Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Reaction time & Short term memory

Checked about reaction time and found this is inherited, the most improvement in reaction time would just be 10-20%. It's kinda sad when you're unable to keep up with a conversation fml.

Stressed out, thus the fear actually slower the reaction even further. Probably sometimes I just can't remember names in full, feel a bit lost during the conversation. Wondering whether I have some disease and looked up on Google. 

Found Aphasia, syndromes are unable to use appropriate wordings for presentation of ideas, not remembering names in full (probably disorders) and using strange words. I feel kinda fit in with these symptoms but the thing is, it is commonly caused by stroke or brain damage.

Unfortunately I didn't experience any of these. Or, maybe I just can't remember I lost the memory.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Relationship

Is relationship hard to handle?

Seeing my friends got trapped into relationships, I'm just wondering is it a good thing to get involve into such shit.

Past relationships hurt, especially for girls to certain extend. Girls generally overthink a lot, and more emotional than guys. 

Funny things happen all time. You know you have to let him go but you can't. You know once you let go you'll be happier, but you choose not to.

Girls are commonly love dig their own graves. Checking out his status. Want to stay connect with him. Want to feel him. Want to be so far yet so near from him.

Even for the current ones, love is bitter and sweet simultaneously. Keeping each other updated on the daily activities, sharing emotional and being really attach to each other. Later, words that you said will be against you, like a sword. 🙈 

Losing the privacy and freedom as scarification for love. 

Love is bruise or scar? Temporary or permanent? 

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Simple Kid's Birthday Party Decoration


Thinking of fancy little birthday party table for your kid?

Cake wise, if you're on budget, you may try Merry Cake House, it is a bakery shop that is located in Taman Desa. Well, I'm pretty sure you can find a bakery, whatsapp a picture and get what you want. Maybe not 100%, at least high similarity.

This was the final product I got from Merry Cake Shop Taman Desa, a cute Minion Cake.


I decided to DIY Minions for my brother that loves Minion a lot quite last minute. For a brother that could forgo the opportunity slacking at home playing iPad, instead he is willing to accompany you for buying something on your shopping list (I bet this is super boring for him), I shall repay him with full of love! 

As a Malaysian Chinese, my house has left many containers from Chinese New Year biscuits that look like this (taken from OpenRice):


Transformed it to the picture below with Yellow and Blue cardboard for the face and outfit, Silver and White paper for the eye and small piece of Polystyrene behind the eye. Teehee same thing applies for the Gummy Bear Holder. Minion loves Gummy Bear ;)





A simple birthday table with DIY. Nothing is ever easy until you do something for it. Start the first step, you won't find it hard.

Intended to make him a MINION-ONLY theme party, but couldn't resist to see the kids wearing a sexy lip or mustache.


Sexayy Lips and Mustache DIY with Lollipop.


 The birthday boy with his birthday table. The indescribable satisfaction when I took this photo. He looked as he was blushing hehe!


Funny Faces

 Hmm.. My imaginative sexy lips. How could it be hmm.. Don't you think they look like something else?

Another groupie taken in Jumpstreet Trampoline Park, after his birthday celebration.

 Brotherhood.



Kid Birthday Party

Here comes my brother's 11th birthday party. Finding a perfect birthday venue indeed consume some time, because there are so many choices in KL. 11 years old kid is throwing his birthday party, where can he accommodate so many people?

Here are some find outs, pro and cons of each venue I found in KL:

1. Berjaya Times Square Theme Park, 
Pro-
(i) RM49.90 inclusive of invitation cards, party packs and 2 hours of reserved function room (3 games sessions, priority rides, cake time & meal time).
(ii) Friendly and above average customer support.
(iii) Able to access the theme park rides whole day.

Cons-
(i) minimum 20 pax
(ii) In terms of flexibility, no outside food allowed.
(iii) Consider of children safety, there is a risk of a child will be brought out arbitrarily, by a stranger perhaps.
(iv) Big venue, hard to find the children if the parents come to pick up the children.
(v) Parents are only allowed to enter the theme park during the 2 hours in reserved room, later they will have to pay at 15% discount of normal rate in order to stay.

Click here for more info.

2. Camp5 Rock Climbing, 1 Utama.
Pro-
(i) Service is good, email reply is speedy & good follow up service.
(ii) In shopping mall, preferable for most parents.

