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Comix Stripz : Rubik's Cube Part 01

Rubik's 5 x 5 Cube INFO
Price : RM 79.95
Place you can buy: Toys"R"Us

It all started with a 3 x 3 Rubik's cube owned by a guy fren of mine (actually it's not even his... but sumhow it was wif him *sweat*). It got me stuck, more so with him teaching me the tech. to solve half of the 3x3. I wasn't satisfied with just the half solved puzzle tech. so I've decided to buy my own Rubik's Cube (Last time always confuse with the name... Rubik's Cube...Cubic's Rube... @_@). There are some which are sold for RM 2 (This can be bought at Melaka if you're lucky... =p like someone I know hehe), RM 5 - RM 10 (Mostly from normal toy shops) , and the RM 29++ (From Toys"R"Us). The latter version (even though expensive as hellz... ) is easier to handle, rotate & it's smoother, slicker than that of the former ones coz not only the cheaper one doesn't last long, it MIGHT also be a whole new puzzle in a few days... if you get what i mean. See picture below for clearer explanation! :p

to be Cont.

Melaka Trip Organized by 'Midnight Sphinx'

Who/What the heck is 'Midnight Sphinx'? It's an underground yakuza organization (except that it's in Malaysia, to be exact in Cyberjaya, err... Satyam.... lol ... not in the Land of the Rising Sun) . You wish! =p It's actually a CAT ... a kuro neko (black cat) with red ribbon tied 'round it's bushy tail, yeah exactly like in the <-- picture. The name Midnight Sphinx was from a brief brainstorming session between me & a friend (From... typical 'Black Cat' to 'Black Feline', 'Midnight Cat', 'Midnight Feline'...).

Well initially I was just ravin' around, hinting bout a Sunway Lagoon jaunt (So excited bout this coz I've never been there before... not even once T.T) & it's true that Melaka was in my 'I'll-definitely-visit-again' list but I'm not really sure who actually started the talk bout Melaka but it sure did bring about a whole new excitement to look forward too that particular week. Started off casual 'nuff, with a series of interesting places in Melaka that we can visit, carefully laid out on the white board... on the office white board (Thanks to thorough research by everyone involved... siap print info gune printer office lagi... ho ho ho). But alas, we can only do so much in such little time, like the saying 'We Can Only Plan, God Will Decide' but I still think that if we do a proper schedule & actually stick to it, we could haf covered more places... that's just my overzealous self talking there, ignore her. =p *sigh* Well I guess I gotta say that in the end, in everything we do... what makes it more meaningful & entertaining is the company... but I still think we could haf covered more places... *double sigh*

All that planning eventually ended up on a not so 'black & white' edited/altered & printed document which required everyone involved to sign em... ehem. Breach of contract will result in wallet/purse slimming mwauhahah. (Just kidding... the document was just for fun... or not... :p). It consisted of the probable itinerary, mini maps of Melaka cut & pasted from the net & that was it... You can download the original copy HERE if u wanna... see wat happens when 1 crazy idea is put on paper. =x

This was just a 2 days 1 night journey, commenced after work hour (around 7 pm Malaysian time) on Friday, 22nd of August 2008 involving 2 cars, 8 very exhausted individuals (Well I was... not really sure bout all the others thou...). It took approximately 2 hours (Including a short break at the Seremban R&R) to finally arrive at Ayer Keroh, Melaka. By that time, we (This time I'm sure that it's ALL & not just me =p) were all perdy hungry & it was the only time that we actually followed the darn itinerary ...duh. According to program, the first destination is 'Umbai' (This is where you get all the seafoods... or sea chickens... pft hehhe), around 30 mins from Ayer Keroh (Or was it 45? I'm not sure coz we had to ask around for direction... not lost but wrong turn... eheh). Upon arrival, Cik Intan recommended the shop at the far end (She's a Jasinian...Orang Jasin la!), no energy to argue at that time so we just followed and had our dinner at the 'Ikan Bakar Parameswara' restaurant. Not bad actually, infact I think it's kindda cheap with approx. RM 24 per head for 8 people.

The menu consisted of...

a - Sotong Goreng Tepung (Flour Fried Squid)
b - Sayur Campur (Mix Vegie)
c - Kerang Bakar (Baked Cockle)
d - TomYam Sotong (Squid TomYam)
e - Udang Butter (Butter Prawn) - not sure! :p
f - Ikan Bakar (Baked Fish)
g - Asam Pedas Ikan Pari
h - Ikan Masam Manis (Sweet & Sour Fish)
i - Nasi Putih (White Rice)

Bloated I tell ya...

We made a move at around 11 ++ pm & called it a day! (but before that, we made a short detour to MMU Melaka... =p Where I used to study!) Thanks to Intan & family for their hospitality, provided us with a place to stay for the night & breakfast included! That's Day 1 for you!

Day 2 : Ayer Keroh, Melaka Town & Jonker Walk/Street

Supposedly according to plan, we should depart for Ayer Keroh at 8 am... but it stretched to 10 am instead T.T . Everyone overslept or at least pretended to sleep. Due to that, we just managed to visit 'Zoo Melaka' for the Ayer Keroh zone. Even that took us bout 4 hours but it was much fun! Lunch was at Mahkota Parade's Nandos. By this time, we were really, really off course actually... but none seem to pay any heed to that, just me being paranoid here @_@. Well at around 5 pm or so we started roaming the city of Melaka. Visited the 'Ruins of Fort A Famosa', 'Stadhuys'... went shopping for awhile around that area. I was hunting for Fridge Magnets which basically goes for around RM 3 per piece or RM 10 for 4 pieces. Regrettable! You can find them cheaper at 'Jonker Street'. We went there at around 7pm & some of the stalls haven even open yet.

