~ Thomas Carlyle
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison









Sepetang di Eliza @ Nusa Bestari. Saja je menyibuk ikut parents gi beli bedroom furnitures untuk bakal pengantin. Lama dah ni, a few weeks back. I memang minat gak interior decoration ni. Saja je suruh Lin snap gambar-gambar wall art tu dengan lampu tu. Actually lampu tu I sendiri snap. Susah gak nak cari angle yang baik sebab lampu tu terang sangat. Cantik la wall art dia, bright colors. Yang gambar last tu cam patio furniture je. Berkenan la, simple and elegant je. 
Untuk citer seram kat Malaysia, Congkak boleh dilabelkan sebagai filem yang menakutkan. Memang menyeramkan, memang mendebarkan dan memang buat kita rasa terkejut. Penggunaan special sound effect memang betul-betul mengesankan. Macam nak tercabut tangkai jantung. Memanglah bukan untuk ditonton oleh mereka yang mengidap lemah jantung.
I guess it's been ages since I last drank this. It could easily be six months. So on wednesday I took the liberty of finishing the whole can. Yipppppeeeee!


She's a big girl now, the Jedi Youngling. These was taken on April 5th, only a week away to her 2nd Birthday. She could easily pass for a 4-year-old. Very tall, slender, confident, active, intelligent and verrryyy talkative. Has a really extensive vocabs now, and it's really difficult to understand when she combines both english and malay in one sentence.
just parked the car.. well the buildings are not clear from here. wait for a while.. am going out..
the Sultan Ibrahim Building where most of the state government offices are situated at... in the not so distant future they will all move to Nusajaya (JSNAC).
and this is the building for the Johor Military Force (JMF) or Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri ~ the private royal military force of the Johor Royal Family.
a view of the Jalan Abdullah Ibrahim on one Sunday Afternoon...
this is the entrance to the Johor Corporation Tower, which is adjacent to the Kotaraya Building..
now, it's clear. much better. presenting The Puteri Pacific Hotel (left) and the Ansar Tower (right).
Huge spread: An aerial view taken recently of the 162ha farm that is surrounded by forests and a hill in Miri where an endangered sun bear died.
Sunday haritu kan dia race kat Bahrain...
Yelah, diaorang menang lagi. Merah menyala podium kat Bahrain hari Ahad haritu. Felipe was first, Kimi second and Robert Kubica third. I am most thankful sebab kiranya doa I nak tengok mereka 1-2 finish dah dikabulkan :)
Keta dia...

Semua ni gambar dia kat Bahrain aritu, and quoted from this site. The credits go to the original photographer.
photo quoted from Jennifer Marohasy's siteThe sunbear (Helarctos Malayanus) is known as "Beruang Madu"(Honey Bear) in Malay and Indonesian. It is found mostly in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.
The smallest bear in the family, it stands approximately 1.2 metre (4 ft) in length. Males tend to be 10-45% larger than females ;the former normally weigh between 30 and 60 kg (66-132 lb), the latter between 20 and 40 kg (44-88 lb). It usually weighs less than 65 kg.
It has sickle shaped claws, that are light in weight. Its paws are large,with naked soles, probably to assist in climbing. Its inward-turned feet make the bear's walk pigeon-toed, but it is an excellent climber. It has small, round ears and a stout snout. Its tail is 1.2-2.8 inches long.
Despite its small size, the Sun Bear possesses a very long, slender tongue, ranging from 8 to 10 inches in length. The bear uses it to extract honey from beehives.
Unlike other bears, the Sun Bear's fur is short and sleek. This adaptation is probably due to the lowland climates it inhabits. Dark black or brown-black fur covers its body, except on the chest where there is a pale orange-yellow marking in the shape of a horseshoe. Similar colored fur can be found around the muzzle and the eyes. This distinct marking gives the sun bear its name.
Lifestyle and reproduction
The sun bear does not hibernate, and, as a result, it can reproduce year-round. It is not uncommon for it to give birth to two cubs at a time weighing approximately 10–12 oz (280–340 g) each. The gestation period is about 96 days, but suckling can continue for about 18 months. The offspring reach sexual maturity after 3-4 years and live up to 28 years in captivity.
Being a primarily nocturnal creature, the sun bear tends to rest during the day on lower limbs not far above the ground. Because it spends so much time in trees, the sun bear can sometimes cause a good amount of damage to private property. It has been known to destroy coconut palmas and cocoa trees on plantations.
Threats
A Malayan Sun Bear
Adult sun bears have almost no predators except humans. It is known to be eaten on occasion by tigersand by large reticulated pythons, and perhaps the leopard, the clouded leopard, and maybe even by its larger sympatric relative, the Asiatic black bear.The bear's loose skin on its neck allows it to wriggle its body inside its skin, far enough to turn around and bite it's attacker when grabbed there.
The recent decline in the sun bear population can be largely attributed to the hunting of "nuisance bears" that destroy crops and poaching driven by the market for their fur and use their bile in Chinese medicine. Sometimes, Sun Bears are captured or bred to be domestic pets--a role for which they are considered desirable due to their relatively inoffensive nature and small size compared to other bears. The IUCN reclassified the sun bear from data deficient to vulnerable status in 2007.
(adapted from Wikipedia)
Ni diaorang dua orang, Mike and Kimi dalam Fiat Bravo ad.. it's in german.. tapi suara diaorang memang suara sendiri... this is one of my fav, as dua-dua pun my HERO hehehe... classy la nampak diaorang time ni... Paling suka dengar Kimi cakap "okay, okay!". CUTE! Tu je lah line yang I faham pun heheh...
yang ni lak, the making of fiat bravo ad tu la... aisey Kimi memang sangat handsome time kena interview. Dia memang jarang-jarang senyum. Sekali senyum berderau darah muda, tuan! Huhuhuhuhu.. memang i bersumpah tak cari lain... *wink*
Sajalah nak cerita, dia sekarang kat Bahrain for a race this weekend.. dia dengan Felipe lah, team-mate dia.. Siapa lagi.. dia lah. Yang menang kat Sepang haritu tuuu... :)
the concept is very much like that of Damansara Uptown. But, since it's really new, tak banyak lagi kedai-kedai yang ada... kedai-kedai makan memang banyak yang buka di shoplots tu... jadi lepas beli-beli barang, memang cantikk la kalau singgah makan-makan. Lin beli t-shirts.. then abang kedai tu ceritalah sikit tentang uptown ni.. dia kata, the real target is nak penuhkan the whole street dengan kedai-kedai.. but takes time la, to achieve that..
dah sudah tu, ajak Lin gi minum lak kat this one restaurant called Anggun Restoran. We just had our dinner before keluar rumah, so minum je la. Kenyang lagi time tu. Kita duduk sebelah dalam, tak kuasa duduk luar. Nanti ramai pulak minta autograph *wink* Ni view uptown tu dari dalam restaurant...

Interior Anggun Restoran ni boleh tahan la.. suka juga tengok. Lighting dia best juga... layanan dia pun baik, cepat dan polite la staff dia.
Lin order teh ais, and for me it's teh tarik. Sad to say, kita tak suka teh ais dan teh tarik dia. Rasa semacam sikit. Not that it's too sweet. Bukan. Tapi rasa dia lain. Pelik. Our grandma in Skudai punya teh susu pun lagi rasa macam teh tarik daripada kedai ni punya. Tapi bab makanan dia kitaorang memang tak tau, sebab cuma minum teh saja. Kalau nak tau, cubalah makan di sini... tapi air teh dia memang kureng la.