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weekends on mountains

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50:28 GMT

Ah... Just came back from Genting Highlands yesterday. A nice and tiring trip though. But most importantly, it was fun! Went in 2 cars, kirk and jocelyn drove, 3 in each car. adrian and jack are in jocelyn's and huishan and myself are in kirk's. Had breakky at kayu near clayt's on sunday morning before we head off. Cool weather, drizzling, cooling, nice!! Had a little drama half way through the winding up hill road, jocelyn's car oversteered and could have crash if she did not managed to gain back control. fuhh... what a relief, thank God for nothing bad happened. :) according to her, the car wasnt responsive when the turn. It was slowly drifting towards the mountain wall, so as she turn the wheel more the car lost it and almost went spinning. Well i guess jeremy from top gear was right about the car; perodua kenari... oversteer and understeer, all in one package. hahahaha...

Had lots of fun up there. Had steamboat in the hotel room too... hahaa... we walk around a lot, nice fresh air up there... but wherever we go there's always people smoking. damn those people!!! But thank goodness kirk knows a place where we get super cool and windy air... although a bunch of uncle smoking there as well, but the wind is so strong that we cant smell their smoke. :) It was so cold that our fingers are all freezing... haha... and to make it more interesting we ate icecream out there. :p woo hoo!!! nice!!!

The next day we head down early as we wanted to avoid the jam. However we went for detour at bukit tinggi french village. hahaa... so in the end we still ended up in a little jam along the highway. hahaa.. but its all good!! we all had fun, we all reached home safely. Thank God!

Next weekend, i may be going again with another bunch of friends. haahaha.. and the week after, will be going fraser's hill with ex colleagues. wow!!! really crazy for mountains and cooling wheather. hahahaa... and not forgetting i went to camerons with kc and co early this month. hahaha... nice!!! lets organise more trips!!!

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:39:23 GMT

Yea, just want to shout, shout out what ever stress and unhappiness and hatred in life.

Life do suck sometimes, and it suck real big time at times, although it can be real good when we're having good times.

Full of unnecessary stress from parents, especially my dad. what ever i do also they wanted to give comment, what ever also want reason, whatever also want his authority. What's more there to life? its more like a prison.

Why cant i have a tat? why cant i go to a new church for new revival and a fresh start? why arent you happy if i take up a 24/7 shift job? why cant you just shut up when i drive? why are you making comments on my driving? why do you even want me to drive you around if you likes to make comments and complaints? why do you care if my friend's car is louder than a truck? why why why?

Sometimes the 'F' word just feels like coming out when he do such things to me. But i dont know... may be God gives me high tolerance on this because He knows my dad is as such. But Lord, i am letting you know... I've had enough!

Dear friends who are reading this, thanks for reading my frust. reading me scream. please do pray for me too. Cheerio!

John, out.

Howdy

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:24:49 GMT

Hey ya my friends!!! yea i know i know its been a long long time since my last update. Uh... wow its been too long since i blog, i dont know what to write. hahhaa.. Well, guess i'll just talk about the usual stuff... my everyday life.

Life's been different since the beginning of July, why? cos my brother just got married end of June. So now there's an extra person in the family. Lots of things needs to be adjusted, some old habits like walking around the house only with boxers on is a NO NO. (although i only do that from my room to the toilet or vice versa)

Speaking of changes, am now wanting to change to a different church for a new fresh start. Been following Clayts and co to church on and off now. Am liking the church and getting use to the custom and the people there. However, dad dont seem to approve of me switching over. Said a family must go to one same church and worship together. Well, i dont know man, just dont work out for me. I am not growing spiritually in my old church, dont ask me why, cos i dont know why myself. I've been there stagnant and not serving for a long time now. And i've come to realised its not a right thing to do. So for my friends who are reading this, please do keep me in prayers that my dad would understand and allow me to switch.

Alright now, enough of that sad stuff. I'll just have to leave it for Him to work on my dad. This morning, my parents went to bangkok for holiday over the weekend. So, being alone at home now as my siblings are all out working i managed to clear off some food which has been i the freezer for months. Man, i dont know why mom didnt just get rid of them before getting new one... Found some frozen meatballs in the freezer, there's only 8 balls left, i was thinking... man, why not just cook it up and clear the freezer a bit. hahahaa... While i'm at it, also found a couple of chicken whole leg in the freezer. hehehee... took 2 out and marinated them. Just simply, i grabbed whatever mom's got on her spice shelf. Lemon and Pepper, Mint Flakes, Black Peppercorns and Mixed Herbs, a little of each and half orange to be squashed onto the chicken. Put it in a bag and refrigerator to be marinated . Ah... cant wait to grill them tonight. :)

Now, hope i can update more frequently nowadays. hahahaha... cheerio!