Began as a group & ended up as triplets, pairs & solo... u do the grouping! Hint! I went solo in the end ... which was perdy fun considering I can take my own sweet time evaluating all the neat stuff around me... should have drag Mr. Dino wif me T.T . I like Jonker... LOVE em! Time to drag ur feet back to the entrace... At around 9pm, we're ready to say Good Bye & Good Night to Melaka personally by means of the 'Menara Taming Sari (Revolving Tower)'. Ticket sold for RM 10 if u present ur IC that is... gaijin will hafto pay double for that, bummer. Can you sense that I'm really rushing to end this post? lol Ok I'm seriously ending this! T.T Geh... Teacher... do I get an A++ for my weekend essay homework?

That's it for our trip to Melaka! More piccy can be found at picasa! [^o^]

Word Play 1

I like to learn new words... 'like' is actually an understatement, I'm obsess with learning new words & here I would like to share em & as a reminder to myself in the days to come...

Rather than manually flippin' through the Oxford Mr. Dic, made my life a bit easier with the Google 'define:' function & currently trying my hands on babylon... nifty lil' software to easily help you search for the meaning of words from various offline/online dictionary... you can even dl additional dictionary!

Words of the day peeps... (yeah... i defined...and babylon-ed)

Palanquin - type of carriage made of an enclosed seat carried on poles (used formerly in India and other Eastern countries to carry important people), litter

Apothecary - pharmacist, druggist

Well that's all for today...

A tripz to "Hutan Lipur Sungai Chongkak"

Adventure once in a while is what i need in this bleak life of mine, if it's my heart talking... I wanna do this every freakin' weekend!! It was really a back to nature trip, just what my body needed. The flowing water was cold... initially though, you gotta slowly let your body get use to the chilliness. It was heavenly just lying there in the river, basking ur tired body amidst the tranquil surrounding of nature and let everything else fades away. At that moment I really felt that I was actualy one with nature... cliche I know... *snickers* ... but it's the truth. We should really preserve these kind of places for the sake of keeping our sanity unscathed ... and of course for our future generations =p won't want them to miss out on this. Wish i had a good nuf camera to really immortalize (try Babylon for ur one/two click[s] of instant synonyms... hohoho) the breathtaking awesomeness of mother nature.

The week-long plan of picnicking at Sg Congkak eventually commenced. We started our journey quite early with Mahadi-boy bringin' his BBQ set, Ash with her... erm high heels *ROFL* (and she got a nice lil' bitchin' from me... pakai high heels lagi! Ko ingat KLCC ke hehehe. Anyway she did get herself a yellow slipper from one of the road side stalls), Dino with IKEA plastic bag... can't remember wat was inside em thou & me taking pictures! (I did help out later you know... I'm multitasking...). And in the other car we have Momo, Korie, Juju & her sis, Eni with all the edible stuff ... =p~~. Momo been here before & thus brought us to her almost exact previous spot of picnicking... or was it the exact spot? Anywayz... with all the BBQ sets, foodz, ice, tent... bla bla bla off we walked hand in hand... slash that... hands full with stuff, we sorta climbed our way to the destination.

Finally target reached... Yeah, as u can see everyone's laying out all their stuff & waiting for the master chef a.k.a Mahadi to start the fire & grillz. We were a bunch of hungry wolves, thank God for Korie/Momo's fried rice and noodle, served as our breakfast. Me & Mr. Dino also bought us a tent from Tekso... Tesco... (my previous landlady alwayz mispronounce Tesco as Tekso...), around RM30-40 IMSMR. Is it worth it? It's cheaper than the usual price i'd usually saw. Doesn't matter, so long as we have a secure, safe place for us to change our clothes & maybe haf a lil' shuteyez... secure & safe from rain if ever they decided to visit the earth. It actually started to drizzle a bit at around 4-5 pm unfortunately.

I felt like I was in a jacuzzi, with the strong current of water slapping incessantly against my back. Natural way to massage ur whole body... well for me it felt good even afterward but I dunno bout 'that guy' =p though... his 'afterward' seems to be gettin' a lil' too much for Monday morning, achin' all over it seems. *pft* So much for the phrase 'tulang besi urat dawai' *ROFL-ing like crazy* .

Well dun wanna be talkin' much bout this trip for now or else I won't stop with all the literature embroidering...

All in all we had fun & enjoying each other's company, putting aside work... stress... and merely let ourselves be comforted & lulled into a dream-like state of utter bliss. Owh... after all of this is over we kindda indulged our tastebuds with the King of Fruits & some mangostein, even though the former was perdy expensive IMHO... but that didn't stop us from buying em . =p

I'd haf to say thanks to Momo & Korie for organizing this trip. My only C & C or more like selfish demand is to organize it MORE OFTEN! (^o^)

Let see.. let this be the first backtracking post for my unrecorded life events and unlabeled bunch of photos in picasa... If I'm not bein' such a lazy azz that is, which is quit seldom...

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