Coming Back to Malaysia!

Now I am in LAX, waiting for my very first flight back home since last year.

I am nervous, I am excited.
I feel weird, yet I feel happy.

There's never a place better than home but I suddenly miss my apartment back in Des Moines. It's so ironic.
But I am glad I will be back to meet my family, my futsal kakis and possibly get my very first actuarial internship.

Hey Malaysia! Here I come!!!..........

I will be back!

I will be back in Malaysia this summer.


Beware!

CK 点啦！

It's time to decide!

Yes or No

Go or not to go.

True or False

Dilemma is striking me. Right now, I would just want to calm down, think carefully and give myself a smile.
This wasn't what I expected last semester, why do I care about it so much now?! I am feeling weird now, I am acting weird now. Is the stress level that high? Should I do it or not? For what should I do it for? For who should I do it for?


ARGHHH!!!! CK 点啦！

#To those who are reading this post, no to worry, I am just grumbling to myself........It's not big deal....I am fine!

Let's see.....When was the last time I didn't celebrate Chinese New Year in KL?
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There seems to be no answer at this moment to this question. I have celebrated all my CNY in KL for all my 19.5 years as a Malaysian, and it seems like this year will be the first year I have to live that 1st day without my family.

Not a happy thing to happen, but I have to get used to it, because next year's CNY I am sure will be the same.

I miss the CNY's crazy suffocating hot weather in KL. I miss all the angpau givers. I miss going to relatives' houses. I miss lion dance. I miss my house's CNY open day with all the foods. Last year's CNY seems like it just happened yesterday, and again I felt how fast time flies.

I am still not sure what will be up in this particular festival week. Everyone seems to have their own plan where I am still clueless. Maybe I will just attend some of the celebrations by Malaysian Students Association or maybe the Vietnamese one.

Right now, I would just like to wish everyone Happy Chinese New Year 2009!! The Cows are rulling this year. MOOOO........

Year 2009

YAHOO! It's 2009!

Wait, wait. Is 2008 that bad to make me so happy that it's over?

Erm, I tried to recap some highlights of the year of myself, and I suddenly realized that this has been a very frenzy year to me, ever since the first few hours of the year.

Ups and downs, highs and lows, here and there, where and where, when and when, what and what, dids and didn'ts.......

It's been a year with large volume 'trades '. You get things, and you lose things. I might not be the person who likes high volatility, and it has been hard for me to accept all these sudden changes in my life. I finally feel like myself after a while and I am happy about that. Come on, bad things come and go, so take it and go!

I realized that I have disappointed a lot of friends back in Malaysia since my journey here in US. Many complained that I was too hard to be reached. I was really busy for most of the time. I am really sorry. I WILL do my best next semester(or now) to get back to all of you. Why? Because I miss you all.

I never do new year resolution. Never. Why? I am not the kind of people who likes to follow rigid rules. Maybe this is also the reason why I have been headless and aimless for all these years. However, I still like flexibility. And short term plannings have been my friends for ages.

I would just like to wish everyone Happy New Year 2009! May all your bad fortunes go away.

Love,
CK from San Francisco, California

Rubbish

Cyber space is a dangerous place to play with. Yes, you get unlimited resources from them, but be careful when you use them, cause you will never know what will happen to you.

To all of you who blog often, just hide as much information as possible. Just don't show everything you have. Don't play "show hand" in Internet, you'll get burnt.

I suddenly have the urge to post this kind of rubbish. I am sorry if this post disappoints any of my reader.

Chicago Trip during thanksgiving break!

I was in Chicago for Thanksgiving and I felt like I was back in KL for the 1st time in the states.
Lots of Asians there, mostly from China, and also African Americans.


