5 reasons why I blog.

I have been tagged by huei again. Hahaha. This time, I have to state 5 reasons why I blog. Hahaha. So, without further ado, here are my reasons:

1) The main reason I wanna blog is because I want to share my thoughts with people. What I think of certain issues, what i feel, my latest collections of cokes and so on.

2) I wanna share some jokes which hopefully can spread some laughter around. You know, we need some laughter once in a while.

3) I wanna earn a little bit of side income thru adsense, PayPerPost, nuffnang and the likes. Every month, I found that "Money Not Enough". Hahaha. Have to save for marriage leh.

4) I wanna make more friends. In my 5 months of blogging, I've known friends like cely, earl, huei, reiko, ryeurn, eng aun, kelly and cincauhangus and more. They are all very nice people. Bloggers are very nice people.

5) I wanna write down everything in my blog so that I can look at my blog when I am older and say to myself "This is what I feel at that time." And maybe I can show my children and grandchildren. Hahaha.

So, there you have it, 5 reasons why I blog. Hahaha.

My victims:
Ryeurn
cincauhangus
eng aun
don't want thiamhin la. He might get scared. Hahaha.
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New Chinese Movies I have watched this Chinese New Year!!!

I have watched quite a lot of movies last week. To keep up with the Chinese New Year mood, it is mostly Hong Kong movies. I just wanted to write this out to share my 2 cents worth about each of the Hong Kong movies I have watched. Here's the list in the order of which one i watched first.

Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel

Here's the synopsis according to hkcinemagic.com:
Ken (Roger Kwok), has mastered mahjong and is nicknamed "The Half-Century Man" because he once won 50 hands of mahjong in a roll. Everybody expects him to succeed his father, Uncle Man (Ha Yu), to be the Grandmaster of Kungfu Mahjong. However, Uncle Man has a heart attack on his 60th birthday and is hospitalized. Sophie, Uncle Man's new wife takes the opportunity to persuade him to leave his estate to her instead of his son. Uncle Man tells her that she would get her wish if she beats Ken in a game of mahjong.

Meanwhile, Ken falls in love with Nancy (Shirley Yeung), a lady of rotten luck. All her previous boyfriends were either bankrupt or had died in accidents. Ken's fortunes go downhill instantly, to the extent that when he plays mahjong with Sophie and her lover, Bowie, he's almost cleaned out.
What do I think of this movie? I feel that it does not live up to my expectation. Some slapstick jokes here and there but most of the time, it's not that funny. If you want me to rate it i give it 5/10.

House of Mahjong

Here's the synopsis according to hkcinemagic.com:
Fu Ho is a millionaire who founded the Fu Gui Mall. To reward the tenants for their continuous support, he sets up a new rental model with them. For which, one representative from each store can be sent to play Taiwan mahjong with him as to substitute for the rent every month.

Gi, who wants to start her new business in Fu Gui Mall needs to learn playing Taiwan mahjong in order to be part of the tenants there. All other tenants teach her the techniques in playing the game. However, Fu Ho defeated Gi but was impressed with her determination. He finally rents a place out to Gi. Meanwhile, Fu Ho' son, Sun Gui, is back to Hong Kong. He knows about it and thinks that his father is cheated.


Sun Gui is planning to take over the business and rebuild the mall. He finds 4 mahjong experts to
gamble with tenants. Gi, Sam, Lam and others lost their money and means of survival. Luckily, Lam finds a hidden expert, Master Chow to teach them the trick in playing Taiwan mahjong. They finally turn defeat to victory. Sun Gui decides to settle all things up by setting fire to the mall. At the same time, he finds that his father is missing. Can Gi, Sam and Lam alter the destiny of Fu Gui Mall?
My verdict?It is a big mahjong letdown. Seems like a movie made without much effort. Even less jokes than the one above. Most of the time, it's not funny. My rate? I give it 4/10.

Lady Iron Chef

Here's the synopsis according to hkcinemagic.com:
Madame To is an expert and highly regarded chef in Hong Kong and China. She wants to form an alliance with other equally respected chef by asking her son, SK to marry Jade, the other chef’s daughter. But SK already has a girlfriend named Ceci.
I watched it with my mother n sister in Genting. My opinion? Well, it's a love story, so it's touching (that's what I feel), it's damn funny, at least the jokes are quite original. What's more they have Charmaine Sheh in it ^.^. I give it 9/10. Hahaha.

