I'm back!!

I'm back from KL and feeling very tired.. so this was what happened..

on Friday, i went out with Melvin and Dexter.. mum dropped me off at their house and we all went to Queensbay.. we went straight up to the cinema to get tickets for I Am Legend.. then the 3 of us went down and had early lunch at Manhattan Fish Market.. we all had the Fish and Chips.. then Mel and Dex's friends came and waited for us to finish.. damn pressure i tell u knowing that people are watching you eat.. haha.. so we ran up to catch the movie.. we were just on time.. the movie was nice but i really hate it when the hero dies in the movie..

so after the movie, we went to the arcade and raced each other on Daytona for a few rounds.. then we bumped into Jon, Phuah, and Chan.. they were playing Initial D.. then everyone decided to skate.. Dex and I didnt want to so we went down and i grabbed some sushi.. after that, parents came to fetch me and straight off to KL..

when we arrived, we went to One Utama.. after dinner and shopping, went to my uncle's house.. my uncle and his family isnt around but they were oh-so-kind to leave the key for us and we could stay..

the next day, went swimming in the morning.. after that, had my breakfast, and we went to Mid-Valley.. after more shopping, we went to Sunway Piramid cause mum wanted to get something from Yves Rocher.. had dinner at O-Viet.. obviously, it was vietnamese food.. after that, we went back..

woke up earlier today and had breakfast at the nearby kopitiam.. then off to Ikea.. bought some home stuff.. we had lunch at Ikea and mum had to go see a friend.. so we waited there.. after we were done at Ikea, walked around Ikano.. when we were done, off to Penang!

stopped at Ipoh for dinner.. had koay teow and tauge chicken (i dont know what its called in english).. and now i'm back home.. i guess that's all there is to say..

Ivan

hey people!!

i'll be in KL and will be returning on Sunday..

unfortunately, i have to skip training and miss my coaching..

i have a feeling i will be the last to complete my coaching course..

anyway, will try to update when i come back..

if there is anything to update about la..

ivan ng

Merry Christmas everybody!!

well nothing much happened today.. went out.. had lunch.. and came back..

had a BBQ at night with my family and my cousin..

this was what i did before the dinner..

total nutcase.. =.=

i had to jaga api throughout the night.. but i did have my fair share of the food.. halfway through the BBQ........... WE RAN OUT OF CHARCOAL!! so instead of having two BBQ stoves, i transfered the remaining charcoal from one stove to the other.. after dinner we just talked and laughed.. i fell asleep downstairs while watching Dick & Jane after everyone went to bed.. woke up after the movie finished and now i'm here..

so i guess that's it for now.. hoping to go out with a few of my Free School buddies this friday and with my squash team mates on new years eve.. till my next update.. sayonara..

whacky glasses, whacky dude..

Ivan

today, the Squash Academy of Penang had the annual camp.. i had to participate although i'm a senior.. i was told to be at the squash court by 7am to help set up the place.. i went at 7.30am because i couldnt wake up..

so when i arrived, Wee Nee, Nic, Yassin, Max and a few others were already getting busy.. so i helped out.. the camp started at 8am.. its not much of a camp.. i would actually call it Fun Day.. the kids signed up and waited at court 9.. i was the team captain for the Red Team.. Andria was the Green Team captain, Max was the White Team captain, Yi Lian was the Yellow Team captain, and Brian was the Orange Team Captain..

so after meeting the kids, the ice breaking session started.. it was fun seeing the kids laughing and getting to know each other.. after that, we played some games.. the first was to transfer as much water from the bucket to the water bottle as possible by using a sponge.. the team captains had to do the first round so we did.. it was so freakin hard to get the water in..

the next game wasthe ping pong thingy.. you know, the usual spoon in your mouth and ball on the spoon game.. the captains had to do the first round as well.. after that, it was passing rubber band by only using the straw in your mouth.. this time, the captains only watched..

the kids had their break after that.. then, we had to design our team poster or whatever you wanna call it.. our little Joleen, who keeps calling me uncle =.=, said our team name should be Speed Way Team.. errr... well, its the only name that doesnt sound stupid so we used it..

we werent the best team.. Andria's Green Team drew a huge spider web and it had their names on the webs and ah what the heck.. bottomline, her team did well.. Max's White Team did pretty well designing their poster too.. something to do with pirates.. Yi Lian's and Brian's teams...... lets just say i didnt think the posters were so hot..

after that was lunch.. since it was a pot-luck, there were tons of food.. Yassin's parents ordered Nasi Briyani and Ayan Masak Merah enough to feed 20 people!! after lunch, it was the costume designing thing.. Max's, Brian's, and my team decided to go with the Christmas theme.. Andria's team did a pretty impressive costume.. and Yi Lian's team went for a sort of princes meets bunny kinda costume.. Max's team had the best costume in my opinion, and i'd say Andria's team had the most elegant.. my team? we decided to dress our model up as an elf.. things went well when all the ideas came to me but in the end, we were a little bit untidy..

Team captains with their models : (not in costume from left) Max, Me, Yi Lian, Brian, Andria (in costume from left) Yoko, Mritickah, Rachel, Jit Liang, Zetty

after that, we went back out to the car park and it was time to get messy.. first up was passing water balloons.. we had to form a line and throw the water balloon to the person behind and lastly the captain will catch from the last person and put it in the bucket.. we were doing fine but our last boy decided to freakin throw the balloons at me.. a few broke and obviously, i got wet.. and i wore my new Asics! @!#$%&*!%#^!@ after all that, it got worse.. this time the game was find the sweet in the flour.. a bucket of water is put in the middle of every lane and you have to dip your face in the water to grab the not inflated balloon with your mouth.. then to the flour.. everyone had their fair share of flour on their face but the captains got it worst.. Max went in and Jesmond put flour all over his hair.. then Brian had flour all on his face (skin whitening treatment) HAHA.. i didnt see what happened to Yi Lian.. Andria got flour all over her face and hair thanks to Wee Nee.. and lastly...... ME..when i went to the flour, 3 PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR ME!! Wee Nee, Jesmond, and my si fu Ee Wei..

(Jesmond) *in hokkien* you wanna do it yourself, or you want us to help you get messy?

(me) *in hokkien* forget it, i'll do it myself

*goes down*

SPLAT!

my whole face went down on the flour..

*sticks hand into flour and throws flour upwards*

and Wee Nee, Jesmond and Ee Wei got FLOUR-ed by me!

YEAHH!!

so everyone washed their face and cleaned up at the carpark.. my mistake was asking Allan to help me wash my hair.. instead of pouring water on my head, he poured water all over me.. then there were water balloons flying everywhere.. Nicol David came during the fracas and held to water balloons to be safe.. so it was the end.. Nicol was asked to give out the prizes.. my team got last place but i didnt care.. we had a blast.. 4th was Max's team.. 3rd was Yi Lian's.. 2nd was Brian's.. and the champion was Andria's team..

after splitting the goodies, the senior players went out to the carpark again.. WATER BALLOON FIGHT!! Brian was practically chased all around the carpark by all of us.. then Jee Nee kena one from me.. and i kena one back from her..

when it was time to clean, Max, Nic, Yassin, Allan and I cleaned up the guys bathroom and..... another wet fest.. Brian walked in halfway through our cleaning and we all signalled each other.. Allan took the honours and poured a whole bucket of water on Brian.. then Brian threw water balloons at Allan.. we poured water on Max.. i poured water on Nic and Yassin.. AND I WAS DRY!!!

all the pictures i have of the camp are in my new Multiply account and in my Facebook.. the links are on the right side of this page if you havent noticed.. went home after that.. i guess that's all..

Ivan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KOK SIN!!

erm.. belated anyway.. yesterday was his birthday.. he turned 23.. i followed my mum around yesterday.. had lunch at Mizi's.. then went to Lee Hoe at Komtar to buy my new squash shoe.. i bought Asics..

then, went to the courts for training.. Kok Sin started training at 3.30 so i had to go earlier.. trained with my new shoes.. training ended at 5pm.. i had to join the rest to continue our punishment.. i started at 1 at 5pm, and reached 1000 at 7.30pm.. i freaking did it with my new shoes dammit.. so after all that was done, i rushed home and took my bath.. then met Nicholas at Crystal Point.. i followed him, Ryan, and their parents to Kok Sin's house..

BBQ!!

those present were Kok Sin's family, Allan, Aaron, Ah Hin, the David sisters, Wee Nee's family, Nic's family, the Chew family, some of Kok Sin's friends, his girlfriend, and myself.. the adults talked to each other most of the time and we younger people sat in his living room and talked and joked and laughed our asses off.. when Nic and I were about to go home, Ryan and Ah Hin plotted and *bang bang bang* I kena shoot kao kao.. cant say i didnt expect it.. childish people..

Jojo and Nemo.. Kok Sin's dogs..

i guess that's all.. i cut my hair today and went to Gurney for like the record shortest time..

oh yeah, i left something out.. I'M F***ING CHANGING SCHOOL!! trust me it wasnt my idea.. up till now i'm still trying to get out of it but chances are little.. I'll most probably be going to Sri Pinang.. will be going to the school tomorrow to check it out.. it sucks leaving Free School with all my friends there.. *sigh*

Ivan

had to go to the squash court early today for some ceremony.. if i'm not mistaken, its the signing of the land lease agreement between PBA and Penang International Squash Centre.. the Chief Minister was there and so was Nicol David..

it was boring.. and the press keep laughing at every single thing.. =.= i swear i saw Dennis falling asleep.. haha.. and there was a photo session.. we, the players, had to stand behind the Chief Minister and nicol David and other VIPs for the photoshoot..

after that, all the players got punished for not making sure Tasha, Vanessa, and Celine stand rite behind de minister.. WTF?? so everyone did it in the court and the press, the minister, everyone was watching.. den this girl (i dont wanna mention who here), bloody effing took picture of us getting punished.. luckily she was a lil girl.. if boy, HABISLAH.. then some asshole from the press took pictures of us as well.. idiot.. we were forced to do it over and over again if anyone made a small mistake.. tomorrow have to continue doing it again.. NONSENSE..

then i had to train.. trained with Yi Lian today but i'm not sure if i'll be training with her every tuesday.. did drills and the usual stuff.. after that, here i am back at home..

Ivan

yesterday, Manchester United played against Liverpool and beat them 1-0 thanks to a Carlos Tevez goal.. but i'm not gonna bore you with football stuff which i know you all are not interested in..

i watched Heroes till 4am.. i finally finished till episode 8.. cant wait to get episodes 9, 10, and 11.. to those who never watched Heroes before, I SUGGEST YOU ALL START NOW.. watch from season 1.. trust me, its addictive..

so i woke up at around 12pm.. took a shower and had lunch straight away.. went online then my sis wanted to watch Heroes.. so i watched again.. but only till episode 3..

i found these pictures in my phone..

i guess i was just bored on the plane..

i bought this keychain in Disneyland.. now i dont know where to hang it..

and lastly..

my new toy.. 8GB iPod Nano 3rd generation (product) red..

i guess that's all..

Ivan

i havent had the chance to update lately.. well my whole week was pretty much squash.. i went to the courts on tuesday to get some practice before Penang Closed on wednesday.. so wednesday i faced blackie.. if you wanna know who blackie is, ask me.. i lost to him.. i wasnt disappointed cause i know i'm not his level..

on thursday, i played against Hayate.. he's a very quiet guy and i never watched him play before.. his game is pretty much similar to mine.. but counting in the fact that i was away from training for 2 weeks and i had loads of fast food, i never expected to win.. i just wanted to play.. i lost to him in straight sets but put up a decent fight in the 1st and 3rd set.. i was disappointed but i accepted the fact that i wasnt fit enough for competitive squash yet..

