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Happy Birthday TO ME!!! And thousand thanks to friends that sent wishes to me. I appreciate all best wishes. Thanks again!! Had a gathering lunch with ex-colleagues at Salsas Restaurant. Yeah, we had great time, enjoy the food and chit chatting. We tried to recall the name of other in our ex-company, we wondered what had happen to the company now, we talked about our work, we criticized bosses. :P At the end of the session, suddenly, someone mentioned today is my birthday... Ssshhh.. this is not the intention for this gathering. Anyway, thanks for the wishes from you all, and a birthday card from lovely couple. :) my set lunch: soup, main course, drink and dessert feel so warm when get the card from the couple. Met buddy at Gurney Plaza and hang around for a while. Ha!! I got 2 slices of cake for my birthday at Manila Place. :P yummy.. marble cheese and chocolate banana What is my wish? Erm... Not really have any wish in mind. Wishing for a dream will not make it come true, but...

I can not have good sleep ever since the eve of 9th CNY. In Penang, it is a big event. During the eve, the fire cracker everywhere, very very noisy, from 8pm till 1~2am. I totally can not sleep, even put on earplug, not able to block the noise. Fire cracker has been ban for years, I wonder how come there is still so many fire crackers in our country. It would be better if the people donate the money to the poor, instead of burning it. These few days, I tried to go to bed earlier, but can not sleep, turning here and there for 2~3 hours before sleep. Still, wake up early in the morning. Tired. Last night sleep less than 4 hours. :S Long weekend, I can have good reessstttt......

I back to work on 4th CNY, office was very quite, lots of people not yet back to work. No boss, no support phone call, no meeting, no discussion session, sound relaxing uh. But I have deadline to meet, can't be too relax though. Quite office, I can concentrate on my assignment. :) Get all the things done, then back on time... or maybe earlier. ;) hee... Most of the people back to work today. Boss is around, ask this and that, need to provide update and info. My phone on desk start ringing, my IM pop up now and then, back to usual working atmosphere... again.. Anyway, Friday is public holiday, looking forward for long weekend. hee.. ;)

Kek Lok Si during CNY is amazing, as it will be light up by thousands of lanterns and light bulbs. This year, I was there earlier, before the night fall, took lots of day time photos. The brightness of the sky was just nice for photo shooting. We took photos from day time till night fall. :D thousand of lanterns God Mercy ~~ More photos here ~~ ~~ link to photos that I took 2 years ago from this post ~~ Another event during CNY, the cultural and heritage celebration at George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site. I was impressed by the traditional handicraft exhibited at Khoo Kongsi and old time decoration at Cheah Kongsi. traditional handicraft exhibition show time.. show time!! ~~ More photos here ~~

12th Feb Last working day before CNY. I had been busy for few days, rushing to close the project's deadline before CNY long holiday, very tired. Working before long holiday is not relaxing at all. Additional work loads, last minute requests, special assignments... exhausted. Dismissed from work earlier, drove back to hometown, before the horrible traffic jam. Sweating.. My home town was extremely hot!!! The moment I stepped out from my car, I was like been heating in oven. vaporizing. Once reached home, helping mom to prepare for next day reunion dinner. Oouch.. body pain.. hot.. sweat.. Every year need to do all these chaos. Not many members in the family, but the huge amount of food can feed 20 person, I think. Not able to change the mind set of old folks and their diet, eat too much until burst! Every year, we have almost the same dishes for reunion dinner , and every year, I complained the same things. :s huge amount of sea cucumber, guess can feed how many person?? biig...

Saturday morning started in very good mood, I had a tight sleep the night before, and very sweet dream too. After gym, I went to Queensbay Mall, it is RED!! Yeah, Chinese New Year approaching. amazing paper cutting art, big 福 with 12 Chinese horoscopes. For me, I do not have of CNY mood. I bought my new cloths during Xmas sales. I was away from home, do not help mom in spring cleaning or baking. I do not buy ornament for decoration. I am NOT looking forward to go back home. I am wondering what if I do not go back home? My CNY at home won't have reunion atmosphere, but very tense and annoying noise. The week before CNY break, I need to rush for project deadline. Thought of go to have a hot air balloon ride, but when arrived at Quayside, then only noticed that was part of the property project launching. No chance to ride the balloon, it was out of gas. Hang around the show rooms, see the new interior design. Hot air balloon from far, too bad I do not have chance to ride it....

The weather is extremely hot. If you walk under the sun during lunch time, you can feel how it burn your skin! At night is very hot too, after shower, still sweating. Sit still under the high speed fan. Erm.. the air flow is hot too. The best partner now is ... air-conditioner. :)