~Selamat Menyambut Hari Merdeka!!~

Nostalgic??

I tried to use BM to post,in the end..I gave up..I don't even know how to write a proper paragraph anymore..Sighs..Anyway,Happy Independance Day Malaysia..

My first flight to Borneo..

Hari Merdeka,the only memory I had when I grew up was the marchings and parades shown on television every year,be it at Dataran Merdeka or at another state.I remember since young,I like to take note of the band from Chong Hwa Secondary school,the school my mum first started teaching and end up 30years there before she transfered to a school nearby my house.I like to see the dances performed by mutiracial groups of people in colourful costumes..I remember being excited when the jet planes flew over my house in loud roaring sounds with perfect synchrony..And of course the array of fireworks I could see from my double storey house back then..Every year its the same routine,yet every year without fail,I enjoyed it..Or should I say I enjoyed the holidays that comes with it=P

Mount KK..

Fast forward to 2007,there's no more Merdeka television programme here in Japan..No celebrations and no,as my sister puts it:"Biggest fireworks in the history of Malaysia" on tv as well.The only thing I did was sending 30messages to my friends in Japan and in Malaysia wishing them "Selamat Hari Merdeka".A chance to talk to my Malay friends,to contact long lost-contact friends,and get a feel of Merdeka celebration in Malaysia from Weng Huat and my sis.(Chee Wei and Alex,you guys dun even bother to reply?!?!?!?)I guess that's about it,it's raining here,want to celebrate also no 'suasana meriah' to join in the fun.Unlike those who can celebrate at the Embassy of Malaysia..

Sunset at Labuan..

Receiving JPA scholarship is THE most lucky thing in my life.I never did dislike Malaysia,and unlike some of my friends,despise Malaysia's corruption..If I were to be in Malaysia,maybe I'm still the fool who knows nothing,or care nothing about Malaysia.However,I was given the chance to see what Malaysia has to offer,to give and to share..Sure,Malaysia has it's bad side,but it has a lot of good too,I think we shouldn't just see the bad side and forget the good it has offered.Anyhow, I hope that given the chance,I can prove myself worthy of this scholarship and contribute back to Malaysia.

Well,I've said enough.I have to get back to my studies.Just made a HK friend through Skype..Reminds me of ICQ where you get to know friends online etc..Those were the days..Never thought it'll happen right now..haha..7days more to Matta fair..I wanna book a flight!!!Craps..Jyane

~NanJing(南京)9/8~12/8~

9th August 2007

This is it,class will start soon,I will not be having so much time to blog so much after this.For the first time,I'm looking forward for class to start.It helps to get things off my mind.On a happier note,its getting cooler these days..My favourite season of the year,Autumn is coming...

This is Confucius..No kidding..This place is call 夫子庙also known as Temple of Confucius.

Nightlife of Nan Jing..

Just walked around Nan Jing after 5hours of bus ride..Went to a place called 江南贡院 where scholars used to take the entrance test to get a post in the ministry in the olden days...Learned a lot about the life of 唐伯虎

10th August 2007

Happy Birthday Xin Ning!!Sorry,was in China so couldn't really send you a birthday message...

On this day,I had Duck Blood Soup with Glass noodles..Wanted to try cuz it's pretty famous in Nan Jing..The soup was great,the duck blood..Let's just say,once is more than enough for me,thank you..

Went to 瞻园 next,said to be the first garden in Nan Jing.

李白居纪念馆


中华门

雨花台

在着能看到年轻的中国人为了反抗共产党及日军的强烈奋斗精神.虽然不能了解他们的爱国精神,可是很佩服他们宁可牺牲自己为了国家的信念。。

11th August 2007
Next we went to Zhongshan Mountain National Park(钟山风景名胜景区)



Statue of Dr. Sun Yat Sen

The Open air Music Hall..The doves are pretty right?

The China gal who took this pic is pretty good with cameras...hehe..

