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Went to the Paddy Museum (Muzium Padi Nasional) in Kedah on Mar 22 (2008). The museum has been a popular place among Perakians; lots of my friends and relatives have been there somehow.
My mum was eager to pay the museum a visit too… so we took the chance to visit the place while visiting my sister in Seberang Perai during the weekend.
The paddy museum is located near Alor Setar, besides Gunung Keriang, a limestone hill. The highlight of the museum is actually a huge 360-degrees picture that features the bird eyes view of the surrounding environment around the museum, as well as the rice-growing cycle from ploughing to harvesting.
Went to MATTA Fair at PWTC with CY on Friday (Mar 15) to book a trip for Taiwan.
This fella, a representative at Taiwan Tourism Bureau’s booth, managed to draw a large crowd with his cute marshmallows, which were made on the spot and free for sampling.
Cute marshmallows
Was hoping to catch some other interesting stuff at the cultural show (from various countries), but the performances were pretty similar to the previous fair… still ok anyway.
I love studying, but I hate exams. I am still having nightmares about exams occasionally despite the fact that I have not been taking any exams after graduating from university some 5 years ago.
I would dream that I got the exam date wrong, forgot to bring by calculator or writing tools, woke up late and had to rush to the exam hall and some other funny stuff. Well, the earlier two incidents actually did happen… I have no idea where the other recurring imaginations came from.
Sometimes, having nightmares is not really a bad thing. Every time when I woke up from these exam nightmares, I got the huge sense of relieve that I am already beyond those exam days, and it always made me giggled at how foolish those dreams were.
One of my favourite photos, taken back in Feb 2006 on a Sunday morning from my old house at Petaling Jaya…
Beautiful Sunday morning
It’s not just the scenery that pleased me, but the unexpected circumstances… it reminds me that life should be blissful, and that happiness could be found easily if we choose to find it.
Appreciate life, be happy, and Carpe diem.
People tend to make new friends during a trip, and at the end of the day would exchange contacts and vowed to keep in touch. Thing is… lots of people would forget (or choose to ignore) their promises.
High school friends, university friends, ex-colleague etc… there must be a large group of people that they have promised to keep in touch with… but lots of the time, “keep in touch” sounds like an alternative way to say goodbye, and nothing more.
People might bumped into their old friends once in a while, it’s a small world after all… they chat a bit and then exchanged contacts, and vowed to keep in touch… but this 2nd chance to keep in contact would slip away again for the same reasons.
They are some people who tried to hang on to their promise though, to keep in touch… it might work well at first, but later on “keeping in touch” simply means sending friends a bunch of useless chain mails.
Off course there are exceptions that people are keeping in touch despite moving on different path of life for years… these are friendship worth cherishing for life.
It doesn’t necessary mean though, that people don’t care if they failed to keep in touch… lots of the times they simply don’t know what to say… and as time goes by… it became increasing awkward to contact people they have not been in contact for ages.
Do you know anyone that you have promised to keep in touch with and not yet doing so? Time to dig into your phone book and email address book… whatever… time to dig into mine.
Keep in touch.
Some KL neighbours had hired a troop of lion dance performers to cheer up the Chinese New Year. Odd thing is, KL people seem to like lion dancing at night, contrary to the daytime performances in my hometown, Ipoh.
Besides, KL folks are bolder in lighting up the fire crackers despite the public ban. I don’t mind at all though… the banning of fire crackers is ridiculous at the first place.
Some lion dance photos taken from Ipoh at my cousins’ home on Feb 8. Happy CNY guys…
Drum - the heart of lion dance performances
Green vege - a sign of prosperity
Went to Petaling Street on Monday (Feb 4, 2008), trying to catch some Chinese New Year (CNY) mood… came back feeling moody indeed, for the wrong reason though.
Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur