the days have begun ...

That's the view from my Crowne Plaza hotel room - perhaps on the side no one wants. You get that feel of being in captivity.

I got to Dublin for my MBA residential this morning, arriving at the airport at 10.30 local time (1 hour behind Switzerland). The sky is a gray and despite coming to the end of July, it's hardly 20 deg Celcius. Some believe it'd improve comes weekend .. let see.

The registration seems to suggest possibly 100 people will be participating, of which 5 from Switzerland .. me, and four others. On you mark, get set ... GO! Target Monday, big presentation!

Various photos from recent trip

A promotion girl at the World Cup party in Bukit Bintang

Air Asia plane getting ready to take off at LCCT

Air Asia plane close-up

Spectacular view of Hong Kong from within its airport

Need to renew your passport in Switzerland ?? Here is the answer

Hello The One,

Thank you for your email.

You have 2 possibilities of having your passport renewed, you come to the Embassy and fill up the application form (signed and thumbprinted), attach 2 passport size pictures with navy blue background (3.5 x 5 cm), bring your current passport and Malaysian IC, as well as your Swiss Permit. Additionally you have to bring the copy of the payment from your bank. Payment of 50 British pounds must be paid to:

Malaysian High Commission
HSBC Bank
19 Grosvenor Place
Hyde Park Corner
London SW1X7HT
UK
IBAN: GB 51 MIDL 40031711144979
BIC: MIDLGB 2106 N
Sort Code: 40-03-17
Account No. 11144979

We will forward your application to London and it will take about 3 weeks till your new passport gets processed and sent back to the Embassy.

Your other option would be to fly to London and have your passport renewed there, if you come in the morning, it will be ready by the afternoon.

Should you decide to have it done here, please call me up so I can set up an appointment for you.

If you have further queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.


kind regards,

Eva
Ms. E. Bernhard
Consular Section
Embassy of Malaysia
Jungfraustrasse 1
3005 Bern, Switzerland
Tel. 031 350 47 00/ 031 350 47 10 (direct)
Fax 031 350 47 02

Touching down in KK

Touching down in KK
Originally uploaded by arylana

What a hectic one week. In 7 days, I took 9 different flights !! Zurich - Amsterdam - Hong Kong - Wuhan - Beijing - KL - KK - KL - Amsterdam - Zurich.

Despite the short business trip I decided to still go to KK for a while to check on the progress of the renovation of my 1Borneo apartment - turned out to be a disaster! The cabinet and wardrobe looked like used units, the whole place a garbage dump site and no interior defects fixed. Both the site supervisor and my contractor got screwed hard - thoroughly deserved.

sepang 2005

sepang 2005
Originally uploaded by arylana

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want taste of home in Zurich??

No problem .. try this place - http://www.tiffins.ch
I heard it's own by a Malaysian dude. You can't find anything closer to what you get at home than what are served here. One of cooks is Malaysian - Aboy.

Flaunt it baby

Flaunt it baby
Originally uploaded by arylana

I'd always been wanting to visit the South of France - Cannes, Nice, St Tropez. Finally, it came through with cheap flights from Swiss.

The visit was literally an "eye opener". Bare boobs were just everywhere - all shapes, sizes and colours. I wouldn't be surprised if any half blind man regained his vision upon visiting the place.