And so it happened that i went to see Guy Sebastian in action on Sunday...it was a good worship altogether, although i was a little taken aback when he showed up without his signature hair - Overpermed-explosion-like hair style...
Along with his brother Ollie Sebastian and worship leader Anna Button, and the team from his home church Paradise Community Church, Adelaide, they put up quite a spectacular show featuring songs composed by none other than his brother himself...
I was interested when the pastor extended his invitation for us to attend the annually conference, namely 'Influence' at his church in Adelaide...After my visit to Hillsongs Church, Sydney, i have been utterly impressed by the aussie's with the worship they come out with...I would definitely like to visit Australia again, and i plan to do so after my trip to NZ...apparently it's cheaper to fly from NZ to Aus...so, we'll see about that...
Due to insufficient sleep yesterday, i was quite tired during the concert and dozed off a couple of times when the pastor was sharing...and it was pretty warm inside the hall, triggering me to perspire...but all in all, they're all good, and we had a great time at GT...
But i digress...
Earlier while working, PAMELA GILDEY (fyi, she's a celebrity, she stars in CSI)called...she is actually one of the featured celebrity player in our games...and can u believe it, i picked up that call!! so she was telling me that she won a game playing yesterday and that she has not received her money...i talked to her for a while (30 minutes) and promised her i will credit the money into her account...geez, how cool was that? she's a very courteous woman who speaks humbly without any air at all...Needless to say, she has made my day...i dun mind working their time if i can get my chance talking to the celebs...Other featured celebrities include James Wood, Dennis Quiad, Matt Damon...among others...
Im still getting used to this star-studded games in which im supporting...i have the ability to give real money (US dollar) to players, issue them tickets and even chat with them in the lobby...This is not such a boring job after all...
Maybe i will stick around for a while...
Look forward to seeing other people celebrating deepavali and Raya...coz the city will be DESERTED...and i can enjoy myself shopping these few days...in peace...
Breaking NEWS.....FCUK is having sales up to 70%...go grab it, people...and dun spread the news around...we dun wanna bump into some1 from the street wearing the sames jeans and T-shirt rite? Dun wanna make the brand cheap...
With that said...Happy Halloween everybody...
Treats or Tricks? You tell me....
Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
puffy eyes...
Lately, people have been asking me if i have slept well, coz my eyes look swollen, and what's suppose to be the white area is no longer white in colour, i wouldnt be bothered about the black area though, since it changes colour all the time...lol...from green to turquoise to light blue to hazel to grey...constantly evolving into something new...
and so i was somewhat concerned, it just wont do walking around broad daylight looking like a zombie from residence evil...gosh, i hope i can get back to regular shift soon, this midnight thingy is taking its toll on me...it jz aint worth it...
I am pissed...i had to cancel a drinking session today so that i can rest at home before i go to work at 12am...i thought it was necessary to rejuvenate before i wear myself out...i can barely hold on anymore...i am weary...i wanna watch movies...i wanna drink some mai tai...i need time out....badly...
This morning i invited Edward over to O'brien's for breakfast, i ordered a BLT sandwich while he had his club sandwich...I always like breakfasting at O'brien's coz they serve really wholesome and hearty sandwiches, not unlike Oliver's...i like particularly edward's club, which is served of coz with the essentials (BLT namely bacon, lettuce and tomato), along with ham and cheddar...absolutely scrumptious...
Before O'brien was opened at the Curve, i frequent Coffee bean's breakfast, sometimes Delifrance, and totally avoid Mcdonald's breakfast altogether...which serve horrendous coffee and 'cheesy' scrambled eggs...i like particularly the salmon scrambled egg at CB, and the idea of free-flowing coffee...yeah, im a coffee person, that explains why i adore Bailey's, Kahlua and Amarula...
Nothing comes better than to have a cup of ice-blended caramel, grande, and a set of jigsaw puzzles...i think im gonna get one set this weekend, just to add to my collection of jigsaws...but i wont get it from Jigsaw Puzzle World though, it's too expensive, and im currently saving my travelling fees...perhaps i will try getting one at one of the bookstores...
geez...i dun look forward to working tomorrow night at all...can you imagine getting off work at 8am and go straight to church like devil from hell? Im sure, however...that God will give me the strength i need to get to His temple...
I really need a new job...
and so i was somewhat concerned, it just wont do walking around broad daylight looking like a zombie from residence evil...gosh, i hope i can get back to regular shift soon, this midnight thingy is taking its toll on me...it jz aint worth it...
I am pissed...i had to cancel a drinking session today so that i can rest at home before i go to work at 12am...i thought it was necessary to rejuvenate before i wear myself out...i can barely hold on anymore...i am weary...i wanna watch movies...i wanna drink some mai tai...i need time out....badly...
This morning i invited Edward over to O'brien's for breakfast, i ordered a BLT sandwich while he had his club sandwich...I always like breakfasting at O'brien's coz they serve really wholesome and hearty sandwiches, not unlike Oliver's...i like particularly edward's club, which is served of coz with the essentials (BLT namely bacon, lettuce and tomato), along with ham and cheddar...absolutely scrumptious...
Before O'brien was opened at the Curve, i frequent Coffee bean's breakfast, sometimes Delifrance, and totally avoid Mcdonald's breakfast altogether...which serve horrendous coffee and 'cheesy' scrambled eggs...i like particularly the salmon scrambled egg at CB, and the idea of free-flowing coffee...yeah, im a coffee person, that explains why i adore Bailey's, Kahlua and Amarula...
Nothing comes better than to have a cup of ice-blended caramel, grande, and a set of jigsaw puzzles...i think im gonna get one set this weekend, just to add to my collection of jigsaws...but i wont get it from Jigsaw Puzzle World though, it's too expensive, and im currently saving my travelling fees...perhaps i will try getting one at one of the bookstores...
geez...i dun look forward to working tomorrow night at all...can you imagine getting off work at 8am and go straight to church like devil from hell? Im sure, however...that God will give me the strength i need to get to His temple...
I really need a new job...
Thursday, October 27, 2005
random thoughts...
It's almost 3...in the wee hours...
Yeah, guess what...im still up and about...working...
this is taking a toll on me, my routines are all screwed up, and im losing contact with everyone i know...
This morning i was cycling in the gym...and incredibly, i dozed off...
really, i dunno if this is right...coz it sure doesnt seem like one...
On the contrary, boss is being very caring...he bought in a toaster and a microwave oven...and a refrigerator is coming in as well...Apparently he thinks that we can start making our breakfast and snacks and whatnot in the office...so that we dun hafta take time off to search for food...
Im munching on my pringles right now...perhaps i should bring in something healthier like cereals or oat bars or something...cant put my health in jeopardy...
Looking forward to go to the fun fair this saturday at 1-U...after reading 'the five people you meet in heaven' by Mitch Albom, i always have a craving for fairs...When i was younger, i used to pester my mom to bring my brother and i to get our hands on the hoops, the ferris wheel, and of coz, the carousel...what fond memories then...bringing home stuffed toys, stationery, junks...
Plan to go to Borders to get hold of some books sooner than later...
I luv reading...
Yeah, guess what...im still up and about...working...
this is taking a toll on me, my routines are all screwed up, and im losing contact with everyone i know...
This morning i was cycling in the gym...and incredibly, i dozed off...
really, i dunno if this is right...coz it sure doesnt seem like one...
On the contrary, boss is being very caring...he bought in a toaster and a microwave oven...and a refrigerator is coming in as well...Apparently he thinks that we can start making our breakfast and snacks and whatnot in the office...so that we dun hafta take time off to search for food...
Im munching on my pringles right now...perhaps i should bring in something healthier like cereals or oat bars or something...cant put my health in jeopardy...
Looking forward to go to the fun fair this saturday at 1-U...after reading 'the five people you meet in heaven' by Mitch Albom, i always have a craving for fairs...When i was younger, i used to pester my mom to bring my brother and i to get our hands on the hoops, the ferris wheel, and of coz, the carousel...what fond memories then...bringing home stuffed toys, stationery, junks...
Plan to go to Borders to get hold of some books sooner than later...
I luv reading...
Monday, October 24, 2005
thoughtless...
This morning, i woke up to find the entire house empty...my effort to locate my family members prove futile...no one was anywhere to be found! I looked at the clock and it read 10:00...
then i know, it's Monday morning, brother has gone to college, and my parents should be in town...The question is, why am i home-bound on a Monday morning?
Well, as of today, i am put on a midnight shift AKA graveyard shift from 12am to 8am...the very thought of it gives me the shiver...seriously, who would stay awake at 12 midnight? hmm, let's not think of it as the time to party, k?
Personally, i really have no problem working midnight shift, truth is, i HAVE NOT endeavour it before...so i guess it's good for a change....the only thing that is holding me back is...well...there shall be less drinking session while i work on this shift...
Alright, as much as i love drinking, im not going to work at 12am in a tipsy state...really, give me more credit than that...although i would say i can still manage a couple of pint of beer and maintain sober...cant lose touch with Leanne just because of work, rite?
On the bright side, i would only be on this shift for a fortnight, in which time will be totally lopsided, working when everyone else's asleep...
Dad has bought me lotsa 'chicken essence' so that i can fight off the sleepiness...like it helps...anyway, i dun think my parents are happy of me working staggered hours...if ive gotta do this more often, i think they will ask me to quit the job...
Thing is, i find that the time in a day has kinda expanded...i was up the whole day watching Survivor X: Palau, and catching up on some CSIs, i read my book and surf the net out of boredom...i even practised the PIANO!!
Do excuse the exclamation, but i havent touched the piano for ages...there was simply no time for it...and the poor thing has stood there like an ancient relic, waiting to be discovered, full of hopes everytime i walked past without so much of a glance...
Yeah, i spend less time at home when im working regular hours...well, i left home at 830 in the morning, and after work, i often stayed back for happy hour, or went to a movie with friends, or bring some folks to savour at a few new diners, or even gym...
talking bout gym, i reckon i will visit it less now that im put on shifts...i cant possibly be hitting the threadmill after work, can i? or before, for that matter...On the other hand, i would be beating the crowds if i work out in the morning AFTER work...geez...that's a very comforting thought indeed...and GOSH, i would be beating the TRAFFIC...im sure some of you would envy me for that....wahahahahaha......
Now that we are leaning more to the pros of working staggered hours, i can save up a great deal of money too...here's the logic...
1. More salary
2. Less Entertainment (Less drinking, movies...etc)
3. Dining at home (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
4. Less petrol consumption (Smooth traffic)
Hmm, come to think of it, it's beneficial afterall...
but really, let's see if i can take it...we shall find out later...when u guys are tucking in... :(
Tell me bout having life...
then i know, it's Monday morning, brother has gone to college, and my parents should be in town...The question is, why am i home-bound on a Monday morning?
