Congratulations to Master Siew Yee~

I interrupt my Langkawi postssssss (more "s" at the end to show that there are LOTS more to come!) for my BEST FRIEND'S CONVOCATION! Woo-hoo!!! Congratulations to Siew Yee for getting her Masters in University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) last Sunday, 10 August 08! I am delighted that she finally got her Masters! Woootttt wooooottttt~~~ :D

Special bouquet for a special friend of mine.

This is Siew Yee and me when we went to UKM for her Masters registration, a year ago (2007). Yes, I accompanied her to her first day of registration. ;) I sat beside her in the hall during introductory speech and listened to her lecturer explaining about the syllabus. It has nothing to do with me, but I had FUN doing it together with my bestie!!! :)

This is Siew Yee and me, a year later!!! Obviously there are no changes in either one of us...

Sweet smiling Siew Yee, we are proud of you!

Ain't she sweet, with the bouquet of course, which were color schemed by moi... ;) WHY there's a graduating pig (it's name is McDull btw) in the middle of the beautiful gerberas anyway? Hikhikhik... :p I gave her the same McDull stuffed toy, bigger, minus the flower when she got her Degree. And now, again I present her a smaller McDull plus gerberas. :k

Mr Simon Aw, the ex-President of Lions Club Negeri Sembilan, is so proud of her daughter!


It's time to get in the hell, *opps* hall. ;) Get yourself ready! Put on your gown.


And most important of all: secure your mortarboard! Don't let it fall off your head!

Taa-daaa~ :D Mortarboard: checked. Gown: checked. Confident: checked. Smile: checked. You have what it takes, Siew Yee! :)

My bf and bff. I am so blessed! :k
(bf: boyfriend *duh*, bff: best friend forever)


Proud Mama Aw and Papa Aw with Lil' Aw...


Another shot for the album~


Me trying to fit into Aw family picture wtf.


Mama Aw, Lil Aw, Papa Aw and the Maid.

Candid moments that I love






And to finalize...

Ying Peng and Siew Yee


Master Ying Peng, The Great Sifu Mei-Wah and Master Siew Yee.
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Jeng jeng jeng~~~

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HAPPY 080808 EVERYONE!!!










It's a date to remember! ;)

Unkaizan Japanese Restaurant, Langkawi

What do you do when you got hungry?
Yes, you go to eat! :$


Now, pluck your own rice!


Hahahaha... do you wanna waste your food, anymore? ;) Okay, I was just kidding on the plucking part, BUT I'm still serious on not wasting your food, alright!

Beautiful lushful greenery of the paddy field to refresh your mind and to relax your soul.


And now think of the people suffering from insufficient food in Third World. :(

Let's not forget that I'm hungry!!!
Ding dong... Iratshaimasen~ (means "welcome" in Japanese). :$ Welcome to Unkaizan Japanese Restaurant, located at:

Lot 395, Jalan Telok Baru Pantai Tengah,
70000 Langkawi,
Kedah Darul Aman.

It can be easily be seen when you are traveling to Awana Porto Malai Resort. No I was not paid for this advertisement! :)

Unkaizan enjoys a hillside location with stunning sunset views over the Andaman Sea. Unkaizan's oriental charm can be felt right from its serene entrance where guests are ushered to the beginning of a truly unforgettable dining experience.

The kawaii Japanese Asst. Manager (I forgot her name!) which provides first-class service and crystal clear information on the carte du jour (very helpful if you have no idea on Japanese cuisine), and her jolly and cheerful character that brightens up each and every customer.

Take a look at the menu below, it's made of WOOD! Heavy and very solid indeed! ;) Menu's available in four different language: English, Japanese, French and Russian.

Immerse your taste buds with the splendor and colorful range of Unkaizan specialties and favorites, or settle for a simple, traditional Japanese meal ideal for the less adventurous.

My first GENUINE Japanese meal, in Japanese eatery, opened and managed by Japanese people, serves authentic Japanese food (puh-leez lah... no Sushi King okay!!!), OMG I felt as if I'm in Japan now wtf... :k

My birthday dinner... :D No, I didn't put on my dress/make-up/fake eyelashes/heels cos we were rushing from one place to another and we are too darn hungry to bath, put on nice fancy clothes and make-up wtf cos we prioritize our stomach. :p

My Nabeyaki Udon, RM20. Specially hand made udon noodle which gives the extra "ummphhh". Slurrpppp~~~ :p

Super duper chunky sashimi... I can't forget the wonderful feeling when I took my first bite on it... Heavenly~ The sashimis are beautifully arranged on a HUGE sea shell.

Octopus, which I felt so geli to bite on it. What if the tentacles are still alive and sucked my stomach's wall? I might die wtf.

"She sell sea shells by the sea shore" wtf.

Wei-Hwa's sashimi set which consist of super thick chunky sashimi, steam rice, chawan mushi, pickles and miso soup, RM55.