Twins Mission

hkcinemagic.com:
A Tibetan Dzi bead, en route to Hong Kong for an exhibition, is stolen by a mysterious gang. Linked to a long-lost cult called the Gemini clan, Lucky, the guardian of the Dzi bead, along with his adopted son Hey, try to persuade the clan's leader to help them track down the thieves. Refusing to be involved, the Principal summons instead the Clan's former members - Twins - to retrieve the bead. (GSC)
I watched this with my gf last Sunday. Hahaha. It is action packed (lot's of smashed glasses), quite an amount of jokes and most importantly, they have Twins in it. Hahaha. I enjoyed it very much. Can't wait for the "ending" part. I also give this 9/10.

There you have it. New Hong Kong movies I watched in the Chinese New Year. Should I make this a tag? Hahaha. Maybe not. I really enjoyed Lady Iron Chef and Twins Mission. I wanna watch Protege and It's a Wonderful Life next. Hehehe.
Posted on 10:40 AM by andylkw and filed under | 4 Comments »

What I did in the last 9 days.

Okay, I have been gone for the past 9 days. Bye bye to the year of the dog and hello to the year of the pig. This post is just to chronicle what I did in the past 9 days. SO, without further ado, here it is:

17 February 2007 (Chinese New Year Eve)
Woke up quite early (body clock still normal because of waking up for work). Sit in front of my PC and play game. Had lunch and continue playing game. Then I had a bit of shower and headed to my grandmother's apartment for reunion dinner. Her apartment is only I block away from my house. For the dinner, everyone bring a dish or two in order to have a full course meal. Got my first ang pao from my grandmother(it's a tradition for her to give it on the eve of CNY as she is scared that she forgot). Stayed there quite a bit for a game or two of blackjack (RM 3) before returning home. Once home, I watched TV for awhile and proceeded playing game and went to bed at around 2am.

18 February 2007 (Chu 1)
Woke up at around 10 something. Played I little bit of PC game and went to take a shower as I have to go to my grandmother's apartment for CNY lunch. Before going to my grandmother's apartment, I got my ang pao from my parents. Then I got the rest of my ang pao from my relatives in my grandmother's apartment. We always eat vegetarian food in the morning of Chu 1. After the lunch, we had a few games of 3 cards (Dunno what they call it) (No +/-) and then I went home to play game, read some manga and also my Romance of 3 Kingdoms, and had a bit of nap. Soon, it is dinner time and we proceeded to my grandmother's apartment again. After the dinner, we went to my 5th uncle's house. The 'older' generation had wine and then we proceeded again to have a few round of black jack (RM 10). At around midnite, we went back home. As you all know, I played PC games again and then I slept with manga by my side.

19 February 2007 (Chu 2)
Woke up quite early today as I have to reach my gf's house at 10 am to fetch her to my house. When she reached my house, we chatted, watched tv and she chatted with my mother and I had my shower as we need to go to my 5th uncle's house for lunch at around 12 something. We stayed for awhile after lunch and we went back home. Everyone of my relatives are coming to my house for dinner on that night as my mother invited them over. It's also a tradition among a few of my relatives to hold a lunch or dinner for the whole extended family. Back at home, we watched TV and played some card games with my sister. Before long everyone started coming. After the dinner, it is blackjack time again (rm 8). Everyone is happy these few days especially my grandmother (to see that the generations after her is gathered together and getting along). At around midnite, everyone left for home. And I have to send my gf home also. When I reached home I played PC game for awhile
and then I slept with 3 Kingdoms by my side

20 and 21 February 2007 (Chu 3 and 4)
With short notice, my mother woke me up to tell me to get prepared as my family is going to Genting Highland. My father had book a room for 3 days 2 nite in there but my mother told me that the younger generation can leave after 2 days 1 nite. First 2 days was okay. Visited Uncle Lim for a bit and got an RM 60 ang pao from him in the casino. Did not do much except walking around, eating, going to the casino and also sleep. Hehehe. It's "people mountain, people sea" over there. Oh yeah, I also managed to watch "Lady Iron Chef" there. I find the movie quite funny and do recommend you to watch it. By the the end of the second day, I was expecting a trip back to KL but my mother said that she decided we have to stay for one more night.....Wareh -.-".