Well, as of today, i am put on a midnight shift AKA graveyard shift from 12am to 8am...the very thought of it gives me the shiver...seriously, who would stay awake at 12 midnight? hmm, let's not think of it as the time to party, k?
Personally, i really have no problem working midnight shift, truth is, i HAVE NOT endeavour it before...so i guess it's good for a change....the only thing that is holding me back is...well...there shall be less drinking session while i work on this shift...
Alright, as much as i love drinking, im not going to work at 12am in a tipsy state...really, give me more credit than that...although i would say i can still manage a couple of pint of beer and maintain sober...cant lose touch with Leanne just because of work, rite?
On the bright side, i would only be on this shift for a fortnight, in which time will be totally lopsided, working when everyone else's asleep...
Dad has bought me lotsa 'chicken essence' so that i can fight off the sleepiness...like it helps...anyway, i dun think my parents are happy of me working staggered hours...if ive gotta do this more often, i think they will ask me to quit the job...
Thing is, i find that the time in a day has kinda expanded...i was up the whole day watching Survivor X: Palau, and catching up on some CSIs, i read my book and surf the net out of boredom...i even practised the PIANO!!
Do excuse the exclamation, but i havent touched the piano for ages...there was simply no time for it...and the poor thing has stood there like an ancient relic, waiting to be discovered, full of hopes everytime i walked past without so much of a glance...
Yeah, i spend less time at home when im working regular hours...well, i left home at 830 in the morning, and after work, i often stayed back for happy hour, or went to a movie with friends, or bring some folks to savour at a few new diners, or even gym...
talking bout gym, i reckon i will visit it less now that im put on shifts...i cant possibly be hitting the threadmill after work, can i? or before, for that matter...On the other hand, i would be beating the crowds if i work out in the morning AFTER work...geez...that's a very comforting thought indeed...and GOSH, i would be beating the TRAFFIC...im sure some of you would envy me for that....wahahahahaha......
Now that we are leaning more to the pros of working staggered hours, i can save up a great deal of money too...here's the logic...
1. More salary
2. Less Entertainment (Less drinking, movies...etc)
3. Dining at home (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
4. Less petrol consumption (Smooth traffic)
Hmm, come to think of it, it's beneficial afterall...
but really, let's see if i can take it...we shall find out later...when u guys are tucking in... :(
Tell me bout having life...
Monday, October 17, 2005
in need of solitude...
Lately, ive been hanging out alot with my ex-colleagues, until the extent that i hardly have time for my best friends and my alma mater mates...
As a start, they no longer buy me when i told them i will visit 'em in penang 'one of these days', and they have given up hope in including me in any of the activities that they have planned...
i really cant help it for not being such a sport as ive always had...truth is, entertainment is part of working life...i wont deny that i do enjoy a drink or two, or more after work everyday, but really, i needa spend more time in getting back in touch with my friends...
So last weekend, after a drinking session with Leanne and folks, i kinda feel good coz we were getting real intimate during the session...she paid the bill which amounted to 500+ and i feel terribly upset by it...well, this coming weekend would be my turn to buy the drinks...so it makes us even...
Ive no longer have any problems with the people in my current office now, ive decided that im not gonna allow anyone to make my life miserable, it jz aint worth it...so instead of getting annoyed with the few who is more often cocky than anything, i barely pay them any attention at all...i found this work generally well for me and ive felt more sober ever since...
I shall be turning up for an interview tmr at CSA, applying for the position of Network Engineer....if it is God's will, let's hope i get it...nth is holding back in this current company of mine anyway...
It's about time to to visit borders to get a few books....im finishing on Memoirs of a Geisha and Angels and Demons....currently chasing after Lost and Amazing Race and Survivor and desperate housewives on TV...
i luv my life...
count down to NZ trip...3 mths...:)
As a start, they no longer buy me when i told them i will visit 'em in penang 'one of these days', and they have given up hope in including me in any of the activities that they have planned...
i really cant help it for not being such a sport as ive always had...truth is, entertainment is part of working life...i wont deny that i do enjoy a drink or two, or more after work everyday, but really, i needa spend more time in getting back in touch with my friends...
So last weekend, after a drinking session with Leanne and folks, i kinda feel good coz we were getting real intimate during the session...she paid the bill which amounted to 500+ and i feel terribly upset by it...well, this coming weekend would be my turn to buy the drinks...so it makes us even...
Ive no longer have any problems with the people in my current office now, ive decided that im not gonna allow anyone to make my life miserable, it jz aint worth it...so instead of getting annoyed with the few who is more often cocky than anything, i barely pay them any attention at all...i found this work generally well for me and ive felt more sober ever since...
I shall be turning up for an interview tmr at CSA, applying for the position of Network Engineer....if it is God's will, let's hope i get it...nth is holding back in this current company of mine anyway...
It's about time to to visit borders to get a few books....im finishing on Memoirs of a Geisha and Angels and Demons....currently chasing after Lost and Amazing Race and Survivor and desperate housewives on TV...
i luv my life...
count down to NZ trip...3 mths...:)
Friday, October 14, 2005
is a fine day....
This morning, i had to sat for this test that was prepared by my trainer...looking back, i havent at all been pulling my weight throughout the entire training, well, i wasnt even TRYING...
reason: i was in a bad term with my trainer, i jz want him to know im not in the least interested in what he has to teach...
thing is, that canadian hasnt been treating everyone well...he always have that smirk on his face, always telling people off with his sarastic remarks, always talk in a condescending tone...all in all, ive had enough of him, so i thought i should declare a war for the welfare of the other stuff here...
the Consequence: i was summoned into the boss' office couple of days back...he was being very kind though...asking me what's it that happened between me and the canadian...i told him i was being picked on, and i wasnt gonna treat him with respect if he cudnt b bothered to do the same...he asked that i bear with him for a couple of weeks more before he is being sent back, saying that i shd learn as much as i can and take advantage of his knowledge that he has to offer...
hmm, following the conversation, i think the trainer has somehow figured that he's being a pain to everyone, and resolved to work on his attitude...well, maybe jz a lil'...
Lately, i can feel that everyone is on the verge of calling it quit, which of coz includes me as well...this morning, i get to know that a colleague has put in his resignation...
it wont b long that i will follow suit...not unless the boss show a lil' more appreciation to me...but i guess i will somehow know it later when they reveal the results for the test that ive taken...
Well, things aside, im gonna drink with Leanne, and possibly Sam later this evening...mayb i'll bring my colleague along too...Drinking always help when situation is tensed...
:)
I hope Leanne will bring Natasha again, u know, the 1st runner up for Ms. Malaysia...coz i simply adore her....
reason: i was in a bad term with my trainer, i jz want him to know im not in the least interested in what he has to teach...
thing is, that canadian hasnt been treating everyone well...he always have that smirk on his face, always telling people off with his sarastic remarks, always talk in a condescending tone...all in all, ive had enough of him, so i thought i should declare a war for the welfare of the other stuff here...
the Consequence: i was summoned into the boss' office couple of days back...he was being very kind though...asking me what's it that happened between me and the canadian...i told him i was being picked on, and i wasnt gonna treat him with respect if he cudnt b bothered to do the same...he asked that i bear with him for a couple of weeks more before he is being sent back, saying that i shd learn as much as i can and take advantage of his knowledge that he has to offer...
hmm, following the conversation, i think the trainer has somehow figured that he's being a pain to everyone, and resolved to work on his attitude...well, maybe jz a lil'...
Lately, i can feel that everyone is on the verge of calling it quit, which of coz includes me as well...this morning, i get to know that a colleague has put in his resignation...
it wont b long that i will follow suit...not unless the boss show a lil' more appreciation to me...but i guess i will somehow know it later when they reveal the results for the test that ive taken...
Well, things aside, im gonna drink with Leanne, and possibly Sam later this evening...mayb i'll bring my colleague along too...Drinking always help when situation is tensed...
:)
I hope Leanne will bring Natasha again, u know, the 1st runner up for Ms. Malaysia...coz i simply adore her....
Monday, October 10, 2005
BAD BAD BAD....
well, as it turned out...im feeling totally screwed up now....
Couple of hours ago...
Some1 was so kind that they smashed my car's side window...
They were so desperate that they took away everything that i treasured...
I hate 'em...
But Lord says...
Forgiveness...
Well, may they hav a better life now that they are at least RM 1300 richer...
Oh Lord....why didnt they take away the bible in my car?
Dun u want 'em to b saved?
U hav Your own timing...
May Your will b done then...
Amen....
Couple of hours ago...
Some1 was so kind that they smashed my car's side window...
They were so desperate that they took away everything that i treasured...
I hate 'em...
But Lord says...
Forgiveness...
Well, may they hav a better life now that they are at least RM 1300 richer...
Oh Lord....why didnt they take away the bible in my car?
Dun u want 'em to b saved?
U hav Your own timing...
May Your will b done then...
Amen....
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
So it happened that my trainer found out that i wasnt paying attention while he was lecturing and im kinda in his 'black book' now....
'Marcus, are you following us?'
'Marcus, did you manage to get it?'
'Marcus, do you where we are at?'
As a matter of fact, im not exactly being a diligent student and have been playing online poker all the time he was teaching...
Well, i dun really bother being in anyone's good book...
I am in my own sweet world...
'Marcus, are you following us?'
'Marcus, did you manage to get it?'
'Marcus, do you where we are at?'
As a matter of fact, im not exactly being a diligent student and have been playing online poker all the time he was teaching...
Well, i dun really bother being in anyone's good book...
I am in my own sweet world...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Parlez vous Francais
today we have a trainer from Canada who is here to train us on products and customer service skills...we'll hafta bear with him for six weeks or more during which he'll see to us getting handson experience and teaching us to play the games...
Well, i cant believe im doing someting in which i learn to play online games as a job, how cool is that? I think im gonna stick around for a while in this company and see what he has to offer in terms of quality training...
I dun find it hard to understand his canadian english and i think it is a good opportunity to polish up my conversation skills...or mayb even my french...hehe...
Till then, Au revoir...
Avec amour,
Marc.
Well, i cant believe im doing someting in which i learn to play online games as a job, how cool is that? I think im gonna stick around for a while in this company and see what he has to offer in terms of quality training...
I dun find it hard to understand his canadian english and i think it is a good opportunity to polish up my conversation skills...or mayb even my french...hehe...
Till then, Au revoir...
Avec amour,
Marc.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Pretending to be happy...
People often tell me how much they resent Monday, how gray the sky is, and how blue their feelings are...
I beg to differ...
Monday has always been the day when i can see my lovely colleagues again...
Monday is the day to share the weekend excitement...
Monday is the day to go out for a nice luncheon with friends...
Monday is the day to start working out again after much eating during the weekend...
