mrbherng

55%

2009-08-22T10:24:00.000-07:00

。。。因為四年在海外的大學生活以成歷史而這四年所認識的朋友也僅僅消失，一時在你眼前，一時不知不覺地消失，無影無蹤。當今，為了踏入社會，本人也成為了他人的生活歷史，把根拔起遷移到新所在，從新開始創造別人及本身地歷史。明年的今天，歷史也許會重演。這人來人往的生活秩序令我覺得很累，很無乃。

。。。因為不要在空虛。

Inspiration

2009-08-10T09:36:00.000-07:00

... to blog, absent. It seemed ironic. When you have the time and want to blog, you have to dig into some dry part of life to do so. When you have a lot of things going on in your life, and you finally found that small bit of time, inspiration is not there.

A lot had been going on but it seemed I will prefer to be reading blogs for the time being.

52% ...

2009-07-30T15:36:00.000-07:00

... because there are lots of crap around this supposed to be greener pasture.

Counting down the summer days

2009-07-02T00:13:00.000-07:00

My time spending rotting at home is coming to a close. I am not looking forward to getting back to reality. Work, money and living alone. Hopefully it will just be another 24 if not 12 months to go before I end this soon to be open chapter of life. Can't wait, just can't wait.

My stay in KL dwindle from year to year

2009-06-30T22:56:00.000-07:00

My stay in KL dwindle from year to year. Last summer, it was 3 days and this time round, it was 2 days, well, less than 2 days. It had been sort of like a routine, a routine that I enjoy, to visit KL whenever I am back in Malaysia all in the name of trying to see some friends.

Just like my shortening spree in KL, the number of people that I managed to meet up each time round dwindles too. Having said that, I still managed to have some quality time with some ex-college mates.

The initial plan of having a quick pit stop at KLPAC did not materialise. The idea was to see a friend play on stage and possibly a quick catch up after that. He did not reply to any of my messages hence I chosed to not tire myself going from one end of KL to another but rather spend more time with some others. On the other hand, it was a surprise to bump into an acquaintant made in my Hong Kong trip last year. KL seemed so small.

51%...

2009-06-22T22:31:00.000-07:00

... because I prefer to complain about my job rather than my life.

Four years

2009-06-18T21:51:00.000-07:00

Four years of four seasons and another chapter of life is coming to a close. When July comes calling, I will not be getting the odd discounts and I will have to bid farewell to all the free time I used to have. Welcome me to the working world.

Luggage collection

2009-06-15T23:00:00.000-07:00

Each year coming back home, each year after the immigration, and each year standing next to the revolving belt waiting for my luggage, I always had the opportunity to feel that KLIA is rather weird. If "weird" is the right word to use.

A package with a big red sticker stating "FRAGILE" looked more like a pulp on the belt.

Luggage getting stuck on the belt because the belt seemed to be overly rubbery. Bad design or what?

A man needs to be stationed to readjust the stuck luggage to ensure the flow while being risked occupational injuries.

Another man with a walkie-talkie need to be stationed behind the luggage handler seeing him work. For I don't know what reason.

I am either overly observant or I have too much time standing while waiting for my luggage every year. Too much time as in around 30 minutes.

Is- annoying- tanbul

2009-06-03T10:46:00.000-07:00

There lies only a thin line between overly friendly and outright annoying. In Istanbul, when everyone on the street want to be a friend of yours and some thinking that they are a friend of yours, the latter prevailed.

Imagining, every few steps, some random guy will come up to you and start blabbering away.

"Hello my friend, how are you?"
"Hello, where are you from? Japan? Korea? China?"
"Hello my friend, do you remember me from yesterday?"
"Konnichiha, Anyeonghaseyo, Nihao, Hello..."

The first day, you acknowledge them.

"Hello, fine."
"Malaysia"
"I don't know you sorry"
"Hi"

The second day, you start to get annoyed.
"hmm."
"hmm.."
"hmm.."
"bye"

The third day, you see no evil, hear no evil and try not to say any evil, but in within,
"fuck off"

Welcome to Is-annoying-tanbul.

On the other hand, I'd visited one too many mosques, ate too much kebabs and survived a scrub and rub in a hamam.

Life in the market

2009-05-28T09:24:00.000-07:00

Haven't been to the market for ages, with a camera that is. Finally I did.

Confusing Taiwan

2009-05-22T15:24:00.000-07:00

If I don't speak Mandarin and I don't read Chinese, I would be very confused.

The Big Potato

2009-05-18T04:17:00.000-07:00

It was nearly year ago, but the memory of the Big Potato remained stark in my shallow memory bank. It was an opportunity of a lifetime to witness the soul of a foreign country while still partaking the a subject related to my studies. Amazing will definitely be an understatement for my month long stint, 34 days to be precise, in the Big Potato or better known as Taiwan (臺灣).

Hua Yuan Night Market, Tainan (花園夜市, 臺南)

I was based in Tainan (臺南), the fourth largest city in Taiwan and also the ancient capital. It may not be the most happening city in Taiwan, but it does have some good food and the best night market to brag about. Food and night markets go hand in hand with the Taiwanese life and more so in this part of Taiwan. People will queue up for ages just to have a taste of their favourite bun or their favourite drinks. Night markets are always filled to the brink, even at 12 o'clock at night, and you guessed it, night markets have tonnes of food stalls. It may take a bit of getting used to fight your way to get your food but the effort was worth it. The grilled squid (烤魷魚), the bite size sweet potato balls (地瓜丸), the stewed food (魯味) and the stinky tofu (臭豆腐), heaven.

Sight wise, Tainan has a list of temples and old fort. Not very interesting and part destroyed by development. Other parts of Taiwan was mediocre as well, even Taipei (臺北) failed to live up to my expectations. On the other hand, Taiwan does have a lot of promising "sights".

Xi Men Ding, Taipei (西門町, 臺北)

My stay in Taiwan was not made amazing by the sights, maybe the "sights" and the food influenced to a certain extent. It was the people who truly made the month memorable. Taiwanese are generally a warm and friendly bunch but the people in Tainan managed to raised it to whole new level. I was accepted as a friend instead of an acquaintance from the word go. The numerous dinners, night market escapades, birthday parties and baseball outings said it all.

The people, the food and the "sights", I think I am missing Taiwan now.

Welcome...

2009-05-15T12:49:00.000-07:00

... back for me and a warm welcome for you.

At times, one wakes up in the morning with an impulsion. Today is one of those days. I woke up, I felt the urge and the urge prevailed.

It is a new bloom, a new beginning.

About

2009-05-15T09:32:00.000-07:00

Ven is the name. Mrbherng is a moniker coined by my physics tuition teacher back in my secondary school days. I did not like the nickname and I tried my very best to shake it off. Despite the effort, I was somehow known as bherng or mrbherng by most of my secondary schoolmates. Over time, I had grown to accept it.

I have been residing in Cardiff, Wales for about four years for my tertiary education. Previously, I had spent 18 months in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for college and the rest of my life in my home town, Malacca, Malaysia.

I have a love for photography and traveling. Over the years, particularly the past four years, I had traveled rather extensively and I had also photographed quite extensively. I am hoping that this trend will not stopped in the near future as I am loving it.

*photo courtesy of Nathanael Kang.