Betty and Lone

We’ve moved!

2010-03-20T09:49:00.001+08:00

Hey friends and readers!

Well, we haven’t posted much here in the last year, and we’re really truly sorry.

Hopefully, we’ll start posting more at our new blog at The Lone Family.

Yup, we’ve moved again, because it’s not always going to be just Lone and Betty in the future, hence, The Lone Family. =)

We’ve enjoyed our stay here, though we’ve been too busy to really spend a lot of time here, but I’m sure we’ll love our new home on the net a lot more.

Please update your bookmarks. We hope you’ll enjoy our posts at The Lone Family.

Happy New Year 2010!!

2009-12-31T20:17:00.002+08:00

Hi guys, thanks for being reader on our blogs. You guys are awesome.
I am here to wishing all of you from around the world, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Stay healthy and happy always!!!

Peace from Lone and Betty :)

My Life Choices

2009-10-30T23:46:00.001+08:00

For my friends and family who are trying their best to understand why I make the choices I make, here’s a story that may help:

The Big Business Way

The American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied only a little while.

The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The American then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your time?

The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senor."

The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."

The Mexican fisherman asked, "But senor, how long will this all take?"

To which the American replied, "15-20 years."

“But what then, senor?”

The American laughed and said, “That's the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

“Millions, senor? Then what?”

The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."

My dear friends, I’m already ‘living in a small coastal fishing village, sleeping late, fishing a little, playing with my kids, having a siesta with my wife, strolling to the village in the evenings where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos.’

I love my life! =D

Meditation on Oct 29 2009

2009-10-29T10:59:00.001+08:00

This morning went great! I planned to wake up every morning at 7am, then freshen up and meditate for about 15-30 mins before breakfast.

I didn’t sleep very well last night, and I was very groggy when the alarm went off this morning. I felt like rebelling and not going through with this plan on the excuse that I didn’t sleep well, but after a couple of minutes fighting with myself, I decided that I could always take a nap later if I was really tired.

So I got up, and I had a great session! Felt more refreshed and enlightened, and of course, also happiness and pride that I was disciplined and motivated enough to do this! =)

I hope I’ll continue to do well with this, and make it a regular thing. I think it would really benefit me a lot in the long run.

See more progress on: Meditate 15-30 mins every morning

One non-fiction book a month

2009-10-28T15:10:00.003+08:00

I read a lot of books, but I want to make sure that I’m also reading some books that I can learn something else from.

One non-fiction book a month should be doable. And of course, required textbooks for my studies aren’t counted.

I might have to make a list of the non-fiction books I’d like to take on. I have a few in mind already. =)

See more progress on: Read 1 non-fiction book a month

Preparing for NaNoWriMo

2009-10-28T15:10:00.001+08:00

I’ve set aside two hours a day in the mornings for the whole month of November, and I’m not allowing myself to do anything else during those two hours.

It’s easy for me to distract myself and procrastinate, but I guess one of the things I gotta learn is self-discipline. I really want to do this, and I have to remind myself of my motivations.

The great thing is that you’d only have to be disciplined for a short while, and after that, it becomes a habit.

If all goes well, I’m planning to continue the two hours writing every morning, even after NaNoWriMo is over.

Good luck to all participants! And good luck to me too!

See more progress on: "win" NaNoWriMo this year

Test post

2009-10-28T15:06:00.001+08:00

I am doing 43 things.

Happy Birthday to my dearest - Betty

2009-10-14T21:13:00.002+08:00

Today is my dearest birthday. Betty, she has working hard. And got no time for her self to do whatever she wants, reading etc... And today is her big day. I know she may felt missing something, that on her birthday is kind of quiet. :) But anyway, I will bring her to enjoy her day when the right time!

I love her! muacks! Happy Birthday!!! And you wishes will come true!!!

Lone

Busy Days

2009-09-23T21:57:00.003+08:00

Hi there, how are you guys doing?
I know , I know , suppose to write more here. (-_- ;)
Anyway, been busy with lot of things.
And here to update a picture that I took on Monday, at night we were performed in Bukit Jalil, Golf Club, is a private event (wedding dinner).

Yeh , talk bout reading book , Betty has been busy with her work ...Superb BUSY...
Hardly have chance to read her book , and as for me , HAHA!! I am slow reader, I can play fast in guitar or drums , but not with books.
At this moment reading Cell by Stephen King, about 55% done... shame to say that it has took me more than a month... :( for some of you , as fast reader , this is crisis right? LOL... I will read k? Will read... :P

Keep in touch :)

regards: Lone

Simplicity?

2009-08-12T20:33:00.001+08:00

Remember a year ago, when I said Lone and I were moving in together to this blog address from Just Betty, and from his own personal blog?

Remember I said that was so we didn’t have to maintain so many blogs and just use one for the both of us?

Well, now we have dozens of blogs each, and I feel stupid for ever thinking I’d be happy with one.

Let’s see… I have this blog, my own book blog, another blog for my crocheting, and one for learning Chinese, and my health blog, and another blog for my book chats, and one over at Livejournal, and another one at vox, a private one just for me, and another for our music… And I kinda want another one for… stuff.

Lone has this blog, his blog for learning Japanese, another for learning Spanish, his guitar tutorial blog, and another blog for our original music, and another for original Chinese music, and well….

You’re laughing at us now, aren’t you?

You are. I know you are.

Stop laughing.

Please stop.

I said stop.

Hey!! Stop laughing!

Shut up!

Hmmpphhh!

Fine! Laugh if you want, I don’t care!

STOP LAUGHING!!!!!

Drama is Overrated

2009-07-19T03:37:00.001+08:00

Here’s a thought;

We all love drama. We are all busybodies who want to know all the tragic, shocking, interesting, embarrassing, romantic, whatever… things about people.

We want to know all these things because they make us feel. More.

Drama makes us feel more. It makes us feel alive.

Ok, stop, wait. Let’s backtrack.

Don’t you agree that human beings in general love drama? No? How about looking at the film industry and seeing how many of us are addicted to those ridiculously nonsensical Korean dramas?

Oh, let’s not even talk about the Korean dramas, we like any kind of drama. And in fact, now we’ve gone further down the abyss to the realm of reality shows. Real life drama, how could we not love it?

We definitely love real life drama, alright. Don’t we all love gossiping about that old classmate of ours who had an affair with her fiancé's best man right before the wedding? Or the one whose husband turned out to be gay? Or the bride who looks like she’s got a bun in the oven for at least a couple of months now?

Yep, we do. We love drama. End of story. Don’t argue.

Ok, now let’s talk about why we love drama. As I said, it makes us feel more alive. How?

By stimulating our affectations. Our feelings.

What do we feel when we talk about dramatic things happening to people? What do we feel when dramatic things happen in movies? What do we feel when dramatic things happen to us?

Shock? Hate? Disgust? Embarrassment? Pity? Empathy? Love? Wonder? Anger? Heartache?

Whatever. The point is that it makes us feel. Because otherwise, we would only have one feeling, and that would be ‘bored’.

There’s this saying, I don’t remember exactly how it goes, but it says something like you can only feel happy if you’ve known sadness, because if you’ve never felt sad, you wouldn’t know that you were happy, because you’d have no basis for comparison, or something like that.

I guess I agree with that. Because I’ve known great sadness. I feel very greatly. I love greatly, and I fall greatly, and I hurt greatly. And because of that, I’ve also known great happiness and great love.

I don’t think we could truly be alive, if we held ourselves back from feeling completely and totally with our whole body, heart, and soul, but at the same time, I’m not sure I like the way we’re handling our emotions.

See, I like drama. In books, in movies, in art. But not in my life.

I do not like drama in my life.

I have had drama in my life, and it’s enough to last me a lifetime. I don’t want any more, thank you very much.

Ok, maybe I should rephrase that.

I do not want any more negative drama in my life, but I guess positive drama would be fine.

For the record, I don’t really think there’s such a thing as positive drama, but for the sake of discussion, what I mean by positive drama is just exciting things that are happening in your life, not devastating dramatic stuff.

I don’t want to emulate Korean dramas and have some tragic accident happen to the person I love, and then he loses his memory and forget about me, but I think he’s dead, even though I never saw his body (now, tell me, if you really loved someone, would you believe he was dead if you never saw the body?), and then almost marry someone else, only to suddenly bump into the person I loved and discover that he never really died after all, and then having a whole lot of stupid reasons why we can’t be together, which doesn’t really make sense, and drag on for OMG I forgot how many dozens of episodes, only to finally be together after all when he’s lost his bloody sight!

Stupid, Korean dramas.

Sorry, I digress.

Anyway, the point is, I’m not interested in all that. And besides, if you realize, they never ever shows what happens after they get together. In every love story, when the boy gets the girl, etc, that’s the end of the story. They never ever show the happy ever after part of the story.

But in real life, after we’ve found our soulmate, our story still continues. And honestly, if it’s still drama after that then I think you’ve got a serious problem. Drama kings and queens.

So anyway, I had my excitement when finding my soulmate, and the excitement of the chase, and the surrender, etc. No drama, but very exciting excitement.

And now we’ve gotten to the point of having a really stable relationship, hardly any arguments, but of course we have disagreements, which we solve with a lot of listening to each other and without screaming, yelling, and throwing things at each other.

But is our relationship boring? Hah!!

You have no idea how wonderful everyday is being with Lone! You have no idea how alive I feel everyday, how eager I am to see him, talk to him, be with him, laugh with him! It’s a joy! It’s plain and simple happiness! And I feel. So much.

I feel so much love, so much happiness, so much joy, so much gratefulness, so much excitement, so much, so much, so much! And I don’t have to have sadness in order to feel this happiness. I know how sadness feels already, I know how frustration, anger, loneliness, uncertainty, and all that feels, I don’t need to feel it again.

I don’t need to experience the pain of breaking up, just so I can experience the euphoria of making up again. I think couples that have to do this all the time have a serious problem.

I love the stability of our relationship, and I love that we never get bored of each other.

I love that we never take each other for granted, even for the little things, especially for the little things. I love that he will say thank you for some small thing I did for him that I don’t even remember doing, because I took it for granted that I should do it. But he didn’t take it for granted.

I love it that I always think how lucky I am to get someone as wonderful as he is, and yet he’s thinking the same thing about me.

I love how we can talk for hours about anything, and how although I know him so well, I’m amazed at how much more I learn about him when we talk.

I love how sometimes when we’re doing mundane things, like reading together without even talking, and I’ll suddenly feel waves of love and gratitude emanating out of me because I have someone who I can share the simple pleasure of reading and companionship with.

I love that I can be who I really am with him, and not worry that he will not accept me for who I really am. I love that I can show him the deepest, darkest, scariest part of me, and he’s not afraid to face it head-on. I love that the deepest, darkest, scariest part of me doesn’t show its face much at all anymore, because I’m so busy laughing and being happy with him.

Um, did I digress again? LOL!

Anyway, the point is, we’ve got an amazing, DRAMA-FREE, excitement-filled relationship. And we keep it drama-free. And excitement-filled. =)

We’ve got other ways to feed our hunger for drama. Like watching those stupid Korean dramas.

LOL! Hey, I enjoy them just as much as the next person! And trust me, seeing all their unnecessary, and honestly really stupid, pain on screen makes me even more grateful that I don’t have a stupid director making stupid nonsense dramatic stories out of my love life.

So sure, I understand the human need for drama. But I think we’ve got to understand that need, and I think we should find constructive ways to feed our desire to feel strong emotions. I think drama should be kept out of your love-life and your work-life. Especially out of your love-life.

Lone and I have got a great drama-free relationship, and I know there are many others with wonderful drama-free relationships. I worry nowadays that we’re being brainwashed into thinking that more drama is better. It’s not.

We really don’t need drama in our lives.

In our books, our movies, our art. Fine. But not in our lives.

Oh, and I love Lone so much because he makes me feel alive! =)

战争 ( The War ) - Original by Lone (Teaser)

2009-07-15T01:19:00.000+08:00

This song I wrote it back to year 97, very nice song and decided remake again!!! And hope you guys will love it!!!

And this is just a "teaser" . I will upload soon for the complete version!

Love and Peace!!
Lone

My Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36510262398

My Original Songs On Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/lonesmusic

So What - Pink

2009-07-11T07:04:00.001+08:00

Suppose to upload pics, but have no idea how to use windows writer...:(

will upload soon!! Cheers!

The Magic

2009-07-06T00:33:00.001+08:00

Hey everybody! I’m back! =)

With an English post this time. Finally!

Anyway, as you can see, I’m very into improving my Chinese these days. I’ve found the “magic” of it, you see, so I’m very encouraged and motivated to continue improving.

You know what I mean by “magic”? It’s like a breakthrough.

Previously when I was learning Chinese (on my own, because I always prefer to learn on my own than with a formal teacher, except for Lone, who’s my informal teacher now), it was a struggle to recognize and remember the words.

I didn’t get the breakthrough before, because I could only recognize and remember a few words, like “I love you”, “I miss you”, “How are you”, and the like. You could say it was a very basic, “tourist-y” knowledge, the bare minimum. I couldn’t hold a conversation with what I knew.

