nAoKi pSyChOTic

白日夢

2011-08-27T22:53:00.002+08:00

寫部落格那麽多年了，這才是我第二篇用中文打的文章。

空窗了一年多，因爲聽見那首歌而一時感觸寫了上一次的文章。還是覺得這裡是可以抒發情緒的地方，反正會讀的人不多。

還是很想念呐！

如果要再離開一次，而且是孤身上路的話，我還會有勇氣嗎？

嘴上是說一個人旅行也沒啥，可是有困難時、心情低落時，還是希望有朋友的陪伴的吧。

我覺得空想也是沒用的，如果真的受不了，真的不行了，大不了就回來唄。

留在這裡不是不好，只是...擔心以後會後悔。

希望哪一年我真的成功到了那個地方可是卻遇到挫折時，可以讀回這一篇文章，了解到現在的我是有多麽渴望再闖一次...這樣，我也可能會比較有勇氣再堅持下去吧？

"蕭漢良，不要擔心，一個人也沒啥！找不到工作也沒啥！天還沒塌下來不是麽？"

會有那麽一天吧？

突然好想你

2011-08-22T21:42:00.003+08:00

聽見五月天的這一首歌，難免又要一番感觸了。

別人說，有一些歌，聼了會很有畫面。這番話真正的意義我也是第一次感受到。

這首歌，讓我很有畫面。

當這些畫面在腦中重播時，真的是會鼻子酸酸的。

其實在當下我也已經對這首歌很有感觸的了，感覺知道時間快到了吧。

明知是不能改變的事實，當然要面對，即使眼前的勇敢只是裝出來的。對不？

畫面中的那些人，很難再見面了吧？

回不去了吧？

以後也只能在這首歌響起時，讓回憶在腦中重播了。

不知道何時才能夠不會鼻酸地聼這一首歌呢？

self doubt

2010-08-26T17:53:00.005+08:00

I think that I am wasting my time here at JB.

I know it has only been three days,but I feel like I have spent one whole week here and there is no progress on the job search whatsoever.

There is just this hope...a hope that I might be granted an interview for that great job at across the causeway that have made me came all the way here...

This hope has got me hanging...no moving forward or backward...just plain wait...waiting for something to happen...waiting for time to passes by...waiting for the email or that call that would have made all these long waits worthwhile.

Damn this hope.

If there is ever a good time to have doubts about myself,this would be it.

I am here at JB with my extended family- my sister-in-law and her family...but still I feel all alone.It was worst than when I was backpacking in NZ.

I think that the peer pressure has got the better of me.Now I know that peer pressure hits all of us no matter how old we are.I am now feeling so low mainly because I am comparing myself with others,like those around me who have been working so hard when I was away,those who have came back with me but found jobs way faster than I do,and even those whom I have not met since convocation but yet they have got great jobs and seemingly great lives ahead of them (yea I stalked them on facebook)...

I know,I know...it's all on my mind.I am my own greatest enemy.

But I do feel like a loser for not securing a job,although it is only a little less than 2 months since I am back.(er hem)

It is just a transition,I am sure of it.After awhile I will laugh at this blog post and joke about it with my friends...but for now,I feel that I am at a low point of my life.

It's funny how I only feels like blogging when I am having all these negative feelings.I haven't blog for quite some time now since my last entry about leaving NZ,and now I am back posting two entries,only two days apart at each one.

Well,this IS a good place to rant.

Right,I feel better already,even just a little bit.

烦

2010-08-24T21:42:00.003+08:00

I came back home for almost two months now.Still unemployed.

I know I am choosy,and probably not looking hard enough...but it is just so hard for me to concentrate.Maybe I have been slacking off for far too long.

Jobs applied so far: More than ten.Interview attended so far: only one.It's hard not to feel dejected like this!

I just came down to JB today,in hopes of getting some interview across the causeway...wishful thinking maybe.I know it is hard to get a job in sg,but I just thought that I should at least give it a try.

But when I was packing my bag this morning,I only packed one shirt for interview.I thought about this when I was on my way here and it feels as if I am not expecting any interview to take place,or I just don't want it hard enough.

What do I want,really?I don't know!

This is so sad.I think that in order for me to move on,I have to stop thinking about NZ.

I just need a job to distract myself.

But to do that,I need to get a job first.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.WTF.

lucky number seven

2010-06-17T18:55:00.002+08:00

Today is my 7 months anniversary in NZ!

Feels like just last week when I posted my entry of me being here for half a year.

I am at Queenstown now, one of the most beautiful towns in NZ.

It has been 7 months, but the sheer beauty of New Zealand still amazes me every day that I am here.

Like yesterday when I was at Lake Pukaki and Aoraki Village at Mount Cook, the view was really beyond this world…no words can ever describe how beautiful it was, and no photos can do its justice either…seriously!

It is amazing how beautiful this country is, particularly the south island. It is also amazing that how the beauty of this place has not been jeopardize by commercialization.

I would imagine that if we put the beautiful Aoraki Village at somewhere else in the world, it would be jam-packed by tourists from all over the world and there will also be many touristic developments of the area…and all these would have easily cost the place its simplicity and sheer beauty.

When I was at Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki, I was only among the few tourists who were there. Other than the four or five of us, the place was quite deserted, and so we get to enjoy the place much better.

I even did skydiving this afternoon, which was freaking awesome!!!

These were all amazing experiences that I would never ever forget, and these experiences made me realize how small I am in this big big world I am living in…

I am leaving NZ next Wednesday, for now at least! I shall be back someday in the future, and I shall remember how beautiful this country is, and how this working holiday experience made me the man I am today.

Bungy jumping tomorrow! Woohoo~ Pray for a good weather tomorrow…

thank you note

2010-06-13T04:27:00.012+08:00

finally,i have left motueka,the place i called my second home out of malaysia.

i am very heavy hearted to leave!especially when i am missing only 2 more days of work,after which i can celebrate the official end of apple season with all my colleagues!

I started working at McLeans' on the very first day of apple packing season,but now i am 2 days shy of finishing it!that's a real bummer...

what's more,i am also missing the big BBQ party with free flow of beer at the packhouse,on the very last day of work!

free flow of beer!free food!

and i am only 2 days shy of enjoying that with my friends!

hmmm...

anyway,this entry is entitled 'thank you note',so imma now thank some of my friends,whom might not even see this note.

to my housemates: issac,derrick,charles,zoe tsui,ivy sung and joan chen,you guys are the best!well,of course you are,otherwise i won't be moving in with you all at the first place...hehehe.

we are truly a family!i will miss mama issac's morning muffin on the weekend,papa derrick's wise advise and kindness,brother ivy sung's cheeky and witty remarks,sister zoe tsui's kindness and gentleness,security charles' gluttony and crazy photo-taking poses,and housemaid joan chen's sarcasm and calmness...

we are seven very different characters living under the same roof,and i have learnt tremendously from each and everyone of you.thank you all so much for everything and i really hope to see you guys again very soon.i want to say something cheesy like friendship forever,but that is just not our style,right?so let's just stay in touch and leave it at that.haha.

to my workmates: ... too many names to name here,but all of whom i have worked with for the whole apple packing season has been really great and helpful,and i am very grateful to have meet you all at McLeans'.Even the McLeans family,and all other angmoh's who work there have been awesome to me and i have absolutely nothing to complain about,except that i will really miss them and i hope to have the honour to work for the McLeans' family again.

I miss motueka already,and this work experience had truly made my nz working holiday so much more unforgettable.

Bye bye motueka,i will really miss you and i will cherish the memories i have there for life.

Twin Oaks Cottage @ Motueka

2010-06-05T08:30:00.006+08:00

I woke up this morning to the delicious smell of home baked chocolate muffins.I went out to the dining room and saw Issac baking muffins while another house mate having his usual breakfast.It is a bright sunny morning (which is very hard to come by lately) and the green field across the road from my my place is visible through the vast window.

I immediately thought:I need to make another mental picture of this perfect morning;this is another perfect moment that I need to remember and cherish in the future.

I am leaving this place very soon.Just another week at this cosy little cottage we call home,and just another four more days at the pack house.

I'll miss this place dearly.

six months

2010-05-17T13:32:00.007+08:00

Today marks the 6th month since I have arrived into kiwi-land.

Wow,has it really been half a year?The time for me to leave is creeping nearer and I am already feeling heavy hearted to leave this beautiful country.

Yes,it's true that I don't quite like it here when I first came,but NZ has really been growing on me!However,now that I am starting to get used to be living here,it is also almost the time for me to leave.

A lot have changed since the 17th of November six months ago...

Unlike the clueless,thoughtless dumb ass six months ago,who have bought himself a 220NZD air ticket ON THE SAME DAY to Queenstown just to spend half of his fortune there for nothing,now I can really give sound advice to newcomers who have just arrived into NZ for working holiday;and unlike last time when I don't even know some of the most famous places to go in NZ,now I sorta know my way around the country...

I think I've definitely changed.Not just tanner or thinner,but sorta stronger and more independent.Just sorta,because there are still so much more to learn!I even learnt to cook some simple dishes so that I won't starve to death in future!

Just one more month,then I will get my first taste of travelling alone in a foreign land.It's short,it's insufficient,it's probably even nothing compared to those girls that I've met who have been travelling alone since the very beginning;but still, it will be an experience that I will never forget.

Hmm,its a memorable 6 months of my life,something that I will never ever forget.Thanks to all my travel mates,and all the great people I've met here (so far),and also to the people who gave me crap (like my landlady whom I will blog about some day in future)...A big thank you for accompanying me through this memorable journey.Its a bit cheesy,but I mean it!

and I get back my passport from immigration today!well,the courier post actually arrived since Saturday but my landlord decided to keep it from me until I ask him for it wtf.My work permit extension of 3 months has been approved and there is now a very nice blue-sticker-visa on my passport!This is a big improvement compared to the lousy stamp I received from custom when I first arrived here,just because I applied for an e-visa instead of sending my application to immigration dept. =p

All in all,today is a very happy day for me!What's more,I am moving into a very nice and cosy new house tomorrow!It only cost me half of what I am paying here!The crappy landlady here can now kiss my ass good-bye!

Must get packed now!

SYOK!!!

10 APRIL 2010 SUN 12:00am

2010-04-12T16:33:00.001+08:00

10 April 2010 Sun 12:00am

It‘s 12am now, New Zealand local time, but I cannot sleep. For the first time since I arrived into NZ,I am putting pen to paper, well, pencil, actually, to write down what I feel.

Just hours ago, I have decided that I might travel by myself for the break that I have after I am done with this job. Then I'll get to go to the places I want to go, eat things I want to eat, and do whatever I please—even if it's only for a week.

Maybe this is insignificant to many, as most new friends I have acquainted here have been doing that for a while now and they find nothing out of the ordinary for traveling alone. But for me, it is kinda exciting, really! So the prospect of traveling alone, however short the traveling might be, still excites and gives me a thrill.

Then I realized that this is what this whole working holiday is about isn’t it? Learning to be independent while enjoying my final freedom in a foreign country before I am being pulled back to the reality of life! It is a freedom indeed, and I will really hold on to it and exploit it until I can really say that I love this working holiday experience!

I have yet to have a thorough plan as to what would I do or where would I go during this short holiday of mine, my would-be last days in kiwi land…But I can’t wait for the day to come.

I shall not worry about minute stuff like I used to anymore—at least not to worry so much like last time! I shall not wonder if I would regret missing out that certain attraction and I shall not worry if going to that certain place would exhaust my very small savings…Just, try to enjoy my days here wherever I may go and whatever I may do.

It is too early to be excited, since it is still 2 months away before my job here finishes. But really, I can’t wait!

Carpe diem, right? We know it, but never truly get it. This working holiday here, I should enjoy every bit of it, before it ends before I even realize. Just 2 to 3 months more before I am back at home, I shall seize the day.

Gosh, I can hardly content my excitement; my hand is shaking while I am writing this down and it feels like I am a small kid about to get my first angpau on New Year’s Day…or it might just be the chill I get from this very cold kitchen + living hall. You would think that at this hour I will have this space all by myself, but no, my very weird Czech housemate have to watch his foreign language speaking DVD at this time...

Ahh,I might be too excited to go to bed now…It is not too late to realize what I just realized right? I still have 2-3 months to go…Anyway, I shall post this journal to my blog tomorrow and share my excitement there.

Off to bed now!

work

2010-03-06T05:25:00.008+08:00

After a week of busy work at McLean's Packhouse,I am finally getting the hang of the job here.The apple season has just started and already we were drown by apples everyday at work.It is so incredibly busy at work that when we thought we were busy enough,the next day just get busier.Fruit explosion is becoming so common now that I can be dead calm when I am having one of it now...unlike the panicky me when I first encounter fruit explosion.

Fruit explosion (noun.) is a term that describe the situation when shit-loads of apples are coming out from the conveyor belt like tsunami.Most often or not the grader and packer will not have enough time to do their job properly and thus leading to flooding of apples to the floor;especially when the grader and packer is the same person.

I got myself some bruises and aching limps from stacking job,another downside of working in a packhouse.Stacking job is very hard because the stacker need to stack carton boxes loaded with apples that weight at about 22-freaking-kilograms each,and stack it to 8 layer high.Yes,that is 22kg carton x 5 = one layer,and I have to stack it to 8 layers high!Imagine doing it non-stop for a day and what it would do to your arms at the end of the day!

The angmoh stacker there can just stack the 8th layer of carton boxes with just one arm,kinda like superman,really!After some tips from them,I am now able to stack the 8th layer with my bare hands without using the ladder;honestly I was quite amazed with myself when I did that the first time,I felt like I was a superman too!Hahahaa.After a week at doing that I realized that my upper arms are getting stronger now,maybe by the time my job is finish here i'll get some big muscle!Ngeheheeee.

Luckily the supervisor is considerate enough to have made all the guys to take turns doing stacking job,so it wasn't really so bad.I will go back and forth of being a grader,packer and stacker everyday and so my job wouldn't really get too boring and tiring.Plus I get to learn something new everyday at different position,which was quite good.

One week down,about 3 more months to go on this job.Hopefully everything will goes well with my job and visa extension,and I'll be back in KL in July!Ahh,I just can't wait to be home again!

question

2010-02-25T10:25:00.007+08:00

Its so hard to put my feelings now into words...I have been typing and erasing,typed a few sentences,or a paragraph,and then erased them again.

Words just failed me (or it was simply my poor command of english =p)

I'm a very proud person,my family and close friends would have no doubt about that.So for me to start asking for help or even asking for a favour would take a lot of me.

Most of the time when I have trouble I'd rather deal with it independently,or even if I'd ask for help I'd do it discreetly...for I don't want to "lose face".

It is just so depressing that I had to call home and tell them that I am going to use the "emergency only" credit cards.

What is even more depressing was that using the credit cards alone were not enough and I had to borrow some more cash from my mate,because my current hostel do not take cards.

Maybe that is why I have been avoiding to post any update on my blog for so long,It is just kinda embarrassing to tell it all here.Some of my friends even said to me that they are happy to see me enjoying myself here,after they checked out my fb album.Well this is the ugly truth,it is not ALL fun here =p.

Just today,I had to go to the bank and sell my MYR,something which I HATE to do,just to get by the future 2 weeks.I had hoped to keep all the MYR for when I go home,most of them are ang paus I received from family on the day I left for NZ,which have sentimental values to me =(.

Arrgh,well,sometimes I just gotta do what I gotta do.

Its great that my family is being so cool about paying my debt on my behalf before I can pay them back when I get home...and even through all these I am amazed that my family still cannot fathom the reason why I wanted to go home so much,because for them the grass is always greener on this side of the earth.

Hmmm,after I gave some thought about it,I think that I won't regret coming over here for this working holiday.Yea,it surely has been hard at times (like now),but I have also gained some invaluable experiences.

I think I have some really bad luck,and some of the poor decision I made along the way just doesn't help.That is the reason why my money is running out so quickly and why my job opportunity is so scarce.

Whereas some of the fellow Malaysian I've met have been very lucky.They secured a better job than us just as they arrive into NZ,and after they bought a nice car to drive around,they still have plenty of money left for them to travel afterwards.

Just my luck lah.

Anyway,these few weeks had been quite depressing,even for me,whom I considered to be quite positive =p.

I should start working tomorrow at a apple pack house nearby,and I really hope that there will be no more unpleasant surprises for me.Seriously,my heart can only take so much at a time.

If everything goes well,I will be staying here at Motueka and working in this apple pack house until the mid of June (when the legendary freezingly cold winter at South Island is,I seriously CAN'T WAIT),then I can have about a week of holiday around NZ and a week of holiday over at Aussie and then I will be home!Hooray!!!

I hope its June tomorrow!*sigh*

UPDATES:Surprise,surprise!I'm not starting today after all!I shall start working next Monday (for now) and I have no freaking idea how to pay my rent for the following week!Aww,how fun!

WTFTNSMCHKNNCCB@#$@#$%^&^%$#@#$%^&^%$#$%^...

another douche bag

2010-01-12T05:12:00.006+08:00

I bought the bus ticket to Warkworth few days ago and it departs today.Me and my mates are to start working as mandarin fruit thinner at somewhere near Warkworth starting this Thursday,but the goddamn agent has not reply our text yet,nor does he answered any of our calls.

Well that was yesterday,we have yet to call him or text him again today.Maybe today he will give us the ultimate honour of answering his phone calls,then we will see if he was really so busy all these while,to the extend that he was unavailable to answer any of our calls or reply to any of our texts.

What are we to do right?We are at his mercy for giving us jobs.For pissing him off (god knows why),we already lost 2 weeks of job,without even a warning.Okay,maybe I do know why we pissed him off.

For starters,we asked to have 1 week off during the Christmas and New Year break before we start the next job,after we worked non-stop for 3 weeks plus.

Honestly I don't think that it was that much of a thing to ask for,since after the 3 days of break for Christmas,we would get another new year break after working for just 2 to 3days.

If the agent was as kind as to warn us that we might lose the job if we don't want to work for those 3 days in between breaks,we might have obliged and just continue working.But of course he was far too busy to do that.Only when we call him again on new year's day that he said our positions have already been filled and we will have to wait until 14 Jan for the next job.

Then at that time,we pissed him off again by calling his boss,and calling one of the contact my mate have,just to ask for jobs to fill in the gap.How are we to know that the Boss actually know nothing and have to call back the said agent;and that contact my mate have is actually working for that same said agent!So we pissed him off by going around him to call his boss and trying to look for another jobs...all on the same day.

Again,I am not oblivious to the fact that we are under his mercy to get jobs.But I am not one who would kiss ass.Even more so when he is being such a douche bag.

Ohh no,I don't just said that out of spite because he denied us 2 weeks of job!I already have the feeling that he is a jerk since the first few calls I made to him months ago...and yes,up to this point I have yet to have the honour to meet him in person.

My doubt about him being a jerk was confirmed after I talked to my supervisor and colleague from my last job,both of whom share the same feelings toward him.

What's more,he is a Malaysian!Yes,and we would thought that when you meet someone from your own country you would try the more harder to help out.But I think that he might have abandoned his own nationality altogether now since now he is a PR who works here permanently.

He even scolded my friends,saying:"You Malaysians like to come here(New Zealand) without doing any home work huh?".Yea,as if he is not a Malaysian himself.Maybe now that he works in New Zealand,he is way beyond his own home country.