You have to be alert every moment, and you will feel insecure too, because the crime rate here is pretty high, and just like what one of my professors said before, in a big city, you will see the good and the bad in it. Especially now with the economic crisis, high unemployment rate has a direct relationship to the numbers of beggars on the road. Traffic there is busy, just like in KL, (the 1st time I see traffic jam in US!!), and the drivers are all very rude. (compared to my peaceful Des Moines)

The good side of Chicago however, is to give you a glimpse of what a modern US city looks like. I watched 'Wanted' yesterday, and I found out that the movie was taken in Chicago as I recognized a few places in it. Another thing is there is a very big China Town there. For your information, there is no such thing in Iowa. The only nearest thing we have here is just an area full of Vietnamese with a few Asian food markets run by them. I tasted only 3 of the many Chinese restaurants there. One for dimsum, one for Chinese fast food (they serve food like Gasoline in Malaysia), and one for Hong kong style coffee shop food. They all taste pretty good, (of course very good compared to food here in Des Moines) as they really taste like Malaysian food, but what I disliked about restaurants there is that they demand minimum 15% tips, which is crazy high. They'll force you to pay if you don't do that. Our dimsum experience was nice until those rude and impolite gestures shown by the waitress (Auntie!) Not satisfied with her service, we paid only around 13% of tax and once she saw the tip amount written on the bill, she immediately said that they charge 15% tips for any meal and we must pay more. Omg, so she calculated how much we have to pay already lah! So why didn't she just give us the tip amount we are "supposed" to pay? This outraged some of us and we decided not to give her a single penny more than 15%. Lol.

In the middle of the trip, I joined Kun and his gang at the night before Black Friday. We went to Chicago Outlet Mall, the place where all bargains were. I wanted to experience the queuing up people did for grabbing deals, and of course I spent quite a fortune there. I bought mostly on clothings. Big brands like Coach has long lines which amused me. Are they that cheap? Sorry loh, I dare not step in in any of the famous brands because I know I won't buy them anyway. (No money lah!) What I can afford are normally premium brands like Gap, Timberland, but not Armani Exchange or Polo.

The next day, I met Alex Ong. And the funny part is in the next 10 minutes after I met him, we both walked into Macy's and saw one very nice jacket. Alex had been looking for a jacket, and so had I. We camwhored a bit in front of the mirror, and finally we decided to buy one each. Mine was slightly cheaper, but his was nicer I think.
We met kaiJie and his korean gf there, but we didn't want to be lamp post, so both of us dumped them and I had a IIT (Alex's University)trip after that. His dorm room was nice, especially that LCD TV made me feel like buying one for myself. He really miss all his heng dai in Malayisa (the Phoenixs! See photos on his desk). In summer 09, he might go back, so might I.

This trip is fun, and it let me took a break out of study, but the bad thing is I spent quite a lot of money for it. Out of budget you can say. I think I really have to work more hours next semester.

IOWA Food

I suddenly feel like putting some food photos in my blog.
Not ordinary food/dishes from some restaurants, but food cooked by myself here in Des Moines, Iowa.

You can hardly find any food with the Malaysian taste here. I once calculated how many restaurants we can go for meal after class, answer=4. KFC, Subway, McDonald's & China Place-a Vietnamese run Chinese restaurant. Sienzz! Of course there are a few more restaurants and coffee shops nearby unexplored.
You have little choices to choose from here around Drake. However sometimes lovely and generous friends will offer you meals at campus dining halls. They don't taste really well, but at least when you are out of idea on what to eat or cook, you get to fill your stomach. (for free!!)

This is why you have to be able to cook a variety of food, if not, you will bore yourself with your own cooking.

Of course, my cooking skills are improving day by day. Cutting, chopping, frying....No choice.
And I've got the chance to cook many kinds of dishes, some which I haven't even tried before but I was just amazed how confident I was when I was attempting them. None of them were really perfect, but at least edible. HOHO.

This was probably my 1st breakthrough. Chicken kebab aka American style Lightly Flavored Satay.
The chicken wasn't the very tasty and flavored satay we eat in Malaysia. My housemate and I was just inspired by the recipe card from Walmart and decided to cook it for our very 1st time for the Mooncake Countdown Potluck Night. Just put the chicken into the oven and DING! DOne!