i had a bye on friday but i still went to the courts.. i played a match against Mukhzani who was already out of the tournament.. i beat him 3-2..

saturday was scary for me.. i woke up late and had to rush to just barely make it in time for training.. nobody else showed up so Kok Sin decided to drill me so that i'll be in good shape for my match.. my match was at 2pm and it was against Keshminder.. he was in a very good mood that day which is bad.. he whacked the ball so much i could barely see anything.. i lost badly but went down fighting.. i'm just sorry to those people who supported me during that match.. i wanna thank you all, but unfortunately, support isnt enough..

after my match, i joined Ee Wei for 2 coaching sessions.. the class with 3 girls was abit boring because they were all so quiet.. i find it hard to communicate with them.. the class after that was with 3 guys.. one of them had to pull out from training because he got a cramp.. the other two were great fun.. they tried their best at everything and they listened.. went home after that and went to Salsas for dinner..

this morning, i woke up at 10.45am.. i was suppose to coach another class with Ee Wei at 11am.. sms-ed her and told her i couldnt make it.. so i have already clocked in 5 hours out of the 35 hours required for me to finish my introductory coaching course.. i need to go faster.. spent the whole day at home.. now i'm watching Heroes Season 2.. i have the first 8 episodes and i'm gonna continue episode 6 as soon as i finish this..

ok i'm just gonna stop here.. my US pictures are still in my dad's laptop and it'll take time to get it from him.. i will try my best to get it soon..

..ivan..

ok i'll continue where i left off..

so day 13, i went online again in the morning.. then we drove to La Jolla.. afterseeing some sights, we stopped at a shopping centre.. its like a mall, but its outdoors.. had vietnamese food.. after that, went to the Apple store to check out the iPhone and iPod Nano 3rd gen.. after more shopping (well, i actually just follow around), went back to that food court for the same vietnamese food.. trust me, after seeing so many fast food chains, you start to miss home food.. ALOT! but vietnamese was the closest to home food so.... went back after that.. surpprisingly, when i went online, Justin, Yan, and Max were online so at least i had company..

day 14.. DISNEYLAND!! had breakfast and went straight there.. there are too many things to talk about so i wont go to detail.. spent the whole day in Disneyland and had fun..

day 15.. same thing.. breakfast in room and drove to Disneyland.. but we went in to Disney's California Adventure Park 1st.. its also Disney, just that its newer than Disneyland.. the rides are more intense and well, equally fun.. the ride i enjoyed the most was the California Screamin'.. its a high speed roller coaster with loops, drops, twists and turns.. at first my knees went all jello like when i was lining up and saw the ones in front of me scream.. but after like 4 times, well, you'll get the hang of it.. there was another ride which i never wanted to attempt.. its called the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.. the ride is basically like the Solero Shot in Genting (i dont know if Solero Shot is still there but..).. but it doesnt just drop you from a height.. it has a story.. its about something which happened in the past in the Hollywood Hotel.. blah blah blah.. before the ride began, this happened :

Ladies and gentlemen please fasten your seat belt, hold on to all your belongings like your bags, your hat, your loved ones, your body parts..

(i was thinking to myself oh F***)

(another person riding screams "whooo!")

(guy looks at that person)

and hold on to him *evil stare and grin*

(my sister) *makes a frightened sound*

girl, are you ok?

*not so confident answer* yeah..

are you scared?

ye..yeah...

oh....... well you should be *evil laugh*

i was like HOLY SHIT!!

so after taking pictures with Disney characters, we went back to Disneyland.. and went for dinner just outside Disneyland.. went back after that..

