Lonely & Someone to Turn To

Lonely.... this feeling sometimes "knock" our door. Why do people feel lonely? - simply because you are alone - you don't have anyone to turn to or anyone you can call your "friend", "family" or "loved ones".

One can fill their life with lots of activities to avoid being lonely but there is time when one really needs someone in their life. Needed someone in your life doesn't mean that it must be a "boyfriend" or "girlfriend" - it can be anything e.g. friends, family, etc.

Different people have different ways to overcome "LONELY". Some people will simply make themselves busy, some people will get theirselves close to someone, finding more friends, so on and so forth but remember this..... getting close to someone might inturn hurt you when they walk out of your life.

It is good to have at least 1 friend apart from your family to share your ups and downs as you can't share everything with your family - but there is some people out there who can do this.... (definitely not me).

It really hurts and put you into frustration when the time you need somebody, but no one there for you. Have you ever trap in this situation???? - it really hurts. What do you do if you are in this situation?

"The only way to have a friend is to be on" ... by Waldo Emerson ...

"If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page" ...by Mark Houlahan...

"Don't ask for an easier life; ask to be a stronger person" ... by Kristen Goeser...

The Cat City..... Kuching

Kuching a.k.a. Cat City... we were there last August '07 - a yearly outing by HRKL's girls. It is exactly a year when we were in Langkawi for our first outing. This time the same group is heading to Kuching with Sally managed to join us and Felicia who left HR early this year - still joining us.

We are taking the first flight out of KL at 7am and the worst part... we have to meet at KL Sentral at half past four in the morning. Don't even have time for breakfast. You readers may and must be saying we are crazy, kiasu, etc... - yes, we are. I don't really sleep that night as am excited and afraid of being overslept.

First thing upon arrival.... find a breakfast.

Having breakfast at one of the restaurant in Kuching Waterfront.

Me and Mok - munching a biscuit while waiting for our food.

After breakfast, straight to our so called "villa" in Santubong - Permai Rainforest Resort. Quite a distance from Kuching city.

Start our programme with a visit to their cultural village - walking distance from Permai Rainforest Resort. God... it was so hot there - all of us couldn't take it and the worst, being "puteri lilin" myself and Sally!

Managed to borrow umbrellas from the resort.

At one of the "long-houses"

Look at this bamboo bridge... its interesting, though a bit scarry

Playing ??? (don't know what is this called) - my feet stucked in between the bamboos once... arrrghhhh!

Look at their stairs (made from coconut tree)

Auntie dare not to climb this stair. Poor her, she has to wait for us one floor down. I try to find ways so that Auntie can join us. Yeay... I found a way.

Auntie... so happy upon reaching the top floor.

Take a rest here, we are sweating and worst... wind not blowing!

Late afternoon we finished our tour in the cultural village - walk back to our "villa". Get ready for dinner and some of us plan to go to the beach.

Go to the beach, get wet and watch sun set. The scenery is fantastic.

So peaceful... just the sound of the wave

"Sun set in Santubong"

We check-out the next day. Have our breakfast and I must tell you this... the tea is so nice. I've got addicted and lost count of how many cups I've consumed.

Today, we gonna go around Kuching city, visit few places of interest and the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre.

At the reception of Permai Rainforest Resort

Look at Sally....

At the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre

Two of the Orang Utans having their dinner

Semenggoh WC is our last stop. We head back to Kuching city. Take a ride in a small sampan crossing Sarawak river - the fare is only 30 cents. We are in the same sampan crossing back to Kuching Waterfront - the sampan owner try to con us.

This is the man who tries to con us.

Get back to our "hotel", shower and get ready for a "big dinner". We gonna have seafood tonight at the Rooftop. OMG... the amount of food we order like 10 days never get to eat - a lot! You guy guest whether we finish our food or not....

We walk back to "hotel" and along the way, the youngsters are wasting their time "melepak" at Kuching waterfront. I plan to go for a clubbing but seeing this situation, dare not to go - just relax in the "hotel". Few of them go for a foot massage.

In front of our "hotel" reception - its cozy here.

Today our plan is... whatelse if not shopping. But first thing in the morning we are going to Satok - Sunday market. OMG..... all kind of things you can find here - fresh vegetables, fruits, souvenirs, etc. After our first-round shopping, head back to "hotel" and walk to China Town to have a second-round breakfast, then we stroll along Kuching Waterfront doing our second-round shopping.