22 February 2007 (Chu 5)
Woke up at around 11.30am. Started packing and went back to KL at around 12 something. I reached KL at around 2pm. Once at home, I took out my 3 Kingdoms, lie on the bed and read until I sleep. I woke up around 6pm. I played PC game for awhile, had dinner and then proceeded playing game again. At around 11 something, I went down to Yulek to buy more manga/comic. I went home, read manga for awhile then proceeded playing game and went to bed at around 2am.

23 February 2007 (Chu 6)
Did nothing much also. Woke up around 12pm. Played PC game and read manga. Had lunch then proceeded to my room and read 3 Kingdoms. Hurray, i finally finished all 4 volumes of the books. Hehehe. Before long, it was dinner time. It was so noisy tonight as my brother brought some ruffian friends to play mahjong at my house. I really hate it when ppl speak too loudly while playing and in addition to that, they have to say vulgar words. Come on man, respect the host a bit la, my parents and sister are there lah. If wanna play, go to the house across my house which my mother have rented lah. Anyway, I went to the pasar malam in Taman Segar after that. When I came home, I read manga, played game and
slept with manga by my side. Hahaha.

24 February 2007 (Chu 7)
Let's see, today is another noisy day. My sister brought her friends to the house and my mother held an open day for her tuition students. It was very noisy. Anyway, I woke up, played PC game and then I had my shower and lunch. After that, I took my SLK cum CLK for servicing. I was too meet up with some of my form 6 friends after that. I reached the mechanic's place at around 1 something and by the time they finish, it is already around 4 something. It costs me a whopping RM377.00. Hahaha.... even my ang pao is not enuff to cover the expenses. After that, I proceeded to my friend's house. By the time I reached, most of them have already left. What to do, I was 3 hours late..... I stayed on until 5.30 and I went home. Once I reached home, I continued playing game, had my dinner
played game and slept with manga by my side. yeah, again.

25 February 2007 (Chu 8)
Can U believe that I did not receive any more ang pao since Chu 1? I received 2 more ang paos today. 1 from my gf's mother and another from a neighbour. Anyway, today is Sunday and the last day of my long holiday. Sunday is always my dating day. So, I went out with my gf. We went to Time's Square and Sg. Wang. It's not often that you see these 2 shopping complexes to be so deprived of people. We watched "Twins Mission" in Time's Square. After that, we went back to my house at 7 something. In my house, we had dinner, watched tv and chat lo. At around 11 something to 12 am. It is so noisy as a lot of people let off fireworks as the Hokkien have to pray to the "Thien Kung". I sent my gf home at 12 something. Then I
slept with manga by my side.

There you have it. What I did in the past 9 days. Ang Pao still not enough leh. Here I still wanna wish everyone of you a very Happy Chinese New Year. If you are kind enough, please bank-in money into my account as ang pao ler. Contact me for further details ya. Hehehe.

I have another plight. Can you please do not discard the ang pao packet that you have. If it is not too troublesome, can you please collect them for me? All that you did will be deeply appreciated. Same as the ang pao case, contact me for further details. Just leave a comment in my post and i'll get back to you. WIll Aunty Lilian help me? I can't wait for chu 15 now. It will be my 6th uncle's turn and we are sharing money to roast a whole goat. hehehehe.

Over the whole week, I have thought long and hard. I have finally came to a big decision about something. I'll talk about it later.

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Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Lol, Chinese New Year is just 2 days away. I will be on leave for the whole of next week. Will not be able to update my blog for the next 9 days. Hehehe. I will be back. Hahaha. I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone:

GONG XI FA CAI!!!
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Remember to get a lot of Ang Poas ya. I wish you all Health, Prosperity and Happiness in this New Year. Dun forget to come back ya. Hehehe.
Posted on 1:38 PM by andylkw and filed under , | 1 Comments »

Mid Valley Increasing Parking Fees?

I'm not sure whether this is true or not. I got an email containing these details:
Mid Valley City (MVC) management informed that the MVC carpark fees would
be increased from 1 March 2007 to as follows:

1st 3 hours @ RM1.00
Subsequent hours @ RM1.00 per hour,
up to a maximum of RM7.00 per day.
So, do you think that this is true? Be informed so that you do not get a shock when you visit Mid Valley next time. Hehehe.

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Chain Links???

Got chained by RyeUrn and Huei. It's supposed to be a list of links that should be kept going through. I thikn that it will help you get more links, and increase your PR.

