I miss…
I’ve been updating a lot of I miss statuses up on Facebook…
That’s cause I have something which I wanna say but I can’t say publicly…
Sien…
Lets just say I really miss…. you…~
Of baby bat and broken wind shields
A lot has happened lately… A bit tied up with certain stuff and a bit lacking in motivation for blogging so I’d been slow on updates recently.
Now… A few of the things that happen was…
We found a baby bat a few weeks back
Found it outside the lab…
Tried to feed it with some milk but it didn’t seem to want any of it.
Anyway… We left it one night in the lab and in the morning it was hanging upside down in the box we kept it in…
We sent it to the Vet Uni hospital but in the end they said that they will be euthanizing it cause the bat might most probably be unable to survive… Oh well… Goodbye tiny bat of ours…
Secondly… My car’s rear windshield got broken…
And I don’t even know the cause of it… Sien… Cost me RM400 to fix it..
Hmmm…
Just unlucky recently I guess…
Tremors in Selangor and some parts of Malaysia
30th September 2009 at around 6.20pm… The floor was moving… Actually my table and I was moving along with it… I felt the tremors… It lasted for around a minute or so… I wonder if things are ok…
Pray for everyone everywhere then I guess… After what happen in Samoa, perhaps it might be safe to say that the Earth seems to be in trouble… Or rather more trouble that it usually is in…
Anyone else felt it?
So far friends from Singapore and Johor seemed to have felt it too…
Everytime we touch (Slow version) – Cascada
I liked Cascada’s rendition of What hurt’s the most… So looked up on some of her songs and found this…
Really nice…
Manga Review – Doubt by Tonogai Yoshiki.
A few days back, I was wondering why there aren’t any more manga (Japanese comics) which are similar to Kindaichi Shonen no Jikembo (About Kindaichi solving murder cases etc). I really like that manga and was a bit disappointed when they ended the manga quite some time ago. Of course there are still Detective Conan and Detective Academy Q but those just can’t compare to the impact that Kindaichi series had on me.
So to satisfied my needs for mystery, I searched on the net for some ‘Mystery’ manga and stumble upon this little gem.
Doubt is a 20 chapter manga by Tonogai Yoshiki. 20 chapters will just take up around 2 hours of your time. Think of it as watching a movie.
Synopsis:
There is a game played in Japan called ‘Rabbit Doubt’. Players play this game using their cell phones using the following story line: It was said that one day, a wolf sneak into a group of friendly rabbits. When the rabbits fell asleep, the wolf showed its real form and started to kill off the rabbits one by one. The rabbits- finding their numbers declining- began to feel suspicious of each other, hanging whomever they thought was the wolf. The game ends either when the rabbits are all dead or the rabbits finally capture the wolf (I know I know, the plot sounds a bit like Mafia)
And so, a few players of the game decided to meet each other but unbeknownst to them, a wolf snuck into their gathering. Finding themselves trapped in a warehouse with no way out, and being killed off one by one, will they be able to unmask the wolf before being killed off entirely? Who is the wolf?
The whole plot is filled with twists and turns and I found myself making numerous amounts of deductions as to who the wolf could have been (And lets just say that one of my possible deductions came true in the end…). The depth of mystery is just compelling and makes the manga a really fascinating read.
I could really relate the plot to the movie ‘Saw’. Especially how to plot develops until the surprising revelation in the end. *cue Saw’s theme* *XXX, I would like to play a game* *Shudders*
There should be more manga’s like this out there. Give it a read and you might find yourself enjoying it, just like how I did.
Link to Doubt –> Doubt manga
*All images are from www.onemanga.com- Credits for scans goes to those who provided it as listed on OneManga*
Yaki Yaki Japanese BBQ Buffet Lunch-Hi Tea Promotion
Went to a Japanese BBQ Buffet Lunch at Yaki Yaki yesterday. The normal price of such a buffet is at RM 65++ but during this promotion period the lunch price became RM18.90++
The promotion is only on for the month of September only if I’m not mistaken and is only for the Lunch period and also the Hi-Tea period only. And one last thing to note is ONLY ON WEEKDAYS!!!
How to get there?
It’s just next to Low Yat plaza. A bit hard to find but its directly in front of one of Low Yat’s entrance.
A point to note though is that for this promotion, Sashimi and Oysters are not included. To have a taste of those things, you’ll need to go for the original price package.
Anyway. Some of the food which I had during my first round walk there…
If this was some other type of Japanese restaurant, my first round pick would have exceeded RM20 already. But you could see the raw fish for BBQ on the right had side. There’s some ready cook food on the upper left side. Below that is some of the tempura fried food. And the other two plates are filled with sushi. BTW… I’m a salmon fanatic which sums up why there are so much salmons there. You can see some Unagi sushi on the same plate as the Salmon sushi.
Close up of the lower left plate. You can see some unknown fish sushi on the left and at the middle is some type of pork sushi (The BBQ is not halal BTW) and there’s the egg sushi on the right.
SALMONS!!! AND EELS!!!
Close up!!!
Some type of fish… Red snapper on a stick and salmons to be cooked. There’s also shark meat which I didn’t try though.
The tempura food… Prawns in the background…
Snapping away. Ate up some of the salmons. There’s some cake at the background BTW.
Fish, chicken and pork being BBQed.
The all-you-can eat Baskin Robbins ice-cream.
Green tea ice cream + Mango tango ice cream.
