Birthday Celebration with Badminton Gang

Last saturday, I had an awesome birthday dinner with my badminton gang. It was to celebrate me and another friend birthday as we are born on the exact same day! Yes, exact same day, on 24th March 1990.

Really thank God for giving me such a group of amazingly cheerful and fun friends. Honestly, if it is not badminton, my life will be so boring! Badminton bring us together! So, thanks badminton! Haha

We had our birthday dinner at a restaurant called Bumbu Bali Restaurant in Puchong. The food was freaking expensive, but sibeh big portion, eat until you vomit, no joke!

This is what i had which cost RM37. It was really nice and sibeh full!! Lol

And our birthday cakes.

Me and birthday girl with the cake.

Our birthday present!

Group photos.

Second round after dinner. Its karaoke time!!!

And finally, end this post with my birthday present and cards from my badminton gang!

And they actually give me a condom! Trolling to d max! Lol, but no going to post it here, haha!

Had a wonderful saturday night with these bunch of people. Thanks!

11.20pm

31 March 2014

Passion vs Money

Today I have some thought about work and career. Let talk about two big part of a career, passion and money. Of course, it is the best if you can have a job that you have a lot of passion, and at the same time you are earning a lot of money from it. Well, who doesn't want that, right? 

However the reality is, we always been put into a situation to choose between passion and money. So let me ask you, which one would you choose? This is a rather difficult question for most people, and the answer differs depend on the weightage each part have in a particular job. For example, although you have a passion in a particular job, you would not choose it if it really pay you nuts, to the extend that you can barely survive (some people might choose it if they really really have passion of life in it). Same happens to the other end, even if a job pay you well, you would not choose it if it gives you the amount of stress you can't handles everyday and you have absolutely no passion and motivation in it (well, some people might actually take it if the pay is really a lot). 

Now, lets forget about the two extreme case mentioned above. Lets talk about a less extreme and ordinary dilemma faced by a lot of people. Say you have to choose between two jobs.

Job 1: a job that you really have passion in but the pay is rather less

Job 2: a job that pay you well but you have no passion in it

Which one would you choose? 

The choice for me is job 1, at least for now. People might say, "well, you are still fresh, you do not have much financial burden yet, you will change your mind after you get married, have financial commitment, influenced by society and friends and so on". This is what i heard most oftenly. Now, lets hear about my reasoning for my choice.

The best thing about job 1 is that you will enjoy your work. One of the best feeling in the world is to have something motivates you to wakeup every morning. You will be a happier person, and you are energetic to face everyday work. You wouldn't feel like wasting your time and your life as you are doing what you like. Most importantly, you will have a bigger sense of accomplishment and achievement and job satisfaction in your work. This sense of achievement is something you can't have if you choose job 2.

I think I am the lucky one such that I know my direction and what i am passionate about since young. I actually feel like i am perfect to become an engineer. I always like to know how things work, and I always have curiosity towards things. When i was a kid, i like to disassemble spoilt remote control and toys. I feel that engineering is just right for me.

So, to the person who is not clear about their direction, just keep looking and discover yourself, and u will find your passion and purpose of life. 

Well, just some thought of the day. Lets see if i will change my mind in the future.

12:47am

22 March 2014

Weekend update

This weekend was quite happening. I start off the saturday with a weekly morning badminton training with my badminton buddy. We had some smash training and a light stamina session. It feels good after the training, its like a mind refresh after a tiring weekday. 

Later on the Saturday, I hosted an old friend who just came back from studying in South Africa. He was my classmate during A level in Taylors. We went for dinner and also watched "Need for speed" afterward. The movie storyline wasn't nice at all. Its just like another typical commercialized Hollywood movie out to make money. (In my opinion)

On sunday morning, I brought my friend to the best Bakuteh in Klang in my opinion. I think I can be their ambassador already now having brought so many friends to this shop, haha. 

Heres how the bakuteh looks like if you wonder. Trust me, I think they added some drug in their soup la, it is soooooo addictive you can never get bored of it! So far all friends that I have brought said it was nice!

After the bakuteh, we went for cendol, before heading to meetup with some other friends we knew in Taylor's.

We met up at a cafe named "Kaya & Jam" located in a sport club which I forgot the name in PJ. Here is what i had. Some pancake cooked with eggs and mashed potato. 

We then had a light walk around in Midvalley before I head home.

At night, I celebrated grandmother birthday with all relatives in a restaurent.

These summed up my weekend. Bring it on the new week!! I am Ready.

Cheers!

12.15am

17 March 2014

Pray for MH370

These few days has passed as routine for me. However, its not routine for Malaysia. A lot of things happen lately, water supply shortage, crazy haze, Opposition leader Anwar being jailed for 5 years, missing plane, international criticism and so on. The only positive news lately might only be Lee Chong Wei winning the all England Champion for the 3rd time in his career.