Con-
(i) Party quotation is only available via email

*Reason of not accepting this venue as 11 years old kid was considering some girls may not have enough strength for this rock climbing activity.

Website: http://www.camp5.com/

3. Skytrex, Shah Alam
Pro-
(i) Kids are able to enjoy themselves with mother nature.

Cons-
(i) No nearby malls for parents to chill.
(ii) Outdoor game (my parents ain't keen for exposing themselves under the sun for long period, Malaysia is too hot! :P)

http://www.skytrex-adventure.com/booking.php

4. Jumpstreet Trampoline Park, Seksyen 13 Petaling Jaya
[This was the birthday venue chosen, hence this will be a detailed review for throwing party in Jumstreet Trampoline Park]

Pro-
(i) Kids will be enjoying themselves, under the guidance of party's jump referee. (You can either choose 1 hour FULL guide, OR 20 mins guide + 40 mins free & easy)
(ii) RM50 or RM65 inclusive of food and 1 hour jump
(iii) Party Venue is moderate, in size. Not too hard to find the children when the parents came to pick up.

Cons:
(i) ONLY 1/2 hour air-conditioned party room, which was so rush for all of the kids to go through cut cake ceremony and snack time.
(ii) ONLY 1 hour for kids to jump, however I believe the kids were really exhausted after all. Perhaps they slept pretty well at night.

Something you shall know:
(i) Some of the parents may stay back to look after the kids. During that one hour jumping time, there will not be any party room available, neither the locker to put any valuable stuff. Nevertheless, the event coordinator could prepare some table and chairs upon special request. Please take note that you have to notify approximately how many tables and chairs you will need in advance to avoid any chaotic situation (my mistake).
(ii) The event coordinator was good and friendly. Perhaps the overwhelming job, she did not answer the phone and there is some lag in replying email. This causes some miscommunication and perhaps frustration in getting answer from there. Solution would be calling the reception to seek for assistance to speed up the communication.
(iii) The receptionists are generally good and helpful.
(iv) Jump Cafe was good! Ice Cappuccino was just in time, after awhile staying there.
(v) Non air-conditioned indoor sports venue.

Website: https://jumpstreetasia.com/groups-events/parties/

Everything above merely personal opinion and advice. They are subject to change time to time. Hopefully this could aid any of you who want to throw a birthday party for your child! Have a nice day.

Do share with me if you have any great idea! :)

Friday, May 2, 2014

Budapest Experience


During Easter break of 2014, FAMily includes YenIn, VenSiew, Jess, Shaun, Joel and I, plus PinHern went to East Europe to explore Budapest, Vienna and Prague which are the capitals of Hungary, Austria and Czech Republic respectively.

But first, let me talk about my very first experience in missing the flight in London Stensterd Airport as well as overnight in the airport (London Luton Airport). Due to the road closure in M1, a terrible jam occurred on the other side as all vehicles switched to the same road to London. We estimated an hour jam to airport and ended up the jam lasted 2 hours thus we couldn't catch the flight on time. Reached the gate at 11.15am for 11.15am flight. Never ever tried to overnight in the airport, which we need to brush our teeth, to wash our face and to do our make up in the public toilet, besides sleeping on the cold hard benches. Some of us like Jess and Pin Hern didn't even sleep, I really don't know how they managed to. Me? Florance was definitely sleeping on the bench in cold, thanks for Shaun lending his jacket to me. I slept the most, according the FAMily, 3 hours. Shaun made me feel like he's my dad, so caring! He slept in just a tee-shirt. PinHern managed to hold his sleepiness and studied Management Accounting for his exams, salute! My brain would malfunction if I don't get at least 3 hours sleep.






Next morning, safe flight to Budapest. We made it to Budapest via Wizz Air. Worst flight experience ever, people were literally screaming when the flight landed on the ground. It was extremely unstable, reminded me about the scenes of flight almost crashed in Non-Stop and Triumph in the Sky II.

First stop: Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest.




YenIn's photobomber level 100/100! Jess joined her as well HAHA.

VenSiew strongly suggested Fisherman's Bastion because it looks like the background of Frozen (Disney movie). And, yes we were frozen there because we underestimated the temperature there and it was pretty windy there.

