Please tell me to not regret!!

Guess where I went yesterday?

This was the best picture I took because I went to Gua Tempurung with out a camera!!!

arrrghhhhhhh! that was the biggest regret for the trip!

It was a brilliant and fun experience in the cave. Never knew that mother nature had so much for me to see inside the cave. The nature of the natural architecture of the cave is just to impressive.

The journey of our trail was estimated to be 3 hours but our team completed in 1 and a half hour. The ranger had to rush us through because , it started raining at the top of the mountain, the water level will rise higher and it'll be harder for us to move. The rainy season had already brought the water to a higher level lately, so it was kind of lucky for us this time. Along the trail , we had to crawl in water of the colour of your milk tea. It was thrilling cos i have no idea whats i was crawling on. The best part is , its so dark and there were a lot of Stalactite above the head, while swimming across, we have to bend and look after our heads too. And of course the stalagmites. It was a good practice of multi-tasking for my sluggish mind. ;P

More, not-very nice pictures....

We were drenched after the trail.

Mind your head while walking. =)

hmm... nice picture but poor camera

and the last one.....

Looking at these pictures, I seriously need to go back again, WITH m LUMIX.

Anyone wanna come with me ?

All you need is just:

~a car to get there

~a pair of comfortable shoes with good grip (ranger said not expensive ones)

~a comfortable top and a pair comfortable jeans

~ about RM 50 cash

~torchlight

~waterproof bag for your hp and cameras

Please help me not regret. =)

waiting outside the lines

~wonderful lyrics by ??

anyone knows?

through the lens

From 20 to 27 November the world will be celebrating the WEEK OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN.

The trend on facebook is to

" change your profile picture on Facebook for a cartoon of a hero of your childhood and invite your friends to do the same ... the target? These days will celebrate WEEK OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN! For a week we will not see a single face ... "real" on Facebook but it is an invasion of childhood memories! Come back to us kids!"

Ironically, I came across a clip also on facebook, may the clip speaks more of the celebration:

I was touched after watching this video, feeling very grateful to grow up healthily , now a young lady. I have a family who loves me , completing my degree in less than 12 months time and most importantly I never had to worry about my next meal and where to hide my myself to be safe, just like the little girl in the clip.

The cruelty of the man firing and the willingness of the photographer to allow all of it to happened, does this innocent little girl deserve all these? Whats wrong with adults nowadays?

As we celebrate the WEEK OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN. Maybe its not all about following the trend on social networks , watching clips, giving out donation and all. Maybe its time for us "grown ups" to think about the essential.

For the past 22 years, some of the very short years of life, I've came across some of the extreme in children. Bare in mind, the some of examples bellow may not be found as far as places like Afghanistan, Bosnia, China etc, most of it are actually as close as some of the kids next door :

• Bruises on their little hands and feet, from where?? Mom and dad? or even some uncle that stays with them ? - kindergarten kids
• sexuality abused by the "uncle" in the welfare home that i stay.- by a 4 years old girl
• "I heard daddy have a girlfriend , mommy shouts at daddy. " - by a 6 years old girl
• "After Chinese tuition , i have to go to English tuition , then i got swimming class, i also got Ballet class, speech and drama ..... i eat my lunch in the car and i nap at my mommy's office" - by a six year old girl
• " You stupid girl, why are you so silly? how many times do i have to tell you...." a mother shouted at her 4 years old girl.
• 10 year old girl got rapped by her bus driver - Quite a big news on the newspaper not too long ago . I remembered in primary school, the bus driver is some of the best person to trust.
• Child labor, a day of wage lower than 1 USD? Also forced to stay together. Do they still remember their parents?
• Increase in obesity in children? People are too rich? food company making money of out children?
• Increase in depression and suicidal cases in children as young as 10 ? Sorry mom, i didn't get the A that you want..
• Young girls are forced to stop schooling after the age of 10. For what? to get married and be "productive"
• Remember all the scenes in the movie "slumdog millionaire" ?

Of course, the list will go on and on and on and on till next year. So, when it comes to next year, will there be new entries and the list will still go on till the following year? Maybe explaining to a child of "what is your right ?" will be a bit hard, but ask ourselves, do they deserve all this treatment? Do they need to go through all these to to become a better person?