This time, I went out and bought some Chinese comic books, and learned from the comics! =)

You see, with comics, there are pictures, and the pictures tell you part of the story. So a lot of times, when I don’t know the word, I look it up, sometimes I have to look it up a few times before I remember the word, but sometimes, the picture gives me a hint of what the characters are saying, so I can guess some of the words easily too! =)

It helps a lot!

Of course, I still have a long way to go, and there are many words I still get mixed up, but the important thing is, I’ve broken through! I’ve found the “magic”! And that will keep me motivated to improve! =)

Ok, more stories to come later, when Lone’s posted up the pictures. =) We went to his friend’s wedding tonight, just came home, and we had lots of fun!

I didn’t know most of his friends, but they were such a fun bunch it was hard not to like them!

Post the pix up soon ya, Lone! =)

My Chinese Blog

2009-07-04T12:12:00.001+08:00

I’d forgotten to give you the link to my Chinese blog, if anyone’s interested. =) Here’s the link:

Betty Learns Chinese

我昨天忘记给你们我的华语blog link. 如果有兴趣的，可以去看。=)

因为我可以

2009-07-03T01:19:00.001+08:00

我知道我很久没有在这里写东西，因为我在忙学华语。=)

我有进步很多。我现在比以前会了很多字。我很开心！

如果你不会读华语的，你甭管我写什么。可能明天我用英文写blog. 看看我的心情。哈哈哈。。。如果你真的不会华语，你怎么样可以读到我写什么呢? 真好笑！

没关系，如果我有心情我可能也会写translation给你。=)

我好像addicted用华语写blog了。我也有在另外的blog写华语。

我要学嘛，所以写多一点。

好了，已经深夜了，要去睡觉。拜拜！

Creep By Radiohead (cover)

2009-06-23T19:29:00.001+08:00

Have fun guys, I am try singing with original keys, hope u guys will enjoy :)

Cheers!!!

Lone

Met up with Akihiro Tanaka - The Acoustic Guitar Player

2009-06-08T12:34:00.000+08:00

(love letter from him ....LOL :) )
On Tuesday, I went to Subang Parade for a Japanese Musician - Akihiro Tanaka. (ages 23)
and his web site .

He is very good player in Acoustic, and is entertaining. I had enjoyed so much!

Here is the video , so you will have an idea how's his playing during on the stage. :)
He is also good in original songs. He composed it very good.

I also have his CD and his music score :) (for me to listen and learn his style of playing )
And guess what we both like Tommy Emmanuel ( One of top acoustic player in the world)
And last knowing him as a friend, I will too share my music to him :) LOL!

Milky- the Dog!!!

2009-06-05T12:55:00.004+08:00

Haha!!! Just feel like posting Milky's pictures. She is cute, isn't it?

:) these pictures was took about 4 weeks ago , when my skills of taking photos was not good yet (WRONG SETTING) :P

Have fun!

Learn Chinese Languages

2009-06-04T14:13:00.004+08:00

Recently , We have another healthy hobbie. Betty practice hard with her Chinese, we have new game.
Is call "Chinese Letter" , game is like this, she will write to me in Chinese , and i will reply to her with Chinese.
For your information , Betty can't write much in Chinese words.But recently she has been improve lot! I am proud of her. "我为她感到骄傲！太好了！"(wo wei ta gan dao jiao ao)

This is fun! Well , it also help me to remember Chinese . Is better for me keep writing it, so I will make sure I can remember until in future I will be the one teaching my kids in Chinese :)

健康的嗜好-( healthy hobbie)
jian kang de shi hao

近来，Betty练习她的中文。 (recently, Betty practice her Chinese)
jin lai , Betty lian xi ta de zhong wen

咱们有了个新的游戏 (we have new game)
za men you le ge xin de you xi

叫:写中文信 (call: Chinese letter writing)
jiao : xie zhong wen xin

她会用中文写信给我，而我会用中文来给她回信。(She will write to me in Chinese, and I'll reply her with Chinese)
da hui yong zhong wen xie xin gei wo, er wo hui yong zhong wen lai gei ta hui xin.
*hui xin = 回信 , reply letter

Betty 会的文字有限 (Betty knows limited words)
Betty hui de wen zi you xian

但她进步的很快 (But she improved fast)
dan ta jin bu de hen kuai

我为她感到骄傲 (I'm proud of her)
wo wei ta gan dao jiao ao

真有趣 (it is fun)
zhen you qu

Betty 也可以教孩子学中文了 (Betty can teach kids to learn Chinese too) (too = 也 )
Betty ye ke yi jiao hai zi xue zhong wen le.

* 教 (jiao) = teach, guide , example: I teach her to cook.
* 叫 (jiao) = call ，example: I call her to come here.

Have fun!!!! :)

I am lucky!

2009-05-31T18:15:00.009+08:00

I feel like saying......these....:)

In your life, how many people you met can become your friends?
From all of these friends how many of them can be your close friends?
How many of them understand you?

And how many of them can really close to you or you can feel the connection even is been a while both you didn't meet up?

I am glad and happy for the peoples I know, whether they are my friends, relatives...whoever..
No matter when we plan to meet up, we can always be close like earlier days.. just like knowing each others for already 10years....I am glad and happy.

Recently had a gathering with my friends, and happy to meet up them. Good to see them healthy and happy.

Of cause, most important , I have her. She is my most important person in life.
She cares for me, no matter when , what, how... she always wants to know and make sure that I am OK. And the other way, I want her to be happy, so that I am happy. She makes sure I am happy , so she will be happy too. :)

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Me , Lone , I am lucky person . I have lots friends , closed friends, family members that care for me so much! And .... Betty :)

All of us have different desire. You want something that might not the one I like. But I would say for Betty , the things that she likes , IS HEALTHY!!! Books, music, improvement (I love all these too because is healthy )not only in knowledge, also she also did helps me lot in my business, don't look at her and think she is just cute...

SHE IS MORE THAN WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!!!!!!

She is wise ( "smart not equal to wise" ), she has knowledge about health, music, business, and PEOPLE!

Well , this is just partly... I would say how many peoples (included Man and Woman ) in this world care to improving them self?? Ask...
I would ask myself.I always make sure I am improve!

Me..? May be some of you think that I am happy , funny, crazy...but if this is what you see me , DO YOU REALLY KNOW ME? LOL, is getting fun to talk about this..

But anyway, Betty does understand me, and me too, we both match! We have our own ability. With own power 2 become 1 , we can create magic!

COMMUNICATION and LISTENING!
Be good listener when you should listen, be good communicator when you should in the right time! No matter who you deal with or WHO YOU ARE. To learn the Art of Listening, sometimes is hard for me...:( I am still learning.

Betty and me , as days we together, we communicate, sharing thoughts....many etc..
We always talk , talk a lot. We love to talk when having dinner sometimes we can talk for 4hours. Is fun!

Another both of us always have it in our hand = H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S and M.U.S.I.C

Knowing her from day 1 til now is my best gifts to me . (My another gifts is my guitar skills :P )

Here, this post is for her Betty, and I love her! :)

Making music

2009-05-30T22:06:00.003+08:00

Hey mates, how are you guys?

Sorry I have been busy for making music for our band SpaceBlaze..:(

Anyway this is our page in youtube- SpaceBlaze

No time for blog!!! LOL. Will catch up with you soon.

And looking forward to share with you guys our music!!!

Love and Peace!
From Lone

Place: Mojo , Location : KL - Asian Heritage Row

2009-05-10T13:05:00.000+08:00

Went to KL to meet my friend- Kelvin , he is the Dj in the house on Wed and Thursday.
Took this pic , and glad to meet him. But this pic is over expose. :(
Will take a better pic.

And overall my pic here it wasn't that good, because of my setting. :(

Will do my best again! Cheers!

On e. e. cumming’s A Poet’s Advice

2009-05-07T13:49:00.001+08:00

I'm reading R. Buckminster Fuller's Critical Path now, and in the Foreword, he included a piece by e. e. cumming entitled "A Poet's Advice". Here's how it goes:

A Poet’s Advice

A poet is somebody who feels, and who expresses his feeling through words.

This may sound easy. It isn't.

A lot of people think or believe or know they feel - but that's thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling. And poetry is feeling - not knowing or believing or thinking.

Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel. Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.

To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

As for expressing nobody-but-yourself in words, that means working just a little harder than anybody who isn't a poet can possibly imagine. Why?

Because nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. We all of us do exactly this nearly all of the time - and whenever we do it, we are not poets.

If, at the end of your first ten or fifteen years of fighting and working and feeling, you find you've written one line of one poem, you'll be very lucky indeed.

And so my advice to all young people who wish to become poets is: do something easy, like learning how to blow up the world - unless you're not only willing, but glad, to feel and work and fight till you die.

Does this sound dismal? It isn't.

It's the most wonderful life on earth.

Or so I feel.

- e. e. cummings

It is very good advice, and is relevant for everyone, poet or not. What I like most about it is the being nobody-but-yourself part. It’s true that most of what we think or believe or know, have been taught to us by others, perhaps our parents, or our friends, or our leaders.

But what we feel is purely us. What I feel, despite what I know and believe and think, is purely me. Nobody-but-myself.

And here’s the thing, most of us, when we feel something other than what people expect us to feel, sometimes we lie about how we feel, so that they won’t judge us. Or sometimes we tell the truth, but feel the need to explain and justify our feelings. But mostly, we can’t explain our feelings, so we keep it to ourselves, knowing that most people will not agree with us, and will probably judge us for it.

What I’ve been thinking lately, and in fact, almost every time I encounter another human being, is how hypocritical we all are!

Yes, even myself!

I am a hypocrite, and so is everyone else in this world. Everyone! Anyone who says they aren’t is a hypocrite. But that’s another story altogether, let’s just stick with this one first.

Here’s why I say we’re all hypocrites:

Have you ever advised anyone else for them to “just be yourself”? Or perhaps you’ve told them, “be confident”, “believe in yourself”, “follow your heart”, “do what you think is best”, “don’t care what anyone else think”, or any other piece of advise in this vein?

Parents say them to their children, friends say them to friends, everyone else say them to everyone else.

But guess what? There’s a caveat, “just be yourself… as long as *I* approve of who you are”, “be confident… as long as you’re not as confident as *I* am”, “do what you think is best… as long as *I* agree with what you think is best”, “don’t care what anyone else think… as long as you care what *I* think”.

It’s sad, but it’s true. And don’t shake your head and agree with me that that’s how everyone *else* thinks, because the truth is, this is how *you* think. This is how *I* think.

That doesn’t mean that we can’t improve on our thinking, I believe life is all about improvement. Be better today than you were yesterday, and be better tomorrow than you are today.

Yes, sometimes I do think that some of my friends and family, and even some people that I don’t know personally, are stupid or crazy or weird or hopeless or whatever, because they don’t think like me. But I try to understand them, or if I can’t, I try to simply accept them as they are. I think that’s the least any of us could do.

The reason e. e. cumming’s A Poet’s Advice spoke to me, is because when he said you’re a lot of other people when you think or believe or know versus being nobody-but-yourself when you feel, I realize and understand that my thoughts and beliefs are a result of what family, friends, and society has taught me.

But sometimes I feel differently from what I think, and perhaps I can say the same about most people too.

Perhaps our feelings are where we can start to find the real us. The nobody-but-ourselves. Regardless of what anybody else thinks.

More Pic of LX3 Camera

2009-05-07T10:43:00.000+08:00

Taken by Lone :

All pics below here taken by Betty!!! :)

This time me and Betty have few good shots with LX3, and wanna share with you guys..:)

Also with some "Macro shots" , have fun!!!

Tigers finds new momma - this is really sweet!

2009-05-06T14:22:00.001+08:00

Pic of Betty and Me (Space Blaze)

2009-05-06T11:30:00.002+08:00

Love this pic! :) Visit our video here at Youtube-SpaceBlaze

Tissue Bread - Indian food

2009-05-06T10:35:00.000+08:00

You can name it as "Titanic"...haha!!

Taste sweet!

At Last Saturday night, went out to meet up friends, and saw the next table of peoples were having their Tissue Bread (Indian food) at "Kayu", and because I want to take a nice pic, and I walked to them and asked them with smile ^_^ : "So sorry , may I take a pic of this? Because I wanna take a nice pic."

And , the let me do it . So please check it out the pics:)

Part 2 - Betty's cooking

2009-05-03T19:24:00.000+08:00

I am back to tell you story :)

..begin....

After I went to visited my relatives. I went back home , and Betty was cooking dinner!!! Guess what...? What food she had cooked? Here is the pics. :)

Wow, looks good and surely taste good too!! Yamiee!! My favorites is mushroom!!! Love that so much! Of cause the lamb, eggs, sup...ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! I felt I am the luckiest man in the world !!! ^_^ Thanks to Betty cooked this wonderful dinner for me :)

You know what, most of the meal here, is her first time trying . And results is so good!!! BETTY HAS TALENT IN COOKING! By her felling...her sense... :)

Relatives came from China - HaiNan Island (part 1 )

2009-05-02T20:38:00.005+08:00

junk food ...hahah!!

name as ZHONG.

erm...name as chinese new year cake..? lol...

