And again...

If you wanna stalk me, know more about me, know where I am, stalk me, cure your boredom, see how's it like for a person who understands nothing in Japanese except basic tenses to backpack in Tokyo, Japan. http://limuhowie.tumblr.com

My flight leaves no later than 09:45 from Changi Airport. SQ12 for you airline code geeks, which intends to fly to LA, stopping over Narita Airport, Japan.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Tokyo Travelogue 2010

I'm back to my yearly travelogue @ http://limuhowie.tumblr.com . Tho next year, it might just be twice a year actively.

I'd be covering Tokyo, Japan this year. That is, Kuala Lumpur > Singapore > Tokyo > Singapore > Kuala Lumpur. There's an additional itinerary in between that is not mention, it's not part of the trip, just a detour and you'd have no interest in it whatsoever.

The travelogue is routinely updated all year round, only that during travelling season would it be updated more frequently. Link it up and enjoy!

Ps: There are couple more NZ Backpacking videos yet to be posted. As the saying goes, "after SPM" (grunts). Not to shabby, a mere 3 more days.

Probably how it works for me.

I'm always struck down with stuff I have to memorise, willing sake or otherwise. One way or the other I still have to get it done, or I'm done with.

Taking music for example, relatively simple for me to memorise a piece after reading through or listening to it for 3 - 4 time for the gist of it. Bombarding the toilet when I'd have to remember a whole passage of a speech or public speaking for presentation. Then the Nagasaki Little Boy when I'd have to remember something word for word. I'm just not used to not having a space for free improvisation and interpretation like a music piece.

Speaking of which, Moral Studies require me to remember all 36 moral values word for word.

I don't get it, ain't Moral Studies supposed to be something passive? You can't teach moral as a "sit-your-ass-down-and-study" subject. Another Malaysian Education fail moment.

Trials have not yet murdered me completely, partially raped by Additional Mathematics, but I'm still alive. Partially raped, what the heck?

YouTube: Breast Cancer Survivor - Janet Tai

Janet Tai is probably one of the many inspirational breast cancer survivors who have lived and shared their experiences of their journey in defeating cancer.

This is a short I've put together with requests from the Interact Club of Seri Hartamas for their succesful IU Day on the 31st of July, 2010.

I've probably remembered half if not all of whatever that has been said by Janet, this turning out being quite the video I was hoping it would be.

Review: Venicia, Bangsar Puteri Cafeteria

I was home alone yesterday and I got tired of cooking Mee Goreng for myself, which was the only food stock I had at that time.

I've been hearing people talking about it - on how good the food tastes, or suck. Kinda figured that the only way I'd really find out is to actually try it for myself. So, since that was the case and Bangsar Puteri was just merely a 5 minutes walk away from my house, why not?

Condominium restaurants or cafeterias don't usually get much of the hype as to general shop lot restaurants do. Afterall, the sole purpose was to cater for the people living in the condo itself. It is tad troublesome when a condominium has no cafeteria in service yet. Just like the place I live at, which restaurant/cafeteria owners get chased away by one black sheep of the community on and off.


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Venicia is no different. When it comes to condominium restaurants, the word doesn't get out fast about the quality of the food. Only by this crawling pace. Ought so, I only knew about it this year. They cater sort of this mix of western and chinese cuisine, Western Chinese if I may.

You even have an option to dine by the poolside (outdoors, by far obvious) if the air conditioning indoors isn't your preferred choice of dining, but it isn't as beautiful as a hotel's poolside bar. We're talking about a 20+ old condominium here.

Anyway, my meal of choice? Butter prawns, Cabbage and Yang Zhou fried rice with a price of less than rm25 all together.

Many of you might remember Mr. Allan who once ran the restaurant at Tivoli Villas condo. The food at Venicia's pretty much similar to his style, except, with no doubt, Allan's food still owns the roundtable debate.

+     The food probably had me craving for more, I highly recommend the buttered prawns.

=     You would probably find few other restaurants that serve better food somewhere in town, but probably none from the vicinity of Bangsar and Damansara.

-     Just like any other condominium restaurants for non-residents, you'd have to register yourself at the guard house, but it isn't as cumbersome as you might think at Bangsar Puteri.

$     Probably a bit more expensive than restaurants you might find outside, but it's the residential area of Bangsar and you can't expect anything to be dirt cheap.

Growl...Growling...Growled...

- I've just got my replacement Sportsband for the previous one which *reasonsundisclosed*. Taking it out for a calibration run later on.

- Have been on slack so much lately, 1 chapter a day ain't good enough to complete studies in time. Probably get rich if I get a dollar for every time I start to wander off when studying.

- I'm determined to finish at least 3 chapters today as part of recovering from the slack. GAH, wake up man!

- It was raining heavy this morning, so yes it's cold outside, perfect for a morning run. The last time I did that, I forgot that it was, at the same time, humid and therefore hard to breathe in those conditions.

- The revamped Sportsband now has a white screen which makes it more visible under light. No more guesses on how far I've ran.

- RSS Read of the morning: Drunk Email to Obama Gets British Teen Banned From America for Life

If this is called the "holidays" then I'd be darned.

With books piling up on my table, to-be read, and read - this holiday almost seems as if I've got no life studying at home. YECK! I've got a life, something inside of me is telling me to study at home instead.

Couple of nostalgic moments to pinpoint for the year that has kinda been scattered all over my mind waiting for me to recollect it into a song, which I don't see fit...yet

• I've had pretty good runs of conducting this year, season's over, but I'm eager for it to resume again next year.
• Performances blasted with ups and downs, be it solo or a duet or a trio or a group. Like I said, performance in general.
• Particularly one that had left scarring was probably untuned guitars. Never let anyone else screw with your guitar 10 minutes before a performance unless they're a professional.
• Still there were performances with the group and solo that made my day, be it IU Day performance or the impromptu open mic night.
• Hazim and I probably made the run of our lives, literally dashing across the road against traffic to the other side when there was just literally couple of inches of ground left for us to even stand on before we set foot on the road with cars screaming at our way. Scary but adrenaline packed.
• Singapore 2010 YOG! Wouldn't be able to forget about that even if I wanted to. 2 weeks of non-stop action with so little time!
• Despicable Me, I want at least a minion or two so badly.