A Memorial Service Speech to my Entertainment!!!

Sigh.... that was the day, the most shocking moment in my entire one year's stay here in KL, that my one and only entertainment of all time just left this world for good (peace be with you)!!!

Now that he has gone, I have to hold a memorial service for him for being a good friend of mine as well as my most precious PA without failure ever since he came into my pocession this time around (Xmas) last year.

I always loved to call him Dell Hardy (HardDisk made from Dell) since he was a former American citizen before he had a big fight with my sister and as a punishment he was sent over to the new master which was me all the way from America after a one full month of shipride.

Since he had learnt his lessons, he was being good to me in fact he was a pretty cautious buddy to me who would entertain me with all the games and music of all sorts and not to forget, he made me stay connected (that was the most important part of all). Then once again, he made me do my assignments last minutes or even far too late at nights!!!

Sometimes we just have to accept the fact that good things always come together with bad stuff, he started having this bad flu three nights ago. I just thought it was a normal viral infection so I just simply prescribed (as I'm Dr Quack) him with antivirus-biotics which made him worse, he became very slow and occasionally he could not do his job well and in the middle of somewhere doing something, he would freeze and rest... he even had frequent comas so that I even had to shut him down to start from scratch... He tried really really hard as well to obey me until he coughed out making the screeching sounds and that time you can imagine my heart was not at all at ease and I did not even know a single thing on what I should do with him.

So as an encouragement, I just gave him a pat (may be too harsh for him though) and only then he coughed out his one last pain with a sharp screech. There and then he remained silent and by the look of him, I already knew that I would not be able to wake him up again. At least, he managed to take away all my past year assignments, my activities photos, music, videos (you name it) every bits of things that I kept with him. So even after his settlements with his own things and life in paradise, he would remember me, the good old pal, I guess since he has taken all the memories away...

Now that I have to train all over to the new born Dell Hardy Jr. (shall I call that way???), I might as well adopt another external Dell N. Hardy (N. stands for new) as well??? I'll leave it up to you all to think for me... and don't forget to get back to me... thanks!!!

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Penang: Inspired by buddy Soya

Wow! I really cannot believe in myself that I can ever abandon my blog for so long and it has been remaining half dead ever since after i wrote yummylicious or a quick-peek reflect back on my good old times. Sorry for that buddy Soya.... (my one and only reader I guess... for now)....

well yeah, even way before I arrived here which was past two years... my "English conversation class" teacher, "sir", asked me to go visit Penang and my first thought about Penang was totally "plain blank" and I instantly replied him: "sir, is that in Thailand???"

Anyway it has got a beach so it does not matter whether it is in Thailand or Malaysia, right?? We just got to have fun!!!

Well that was my first perception regarding Penang!!! I know you would say "That's so Herald."... what to do man, seriously....

Okay, cut crap.... and here it comes Penang!!!!

It’s just simply the best of the best place with all the beach, mountain, modern life yet still remain the traces of rich Chinese culture…

This picture was taken on the way to Penang... It was just simply spectacular!!!

I still remember the first early morning that we all gathered in Sunway foyer and all looked starving and half asleep until the bus arrived at last after one hours’ wait. It was worth waiting for though, our bus was like an Aerobus…

We were not just tired of playing silly games like all groups on trip would have done it along the way until no energy was left before our second stop for lunch which we already sensed an aura of Penang the minute we saw “Laksa – One bowl 2.20”…. I was like “YES” and not to forget, the Cendol was nice as well.

By the time we passed through the Penang Bridge, it was raining and we all were disappointed: “There goes our first day in Penang, sigh…… “. The rain eventually subsided and after we were settled with our rooms in Sri Sayang, it was brightly shining, just good enough to go to the beach and enjoy the rides…..

We were waiting for our Banana Boat Guy to come, but to our disappointment it came but an hour later... Too bad, tatar Mr. Banana Boat Guy!!! Then off we went without playing that.

These are a bunch of my "Cam Whore" gang in Kek Lok Si Temple, which overlooks the whole George Town if I am not mistaken.

Walking up and down the Ferringhi night market was great. Not only could we get cheap DVDs, one for Rm 4.00 returnable if anything is wrong, and this is what we should call them Ferringhi Louis Vuitton bags, wallets and you name it, they have it….. the best part was this:

Hahahaha yeah man come to think of it condom = protection… well it makes sense, it comes from smart Penang Hokkien-speaking business people with good command of English...

For the last day Penang, I’ll just copy and paste the Penang article that me and soya wrote featured in our 5th Floor Newsletter!! So yeah enjoy….

This was the quality morning for all of us somehow as some spent their nice time snuggling in beds the whole morning while some went a stretch to the beach for one last time before we left for Batu Ferringhi Beach for their favorite parasailing or photo taking sessions among the rocks. Off we went to Butterworth around 10.00 am in the morning and we had so much fun testing out our DVDs we bought the previous night until we got to Ms. Dhina’s house since we had the pre-invitation from her for the Raya open house in the Kampung (village) which turned out to be the total experience for all of us. Her house was situated in ten-minute walking distance from the highway and though we were asked to hop in to the neighbor’s van that Ms. Dhina requested especially for us, we still insisted on walking till we reached the house. It was a two-storied house by the paddy field and for those who decided to sleep until late the following morning, it was heaven for them for the food were exceptionally delicious and all of us really got to know the warm and hospitable neighbors and family who helped out in all the mise-en-place just to cater the thirty of us. We were not just tired enough of savoring the Kampong dishes and not to mention a short visit over the paddy field soon after lunch just to fulfill our habitual daily routine which we practiced back in Penang that was taking pictures no matter where we were and what situation we were in. Same goes to the long way back to our bus from the Kampung, we just had as much fun as when we first walked in to the village. From there we reached Ipoh in the evening then despite the occasional short breaks and traffic jam, we reached back home which was KL around 8.30 pm and of course we all felt time flew really fast compared to the bond and nostalgic memories we got from the trip and we wished it could have been any longer if there were the next time like this. All of us promised the next trip to be organized and we just simply cannot wait for it.