OMFG, looklooklook at the sashimi! Slurrppp~ I got hungry by just thinking and looking at this!


Tuna tuna tune to the tone don't you laugh cos I'm trying to rhyme.


1, 2, 3 SMILE Mr. Tuna Tune Tone... :p

Our side dish: Chicken katsu ni (deep fried chicken cooked with eggs). One word to describe my feeling the moment I took the first bite: scrumptiously yummy to the max! Opps, that's more than a word. Haha... :D Happy birthday to me, 7 July (I'm not telling you the year).

I am absolutely sleepy right now I wanna go to sleep cos I am working tomorrow *darn* I don't wanna put the full stop to this sentence and this sentence turning very lengthy indeed *nah* Barbie told me she will like it anyway *weewangwang... weewangwang* my head starter to spin round and round I think I really need to get going hmmm when should I place the full stop *damn* I can't go to sleep if I go on and on like this I better make up my mind quick on where to put now or else I will be typing this forever *hey* it's the Hungry Ghost Month and it's 10 minutes to 12 midnight now I better snooze off cos I'm scared of ghost wtf who doesnt you tell me good night.

Underwater World, Langkawi

Great news: More photos coming right up!
Bad news: My pace are so slow, I believe that I'll blog on Langkawi for the rest of the year! :( I really need to speed it up, I think 99% of you got bored to death. Hey, I haven't start ranting about whole trip yet! *Argh~ don't toss rotten eggs please!*
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If you ever come over to Langkawi, one place you must visit (and regret later) is the Underwater World. Ehem ehem, and according to their official website:

Come and discover Underwater World Langkawi, Informative and Fascinating. Take a virtual tour of Underwater World Langkawi, voted Malaysia's Best Man-made Tourist Attraction in the prestigious 1996/1997 Tourism Malaysia Awards! Visit our website and discover this one-of-kind aquarium in Asia, located on the legendary isle of mystical Langkawi.

Ehem ehem!!! One-of-kind aquarium in Asia? :o What about Singapore's Underwater World? I've been to Singapore's Underwater World, and Malaysia's "masterpiece" is nothing compared to them! Ah, try Aquria KLCC instead. :)

But anyway, as a Malaysian, I will support Malaysia's "one-of-kind aquarium in Asia" no matter what. But in the end of my round, I'm regret, disappointed, dissatisfied and unhappy.

We're hungry, we head to the nearest restaurant.
Vanakam, welcome to Palace of India~ :$


Extra decor items to add to the Indian-ness fell.


Cheese naan, onion naan, and some-real-yummy-chicken-that-I-forgotten-the-name. This is the problem you will face IF you left your post backdated too long!


This. Is. Yummy!!! I craved for more~

Both cheese naan and onion naan looked exactly the same from the outside. Therefore, I shall not waste my battery, energy, and 38-ness to take heaps of picture on NAAN, so I opt for 1 picture of Mr. Handsome Naan.

I love this picture cos I looked thinner, my face looked slimmer, complexion is brighter (lol~ cos I put "lighter skin tone" feature wtf) and everything looks better.


This is where I looked slimmer and I am loving it wtf.

Off off here we go to the "amazing" Underwater World, Langkawi...

Set on 6.2 acres of land on the superbly landscaped beachfront of Pantai Cenang , Underwater World is one of the largest marine and freshwater aquaria in Asia. It features over 5,000 varieties of fish and other exhibits from 500 species displayed in over 100 tanks. Highlights include the gigantic hexagonal tank and walk—through tunnel tank containing six million litres of sea water. Here you can observe sharks, stingrays, huge turtles and other sea creatures swim by, separated from you only by the laminated clear glass walls of the tunnel.

Oklah, I admit it, I'm damn lazy to do the review, so I mai copy and paste lor... ;) Most reviews I read online were negative! Pictures are so random cos there are basically nothing I can snap on. Everything is so blah.

Random random pictures coming right up!!! :x

Stingray... *slurrp* Ikan pari bakar (barbequed stingray) is so yummy!





I love this fish cos he's so tulan looking!

White hammer-head sharks which have gone cuckoo (I think) cos he has been swimming rounds and rounds and rounds...

White swan. Singular. Not plural. Pink flamingos on the other side.

The lazy anaconda. I hate the movie Anaconda shown in the big screen few years back. I hate how they portray the Anaconda as a vicious snake who is always hungry and can never be satisfied. The real anaconda is actually very slow on land. They can go very fast only on water. And once they are full, they will hibernate until they got hungry again. That is when they'll look for food. Not like what they shown in the movie - ala man-eating-machine wtf.

Took the picture of the palm tree cos I dunno what else to take.


Random noisy bird.

Psst... and did anyone noticed that I got lazy and didn't put the"Mei Wah" in the photos anymore? Kekeke... speaking of laziness, I'm a good example.

Random parrots. *duh*


Random bunch of fishies in a greenish-packed-full-of-moss aquarium.


