Pizza Huts 6 cheese pizza set meal -$25.60

i slept clenching my teeth.

the day b4 i bumped into my frnd whom i had lost, or more like never had, contact wif for 2.5yrs. we had met in on tour to China, Harbin - a popsicle country close to Russia. im still feeling happy abt the incident, after all the odds of seeing her again weren't good. haha i feel blessed, very.



then i had pizza wif my frnd from primary/secondary sch, well not that we ever talked in sch. it seems she's had a worse version of church encounters as compared to mine.



(heregoes the stepping.)



ive got so many kinds of friends from church. all of them, i suppose, hav the same root problem. the pple in the church.

i feel. pple look to the leaders of the church for council, advice, hope and love. i do too. unfortunate, since these pple dont come close to wat Jesus is.

leadership is abt serving, not abt serving God, it abt serving pple. many leaders have never solved their need for love and attention.

they make the worst leaders.



i used to think, while being influenced by american cartoons, that the leader is the strongest in the group. that is the first misconception most hav as a kid.

secondly, "power" in leadership is rightly used to help pple under that leadership and not a tool to govent or rule over them. however wif pple who need attention the "power" which they recieve they use it to put pple down thinking that that makes them a step above the rest. firstly putting pple down makes one lower (i have been guilty of that).

thirdly leadership is over glorified. i think a good leader goes through the pain and problems of those under him, plus his own. thus when the group succeeds as a team much credit is given to the leader, since he represents the team and also since he was the main factor that held the group together.

now, the pple who need attention see the attention the leader get and hunger for it. they then use ways and means to achieve leadership and thus u get lousy leaders, who care only to draw attention to themselves and away frm the other members of the group, and in the case of the church even away frm God. these lousy leaders like to feel worshiped, and thus defeats the purpose of the position.



having said that, the pple who are affect by these braggarts either seek to justify those horrible actions and become as lousy leaders themselves or, they havent gotta clue wats going on arnd them or, they noe abt it but jus try to live out their lives in church on a low profile and not stepping on anyones toes or, those who look for a different church or, finally those who give up on Jesus.



i wish i cld change the world.



be reminded that the one who wrote the above is human and prone to being baised who also needs attention. and dont noe wat uve been through or the challenges u face, but dun give up on Jesus because of experiences wif pple, cos they are not worth it.



well ive still got my mask on

bugis st. ngak seah beef kuey teow -$4.00

preluede to the above.



its been difficult to blog.

more and more pple have been invited to read my blog. its always easier to put forth ur ideas on paper/screen then verbally, face to face. however wif pple reading it makes me wonder how to write, indirect or head on...

i mean if i was here to bitch abt the govt, which i will, its ok cos im not worried how the govt feel nor do i think they wld care to read my blog. but when its pple u noe who are reading ur entries, i start to run a masquerade even in a supposed diary.

ironic.

i start to think how to write so as to not offend pple.

which is, i think, why many blogs turn in to day to day happenings and how sad or happy the blogger's day was. (even wif this statement i cld be stepping on the toes of some of my frnds.) i think it sux and its not wat i started blogging for.



ive ever said in an earlier entry how i hated writing abt day to day happenings and stuff like that. i got replies saying how its ok and still quite interesting. thinking abt it, its prolly jus me who feels this way so i cld be a lot happier jus doing watever's easiest. but im compelled not to give in. for reasons that ego affected.



i slept clenching my teeth.

murakawa strawberry artifically flavoured bubble gum -rm$10

well i intended to write all abt my trip to ipoh but blogger crashed twice on me so ill jus post a little...









Machap pitstop



chicken drumstick, u noe the fried kind u get at the sch malay store?



barberqued fish, salt and seasonng over fish, slowy grilled to perfection.



ice ginger tea, teh tarik wif a strong ginger scent, keeps u warm and awake









Ipoh chicken horfun restuarnt (more like a coffee shop turn restuarnt where u sit by the road to eat)



ipoh hor fun in some kinda chicken soup, light and yet very tasty. goes in smooth like porriage.



bean sprouts in fish base sauce. the sprouts were 2 times as fat as the ones we hav at home!



chicken, lean and corn fead.



fishball n meatball, not salty like the ones we get at home.





Ipoh's "tong soei gai" (dessert street in cantonese)



beef noodles, tender beef well done wif a hint of herbal flavour yet not too salty.



beef balls these were different frm the ones above, they were tender as if the meat was not first minced, gave it that crunchy bouncy texture.



fried kway teow. unlike the ones in singapore (that ive had), u cld taste the rather distinctive flavours of every ingredient in the dish.



pork porridge the porriage was thick, smooth and well flavoured.



frog leg porridge same porriage wif loads of frog parts and it only cost abt $2.



rojak. im not a big fan of rojak but the famous Ipoh prawn paste lives up to its name.



cuttlefish with kang kong. well in comparison to the other fantastic dishes we had this one dint really stand out, although cuttle fish is always nice.



ba kut teh was really strong and very herbal and very salty... but still good.



Ipoh ice ka chang. topped wif peanuts, sugar syrup, coconut milk and a scoop of icecream. enough to hav me change my perspective of ice ka chang.





Ipoh dim sum eating house



here the dishes were handed out on push carts instead of at a counter. the food is excellent and we had so many different dishes i cant list them out... lets jus say we ordered 70% of the menu.





Ipoh's salt baked chicken stall



salt baked chicken is one of a kind. i remember eating fried chicken in singapore and always halfway through the meal ild start to detest the flavour of chicken. yet when my half was taken i desiered more. the skin is salty wif a faint scent of herbs. this wrapped arnd a juicy, not oily, tender and succulent lean chicken meat. really u gotta try it to noe how desirable it is.











