Blogging Style....& Penang Development.....

Short bursts of few ideas would be fine....Rather than my current lazy style of going through a few months with no posts and finally writing them all in one go...

Its a holiday today, Maulidur Rasul. So i get up early for a hike. Where else but the Botanical Gardens......

I get there at like 7.30am, and already my favourite parking spots have been taken up. Fine....So i go park further up. I get charged RM1. Why? Isn't it a public parking space? Why are these folks on motorbikes going around collecting money? There's this one guy collecting money CF (the girl who currently owns my heart) says looks like a 'hamsap lo'...

Anyway....i go hike. It takes me 20 minutes to hike to Stop#46 and i was like dying there. I did it too fast and too fast....My heart was going like some 200bpm....But that's not the point...My point is I am a KPC....and as the story goes on, you'll find out why....

I was driving home today and noticed this new Kompleks Penjaja coming up next to the apartments where Jerry stays. I was like, oh well, another building coming up in Penang for the 'greater good' of the Penang people. I have been passed there a few times and even one time while waiting to fetch Jerry i noticed the construction but it did not peak my interest.

So this time, I made a U-turn, parked my car close by and being the KPC that I am, walked around the construction site. Its all hidden up by zinc barriers and if you stood on the other side of the wall over at the apartments, you would not have a clear view too. How do the people know that you are really working then?

As I was leaving, I met Jerry and QF coming back from an early morning walk/hike/run. And so i took the opportunity to query him. Apparently, they (someone, probably that DUN who is no longer DUN) wanted to move all the outside hawker stalls currently located at the entrance of the Botanical Gardens into that Kompleks Penjaja. With that, they can extend the B.G. area. But, that would mean......

- Lost of parking spaces closer to the B.G. gate
- Hamsap Lo and his gang of money collectors would have either less or no money to collect
- People can't seat outside kopitiams or at road side an enjoy thosai, roti or milo

I remembered New World Park. Before New World Park, there was Swatow Lane, where all, and I really mean all the food was delicious & tasty. Now that it has moved into a modern complex with all the modern facilities, the food has become so-so.....see here: http://chen22.blogspot.com/2007/02/new-world-park.html

Is this going to end up like that but in a smaller scale? Jerry says the construction started just before the elections. It was probably approved and will go on. But those who sucks at the DUN job are no longer there after March 8th elections. Now, his apartment will have a hawker center next to it, i won't get to enjoy that good outdoor thosai watching people walk by. That piece of land....it used to be land for parking with some nice plants and flower pots surrounding.

They should have left it that way......Where do i park now if they take away the other parking spots? Why QKH?? Is this necessary? Put everything in a hawker stall so they don't hawk no more. It doesn't reflect the genuineness of Penang & Kebun Bunga....




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YB Jason Ong (no pic)


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Finally.....someone?

March 19th, 2008........

It's been a long time since i last blogged....This will be a double blog and both on my personal life. Though the 1st is more personal.......

Lets get down to business.

New Year - Yeah, it's 2008. Happy New Year!
Chinese New Year - Yeah, it's the year of the Rat. Gong Xi Fa Cai!

February 16th, 2008 - Now this date....I was ushering in church and got the opportunity to serve with a very pretty girl I have been admiring for nearly 1 year. I first saw her on March 17th 2007 on my first outing as an usher for the church.
Imagine...1 year in the same team and only say Hi and Bye. I guess if i had opened my mouth to say something, I'd probably screw up big time and say something stupid like, "Errrrr.....errr....errr...." or "Ah...er...my...my.....???"

So thanks, Angelyn, even if you don't know this blog.

February 18th - Sent first email. Darn nervous leh....What time is she gonna reply? She did, around 6.30pm after I had gone home. Some more I sent an SMS to confirm she received the email. And i wrote two emails, cause the 1st one sounded a bit stupid and the 2nd one to correct the first one. That made me look like a git.
But, thanks to YS, you really help me....Goes to show how much I suck at trying to chat with a girl I like or even write an email....

Well, over the week, we just emailed over our Outlook and we did talk on the phone that was really nice. Finally our first date....24th February 2008........at 600cc in New World Park. And she was not feeling well... :(
Though i did not find out how really sick she was until 3 weeks later when she told me how she actually felt on that day but didn't want to spoil the date. Oh well, this is a girl I so really, really, really like that I am willing to wait and wait and wait.....And also be patient with, though she saw my impatient side and i got scolded for that.... :P I promise to improve...

Since then, we have been to hiking, koay teow thng (her favourite is at Amoy Lane), Ingolfs at Penang Swimming Club, Sushi King (at Gurney Plaza), Food Loft and who knows where more??
We have had our fair share of ups and downs in the last 3 weeks but still getting to know each other. We talk nearly every night and share about our likes and dislikes. And got into an argument over stingyness, though i can confidently say I am not stingy...though I don't share her view on how to define a stingy person.........Till its too late...Hahaha.... :D

On a more somber note, her dad was admitted to hospital last week, and is still in. I won't elaborate here, but I know at this time she will need to be strong and if I really do care about her, will need to be more sensitive to her needs and be a strong listener too. I pray that things will turn out fine for her.....

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