Where am I ?

Here, the one with nice butt...:P

Yesterday, My mom and I went to meet up relatives came from HaiNan Island > link here (China).

Who was that? Hmmmm, may be you can tell me , because I do wonder how do I address him as...? And how he can address me as....haha!!

He is my Grandfather's son's younger brother.... So which mean...? My uncle? Doink !!! And that "uncle " bring his son , and daughter in law too . Which is my.......*_*.... blur!!!

Anyway they are nice people to talk to , and all of them were speaking Chinese direct language - Hainan , so I am not really understand...:(

My mom can , because her father (my grandfather) is from Hainan. But I can't understand well :(

So here is some pics , I will tell you one by one of the pics !! Have fun!

Cheers!

Stay tune , the next I wil be blogging about Betty... she cooked for me after I visited my relatives on the same day...DINNER TIME!!

YEHHHH!!

Pic of LX3 Camera

2009-05-01T10:28:00.006+08:00

A park in the morning!

My computer!

Ants with brown sugar!

Lego!

(CLICK THE PIC TO VIEW BIG / CLEAR VERSION!)

Hello , yes I got my New Camera Lx3, I am happy got a good deal !!

Anyway I used to have simple camera in my life , and I had Konica , Fuji....etc..

After many years , today I am having my LX3, I am happy , I always like to take pic, whenever my dad go for photo session every Sunday, I always wanted to go but lazy... :(

I don't know why, but now I like it much! I think I understand why people willing to go all the places when the weather is hot , rain, etc... Just to take some nice pic. And yes , I do enjoy it!!!

When during 1st day I bring back the camera, I went to dad and ask him about knowledge of photo.. also went to forum to read more bout LX3, what others styles to take...

I am happy, and Betty like the way I took the pics, specially when Ru came back from Australia, and happened I played with her camera. End up now I have one for myself and Betty:)

Looking forward to learn more and understand about photo shooting.

Twittering, and others

2009-04-29T15:09:00.001+08:00

Lone and I have recently been re-introduced to Twitter.com, and we’re both quite addicted to it! =)

That’s my excuse!

It’s so much easier to tweet short updates on Twitter, than it is to blog, though of course, you can’t really compare the two because they’re quite different.

For instance, I like the convenience and directness of Twitter, but I love the fact that blogging allows me to be as long-winded as I want to be. And as you all know, I *am* long-winded. =P

Anyway, if you have a Twitter account, add me and Lone there. If you don’t, you can sign up for one. If you don’t want to sign up for one, you can just read our updates there, if you like. If you don’t want to go there, you can see my updates on the sidebar ------>> There! Um… further up near the top of the page.

If you do have a Twitter account and you don’t want to add me or Lone, well… ok then.

Other than that, my aunt and uncle from Canada has just returned home. =(

My aunt’s been here since January, my uncle came not long after that. Having them here for months, instead of days, you kind of take it a little bit for granted that you have plenty of them to see each other, and you end up not really spending that much time together after all.

I was supposed to cook my aunt’s favorite dishes for her, since she read on my blog that I’ve cooked them for my family before, and I kept thinking I had plenty of time to cook for her, but I didn’t get a chance to, so now I’ve got to make sure I go to Canada if only to cook for her! ;)

Our migrating plan is still on, the paperwork is tedious and slowing us down, but of course, we know it’s necessary to do them right or risk wasting more time. We’re not going to go until after our wedding next year though, well, obviously, so we’ve still got some time to plan and work things out.

We’ll keep you posted. =)

Check back soon because Lone and I are crazy over the LX3, so as soon as we buy the new camera, we’ll be taking a *lot* of pix and posting them up here. =)

Jogging

2009-04-28T07:33:00.001+08:00

Hey mates, how are you?

Recently been wake up early at 6.30am. Well I guess may be not early enough.
Because been jogging and wanna stay healthy. Enjoying the fresh air, birds singing..what a wonderful morning! Thanks to the world had created such a beautiful morning for me .

xoxo Lone

Digital Camera LX3 Panasonic Lumix

2009-04-26T16:19:00.005+08:00

Recently , Betty and I was talking about digital camera, like a hot topics!!!!

I have been checking around what type of camera I really want. Did checked on Canon , Nikon...many more...

End up Her father recommended us LX3, Panasonic. Is a nice camera I would say.

I have check out some of the pictures that potentially what the camera can take . I like that, and plan to get one for us, so that we can take nice pic, and I can be more handsome , she will be more beautiful :)

Here is the link http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=411392

with lot of pics of LX3 :)

We will get it soon , then we will take nice pic for your eyes only :) Cheers!

Me , is Me

2009-04-14T13:54:00.005+08:00

Well , well , well

, since Betty had posted up cute kitten's picture, I think I should post up some , SOME OF MY cute picture too! :)

Sorry guys , lately I was too busy as usual :(

Meeting up and had gathering with my high school mates. Will keep you update :) Have a good day to you .

Simply Adorable!

2009-04-11T12:48:00.001+08:00

This is just too cute not to share!

Look at the size of its head in proportion to its body! OMG!

*snuggles*

Short Update

2009-04-10T15:05:00.001+08:00

Lately, I’ve been using Twitter.com a lot. It’s great for me because I’ve been so busy and too tired to write long blog posts, but twittering 140-word updates are easy and fun. =)

But just in case you haven’t bothered to read the twitter updates on the sidebar, I’ll just repeat myself a little here.

I’ve moved to Lone’s place. Ok, actually, I’m still moving. I’ve got lots of stuff, so we’re taking our time to organize before we go back for more stuff.

And I won’t even say anything about the amount of books I have that we have to move… =P

The last time we blogged was a month ago! Wow!

Honestly, you don’t even know how tired I’ve been lately, with all the planning, and cleaning, and packing, and moving, and unpacking, and cleaning. And Lone’s even more exhausted coz he’s doing most of the heavy lifting.

Just give us a little time to get settled, then we’ll be back and blogging again. =)

Wonderful life

2009-03-09T23:42:00.001+08:00

I've been spending a lot of time blogging about books on my bookblog at Betty's Books lately, and not much time blogging here.

Obviously that means that I have been spending most of my days being a boring stay-at-home reader than a happening party-girl, LOL! But that doesn't mean that my life has been boring at all, nope!

It just means that I read really fast!

And also, my life is so damn exciting now, I don't even know how to tell you!

As most people already know, Lone and I have gotten registered, meaning we're legally married now, but the wedding dinner will only be in January next year because it was the earliest we could book a place, and the best 'feng shui' date we could get.

And we're going to be picking the gowns tomorrow for the pre-wedding photo shoot for next week.

Ok, here's the truth, we haven't actually done much organizing for the wedding dinner yet, we haven't even figured out the guest list yet! And it's not because we think we have plenty of time, I know time flies past faster than you know, but it's because we've been busy with something else much more important in the long run.

A wedding dinner is one night.

Many people would say that it's a special one-time occasion only and that we should make it a memorable night and it's extremely important and blah blah blah....

It's not that I don't agree, but ok, I don't agree.

It's just one night, sure it's special, but it's not *that* special. I'm not a sentimental kind of girl, nor am I superstitious, and I only do the 'feng shui' thing because of family.

In fact, if it wasn't for family, I probably wouldn't even care about having a traditional wedding dinner at all, and I'd just have like a small, cozy celebration with just a few close family and friends.

Anyway, I digress. The wedding dinner is important, sure. But what Lone and I are involved in right now is for the rest of our future, not just one night, but forever.

We're planning to migrate to Canada.

Seriously. We're just getting all the all the documents ready at this point, there's a LOT of paperwork to be done. And when we've got everything ready, then we'll submit our application.

It's really quite tedious, the whole process, and we're not sure how long it's going to take, but Lone and I have done all our necessary research and we're quite adamant about migrating.

So yeah, we're gonna plan the guest list for our wedding dinner, and probably everything else we need soon, but Canada's got the priority right now.

We'll miss our family and friends, and we'll miss Malaysia, but there are things waiting for us in Canada, and so much to look forward to there.

I can't wait!

Mom's Birthday!!!

2009-03-03T18:16:00.000+08:00

On 20th Feb was my mom's birthday, my brother Alwin and the family had good dinner few days back , (I was busy on that day) and now is me and Betty turns to have good lunch with her!! Haha!!

We bring mom to have steamboat n BBQ, is our favorite place! And I know mom will enjoy it too. Is full of veges, ad bit of meat! Just nice for the lunch! :)

Good to see her happy , and I want all the people that I care , get healthy!!! Because I love them!!!

Mom!!! We wishing you HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Bird nest with egg

2009-03-01T21:14:00.005+08:00

This morning, my dad checking his gardening area, there's a pot of flowers, with special gift.

Guess what? Egg. Bird's egg. Hahaha, so cuteeeeeeeee!!! And I took a pic. Bird nest with egg.

My dance and my music- Time After Time (finger style)

2009-02-25T21:30:00.000+08:00

Hahaha, my playing + my dance!!!

Enjoy!!

My playing with my Fender Guitar!

2009-02-25T21:25:00.001+08:00

Well how are you guys?
Haha, as usual been bz. :(
Anyway thought of sharing my playing style with you with my favorite guitar- Fender!!

Have fun ya!!!

As I'm Leaving by David Gray

2009-02-20T13:58:00.001+08:00

It's been a while since I last found a song I loved so much that I had to post it here.

This song is by David Gray, titled "As I'm Leaving". Apparently it was featured in the movie Ladder 49, but I guess I didn't really pay attention to the song then. It's also featured on CSI, as Gil Grissom was leaving the show, but I haven't watched that episode yet.

I recently heard this on someone else's blog, and I loved it so much I went everywhere online to look for it. It's a simple song, but so haunting and beautiful and emotional.

There's no official video clip that I can find on Youtube, but here's a video clip featuring another movie. I don't know what movie this is, and I'm not sure if the song was actually featured in it...

Enjoy!

Love is in the Air

2009-02-14T06:59:00.005+08:00

Since it's Valentine's Day, I thought it would be appropriate to post about our marriage registration today. =)

Yes! Lone and I have registered for marriage, we're legally married now!

Please don't cry, Johnny Depp, you know you'll always be in my heart! =D

No, we didn't register today, can you imagine registering on Valentine's Day, and forever after having to share your anniversary with every other couple in the world and paying exorbitant prices for a nice dinner and/or flowers and chocolates?

Nope, don't want that.

I'm actually not a fan of Valentine's Day, and I make sure Lone *never* buys me flowers or anything at all on this day. Do you know how many books I could buy with that money? Wasted on flowers that are going to wilt and die?

LOL!

Ok, let me clarify that I'm actually quite the hopeless romantic, and I love romance and love stories perhaps even more than the average girl! I just don't think there's anything romantic about our now very VERY commercialized Valentine's Day, though I actually love Valentine's Day itself.

But I digress! Today isn't a day for me to complain about the commercialism of a perfectly great Saint's day that was ruined by the modern man, today is a day for me to tell the world that we're no longer single. =)

But always available!

Anyway, we've registered, but the wedding dinner is only going to be held next year in January because we couldn't get any good dates this year.

I wanted to post the pictures of our registration too, but I have no idea where Lone put them. We'll ask him to post the pictures later, ok? =)

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

I still love you, Johnny Depp! Hugz and kisses! =D

Lion Dance - Chinese New Year Feb 2009

2009-02-10T08:59:00.010+08:00

Chinese New Year for me , I guess is getting less and less fun...

Why?

Compare back to late 80's and early 90's , we as small kids , can get to play all kinds of fireworks.

And you hardly to see "the red floor" in front of every houses , or shops beside streets.
What I mean here is every houses they played with red firecrakers ( with loud noise if you have any idea which I'm talking )

But now government has banned. :(

Why? I think because now days people they are not handling with cares, some of them trying t b "smart" and modify to make a bigger bomb. But end up they "boom" their fingers, or worse ~ burn their own house.

Is because of this , those who knows how to "handle with care" are missing to having good time with fireworks during Chinese New Year. I am sad about this.
I used to hurt my self, but I had learned! And I would say y generation is consider the "LAST BATCH" of kids who get to play fireworks.

I can't share with my kids in future, and even my grand child. :(

If only may be bring them to China , and buying all the fireworks for them to play!

And also when I was kid, during Chinese New Year , all of us went back to hometown to meet up all relatives, grandpa and grandma always welcome us. In home town I get to see cow, goat, horse , and more, we climbed up coconut tree to get some of those. We have fish catching session in a small stream, play with ants, of cause FIREWORKS.

Fireworks is not only for festival celebration. To me is meant a lot. Is gathering.

We play and fun together with fireworks. We having match with wireworks (see who has the most colourful one, or whose one fly higher..) things like that...

But we know the danger, never simply modify if you don't know.

And today , fireworks is GONE!

Ask: Why banned the beautiful "part" of this culture?

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Back to another story, after many years, recently we went to Edmund's new home, he was having birthday party + Chinese New Year party . We went to visit him. He was my band member - lead guitarist.(Back to 1996~1998)

We had good time with lion dance, fireworks. Check out the video ya?

