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In PENANG, there's nothing better to do other than eat....
feeling very down lately, i've decided to go for a change.... i've not been going after nice food for a long time,so instead of just keep feeling down, i thought of finding some nice food to make up for the lost feelings....

Hence, while riding on my sis's VR125 back from work, i keep my brain fully occupied with a very simple question, "What to eat?"
Finally, FACES, here i come!!! it's been a very long time since i last stepped into this place.... missed the Breaded Chicken Chop a lot & u know what? it was only RM4.50 last time when everywhere else was selling at RM6....

the atmosphere is still the same, very romantic.... such atmosphere, needless to say, made me think of someone.... how i wished she was there with me.... after picking a seat, i turned over the menu.... to my surprise, things changed a lot.... Breaded Chicken Chop is no longer on the menu.... disappointment started to appear.... after viewing through the whole main course section (well, i don't really view snacks or toast as they're barely enough to cover the holes & gaps in between my teeth), i found that all the beef steaks are only flavoured with black pepper sauce.... ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT!! though i don't hate it, i just don't really like it.... finally, i made up my mind by selecting the most common Oriental Chicken Chop for my main course & a large glass of Leehom (beetroot + milk) for my beverage....

How regret i was when i took the very first sip.... it didn't taste nice at all.... yucks.... but since i've ordered it, i'll have to finish it (family motto).... to my surprise, the food actually arrived in a very short time, much sooner than i've expected as Western Food usually needs a longer time to prepare.... Bon appetite!! The first bite on the fries told me that i'd better prepare for another disappointment.... the fries aren't very crunchy & they're kinda not hot (could've been left aside for quite some time).... thinking that they're only the side dishes, it shouldn't matter much but such optimist thought was not matched with a suitable result.... the Oriental Chicken Chop is not what Faces would've prepared last time.... the outer layer of the chicken is kinda hard instead of crunchy & the sauce is not really nice... thinking that it could be my own mistake for ordering the cheapest dish on the menu, i called the waitress over & made another order, hoping to overcome my disappointment.... the only dish, other than the Oriental Chicken Chop, which did not have black pepper as sauce is the Chicken Aux Champignons.... Looking at the name itself made me feel very Italiano & needless to say, the kitchen prepared it in no time at all.... again, the disappointing fries appeared.... to overcome it, i asked for some tartar sauce... well, this dish is not that bad but the sauce is kinda normal (normal mushroom sauce + some spices) & not as Italiano as i've expected....

After finishing the last bite of my food & forcefully down the whole large (it's really LARGE) glass of Leehom, i asked for the bill:

Oriental Chicken Chop                   5.90
Leehom - L                                    5.90
Chic. Aux Champignons                  6.90
*Extra Tartar Sauce*                      1.00

Subtotal                                       19.70

FOR THAT TINY BIT OF TARTAR SAUCE, THEY CHARGED RM1!!!!!!
I CAN GET A WHOLE BOWL FOR FREE FROM ELSEWHERE & THEY TASTE MUCH BETTER FROM THE ONE HERE!!!!

though RM1 isn't that much, it's still not worth that much for a small plastic-McDonald's-saucer amount of tartar sauce....

overall, the food here is still very cheap. though it's not very nice, it's a very good place to satisfy hunger. just don't ask for any additional sauce, everything should be fine.... hehehe....

i'll continue to hunt for other nice places which i've almost forgotten. my sis told me that there's an Indian Cafe near my area which provide very nice Indian cuisine. that should be where i'll head for 2molo...   : )

anyone in penang who's reading this blog & wants to join me in the hunt or have any places to suggest, feel free to drop me a msg here or sms me.... hopefully by doing this, it'll help distract me from unnecessary thoughts on someone....

*虽然我在努力，我还是很想念你。*

老天爷，为什么？

Where is everyone when i want someone to talk to?

Am i thinking too much?

Am i myself?

Am i really smiling & laughing?

I don't know myself anymore....

I'm starting to hate myself....

I want to cry but where are my tears?

I just want to see you, care for you & love you....

