Is there a choice?

should I buy a branded or non branded product?

2011-12-30T10:00:00.000+08:00

what is a branded product? and what is a non-branded product?

Why do we buy branded products?

When I was small, I was taught that buying branded should be frown upon. Because essentially buying something that overpriced but little value.

But as I grew older, it's entirely a different case. Every brand has a vision.Some chose to be only luxury products. Some chose to be available for all price range.

The reason these companies priced their products are also what drives the brand the company. If everyone owned a Ferrari, the car would probably lose it's exclusive touch. If Ferrari made their cars in mass amounts such as of the Proton, it probably won't be attractive as it is now.

But, on the other hand, certain brands do carry models for different price range. For example, Logitech.
Logitech is computer peripheral company. They sells speakers, mouse, keyboard, steering wheels, and etc.
Some of these models prices start from RM30 and above.

The reason we buy a certain brand, because we know and we trust this brand will give us the quality that we want. For example, I paid RM30 for a pair of speakers which will work for as much as I paid it, that it won't break down easily but just sufficient to fulfil my audio enjoyment.

My point is, the view was I taught when I was young is totally invalid.

:D

of Relationships

2011-12-29T23:57:00.004+08:00

Oh Me Goodness , it's been a month that I haven't been blogging.

Today, my superior treated all our team members lunch. I being the greedy, took a little too much. Well, let's just it's not a good experience. I'll make sure I'll take just the right amount next time.

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On another note,

Just roughly 48 hours till the end of 2011, for some of my friends, it's probably a new beginning to look forward to. A few of my gal friends have broken up, some had a long distance relationship , some only lasted for a few months, sone had it for long time.Regardless of what type or period of the relationship, nevertheless, the break up still hurt their feelings and they will need to recover from this pain.

During college, we had this couple who were together before college till the end of college.Unfortunately, it couldn't last long after college. They broke up from a few years after college. Sometimes what seemed so right from outside, doesn't really reflect they are right for each other in the inside.

People change. Coupleship during studies is different from coupleship during work. The needs and wants of a couple during studies is different from a couple who are in their working age.

I find that coupleship during your working age is the most mature relationship that you can have. But the lack of experience of coupleship of earlier age (during studies) does prove to be an disadvantage.

But, that's just my opinion. Being in relationship is always a learning process.

It's really easy to start a relationhip , and it's also easy to end one. How we keep it going , it's entirely up to both of you / us.

In the meantime, for those gal friends who have broken up, here's a song from Michael Bublé for you to cheer you all up.

If you have any comments / stories to share, please post them below.

Thank you.

Conspiracy

2011-10-27T10:00:00.000+08:00

According to Dictionary.com,

are as below:

1. the act of conspiring.

2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.

3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.

4.Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.

5.any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.

The most common definition should be No. 2. A plot by 2 or more person to do something illegal / evil / unlawful and etc.

You can read the short or long version. :P . Long version starts first.

##LONG version #

Why am I talking about conspiracy? Well, let's just say I have some first hand experience about it. I don't say I'm a saint, but I would be guilty as charged by conspiring with these people. Imagine you're part of a group, where most of them like to have McDonald's for lunch, naturally even you're not really a fan of McDonald's, you would still join them. So, naturally when you go out with them, you try to have a good time with them while they enjoying your lunch. Hopefully, the next time they have lunch with you, they would go for something that you desire. If not, you could always voice out your opinion.

As a tightly-knit group, they would try to accommodate you as well.

But, if when you're going out lunch with them to McDonald's , you decide to show your sour face, cause a commotion when everyone is having their lunch; you probably can stop thinking people joining you for lunch on something you like.

Being in a group, you probably need to respect the rules or do's and don'ts of the group. If you decide to do something else in the norm, you can expect yourself to be condemned by the group. This , however , applies only if you're in a social circle. Meaning, if the group you're with , are fans of that basketball team/soccer/football team that you're NOT interested, you could always keep quiet when they are talking about the their favorite team. You could always do a pissing match just to spite each other out of the name of fun as well. But, that might get old after a while. However, if you just can't find a way to have fun with this group, you could always opt to join another group of people who have the same interests as you.

Humans, after all are social species. But, if every group you joined, you made a ruckus , causing everyone in the group to dislike you in one way or another, all the groups will one way or another decide to conspire to go against you. Certainly, when you're in that kind of condition, it's not an easy feat to survive. Let's assume you're a student, studying in an environment where your classmates don't want to join you for lunch, OR your fellow classmates just feel uncomfortable by your mere presence ("helped" by people who conspire against because of you wronged them way too many times), OR they ignore your presence when you talk to them.
Then, it's probably a good idea to
a) look for another place to study.
b) behave like their part of a group.

Option (b) might still work, but it's going to take a long time for people to change their mind since your image/reputation was tainted by people that conspire against you.

Option (a) would be the easiest, where you start anew and this time you should at least try to make it right.

But, not everyone has the luxury of option (a). (That would a be a different story at work.) So, before you want to say / do something that might cause the group of people to dislike / hate you, think about how would you feel if they did to you?
##LONG version #

#SHORT version#
If you're in a group, make sure you understand the terms / habits of the group. If you decide to do something else out of the groups' norm, you could always ask the group members whether something is OKAY or otherwise. If you decide to live as a lonely human being for your entire life, always cause a commotion wherever you go.

#SHORT version#

If you have real life examples about this, do share in the comments section. :D

I must absolutely blog about this. (Steve Jobs passed away)

2011-10-06T23:43:00.003+08:00

2 events / things inspired me to blog about this:

1) The passing of Apple co/founder , Steve Jobs.

2) The reality tv show, The Buried Life.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine introduced this youtube video to me.

Steve Jobs , never completed college. Yet, he was able to start up a company that was able to change the world. But, I'm not saying tertiary education is useless. It takes guts and "street-sense" to take risks and do things right. There was something that he said was very inspiring to me

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

If you can't find something you love, don't settle. keep looking.

For myself that means a lot to me. I've worked for around 9 years, I've changed from tech support to a programmer job. From AREV to ASP, ASP to ASP.NET and now PHP and soon ActionScript. I think I'll be learning a lot more. But I think I should change my mindset now.

I shouldn't be just looking for a day-in-day-out job as a Flash developer. I should looking much much further a career in IT job, probably a job that allows me to manage a team of people.

That is what I should be looking forward. But in order to do that, I have to very good in what I do. I was quite interested in watching animation (never doing one :P), but Flash is good for doing both (animation and coding) .

This is my 3rd job now, I think I seen my fair share of people who are good managers, good coders, but rarely both in one person. But if there is one, I really have tremendous respect for these people. Each of these people have their pros and cons. It's up to on how to work things out.

okay. seems like a bit out of topic here.

About Buried Life. It's basically a tv show that inspires me people to do great things by asking this question "What are things that you want to do before you die?"

In Steve Jobs commencement speech, he mentioned a similar question / issue. "Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

When we think about today or tomorrow is the last day we're going to die, we will feel we achieved so little, we would've done more. We will work harder to achieve that target.

On Buried Life,

In this specific episode, Ben wanted date Megan Fox and during the process of finding a way to date Megan Fox , met a girl who was scared of roller coaster known as Silver Bullet. What inspired me is that since this girl was so scared of roller coaster, The Buried Life crew(??, sorry I don't have a better term for that), decided to take this girl to the roller coaster help her conquer her fear of roller coaster.

She conquered her fear with their help. That has inpsired me to think about what good things I can do before I die.

So, when we go to work tomorrow, when we go to class tomorrow, think about this, "if tomorrow is the day we're going to die, what are things that you want to do before you die?"

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2011-09-11T18:27:00.001+08:00

hello你是不是很快乐

testing blogaway

2011-09-04T22:03:00.001+08:00

blogaway

我回来了！！

2011-07-13T18:34:00.003+08:00

瓦靠，今天病倒了。很久都没生病了。

真的很不好受。昨晚，做了刮痧后。脚部就好像软掉了。

过后，就睡着了。

今天起来，全身痛、发烧。但是，还是照样上班。到了公司，真的不能顶。坐立不安。冷气又冷到要命。

没办法了，就去拿个MC。回家休息。

吃了药后，发烧也退了。没有下次了。真的要好好保养身体。

Hug a Developer, End users could a bunch of jackasses.

2011-03-29T21:47:00.002+08:00

when you're a developer, sometimes end-users will just not respect you. Sometimes they assumed something could be easily done.

oohh.. can you add a new row here? how about an extra page? can it make it look prettier?

all that BS.

Anyway, here is a youtube video of the ups and downs of being a software programmer.

Well, i'm a programmer , sometimes it just pisses me off that end users can be a "unsympathetic" about us , programmers / developers.

What would you do?

2011-02-07T09:05:00.003+08:00

what would you do? If your colleague is the type that doesn't want to cooperate till the day that he/she is going to resign?

refuse to cooperate. meaning,

1) refuse to submit any of their jobscope documentation

2) refuse to cooperate with you

a) not giving clear guidelines to work things out, then blame you

when you did something wrong

b) purposely letting take a long way for a solution

c) simply ignoring you and etc.

3) refuse to attend a meeting (even under the advise of the highest management)

eg. no respect for authority

Tell me, what would you do?

KL cafe / kopitiams to FORCED to install Wi-Fi?

2011-01-28T13:18:00.010+08:00

According to KL mayor , installing Wi-Fi at kopitiams will be boost investments and economic activities and all that. He claims that all these chain operators have Wi-fi installed and it is cheap. Hence, every of these kopitiam and cafeteria should have them. Those who refuse to do so, will have their licenses revoke? (Smart eh?, KL mayor idea is the best? you no follow, you no do business.)

hello, .mr. Mayor.... can you be more... *ahem*... down to the earth??? *points at ground*, stop flapping your wings in the sky...

Item	Description	Costs (MYR)
Streamyx 1.0Mbps package	(Business) RM148 (with modem) / month 12 months (minimum subscription)	RM1776
Workers' Salary	RM1800 / pax 5 pax	RM10800
Electricity bill	Nil	RM150
Water bill	Nil	RM150
Rental	Nil	RM4000
Raw Materials	Coffee powder, Milo powder, Tea, cooking oil, rice, Meat, vegetables,etc.	RM600
Monthly income	Let's say per meal is charged (RM10) probably 80 pax customers / day opens 6 days per week that'll be 24 days per month	RM19200
Profit (before streamyx)	RM19200 - RM10800- RM150- RM150 RM4000 - RM600 = RM3500
Profit (after streamyx)	RM19200 - RM10800- RM150- RM150 RM4000 - RM600 - 1776 = RM1724

I might've slightly exaggerated a bit. RM1776 isn't exactly cheap either. It's like RM200++ shy of RM2000. If you're franchise operator, which one drink costs average RM10, a meal might costs RM30 (drinks+meal) altogether, yes , it's feasible to do so.

Please Mr. Mayor , if you're seriously provided Wireless access to KL visitors or businessmen, DO-IT-YOURSELF. Tender these projects openly, make these wireless Internet accessible from people who frequent these kopitiams. After all, you collect taxes from them right? Why not use the tax money to do maintain these Wireless Access Points? or you might has *other* uses for these tax money?

The best venue for a blind date?

2010-12-01T08:00:00.000+08:00

Which of the following would be the best venue for a blind date?

1) Fast Food Restaurant

2) A high class restaurant that provides privacy

3) A bar / pub

4) Club

5) A mid class restaurant that doesn't provide privacy. , something like a "dai chao" / 大炒　restaurant

6) Others, please state the venue and why you chose it.

