New Flickr Photo and new banner design

You should have realize there are some thumbnails right beneath the blog title. Those are my photography collections in flickr, those "best shots" I had, with some editing done.
From time to time I will update my collection and my blog will show the latest 8 of them.
The 3 new photo I uploaded today are the following:


Hong Kong on a Wall (click for larger photo)
A wall with words crafted on it, describing the culture and history of Hong Kong. Found in Hong Kong Planning and Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery (香港規劃及基建展覽館).


My First Dragonfly(click for larger photo)


Taipei.Taxi.Metro 台北.的士.捷運(click for larger photo)

I also customized my own blog title:
Just to make my blog a little bit special....like it? hate it?

Office Life

On Friday, bunch of Management Trainees and Interns of my company started circulating mass emails about how exciting the 1st 2 weeks went.

[Right] "Looking over the Shing Mun River 城門河 from my office's reception area"

Then I realize its because we have all got our first salary in iDS.... :)....Check out Hang Seng Bank e-Banking right away...ITS THERE!! my first salary....>< Okay, it sounds great when you get your salary, but recently I was kinda worried about work life....

It seems that work life means you put most of your life to your company....

I saw my colleagues working til midnight every day. Some even need to be in office in Saturday. Yes true the pay is high, but I wonder, can I live like that for 20,30 even 40 years??

Started to appreciate school life so much.

They said its the reason why you need to love your job cause you have to be in it for the most part of your life.

I really like what my department is doing (lets just assume that I could be able to come back as Management Trainee next year), those are cool stuff. I dare say we will not be bored by tedious and repetitive daily operation. But, if I have to submit 90% of the time I wake up to it, no matter how interesting it is, its still scary.

I hope I could cope with this. Or maybe I should think of post-grad...haha....professor's life looks good!

Why does the Hongky Cross the road?

Area around my office->

Okay, as some of you have already been told, I am currently working as an intern in Hong Kong. To be exact, its a company in Shek Mun, Shatin (沙田石門).

So, there are a few ways to get to work. But most of it, I have to walk the final 100 meters from bus station/train station/shuttle bus station before I reach my office.


A little history before I begin on my main topic. The place was basically a former manufacturing block for Hong Kong when the Pearl of the Orient was a major exporter of manufactured goods before Mainland China emerge. When that happen, the place basically transform into offices for logistics companies and manufacturers who moved their site to the Mainland.Many of the tall buildings is what I call a "vertically accessible warehouse". Unlike warehouses in Malaysia which lie flat and spread wide on the ground, it is tall with 10 stories at least and goods are being transported to different levels with giant elevators.

Hence it is the sort of place where you see tall office buildings along with heavy vehicles around the place. Looks kind of odd to me when I first saw it.(Will talk more about it in my next entry)


The area around my office, heavy vehicles are common during peak hours.


Okay, I am getting to my topic now.

Because of the highly dense 'office population' in the place coupling with heavy traffic of trucks and trailers, zebra crossings are plentiful in this place. To get to my office from the bloody train station, I have to cross 5 crossings,all with traffic lights.

You know, traffic lights is not smart enough. They are programed to show red lights and green on a fixed 'schedule'.Hence you will probably see a bunch of Office Ladies/Office Uncles standing by the street when there are no traffic at all, because the traffic light is showing RED.

I was like....what the.....the road is straight and it is clear of traffic, and people stand there and wait .....5 minutes for the traffic light to turn green???

I mean, if it is in penang, People has already crossed the road by no time.

Okay,...I thought...maybe its because people here are more 'civilized' and they obey laws?????? So I, was like the other guy, waited there as well, as it would look odd if I cross the roads while others stand so still.

The worst part is you have consecutive red lights at the 3 crossings before you reach your office. It is Summer, and even in 830am, Hong Kong's sun could kill. So you would really like to get to the comfort of your office ASAP.

Then, once in a blue moon I was late for work (as in I was a few minutes away from 9am when I reach the train station.).When I reach the crossing.....gosh, ppl are standing by the road with no traffic at all just because of the stupid red lights. Now I realize that it looks civilized and stupid all at the same time.

I care not the red lights and rush cross the road (after making sure that the coast is clear of traffics).....and then......here is the point of the whole thing...people started following me crossing the road..!!!!

what the heck????
I was so stunned, I thought you guys are civilized my dear Hong Kong friends??? Why do you follow a Malaysian cross a road on a red light?

I did a few experiments about this day to day during lunch hour and after office hours.It seems that I am right: The Hongky, will be so obedient to the regulation when everybody else is obedient, but will be as reckless when somebody else did the first moves, at least when it comes to 'Jay Walking'(crossing the road illegally)

So it comes to the central question of this entry: Why does the Hongky cross the road when a Malaysian make the first move?

anonymous commentary

I just realize a critical error in the setting of this blog after Yee Teng pointed out that she cant comment here. Just changed the setting so that even those who are not a member of blogger.com could comment as well.