我又爱错了，对吗？

老天爷，为什么你要和我开这种玩笑？ 我真地以为你是在给我机会，怎么知道原来真的是个玩笑。。。看到现在的我，老天爷，你觉得真的好笑吗？这样你开心吗？我到底做错了什么？一次又一次，你都对我开这种玩笑。。。我真得很失望。。不是对任何人失望而是对自己失望。。。这世界有六十多乙的人，我偏偏爱上了你。。。老天爷，不好笑。真得不好笑。。。我快忘了什么是笑。。。我觉得每次我笑，都只是个面具。。。没有了笑容的我真得很恐怖。。。我快认不到我自己了。。。老天爷，你的玩笑什么时候才会结束？

project

yesterday was the first time, since i entered ISO, i have the feeling of not wanting to leave.... it's been a long time since the feelings of 'dunno-what's-wrong-with-the-circuit' came to me.... it was quite a tensing feeling but with the mixture of curiosity & anxiousness, the whole thing turned out to be quite fun....

for the first time, i have to design my own circuit. for the first time, i have to hunt for the right components, for the first time i have to hunt for places to buy the components & for the first time, i'll have to think of an immediate replacement when the components i wanted are not available.... for the first time, i'm having lots of fun with those components....

but still in the end, it did not give me the result that i wanted & i have to continue doing it again today....haha....

however, no matter how bz yesterday was, no matter how tense & how much fun i had, she was still always in my mind.... i wanted to tell her everything about it but i know it'll only bore her...

i asked her if she's free this weekend but she replied that she might be going back KL again.... it's her birthday this saturday.... actually i've come out with quite a number of plan to celebrate it with her.... i've been putting thoughts on it since over a month but no matter how nice & how fun i thought that day would be, it'll only be a plan since the main person will not be a part of it.... i'm ready to take a day off from helping my dad as long as i get a 'yes' from her but haiz.... i guess i'll be helping my dad this weekend....

well, guys who're free this weekend, u can come find me at my dad's place.... : )

it's 743am now & i'd better leave for work.... surely late for the first time d.... hahaha....

take care everyone....

**i really miss you**

training??

this is the first time i'm writing a blog since i came back to penang for training 2weeks ago. it's always fun getting back to penang. everytime when i thought that i'll be getting back to penang, i'll be very happy & same goes for this time. it's even happier when i know she will be training in the same company as i will....

training started & i was sent to another branch (not in the same branch as hers)    :(

training was not bad actually. i was assigned to a team which produce high-power LED for a company called CREE from USA. these 2 weeks gave me lots of knowledge on LED. i have to know about the product, have to learn about the machines that are used for bonding the components together & how to handle some simple stuffs with the machines. i have to admit that it was kinda boring in the beginning as i was only asked to observe the process. imagine, having to observe only the process from 9am - 6pm...hohohoho.....i almost fell asleep most of the time & jumped to a wake when one of my knees gave way which made me felt like i'll be falling....but luckily nobody noticed most of the time....hahaha....

the supervisor is a very nice & experienced guy. he's been in this company for 7years! anything i asked will be replied with an answer unless they're unrelated to the manufacturing. whenever he's around in the process room, i'll definitely fall asleep at least a few times a day. he's not really a very boring guy but when he's in there, he alone can handle everything & gave me nothing to do except standing there & watch. he's kinda blur when it comes to internship. he did not know what to let me do most of the time & will ask me this question,"erm....what u want to do?" hohoho....i guess she was right. she told me her supervisor is just at the same age as she is & that's probably why he can understand how training should be & can assign her with tasks. i guess my supervisor is too old to understand or remember what should be done during internship. however, there's another engineer who's working on the end of line. he's a year younger than me & he's been working there for over a year!! he's a malay guy but he's good. he can understand my situation & told me he'll try to get me some assignments & he did!!

now they're going to give me projects. one simple & another very tough. really looking forward to those projects. but as that will only start after RAYA, i was still back in the process room till yesterday... NO...WAIT!!! my mistake....that guy will be on RAYA leave till end of next week, which means i'll have to spend my next WED, THURS & FRI falling asleep in the process room again!! :(

back in penang should be a fun time for me(usually) but this time, i've not really been happy....probably i used my brain too much. most of the time i'll be thinking...well, not about my training but her. like i said we're in the same company but different branch. this happened probably i know she's very near to me & i want to care for her. she's alone here in a place where she'd not have many friends except for her cousin. i really thought we could spend more times together & take her out often but things don't turn out to be that way. haiz....

i miss & think of her most of the time. i think my old-love-her disease is back....she's back in KL for RAYA.

~thinking of her~

D

for the first time in my life, i'm hoping that i'll get a D in one of my subject in exam....haiz....

don't get me wrong...what i meant there was D is the best i can get....

haiz....

haiz....

haiz....

isn't it funny even if u pray to god??