Monday, contrary to Friday, is the day when u can plan for all kinds of activities for the coming weekend...
I nv drink on a Monday evening...
I nv despair on a Monday night...
I always look forward to spending Monday night at home...
I luv Monday...
After generations of constantly been loathed by people of all ages, infants and kids apart...I say we give MONDAY a BREAK!!
In that, I stongly suggest that we make Monday a holiday, much like Sunday...
Let Monday be a day to rest after all the hangouts on Sunday...
Let Monday a day to rejunevate our strength and prepare for work on Tuesday...
Let Monday be a day that people will look forward to...
Let Monday be as lovable as Sunday...
Gosh, after much appreciation of Monday, i cant for the day to end...Coz....
I love Tuesday more than Monday...
Sorry, pal...I will love you more when my off-days fall on you...it will come...
I beg to differ...
Monday has always been the day when i can see my lovely colleagues again...
Monday is the day to share the weekend excitement...
Monday is the day to go out for a nice luncheon with friends...
Monday is the day to start working out again after much eating during the weekend...
Monday, contrary to Friday, is the day when u can plan for all kinds of activities for the coming weekend...
I nv drink on a Monday evening...
I nv despair on a Monday night...
I always look forward to spending Monday night at home...
I luv Monday...
After generations of constantly been loathed by people of all ages, infants and kids apart...I say we give MONDAY a BREAK!!
In that, I stongly suggest that we make Monday a holiday, much like Sunday...
Let Monday be a day to rest after all the hangouts on Sunday...
Let Monday a day to rejunevate our strength and prepare for work on Tuesday...
Let Monday be a day that people will look forward to...
Let Monday be as lovable as Sunday...
Gosh, after much appreciation of Monday, i cant for the day to end...Coz....
I love Tuesday more than Monday...
Sorry, pal...I will love you more when my off-days fall on you...it will come...
Friday, September 16, 2005
TGIF
Hooray, im thrilled...nothing can beat the excitement of having a drink afterwork....
On the other hand, it has been a rather slow week, nothing has evolved, and nothing has stopped the earth from evolving...boring...
Looking forward to a family reunion this weekend to celebrate MidAutumn...i dun know why we bother, since we havent any seasons here...still, there will be wine and liquor around....so let the party begins....
Luv Y'all...
On the other hand, it has been a rather slow week, nothing has evolved, and nothing has stopped the earth from evolving...boring...
Looking forward to a family reunion this weekend to celebrate MidAutumn...i dun know why we bother, since we havent any seasons here...still, there will be wine and liquor around....so let the party begins....
Luv Y'all...
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Bar hopping...
Yeah, it's insane, ive barely joined this company for less than a week, and the folks kinda solicit, drag me out to hav a couple of mugs of beer...
Alright, not that im not excited to chillout with my new colleagues, not that i hate the idea that the company is deprived of female staffs, not that i dun look forward to jz some drinks....but, the idea of a beer gut kinda turn me off...entirely...
Lately, while i was still with SCB ( Standard Chartered Bank), we chillout for happy hour at least twice a week, normally on a tuesday and a Friday...i dun exactly know these two particular days were prefered, but i suspect it has gotta do with the art of 'balancing'...
We normally wouldnt drink more than one jug each, which was the standard as set by my ex-colleague, and yeah, she can really drink, but last friday we kinda got outta control...if memory serves me correctly, i think we had like 10 jugs to b shared among the five of us...alright, it was double the dosage of the benchmark we had set...
And because it was Leanne's bday, the bar manager decided that she will give us a jug of sex-on-the-beach on the house...and so, along with the mixture of beers and cocktails, and some chips and nachos, the blend didnt go down well my belly...
Instead, it kinda went back up...and according to my friends, yeah, i PUKED...AT THE BAR...
Now how embarrassing can that be? after been visiting steadfastly to bar FLAM for the past couple of months, i had decided that im gonna make BF my regular hangouts, at least for HH...coz i aint exactly a fan of Bangsar....skip the racial issue, skip the parking bay deprived issue, skip the not-so-happening issue...im jz not fond of the place...
Albeit all that, everything's changed...due to the fact that im working at phileo damansara, and previously at TTDI, and also becoz my hangout buddies, Leanne and Rex, they are staying in Mt.Kiara and Bangsar, respectively, we hav sorta mark BF as our territory...
i dunno, really...after the puking incident in which i cud hardly recall...i feel ashame going back there...so perhaps we're gonna look for another hangout afterall...
Coming back here, yesterday after work, my colleagues, Jeffrey, Limmy, Alvin and myself, we went to drink at this bar near our workplace, by the name of Matrix...dun b deceived by that catchy-sounding name, the place, as it turned out, aint promising...and by that, i mean nothing is ever gonna happen, no matter how long we would stay there....and by that, i really mean, THERE AINT NO CHICKS...period.
So, after two jugs of tiger, we adjourned to go to Absolute@bangsar...we ordered another two jugs, tiger again....and then i suggested nachos...God bless me, it was the worst nachos ive ever taken in my entire life...the cheese was plain, there was no condiments like Sour Cream and guatemala sause, jz some tomato salsa...
Needless to say, i told the folks that we aint going back there again, though the beers are really cheap, only 20 per jug...we later walked down the road to Castle, another joint in which the others frequent...they knew the manager there, and he recommended this tachos to us, it was sumptious! we thought it would b complimentary, but apparently the manager didnt see it as necessary...
So, we paid the bills, rather tipsy after perhaps more than a jug each...i missed my favourite TV show, Desperate Housewives...i missed the Gym...i missed dinner with my parents...jz so that i can hangout with the folks...
Well, i would say it was worth it...
Look forward to the next HH...till then, let's hold our guts together...
Alright, not that im not excited to chillout with my new colleagues, not that i hate the idea that the company is deprived of female staffs, not that i dun look forward to jz some drinks....but, the idea of a beer gut kinda turn me off...entirely...
Lately, while i was still with SCB ( Standard Chartered Bank), we chillout for happy hour at least twice a week, normally on a tuesday and a Friday...i dun exactly know these two particular days were prefered, but i suspect it has gotta do with the art of 'balancing'...
We normally wouldnt drink more than one jug each, which was the standard as set by my ex-colleague, and yeah, she can really drink, but last friday we kinda got outta control...if memory serves me correctly, i think we had like 10 jugs to b shared among the five of us...alright, it was double the dosage of the benchmark we had set...
And because it was Leanne's bday, the bar manager decided that she will give us a jug of sex-on-the-beach on the house...and so, along with the mixture of beers and cocktails, and some chips and nachos, the blend didnt go down well my belly...
Instead, it kinda went back up...and according to my friends, yeah, i PUKED...AT THE BAR...
Now how embarrassing can that be? after been visiting steadfastly to bar FLAM for the past couple of months, i had decided that im gonna make BF my regular hangouts, at least for HH...coz i aint exactly a fan of Bangsar....skip the racial issue, skip the parking bay deprived issue, skip the not-so-happening issue...im jz not fond of the place...
Albeit all that, everything's changed...due to the fact that im working at phileo damansara, and previously at TTDI, and also becoz my hangout buddies, Leanne and Rex, they are staying in Mt.Kiara and Bangsar, respectively, we hav sorta mark BF as our territory...
i dunno, really...after the puking incident in which i cud hardly recall...i feel ashame going back there...so perhaps we're gonna look for another hangout afterall...
Coming back here, yesterday after work, my colleagues, Jeffrey, Limmy, Alvin and myself, we went to drink at this bar near our workplace, by the name of Matrix...dun b deceived by that catchy-sounding name, the place, as it turned out, aint promising...and by that, i mean nothing is ever gonna happen, no matter how long we would stay there....and by that, i really mean, THERE AINT NO CHICKS...period.
So, after two jugs of tiger, we adjourned to go to Absolute@bangsar...we ordered another two jugs, tiger again....and then i suggested nachos...God bless me, it was the worst nachos ive ever taken in my entire life...the cheese was plain, there was no condiments like Sour Cream and guatemala sause, jz some tomato salsa...
Needless to say, i told the folks that we aint going back there again, though the beers are really cheap, only 20 per jug...we later walked down the road to Castle, another joint in which the others frequent...they knew the manager there, and he recommended this tachos to us, it was sumptious! we thought it would b complimentary, but apparently the manager didnt see it as necessary...
So, we paid the bills, rather tipsy after perhaps more than a jug each...i missed my favourite TV show, Desperate Housewives...i missed the Gym...i missed dinner with my parents...jz so that i can hangout with the folks...
Well, i would say it was worth it...
Look forward to the next HH...till then, let's hold our guts together...
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Moving on...
It must have been ages, or light years since i last written anything here...Today i was reading the newspaper and i came across these singaporean bloggers who are persecuted for deliberately commenting on racial issues and hence created a 'disruption' among racial unity...my ass...
It didnt bother me for a while of what i could or could not write in my blog...it didnt create a vigilant awareness that i might end up behind bars for what i say here...it didnt for one moment struck me that anyone would bother to read my blog at all...that explains it...
Looking back, i quit blogging after the ShangHai trip, i didnt even write on my experience to Cambodia, in which i have so much to tell...i must have gone all weary...my friends were asking me: What happened to you? Why havent u blogged? Are u still in Malaysia?
Yes, im still in freakin Malaysia, and why wont i blog if i were abroad? for more so the reason i would write every single day if im anywhere else than here...everyone knows im dying to get outta here...
Things didnt quite work out the way ive planned it...Bro has gone back to Australia, without me...which wasnt the initial plan at all...Didnt i say i was gonna follow him back there?
Apparently he welcomes me open arms to join him in queensland, but he was asking me, will i be able to bear living in the wild? With animals around you? cold wind slapping on my face?
Im still contemplating...time is ticking away...im getting older...i still wanna go backpacking, remember? that's underway too...ive decided i would go NZ...yeah, of all places that i say i would b going...how'bout europe, and of coz, States?
hmm...im kinda putting the studying plan on hold, after finding out that it cost 25k USD to get my MBA, and it is less than half the tuition fees if i were a resident...so, It aint too late to study when i get my PR rite?
Ppl are mocking me...they say im living in my own fantasy world...why would they give u a PR, they say...Could i be bothered of their sceptic remarks? NO...i knew i will get it, it's jz a matter of time...we'll see....
I hereby announce that I WILL BECOME A US RESIDENT, by hook or by crook...no point telling me i cant go, coz IM GOING>>>>>>leaving this freakin place behind...
Yes, im hating malaysia more each day, i jz dun know why....it's the people, it's the weather, it's the government...
So while waiting to go to US, i'll go travelling for a while, once ive gotten the travelling documents ready...the visa, the health cert, the police delinquency cert...
