tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32722682010-02-02T07:27:10.596+08:00chowloh.comShih Chunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796387718418247962noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-11762479627629855772009-12-29T16:33:00.004+08:002009-12-29T17:09:41.738+08:00

Our baby Corolla was first diagnosed with a severe radiator overheat and its engine refused to function properly after the first attack. Chung did him body checkup every morning and that successfully keep Corolla with us for another 2 weeks.Leaks of coolant and engine oil again started making us worried each day. His temperature keep on rising uncontrollably each time when we started driving. We

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Fancy your own personalised car plate? For just a fee of a few hundred dollars, you could have yours customised in Western Australia.You could put your own name.Or describe a bit about yourself. I saw this car turning out of the parking lot of a gym.I never figured this out.*Take a closer look. We actually chased this car past several traffic lights just to catch this picture.You could express

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Tis' the season to be jolly and I've spotted some of Santa's reindeers on the road.This one was by the roadside parked near a mall.Perhaps Santa was shopping for some presents?

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On Halloween Day, I was asked to cut pumpkins as part of my regular responsibility as a kitchen hand at the cafe.The first swings with the big chopper to split the pumpkin can be the most difficult. Not to mention the risk of losing one's fingers in a split second lapse of concentration.I have worked at a cafe once but this was something new. What I like about the working holiday experience is

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It took us two and a half hour for the haircut. Chung bought himself a deluxe haircut kit with blades never need oiling to save money from going local saloon. FYI, a haircut here is AUD20 per head. He is quite excited before his hair was cut. still looking happy. Getting nervous. This is my first time okay! OMG! Getting worse you know the cut. Look at his face, so burnt! I think he was damn tulan

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OK! It's time to update and upload pictures.OK! I will not start my blog like "it's been ages I have not blog at my blog". I should start blogging so that you spies will keep spying on us.Last week, we moved into a new place that we rent at a quiet suburb called Riverton. I don't have the exact word to describe the house. Maybe... dodgy but exciting! It's old and small but has many features that

Xin Tonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17606676979780281405noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-31394414386030449912009-10-11T14:10:00.002+08:002009-10-11T14:51:39.500+08:00

Have been wondering what life is all about these days.Have no clue of what my future is. I'm excited for - Music.I'm a bit "coward" with great - People.I'm driven crazy in the - Nature.My ambition is a lifetime - Volunteer.I have art in - Vandalizing myself and my mind.Religion is a belief, so what is my belief, what is my religion.Make it - Raleigh.Or a duet of - Buddhist and Christian.Travel -

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The before: Last Sunday morning with nice sunshine around, I took a risky bet on my hair. Trying to be cheap, some say cheapskate. Asked Wendy's favour to trim my hair at our yard, a only-one-head-experience hairdresser. This is a big bet man, I will never ever let this happen if the haircut here is not min $20 for girls.The after:Quite a decent one yeah? Hehe XD

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Looking at the marker-pen-written envelope, I knew that was from expedition. Because last time I got one sealed with gaffle tape, from Zhi Yong. All the expedition random stationery. Hehe. Guess what I have got from expedition this time? And from who? What was quarantined and what was remained? Superly excited plus curious.First letter, item quarantined showed - dried plant material. I was

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Today is the special date of September 9, 2009.Just over 90 days ago we first arrived with nothing more than a few dollars and dreams of touring around Australia.In between we moved house, tried a few jobs, kept most of them, owned three vehicles, sold one of them. I also skyped with non-tech savvy Ma and Pa for the first time ever. They have just learnt how to sent messages through the mobile

Shih Chunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796387718418247962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-65588113088273768482009-09-02T09:32:00.018+08:002009-09-03T10:17:56.337+08:00

On Merdeka eve this year, I surprisingly woke up at 4.30am preparing myself to get out of the house. Freezing cold in the transition from winter to spring. Have no inkling for what I would see that morning, REALLY surprised me!Jumped into Roger's car and saw the rest (Kimberley and Da Yong) wearing this same orange shirt.We were the traffic cops a.k.a. road blockers in Perth City. Nice if we

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It is so planned, yet turned unplanned. We are so worried yet excited. Parents to be. Just can't help but imagine for the best final product.Is this gonna be like a curious case of Benjamin Button? We hope YES!Is our baby gonna have an Australian citizenship? CERTAINLY!Is it so unbelievable to survive a baby within 3 digit AUD? We are in denial, even when AUD to RM is the almost "times 3"