"GOD....please let me get a D..."

so far, i've just heard ppl, "GOD....please let me score an A..."

haiz....

haiz....

haiz....

haiz....

blekz...

blek!!! blek!!! blek!!! blek!!! blek!!!

thanx a lot

Time never stops down or slow down....it'll keep moving at a constant pace. & soon enough, 25th August 2007 is no yet another piece of memory for me.... been a nice weekend for me as the whole weekend was spent with a few old-friends of mine....  : )

went on sort of a movie marathon.... saw the rat who can cook, visited uncle jackie chan & met with the perfect stranger.... nice movies especially the 'appetizer' for the Ratatouille, the aliens were funny... : )

spent a night at my friend's house & before i can think much, i'm already here, late for class, writing this blog here.... : )

thanx a lot, girls for the weekend... won't be seeing you guys that soon anymore, i think....

for those who sent me birthday wishes, thanx a lot & sorry for those whom i din reply ( i doubt there's any as i replied to each of them as soon as i got my phone reloaded ).

thanx again, everyone....

thanx a lot....

** she finally dropped me a msg on msn to say happy birthday last night but i didn't feel happy receiving it. i think i'm truly disappointed... :(

130am

my clock is now showing 130am. that's exactly how long i turned 23. 1hr & 30min...as usual, birthday is never special to me... i don't really like birthdays as every birthday of mine falls in a period when it's the most important & bz time for most ppl... but of coz, there are those who can really remember & never forget & there are also those who saw it through friendster or so...

very happy & surprised when i got a phone call at 1157pm just now... never expected that call... thanx sohyun. really glad to hear from u...never expected that call from u... : )  really touched... & really sorry as the word 'aunty' came out automatically....haha... don't worry, i will only call u aunty when we're alone.... : )  when we're out with lots of ppl, it won't be heard.... : )   promise....somehow, by calling u aunty, it makes me feel closer to u.... : )

there were those who've greeted me days b4 too.... : )    thanx a lot... esp, little girl, though u mixed up 23 & 25, still i'm very happy to receive that sms from u... thanx a lot...

well.... to another turn of story.... chatted with her on msn just now... i din expect her to remember anything b4 i double-click on her to start a conversation but somehow when i saw her photo & started chatting, i started to hope that she'll just wish me a simply happy birthday... but then, as usual, it'll only happen in my thoughts... i just dunno y, suddenly my mood took a twist.... i hate this feeling but it keeps coming back to me.... i think i'm getting used to this feeling....it seems like it's been a part of me for some time...

wake up in the morning & japanese class will be my first destination....once class ends, i'll go to meet up with a gang of ppl who've never forgotten this day since the first time we knew each other.... : )  & over the weekend, it's going to be movie, movie & movie.... : )     jacky chan, the purple rat & mr stranger, i'll be seeing u guys....  : )

so, it's not surprising if u guys don't see me online over the weekend.... : )    will be staying over at one of their place for the night(well, in return, i have to repair a computer...) haha....small matter small matter.... : )

look at the smiles i put up here this time.... all of them are real & i'm smiling now, do u guys believe??

nitez everyone.... & good morning to the new 25th of august....

** happy birthday, jega.... when will u stop copying my birthday??? hehe.... i'm sure u won't see this... i guess i'll write u a testi now... : )

just hope

15th April 2007: "Take care"

those are the date & the last few words that i wrote to her through msn the very last time. it's been almost 4months & i finally wrote send her msg through msn again... 4 months is not a very long time but lots of things could've happened but to me, nothing much happened. Things are just normal. Within this period of time, i really do not know how much i've healed. i can't deny that once in awhile, she still exists in my brain & heart. i will still try to look at her from afar & i will still listen to news about her.... i told myself that i'll only start talking to her when i feel i'm completely healed. i started to send her msg now, does it mean i'm fully healed??? i'm really not sure... all i know is that she is facing some problems now with the industrial training... she has still not a company which will accept her(GLOBETRONICS said they only accept 3ppl & all of them are from PENANG)... though i, myself, am from PENANG, i too am not sure whether GLOBETRONICS will accept me or not as the list has not been sent to the lecturer in charge but i know that she needs some advice at this moment & every single help provided to her will make her feel better....

