The Australia Movie

Went to watch this movie yesterday. Well, it is 2 hours 45 mins and I would say the movie is a good one and worth watching. There are parts which are hilarious and there are moments which are tearful.

Well, Nicole Kidman is gorgeous and Hugh Jackman is sexy. And both are them are really good actor and actress. So you won't feel bored. LOL.

All I want for Christmas is... YOU!

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY 2009, everybody!

May you have a great year ahead of you...

Last Christmas

Jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

That is my all-time favourite Christmas songs... And now this wonderful and beautiful festive season is in the air. It reminds me of what I did for Christmas last year when in London.
As you can see, we had a TURKEY! A deliciously and perfectly roasted turkey! Thanks to Nori... She is such a gracious host. There won't be a party without her effort! Cutting the big fat delicious stuffed turkey. You can see that Thong was eyeing on it...Hanging ornaments on the Christmas bush (as opposed to tree, haha)Preparing green crispy salad with two types of dressings...Savouring every bit of it...Nori's cosy room...Our presents... Thanks to Nori and Nur'i!
That was a few days before Christmas. Well, on Christmas Eve, we had Steamboat! Though steamboat doesn't seem to be appropriate for a Christmas Eve dinner, but anyhow having it is a kind of celebration for us, just like Chinese New Year eve!
We prepared the raw ingredients... Soup tasting...!
Andy was here to join us!Christmas pudding for 5 after the heavy dinner. It doesn't taste good alone...So, we have Ben & Jerry's ice-cream to go with the Christmas pudding! Thong was trying hard to scoop the rock-hard ice-cream.
Oh, I wish I could have another Christmas celebration like last year...

Britney's comeback

I know some people may think I am crazy, but I am kinda hooked up with Britney's songs nowadays (Jason Teh, you know what I mean). After Womanizer, here comes her second single from the Circus album, titled 'Circus'. Enjoy and move your body along with the beat!

This feeling sucks

A month has passed
When friends see me
This question inevitably appears
"How's work?"

I don't know what to say
To react positively
Or negatively
Cause I genuinely don't know

I ponder upon
why some people are enthusiatic in their work
but I don't

I ponder upon
why some people could handle their tasks well
but I can't

Perhaps I am not capable enough
Perhaps I am just a pesimist
Perhaps I have low confidence
Or perhaps I just need more time to adapt
But a month should already suffice

Is it true that
Working changes people
Gradually and stealthily
For the better and the worse

I need to
See my future
Find my directon
Find the driving force
That will keep me moving

What I am feeling now
Totally sucks

Bye to the Good 17 Years

It is time to say goodbye to 17 years of life as a student (Year 1992 - 2008)... I am starting work in one of the largest law firms in Malaysia - Skrine. Sounds prestigious, huh, But my earnings for the time being could barely support my living. Luckily it is just a temporary situation and my life will be better after this 9 months of chambering.

Fro now on, I need to wake up REALLY early, as in 6.15am to get myself prepared, start driving to work at 6.45am to cope with the massive traffic jam. The journey will take 30 mins without jam, but I have no clue how long it is with jam. That's why I need to leave home at such wee hours to be on the safe side. What a way to start to my career life.

I honestly do not know what to expect, and what my firm (or on a broader perspective, the legal field in Malaysia) expect from me. I understand that studying law and practising law is substantially different, and that is really a daunting fact. Students need to face with exams but lawyers need to be accountable to their firms and their demanding clients.

Anyway, I will always reminisce about the good memories I have and good times I had during my student life. From now on, no more student discount privileges in the cinemas, restaurants and departmental stores. SIGH.... For those who are still students, please appreciate what you have now...

Alright, time to sign off, and take a bath and sleep EARLY!!!

Are you a typical Chinese?

I received this hilarious e-mail today and I decided to share it with you guys...

There are 29 ways to know if you're Chinese. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them.

1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those ribbons).

2. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.

3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.

4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.

5. You hate to waste food.

(a) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa ).

(b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.

6. You don't own any real Tupperware - only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers, and jam jars.

7. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.