Please mark your choice and leave your comments about why you made that choice.

You guys may be wondering what inspired me to made this post. Well, it was about a friend's experience.

Recently, the friend's parents set up a blind date for this friend. This friend initially was insistent to meet elsewhere other than McDonald's . Unfortunately, the person this friend was going to meet don't think so. In the end, this friend gave in to this person's request and meet up in McDonald's and ordered NOTHING while having a chat in McDonald's.

I was like, I know meeting in McDonald's is a bit of cheapskate. What?! Throughout the whole date, didn't order anything?

The friend went, "The person said, the I chose McDonald's because they don't charge you for even for just sitting there".

Maybe due to person's work background in the finance sector, he became such a cheapskate, or he just plain stupid. Either way, that's what inspired to write this post.

So.. please leave your comments about your choice and why you made that choice.

Lucky

2010-11-19T14:00:00.004+08:00

hello,

let me introduce you to my auntie's dog. Cute little dog. We've adopted this dog almost after my grandma's passing last year. It just so happened that my cousin had this little dog and couldn't take care of it and passed it to my auntie.

Little puppy looking up at me.

Close-up of little puppy.

It looks so cute, feels like want to cute his little nose. :)

Now, the puppy has grown so much in a short time. I'll post up the photos of grown dog when I got some. :)

Oops ! I did it again.

2010-11-19T07:12:00.002+08:00

Just found out I've stopped blogging for around 2 months liao. :P

Seremban Trip

2010-09-09T00:00:00.000+08:00

Here's the continuation of the Seremban trip that I went the other day.

Since my friend and myself is too lazy to drive to Seremban, we took the train from KTM Nilai station. The air cond wasn't working well, so there was no proper ventilation. So you can imagine lah what scent that went through my nose lah. (yes, it is not pleasant)

Once we reached Seremban KTM station, we walked to Seremban Parade took tea.At this Seremban Parade food court which looks really really deserted. (Possibly due to fasting month).
Then, we walked to Terminal One Shopping Centre. I had fond memories of this place, I used to go there a lot when I was studying in Nilai. That's where I get my regular supplies of PC games.

We stopped by at this "CoolBlog" for a Yam drink. The drink is just okay but a too sweet for my taste. That's all for my Seremban trip.

Train trip to Seremban

2010-08-17T09:20:00.000+08:00

took a train trip down to Seremban on sunday.It was crowded as usual. But when we were having lunch in Nilai, most of the places were quite empty because it was puasa month.

Will post pictures soon.

A new template

2010-08-08T18:46:00.001+08:00

Just trying out a new template. Didn't really update the blogs so much nowadays.

To give me a blog a cheerful "aura". :)

Weird but true

2010-07-28T09:04:00.000+08:00

About like two days ago, I suddenly thought of a certain ex-colleague of mine, he used to be purchaser in my former company, LLA. I don't know why I thought of him, I was thinking of calling him up but I didn't what to talk to him about.

Then, out of the blue, he called me yesterday. It was really surprising. I was caught off-guard.

But, it was quite freaky as well.. but had a little chat with him. Just like old times :)

OMG!

2010-05-06T00:34:00.000+08:00

OMG! it's been a month since my last post.

Broga hill , I came, I saw, I conquered

2010-04-06T10:00:00.057+08:00

Veni, vidi, vici

Well , about a month ago. A colleague of mine suggested we take a hike to Broga Hill （茅草山），being a first time hill climber, I was of course a bit.. erm.. misinformed. So, my colleague, Alex was kind enough provide me with a guide to Broga Hill climbing.

First of all, one should bring a backpack with some of these items:
a) 1.5 litre of water
b) face towel
c) snack bar
d) Mosquito repellent

Secondly, you should bring some spare clothes to change once you get down from the hill. (There are actually 4 peaks on this hill)

On the way up the hill, we saw a lovely lady with her dog ( I have no idea what breed is this).

Just before we went up the first peak, we took a photo (well, excluding myself. haha)

Look at how crowded it was, we actually have to wait at the bottom for the people on the top to come down, so that we can go up.

Looks like she's climbing a peak eh? Actually she's on top of some rocks. haha

(failed ) goofing pose around a bit.

We finally reached the peak (4th and final peak). There's another hill which like 3 KMs away , I can't remember the name anymore.

Interesting rock.

Goofing around again.

A shot when going down hill.

The Broga Hill sign which greets climbers.

On the way to our car, we saw an old couple who are rubber tapper. Some youngsters decided to give rubber tapping a try. Here is one of them.

More to come,.......

Br...... hill

2010-03-19T10:00:00.004+08:00

I climbed a hill recently. Here's a view on the way to one of its 4 peaks. This hill is located in Selangor. will reveal more.. will keep you posted.

Today I just found out that the sister of one blogger friend, is my colleague. Well, my company is actually quite good. It spans from Selangor, KL and Penang. So, even though we are not exactly in the same geographic location, we still belong to the same company (or some sort like that lah, or for the sake of this blog. I just pretend we are somehow in the same company la.. bwoahaha).

Happy Chinese New Year!

2010-02-14T00:37:00.003+08:00

To all who are celebrating Chinese New Year,

Happy Chinese New Year and have a healthy new year ahead. No matter how much wealth you have, it's no use when you don't have the health to enjoy them.

So, spend a great time with your family and close friends but don't forget about your health.

Putrajaya Night Marathon. badly organised...

2010-02-07T04:00:00.006+08:00

So, I was on my way to Putrajaya to show my China friend around Putrajaya. So I took the turn to Putrajaya (the one which you see Lim Kok Wing University College) and head to Bulatan Putrajaya.While on the way heading over there, I noticed there were cones at the left lane, but it doesn't seem like the left lane is closed . Those cones were not really far apart, but some might not be visible due to the there roads going high and way (for a lack of a better word).there were no reflective signs, no signs with BIG FONTS. (only signs with white background and fonts you probably need get so near that you'll knock the sign down when you get close enought to read it) All along this stretch of road, I hardly see anyone guiding the motorists to stay away from the left lane (only until the turn into heading to BIG roundabout of Putrajaya Shangri-la roundabout.there were 2 guys waving flags.)Then I noticed there were people "jogging" by the side of the road, then only I realised today was the Putrajaya Night Marathon (I read about it but almost forgot).

Thank goodness I didn't run over anyone ( to find out about this,phew.. touch wood).

To their credit, the work done near Alamanda Putrajaya was much better. The cones seems to be closer between each other, but still there was no (red and white stripes) ribbons between the cones, making the motorists wondering what were the cones for. Someone probably knocked these cones because they didn't noticed it (I saw one or two by the side of the road).

But still, I still think the Putrajaya Night Marathon organizers would've done a better job. There were also no reflective clothing for the marathon participants. Some were wearing blinking lights (doubt were from organizers, since only a number of them wearing it).Proper signage (BIG FONTS on reflective surface), cones which are more visible or ribbons tied between each other, should be placed to prevent motorists to cut into the marathon lane. (Were there budget cut right before the event? one can only tell).

Since the Bulatan Putrajaya is off limits to vehicle, I took my friend to Plaza Mercu Tanda. Then I saw this!!!

Click the photo for the clearer look. The branches of the tree were chopped down and left there. What an eyesore, not just to the locals but to the tourists as well. The Putrajaya park management should've done something about this. This just totally drop Putrajaya Garden City's image by a notch. I think they forgot to add a "Clean" between Putrajaya and Garden.Putrajaya Clean Garden City.

Malaysia, I think you still have a long way to go.

LEGION .. it sucks ....ooooo..

2010-02-03T10:00:00.004+08:00

I watched this movie on my birthday and seriously it sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks sucks x infinity. The story talks about Angels start to possess humans when God no longer has hope on humanity. But one Angel decide to disobey God in this case, which sort of makes the premise of the story. A pregnant woman's child will become savior of humankind. How this woman became pregnant with this child was never explained, why this child was the savior was never explained. But, on the other hand, if you like explosions (even just a brief moment), there was lots of explosion in the middle of the movie, LEGION should be for you. But SERIOUSLY, if someone told you this is a movie that is NOT to be missed this year.

SAVE IT!!!!!!!! SAVE YOURSELVES from this DISASTROUS MOVIE and SLAP THAT BASTARD SILLY! You should spend your HARD EARNED money on some other movie / something else.

To top it off, LEGION suffers from bad editing. Sometimes you don't even where the story starts and it just abruptly ends.It's like.. oh yea.. "we have budget for this , that, this , that. ooops.. we ran out of budget, let's end it now"-kind of crap.There was a certain scene where 2 MALE angels were talking to each other and fighting, for a while you thought you were watching 2 GAYS trying to attract each others' attention. yes. LEGION is that bad.

As a final reminder, NEVER EVER WATCH IN CINEMAS, you will scream profanities ,wondered why did you bothered in first place and wasted your 100 minutes of your life to watch this crap. Even mowing the lawn is more interesting than watching LEGION. YES, it is that crappy.

SO. DON'T WATCH LEGION in the MOVIES! NEVER DO THAT IN THE CINEMA!!!!!!!!!!! How many times did I mentioned it was bad again? don't say I didn't warn you.

Today is my birthday

2010-01-22T08:10:00.000+08:00

My birthday is today. Feels good to be on leave on your birthday . ha ha ha. happy birthday to myself.
Thank you for all well wishes.

Is it their fault? or is it mine?

2010-01-20T11:30:00.019+08:00

Whenever you walk to a restaurant / kopitiam / coffeeshop, you have a certain expectation from it. If you're on the move, of course you'll probably take in whatever shit (eg. crap food, crap service and etc.) they throw at you.

But, if you're not, then this is what I'm going to talk about. When you enter a restaurant / kopitiam / coffeeshop, you expect it to be different than what you experienced at home. Be it food, service (what kind of service at home?.. haha), environment and etc.

For myself, I think the most important thing of a restaurant, or any eateries, is the FOOD. If the FOOD is good, then service SHOULD be good as well. If the FOOD is just nice , then at least the service should be better.Usually, most eateries does have wide variety of food to order from. Some of these items might be listed as their specialty as well. So, maybe you've wanted to be the adventurous and decided to ordered something else different from the others. Let's say you ordered something that is not specialty and the food sucks. So, whose fault is that anyway? Is it theirs or yours?

It's their fault because the item was on the menu. If the item was listed, it is their duty to produce something that is delicious. If it sucks, why bother putting on the menu?

It's your fault instead because you wanted to be different. You wanted to see what else they are capable of.You thought since their specialty is good, probably other items listed in their menu should be just as good as well.But, no. It wasn't and you paid for the price for not trying out their specialty.

So, when someone introduced you to an eatery, do you order what you like (not necessary their specialty)? or what is their specialty?

Interesting topic to discuss about.

欢喜地 (The Mines)

2010-01-17T12:30:00.002+08:00

as promised. ( a long time ago), here are some photos of 欢喜地 in THE MINES (Shopping Fair).

The food is good. I liked the Udon noodles, there are a wide variety to choose from. I hope the next time I go, I'll try something different again.

Stir-fried udon noodle with prawn (黑椒虾仁乌冬面）(at that time, July 2009, costs RM 8.30). Tastes good. Recommended, full of black pepper spiciness.

Smoked ham and cheese focaccia ( 芝士熏烤焗香饼）(at that time, July 2009, costs RM 5.50)

Egg in boiling milk (鲜奶滚蛋) (at that time, July 2009, costs RM 3.00). Only had a slight taste of the yolk, heavier on the milk side. more like drinking milk, but very interesting drink.