I think they taste okay, but some of my friends are used to the "extra flavors" and found it a bit bland. 2816 continued cooking their trademark and specialty-Mushroom Chicken.
Then a few weeks later there's a Nasi Lemak Night which some of you might have seen from Facebook. This time, I was just providing the venue and I just cooked a simple ChoySum. The main dish that day was "Mr Kari" Sivabalan's NAsi Lemak and his extra spicy sambal.
They were really nice and everyone i think had fun. Maryanne cooked Fried Chicken, and Chiann cooked Minced Meat Tofu (I didn't take the photos of it, sorry!)
There are actually some more really special dishes cooked by us, but I didn't take photos of them. LOL. The most extravagant dish I cooked was Yong Tou Fu. Amazingly, we managed to make White Tofu, EggPlant, Taopok, Bitter gourd and Wantan. I think Justin took photos of them but I don't have any copy of them. I was busy for the whole night but to see all food finished was really satisfying.

And then, sometimes I cook special dishes for myself. I tried different combination of spaghetti and noodles, and the only photo I managed to take down is this special ginger soy peanut spaghetti.
I put some crushed red peppers on it and it was so spicy until I nearly couldn't finish it.

And then, just a few days ago, I cooked BAK GOR. Again, I don't know how to cook it, and I just simply cook it. it wasn't what I wanted, but at least it was again edible.

Next, and again a few days ago only, I cooked with 2816 (Kenneth, Brandon and Kun)and we managed to create a new specialty dish other than Mushroom Chicken under the name of 2816--KULUKAIYOK. it was our 2nd attempt and it was even better than the China Place restaurant.(photos not available at the moment!)

Hopefully, the list can continue to expand!

Finally

Finally i have the time and mood to shift this blog to this new template.

I am not very sure this new layout is code error free, since I just copied this template from somewhere else and made a couple of changes to it. I will try to make it perfect.

Just hope that this post is the first of many that will follow.
I am going to take some photos of my apartment soon and show off a bit but that will be after I finish my current "home improvement plan" with some furniture touch ups.

Meanwhile, just wanna tell my buddies in Malaysia, or even Australia and UK that I am fine over here! Drop me a msg if you can!

Love Love Love,
Khang Khang (Alessandro)

My apartment!

I think some of you might have seen some part of my apartment here in Des Moines in facebook.

I will just share some of the photos of the place I am currently residing in.

New look new life!

The new Chusui blog template is almost done. Just some small finishing touch is needed and the shift to the new look will take place probably next week.

You guys can preview it @ >http://chuisuitest.blogspot.com

Any suggestions pls don't hesitate to let me know.

My Asics Onisuka Tiger!!

I am sorry!

I know I have been abandoning this blog for a long time.

Pls forgive me. The homeworks here @ drake have been very hectic. Out of my expectation, and they seem never going to end.

I'll try to update this blog asap, probably after I got my camera to update you guys on my life here.

I miss Malaysia but lousy people are ruining it and RM is depreciating! ARGHHH!!! Cost of education is rising!!

ADIOS!!

I wanna tell you guys that I finally got my laptop and I am able to go online frequently now.
However, there're still some unsorted stuffs and I might not be that free though.

Just for those who wish to contact me or mail me anything, my address in US is

2916 Brattleboro Ave Apt 3
50311 Des Moines IOWA
USA

I am so frustrated!~

SHIT!!! how?? who can help me??? i know alot do!

i am so outdated where can we have nice food, whcere can we find nice place to date with our attractive woman???

whoever knows the good place. pls drop a short message telling us briefly about the food and the venue!