On the phone,he even spoke to me in Mandarin and Cantonese with this very annoying faux Hong Kong accent (please note that his boss is a Hongkonger)!This was one of the first thing about him that gave me the impression of him being a douche bag.That plus his don't-give-a-shit-about-u attitude,of course.

I am forever grateful that my travel mate Jo had found us this contact;and I am even more grateful that the agent and my mates actually got along very well,so it was not much of a problem for them girls...But I just can't help myself but feeling dulan towards him.

I will not suck-up to him,but I will try to put on smiling face and just hold my lips together when I see him-- just let my mate do all the talking...I am worried that If I were to talk,I might say something that I will definitely regret later.

That being said,I can only hope that he would treat us as he would treat others when we meet up at Warkworth.If he would be so kind as to give us jobs and not troubles,then I shall turn a smiling face to him and be the most obedient worker he can get.

How I hope so.

ALARMED

2010-01-05T06:11:00.005+08:00

At about 1am this morning,the alarm of my hostel floor came blaring off very loudly with this mechanical voice saying "PLEASE EVACUATE TO THE MAIN EXIT" or something like that.When I was still figuring out what the hell happened,I saw that my roomates were all scurrying around to get their stuff or get dressed (ang moh like to sleep in their boxers) and getting prepared to evacuate the room.

Alarmed,I just get up and get my bag and prepared to run away,while my mind was all like "Is this a drill?should I get my big bag?"

As I open my room's door,I saw some smoke in the hallway and my neighbour's door wide opened.My korean-looking neighbour was frantically fanning his room with towel.He saw me and said:"I'm so sorry,it's a false alarm,don't worry!It was caused by this!" and he showed me this little pot with burning incense sticks in it...

I went blank at that time and just trying to laugh it off,but my mind was thinking "WTF?!"

I was heading back to my room and said "what a joke!".One of my roomate,nationality unknown,who asked me "It's a joke?".I was trying to explain to him that they were burning some incense sticks in the room and it set off the smoke detector,but he don't seems to understand me cos' I don't think he speaks English very well,hahahaaa.

Just to be sure,my other roomates all went down stair to the lobby,and so I followed suit (except for the blur-nationality-unknown dude whom I sent back to sleep after I told him that it was nothing).Sure enough,when I reached the lobby there were other guys (presumedly the korean-looking guy's roomates) who kept apologizing to us and made sure to us that there was nothing wrong.

With that,all of us went back to our room,all wide awake,trying to figure out how to go back to sleep.The ang mohs even joked about going out for a drink as it might take at least 2 hours before they can fall asleep again.Just then,we noticed that there were fire engines and police car waiting downstairs,and we saw more coming!In the end 5 fire engines and 1 police car came and all of them have to turn back after they have learnt that it was just a false alarm.

Then my English roomate said that there will be a hefty fine waiting for the offender;if its 1,000 dollars fine for one fire engine that came,it would be 1,000 x 5!

Hoho,I wonder how much fine does it really cost for my poor neighbour?

5 fire engines turning away downstairs

Its not that clear,I love my camera but it just

can't take good picture at night =p

It was definitely an interesting night,just made my jobless-sorry-little-mundane-life in Auckland that much more interesting =p

4D

2010-01-04T05:39:00.006+08:00

The title does not refer to the 4D that we can buy,its actually my room number in my current hostel,Choice Plaza Backpacker,Auckland.

We checked into this hostel yesterday,and gonna stay there for at least one week,for the reason I mentioned in my last post =S.We stayed in this hostel before,not long after we first arrived into Auckland,before we flew to Queenstown.

I thought I should have already got used to staying in hostel already...since heck,I've already been staying in numerous hostels for one and a half months now.But this time I checked into a 10 beds dorm room!Imagine 10 people sharing a dorm room,there's hardly any privacy left for everyone.

But there's the pros too,that we can meet with more people.Not long after I checked in,I acquainted myself with this English couple who stayed in the same room as us.They've been to so many countries and its fun just to chat with them and get some little insights into these countries they've travelled to.Like they told me that a can of coke in Australia is much more expensive than in England,amazing!

Maybe I should curi-curi snap a pic of my dorm room and show it here next time hahaa.I think that despite the privacy issue,the room is alright,because after yesterday night,I know that no one in the room snores (besides maybe me or my friends hahaaa);and although the room can be a bit stuffy,its alright too 'cos I can just put away my blanket.

A little positive attitude can get me far eh?ahahahaa.

Auckland library will be closed for 4 days for the new year holiday,but thank god that their free wifi is still working!The bad news is,there is no place to sit outside of the library,unless you want to sit on the pavement near the library entrance.Fortunately the cafe besides the library is still open,and you can connect to the library wifi network from there.But unfortunately the menu in the cafe ain't cheap!So these few days I have to pay for some breakfast in this cafe to use the library's free wifi,which would cost me around 7-8 dollars for each visit.That's the price to pay for not willing to sit on the pavement =p

This is how my breakfast looked like this morning.

Hot Chocolate and Bacon-Egg & Cheese Sandwich

I ordered Latte yesterday,and Americano the day before.I think that today's hot chocolate is the best.Maybe i'm just not a coffee person.

I've been reading this book I got from Warehouse's boxing day sales,The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory.It only cost me 7 dollars,but I think it was quite an interesting read.He is also the author for The Other Boleyn Girl,so I guess one can expect good Tudor court fiction out of him.Hopefully I can finish this book before I leave NZ hahaa.

Cheers!

roaming about

2010-01-02T09:14:00.005+08:00

I am jobless for 2 weeks.

The sad part about depending on some agent for work is- its entirely up to him whether to give you job or not.

It's okay,I like roaming about the city and simply enjoy doing nothing anyway...but not for too long lah,or I will really need to do some begging by Queens St.

My plan for the following weeks: go for free internet at the library in the morning,read books in Borders for the whole afternoon,then watch drama for the remaining evening in my hostel...maybe add in some city sight seeing tour in between.

Sounds good?

What a life for a bum!

Ending this post with a picture my friend Jo took on new year eve.

HAPPY 2010!

Nice pic huh?

Auckland,again

2009-12-29T06:51:00.003+08:00

After being abandoned for almost one month,I'm back at this blog now,blogging from where I posted my last entry,the city of Auckland.

The free internet in Auckland library is still the best. =)

Since I last blogged,I've been going about almost one big round of New Zealand.I flew down to Queenstown for about a week,then drove up north to Chirstchurch,flew to Wellington for just a night and then took a direct bus to Napier.

Working as apple thinner in Hasting and Napier is definitely not easy,but I survived.With some salary in my pocket,I continued traveling to Taupo, Rotorua for the Christmas break,and now,I'm back at Auckland city again.

All the travelling have already took half of what I've earned.But maybe this is what my working holiday is about,earning some then spend 'em all on travelling.I'm still stingy in spending for activities though,like I have to forgone the mud bath in Rotorua and black cave tour in Waitomo Cave because they're just a bit too expensive.No worries,I think I'll go back to Rotorua someday.

But I did tried the Zorb in Rotorua,it was so freaking fun!Although it was only a mere 5 minutes ride,I think it is worth the money!Arggh but then later I found out that Zorb in KL only cost RM25...bah.

Hopefully my next job would be much more easier than my last one and with higher pay loh...Haiz,I am already charcoal-fied now,must at least make sure that my sacrifice worth something...

Believe it or not,I really do miss home!

Ohh ya,for pictures,please check out my FB.

Cheers!

NZ- Day 15

2009-12-01T10:21:00.002+08:00

Currently in Queenstown now,using free wifi service of Patagonia- an ice cream parlour which let you use their internet if you buy their ice creams.I don't mind though,cos' their chocolate macadamia is to die for.

Bad news...no job yet.Today my travel mate found a job contact,but the job is in Warkworth,somewhere above Auckland.There are only three openings available,so the two of them have bought the flight ticket back to Auckland for the jobs.It is unfortunate for the team to breakup,but it is also inevitable.

So from tomorrow onwards,there will only be the three of us guys here leaving behind in Queenstown,pondering what our next move shall be.

Hmmm,the future is uncertain,but I won't give up just yet.There is still hopes and I will try my best to follow my sister's advise,that is to make sure all the decisions I make are smart ones.

Yep,I've definitely made some dumb decisions in the past 2 weeks,but I'll try to think of what's for my best interest from now on.

Ahh,who would have thought my so-called biggest adventure of my life would be so tough?

Wish me luck!

Auckland - Day 6

2009-11-22T07:10:00.002+08:00

Haiz,no time for long update,no decent internet to upload pictures...

I'm here safe and sound,but no future plans at the moment...I am suppose to check-out from my hostel tomorrow but I have no place to go after that...

Good communication is needed.

Again,wish me luck,guys.

and yes...I miss home!

This is it

2009-11-16T13:30:00.003+08:00

In a matters of hours,i'll be on a flight to Auckland,New Zealand.It still feels surreal...and I think that this feeling will remain even after I touch down the city of kiwi.

I am more scared than excited...feel really heavy to leave my loving family and crazy friends for so many months.They told me that its not like I'm never going to come back...but the feeling of leaving behind all things familiar to me is still very intimidating.

I don't think I'm fully prepared for this journey...my baggage is not even fully packed yet.

Hmmm,my feeling now is kinda awful...like a bundle of emotions all mixed up together and I don't really know which one to feel.

Wish me luck,my friends.

pre-NZ shopping

2009-11-05T20:12:00.010+08:00

Only about 11 days left before my big adventure to NZ!Me and my mates finally found ourselves some time to do some pre-NZ shopping together.Our first stop is the Emirates ticketing office at Pavilion to buy the air ticket from Auckland to Sydney.

My ticket,which looks more like a boarding pass

It is good that I've decided to buy our tickets at the ticketing office rather than buying it online, because not only that the ticket was NZD2 cheaper at the office, they also print out the ticket on a card and put it into this nice envelope,instead of a boring A4 size confirmation slip we will get if we book online.It looks really nice like that!Kekekee...and I will be flying on A380 on this flight,damn exciting about that too!But this flight only take place next year lah.

It is also good that I chose to fly via full service airlines i.e. MAS and Emirates.Good services and comfortable flight are to be expected.But I am mostly flying home next year via Air Asia from Melbourne...urgh,hahahaa.Boh bian lah have to save money.I heard that they started charging people what they called "convenience fees" now,meaning a fees chargable when you use your credit card for ticket purchase online,RM5 per transaction I think.It is so ridiculous...

Anyway,after we get our nicely packed tickets,we proceed to a short brunch and then to Pertama Kompleks for our backpacks.

Jo fitting herself to her Deuter Aircontact SL

Issac and his Deuter Gobi 55+10

Ta-dah!Presenting,my very own

Deuter Aircontact 55+10

Nice bag huh?Cost me RM470,but worth it lah.The shop we went to in Pertama Kompleks is the cheapest in town,or probably in whole of Malaysia.They sell genuine Deuter bags there and all at 30% off.My bag can easily cost about RM700+ else where...So,its a good purchase!Haha.

Then when I got home today,I visited my sister who recently gave birth to a baby girl.My niece was sleeping when I got there,so nothing much to see lah.I heard that her eyes are really big and she look really pretty...hmm,I wonder if I will get to witness it before I go away for 9 months.

Sleepy head

I'm quite happy for my sis lah,now she got one son (Alister) and one daughter,which to chinese it forms the word 好 ,meaning good.It is considered as a good fortune.

There is no time for me to bond with this one.I shall just create the rapport between us when I get back.=p

my travelings

2009-10-28T14:53:00.008+08:00

Its time for another update!But since i'm too lazy to do a proper entry,I shall just post some pictures and short words to fill the space of this site.ngehehehee.

I went to the city of Taipei 2 weeks ago,and I had great fun!Although the food there was a tad disappointing,but I still quite like the bustling city.I especially like to walk around the night markets there,it was really fun walking about the crowded streets in a nice temperature of 21 to 25 c.What's more,since the fall is coming,they were throwing out the summer outfits for big discount,which was a big treat for me who came from a tropical country.Plus,its also great when Taiwanese thought that I came from Hong Kong just because us Malaysians can speak good mandarin and english with cantonese accent...hahahaa.

I missed quite a lot of attractions there,since I was only staying there for 5 days and I don't want my holiday there to be a rush.I think I'll visit there again sometimes,just to visit the few places that I've missed out and do some more pre-fall,post-summer shopping.

First day in,visited the Longshan Temple.

The Wulai waterfall.

Ice creams at Danshui.

Taipei 101,taken at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall.

Speaking of traveling...I will be leaving for NZ very soon...in just a few weeks' time.

Many would ask if I've done the necessarily preparation...or ask how am I feeling...excited?anticipation?happy?

I'm not sure what am I feeling exactly.Maybe a lil bit unprepared,because I just don't know what to prepare,physically and mentally...Maybe a lil bit excited too,for this would be my furthest traveling plan yet,and it would be like an adventure for me.

But mostly,I think I feel scared.For the unknown prospects in every way.Whether I will really have fun there,whether I can find some decent jobs,whether my travel mates and I would get along well,whether I will get homesick half way,whether I can catch-up my 9 months of absence when i'm back,whether this 9 months of travelings would be worthwhile,whether I can make the best out of this working holiday...or even to sillier things like whether my nephew would forget about me after I was gone for 9 months.

I know my worries are valid,but I also know that this NZ trip is definitely going to happen.So,there is really no point worrying about shits like that when future events are really unpredictable at this point and I can only do my best when shits come my way....argh,but I just couldn't help myself but to think about these as the date draws nearer.

Looking at my friends who are happily working,with some very bright futures in different fields,I can't help but to worry about my own...Well,I have to admit that it is kinda loserish to be staying at home doing nothing but to blog about trivial things like this; while all my friends are out there striving for their career and making the best out of their days.

Urgh...maybe I think too much.I need my confidence back.Dang!

TJ Haus @ Subang SS18

2009-09-14T01:20:00.012+08:00

Jian Li is back from Sg for a week,having some time before her new school term starts.We just have to go out for a dinner and Tack Chou suggested this nice restaurant by the name of TJ Haus at Subang SS18.We (by we I mean just TC,Mel and me...lol) decided to go there since the place got rave reviews from numerous bloggers and even local newspaper.

The place is located at the second floor of some shoplot in SS18.It wasn't really too hard to find.It was small,but with a nice homey ambience that I find charming.

TK just getting started to devour his food
with Mel halfway eating her bread.lol.

Jian Li and me

TK's Lamb Shank

My Cordon Bleu Chicken and butter rice

TJ Haus specialty: Crispy Duck -Mel's and TC's

Jian Li's rib eye steak

We took no time to order the food once we arrive,since we were all starving.To our delight,the food were served rather fast.

I decided to order Cordon Bleu chicken even before I was there simply because I have always like Cordon Bleu chicken and it was one of their famous dish.It was served with this curry sauce and butter rice.I think that the sauce goes really well with the chicken.It was really good.

TK's lamb shank was alright...maybe because I am not a lamb person.The server said it was a New Zealand lamb,so it was suppose to be of better quality I guess.It tasted alright to me.

As for Mel and TC's crispy duck,it was suppose to be their specialty.Maybe also because I don't really like eating duck,I find it just okay.I think that the duck skin was really crispy,but Mel and Jian Li begged to differ.Mel commented that the duck was very "duckish" and left her duck unfinished.It sounds deep...but I think I get what she means.The duck was served with this purple cabbage as side dish,which I think was a bad colour beside the duck...just a thought lah.

As for Jian Li's steak,I did not taste it cause she ordered medium rare and I am not good with bloody meat.But I think she commented that it taste good and the steak was tender.

The peach cheesecake Mel ordered was a really big piece of cake,the portion was considered generous for the price charged.She didn't finished it and I shamelessly finished it for her.It tasted great.

Overall I think we enjoyed our dinner very much.The price was very reasonable and the food was good.I will definitely go back there again someday,even just for their Cordon Bleu chicken.yum!

Testing

2009-09-12T15:38:00.001+08:00

I am testing to see if this mobile blog update will work.testing testing 123.

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Sent from my mobile device

Regards,

Eugene Siew

revamped!

2009-09-12T13:42:00.004+08:00

A new blog skin!I finally put myself into changing the blog skin yesterday night,and it wasn't as hard as I thought!

I found this template at btemplates.com as recommended by Jo.They have some really cool templates and this was even on the first page of the website.It was named Creative by Nature and the minute I saw it I immediately decided that this will the one.

I made some changes to it and now naoki psychotic has a new look!

I have also added a new Twitter widget,right down at the blog.I'm still getting myself familiar with all these,might add more new widgets in the future.

Thanks to Jo for teaching me how to change the whole template (i'm really a noob in this)!Also thanks to the designer of this really cool template!

So what do you think about this template?good?bad?Please comment wor.

Hopefully by changing a new look will also make me wants to blog more often.Please don't abandon my blog eventhough my updates come really slow k!

Announcement

2009-09-04T13:57:00.004+08:00

For those of you who havent't heard about it...

I finally booked my air ticket to New Zealand,the kiwi land.

I am flying to Auckland directly via MAS on 16 November,9:30pm.

I will be there for a working holiday for at least 6 months,or 9 months if my visa get extended.

I still feel really surreal on the night my air ticket was confirmed.My heart pounds fast as it suddenly dawn on me that "wow,i'm really doing this"!I feel that my future is like a hazy path to me now,leading to no where.

I hope that its not a dead end,but rather a path that leads me to a happy and bright future.I have to give up a lot of things to be on this trip,but I certainly hope that I will gain many more in return.

If this went great,I might be going for another working holiday trip to the State when i'm back...ahh,my ultimate destination-NYC.

Well,let's just wish me luck,I really need them.

My Convocation 8-8-09

2009-09-04T13:31:00.014+08:00

Almost a month since my last post...i'm getting more and more lazy to blog now...loosing interest,maybe.

Anyway,one of the most important event of my life took place last month,that is my convocation.It went smoothly I guess.These were what went down that day:

I reached really early,like 6 in the morning.Managed to find a great parking spot.
I avoided huge crowd by taking my studio portrait 7:40 in the morning.Photoshoot was very short,finished in less than 5 minutes...was a little bit apprehensive about that since I paid RM170 and he only took 2 shots and said it was done.
The actual event went smoothly,finish in just 2 hours.
I totally forgot to smile with my teeth when I reach the VIP on stage.I had the VO in my head saying "fuck fuck fuck" when I realized that on stage,while shaking the VIP's hand...seriously.
Only my parents and brother came.Sisters were busy in last minute,while sis-in-law have to take care of Valerie at home.Parents and brother didn't stay long too.It was all a regret for me.
Many of my friends came,more than 10 of them.I was very happy for the support and gifts.Took lotsa pictures with them.
I failed to take pictures with most of my coursemates though,whom I might not be seeing again so soon.It was another big regret for my convo.
After my dim sum lunch,I had the shock of my life when my parking ticket summed up to RM26.50.The parking guy told me that it could've been a RM5 ticket if I get my ticket validated by UTAR.This is officially the most expensive parking I have ever paid.

My one and only almost-properly-taken

solo picture of the day.

Its been a month now but it still feels surreal that I have graduated.I'm no longer a student,boo-hoo.I guess this might be the last blog entry that I can label as "school".Uni was great,and I hope to do it all over again.I met good people there,and it really helped me to grow as a person.I'll definitely miss my time at UTAR.