**Instructions**

Write a post, and copy and paste my list from below into it. Make sure the links are active and correct. If your blog is on that list, remove it because your post isn’t about self-promotion. Don’t worry, because if your name is on mine, it’s on others and will spread. Add your favourite deserving blogs to the top of the list (not compulsory). Publish the post. People will notice the incoming links, and hopefully write their own z-list posts. The result will be that we all get more links pointing to our blogs, and more readers - got to be good!

Key Points

1) Create a new post on your blog.
2) Copy and Paste the entire list of blog links below
3) Add any blogs that you want to include near the top of the list. (Optional)
4) Include the blog where you first got the list from, on the list in your post.
5) Do not include your own blog links on the list in your post.
6) Make sure that all links are copied intact.
7) Publish the Post.

My Adds:

Cely
Earl-Ku
Thiamhin
Reiko
EeLeen
Eng Aun
CincauHangus


Originals:

Simple America
eastcoastlife
Little Cozy Corner
A Journey Called Life
maverick
fishtail
lynnee
Lucia

Doris
Lillian
Ainee
Anonymous
Adam
Toil
Ah Pek
Blank Canvas
Home Office Women
Shoppingmum
PabloPabla’s Whatever
Blueapron
Make$ Money$
Owen of Ugh
Jules is Utterly Geek
Internet. Serious Business
The Sabahan
Critical Thoughts
Blog-Op
Carols Vault
Blog About Your Blog
Monetize Your Blog
Cosmin PTR
Make Money On The Net
Successful Online Money Making
Turn One Pound Into One Million$
Work at Home Blog
Blogging For Beginners
How to earn money online?
Dosh Dosh
Money Money Money
Money Making Quest
Connected Internet
Mike’s Money Making Mission
Time to Budget
Can I Make Big Money Online
Blogtrepreneur
Flee the Cube
Blogging Secret
Blogging to Fame
Million Dollar Experiment heads Down Under
Quest to make money on the internet
Kumiko’s Cash Quest
Calico Monkey
Internet Bazaar
Shotgun Marketing Blog
BrandSizzle
bizsolutionsplus
Customers Rock!
Being Peter Kim
Pow! Right Between The Eyes!
Billions With Zero Knowledge
Working at Home on the Internet
MapleLeaf 2.0
Two Hat Marketing
darrenbarefoot.com
The Emerging Brand
The Branding Blog
CrapHammer
Drew’s Marketing Minute
Golden Practices
Viaspire
Tell Ten Friends
Flooring the Consumer
Kinetic Ideas
Unconventional Thinking
Buzzoodle
NewsPaperGrl
The Copywriting Maven
Hee-Haw Marketing
Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn
Multi-Cult Classics
Logic + Emotion
Branding & Marketing
Popcorn n Roses
On Influence & Automation
Bullshitobserver
Servant of Chaos
converstations
eSoup
Presentation Zen
Dmitry Linkov
aialone
John Wagner
Nick Rice
CKs Blog
Design Sojourn
Frozen Puck
The Sartorialist
Small Surfaces
Africa Unchained
Perspective
gDiapers
Marketing Nirvana
Bob Sutton
¡Hola! Oi! Hi!
Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!
Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together
Community Guy
Social Media on the fly
RyeUrn
Huei

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Happy Valentine's Day

Today is the day. The 14th of February. The special day where lovers celebrate their love. Yeah, I meant to say that today is Valentine's Day. I'm not gonna babble on the origin of Valentine or the practices.

What I wanna talk about here is that, in the midst of celebrating Valentine's Day, let's spare a moment to those who are single, those who have just broken up and those who have lost their special someone. With that thought in mind, let us be grateful that the person that we love is still with us and that we have that special someone who love us and whom we love.

Let us cherish our lover and the love that we have shared. Appreciate each and every moment that you spend together with your lover. I'll be celebrating my 6th Valentine's Day with my gf today and I would like to tell her that I LOVE HER very much.

I would also like to wish all of you a very Happy Valentine's Day. To those who are still single, my wish to you is that you will find the person you love shortly. Those of you who have just broken up, my wish to you is that you can get through it, become stronger and will find your true love shortly. To those of you who have just lost your special someone, I grief for you. Be Strong and Cherish the Love and Memories that you had.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!!!
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My Family Dogs

Lol, nothing much to show, just wanna introduce my two family dogs to all of you. Hehehe. Okay, the miniature schnauzzer is called Bubbles (after the powerpuff girls) and the mix breed dalmation is called Spotty. These pictures were taken on New Year's Day. Do you think they are cute? I'll show my hamsters sometimes later. I can't get them to sit still. Hehehe.

