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Gundam 00 Season 2 Yuna Ito - Trust You

2009-03-23T11:56:00.006+08:00

Currently in love with this song from Gundam 00 Season 2. 1 more episode to go. Can't wait. More post coming up soon. Hehehe.

lyrics and translation - from jpopasia.com

LYRICS

Hana wa kaze ni yure odoru you ni
Ame wa daichi wo uruosu you ni
Kono sekai wa yori soi ai ikiteru no ni
Naze hito wa kizutsuke au no?
Naze wakare wa otozureru no?

Kimi ga tooku ni itte mo mada
Itsumo kono kokoro no mangnaka
Ano yasashii egao de umetsukusareta mama
Dakishimeta kimi no kakera ni
Itami kanjite mo mada
Tsunagaru kara
Shinjiteru yo
Mata aeru to
I'm waiting for your love

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you, I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
Futari da kara shinjiaeru
No hanasanaide

Sekai wo hatte odare ga mita no?
Tabi no owari odare ga tsugeru no?
Ima wa kotae ga mienakute nagai yoru demo
Shinjita michi wo susunde hoshii
Sono sakimi hikari ga matsu kara

Kimi ga oshiete kureta uta wa
Ima mo kono kokoro no mangnaka
Ano yasashii koe　to　tomori hibiiteru
Afureru kimochi no shizuku ka?
Atatakaku hoho tsugau
Tsuyoku naru ne
Shinjiteru yo
Tsunagatteru to
Im always by your side

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no tame ni nagasami naga
I love you, I trust you
Ai wo oshiete kureta
Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayotte
Mou soba ni iru yo

Waiting for your love
Always by your side
Youre the one that I love
Youre the one that I trust
Youre the only one

I love you, I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you, I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
I love you, I trust you
Kanashimi demo yorokobi demo
I love you, I trust you
Kimi no subete wo mamoritai
Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayotte
Mou soba ni iru yo
Futari da kara shinjiaeru
No hanasanaide

TRANSLATION
Flowers sway in the wind as if dancing
So that the rain moistens the earth
Even though this world is alive, coming closer together
Why do people hurt each other?
Why do partings come about?

Even if you go far away
You're still always right in the middle of my heart
While they remain completely buried by that kind smile
Even if I feel pain
In fragments of you that I held, because we're still connected
I believe that we can meet again
I'm waiting for your love

I love you, I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you, I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

Who saw the end of the world?
Who announces the end of the journey?
Even though it's a long night and the answer can't be seen now,
I want you to move on on the road you believe in
Because from this point forth, the light is waiting for you

Even now, the song you taught me
Still remains within my heart
And echos along with that friendly voice
The overflowing tears of my feeling
Run over my warm cheek
Become strong, ne
Believe!
If we connect with each other
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
The tears I shed are for your sake
I love you
I trust you
You taught me love
I love you
I trust you
No matter if you walk on the wrong path,
I'll be beside you!

I love you
I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you
I trust you
Even in light, even in darkness
I love you
I trust you
Even in sadness, even in happiness
I love you
I trust you
I want to protect you completely

No matter if you're walking on the wrong path
I'll be beside you!
Because we're together, we're able to believe in each other
Please don't leave anymore

A late post about my V-Day

2009-03-04T18:20:00.008+08:00

This post will be about my Valentine's Day with my gf this year. I know, I know, it was more that half a month ago but it's still not too late right?

This year, we thought of not over-spending on the day as everything is overly expensive on this day and everywhere is packed with people. Therefore, we decided to spend our 8th Valentine's day at our new home and to cook dinner together.

Therefore, "early" in the morning, we headed to the market to buy the stuffs for the dinner. After that we went to Jusco @ Taman Maluri for more stuffs and especially the seafood as they sell live seafood there. After lunch and shopping, we went straight home.

We started preparing for the dinner at around 6pm. From here on, I'll just let the photos do the talking.

This is the big mud crab which we bought at Jusco. This fella weighs about 7 hundred plus grammes and cost me RM 40 plus.

Before long, everything was set and ready to be cooked. My gf helped with the preparation while I did all the cooking.

The first thing that I cooked was this vegetable soup.

The prawns are up next.

This is margerine prawns as I feel that butter is a bit fattening compared to margerine.

After the prawns are these Razor Clams. Some of us will call this as Bamboo clams.

This is Bamboo clams cooked with Taucu sauce.

The crab is the final dish of the day.

This is Otard/Cognac Steamed Crabs with Egg White. The same crab dish which I cooked back in 2007 when I celebrated my 6th Anniversary with my gf. The only difference now is that I cooked the whole crab instead of half and the crab is bigger.