Scorpio as husband

2009-08-12T18:29:00.002+08:00

Just got this email from Sereen,a user manual for husbands of different star sign...

I find it quite funny.

10/24~11/22
天蠍座

【品　　名】天蠍座老公
【生產日期】天蠍月(10.23—11.20)，年份可特別訂製。
【主要成分】性感28%、權欲26%、直覺15%、神秘31%。
【主要功能】

1、是用戶投資理財的好幫手。

2、辨別虛偽、謊言的高科技儀器。
3、產品能幫用戶掌管家中重大事務。
4、該品性感的外形，能讓用戶有全面的視覺與觸覺體驗。
【適用人群】

完全沒有權利慾望的小女人最為適用、能夠溫柔、誠實、專一的女性用戶優先使用。
【注意事項】

1、當出現小故障時，用戶越用力拍打，該品的故障將會越來越大。
2、切勿限制該品各項功能的升級，否則該品將完全不受用戶的控制。
3、當用戶自身出現缺陷時，該品會直接用聲音傳播方式，點出用戶的不足，請虛心接受。
4、該品自制能力弱，因此用戶要盡量使該品遠離賭場，以免該品轉型為賭博機。
5、使用該品時，由於操作時間較短，請直接選擇所需要的功能，以免過時無效。
【禁忌】

花心大蘿蔔禁用。
通常放在具有競爭力的環境中或是高處保存。
【貯藏】
【包裝】

一般選用色彩鮮艷、款式性感的包裝材料。
【備註】

本品具有唯一性，不可複製，好好珍惜。非試用品、贈品，決定使用，責任自擔。

HAHAHHAAA...FUNNY SIAL.

something inspiring

2009-08-07T17:19:00.003+08:00

Tomorrow morning marks the official end of my student life...a closure on my university life for the past three years.I shall try to forget about the shitty see-cock incident,try to forget about all the dramas that took place,try to forget about all the things and all the people that have once pissed me off...

It is time for me to move on.

When i was a young man,

I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world,

so I tried to change my nation.

When I found that I couldn't change my nation,

I began to focus on my town.

I couldn't change the town,

and as an older man,I tried to change my family.

Now as an old man,

suddenly I realized that if long ago I had changed myself,

I could have made an impact on my family.

My family and I could have made an impact on our town.

Our impact could have changed the nation,

and I could indeed have changed the world.

unknown author,AD1100

I came across this passage in a book entitled Mind Garden,writen by Christina Chia.This book explains to reader how the human mind is like a garden,which needs to be taken care of with positive thoughts.Planting the seed of positive thoughts will help us to reap good results in our life.

Yes,I need to change for the better.I need to be more forgiving,more patient,more generous.Its not easy,but I will try to change bits by bits...

I find this passage quite inspiring.How about you?

temp job

2009-07-01T20:58:00.004+08:00

ahhh,its time for another update.

i am working now...just a temp job to kill time and earn some money for my traveling plans in Oct.

haiz...i need more money to prepare for NZ...money i get from my current temp job might not even be enough for my Taipei trip.

haiz,who got event job to intro?

actually i should be grateful to get my current job.i am working as a telemarketer,main task is to sell tickets to a motivational seminar.the pay is decent,the location and working hour is very good,and i only have to work for about 19 days (already sounds like a long time to me).I even have a nice manager,who give me no pressure on the sales number (yet).

definitely not easy to sell seats to a seminar,especially in this economy.not to mention the seminar cost RM900 per person and it only last one day!people who go sure were sent by their filthy rich company.there are 15 more days to go...hopefully i can sell some seats by the end of this job.

i have a plan to go Broga Hill with friends this Sat.sounds really tiring...i even have to be ready by 6:15 in the morning!that means i need to be up on 5:30 or earlier...but i'm sure i'll have a great time!i'll use up my one year worth of exercise quota on Broga Hill,so atleast after this i have excuse not to do anymore exercise for the year 2009,hahaha.

haiz...working day tommorow...sian.

home alone,raining,crashing hard disk

2009-06-19T14:49:00.005+08:00

I am home alone now,and it is raining outside.

I'd really enjoy myself now,if not for my crashing hard disk,which puts me in a "to format or not to format" dilemma.Haiz,actually I think I have no choice but to format it now,maybe even replace it with a new hardisk.

My pc started going haywires days ago,where sometimes the pc cannot startup or it will suddenly run a "disk check" in startup.Until this morning,the pc popped up a message that says "Windows detected a hard disk problem",and urge me to back up my files immediately because my hard disk might crash any time.This message has been popping up every other 15 minutes or so since this morning.

Screenshot of the error message

I showed it to a friend,and he directed me to a forum that discuss computer problems.Expert from the forum says that when an user receive such a message,it was only a matter of time for the user to change a new hard disk.It kinda freaks me out,because my Seagate hard disk is only a little more than one years old!

Haiz...I am already so freaking broke...and now I might have to spend some more on computer stuff...sumore I went to eat thai barbequed seafood yesterday,ordered 4 crabs and paid for our drinks TWICE without realizing it!seriously wtf to the max...er hem,this is another story already.

Now is seriously a bad time for my pc to fail on me,because my parent and sister went to JB to visit my brother this morning,so I will be home alone for most of the time this weekend.It is time like this that I need my pc the most,since those dramas,variety shows and movies I downloaded can only be played in pc.

I can format it lah...But the problem is that I don't have the latest window installer with me;and I also don't have a car to drive out so that I can get the cd or a new hard disk (except for the manual car,which I have yet to master).

Haiz...now I shall just leave my pc on and hopes that my hardisk won't crash anytime soon.Anyone can lend me a Vista Ultimate Installer kah?

the see-cock incident

2009-06-15T15:51:00.011+08:00

It has come to an end.I just received what I believed to be the last email from the Dean minutes ago,and I think that this drama has reached its finale.

I did what I had to do...to appeal for unit review,to file an official complaint and request for a meeting with the Dean...but to no avail.

I know from the beginning that my pursue on this matter will not improve my cgpa by a significant margin- even if I did eventually get an A for my thesis.To me,it is a matter of fair marking.How can one give such a grade while during the process he has no mentions of error in my thesis?

I later found out that see-cock has only been supervising student's thesis since June of last year.He wrote a report in response to my complaints and said the most ridiculous thing...even went on to say that I was making "baseless claims",hoping for "more marks than I deserves".

Now I just have to accept the fact that my voice alone cannot do anything major.The school has spoken,and my result for the thesis still stands.Well,one thing to be thankful for is that I still remain in the the Second Upper Degree Class,so I can still go for Master if I like.

I will also learn to accept my result as it is (eventhough the mere mention of this incident in the next 50 years might still triggers me).

Haiya,I should have known lah...If I wanna complain I should have done it earlier...If I complain only after my result was released then ofcourse they will think less of me.I did think of complaining way before,but never do anything in the end...haiz...fate.

Yala,I get a very bad result for my thesis...for those who don't like me,laugh all you like.Now my TWO extra copies of thesis totally wasted lah,cannot show during job interview or course interview for Master already...wtf.

Haiz...i'm so positive.hahahahaa...

ahhh,my life after uni...

2009-06-11T12:59:00.006+08:00

...can be concluded with just one word...bum!

Yes,I've been on the bum for the past one month!

Actually,its really kinda cool,to stay at home and do nothing but to download endless dramas,variety shows and movies to watch;while occationally (which is almost everyday for me) going out with friends for movie,dinner and yum cha!However,my bank account begged to differ.

After Bali,Penang and Cameron trips,my traveling quota for the first two quarter of the year has reached its limit.My next traveling plans will be on October to Sg and Taipei,and then November to NZ -the ultimate trip of the year!After this much of traveling and spending,i'm really worried that my bank account would not afford me the ultimate NZ trip.

I have myself to blame lah...too lazy to look for jobs.I applied for one of the job on jobstreet for the first time on Sunday midnight,and they called me on Tuesday.I rescheduled their interview to one day earlier than what they suggested,and I never hear from them again eventhough they said to call back.I did received a missed call after a few hours,I think it was them,but I never call back cos' I don't know who to ask for!Why arr why they never call back?

By the way,I rescheduled their interview not because I am too lansi or too busy to go out with friends...It was because I have promised another event job on Friday and genuinely couldn't make it to the interview.Haiz...maybe I should eloborate to them more on the reason of why I could not attend the interview on Friday.

Haiz...I think I need to go apply for more jobs...begger can't be chooser.Luckily my parents have been very understanding,no one uttered a word about me bumming at home,and they even continued my allowance for the month of June...hohoho.But I seriously don't think that I should accept the allowance if I am still unemployed next month...that'd be just too sad!

I've even been thinking about life after NZ,should I wanna further my study to Master...would my savings be enough to pay for the tuition fee?Would the RM10k government grant still be available by then?

Haiz,I knew that I'd hate life after school...Hopefully I'll learn to cope just in time,and these experiences will help me grow.

Sun,Sea and Bali

2009-05-22T11:57:00.012+08:00

Just came back last night from Bali,it was fun.

Kuta Beach,just 5 minutes walk from where I stayed.

Kuta beach is quite famous among seasoned surfers.The waves here can get really high and so you can see surfing activities going on here all day long.

This was one of the best beach I ever been to because for one,the sand is soft and the sea water is really clear;and for two,you can stroll on the beach for about 10 minutes and you'll find yourself infront of a shopping mall called Discovery Mall!Not to mention all the bikini ang moh sun bathing on your way to the mall...syok or what?

Tanah Lot Temple

This is one of the most famous temple in Bali.It was a really nice place to see the sunset too,but too bad the day I went there was very cloudy so there wasn't much of a sun on clear view.But it was nice nonetheless.I can see people going under the temple,the tour guide said that they're there to get the holy water.I wanted to go have a look-see but the unenthusiastic tour guide said that I'll get myself wet if I go...wtf.

Agung Volcano

One of the two active volcano in Bali.According to my tour guide,this volcano last erupted at about few decades ago.Can't believe that people will still live near this ticking bomb which might explode anytime...But the lava from the volcano really fertilizes the soil of the mountain and people stayed there to grow padi and fruits.I hope that it won't erupt anytime soon.

Balinese sculpture found in a village temple

I took this pic from a village temple.There will be at least one temple for each of the village.Contrary to popular belief,most if not all balinese embrace Hinduism,not Islam.Their temples are distinctly hindu,but very different from those we see in Malaysia.Another difference is that Balinese eat beef like no body's business...beef bakso is a very common dish there.I think that this is really quite fascinating,about how Balinese developed a hinduism of their own.

Sunset at Jimbaran

Jimbaran is a place famous for its sunset view and seafood.Most restaurant there offer free return transport for tourist who stay in other places like Kuta,just so they will patronize them.The sunset there was really nice and you can see airplanes landing and taking off from afar!If I walk all the way to the end of the beach I'll reach the airport runway.

Hard Rock Bali

Before I go,I told myself that I would buy myself a Hard Rock Bali tee for myself as souvenir...But mana tau,one of their tee cost about rm70+ after discount...expensive leh!But I really wanted to get one,and then after 15 minutes or so I spent in the Hard Rock Megastore,which was quite big by the way,I ended up buying a Bookmark,which cost about rm14.Haiz,I know a bookmark is really different from a piece of t-shirt,but at least I'll use the bookmark quite often too.

To my surprise,my small little bookmark came with the really nice non-woven bag of Hard Rock Bali!I think that this can make a really good souvenir...if I am rich lah!

There are many surfing brands around Bali too,like Quicksilver,Rip Curl,Oakley,and many more...When I say many,I mean it...almost every other corner in Kuta you will see at least one of these surfing brands' outlet.Quicksilver was having an end of season 40% sales and I bought some stuff...Their stuff were really quite cheap after discount,it took quite some effort to control myself for not buying too much.

Another surprise,their DVDs are DIRT CHEAP!10,000 rupiah (around Rm3.50) for one and buy 10 get 4 free!Which means one DVD would only cost about Rm2.50 if you buy 14...WAH LIAO EHH...I really wanted to buy 14...but then my friend who is working as a travel agent advised me against it when I sms her there,she said better not to take the risk of getting saman when I come back KL.In the end I only bought 3 DVD...and the custom at LCCT never even scan my baggage when I come back...celaka...it proved that sometimes you really shouldn't worry about stuff too much...

My budget went way overboard for this trip...I spent all my cash there and swiped my card a few times...It was my first time going abroad and spend until I have zero money in my wallet (except RM lah,but obviously it won't be much of use there).I was quite impressed by my accounting skill,cos' I spent my last 25,000 rupiah on the taxi to airport,which was counted ngam ngam one...hohoho.

Next week I am going to Penang-Cameron with friends.Haiz...I need to really control my spending now since I already spent way too much for Bali.Come on,somebody hire me please...

bleed me a river!

2009-05-05T11:39:00.005+08:00

The spot on my bloody nose can't stop bleeding!It'll dry up for few hours then blood will starts oozing out again...wtf....and its farking huge,almost the size of a 5 cents coin!It shrunk a bit after i squeezed the yellow pus out the first time but that was it,it is still farking huge.

Its the exam-spots curse all over again...but I have no stress at all!why?

Ahh well,maybe this is a sign,asking me to do some revision for final...the spots are bigger because i am even lazier this sem (Eq: Little study = Bigger spots)

Only 2-3 hours of revision before i step into the exam hall,what a way to end my school life eh?I just hope that the result won't turn out so bad...ok,maybe a B- is acceptable...ohh god please don't give me C,its unbearable to have C now after so long...

***

I still need some getting used to with my new phone.The functions and all were great but its quite battery consuming.The touch screen is a new thing to me so i certainly can't key in smses like how i used to with my old phone...

But I am glad that i get a blue colour handset instead of the more common red colour ones in the market now.This gave me an edge to this hot selling phone model,i'm sure many people are using the same model now.

I definitely have no regret of getting this phone lah,it really is kinda cool.I just hope that i'll get used to the phone soon enough.Thanks to Tack Chou for the great deal!

***

Ohh ya,today is Jian Li's birthday!Happy 22nd!Have a great day but don't forget your all-important exam this month!Work hard on the exam and then come back to KL afterward so that we can celebrate.

Also a shout out to Aik Soon whose birthday was two days ago,happy belated!and Wai Kit whose birthday falls on labour day,happy belated too.

And ofcourse to other May baby,like Koku Tang,aka TBB to many people except me,whose birthday is 12 May,happy birthday in advanced.I'll still offer you my sincere birthday wish although you criticized my impeccable taste,because I am forgiving and generous.HAHAHAHAAAA...but don't expect any gift,this is as close as one you will get.

Brenda Lim and Sereen Neo whose birthdays also falls in the month of May (according to FB),happy birthday too!Just thought of doing this first since I might forget about them later in the month.

***

By the way,I should really start doing my resume now.I need to start working in June!I havent send out any resume yet...I wish to work in HSBC,but i heard that they're retrenching...wtf...So i guess anywhere will do as long as they met my requirement.

My requirement is really low,just RM2.5k a month,working hour of 9-5 daily,no weekend work,20 days paid leave a year,and company car...I'm really not too demanding,please hire me!

Honestly if you have any good opportunity please do tell k?Above requirements can be fictional,depending on situation...er hem.

***

Ahh,time for more dramas and movies!After which i might consider to do some revision...

the story of the sohai continues

2009-04-18T18:52:00.008+08:00

I rarely blab about people in my blog,unless i'm genuinely pissed.When I express my anger about others here in my personal blog,I'd like to think that they truly deserves it.

Last year,I made this post about the sohai who was acting like an idiot in class.Now,after so many months since I last read his blog,I clicked into his site out of curiosity...and I regretted it immediately when I was half way through his latest repulsive post...

I do not want to link him,to protect all of you from throwing up,or gag to death...and also because I do not want to increase his readership in anyway.

The repulsive post in a nutshell: I am too good for UTAR!I am too good of a student to care about my result!I can do so much better by doing nothing than a lot of other students who worked really hard!The students in UTAR are so superficial!The lecturer is so arrogant!Ohh I won't mix with students there because I am too good!I come from a VERY GOOD FAMILY,this really differentiate me from the rest of the people! bla bla bla bla I AM TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE bla bla bla...

He made TWO post to express his narrow views towards the school,lecturers,and students...but ofcourse never forget to sing praises for himself and his so called well-off family while doing that...

HELLO?WHO IS YOUR FATHER ARR?TUN DR MAHATHIR ARR?ROYALTY ARR?CAN'T EVEN GET GOOD RESULT TO SAVE YOUR OWN SORRY ASS BUT STILL WANNA GO CRITICIZE OTHERS ARR?I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE OUT THERE!

ohh he should really live on an island by himself because he is the ALMIGHTY GOD,simply too good to mix with other mortals like us...

This time he did not personally offended me for publishing those blog posts...but what he wrote was so repulsive that I feel like there's a need to blog about it here.It's definitely not something that you come across everyday!

If you don't know who am I talking about;or have no access into his sorry blog,I have to clarify that I am not exaggerating on his blog content.He did wrote all those stuff in his blog and it was really vile,nauseating and repulsive to read...Yes,you better believe that there is really such a person living around us.

Ugh,beh tahan.

PURE HAPPINESS

2009-04-15T11:31:00.007+08:00

I am pleased to advise your Working Holiday Scheme Work Visa application has been approved.

THESE ARE THE EXACT WORDS THAT JUST GAVE ME PURE JOY OR AU NATUREL ECSTACY THAT SIMPLY SENT ME STRAIGHT TO CLOUD NINE OR SEVENTH HEAVEN OR WHEREVER THAT IS A REALLY HAPPY PLACE

I can barely contain my joy as I saw the above update on my visa application and I just jumped around and yelped like a hyper active kid around the house yelling "I GOT IT! I GOT IT!"

Ohh yea baby,I freaking got it...now it is only 6 more months before I will travel to KIWI LAND!

I should start planning on what to buy and what to do lah...

SYOK GILER!!!

work and holiday

2009-04-12T12:30:00.006+08:00

I have submitted my NZ working holiday application last Friday...finally.

I read the FAQ part thoroughly again just now,and realized that I should know the result of my application 'in matter of days'- whether I will be asked to provide further information or it will be the final result of my application.

Now i'm anxious.

I know the weekend doesn't count as the office might be closed...but still,I should be hearing from them 'in matter of days',at least from tomorrow onward...I've heard stories of applicants who got their visa approved in 3 days...in that case,I might get the result on the coming Wednesday...But what if my application status on the website is not updated after Wednesday?Does that means my application has been denied?What should I do then?

Hmm,the anxiety is killing me.

I really wanted to go...maybe i'm avoiding my upcoming responsibility as a working adult...or postponing it...but I don't care...I need some excitement in my life,I can't just lead through the normal mundane life until the day I die.I know that if I start working after graduation,that is exactly what I would get!Work,taxes,work,loans,more work,commitments...How dreadful can that be?

I don't know what my plans are,for NZ,or even for life after NZ...I guess that is part of the excitement that I will get.Please just let it happen...please...

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

2009-04-09T22:26:00.007+08:00

Some of the drama I am watching is taking a break from their weekly airing now;out of boredom,I've downloaded 'The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas',just to utilize the unusually fast download speed that I have been enjoying lately.

I liked it,but it was a really sad movie.

