Ashmara

"Lord Emanias, please rise"

"With pleasure your Graces" bowed Emanias as he rose from his seat "Your Graces know of the affairs of the land, much trouble is boiling in central Antia,"

"With all due respect Lord Emanias, there is no problem in Antia other than that of your own fancy," The High Prophetess spoke in the lull of a song, through the breeze of her ornamented fan. "Honestly, if there was any trouble in Antia, the Sacrisanc council would have been informed eons ago through the messengers"

"Lady Shardina, it is rude of you to interupt me whilst I was delivering my report. In any case, it appears that the prying eyes of your messengers have conveniently missed out the unrest in Antia, the state of the Nevians? There is great tension between the Ashmarans and Nevians,"

"I am completely astonished that you would doubt my messengers and imply such an appaling thing! Honestly, Emanias, there is no ill will in me. Only the will of the Shaddai through the Shaddai's chosen ones the 4 Sancrosses(blessed forever)!"

"We MUST send help to Antia NOW! Send forth Medics, Helpers and Guardsmen from the Cathedral of Apocalypse. The people are suffering and a civil war may start should we wait any longer!"

"This is preposterous Emanias! Sit down! Do not display such words and acts of contempt in the presence of the Sancrosses(blessed forever)! Our fine warriors should be reserved for times of war and we have even yet to verify you report," Suddenly concious of her tone, she continued "If anyone needs to be sent, we shall send the Strong-towers to terminate any trouble there might be"

"No more of this Lady Shar-"
"Enough of this!" rang the crystal voices of the 4 Sancrosses in unison "Let there be no quarrel in our pressence and in the presence of the Shaddai"
"My apologies you Graces, your servant begs your pardon."
"You may continue with your report,"
"Thank you your Graces, as I have said, we urgently need to send as many civil servants as possible to help and calm the people of Central Antia. And let there be peace making between the Nevians and Ashmarans,"

For a short moment, the Sancrosses gazed at each other, a silent discussion. Then they turned back and spoke.

"Unfortunately, Lord Emanias, we cannot grant your request. We cannot verify the report you gave"
"Your Graces! Do not treat your servant with such doubt. Go to Central Antia and see for yourself your Graces"
"Enough is said Lord Emanias, please be seated. We refuse your request,"
"Then so be it your Graces! I can see that the presence of the Shaddai has left the Hallowed Citadel. All ye Sacrisancs are corrupt with greed and power"
"Enough Lord Emanias"
"Ye Lords and Ladies pervert justice and distort the word of the Shaddai"
"ENOUGH! Lest you be punished most severely!"
"Enough? I hereby abdicate my place in the Sacrisanc council! This is no place to serve the Shaddai or even the people!" Emanias stripped off his divine diadem and tossed it to the ground where it shattered across the Grand Hall.

"How unfortunate that Lord Emanias should depart from us," Uttered Sancross Gamaliel
"Indeed, very unfortunate" resounded the voices of the other three
"The poor chap, he does not know what he is doing" whispered Lady Shardina, a sinister smile curled across her face.

Malaysia Trip

I just arrived and it's Christmas time in KL!!! look at all the fancy deco! They even had a sit on santa's lap session which we dun have in a certain childhood-deprived place, KIDDING haha but all the deco was still quite meaningless if you ask me. They did not have the first sillable of Christmas. Christmas in Singapore RAWKED.FISH REFLEXIOLLOGY!! so fun! the feeling was like hundreds of little mouths nibbling on your feet. Haha , look at my bro's emaciated face. This was an authentic Korean BBQ restaurant run by real Koreans. SUUUUPER nice:Dand of course, how can you say you've been to KL without trying the famous Bak Kut Tehdun go to the kitchen though, or you might just lose your appetite:PCHRISTMAS DINNER!!!!!! By my mom no less!!! YUM!!! Roast Turkey with special stuffing and Lobster Angel's hair pasta.A plate of turkeyCarving a work of artand of course, which Christmas dinner would be complete without a log cake?:DPRESENTS!!! YAY!!!
haha The next day we went to Cameron highlands. These are a few shots of itthe lobby of the hotel we stayed inthe hotel buildingsThen we went to a tea plantation. IT WAS MESMERIZINGthen we went to this place FILLED with flowers and we could have teas and muffins among them.afterwards we went to a rose garden.roses are redand pink and whiteand blue and indigo and violet:Dthen it's the bee farm buzzbuzzthe bee's home, each of those boxes got a queen. haha reminds me of the line from "Bee Movie": "That's no Queen! It's a guy in a dress! It's a drag queen...."
After the bees it's the birds!!! nah it's the butterfliesthe butterflies here are really friendly! either that or they have completely lost the will to live...They got snakes too!!We even got to see a butterfly struggling to get out of its coccoon, so cool.After that we had dinner at a local steamboat place the view was gorgeousafter that we went to Smokey's, a rustic style hotel come restaurant openned by the westerners who once settled here. It was really homey and really niceWe were waiting here for ONE HOUR for a table, thankfully the scenery was good and the food was.........mouthwatering, I ordered roast lamb shank in french style I thinkhaha the BB guys will love the next picThen it was time to go to our hotel, another rustic hotel aptly named......Bala's!! no pun intendedthe hotel was reeeeeallly nice, all of us were staying in small housesthe Scones were SUBLIME, add milk tea and a table atop of a hill and it's PERFECT.After Cameron Highlands we headed to Penang but made a quick pitstop at Ipoh. I dunno but the sky in Ipoh was unnaturally blue. It was beautiful but weird somehowOf course, we tried the famed Ipoh horfun. It was NOTHING like Singapore one. I didnt particularly like it cuz of it's slimeyness and the thick sweet and pungent sauce.The Penang bridge, ooh the next pic is super funny.Specially dedicated for wimps!!!!! look out, that guy at table 5 looks like he's about to give you a wedgie!!!we stayed at a hotel called "g hotel" the name is just gThat night, we went to a local hawker centre to try out all the local delicacies such as Kway Teow, Laksa, Satay and so on. This particular shot was taken at a Lok Lok shop. beats S'pore hawkers hands down!Next day we went to some clan house. AS expected they got plenty of traditional and antique cheena stuff in there and some pretty scary pictures as well. I think Jordon would love this place:pYay! this is more of my kind of thing! The St George's Cathedral, it was beautifulThen, we headed towards the fruit farm, and on the way, stopped by this waterfallfruits! so much fruits!!His royal Highness!! The King of Fruits!!The cactus fruit
The tree cursed by Jesus or rather, it's great great great great great great great great great great great great grand nephew's great great great great great great grandchildFruit buffet!Fruit Juice!!! they had this strange red fruit which looked like a sharpe-edged paprika but is as small as a cherry, when they blended it with together with the other fruits the taste was so fresh and tropicalThen we went to another butterfly farm in Penang. the butterflies here had more life though hahalook it's my distant cousin!!and these are Ben's distant cousins hahais that a tribes person? or an insect? you decidehaha just a fun shot outside the farm. We even bought this Beautiful encased butterfly which is at my house nowAfter that we went to the toy museum. They had all sorts of toys! new and old. My brother and I even saw alot of toys we used to play with when we were children! the nostalgia....sigh....

Gawsh... I used to have at least 4/5 of these when I was younger

Well that brings us to the end of the Malaysia trip and a start of a new year!! Happy NEw YEar!!!