Coming back to reality, im currently working at a call centre, dun ask which company, coz u wont wanna know...no point staying at home and rot to death...at least im earning money to spend on my clothes and expensive food...been drinking a hell lot lately, thanks to the influence of my colleagues...or was i the one who influenced them? i really cant recall...
Geez, i cant believe they are paying me money to play games here...(told u not to ask bout the company...)...i might jz reveal a lil'...it is a gaming business, and yes, im literally paid to play games...on a daily basis...
well, that's all for today, shall blog extensively from today onwards...i hope...till i write to u again in a foreign land...
Another hour to go for Happy Hours.....
p/s: Malaysia is really the worst place ever...
It didnt bother me for a while of what i could or could not write in my blog...it didnt create a vigilant awareness that i might end up behind bars for what i say here...it didnt for one moment struck me that anyone would bother to read my blog at all...that explains it...
Looking back, i quit blogging after the ShangHai trip, i didnt even write on my experience to Cambodia, in which i have so much to tell...i must have gone all weary...my friends were asking me: What happened to you? Why havent u blogged? Are u still in Malaysia?
Yes, im still in freakin Malaysia, and why wont i blog if i were abroad? for more so the reason i would write every single day if im anywhere else than here...everyone knows im dying to get outta here...
Things didnt quite work out the way ive planned it...Bro has gone back to Australia, without me...which wasnt the initial plan at all...Didnt i say i was gonna follow him back there?
Apparently he welcomes me open arms to join him in queensland, but he was asking me, will i be able to bear living in the wild? With animals around you? cold wind slapping on my face?
Im still contemplating...time is ticking away...im getting older...i still wanna go backpacking, remember? that's underway too...ive decided i would go NZ...yeah, of all places that i say i would b going...how'bout europe, and of coz, States?
hmm...im kinda putting the studying plan on hold, after finding out that it cost 25k USD to get my MBA, and it is less than half the tuition fees if i were a resident...so, It aint too late to study when i get my PR rite?
Ppl are mocking me...they say im living in my own fantasy world...why would they give u a PR, they say...Could i be bothered of their sceptic remarks? NO...i knew i will get it, it's jz a matter of time...we'll see....
I hereby announce that I WILL BECOME A US RESIDENT, by hook or by crook...no point telling me i cant go, coz IM GOING>>>>>>leaving this freakin place behind...
Yes, im hating malaysia more each day, i jz dun know why....it's the people, it's the weather, it's the government...
So while waiting to go to US, i'll go travelling for a while, once ive gotten the travelling documents ready...the visa, the health cert, the police delinquency cert...
Coming back to reality, im currently working at a call centre, dun ask which company, coz u wont wanna know...no point staying at home and rot to death...at least im earning money to spend on my clothes and expensive food...been drinking a hell lot lately, thanks to the influence of my colleagues...or was i the one who influenced them? i really cant recall...
Geez, i cant believe they are paying me money to play games here...(told u not to ask bout the company...)...i might jz reveal a lil'...it is a gaming business, and yes, im literally paid to play games...on a daily basis...
well, that's all for today, shall blog extensively from today onwards...i hope...till i write to u again in a foreign land...
Another hour to go for Happy Hours.....
p/s: Malaysia is really the worst place ever...
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Live it, luv it, Shang Hai
Cowabanga, IM BACK!!
Gosh, it has been ages since i last posted any updates here, have i really been that busy? Indeed i have....and it's gonna take days to relate everything that's happened...
First and foremost...Shang Hai...
If i ever had sounded prejudice toward the nation of China, my sarcastic remarks for the people and my ignorant knowledge of the land, i pray to God that it will be forgiven, coz Shang Hai is truly one awesome place, KL has a long way to go if comparison were to be made...
Albeit im pretty sure one good reason im liking SH is the weather factor, but there's more than meet the eyes, or rather, the sensation on our bodies...
Without a doubt, SH is definitely a vibrant and colourful city, there is so much to see and experience, I wouldn’t mention about the food though, for some reason or other, my view toward Chinese food still remains pretty much the same, not appealing, appetizing at all. Anyhow, talking about food, we have tasted some nice and also awful food while we were there. On the first night, our Chinese guide cum friend cum lil’ brother, by the name of Sean, he has brought us to this ‘hot pot’ or ‘hua guo’ restaurant near our motel. The hot pot resembles our version of steamboat and we have ordered the ‘ma lat’ soup which literally means ‘Hot till it numbs’. What we had that night was basically and solely mutton, thinly sliced and rolled up, arranged in a pyramid shape. The meat was so good, so fragrant and so tender that we ordered a second and a third round. Oh yeah, another highlight is the cheap beer that we had, it only cost RMB 1, or equivalently 50 cents our money, can you believe it? If memory serves me correctly, we had like 15 bottles altogether to be shared only among the guys, that would be seven of us. Sean appeared invincible when he effortlessly whacked down the first few bottles, but later on appeared tipsy like the others….I was the champ…J.. It was hilarious seeing FZ(fei zai) and KT ballooning red, they avoided the beer ever since…haha…
The trip was a real blessing, and it has been FUN throughout. Anyone who commented that China is for old folks must be out of his mind, well, not SH anyway. We have been blessed with two young local and national guides, by a mere age of 22. Irene was our national guide, her obligation was to ‘shepherd’ us from KL to Singapore to ShangHai, and then Sean, on the other hand, would be our guide in China. Both our guides have been awesome, I must say I enjoy their company very much and I can confirm that the trip wont be much as fun without them, they are a real sport! The friendship that all of us built up from the first day were apparent, almost inseparable, and due to that, haha, I say we were more privileged then the other members in the group, since we have extra outings at night, not scheduled in the itinerary and also more information of the country.
The tour group consisted of 34 of us, which can be separated into three major team, the first majority team is the Christian team ( in which I later happily found out that we came from the same church), the second team is the Mok’s family, and last but not least, the nine of us would make up the students team AKA the Noisy lots…Hmm hold on, there were another married couple, Brian and Kelly, which happen to be Denise’s neighbours…and Irene’s parents as well…along with another dude, who would follow us incessantly wherever we go, and we were kinda okay with it, since he had got no friends…I speculated that he had a crush with Daryl, since that dude was always tagging along behind him, somehow or rather, even to the loo! LOL….Daryl was not happy with the speculation, chillout pal, jz another lame joke of mine…But I could be right, u know…:p
In some way, I am adamant that God has put this whole team together, gosh, how excited I was when I found out that the Christian group actually attend GT church…at the same time, I was a little taken back, thinking that there shouldn’t be anymore nonsense from me, since I am bound to meet them again in church…so I have to constantly reminding my members to keep it down and scale down the craps that we are so accustomed to have…without any qualms we were definitely the most noisy group in the entire team…I am not sure if we did manage to cheer up the spirit with our constant laughter, chit chats and Hanging-halfway-in-the-air songs during the bus ride, but I just knew that we never stopped producing noise throughout…All of us had occupied the back seat in the coach, forming a gap with the rest of the group, so as not to disturb them as much, but that effort is futile of course…
For me, it meant especially a lot with this specific arrangement simply due to the fact that my non-Christian friends were being exposed to the gospel through the other members. They were being told of testimony and life changing experience and of Christ, in which I have almost given up hope in telling after all these years of inviting them to CF, or to special events in Church, or just merely my testimony. They are not anti-Christ, but at the same time they would not accept Him as their personal savior…
The fact that I traveled to China with my close friends also made the trip very memorable, maybe it’s not so much about the place, albeit I cant deny that SH is really a breathtaking and fantastic place, but ultimately, it is more to the company, we all appreciated the moment we spent together and valued it, and have made an oath during the toast we had in every single meal that we will always stay in touch after the trip…
It will be neverending to describe the entire trip here, but I will try to note down the essential particulars, or maybe upload some pictures in the future, so that I can always keep this memory alive through this blog, to be reminisced and rejoice when im enjoying solitude in a sleepless night….I really love these ppl, they have been there since freshman year, going on to sophomore year, and then we were closest during junior and senior years…SH is our first trip abroad together, and we promised each other that it will not be the last…
Our Journey began on a blissful morning couple of days after the last paper (for some of us), and everyone was in cloud nine…We, as usual, were quick to assign nicknames to other folks….and of coz, to ourselves too…haha…over the years, I dunno under whose influence, there are these accumulation of abbreviation, most often a sarcastic kinda nickname rather than a kidding one…For instance, we have XZB (xia zhong ben), SGB ( sai gai pui), TDZHT (we named it to a guy after his endless effort in approaching denise with the lamest excuse or starting a lame small talk with her), MP (mang peng), TBY( tong poh yook), to name just a few…of coz, our gals have named themselves something more glamourous, like Zena, Omega, ABT…Apart from that, our guides have their Chinese nick name, courtesy of me…I thought it was pretty appropriate considering we were traveling in China…Ke li si ding na (Christina) served as our host in Wu Xi, Zuo Zhi (George) in Hang Zhou, Hai Lun (Helen) in Su Zhou, Jie Ke (Jack) in Nan Jing, last but not least, Siao Yu (little fish) in Shang Hai…
It was while we were gathering to check in that we decided that the rest of the members in the tour group should be categorized as LB(lou beng), despite there are younger members as well, like 24(er shi si sui)…haha…then as days went by, we have Tik Tik, Karatai Lee, Serious ( pronounced Sir-Rai-Yus), among others…We took on a great flight by SIA with excellent food, I had like five baileys on our trip from Singapore to SH, and was kinda pissed when I cant consume any during the journey back as Auntie Florence was seating beside me…We arrived in SH feeling on top of the world coz the weather was heavenly…I had often complained to my gang back in cyber that we were living in Hell, and I guess they finally agree with me upon breathing the cool, breezy SH air…We had the opportunity to ride on the fastest train on earth, the Maglite…it is basically a german technology Magnet train that made use of the electromagnetic theory, I shall spare you the operating details, though I am very familiar with it after seeing it on Discovery Chanel…J …the magnificent train achieved a maximum speed of 431 km/h and we could really feel the speed, it was AWESOME….!!
