"heart4love” project

Yvonne Foong is a 20-year-old full of heart and soul.

She suffers from a genetically incurable disease called neurofibromatosis (NF) that has robbed her of her hearing and scarred her face. Sadly, Yvonne has NF2, the more rare form of NF with the characteristic of acoustic neuroma, where tumours grow on hearing nerves, impairing the ability to hear.

The computer became her window to the world as she scoured for information, and her search led her to Dr Rick A. Friedman, an expert in hearing preservation in acoustic neuroma treatment. He performed surgery on her for free in Los Angeles on Sept 13, 2004. Dr Friedman and the co-surgeon will not be charging me for removing the tumour and doing the implantation,” said Yvonne. Out of the RM230,000 (US$62,162) she needs, she has received RM63,581 (US$17,184) so far.

From selling T-shirts to giving motivational talks to organising a rock concert, Yvonne will do whatever it takes to make sure she does not burden her old-age parents with her operation expenditures.

Yvonne and her friends are also organising the Rock4Hope concert featuring Deja Voodoo Spells and A Day at The Zoo at the Sunway University College on Sept 9 under the "heart4love" Project. Tickets are at RM20 each.

“My journey is really tough but I need to travel this road because I yearn for a normal life. A life so normal that I will be able to pursue an active career in journalism, write books, give motivational talks and have my own family in years to come. All I ask for is a chance,” she said. (Extracted from The Star)

I like Yvonne's persistency and strong DREAMS as I always call for in everybody's mindset. If your dreams are powerful and big enough, it will bring you places. If you don't have dreams, you won't be going anywhere at all. Trust me!
Tags: heart4love, Neurofibromatosis, Sunway University College, Dream, Yvonne Foong, Rick Friedman

Nexus Residence

My dream villa at the Nexus Residence located at the peninsula of Karambunai in Sabah of Malaysia. The state of Sabah is part of the Borneo Island. The class, design, environment, landscaping and exclusiveness. Check it out. If you are getting one, remember to invite me for the house warming reception.

World renowned Hawaiian architects Wimberly Alison Tong & Goo (WATG) who were responsible for acclaimed works such as The Palace of the Lost City (South Africa), The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas, USA) and The Atlantis (Bahamas).

Click each of the resort (even the website is professionally done) and see for yourself those great places for your private getaway. Note: You will be requested to download the Adobe Flash Player 9 while entering the website.

Tags: Nexus Residence, Karambunai, Sabah, Property, Investment, Resort, Leisure

Little Man - movie review

Little Man – starring Shawn Wayans & Marlon Wayans brothers. About a couple of crooks who had stolen a big diamond and dumped it into a lady’s handbag while escaping. Meantime, this unsuspecting lady and her husband wanted a baby in their family. And the crooks came up with an idea to take the diamond back by one of them acting as a toddler (due to a crook’s size that looked like a toddler) left by someone at their front door.

Throughout the story, the “toddler” tried many ways to just take the diamond and get out of the house. A good comedy and the “toddler” sometimes forgot he’s supposed to be a toddler.
Tags: Movie, Review, Cinema, Little Man, Wayans Brothers, Comedy

Hong Kong TVB series

Men In Pain (a Hong Kong TVB TV series of 21 episodes) – starring Damian Lau, Ron Ng, Louis So, Toby Leung, Florence Kwok, Rebecca Chan, Johnson Lee. The story is mainly about a family man who works as a Project Manager in a large construction company largely responsible for 2 main projects. Back home he has to take care of his family and in-laws too. Pressurised further when he found out that his “mojo” couldn’t function.

His high ego brought his relationship with his wife deteriorated. His wife found out that he had an intimate relationship with another lady more than 10 years ago. Meantime, a big misunderstanding occurred between him and his newly married son/daughter-in-law. After being left alone, he tried to protect his wife and hoped to win her back before the divorce procedures are finalised.