As expected, she replied (not really sure she replied for the sake of replying or for the sake of getting advice).... told her what's best to do & that's it.... i'm having completely mix feelings now.... glad that she felt better & know what she's going to do, happy to be able to chat with her again, sad as i know i'm not healed & worried about what i should do next....

i'll be 23 in less than 2weeks. let's hope that by that time i'll be fully healed & have a nice 23.... just hope.....

**someone with the name of YUN in friendster has been checking my profile quite frequestly. his profile showed he's from the same hometown as her & age 25. i'm not really sure who he is but i suspect he's related to her. earlier on, there was this guy, also 25 & from the same hometown, added me & checked on my profile very frequenyly.... i blocked him from msn long time ago & now comes another one....are they brothers?? i'm not really sure.... just hope that they aren't giving her some hard time....

lunch & dinner

A few days ago, i was having lunch with one of my housemates at 天下　coffeeshop. As usual, we had our normal mixed rice there. The only difference about that day was, there were only the two of us.... One housemate went back to PENANG for 2-3weeks to work while another, who is also my coursemate as well as classmate, was away to SEKSYEN2(won't go further detail about this...for those who don't know, just don't care about it)... in other words, the usual 4 people group from the same house were reduced to only 2 people...haiz....

Lunch was very normal, with normal conversation, craps, stories, jokes & nonsenses...Soon, lunch was over & we were on our way back when my housemate saw a 'NEW SHOP', named 'LOK LOK KING'. He was wondering what kind of shop will it be as LOK LOK is usually a very cheap hawker food. Hence he told me, "will go to try it out some day..."

The following day, which is yesterday, another housemate of ours asked us if we want to go dinner together. As it was kind of boring for just the two of us to eat together again, we agreed & asked him where to eat. He answered, "My friends want to go to the new shop, LOK LOK KING". The housemate which had lunch with me the day before was damn happy & immediately got ready to go. I was quite reluctant to go as i know such food will never be enough to fill me in unless i'm ready to fork out at least RM20-30. But since everyone was so eagerly waiting to go, i just followed.... Upon reaching there, it was quite surprising to see lots of people in the shop. Immediately, the first idea that came to us was that the food should be nice & cheap. This made me feel kind of relief.

In no time at all, we were already in the shop, waiting to be seated. Our timing was quite good at that time as there was a bar-like table which can fit in 12people. We took our seats & the first thing i noticed was a piece of paper,sticked on the platform in front of us...

i was truly surprised, they made the whole thing looks like SUSHI KING. Looking at the price, i felt a little uneasy as normally, LOK LOK costs only between RM0.50 - RM2.00. But still, i thought the food should be different since the price shows a great different. However, to our surprise, the food was absurdly little compared to the price stated!! For a plate with 4 pieces of Japanese tofu, it cost RM1, 3 pieces of cocktail sausages cost RM2 & RM5 for 3 pieces of dumplings. STUNNED!!!! SPEECHLESS!!!! THINKING OF A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SHOP!!!! But as everyone had just sat down, we just proceed with food. I dare not touch anything except for those on the orange plates & maximum green plates. We were given a menu each with only drinks to be ordered. Naturally, i chose the cheapest, mango juice with a price tag of RM2.20 (the drink is not only little but also quite tasteless).

Then, something caught us by surprise. A pair of couple on the table behind us, ordered something very different. They were not like those we were eating, on the running platform. It was sort of a big plate with all sorts of food in it. Thus, we asked the waiter & he told us that that plate cost RM10. We were dumbfounded as it was not on any of the menus given. It was much much cheaper than eating from the running platform. We ordered 6 sets. There were more than 16 waiters & waitresses around but it took them more than 30minutes to prepare those 6 sets. DISAPPOINTED!!

When the plates of food finally arrive, we discovered that there were only fish balls (varieties), 2 cocktail sausages, vegetables, mushrooms & some noodle. YUCKS!!!

Not only the food made us lose our appetite, the soup too sucks. It was completely tasteless. By the time we finished the whole plate, we felt very full, not because the food is a lot but because they made us feel like vomitting.

Nothing in this shop makes us feel nice except for 3 things, the tap of the sink, the cashier & one of the waitresses. The tap was quite unique as i've never seen such design anywhere else. The cashier & that waitress were gorgeous (haha....). Other than these 3, everything in there makes me feel sick (especially the food & the price).

If anyone were to suggest steamboat, don't ever mention LOK LOK KING. They're merely blood-suckers......

running platform of sushi king's style

the soup: tasteless eventhough i tried adding in spices