A Summary of my 16 days in Malaysia

Always wanted to make a summary of what I did in the 16 days I spent in Malaysia this summer. Here it goes, I think I dint really meet too many ppl this time sadly. I think next time I should put up a blank schedule and let all the frens just fill in the dates that they can meet me before I come back to M'sia.

June 16^th Tuesday

9:15am Flight, Reached KLIA by 1:05pm took bus to KL Sentral (RM10), Grab a taxi to Sister’s place. Visit brother’s new house at night.

June 17^th Wednesday

Woke up late, abt 11pm. Went Bandar Utama with mom, tried to online in One Utama’s Starbucks. Failed, whole area’s wifi server was down, good job streamyx. Tried the new Starbucks Frappuccino, it was bad. Black Forest cake is nice anyway. Bought next day bus tickets for me and mom back Penang.

Had a great seafood dinner with sis, bro in law, mom and Michele.

June 18^th Thursday

10am depart from Bandar Utama on aeroline, a bus who thought that it’s a plane itself. They have their stewardess as well. Lame serving of Subway as lunch, super small. Reached penang by 4pm.

Dad brought me to Char Koay Teow right away. Hainanese Chicken Rice as Dinner.

June 19^th Friday

Relax at home whole day, had an appointment with Khee Ghee to meet at night. He was sick, we didn’t meet at the end.

June 20^th Saturday

Hit for Kuala Kedah. To pay my tribute to my grandma.
Met my second sis Irene, got my fake iphone.
Met some of my relatives including my cousins the twins, Meiji, En’en and the cutest Elim.
Got back late and missed Juliana’s invitation to Youth’s music fest.

June 21^st Sunday

Met Chun Howe at 4pm, then he went Yeong Boon’s BBQ party.
Met Ivan Eow Kok How, Soon Hui for supper. Chun Howe join us later after the BBQ.
Wei Ping came at the end with his girl friend. @ Kapitan Gurney Tower.

June 22^nd Monday

Bought Pirated games from One Stop.

Met Choon Him at night, it became the only meeting between us during this summer. He wanted to meet me again the next week before I go, but he was too busy to make it after all…..so sad….

June 23^rd Tuesday

12:00AM wished Juliana Happy Birthday.

Evening: Watched Transformers: revenge of the fallen with Kok How, Soon Hui, Shih Tong and Shun Mu.
Stormed Mamak stall ‘Subaidah Tg Tokong’ after that.

June 24^th Wednesday

Met Dr. Teng for consultation on immunization

Went dental clinic, did wisdom tooth extractions (2 teeth, both on right cheek),

Extremely painful.

June 25^th Thursday

Went Gurney shopping. Wasted time whole day.

June 26^th Friday

Queensbay Lunch with Yee Teng and Hui Jean, @Dragon-I restaurant. Did shopping with them @ G2000, Origin and digital bay. Met Shu Fen jie jie (cousin) in Queensbay mall and got the wool scarf knitted by herself. Saw Transformer’s merchandize exhibition in Queensbay.

Took a long journey of bus to times square. Met friends from SAPY. Farewell party for Joshua and Swe Shyan.

Witnessed the worst public transportation in human civilization, probably even a bunch of sausages can do better than that. Moral of the day: never in your life trust Penang’s public transport

June 27^th Saturday

Gurney window shopping, walked to one stop for printer ink.

June 28^th Sunday

Hit Penang Hill with Hui Yang, Yan Hong, Juliana and Chuan Eng. The most boring place on earth probably but had a very nice time with all my pals. We visited CLHS before that.

June 29^th Monday

Shopping spree with my mum: bought shirts, shoes, belt, bolster….bla bla….

June 30^th Tuesday

Went Prangin
Karaoke @ Redbox with Yan Hong, Chong Yew, Tsong Han, Kee Jin and Chuan Eng.

Very Fun.

Choon Him being reminded by me about failing to meet me and being forced to make a promise to come HK in one and a hlaf year time as a punishment. HAHHAHA

July 1^st Wednesday

Took express bus to KL at 10pm

Had an Indian lunch at Hartamas

Had a Korean BBQ at night

Met Aaron Khoo and his gf, Yeong Boon, Teng Aik and Chun Howe at Solaris.

July 2^nd Thursday

Took KLIA Express to KLIA, took 9:15am plane back HK

I was thinking, how would it be like when I started working in HK? probably only back in M'sia once a year? so unimaginable...My family members could always fly to HK to see me, but it will be very hard for me to see my friends again....so sad....For those whom I dint have a chance to meet, Khee Ghee, Fion, Jun Hean, Chee Seong, and others ( if you are not named, dont worry, I still remember you, but I just cant name everyone, it will take me forever)....I am so sorry, let us meet next year :) its a promise...