It was based on the book of the same title by John Boyne.I saw this book on the 'best seller' rack in bookstore before,but I have never pick it up to see what it is about.After this movie,I don't think that I am going to read the book.

Not that it is bad,on the contrary,it was a really good story.I even think that the book will be much more better than the movie.But I don't think I can handle such a heavy story...It is one of those book that I'm sure will leave you sad and thoughtful for a few days after reading.Besides,the most important plot for the story,the ending,was already known after watching the movie,so there is really no point reading the book now.

The setting for the story is during the second world war.It was the story of a boy named Bruno,who was forced to move to a "countryside" with his newly promoted father,who is a Nazi soldier.In his new room,he saw a place near his house,and he thought that it was a farm.He wondered why the people in the farm were all wearing striped pyjamas.Little did he know that the farm was actually a concentration camp to keep all the jews,who will be exterminated.His father is sort of in charge of the camp.

Against his mother's wishes,he went over to the concentration camp and befriended a jewish boy name Shmuel.Their friendship grows although they were on either side of an electrified fence.Bruno tries to understand why nice people like Shmuel was being held hostage in the camp.In the end,he decided to cross over the fence to help Shmuel find his missing father...

Like 'The Reader',another movie I have just watched recently;the background of the movie was about the second world war,the Nazi,and the jews.I am bad with history,so I really don't understand why the Germans tried to exterminates the Jews.I also don't understand why would any sane people would approve of this kind of evil deed back then.

I guess the propaganda worked really well back then,people actually thought that Jews who were sent off to the concentration camp were enjoying themselves there!The Nazi really know how to exploit the people using propoganda,no wonder they are known to be the best propagandist in human history.

I feel ashame to even recognize propoganda as one of the communication technique that is used by Public Relations...knowing now that it was once used for such despicable reason.Public Relations have such great power,but if this power is misused,it can create disaster.People nowadays really don't recognize PR as a profession that much,I think maybe it was because of the history.Hmm...

Movie like this made me feel like reading more on the history of Germans and the Jews...It still makes me sick to think of the number of innocent people who were killed during the war,without reason!

I think this movie was not released in Malaysia.If you wish to watch it,you can either buy its DVD or download it.If any of you have read the book and watched the movie,please tell me if there is any difference in the plot.I hope they did not change too much of the story plot in the movie.

get well soon

2009-04-04T14:25:00.004+08:00

My friend Angela Lim had been admitted into the hospital yet again,for her second surgery.Apparently there is a wound infection after her first spine surgery weeks ago.

The story goes like this...

One fine day weeks ago,Angela decided to be the 'man of the house' and climbed up the ceiling to check for the leaking water tank;oblivious to the fact that the thin ceiling wouldn't be possible to support her weight.She then fell down,admitted to the hospital,screws were added to her spine,discharged for 3 weeks bed rest,wound wouldn't heal,and now,she is back at the hospotal again for another minor surgery to 'clean the inside of her wound'.

See,if you're fat,you really shouldn't be climbing the ceiling.See how she blogged about it,entitled "Predicament of an hero"...so cleverly put. T_T

Angela,please get well soon...

and please don't try to be smart again.Hohoho...

four whole years...

2009-04-03T22:31:00.005+08:00

I just realized that I have been blogging for exactly four years and 9 days now!My first ever blog post was in my Friendster blog,dated 25 March 2005!

It was my first year of A-Level,started the friendster blog out of curiosity.That was the time when Friendster was the 'in' thing.Almost everyone I know at that time were obsessed with it.Of course now the trend has shift to Facebook, and Friendster is practically a dead site now. T_T

My Friendster blog was named "Watever Things",a phrase we quoted our english tutor out of pure mockery,hahahaa.She likes to say 'watever things' A LOT,and then it became our favourite catch phrase for a long time.hohohoho...

Looking back at my old blog entries,they were really quite silly,with all the grammatical errors and the kid-like writing style.Those old post was in a chunk,not paragraphed and all written in lower case...Okay,maybe my writing now is not much better,but I can at least see my improvement lah.

My first ever comment was from Melissa!All were encouraging words to push me for blogging more.Hahahaa,thanks a lot classmate!I can also remember it was reading Kelly's blog on blogspot that inspired me to shift to this blog host from Friendster.

A snippet of my birthday blog post back in 2005:

I am 18 going on 19

Sunday, November 6th, 2005

few more hours would be my 19th birthday~i’m kinda excited actually..i know itz not so important la,sumore i’m still having my exam now!2 more papers to go!but still,it is once a year and i’m finally stepping into another phase of my life-i’m turning 19 and leaving college for society(to work) until i can find a U.

19 years old!And I am already 23 this year!Feel so farking old.At that time I was just finishing A-Level,and was pondering what to do next.

FOUR WHOLE YEARS...Hopefully I can find my passion in blogging again and update more frequently.

Alright,back to work.

convo pic shooting

2009-03-19T19:17:00.021+08:00

Ahhhh...I am graduating really soon!I just took my potrait wearing a graduation robe yesterday;now I can really feel that my time as a student is running out fast!Only about 2 months left before my FINAL exam and then I'm done with school!Arrrggghhh...what scary thought.

While the professional photographer of UTAR is snapping away potraits of my classmate,my crazy gang and I were having our own photoshoot at the back.Brace yourself for some crazy pictures (I mean from those crazy ppl lah,my self pictures are the normal ones) ;)

Me in graduation robe

Feel high for wearing so scholar-ish

For some unknown reason Mich dry-humped me

Ashlee acted so normal in this pic...hmmph

Anietham and I,models wannabe =D

Angeline likes to think that she's a GIANT

which she obviously not

crazy grp pic #1

crazy grp pic #2

beh tahan Issac,Dan and Mich T_T

crazy grp pic #3

hohohoho

For more crazy pics please visit Angeline's FB album and Mich's blog post.Was very reluctant to link baby selva here cause she put up the most retarded pics ever!Swear to god i'll sue her for defamation and for posting offended material one of these days.Haha,its so cool to be taking Law subject this semester,now I can throw out clever terms like fair comment,pecuniary damages,or blasphemy...okay,I just learned these terms in class and does not necessarily insinuates that I understand what they mean,so don't ask me.

At the end of the photoshoot,the photographer showed us a video of our senior's convocation,which made me kinda sad about the whole graduation thing cause they sang the song 祝福 (blessing?) by Jacky Cheung in the video.Indeed its an old song that one will hear in almost every graduation ceremony;but the song can still give me that 'mood',especially during that given context.

My school might be sucks for most of the time I was there,but it is really getting a lot more better now.What surprised me was that it has really grown on me over the years.These crazy people I met at school has also made my uni life more "interesting",and it gave me a little more motivation (juz a lil more) to go to school.Now its all coming to an end!Haiz...I'll leave the emotional post till my last day of school lah...

For now,I shall try to enjoy all the schooling days I have left.=)

p/s: Pardon the few blurry pics I've posted,Angeline's camera sucks.hahaha.

just shut up already

2009-02-21T14:59:00.006+08:00

Its a known fact that I most often speak my mind,sometimes without even considering the impact of my words.People who like it would say that I'm being truthful;people who is neutral towards it would say that I'm just straightforward;but I think most of the time,people who don't like what they heard thinks that I am just plain blunt,insensitive,or even selfish.

Sometimes its not even about what I have said,its the decisions that I have made instinctively.Without thinking,I'll suggest a get-together,outings,birthday celebrations,or traveling plans.I knew that I would regret that afterward,no matter how good it'd make me feel for making that decision.Not having to plan all that equals to less trouble and no fuss.But most often I just decide otherwise because my conscience and instinct tells me to.

I complain a lot too.Since I'm the one who have made the decision at the first place,I know very well that I should not be bitching about it later on.Complaining to people would only make matter worst,I should know...I just need to learn how to live with it.Ofcourse it'd be really cool to have someone to talk to,to vent out with,then I'll feel better.But then I don't know if my friends are tired with my bitching already.I sure hope not though,or it'll be even harder for me to find people and rant about stuff in the future.

So maybe I should just shut up already.There is a very good reason why I kept my intro on the side bar of this blog as it is,because I know for fact that I have no adequate communication skill and sometimes the normal concept of getting along with others just skipped my mind.That is why i am mostly quiet,unless I'm with people whom I'm comfortable with;whom wouldn't be startled by my blunt comment and get hurt by my 'straightforwardness'.

Like I said,I should just shut up already.

good luck

2009-02-09T11:31:00.004+08:00

I went to a tokong early this morning to have the luck-changing ritual done.My sister and bro-in-law were there to do a blessing ritual for J.Vern,while I was there to change my chain of bad lucks.

The ritual was quick and easy.I burnt incense sticks and joss papers,turn around the table for 9 times,and then let the 'shaman' there to write blessings on my forehead,chest and back,and it was done.

I feel like a total noob for chinese ritual.I have no idea what should I do,so I just followed my sister's direction.But even so I made mistakes,like placing 2 candles on the same pot (it should be placed on 2 diff pots,on either side of the table),or holding the burnt joss papers in the wrong direction and almost burn my hand.I think I should really learn more about these ritual,and do them more often,to embrace my own culture.

I feel good after the ritual,like my luck was instantaneously changed.Maybe this is what its all about lah,making one feel better.Hope that my bad days were behind me now and only good things will happen from now on.

wats up

2009-02-07T00:40:00.008+08:00

After one month of battling UTI,my third urine culture finally came back negative!My doc said that I am officially off the hook now!WooHoooo~~~!I was so thrilled when I got the call this afternoon!But I guess I should still take precautions and drink more cranberry juice and barley water to make sure it does not come back.Screw you,UTI!

Today was an eventful day for me.I was like riding on an emotional roller-coaster whole day and my ride was sure a quite bumpy one.The day started with joyous celebration of a friend's birthday.Happy Birthday to Jiun Guang who turned 23 today!! (by today I mean 6 Feb lah,haha) Then my classmates and I went for a really nice lunch at Sushi Zanmai (my favourite sushi place) and then I received the call that made my day from my doc,telling me my urine culture result.

My day was quite good up till that point.But after that it started to go down hill.First,I paid for a movie which I did not get to finish due to time constraint (never ever again making dates with two different parties on a same day!Tried twice this CNY and both did not end well!); then I waited for half an hour at the train station only to see a totally packed KTM,which forced me to leave the station.Then I continued to wait for another hour by the federal highway for a few cab drivers who refused to take me and also my friend who was really late (horrendous traffic is to be blamed).Then I had some more crappy time stuck in a traffic jam while trying to direct everyone on numerous phone calls to places.Of course my glorious day had to end with a grand finale of me loosing some money in a few rounds of blackjack (albeit not much lah).

But all in all I would say that it was quite an interesting day for me lah.

In a blink of eyes,CNY is coming to an end now.My favourite holiday is wrapping up and it really saddened me that this would be the last CNY that I would celebrate as a worries-free student.I guess most of you should know by now that I really condemn the thought of graduating and joining the work force.Not being able to call myself a 'student' is a thought scary enough to gives me nightmare at night.

I know that it is very childish of me to think like this,and of course I am aware that everyone will grow up and it is only a matter of time to face the outside world.But I think that its also normal to be scared of the unknown lah.I hope that this is just a phase in my life which I will quickly get through once I got the hang of working full time.

Three more days left before Chap Goh Mei and I would finish up the dramas I was watching and hopefully also do a little bit of that long overdued thesis of mine.Till next time,ciao~

E-Coli

2009-01-08T12:13:00.010+08:00

My urine culture report came back yesterday.Escherichia coli was identified as the bacteria that is giving me UTI.

Today I went back to doctor's office to scan on my kidneys and bladder,as according to the doctor,UTI at men of my age is highly unusual.T_T

So there goes another of my first-- ultrasound scan...you know?The one like what pregnant women do?wtf...Here they are,ultrasound scans of places on my body where sun don't shine.

My bladder and prostate,where the magic happens...lol

One of my kidney

The doctor said none of them are infected...though I can hardly tell them apart from these scans.

He prescribed me one last dose of antibiotic to make sure those E-coli are rid of...and then I should go back after 2 weeks for another urine culture to make sure my bladder is E-coli free.

I can have a sigh of relief now,it is nothing complicated.Thank you for all the concerns.=)

After days of researching online about UTI,and also seeing how my nephew is going through the same thing,I suddenly become an UTI expert now.I can even ask the doctor if it is E-coli in my bladder when he called me for the result of my urine culture.

I guess everyone should really be careful of your personal hygiene,although UTI is more unusual on men.Women have better chance of getting it because of the relatively shorter length of Urethra as compared to men's.

I am still considering going for a full body health scan...I checked GIMC website and found that their cheapest package cost RM388.It is really an acceptable price lah...I might just wait until after CNY to do it.Anyone wannna join me?

defeated

2009-01-03T17:02:00.004+08:00

I fell sick...possibly Urinary Tract Infection...a sickness my 1 month old nephew just recovered from last week,after he was admitted into Pantai.Gosh,I wonder if its contagious...

Today marks the first time that I pee into a small sterile bottle.It felt so weird,Its funny how I tried not to wet the bottle tag and also my own hand,or over fill the bottle...Haha.The doctor said that I have to wait for at least 5 days for the report to come...So in the meantime,it is still not confirmed on what is causing me so sick.

So farking worried leh...I read on the internet that urinating blood can indicate deeper problem from the kidney...like kidney stone.Shit...I just hope that wasn't the case,that I was only sick for UTI.

Maybe it is time to do a full body check-up,since I never do one of those in my 22 years of life.I wonder how much would that cost?

Really hope I can get well soon,there is still a blank file of thesis waiting for me to do.One more week before school reopens and I need to do at least 3 chapters to show my supervisor...godamnit...I feel so defeated.

awkward

2008-12-21T15:27:00.002+08:00

I just came back from my most uneasy brunch yet...Mostly because of an unwelcome guest and also some new people there.

But I thought that I did quite well today;other than changing table when that someone I loathe arrived,I did nothing else.Today's brunch was to celebrate baby J.Vern's full moon,out of respect for my sister,I did not make a scene.I still thought that I should at least have a heads up about this scum joining us,I would have better prepare myself-mentally.

I still don't understand why would everyone else pretend that nothing has ever happened before.I am all for world peace too,but isn't pretending that nothing has ever happened just made the whole situation even more awkward?This scum wasn't even feeling sorry for what he did or changing his attitude a teeny weeny bit,and I would not tolerate such behavior around me.GET THAT?NEVER!If that makes me a narrow-minded and bitter person,then I can shamelessly admit that ya,I am!So what?Fuck off.

Meeting new people has always been a challenge for me too,but I guess for the sake of my sis,I shall try harder.

By the way,J.Vern is still very cute even after he was shaved bald.No pic of bald J.Vern for now,I shall post some in my next entry.Till then,ciao~.

sibeh suai

2008-12-16T21:38:00.004+08:00

I can't freaking believe my luck.

One flat tyre together with one swollen tyre which will burst anytime AT THE SAME FREAKING TIME RIGHT BEFORE MY LAST EXAM PAPER.

Not to mention that this was my THIRD flat tyres incident within two year,with the last one just happened about 3-4 months earlier,wtf...REALLY SUAI TO THE MAX...

ALL BECAUSE OF NABEH MBPJ WHO CANNOT MANAGE THEIR POTHOLES!ONE FREAKING HOLE COST ME 2 TYRES ARRRGGGHHHH!

SIBEH DU LAN.CB MBPJ...TNS PJ ROADS...MCH...

Just when I plan to spend less money to buy something decent for CNY...

Hmm,but I have all the reasons to be happy now.My exam is finally over,my nephew's full moon luncheon is gonna be this coming Sunday,me and my friends are having this Christmas party,and I am going to JB to visit Valerie next week,possibly crossing over the causeway while I'm there too!

Actually I should be doing my thesis now...I promised my supervisor that I will submit the first 3 chapters to him by end of December...but screw that lah!I'll do that when January comes...hehe.

Ahhh,so long never been to the other side of causeway already.Although the currency is now as high as ever and I'm as broke as hell,I still hope to go lepak there,even if I can only afford to walk around without drinking,eating or buying anything.=p

Now,ladies and gentlemen,its time to meet the latest addition to my big family,

baby Tan Jun Vern.

He is one very cute baby.He will be celebrating his full moon a few days earlier this Sunday at Spring Valley,MV.Too bad he can't be brought into this world earlier,otherwise he can share his uncle's birthday!Or can at least share the same star sign.Ah well,he's still my baby nephew anyhow.Hohoho.Happy 1 month old in advance,J.Vern!

Hopefully I can update my blog more often from now on.Er hem...we shall see.

a breather

2008-11-29T20:22:00.008+08:00

The campaign is finally over and done with!I'm really glad that it was over and I think that my group really did well.

Our campaign came in fourth,with final result of 26/30.I was a little bit disappointed by the ranking,but at least the result was good!It was probably my fault as I made some mistakes that can be avoided.I was swamped by too many different tasks that day until I failed to pay attention to certain aspects of the campaign launch,which eventually caused my campaign group to lose some marks...sorry guys!

My performance that day was very very shaky too.I gave way to my nerves and so I have to pay the price of receiving some critical comments.But I am fine,I still believe that I have the potential,I just need more practice.At least my writing skill was praised not once,not twice,but thrice by the same lecturer who ~~verbally abused~~ yelled at me just 10 minutes before show starts.=p

All in all,I'm very proud of the campaign.Thanks to all 42 campaign members,especially my press con team mates!
Brenda as the best emcee (if it wasn't you comforting me and doing so well on stage,I would probably sucks even more!THANKS!) ;
Anietham as the best head of decor and registration (You're like the second head of press con!You helped me so much I dunno how to thank you lah!haha);
Shu Hui as the best head of usher (You really lighten up my burden and you trained all ushers so well!I'm so proud of you!);
Mun Mun + Sirinan + Jeslyn + Wei Li + Agnes + Mimi as the best ushers ever (some even got praised by THE god,really welldone!) ;
Rene + Esther + Chew Hsia as the best caterer ever (I was really surprised especially to the VIP refreshment room!Welldone!) ;
Angeline + Alice + Vicky + Irene + Zoe who were the best registration crew (everyone praised how polite and friendly and helpful you guys were that day!Geng chao!);
and last but not least, me as the best writer!Hehehee.

Seriously,Press Con member rocks!Hahaha.

The emcees with best tutor Alex Woon

Also thanks to Alex Woon and Pn. Rahilah, for staying back until the wee hours for our chaotic rehearsal.Especially to Alex who helped us carried tables, heavy goodies bags and ran up and down for us.Thanks a lot!

After this campaign,it will be my final exam.I need to buck up and study lah,but after one week of relaxation first,I think I deserves it as I only have an average sleep of 3 hours per day in those 3 grueling days prior to the campaign.

My sis gave birth on Monday,just 2 days before the campaign,I was so busy that I cannot go visit her and the baby at the hospital.When I came home really exhausted from the campaign launch on Wednesday,the baby was already home.He weight at 3.5 kg and has double eye lids with big eyes and high nose!Hahaha.I shall post some pic of this new nephew of mine soon!

twenty-two

2008-11-12T20:57:00.015+08:00

I turned 22 last Friday,and now I feel so old.

It was a busy day for me.I went to school earlier that morning to go for the L'Oreal warehouse sales and bought some Biotherm products.Then in the afternoon,I attended this fantastic campaign launch organized by my course mate at school.There,I met Kai Hong the Stickman.