This is what "Egg in boiling milk" supposed to look like.

Corn, sago and herbal jelly dessert (双米奶油龟苓高羹), too sweet for my taste.

Hmmm.. I don't see the sago seeds from the dessert, as seen from the menu. haha.

听说 , 你真好..看

2010-01-15T10:00:00.027+08:00

我是不是一个很少看华文电影的人。要是有的话，都看一些比较旧的戏.当然,，《李小龙的传奇》也不是算很旧。（不过，也不算电影，是连续剧；是的，我在讲废话。我的部落格，我要喜欢怎么样就怎么样，你吹咩？？）

继续。。
我觉得《李小龙的传奇》也是一个值得一看的连续剧.它可以教导人与人之间的处事,友谊,亲情的重要性.

不过,我今天要谈的是《听说》。听说？听说什么？听说其实就是这个电影的名字。听说讲述一对姐妹，妹妹辛苦工作为了让姐姐有机会参加奥运会。而姐姐却是耳聋，妹妹就因此放不下姐姐，学手语和姐姐沟通以及一个穿插两姐妹的男生的故事。

电影里都帅哥美女。但都不重要，它的宗旨就是，即使是身体要有缺陷的人，也有自己的梦想。他们也像普通人想尽办法去实践他们的梦想。他们也想独立创造他们自己的未来。他们也不希望身边的人为他们而牺牲了自己的梦想。

最后，彭于晏，陳意涵，陳妍希他们三位的演技都不错。当然，饰演男主角的父母亲的两个演员也蛮有默契。真的很温馨，也会令人掉泪的电影。

听说= 一定要看！！！！！！！

以下是它的预告片。。。

F1 2009.....Malaysia , Sepang

2010-01-13T09:00:00.002+08:00

I know it's a bit late. but yea. last year was the first time I went F1. It was a great experience.
But, I've also learned a lot of things on the way.

1) F1 is a cut-throat event, everything is SO BLOODY EXPENSIVE.
even a sandwich costs RM5! What The HECK?! . Even ear plugs costs like RM30?! a BMW backpack costs RM300. yea man. gimme a break. We paid for shit-crap-muddy-oil-palm car park. The organiser should've done a better job since this is a world-class event. PTUI!! sucks I rather parked further away but drier place (eg. by the side of the road).

2) Always get there very very early. I didn't realise F1 was such a big event and so many people went. We casually went around the time it was going to start. It probably stuck in the jam for around 1 hour after the KLIA exit and that brings to be the 3rd item. then it rained too! so I probably just watched for like 20 minutes or so then waited for the rain to stop.

3) Try as much as you can, clear your bladder on your journey to F1 circuit. I was trying to hold my bladder as much as I while , hoping that I can finish my business among the oil palm trees but the thought people seeing me doing that makes me think twice about it.

4) Don't ever pick up / send someone to LCCT on the day of the event. (well, I'm not doing that, but that serves as a lesson for other people). Seriously, we were stuck literaly for ages on the road. I was wondering could we even make it before the race ends. (lol)

5) bring a binoculars. SERIOUSLY, bring one unless you have grandstand tickets (yea, keep laughing, you spoiled kids, whatever.) The screens in Sepang Circuit were so small when compared those of in Jalan Bukit Bintang.

here some photos to do the talking.

That's me and my dearest. Despite the grin of my face, I'm actually trying to hold

my "water tank" so that it won't bursts.

My friend , W rushing to toilet after we got down from the car.

The crowd in Hillstand (erm I can't remember which).

Taking photos while everyone is gone.
(after the race was cancelled due to heavy rain. wasted by tickets, damn it)

where should I start..

2010-01-12T14:00:00.001+08:00

It's a bit late now, but happy new year. This year I spent my new year of all the places, in a car. I was actually on my way to Pahang when the clock struck 12 o'clock.

I find celebrating new year in a car quite lame. but , what the hell. there's always a first time for everything.

About the title, I realised that I've saved up a lot of photo and yet posts them up. I think it's about time I do something about them .

:)

the equation between headlights and raining

2010-01-12T09:00:00.000+08:00

I was driving to work last friday morning when it was drizzling. Even though it was drizzling, I turn on my headlights, because I want to people to see when they're trying to overtake or at least keep some distance away from me. But, what I noticed is that probably 4-5 out of 15 cars / lorries (cars and lorries / trucks combined) I see on the road, turn on their headlights. However, probably 8 out of 10 motorcyclists, turn on their headlights.

Does it mean the motorcyclists value their life more than the drivers? or the drivers think they're driving a tank to work? SERIOUSLY. TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS when it's raining. I don't mean the tiny weeny lights , just turn them ON FULLY. You won't just save someone's life (from he/she knocking into you) and but also yours (the result of knocking into you).

It's your life out there on the road, and someone's else.Life is short, value your life. TURN ON YOUR DAMN HEADLIGHTS when it's RAINING. It'll save you and other motorists / road users.

Annoyed!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-01-04T02:00:00.017+08:00

It's quite rare for me to talk about work. Being in IT support job, well I'm not exactly a helpdesk staff (I'm actually a web programmer), it's not that you'll always being pro in your area. Sometimes you have to be in the know about your colleague's job area. It's not really a must but it's good to know. Because it's that he or she is not there to solve his or hers end users' problem all the time. Sometimes he or she may take a leave. so,it's good to learn up not because to cover their back side, it's also good for your own knowledge.

But, what if?. that someone you work with don't share his or her knowledge with you. He'd rather kept it to himself (probably till the day he dies?). So when he's on leave, what do you do? you can email him (too slow, maybe he doesn't check mail when he's on leave), text him(slow because he doesn't check this messages all so often), call him(the best solution, if he/she picks up, you'll get an answer immediately). Naturally, calling is the best choice. But , he doesn't picks up. So you'd call again. then again. then again . probably every f**king single hour. but still he doesn't picks up. So you'd wondering if your colleague is dead. But, no. HEY PRESTO! he comes to work as usual the next day.

The same thing happened to me more than once,so what do you do with this of colleague?
1) Inform the boss about the colleague's behaviour
2) Ignore him and try to work around him as much possible
3) Make a big racket and get him fired
4) Any other suggestions?

New post and i'm not dead

2009-11-07T12:08:00.000+08:00

I just realised the previous blog post was a few months ago. damn... .must.update. soon.

H1N1 is closer than I thought

2009-07-31T03:45:00.002+08:00

I was informed by my colleague, whose younger brother that is studying in Jerantut, Pahang, that his school has been suspected to have H1N1 infection due to high number of cases of cold, coughs. But the school was slow to react, as time of this blog post, her brother has been having fever for 2 days. But all the school did for her brother was asked her parents to pick them up from the school and took no action to send him to the nearby hospital and was awaiting instructions from the ministry. WTF!!!!!!!

talk about H1N1 prevention. with that kind of attitude, I don't see why H1N1 can be under controlled. But, ever since I've known about this. I never thought the H1N1 influenza can be close to us. We must heed our government's call to take necessary actions to prevent the spread of this influenza.

My CAT R.I.P ， Ice Age 3

2009-07-14T00:33:00.005+08:00

Just 2 weeks ago. on a monday morning. My cat died.I didn't feel good about it because I should've noticed something was wrong with the cat 2 days before she died. She was sitting around not moving a lot. She wasn't eating too when I fed her. I thought I'll send her to check-up on the morning. When I checked on her before I go to work, she was lying there motionless. A slight nudge, she didn't respond. She was dead.I felt bad about it.

On different note, I went to watch Ice Age 3 in MINES on sunday.

(Thank You author of this blog, picture taken from here)
It was okay. It has its moments. I don't know why but recently most movies that I've watched are just. OKAY. everything is OKAY. just FINE. I don't feel like . WHOAH. WOW.. I won't be talking about it on and on. Recently, there wasn't really any movie that made me go excited, everything just so seem like "been there done that", "big deal". Anyways, I think it's an entertaining watch.It's a movie suitable for the whole family.

After movie, we went for dinner. I thought since I haven't eaten Sushi King for some time. I'll stop by the Sushi King MINES.We (my gf , her sister and myself) ate a little then we scout for another restaurant. Then , after much scouting, we finally decided to have our meal in 欢喜地。

more pictures to follow......

Putrajaya Dragon boat festival. part (II)

2009-06-16T00:55:00.003+08:00

Since I told you I was going to tell you about the Singaporeans story in Putrajaya Dragonboat festival, here it is.

In the midst of the competition, we were standing quite near the (pier/jetty？), all of sudden, there was this bunch of Singaporeans throwing their female teammates into the water.

Then it was followed by another, by another and another.

Here are the results.

Don't know what's wrong with these Singaporeans.

Update: Those in red t-shirts and black short pants are the so called crazy Singaporeans, yea the little girl in pink is one of them as well. :P

Putrajaya Dragon boat festival. what a load of crap

2009-06-08T00:03:00.010+08:00

After passing by Putrajaya while on the way to MINES one day, I noticed there were number of banners hanged around the light poles stating that there's a Dragon boat festival held in Precint 6 of Putrajaya. Once I reached home from MINES, I started checking out the Internet and calling my friends to see whether they are interested to attend the event.

So, the date was set, arrangements were made. Since most of us were quite busy, so we only we could make it to attend the Dragonboat festival final day which was sunday (06/06/2009). But once we reached there, looking at how quiet the place was, I was starting to doubt whether this event was going to dissappointing event (since this the first Dragonboat festival in Putrajaya).

While on the way close to the venue like (500-600Ms), there were indeed some banners of the festival here and there, which is good sign I'm at the right place. But the strange thing is, the sign to the public parking was so small, you probably notice when you're about 10-20 metres to the sign.The fonts were so small, you swear probably putting "PUBLIC PARKING" sign was the last thing on some idiot's mind. Of course, it wasn't hard to spot the parking when you're about 100-200 metres, when you can see all the cars lined up neatly near the entrance to the Dragonboat festival.BUT STILL, MAKE IT BIG AND DAMN CLEAR FOR THE VISITORS!!!!

Thank goodness, the parking was surfaced with stones instead of the sand (compared to the poorly maintained oil palm car park in F1 circuit, will talk about it another time.) Even if it rains, it wouldn't cause much of a problem for people to walk to their cars either.So, there's a plus.

Now, we reached the venue for Dragon boat festival. We've walked around and checked out some of the booths they have, (there are TouchNGo booths, Spastic Children Association (can't really remember) booths, food booths). Then we reached the Water Sports Complex when you get sit on a proper chair to watch the event.

We've waited around for 15 minutes or so. But the event still haven't start, it was probably around 3.30pm? We walked more and check out other booths, we saw booths selling burgers, kueh, kuew teoh,kebabs,KFC,Pizza hut, Rasamas and etc. We also found out there's small "beach" in front the Pullman Putrajaya hotel Lakeside located not far from the Dragonboat festival venue. Then finally , the race started. The boats did line up at the starting grid (is that the proper word?). But instead of starting together, they queue up and start in sequence.Seriously, give me a break.

WHAT KIND OF STUPID RACE IS THIS when each teams starts in sequence? WHERE DID THE ORGANISERS PUT THEIR BRAIN? IS THIS EXCITING TO WATCH?! I'll show what's a PROPER RACE.
The quality is no good, but this is what I call a proper RACE. DAMN IT!

FOR THIS, I have give 2 thumbs-down for Putrajaya Dragonboat festival. Even the starting grid has no banner hanging on top STATING "START / END", hello?!.. can I at least know where is the starting line?!