day 16, i went online in the morning to find Apple stores located in Beverly Hills.. drove to LA.. went to the Hollywood walk of Fame.. there was also the Kodak Theatre and this Chinese Theatre which looks chinese but nothing chinese bout it.. drove around Beverly Hills hoping to spot celebrities but, no luck.. went to Rodeo Drive which is like the mother of all shopping.. the shops there are like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Coach, Armani, and all the designers who make the clothes for celebrities.. i think the celebs shop here because everything here is classy.. i mean, the cheapest car parked there was like a 2007 S-Class.. i saw a Masserati, an Aston Martin, Rolce Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborgini.. and hear this, the street lamps on Rodeo Drive, ARE FRIGGIN CHANDELIERS!!! so after all the admiring, went to Santa Monica and found the Apple store in a mall.. bought my iPod nano 3rd gen.. its 8gb and its (PRODUCT) red.. had dinner and returned the car.. and boarded the plane for Hong Kong.. arrived in Hong Kong around 8am Msian time.. left the airport and went to this mall but there was nothing to buy.. had lunch and went back to the airport.. boarded the plane and arrived in Penang around 7pm..

my exam results was the 1st letter to be opened so you all can guess how my vacation ended.. XD

i guess i'll stop here.. i lost in the 1st round of Penang Closed yesterday.. today i got another match..

ivan

I'M BACK!!

lots to tell but i'll keep it as short as i can..

i had major jet lag when i arrived in San Francisco.. i couldnt get any sleep on the plane because this kid behind me keep kicking my chair.. so i ended up watching Hairspray, Order of the Phoenix, Chuck and Larry and Transformers over and over again..

rented a Toyota Highlander.. very spacious.. walked around the San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf after checking in.. had clamp chowder.. it was the Thanksgiving weekend so there were loads of people there.. saw Alcatraz from the wharf.. if any of you dont know, Alcatraz was a high security prison on an island just off the coast of San Francisco.. now, it's just a tourist spot.. had dinner at Hooters.. its the only fast food place nearby besides McDonalds so we went there.. the concept of the place was only waitresses.. NO WAITERS.. and the waitresses' uniforms are white sleeveless shirt, and short orange pants.. trust me when i say this to the guys, THIS IS THE WORST PLACE TO GO EAT IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS WITH YOU.. when the food came, 1st thing my mum said was "keep your eyes on your food".. wth? and when i was observing the guys behaviours, there is one similarity among all the guys (except my dad and i)... all of them were checking all the waitresses out..

so the next day, we went to Santa Cruz.. a city bout an hour or so away from San Francisco.. wasnt much sights to see so we head to Monterey earlier.. saw the seals.. didnt visit the aquarium though.. it was freakin expensive.. on our way back to SF, we stopped at Giroy.. there were four blocks of outlet stores.. Nike, Adidas, Guess, Coach, you name it.. didnt buy anything for myself.. finished at around 10pm and drove back.. stopped at Santa Clara for dinner at McD.. arrived back in SF arounf 12am..

day 3, sightseeing around SF.. went to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio which is a burrial ground for honoured American soldiers, Crooked Street, Twin Peak, Golden Gate Park.. went downtown after all the sightseeing.. things spotted downtown : HOBART Building, two Dewan Sri Pinang sized Macy's store (1 for men and the other for women), a giant Forever 21 (although i still dont know what's all the hype about), and other stores which were huge were Adidas, Guess, Gap.. walked through Chinatown and had dinner.. went to Ghirardeli Square.. Ghirardeli is a brand who makes chocolate and coffee..

drove to Reno the next morning.. its a small city in Nevada.. on the way there we stopped at a viewing point and saw Donner Lake.. when we arrived, we parked, and walked around the city.. there were casinos everywhere you go.. after we checked in to the hotel, we had dinner.. went to Meadow Wood Mall after that.. Macy's, Sears, and JC Penny were there (these 3 are stores btw).. after like a couple of hours there, we went back to the hotel..

woke up quite early for breakfast.. drove to Lake Tahoe.. the lake was beautiful.. visited Squaw Valley which was where the 1960 winter Olympics were held i think.. played with the man made snow.. more sightseeing afterwards.. went back to hotel straight after dinner..

