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Jasmine is in Town!

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OMG it's been like, what, years!!! I think we last met was at 1U / One World Hotel when Ashton was still a baby! OMG time flies like it doesn't give a damn! It was such a surprise because: 1) I didn't know she was visiting Penang; 2) I didn't even know she was coming back to Malaysia for CNY!!! OMG failed big time! The night before, I saw her Insta-stories with Ashton and a backdrop that read 'Hard Rock' then I was like, OK maybe they went to the Hard Rock in other countries, but nope! It was hours later when I realized it was Hard Rock Penang ah wei!!! 迟钝到~~ Without a second thought, I WhatsApp and flew all the way to see her the next morning! Hard Rock is located at the very end of Penang Island okay? Both hubz and I shared the same expression in different times when we learned that they were at Hard Rock. The minute I arrived at Hard Rock, we (being me, Kaima, and Jas + Ra!) went to the 'nearby' foodcourt to tapao lunch, 'nearby&#

Moon Gate, Penang, Malaysia

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A hike up Moongate 5 in Penang Island back in March. I was with the same crowd, FH and Chai Ling, whom I went to Pantai Kerachut aka Monkey Beach hike with the addition of a new friend - Teng. The entrance of the hill is located at the Penang Botanical Garden, very easy to find with the awesome entrance gate out front, and parking is actually by the roadside (let's hope no saman). We started hiking pretty late actually, 11am. Please take note that most hiking trips I participated in started in the wee hour in the morning, some even started at 4am! I was afraid of the scorching sun but thankfully the hill has a lot of tall trees and shaded areas that I barely feel the sun. The heat - Yes, but the burning part - Nope. The trail is quite long but relatively easy, most of the trails are the cement stairs which I dislike as I feel the impact on the knee, still prefer earth ground. I don't know how to describe the mechanism but going up the stairs vs going up on the gro

Updates

Wow, I've neglected you for so long, sorry... Now that I work as a web novel translator, I have to type so many stories that I feel a little guilty if I do other things, especially writing, that doesn't earn money LOL. So, there goes my storytelling hobby too. Also, ever since I took up the translator job, I don't feel like blogging too haha, although I don't have many stories to blog about because I hardly go anywhere and do anything. Nonetheless, here are some quick updates: 1) Have been job-searching (engineering, lecturing, and so forth) since last July to no avail, only been called to ONE interview so far. I've applied everywhere and through every channel: Jobstreets, 'cables' (help from my social network, recommendations from friends & my Ph.D. supervisor, some even help me forward my resume), so on so forth. No means no. 2) In the middle of the job-searching fiasco, I bumped into a job ad on Instagram about a freelance translator post fr