At the end of the day, watching Singaporeans throwing their teammates into the water is more exciting to watch than the Dragon boat festival itself. (more of this later).

Update: It seems I've checked a few websites / forums, the races do start with teams racing in parallel. But I don't understand why the last day, this format has changed and all the teams are racing in sequence.

why so serious?...........

2009-04-17T03:37:00.004+08:00

I totally at lost when I watched the recent Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. series. This is the first time Phua Chu Kang is shot behind Malaysia background. But, somehow when they moved from Singapore , they also left behind the funny things that make Phua Chu Kang good in the first place.One of them being the supporting casts of Phua Chu Kang, namely Phua Chu Beng, Margaret and their lovely-son, which I can't spell his name right. Come to think of it, it's actually the supporting casts that makes the soul of the show. NOT JUST PHUA CHU KANG HIMSELF!!

The new Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. is like trying so hard to be funny yet it's not funny at all. Harith Iskandar is LAME, LAME, LAME. He's trying so hard that it's not funny at all. I'd rather have Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. production team to went with relatively unpopular casts and make them popular through the tv show. Gamuda (Housing Developer) and Super Power (powdered beverage company) thought it would be great to sponsor this show, and will bombard audiences non-stop with their advertisement. Seriously, I don't remember having to suffer going thru repetitious advertisements during the half hour show.

However, what comes after Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. really impressed me. I have a good feel about Mr Siao's Mandarin class.Correct if I'm wrong, I don't feel having been bothered about being bombarded with ads and ads and ads. Mr Siao's Mandarin class comes across quite natural, I don't find it so "robotic" compared to Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. With a casts of chinese, indians and malay, it's much more "muhibbah" than Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd.

I think what Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. producers should've done is end the series as soon as possible but with a proper ending. At least , when people think about Phua Chu Kang , they don't remember the dreadful Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd.

I don't know why I don't see any bloggers sharing the same opinion with me about how "sucky" Phua Chu Kang Sdn. Bhd. is.

Note: The bolded part are updated comments.

I had a car accident (again)

2009-02-05T07:32:00.002+08:00

It just so happen one day after my birthday I had my car accident. The accident happened at a roundabout. I have no intention to elaborate about this accident.

Right on the same day, we have one of the "best" restaurant service in Nilai. The service was bad.They even forgot about the fish in the "loh yee sang". Then the dishes came so slow at first then it was really fast then they forgot one dish. AIYO!!!!!! WHAT KIND OF RESTAURANT IS THIS?!

anyway, that's all for now.

My birthday coming soon

2009-01-21T21:27:00.002+08:00

In a few more hours, it'll be 22nd of January. Yes.. wa's birthday!! YAY!!!!

It's more than a month

2008-11-29T19:39:00.003+08:00

It's been more a month's time, I haven't been updating my blog. Lazy fella I am. Will try to blog soon.

For the September to November, I've been working, working , working, attending wedding dinner one after another (until I got really fed up. no offence. to those that I'm going to attend), open house, farewell dinner and etc.

Taken CCNA exam and failed it. Going out with ex-colleague and friend, watched Quantum of Solace (damn shitty movie, at least Max Payne was better) , Madagascar 2 (very funny movie, didn't watch the 1st) and Max Payne.

Met an ex-collegemate, had lunch with him , listening to him ~~bragging~~ talking about NGV and about his working experience. very enlightening indeed, makes me feel grateful about my job.

That roughly sums up what I did for that long period that I'm not blogging.

MaN|acZ signing off.

Cheerio!!

Chipsmore... sekejap ade. sekejap takde.

2008-09-20T07:26:00.003+08:00

Hello people,

I guess still got people read my blog la. I've been "missing" for quite some time now. That's because I was "out" of Internet for about 2-3 months b'coz my satellite Internet not working a.k.a. down. After that, I finally got streamyx service.which is much cheaper and so far quite reliable. SO FAR la. I don't know what is going to happen in the future. hopefully they don't screw up like my previous Internet provider did.

Anyways, I've been busy as well. Reading other's blogs while not updating my own.mwahhaahh.. Attending weddings, attending farewell dinners and lunches, going places. eg. Cameron Highlands.Changed new phone. Changed my prepaid to postpaid. Working.All kinds of stuff.

Well, now I'm back. I should be blogging "actively" again.

ta ta.

it's the 4th day

2008-05-08T22:00:00.002+08:00

I reached home safely on 30th April 2008 around 7.30pm or so. Left Ipoh around 3.30pm. Drove around 110km/h b'coz scared kena speed trap. I think I kena-ed b'coz I saw there was speed trap after Prai heading to Penang, I was going at 120km/h. Anyway just wait for the summon to arrive, I'll just check online later.

Meanwhile, I joined my new company on 5th May 2008, incidentally also my sister's birthday. Happy b'day! It's the 4th day I'm at the new company. I'm still trying to get used to the new environment. I've dealt a lot with people in my previous company,and it seems I'll be dealing a lot with machines, so that's one thing I need to get used to. Other than that, there were not much issues in this company so far.

Well, I hope everything goes well for me.

damn kan chong.

2008-04-26T22:17:00.003+08:00

I finally reached my last day in my current company . WOOO HOoo!!!!! I was having a hard time because the management was playing ~~mind torturing me~~ a lot of mind games when closing in my last few days. It was really very torturing experience. I felt like I wanted to skip work everyday.

Fortunately, things turn out well in the end (phew). Now I got around 1 week's time to rest and recharge myself before reporting in on 5th of May in the new company.

well, what I'm kan chong about is the new company. Actually not, hahah. It's more about driving back from Penang. I'm sending my dearest back to Penang. She'll keep me company on the way to Penang, but from Penang, I have no one else myself. Since it's the first time I'm driving alone back from Penang, I'm kinda nervous about it.

Hope everything goes well for me. *cross fingers* *PRAYS hard*

[Malaysia Politics ] Penang Umno to recommend stopping all state mega projects

2008-03-14T00:36:00.004+08:00

The following article is taken from:
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/NewsBreak/20080313184754/Article/index_html

Penang Umno to recommend stopping all state mega projects

By : Audrey Dermawan

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GEORGE TOWN, Thurs:

Penang Umno will recommend to the Federal Government to stop all proposed mega projects in the state, include those planned under the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), the second Penang Bridge, the light monorail transit system, the Penang Outer Ring Road, the Penang Sentral and the RapidPenang bus service.

State Umno secretary Datuk Azhar Ibrahim said the previous Gerakan-led state government had worked together with the federal government to bring all sorts of development to Penang.

"Since the people have clearly rejected development and made their choice for a change, we will recommend to the federal government to cancel all such projects. Don’t blame us for this," he said after a state liaison committee meeting here today. In March 8 polls, Umno only won two parliamentary seats and 12 state seats.

The meeting was chaired by the deputy state Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Rashid Abdullah. Also present were Umno division chiefs from all 13 divisions.

Asked if this was Umno’s revenge, Azhar, who was appointed opposition chief, said: "This is not revenge…it is the new government's responsibility to bring development to the state. We have done so many things in the past but we were criticised…we were blamed for wasting this and wasting that.”
To another question if this would bring about any implications to the people, he said: "The people have chosen and they wanted a new leadership."

Comments:
"Since the people have clearly rejected development and made their choice for a change, we will recommend to the federal government to cancel all such projects. Don’t blame us for this,"<-- you gotta be kidding me, "rejected development?" I think it's more like "rejected corruption" from BN cronies.

Asked if this was Umno’s revenge, Azhar, who was appointed opposition chief, said: "This is not revenge…it is the new government's responsibility to bring development to the state. We have done so many things in the past but we were criticised…we were blamed for wasting this and wasting that.”
To another question if this would bring about any implications to the people, he said: "The people have chosen and they wanted a new leadership."<-- I think UMNO just manage tarnish their own image even more by saying it's not a revenge. In the end, the people will even compelled NOT to vote for UMNO for the coming election. UMNO just dug their own grave way before they are due. how stupid are they.

On the other hand,according this blog entry, the mega projects seems to benefit the UMNO cronies. So, then again it's a good idea to stop all of them as well.

PKR,DAP,PAS are smart enough to find their way. UMNO just being a childish trying to cry foul at others when they had their time prove themselves, they chose not to.

In the end, it was still the "right"(subjective to your political leanings) choice to vote Barisan Alternatif (BA).

Voting day!

2008-03-08T10:00:00.001+08:00

GO OUT AND VOTE FOR MALAYSIA!

Is it BN / PKR ? you decide.

Nevertheless , please vote. you have the power to decide who will rule the government. Please exercise your power as a voter.

Would like to have my ball?

2008-02-25T01:19:00.006+08:00

Would like to have ~~my balls~~ fishball?

This is my friend, Ethan. taken in The Chicken Rice Shop Bukit Tinggi Jusco. Happy belated birthday to him. His birthday is on 23rd February , roughly 1 month's later from my birthday. Nice looking guy eh?..

Chinese new year!

2008-02-06T22:28:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all.

Wishing all who are celebrating chinese new year a properous and a healthy new year!

Old Chang Kee curry puff

2008-01-27T17:11:00.001+08:00

On the same day that I had my lunch in Bar B Q plaza, my friend told me to give Old Chang's Kee curry puff a try as well.The above is a photo taken from OldChangKee.com. The curry puff itself costs RM1.50. Though it may sound quite expensive for your average curry puff. It's packed with potatoes as well as egg.. EGG!!.. ooh yeah... When you buy 6 of them , you'll get 1 FREE!! That's RM9 for 7 curry puffs. It was so good I had 2-3 of them. Really nice. (Sorry, I can't get a good picture of inside)

The package of OldChangKee.
Old Chang Kee is actually franchise founded by a Singaporean which had humble beginning like any entrepreneur I guess. Here's the story how it all started. According to the website, Old Changkee was awarded the Singapore Promising Brand Award and also the Singapore Heritage Brand Award in 2004 and 2005. Not bad at all .

Well, so far there's only 2 outlets in Malaysia: One in 1utama, another in BB Plaza. While most of them are located in Singapore. Here's a lists of their outlets. The 1utama outlet is located at lower ground floor, it's along the way to the food court of 1utama old wing. Shouldn't be hard to find. So, if you do stop by 1utama, or BB Plaza. You should give their curry puff a try.

Update:
here's the best photo that I manage take after.. "opening up" the curry puff.

Sorry. that's the best I can get. :(
If you guys have a better photo, do let me know, :P

Update: it seems I have been getting a lot of hits from people looking for Old Chang Kee curry puffs. Blog readers, don't be shy, share your Old Chang Kee curry puff experience at the comments section. There's a new Chicken Mushroom Onstik.Any of you guys tried out yet?

Bar BQ Plaza

2008-01-13T19:20:00.000+08:00

After waiting for like aeons to update my blog, I finally took the time to sit down to blog properly. and It's also my b'day today.

Why I didn't blog for so long, because I'm too ~~lazy~~ busy. :P

About a fortnight ago, after watching Rendition in GSC 1u(more on that in another post), we went to Bar-B-Q plaza for lunch. The steamcooker for the Bar-b-q.

Chopsticks and bowl used for eating.

Instructions on how to cook!!!!! (Well, you haven't seen these in any
steamboat restaurant before right?, not for me at least. The way to cook is actually place the lard on top of the cooker. Then , it will be followed by pouring in the soup after the lard is cooked. Then you can proceed to put in the barbeque ingredients , eg. pork, seafood, beef that you ordered.

Lard (pork fat) used for cooking.

