i've been tied up with many things lately and i'm sorry if you have been waiting for updates on my trip to Cambodia... updates will come soon...

i'm not even sure if anyone comes to my blog these days.. jeez..

ivan..

Cambodian Rendezvous

Day 1

nothing on day 1 so i'll make this a 2 part season premier.. haha... here goes..

it all started with a flight........... you dont seriously think i'd start this post like this do you?

on the plane

well my family and i took an Air Asia flight to KL and was delayed at KLIA for our flight to Cambodia... we arrived at the capital city, Phnom Penh at 5.10pm local time... oh by the way, Cambodia is an hour behind Malaysia.. well thanks to the delay at KLIA, we got stuck in a traffic jam... rush hour... we finally arrived at a restaurant called Khmer Surin.. Khmer is the Cambodian language or also refer to their people.. food there was pretty good... we had a taste of the famous Amok Chicken... its like curry but sweet...

Khmer Surin..

after dinner we checked into our hotel.. the name of the hotel is Mittapheap Hotel... =.= the rooms were ok.. not much to see outside the hotel so we decided to sleep early..

Petronas Station in the midle of KLIA...

our plane was next to the Manchester United Air Asia plane.. =(

Plane food... whee... =.=

Day 2

woke up pretty late.. not a good way to start your vacation.. had breakfast at the hotel.. the bus took us to Wat Phnom.. it the first temple in the capital city and also where the city started.. we then headed to the Imperial Palace where the King of Cambodia still resides.. the design is similar to the Royal Palace in Bangkok..

Wat Phnom..

there was this Silver Pagoda within the palace grounds and the first thing that went through my mind was a Pagoda made of silver.... well, its not really that.. its actually a place where the King and other people worship the Emerald Buddha (again similar to Bangkok)... the floor, however, has silver tiles weighing 1kg each.. they dont allow photography inside the Pagoda but i managed to snap some under my arms..

Imperial Palace..


National Artifact Museum was the next stop.. the museum displays many statues and artifacts from the Pre-Angkor, Angkor, and Post-Angkor period.. there were LOADS.. but you cant take pictures without official permission... dumb people..

National Artifact Museum.... and dad..

why is there barisan logos in Phnom Penh??

lunch was at Tonle Bassac.. its a buffet of local food... not bad but could be better.. we stopped by a souvenir shop after lunch... Pailin Souvenirs... Pailin, my favourite Amazing Race Asia contestant, isnt the owner and thank god for that... the shop sucked.. haha..

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, our next location, was one that i never want to visit again... it was a prison during the war in Cambodia and before becoming a prison, it used to be a school... the cruelty of mankind sent chills up my spine and made me thank god i live in the 21st century...

the rules of the S-21 prison..

illustration of how they kill babies... monsters..!!

pictures of some of the kids imprisoned and killed in the prison..

after that enlightening visit, we headed to the Russian Market.. its called a Russian Market because it used to be where the Russians stay during the communist regime... shopping was obviously the thing there..

them people so proud of their Lexus.. there are more like this one around..

the local Tuk-Tuk..

dinner sucked big time... King Suki Soup = steamboat... heck my family makes better steamboats... dumbass restaurant..

that's all for the series premier... haha..
ivan..

I'm home...!!
yes my Cambodian adventure is over and i'm partly relieved yet sad...

we explored many temples, wat or prasat as they call it, and my feet are screaming for comfort but it was worth it..

i have finally crossed out Angkor Wat off my list of places to see and may have added a few more onto the "SEEN LIST"..

places i've been to are Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Banterey Srei, Tonle Sap, i've even seen the great Mekong River..!!

i bet you guys are expecting a long post... well i'm nt posting everything at once.. i'm doing it in parts.. one part is about a day in Cambodia..

Coming Soon....





ivan..

here i am again talking about crap...

first i wanna congratulate Max Ong for winning the boys u-17 title in the Penang Junior Closed... you played well...

well its Friday and the guys and i are going out after the finals later... my cousin, Eugene is coming over to stay... Football on Monday.... yes the squash gang is playing football..

Countdown to Cambodia : 4 Days

i think that's it.. lol... sorry not much to say...
ivan..

I'm Back...

yes people... i'm back... its been awhile but what the heck...