Or are we "grownups" just too selfish to use them for fame and profit? Just like the adults in the clip?

Remember when we were kids, we hated so much when adults forced us to do things that we seriously dislike? Looking at other kids and wonder why do i not have as much fun they have?

Worst still, some "grownups" even subconsciously influence kids that "doing this or that" is actually wrong and doing "what i say" is actually right. I'm sure you would agree that if you were a kid, getting all these from the "grownups" is terrible. Having the maturity you have now, you would fight back. So much so that time has changed, i'm sure kids nowadays would still think the same.

Hence, my concept of celebrating this year of WEEK OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN is simply just to give them what they deserve, the rights will come next. They deserve to be loved, healthy and to be educated, they shouldn't be worrying like an adult at such young age.

Remember that we were once a child.

And look at us now, all grown up and well off.

Maybe its time to be nice to the kids now, so that later they'll be as good or better than what we are now.

Tell me, What is your concept for this year??

wish-list 2010

It was a little game that i played on fb.

About a month before my birthday, i posted "Do you wanna be on my wish-list?" on my status

for those who actually commented on the status

you are lucky enough to be on my 22nd birthday wishlist, the top of my wishlist(and tagged).

so here goes ....

Diana Gan

wishing you all the best for your last semester in Med school.

Hope you'll get your HO posting near near near home. =)

Priyalatha

Life is already as dramatic as it is, may your life be smooth and easy with less drama.

We are going to rock last semester together with 5 offer letters if u ever remember.

i wish we could do it together!! you know i love you. *muacks*

Ming Huang Tan (kor)

wish that one day i'll really come out with a good plan to "RUN"!

wish you good health and please focus on what all of us are "waiting" for =P

Dad & Mom

life have been crazy lately, thanks for being supportive and understanding.

wishing you good health and may my this daughter of yours brings you more blessings in life.

Xing Yi Tai

thank you for driving me up and down for this year ( be it emotion or actually driving me around)

its a blessing for me to have you as my brother, wishing you all the best in your course and continue being a good boy.

My closest friends ( i guess you know who you are)

thank you for all the endless chat, phone calls, late night yum cha, SOS movie sessions.

Thanks for being there for me almost 24/7 , regardless of which country you are now

wishing you safety , good health and you know i'm missing you from Malaysia, let me blow you a warm kiss from here =P

My N107

my life as a student nurse will be a total boredom without all of you, thanks for making it so interesting.

for all the times we've been together, may we cherish the last few months we have as classmates.

wishing all of you the very best for the last semester and not to forget *rolling eyes* EOS7. No matter what kind of suffering we are going through , it will be worth it at the end of the day. We can freaking do it!!

My friends in Tzu Ching (xue zhang jie, shi gi , shi bo)

A wonderful arrangement for this life of mine to have met all of you.

I'm grateful for the way i'm treated as part of a family.

Wishing all of you good health and strength to continue our missions.

My family (Tai clan)

Wishing everyone good health, all the best in your work, course or school.

My future colleagues

Life in this profession may not be as easy as the rest.

May you have the passion in you which continues to give you the strength to move on

take good care of your health and wishing you all the best in whatever challenges to come.

You who happen to be reading this note

with this i will not miss you out from my wish list, am i too smart?

Wishing you all the best in whatever you are doing, may my birthday bring some good things for you for the new year.

Wishing for the not-so-impossible?

I wish that there will be no more jerks painting black dots in my life.

Happy 22nd birthday to myself!!!!!

hope you enjoyed reading it, have a good day =)

~posted this on my facebook note my birthday this year, in case if u missed it ~

First Ever

Greetings everyone, proud to say that this is my very first blog post.

Like what your see in on the header of this blog, it is the world through MY eyes.

Many more to explore, much more to absorb and digest and learn??

I hope these are what life/ the world had prepared for me to look through the eyes.

Dear blog,

Its lovely to have finally made you, a place where all the blog posts speak of the good and bad of the world through MY eyes. May I be able to control myself and to not flood this blog with overwhelming or harmful emotions which I myself find it hard to believe. The control to not over-indulge in my feelings will be essential for a quality post, I hope.

your dearest blogger,

XinY~*