Started my first week of a two week holiday back in Malaysia. No major plans but a main milestone will be to take our wedding pictures.

We have the dress selected and will be heading to the edge of Selangor to take the shots.

Can’t wait but thought it would be a good rant.

Till my next post. Take care!

Just entered a competition to win Air Miles from Malaysia Airlines. This will certainly help my fund my return tickets to Malaysia from Amsterdam. Wish me luck! and do enter if you have a chance by seeing my entry and clicking the link there.

http://www.postcardstoenrich.com/viewsinglepostcard.php?postcardId=4528

It is always great when a community comes together for a spiritual event.

This is my first time attending the Wesak Day celebrations in Amsterdam. It is held by the same Buddhist Association which organised the annual event in London. Here are some snap shots of the event using my Blackberry.

The grand altar in the open space in Nieuwmarkt.

The Showering Of Baby Buddha.

Lion Dance amongst other performances

Last but not least, it was also a bonus to see Gordon Liu at the event. He is a Hong Kong Kung Fu Legend and made it to the Hollywood screens in Kill Bill Vol 1 and Vol 2. He was here to judge a Kung Fu competition.

Hi, I migrated my blog to a new web host today. I have been lately spreading my sites with several web hosting providers to test them for their quality of hosting and features but mainly because of my previous bad experience.

Well, that is in the past.

Also, I have found out that I have been falling behind on my posts so I figured I might as well configure my wordpress blog to accept blog posts via e-mail. This is my first shot.

Let us see if this blog post really works!

If it does, I can constantly share pictures and blog posts from my blackberry!

Well, till my next post! Take care.

Can’t believe the year has passed. Was at Museumplein yesterday to usher in the new year. It just made me realise that I was celebrating Chinese New Year in four different cities in the pass four years. Amazing!

2010 has been an amazing year with uphill climbs and celebrations. There were moments when I thought I would not make it or came close to giving up! Well, all are valueable lessons learned and gained.

Now, I am not expecting 2011 to be any less. I am looking forward to every bit of it!

Till my next post, take care of yourself!

This was at my desk this morning. After weeks of being away in Amsterdam, it is a nice surprise.

It is done as part of a the launch of a new set of packaging and caught all office based staff by surprise.

If it is unclear, it is a beach towel from M&S with some candy tied with blue coloured straw. The cupcake had golden glitters on it. It was too sweet for my liking but did give me the sugar rush boost I needed.

The office also transformed the breakout area for summer with deck chairs on the balcony. I will spending more time there now next to the fridge for my iced cold coca-cola.

Should be a good start to summer!

Till my next post take care!

This is part of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) which is a campaign a to put a stop to the indecent exposure of people and the planet to cars and the pollution they create. At least that is what the website says. However, based on conversations that day, there were groups that were there to campaign against the dependency of petrol and also celebrating humanity.

London happens to be one of the major cities participating in this global event and I can see it growing in the upcoming years as there are many other UK cities participating. This years turnout was a success according to the press with thousands navigating through the streets of london and other major cities.

Other countries where such rides are organised includes Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, America, Canada and Hungary. If you are interested, check out their website as it may be occuring in your hometown.

Anyone with a bike can participate and you don’t have to bare all. Do what you are comfortable with as they have a Bare As You Dare policy. It is common for the participants to paint their body with messages.

As I was in the starting point of the event, I felt uncomfortable when everyone started to undress around me. A bit of a culture shock but it is always healthly to be out of your comfort zone once in a while. They all felt so confident, comfortable and did not mind people taking pictures and some even encouraged it. Look at the picture below, she draw attention to herself first.

I have to salute the participants for bearing it all. Not something that I am prepared to do. Some went all out with elaborate head gears, body paint and costumes.

If you need more info of this event, click here for the UK mini site.

As a conclusion, this is a surefire way to gather interests and spread a message. It would be things such as my blog post and word of mouth that would create the awareness of this campaign. As for will I change my ways after being there. I am proud to say I don’t use a car when I am in the UK and rely on public transport all the time. It is a different story when I am back in Malaysia occassionally . Well that’s all for this weekend. I will be away in Amsterdam for work the whole of next week. Take care!