It was indeed a breathtaking place to do some photoshoots! Without a DSLR, we still managed to snap some nice pictures.



Review on Fisherman's Bastion: 9/10

We went to the restaurant cafe there as it was really too cold:



Night View of Mattias Catheral:

7 frozen kids decided to screw next stop, Chain Bridge which connects Buda and Pest (therefore the name of the city is Budapest), and headed back to the our lovely apartment.

Rose Apartments Apartment @ Rosza 101

Frankly it was lovely from the inside and creepy from the outside. The whole apartment looks like it was haunted especially there is no maintenance for the bush yet the interior of the unit is clean and tidy. Pheww.. It was pretty near the city tho. Location is quite strategic, particularly yummy pastries are ready for us from 6am downstairs. The only thing is that you need to grab the key from somewhere else. Since the taxi fare wasn't expensive, it was still alright tho. Luckily we don't need to go to the reception when we leave. We just need to leave it in the mailbox.

Review on Rose Apartments Apartment: 7/10

Official second day in Budapest, 7 happy kids were so exciting for Szechenyi Thermal Bath! It is the largest and hottest thermal bath in Europe.






We have unlimited fruits supply yay!! Since everyone was exhausted because couldn't sleep well in the airport. We slept in the relaxing area in Szechenyi Thermal Bath.



What Obama told his daughter

1.Stop Doubting Yourself
停止怀疑自己

If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody will. Success starts in your mind, and if all you’re doing is putting yourself down and predicting failure, it’ll become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Instead of doubting yourself, think positively. Not only will you be happier and more successful, you’ll spread it to everyone around you.
如果你自己都不相信自己,那没人会相信你。成功源于你的头脑,如果你所做的是不断地看扁自己,预言着未来的失败,这就真的会成为现实。与其怀疑自己,不如积极的考虑问题。不仅会让自己更加开心和成功,你还能够感染到周围的人。

2.Stop Being Negative
停止消极

Now that you’re done doubting yourself, stop doubting others. You don’t like when people are critical of you, so stop being critical of others. Think about how you make other people feel – even if you have good intentions, people don’t like hearing negativity.
现在你不要再怀疑自己了,也别再怀疑身边的人。你不希望被人对你挑剔,那么也不要再去挑剔身边的人。想想你给别人带来的什么样的感受吧——即使出发点是好的,别人也不想听到那么多消极的事情呀。

3.Stop Procrastinating
停止拖延
I feel like procrastinating right now – I’ll do it tomorrow. When you procrastinate, you remain stagnant. Whatever you’re putting off doesn’t go away; resolve the problem, and move on. You’ll be much happier in the long run.
我现在不想做,还是留到明天吧。一旦开始拖延,其实你已经停滞不前了。你拖延的事情不会自行解决。解决问题,继续前行吧。从长远角度来说你会更加快乐。

4.Stop Being Mean
不要那么刻薄
It’s completely possible to step on someone’s toes without meaning to – it happens all the time. There’s no need to pile on by purposefully doing mean things, so make a conscious effort to stop being mean. If someone wrongs you, let it go. There’s no need to seek vengeance unless that’s the type of person you want to be.
无意踩到别人的情况真的有可能会发生——常常会发生。但没必要去处心积虑地做一些不好的事情,所以要有意识地让自己不要那么刻薄。如果有人对你无理地对待,随他们去好了。没必要去报复,除非你也想成为那一类的人。

5.Stop Eating Out
不要在外吃饭

Eating out is the biggest waste of money. Every so often it’s nice to treat yourself, but eating out for every meal is the quickest way to drain your bank account. Learn how to cook at least a handful of foods you enjoy: It’ll save you money, keep you healthier, and occasionally impress people.
在外面吃饭真的非常非常的浪费钱。也许每次对于你而言都是一次犒赏,但每顿都在外面吃反而是花光积蓄的最快方式。至少也去学学怎么做一些自己喜欢的菜:既能省钱,还能让你更健康,还会让其他人眼前一亮