Our trip brought us from SH to Wu Xi to Su Zhou to Hang Zhou to Nan Jing and back to SH…personally, I enjoyed SH and HZ the best, and I must say the weather factor contributes to my judgment…I am sure I would enjoy Malaysia as much if the temperature is below 20 with chilling wind blowing constantly, instead of the still, mushy, contaminated air we have here…The traffic in SH is as bad as in KL, but then who cares? The buildings are magnificent, the multi-tiered highways are impressive, the people there have pink, rosy cheek…but I still dun like their loud-voice, spitting, and ill-hygiene attitude…I s’pose the nation’s development is way ahead of their mentality…
Sean, on the contrary, had not demonstrated the typical chinaman attitude, he can converse English relatively well, and quite sporting too, though we weren’t happy with his constant FFKing us…but then again, he was merely a guide of ours, he has no obligation over the promises he made anyway…Irene, a very sporting gal, has brought us to the discotechque while we were in HangZhou, and we got to experience the nightclubs there, with a vibrator in the middle of the dance floor…I couldn’t believe it when all our gals joined her on the dancing table, shaking their hips frantically with the dance bit, and portraying seducing movement…ALL HELL GONE LOOSE that night….well, we really have to thank our Choreographer, FZ, for coming out with all that creative dance movement, something the mixture of tik tik, check it out, and stupid snake gesture copied from their favourite film, Kung Fu Hustle…we drank moderately, merely two dozens of beer, and then headed to the hotel, to return the next day to the same location, but this time we voted for the lake instead…We had supper in this elegant Italian restaurant in which the folks pestered me into singing alongside the singers there…and guess what, the song was Titanic…how really embarrassing….after that, we laid down by the serene lake, whereby someone had drowned only the day b4…the atmosphere was eerie, with chilly wind and dim street light…but we enjoyed it very much….yeah, we are freaks…
So what is memorable of this China trip? I would say the Shopping! Though I didn’t do any hardcore shopping there, but the stuffs are really cheap! Well, that is if you’ve got hold of the art of bargaining…the gals did very well, calling a first offer for a 70% decrement from the initial starting price, and they managed to pull it through all the time…another one among us who did equally well is, surprisingly, a male who was never enthusiast with shopping, Fei Zai…Gosh, that dude has been spending like an open tap since the first day…let me see, he bought a stamp, few drawings, lotsa books, VCDs, over-priced tea cup…and goodness know what…for myself, I bought some cheap souvenirs, some imitation products (out of my norm) which includes Rip Curl T-shirt and CK briefs, a potentially fake Fei Chui (Jade), so-called ‘real’ pearls, and some not-so-tasty sweets…It was inevitable that the trip consisted of far too much factory visiting for comfort…we were brought to the Zi Sha Pot factory, silk factory, Long Jing Tea plantation, chrysanthemum tea, pearl, Jade, etc…
Among all, I miss the spring weather the most, the temperature was just nice, luke warm, if you will…chilly with some warmth from the sun, absolutely gorgeous…I wouldn’t love the place as much if it were Summer, for our information, it should be warmer that what we are having here, less humid, possibly…The weather in Shang Hai reminded me of Sydney, but they are two different cities altogether, although I would like to say my preference would skew toward Sydney, predictably typical of my nature, but to be honest, I wouldn’t mind staying in SH at all, I think…if only the shanghainese lass would be a little bit gentler and adorable…we have seen too many dun-mess-with-me girls in SH, trust me, they would lay a hand on you if things dun go too well to their liking…Hun Dan (bastard) would be fired against you, and dun even think of fighting back, we all know too well how Chinese opera got its name from…ultra high frequency shrieking-alike voice…you will never come close to their pitch…best solution, get a step back and SHADDAP…
I would like to go on forever about this awesome city, the many river cruises, the pearl tower, the temples (im still a Christian), the buildings, the scenery…but I will not get enough of it, ever…one thing for sure, this wont be my last trip to China…Shang Hai, you haven’t seen the last of me, we’ll bound to meet again, I s’pose 2008’s Olympic in Bei Jing wont be too far to look forward to….
Gosh, it has been ages since i last posted any updates here, have i really been that busy? Indeed i have....and it's gonna take days to relate everything that's happened...
First and foremost...Shang Hai...
If i ever had sounded prejudice toward the nation of China, my sarcastic remarks for the people and my ignorant knowledge of the land, i pray to God that it will be forgiven, coz Shang Hai is truly one awesome place, KL has a long way to go if comparison were to be made...
Albeit im pretty sure one good reason im liking SH is the weather factor, but there's more than meet the eyes, or rather, the sensation on our bodies...
Without a doubt, SH is definitely a vibrant and colourful city, there is so much to see and experience, I wouldn’t mention about the food though, for some reason or other, my view toward Chinese food still remains pretty much the same, not appealing, appetizing at all. Anyhow, talking about food, we have tasted some nice and also awful food while we were there. On the first night, our Chinese guide cum friend cum lil’ brother, by the name of Sean, he has brought us to this ‘hot pot’ or ‘hua guo’ restaurant near our motel. The hot pot resembles our version of steamboat and we have ordered the ‘ma lat’ soup which literally means ‘Hot till it numbs’. What we had that night was basically and solely mutton, thinly sliced and rolled up, arranged in a pyramid shape. The meat was so good, so fragrant and so tender that we ordered a second and a third round. Oh yeah, another highlight is the cheap beer that we had, it only cost RMB 1, or equivalently 50 cents our money, can you believe it? If memory serves me correctly, we had like 15 bottles altogether to be shared only among the guys, that would be seven of us. Sean appeared invincible when he effortlessly whacked down the first few bottles, but later on appeared tipsy like the others….I was the champ…J.. It was hilarious seeing FZ(fei zai) and KT ballooning red, they avoided the beer ever since…haha…
The trip was a real blessing, and it has been FUN throughout. Anyone who commented that China is for old folks must be out of his mind, well, not SH anyway. We have been blessed with two young local and national guides, by a mere age of 22. Irene was our national guide, her obligation was to ‘shepherd’ us from KL to Singapore to ShangHai, and then Sean, on the other hand, would be our guide in China. Both our guides have been awesome, I must say I enjoy their company very much and I can confirm that the trip wont be much as fun without them, they are a real sport! The friendship that all of us built up from the first day were apparent, almost inseparable, and due to that, haha, I say we were more privileged then the other members in the group, since we have extra outings at night, not scheduled in the itinerary and also more information of the country.
The tour group consisted of 34 of us, which can be separated into three major team, the first majority team is the Christian team ( in which I later happily found out that we came from the same church), the second team is the Mok’s family, and last but not least, the nine of us would make up the students team AKA the Noisy lots…Hmm hold on, there were another married couple, Brian and Kelly, which happen to be Denise’s neighbours…and Irene’s parents as well…along with another dude, who would follow us incessantly wherever we go, and we were kinda okay with it, since he had got no friends…I speculated that he had a crush with Daryl, since that dude was always tagging along behind him, somehow or rather, even to the loo! LOL….Daryl was not happy with the speculation, chillout pal, jz another lame joke of mine…But I could be right, u know…:p
In some way, I am adamant that God has put this whole team together, gosh, how excited I was when I found out that the Christian group actually attend GT church…at the same time, I was a little taken back, thinking that there shouldn’t be anymore nonsense from me, since I am bound to meet them again in church…so I have to constantly reminding my members to keep it down and scale down the craps that we are so accustomed to have…without any qualms we were definitely the most noisy group in the entire team…I am not sure if we did manage to cheer up the spirit with our constant laughter, chit chats and Hanging-halfway-in-the-air songs during the bus ride, but I just knew that we never stopped producing noise throughout…All of us had occupied the back seat in the coach, forming a gap with the rest of the group, so as not to disturb them as much, but that effort is futile of course…
For me, it meant especially a lot with this specific arrangement simply due to the fact that my non-Christian friends were being exposed to the gospel through the other members. They were being told of testimony and life changing experience and of Christ, in which I have almost given up hope in telling after all these years of inviting them to CF, or to special events in Church, or just merely my testimony. They are not anti-Christ, but at the same time they would not accept Him as their personal savior…
The fact that I traveled to China with my close friends also made the trip very memorable, maybe it’s not so much about the place, albeit I cant deny that SH is really a breathtaking and fantastic place, but ultimately, it is more to the company, we all appreciated the moment we spent together and valued it, and have made an oath during the toast we had in every single meal that we will always stay in touch after the trip…
It will be neverending to describe the entire trip here, but I will try to note down the essential particulars, or maybe upload some pictures in the future, so that I can always keep this memory alive through this blog, to be reminisced and rejoice when im enjoying solitude in a sleepless night….I really love these ppl, they have been there since freshman year, going on to sophomore year, and then we were closest during junior and senior years…SH is our first trip abroad together, and we promised each other that it will not be the last…
Our Journey began on a blissful morning couple of days after the last paper (for some of us), and everyone was in cloud nine…We, as usual, were quick to assign nicknames to other folks….and of coz, to ourselves too…haha…over the years, I dunno under whose influence, there are these accumulation of abbreviation, most often a sarcastic kinda nickname rather than a kidding one…For instance, we have XZB (xia zhong ben), SGB ( sai gai pui), TDZHT (we named it to a guy after his endless effort in approaching denise with the lamest excuse or starting a lame small talk with her), MP (mang peng), TBY( tong poh yook), to name just a few…of coz, our gals have named themselves something more glamourous, like Zena, Omega, ABT…Apart from that, our guides have their Chinese nick name, courtesy of me…I thought it was pretty appropriate considering we were traveling in China…Ke li si ding na (Christina) served as our host in Wu Xi, Zuo Zhi (George) in Hang Zhou, Hai Lun (Helen) in Su Zhou, Jie Ke (Jack) in Nan Jing, last but not least, Siao Yu (little fish) in Shang Hai…
It was while we were gathering to check in that we decided that the rest of the members in the tour group should be categorized as LB(lou beng), despite there are younger members as well, like 24(er shi si sui)…haha…then as days went by, we have Tik Tik, Karatai Lee, Serious ( pronounced Sir-Rai-Yus), among others…We took on a great flight by SIA with excellent food, I had like five baileys on our trip from Singapore to SH, and was kinda pissed when I cant consume any during the journey back as Auntie Florence was seating beside me…We arrived in SH feeling on top of the world coz the weather was heavenly…I had often complained to my gang back in cyber that we were living in Hell, and I guess they finally agree with me upon breathing the cool, breezy SH air…We had the opportunity to ride on the fastest train on earth, the Maglite…it is basically a german technology Magnet train that made use of the electromagnetic theory, I shall spare you the operating details, though I am very familiar with it after seeing it on Discovery Chanel…J …the magnificent train achieved a maximum speed of 431 km/h and we could really feel the speed, it was AWESOME….!!