There's one part I really enjoyed it.

During two "Lion" having dancing , Edmund placed the "ang pow" aka pocket money on top of tin of beer. There's four of those.

And the lions have to drink before "collect" the "ang pow".

End up , lions got drunk!!!! Hahaha!!

Last, cheers and Happy Chinese New Year once again!

Show, don't tell... well, kinda

2009-02-06T18:47:00.001+08:00

You know what's the best thing about having a blog?

You can say anything you want, preach all you like, talk about what you ate for breakfast, where you went last Friday, and pretend to yourself that people are actually interested in what you have to say.

Or perhaps you don't even care if people are interested in what you say, you're just happy that you get to say whatever you want in the first place.

I'm actually one of those people.

I have lots to say. I think that I'm a very well-informed person and that my opinions are very damn important. =P

And most importantly, I love to lecture.

Poor Lone!

Luckily for him, I have many blogs! And I can lecture in my many, many blogs, so I don't actually lecture him as much as I probably would without a blog. =)

Anywayyyyy, it just occurred to me because I was reading an author's autobiography about her writing and the way she writes. In the book, she repeats the often mentioned RULE of writing: "Show, don't tell."

I realized that I would make a really lousy writer, because I love to tell! And I have no idea how to show!

Then I started to really, really appreciate my blogs, because I'd probably die if I didn't have an avenue for my thoughts and my urge to lecture people about my opinions!

LOL!

And I remembered that I haven't been blogging here as much as I should have, and I decided it was time to show this blog some TLC with more blog posts, so...

here I am!

Like I said, I think my opinions are very damn important, so I'll impose one on my blog now. =P

I was saying earlier that the good thing about blogs is that you get to say whatever you want, and I think that's a very good thing.

Not just for me, mind you. For everyone else too.

We, as social human beings, usually need someone to talk to, a sounding board, an avenue for our thoughts... and sometimes we just need someone to just listen.

We all know how important it is to be a good listener because we've all loved it when we found a person who is one.

The point is, sometimes in real life, you don't find someone who you can talk to about things that really matter to you, because mostly you talk about mundane things, or things that you have in common.

In fact, sometimes it's not even about the things that matter, sometimes you just want to talk about what you ate for breakfast because it's the first time you fried an egg for yourself and you're so proud you just want to tell people about it.

But of course, tell someone about it in real life and they may just look at you blankly and smile.

Write about it in your blog, however, (and add pictures!) and you get kudos and congratulations from your online readers.

I remember when I wrote and posted pictures about the time I cooked for my family. I was so proud and happy that my aunt and some of my friends actually commented on it. (Thanks, guys!)

But even if you don't get a response, that's ok too, because a listener doesn't have to comment, and you will still feel that your words are being heard, because there are plenty of blog readers who lurk and read without commenting.

The important thing is that you feel like your thoughts and opinions are validated. Just by blogging. Because we all need to feel validated as human beings.

Don't you agree?

Oh, well, it doesn't really matter if you don't, because I do think my opinion on this matter is *very damn important* anyway. =D

Why I Didn't SMS Anyone During CNY

2009-01-31T17:33:00.001+08:00

Whenever we go a long time in between postings, we usually have very good ~~excuses~~ reasons for it. =)

Well, I said usually, not always.

Anyway, our reason this time is because Lone had been working on a 2-week project to get ready for a particular company's launch in the music industry. Nothing really to do with us, just that they enlisted Lone's help for those 2 very hectic and rushed weeks, and so Lone had been very busy and couldn't post much online.

As for me... because Lone's time was taken up with this launch, I had to cover for him in our own biz. Also with last minute shopping for CNY, and various other stuff which I may or may not tell you about later. =)

Most significantly though, for everyone who hasn't heard from me for CNY, and who've wished me a Happy CNY but never got a reply back, please DON'T think that I've forgotten you or that I don't care about you!

I have a *very* good reason! And in fact, it's a very annoying thing that's happen, but...

OK, my phone conked out on the eve of CNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing was getting in, and nothing was getting out. I sent so many sms-es out, and I didn't know until the next day that they weren't getting through. And I also thought that none of my friends had remembered me because I didn't get any sms-es at all!!

I was complaining to Lone the whole night, "How come none of my friends sms me to wish me Happy CNY? Have they all forgotten me?" So sad!!

Then I found out that my phone was the problem! =P

So I'm glad to know that my friends did not forget me, but I'm so terribly irritated that my phone chose the eve of CNY to bail on me!

Now I'm using Lone's spare phone, and I don't have any of my friend's numbers there, and I can't get into my stupid phone to get them, so it's like I have to start from scratch and collect everyone's phone numbers again.

I'm not doing it now though, because I haven't bought a new phone yet, and to tell the truth, I don't really feel like getting a new phone at the moment. I'm feeling too lazy to go through the motions.

I wanna have a nice long rest this weekend, then I'll be ready to start working again. =)

Good Year of 2008 and 2009

2009-01-26T21:56:00.003+08:00

Hi friends, Sorry its been a while that I have not time for blogging. :)

Anyway, just some minor sharing with you about what happen on 2008.

Some of the things Betty had covered for me , and now I would like to cover the others.

1- I had read more books than 2007, although not a lot .
2- Good and nice musicians to friend with and play with.
3- Betty got me a wonderful birthday gifts related to my music understanding
4-Business getting better.
5 - I have gained weight. Hahaha!!

6 - The most important I would say in 2008 , I got a very wonderful darling in my life who always support me , loving me , cares of me. That's how my 2008 had such a wonderful year, and 2009 will be even lot better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Year of 2009

1- Can't wait for 2009 , because lot good thing will be happen on me.
2-On the way to be better musician. More songs will be compose and written. (Stay tuned)
3-Looking forward for different level of achievement in music industry.
4- Of cause with better love life with Betty :)
5-Read more books that related to my life improvement.
6- Last , always wanted to be a BETTER me than yesterday. :) Cheers and keep rocking!!

Last, Happy New Year 2009!!!

Happy Chinese New Year 2009!

2009-01-26T00:00:00.001+08:00

Lone and Betty wishes all our beloved friends and readers a very Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year!

May the year of the ox bring you strength, health, wealth, love, and all the happiness in the world!

Have a wonderful holiday! Drive safe!

Big Long Meme

2009-01-12T14:52:00.001+08:00

Stolen from Strixaluco's blog, with a slight twist.

Bold the ones you've done, italicize the ones you want to do, and strikeout the ones you will never do. Leave the ones you're not sure about alone. =)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
~~6. Given more than you could afford to charity~~
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
~~9. Held a praying mantis~~
10. Sang a solo.

~~11. Bungee jumped~~
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child (What about if I adopted dogs?)
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
~~22. Hitch hiked~~
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

~~31. Hit a home run~~
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (I've been to China, but only parts of it.)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Keyword: "had". Back when I was 12 years old, probably)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
~~39. Gone rock climbing~~
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David.

41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Yes, it was every bit as romantic as I thought it would be...)
~~46. Been transported in an ambulance~~
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving and snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen

~~61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies~~
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
~~65. Gone sky diving~~
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
~~67. Bounced a check~~
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
~~90. Sat on a jury.~~

91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a mobile phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day (7 books a day actually, for two weeks. Though I was 12, they were YA books, and it was during a two-week school break.)

The Year 2008

2009-01-01T13:58:00.000+08:00

Last year (2007), Lone and I reflected on the things we achieved in that year and what we were proud of. It's time for us to reflect again, on the year 2008, and the things we are proud to have achieved. In no particular order, 13 things we are proud to have achieved in 2008:

We performed in Planet Hollywood.
We got engaged.
We got sole distributorship of a very good guitar pedal brand for the whole of Malaysia.
I started a book club in Klang Valley.
I started an online book club with real-time chats.
Getting more than 1000 visitors to our blogs.
I made so many new friends, both in real life and online.
Creating a great company site for our business.
Learning new things everyday.
Performing in KL for Christmas and New Year's eve.
Giving health talks and presentations to my dad's customers at his office.
Finally getting started on my book project.
Loving much and laughing often.

2008 was a great year!

As I've said before, there are a lot of small and intangible things, and some which are difficult to express, but as per my now famous motto: As long as I'm better today than I was yesterday, and better tomorrow than I am today, no matter how small the improvement, I'm doing great. And I am proud of all the things we've achieved last year.

I am so looking forward to more great stuff in 2009, and believe me, 2009 is going to be spectacular!

Right off the bat, I can tell you that next year when I write the list of things we're happy to achieve in 2009, one of them will be that Lone and I got married. =) Ok, I know that's cheating, but it's still an achievement. LOL!

It is great to be alive!

Happy New Year 2009!!

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Happy new year to all our friends and readers! Let's have another amazing year of love, happiness, health, prosperity, and friendship!! *toast* To the future!

Lucky-The Future Rock Star!!

2008-12-30T22:05:00.004+08:00

This morning, I asked Betty to bring Lucky-Dog in a room , because wanted Lucky to sing a songs. Well if you don't know actually it can sing, you better know now!! Hahah!!

I always called it as Steven Tyler-the Aerosmith front man. Check it out.

Songs title: Aw Aw
Melody/Lyrics : Lucky
Harmonica : Lone
Special Camera Man : Lone
Stage Set Up : Betty

Have fun!

感觉 (Feeling) -Original By Lone

2008-12-30T14:57:00.000+08:00

This is another songs that I've wrote year 1997 during with Diamond Sounders,
This songs was performed in public when we were invited for Beyond Fan's Club Event 1998 In KL.Also performed on some of the wedding event during past.

感觉 (Feeling)
Music/Lyrics: Lone

Verse1
自从遇见你，我心突然有一种莫名的感觉
自问我自己是否已经爱上了你?
我宁坐不定脑海一片混乱
我又慌又喜难道这就是爱?

Verse2
只从恋上你，我心又多了一份依靠和寄托
是你把我，把我的心带出希望
那阳光般的笑容常在我脑海里徘徊
我忍无可忍一定要向你告白

Chorus:
我衷心希望请你相信我的感觉
请你不要怀疑我的真心付出
爱意不会就此枯萎
那份爱就像蓝天拥抱着大地

我衷心希望请你相信我的感觉
请你不要封锁你那真情真意
无论有多少的风风雨雨
我就不曾放弃

Bridge:
你就像那美丽的小公主
我就像那痴心的呆子
无论何时我俩身在何方
只希望这个爱情故事只属我和你

永远爱你 (Loving You Always)- Original by Lone

2008-12-29T14:42:00.000+08:00

I've wrote this back to year 1996 :)
Is a cantonese songs.Was played during with my band (Diamond Sounders).
I love this songs so much,and I will post this songs/video up soon!! Cheers!!

Verse:
曾话过一生一世永不爱你
从不想过我对你会有爱意
但不知不经不觉偷偷爱上你
我很想忘记但始终都不可以

Pre Chorus:
其实我很想说声我爱你
但不知道你心里是否有我?
我希望你会打开心中的锁接受我
想高声欢呼向全世界说

Chorus:
永远爱你,从不后悔
无论牺牲什么我都愿意
永远爱你,一生一世
但愿可共你共渡每一天

Deep Purple-Highway Star (cover)

2008-12-27T21:13:00.003+08:00

Hello!!!!!!! After busy for many days, it's time to relax!!!!! I want my music backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!! Hahaha!!! :)

Today just did a cover by Deep Purple , and originally this songs , there's a part suppose play by keyboard,at time: 2:00, but I had added in my idea for the part, and did make some mistake ... opssii!!!! ^_^

Anyway , hope you enjoy the video!! Keep rocking.

Lone

My birthday gift from Dear!!!!

2008-12-26T23:01:00.003+08:00

Hi there, how are you guys doing?

I was busy as usual...:)
On 9th Dec was my birthday , and my dearest have suprise for me .

I am a guitarist,and musician always seek for improvement.
Betty and I used to have conversation bout , as for me , will be fun if I know all the top guitarist style and knowledge, so I will gather all of them and turn out to be my style and knowledge.

Betty has a book , Bio of Slash (Guitarist of Guns and Roses),but thing is it will be hard for me to read , although I like to know bout him , his bio. But I am more interested how he becoming guitarist,what's his style of perform,playing,knowledge,what he is aware when he is on the stage,how he "talk or communicate" to his guitar?

How and what he will come out in his mind while he is playing?And mroe details....etc..

And while ago , I didn't get the chance to check because of my lag of time.

But this time Betty did something really wonderful for me , she did all the reserch,what types of books realy suit me , what really can help me , she knows I have been trying to read more book in 2008 :)
And one of the book can attract me to read more is books related to music/guitar.

And she knows surely I will read them.

And yes I do !! I do love the books really helps a lot, lot of legend guitarist some of them i know , some I don't. But I believe as a musician,it really best if I can understand them.

And My level will be better!!! I believe is not only I read them , but to understand them, and to apply them!!!!

Thanks to my Betty, such a lovely gift!!! It really shock me when I got it from her!!!

Thanks!!!!!! Love you!!! :)

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

Lone and I wish a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful new year to all our beloved friends and readers!