So cute leh this mascot,some more can dance very well,donch pray-pray.His birthday was 2 days after mine,so happy belated birthday to Kai Hong the Stickman!Hehehee.

One thing very disappointing that day was that I went home empty handed from the campaign lucky draw.The grand prize was an APPLE IPOD NANO leh!KNNCCB,I really wanted that but lady luck decided not to give me extra attention even on my own birthday.But to compensate that,I won something from the lucky draw of another campaign held today!Nothing as big as the Ipod Nano,but still enough to compensate my feelings loh.Hahahaa.

The campaign launch last Friday was so professionally executed,I was genuinely entertained through out the whole event.What's more,my ex-boss from my internship earlier this year was the GUEST OF HONOUR for that campaign!I went up to her and said hi lah,but she seems like she forgot who I am already.But few hours later,my ex-colleague called and told me that her boss announced to the whole office about seeing 'Eugene' at UTAR,just when I thought that she already forgot about me...Boss's mind is so hard to get into sometimes.

My friends managed to surprised me with a cake at Secret Recipe @ Jaya One that afternoon!I was genuinely surprised loh,since Anietham met a minor car accident just when we were going out for lunch,I thought everyone's mood was dampened already.Little did I know that they booked a table and ordered the cake since that morning!Tenkiu very much guys.

Left to Right:Shu Hui,Anietham,me,Angeline,Michelle,Issac.
Don't know where that Dannie went.

My only cake for this year's bday.sigh.

Thank you Mich bitch,Anietham,Angeline,Shu Hui and Dannie for the cake and the surprise!

When the campaign launch ends at about 5:30pm,I have to rush home to fetch Sean from the tuition center,after which I have to rush out for dinner with another gang of friends.It was very rushing as Angela was supposed to come by my house at 7pm to fetch me.Well,I managed to leave my house at 7:15pm.=p

We went to IZZI Bukit Bintang,only because their food is good and they are having this crazy 75% discount.Damn cheap loh,I can go there everyday until I finish trying all their dish on the discounted menu.

Left to Right:Angela,me,Benn,Khai Pin,Xin Hong,

Chriscool,Sook Wei,Issac and Yeung Ting.
Benn's gf Mandy was missing for taking this picture.lol.

Another group shot.

This picture was so weird in so many ways.First,we were posing quite far apart as if we don't know each other (especially the girls wtf).Then Yeung Ting had this shocked look with eyes wide opened like he was a bambi under the spotlight.Then of course the 'i dun like taking picture' look by Benn.Cibai,don't give face to me arr,take picture also cannot take properly.

After dinner some of us proceed to Island Bistro @ Pavilion to grab a drink before we called it a night.

Sneaky Angela took this pic at the bistro.

Thank you Angela,Chriscool,Sook Wei,Benn,Xin Hong,Khai Pin,Kai Pyn and Thomas for the dinner and the present!!!

Then on Sunday night I went out for another dinner outing with another gang of friends.Watched Quantum of Solace that day too.It was quite a nice movie loh,I'd say definitely worth watching.

Thank you Wai Yee,Ei Chi,Choi Ni,Issac,Sou Kwun and Hui Hui for the present and dinner!

My first birthday presents actually came from Yeung Ting and Jen Fei!Thank you both very much for the present,really like it.

Special thanks to Kelly who sent me a birthday card all the way from Japan,attached with a souvenir all the way from New York!Then my bro Aik Soon who called me from Melbourne half an hour into 7 Nov just to wish me happy birthday!I'm so touched with all your 'international' surprises,so thank you all very much!

Thanks to Jian Li and Melissa for the nicey present!I don't have it yet,but I'm sure whatever you guys got me will be something very nice!Hahaha.Also thanks to all the sms-es and wishes sent online!

How time flies!In 1 more week my group will be organizing our own campaign which we planned since last semester!Then after which it will be our final exam!Just one more semester next year and I will be graduating!I actually don't like this feeling of growing up,and calling myself a 'working adult'.I feel so old at 22 years old.If only I can stay 17 forever.

I guess what I should be focusing now is my upcoming campaign.

Save Nature For Our Future:Recycle!

Green is the new black!Go Green!Go Recycle!

WTF KRISPY KREME HK CLOSED DOWN

2008-11-05T22:45:00.006+08:00

WTF I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.JEN FEI TOLD ME ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AND I DON'T BELIEVE HIM THEN.JUST NOW ONLY I REMEMBERED TO CHECK THIS NEWS OUT AND IT IS TRUE!!!KRISPY KREME HK IS CLOSING DOWN ALL OF ITS OUTLET DUE TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ECONOMIC RECESSION...WTF IS THIS?

Read about it at msn news, bizchina, wallstreet journal,newsweek, and some ppl's photo blog.Slowly read through the text lah,some of the articles are not all about Krispy Kreme closing down,apparently its not that important.

Now Angela who is going there next month cannot buy doughnuts for me as souvenir d!!!

NO MORE THIS IN HONG KONG!!!

DU-LAN.

hmmm...

2008-10-21T17:11:00.014+08:00

Am I in great stress lately?I don't really know.I see that Michelle expressed what great stress she is having in her blog.On the contrary,I actually feel quite at ease.I'm still watching my favourite TV shows,doing things at my own pace,living my life as usual.

But my body seems to be having a differing opinion.I realized that zits are growing on my face since a few days ago.This usually happens during my final exam in every semester.I don't think that I'll be under great stress during exam time-I still study only on the day before the exam,I still watch my favourite TV programs,and I still hang out with friends as usual...but zits grow.After the exam is over,my face will go back to normal again...So maybe this is a way my body is telling me that I'm actually subconsciously very stressed out,but my mind is telling me I'm not.=p

Also,maybe I don't feel stress because I don't do enough.Maybe I am not passionate enough towards the campaign like others did,or simply maybe I just don't contribute enough to feel the stress.Maybe that is it.

I just don't get UTAR.For a unit subject like Campaign Planning and Management,only 30% is allocated for the campaign execution.The remaining 70% goes to our exams.WHAT THE HELL?Isn't this a very practical unit subject?How come only this little portion of marks were allocated for the campaign execution?We were also expected to get sponsorship for prizes to be given out during the campaign,the grand prize alone should worth at least RM1k!The proposed budget for the whole campaign was as much as RM10k,excluding prizes!This grand total was already the lowest among all other campaigns.

I just feel that us students were expected to do so much,but can only get so little back in return.Not to mention all these difficulties we faced coming from the school itself!No official letterhead for sponsorship,only 1 hour to use the hall prior to start of event,no outsiders were allowed into the school...and the list goes on.It was like the school want us to create a table full of food by providing us only a pot;and our reward should we success is to get only a bite from what we cooked!Its ridiculous.

Btw,I met a road bully this morning.I was on my way to school,and while I was turning into this road,I kinda cut his way.He got angry,then chased my car for a bit and cut in front of me with his motorcycle.He yell at me,I wind down my window,then he slapped me without warning.I was shocked.It didn't really hurt,and I wasn't really fully awake at that time anyway,since it was only after 5 minutes I left my house at so early in the morning.I apologized profusely,then he left after some more yelling.

The incident caught me off guard.But like I said,it doesn't hurt.Its really no surprise coming from that road bully as he's from the barbaric race,who thought that they rule this country.While I continue on my journey to school,I was thinking about what happened.Then I thought,what I can do is just to let it go and be more watchful of road bully in the future.I've already met many people like him in my life.Barbaric people who cut queue but still have the nerves to yell back at you after you tell him off,threaten to hit you with steering lock on the road,beat up people in gang in front of sungei wang entrance while people walkby,lie flat on the back of the motorcycle seat while riding beside your car on the highway...I am not surpise of what they are capable of anymore.Nothing,I mean nothing can really change my mind about them now.

But I'm okay lah.Been living in this country for 22 years now,I have almost gotten used t it.I feel emotionally drained now.I feel tired.Not really stressed out,but just tired.Hmm...I just hope that the campaign and thesis will just all go away.lol.

Some happy thoughts.

Valerie is coming back this weekend!Looking forward to see her. =)

skool's break over!

2008-10-12T22:18:00.005+08:00

and the work begins tomorrow.attending classes,doing thesis,assignments,slaving away for campaign related stuff...

all these just reminds me how soon i will be graduating.

i usually dread the start of a new semester...but this time,i feel this lil excitement about going back for classes.just a little,but its definitely there.

i just realized how little time i have left before i leave school for good and join the work force.

ohh i am not so sure about doing master and even another degree...sounds good,but i guess i have to be realistic here.i am not getting younger by the days...hmmm...

appreciate my time at school,and do my absolute best to rock my campaign and make it the best my lecturers and schoolmates have ever encountered will be my missions for this new school term.

ohh i just hope that i will produce something good for my thesis.shit,i hate myself for procrastinating on this important school work.seriously,i have to make it work.

alot of work to do,but a very short semester.wish me luck.

a taste of heaven

2008-10-06T15:49:00.017+08:00

I really really have to blog about this first.

One of the MUST DO on my list to Hong Kong is to have KRISPY KREME- the most popular doughnuts from the US of A.

My journey to the Krispy Kreme outlet was anything but smooth-sailing.There was suppose to be an outlet nearby where I stayed in Mongkok,but I just couldn't find it.Then when I was in Causeway Bay,I went to the outlet in Lee Garden Rd.,but it was on renovation!I was so determined to try out the doughnut that I wanted to go for the outlet in SoHo immediately from Causeway Bay.Thank god my travel mate Jen Fei was up to it. Hehe,thanks a lot mate.

So finally,I get to taste the world famous doughnuts!!!

order counter

chocolates

signature doughnuts

Original Glazed

Ice Chocolate which was DAMN GOOD

I'm darn happy!

heavenly~

Krispy Kreme in Algin St.,SoHo Area,Central.

take out

I took the first bite of Original Glazed and it sent me to heaven!It was really good!Even Jen Fei said it was good,totally different from what we have back home.I think that the texture of Krispy Kreme's doughnut is slightly different than J.Co's.But I think both tasted good.And I am not kidding about the Ice Chocolate Drink.It was PRETTY DAMN GOOD.A must-try for chocolate fans like me out there.

I know lah,the way I described the doughnuts doesn't give you a good picture of how it taste like.What to do?I'm not food critics mah,cannot describe the food I ate like they do.But you really have to taste it yourself to find out how good it is.

I was so excited when I make the order,the bill came at HKD100/RM44.I ordered half dozen of Original Glazed,2 chocolate flavoured doughnuts (different doughnuts with special name which I can't recall) and a cup of Ice Chocolates.It was quite expensive loh,but nevermind lah,since I don't always get to taste it.

I belanja Jen Fei makan since I dragged him all the way to Central just for my crave for Krispy Kreme.(He later treat me back Hui Lau San Mango Dessert,hehee).But both of us can't finish all so I took away the remaining 2 doughnuts for Khai Pin who I met later that evening.So ngam that she was also in Hong Kong at that time so we decided to meet up there.

So now that I've tasted Krispy Kreme doughnuts,can die without regrets already.Hahaha,maybe not!But at least it satisfied the glutton in me =)

nama saya...

2008-10-05T13:55:00.003+08:00

EUGENE

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: YOO-jeen

From the Greek name Ευγενιος (Eugenios) which was derived from the Greek word ευγενης (eugenes) meaning "well born", composed of the elements ευ "good, well" and γενης (genes) "born". This was the name of several saints and four popes. Other famous bearers include Eugene of Savoy, an 18th-century general who served the Austrian Empire, and the American playwright Eugene O'Neill.

Not many people know that my given name was actually 'Eric'.This name was given to me by my parents and my sister on the day I was born.(My elder brother was named 'Edmund').But when I was in form 1,there were 3 'Eric' in my class alone;not to mention my brother-in-law also named Eric.

I noticed that there were simply too many 'Eric' around lah,so I've decided to change my name to 'Eugene'- a name I found when I flip through the 'Oxford Dictionary of Names'.I just thought that 'Eugene' is more unusual,less common than 'Eric'.Since my English name was not on my birth certificate nor my I.C.,all I need to do is just to introduce myself as 'Eugene' to my new friends from then on.

There,the story behind my English name.I just suddenly thought of sharing the story with y'all,a little trivia about me.

bercuti-ing

2008-10-03T12:59:00.004+08:00

So,now that I'm back from my big trip,its time for me to do nothing but to bum at home!About the trip,it was GREAT!After a few days there,I can almost imagine me living there and become one of them who walks extremely fast on the street then shout at people for not doing things fast enough.Maybe I'll blog about this trip next time,can't find the right mood to do so now.Of course I realize that I hadn't update for weeks,so this update is for the sake of updating my blog.lol.

The first SMS I received once I touched down in KL was from my groupie Nie,about the release of our final exam result.Its actually not the final result lah,just the supplementary paper candidate list- to inform students whether they fail or pass their exam.

I was not nervous before,but I can feel the stress after that SMS,because even my travel mate who did well in school said that he was nervous about the result.One thing I realize after my trip to the casino in Macau was that you just can't be too sure about everything.So ya,I became a little nervous about the result,especially after the many SMSes I received after Nie's.

After being server down for the whole Tuesday night (typical UTAR style),I finally logged into the intranet the next morning and see that I PASSED all the subjects!Wah lao,SIGH OF RELIEVES!But some of my friends were not so lucky though,the lecturer who was being very difficult during the midterm exam did not show mercy on us students in this final exam too.Maybe we can't blame her lah,she was just trying to be CONSISTENT.

I hope that all my fellow friends who will be taking the supp paper kick-ass in it and show the lecturer who's the boss.May the force be with all of you.

Ohh ya,I read about how some of my course mate already finished doing the second chapter of their thesis,while I haven't even figure out how to start mine yet!Admittedly,I freaked a little,thinking about how my thesis would end up.I want to change my topic lah,but what should i change to?Damn,I hate doing thesis.Although I'm glad that my supervisor did not set deadline for my thesis's chapters,I kinda hope he did now considering I might work better with deadlines and under stress.Er hem,maybe i shall start researching for my thesis after the new sem commence.Woi,people,stop doing so much and make me nervous okay?

Okay,maybe just one picture from the trip before I go.Since I never blog for so long already.

Victoria Harbor

I uploaded some of the pics onto my FB account,go check it out there!Now I shall return to my drama series and junk food.

3 downs,2 more to go

2008-09-14T15:12:00.004+08:00

Did 3 of my final papers so far and I see no possibility for A there.Especially my first paper,it was a disaster.I think I got 2 out of 4 essay questions wrong.The obvious problem is the lack of revision lah,and the fact that I missed Mich's study group also caused me to missed a question they discussed during their session,which eventually came out in the exam.I thought I work best alone mah,but now I think I need help from others too.I was very emo the whole week after this paper,can't stop thinking about the questions and how I could've answer them and how my result slip might look like after this sem.wtf...

The next paper went badly too.It was absolutely ridiculous for the exam board to think that students can produce 2 print ads + 2 radio spots + 2-fold brochure script + 1 billboard ads complete with a full creative brief + ad descriptions + rationales within a mere TWO FREAKING HOURS.So obviously most of the people had problem trying to finish everything with the given time frame,let alone trying to come out with something creative or extraordinary.

Then came the third paper yesterday morning.The structural questions totally caught me by surprise-it was the topic that I decided to miss out because I think it will not come out in the exam.To say that I did not answer that part well will be an understatement lah,but I did tried my best.Atleast I did the essay questions part okay.It was safe to say that I did this paper the best compared to the other 2.

Only 2 more papers to go!After which I will be on my way for the big trip!Kinda look forward to it,I hope that everything will go as planned.

Hmm,there is actually something on my mind now that I would like to blog about,just to get it off my chest.But I can't seem to put it into words yet leh.I kept typing then delete the paragraphs i typed.I think maybe I need to draft it out first,then only decide if I should publish it.We shall see.

Okay lah,time to do some revision.

Ohh ya,before that...

中秋节快乐!!!Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone.

procrastinating

2008-09-03T21:25:00.003+08:00

I am doing it again.

I should start my revision long ago,but all I did was stared at my notes blankly yesterday night for a good 30 minutes--failed to absorb a single thing.My final exam is starting next Monday,but I still made promises for outings with friends starting tomorrow night until Saturday night.I hate to admit this,but I am simply too lazy to function well as a student.I just hope that my cgpa won't drop that much after this semester.

By the way,I killed a fish today.No picture though,hahaa.It was my sister's fighting fish.She asked me to look after it while she is gone for Phuket for 5 days.She was suppose to leave on Sunday morning,but her flight was postponed because Phuket International Airport was closed for the riot that is happening in Thailand!She very daring ehh?I just hope that nothing would happen to her.

Back to the fish.It was perfectly normal yesterday night.But this morning,when I went to her room thinking of changing the fish tank's water,the fish was found floating on the water-dead.Wtf,I bersusah-payah feed it with food everyday and now its dead!My mom told me that it died most probably because I fed the fish too much.How am I suppose to know that you can't feed the fish with too much food?If the fish is too full then simply don't eat the extra food loh,why so stupid wanna kill itself by eating?

Anyway,to compensate my sis,I went to Cheras Pudu Ulu to buy a new fighting fish for her.Actually I thought about buying a similar looking fish to replace it so that she won't find out about this.But I was too honest to lie,so I sms her and told her the whole thing.It was so good to be back at my old neighbourhood with Alister!My old house is still there,I can see it by the road.So as the usual hang out place when i was small!So much has changed but so much remained the same...It felt so weird.Nostalgia is so hard to bear sometimes.

I have been checking Su Ann's blog quite often lately,almost everytime I come online.In case you don't know,she was my childhood friend's junior in school,who happens to be one of the famous blogger in Malaysia.She moved to New York recently to pursue her studies,and I was hoping to read about her new life in New York.It must be so fun and so exciting to be living in the Big Apple,one of the most famous city in the world.

I am always jealous of people around me who get to go abroad to study.I can only imagine how is it like to live in a foreign country,a new city,new environment and new culture.I don't have the luxury of studying abroad,but I really hope that I can still have the experiance of living abroad by going to New Zealand for a Working Holiday.I never mention this in my blog,but I do plan to go New Zealand right after my graduation.Only then I can have my own adventure,a new life!Ofcourse I am coming back,the visa only last for 6 months anyway.

Enough dreaming,I should really go back to my revision now or risk failing all my papers next week.

Get ORI XP or get a blackout

2008-08-26T22:34:00.005+08:00

What the hell,no more pirated Win XP!!!Luckily i'm using a pirated Vista...oopss!!!shhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Okay lah,i'm seriously considering getting an original copy of Window Vista Ultimate now.

Tuesday August 26, 2008 MYT 8:16:36 PM

‘Blackouts’ for users of pirated Windows

By STEVEN PATRICK

PETALING JAYA: Starting Wednesday, users with pirated copies of Microsoft Corp's Windows XP Professional operating system (OS) on machines that are Internet-capable could find their computer displays going black and with no screen icons visible.

There are 8.6 million users of Win XP Pro in Malaysia and about three million are expected to suffer the “blackouts,” according to Microsoft Malaysia.

To continue working, the user would need to reset the machine’s desktop background. Everything will return to normal. But when 60 minutes are up, the black screen will reappear and the user must go through the whole process again.