Our trip brought us from SH to Wu Xi to Su Zhou to Hang Zhou to Nan Jing and back to SH…personally, I enjoyed SH and HZ the best, and I must say the weather factor contributes to my judgment…I am sure I would enjoy Malaysia as much if the temperature is below 20 with chilling wind blowing constantly, instead of the still, mushy, contaminated air we have here…The traffic in SH is as bad as in KL, but then who cares? The buildings are magnificent, the multi-tiered highways are impressive, the people there have pink, rosy cheek…but I still dun like their loud-voice, spitting, and ill-hygiene attitude…I s’pose the nation’s development is way ahead of their mentality…
Sean, on the contrary, had not demonstrated the typical chinaman attitude, he can converse English relatively well, and quite sporting too, though we weren’t happy with his constant FFKing us…but then again, he was merely a guide of ours, he has no obligation over the promises he made anyway…Irene, a very sporting gal, has brought us to the discotechque while we were in HangZhou, and we got to experience the nightclubs there, with a vibrator in the middle of the dance floor…I couldn’t believe it when all our gals joined her on the dancing table, shaking their hips frantically with the dance bit, and portraying seducing movement…ALL HELL GONE LOOSE that night….well, we really have to thank our Choreographer, FZ, for coming out with all that creative dance movement, something the mixture of tik tik, check it out, and stupid snake gesture copied from their favourite film, Kung Fu Hustle…we drank moderately, merely two dozens of beer, and then headed to the hotel, to return the next day to the same location, but this time we voted for the lake instead…We had supper in this elegant Italian restaurant in which the folks pestered me into singing alongside the singers there…and guess what, the song was Titanic…how really embarrassing….after that, we laid down by the serene lake, whereby someone had drowned only the day b4…the atmosphere was eerie, with chilly wind and dim street light…but we enjoyed it very much….yeah, we are freaks…
So what is memorable of this China trip? I would say the Shopping! Though I didn’t do any hardcore shopping there, but the stuffs are really cheap! Well, that is if you’ve got hold of the art of bargaining…the gals did very well, calling a first offer for a 70% decrement from the initial starting price, and they managed to pull it through all the time…another one among us who did equally well is, surprisingly, a male who was never enthusiast with shopping, Fei Zai…Gosh, that dude has been spending like an open tap since the first day…let me see, he bought a stamp, few drawings, lotsa books, VCDs, over-priced tea cup…and goodness know what…for myself, I bought some cheap souvenirs, some imitation products (out of my norm) which includes Rip Curl T-shirt and CK briefs, a potentially fake Fei Chui (Jade), so-called ‘real’ pearls, and some not-so-tasty sweets…It was inevitable that the trip consisted of far too much factory visiting for comfort…we were brought to the Zi Sha Pot factory, silk factory, Long Jing Tea plantation, chrysanthemum tea, pearl, Jade, etc…
Among all, I miss the spring weather the most, the temperature was just nice, luke warm, if you will…chilly with some warmth from the sun, absolutely gorgeous…I wouldn’t love the place as much if it were Summer, for our information, it should be warmer that what we are having here, less humid, possibly…The weather in Shang Hai reminded me of Sydney, but they are two different cities altogether, although I would like to say my preference would skew toward Sydney, predictably typical of my nature, but to be honest, I wouldn’t mind staying in SH at all, I think…if only the shanghainese lass would be a little bit gentler and adorable…we have seen too many dun-mess-with-me girls in SH, trust me, they would lay a hand on you if things dun go too well to their liking…Hun Dan (bastard) would be fired against you, and dun even think of fighting back, we all know too well how Chinese opera got its name from…ultra high frequency shrieking-alike voice…you will never come close to their pitch…best solution, get a step back and SHADDAP…
I would like to go on forever about this awesome city, the many river cruises, the pearl tower, the temples (im still a Christian), the buildings, the scenery…but I will not get enough of it, ever…one thing for sure, this wont be my last trip to China…Shang Hai, you haven’t seen the last of me, we’ll bound to meet again, I s’pose 2008’s Olympic in Bei Jing wont be too far to look forward to….
Friday, April 15, 2005
All's well that ends well....
It's final....it's over...
and that pretty well sums it all up, the final destination of my varsity years has been concluded yesterday in a 2h paper...
I was thrilled for a while....everyone was...We shouted at the top of our voices, we danced, we embraced each other...we agreed with one another: This is it, we've done it, all these years of suffering is finally coming to an end, it HAS ended...
and then i decided: SO WHAT???
thinking back, i was telling everyone how i dreaded each and every day when we were in campus, sitting in a single file, listening to neverending lectures by dunno-who and struggling to see to the assignments at the 11th hour...
We went through the junior years, the sophomore year and then the senior years...
it wasnt without fun, it wasnt without happiness, it wasnt without craziness...then why do i wanted out of that game?
i dunno...i must be confused...i didnt know what to expect...i thought something bright ahead is waiting for me...i was naive, i still am...
Gosh, i miss the folks already...
yesternight the dudes chillouted at my crib for one last bachelor's night...we hit the Bombay Sapphire Gin...we were very happy...we expressed ourselves...everything was out, the grudges, the unsatisfaction with each other and then finally we forgave each other and our relationship is one step closer now...
Shall be leaving for Shang Hai in a few hours more....i havent packed...was feeling a lil' dizzy and nauseous....and head-splitting migraine...but i really look forward to this trip, to hanging out with my close Uni frens one last time, to tease each other time, to have fun....Geez, jz fyi, no one is dying and the world aint coming to an end, at least not any time sooner...(i hope... coz ppl are actually telling me that the end of days is coming, from the volcano eruptions, apparently...dun be childish, ppl...)
so about my buddies, i havent realized how much i appreciated them until now...they were the one who informed me of any assignments submission a day prior to deadline, they were the one who let me copied their works and reports and results, they were the one who reminded me if there's any jobs interview going on in campus, they were the reason why i still survive in the varsity...
It is now officially ended...I AM now a graduate...i am now declared qualified to enter the helluva working world...i dun hafta study anymore...Im not exactly sure if my finals have been done impressively, but im sure i'll be able to pass everything...(*fingers crossed*)...im tasting the sweetness now, i hope it will last...
Many times in our lives we were worried about the uncertainties that lie before us, we questioned and we wanted answers....but more often than not the excitement actually lies in the process of getting the answers...we wanted a fast-way out, we didnt get it, we frustrate...that's not the right attitude...I have come to know that in order to achieve something, u need to put effort in it...i feel that i have done it, and now let's see what's gonna happen to me...
Lead me on, Lord...indeed, You are the Way, the Truth and the Life...
and that pretty well sums it all up, the final destination of my varsity years has been concluded yesterday in a 2h paper...
I was thrilled for a while....everyone was...We shouted at the top of our voices, we danced, we embraced each other...we agreed with one another: This is it, we've done it, all these years of suffering is finally coming to an end, it HAS ended...
and then i decided: SO WHAT???
thinking back, i was telling everyone how i dreaded each and every day when we were in campus, sitting in a single file, listening to neverending lectures by dunno-who and struggling to see to the assignments at the 11th hour...
We went through the junior years, the sophomore year and then the senior years...
it wasnt without fun, it wasnt without happiness, it wasnt without craziness...then why do i wanted out of that game?
i dunno...i must be confused...i didnt know what to expect...i thought something bright ahead is waiting for me...i was naive, i still am...
Gosh, i miss the folks already...
yesternight the dudes chillouted at my crib for one last bachelor's night...we hit the Bombay Sapphire Gin...we were very happy...we expressed ourselves...everything was out, the grudges, the unsatisfaction with each other and then finally we forgave each other and our relationship is one step closer now...
Shall be leaving for Shang Hai in a few hours more....i havent packed...was feeling a lil' dizzy and nauseous....and head-splitting migraine...but i really look forward to this trip, to hanging out with my close Uni frens one last time, to tease each other time, to have fun....Geez, jz fyi, no one is dying and the world aint coming to an end, at least not any time sooner...(i hope... coz ppl are actually telling me that the end of days is coming, from the volcano eruptions, apparently...dun be childish, ppl...)
so about my buddies, i havent realized how much i appreciated them until now...they were the one who informed me of any assignments submission a day prior to deadline, they were the one who let me copied their works and reports and results, they were the one who reminded me if there's any jobs interview going on in campus, they were the reason why i still survive in the varsity...
It is now officially ended...I AM now a graduate...i am now declared qualified to enter the helluva working world...i dun hafta study anymore...Im not exactly sure if my finals have been done impressively, but im sure i'll be able to pass everything...(*fingers crossed*)...im tasting the sweetness now, i hope it will last...
Many times in our lives we were worried about the uncertainties that lie before us, we questioned and we wanted answers....but more often than not the excitement actually lies in the process of getting the answers...we wanted a fast-way out, we didnt get it, we frustrate...that's not the right attitude...I have come to know that in order to achieve something, u need to put effort in it...i feel that i have done it, and now let's see what's gonna happen to me...
Lead me on, Lord...indeed, You are the Way, the Truth and the Life...
Friday, April 01, 2005
Study Week...
Pretty much happened for the past few days...some satisfying ones, some sobering ones, and others thrilling...
First off, THE PRESENTATION was done and over with...I dunno why i feel so excited about this one, considering i have no recollection that ive done a swell of a job...but anyway, i was rather pleased that the lecturer and moderator have decided that they will keep their questions to themselves...that suits me...:)
Then, it was Easter Sunday...I had a nice Easter service on Sunday morning, remembering that He had suffered for us and His love and what i can do to appreciate Him...As i was singing Above All on stage, I cud really feel it...it was very intense...Thank You, Lord...for everything...
After that, i spent the next few days with CF members...On monday, we had dance practice, and then we went to South City for supper...it was during that time that much was happening back in the condo im staying...Apparently an 'EarthQuake' has taken place while we were eating...Funny as it shd sound, i didnt feel even the slightest budge, and all this while i was thinking, the very thing that Malaysian do best - Exaggeration...To cut things short, i went back to Cyberia...saw the fellas and dudes making themselves a total nuisance hindering access to the condo, taking the opportunity to fellowship with each other, thus creating a chaotic mess and unneeded commotion...it irritates me when ppl make a HooHaa out of something petite...I joined in the 'talking' for a while, and then i headed back to my room, leaving the folks where they were...i later heard that they were down there for another couple of hours or so...pathetic...
Tuesday was the farewell day for FYS...we final year student presented a dance and a sketch for the juniors...I wasnt feeling very emotional, as ive nv really know the juniors...It was sad though to not seeing the other graduating students...but then again, lives move on...
On wednesday, i had another 'makan' session with the CFers...we went for Haagen Dazs Buffet and i ended up being the winner, or the Greedy Hog, for consuming 16 scoops of ice creams, accommpanied by three cups of coffee...I love the IceCream but was really disappointed that they didnt serve Bailey's flavour...otherwise i would have achieved my target of 20 scoops....nvm, will do it next time...
Some updates on myself...
I added four more books to my bookshelf:
Cat and Mouse - James Patterson
1st to die - James Patterson
Rule of Four -
The Line of Beauty - Alan
Also, i got an iPod Shuffle which is out of the norm for me, coz im nv into gadgets like this....but i thought i cud bring my music along when im travelling in ShangHai and Cambodia next month...so it is worth it...
Alright, let the study week commence...the last sprint to the finishing line...
I do well, i do well not, i do well, i do well not, i do well...
Hehe...