8. You wipe your plate and utensils or wash them in a small basin of hot water before you eat every time you go to a restaurant.

9 . You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.

10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.

11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.

12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.

13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman. If you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.

14. You're a wok user.

15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.

16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached - it means they're fresh.

17. You never call your parents just to say ' Hi'.

18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

19. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay indoors when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked foods because such food are 'heaty' (yeet hey in Cantonese).

20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.

21. You always cook too much.

22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.

23. You starve yourself before going to 'All You Can Eat' buffet.

24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewellery or electronics, computers.

25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.

26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.

27. You call a sausage a hotdog.

28. You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons and forks of the airline that you fly on and put in your travel-bag as souvenirs

29. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you have paid its all.

Doll Domination

Disclaimer: I am wiring this post on behalf of Eugene Cheah, a professional album-reviewer. Hence, I hope the readers would compromise in terms of the standard and quality of writing.

This album has more R&B oriented ballads like ‘Stickwitu’, as opposed to dance hits like Buttons’. Comparatively, there are also more pop songs compared to hip-hop kinds. In overall, the music style has become more subdued compared to PCD. Nicole Scherzinger is still, undoubtedly, the lead singer who sang almost 80% of the songs.

Having said that, each other Doll was given an opportunity to ‘introduce’ themselves to music listeners by having their exclusive solo song. I guess this strategy is to introduce other Dolls as they might be neglected in the public’s eye due to the presence of Nicole who outshines other Dolls in the group. (Note that these songs are only available in the Deluxe Edition). To be frank, the others can’t really sing.

Songs of Recommendation:
When I Grow Up
Bottle Pop (feat. Snoop Dogg)
Out of this Club (feat R Kelly)
Who’s Gonna Love U
Happily Never After
Until U Love U (solo song by Nicole Scherzinger)

There are songs that I personally do not think it’s good, such as Takin’ Over the World and Elevator (it clearly mimics the Beyonce Style but obviously the Dolls has loads to catch up with). In Person and Halo are also not worth listening to.

The Pussycat Dolls should actually emphasize on quality instead of quantity. 16 songs (21 or 23 for the Deluxe Edition) are just too many. If you are a PCD fan, go ahead and get this album; if you aren’t, just listen to the songs I recommend. The PCD should try to pursue their own identity instead of trying a little bit of all kinds of music. Whether PCD is an R&B/Hip-Hop or Pop group, the distinction is still somewhat blurring.

Dumb Attorneys and Witnesses

These are from a book called Disorder in the Court, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

I personally felt really amused as I used to prepare lots of questions of this nature whilst doing my BVC (for the Advocacy module where you got to examine witnesses). And whilst reading these, I couldn't comprehend why would these Attorneys come out with such ridiculous questions, and why some witnesses would give daft answers to normal questions.
___________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
___________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan.
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-one-year old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh... I was getting laid!
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p. m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him.
____________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh... are you qualified to ask that question?
____________________________________________________

--- And the best for last: ---

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law..

蔡健雅 思念

Another wonderful piece from the 2 times Golden Melody Awards Female Vocalist winner, Tanya Chua.



讓風箏自由 乾脆剪斷了線
讓它往藍天空 隨風而飛
越飛越高直到看不見
像電影裡的畫面

這樣也許能讓我好過一些
把你當做風箏 隨風而飛
越飛越高直到無所謂
我剪斷了線
不再對你懷念

Just cut the thread to free the kite
Let it soar to the blue sky with the wind
Way up it flies until it disappears
Like the scene in the movie

Perhaps I will feel better this way
To regard you as the kite which flies with the wind
Way up it flies until I don't mind
I cut off the thread
And will miss you no more

This Time Last Year

It was my BVC classmate's birthday on 3rd Sept. So I dropped her a message on her Facebook wall, wishing her Happy Birthday.

She replied me with thanks, reminding me that it has been exactly 1 year since we started the BVC in BPP Law School.

For a moment, I was lost in thoughts.