Tsk tsk tsk...

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:41:32 GMT

Been having some problem opening xanga at my house for the pass few weeks, thats why no entry for so long. Now am writing this entry at office's internet kiosk. Haih.... not much time to write, but just wanna update a bit la. hahahaa...

Its november now, time to clear leave. hahahaa... so this month i will be off on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. If free, can call me for breakfast, lunch, dinner or yum cha also can. :)

OK, that's it for now. Later! :)

Jusri and Melissa's Wedding

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:12:59 GMT

Attended my colleague's wedding at Klang Centro Mall last Sunday. Let me introduce the newly wedded couple. Jusri, the bridegroom; he is an ex colleague and friend in HSBC. Needless to say, he is the one who interviewed me when i applied for job there 2 years ago. Without him i might not be in HSBC now. hahahaa... But now he is no longer in HSBC, infact he changed a couple of companies already after HSBC. All i know is that he is earning big bucks now. And the Melissa, the bride; so happened... yea, just so happened she is in the same batch of newbies training as myself. We were serving HSBC AU, then NZ, but now she moved on and served as AM with HSBC Taiwan. unlike me, still in NZ. hahaha...

The card stated starting 7pm sharp but as usual Malaysian timing is always out. As for me, i dont like being late... not my style. So i left my house around 5pm. hahaha.... But there's reason to leave early also, cos have to pick up people along the way. Maxx and Nicole came to my house, they hop in my car and we head to 1utama tp pick up Fremont. After that head all the way down to Subang, meet up with Nikki and Amanda, as they do not know the way. So guided them from Subang Parade to the first toll, met up Adrian and Jenny. Then 3 cars convoy to Centro Mall, Klang. Unfortunately, i had to lead the way cos non of them is familiar with Klang. Actually i myself dont know where is Centro Klang, only know its somewhere near PeiYin's house. Tought of calling her if we ever get lost, but thank God we managed to find the way. ahahahaa.... And we reached there way early, around 6.15pm. So we walk around the mall before entering the ballroom.

At 7pm sharp, we were standing at the entrance of the ballroom. And all we saw is a few chun chick at the reception table waiting for guests, the groom and also a ballroom filled with tables but no people... (-_-")... so, we're the first to arrive after all. haha... Was a good dinner, best is able to meet up with ex colleagues who left hsbc as well as having fun with current colleagues as well. (oh, an ex-colleague, Dev complaint i never update blog lately... okla, will update more yeah! hahaa... keep visiting.)

Left Klang at around 11pm+... i think, around there la... however i reached home at about 1.30am. haih... what to do, being good person, i sent few of them home. Drop Amanda at Subang, then lead Nikki from Suabng back to Puchong, then drop Nicole back at office, sent Jenny back home at Nilai, then only i can go home... haih... But kesian Maxx, cos his car is at my house, so have to follow me all along and he have to drive home after that. And what's worst is he is working at 5am that morning. hahaa... But most importantly, we had fun. Woo Hoo!!!

Saman

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:04:11 GMT

Got quite a few saman lately. hahaa... but thank goodness is not police saman la, if not my license will kena gantung by now. It's the "red saman", attended one last weekend. My church member's wedding. But that was a little different, because it's not dinner but lunch. Also the way he give the saman is rather weird. He gave my parents one, my brother and his fiancee one, my sister and myself one. What the heck!? so since he gave likes this, i also share the saman with my sis la, i only gave RM50 while my sis gave RM100, so together mai RM150 lo. :p evil evil....

Am gonna attend another one this weekend. This one is my colleague's wedding. Dinner will be in Klang, dont know some cinapek restaurant. most of us colleagues are invited. Too bad this one cant run away la... guess at least RM80 to RM100... ouch!!!

Things are not gonna end this week. I still have another one pending... ah!!!!! This one is from my ex-colleague. i havent get the card yet though, but she did sms me. haih... die la die la.... pok kai liao la!!!!!

