greenery. Victoria is as tranquil as Granville Island that I have visited before in IPP trip. People walking on the streets slowly with their dogs, visitors taking photographs, unique bell anthems, docks with full loads of ships and yatches...I like these kind of living atmosphere personally.

Peace city

Museum a.k.a Theatre a.k.a IMAX

Junction view

2 creatures?

Old fashioned dude

Group shot

Dock in the midst of the city

Gigantic ship

Not the cutest dog I saw

WOW

Uhh

Wahaha


Fountain

Love this shot personally

Group photo 2

Horsie

Another handsome!

He might get angry!

"All look back pls"

We did not have enough time to visit much attractions. We went undersea garden and wax gallery. However, the undersea garden was disappointing. We were charged $5.5o for each person. No wonder there were no other visitors besides us. How foolish we were. LoL. There were only some fish in the aquariums and no others than that. Some of us regreted that we should had directed one of us to enter the sea garden and took photographs for us. Yet, there's nothing so special to be captured. Most of the fish are ugly and some of them even seemed to be encountering deaths soon. What 's the most interesting was Henli's idea of teaching rude words to the fish. Lame!

Undersea Garden


What welcomed us


It's all


Same what?!


man u r so ugly!


What's he doing?


Say no to undersea garden

Next, we went to the wax gallery. There were many wax statues in the building and we were amazed by those statues. They look real! We had the oppurtiny to meet George Bush, Albert Einstein, Superman, and kong fu zi...LoL. Besides we found a most interesting and seductive woman statue. Guess what. She's naked while being watched by the King! We also walked through tunnels with various themes such as ice age, mines, prisons and punishments, jesus's last dinner, etc... We were fascinated and impressed by the statues. I felt disgusted looking to the ways of deaths and the corpses. Before leaving, Lee Lung suggested that all of us pretended to be wax statues and stood aside without moving while some played the role as visitors. A man in a couple was tricked and the plan failed when we burst into laughter. It was amazingly fun having our time in the wax museum. I couldn't deny the fact that I felt somewhat dissapointed of not finding Jay Chow or Jolin's statues. However, what else can I request for and critize about. Here's Canada, not Taiwan. LoL.

He was sitting at the entrance


Bush is short


Crowns and luxuries


Unfortunate maids?All looks so sad : (


Does she look sexy?


Another sexy 1


Head collections


Are u serious?

We went to the miniature world at 4.45pm. However, we missed it because it is closed at 5.00pm daily. We were informed that we needed at least 45 minutes to have a visit through the site. We were dissapointed and decided to have our dinner at a mall nearby. I purchased fried rice with sesame chicken and brocoli. It was sux. Instead of chicken, it should be names flour chicken on the menu. I was pretty sure that the chicken was prepared by 20% of flesh and 80% of flour. After dinner, we managed to board the last express bus to the jetty. Else, we would have to wait until 10pm for the next ride. Phew! Fortunated. All of us were extremely tired.

Night view


Reflection of loneliness in foreign


Empress


Don't know what comment to be put


On the way back


Haiz

We reached home at 10.15pm, which was still considered early. Although I have spent much and the journey to and fro consumed approximately 7 hours due to the long distance between Victoria and Vancouver, I did not regret. We had stayed in UBC for quite a long time since the last visit. Life is boring though. Rushing for assignments, preparing for tests, addicting to game...For sure I could not survive if this kinda of life persists. And, here's another thought after my 3 months in Canada. Before arriving, I thought of making a change of myself. I imagined that I would make many new friends. learn to socialize in English language, and become more confident. However, the fact is totally different. We are still mixing in our own group and seldom communicate in English amongst ourselves. How about classmates and resident's neighbours? Honestly, I have only known a little amount of people around me besides the IPP group members. Yet, these are just "pass - and -say - Hi " friends. Will the rest of my life in UBC same as this? I am not able to answer this query. Maybe I have to be more voluntarily friendly and talkative, introducing ownself and trying to know others? If so, yet there are few opportunities of practising it. Okay, btw now it's time for worrying about the finals. Let's place the others aside.
God bless me....

p/s: Blogging really takes much time. I don't really like to blog. LoL.