First off, THE PRESENTATION was done and over with...I dunno why i feel so excited about this one, considering i have no recollection that ive done a swell of a job...but anyway, i was rather pleased that the lecturer and moderator have decided that they will keep their questions to themselves...that suits me...:)
Then, it was Easter Sunday...I had a nice Easter service on Sunday morning, remembering that He had suffered for us and His love and what i can do to appreciate Him...As i was singing Above All on stage, I cud really feel it...it was very intense...Thank You, Lord...for everything...
After that, i spent the next few days with CF members...On monday, we had dance practice, and then we went to South City for supper...it was during that time that much was happening back in the condo im staying...Apparently an 'EarthQuake' has taken place while we were eating...Funny as it shd sound, i didnt feel even the slightest budge, and all this while i was thinking, the very thing that Malaysian do best - Exaggeration...To cut things short, i went back to Cyberia...saw the fellas and dudes making themselves a total nuisance hindering access to the condo, taking the opportunity to fellowship with each other, thus creating a chaotic mess and unneeded commotion...it irritates me when ppl make a HooHaa out of something petite...I joined in the 'talking' for a while, and then i headed back to my room, leaving the folks where they were...i later heard that they were down there for another couple of hours or so...pathetic...
Tuesday was the farewell day for FYS...we final year student presented a dance and a sketch for the juniors...I wasnt feeling very emotional, as ive nv really know the juniors...It was sad though to not seeing the other graduating students...but then again, lives move on...
On wednesday, i had another 'makan' session with the CFers...we went for Haagen Dazs Buffet and i ended up being the winner, or the Greedy Hog, for consuming 16 scoops of ice creams, accommpanied by three cups of coffee...I love the IceCream but was really disappointed that they didnt serve Bailey's flavour...otherwise i would have achieved my target of 20 scoops....nvm, will do it next time...
Some updates on myself...
I added four more books to my bookshelf:
Cat and Mouse - James Patterson
1st to die - James Patterson
Rule of Four -
The Line of Beauty - Alan
Also, i got an iPod Shuffle which is out of the norm for me, coz im nv into gadgets like this....but i thought i cud bring my music along when im travelling in ShangHai and Cambodia next month...so it is worth it...
Alright, let the study week commence...the last sprint to the finishing line...
I do well, i do well not, i do well, i do well not, i do well...
Hehe...
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Friday night fever...
Last weekend, I celebrated galfriend Melissa’s birthday. We checked out this club ‘Rum Jungle’ that has been in town for a while but have never gotten the nerve to enter it. We were there one day, outside its compound, but the music turned us down, it was very sixties then, and the live band didn’t manage to convince us that they will rock it out…
So on this faithful night, we decided we would give it a try and venture into it…We bought a Bacardi Limon that is less alcoholic than a Bombay Sapphire, so that the gals can share the drink with us….
The crowd was there, the live band was there, and everyone was in a chit-chatty mood…the night was still young when we visited the place and we were seated in a very cozy Gazebo where we have the whole place to ourselves…we drank slowly, and let the conversations take over…The occasion was a merry one, we toasted for Mel and Jo for their starting a new job, and wished them a blissful career…I was the only one who has yet to work in the crowd…and I do feel a lil’ outta place…well, maybe jz a lil’…
Looking around me, the crowd consists of mostly working group, business cows and middle-class sheep…there were barely any youngsters around, or rather none…I can see that some of them are having their company drinkout after working hour…Mel’s company has such treat too, every last Friday of the month, the company entitles the staff a happyhour extravaganza of three complementary drinks in the club…She promised to bring me and Jo the next Friday so that we can all get the first round on the house…
The live band was boring, singing tunes from the good old times that sounded jolly and at the same time melancholy…the best that we can dance along was ABBA’s Dancing Queen…We felt better when the DJ took over and played us techno and other fantastic remix…
I was thinking, how nice it is to work in town and have this kinda happyhour every night after work, good companies, nice drinks, business talks, and friendly pow-wow… Of coz, it takes some handsome salary to be able to sip a few rounds of Martinis and Margaritas…but actually I was hoping im charming enough to get the superiors to buy me my drinks….before I can become a superior myself, and buy the adorable juniors their drink…life’s a cycle, ain’t it?
We finished our drink and adjourned to Thai Club, which is jz across the street…bought a Chivas Regal and joined in the frenzy party up in the second floor…The mood was better, young people like us were everywhere, and we can relate better to the music they played...
We stayed till 3 in the wee hours, only because Dad wants me to be back…I earlier mistaken him as someone else and have talked crap in fronta him, and end up he thought I was drunk…but I really dun feel like relating the story now…it was embarrassing….really…
Jo drove me back, we passed few road blocks, gotten over it, reached home, slept till noon, dehydrated…
And there goes our Friday nightout…
So on this faithful night, we decided we would give it a try and venture into it…We bought a Bacardi Limon that is less alcoholic than a Bombay Sapphire, so that the gals can share the drink with us….
The crowd was there, the live band was there, and everyone was in a chit-chatty mood…the night was still young when we visited the place and we were seated in a very cozy Gazebo where we have the whole place to ourselves…we drank slowly, and let the conversations take over…The occasion was a merry one, we toasted for Mel and Jo for their starting a new job, and wished them a blissful career…I was the only one who has yet to work in the crowd…and I do feel a lil’ outta place…well, maybe jz a lil’…
Looking around me, the crowd consists of mostly working group, business cows and middle-class sheep…there were barely any youngsters around, or rather none…I can see that some of them are having their company drinkout after working hour…Mel’s company has such treat too, every last Friday of the month, the company entitles the staff a happyhour extravaganza of three complementary drinks in the club…She promised to bring me and Jo the next Friday so that we can all get the first round on the house…
The live band was boring, singing tunes from the good old times that sounded jolly and at the same time melancholy…the best that we can dance along was ABBA’s Dancing Queen…We felt better when the DJ took over and played us techno and other fantastic remix…
I was thinking, how nice it is to work in town and have this kinda happyhour every night after work, good companies, nice drinks, business talks, and friendly pow-wow… Of coz, it takes some handsome salary to be able to sip a few rounds of Martinis and Margaritas…but actually I was hoping im charming enough to get the superiors to buy me my drinks….before I can become a superior myself, and buy the adorable juniors their drink…life’s a cycle, ain’t it?
We finished our drink and adjourned to Thai Club, which is jz across the street…bought a Chivas Regal and joined in the frenzy party up in the second floor…The mood was better, young people like us were everywhere, and we can relate better to the music they played...
We stayed till 3 in the wee hours, only because Dad wants me to be back…I earlier mistaken him as someone else and have talked crap in fronta him, and end up he thought I was drunk…but I really dun feel like relating the story now…it was embarrassing….really…
Jo drove me back, we passed few road blocks, gotten over it, reached home, slept till noon, dehydrated…
And there goes our Friday nightout…
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Some nice company, and a few drinks...
This is it, the very day ive been waiting for...after what seemed like a grueling two weeks, sleep deprived, food scarcity, entering into a torture-chamber-cleverly-disguised-as-office-lecturer's room once a week, and still survive, i shall hereby declare that as of today, im a free and victorious man...
no longer succumbing to his pressure
no longer slaving for the report
no longer shying away from my LIFE
Yeah, today is the day, the legendary day, the day that all FYS (final year student) have been craving for, the day when hell breaks lose and insanity takes over....
It is the thesis submission day...(or rather, it WAS...wahahaha...)
Im feeling in heaven
Im feeling blissful
Im feeling to get a few drinks
I finished my report yesterevening, and what a fine time i had then...another item off the check list, two more to go....Presentation and Final exams...Gosh, it's so near i can taste it...Im glad im not feeling the pressure of not securing a job, like the others did...didnt feel inclined of getting any either...Mom was asking me yesterday if i had any plans...i said i dunno, but one thing im sure is, i wanna get outta this place! She was like: Go for it! Geez, that was exactly the kinda support i need from her...
So this morning, i went to the bank and sort out all my finances...i feel that i really need to manage my own expenses now....A month from now i MIGHT NOT take any more allowance from my parents...It's time to be independent, it's time to provide, it's time to stop taking...
I changed my FD mature period to one month, i took out all my interests, i planned bout its usage (Isetan is having sales now...LOL), and i thought bout the expenses of going to overseas...
Wow, all of a sudden i feel as if im in control, of course, im praying that God will make a way for me and be a faithful provider...i really need His intervention in this, where my life is concerned...
Coming back, i was feeling in cloud nine yesterday, my fellow pals and i went to a nice, newly opened bar at the Curve...It was tequila night, and guess what, i was challenged by the DJ on a shot of tequila...i won and got a complimentary tequila..haha...
My first round was Blue Margarita, the taste is cool, a decent quencher...
For my second, i took Mexican Martini....luv it...
For my third round, i had Sex-on-the Beach, a fave cocktail of mine...coz i absolutely adore the pineapple juice in the concoction...
Final round, the complimentary tequila i mentioned earlier...
Needless to say, life was good after a few good drinks...and the best part is, i only paid for the first round...My galfriends didnt do as well as i do, they drank juices, heinekan and ILT...Gals...
Ooh...im going to have some more drinks later...bye...
no longer succumbing to his pressure
no longer slaving for the report
no longer shying away from my LIFE
Yeah, today is the day, the legendary day, the day that all FYS (final year student) have been craving for, the day when hell breaks lose and insanity takes over....
It is the thesis submission day...(or rather, it WAS...wahahaha...)
Im feeling in heaven
Im feeling blissful
Im feeling to get a few drinks
I finished my report yesterevening, and what a fine time i had then...another item off the check list, two more to go....Presentation and Final exams...Gosh, it's so near i can taste it...Im glad im not feeling the pressure of not securing a job, like the others did...didnt feel inclined of getting any either...Mom was asking me yesterday if i had any plans...i said i dunno, but one thing im sure is, i wanna get outta this place! She was like: Go for it! Geez, that was exactly the kinda support i need from her...
So this morning, i went to the bank and sort out all my finances...i feel that i really need to manage my own expenses now....A month from now i MIGHT NOT take any more allowance from my parents...It's time to be independent, it's time to provide, it's time to stop taking...
I changed my FD mature period to one month, i took out all my interests, i planned bout its usage (Isetan is having sales now...LOL), and i thought bout the expenses of going to overseas...
Wow, all of a sudden i feel as if im in control, of course, im praying that God will make a way for me and be a faithful provider...i really need His intervention in this, where my life is concerned...
Coming back, i was feeling in cloud nine yesterday, my fellow pals and i went to a nice, newly opened bar at the Curve...It was tequila night, and guess what, i was challenged by the DJ on a shot of tequila...i won and got a complimentary tequila..haha...
My first round was Blue Margarita, the taste is cool, a decent quencher...
For my second, i took Mexican Martini....luv it...
For my third round, i had Sex-on-the Beach, a fave cocktail of mine...coz i absolutely adore the pineapple juice in the concoction...