Some of the cooked pork meat and chicken.
Being creative. Dipping some BBQ fish into the tempura sauce.
The raw fish counter. They filled up the counter when the food runs out. So you don’t have to worry about nothing to eat. Look at all those salmons.
Some of the side dishes. There’s Japanese egg tofu and other types of food.
Up close with the Japanese egg tofu
Some Japanese Bakuteh…?!
Some crabs
More mixed up ice cream. Heavenly.
I kept on taking salmons. Can’t have enough of it.
Look at how tasty it is.
SALMONS all the way!!!
The raw fish counter.
The meat counter. You can see chicken legs and all sorts of chicken which you can BBQ. There’s even all types of meat and pork. I remember they even have some Rosemary Lamb meat for you to BBQ.
The ready cooked food counter. All sorts of fried rice and mee for you to take. But I didn’t take any…
Part of the sushi counter.
Not much jelly dessert BTW.
But there was quite a number of cakes to choose from.
One of the rooms that you can reserve.
Just a photo of the cup. It wasn’t whisky BTW.
The food group that I went with. We ate from 11.40am till 2.10pm. And we left the place a lot heavier than when we arrived.
I just had that one grand meal that day. And didn’t feel hungry for the rest of the day.
Have to return to have another round there before the promotion end.
Love as a way of life – The seven secrets to love – Kindness
Kindness means noticing someone else and recognizing his needs. It means seeing the value in every person we meet.
Kindness is the joy of meeting someone else’s needs before your own simply for the sake of relationship.
I found that most of us nowadays just take relationships and what others do for us for granted. They don’t realize how to appreciate the kindness of other people (I’m included BTW)…
Kindness is at its best when we don’t have to stop to think about it. Just do it then I guess.
But how about when we treat someone with kindness especially those who treated us harshly?
Kindness changes people. And when we notice how our kindness act can change people we tend to be more eager to be kind.
In order to answer that, we must have a change to attitude first. We must understand that the attitude of ‘I will only be kind to you if you are kind to me’ shouldn’t be practiced. Rather we should have a mentality of ‘Regardless how you treat me, I’ll still be kind to you’.
We wear kindness as part of our clothing, we don’t stop to think about whether we should be kind in a certain situation.
After the change of attitude, we must also understand that we can be kind to at any time of our lives. And it’s even better if the kindness we practice is a kindness comes naturally and without thought.
Different people have different response towards kindness. There will be times when kindness is turned down or even treated as having hidden motives.
Relationships do not always work the way we want them to, and we might never see the influence of our acts of kindness but when we love authentically, we are faithful even when loving is difficult. (I still have a long long way to go at this then)
When other people rejects our expression of kindness, with love, we will keep treating that person with kindness and hoping that in time that person will accept the kindness that we offer.
It is necessary for us to use the proper words also when we are expressing kindness. And sometimes, even when we have the chance to tease someone for a mistake he has done before, a positive response of kindness will make the relationship even stronger.
Regardless of how terrible a situation is, kind words have the potential to turn the situation around and even change the attitude of people.
Catch yourself when you are thinking negatively about yourslef or someone else. Replace those words in your mind with something positive about you or the other person.
Kindness generates kindness. When we make kindness an intentional habit, we are more likely to see the worth of each person.
Acting kindly toward other people increases one’s sense of self-worth, optimism and overall satisfaction in life.
The phrase ‘pay it forward’ reminds me of the song ‘Pass it on’
The lyrics go something like this
~~It only takes a spark to get a fire going
And soon all those around can warm up in its’ glowing
That’s how it is with God’s love
Once you experience it
You spread His love to everyone
You want to pass it on~~
Kindness is just the same. Experience it and share it and pass it on. And the kindness will pass on from one person to another.
When we are kind to others, we look for other ways to be kind, and when others are kind to us, we are motivated to pass that kindness on
Kindness can be remarkably simple. But its effects can last a lifetime. When we treat another person with kindness, we acknowledge the value of another person.
Learning to be kind is another challenge most of us should be facing. Because kindness may be a momentary thought and action but that thought or action could last a lifetime.
Love as a way of life – Satisfaction of a loving life
Chapter 1: The satisfaction of a loving life
*Starting to read this book by Gary Chapman called ‘Love as a way of life’… It’s quite meaningful though… I always wondered if what I did was called ‘love’ or not.. Or is it just… ‘MR-ALAN’S-COMPLICATED-AND-HARD-TO-UNDERSTAND-ACTIONS’… Anyway… Am in Chapter 1 right now and just feeling like sharing some things with you all…*
When we love others because we value them as individuals, we experience a joy like no other.
Love is not an emotion that comes over us or an elusive goal dependent on the actions of others
Authentic love is something within our capabilities, originating in our attitudes and culminating in our actions. If we think of love as a feeling, we shall be frustrated when we can’t always work up that feeling. When we realize that love is primarily an action. we are ready to use the tools we have to love better.
One of the beautiful things about living a love-filled life is that we are not dependent on circumstances for our satisfaction. We find joy in our choice to love others, whether or not they love us in return and whether or not circumstances go the way we want them to.
Humans are made for relationships, when we offer authentic love to someone, we are being who we really are.
Am I being who I really am then??? I wonder…
But I guess that if I’m suppose to find joy in our choice to love others, even if the love is unrequited, then it isn’t really love after all…
Guess I still have quite a long way to go…