There you go, 4 dishes cooked for my beloved on Valentine's day. After eating and cleaning up. We proceeded to write our V-day cards and give it to each other. There you go. This is how my gf and me spent our 8th Valentine's this year. To my gf "I LOVE YOU!!"

On another note, I've decided to try out another way to cook crabs on the next Sunday after Valentine's. And since this is a trial, I bought these flower crabs.

The flower crabs which I bought with my gf at the market together with other stuffs for lunch. RM 15 for 3 crabs weighing 600 grammes.

The ingredients for the crabs. Have you guessed what I am about to cook?

Tadaa!!! It's what we call as Kam Heong Crabs.

A closer look at it. My gf said it taste delicious but the curry flavor is a little bit too much. Maybe I should add less the next time I cook it.

A random photo of a small part of my Coke collection.

A painting given to me by my childhood friend and his brother (how to put this, it was painted by the brother who is also my friend) which was given to me as a housewarming gift a few months ago.

A Brief Update

2009-02-28T10:46:00.005+08:00

I can't believe that it has been 2 months since I last updated my blog and so, I feel that it is now time for me to at least update something. Lest people might think that I have already given up on my blog. Hehehe. There are so many things that I wanted to blog about yet not enough time to blog it. Furthermore, most of it involves a lot of photos which I do not have time to re-size. Therefore this brief update is all that I can do now.

What I wanted to say now is that, I have recently just resigned. It was on the 17th of February, right after my boss's announcement that the company is still surviving and he hope that everyone will stay with him. I resigned almost right after that brief general meeting. I've asked for an early release and I've got about 16 days early release so that that I can join the new company on the 1st of April.

I sent my resume through my friend who is working in the company on the 21st January, went for the interview on the 3rd or 4th of February due to the Chinese New Year break, got my confirmation on the 16th of February and then did my medical checkup, got my offer letter and tendered my resignation on the 17th of February.

All I can say about the new company is that it is a Japanese company, it's a financial institution, it has dealings in many fields (leasing, hire purchase, car rental, general insurance, factoring, etc. but the core is leasing) and that it is located in KL. All I can say about my job switch is that instead of being in a vendor company, i'm now dealing straight with end users, I have all the skills needed, the company is more stable, there are better employee benefits (16% epf, lower interests for staff car/housing/personal loan, staff discounts on car insurance, higher medical claims,etc.). The good things here is that I have lots of friends working in and around the area where my new company is located.

If you wanted to know, I did not get an increase in my salary. What they did was offer me RM200 less and then giving me back RM200 in COLA (Cost of living allowance). Can still say that there is an increase if you count in the epf contribution though. The biggest difference in terms of money for now is that I no longer have to travel an therefore no mileage claim which mean that I will have less spendable money.

Another worry for me about this new job is that I will now be working in the heart of KL. With all the traffic jams, all the shopping complexes around, all the expensive food around, I'm worried if I can manage to adapt.

Now, I'm a busy man. I have to complete all my pending tasks before my last day and furthermore, I have to do skill transfers of all the clients which I am currently handling.

Okaylah, I guess that i've talked too much here already. More posts coming up i'll cover back lost ground where I will talk about my latest event and back track till my Phuket trip last year. Tata..

Security Update for Internet Explorer "zero-day'' vulnerability

2008-12-19T15:47:00.003+08:00

I'm sure you have heard of Internet Explorer's "zero-day" vulnerability which can cause hackers to easily hack your machine. This snippet is taken from The Star Online:

"The "zero-day'' vulnerability, which came to light last week, allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected Web sites; users don't have to download anything for their computers to get infected, which makes the flaw in Internet Explorer's programming code so dangerous."

More readings here and here.

Okay, I'm just here to provide you the link for the Security Update. Here it is. Remember to update it. your personal data is at risk.

P/s: i'll be updating about my Phuket trip during the Christmas break where I can take a breather. Hehehe.

Doing my Passport

2008-12-04T11:18:00.007+08:00

I was on leave last Wednesday. It was due to me needing to make a passport. Yup, it’s my first time making passport and yes, I’ve not been out of the country before. Okay, things that need to be brought are original and a photocopy of your IC and Birth Cert (birth cert for first time only), 2 passport sized photo of yourself and finally the completed application form.