drove to Las Vegas on day 6.. it took around 7 hours.. reached LV around 5pm.. after checking in, we took a shuttle bus to the Las Vegas Strip where all the main resorts are.. 1st stop was the Bellagio.. the man made mini lake in front of the hotel had a fountain performance every half hour.. it was spectacular.. took pictures at Paris Hotel's replica Eiffel Tower.. went to this mall called the Miracle Mile and bought a few souvenirs.. had dinner at Sbarro (italian).. the interior of the Miracle Mile was made to look like it was outdoors.. went inside the Bellagio after dinner.. i'd give the hotel a 10 diamond rating.. there were also retail stores IN the hotel.. walked over to Caesar's Palace.. it was equally amazing.. there was also a performance.. the stars were mechanical and it was a story about Atlantis.. only my first day in Vegas and i can tell you that when i walked through all those casinos, i think i breathed in more cigarette smoke than one cigarette can give you..

the nexy day we went to another place where there are outlet stores for about 3 blocks.. i bought four shirts.. 1 Timberland, 2 Nike, 1 CSI.. had chinese and japanese food for lunch.. went to Wynn hotel after that.. it was as classy as the Bellagio and Caesar's Palace.. also visited the Venetian, the Mirage, and Treasure Island.. all these hotels have their own theme.. unfortunately we didnt have time to see all the hotels so we drove past New York New York, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, and Excalibur.. went to Fremont Street.. its a fully sheltered street and the ceiling is a giant screen.. checked out and drove towards Grand Canyon.. passed Hoover Dam (the same dam in Transformers).. then continued on to Grand Canyon.. was supposed to catch the sunset at the Canyon bu it was raining heavily.. RAINING! in a freakin dessert.. watched Secrets of the Grand Canyon in an iMax theatre next to the hotel.. the town was practically empty..

woke up at 6.30am the next day to catch the sunrise at Grand Canyon.. it was SNOWING!! the snow was so heavy, we didnt get a proper view of the Grand Canyon.. but we played with the snow and had a blast.. after checking out, i bought a dream catcher at a souvenir store.. drove to Los Angeles after that.. Arrived in LA around 7pm.. had dinner at Panda Express (chinese).. went back to the hotel/ apartment to watch tv..

drove to San Diego the next day and visited this grand hotel which keeps on appearing on the travel channel.. then went to another outlet mall for some retail therapy..

the next morning, my parents took up an offer to attend a talk.. they will try to sell their latest property to you.. those who attend get free ticket to any theme park.. so my parents went for it and i went online at the hotel lobby.. so my parents got 2 free tickes to Disneyland.. we went to a few sport shops after that.. had late lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen.. continued shopping and finally had dinner back in the hotel..

so day 12 was Universal Studios day.. it took 2 hours to get to Universal.. i had set my mind on enjoying myself but as you all may have read in my previous post, i sprained my neck on the Jurassic Park ride.. went on to the Revenge of the Mummy.. then there were 3D shows like Terminator, Shrek.. and we get to see how they film certain scenes in movies.. and got to tour the set of some shows.. we saw the set of War of the Worlds, Desperate Housewives, Big Fat Liar..

i'll continue the rest when i have time.. my computer has been confiscated because my results came out ugly.. when i have the chance to update i will.. sorry for not posting any pictures because all the pictures are in my dad's com.. Penang Closed is tomorrow so wish me luck.. haha.. till next time..

Ivan

strained my neck on Jurassic Park ride in Universal Studios..

my 1st freakin ride in US and injured..

WTF??

anyway.. tomorrow going Disneyland..

wheeeeeee..................

=.='

ivan

HI GUYS!!

i'm still in California..

i will be back in about a week ..

i hope you people are not missing me too much..

i think i know a few who do..

hahahaha..

goin to Disneyland the day after tomorrow..

i miss squash and Penang and local food and football and almost everything actually..

havent watched football in a long time..

i think i'm still a little bit jet-lagged of whatever cuz i'm freakin sleepy and its like only 10.30 am here..

dammit..

wel i guess thats all..

i wont be able to post all my pictures in my next post so i think i have to create an album and you guys can see from there..

hope to see you all soon..

ivan