Yes, the same day last year - 3rd Sept 2007, I was heading towards the School in Holborn, anxious and nervous simultaneously.
I dragged a luggage bag along and filled it with the books provided to us to take them back home with me to Euston. Most of them are as thick as dictionaries.

I then thought of the journey I travelled from Euston to Holborn during weekdays. From Cobourg Street to Euston Road, passing by Euston Station where hundreds of people in suits are walking swiftly in all directions. Head south and walk along Woburn Place, passing by Russell Square, and subsequently reach Southampton Row, and eventually High Holborn.
That was the journey I took almost every weekday and it took me 30 minutes by foot. The journey will be awful when it is winter and it is raining, and nice when it is spring/summer with breeze.

Oh, my cosy little flat in Cobourg Street. Well, it is not the nicest accommodation and you can find in Central London, but the rent is cheap, and the house was filled with joy, laughter, sorrow and all kinds of memory.

And the Sainsbury's at Warren Street that was 10 minutes away. Well, it is not very well-equipped like other Sainsbury's in other locations, but I could get all the basic stuffs there. Milk, bread, veggies, cereals, fruits, meat.

I am missing London very much. I sometimes even questioned myself that why I didn't try to seek for a job there. Ah, to finish my chambering in M'sia and get qualified as an Advocate & Solictior. And this is an easier route - applying for jobs in UK (esp in London) is, more often than not, very stressful and frustrating at times.

I will visit London again. Whether as a visitor or as a worker, I will want to see that place again.

I am officially a Barrister-at-law!!!

I was called to the Bar of England and Wales on 29th July 2008, and I am now officially a Barrister-at-law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.
It was a lovely afternoon. The weather wasn't too warm (contrary to the usual weather in London nowadays), the atmosphere was good and everyone (especially us, the newly-called Barrister) was enjoying this special occasion.
It was even greater because Thong, Jason, Michelle and I got called on the same day (Lincoln's Inn has 2 call days, 24 and 29 July). After 9 months of hard work on the BVC, our effort has been paid off.



The Call Ceremony
Step 1: Jason and I (such a co-incidence again) were called in pairs into the Great Hall, and we walked up to the front of the Dais. The Treasurer of the Inn announced:
"Mr Teh and Mr Ong by the authority and on behalf of the masters of the Bench I publish each of you a Barrister of this Honourable Society"

Step 2: We received our call certificates, shaked the Treasurer's hand and stepped off the dais. (That was Thong's dad, taking photos of us)

Step 3: We walked down the centre aisle to the back of the Hall.


My Call Certificate


Thanks to Veevern for the wig, It fits perfectly on my head! Haha...

The Dining
We need to dine after the Call Ceremony.


Starter: Roasted Salmon Tian with Dill Creme Fraiche, Cucumber & Lemon Salsa

Main Course: Confit of a Duck on a Warm Fenel & Beetroot Salad

Dessert: Crunchie Creme Brulee

Coffee and Mints

Jason and I were seated together...



My parents did not attend, but I got three stepmothers instead!

In the land of Scottish

This was a trip with the parents and relatives of my close friends, which makes the experience a bit different than the other trips we went by ourselves.

Edinburgh was prettier than I thought. The landscape and architecure was quite impressive, especially in the Old Town.

Royal Mile (High Street)



St Giles Cathedral

North Bridge

Edinburgh Castle was quite boring (well, for me)... Perhaps the local tour guide spoke too fast and in a thick Scottish accent which makes me hard to comprehend what he was trying to explain. Too bad.

Crown Square in the Castle
A panoramic view of the city

Palace of Holyroodhouse. One of the Queen's official residences.

Carlton Hill. We went there to have a view of Edinburgh city during sunset.


Shopping in Edinburgh was CRAZY... I actually found more things there as compared to in London. Perhaps the shopping 'competition' in Edinburgh wasn't as serious as compared to London.


We took a day trip to the Scottish Highlands, and it was marvellous. Although we need to bear with the long ride on the coach to get to the destinations, the sceneries there were just amazing.

Glen Coe ('Glen' means 'valley' in Scottish)

Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain (it is actually not that tall, just 1,344 m)

Loch Ness (Loch means Lake in Scottish)