This will keep happening until the user licenses the copy of Win XP Pro on the machine by going to a Microsoft reseller or getting a licence online at the www.microsoft.com/malaysia/genuine. Each licence costs RM580.

This initiative is part of Microsoft’s antipiracy campaign, dubbed Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), aimed at educating users on the benefits of using genuine software, K.T. Ng, Microsoft Malaysia’s director of client business group, told The Star on Tuesday.

Win XP Professional was chosen for the antipiracy blitz because it is the most pirated version of Microsoft’s Win XP operating system. The other version is Windows XP Home, which is for home users.

This is the second time that Microsoft is needling users of pirated copies of its operating system to go legitimate. Two years ago, it sprang its WGA initiative on local users of Win XP Pro and Win XP Home.

That time, a pop-up message showed up whenever the PC with a pirated Windows OS was switched on, with the intention of shaming business and home users into getting legitimate copies. The message said “This copy of Windows is not genuine.”

It was quite successful. At that time, there were about 5.1 million pirated copies of Windows XP Pro and after the exercise, about two million of the copies were validated, said Microsoft Malaysia.

“We are encouraged by that response,” said Ng. "So this time, we have escalated the penalty to a black screen that reappears every hour until the user validates his or her copy of Win XP Pro.”

Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, chief executive officer of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), lauded the WGA campaign.

MDeC is caretaker of the country’s MSC Malaysia initiative, which is working to build up the nation’s knowledge economy.

“MDeC respects the rights of companies to protect their intellectual property. It’s a reminder that software piracy doesn’t pay, especially when Malaysians are themselves putting a lot of effort into creating original software,” he said.

Not clear
Several users and industry pundits that The Star spoke to believe Microsoft is using its WGA campaign to herd business users into upgrading to its newest operating system, Windows Vista, which hasn’t garnered interest among companies because of its higher hardware requirements.

“Microsoft has stopped selling Win XP in the market, so you have to wonder why it is spending time and money to take down users of pirated copies of this OS,” said a PC user, who asked for anonymity. “Why isn’t it also targeting users who have pirated copies of Windows Vista?”

“So if I’m using a pirated copy of Vista at this time, I won’t be hassled? Got to wonder about that.”

Ng replied that the concern now is XP Pro, which is widely pirated. “Vista isn’t pirated as much. WGA is continuous and should there be a Vista piracy problem, we will address it down the road,” he said.

august birthdays

2008-08-23T17:56:00.015+08:00

Its no wonder why I am broke this month,despite on all the measures I have taken to cut down on my expenses.No matter how thrifty one is,you still cannot ignore your friends' birthdays- present and dinner outing are inevitable.But its money well-spent to hang out with friends lah,especially those you don't see very often.

Introducing the August batch.

Old pic of me and Sook Wei in Melacca

Sook Wei's birthday leads the August batch with her birthday on the sixth day of the month. We celebrated for her with a nice steamboat dinner.This gang of friends including Sook Wei are people I know since form one,probably one of the longest friends of mine.I'm glad that this gang meet quite often for yum cha or movie outings.This way,we will never lose contact.

Toh Ei Chi at graduation ceremony

An old friend.I think we never fail to celebrate birthday for her every year since we know each other.This year,we celebrated her birthday with a steamboat buffet dinner.Its sad that we don't get to meet up so often nowadays.Everyone in the gang is either too busy with work or studies.But we will sure meet up soon for the next birthday.

A younger Benn De Silva

Yet another old friend from high school.The pic was taken 1-2 years back,now he had gained a lot of weigh and became a chain-smoker.I guess working in a high-stress environment has taken a toll on him,hahaha.I was out yesterday night partied the night away with him and other friends at Poppy.It was a great night!I never been so high partying before!At one point,one of his crazy friend was so drunk he splashed a whole bucket of ice water at me.But I totally forgave him cause he threw Benn the birthday boy into the pool!!!Nice crazy gang you have there,Benn.

Seriously quit smoking already lah,one drunken night can already cost you the effort of trying to quit smoking for more than 100 days.Totally wasted.

Tack Chou aka Dai Lou

We call him Dai Lou because he was my class-rep during my A-Level days.Hmm,my A-Level time,the good ol' days.Its quite rare to meet up with the A-level gang nowadays as some of them went abroad,and some of them are going abroad.

Tack Chou is a weird guy,hahaha.He told me that he wanted to drive alone to no where on his birthday,so I asked him out for a lunch with the gang together.But too bad we have to cancel as the schedule for some from our gang just clashed.His birthday is 22 August,same as Benn,so I just can't help but thinking about where he was driving to when I was having my time at poppy with benn yesterday night,haha.No problem tack Chou,we shall meet up this coming weekend.

Jen Fei the nice guy

I got close with Jen Fei through a mutual friend,and I gotta say that he was one of the nicest human being I got to know.Sometimes I just can't help but wonder what he is like when he's pissed,haha.

His birthday is tomorrow,24 August.Hopefully I'll get to meet him up tomorrow to yum cha and also to celebrate his birthday.

Mel the pill pot

I call her the pill pot here because the last few times I saw her,she was down with this decease that requires her to eat so many different pills that I thought she brought the whole pharmacy with her.So the pill pot is celebrating her birthday very soon on 29 August.

Hopefully we get to hang out together,not just to celebrate the birth of this one of the biggest client to pharmaceutical company and doctors,but also to celebrate the belated birthday of Tack Chou.

I think that's all for the August batch.There are still more birthdays to come for September.Er hem,I can't wait.I rely HEAVILY on Friendster or Facebook to remind me of birthdays,my weak memory is the reason why.So I shall keep a close eye on my friendster for the next few weeks to check on upcoming birthdays.

To all of you,HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY!

Avril Lavigne Malaysia Concert banned?

2008-08-20T19:25:00.004+08:00

Once again,our humble Malaysia made headlines of international news for trying to ban Avril Lavigne's Concert in Malaysia for her overly "sexy moves".I watched E-News yesterday night and heard about the news.The host Jason Kennedy even ridicule our nation a bit by mentioning how many other MAJOR concerts we had banned in the past.I read the newspaper today and came across the same news again.

I think that this might be the only way for Malaysia to make international entertainment media's headline.NOT GOOD AT ALL.

Read about the news on E-News, Associated Press,Reuters,and Bangkok Post.

A snippet from E-News reads:
In this March 30, 2008 file photo, Avril Lavigne performs at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a planned concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian singer's on-stage moves are "too sexy" for this Muslim-majority country, an official said Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

"It is considered too sexy for us...it's not good for viewers in Malaysia," party official Kamarulzaman Mohamed was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. "We don't want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models."

I'm not a major fan for Avril Lavigne,but I thought that her songs were really cool.I really feel ridiculous that the political party involved would want to ban this and that,or complain about Air Asia stewardess' uniform and high school student's uniform (both deemed to be TOO SEXY), or even make ridiculously sexist remarks but not get punished.Please lah,focus your energy on other issues that are more urgent to the people can?

What is wrong with them arr?

the day when a sohai bite his own ass

2008-08-19T19:33:00.008+08:00

Isn't it great when your supportive fellow course mate ask you constructive question in class after a presentation which you have had worked so hard on?

Sadly,that is not always the case.

Unfortunately to me,what happened today was a course mate of mine repeatedly ask DESTRUCTIVE,not to mention--STUPID AND TOTALLY UNNECESSARY questions after my group's presentation.All as a lame attempt to try bringing my group down and make us look bad in front of the lecturer and a class of 177 students.

Luckily for us though,our lecturer,Dr. Selva was very supportive of us!

That stupid dumb-ass asked a question about our design concepts.Fine lah,we mai explain loh right?But after our explanation,that dumb ass went on and said that he still cannot differentiate between our 2 simple design concepts...Hello?We already explained very clearly on the 2 VERY distinctive concepts...lu masih tak faham lagi memang tak boleh nak buat apa-apa lah kan?Tak de ubat boleh mengubati kebodohan lah,apa nak buat?

While we moved on to another question from others,he told the lecturer who was seated conveniently beside him that he still don't understand our answer.The lecturer said out loud that we should not dwell on that same question anymore...PADAN MUKA.

Then after a while,the dumb ass again asked why we use black colour to symbolize urgency as TO HIS HUMBLE OPINION,red is the colour that symbolizes urgency.This time,the lecturer beh tahan with him already and answered for us:"Its very easy to explain that.Red colour to me symbolizes danger,but black colour can show the seriousness of this issue,and it also represents the pollution the environment is facing..." or sumthing like that lah.

Only then that the dumb-ass was finally willing to shut his big fat mouth and stop humiliating himself in front of the whole class while he was trying to bring people down with his stupid questions.Most,if not the whole class,gave our group big claps EACH AND EVERYTIME we answered his stupid questions.This just show how annoyed the class was with this dumb-ass.

I totally regret of nudging Michelle when she was trying to counter attack him.I was too kind.

This is not the first time for this stupiak-self-obsessed-jibai to do this to my group or other unfortunate victims.There was once in last year when he INTRUDED into my tutorial class,using an excuse as lame as to observe others' presentation and abused our kindness of letting him in the class by bombarding my friends with stupid and unnecesary questions in hope of confusing them and make it as though their whole presentation was wrong.

If that was not enough,he even accused my friends of being defensive when they are explaining their presentation with regards to his stupid question (Note that he accused them openly during the Q&A session itself) and then he went on to complain to the lecturer that he still thinks that the presentation they did was totally wrong.

If you are reading this,note this.People have questions,I understand and totally respect that.But PLEASE DON'T ASK STUPID QUESTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF CONFUSING OTHERS OR TRYING TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE RIGHT IN EVERY SINGLE MINUTE THING.

YOU ARE NO GOD,YOU ARE NOT ALWAYS RIGHT!IN FACT,MOST OF THE TIME YOU ARE WRONG!

Woi,if you are so right,your cgpa must be 4.0 already lah hor?No need study lah,since you are a know-it-all and so damn fucking smart already.If you really do need to ask question,it wouldn't kill you just to ask in a nice and mannered way because that will only help you go further in life.Being condescending and pratronizing like the way you do is simply career-limiting.

GET THAT?DUMB ASS?

Malaysia's hope for Gold

2008-08-16T10:28:00.008+08:00

Most of you should have known about Chong Wei's victory by now. He defeated Korea's Hyun-Il last night and bag a silver medal for Malaysia-- the first ever after so many years!He can still win Malaysia's first ever Gold Medal in history lah,but when the opponent is China's world champion Lin Dan,we can only hope for so much loh.

He was so happy after the win,lol.

I watched the semifinal match last night with my family,and man was it nerve-wrecking...I was really gan cheong the whole time.But after 3 rounds,the victory still belongs to Chong Wei.

Read about the news here~

Now all of us just need to be glued to the TV this Sunday at 8:50pm to watch the final match of Chong Wei vs Lin Dan to know if Chong Wei can give Malaysia the biggest National Day present.Hey,for 1 mil,I know that I'll definitely work extremely hard for that medal.That will make this a match not to be missed.

This is one of the moment when I really feel proud to be a Malaysian. =)

EDIT: Chong Wei won a Silver Medal!!!Honestly,it was really a good enough result seeing who his opponent is...But it was still quite disappointing to see how he gave up in the second round.It almost looked as if he was not even trying.The defeated look he had really was saddening too.
That Lin Dan was quite lan si also loh,throwing racket and shoes to the crowd wor,what was he trying to prove?Seriously...

Ahh well,a Silver Medal is still a medal...I just hope that its not the last medal for Malaysia this year.

MORE DRAMA!!!

2008-08-12T20:08:00.008+08:00

I thought that the blog war between DY and XX is interesting,mana tau this new story i just found out is wayyyyy more EXCITING!!!

YES,I have to describe this new blogosphere drama with the word EXCITING!!!

I have been reading this story from the notorious shadowfox since last month,but I don't really understand who he was referring to lah since only coded names were mentioned and I'm not familiar with who's who in the blogosphere.I only frequent that few number of blogs everytime i come online loh.

Now,the story has been exposed!!!Surprise,surprise,the one involved is none other than the most famous blogger in Malaysia!!!and...SEX is involved!!!Wah lau,exciting right?Seriously better than watching soap tv!

So the story was like this lah,in a nutshell:the most famous blogger in Malaysia (er hem,must emphasize this) has slept with this other blogger despite being committed in a relationship.The GF dunno about it lah obviously,but the "3rd party" wanted to break them up so much that she tell the GF about everything right before the GF's school exam!

DRAMA ANOT???

Now bocor already lah...Semua orang including a mortal like me also found out liao.Sumore i heard that the fehmes blogger comes from a rich family who owns a supermarket chain in Kuching!Well,it can be a nonrelated information altogether but I just thought that it might have SOMETHING to do with it lah...

The fame of the bloggers involved,the sex,the love-triangle and the open bashing between the 2 girls are enough to prove this drama to be wayyy more exciting than that of DY vs XX,which was something that has almost died down by now.Honestly,XX sure win 1 lah,that DY already lost whatever reputation she might have left with her latest plagiarizing drama.Seriously can predict the ending for this show already.

Alright,my point of view for this steamy drama is...I still find this fehmes blogger punya blog quite interesting loh,so i will still go read his blog.(Although the hits from me and his other fans is earning him more than RM11k monthly from online ads alone,EXCLUDING advertorials!!!)
This scandal does changed the way I think of him,a lot.But it doesn't really matter lah,he's rich (inherited alot of money from his late dad and making alot of money out of his blog) and now there are 2 girls fighting for him (not THAT pretty lah but still are girls with holes),so he must feel really at ease now lah hor?

AHAHHAAAAAaaaa,so syok loh...now I got something new to read/watch the next time i come online liao.EXCITING-NYA.

RM10 Price Buster set Meal

2008-07-27T15:28:00.003+08:00

GUYS,WE REALLY HAVE TO GO SECRET RECIPE @ JAYA ONE TOMORROW!OR EVEN MAYBE GO THERE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK UNTIL 6 AUGUST.

LET'S GO THERE OKAY???

Shitload of works...

2008-07-24T22:08:00.005+08:00

I just took out a piece of note paper from a notepad to filled in a list of assignments and tasks I need to do.You know what?I stopped at filling what need to be done until next Friday,and both pages of that piece of paper were already FULL.

It is a SHITLOAD of works...one proposal,some advertisement mock ups,2 presentations next week,a report to finalize,many writing assignment to do,and I even need to do some editing for group mate's work...Why arr?Why final year must be so tough?It is now one of those time when you just feel like shouting "JUST FUCKING KILL ME ALREADY!"...Well,you get the idea lah.

You must be wondering why would I still have the time to sit here and blog about how busy I am while I should be working my ass off.All thanks to Aik Soon!!!A great friend,my bro,my saviour who helped me with the advertisement mock up just now.I guess he got fed up with all my questions about how to use the photoshop and decided to help me out with the whole thing instead.Guess what?He finished it within 15 minutes!Gosh...I really need to learn how to use the photoshop!Maybe one of the Photoshop for Dummies book would help.

I wish the semester can end earlier,but that would also mean final exam would come faster!I don't even want to think about the final exam...

5 hardcore subjects=5 potential Cs

I want no C!!!

Cheebai,I'm really good at procrastinating aren't I?

WTF,back to work now...

its WARRRRRRRR

2008-07-22T23:20:00.003+08:00

A blog war,that is!

The battle between blog queen XIAXUE and plastic queen DAWN YANG it's ON!

I have been following this major feud between the two of them since its beginning,and now things has got very interesting as the plastic queen decided to SUE the blog queen by issuing her a LAWYER'S LETTER!!!

I know lah,I'm like very ke poh chi now,but you gotta admit that this is too interesting to be missed!If i were to be in Singapore right now,this would be the talk of the town as it's all over the paper now!

I think I'm siding with the blog queen in this matter.I know I should be supporting the prettier one,but plastic doesn't count lah I guess.Let's see how this thing will progress...Wah liao,I'm so excited!HAHAHHAAA...

Woi,whoever it is out there,don't sue me for this arr please~~Whatever I wrote here is only of my humble personal opinion...Some more my blog only get like 10 hits PER WEEK,so it won't expose to too many people lah.

Yes,I am still a coward following the internship incident...niaseng...

Btw,I'm not linking anyone here,too lazy lah.If you wanna know what is happening go Google for it lah.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2008-07-17T13:14:00.007+08:00

Tired of seeing pictures from the accident,better do some updates huh.

After the car was fixed from the accident and I was finally driving back to school again,more troubles came followed.I got 2 summons within one week,one was from the the Police Diraja,another was from MBPJ.Both summons were for parking by the roadside in front of my school compound.I was not even double parking loh,but it was "obstructing the way".This was already my final year studying there,and i got my first 2 ever summons,within one week!Word is that the car park management opposite of my school was not happy with us parking outside,so they call the police so that we would go into their parking.

That's not it!One fine day after the first summon,I was driving from The Curve back to school for class and my tyre punctured without me realizing it.By the time I reached my school,the tyre was already beyond repaired and must be replaced.Fine lah,I can change my own tyre right?But no matter how hard i tried,the screw just won't go loose.I called the AAM,when the guy came,he can't get it done too,saying the screws were too tight,then he asked me to wait for another backup guy.By the time the whole thing was done,it was already after 2 hours plus.I immediately changed the tyre,along with some new spareparts changes,and the bill came to me at RM468.All that was on last Friday.This Monday,I found out that something was wrong with the car alignment,the workshop must have screwed it up for me,so I was forced to go back and ask them to align the car again.

You say sui anot?

I suspect that this has something to do with the amulet my mom bought for me from her trip to Hokkaido in May.The amulet was supposedly for road safety!At first i kept it in its white packet in my bag.But on the morning of the car crash,I took it out and leave in by the door's drawer,thinking that I wanna find a place to hang it in the car later.15 minutes later,BOOM,the car crash happened.Coincident?Then I hung the amulet with my home keys and kept them in my bag,then my series of car troubles followed.COINCIDENT??Well,I don't know lah,but i took down the amulet yesterday morning and kept it safe in my room.What a pity though,it was a really nice purple colour amulet.

By the way,i watched DARK KNIGHT yesterday night with Jian Li,and it was GREAT!

Why So Serious?Smile LAH!

Gotta warn you though,better go to the loo before it starts cos' the movie last for a good 2.5 hours.Heath Ledger did a great job in this movie depicting Joker!He can send chills to my spine with his makeup and his evil laugh.I also LOVE the Batmobile aka Tumbler in this movie!It was SUPER COOL.Don't be surprise when you see Edison Chen in the movie though.But well,his part only happens for about 15 seconds,it may end before you even realize his appearance.Go watch!!Its the must-watch movie this year.

the car crash

2008-07-01T20:07:00.008+08:00

Finally,here are the pictures from the car crash.I took these at the accident scene.

Front

Back

If you think my car was quite badly damaged,check out the last car of this serial crash.

Note that the red truck was a Mitsubishi Storm,the big ass truck that hit my car.Kesian the Iswara car,I guess his brake was not working that well,that is why he hit the Storm in full force and then went under it.

What happened was,the first car which was a Toyota Innova stopped abruptly during a traffic jam at Jln Tun Razak,heading towards the underway that leads to Jln Sungai Besi,where the old Nichi Fashion City used to be. The Nissan Livina behind the Innova stopped too,and I follow suit.It was not really an emergency brake,so of course I managed to totally stop my car behind Livina.However,the Storm was tailing me too close.A few loud bangs later,all 5 cars hit each other like domino pieces.And the rest was history...