Just to let you know...

2008-12-24T12:12:00.003+08:00

Just a quick note to say that these last couple of days, and for the rest of this and next week, we've been really crazy busy.

Been looking around for wedding venues, and getting ready for xmas and new year's eve performances, and shopping for xmas presents, and many many many things!

I think most of you can relate. =)

So anyway, we're pretty much busy everyday until January 11th next year, so if we don't blog before then, just know that we're thinking about you, and we miss you all! =)

Have a very Merry Christmas and a extremely Happy and Prosperous New Year!!

Hard Rock Cafe's New Look, and more Food!

2008-12-14T08:28:00.003+08:00

We meant to post these up a lot earlier, sorry about that.... I've been a very bad blogger.

Bad Betty! *spanks*

Anyway, we actually went to Hard Rock Cafe earlier last month, and then again for Lone's birthday this past Tuesday, 9th December. Happy Belated Birthday, dear!! So for those who haven't been to Hard Rock since it's renovation, here are some pictures for you:

This is how it looks like from the outside... the two rotating big bikes are gone and replaced with this puny model. =( It looks good, yeah, but we still prefer the old design... it felt warmer before, the new design makes you feel cold.

The stage, looks good, but again, cold.

The stage looks a lot smaller, but apparently, it's the exact same size, they said.

The DJ's booth at the corner. And the fun things hanging on the wall. =P

I like the booth seats.... very cozy. That's about one of the only things I like about the new Hard Rock design. It's not that the new design isn't nice, but like I said, it just feels colder. The worst thing about their new design are the many raised and lowered levels in the place; we've been there twice, and both times we've seen people trip and almost fall because of those steps.

Anyway, more pix for you to get a feel:

Notice the raised steps from this last picture? People have tripped here, so be careful and watch your step when you go to Hard Rock.

At least the food was still good. We had yummy, yummy food!

Lone had the Combo Beef Ribs and Beef Brisket, I think it was called.

I had the Cobb Salad, which I really, really loved! It's one of the best salads in the world!

We went there again for Lone's birthday and I ordered Cobb Salad again. Loved it!

And Lone ordered the lamb, which was absolutely delish!

This is Kimi (sorry, I don't know the spelling), he's the best! The people there are still great too!

And so's the music:

This is the band T-Rex, they're no longer playing in Hard Rock at the moment, there's another band playing now. But I loved loved loved the T-Rex vocalists! They were the best performers, their singing was great, their chemistry was great, it was obvious they practiced a lot because they were really, really tight.

Can't say the same for the musicians though. The musicians were sorta...blah. But the vocalists were exceptional!!

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Ok, on to the next topic:

I cooked!!

Ok, maybe that's not such a big deal to some people, but it kinda is to me. I enjoy cooking, but I don't get a chance to do it often. Usually it's limited to cooking maggi mee or boiling one of those Campbell mushroom soups for myself, but it happened that my mother asked me to cook for the family one day because everyone was out and busy and I was the only one who had some time.

So I cooked. For six people. It's only simple stuff, but I'm pretty proud of my efforts. =) Here are the results:

Tell me they look good! Please! LOL!

A simple scrambled egg with onions, which made me cry buckets when I chopped them. =~( This was my brother's favorite.

Beansprouts, which I learnt not to cook to long from a failed previous attempt. It turned out a lot better this time. Nobody's favorite, but they all liked it. =)

Sawi with baby corn, stir-fried with vegetable bbq sauce. There wasn't enough of it to go around, but everyone liked it too.

My favorite! Teriyaki fish fillet. Simple and nice. My mum's favorite too. And the onions made me cry again.

This is Lone's favorite, lady's fingers, or ocra, in thai chili sauce. I kinda liked it too, except that I'm not a big fan of lady's fingers. I cooked this because I knew that Lone loved them.

Tell me they look good! You can't taste them anyway, so you don't have to tell me they taste good, but at least tell me they look good. LOL!

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And still more food to come!!

Later on, I got a penchant to have some steamboat at home with the family, so Lone and I went shopping, and while I didn't have to cook the food, (coz it's steamboat, hello!) I did prepare it, and that took a lot of time too.

Feast your eyes!

Are you salivating yet? No? Ok, just wait!

This is the soup we boiled earlier.

This is the wanton and the fu chuk, however you wanna spell them. Yummy!

Fish fillet....my favorite! We had them we soy sauce and garlic... OMG, I feel like having them again!

Liver, which I loved, and my brother, and my father! =)

This is the beef, which I painstakingly cut into small pieces so that they won't be too tough after cooking. I kept telling my family that they're not meant to be cooked too long, just swish them in the hot soup long enough for them to turn brown then eat them while they're tender, just like with shabu-shabu, but no one listened! They were still delish, though. =)

My absolute favorite!! Lamb!! I bought lamb shoulders actually, then I cut the meat out of them, and used the bones for the soup. Oh, I wish I had more!

Prawns, for the seafood specialists, especially Lone! =)

We even had boiled cockles, these are in the pre-cooked stage, while we were preparing the food... We had already started eating when these were ready, so were too busy eating to take a picture. Sorry. But anyway, Lone had a fine time with these, I can tell you. LOL!

And because we love vegetables too, this is sawi.... one of my favorite vegetables for soup.

And cauliflower, which is great with soup too! And my favorite veg too!

Baby corn and whatever this mushroom's called. Sigh.... I'm getting hungry...

Chinese cabbage, which made the soup sweet. Slurp!

Yau mak, I don't know what it's called in english. But a great veg for soup too.

Looooooooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeee!!! I wanna steamboat again!!!!!

Anyway, to reward me for preparing the food, this is what Lone did for me:

LOL! I had such fun swimming laps before dinner!!

And of course, we had the most delicious, satisfying dinner ever!

Don't you wish your girlfriend could cook - um, I mean, prepare dinner, like me? LOL!

Feeling Cute!

2008-11-27T23:14:00.002+08:00

These were too cute not to share! I know I haven't been blogging here lately coz I've been busy with my book blog, but I'll talk more soon, I promise! =)

If you like these pix, go over to CuteOverload.com for more!

Little guy and big guy....so cute!

Little guy and big guy, panda!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! *squeezzzeeeee!!!!*

Whisper sweet nothings in my ear, dear!

I love this cat's pose, it reminds me so much of Baby in her bed! =) But this cat's snuggled in with many little kitties too!

I just felt like it! *melts into little gooey puddle of 'awwwwwww'*

Aquafair Malaysia 2008 at KLCC

2008-11-22T23:09:00.003+08:00

Hey,today is kind of free for me , because Betty and me we wanted to go to KLCC , for Aquafair, FISHES over there!!! :) Yehh!!!

Here is the link : Aquafair Malaysia 2008

And here is the slides, you can check it out how beautiful fishes are!!

Arowana,Betta,Goldfish,Discuss and more... :)

We had good time over there!! Enjoy :)

Space Blaze-Sweet Child Of Mind (cover)-Must Watch

2008-11-18T00:15:00.003+08:00

Hi mates, how are you guys doing??

Betty and me , we were doing some practice , and something fun had happend. Just check out the video , you will understand!!!

Is a rock songs by Guns & Roses. have fun ya?

Cheers!!! Lone

Playing cover songs Muse-Hysteria

2008-11-15T17:37:00.005+08:00

Years ago , i am not really a big fans of Muse.

They came to Malaysia last year, and I didn't went, as I said I was not into it!. :)

But since they came out with the song like Starlight , Time is running out. I am now enjoy their style of music , feel like in space!!! :)

Well , cut it short , this is one of my cover songs of Muse - Hysteria.(Original video is here)

Have fun!!!

Penang Trip - Oct 2008

2008-11-14T12:50:00.000+08:00

Hi to everyone,I know is bit of late to post up this ,but recently I've busy with music.So that's the reason now I have bit of time to do the blog.

On Oct last month, Betty and me went for business trip to Northern Malaysia (Perak, Penang,Kedah) .

Betty was using her dad's GPS system.From our place Petaling Jaya (PJ) , drove all the way to North.It took us 2 hour ++ to drive.

We stopped at Ipoh (town in Perak) , because we had client over there.

After we met up client , then we using GPS , we called the GPS , Kitty. She has a name - Kitty, Why?

Haha, because is some of you're remember during 80's , used to have a TV series named: Knight Rider.

The car had a computer kind of system, It name: KITT. It will help you whatever problem you have. Example: to get you the direction where ever you want to go ,attack enemy,self-drive(you can sleep while driving),bullet proof and more...

That's KITT, and our is KITTY. :)

She help us to get the location that we wanted to go . Like food stores. Hahah!!!!

Back to the story,after we had met up the client, and last we follow KITTY, and end up we went to a coffee shop , and superb "Ipoh HOR FAN" Is noodles,sorry guys, I didn't take the picture.:)

It tasted good!!

After eat , we drove up to North again to Penang (another 2hour - because we drove slow).

And we had reach to my uncle's hotel in Penang at Butterworth.It been a while I have never been in Penang, so this is a good time to meet up my uncle family.And we had good dinner with them, they bring us to dinner,Superb food again , with fish,veges and more (no picture , sorry)Hahah, we were too hungry to remember of taking pictures!!!!!! Opsiii!!!

So cut it short about business trip, next day we went to whole Penang to meeting up client.And the next day again , we drove to Kedah for another client (another 1 and half hour drive)

After long day driving, finally we got it done with our work.

At night 10pm we were meeting up Betty's friends- Jerry in Penang.

They had a long chat.Me were sitting down and read magazine about guitar effects info.. :) Til 12am mid night,we say bye to Jerry and back to hotel.

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Next day...!!

It is time to relaxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!

We were decided travel around Penang...
This was one of the places, Fort Cornwallis,visit the link if you want to know more.

This was 70's model...Hahaha!!I am not super model like Tyra Banks!!

Map!

Locked up!

Help me!!! I am wonder how do I break the prison?? I need Michael (Main actor in Prison Break -TV series)to help me up.

Supposed she wash + I cook,but now she wash + I boom her!!!

Something inside? Lord of the ring??

Enemy is out there!!!!! Oh no!!

Attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is Milo the snakes!! Betty felt in love with the snakes!

After this place, we went to Chinese Temple. The age now is 208!!Old temple!

After went to the temple,it was about 4pm...And is our felt hungry.We drove around and we ate.
Time about 5pm , we had reached to Kek Lok Si, for more info click link

I am "longer" than her...!!!! Hahah! ^_^

The Kung Fu master!!!! Master Lone!!

THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE!!!!!! With many of them!!

BUT......

WE ADDED UP WITH LEGS!!!!! LOOKS GOOD?

After Kek Lok Si, time is bout 6pm.Is closing time for the temple!

So we had decided to go for dinner.We love dinner and is long dinner!!!(we like to sit for 3hours,because we chat a lot during dinner time!!!)

RIBS Barbeque Restaurant Cuisine:

Western • Non-Halal. Serving varieties of Pork Ribs, Chilled Beef

No:124 B, Jalan Burma, Georgetown, Penang +604-2262523

Hardly in Malaysia we have pork ribs.And we wanted to try for so long, Betty always said Tony Romas (Restaurant) have Pork Ribs, but not in Malaysia but Singapore. But now , is right infront of us!!!! Thanks to Kitty (GPS)

Baby back! BIGGGGG!!!

Our dinner started 6.30pm , we ended at 10.30pm.And we drove back to hotel and watched movies (with my laptop)!!! Next day we went back home!!! End of story!! ^_^

love song for loves one!!! Diana-Paul Anka (50's cover) / Cryin by Aerosmith

2008-11-05T22:47:00.004+08:00

Penang trip later will post up , but now....feel like putting this on blog! Have Fun!!!

**warning:never ever sing this song to your loves one!

hahaha, what else can i say? Hope u enjoy!!! Hey, check out the solo in this songs!!! Cool!

hahaha i am back but..

2008-11-01T21:51:00.003+08:00

hi guys, me and Betty just came back from Penang!

Lots good thing happen.

I wanna blog it , but too low batt!!! Catch you soon!! Cheers!! Good night..!!

Hello from Penang!

2008-10-28T21:52:00.001+08:00

Hello boys and girls,

Just a quick note to say that Lone and I are now in Penang on a business trip. We'll be back on Friday, so just in case we don't come online until then, see you Friday!

Enjoy the rest of your week! =)

Calling Booklovers!

2008-10-26T15:03:00.000+08:00

Hey friends,

I've been wanting to join a book group for a long time, and have never found the ideal one for me, so I decided to form one.

Please go over to Betty's Books and read my call for booklovers, email me at bettysbooks@gmail.com if you're interested, or send the link to any of your book-loving friends who you think would be interested.

Thanks to all!

Sweet Little Things

2008-10-24T12:15:00.003+08:00

I just felt like posting up some really cute pix of Lucky and Baby. =) These were taken ages ago, when Lucky was molting (is that the right word?LOL!) and he has a lot more hair now and is much cuter...

Remember when I said I had few pix of Baby because she hated the camera? Well, these is one of the times I managed to take a few because she was sleeping! I only had one chance because after she heard the click, she jumped up straightaway!