48

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:24:37 GMT

Fourty Eight hours of non sleeping is a very terrible thing... And that's basically what i've been through last weekend. hahaa... Lyn called me on a saturday morning asking if i wanna join them for a day trip to melacca. Wow!!! its been a while since i go outstation, lets go!! hahaa... After a while later she called me again, "john, pack some clothes to change la, we're staying there for the night." huh? what? staying there? uh...ah... okla. Then i remembered KC might want to join us as well, so gave him a call. Guess what? he says OK right away. hahahaa...

And so the four of us, Lyn, EricTeng, KC and myself head to melacca at around 4pm saturday afternoon. (note that i am already awake almost the whole day) Eric drove there all the way, drop by at Lyn's mama's house. And out again we go. Basically its just a makan trip. We makan whatever Lyn said is nice. So we went to this Cafe where lyn used to work, then we head for sate celup. nice!!! :) We also went carrefour there for some shopping as KC did not bring any change. That night i cant sleep. I dont know why, its either the coffee i drank or am not used to the place. So i played games on my phone through the night. hahaaa.. I remember next morning Teng told Lyn "i woke up 5am in the morning and saw johngan playing game..." hahaaaa.. what to do, cant sleep. Went for DimSum breakky around 7+ in the morning. After that lepak at Lyn's house for a while, then we head out again for lunch. hahahaaa... Lyn's mama belanja us nyonya food. Tastes good, but i think the dimsum inside still not digested yet... so i didnt eat much. We start our journey back to KL at about 5 in the evening. Although am tired, but i try not to sleep in the car as to support the driver. hahahaa... thats what i usually do la, cos i know driving alone while everyone is sleeping is not a fun thing. I dozed of a couple of minutes, but the funny thing is when teng talks to me, i can still respond. ahhahaaa... Reached home at around 7pm+. I cant sleep yet, as i have to go for karaoke session with my colleagues. hahaaa.. took a cold shower to wake myself up, then drove all the way to subang and meet up with them.

A colleague of mine, Maxx wanted to intro a girl to me. This girl, Erene is also from my office but different department. There's 7 of us there, among all 7, she is the only one not from my department... hmmm i wonder if she feels awkward. Anyways, we had fun singing, get to know each other, taking pictures... It lasted from 10pm till 3am in the morning. Wow, we're a bunch of crazy people. (Needless to say, i actually took leave for this event as i know she is coming :p) Going home time, Maxx made me fetch Erene home... aiyo... so malu. Anyways, that's how it goes. Sent her home, get to know her better. Took a slow drive home after that. Reached home near 4am. Then i was thinking, should i go to bed? because i made appoinment with EricLim for breakfast at 8am, cos he was on leave as well. I decided not to sleep, or else i would end up dead sleeping and miss the breakky session. So i took a shower and watch dvd. Think i played the wrong movie, was watching Warlords, i felt more and more tired trying to listen to their dialogue (cos they talk alot in the movie). At about 6am, i was like thinking... man, i should go to sleep and wake up later when eric calls. Turned off everything, washed my face prepare for a nap... then my phone rings. Huh!? who in the world message me at this hour la? See see... its my other colleague, Tony. Ask me wanna breakky or not. I dont know why, but i just replied OK. And we head out right away. Went DimSum with Tony at 6am... Then later meet up with eric lim at 8am. hahahaa... crazy!! When i was talking to Eric, i was blur blur already... head back after that, shower again and i went to bed straight. slept from 10am till 12am. (14hours of sleep) Then head to work after that... hahahaaa.... Just like what my colleague, Maxx said :"Work hard, but play hard at the same time."

Erene and Johngan

haha

kumar looks like ghost at the side there...

Melvin, Maxx, Erene, Johngan, Tai

Last picture of the day... (only 5 of us left, amanda and kumar left early....)

Lots of Things Happening

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:09:42 GMT

Ah, again, its been a long time since my last update. Lots of things been happening recently. Well, we got olympic going on and just ended yesterday, we've got lots of political news on the media everyday, this and that.. blah blah blah...

As for myself, nothing's more busy than work and work alone. well, yea actually not very busy at work but because of my shift timings that makes me look busy. Got my leave application declined twice this month, well its actually last saturday and last last saturday. Am gonna apply again this saturday and hope they'll approve it this time.