Needless to say,I was really du lan about the whole accident.I blame myself for involving in this accident,there were so many if only...playing in my mind after the accident,i thought that the guilt was gonna eat me from inside.It was not even my car!Well,my sister who owned the car did not yell at me or anything lah,but I still feel guilty for there was this problem about how to fetch my nephew Sean after his tuition at 6 everyday without the car.

All these were in the past now,the car was fixed and was collected last Saturday.I heard that the workshop charged a whopping RM8k+ for the repair!It was really absurd,but this is how they do business lah,by charging the insurance company kao kao.Since the accident was not my fault,the bill was charged to the other car.Thank god for that.

I was not with my sister to get the car back because I was away at Genting with some friends last weekend.I was kinda reluctant to go at first because Valerie was coming back that morning,and also I don't feel like spending anymore money.But it turned out to be a really nice trip.

Here are some of my favourite pictures from the trip,taken at the mushroom park in the afternoon before I come back to KL.

Peach

Veggies

Yes,it was really afternoon at 2-3pm when the pictures were taken.The fog was really that thick in the afternoon at Genting I even thought I was at heaven or something.

By the way,I lost RM115 at the casino.Apparently what people said about beginner's luck or first time's charm are either not applicable in gambling or they are simply bullshit.

I really need to refrain myself from spending anymore before the big trip.

accident

2008-06-18T21:26:00.006+08:00

I bang my car this morning...together with 4 other cars...

NIAMAFRYCRABWTFKNNCCBMCHTIUNIASING

Pictures and story next time...I need to get over the trauma first...

old debt

2008-06-15T14:13:00.002+08:00

Tag #1: Kid’s Question

* 1. Answer the Kid’s Question by Gregory Stock, PH.D. Remember: Don’t respond as you think others want you to. Respond the way you actually feel!
* 2. Add your name (linked to your blog)
* 3. Tag everybody else!

Kid’s Question #1
If you were the ruler of the world and you could have anything you wanted as well as have people do anything you wanted, do you think you would get greedy and mean or would you be a good and fair ruler?

My Answer:
Greedy and mean.I'll first receive under-table money from people to approve their bad deeds,then build a house like a castle for me,then listen to my family for advise on running the world,then make sure their company have enough contracts to earn big bucks,then increase the petrol price and let the people die and lastly refuse to step down no matter what happen.

Oooh,sounds familiar...

Tag #2: NOVEMBERsniper

sorry for the lack of creativity lah...but its meaningful coz i live to kill!and you will die before you know it...muahahhaa

The rules:

* 1.Determine your birthday month and get a word that rhymes with it or you can affix to it. Caps lock your birth month (ex: MAYday! JUNE dune, APRILicious, JULYvely, AUGUST pocus, parched MARCH…). Be unique.
* 2.Your birth month plus the word affixed or rhymed shall become the tag’s title in your case.
* 3.Get your birthday and add the digits involved. Example, if your birthday falls on the 25th of July, add 2 and 5 you get 7.
* 4.Whatever is the sum, write a list of the MATERIAL gifts you wish to receive, the number of which shall correspond to the sum of your birthday. For example, applying the case above (in rule number 3), you will write seven (7) things you wish to receive.
* 5.After your wish list, put your name and birthday in the Bloggers’ Birthday Directory, with a link to your blog/s. Note: when you add your birthday, please place it in a way that the dates appear chronological (January, February… 1, 2, 3)
* 6.Pass this tag meme by tagging as many people as you want.

Name: Eugene Siew
Birthday: 7 November
Calculation: 7+1+1=9 (i'm doing this right?)

My Wish List:

1)Toyota Yaris
2)Sony Ericsson W960i
3)Canon Digi-Cam
4)Sony Vaio laptop
5)Fossil/Swatch watch
6)New school bag
7)New shoes
8)Nice shades
9)Cool outfit

something i will never get

2008-06-13T22:41:00.004+08:00

Today during the lecture class of Crisis Management,the lecturer brought up a current news about how some SMS contest by one of the major mobile network provider in the country was suspended after some complaints that it was against the Islamic teaching.

I was aware of the news even before my lecturer brought it up.2 days ago,it was the research panel of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department who instructed the network provider to stop the contest.Today,it was reported that even MCMC ask for the contest to be suspended,or at least temporarily.

It was reported in The Star Online,and even attracted some international press agency to cover the news.

Like i said in the title,this is something I will never get.Well,mainly because I was not exposed to any Islamic teaching.

Like what my lecturer said today,this is a crisis for the network provider.It will be very interesting to see how the PR agency will help the organization to get through this.I shall observe this case closely because I was quite familiar with the PR agency that is handling this case (er hem) and also because Crisis Management is a subject I am currently taking in this semester.

I never mention any name of the organizations here because I am a COWARD who don't want to get into anymore trouble.Sue me.

By the way,do not expect update anytime soon because I have so many assignments at hand and so many deadline to meet it is not even funny.There is ministry I need to contact,few corporate clients I need to meet,many proposals I need to do,some research survey i need to conduct,and 6 days of classes a week I need to attend...You say crazy anot?Seriously,you gotta love final year in the university.

JUST IN

2008-06-04T18:33:00.002+08:00

Wednesday June 4, 2008 MYT 5:59:01 PM

Petrol to cost RM2.70 from midnight

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday announced the new price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre, effective midnight tonight.

He announced that the price of petrol would be increased by 78sen and diesel by RM1.

The 40% increase in petrol price is part of the new fuel subsidy plan the Prime Minister announced at 5pm Wednesday.

The price of diesel goes up to RM2.58 from RM1.58.

Copied from The Star Online.

THANKS ALOT PAK LAH,THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED.

Life's a bitch

2008-05-27T22:12:00.006+08:00

School has started!I had my first class today after more than 6 months of school-free life.It was not that exciting though,I will surely miss the time when i can just bum around at home doing nothing but watch TV,eat or sleep.

I realized that this new school term is no joke.The subjects I am doing this semester are really hardcore--stuff you just can't scrap through with mere luck.Even Michelle the Great expressed her concern in her blog,so i guess this shows how tough the subjects really are.

I've also met with one of the most hardcore lecturer in my school today in my first class.But anyhow,I still have a good feeling about this lecturer.She is very strict,and she made it clear that it was no fooling around when we are having class with her.

She reminds me of Madam Ong,one of my favourite lecturer in A-Level days.She was very strict as well,she laid down the ground rules even on our first day of class.She really means it when she said that latecomers are not welcome into her class after 5 minute she arrived into the class.She will lock all doors of the classroom and i remember i was locked out for a few times.She was the reason why i fell into Economics,and even thought about doing UOL Degree,because she recommended it.I think that i might failed her as one of her last student before her retirement for giving up on Economics and do Communication degree instead.She was a really good lecturer,and she inspired me to achieve things i never thought i could.For that,i will always be grateful.

That is why I have a good feeling about this lecturer.I really hope that she can inspire me like Madam Ong did,and i can excel in the subject she is teaching.Since i did quite well in the pre-requisite subject,i hope that i can excel in this one too.

To quote my friend Benn De Silva,life's a bitch,but it's YOUR bitch!So,imma just suck it in and hope I can walk out of this sem without a scratch.Wish me luck,y'all.

the one who tagged me

2008-05-24T14:50:00.002+08:00

The person who tagged you:
Michelle Tan Ching Wuen

What you know about her:
1. She is weird.
2. She is an angry person.
3. She get good grades.
(Seems to be all negative stuff ehh?How arr,Mich?Hahahhaa)

The most memorable thing she has done/given to you:
Erm,the most recent one is definitely invites to Hennesy Artistry Party.Thanks dude.

If she becomes your lover, you two will:
I don't know what she will do,but i will most probably kill myself because no one can handle her craziness like her Mr. Tang.

If she becomes your enemy, the reason will be because:
She is jealous of my height.

5 people you tag:
I will tag no one.

random facts about me

2008-05-23T15:47:00.003+08:00

I was tagged by Viv and Mich.I shall do Viv's first,as hers dated earlier than Mich's.

Seriously,these stuff is like chain letter lah,and i hate chain letter.Those forwarded email with meaningful stuff also i will regard to as chain letter.I will usually delete all emails with FW as the title right away without taking a look--unless the title is attractive enough lah.

The Rules

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
3. Tag eight people at the end of this post and list their names.
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

#1: I am tall.

#2: I am dark.

#3: I am Hakkanese,can speak Hakka dialect relatively well.

#4: I am a lil scared of height.

#5: All my family call me 'ah boy',even until now.Yes,its a lil embarassing when they call me that in public.

#6: I'm a huge TV junkie.

#7: I started working as part time waiter since i was in form 2.

#8: I started wearing spectacles on my first day of school at primary one.Now,i wear -9.0 contact lenses.

Victims to be tagged:

No one,because i am nice.

Archuleta who?

2008-05-23T01:36:00.006+08:00

DAVID COOK IS THE NEW AMERICAN IDOL!

Really,i was very surprised when i heard the last name Ryan Seacrest called out at the end of the result show.After yesterday's show,I thought that Archuleta is going to win this for sure.My jaw dropped,my eyes popped,and i even let out a yelp when I heard the result.Congratulation for being the first rocker who won the American Idol,David Cook!

ROCK ON!

Cook having his moment

For what it's worth,David Archuleta had put up a really good fight.He was a very good ballad singer,and I am sure that we will hear from him again very soon (what with his star crave dad and all).

Simon even apologize to Cook right before the result was announced.I think that it was really unnecessary,because he was just being Simon and delivering reviews and commenting in the way he always do.Although his review might be harsh at times,but at least it was honest and straight forward.If all 3 judges are like Paula Abdul who beat around the bush and mumbling words without actually saying anything,I will not be bothered to watch the show.

With that,another season of reality show has ended!Both American Idol and American Next Top Model (which ended just last week) gave me some really shocking and unexpected result!I think that is one of the reason why people is so obsessed with reality show,because you will never know what will happen next.I am now really looking forward to my all-time favourite reality show-The Amazing Race!Faster air lah,I have no more TV show to watch now.

The Davids' Showdown

2008-05-22T00:55:00.017+08:00

I know i hadn't been blogging for weeks now.Sorry for those who have clicked in only to find the same backdated post here.It's not like i have completely run out of stuff to update about,i simply don't have the right 'mood'.I think I'm slowly loosing the urge to blog... Okay,more about this next time.

I just found something worth blogging about when i was watching TV.

The American Idol Season 7!!!

Its the finale show this week as it came down to the final 2 contestants--

David Cook and David Archuleta

I mentioned about how i missed more than half of the season because i was working my ass out for the internship and i can't afford to sleep late for watching TV.Lucky for me though,Starworld had a American Idol Season Marathon last weekend,where i was finally able to catch up with the whole season right down to the final 3 week.

The Rocker David Cook

David Cook and David Archuleta are very different.One is a rocker with an attitude while another is a nice young boy who sings ballad really well.

Ever since the Hollywood week,David Archuleta has become everyone's favourite contestant.His talent or good vocals might be the reason,but i think it was most probably his young and innocent goody image that were so appealing to the audience.To me,his singing was good,but not as good as past contestant his age like Paris Bennett of Season 5.His I'm-very-surprise expression and teary eyes look he had every time he receive great reviews from the judges just came across to me as a little fake.I can't believe the judges let him off easy when he missed his lyrics in one of the show!I thought that forgetting lyrics when you are performing on such a big singing competition would be a serious offense,but the judges simply touched lightly on the issue...

Just before the final 3 week,a shocking news came when Archuleta's dad was banned from attending the live broadcast of the show!Rumour has it that his dad was very demanding backstage,wanted to have every last word on decisions like song choice and song arrangement.I don't know if its true,but i guess his dad is all ready for his son's upcoming super stardom.

Archuleta and Parent

However,that doesn't make Cook my favourite either.He can definitely sings well,might even be as good as Daughtry.But how he talked back to Simon when he was giving criticism was a turn off.Having the rocker attitude is one thing,but being disrespectful to the judges is simply wrong.

While i was watching the finale performance just now,i already have an awful feeling that Archuleta will win the show.All judges gave him rave reviews and seemed to side with him.Randy Jackson even called him "The best singer of the season."

He definitely made a brilliant song choice by singing Imagine for his third song.The song was already proven as a 'sure-win' heart-touching song as he sang it earlier in the show.Perhaps his dad helped him in making this decision...It was simply the right song to sing.

After the showdown today,tomorrow will be the result show!Wait,now is already Thursday leh...Wah lau,making one blog post sure can take a few hours.Anyway,i can't wait to know who will be the next American Idol.Although I'm rooting for none of the finalist,it can still be a good finale.I shall edit this post to announce the winner after the result show later this evening.Time to sleep!

me love

2008-05-03T18:34:00.015+08:00

So sick of seeing pics of drunk Mich every time i open my own blog,so i gotta do some update just to drown out the pics.hahhahahaaaa.

I just came out from my sis's room to check out the new Sony VAIO laptop she bought just last month.I never bothered to give it a look before this.I thought that people who will go for Sony's products are only in it for its brand and outlook,but not for functionality.But now that i'm done playing with the white colour Sony VAIO my sis bought,i thought that it was SO FUCKING CHIC AND NICE!

This is not the same model as my sis's,but similar lah.

Honestly,i still think that other brands like Toshiba, Fujitsu, or HP offers better laptop,but Sony VAIO is just so fucking irresistible lah.I hate to admit this,but I'm superficial.Her laptop is running with Window Vista Home Premium OS.It was my first time using Vista OS,and it was not what i thought it'd be.I thought that it will be strongly unstable and not user friendly--i was wrong.

I really shouldn't be jealous about my sis's new laptop,since I bought myself a whole new set of desktop just 2 months ago.

me love

Samsung 19" LCD,ain't it pretty?

Edifier speaker and sub woofer.

Volume control pad and Logitech Optical Mouse

I was suppose to blog about this long ago.But the pc had gave me so much trouble the last 2 months.First was the hardisk,then the Window OS.I'm still using Window XP Proffesional,coz i don't know the Vista is so cool.Hmm,maybe i should change it once Microsoft release a more stable version of Vista.

Remember my blog post on my plea for help on monitor choices?Now you know which model of monitor i eventually settled myself with lah.I really like it a lot.I kinda regret with my choice of processor though.I should have go for Core 2 Duo instead of Duo Core,coz the pc was not running as fast as i have expected it to be;even with a 2 Gb memory.Its too late now to change lah,but since i'm not a gamer,maybe the pc speed is just right for me.

My sis asked me to help her to hook up the laptop to internet.Finally i get someone to share the streamyx bill with.I have updated my streamyx account 2 times within 2 months- from the 512kB limited access package to now 1Mb unlimited access package.I just hope that sharing the streamyx account will not slow down the internet connection too much.The steamyx people did told me that it will slow down the connection speed when two pc are connected,I just wonder how slow it'd go,anyone can tell?

I'm now really looking forward to go Bangkok on Tuesday evening.Its about time for me to have some fun on school holiday.More updates with pics when I'm back!

Tips to check if you are drunk

2008-04-25T17:46:00.008+08:00

You are most probably drunk when...

You keep telling people you are not drunk
and put on that act-cute face and
V fingers you condemned so much
to a camera.

Do the MALAYSIAN ROCKS sign AGAIN
with a very concerned looking dude looking
from your back.

Blowing kisses to strangers

OR

Showing finger to strangers.

Q: What Mich have actually had that night?

A: 3 glasses of cocktails.

Mich,my friend,you will find a way to forgive me right?It is still too soon for me to lose my trusted assignment group mate.Hahahhahahaaaaa...

breath of fresh air

2008-04-25T16:42:00.008+08:00

It's been 8 days since my last post!I have been thinking about doing this post for so long,but just doesn't seems to have the right mood to do it.

My internship had finally come to an end on 16 April.I received a decent farewell party at the office,an envelope with RM50 book voucher,a very good appraisal, and apparently,some very kind words from the boss herself during the staff meeting after i left.

I have a mixed feelings about leaving the office.Of course a very huge part of me felt great that it was finally over;but the kind words from the boss and the rave review has made me feel kinda uneasy about leaving.Just a little bit though,hahaha.

I thought that i would start blogging about things and persons i met during the internship right after i leave.But now,i feel like maybe i should just let it pass...Okay,maybe after this one very short paragraph of rant that i had in my heart which was bursting out to be heard.

I might not be meeting those people anytime soon,i just hope that they would buy a big mirror from Ikea and try to stare hard into the mirror to see what i saw in them.Not only did they insulted me,they have also insulted my intelligence.Those who deemed that i will not survive in this industry,i will show them what i am capable of.I am not sorry for being myself and eject myself out of a crowd i don't like.Also,What was wrong with vulgarities in my blog?You are not even invited here!It is my blog,so i can curse whenever i please.To hell with you and your i-don't-belong-to-this-industry theory!After so many people i have talked to,i know now that it was just your thing to go around and talk down to people.SO FUCK OFF YOU SOH HAI SON OF A FREAKING BITCH!To you and you,bitching is a privilege reserved to hot chicks like Jessica Alba or Natalie Portman,so you fugly cheebais cannot bitch about others simply because it will make you look even more uglier than you already were.

Phewwww,feel better now.I guess that concludes my fucking fantastic internship experience.

Immediately after a quiet celebration of my "emancipation" as an intern,i dug into my last bi-weekly report and also the final report for my internship.Only until today that i can finally have a breath of fresh air.

I shall try to enjoy the remaining of my holiday now before the new school term.Pictures of Mich from Hennesy Artistry party next!

naoki spotted on The Sun 17 April

2008-04-17T13:28:00.009+08:00

My friend just called and asked me "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING ON THE SUN??!!"

My friend was refering to this article, published on today's The Sun, Sports section, Page 36.

As usual, it was rather small.I shall zoom in for a clearer view.

Okay,maybe closer.

Yep,that was me.I am not 23 years old though.It was actually a favour for Dannie.I let them took a pic of me and here i am,in the sports section.

Alright,nothing exciting about that.

I gotta go back to the final report for my internship now.

news coverage for KL Freeze

2008-04-16T11:01:00.005+08:00

This article was published on The Star on Tuesday.There were also online article here and here on thestar online.I think this is the only article on dailies lo.Some more they were from the same journalist.

Too bad,i thought the event will get a lot more attention from the media.

On a side note,today is my last day of internship!!!SO EXCITED!!!

Then Mich invited me to the Hennesy Artistry party at ZOUK Velvet this Friday!!!DOUBLY EXICTED!!!

I even got a rave review for my appraisal from Senior Account Director!!!SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!

I'm so excited now i think i can...fuck,i spent 5 minutes thinking about how to continue this sentence...I'm just too excited!!!

Er hem,back to work now...

KL Freeze

2008-04-13T22:04:00.011+08:00

I was frozen for 5 minutes (possibly more) at KL Freeze in Unison!!!

It was really cool!!!Can you imagine all of a sudden people around you just froze in space?Today i was there to join in the fun,thanks to Mich who ask me along.

It was quite a big deal.Hundreds of people were frozen for more than 5 minutes at Pavilion KL when the clock striked 3:35pm.I was frozen earlier and had a solo pose while Mich and gang did sort of a "empowering" kind of pose together.