Meanwhile, his brother-in-law (husband to his wife’s elder sis) also had problems with the wife. After challenging times at his company, he changed into a considerate/understanding man and the wife took him back. Very funny TV series and entertaining enough while spending my “time” in Sudan.
Tags: TVB Series, Hong Kong, Men In Pain, Review

America's Got Talent Contest

Winning the hearts of viewers , 11-year-old singer Bianca Ryan captured the $1 million prize Thursday night on the finale of America's Got Talent. Little Bianca Ryan gave her soulful performance of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart". I saw her singing session and felt truly amazed with the talent she has.
Judges for the first America's Got Talent were Piers Morgan, Brandy & David Hasselhoff with Regis Philbin as the host.
Tags: Bianca Ryan, America's Got Talent, Piers Morgan, Brandy, David Hasselhoff

Top Class Restaurants at Starhill Gallery

Top restaurants found at Starhill Gallery at the Feast Village.

Seafood is the flavour at Fisherman’s Cove, and here you have the option of cosy bamboo-lined booths in case a little privacy is desired.

Enak explores the continuum of Malay and Indonesian cuisine in a modern environment. MyThai presents the best influences of Thailand. Koryo Won sizzles with a Korean barbecue on every table.

Indian flavours are served in a colourful atmosphere created by beaded glass lamps at Vansh. The Middle-Eastern fare at Tarbush is served among images of camels and caravans. The mood switches to European at Sentidos Tapas bar and Norwegian Bakery Moments.

Meat eaters can fill up on the grills of Shook and Jake’s Charbroil Steak House. The menu at the Shook was as thick as a telephone directory. It took me quite some time to go through it. After going through, I had a tough time deciding what to eat. Lots of unique cooking style (Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Western) that will suit people all of ages. Pricey but for worth it for the food quality.

A breath of Hong Kong rushes out of the steamy kitchen at Pak Loh Chiu Chow but, for me, the highlights of them all are the dim sum and Cantonese specialities from an elegant menu at Luk Yu Tea House. Here you’ll also find a range of fine teas.

On the 3rd Floor of Starhill Gallery, there are two Japanese restaurants, namely Gonbei and Jogoya. Gonbei is mainly ala carte menu meanwhile Jogoya caters to big eaters like me, buffet style. As for Jogoya, if you go in a group of 10, you can reserve a room or a big table in the centre of the restaurant. There steel pegs on your table which has your table number engraved on it. Bring it along as you go round the whole restaurant to place your orders for food. If you think you like that cooking style/taste, place a peg at the bowl in front of the food sample. Food will be cooked and brought to your table. Food is definitely fresh and I took lots of the reddish raw salmon fish. Tiramisu and ice-creams gave a good ending to my dinner. For once, I can’t try all those food available.

Even the task of washing your hands takes on an element of luxury. The rest rooms are artfully lit spaces lined with sandalwood and sandstone. The wash basin is serviced by an attendant who pumps water along a bamboo aquaduct and hands you a fresh towel to dry off.
(main source: ytlcommunity)
Tags: Starhill Gallery, Feast Village, YTL Community, Food, Seafood, Restaurant, Dining, Cuisine, Kuala Lumpur

Colonial Days

During the colonial days the late Tunku Abdul Rahman and late Mahatma Gandhi were invited to a dinner by the queen at Buckingham Palace. While having dinner both of them noticed that the whole dining set was made of gold and it came to their minds to steal one of the spoons as a souvenir (It was very hard to find a gold spoon in Malaysia and India in those days).

In their attempts, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman managed to slip one of the spoons into his pocket and to pretend nothing happened. Everyone at the dinner was not aware of this except Mahatma Gandhi, who himself tried to steal a gold spoon but to no avail. He failed because everytime he tried to slip the spoon into his pocket there would be someone looking at him and asking him about India.

Finally Mahatma Gandhi came up with an Idea ! He stood up and asked the people for their attention and then said "Its a great pleasure for me to show you some magic from India......I will slip this gold spoon into my pocket now and after I clap my hands you will find this spoon in my honorable friend Tunku Abdul Rahman's pocket " .... !!
Tags: Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia, Mahatma Ghandi, India, Buckingham Palace, Gold