The ingredients to mix with the barbeque sauce. On the top left is garlic, followed by lemon, chillies. The bowl, of course is the barbeque sauce.

Barbeque sauce. MIXED with the ingredients.

The Supreme pork set that we ordered for RM29.90. Ok lah. Looks quite a lot for around RM30.

Green tea tau fu RM4.Nothing special about it.

Hot honey lemon.RM4. The honey is sweet but just nice with the lemon. Definitely a must order in Bar-Bq plaza.

Red bean squash. RM4.My friend ordered this. Taste quite good too. Also another must try in Bar-Bq plaza.

The barbeque cooker with just the veggies. I'm not sure if we're supposed to cook the cabbage slices (very thin) because they are placed at below all the veggies and meat. or they are just part of the garnishing? Nevertheless we just shove everything to the cooker. The barbeque cooker with just the pork.

The black pepper udon noodles. Not spicy enough to my taste but still okay.

Altogether this meal costs us RM58.50. Just a little shy of RM60, although I'm not DAMN full but I think is satisfying meal.

Note: 1) Always take up the meat as soon as it's cooked, meat won't tastes very nice/tender
when it's overcooked.
2) Always soak the meat in barbeque sauce. ALWAYS. it tastes better.

In case you need a second opinion about this place, you can check out :
1) Cuisine Heaven
2) Ai Wei's blog
3) So Now You Know!
4) Da Wheel of Life & Happiness of the Sunway Pyramid Branch

Kanasai..!!!

2007-12-22T01:02:00.000+08:00

kana sai... why no new posts wan?!

u guys must be asking (or not).

heheh.. will update lah.. don't worry.. don't worry.

Eh?! got visitors lah!!

2007-11-14T01:00:00.000+08:00

Initially I started to blog, because that was the IN thing to do. ya I know I am that LAME. then I thought I wanted to post about food. but I was too lazy to upload photos. and I also looking for a lot of excuses not to blog. tired lah, lazy to upload photos lah, too troublesome lah... all that shit.

But then, when I saw my sitemeter visitor count. Suddenly I got charged up.!

wah lao.. In March 2007 itself, I got up to 119 visits.. Not bad leh..... turns out my blog actually got some visitors after all. but most of them are very quiet wan... I don't know why leh. my stuff boring you kah?..

Don't be stingy leh. leave some comments behind. so I can improve my blog and ~~finally earn some money from blogging~~. :P

of course, thank you for visiting my blog. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

Reading newspapers

2007-10-14T12:50:00.000+08:00

Every morning before I go to work, I'll try to catch up with latest news by reading newspaper. However, there was one day. It was really different.
Why? My cat wants to read newspaper. Hmmph..

When I tried to the pull the paper away from him, yah.. (it's a male, female ones always make babies. very troublesome to take care..) . He looks the other way... Geram betul... So I just left him with his reading.
I think I only get to read the newspaper during lunch time in office. :(

Accidental meet-up with Boss Stewie

2007-09-12T07:34:00.000+08:00

On sunday hor... I was in Low Yat plaza, I send my PC for warranty. ~~(nia mah)..~~ this the first time I met a problem that I can't with solve with my PC, more on that later. So, I also bought stuff liao mah.. taking the escalator down to have lunch.
Then hor, as I was going down, I saw someone si beh familiar wan loh... eh... that's..erm... who ar?
aiks?!.. BOSS STEWIE and SAMANTHA!!!!!!
so hor, I pick up my phone and quickly call him and ask him if he's in Low Yat orhh... He said he is..
So I asked him to wait some place then I go see him. Then..voila... I shooked his hand in front of C-Zone Low Yat. Then, I saw Samantha behind him loh... We talked a while then I left for lunch.

Then hor, supposedly we could've had lunch in the same place wan but Boss Stewie can't find the restaurant, so he had his lunch in Shikuya(correct spelling r?). Then after I had mine, I went to see him loh and talk some more and took a photo. The photo suck (not because of Boss Stewie, but because of my constipated look). Don't want to waste Boss Stewie time mah.. because he got event at 3pm, at that time 2.20pm something liao mah...

Finally, One more thing I noticed hor, thoroughout the whole conversation with Boss Stewie, Samantha so quiet most of the time loh. I wonder why ar?... very tired maybe?

P/S: The "pasar" english was intentional. :P

sloooooooow day.

2007-09-06T04:49:00.000+08:00

if most of you haven't seen me (online) for a long time, it's because my computer is spoilt. Yeah damn it...!@#!@#!
But, thank God for my sis's notebook. I'm still able to blog.

Phew.

Rollercoaster ride....

2007-08-23T23:55:00.000+08:00

It's been quite a week for me. Even though it's only thursday night. But, I felt like my whole week is almost finished. However, I learn t something about myself. I realized I seemed to be (most of the time) an emotionally detached person. That's why sometimes I can say things that hurt people's feelings yet I don't feel a thing. At the same time, I also learn that love is not as complicated as it seems. Someone made me realized that if both of you like each other, you will cherish and embrace each other's strength and also weaknesses no matter what. Thank you to that someone. I really really love you. :)

Today it was great fun too because we had steamboat dinner. I've been wanting to eat steamboat for quite some time now. Finally, my wish is fulfilled. Spending time with the company of colleagues was quite a good experience.Having dinner with the company of colleagues is great joy to me. Thank you everyone. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

Meet up with a blogger.

2007-08-15T07:14:00.000+08:00

Last friday I took a day off to meet up with a blogger, yes , it's a she. :P

Just at the same time, it was great to meet up with my friend who came back from Singapore, which I get to spend a day or two with him.

Who is the blogger?... stay tune...... coming to a blog near you.....

fate / 缘分

2007-08-02T07:35:00.000+08:00

缘份是一种很奇怪的东西。要是时机不对，它是不会出现的。虽然你和你将来认识的人可能已经在你身边围绕了很久，但是你们俩就是没有发觉到对方。这就是说你们都没有缘份。有时，却是有缘没份。比如说，遇上一个心仪的女生，可是她却有了男友。读者们，都有类似的经验吧？不管怎么样都好，在同样的场合上课/上班，在公司或学院认识到对方，都是一种缘份。所以，我觉得应该珍惜你身边的人。

fate is a strange "thing". ~~It will not happen randomly but on a precise time.~~ It will happen at the right time. Even though the person you might meet in the future could've been around you for some time already, but you two just didn't notice each other.That's fate. Sometimes, it is fate that we meet a certain person at certain time. We can't really question fate. For example, I might find a girl that I think she's interesting but she's attached. That is fate. I think some of readers have the same experience before ? It is fate that brought all of us together. Be it studying / working under one roof, knowing each other through studying, working is considered fate. So, appreciate the people around you.

备注：华语翻译成英文真的有点挑战。不过，我觉得还好。只是，华语那部分写的比较短。

Update: the yellow colored text was the suggested translation from Cely, which I think sounds better. Thank you!!!!

it's almost end of the month.

2007-07-30T07:31:00.000+08:00

it's almost end of the month. I've been busy with work, with my life *wink* and everything else.
Everyday I came back tired, I almost have no time for my personal indulgence- video games because watching tv has taken up so much of my time.

:P

I used to be able complete 2 or games in a month. Now I'm still struggling in my Tomb Raider Anniversary game.Then, there is Transformers The Game.

well. I think all this needs a better management of time.

sigh...

My lovely k810i

2007-07-12T07:15:00.000+08:00

Yeah. baby.. I'm back blogging again. The long absence from blogging was because of laziness, as usual.

Anyways, I was looking through Sony Ericsson's website, came across S500i
K810i, and K550i.

After checking through the specifications of each phone, I finally found 2 worthy successor for K810i, and K550i.~~(since I can't make up my mind, why not I buy both?!!, then I realized I'm not rich son of Donald Trump. :P)~~

In the end, I made the choice to purchase the K810i which costs me RM1.2k that comes a with measly 64MB M2 memory stick.
(Why not K550i leh? just like buying w800i 2MP camera phone, n using M2 memory stick, not much improvement lah)
(Why not s500i leh? buy one 2MP camera phone but no auto-focus. for what leh???! so no need to consider liao)
I added RM150 for 1GB M2 memory stick. and 3% of RM150 because I only have just enough cash for the K810i phone. (!@#!@@#$@ !~!@$).
My 3 phones.. SE w800i, SE K810i, SE K310i
My old phone SE w800i, sold for RM350. Still waiting for buyer to
pay me.:P (Can see my K810i ??)
My new phone k810i.

Still learning how to use the phone. I just got it on friday night (6/7/2007). Will tell you more about phone when I can.

Singularity .. multiplicity

2007-07-04T20:14:00.001+08:00

When I was younger, (secondary school or primary school lah), I used to think that being single is bad.. ermm.. no offence. I was young wat......

Eventually, when I grew up I find myself getting more and more depressed when I can't find a partner for myself.

So, I think I do understand why certain people prefer to stay single, some are by choice, some have no choice. But, being single is not a bad thing. Though having a companion sometimes can be good.

For those who are single, enjoy your singlehood. For those who are not, enjoy yourself with your other half. Anyways, appreciate your family members before its too late.

100th post!!!

2007-07-01T00:36:00.000+08:00

woo hoo!!! I just reached my 100th post!!!. granted, it's a bit slow since I started blogging since 2005. But, any achievement is better than no achievement at all.
Saturday has been rushing here-and-there day. I was called into office again on Friday night.Some problem with PCs running with the production line. I went in around 10pm and left around midnight. Despite of the late hours, I took sometime to drive around the office / plant compound. Checking out the place at night, which feels really good, 'coz there's no traffic at all. Just security guard on duty.

Saturday morning, woke up close to 10am. Went to car insurance company to renew my Kembara's road tax and license with my mom. Rush to Petaling Jaya. Slept for a while , and had lunch in the hospital.... hahah. of all the places, I had lunch in hospital.

I ordered Nasi Goreng Kampung. RM4.00. Not bad at all. Though it could've been , if it was a bit salty. Then again, hospital are places for people get healthy, so no salt?. But, the spiciness is definitely there.

Split the bill or don't split the bill?

2007-06-26T00:29:00.000+08:00

I've been notified by my friends about rumours of my "calculative" and stingy ways. One of good examples that I've been stingy is splitting the bill. Basically, I have no memories what kind of wrong I did to that person. But, as far as I know, probably that person's boyfriend or ~~idiotic~~ friends
has a lot to say about it, that the rumour about me being stingy and all that still sticks around, until now.

What do think about being stingy or cheapskate is going out on a date , trying to manipulate your partner telling him/ her to order the cheapest meal . THAT is cheapskate. I don't see what is wrong with splitting the bill.

Let's say you and gal/ guy went out for a first date. Your partner has no obligation to pay for whole bill. Why not split the bill?.. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH SPLITTING THE BILL?!
YOU THINK YOUR PARTNER IS MADE OUT GOLD ?!... being in a relationship is not about sucking blood from your partner, if it is, then that person should be ~~shot, drown, steamrolled over and chopped into pieces~~ properly counseled.

The reason behind splitting the bill is because both of are working adults. If you don't start with this habit of splitting the bill, then money is definitely going to make a very good argument in your relationship. (I know they are a lot of people who disagree with me on that, but I welcome your flaming comments). It's a courtesy as well.

Hey man, no offense to those who are willing to pay for their partner. Probably they have good reasons to do that, but I'm not going to argue on that today. So, be proud that you're splitting your bill with partner / date / whomever you're going out with for the first few times. Maybe in future dates, it's okay that you pay for your partner once in a while.

