Bushfires in Victoria, Australia + Happy Chap Goh Mei 2009

Just have Hazel's internet fixed this morning so now I'm taking this opportunity to update my blog. Didn't do anything much today except for shopping & watching TV. Today's weather is very hot as there's not even a single cloud on the sky. Not sure what's the temperature for today though & boy, I really pity those who stayed in Victoria 'cuz they have bushfires where around 84 of them are killed & 700 houses are destroyed. I also heard that Victoria had hit a record of around 46°C! Now that's freaking hot & I don't think I can survive without an air conditioner. Take care, Victorians & hope that the survivors from the bushfires will recover soon.

And wishing everyone a...
HAPPY CHAP GOH MEI!!! =)
(Just in case if anyone of you didn't know, Chap Goh Mei means the last & 15th day of CNY)

Beijing Olympics closing ceremony 2008

The Beijing Olympics 2008 has come to an end & this is where its closing ceremony was held last night on the 24/08/2008. The closing ceremony was fascinating with Leona Lewis, Wang Lee Hom, Jacky Chan, Andy Lau & the other singers & the dancers performing in the Bird's Nest stadium. Fireworks ignite over the Bird's Nest stadium
Leona Lewis singing with Jimmy Page as the guitarist & David Beckham as the guest where they represented their country as a host for London Olympics 2012 Performers riding the big & round bicycleThe drummers performing during the closing ceremony...what a big drum they had & I wonder who has such a great strength to carry it

Overall, China has the most gold medals followed by US & Russia, while US has the largest total number of medals followed by China & Russia. It was worth watching it & hope that the next Olympics will be as good as this year's. Oh yea, thx for the b'day card, Chang Mien...=) Now's the time for me concentrate on my coming SPM mock exam although I still have the "Olympic Syndrome" as I'm still addicted to it.

The blackout

Last night, there's a stupid blackout in the whole of S'wak. According to The Borneo Post today, Kuching was at struck 1st at 6 smth & the only places that were not affected by the blackout were the Kuching International Airport & the Sarawak General Hospital as they had their emergency supply. It all happened right after Ashley Ho & I had just finished doing the notes for the Moral presentation for this coming Wednesday in my house at around 6:20p.m. After she went home, the electicity hadn't resumed so my dad decided to bring my family to go out for dinner. At 1st, I thought the blackout only occur in my housing area until I was shocked to see that the whole city was in darkness except for Ting Pek King's house, which has generators to generate electricity. Since the restaurants were dark, my dad drove us for fun to see houses around us for about an hour. After an hour of sitting in my dad's car, we happened to pass by the housing area that has electricity (don't know the name for that road, which is a shortcut to that area that can go to the BDC Everrise), so we all quickly went to Hainan Street Chicken Rice to have our dinner. After ordering our food, the lights went off again & we ended up eating our dinner in darkness but with the help of the candles to light the whole restaurant. We went home after dinner & the electricity still hadn't resumed. My cousins later came to my house to have a lil' chit chat & whereas for me, I talked to Ashley Ho, Shi Yin & Danielle Zoe on my phone. Few minutes passed & finally the electricity was back. I was relieved so I went back to do my homework & watch the Olympics on TV. After an hour, my house was in darkness again & I started sweating my butt off. It was so freaking hot & I felt lyk dying in the desert. AARRGGHH!! I really HATE BLACKOUTS where I can't charge my handphone since it almost ran out of batteries. >.<><"

Beijing Olympics opening ceremony 2008

The Beijing Olympics had just started 2 nights ago on the 08/08/2008 at 8:08p.m. Talk about a lot of 8's! The opening ceremony was superb & amazing with all the athletes from a total of 203 countries marching in the stadium.See how beautiful it is? It looks breathtaking from the outside of the stadium. I was so sakai & amazed at the same time by the fireworks. I've been watching this opening ceremony for the whole night juz to take a break from doing my homework & overall, it was worth watching it.The opening ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium

The big glowing ball during the opening ceremony