6.Stop Being Lazy
不要再偷懒

Lazy people are annoying – it’s like pulling teeth getting them to do anything. If I can’t do something as simple as going to a movie with you without having to factor in an hour of convincing you to get your lazy butt out of bed, I’d rather go alone. People have enough trouble motivating themselves; don’t make your friends and family waste their valuable energy motivating you as well.
懒人真的很招人烦——得像赶驴磨墨一样逼着他们做事情。如果我想跟你看一场电影,却不得不花一个小时说服你起床,那我宁愿一个人去看。给自己动力都不是件容易的事情,就别让朋友和家人浪费宝贵的精力再来给你动力了吧。

7.Stop Complaining
停止抱怨

We all have problems, and sometimes we need to vent to someone. That’s acceptable, but pay attention to how often you’re venting. We all love helping our friends and family, but when all you get from someone is negativity, it’s easier to cut them off than help, especially if they’re always complaining about the same things.
我们都有麻烦事,有时候总想跟别人倾诉。这可以理解,但要注意你吐槽的频率。我们都喜欢帮助朋友和家人,但如果从那个人身上我只能感知到负能量,那么还是离得越远越好吧,尤其是当他们在反复抱怨同一件事的时候。
8.Stop Being Selfish
别再那么自私
If you only think about yourself, you’ll soon find yourself by yourself. Stop for a minute and think about how your actions affect other people – did you take the last cup of coffee from the break room? Refill it! Do you live with others? Don’t drink out the milk carton. We share this world 100% of the time, so every action you take can affect other people.
如果你只考虑你自己,那么很快你会发现身边只剩下你自己。停一分钟想想你的行为会给别人带来什么影响吧——你是不是从休息室拿了最后一杯咖啡?再倒满呀!你是不是和别人合租?不要喝光所有的牛奶,这个世界是一个完全由大家分享的世界,你所做的每件事都会影响到别人。

9.Stop Wasting Time
别再浪费时间

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: time is the most valuable resource we have. Don’t waste your time on unproductive things. If you want to explore the world’s dark corners, that’s great. I still associate with people who have not-so-kosher careers, but I don’t hang out with those people at the expense of my own short- and long-term goals.
虽然之前说过了,但我还想再说一遍:时间是我们拥有的最宝贵的资源,不要把时间浪费在没有意义的事情上面,如果你想探索这个世界的黑暗角落,很好。我也认识一些没有固定工作的一些自由职业者,但我不会以牺牲自己的短期长期目标为代价和他们出去玩乐。

10.Stop Making Promises
别再做承诺

Always under-promise and over-deliver. When you make a promise, you’re adding responsibility to your plate that, despite all your best intentions, you may not be able to deliver on. More often than not, your promise is an absolute (i.e “I promise I’ll always love you”), and only Sith deal in absolutes. Instead of making a promise with your words, simply be there when people need you, and exceed their expectations with your actions.
总是做承诺,总是做不到。每次做承诺都是不禁给自己增添了责任,无论你的出发点有多好,你都不可能完成所有的部分。大部分时候,你的承诺都太过绝对(比如“我发誓我永远爱你”),也只能在绝对环境中才能实现。与其用语言许下承诺,不如在别人需要你的时候出现,然后用行动达到他们的期望吧。

11.Stop Being a Pushover
不要做老好人
We live in a capitalistic society in which everyone’s trying to sell us something. Everyone’s looking out for themselves in one way or another, and you need to do the same. Stop putting yourself out because you’re too shy to say no.
我们所处的社会,每个人都试图告知我们一些事情。每个人都从不同的角度去找寻着自己,你也需要,你要做的就是在合适的时候说不。
12.Stop Listening to Haters
不要听讨厌的人说话

No matter what you want to do in life, there’s always someone around to tell you why it can’t and won’t work. I can come up with millions of reasons Twitter won’t work, and yet it’s one of the most popular social media sites on the web. My opinion didn’t stop Twitter’s success any more than it convinced Kobe Bryant to quit the NBA or Josh Hartnett to stop acting. Why would you let someone’s opinion stop you?
无论你想干什么,总会有人告诉你不要这么做,没有用的。我可以想出成百万条推特不实用的理由,但它还是互联网上最流行的社交网站之一。我的想法不会阻止推特的成功,就像你无法劝科比退出NBA或乔什·哈奈特不要当演员了一样,都毫无意义。那么为什么要让别人的想法阻止你呢?