That's my 2 cents worth. Now.... I'm waiting for comments.

Updates:
haha... seems like I found out why I couldn't get 2nd dates because I didn't show the courtesy to foot the bill. haha.. okies. My colleagues and trainees also pointed some intresting stuff, the intention to foot the bill shows that a person is a gentleman. In the case of a date, the guy who asked the gal out should foot the bill. If the gal is considerate person, eventually she'll split the bill with the guy as well. Well, good lesson learnt everyday.

气死我了！！！

2007-06-21T22:19:00.000+08:00

今天，本来是个还算好的日子。

为什么呢？因为今天要抽血检验。可是，竟然除了“小”差错。

那抽血的职员，竟然迟到！！！真是混蛋一个。

他说，他之前还有约在莎亚南一间公司。所以，迟到了。更甚的是，他竟然忘了带电话。

本来是10点早上抽血，到了11点才见到他的踪影。简直是忍无可忍。

我的同事也在电话上痛骂了那混蛋的上司一顿。幸好，这同事因为有事要办，所以离开办公室了。所以，我同事和这混蛋都没相遇。不然的话，那混蛋肯定被骂得狗血淋头。

今天，真是火上加火。还好，我们有的同事重新安排在星期日。希望同样的事件不会再重演。

一件小事就可以看出一间公司的办事效率。所以，这也可以显示出在一间公司，每个部门之间的合作是非常重要的。

一个小差错就能破坏了多年经营的好形象，那真是太可悲了。

Heroes Nakamura ,Hiro

2007-06-13T15:28:00.000+08:00

Which ''Heroes'' TV Character are YOU? [pics]
Hiro Nakamura You're Hiro!!! You are cute, funny, and know languages! You are kind and sweet and don't let anyone tell you what to believe or what to think. You may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but you're smart when it comes to matters of right and wrong. You always try to do the right thing and you usually live up to that standard. You have the power of TIME TRAVEL and TELEPORTATION. Go wherever you want, anytime you want. You save money on airfare and you can change the present and the future. You are now a master with a katana and can kick some Sylar-ass.
Take The Quiz Now!	Quizzes by myYearbook.com

Incidentally, Jazarel was talking about Heroes as well. Click here to check out what he has to say about Heroes.

Some video of people's mundane lives.

2007-06-10T14:38:00.000+08:00

After checking around sweatLee's blog, I then ~~stumbled into~~ took a look at Aud's blog after that Jiameei's.

Then I found this from Jiameei's blog

and this from someone's (by the name of Euhock) youtube

which reminds me of Charise

and this

and this

Makes me wonder. what kind of funny stuff will people posts in youtube

Bayunn

2007-06-10T12:37:00.000+08:00

Our gifts in a box.

The gifts.

He joined our company in 16/08/2005.

you know what? fuck it. I don't know what to blog in my blog. So, I'll just type randomly in
my notepad and hoping something will hit me on the head.

You know it's really weird to come to work with thin air sitting beside you when (almost) every
morning, someone will be sitting beside you talking cock with you , sharing stories with you.
When it's gone, it just doesn't feel very normal anymore. Well, everyone is akin as a storybook.
Every story needs to have an ending. This person's story have probably ended with this company.
But, his story with another company have just started.

Anyways, I'm still trying to get used the fact there's no replacement for his position, there's nothing but an empty desk beside me. But, at least the phones are quiet now. Everyday, most of the calls on the extension phone are looking for him. It can be annoying when I want to concentrate on my programming and the calls keep coming in.

so , what's Bayunn?..that's my colleague's online nick. Good luck to him as well a better future in his future company. :)

6th of June 2007

2007-06-06T23:41:00.000+08:00

6th of June is not just a significant for Boss Stewie. It is also a significant day for me as well as my company. Because it is my 5th year in my company!!! woo hoo!!.. It is also very significant because this is the first day my company declared holiday for all the STAFFS!!!!!

Actually, for administrative staff, since I'm the IT dept staff, I'm considered administrative staff so holiday for me. The whole thing was actually due to a power plant shutdown in my company. Thus, since there's no power / electricity for the admin building. There's no point going to work also.

and today I watched Pirates of the Caribbean 3!!! because the last few minutes I went toilet, came back , the credits rolling liao... Diiiiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuwwww.... Not a bad movie ,
in fact there's some real humor in it. Spiderman 3?.. I don't remember there's any oso.

Spiderman 3 was just sad sad sad. :(

After movie, bought some gifts for the colleague who is resigning then came back home. rest for a while then went out again for farewell dinner for the same colleague. I tell you ar, so many people left liao. I wonder when is my turn.??... will post photos soon.

:P

Celine yap in newspaper!!!

2007-06-05T23:36:00.000+08:00

Celine Yap was spotted in Nanyang newspaper last friday(01/06/2007). I spotted it!! woo hoo...
here's a scanned image of the newspaper clipping.
The story behind:
I sms-ed her ,then she replied asking what was the article about. Since it was too troublesome to sms her and explain everything, I called her instead. Unfortunately, I was met by the groggy voice of Celine.
Celine : "hello...fggdrrhhdd.... dfrlkdkdff"
me : "erm... you sleeping ar?"
Celine : "ggrhh...ddrrgghhh...."
me : "ok I'll call you back later."

the whole conversation almost like that I guessed. sigh... it was 9am... if only I was a student, I would've slept until 10am or even later.. :)

Update:
Celine posted an entry about the article and thanking me. You're welcome. Celine.

Marketing yourself (babbling)

2007-06-03T00:22:00.000+08:00

I don't know how to start. But here goes. Ever since we realised we're alive as person, we are starting to do marketing , like it or not. even we don't realise.

What am I talking about ? Think about it in this way.What is marketing about? promoting your services / products. So, what are we promoting when we establish a relationship or

friendship? a sense of trust from others upon us.

When a relationsip works, a guy/gal was taken by the promotion (first impression) of the other half.So the relationsip goes on and on, once the terms(the gal accepts the proposal

from the guy / other conditions) are reached, there will be a merger,almost like in business. (in this case, marriage).

However, it's not always the case, sometimes the guy/gal may not approve the terms or conditions provided by their other half.Example, maybe the guy is a womaniser or the gal

being a excessive spender, etc. Thus, the groundwork provided by the initial marketing strategy didn't work out as planned. So, they broke off. Like a merger disbanded like 光良，品冠 (a Malaysia male singer duo) i'm just taking their working relationship was an example, but not suggesting something else.It may seemed like a bad event to happen. However, this may bring more good than harm.

Think of it this way, when the relationship breaks. Both the guy and gal can reassess their strategies / priorities and market themselves differently.

Enough of babbling, I also don’t know what I’m talking about. :P , I think I’ll talk about computers on relationship.

In my opinion, some people who wanted to get hitch just don’t know how to market themselves, that’s why they still single. But, do correct me if I’m wrong. I welcome your comments.

Posters!!!!!!

2007-05-18T00:29:00.000+08:00

During PC Fair trip in KLCC around April 2007, my friend, Warren, wanted to get some posters from Petaling Street after I bought some ink from the fair. Strangely enough, I couldn't find ORIGINAL HP INK in PC FAIR !!!! I don't know about you, but all I saw was some brands other than HP...wtf?!.. ( I was the wrong place, I searched from hall 3- hall 5).. TARAK!!
so anyways, that's how I ended up in front of Low Yat plaza. So, I bought my HP PSC1210 all-in-one printer from HP sales centre in front of Low Yat plaza. Thanks to Warren, we walked from KLCC to the Bukit Nanas monorail station. (very good way to work out, ehh. honest lah.. no lying wan...).

Once we're done, Warren to decided try his luck searching for a poster shop. Since I'm not sure about whether there's such a shop in Sungai Wang area. Finally , after much asking around from 7-Eleven, Guardian, MPH bookshop and etc, we FOUND IT!!!

The Final Fantasy XII poster that I bought.
The Final Fantasy: Advent Children poster The address of Rona Store.
Well, I can't really remember the directions to get there. What I do remember is , it's the same row as sports shop or something. Hopefully I'm not wrong about that. If not, you can always call the number in the receipt that I shown above and ask for directions.

Dinner in Dragon - I

2007-05-15T23:59:00.000+08:00

continuing from the The Curve event, after the taking photos with the NTV7 celebrities, we went scouting around The Curve.

Then I bump into my boss, she was queuing up in Sake Sushi. When I met her, she was about to leave.

So, after scouting a while. We finally found a restaurant. Dragon-i.
Masak-masak, and 3 Meals of Goodness the reviewed their 1 utama branch here and here

From Sambal Belacan to Hors d'Oeuvres has a review of The Curve branch here.

Our first dish came. Claypot seafood toofu. Not bad at all. Quite tasty. I like it.

Seafood tofu in claypot. Close-up. Looks yummy right? :P

Then my drink came. My friends ordered chinese tea (i think).

Barley with Lemon.. hahah... strange combination. But, it just taste like Barley with Lemon. No very special , but not bad either. just fine.

Our second order, pork cellar. The cellar tastes really nice, it's quite smooth. It is a must-try when you go to Dragon-I.

Our supposedly last order, spinach with watery eggs. (sorry for the bad translation). This one is just so-so only. By the time,my friends finished with this dish,they also finished their rice.

Since there's no point eat plain rice with gravy, I ordered our final dish with my friends agreeing as well. Tadaaa.... the sweet and sour chicken balls. Again , this dish is quite delicious.

Overall, the food that we had are quite satisfying. I like the food quite much. The seats are nice too. Service is prompt.

Definitely THE place to go when you're looking for good chinese food in The Curve.

"TAK NAK" to screw-ups

2007-05-13T21:23:00.000+08:00

A few weeks ago, I accepted a programming task. Thinking I was up to it, so I did it. I was going about slowly, thinking I was able to do it. Along the way, I got some help.~~FUCK,~~ In the end, I couldn't make it.

It was really a disappointing moment for myself and also my programming partner who passed the job to me.

So, I told him to take the payment since I couldn't make it. Frankly, I don't think that reduce the disappointment of myself to myself.Probably it's my fault that I should have inform him earlier about my "capabilities". At least, there's less damage in the end.

Sigh.

But, in the end, I learned some lessons about programming.I don't think I'll ever stop doing a programming task. But, at least I should get better, and try harder next time.

The Shooter and Urban Live

2007-05-02T12:03:00.000+08:00

Watched The Shooter about a week ago. Okay movie , not bad.

The movie , everything quite predictable. not very surprising.

hmmm...

Update:
After the movie, we walked around the Curve for a while. We've noticed that there was this event organised by NTV7. Coool..

There were a lot of NTV7 celebrities, eg. Daphne Iking, Naz, Sheahnee, n erm.. some other celebrities that I can't remember the name.

:P

Thanks to my friend's great idea (no, seriously I should thank him for this). We get to take photos with Daphne Iking, Naz, Sheahnee and ~~brag~~ blog about it in this blog.

Here's the photo taken with Sheahnee, Jazarel(my friend), Naz, Daphne Iking, myself , Warren (my friend).

Updates:
Sheahnee was quite friendly, so are Naz and Daphne too. I like Sheahnee's accent (if she has any).

While we're in the event, I caught a glimpse of Josh Lim (the man behind RedesignMalaysia.com, a website that strives to improve the broadband access in Malaysia.)He was bidding furiously with this lady who is in red (don't know what's her name) on this
"Breakfast show" mug.But , all this is for the cause of a charity. In the end, the lady won the auction with the mug auctioned up to RM200 or somewhere around that value.
Josh bid for the next item instead, the shirt that has all the signatures of "Breakfast show" celebrities. Unfortunately, there was no auction craze like the mug. (so potong steam)

The not-so-clear photo of Josh Lim. The guy who is wearing the dark grey shirt with the bag strapped on his right arm.