Melaka town's satay stall.



satay. u noe how satay is nice when u gotta a large piece of fat stuck between the kebabs of meat? well this ones got all fat wif meat in between. also the satay sauce is one of a kind.



Melaka town's dessert shop.



tucked in a row of shop houses this stall offered the authentic melakan chendol. i love it! and i dont eat chendol anywhere else besides melaka...

brown caramel and coconut milk layered over ground ice sitting over pandan "worms" and the blackish cubes. the caramel makes the dessert. like nothing ive tasted b4, this brown sugar blend goes wif ice alone of mixed up wif the ingredients. -sweet-.



a little melakan coffee shop

our last place of meals, last but not anywhere near least.



Melakan fried prawn-fish ball noodle. remember the canteens at offices and work places in the 1980s in singapore? the fishball soup here has that flavour. dun be fooled by the name "fish ball noodle" is nothing like the ones in singapore. after all it had flour covered deep fried shrimp and tiny fish balls the size of "chickadees" (the tv snack) that were... well of a very different flavour.



Penang prawn mee. again its nothing like the prawn mee we hav in singapore. this one is in a spicy soup and again wif shrimp sized prawns. it dint taste extraordinary, more like a dish u cld eat over and over again. well subtle but good.



Melakan popiah. once agian the flavour of this wrap dint shout but it was tasty since prawn paste was good and it was packed wif turnip. unlike the ones i hav eaten this popiah was rather dry and not soggy from sauce. ild prefer the dry one any day.











we went home after that meal which concluded our weekend to Ipoh.



ive got bubble gum!

orangina bubbly bottle -$1.72

as a general whole pple dont listen. u can be giving the same advice ovr and over again, like - "dont believe everything he tells u" or "its really not as good as it looks".

and yet when the worst happens, they look at u as if u r to blame and start complaining... bah!



i just made a wallpaper post at some wallpaper gallery.

the girl

the guy

the special extra

i wonder wat pple wld say. weird, even though i noe that most pple give lousy, uneducated comments im still pretty exicited to hear wat theyave got to say... i guess im jus hopeing for some comment thats critical and that ive never thought of which might change the way i percieve... well its unlikely.





anyways my road trip is today, different pple, different enviroment and most importantly different food!



whoopie!

angus o'neils premium root beer 375ml -$1.10

i went thro my older blogs and realised that my blogs now are starting to turn into some day to day dairy... sux...

i wanted to put thoughts here... but thoughts usually require a lot of words and chunk up the whole page... sux...

i wonder if there is a better way... i dun wanna ramble cos it... sux...

abt rambling, i do that quite abit, esp arnd my frnds. only realised it when my frnd frowned as i began to start on a familair topic... oh well gotta remember who i said wat to... but most times i repeate myself to the same peeps over and over again. fortunatally this only happens when im really busy.

also there are those peeps who ask me ques expacting a short ans but get a really lengthy one... i still dunno who i did that to but i hav my suspicitions...



well im still learning to write hope whoever reads my pages post comments.



actually its a pretty gd drink^

seafood her2 fen3 at the coffe shop downstairs

stupid blogger system dint publish my last post on time.

anyways i dint go anywhere but slept till 8:30pm, felt good. :)



sweet

Muji's pet bottle grape carbonate -$1.80

this weeks has handed out a whole list of work for me... from sch to home to friends, my time in the week was diced up into thin bits and handed out to them.

oh but sch work's progressing fine, im done wif my cousins name card and my frnds bbq 21bday party turn out really enjoyable - frisbee being the cause.



wif a public holi to end the week, the pace seem to slow down alot... i think i can finally get down to making my sketch pad cover out of that collon box.

im also left wondering where to head for in the evening, wif frnds or family.



my church frnd are going to the annual bowling tornament, bowling anit my game and even though there was a suggestion that i bring my frisbee that we might hav a game during the competition, im pretty tired frm playing yesterday :? acheing muscles and all, results of sticking in studio for too long...

on the other hand my family wants to go to the esplanade but im not keen on spending my evening in crowded patriot district...





maybe lazing at home is the best idea...



maybe not

lasagne at the funfair -$5.00 worth of tickets

i left the house thinking how dreadful to attend a funfair for abt 4hrs wif jus ten dollars. so i brought my camera, manual, along as something to do.



i reached the fair late, and at the point where the sun scorched... that was 1 pm and i bumped into ness, wld hav been funner if she wasnt already leaving.



i went ahead wif taking pictures which took up an hr... too many people too many trees cldnt see most of the old school building so i quit at 15 shots.



lunch. during which i met up wif my old sec school classmates, cant say i miss them... i always felt we lived very different lives, half the time i spent wif them was explaining why i did wat i do.



also i saw a few of my primary sch classmates. kinda weird cos this girl i used to sit next to, walked past me todae. she had really heavy make up... made her look really different and i was a bit too surprised to say hi. aish i wish i did.



3pm. met my former formteacher, he asked me to help out at the alumni store. i did. it was really boring and hot.



so came the last hr of the funfair. i bumped into SiewChwee, my contact from the alumni, a really nice lady who has on many occasions gave me treats. she kindly gave me the rest of her tickets.

man! cldnt be more exicited $80 worth of coupons one hr left to spend. i went arnd and bought :- used ikea lamp shade at $1 - sigg bottle for $25 - an umbrella for $15 - three bottles of water $3 - twenty popcicles $10 - twenty ice-cream sticks $10 - a mega packet of drink $4 - and i passed some of the coupons ard to my friends.

it was really great having soo much money wif too little time to spend... imagine earning $80 an hrs... man that is life where anything u wanted was urs...



oh yea and in the morning b4 i left the house i asked Jesus for favour and good timing, i had them both today.



so happy, so blessed!

Muji's straight orange juice -$2.90

going to a funfair tmr.