October is Tomorrow!

My initial post was too depressing. I can't even finish the whole thing. I was crying like a baby as I go along. It was a departing letter that I wrote to my parents. Yes finally I am leaving Sabah again, and this time its for real and not just talk the talk only.

It was so last minute, and I don't think both of my parents have the time to digest it yet. They look super calm to me and I was the one that couldn't hold my tears. I love my parents, very much. Growing up as Daniel Chiam, life can be very lonely almost every time. My family is all I have.

Enough about making myself look bad! I'll post the mail soon once I get the chance to finish it. As for the moment lets enjoy some beautiful pictures! Haha its a treat for the guys.

Are You Ready For Marriage?

by Daniel Chiam

A few friends and I bump into a teacher who used to teach us back in high school. So we spend a few minutes of our time to catch up with him and guess what... all three of us get more than what we ask for, haha.

He took the opportunity to give each of us advise about getting married, life and money. It was a very fruitful conversation and tho I disagree with some of his opinions but its still make sense and understandable.

Cikgu noticed that a lot of his former student is getting married at a very young age, and most of them didn't end up well in their marriage. So he was telling us to take our time, to experience life and at the same time to build our own life first before even thinking about getting married.

This Week Update

Dear Kevin:

I guess I'll be mailing you my update on every weekend. Its something I usually do back in CG last time. It didn't go on long enough to become a habit back then, hopefully it will be one this time, cause its really a great way to keep track of myself.

Nothing much happened to me this week considering that I'm still jobless. Looks like the Samsung has switched to a different company which handles its HR department, and they gave me a call again about the opening for their new branch here in Keningau. She asked me to send in my resume. So I did and then thats that. No news after that.

New Born

Dear visitor:

Yesterday, another friend of mine just gave birth to a new baby boy. He is so adorably cute!

In fact, last week I just went to celebrate a friend's baby full moon, which I was the one who accompany the dad to fetch baby Carson out of the hospital last month :D

So, lately I've been around a lot with babies and toddler. Being around them I do have a lot of fun. I get to play with them, do all the silly thing, make funny faces and sometimes talks funny too. I get to do all the fun stuff with them and I don't have to change their diapers, feed them, or handle them when they are crying, and that makes it so much easier for me to enjoy a presence of a young one, haha.

Very Much Pissed Off

Dear Kevin:

I'm really pissed off with whoever person in charge of the interview between Samsung and me. They are really a son of a gun!

One phone call after another they keep passing me around like a ball, and finally I've reached someone who doesn't know a shit of what's going on. So I stop calling and refuse to be treated like a desperate college dropouts who's willing to die for a job.

Steve Jobs the Scrooge

Dear visitor:

Until yesterday, I really didn't know that you can actually send an email to Steve Jobs and that he would actually reply your mail. I am very impress that a man in his position really care so much about what do people personally have to say about his product.

I mean he could have hired an 'impostor' to do the work for him (well he does have a PA) and yet he choose to do it personally. So how do a super busy guy like him actually reply all those fans mail? Short, not sweet and super simple!

Persimpangan Jalan

Dear visitor:

Kadang kala perjalanan hidup boleh menjadi sangat menakutkan. Terutamanya bila kita berada di persimpangan jalan. Keliru dengan pilihan yang ada dan gentar dengan kesilapan yang mungkin berlaku.

Kita hanya inginkan kepastian, kepastian bahawa kesilapan tidak akan berlaku, kepastian yang segalanya akan berjalan baik dengan pilihan yang bakal kita buat.

Change is Unchangeable

Hi yann:

Lama dah kita tidak berbalas surat. Rasanya tulis menulis surat tu sudah menjadi 'things of the past'. Haha, walau macam mana pun, saya tetap happy dapat berkenalan dengan kawan macam yann melalui surat. So, nak update la sikit tentang kejadian Raya tahun ni :D

Raya tahun ni taklah semeriah raya-raya tahun yang sudah. Sedih juga hati ini bila mengenangkan kembali apa yang terlah berlaku. Dulu kalau nak beraya, kawan-kawan pasti ramai yang berkumpul, malah kami membuat rombongan untuk melawat dari rumah ke rumah kawan-kawan yang lain untuk beraya. Kadang-kadang tu 10 orang pun boleh sumbat dalam satu kereta, haha.

Movie in 3D

Dear Kevin:

How are you bro? Its been a busy week for me lately. A lot of travelling and hell lot of expenses too, haha.

So last week just before we went to Simpang Mengayau at Kudat, we spend a night in KK and after a super long while I've been absence from the cinema, I manage to persuade everyone to go for a movie that night. Resident Evil: Afterlife in 3D baby!

Simpang Mengayau, Kudat, Sabah

Dear visitor:

Simpang Mengayau also known as The Tip of Borneo is one of the most beautiful place to visit in Sabah. Its located almost 15km from the town of Kudat and almost 3 hours drive from the city of Kota Kinabalu. It could be a very tiring journey but the view is to die for!

Simpang Mengayau itself is a station and a landmark which indicate that you have already been to the tip of Borneo. The view there is astonishingly breath taking. The sea is as blue as the sky and the breezing wind is so refreshing when it touches your skin. Close your eyes and enjoy the moment, for which at that moment I really felt the place is heaven on earth.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA from room8five

Dear visitor:

I just wanted to personally wish each and everyone of you,

May the spirit of 1Malaysia fill us all in this in this wonderful celebration of Aidilfitri. 

Saya juga ingin memohan maaf jika selama ini ada tersilap cakap dan terkasar bahasa. Maaf Zahir dan Batin. 

You all have fun! Visit those open houses of friends and family and forget not those who is unfortunate. Be good people =)

Until next mail, bye for now =)

Yours truly:

daniel chiam from room8five

You CAN Make A Difference!

Citizen of Keningau:

I think most of us know what actually is going on around us. Why do the city plant trees and then cut them down again. Why is the weather unbearably hot during the day.  Why trees just disappear from the forest and no one really care about it.

That's right we know but we just don't care about it. When its time to take action, when it time to educate ourself about the importance of preserving and improving the environment, we would just give up and tell ourself that its no use, that we are powerless against the people who are responsible in causing the damages.

Rahmadan is Bliss

Dear Zummy:

Its almost the end of the fasting month already and everyone is super excited about celebrating Raya, but before that, Rahmadan is definitely a bliss to me and at the same time it has done a lot of damages too, haha.

Its a good thing if I tag along and join our Muslim friends to fast during the day. I read a lot that its a good method of dieting because it allow the stomach to have a rest and at the same time you reduced your food intake from what you normally do.

Different Group Has Different Approach II

Dear Kevin:

I noticed that you have dropped by and reading the mail that I've wrote for Andrew, thus you are wondering am I doing okay or not. Well, I'm doing fine. Not great, but just fine.

It turns out that the trip wasn't so bad after all. All of us did manage to have a great time and we've done something totally memorable that will eventually be remembered and will be talk about from time to time in the future, haha. Well, thats another story to be told in another mail.