Take a break for lunch. We go to the Rooftop again for seafood lunch. After lunch, walk back to "hotel" and some of us straight to Kuching Waterfront for a third-round shopping. After getting all the things we intend to buy, and here comes the tedious part - packing.

Around half past four we leave Kuching city for the airport - flight was delayed.... arrrghhhhh - gonna arrive KL late night. We doze off in the flight zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Arrive KL Sentral around quarter to eleven.

At Kuching Airport - its time to say good bye to "Cat city"

Cherish While It Entertains You

Was reading my friend's blog over the weekend and found the full lyrics of my favourite song - My Wish - by Rascal Flatts.

A lovely song full of positive message - if you look at it from a different angle, but this song suppose a wish & motivation from someone to another with a hope that that person realise someone loves him/her and wish him/her feels the same way.

Among the paragraphs that had touched me deeply:

... if you're faced with a choice and you have to choose, choose the one that means the most to you... if one door opens to another door closed, keep on walking till you find the window...

... if it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile...

... never look back but never forget, all the ones who love you in the place you left... always forgive and never regret.... help somebody every chance you get and always give more than you take...

I start to think, if I am in all these situations, will I do so? My answer to it: yes and no - guess my friends who know me will know which one is yes and which is no.....

Well, sometimes (girl, are you sure it sometimes?... not always???) it is easy to say than to practise. So to make it a practise, we should first... free ourself from being selfish, think of other people around us.

I once heard a motivator said "First, love yourself, followed by so many then". Doesn't this sounds contradicting from "free from being selfish". We always forget that this so called 'love' need to be shared among ourself and the 'then'. If we manage to share this 'love', we'll definitely being far far from 'selfish'.

Don't you agree with me?

Here some quotes I find interesting and should share this with you:

I - Avoid it

We - Use it

Ego - Kill it

Love - Value it

Smile - Keep it

Rumor - Ignore it

Success - Achieve it

Knowledge - Acquire it

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."

Historical Malacca

One of the rows of shop houses - some of the shops were restored and this is one of it



Another shop house been refurbished - with beautiful carving

We were in Malacca over the weekend (day trip) - so called "Jalan-jalan cari makan". Starts our journey around 9.30am, arrived Malacca town around 12pm, straigt to the Portuguese settlement to have lunch.

YF, Sally and Nav

Another group of people from our office were also there - but didn't bump into them.

Banda Hilir - the main tourist attraction, we didn't visit this place. To us, nothing to explore here as from small, we were exposed to this place (visited so many times during our schooling days - so called "rombongan sekolah").

We instead go to Jonker Street - rows of shophouses sell so many kinda things, from antiques to accessories. Our main purpose is.... fooooood. Main attraction is its dessert - variety of ice shave you can enjoy here, from ice kacang to cendol - you can't compare Jonker Street's ice shave with others in KL especially it's cendol - one word I can express.... superb!

Browsing the menu

Apart from dessert, try out the nyonya kuih (cakes), curry laksa, assam laksa and the Baba Nyonya dishes... hmmmmmmm...... yummmmyyyyyyy!

Enjoying the cendol

p/s Look out for "Jonker 88" - the famous dessert shop. When you are here, also try out the 'pineapple tart' - bake daily.

Its a night market on Saturday and we get a chance to taste so many food - tried out their 'popiah', hmmmm taste good.

Don't forget to also try the "Chicken Rice Ball" - you must be wondering what is it. Its the normal chicken rice but the rice is round like a ball shape.

At one of the junction - a number of bars you can find here

We window shop for about 3hours here and its time for dinner - we gonna have "satay celup" and this is the first time for me. All this while I was wondering what is satay celup and finally I got to taste it - not bad, something different. Its like the 'lok-lok' and 'stamboat' but with satay sauce instead. I wonder what they do with the excess sauce (from every table) ???????

After 'satay celup' we were like a python... how are we going to drive back to KL?????

Take a slow drive back to KL, but knowing me.... I'll fall a sleep if driving like this, so... you should know what I did... he..he..

One thing I don't like about Malacca is their parking system - you have to purchase the coupon, scratch and display, and the fee is only 60cents per hour and.... you have to purchase 1 booklet that cost you RM3 or RM3.50 (for 5 hours??? am I right???). I wonder whether they make money out of it with the cost of printing, this and that.... ????? and the worst thing is not all shops selling this coupon and the booth..... I don't see any booth surrounding Jonker Street.

Not a friendly system at all.