Blogging in reverse...

2007-04-28T23:41:00.000+08:00

Has blogging become so boring, so mundane, that you've not motivated to blog anymore?

That's what I'm feeling now.

Whoever invented standby?

2007-04-18T00:42:00.000+08:00

Whomever invented the phrase on standby should be shot dead, beaten up into a pulp, or rolled over by a steam roller.

bahh...

of all the times to receive a call from office, i got called at 12am in the morning. yeah man.. just nice.. people... very nice of you to ruin my beauty sleep.

When I slept late every night , there's no call. When I sleep earlier, some ~~fucker~~
"make love person" called in the middle of the morning to ask me to solve a problem. Yeah man.. thank you very much..

Next time I would just tell him to go ~~fuck~~ "make love" to himself / herself.

Update:
I worked from 2am to 7am the day I went on-call. Since it's 4 hours working AFTER working hours, I called verified with HR and I'm granted a day off. Woo yeah... Got back home around 7.20am (while struggling with tiredness to get back home in 1 piece).

Hopefully, my boss agrees with day-off grant.

Update :
Thank God, he did. It was supposed to half-day leave. But, I made a mistake and thought it was full-day leave. Well, whatever.

Things you can do with paper.

2007-04-13T00:33:00.000+08:00

If you're feeling particularly ~~lame~~ bored, and not sure what to do, how about you give this website a check?

Click on any of the characters that you wish to create, then select "download pdf" to print them out, cut them and stick them up.

It'll make a good decor for your desk.

Found out the website from Caker's blog post.

Well, you learn something everyday. (by reading people's blog) .

:)

Fashion show

2007-04-10T00:34:00.000+08:00

Celine Yap has invited to attend a fashion show in Sungai Wang this thursday. As it's a on weekday, I'm still hesitating whether I should go.

It's actually a public event and closed private event. Anyone can go oso. I'm just going to kay-poh chi and see what's fashion show about and possibly to meet her oso.
Hmm. still deciding whether to go or not. maybe I should toss a coin.

Hmmm...

It's 1.46am

2007-04-07T01:44:00.000+08:00

It's 1.46am in the morning. It's my saturday off today. BUT I CAN'T go anywhere because my car is still in the workshop.

I called the workshop on friday , the staff told me my back door just arrived. Damn , it'll probably be ready by monday.

DAMN DAMN DAMN.

NO CAR TO DRIVE.

The way around a stupid move

2007-04-06T20:16:00.000+08:00

You know once a in while, you make a stupid move because you listened to a friend. It's okay to do so sometimes. Sometimes you wonder is it worth it do so.

How costly are these mistakes? at the costs of losing another someone / friendship / relationship?
at the costs of losing money?

there are some things money can't buy. ~~for everything else , there's Mastercard.~~

Well, just make sure you don't make the same mistake(s) again.

Porridge Steamboat (Farewell dinner)

2007-04-05T20:01:00.000+08:00

Near the end of March, we had another colleague who went the company. yeah. I know there has been very high turnover in a tiny department of 7 persons. But, that's the way life is over here. Anyways, since we already quite tired of going to normal restaurants for farewell dinner.
So one of us suggested for this steamboat restaurant.
Nice soup base. the porridge, yum . It's actually quite thin , almost like normal soup (contrary to what most people think that porridge steamboat will end up being burnt and all that).
The steamboat with the cover on.

Our first dish while waiting the food to heat up. Fresh lala.. Ooh yeah... so fresh, and juicy.

The food that we put into steamboat. Got fried beancurd, pork , meatballs, mushroom and shrimps of course.
The steamed food.. ooh yeah...
Fried beancurd. Not as good as the one I had in Sungai Besar, but when you dip into the porridge soup . It tastes quite nice as well. Overall, we had a great dinner and fun time.
Where is it located? No. 71, Lrg. Bt. Nilam 4, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, 41200 Klang, Selangor. Call Stacey Gam at 016-311 7798 for more info. The shop's name is Restoran Steamboat Delight，开心吃火锅

2nd day of April

2007-04-02T22:34:00.000+08:00

OMG!! I met an accident. Someone knocked my car from behind while I was on the road.
Right now, I just want to rest.

bahhhh.... enough of a bad day. Nope. please don't ask me what happened. I too tired for that.

Good night.

Updates : This is damaged car after the spare tyre removed. Thank God I still survived.

A visit to satellite center

2007-03-22T09:12:00.000+08:00

A fortnight ago(17/03/2007), a buddy of mine who works in Satellite broadband company, took me for visit around his company facility. This facility is located in Bukit Jalil technology park. The footprint of this facility is really big either.

I've updated the photos on my tech blog. Meanwhile here are some photos of me taken with my mom, my buddy and also my colleague.

Here's a photo of my buddy who works in Smart Malaysia.
His name is Teow Yew Aun, Teleport Business Manager for Smart Broadband Satellite Sdn. Bhd.

Here's another photo with my colleague, myself and my mom.

Toasted!!!

2007-03-21T23:11:00.000+08:00

This morning, while I was toasting bread, something strange happened. ~~Suddenly , an elephant ran into my house.~~ There were fire sparks inside the toaster while lowered the bread into toasting position. Then, it tripped the whole house's power circuit. So , I reset the power breaker switch and tried again. Yeah I know, it's just my programmer's habit (if doesn't work, try again). Again, there were sparks coming out .

Hmmmmm.. this doesn't seem to be right. Have you ever seen a toaster that spits out sparks when toasting a bread?. (This is definitely a first for me). Since I was rushing for work, I just warmed the bread with microwave oven instead and leave the poor toaster alone

Once I got home from work, I took the toaster and try again. (yea.. I'm very curious fella). Seeing that there's fire sparks again, I quickly press the eject button. Then I shone the torchlight into it.

Tadaa.... Here's what I found. A dead lizard stuck in the toaster. Nope it's not a pretty sight. Its eyes remind me of Ghost Rider's (insert appropriate name) stare.
Here's another photo for the poor lizard after taken out of the toaster.Lizard, R.I.P.

Lesson of the day:
The warmest place ain't the safest place.

The choice to make things better

2007-03-20T07:53:00.000+08:00

When given a choice to do something better in the past, some of us would like to given a second chance.

I'm one of them.

If only there's such an opportunity to do so, sigh.

Second Chances.

生日快乐！

2007-03-15T23:00:00.000+08:00

今天是我的同学，冯志豪生日。其实，我是不记得他的生日。哈哈哈哈。
不过，我就是有点儿印象。我就打了个电话，问一问他的生日是不是今天。咦??!!果然是今天。不然的话，真的是很糗。

我也问候他，他说正在路上，去槟城公干。明天，就回来了。

我再次祝福他，生日快乐！！！！

勇敢

2007-03-14T01:00:00.000+08:00

我今天在放工后，回家的路上。听了张惠妹的一首歌，大概是《《勇敢》》吧。突然，很想哭。我也不知道为什么这样。只是听了很伤心。有可能真的是一首伤心的歌。幸好没哭出来，不然我的男同事以为我神经病。

我回到家就很想找伤心的歌来听。有时候，有些人就是很泛贱（有些错字吗？如有的话，请改正我。）,听起来也奇怪,有些人听伤心的歌,越听越高兴。

正当我在写着“布洛克”，我见到我的同事上了网。我才明白为什么那么伤心。今天，又有一个同事要离开这间公司了。最近,我的部门已经有两个人辞职了。所以，雪上加霜,(有用词不当吗?),加上他就三个人辞职了,所以我才那么伤心。我知道天下没有不散之延席，人，总有一天都会分开的。

对了，就是这上网的同事要离开我们的公司了。唉，我知道不是他的错。他也是为他的未来着想。在这里,我祝福他:"希望他~~早生贵子~~在他的新环境能更高一层楼,事事如意,一帆风顺。"

以下是张惠妹,勇敢的歌词从这网页抄过来的。

张惠妹勇敢
黑暗中寂静伸出的双手冰冷的空气像火害怕又收手
路太远谁的眼神永远盲目跟你一起走怎样才会懂
记忆里爱应该总是温柔有了这一切才能不怕黑夜
是我勇敢太久决定为你一个人而活不能说出口那么折磨
勇敢了太久城市充满着短暂的烟火无处躲照亮了沉默明白是寂寞
谁说过爱会让人不自由所以你要我等候换你的追求
有太多快乐自私作借口你让我最后把心痛当拥有
是我勇敢太久决定为你一个人而活不能说出口那么折磨
勇敢了太久城市充满着短暂的烟火无处躲照亮了沉默明白是寂寞
夜太黑看不见你在我身边心伤悲泪水失去防备
是我勇敢太久决定为你一个人而活不能说出口那么折磨
勇敢了太久城市充满着短暂的烟火无处躲照亮了沉默爱原来寂寞

A casual date

2007-03-12T00:10:00.000+08:00

Finally , I get to go on a date with a person that I wanted to date for a long time. (yah I know it's long winded). But, it's a blog right? So, I get to blog what I want as long it doesn't hurt people's feelings.

Anyways, it has been like 2 years ago that we had a decent conversation. Although we did meet recently, unfortunately it wasn't very suitable to chat. I had always been wanting to date her for some time, imagine the excitement when she said she has no transport. I thought "Wee...." , more time to talk (when she's in my car).

Before I sound like an ~~overexcited~~ kid, the date started like this. I picked up my car from office, drove from office to Petaling Jaya. Then, I drove to her office. Although it's the first time I've been there, it wasn't really hard to find either. In order NOT to get lost and asking her give the directions to get there. I took the time to find out the place with Google Maps . It was indeed helpful. I was supposed to pick her up at 7pm. But, I only late around 10 minutes. (ehh... u know PJ is famous of traffic jam wat...).

Of course , there was another problem. I don't remember how she look like. Fortunately, luck is on my side. It wasn't hard to spot her. So, off we go for 1Utama for dinner.

Initially, I was thinking of Sushi King 1Utama then I thought I don't know where is it. I'm not gonna stress myself looking for it. So, we decided to go for Italiannies 1utama. I've been there a couple of times and their service is good. Food's good too.

"A picture is a worth a thousand words" . Here's some picture of what we had on thursday night.
Complimentary bread from Italiannies. According to a fellow friend, it's called baguette.
Lime-ade which I ordered, my "date" ordered warm water.

The first dish that we had , Fried Calamari (sotong) for 2 and small bowl of sauce. The generous amount of sauce they gave us when we asked for more sauce.Finally, the Chicken Fettucine that we ordered.

Here comes the awkward part of the dinner. As funny as it sounds, we couldn't finish the food although we only ordered 2 dishes. The Fried Calamari was for two. The Chicken Fettucine doesn't seem like a lot during first impression. In the end, we decided to take away the leftovers. She took the leftovers home because I don't think it'll taste very good when I get back home. Since she had an appointment after the dinner , I sent her home.

That's a good start on dating. I hope I can do more dating in the future. ya man.. date more ~~chicks~~ gal.

Blogging

2007-03-05T21:41:00.000+08:00

Blogging is something that takes commitment. Since I don't blog so often, that shows I don't have commitment to my blog.

heh.

that's that. lazy .

:P

It's 3.40am in the morning

2007-02-24T03:35:00.000+08:00

It's 3.40am in the morning. Yea I know I supposed to sleeping now. But I can't , actually wanted to blog.

haha..