Flamingos. I believe that they are actually taking their nap!


Angsa Putih = Muted Swan.
Aren't muted means bisu? Then it should be called Angsa Bisu in Malay wtf.


Red eyed monster~


*Cheng cheng cheng... dirty aquariums ladies? Have no fear, the Moss Man is here! Guaranteed to clean the moss off your aquarium, or your money back!*

My favorite animal - seal. I actually cried when I saw them swimming from left to right, and back from right to left. Continuously. Whole day. The area are so small, they have no other place to explore. :( I am damn sure they miss their REAL home. And I saw the other seal (injured, on the land) CRYING!

What do future lies for them? Sigh... The man at the back were spraying away their pee and shits, into the pool!


And what they did? Jump into the pool of their very own pee and shits. Poor penguins.


I can't believe myself that I actually shed tears for the seal and penguins.


Seal said, "Save my home. Recycle and stop using plastic bags! Sob... sob... :(".


"Have you found my son, Nemo?"


"Oh, you are looking for your son, Elmo!!!"
Wtf, I am being so random random.

This is the low-cost aquarium. Fill it with water, put some motor, fishes, stones, chemical etc etc, and as decoration - place 2 log and tadaa... :D "One-of-kind aquarium in Asia".

This is even more pathetic: 1 aquarium with 1 stingray, accompanied with 2 plastic seaweeds decorations.


"She sells sea shells by the sea shore..."






Mini park which has nothing worth to look about.


Koi fishes which are so common...


Very very cute kind of mini-crab! Don't you think so? :$


Puffer fish that did not puff.


Ugly geli tentacles... Eww~~~ :#


And some hairy fat crab species who's waiting for his beloved to come out of the hole and forgive him wtf.




Neon yellowish-greenish fish!


Umang-umang (what do you call this in English?) who changes their shells as often as we change our clothes!


Same critters, different clothes.






Dory said, "I think I found Elmo!".
Who doesn't know what am I talking about? Who didn't watch Finding Nemo???


Dory said, "I think Elmo's over therrreeeee..."


Nemo's over heeerrreeee!!! I think I've been TOO random this time. Better stop it.


I love this shot the MOST! Fragile, yet deadly. ;)






Another tulan looking fish.




Ugly looking octopus to end this trip!

Phew... that's the end of it! :) For you who have been to Singapore's Underwater World (or any other place's Underwater World), please don't waste your time, money and precious fuel to come to Langkawi's. It's a total regret.

Read the following Yahoo Travel reviews (some positive, mostly negative) from other visitors:

A complete waste of time

By Spanimal, 06/11/08

Most of the big fishes here had died. Very poorly managed place. Cost about US$13 to get in. But needs to have a little more stuffs to see. I strongly discourage anyone from wasting your money here and breaking your heart here.

Try Aquaria in KLCC. Top notch!

Nothing New

By A Yahoo! Contributer, 04/16/08

Nothing big for me and I've seen it all before. I suppose its good on Langkawi because there isn't actually much to do on the island.

Very Good

By A Yahoo! Contributer, 03/06/08

There are many aquatic animals in this place, even greater than Aquaria in KL.And is a place for your research(if you are a student).It's busy during the school holiday and public holiday.

Love the Penguins.

By Asha M, 09/15/07

The Underwater World in Langkawi is a must-see attraction in this idyllic island. Conveniently located near Pantai Cenang (where a string of hotels are nearby) it is a fun trip for the kids to learn about not only the fishes, but nature in general. Your journey begins with a walk into a flora and fauna enclave, there are flamingos and parrots amongst them. Next, you go through rows of aquarium, various fishes on display including piranhas! There is a tunnel where you can walk along with the fishes swimming above your heads, this will thrill the kids. The highlight of this place is the Penguins. You can watch them eat, walk that famous walk or just stand and stare. It's very cold where they are, only thing missing is the ice cap!

Place to Hide from the Sun

By Chao Chih, 04/17/07

Nothing much to see, most of the fish or animal you can see anywhere easilly. It is too espensive for Malaysia RM28. This is a good place to visit if out there is very hot sun. The Free Tax shop next door is a ideal place to shop before leaving. The price is average lower then the free tax shop at Kuah town.

kidi stuf

By nasrseer, 04/09/06

For me its a new experiance, for my wife it was one of the best things in Langkawi, therefore it depends on your liking and dislikings. there is only one special thing over there and that thing is there tunel acquarium, but you can find even a bigger one in Kuala Lumpur (Suria KLCC).

FANTASTIC!!! A MUST SEE !!!

By A Yahoo! Contributer, 04/05/06

One of the best places we visited on our holiday to Malaysia. It is a bit pricey to get in but dont let this put you off a very worth while visit. REALLY!

The set up is fantastic, informal and relaxed you feel as if you are on another planet the entire time you are in there. So many different animals, fish, reptiles etc to see. A great place ...