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F.E.A.R Extraction Point

So, has any of you wonder what am busying myself these past few days? Well, I can tell you that besides work, I have been very busy playing PC games. Well, the last one which I have finished playing is F.E.A.R Extraction Point (FEAR XP). Before that, I finished a so-so game called MadeMan. Anyway, I just wanna talk about FEAR XP.

Maybe just a brief intro and some pics la. Hehehe. As you all know, F.E.A.R. is the Best Game for Gamespot in the year 2005, Gamers choice for GameSpy for PC Action in 2005 and IGN 2005 Game of the year. So, you would expect the expansion, FEAR XP to be a very good game too. Well, I can say that it does not disappoint.

Game spot have given a 7.8 rating (good) for the expansion. and this is what it has to say:

Extraction Point offers up a lot more of the same, though there's not anything particularly wrong with that if the action is as good as it is here. The plot could be described as a five-hour epilogue to the campaign in F.E.A.R. You begin amid the wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter that was ferrying you to safety. From that point, you must fight to get to the extraction point, where yet another helicopter will ferry you to safety. There's no grandiose story to save the world or anything like that, which is a refreshing change for a shooter.

Getting to the chopper is going to require a lot more of the run-and-gun that you experienced in F.E.A.R., as you once again have to battle the army of replicants that dogged you throughout the original game. Apparently Fettel now has Alma-like powers, which means that his corporeal spirit still remains, even though he clearly died during F.E.A.R. This also means that, for the most part, there's not a lot of new stuff here. You're once again battling the same kinds of foes with mostly the same types of weapons in lots of dark and deserted levels. Extraction Point introduces a subway level and some new office interiors, but for the most part one empty corridor looks just like another. There are also a few new weapons you can play with, like the bullet-spitting chaingun and deployable gun sentries that you can stick on walls and floors, but for the most part you'll rely on the trusty assault rifle, submachine gun, and shotgun that got you this far in the first place.

For the rest of it, get it here.

Now, what do I have to say about the game? In this expansion, Alma (the girl in FEAR), is seeking retribution. Remember one phrase in the first game? Something like "The created will seek to destroy the Creator." Okay, firstly it is that it is creepier than the first game. There are more creepy scenes and soundtrack. You have more weapons but the game play is quite short. It only took me half a Saturday, one Monday night and one Tuesday night to finish it. I really recommend playing it but are you game enough? hehehe. Ok, pics time.

The Minigun

My favorite: the particle gun

It turns enemies to skeletons. Wahaha.

I split him to half.

The bicycle kick.

The new portable sentry gun.

How he died?

The minigun

He won't know what hit him.

The supernatural.

She is dead too.

The laser gun.

The laser gun at work.

Creepy or not?

What a way to be killed by me.

Last chapter.

The epilogue.

The end. hehehe.
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Engagement Rings

One of the major event that can happen to us in our live is MARRIAGE. But, what do we do before the marriage? We need to propose to our partners. The next questions that pops out is Engagement Rings. Surely, engagement ring is needed before we pops out the BIG question.

So, where should you get your engagement ring? How about heading on to diamonds-usa.com? Why should you do so? Well, the reason why you should do so is because diamonds-usa.com offers a very great range of engagements rings,
including ring settings, diamond shapes, cuts, colors and prices, all comes with amazing offers. What's more, buy buying from diamonds-usa.com, you get free delivery, risk-free purchase and if you want to design your own engagement rings, you can design your own using their online design tool.

What are you waiting for? Head on over to
diamonds-usa.com.


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Finally, the answer to the chicken questions.

Lol, Do you remember this question? "Which one comes first? The Egg? or the Chicken?" So, what do you think?

Do you think that the chicken comes first?


Or is it the egg?

So, what do you think the answer is? This is the answer that I got from my CEO and colleagues who heard it from someone. Hahaha. Do you wanna know it? Well, the answer lies here:
"If you do not know whether the egg comes first or the chicken comes first, then you shud F*CK the chicken first".
Kakaka, correct or not?
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Funny pics I got.....

Stumbled across these pics in my email. Wanted to share these with everyone. If possible, can anyone translate it for me also? I do not know how too read too many chinese characters. Thanks and enjoy. Hehehe.

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