Final round, the complimentary tequila i mentioned earlier...
Needless to say, life was good after a few good drinks...and the best part is, i only paid for the first round...My galfriends didnt do as well as i do, they drank juices, heinekan and ILT...Gals...
Ooh...im going to have some more drinks later...bye...
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Typically Malaysian....
I thought as im a frequent movie-goer, i should comment a lil' on the attitude that some fellow malaysians have to offer while they're inside the cinema...
So the other day i was getting my weekly dose for my movie crave, i bought tickets for my friends and I, hoping to catch a nice film to start off the week...I insisted that we were to watch Lemony Snickets: A series of unfortunate events, since it has become a hit in the states...
we got ourselves seated, comfy and all, on some of the best seats in the hall, i was thinking: gosh, we are so gonna have a fine, entertained time...Alas, i cudnt be more wrong...
It all started when the film began...
"this is not a story about the elf...", says the narrator...
"Mom, why arent we watching the elves?", says the boy...
"dear, we're watching a story about the poor children...", says the mom...
And for the next hour or so, this is what we got from our beloved spectators, who happen to seat just RIGHT BEHIND us...
i will not even start telling you how unfortunate i am when it comes to having decent neighbours in the cinema, coz ive barely gotten any!
if they're not chowing down some weird smelling food, they're talking nineteen to the dozen, if they're not smooching and getting all over each other in front of me, their legs are wobbling behind me...I shall reserve my two cents worth about ppl with BO and stinking legs and oversized arms that would tend to intrude my 'territory'...Sigh, i feel that my comfort zone has been compromised everytime i try to watch a film...
It continued...
'mom, why is he babbling?', the kid would say...
'He's saying....this....that....bla...bla...more bla...', the mom would explain...
Alrite, i know this is a nickelodeon film, but does that mean we should have an inquisitive child with loud, tearing, piercing voice all over us, and a loving mother who's having the impression that she's telling a bedtime story to her child?
Im not being unkind here, but i cudnt hear a word that Jim Carrey has to say...Well, maybe i do, coz the mother would be repeating the lines after him...My knowledge of the entire film now lies at the mercy of the mom's narration...how lucky i am...
We all know how Jim Carrey has the tendency to speak fast-paced, altered tone and funky pronunciation...so when the mom cudnt get he said, she would just make up stories of her own...
Sometimes it just beats me how unconsiderate some ppl can be...i mean, Hey, someone else is watching the film too...Hello~~~
but that's always been the case...yeah, and only and exclusively in Malaysia...this is the kind of ppl that u will meet everyday in your life....
She has tried...when her child broke into uproarious laughter...
'Son, dun be too loud...', she said...
'wahahaha....', that brat took not the least notice of what his mom said...
'this is not the end, the baudelaire orphans will continue to face more unfortunate events in days to come, but they will always find a way to turn things around, let's just hope that it stays that way...' the narrator concluded...
And there goes another of my UNFORTUNATE day...
'Dun say i didnt warn you'.....
So the other day i was getting my weekly dose for my movie crave, i bought tickets for my friends and I, hoping to catch a nice film to start off the week...I insisted that we were to watch Lemony Snickets: A series of unfortunate events, since it has become a hit in the states...
we got ourselves seated, comfy and all, on some of the best seats in the hall, i was thinking: gosh, we are so gonna have a fine, entertained time...Alas, i cudnt be more wrong...
It all started when the film began...
"this is not a story about the elf...", says the narrator...
"Mom, why arent we watching the elves?", says the boy...
"dear, we're watching a story about the poor children...", says the mom...
And for the next hour or so, this is what we got from our beloved spectators, who happen to seat just RIGHT BEHIND us...
i will not even start telling you how unfortunate i am when it comes to having decent neighbours in the cinema, coz ive barely gotten any!
if they're not chowing down some weird smelling food, they're talking nineteen to the dozen, if they're not smooching and getting all over each other in front of me, their legs are wobbling behind me...I shall reserve my two cents worth about ppl with BO and stinking legs and oversized arms that would tend to intrude my 'territory'...Sigh, i feel that my comfort zone has been compromised everytime i try to watch a film...
It continued...
'mom, why is he babbling?', the kid would say...
'He's saying....this....that....bla...bla...more bla...', the mom would explain...
Alrite, i know this is a nickelodeon film, but does that mean we should have an inquisitive child with loud, tearing, piercing voice all over us, and a loving mother who's having the impression that she's telling a bedtime story to her child?
Im not being unkind here, but i cudnt hear a word that Jim Carrey has to say...Well, maybe i do, coz the mother would be repeating the lines after him...My knowledge of the entire film now lies at the mercy of the mom's narration...how lucky i am...
We all know how Jim Carrey has the tendency to speak fast-paced, altered tone and funky pronunciation...so when the mom cudnt get he said, she would just make up stories of her own...
Sometimes it just beats me how unconsiderate some ppl can be...i mean, Hey, someone else is watching the film too...Hello~~~
but that's always been the case...yeah, and only and exclusively in Malaysia...this is the kind of ppl that u will meet everyday in your life....
She has tried...when her child broke into uproarious laughter...
'Son, dun be too loud...', she said...
'wahahaha....', that brat took not the least notice of what his mom said...
'this is not the end, the baudelaire orphans will continue to face more unfortunate events in days to come, but they will always find a way to turn things around, let's just hope that it stays that way...' the narrator concluded...
And there goes another of my UNFORTUNATE day...
'Dun say i didnt warn you'.....
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Chap Goh Mei...
Everyone was looking forward to it, and for some reason or other, i thought the entire affair of having 15 days of celebration is totally absurd...Well, the malays celebrated for two days during Raya, while the indians only have one day...Christians, every day is a day to be celebrated and cheer upon, since we've already gotten the joy in us, we definitely dun need special occasion to get all spirited up...
So, after the last paper on Tue, everyone was frantically excited (although i did a bad midterm...)...We gathered and proceeded to Bistro 1957, our favourite hangouts at Mont'Kiara...the occasion was to celebrate Chloe's birthday, or rather, her lunar Birthday, which happen to fall on the last day of CNY...
We dined, we drank and chit-chatted...taking time off from our busy schedule, putting away thoughts of thesis and FYP, and had a very memorable rendezvous...I ordered my fave Fettucine Carbonara and Tom Collins while the others contributed their Pizzas and Pasta and Chicken fillet as my side dishes...
it was a hearty meal, we were satisfied with it...when it comes to eating the birthday cake, everyone has room for it, as denise had smartly bought a miniature one...after the meal, we adjourned to Breakers for beers and Fusball and Pool...I challenged the guys for pool where loser pays for the game...lost few rounds and won one round...haha...obviously luck wasnt on my side...
The getaway was necessary, and most of us were amenable at the suggestion of hanging out, despite heavy workload...I know the workload concerns less of me than to the rest, so i thought they were pretty sporting and willing to spend hours out playing and having fun...
Somehow, i dun understand why they still feel pretty stressout over the project and exams....didnt they all already have a job secure for them? some are going to Sony, some to Motorola, some to Pentamaster, Tekmark, Finistar....Alrite, they are perfectionist, they want the best out of everything...First class honours is a must in their cert...well, definitely not me...
I went for Melissa's convocation last week at Nikko Hotel...she graduated from Victoria University, Melbourne...the entire ceremony was grand, with students and faculty master and chancellor alike, all wearing their robe up to perfection...the valedictorian was a bit of a disappointment though...she couldn't speak fluently!What particularly hits me is that everyone's cert is SIMILAR....no one cares if you've gotten a Distinction or Merit or Credit or Whatshit, the cert reads a mere Graduated from Victoria U, in what course, what year....bla bla bla...
Gosh, that's what i would like to see in our digital cert...but i know it's not gonna happen...Malaysians take such great pride in their own achievement that they dwell in it forever....look at every household, and u r bound to encounter what would be an oversized graduation photo, golden-framed certificate at a spotlighted location...slim chance that you will miss seeing it...
It aint matter to me...it doesnt last....it's not forever...
Right now im jz gonna concentrate on SURVIVING till the end of finals, which would be around mid april...I'm feeling fragile...on the verge of giving up...dun feel like seeing anything that relates to engineering anymore....I need to stay put, focus...i know i can do it...i didnt come that far to give up...Never...
So, after the last paper on Tue, everyone was frantically excited (although i did a bad midterm...)...We gathered and proceeded to Bistro 1957, our favourite hangouts at Mont'Kiara...the occasion was to celebrate Chloe's birthday, or rather, her lunar Birthday, which happen to fall on the last day of CNY...
We dined, we drank and chit-chatted...taking time off from our busy schedule, putting away thoughts of thesis and FYP, and had a very memorable rendezvous...I ordered my fave Fettucine Carbonara and Tom Collins while the others contributed their Pizzas and Pasta and Chicken fillet as my side dishes...
it was a hearty meal, we were satisfied with it...when it comes to eating the birthday cake, everyone has room for it, as denise had smartly bought a miniature one...after the meal, we adjourned to Breakers for beers and Fusball and Pool...I challenged the guys for pool where loser pays for the game...lost few rounds and won one round...haha...obviously luck wasnt on my side...
The getaway was necessary, and most of us were amenable at the suggestion of hanging out, despite heavy workload...I know the workload concerns less of me than to the rest, so i thought they were pretty sporting and willing to spend hours out playing and having fun...
Somehow, i dun understand why they still feel pretty stressout over the project and exams....didnt they all already have a job secure for them? some are going to Sony, some to Motorola, some to Pentamaster, Tekmark, Finistar....Alrite, they are perfectionist, they want the best out of everything...First class honours is a must in their cert...well, definitely not me...
I went for Melissa's convocation last week at Nikko Hotel...she graduated from Victoria University, Melbourne...the entire ceremony was grand, with students and faculty master and chancellor alike, all wearing their robe up to perfection...the valedictorian was a bit of a disappointment though...she couldn't speak fluently!What particularly hits me is that everyone's cert is SIMILAR....no one cares if you've gotten a Distinction or Merit or Credit or Whatshit, the cert reads a mere Graduated from Victoria U, in what course, what year....bla bla bla...
Gosh, that's what i would like to see in our digital cert...but i know it's not gonna happen...Malaysians take such great pride in their own achievement that they dwell in it forever....look at every household, and u r bound to encounter what would be an oversized graduation photo, golden-framed certificate at a spotlighted location...slim chance that you will miss seeing it...
It aint matter to me...it doesnt last....it's not forever...
Right now im jz gonna concentrate on SURVIVING till the end of finals, which would be around mid april...I'm feeling fragile...on the verge of giving up...dun feel like seeing anything that relates to engineering anymore....I need to stay put, focus...i know i can do it...i didnt come that far to give up...Never...
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