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Have you ever fallen in love? Do you believe in love at first sight? Has there ever been one that you are so attracted to. That melts your heart and makes your soul flutter.But you know it's not right that it was never meant to be. The circumstances just don't allow it and you just can't pretend anymore.Your heart says yes, but your mind says no. And you have to choose between your heart or your

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It was midnight and I was driving home late from work. I arrived at the house and asked Xin Tong to repark the smaller Corolla to create space for the Camry.She unwittingly knocked down the water meter, causing the pipe to burst into a geyser.It was supposed to be a funny moment, but there were more surprises to come.I found my mobile in the pool of water just below the car door, soaked right to

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It's actually been one month now since we first arrived in Perth. Last week we caught a glimpse of the full moon, and it reminded us of our departure night.Ai Ling picked us up from my house. True to the last minute mantra, I had just finished packing then.A few of the Raleigh fellas came to send us off, which was mighty nice of them. One of them drove all the way to LCCT from a small town near

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Ath-choo!I woke up to the sound of sneezing and rubbing noses.We had been in the plane almost 4 hours now, and suddenly everyone was catching a flu.It was quite scary with the major outbreak of the swine flu. One month after we're still fine, although I'm feeling the chills now.Aside from that, the AirAsia flight was alright. We had faux recliners for comfort and in-flight entertainment to pay

Shih Chunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796387718418247962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-62210684512372326222009-07-12T01:56:00.004+08:002009-07-16T12:07:24.135+08:00

Missing a bit of futsal right now. Hope my legs don't rust too much.It's been awhile now since HELP CF was in second place for the college football competition. It was a dramatic run-up to the finish. We won the semi-final on penalties. The scoreline was - 16-15, or was it 15-14, like in a badminton game.Yes I can actually kick a ball. Doesn't always result in a goal, sometimes an own goal

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Fancy having a hand at a live crab like this? So we had crabs for dinner one day. Chef Franky lays his hand and says a requiem prayer.He gives it a farewell handshake. If the mousetrap was painful, this would be very much more painful.Chef Franky then expertly ends the life of the crab, slicing right through the heart and cutting each section of the body out. The crab is then disemboweled,

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*Whiff!*The little one disappeared within a second as I caught only a glimpse of its tail and backside. There's a mouse in the kitchen! I chased for it but lost it when it slipped into a drawer, too fast for me.Later Xin Tong saw the mouse too, and it danced on the cabinet crevices before doing another Houdini act. Small and nimble.Apparently the rodents in Perth are really tiny, unlike the rats

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It's now been three weeks since we first arrived in Australia. We've just about settled down in the suburb of Bentley, at a house where Xin Tong's cousin is renting.The living room is rather empty, but the kitchen where we spend half our house time is quite nicely laid out. We took half a day to clean it and really make it our own - hopefully our housemates didn't mind. We haven't been cooking

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So there was a mistake understanding 10 June midnight, Chung's parents thought we were to fly off on 10 June night. Bet nothing reminds Chung better about KL than his mom's famous mee sim soup though the family dinner in the Selayang restaurant was really great.A reunion with Chung's college mates at New Paris, nearly France but it was SS2. Great companions for life indeed, day ended with

Xin Tonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17606676979780281405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-28154558936925983382009-05-30T02:44:00.002+08:002009-05-30T02:53:35.383+08:00

Good colleagues may not make good friends. Good friends may not make good colleagues.

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"Do you mean your time got no tv?" - Emily C, a late 80s baby asked me. Our age difference is not even a decade.

Shih Chunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04796387718418247962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272268.post-41885798900271871372009-05-18T03:26:00.008+08:002009-05-27T01:31:35.012+08:00

I am eloping to Australia!That's right folks! I am running away with someone else's daughter to a faraway island and I won't be back until after a year.Since securing my work holiday visa, I have been occupied preparing to go and wrapping up matters in Malaysia.My pre-departure briefing included a weekend afternoon watching the movie starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Hopefully knowing

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Shattered, when four tourists popped out of two expensive-looking motorhomes.They looked like fairly well-to-do tourists who contribute more to the NZ economy in a week that I do in a month. However they seemed to have less regard for her natural quiet tranquility, with endless noisy exclamations of how beautiful the lake was, about the relatively cheap land, and about building a house around the

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