Well, important news 1st. My cousin bro is married !!! Okay lah, I attended his wedding dinner on friday night (24/02/2007) in Mentakab, Pahang. I went for an early nap. Then I woke up by my dad at 1.26am and guess what? It's time for "tea serving/drinking" ceremony.

Well, wtf?! was my first reaction. That's a first for me to have such a ceremony at this time of the day. For the uninitiated, the "tea serving" ceremony is usually done in the morning. It's usually done near the end of the wedding ceremony. Some of the event prior to the "tea serving" are the "door ramming" ceremony which involves the bridegroom fulfilling ~~mundane~~ requests from the bride's side eg. singing, saying I love you in various languages, generally to make a fool out of the bridegroom and his best men ( in a fun loving way). and also some other traditions which I'll leave it for another time.

Anyways, it was a great wedding as there were no raining / thunderstorm involved. (no offence to the previous wedding I attended :P ) All was peaceful, though the bride's father shook my hand 3 times and claims that he's sober slightly weird at times. The wedding ended around 10pm which is considered quite okay. ( I been through wedding dinner which were even worse, started late, ended late , abt. 11pm++ on sunday night). I'm just glad it ended at the right time.

On another note, I finally took the time to reconfigure my phone to receive MMS and surf net via GPRS. I'm glad I did. Woo hoo!! Now i can receive MMS, and also surf net with Opera Mini.

Okies lah. I know no big deal for some lah. But, I just want to brag about learning something new.

The journey home and reunion dinner

2007-02-17T18:43:00.000+08:00

As usual, we drove from home all the way to Mentakab, Pahang for celebrate Chinese New Year eve with our grandparents.

But, this year it was slightly different. This year we get to stuck in numerous jams while heading towards Genting, heading towards Bukit Tinggi and myself getting really nervous when the next petrol station is so far away, that I thought I gonna pee in my pants.

So, as we're about less than 5 minutes to the Genting tunnel, we're hit by a jam which probably took up to 10 minutes or so , to reach the Genting.

But ,the story doesn't ends here. After the tunnel, there was still jam. I was wondering why was the big jam. Then , my question is answered.

Turns out there were some police gathering at the top of slope after Genting tunnel, they were just standing there and not doing anything also, the motorists just slowed down. Are Malaysians kay poh chi, or they just scared of cops?

After that, there were still minor jams here and there. But, it was much better than before Genting jam.

Finally, I have reached Pahang safely. We had steamboat for reunion dinner. Though the choices might not be a lot, but the great portions has certainly filled a big space in my tummy.

Here are some the ingredients for steamboat dinner.

We have the coriander, bean curd, bee hoon, eggs, chicken meat, pig intestines and fish bladder.
There are also 2 different soups, clear soup and "Sze Chuan" spicy soup. Both of them taste quite nice too. But, the spicy soup did taste quite salty in the end, so I just mixed with clear soup to wash away the saltiness.

It's a great dinner. I hope that I can do this more often with my family and friends in the coming future.

Happy CNy !

2007-02-17T08:03:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone and have a prosperous New Year!!

Must :
1) Eat (but in moderation)
2) Gamble (but in moderation)
3) Sleep (not in moderation)

:P

Meeting a "friendster" and food posts

2007-02-14T23:55:00.000+08:00

Last sunday(11/02/2007), before heading to The Curve to meet up with a "friendster", my mom "ta pao"ed some Hakka noodles, from 金華美食中心 in SS20 as breakfast. Although there wasn't really much stuff in it, (there were some fish cakes, foo chook(??) in it) but the delicious taste of the noodles makes up to it.(From my experience, Hakka Noodles usually mixed with minced pork not fish cake and foo chook) .The noodles' texture was quite smooth as well. So tasty, you really liked to have a second serving. It is also much thinner than the usual Hakka noodles. Since a picture is worth a million words, here's a photo of the Hakka noodles. Hakka noodles from 金華美食中心
After breakfast, my friend Warren picked me up and we went to The Curve to catch the movie "The Holiday". Actually , I went to The Curve to meet up a friend which I met from friendster. We didn't have much time to talk because the movie starts at 11.20am, it was already 11.08 or 11.10am when we met my friend. So we just walked around Cineleisure building and kill time. We walked for a while then it's about 11.20am so we waved good bye and we went our merry ways. Here's a photo of the friend I met.
Thank you Warren for holding the camera.

yea lah, that's me on the left, the friend Zenneo on the right"The Holiday" can be summarized in 3 words, simple and nice. It's not a "tough" movie like "The Prestige" which needs you to be observant and all that. It's a very nice feel good movie for people who are searching for love , and definitely must watch for couples. After the movie, we had lunch at "Kopi Oh : The Kopitiam with a new Kick" which is on Cineleisure Ground floor. The staff were indeed attentive, between for 3-4 minutes we were standing outside looking at the menu, 2 of their waiters attended to us. When the first waiter, I just said we're looking around, since we're not sure what to eat. Once we confirmed we're having lunch there, the second waiter showed us where to queue. We queued and ordered 2 signature rice , Warren ordered the Hot & Sour rice , while I ordered Fragrant and Sweet rice. As for drinks, I ordered Cincau and Warren ordered Teh Ice. (yea I know nothing really special.) The rice dish costs RM7.90 each, and the drinks were not included in the bill because the total bill only came back RM15.80 = RM7.90 x 2. Hmmmm. Anyways, let's talk about the food. The rice are quite nice. The meat and veggie that came with are in generous proportions , in fact more than the rice. In my opinion, which is a good thing. I mean what's the point having lots of rice but a little meat right? The sauce that came with it was good too. The fragrant rice is served with chicken meat, brocolli and some veggie (which I don't know what it's called). The rice smells great and the sauce taste great too. I didn't get to sample a lot of Hot & Sour, but the sauce taste just as good as the Fragrant and Sweet Rice. Here's some photo again. Hot & Sour Rice
Fragrant & Sweet Rice Cincau Teh ais.Overall, I'll give the restaurant 2 thumbs-up for good service and good food. After lunch, we went home immediately because I got errands to run. Overall, it was great day , and I'm glad that we (Warren and me) had talked quite a lot.

It's V'day!

2007-02-14T09:02:00.000+08:00

It's Valentine's day and time for the singles to feel ~~miserably~~ happy for themselves and the couples to feel ~~fortunate~~ and unhappy getting attached to their ~~miserably~~ "useful" other half.

Update:
Even the game Eve-Online wishes its fellow subscribers a happy Valentine's as well.

Miserable mood

2007-02-12T10:11:00.000+08:00

Woke up this morning.. feeling very ~~fcuking~~ miserable. Hopefully, I'll feel better later. sigh

B'day lunch (sorry lah.. dinner can't make it ...mah lunch loh)

2007-02-08T23:42:00.000+08:00

Since my colleague can't make it for a b'day dinner, we(colleagues and me) had to changed our plans to a b'day lunch instead. We had it lunch in Dengkil Seafood Restaurant. We had lunch and dinner there numerous times. Generally, we are quite satisfied the quality of the food that we won't mind coming again.
1st Dish: Lemonade Chicken, tastes quite nice.
1st, 2nd and 3rd Dish: Starting clockwise, Teppanyaki tofu, Lemonade chicken and veggie(forgot what veggie).The tofu is quite good but I didn't get to eat a lot and veggie so-so only.

4th dish, Assam fish, according to others, it tastes good, for me I find that the fish would've tasted even better if the assam flavour has thoroughly seeped into the fish.

Overall, still an okay meal which costs us abt RM100++ for 9 persons. Will go the restaurant again in future because the service is quite good.

Woke up late for work.

2007-02-07T20:12:00.000+08:00

It's wednesday already. damn.. so fast. tomorrow will be one of my colleague's b'day. We wanted to celebrate as a dinner but too bad he can't make it, so we have to settle for lunch instead. This coming friday there'll be a company dinner (WOOO YEAH. !! FOOD) and fortunately came at right time. hehe..

Monday: I woke up at 8am , which is actually the time I should have taken my breakfast, took my bath and get ready to go work. So, I end up stuffing my breakfast into tupperware, no bath, drove straight to work. :(

Note: sleep earlier the day on sunday.

今天，又有个怪梦。

2007-02-01T17:08:00.000+08:00

我以往常去睡个午觉。因为我少许感冒，所以也希望好好休息。躺了不久，鼻子就做怪了。鼻涕不停留，赶快拿个卫生纸擦一擦鼻子。过后，再继续躺下来。不久，就睡着了。

我发觉到我在一个景色不错的地方。看一看四周围简直是无边无际。突然，想起来，
“咦？怎么没看过哪个MMORPG有那么好看个景色。” （发梦都可以想那么多，：P)
想着，想着，我竟然在驾着车，驶向UM附近的油站。经过了油站，前面有个小山坡。觉得好像在驾一辆越野跑车。突然，遇上了车祸，但没受伤。我走下车来，车子也变了。
驾着新车，飞下悬崖。（不知道发什么狗屁梦）。车子竟然能飘在空中。不久，车子慢慢下跌。在车子还没掉入湖里，我开了降落伞。看看四周围，原来还有也还湖中。他们都穿着救生衣，而我却在抓着一个救生圈。
我想要是水位在浅一点，该多好。四周围变了沙滩，走着走着，就醒来了。

looks like a very short dream, but it took some time to type in mandarin with pinyin method. Probably it's time to get my life sorted out.

Fate files : fight the destiny

2007-01-31T00:48:00.000+08:00

I learnt from Grey's Anatomy today that you can't run away from fate. It simply follows you home.
Heh, whatever that means. From my understanding , the more you run from fate, the closer it is you are to fate. So, as much as you wanted to run away from the person that destined to be with you, the close it is that he / she is to you.

I'd probably have to accept the fact that things might not go as well as I planned. The attempt to jump into raging volcano is best way to describe what I'm trying to do now.You either choked from breathing too much smoke, or you're swallowed by the raging lava, or, you can't find your way because there's too much smoke, OR you just have wait for someone to rescue you.

The idea of meeting someone that you can't court is very depressing for some. It's depressing that it's so near yet it's so far. Like what one used to say "The worse thing in life is when one's in love in the other, the other doesn't love one the same ". Or something like that.

Fate & Choice don't go hand-in-hand

2007-01-30T09:20:00.000+08:00

Ever have that feeling that everything you do is futile? Is it fate that you're not destined to be good salesman? (if you think I'm talking about you, I'm not. I'm just quoting an example.)
Is it fate you're destined to meet this person, but be with someone else instead?
Are you capable of stopping fate?
Fate is something that you initially don't want to but it's bestowed to you anyway. Then you'll either accept it or keep running away from it. But , in the end, you still have accept it regardless of what do you have in mind.
That is what causes people to feel helpless when they find they can't challenge fate anymore. Why can't we challenge fate?

It's the new week

2007-01-29T01:09:00.000+08:00

It's gonna be end of the month. Again to rush some stuff before end of the month. Well kinda pissed now need to finish some those stuff that are listed in monthly work-plan.

Keep bringing forward to next month won't look very nice for appraisal this year. :(

I'm hoping February will be better.

Valentine is around the corner. I have 2 special friends' birthday coming soon. 1 is in fact 1 month + 1 day after mine, which is on 23rd February and another which is on 28th February. I wonder should I get them anything.

Well, I've always been a cheapskate for so long. haha... yea I am. So, this year I should strive be not so cheapskate. Treating someone a meal is too "normal", thinking of trying something different this year. But, what?!

Think.