good articles

“The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes YOU ProbablyMake With Women—And What To Do About It...”
Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With Women—And How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Deadly Common Mistakes...
-By David DeAngelo, Author Of “Double Your Dating”
MISTAKE #1: BeingToo Much Of A “Nice Guy”
Have you ever noticed that the really attractive women never seem to be attracted to "nice" guys?
Of course you have.
Just like me, I'm sure you've had attractive female friends that always seemed to date "jerks"... but for some reason they were never romantically interested in YOU.
What's going on here?
It's actually very simple...
Women don't base their choices of men on how "nice" a guy is. They choose the men they do because they feel a powerful GUT LEVEL ATTRACTION for them.
And guess what?
Being nice doesn't make a woman FEEL that powerful ATTRACTION.
And being NICE doesn't make a woman CHOOSE you.
I realize that this doesn't make a lot of logical sense, and it's hard to ACCEPT... but GET OVER IT.
Until you accept this FACT and begin to act on it, you'll NEVER have the success with women that you want.
MISTAKE #2: Trying To“Convince Her To Like You"
What do most guys do when they meet a woman that they REALLY like... but she's just notinterested?
Right! They try to "convince" the woman to feel differently.
Well, I have news for you... YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE HOW A WOMAN "FEELS" WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTION!
Never, ever, EVER.
You cannot CONVINCE a woman to feel differently about you with "logic and reasoning".
Think about it.
If a woman doesn't "feel it" for you, how in the world do you expect to change that FEELING by being "reasonable" with her?
But we all do it.
When a woman just isn't interested, we beg, plead, chase, and do our best to change her mind.
Bad idea. One that will never work.
MISTAKE #3: Looking To HerFor Approval Or Permission
In our desire to please women (which we mistakenly think will make them like us), us guys are always doing things to get a woman's "approval" or "permission".
Another HORRIBLE idea.
Women are NEVER attracted to the types of men who kiss up to them... EVER.
Don't get me wrong here.
You don't have to treat women BADLY for them to like you.
But if you think that treating a woman well means "always getting her approval and permission for things", think again.
You will never succeed by looking for approval. Women actually get ANNOYED at men who seek their approval.
Doubt me? Just ask any attractive woman if Wussy guys who chase her around and want her approval annoy her...
MISTAKE #4: Trying To “Buy” Her Affection With Food And Gifts
How many times have you taken a woman out to a nice dinner, bought her gifts and flowers, and had her REJECT you for someone who didn't treat her even HALF as well as you did?
If you're like me, then you've had it happen a LOT.
Well guess what?
It's only NATURAL when this happens...
That's right, I said NATURAL.
When you do these things, you send a clear message:
"I don't think you'll like me for who I am, so I'm going to try to buy your attention and affection". Your good intentions usually come across to women as over-compensation for insecurity, and weak attempts at manipulation. That's right, I said that women see this as MANIPULATION.
MISTAKE #5: Sharing“How You Feel” Too Early InThe Relationship With Her
Another huge and unfortunate mistake that most men make with women is sharing how they "feel" too early on.
Attractive women are rare.
And they get a LOT of attention from men.
Most men don't realize this, but attractive women are being approached in one way or another ALL THE
An attractive woman is often approached several times a DAY by men who are interested. This translate into dozens of times per week, and often HUNDREDS of times per month.
And guess what?
Attractive women have usually dated a LOT of men.
That's right. They have EXPERIENCE.
They know what to expect.
And one thing that turns an attractive women off and sends her running away faster than just about anything is a guy who starts saying "You know, I really, REALLY like you" after one or two dates.
This signals to the woman that you're just like all the other guys who fall for her too fast... and can't control themselves.
Don't do it. Lean back. Relax.
There's a much better way...
MISTAKE #6: Not “Getting” How Attraction Works For Women
Women are VERY different from men when it comes to ATTRACTION.
You need to accept this fact, and deal with it.
When a man sees a beautiful, young, sexy woman, he INSTANTLY feels a sexual attraction.
But does the same apply for women?
Do women feel sexual attraction to men based mostly on looks? Or is something else going on?
Well, after studying this topic for over five full years now, I can tell you that women usually have their "attraction mechanisms" triggered by things OTHER than looks.
Have you ever noticed that you see a lot more average and unattractive men with beautiful women than the other way around?
Think about it.
Women are more attracted to certain qualities in men... and they're attracted to the way a man makes them FEEL than they are to looks alone.
