Rumah Bahagia was the name given to our house when we first moved in into 641D, Jalan Delima, Taman Bukit Melaka. Initially, there were seven members and over the years, only five members had stayed throughout their study years in MMU Malacca campus.

The five members were Raymond, Gabriel, Sanjev, Vincent and myself.

Of course, the gang has its subsidiary members, Alexander, Chi Ho and Jeremy that also joined in every now and then.

It was our first official gathering since everyone bid farewell to each other and started their working life almost a year ago. It was rather an impromptu gathering as everyone was informed five to six days before the actual date for the gathering.

Due to my excellent planning, everyone arrived just on time for the 7pm reservation. Surprisingly, we have a 100% attendance record, even those who are working in Singapore, off-shores and Malacca took their time off to meet up at 1 Utama for a buffet at Shogun Japanese buffet restaurant.

It was also Sanjev’s birthday and the guys got him a bottle of liquor, which something I believe Sanjev would appreciate it greatly.

I shall dwell into the food at another post.

We entered the restaurant at 7pm sharp, with a table not too far from the food reserved for us. Quickly, everyone started to help themselves with the food and catch up with each other over stupid jokes, teases and more stupid jokes.

Group pictures inside the restaurant.

It was almost 90 minutes later when everyone had enough and decided to call it off and leave the restaurant; that followed by almost 20 minutes of crapping right outside the restaurant.

Introducing the Rumah Bahagia members and the gang.

That was only our first half of the gathering which we then continued at Bangsar, with a few more friends joining us. However, that will be another post for another day.

After numerous occasions on asking for my name cards, I decided to make one. At first, I was cool with not having a name card, as I didn’t see any reasons why I needed one. However, after accepting numerous freelance jobs, meeting higher ranking / position and wider “clients”, I think its time to have my own name card.

My designated graphic designer wasn’t free to help me out, so I had to engage another one’s help. Sad, but no choice. If you think you can do better, do drop in your designs.

Oh, anyone willing to donate? LOL.

I was standing at the newsstand waiting for a friend to pick me up when I chanced upon the word BlogMobbers. Not hesitating a single bit, I grabbed the copy and flipped through the magazine, looking out for the write up about the event that 15 bloggers and I took part in.

There, I was!

Allow me to hao lian 好恋, can or not?

I am not even 1/3 as popular as most celebrity bloggers out there.
My traffic barely touches the 1,000 visits per day mark.
10,000 unique visitors per month always seem to be a dream for my blog and me.

Like it or not, I don’t see myself as a celebrity blogger like Kenny Sia, Ringo Tan, Timothy Tiah, Shaolin Tiger, Kimberlycun, Fireangel, Suanie and the many more heavy weight bloggers in Malaysia blogsphere.

However, I think I am blessed with a lot of loyal and nice readers who never stop reading my blog over the years, treating me as good friends, buying me meals, baking me cookies and muffins, writing me snail mail and cards and even buying me gifts or souvenirs.

I woke up feeling drowsy due to insomnia during the previous night and saw a package sitting on top of my notebook. It was from Chong, a relatively new reader of mine who happens to use the same camera as me, Canon EOS 40D. We never meet up before.

Looking at the fragile sticker behind, I carefully opened the parcel and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the writings on the box.

B+W Circular Polarizer Filter for 67mm. This piece of glass, I estimated it to be somewhere around RM250 +- RM50.

The function of a CPL filter, an illustration I grabbed from Wikipedia would explain it clearly.

For the uninitiated, B+W is probably the best filter manufacturer around since the early age of cameras. It is considered a branded item and very well known among photographers. It is made in Germany and using brass. Hence, the excellent built quality and weight.

Inside the box, was a short note that reads, “Souvenir and be-late-d birthday gift from Singapore. Cheers, Chong.”.

Friend, while I truly appreciate the gift you got for me, isn’t the gift a little too expensive? I even feel guilty about it. I was merely joking about getting one for me as a souvenir while you were in Singapore. Honestly and seriously, thank you very much. It could probably be the best birthday gift I ever received so far. I owe you one, big time.