I dont know why everyone is planning things and event on weekends this month, 2 weeks back couple of my colleagues planned for PD trip and that's when i get my leave declined for the first time. Then the following weekend, Ben and Joan is haivng a Steamboat party at their new house. And yes, this is where my second leave application declined. Just because i wanted to see BenJo's new house and join the gang, i swapped shift with a colleague last miute. Its like few hours before my shift starts i called him up. hahaa.. Thank goodness he agreed. But because of that i woule have to work 18 hours straight the next day. haih... wanna know more? ask me personally, cos very hard to explain in text. Now this coming weekend, my cousins is planning for a makan session among all cousins, cos we have not met each other for long time since we all started working. So hopefully will be approved this time.

Tomorrow i will be busy again, busy cleaning up my room. Cos daddy gonna install aircond for me. woohoo!!! after so many years of suffering. (my room is the only room in the house without one...) Well, but say only he install la, i would have to pay for the aircond unit myself. But other things he will settle la, hopefully.

What else do i have to say.... uh, i've been checking out motor trader lately, doing some shopping for automobiles. Man, the prices are crazy, esspecially the japanese tuners. Well, with my budget, i'd say local car is the best option but i put it as last resort. So far, am considering a second hand smart forfour, saw one selling bout RM50k, not sure ok or not la, cos its about half the price of a new car. But did some survey also, it seems like that's the market price for second hand smart forfour. Well, good for me, rather that than a proton. ahhahaa... Anyways, am not gonna buy now, just shop around first, who knows i might just end up with a Myvi.

Benjo's Wedding Pictures

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:38:02 GMT

Benjamin & Jo-An = Benjo. :)

Wedding cake, nice!!!

ShuLing, Cat, LooYee, "Kirk Sou"

WeeKee, JohnGan, ShuLing

EricLim, Cat, JasonYee, ChenFei, Raymond

MsLee, LooYee, ShuLing, PeiYin, SueLi, "KirkSou", Cat, Ben, Joan

Ben, Joan, Cat. (ah ben's coat a bit weird hor? only button the top... hmmm...)

Chappati time aka Dog Pile, yeah Ben kena Chappati on his wedding night. Woo Hoo!!!

Christine, JohnGan. (Think Ben will kill me when he sees this picture. hahahaa...)
Can la, ah ben... no need resume la. i sure qualify for Christine one... hahahaa...

ChenFei, nak challenge... cis!!!

Cat, WeeKee. quite match wo... heee...

Kirk and his gf, Kirk Sou.

KevinLee, PeiYin.

Disclaimer: These pictures are taken by Cat with her camera, JohnGan will not held responsible if you do not see your face in here or you think that you look ugly in these pictures. hahahaaaa... :p

1 month

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:43:51 GMT

Wow, its almost one whole month since i update my blog. sorry folks, hahaa... been busy, and at times lazy. hahaha...

Well, lots of things happened within a month. The guys who went training is already back on floor. So the coverage is full agian, not so busy and tired for me. :) My department also had our rewards and recognition last thursday, won couple of stuff... heheee...

In these 2 weeks i wore my coat twice, seldom have chance to wear coat and formal cloathings.... First event was my company's annual dinner at KLCC last weekend, and second event was yesterday, our dear Mr Ben Ong and Ms Joan Ng's wedding. And i actually wore the exact same shirt and style on both occasions. haih.... very dull hor? no choice la, i dont have very good sense of fashion, although i dreamt to be a fashion designer before. hahahahaa... Took lots of pictures for both events, might upload some in here when got more free time. but at the mean time you guys can view those pics at facebook. (i not sure those with cameras uploaded already or not la) hahahahaa... Get to meet up with lots of old college mates during benjo's wedding. and as usual we being the loudest bunch create all the havoc during the dinner reception. "Yum Seng" like crazy... Then also, get to know some chick there... hehehehee... :p (okla, its ah ben's little sister, Christine)

This morning woke up for church, wow, felt so tired. all my muscles like stiff and felt so exhausted although after a whole night sleep. Thank goodness i got 5 days off this weekend. Thanks to weird shift next month. I will be working 9pm till 6am wednesday to sunday. that means me weekend for this month starts on monday morning 6am. haih...... felt so awkward... anyways, life still goes on. Ok now, gotta rest, and then type resume for mr ben. if you know what i mean... hahahaa...

Oh, not forgetting its Mr Eric Teng's birthday today (03/08/2008). A toast for you bro!!!! Yum Seng!!!! ahahaha...