I got another one later, and I don't even remember how I managed this one. LOL! I'm glad I got *some* nice pix of her though... =)

That's all.... just felt like it. =)

My Birthday Dinners

2008-10-19T11:19:00.015+08:00

For those who were wondering curiously about where Lone took me for my birthday dinner, here it is:

Oh ok, I know the picture itself is small, but I'm too lazy to edit it, so just use your imagination and imagine that the surrounding walls and curtains disappear and the picture of that lobster is much bigger than it is here. =P

Still can't guess?

This is the first little lobster we had, 550g, it was part of a set. And it was really good. The poor thing was alive when we took this shot, and a couple of minutes later it was dead. =( And looked like this:

=) And later it was in our tummies. =))) Barbaric, aren't all we meat eaters? =P

This is our second lobster, which was an add-on to our set, because we just couldn't get enough. I think it was 750g. This is how it looked liked when it was alive, and then a few minutes later, it was split into two and looked like this:

Garlic-cooked lobster (I forgot the actual name of the cooking style =P)

And Tarragon-style lobster.

Deeeeelicious! *slurp* Lone's the best! He knew I would love it! And in case some of you are really so dense that you still don't know where we went... it was Lobsterman in SS2. =)

This is the escargots, which came in our set dinner for two. Yummy! I haven't had escargots in ages. I'm not supposed to eat them, but shhhhh!! =)

And two bowls of mushroom soup for the two of us. It was amazing! One of the best I've ever had!

And the seafood pasta, also part of the set, which we couldn't eat because we were so stuffed already. So we took it home with us. =) The garlic topping isn't part of the dish, we took it from the garlic-cooked lobster dish because we liked it so much!

And dessert from the set. =)

They provide crayons for you to draw on the table while waiting for your food. Lone drew me a very sweet birthday cake. =) My own drawing was too ugly to share. LOL!

We did a little camwhoring while waiting for the food too. =)

Lone and the Lobsters! Hmm....that's an interesting bandname...

Betty, Lone, and the Stuffed Lobster... another interesting bandname. LOL!

Well, that's it for the Lobsterman pix! It was delicious, and I was stuffed, and we totally enjoyed everything they had! Including the crayons. LOL! I love it love it love it! Thank you, Lone! Muah!

These other pix are from the Saturday before my actual birthday, the 11th of October. My friends and I had dinner at The Cave in SS2...

Camwhoring before the eating started... As you can see, the whole interior was decorated like a cave. Very interesting actually, and it must have cost a fortune, I think.

Lone's image is blurred becoz he put the camera on a timer, and he was rushing to get seated before the camera went off.

The tea I had... It was ok, but the picture is nice, so I just added it in. =P

Ok, here comes the food!!

The cabonara Jeremy ordered.

Eewon's steak.
My lamb chop, as usual...

Lamb shank for John.

Lasagna for Charmin.

Bolognese for Lone.

The food was pretty ok, some were better than others, I guess, but I felt that the pasta portions were a little small. It was just ok overall though.

This last picture is for you, Yee Liang! =) I hope you like it! ;)

I know my pose looks a little weird, but it's the cameraman's fault! LOL! He kept saying he couldn't see me when I was standing in the middle, so I squeezed myself to the side. But seeing the picture, I can't understand why he made me do that when the middle is so perfectly clear. =P

Anyway.....I had a great 25th birthday again! =) Thanks to all my beloved friends, and of course, to the bestest bf in the world! =) Hugs and kisses!

PS. I'm still accepting belated birthday gifts, so don't hesitate if you want to give me belated gifts! =)

Happy birthday to dearest Betty

2008-10-14T00:39:00.003+08:00

Hi Dear, wishing u happy b'day and wishing u dreams come true!!!!

In your "new year ", I know you will get whatever u want!!!! :) ^_^

And let's have fun tomorrow !!! :)

Stay tune!!! Heheh

Lone

water flooded!!!!!At Kayu-ChaoYang

2008-10-11T13:22:00.001+08:00

This evening , me and my brother-Alwin went to Chow Yang around 5pm for tea (kayu restaurant)with friends, And was heavy rain , and i took some pics here, Because something was happened!!!! Now you see, now u don't :(

And poor people who stay near there, water flooded into their house, and i saw a yellow cat from floor climbed up to the roof of the house :(

And a mice came up from"Flooded Drain" went into the kayu restaurant where we were.

About 45mins~1hour, finally rain stopped , road getting * clean , but poor houses at the side attacked by the water, and they were cleaning , sweeping hard!!!! :(

poor them !!Moral of the story.....stay up the hill!

I'm turning 25 again!

2008-10-10T20:12:00.004+08:00

My birthday is coming! Yayyyyy!!!

For those of you who would like to give me presents, it's on October 14, don't forget!! =D

I've decided that I'm not going to get any older than 25 years old, so I'm celebrating turning 25 again! =DDDD

I don't know why I didn't get this idea sooner, I could've stopped when I was 21!

Anyway, Lone is bringing me to this secret surprise place for dinner and he's not telling me where. *pouts* But that's ok, because if I don't like the place, I'm going to make him bring me for a second dinner at the restaurant of *my* choice. =) I'm getting fat just thinking about the delicious food I'm gonna have.

My best friends are having dinner with me tomorrow to celebrate an early birthday at The Cave, and I can't wait either! All I've been thinking about lately is eating delicious food, dammit!! And I have gotten a little fatter, according to some people....(grrrr.....)

Oh well, I guess since I'm staying 25 years old forever and not going to grow older, I might have to make up for it by growing wider....

Hmmm.... I'd rather grow older. =P

Ok, that's it! I'm going on a diet!!

....after my birthday dinners....

=P

October 14, everyone!!!!! =D

New Slightly Girly Template!

2008-10-08T16:00:00.001+08:00

I've taken over Lone's and my blog and made it MINE! Muahahhahaha!!!!

Ok, not really... but kinda. I've just changed the layout to something slightly more....girly...

I actually went template-browsing a couple of days after Lone and I started sharing this blog, and then I got so sad because there were so many really beautiful *girly* templates which I won't be able to use anymore because I'm now LIVING WITH LONE!!!! In this blog address....

But I don't care. Living together means having to compromise. So I've chosen the least girly template which I liked, and Lone will just have to accept it. =P

LOL!

Love you much, dear! *blink*blink* =D

Sweet Child O' Mine & Enter Sandman covers

2008-10-02T23:11:00.000+08:00

by Redemption featuring Lone and Betty!

Hey guys, guess what?!!!

I got to perform with Redemption in Planet Hollywood!!!! Yayyyyy!

We've been talking about jamming together for more than a year but we never found the time, so although it wasn't a full jamming session, I'm glad I got to perform one song with them. =)

Ok, before I let you guys see this, I have many many many ~~excuses~~ disclaimers, ok!! And you'll have to read and agree to the 'terms and conditions' before you can see the video! LOL!

First of all, I've been getting sick on and off since a couple of months ago, because of the weather and various other factors, etc, etc, etc. So I haven't been well enough to sing or practice for a couple of months. In other words, I'm rusty.

Second of all, I was actually still sick with the flu during this performance, and if it wasn't because it was Redemption's last day in KL, =~( I probably wouldn't even have gone out at all.

Third of all, it was very, very, very last minute, and I kinda panicked for a while, so I might've been a little hyper....*ahem*

But having said that, I'm kinda surprised that I did as 'well' as I did, considering that I really was sick with the flu, and was talking through my nose the whole night. And I'm very proud of myself for going for it even though I was sick, coz I thought, it's Redemption's last night anyway, and I probably won't get a chance to see them for a while, so just whack only la! Hahahah!

At the same time, it's really not my best performance, and I sang some notes off-pitch, and yeah la, I know, my dancing sux, ok! =P

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care!

I'm still proud of my less-than-perfect performance with Redemption in Planet Hollywood! =) Ok, ok, here's the video, tell me what you think k, good and bad comments are welcome! I can take criticism! =P

So? What do you think?? Tell me, tell me!

Lone performed a song with them too, "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. He was a much better performer than I was... =P But then he wasn't sick, and anyway, even if he was, it wouldn't have affected his fingers... =P Hahahha! (Can you tell I'm jealous that he had a better performance than me?)

Ok la, the truth is, I'm proud of Lone too. All the while he was performing up there, I was thinking, "Hmmmppphhh! That's my bf, you know! He's so talented, look at him play! Waaaahhhhh! I bet all of you are jealous that I got such a talented bf! Hmmmmppppphhhh!!!" Hehe! (Tell us what you think of his performance too!! I'm sorry the video's not all that clear though, like I said, it was last minute and that camera was all we had with us.)

I really am proud of him, and I'm really happy that I found a guy who's so perfect for me that not only does he play the music for my singing, but he also understands me in every other way possible, and he makes me laugh, and he takes care of me, and he gives me everything I could possibly want. And he loves and treasures me.

What more could a girl ask for? =~)

Anyway, I'm really going to miss Redemption so much, .... *sigh* =( I must say that I regret that I didn't get to spend as much time as I would've liked with them while they were here because I kept getting sick. =(

But Lone and I are trying to arrange to visit them while they're performing in Bali's Hard Rock. They'll be there this November to next January, so if you're going there for the holidays, especially during New Year's eve, make sure you visit them too!

BTW,

Selamat Hari Raya to all our friends!!!

Have a great Raya and holiday! Have fun and drive safe, all!! HuGz!!

PD trip

2008-09-29T00:28:00.001+08:00

My Chemical Romance-This is how i disappear cover

2008-09-29T00:22:00.000+08:00

Elooo....how r u guys? me was bz , and i am still bz. :)

well , just to share a song i was playing !! My Chemical Romance-This is how i disappear. Enjoy.!
Will be back soon!

Lone

Nothing much

2008-09-28T10:55:00.000+08:00

I thought sharing a blog with Lone would mean more updates, since there would be two of us. But apparently Lone has his busy(lazy) moments too. LOL! =P

I'd been waiting for him to post up some pix of the really fun dinner we had with some friends a couple of weeks ago, and pix of when we went to Port Dickson last week.

I'm still waiting.... =P

Anyway, I had hoped that some of my old blog readers would at least comment a little bit here, to let me know they're still reading, but there's been no word from anyone at all. I feel so lonely. It's almost as if I physically moved to a new home far away and none of my friends visit me anymore. =(

So please let me know if you're reading us. Just leave a simple "Hi!" on the message board or something.

Don't make me take drastic measures and put up naked pix of myself just to make you guys say something! LOL! But then again, now that I've said that, maybe some of you will keep quiet on purpose.... =P

Ok, fine! I'll post up naked pix if no one says anything!!!!! Of Lone!! hahahaha!!!

So unless you want to have nightmares for the rest of your life, say something in the message board!!! =D

TV Series and the Law of Attraction

2008-09-25T15:47:00.000+08:00

Not finished with the haloscan comments yet... been too busy before, and too lazy now. Maybe I'll get Lone to do it instead (since I always make him do what I'm too lazy to do... *g*).

Anyway... I just wanted to talk about the Law of Attraction. I think many people know about it ever since The Secret came out, so I'm not going to go into a recap here, but I do want to talk a little about how I've become aware of how it affects my life.

So, first of all, I want to say that I'm now sick, again. Second of all, I want to say that I had been getting sick a lot since a couple of months ago. Third and most important of all, I want to say that I absolutely know the reason why I've been getting sick, and I'm not happy about it!

So here's why: I started watching Grey's Anatomy a couple of months ago.

For the record, I think Grey's Anatomy is a stupid, stupid show. It's so stupid that I sometimes just want to strangle all the writers and the actors for going along with it.

Ok, I know it's a very popular show and many people watch it, Winter Sonata was also a very popular stupid stupid show. It just goes to show how many stupid people there are in this world, (me included, since I watched them both...=P). But come on!

First he wants her, then his wife shows up, then he still wants her but his wife is in the way, then his wife offers him a divorce so that he can be free with her, then he doesn't want her and gets back with his wife, then she wants him but he wants to try with his wife, then she finally lets go of him and finds a new guy, then suddenly he wants her back and breaks up with his wife, then she wants him again, and then he doesn't want her again, and then they finally get together, and then they both don't want each other again, and....aaarrrggggHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STUPID, STUPID SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, I digress. Yes, the show is stupid, but that's got nothing to do with what I was talking about earlier about the Law of Attraction.

My point is that I started getting sick when I started watching Grey's Anatomy, and the reason is, other than all the stupid going-ons with Meredith and McDreamy, the show is about people in the hospital getting sick and dying. And if you understand the Law of Attraction, then you'll get the connection.

But because I was so into the whole stupid thing going on with Meredith and McDreamy, I decided to see the whole show through. Yes, I watched the whole Seasons 1 to 4 in a matter of weeks! Like I said, I'm stupid.

So when I finally finished, I was so relieved that the whole thing was over, (until Season 5, which I'm not sure if I still want to watch, both for reasons of health, and because of the stupid stupid thing with Meredith and McDreamy, which although seemed like it ended well in Season 4, I have no doubt will crash and burn again later, because the writers are just so stupid!) and I started getting well again! Yayyyyy!!