The biggest highlight is of course about Malaysia airline flight MH370 gone missing. I personally think that Malaysia has been doing its best so far to find the missing aircraft though it has been missing for 6dyas till now. I dont think there are any cover up by the government as they are being closely watch by international party. A lot of criticism has been pointing towards MAS and Malaysia lately. I feel sympathy towards MAS staff as they have to face this unprecedented crisis they probably have never experienced before, bottle thrown at them by all those angry family of victims, angry words and comment from the 'expert' around the world. When you think about it, lets just imagine what most of us will be when facing with a situation this scale that we never would expect and experienced before. Its normal to be panic and certainly there will be mistake done and flaw to a certain degree. I just hope that the public and so called 'expert' will stop spreading rumours, be patient and let MAS and associated nation to focus on their task to locate the aircraft. 

I used to watch a documentary called 'Air crash investigation' a lot and i have came across the Air France flight 447 before this incident. There are indeed a lot of similarities between the two incidence. No distress signal sent from the aircraft, both happened during midnight in the middle of an ocean, both have good safety record of the aircraft, and even the number of passengers on board both flight are similar. I feel for all those victim and its scary to imagine what they might have went through. So many possibilities out there. It can be explosion due to attack, pilot suicide, engine failure, passengers might suffer from lack of oxygen in the middle of the air and eventually passed out and die, they might be falling into the ocean at high speed, or maybe they are still surviving in the middle of the ocean somewhere, who knows?

We are in the race with time now. The black box of the plane can continuously transmit signal for another 30days so hope that we can pick up the signal and locate the aircraft within the time frame. Otherwise, its really like finding needle in a big ocean.

Miracle do happens. Pray for MH370. 

11.48pm

13 March 2014

期待

最近很喜欢听的一首歌。渴望爱情降临。

范玮琪 

悄悄告诉你

电影 被偷走的那五年 主题曲
作词：葛大为
作曲：范玮琪

候鸟飞多远 也想念着南方
旅人的天涯 到尽头还是家
下一站 还感觉不来是冷还是暖
天一亮 我要离开

如果我回来 有没有人等待
如果我孤单 会不会谁明白
想像着 再见面却怕自己不勇敢
想拥抱 在你胸怀

时光隧道 传来回音
请你听一听
那是我们当时
幸福约定

有些人 在心底从来没忘记
有些事 有些梦 还找不到谜底
有些话 越欲言又止 就越是动听
让我们 靠近 想悄悄告诉你
多爱你

那颗心 还一直守候没离去
走遍了 全世界 还是你最亲密
记得吗 你最爱的歌 让我再唱起
让我们 相遇 要悄悄告诉你
多爱你
悄悄告诉你
多爱你

http://youtu.be/nfgBm4bSHnE

Attitude of life

To My hero,

You are my learning example. You are a legend. You are a national hero. You lost to the same opponent over and over again, but you simply do not give up. You fell down over and over again, but you always show us that you stand up once more and fight. You was so close to world champion over and over again, but you keep pursuing your dream although it seems less and less likely to happen as time goes by.

You remind me of the way we should look at life. The way that tell us not to easily gives up when there is a huge mountain in front of us. The way that tell us that although Fate seems like not on our side, we have to keep trying. The way that tell us that we should not forget our dream and try our very best to achieve them no matter how difficult it will be. The way that remind us that there's always high and low in life and we should not lose faith and confidence no matter what.

You resembles an attitude. You resembles my hope when I face my problem. You resembles a lot of people that have tried their best but still doesn't achieve what they want. You are like an angel telling those people, "Its ok, at least you tried your best, you have no regret"!

Thank you so much for giving us years of wonderful badminton. Thank you so much for showing us the right attitude of life. Thank you so much for consoling a lot of people that need encouragement just like this. Thank you so much for becoming so close to world champion but miss out on it everytime, because it doesn't matter anymore!

Skill wins' you champion, but attitude wins' you heart!

From your sincere fan,
Chin Yung,
1:20am,
8 March 2014

Working life as a fresh graduate

Throughout the last one month of working life, there are a few things I thought about and felt.

First, it is really tiring. My everyday life goes like this. Wake up at 6.30am, traffic jam, breakfast, work, lunch, work, traffic jam, dinner, shower, sleep. There is apparently no life! Started to experiment on Taking KTM instead of driving, hope it gets better.

Second, as a fresh graduate earning just a tiny 2k plus every month and a less than 10percent pay rise a year, how am I going to suvive? Not to mention having to buy car or house and spending money on family in the future. How many years I have to work to earn enough for me to retire? I have a big question mark on this!

Third, during lunch time with colleagues, who most of them are elder than me, everyone seems to take marriage and relationship for granted, They would expect a 30 years old guy to be married or at least have a girl friend. I doesn't understand it as I does not take it for granted. Is it really so easy to find someone that click with you and suit you? Why is everyone seems to take this for granted? Like it will definitely happen to everyone naturally? I really dunno, at least for now...

Life goes on. I feel that I have to stop listening to too much of advice and influenced by too many sources as it just makes my mind so complicated and confused. I have to focus on my goal one by one and hopefully life gets better. Who knows?

Cheers!
12:51am, 8 March 2014