2009 In Pictures...

JANUARY

Crazy moment with Sok Nee and Kenny at 21st Century! The only time we went drinking together and can never be forgotten

Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. The first African-American to be elected President and the 4th youngest man to ever hold the Office. The first was Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President in 1901, who assumed Office after the death of President William McKinley. He was just 42. The second is John F. Kennedy, the 35th President, elected in 1960 at the age 43. The third is Bill Clinton, the 42nd President, elected in 1992 at the age 46. Obama was 47 when he was elected in 2008

Hillary Clinton as former First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 inaugurated as the 67th United States Secretary of State in January, 2009. She is the wife of former President Bill Clinton. She also served as a US Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. To this date, she was the only former First Lady in the history of the country to be actively involved in American politics.

FEBRUARY

My first and last Prom Nite in UTAR. Was awesome! Meet lots of new people and damn I love my outfit!

It was the first outing I did with this cool chick I met in UTAR named Ashleigh Errolene Goh

and her cousin Sherry Alexis

My first Valentine. It was the most beautiful moment in my life after long years of big mess.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became Iceland's first female Prime Minister in February 2009; she also became the world's first openly gay head of Government. Good luck to her! ;-)

April

Check out those moves man! Chun Ming and I rocked the stage with the dance from the film Honey; 'I Believe' during UTAR Drama and Public Speaking's event

BoomBoxx Bar Party organized by Ash and Emi. Elaine and I rocked the party all over...ended up with me getting extremely tipsy and you don't wanna know what happened after that :s

MAY

An overwhelming 6-day trip to the Incredible Kingdom of Cambodia with my papa and all the AFS students in Johor chapter

Awesome Gunung Ledang Waterfalls trip with Kazuma Abe and Jan Hilgenrainer, right after our trip from Cambodia

JUNE

You made the whole world to move! I danced because you danced. An extraordinary soul! Generations to come will scarcely find that such being like you, walked upon this earth with blood and flesh! Rest In Peace Mikey (1958-2009)

You will always remain in people's heart not only as Charlie's Angel as People's Angel. Rest In Peace Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)

JULY

I guess I would need to open a club for my Bitches as it's getting bigger and bigger!! Haha! Met this awesomely weird chicks named Joanna (top left), Lishia (below felt) and Suria (top right). These people rock to the max!! Glad I met them! ;-)

My first performance after 9 years! And I think I did well...though it was hard for me to catch up with the steps. UTAR Asian Cultural Society's Cultural Nite on July 4th.

My Queen Bitch's dramatic 22nd birthday party!! It was better than her 21st birthday party in 2008. Haha! Though she was not there to witness us most of the time and to witness the dramas too, as she saw the 'light' and followed it throughout the nite, we all did enjoy the party! Hehe! That was the day I found out another babe who could really party; Amelia Wong!! Never knew that she is good companion for drinking and dancing! ;-)

Check out those heels man! Damn! I never knew I'd pull through the nite! :s

Thats me! Miss J! Haha! Costume Party organized by Ash and Emi!

A farewell to AFS Johor's YPnhSC' 2008/2009. After an 11-month of life as Malaysians, it was time to say goodbye to Lien, Jan, Sara and Pascal! We had great time together... ;-)

Walter Cronkite an American anchorman died on July 17, 2009. He was a famous anchorman for CBS News. He was the first person to relay the news of the assassination of President Kennedy to the American people and the world in November, 1963. He was also popular for his Nuremberg Trials coverage, Vietnam War, 1968's Presidential Primaries and Elections, Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis coverages. The Beatles' first American TV broadcast and interview was with Mr. Cronkite. Rest In Peace Old Ironpants!

Robert S. McNamara was the 8th US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 under President Kennedy and President Lyndon Johnson. He was considered the most controversial political leader of the 20th Century due to his policy-making with President Johnson for Vietnam War. He eventually resigned his position as Secretary of Defense in 1968 due to an extreme opposition by the American public as Vietnam War did not come to an end. Vietnam War was considered the greatest error in the history of American foreign policy!! McNamara died on July 6, 2009. Rest In Peace Mr. Secretary!

August

Eunice Kennedy Shriver died on August 11, 2009. She was the sister of both murdered former US President John F. Kennedy and former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy. She was widely known as the founder of Special Olympics inspired by her disabled sister Rosemary Kennedy in 1962. She and her husband Robert Shriver successfully campaigned for John Kennedy in 1960's Presidential Election. Their daughter, Maria Shriver is married to then-actor Arnold Schwarzenegger who became the Governor of California in 2003.

Edward M. Kennedy (far right) shares laughter with his murdered brothers Jack and Bobby. He died on August 25, 2009, just 2 weeks after the death of his sister Eunice. He was the last surviving brothers of the Kennedy family and was the youngest among all the 9 children of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. He was a US Senator from Massachusetts serving for 46 years.

Chua with one of his weird actions... :s

Merdeka Weekend this year was celebrated in the paradise island of Langkawi! Well, it is only paradise due to its tax-free alcohol!! Haha! Of all the 19 people who gave their names for this trip, only 3 appeared!! Our all time Wonder Boy Jonny, Chua and me...but we also had Beate and Geertrui joining us. We had our own fun though! ;-)

A Visit by the Belgians. Wanted to meet Geertrui so badly and missed Beate as well. We stayed in Klang, then Concorde Hotel KL and walked around Bukit Bintang! ;-)

SEPTEMBER

The light of my life; the love of my life came to an end after a 1.3 years of a relationship. It takes a couple seconds to say Hello, but forever to say Goodbye

OCTOBER

This was the best Hari Raya open house I had in life! First, it was held in UTAR Block C's cafeteria. Second, the party was thrown in by Mr. Afi Roshezry!! Third, it's Mr. Afi!!! The coolest lecturer I had in UTAR!!

Celebrated Diwali with my AFS students at my house, though I'm an Agnostic and never had a religion in my life! :s ...It was fun to host Aoi Ishiguro from Kuantan chapter. And as usual, Kazuma being the center of attention with his weird moves!! Haha! He would fly back to Japan on January 4, 2010. I'm gonna miss him dearly!! :-(

I had a tattoo!! Yay!! The Star of David. To commemorate the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust and along side all the other victims of the genocide. It is also a reminder for me and those people around me to remember that the Holocaust really happened, that the most civilized and cultured people allowed it to happen!! Such tragedies and traumas still happening, can be stopped and no child should ever experience this again! Let that be the current and the future world's work!! :-)

NOVEMBER

November 1, 2009: a date that will not be forgotten by all UTAR Kampar students! Kelly Yew, James Khor and Yew Ghim Chnieh drowned and washed away by a huge gush of water while swimming in the Batu Berangkai Waterfalls, Kampar, Perak. Our university is still a new branch of UTAR and this is the first tragic event occurred in our campus. Ghim Chnieh was a friend of mine. 3 days before he died, he asked me to invite him for the next party held in Eastlake, Kampar. Rest In Peace Ghim Chnieh and the others. :-(

Me and my horny look at the ballroom for the AFS training program at Hotel Royal, Penang

I was blessed to meet these 2 awesome chicks!! Hidaya and Ameera!! Went clubbing with them in Penang!

Looking like a Bangladeshi dude!! :s ...Thats me and 3 former Malaysian exchange students to Japan

Dr. Yahya and Etty Sulaiman awarded my mom as the 2009 Best Volunteer for AFS Johor in Penang

DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!

Christmas was insane! We walked around the residential area a little drunk! Then there was the police...we wished them Merry Christmas...and they're gone! :s