In the process of me realizing about the whole Law of Attraction thing, while I was still sick and not getting well, I also watched Scrubs, which although is more of a comedy, but still about people in the hospital getting sick and dying.

Terrible, terrible energies I was attracting to myself! Boooo!!!

So I told myself that I would not watch any hospital related shows anymore. No Scrubs (LoL!), no ER (which I never watched), no General Hospital(which I'm not sure what it's about, but with that title it should be about hospitals), and no more Grey's Anatomy!!!!!!

Well....maybe....

Hey, I just want to know what happens next, alright?! Don't judge me! =P

Anyway, back to the topic.

I'm now sick again, although I haven't been watching any hospital related shows, and I started wondering why, and then it hit me!

I started watching Ghost Whisperer!! You know the one with Jennifer Love Hewitt? And she can see ghosts and talk to them and help them go into the light... (OMG, so cliche!).

I actually started watching it because I had been watching so many dramas that had hooks that kept you watching episode after episode wanting to know what happens next, and I thought I needed a break, and Ghost Whisperer was perfect because each episode was in and of itself. =)

But it's about dead people!!!!! Who were sick and dying!!!!!!

So yeah, add Ghost Whisperer to the list of shows that I can't watch anymore either. And by the way, add Six Feet Under to the list too (hah!! I've already finished watching it years ago and they're not coming out with anymore seasons, so there!).

=(

I thought what about CSI, because there's dead people in there too, but I've never gotten sick when I watched it, and besides, usually the dead people die by accident or murder, not because they got sick. (I hope that doesn't mean I'll attract those though....*shudder*)

But there's a few shows that I've deemed safe for me to watch, so far....

Prison Break (I'm attracting smarts and macho handsome men with their shirts off!)
Gossip Girl (Ahh...well, I could stand to become a pretty bitch with lots of money *g*)
Smallville (Who wouldn't want superpowers?! Or you know, I wouldn't mind being Mrs. Lex Luthor either.)
Terminator: Sarah Conner Chronicles ( Since I'm a pretty bitch with lots of money, attracting all the handsome macho men with their shirts off, a terminator as my bodyguard would be perfect!)
Desperate Housewives (It's just fun...=P)
Heroes (See above: Smallville)

I'll probably find other shows to add to the list later, but it's not like I can watch so many at once anyway. So that's about it for now. It's kinda more than enough anyway.

Now, if I could just find a show about a healer who heals everyone she meets, no matter what, and never ever ever loses a patient, I'm sure I'll get well in no time! =)

Hmmm....not a bad idea for a show, though they'd have to have some deaths and difficulties to make it more interesting, so I probably wouldn't watch it either. But it's a good idea! It's like a superhero show where the superpowers are healing, and the bad guys are germs and bacteria! LOL!

If a show like this ever came out, remember you heard it here first, ok! =) They probably stole my idea. =P

Moon festival at Brother Alwin's home

2008-09-15T10:03:00.000+08:00

Last night was Chinese Moon festival.

My brother Alwin and his wife invited me , family and Betty to join them for dinner.
After dinner, we had a LanTern (Tang Loong) Session. With those small little
cute boys and girls.

Cute?Good model huh?Wonder what she was holding?

Is really fun to play with kids!!!B'Cuz i am always love kids.

I was helping them to set up, of cause i did a very good job, b'cuz i am pro playing this !!Hahaha.

Haloscan problems

2008-09-14T03:21:00.000+08:00

I moved! I moved!!

But not everything just yet. Sigh....

I haven't moved my links yet, and Haloscan is giving me a real problem... I don't know what's wrong but I just can't seem to install it here!

I must've spent like an hour trouble-shooting what's wrong with the installation.

I'm tired now. I'll continue again another day.

Still moving...

2008-09-13T19:59:00.000+08:00

Hi all!

I've been lazy... as usual. =P

Ok, I know I'm way overdue on moving all my stuff over here from justbetty.blogspot.com , but they'll get done eventually anyway. It's not like you guys can't go back and forth to read stuff here and click stuff there, for a while at least. =P LOL!

Ok ok!!! I'm sorry I'm such a bad 'hostess'! I'll do it soon! I promise!

Anyway.... just wanted to say...

LONE!!! Just because I said I would write while you posted up the pix doesn't mean that you can't write anything at all!! I'm sure everyone would like to hear from you too!

Tell them how much you enjoyed your prawns at dinner yesterday for a start.

Food Food!!!Steam Boat at Sunway

2008-09-13T01:39:00.000+08:00

Hahah, hi there, yes! Its me , lone here.Mr Sea Food man!!!
I love sea food.And i do love others too.
Last Friday me and Betty both us us went to Sunway ,the place that we went was opposite Sunway Piramid,Behind McDonald, name Yuan restaurant.

We reached there around 6.30pm,and lucky that not many people yet in that place.
So we quickly went in and check out the food.
I used to went there few years back,my old school friends they bring me to celebrate birthday and everyone have their good time there!!!!! :)

As you can see the food year is nice, i love prawn!!!!! Specially this types of prawn! They are sweet when you cook it with simple soup, tasted sweet!!!!:)

Of cause we both love vegetable too!! Food actually nice, it just the chili or their preparation of spice,not so attract to us!!! What a waste!!!
Betty always like a place when they have good spice preparation for customer.one of the good place steam boat is at kepong area. One of her favorite!! ^_^

Hahah,i am going to eat you , Prawn!!!
This was at level 1,as you can see table on the left, some people has finished their dinner at 7pm.. :)

Awww... poor prawn , who did this to you?? -_-

This place has another thing that u might want to check out , is CHICKEN WINGS.

Yes they have it here. And u know what, people here are so KIASU!!! (scared of loosing something)

When the wings is out from kitchen , everyone was standing near the food tray and waiting for the wings to put inside the tray.

And once the wings on the tray, less than 60secs,wings has gone!!!!!

We wanted to have one too , but those people are too hungry!!!

After about 1hour later, we thought of may be trying to get wings, and i went to check out the tray , looks like has clean up the place(no more wings?)

And happen when Betty went to check out others food, wings once again came out fresh from kitchen!!!! Yehhhhh!!

Betty took effort kicking people away, punch them ...(just a joke)Anyway she manage to bring back some...!!!

I do enjoy the wings, End up we finished up the wings!!!! hahaha, Thank you so much for bring me such wonderful wings!!!!!!!

Ice cream, after i eat lots of prawn.Decided have a break....:)
2 types of soup!!
Hey, saw that? haha, one of favorite of my , eggs with half boil style , was really taste good!! And specially cook by chef Betty.
Yamiee!! hehheee, feeling trying yam ice cream, Betty's favorite!!!
After few mins, see, that's my eggs, he smile at me... at say PLS EAT ME!!!! HAHHHAHAHA.

food ( home cook ) session - with Redemption

2008-09-01T10:46:00.000+08:00

Yamieee, yamiee. What a midnight 4am , we had food session with Redemption. Haha, thanks to Bien!

Avril live Concert in KL 29th Aug 2008

2008-09-01T10:22:00.000+08:00

What a day....last friday both of us went to concert with Charmin & John.

(Betty, your turn to write here. Hahaha...)

OK, here I am!

Basically, Lone and I went there pretty early, like 3 hours before the concert began, because we had to collect our tickets, and also we wanted to get good seats since it was free seating. So had our dinner on the roadside, eating Ramly burgers, that were really greasy and yummy! (I hadn't had them in years!)

Then we got in line at the entrance, waiting for the doors to open. Let me just say one thing, Stadium Merdeka is old, and falling apart, and someone should really do something to revive the place, or else it should be condemned!

Lone and I both don't understand why the heck the organizers chose to hold Avril's concert here at all when there are many other better venues! What an impression this old stadium must have given her and her crew, when she's performing in loads of stadiums around the world that must be a lot more impressive!

Anyway, they finally opened the doors after we waited for a long while, and we did manage to get "good" seats near to the stage, but "good" is really relative, because it was good as far as the choices went, but the choices were really bad.

So we sat, and the clouds came, and it started raining, and we had no umbrella. The concert wasn't due to start for a while, and we were just sitting miserably, hoping that the rain wouldn't get heavier.

Unfortunately, it did. Fortunately, the organizers gave out disposable raincoats to everyone. Unfortunately, the raincoats couldn't exactly keep out all the rain. Fortunately, the rain stopped after a loooonnnng while. Unfortunately, within the next few days, and with the funky weather, I came down with a sore throat, a cough, and a mild fever. Fortunately, I'm feeling a little bit better now, but unfortunately, I'm still coughing my head off.

Sighhhh......

Anyway, going to the toilets were a real challenge, as they were those portable toilets which, if you're a girl and you've ever tried one, you know you'll try to avoid as much as you can.

When the concert finally started after 9pm, we realized exactly how bad having a concert at Stadium Merdeka was. First of all, the place was too big and the sound was too dispersed. Ok, the sound system itself was probably really good, but the sound was really just too dispersed, and since we were sitting so far from the stage (and our seats were the "good" ones!) the cheering from the crowd drowned out a lot of the music.

Secondly, while there were a lot of people, they were all over the place, and all too far apart, so the energy was really dispersed too. Which made the whole thing feel kinda boring at times.

However, venue, weather, and situation aside, Avril was great!

I'm not a fan of her latest album, to be honest, but I do enjoy some of the songs on that album, and she sang many from her older albums, which I love, as well. Lone posted up some video clips of some of her performances, if anyone's interested. =)

One thing though, I am so in awe of her. I knew she could sing and play the guitar, but I didn't know until she sang "When You're Gone", that she could play the piano too. And until later, when she sang "Runaway" (I think, I was so amazed that I forgot to pay attention to the song, LOL!), that she could play the drums!!

Not to mention that she sang really well throughout the night. Anyone who's ever tried to sing her songs know they're not easy, and because she also sings in the higher keys. Many singers sound great on recordings and not so great live, but Avril was really great live too! She's renewed my admiration in her. =)

So anyway, bottom line is, I'm really glad I went, despite all the unfortunate stuff... =P Because Avril was great. And it isn't often I get to go to concerts of artistes I actually like! LOL! Hopefully, there'll be more to come! =)

-=Betty=- @ 8.59pm September 06 2008

Moving!

2008-09-01T01:36:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone! Lone and I have decided to move in together!

To a new blog address! (ahem...=P)

Here's the new url: http://bettynlone.blogspot.com

It'll probably take me a little while to move my stuff there, (all my links and stuff on the sidebar....) and I've been exhaustingly busy the last couple of days, but we'll get settled in soon. =)

I've realized that I don't always update here regularly, and pix are posted up very slowly because the camera is always with Lone. So we decided that if we shared a blog, he could post up the pix, and I could write whatever I wanted. LOL! And it would be a whole lot easier to maintain one blog together than two.

So yeah, head on to our new blog: http://bettynlone.blogspot.com and update your links! See you there!

Avril Lavigne Fans?

2008-08-31T02:06:00.000+08:00

Hi , i am not really big fans of her, but i do enjoy her music ..

Just thought of sharing , this her wedding pics :0

Will post up concert video in KL 2008 aug 29th.
Cheers!

Jeremy & Ee Won's ROM

2008-08-29T10:55:00.000+08:00

I guess it's my turn to blog here, Lone's posted up a lot of pix, and now they're just here, waiting for me to say something about them. LOL! Maybe it's not such a good idea getting Lone to post pix after all, Lone's posting them up faster than I can post about them.

Admittedly, I've also been lazy. I'll need to transfer my Haloscan comment box over, and a lot of the other sidebar stuff. They're not hard, but like I said, I've been lazy. And really disorganized, as usual.

Anyway, let's get back to the topic, Jeremy and Ee Won's Registry of Marriage! Yayyyy!! Nothing much to say actually, just that I'm really happy for the married couple. =) Their wedding dinner will be on October 25, can't wait.

The happy couple and friends, I love EW's dress, did I mention? I couldn't stop staring at it the whole day, wishing I could fit into it. LOL!

The happy couple with family and friends.

Taking vows.

Signing the contract!

I love this picture, Lone framed it perfectly! Except that the guy behind Charmin is blocked from view.... heheh!

The happy couple with EW's mother, sister, and sister's SO.

Well, that's about it, Lone will post up more pix when we attend the wedding dinner. On the the next blog post for me! *g*

-=Betty=- @ 8.09pm September 06 2008

New blog , new home

2008-08-28T01:25:00.000+08:00

Hahah, Hey my name is Lone , incase some of you don't know me . I am one of the house owner here (and Betty)

My blog was lonesrv.blogspot.com . And just moved to here. :)

Pls do come back and check out what i will share.

Anyway, home sweet home , this is new blog belongs to me & Betty. Kind of fun , b'cuz i will wonder what she will write , and she will wonder too. and we will wonder what u guys thing bout us, and our blog. :)

regards: Lone

New blog with Betty

2008-08-28T01:15:00.000+08:00

Hey mates, my blog will combine with Betty, pls visit us at bettynlone.blogspot.com

There will be lots of fun thing ! Check it out! :)

Cheers!