12th August 2007

Went walking around Xuan Wu Pond 玄武湖 and did some last minute souvenirs shopping..

Went to Shanghai later on that night.Went karaoke and more souvenir shopping..

13th August 2007

Back to Japan..The end of my trip-blog for this summer..

~宏村,花山迷窟8/8~

Gotta speed my blog up bout my trip cuz class is going to start in 6days time,and I have to get my work done..haha..so here goes..

8th August 2007
Our first stop of the day is Hong Chun(宏村),another spot where the movie "Hidden Dragon,Crouching Tiger" was shot..A very nice village built with mountain water flowing through the drains in the village.The village people use this to do laundry etc..The guide gave a lot of explainations about the how each building was built,the meaning of the carvings on the window sills..A very beautiful village..





Next we went to the city centre and stayed at a hotel for the first time.Affordable and very very comfy..We went to Huashan Grottes..Where it was super cooling..We made friends with the receiptionist who was very pretty and very friendly.I had fun chatting with her,and she even guide us to the nearest night market after her shift was over..So nice..


Wish her all the best in her future undertakings..2 more post to go..

~活着就要快乐~

心情有点低落的时候,选择到京都兜了一圈。带着学姐学妹们走，除了感觉自己比较有用一点之外，也感受到了偶尔放纵自己的快感。Steamboat dinner for our guests...

6个女生带着行李到街上走，难免会引起别人的注意。被人问候，关心说会不会迷路之类的，就觉得。。。人，好亲切好善良哦。。不知道是我单纯还是笨，我从来不想把事情往坏方面想，总是相信“人性本善”。。。直到被背叛，被伤害。。即使是这样，我也会试着相信可能对方有苦难言，而对别人的伤害是处与别无选择之下。。整天以疑心面对人，会很累，也因为这样看不到世界的美吧？

Me,Joanne,Joyce and Tang Yii..

6个女生走，难免会比一般来的喧哗。刚开始有点不习惯，告诉她京都本来就是要放慢脚步，慢慢欣赏，就算只是个公园。。。倒回来被她嘲笑说,我说这句话从我口中说没有说服力，我不以为然。。是的,我曾经是不会放慢脚步的人,所以才发觉自己失去了很多美好的事物,美景。。领悟到了，所以才想和你分享，算是我说多了吧。。
1,2,3,4 and 5..who will you vote for??

走了两天，虽然去的地方不多，可是我已经达到自己去的目的了。回来时，看了自己买的散文《活着就要快乐》，发觉这些快乐的道理，我，是懂的。。想想，其实快乐真的很多，只要我们用心去发现，快乐，无所不在。。

好喜欢这个快乐感悟“痛苦是暂时的，快乐却是永恒的。任何人都只是沧海一粟，不要过多地纠缠于烦恼和不快中，今天的烦恼也许只是明天回忆时的一点调味品。今天为烦恼伤身，也许明天你就会嘲笑自己今天的无知和浪费时间。”

See the 大 word on the hill??

上次一天受到4个坏事，今天受到3个好事，该可以说老天是公平的吧？第一件好事，我越南的学姐结婚了！！听到她亲口告诉我时，真的吓了一跳。毕竟只不过是一个暑假，短短的一个月，婚礼、渡蜜月都完成了。而且她只有23岁。。可是，我真的为她感到万分的幸福快乐。看到她的婚礼照，还感动的差点落泪。。她认识他，只有3个月就开始交往，经过了3年，双亲也认同对方，他们的感情也稳步发展，谈婚事也只不过是迟早的事。我还是第一次看婚照不是因拍的美而欣赏它，而是看到学姐幸福的表情，美丽的笑容在照片里一丝一毫的表露出来。。我发现原来看到别人快乐比自己快乐还要幸福。。

快乐的时候，我在北海道认识的朋友打电话问候我了。说我不感动，快乐，是假的。。有多少人会因为突然想起对方而打电话给对方谈天呢？很多是因为种种原因，自己寂寞，自己烦恼想找个人倾诉而找朋友。。我这朋友却只是因想起我而问候我，我非常高兴。。

