A Day Out in the Hearts of Kuala Lumpur!

I went for a short tour around Kuala Lumpur to explore and to learn; just because we should never stop learning. I live in Petaling Jaya, and one thing that I know as a local, it is very seldom that we explore the places where we are from. 

Hence, I decided to make good use of my semester break and explore the world underwater by visiting the KLCC Aquarium. The aquarium is located in Petronas Twin Towers and it was a good opportunity for me to conveniently check out the iconic twin towers that we Malaysians are very proud of. 

I felt like a kid again in the aquarium as I saw many different types of aquatic organisms; but I was most excited as I passed through the underwater tunnel. I could see gigantic turtles swimming past, not to mention sharks and jellyfish and so many other fish. I even got the rare opportunity to see a diver feeding all the fish in the underwater tunnel.

Halfway through the underwater tunnel

After exiting the aquarium, I peeped into Pavillion, Kuala Lumpur before making my way back to the twin towers. Arriving at the twin towers, I took pictures with the building in my background, which is a must! However, it was indeed regretful that I did not manage to make it up the observatory deck at the twin towers as it was fully booked and I did not know about it earlier. Nevertheless, I will make sure to come back here again and go up the observatory deck!

A mandatory picture when visiting the Petronas Twin Towers

Beans 'N' Beans~

Over the weekend, I had a catch-up session with my school friends. Time passed so fast when we met up because we had so much to share and talk about since we were all studying in different universities. 

While I am in the National University of Malaysia, Bangi, one of my friend is studying in the Science University of Malaysia, Penang and another friend is in Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Kampar. We talked about our new environments, the courses that we are studying, and we sure did not forget to talk about planning our next hang out!

We agreed to meet up in a cafe in Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya called Beans 'N' Beans because the cafe received very good reviews for its ambience and its delicious desserts. We ordered a chocolate shaved-ice and a cheese toast; and it sure was very good!

The cafe was very well decorated with eye-catching paintings on the wall. It also has a corner where various games, decorations and accessories were kept which customers can play with it. When we were there, they had several cute headbands and accessories which we could not resist playing and taking pictures of them.

After several hours, we parted ways and will definitely meet up again when we are all free!

A Satisfying Dinner!

On the 19th of February, I went out for dinner with a friend of mine and the menu was decided by my favorites!

We went for sushi in Sushi Mentai which was located in SS2. We had a great meal there as the food was delicious and they had great customer service as well.

Since the pricing of the sushi was reasonable, we didnt't pay that much for our big fill, which was great!

As for dessert, we went for softserves in P.S. Tokyo. This place is very popular in Petaling Jaya, especially for its matcha softserve. I had the signature matcha softserve while my friend had the regular chocolate softserve.

In conclusion, it was a great dinner with a great company and we headed back to the university after that!

Lion-Parkson Foundation Scholars Program 2017

Over a span of four days, I was involved in a scholars program under the Lion-Parkson Foundation organised by CeDR Consulting Sdn. Bhd.. The program was held at the company itself which is located at Klang, Selangor.

Scholars under the Foundation for Batch 2016

A little bit of introduction, I am a scholar of batch 2016 under the Lion-Parkson Foundation Scholars Program. I mindlessly applied for the scholarship last year and was pleasantly surprised when I managed to pass all four elimination rounds consisting of interviews with various senior employers in the company. 

Fastforward to the program, we were introduced deeper into the structure of the company besides being exposed to many activities to instill economic, entrepreneur skills and scientific skills in ourselves. Throughout the 4 days of the program, different speakers were invited each day for a different purpose.

With one of the program facilitators, Victor Foo

However, the most interesting activity out of the four days was the first day where we had a site visit to Edutainment World, a learning site for children. It definitely did unleash the little kid in me as I saw figures of Puss and Boots and many other fairytales. There were many learning sites in the centre, like gymnasium, cooking class, driving class and playground. It sure was regretful that I was too big physically to enjoy the classes for kids, but I sure am young at heart!

I was sad to leave my new-found friends at the end of the program but I am already looking forward to my next program under the foundation next year.

Scholars of batch 2016

Bonding time with Scholars of 2015 and 2016

PTUKM37 Coming-of-age Ceremony Sketch

Under the Chinese Community Council (CCC), an event, which is the 37th Pesta Tanglung Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PTUKM) was held grandly in Dewan Canselor Tunku Abdul Rahman (DECTAR).

The event aims to raise fund and collect contributions for further programs under the society by staging a sketch performance. The performance was starred by our very students of the university and it was very captivating performance even though they are not professional actors. 

The theme of the sketch performance was about the coming-of-age ceremony by five teenagers. The idea of the performance was based on rituals held by humans in order to celebrate their growth. According to Chinese ancient rites, it was passed and abide from the Western Zhou Dynasty until the Ming Dynasty.

It was definitely an eye-opening performance for me since I was not exposed to a rich Chinese culture and I learnt a lot through the performance. The ancient rites were intended to prohibit intermarriage with the minors. The Guan ceremony is a high-level and a representative form of the rite, and it had many moral values for its audience.

The event ended before midnight and it was a memorable experience for me - not only did I learn a lot, I get to spend time with a lot of my friends.