When i was frozen,I tried not to blink and focus my eye on a target.I tried so hard until my contact lens just beh tahan of the dryness and few drops of tears just leak from my eyes to the floor...so fucking embarrassing!I can't wipe away my tears because i was frozen...damn!But it was a really cool experiance nonetheless.

I've got no picture or video to show,but i bet you can find a lot if you care to Google it.I will upload clippings from tomorrow's newspaper in my blog if there is any.

Meanwhile,check out the video of New York Freeze at Grand Central Station HERE which to my opinion was really cool.Watch it to get the idea of how KL Freeze will be like.

Also,read about what Mich has to say about her debut appearance on TV News section HERE

3 MORE DAYS TO GO!!!

what i did last weekend?

2008-04-05T22:42:00.009+08:00

So what exactly i did over last weekend?

Like i mentioned in my last post,i attended this media party at Borneo Baruk Club for work.I guess I'm not allowed to talk about it much since i was warned that whatever i did for my company are P&C.I don't even think i should mention my company's name anymore (though most of you might already know,or can easily retrieve it in my blog archive lah),i was warned about that too.

Well,what i can tell about that night is that I've met a lot of media people.Over 400 of them to be exact.It was always fun meeting new people.Especially those whom I've talked to over the phone.When we meet,we will go "hey,it's you!we talked over the phone!"I really like it when they will ask for me over at the registration counter.It gave me this sense of achievement that some media people would actually remembers me and want to meet me.I know its not really a big deal lah,as they may meet hundreds of people a day.But it really does feel good when you get acquainted with the media people.After all,it was me who have contacted all of them mah.It's no easy task i tell you,it took me days to contact all of them.

I also met Hannah Tan and Douglas Lim that night!Too bad i still don't have the pictures with me yet.Hannah was still as friendly as i remembered,and Douglas was really cool too.His stand-up that night was really good- a lil bit on the edge of being tacky,but still very cool nonetheless.

That was Friday night.Then on Saturday,it was Valerie's full moon!My mom had this prayer thing went on the whole morning,then at night we had a family dinner to celebrate Val's 1 month birthday.Poor Val,got her head and eyebrow shaved by my mom.In case you don't know,shaving baby's head when they are 1 month old is a ritual for Chinese.Don't ask me why.My mom said shaving baby's head will make their hair to grow more nicely.

sleepy head

little thing

Sunday was Ei Chi's convocation at Nikko Hotel.One by one my friend leaving school for good!How time flies.It will soon be my turn next year and i'm in no hurry at all.I really don't think i'm prepared for that.My internship open my eyes to a lot of things and i might not quite like what i see.Then again,it was probably because my internship was not paid.T_T

Anyway,Ei Chi seems happy about graduating and joining the workforce.She did found a job with decent pay and already started working.It makes me wonder if i can also secure a job offer so soon even before my convo.I'm worried,but i shall postpone my worries to next year when it's my time to graduate.

After the convo,we proceed to dinner till late.

There goes my weekend,spending most of my time outside and giving all my favourite TV shows a missed.Actually I've been missing all favourite shows like American Idol,Heroes,Ugly Betty and many more ever since the begining of this year.Working is just so tiring that you would rather get that 1 hour more of sleep than watching TV because you need to wake up on 7am the next day.

8 more working days or 1.5 more weeks to go...

Its April Fools'!

2008-04-01T10:26:00.005+08:00

Which means only 16 more days to go before my escape from hell hole.

I have quite a lot to update about.

I attended this event last Friday,and met Hannah Tan again!Douglas Lim was also there lah,nothing exciting about that though.On Saturday my family celebrated Valerie's full moon!But this means that she's leaving for JB soon!Gotta take more picture of her and spend more time with her so that she can remembers her uncle.Then on Sunday,i went out whole day for Ei Chi's convocation.Another friend leaving school for good...

I just realize that i don't even have time for my favourite TV show lately leh.But its good to have things to do over the weekend lah,just to put my mind off from work related issue,hehehe.

Hopefully all pictures will come in soon enough so that i can make a proper update!

By the way,i haven't got pranked yet so far today!Well,the kennysia.com prank doesn't count.

Diva Valerie

2008-03-20T13:23:00.009+08:00

blurish...

*wink*

Camera sensitive!That's my girl!

"Smile~"

"Ooooooooohhhhh~"

"Har?"

"Eee,too close!"

"Enough with the picture lah!"

i was tagged,for being too free...ish

2008-03-19T08:27:00.003+08:00

This is what you must do:
Remove 1 question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 5 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.
Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. Whoever does the tag will have a hot girlfriend/boyfriend and live to see their great great great grandchildren get married.(sure o not?)

1. At what age you wish to marry?
At the age when i meet the girl who can tame me.

2. How many children you wish to have in the future?
Tak tau lah,too soon to say.1 boy 1 gal would be the ideal plan la.

3. What do you think about love?
Love is...something you can't describe with words.muahahaha...

4. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
I want to go around the world!But the place i wish to go the most would be...TOKYO!

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
To become a billionaire at my age...please make it come true,please please...

6. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
So what if you see the rainbow?Or you mean it metaphorically?Meaning a silver lining after some deep shit?What is this la?What you want?Pissed me off trying to figure this out only...

7. What are you afraid to lose the most now?
MY MONEY- if i have any

8. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Buy a car and a whole bunch of other things and also treat whole family to very nice dinner...and donate what's left of it also lah...which won't be much...

9. What is the coolest gift you ever get?
All gifts i received are special...hehee.

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Michelle T: Petite (Standing beside her really enhance my height); Smart (Its good to have a smart-ass as your assignment group mate...THANKS,MICH); Weird (Ya,my assignment group mates are all weird in our own ways,so its a good trait to have)

11. Pick either one: Money or Love?
Money...yes,i'm superficial.

12. Which type of person do you hate the most?
Condescending patronizing ass kissser

13. What is your ambition?
To be the happiest guy on earth...without the help of drugs lah.

14. If you have fault, would you rather the people around you point out to you or would you rather they keep quiet?
Point out to me gua,i can take it 1.

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Family,friends and money.Har?most again??Then i choose money family loh.

16. Are you a shopaholic or not?
NO.

17. Which do you rather be: a giver or a taker?
Taker!

18. Find a word to describe the person who tagged you.
According to her,weird.

19. If you have a chance. Which part of your character you would like to change?
My social skill.

20. What is your favourite type of vegetable?
Broccoli!

I shall tag:
Angela
Eli
Vivian
Lip Khai
Wai Kit

naoki spotted

2008-03-13T21:16:00.006+08:00

I was in a magazine!!!It's the March issue of JUICE mag...When Issac cracked the news to me,my first question was "Do i look good in that pic?"

I've waited many days before i can lay my hand on a free copy of JUICE mag. I finally get one of it from MOOKS,Pavilion this afternoon.

Here it is!Lo and behold,my first appearance on magazine (as passer-by A).

Cannot see me??

So damn small can??

Nah,zoom in let you see.

That's me,Issac and Sook Wei,spotted at Converse
Century Party @ Maison

Turns out i really did not look good in the pic...wtf.Some more the pic was not placed on where it should be!Instead of the page on Converse Century Party,this pic was placed on Excessive Records 8th Anniversary...WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?I DON'T REMEMBER BEING AT THIS PARTY LOH!

Anyway,in this same issue of JUICE,they also published news on Kat DeLuna's performance during Hennessy Artistry Night @ ZOUK,which was coincidentally another party i attended.Wah liao,this party took place last year leh!Now only they publish news about it,isn't it a little bit late?That was a great party,by the way.

Anyway,it was fun attending all these parties,but it was even more fun to see myself on magazine!(albeit only as passer-by A).Anymore party i can go?

my happy moments

2008-03-06T17:14:00.004+08:00

My happy moments?

Haha,i think i'm always happy what?

No??

Yeah...seeing how angry post taking up most of my blog archive,i might not be as cheery as i thought.Hahaha...some of my friend even say i looked grumpy all the time.

But there are times where i can truly enjoy myself!

Just like...

When i'm with my nephews~!

Alister!

with his trademark pouty lips...

Or

When i'm with my friends...

Those crazy times we had...

Or

When i meet pretty girls...

HANNAH TAN!!!
Hey,how ya doing?Hannah?

I guess its more about who you're with rather than what you're doing ehh?

Muahahhahaaaa...

See?What's not to be happy about?

So what are your happy moments?

Tough choice...

2008-03-06T13:50:00.003+08:00

This was my result for The kennysia.com Who-To-Vote-This-Election Decision Generator™...

According to the 100% accurate kennysia.com Who-To-Vote-This-Election Decision Generator™, I am voting for...

DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY!

Who Should You Vote For This Election?

But my area don't even have Rocket lah!!

So who should i vote now?Scale or Blue Moon?

Welcome to the world,Valerie!

2008-03-05T22:00:00.009+08:00

My sister-in-law gave birth to baby Valerie Siew exactly 4:25pm this afternoon!!!She was born 2.85 kg,a very healthy baby girl indeed.She was also the first baby Siew joining the family since my birth 21 years ago!

Sleeping peacefully

Disturbed

Looking around

Crying for milk

Tearing up...

Her eyes so big and she look so cute right?But my mom said we mustn't praise her,we should say she look ugly so that she can grow to be the exact opposite...Absurd?Its the wisdom from the elder generation,we follow only lo.

You're ugly,Valerie Siew!

By the way,welcome to the world!You made me an uncle,for the fourth time!

SAYA PENGUNDI SAH!

2008-03-01T21:46:00.010+08:00

I received a brown envelope addressed to me today,inside was this...

VOTE FOR ONG TEE KEAT!!!

WTF?!I CAN VOTE?REALLY??ME??VOTING??OMFG!!!

If you don't understand why i was so shock,it was because i only registered myself in January. JANUARY LEH!Which was just 1 month before PM dissolving the parliament!!!

Hey,guess my vote is reeeeeaallllllllyyyy important for them...Most of my friend who registered before me don't even get to vote!I DON'T PROCRASTINATE IN REGISTERING MYSELF in case you are wondering...I just happened to be born in November...and it took me two months to locate a post office =p

My mom said it was because my area only got either SCALE or BLUE MOON...As they may have guess who a CHINESE would probably vote for,so they sped up my registration process so that i can vote lah.

Anyhow,I'm going to vote at SK Taman Nirwana this Saturday!WOO HOO...i feel so grown up now...

But i wonder hor,why that letter got face of Ong Tee Keat printed on it one?Some more it says Undilah Ong Tee Keat...How can so bias one?Is the letter one of their publicity pamphlet?Or was it an official letter reminding me of my citizen duty?Don't know lah,don't care...I think i will vote for Ong Tee Keat lah.Not only he was my senior in Confucian,he was even a former Interact Club President!just like me...

Ehh,should i be telling this arr?I don't know wor,first time doing this mah...Forgive me if i'm wrong,my dear government...

What's up with me?

2008-03-01T08:04:00.008+08:00

The lack of updates lately is due to 3 reasons:

I memang don't update that frequently one lah!
I have problems loading pictures to my computer.
Some of my blog content offended a few parties.

The ironic part is that,the shocking news came just after my post on "restrictions".I guess i took the liberty of blogging too willfully.I was deemed to be ,quote,"unprofessional","irresponsible" and "unable to sustain in this industry".I was wrong for doing some of the post,but i still think that i should at least be able to express my feelings in my blog.I am not famous blogger wannabe.I only get about 8-10 visits to my blog on a usual day,and i assumed they were all my friends.I guess i was wrong for assuming that,life is just full with uncertainties.I do realized how powerful Google is,anyone will have access to my blog.But hey,at least i am not blogging will ill-intentions,or trying to deliberately hurt others' feelings right?However,like someone once said,shit happens.I think of myself as an optimist.I made mistakes,i learnt,i move on.

My friends said that I'm too "transparent".My expressions will clearly reflect my feeling and my mood.I thought that it is a good attribute for me,but how was i wrong!I heard about so many negative stuff lately that made me realized.All thanks to a friend who let me know what was going on,it helped me learn.

阮玲玉wrote about 人言可畏in her last letter,just before she killed herself.She was a victim of cruel rumours and gossips,and that was don't-know-how-many-years ago.But the cycle still goes on even until now ( I think it'd never end).Her last words were so true,i held it to my heart.

Ooh,on a more happy note,Sean was discharged after 4 nights of stay at GIMC.He is as healthy as ever now,running around and testing my temper to spank him again.Thanks for the prayers and wishes!

worried

2008-02-24T23:59:00.003+08:00

My nephew Sean was hospitalised.Mom just got a call from sis,saying Sean's platelet level is below average and doctor advised him to spend the night at GIMC for fear of getting Dengue fever.I hope its not Dengue...

I'm worried sick...

Get well soon,Sean!I promised to not spank you so much and let you play with my PS2 if you can get home soon enough.

JiB*i Aedes,stay away from my family!

HELP ME PICK

2008-02-21T08:41:00.005+08:00

THIS?

OR THIS?

They are both in 19 inches.The above one is conventional screen while the one below is wide screen.As for selling price,conventional screen is RM50 more expensive than the wide screen. I personally like the conventional screen more because everything including pictures,dekstop icons,and everything else will also be displayed longer than it should on a wide screen.
The design for the conventional screen is also the reason i fell in love with Samsung monitor at first place,the design for wide screen one not so nice.But the conventional screen is more expensive!How arr???

TARA2

2008-02-17T16:44:00.006+08:00

CONGRATULATION to Adrian and Collin
winner of the Amazing Race Asia 2

"After travelling to 10 countries, 15 cities and 51,534km, they are the winners of The Amazing Race Asia", Allan Wu

I just watched the repeat for TARA2 finale yesterday night at 11pm.No surprise there for the end result cos' i already read about it from the paper on Friday,but the finale show was still very nail-bitingly exciting.

Pamela and Vanessa wining second

Kudos to the Malaysian teams!The sisters finished the race at second place while the moms finished at fourth place.Not bad indeed.The sisters really performed well for the whole course of the race,despite the memory lost incident, the failed to find holy-statue incident, and the intersection betrayal incident...They should have waited for Paula and Natasha!I can still remember how dissapointed i was when they got eliminated.Although not in the same leg lah,but Pamela and Vanessa were still the reason for their ultimate elimination.

I still have no idea why the other Malaysian team Ann and Diane will be condemned by other teams and even became a target on the race.I think that they did very well too!They co-operated the whole time and they were being so physically fit despite their age.

Marc and Rovilson to the finish line

But the most deserving team for the title of TARA2 winner was definately Marc and Rovilson from the Philipines.They got first place for eight out of the eleven legs!Its really sad for them as when it comes down to the last road block,Rovilson had problem identifying the flags for the countries they've been to.Adrian just happened to know all the national flags very well as it was his "passion" since young.

This race is really all about fate.Whether you get a good taxi driver or not, whether the task is something you good at or not,or even whether the leg you arrived late to is a non-elimination round or not...Its all FATE.But that is also why i like this show so much,its so unpredictable and exciting.Not to mention that i also get to visit all the beautiful places around the globe!Virtually,ofcourse.

I love The Amazing Race.Who wants to audition for TARA3 with me?

restricted

2008-02-15T17:20:00.005+08:00

I feel very restricted when i blog now.

I suddenly realized that i can no longer blog about ANYTHING i please.There are many considerations that i need to account for before i blog for fear that i may offend others.

There were past incidents where my blog entry caused unfortunate circumstance.

The first one was an angry post i did on my lecturer.I was accused of something i hadn't done and i couldn't help to blog about it.Little did i know that some of my coursemate read that entry and misunderstand the content.I was in deep shit back then,but all is good now.

Now,it is good if my blog gain popularity and the unique hits kept on increasing...But if that also means that my blog-able topic is getting more and more restricted,i will lose the freedom to express myself!

There are many things i wish to blog about now,many persons i wish to dish about...But i can't!
Thanks to Nuffnang also,now i know that even people don't have my blog address,they can still search for it with some keywords.

Events

2008-01-23T14:52:00.001+08:00

I had great fun,and i get to meet great people too!

Shitloads of photos ahead.

Event #1: Converse Century Party
Date: 18 Jan 08 (FRI)
Venue: Maison

Thanks to Issac who can get me and the rest into the guest list,i was invited to this exclusive party at Maison to celebrate Converse's 100th birthday.So old yet still so cool!

Pictures courtesy of Michelle Tan =)

'Red carpet'

Juice and Converse!

Mich and I with the old skool VW van

Pictures courtesy of Fennie =)

Balloons

Obscene Dannie

GIMME A PRIZE!

Bittersweet rocking the house

Dan and Mich enjoying

Me and Angeline F.

***

Event #2: Traffic Jam Blogger's Party
Date: 19 Jan 08 (SAT)
Venue: PWTC

Thanks to Mich (don't you just love your friends who can get you into exclusive parties?), i get to attend this Nuffnang party when i'm not even a Nuffnanger myself!Although i lost most of the pics i took (check my previous entry), I still have these 2 pics!

The legendary Kenny Sia!

Joel Neoh- winner of 'The Firm'
now a succesful enterpreneur.

Picture Courtesy of Su Ann
Found the pic i lost at Su Ann's blog.
Here's the pic of me with the girls.

Pictures Courtesy of Michelle Tan =)
Free flow of BEERS!!Cheers!

Main stage of Youth 08

I also met Nicole,Su Ann and Mich's boss-Timothy Tiah that night!Great people with great lives!I feel so small beside them (despite the fact of being 6 foot tall,hahaha...lame).

Note: Notice the black tee i was wearing?It was the Converse Century tee i got from the party the night before!The print on this tee glow in dark- no kidding.You gotta love the goodies bag!

On a side note,i got myself some hate comments from none other than- Anonymous...
jibai kia,if really du lan me tat much,don't come la.I really don't get the logic with these retards lo.Anyway,thanks to all my friends who defended me. According to Michelle,i'm FAMOUS now!Muaahahahahahaaa...

Your Mom Fry Crab

2008-01-20T15:40:00.002+08:00

Pardon the title for this entry...It's just that i'm extremely pissed at this moment!

Its my fooking phone that is pissing me off.KNNCCB!!

My memory card was formatted,yet AGAIN!!!I LOST ALL PICTURES,MP3,RING TONES,VIDEO etc.---ALL,SEMUA,QUAN BU,ZEN BU,SUUUUU MUAAAAA!!!GONE!!!TIADA!!!

I have been very calm for the last few times...BUT THE PICTURE I LOST THIS TIME INCLUDING THAT OF THOSE I TOOK WITH KENNY SIA,SU ANN,JOEL NEOH and alot more memorable pics!!!!

Luckily,me knowing my stupiak phone very well,i have sent pics of me with Kenny and Joel to another phone as back up first,before i stuck my stupiak memory card into the card reader.

But pics of me with those pretty gals from TRAFFIC JAM party i went yesternight were still gone!!!DAMN DU LAN...not to mention super adorable pics of Alister i took,trying on his goggles for his toddler swimming class.

I shall post entry about the 2 parties i went the last 2 nights once i got hold of pics from Michelle and Issac.Hope they have some pics left from these 2 events...

SIBEH DULAN.

Should i get myself a new phone?But i'm simply too broke la!Sumore need to buy new dekstop...celaka...all because of my J*B*i unpaid internship la!!i'm now extra ordinarily broke...