SPM isnt as bad as it was said to be but who am i to judge? i didnt even study... so yes SPM is over... whee =.= i dont feel the excitement...

i need a job.. well i wanna coach but someone wont return me my class for this month.. asshole.. i'm going to see Teng Hin and ask for more classes at a regular basis... i dont mind coaching everyday..

anyway the Penang Junior Closed just started today... i only entered the u-17 event as i am not fit.. i had the most misfortune of meeting the crow in the quarters... which sucked.. i lost to him 9-1, 9-4, 9-6.... i dare say thought that it was my best performance against him ever.. unfortunately more is needed to overcome the dark force.. LOL..

i will be playing against Alamin from Tin Club tomorrow and i'm not happy... the last meeting between us ended on the losing side for me... it was at the Tin Club and i was playing for my team SAP.. i hope to turn things around this time and put my experience to good use.. after all, i wont be playing tournaments for long...

had my bath after all that and took Shu Lynn out for dinner... went to Nandos at new Gurney... after that i head upstairs to check out phones and its finally here!! no not the Nokia 5800 but the Nokia n79!! i love that phone... unfortunately being an N-Series phone, it is priced at RM1899... a steep price for me.. but i will not rest until i have either the 5800 or the n79.. but another option would be the Sony Ericsson C905... its great and all and cheaper than the n79 by a few hundred but the camera is a little too much for a phone.. 8.1 megapixels? really?

i've waited for the Sony Ericsson Xperia and its finally here but the price is close to RM3000... that is just too much... anyway i will stop typing... will bring more updates soon i hope but for now i leave you all with a picture of the Nokia n79...

return of the fine print? i dont think so... not now at least.. hahah... got you looking didnt i Allan? ;)

ivan..

9 days till SPM....
x_X

anyway i havent been working hard enough to get myself prepared for this... now i'm feeling the pressure.... but i am trying my best to make the time i have left worth it.....

i'm being burried by tuition and homework and revision exercises i just wish this month will go away soon..... regardless of the results....

i dont have much time to update.... next one will probably be after SPM...
till next time...

i miss you baby...
ivan..

i didnt plan to update my blog but here i am so i'll just wing it as i go....

anyway on Friday the 24th of October, it was SSP's most highly anticipated event of the year.... The Graduation Prom... so yeah i'll just walk you through the whole day.....

i woke up very early in the morning and had my breakfast... got myself ready and went to pick up Mabel, Malcolm, and Matthew.... they were gonna go play tennis... well i wanted to decorate my masquerade mask and i needed Mab's help so i had to be there...

so after my mask was done i rushed down to the library to pick Shu Lynn up.... took her to the beach... it was kinda just to kill time.... i got a little too close to a jellyfish... luckily i spotted it soon enough to move away... anyway after the beach we went to Gurney.... watched HSM3 : Senior Year.... the movie was great and the songs were good but i dont like the fact that every song they sang ends with them on stage.... i mean isnt a musical supposed to be like natural? like a person actually talking but instead they put it into a song? anyway overall that show was great...

anyway after all that, i dropped Shu Lynn home and went home myself.... took a long bath and got all my clothes ready.... got dressed for the prize presentation and left my house for G Hotel... i wore black jeans, black shirt, brown tie, and canvas shoes........ anyway when i arrived i bumped into Alex, Johnny, and Cze Yang..... we made our way to the ballroom and got there just in time for the ceremony......

when the ceremony ended, Mabel, Honey, Vivonne and myself rushed to Honey's house to change into our dinner clothes..... i was once again the driver... lol.... we managed to get back to G Hotel in time for Mab's speech... i wont go into detail or else this post will never end...

we had fun during the dinner... there were bad performances and i thought i lost my sense of hearing but other than that, it was a near perfect night..... we took pictures after the dinner and chat and not long after, it was already almost 12am....

the prom photos are all in my Facebook and my friends' and to those who dont have Facebook, GET IT!!

ok now to some sensitive issues....... i do not wanna mention it here but i was forced to by someone who is currently cramping her Science for tomorrow's paper.... i gained weight... AHAHAHA... what you think it would be very deep?? guess again... but yea i have gained weight... and from what i'm getting from her, its alot of weight... i beg to differ.... anyway i do know i gained weight.... i havent been in competitive squash since June and i havent trained since August... the last time i held my racquet was in September.... i have pledged to do 50 sit-ups and push-ups every night before i sleep and try to wake up early on days i dont go to school and go for runs..... i need to do it...

its 13 days till SPM and i cant say i'm as panicked as i was on the final week building up to PMR.... but i'm close... i have conceded my History and Bio and currently trying to save my Chem and Add Maths..... i made a bet with a certain peaKOK that the one who doesnt get a minimum of 5 As will have to cut their hair... shave to chinese school lenght for guys, and cut short for girls.... i think i got 4 subjects covered but this 4 who doesnt right? Eng, BM, Maths, EST...... i'm trying to push my Physics, Moral and Add Maths to that level.... oh well....

i guess that's all for now.... i slept from 8pm till 1am just now and i think its time for me to go back to sleep.... signing out.......
ivan..