Level 2 - Passed!

I am happy to announce that, I have finally passed JLPT Level 2! *sob sob* After many attempts, finally... My heart was popping very fast when my teacher hanged over to me the envelop. I immediately looked for the tiny little paper, which is the result slip. After a while... Yes yes! I finally got it! It's like a dream come true!

2008 CNY

This year's CNY sure is a happening one: gatherings, "makan" etc. As the saying goes, a picture paint a thousand words. Below are some of the pics taken:

Deparment CNY celebration, team 168

God of Prosperity
Lion Head

Seafood at Hai Boey on the 7th Day

High School ex-Classmates Gathering

Primary School Gathering

The Road Not Taken

Those who's around my age would have known this poem, because it's in the school syllabus, by Robert Frost:

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there,
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost has taken the path not taken by many others and became a poet. Recently, I am at the crossroads too, deciding whether I should take the road which is more grassy. Every road leads to an unknown path, the future is not decided, unless we make our own decision and actions.

Chinese New Year Eve

Today is Chinese New Year Eve. I get to leave 1/2 day earlier for reunion dinner. Not many people come to work today, there's less traffic on the road but the atmosphere is there. As usual, there's police officers on standby near the Snake Temple. Luckily I didn't make an illegal U-turn.

After work, I spent most of the time cleaning. Th weather sure is very hot! It made me feel lazy and sweaty (no air-condition at home). My dad was busy washing cars; mum was doing housework; bro was occupying the PC and folding origami roses. Too bad, those roses are not for me. I did helped out too, by putting on the two "mousy" decos on the front door.

Recently I have being calling up my ex-classmates for gathering, but it seems that most of the phone numbers in the graduation magazine is no longer valid. I have being receiving voice messages that sounds like "The number that you have dialled is not in service. Nombor yang anda dial tiada dalam perkhidmatan kami." Gosh, these kind of numbers are increasing! Sooner or later, I may not be able to contact most of them via the graduation magazine. Many of them are unable to attend the gathering due to: -
(1) Not in Penang
(2) Family gathering

Hopefully I get more angpows this year, wahahaha! Wishing you all Happy Chinese Year!

Happy Chinese Year!

So fast, it's another year already. I still remember last year, around this time, I attended my relative's wedding, received JLPT results, received a fortune pocket, yummies from my colleagues etc. So many good things...

But, I hope that this year, all my wishes and resolutions can be fulfilled. Else, everything will be turned into nothing but a dream.

Do you remember any memorable dinner with your family and friends? Chinese New Year is always the time for gatherings, especially this year, when we can have 4 days holiday in a go. Make sure you make full use of it!