13.Stop Being Wasteful
停止浪费

You don’t finish your meals, and away food instead. You leave the faucet running when you brush your teeth, pouring precious water down the drain. You drive places you could easily walk, burning gasoline (a non-renewable resource)。 You are wasteful, and it needs to stop.
你饭没吃完,然后扔掉食物;刷牙的时候还开着水龙头,就让宝贵的水哗哗的流走;明明可以走到的地方你偏要开车,燃烧汽油(无法再生资源)。如果你浪费了,那就赶紧停止这一恶习。
14.Stop Littering
不要乱扔垃圾
The only thing I hate more than wasteful people are litterbugs. Litterbugs are my least favorite bug, and there are more than you’d think. If you’ve ever thrown even one piece of gum, paper, candy wrapper, cigarette butt, etc on the ground, you’re a disgusting litterbug, and you should be ashamed of yourself. There are over 7 billion people in the world – if each person only throws one “innocent” piece of garbage on the ground, that’s 7 billion pieces of garbage littering a world in which nobody “did it”。
唯一一个让我觉得比浪费的人更可恶的就是垃圾虫。垃圾虫最让我厌恶,而且永远多的让你数不清。如果你曾扔过一块口香糖,一张纸、糖果包装、烟蒂,那么你就是恶心的垃圾虫。你应该感到耻辱。世界上有超过70亿的人——如果每个人都无意识的扔一点垃圾,那么全世界就会变成70亿垃圾场,哪怕没有罪魁祸首。

Your one decision makes a HUGE difference, and I will not allow you to blow it off and walk around with your head held high. You’re a litterbug, and it needs to stop immediately. You don’t get a lifehack for this one, you filthy animal. Just stop – you already know how.

你的一个决定会产生深远的影响,我不赞成你去大马路大声高呼。如果你是垃圾虫,那么就需要马上停止了,也许不会救命,但能让你不那么惹人厌。停止这一举动吧,你知道该怎么做的。

15.Stop Taking Everything Personally
别把每件事太往心里去

People get offended about the strangest things. Take Kendrick Lamar’s now-infamous verse on “Control” this summer: he called out a list of a dozen rappers he thinks he’s better than (and he’s right)。 The internet went crazy, and rappers all over the industry rushed to their mics to record a response. The thing is, all K-Dot said is he’s the best rapper. Everyone took it personally, and that’s exactly what he was going for. The lesson to learn from this is that not everything is about you, and if you’re easily upset, someone will use that to their advantage.
人们会因为一些奇怪的事情感到被侵犯。就拿Kendrick Lamar这个夏天备受争议的歌曲《Control》为例:他在歌词中挑衅了一些他认为比他弱的说唱歌手(的确是这样),一石激起千层浪,整个说唱界的歌手都蜂拥录歌作为回击。重点在于,所有的人都认为自己是最好的说唱者,每个人都更看重自己,这就是他的目的所在。这件事教给我们的无非就是不是所有的事都要围着你转,如果你是玻璃心,有人会利用这一点。

16.Stop Talking
不要再说话了

Sometimes it’s best to just STFU – especially in relationships. I can’t even count how many times I created an issue that didn’t need to be an issue simply because I opened my mouth. Even if what you want to say is important, just shut up and ride it out. You can say more with your actions than words, and you can’t listen when you’re talking.
有时候沉默是金——特别在情侣关系里。我都记不清到底多少次因为说错话引发了本可以避免的争端。即使你想说的非常重要,那也闭嘴,自行消化。你可以用行动证明一切,毕竟你自己说话的时候是听不见的。

17.Just Stop, and Breathe…
停一下,深呼吸吧

No matter what you’re doing in life or how your day is going, there’s always room to just stop for a moment and just breathe. Try it right now to celebrate getting through this list of everything you’re doing wrong.
无论你现在在干什么,这一天过得怎么样,你都需要好好停一下深呼吸。不如现在就歇一歇,犒赏自己总算挺过了一些错事。

Monday, March 31, 2014

Repost

Elisse liked a boy, a good looking guy. She fell for him at the first sight, a common phenomenon called first sight love. Apparently he is a chick magnet, so she decided to keep distance and did not approach him. "This is just a crush, doesn't matter", she thought.