銀閣寺

最后，好开心美君肯听我说话。虽然是在帮她打发在等巴士的3个小时，她也有耐心去听我最近对事物的看法，也不嘲笑我说“感觉上，自己好像长大了一点。”她也说出了自己的苦衷，寂寞，而我也只能尽我所能安慰她，开导她。能找到倾诉的对象，而且是那种不会忽略对方，自己滔滔不绝说出自己的看法的人，真的感到有点欣慰。。

最近不知怎么搞的，身体状况变的有点不寻常，妈叫我看医生，可是我还是会有一种愚笨的执著。不知道是太累的缘故还是身体的不协调，总之不痛，我就会认为没有到看医生的必要。。愚笨，对吧？

二条城

写到这里，不知道自己根本想表达些什么。算了,快乐就好。。哈哈

~Cont.Huang Shan 7th August 2007~

7th August 2007

The missed out part of my Huang Shan trip.On this day,we had to wake up at about 2.30am to catch the sunrise on the top of hill Guang Ming.From the place we stayed,we had to ascend quite some more steps before reaching the designated spot.The sky was still dark but the moonlight sorta illuminate the steps and the surroundings.A very cooling and silent night.With the help of the walking stick and the torchlight,we first reach the Flying Stone.The Flying stone stood alone on a small slope,looking at it under the starry night,can't help thinking how majestic it looked,a piece of comet from the universe maybe?Resting there for 10mins,then looked down the valley,scary but nevertheless spectacular..I really despise myself for having phobia of heights for I clung myself hard to the railing while daring myself to look at the bottomless valley..haha.Reach Guang Ming top we found a place to stand among the swarming tourists..Now only I know that the reason everyone wore raincoat is to keep warm,not to keep away from the morning dew..The sunrise was THE event of the day...Never in my life have I seen a more beautiful sunrise..It was worth the lack of sleep I had before..

After that we walked to some more scenic places before taking the cable car down.Then we made our way to 翡翠谷(Jade Valley) where a few scenes from the movie "Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger" was shot.I was really blown away by the beauty of the waterfall,the ponds and puddles..See for yourself..九龙瀑was next..Also a place with naturally-beautifully formed rivers and waterfall...End of Huang Shan..One of the MUST visit places in China along with the Great Wall, The Forbidden Palace..

今天早上2.30am起,梳洗后3.10am出发到光明顶看日出。又要爬楼梯，虽然有点厌倦不过能看见满天星星及弯月，漂亮极了。经过飞来石，摸了3下也在那儿歇了一会儿。飞来石在月光下显得特别巨大，特别神秘，优美。从那里看无底的谷，虽然濛濛地，可是能感觉到，“它”是漂亮的。。到光明顶看日出，是我人身最为感动的一次。。

等了一个小时左右，接近日出的前20分钟，人们开始拥挤，而我，幸运的被推到前面的栏杆去。看到太阳从云层里像一个橙色的球慢慢的升起时，我顿时被迷倒了。。什么烦恼都被抛到九宵云外。。那时的我，只有“感动”。。

看完日出，就到看莲花峰，走鳌鱼洞。也听了导游解释有关黄山的怪石。这是“猪八戒照镜子”，看得出来吗？

从黄山的缆车下来，心情有点失落。。毕竟那么美丽的风景区一游就这么样结束了。。

接下来，我们到了翡翠谷走走。。翡翠谷是“卧虎藏龙”的拍摄区之一。。拍摄的地方有“花镜池”“绿珠池”

都不知道一天要感动几次。。可是，真的。。感动死了。。

接着是九龙瀑。。

爬了又长又弯的梯子(0.2km)，到龙心潭。。

那天不知是不是用太多体力了，叫3样菜，扫光！哈哈。。黄山之旅，完。。