Regards:Lone

Time After Time (Cover) by Space Blaze

2008-08-24T13:12:00.000+08:00

Remember the 'secret' I told you about?

We finally finished it! Wooo hooo!!

Listen to it and tell me what you think! =D And if you like it, spread it around and tell your friends to tell us what they think! Ok, even if you didn't like it, please tell us too, so we can improve.

Like I said before, it's not really a secret, it's just that we wanted to surprise everyone with what we've learned about making our own recording, and of course, *ahem*, our musical skills as well. LOL!

I know the sound isn't really that great, but honestly we did the best we could with the equipment we had. We used a cheap, non-condenser mic, a simple recording software, without even a sound card, which I think we're gonna have to get after this...

So anyway, we did the best we could with the sound and the mixing, but I think the actual music itself is really, really good! =) I'm proud of us, because I really like our arrangement. And I'm especially proud of Lone, coz he did all the music himself, the drums, the bass, the many guitar layers, and he did the mixing really well considering the equipment we have. And trust me, of all the things we had to do, the mixing was the hardest! And part of the reason why we took so much time to do this one song too, because we kept having to re-do some parts becoz of the way the sounds turned out.

I, on the other hand, did all the vocals, the main and a few layers of backup vocals. And *ahem*... if I didn't sound good, I blame it on the mic! LOL!

Ok ok! The truth is, I'm surprised at how different it is singing on a recording and singing live, and how much harder in fact. And as I've said before, I'm no Christina or Mariah, so please do forgive my not-so-good singing, but seriously, the mic does play an important part in the vocal sound quality!

But hey, this is just for now anyway, and it's not like we're recording a CD or anything, this is just to get our music 'on tape', and maybe later when we can afford all the ridiculously expensive but extremely high-quality equipment, we'll record it again. And hopefully by then, I will have improve a lot more on my singing, and then *everything* will sound really good. =D

So tell me what you think!

P.S. Btw, if you're wondering how we got the name Space Blaze, Lone and I decided that we would each think of one word and combine them. We each have personal attachments to our words, and they sorta go together well, don't you think, with their rhyming sounds. =D

2008-08-24T02:54:00.000+08:00

our new song , Space Blaze - Time After Time (cover)

2008-08-22T18:28:00.000+08:00

Yehhhhhhhhhhhhhh,finally we have done.HAve our own cover song here. I am so glad and feel good!!!

We had spended lots time here,music , voice , mixing. Arggg!! Finally...ahh~~~ :)

HAve fun and enjoy listening. Cheers from Lone

Redemption and Weddings

2008-08-14T12:57:00.000+08:00

I haven't blogged in a while, but there's a perfectly good reason for that. =)

Redemption is BACK!

And BETTER than EVER!

And um... we've been spending a lot of time with them. =) Which means really late nights and sleeping at dawn and waking up after noon.

Not healthy for me, I know, but we don't do it *that* often.... sort of.

Anywayyyy..... Redemption is back! And better than ever! Seriously! They have really improved since the last time we saw them perform, which was more than a year ago.

So if anyone is interested in listening to really good live music and having lots of fun, make sure you head over to Hard Rock Cafe this August. Ok?? We'll probably be there more often than not. =D

We've gotten lots of pictures, but as usual, they're with Lone, so you'll have to wait for them. We also celebrated Charmin's birthday last Saturday in Hard Rock, so you'll see those pictures too. And Ee Won and Jeremy's marriage registration was on Monday, so you'll see those pictures as well!

Did I mention that I'm so thrilled for the both of them?! They make a really great couple and are so soooo sweet. Ee Won has one of the most charming personalities I know! And Jeremy is great fun and really good to her. *Envy*

Ok, not really, coz Lone is really great to me too. =)

Actually, I feel that us girls have been really lucky, because we've got great guys who are really, really wonderful to us, care about us, love us a lot, and give us everything we want and need... We hardly ever complain about them, or if we do it's just for fun, and the best thing is, there's no DRAMA! =P No screaming matches, no third parties, no crying all night, no drama!

But there's so much excitement! Wedding plans, and fun nights out, places to go, and people to meet, wonderful and interesting conversation, games and laughter. So much fun! And no drama!

This is the life! And I am so extremely happy and grateful that Lone loves me. =D

Anyway, EW and Jeremy's wedding is this October. So thrilled, so thrilled!

New song plus Redemption at Hard Rock Cafe KL

2008-08-10T16:48:00.000+08:00

pic> left to right: Alex(bass),Bart(guitar),JB (drums),Bien(vocal)

More pics to come!!!!:)

Hi Mates,

How are you guys doing ?We been bz with Redemption (hard rock performer , AUG ~ END OF SEPT 2008)because checking out their show till late night recently.Haha!Glad to meet up them again , since last year 2007 July~Aug , miss them so much!

Our brand new cover song will be out soon, stay tune :) Hahah!!!

From day one arrange the drums beat,till guitar, bass, then voice , then mixing..hahaha.. we are still doing it(bit more to go)

Hey, check out the band at hard rock cafe Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia if you are free :)

Cheers: Lone

Raising the Bar

2008-08-02T14:39:00.000+08:00

I was just reading a book about PR, and there was a section about raising the bar; improving yourself and becoming better and better as you go.

People who've talked to me about this before knows what I always say. It doesn't matter if you're 'not as good' as your competitor or your peers or whoever when you start off, as long as you have the attitude of improvement.

What I mean is, you could be the last in your class, and everyone could be well ahead of you, but if they stay where they are, while you keep on moving forward, pretty soon, you'd be well ahead of them!

Life isn't stagnant, it keeps moving, everything in life is progressing, and when it comes to technology and science and those kinda things, we all know it because it can be so clearly seen. But it also applies to personal development, and the problem with most people is that they don't realize this.

How many people you know never grow personally, even as a child to an adult? You see the difference in them as they become less childish and more serious, but that doesn't mean they've grown up. In fact, it probably means they're more immature than ever.

There's a difference between being childish and immature, by the way. You can be childish and yet very mature, and being serious doesn't make you a mature person. I personally, will never stop being childish, because OMG, life is fun! As it should be. =D

Anyway, I digress again.

As I was saying: personal progress, raising the bar, being better than you were before...

Nobody's perfect, and nobody could ever be perfect, and if that's the case, then that means that we can always improve. Everyday, all the time. I've said this before also, that my own personal goal is to be better today than I was yesterday, and be better tomorrow than I am today. It doesn't matter how little I improve, or in whatever department or aspect of my life, as long as I am better than before.

And with this attitude, even if I compare myself with millionaires my age, I know eventually I'll catch up to them, unless of course, they improve too. =)

As I've said, I don't really compare much, just sometimes it's necessary to compare to know where you are, but I never let it get me down if I think I'm not doing as well as others, because I know for a fact, that I will get better.

Some people reach a certain level and they believe they're so good that it's not necessary to improve anymore, some people don't even know it's possible to improve. So they stagnate, and fall behind when others move ahead, but they still believe they're the best because they've fostered their beliefs for so long and it's hard to accept anything else.

I know a couple of people like that. People whom I used to respect, and whom I learned so much from because they *were* the best. Years ago, they were my teachers, my masters, my gurus, my sifus. But I've continued growing, and they've stopped, and as a result they've actually moved backward. So the student has become better than the teacher. But the problem with the teacher is that they are no longer teachers but they can't accept the fact because they've been the teachers for so long, it's hard not to teach anymore.

My problem with them is that I wouldn't mind them continuing to teach, if they had something new to teach, but they don't, and they don't want to improve either, while the world around them is improving.

Imagine that you're using the latest, newest, highest technology computer, and the manual you got with it is for those old computers we used to use 10 years ago. Imagine if the technician insisted that you learn to use your new computer with the old manual.

Things change, the world is moving forward, you need to change and move forward with it, or else you're going to be left behind.

So... raise the bar, keep on growing, keep learning, keep improving yourself, it's a never-ending lifelong quest.

Wedding Venue

2008-08-02T13:37:00.000+08:00

It's not easy trying to keep up with everything, and yet I still insist on doing so.

I could make life easier for myself by giving up on certain things, but I won't, because some things I'm just not willing to give up on.

Of course, sometimes things get backed up, and right now at the moment I have so many things in the pipeline just waiting to be done, and all I can do is take one thing at a time and finish one task at a time.

I think I'm doing pretty well, in fact. As well as can be, considering everything. =)

Lone and I have decided on next year December for our wedding, but we haven't found a venue yet. We don't want hotels or Chinese restaurants. Anyone has any suggestions for us?

Money-N-You seminar last weekend

2008-07-29T15:10:00.000+08:00

Lone and I went for MNY again last weekend. The best thing about it is that once you've participated once, it's free for you to go to again and again, for life, and in anywhere in the world whenever they hold MNY seminars.

As the name says, very literally, it's all about money, and you. It's a three and a half day (full days! which can be tiring but really rewarding in the end) course, where they help you learn more about money and you. Key here being that they *help* YOU learn. They don't teach you, they don't tell you, they just put you in situations and let you figure it out for yourself. And then, they review what you've learned with you.

I think it's a great way to help people learn, because the truth is people remember and understand better when they're involved in their own learning process, instead of just listening to the teacher and accepting (or rejecting) what the teacher says.

So anyway they teach you about money, how to smart with money and business, yada, yada, yada... and I learned some really, really, good lessons from there. And every time I go back for review, I get more distinctions, and also it's a great reminder to me to check if I'm going on the right track.

But I believe, and what everyone else is saying, the most impacting thing you learn in MNY, is all about YOU. As in, you, yourself, your thoughts, your beliefs, your attitude, your behavior....etc.

We all know that we all aren't perfect human beings, and the sad thing is, we know, and we ignore that fact. We don't bother spending time thinking about ourselves, improving ourselves, nourishing ourselves, helping ourselves grow.... and instead, most of us spend a LOT of our time thinking about our career, how to improve our income, growing our business. Or we think about anything as long as we don't have to face the ugly truth about ourselves.

Well, admit it, a lot of us don't know anything about ourselves. And a lot of us don't want to.

This is why I enjoy going to MNY, I meet people there who are not afraid to be honest about themselves, I meet people there who know who they are, who understand themselves, who love themselves, and in extension, they love and understand others.

Ok, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that *everyone* who goes for MNY is like that, because for every 'good' person you meet, there is someone else who is only there to prospect, or to impose, or who are too stubborn or too afraid to learn. Not that there's anything wrong with prospecting or whatever, that's half the reason people attend MNY after all. But there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it. We have all met pushy salespeople who don't see us as people but only as dollar signs, who recite all their information at us as if we know what the heck their talking about, and who don't even care that we're not interested.

However, out of every 100 people there, you do get to meet a few really, really, great people. The key is quality, not quantity. Of course, you could introduce yourself to everyone and try to talk to everyone, but you don't build relationships that way. In most social settings where you get to know people for the first time, you make many acquaintances, but only a few actually become friends.

That's how it's like in MNY. The setting there is in such a way that although you've only met that one particular person that day, you're talking as if you've been friends since childhood.

I like making friends. Because friends allow you to go deeper. Friends talk about everything, friends are not afraid of opening up and being vulnerable, friends are not afraid of you judging them or vice versa, friends like you for who you are and not who they want you to be. I love friends.

Acquaintances, on the other hand... Well, I'm incapable of small talk. I don't care about the weather, I don't know anything about the latest fashions, or celebrity gossip, I don't particularly like talking about politics (although it does concern me), and I don't know much about sports.

Of course, I'm generalizing here, because although I don't know anything about any of these topics, some really good friends of mine love talking about them. But as long as they do all the talking and allow me to just listen and don't expect me to come up with an intelligent reply when it comes to these topics, I'm fine. And they're fine too, because they know me, and they allow me to talk about things that they know nothing about either.

But you see, our friendship wasn't built on these topics, it was built on much more solid ground, fed with much love and care. I liken it to building a cozy home, a solid house on a solid foundation, with quality building materials. And when the house is built, you can add all sorts of furniture and decorations in it, even when all the furniture don't match and the deco is all last season. It becomes a warm place, with a lot of of uniqueness and character, and that's what friendship is.

Now, if you tried throwing all sorts of different furniture and deco out in the middle of nowhere, exposed in the sun, wind, and rain, with no home to put them in and no warmth to hold them. Well, that's not a friendship, that's just a lot of furniture out in the dust.

You know what I mean.

Just wait a little longer

2008-07-23T18:27:00.000+08:00

Actually, I guess I couldn't tell you what I've been busy doing the last week even if I hadn't been exhausted.

I want to, I really, really, want to. But I won't. =P

Because we've been working on that 'secret' project that I've talked about. =)

Ok, again, it's not really a secret but I'd just like it to be a surprise when we finally present it. And it's not like it's a really big thing or anything either, it's just a special project Lone and I have been working on, and it's such a small thing that you'd all probably wonder why it's taking us so long to finish it, but it's really much harder than it looks!

I'm really anxious and excited to show all of you, but we're not going to rush it just because we're over-eager to show it off. It's important for us to make it perfect, and when it is, then, and only then, will I present it here.

I gotta be patient and so must everyone else. =)