Her friend told her that the boy played basketball every Tuesday and Thursday, and having training on Wednesdays. This was the motivation for her to join basketball chilling sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, although he did not turn up every week. She knew that there was a possibility to see him, therefore she went consistently. He was always her motivation for sports, in fact very often, she wasn't determine to continue, thinking of him surprisingly would motivate her to continue. At times, she had some opportunities to talk to the boy however she felt shy and resisted.

Because of him, Elisse started to be active, she took part in many events as volunteer. Just because he was active in outdoor activities and performances. Due to high exposure infront of him, he took the initiative to talk to her, which had surprised and cheered her up. She even got too hyper and stayed up till midnight. Something sweet about having a crush was that every little thing done by him was so exciting, including just sending a friend request to her in Facebook. Though it was said to be hilarious, after accepting his friend request, out of a sudden she felt the power and stayed up to study. She appreciated the power gained merely because of his existence.

There was once, she went clubbing despite of sprained ankle, reason being she did not see him that week. There was once, she extended her badminton session to 4 hours because he came after 2 hours she played (which was the time she supposed to stop) and ended up passed out on the bed later. There was once, she tried listening to his favourite acoustic music which she did not appreciate initially during exams period. To her, acoustic music was boring and she used to listen to pop song. After forcing herself to hardcore listening, she started to appreciate.

During exams period, she was stressed out of her studies, thinking chocolate could release endorphin. By chance, he might be struggling with his studies, she thought. With this simple intention to destress him from exams pressure, she decided to give him chocolate anonymously. Later, again she gave him some fruits with high Vitamin C because she knew he stayed up late and immune system might be worse than usual.

To her, he was so special. Because of him, she played sports consistently which never been like this before. Because of him, she met new people and discovered her outspoken characteristic. Because of him, she begun to be active in society events. Because of him, she tried to listen to slow music. Because of him, she strive to improve herself as a whole, especially in language. Slowly, the feeling of crush became very undefinable. No longer crush on him because of his good looking appearance, moreover she appreciated the values added on her and experience throughout the journey.

This all ended when he started a relationship.

Though she was quite upset for some time, she really did wish him all the best on this relationship, secretly and peacefully. She hoped that this relationship will go eternal, maintaining a relationship to marriage, to old and to death is heart-warming.

Nevertheless, he ended hiss relationship, enlighten her candle of hope again. After a small period of time, they happened to be in the same class. Wednesday was then the day she looked forward every week. Sense of happiness and joy started every Tuesday. Every Wednesday she went to class regardless of her heavy workload and health condition.

Elisse was told that the boy knew about her crush and his friends were teasing him all time. She understood this created an awkwardness between them thus she tried to pull back the feeling towards him and attempted to treat him as a friend. She also knew that the boy did not seem interested on her.

Putting quite a lot of efforts in gaining courage just to interact with him "normally", unfortunately found out her friend that knew her crush all time was close with him. It was a shocking and heart-breaking news. At the time that she found out the chemistry between them, she was shocked and disappointed. At that moment, she felt the dizziness and betrayals. This came with lots of disappointments, cryings, confusions and understanding.

Understanding, the world ain't fair, the world ain't controllable, the world ain't goes as you wished. Understanding, love is passion therefore no one that she could blame on. Understanding, she believed her friend did not betrayed her on purpose. Understanding, a straightforward guy that wants to express his feeling to that girl publicly, without really take consideration of her feeling. Understanding, the whole world knew Elisse like this boy and at the same time knew both of them felt each other.

Elisse understood everything and decided to let this go. Happiness is the core component of life. Anyhow she would thank this boy to be part of her journey of life. Friendship, is something she treasures all time, she is reluctant to let anything to destroy ties with her friend. Be open-minded, she advised everyone who is having a harsh time to work on this.

Forget about him and MOVE ON. Life is about family, self-achievement, friendship, network and happiness. Much more to pursue besides love.

Plan a trip, enjoy life.

Monday, January 6, 2014

LESSONS for EXAMS

1.)
Never forget to consistently study throughout the whole semester

Otherwise, you'll screw yourself like the first sem of Year 2!
Cry all time doesn't help you in scoring or passing the modules!

2.)
Play hard, and work smart!!

Work hard but DOESN'T understand the modules,
Study blindly is just full of shit.
You'll end up killing yourself, at the time you need to absorb everything at once.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013