If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.
But it's not an accident. You have to LEARN how to do this.
And ANY guy can learn how...
MISTAKE #7: Thinking That ItTakes Money And Looks
One of the most common mistakes that guys make is giving up before they've even gotten started... because they think that attractive women are only interested in men who have looks and money... or guys who are a certain height... or guys who are a certain age.
And sure, there are some women who are only interested in these things.
But MOST women are far more interested in a man's personality than his wallet or his looks.
There are personality traits that attract women like a magnet...
And if you learn what they are and how to use them, YOU can be one of these guys.
YOU DO NOT have to "settle" for a woman just because you aren't rich, tall, or handsome.
Let me say this again: If you know how to use your body language and communication correctly, you can make women feel the same kind of powerful sexual attraction to you that YOU feel when you see a hot, sexy young woman.
MISTAKE #8: Giving AwayAll Of Your Power To Women
Earlier I mentioned that it's a mistake to look to a woman for approval or permission.
Well, another similar tactic that a lot of guys use is GIVING AWAY THEIR POWER to women.
Said differently, guys try to get women to like them by doing whatever the woman wants.
Another bad idea...
Women are NEVER attracted to men that they can walk all over... Women aren't attracted to Wussies!
MISTAKE #9: Not KnowingEXACTLY What To Do In EachType Of Situation With Women
Now I'm going to blow your mind...
A woman ALWAYS knows what you're thinking.
Women are approximately TEN TIMES better than men at reading body language. That's ten TIMES.
I know, it might be hard to believe. But for example, if you're out on a date with a woman, and you want to kiss her, she knows it.
And if you don't know exactly what to do and exactly HOW to kiss her, and you just sit there looking at her and getting nervous, she won't help!
And this goes for ALL aspects of women and dating...
Approaching a woman, getting her number, asking her out, kissing her, getting physical... everything.
If you don't know what to do in each situation, you will probably screw it up... and LOSE EVERYTHING.
And you KNOW it.
It is VITALLY important that you know EXACTLY how to go from one step to the next with a woman... from the first meeting, all the way to the bedroom.
MISTAKE #10: Not Getting HELP
This is the biggest mistake of all.
This is the mistake that keeps most men from EVER having the kind of success with women that they truly want.
I know, guys don't like to make themselves look weak or helpless. We don't like to ask for help.
Hey, I've been there myself.
Let me tell you a little about me and how I figured out how to be successful with women...
About five years ago I became fed up with the fact that I didn't know how to approach, meet, and get dates with women that I was attracted to.
It frustrated the hell out of me.
One night I was out with a friend, and I saw a woman I wanted to ask out, but I just couldn't get up the nerve to do it. I can still remember that night... right on the spot I made the decision to do whatever it took to learn how to be successful with women and dating.
Well, after a lot of hard work and trying all kinds of crazy things, I finally figured it all out.
I can now approach just about any woman and get her number almost instantly. I've dated models, I've dated actresses, and I've dated nice, normal, regular girls as well.
It has been a very rewarding experience. I no longer feel that sick, insecure feeling... like I don't know how to meet women... and I might wind up alone.
I know that anytime, anywhere, I can go out and meet attractive women.
I've written a book on the topic, and I've done seminars on both coasts of the United States... and taught tens of thousands of men all around the world.

Friend on newspaper.

#This post should have appeared a few days ago. But again, exam was on the way.

WOW!! Actually it's not that surprising anyway. We all know that our friend, Mr Liew Chuin Ching, the math genious is really crazy good.
So, it's normal to find him successful and appeared on newspaper.
(Heard that Soon Sean appeared on newspaper before also. WOW!)

JIAYOU!! My Friends!

A camera capture using my NOKIA phone. Not bad huh?

my frens

OKOK. I'll update my post to satisfy my loyal readers. But I won't write long. Probably due to my emo mood now. I am leaving my beloved home soon. Is it ok for me to be EMO!???

This time it's different compared to NS. I will be away for at least 8 months, or maybe longer if I can't come back in summer.

I know I will be like them. My buddies in US and AUSTRALIA.
(Photos courtesy of facebook photos albums. You guys won't sue me right?)

ANNOUNCEMENT

WATASHIWA is quite busy packing and doing last minute preparation work, and of course I still need to study for 2 final exam papers.

There'll be a long period of NO POST status. And my CHUISUI renovation is halted temporarily until I am done with my more important stuffs.

SORRY to my loyal fans!

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