Ringing Into 2010 from 2009

A decade has passed through since the days of Millennium@Y2K. The day of 1st January 2010 hits the bell around the world with people of all walk of life are looking forward to a better year; more prosperous, more success and more happiness. To begin, The Journals would like to wish every reader a "Happy New Year 2010!" As for this post, I would like to recall back what's the happening last year as we drew close the curtain of 2009. Let's roll the dice :)

Your truthfully was featured in MH Blog twice with his posts
entitled Growing Up with MAS and
Insight of TAME with METC
in the month of August and November respectively.
If you miss out the post, no worry,
just follow the links below ...
Thanks for all your supports :)

Link 1,
Link 2

Year 2009 Hari Raya was crazy.
We went for a Raya's convoy by visiting 7 houses in 18 cars altogether.
Distance travelled was close to 250km covering areas
particularly in Sepang and Nilai.
Food was delicious and tasty,
thanks to the warm welcome by hosts
of our fellow colleagues :)

Link 1

We soared high in the sky with their fascinating
yet exhilarating airshow by F-16 Hornets Thunderbirds
from the USAF in the month of October.
We were indeed very lucky to have the
best VIP site for the airshow
- what to ask more if you were just in front of the aircraft itself.
Great show, great performance,
definitely it is a boomz!

I have also moved to new place now;
no longer staying in Kelana Jaya,
but to a different area in Shah Alam.
Located about 15 minutes drive to Subang Airport,
it is somehow rather the same distance from my old place.
I am now residing in Shah Alam Section U5 with
my housemate, Wei Liang from Penang.

Basic training in METC has been completed with the end of
Category B2: Avionics courses in the month of November 2009.
13 modules altogether were held in the bag,
thanks to God's blessing, I managed to overcome all of them.
2 years of full structured On-Job Training (OJT)
will continue in MAS Engineering & Maintenance
alongside Type Courses.

My batch mates (TAME 71B2) and I
are given the opportunity to do B737-800 Type.
Woah, it will be a new challenge for all of us.
This B737-800 is a new variant of New Generation (NG) aircraft.
MAS has recently bought about 38 of this aircraft;
currently there are 2 in operation,
the rest will be delivered soon by the year of 2010 October.
Indeed, I was glad to be selected for this type;
B737 is just the right stepping stone to start familiarize
with complicated aircraft's systems.

Bought new lens, an Konica Minolta 50mm Prime Len
and a Cybertik DF MZ45 Flashgun to add to my Sony Alpha 200.
Year of 2009 was not so much of photography
due to hectic schedule, but, nevertheless,
there are still some pictures to show off with ...
Lolz :)

With KM 50mm, the depth of field is so tempting!
Sharpness is never a down point with this prime lens.
This prime lens has the ability to go as low as F1.7,
suitable for low-light condition.
Haha :)

Sunset photgraphing session in Lundu Beach
Love the colour of the blue sky :)

Celebrated my 22nd birthday at home with
mum and dad for the first time after I came to KL.
All this while, my fellow colleagues have been singing
"Happy Birthday" song to me,
but, not this year.
Haha :)
Sister, Karen and brother, Kelvin
bought me a special made Chocolate Vanila Tiramisu Cake
with a MAS colored B747 colored on it.
Woah! Best ever present I had gotten ...
Thanks to my family.
Love 'ya all :)

December 2009 was the month of festive season and holidays.
Most of the public holiday fell on Friday,
hence, we had decided to head down for a road trip to
Malacca, the Historical Town.
Located to the southern side of Peninsular Malaysia,
148km from Kuala Lumpur,
the drive took us a total of 2 hours.
Malacca Town has been listed as
UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7th July 2008.
No actual purpose for this trip;
we just wanna to get loose ourselves after
completing our examinations in college,
yes, it is free-and-easy, relax-and-cool trip.
Haha :)
Local food and delicacies were of course in our target list;
Durian Cendol, Coconut Ice Blended,
Hainan Chicken Rice Ball and Satay Celup Lok-Lok
were all checked and done!
Your trufully was standing in front of the Maritime Museum,
the replica of Frol de La Mar Ship.

Walking into the year 2010,
let's all pray for the best of year to come ...
Set your goals, set your resolutions,
and work towards achieving your dreams of tomorrow!

With love,
always and forever ...

Cheers,
KeithK :)