I woke up at around 6am that day and started my journey to the immigration department by 6.30am. I have to thank Belle for telling me the location of Metro Kajang where the Immigration Department is located. Anyway, I reached Metro Kajang at around 7.10 and went up to the Immigration Department which is located in the 4^th floor. By the time I reached, there is already a quite long queue and I was like “Oh No, what time will I be able to finish everything?”. It was then that the guard starts splitting people based where one line (A) is for people who have the form (filled in, if not, you will either have to fill in asap or line up later) and all the necessary items and one line (B) for people who did not have the form or all the necessary items. If you forgot to photocopy or bring your photo, you do not need to worry as there is a photocopy and photo “booth” outside the Immigration department. It was after that split that there are now 8 people in front of me. You see, it pays to be prepared. Hehehe. FYI, the forms can be obtained online and also can be bought at the Immigration Department for RM1. The cons for the second option is that you will either have to go to the Immigration Department twice or you will have to line up to get the form, fill it in and then only proceed to get your number.

The Immigration Department here start their operation at around 7.30am and by then, there are already a very long queue on both line A and line B. Line A people can proceed to get their numbers while line B people will have to buy the forms, fill it in and then proceed to line A to get their number where now, you will be at the back of the original line A. I can’t help but to feel sorry for the girl in front of me as before you get your number, the officers will check that everything is in order and it turned out that she did not bring her original copy of birth cert. So, instead of getting number 2009, I got number 2008. There was a slight problem with my IC too where the card reader cannot read the data but I am sure that there are data in there as card readers in clinics can read it. What the officer did was to rub the chip with an eraser and the problem is solved.

So, my number was called at around 7.45am and the application was submitted at around 7.50am. After that, I have to wait to be called to the payment counter and made my payment at around 7.55am. I was then told to go back to collect my passport at around 9.45am. I had my breakfast at Station Kopitiam which is located right outside the Immigration Department. Actually, there is nothing much to talk about regarding this anymore. I got my passport at around 9.55am (By that time, the Immigration Department is already fully packed) and reached Leisure Mall (as I have something to buy there) at around 10.30am. Hmm, quite fast and efficient service for a government department. Thumbs up from me. My advice here is that you should make sure you brought everything, fill up your form and to go early. If not, I do not know what time will you be able to complete everything.

Okay, the reason why I have to make my passport is because I will be out of the country tomorrow. It’s a vacation to Phuket with my family and my uncle’s family which I cannot say no and have no say in. It’s because my mother discussed this trip with my aunt a few months back and then, she bought the ticket without even informing or asking me about my availability. The worst part about this is that it was at a time where I have almost come to an agreement with my gf that we will be going to Phuket this year but because of this trip, my gf and my plan to Phuket will have to be scrapped due to insufficient annual leave and insufficient vitamin M. Anyway, next year, I will definitely be out of the country with my gf. LOL.

I wonder how will this vacation turn out because there will be some wacky kids and some "emo" teenagers which does not fall into my age group. I do not want to end up being a baby-sitter. Hehehe. Hopefully, the political instability in Thailand will not affect Phuket. So, there you go. I will be away from tomorrow until next Tuesday. See you then.

I Finished NFS Undercover Career

2008-11-28T10:02:00.003+08:00

Before anyone go accusing me of saying that I have been telling you all that I am busy but yet have time to play game, let me just tell you that I only play it in the few free time that I managed to have. You know, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ma. Hehehe. Instead of finishing it slowly like I normally do, I have to finish it ASAP so that I can get on with by busy stuffs. Furthermore, this has been one game which I have been anxiously waiting for ever since I found out about its release about 2 months ago. Another few games are GTA IV and FEAR 2.

Actually, there is just nothing much to say aside from telling you guys that I have finished the Career Mode of Need For Speed Undercover. After the completion of the "career" I won't be playing it anymore simply because of 4 reasons. I am busy, I hate "Highway Battle", I have all those "Police Pursuit" mode when you have a heat of 5 and finally what's left of the remaining 28% are "Highway Battle" and "Police Pursuits"...

This one here is the status of my "Career" in the game.

The "Game" statistic. The completion could have been faster if I have not bought the wrong car and ended up having to re-earn cash for buying another car.

The "Pursuit" stats. When you attained Heat 5 and above, it can get frustrating. Disable 3-5 police cars, another 5-6 will appear almost immediately.

List of the cars that I bought and earned. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the fastest in the game.

Erm, this is your love interest in the game and also the final scene after you completed your career.

Well, I guess that this is all for an update. Hehehe. Another post coming up around end of this week to early next week...

7th Anniversary

2008-11-25T13:56:00.005+08:00

I guessed that it really has been a while (just a while, hehehe) since I last updated my blog. Well, this is in part due to me being busy at work and at home. On the work side, I'm still handling 3 clients while there's a server migration (from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008) project and a lot of pending bug fixes and enhancements to be done. IIS 7 proved to be another problem in this migration project which I have to handle alone.

On the home side, it is still having to do with my "new" apartment where there are still some painting, washing, shopping, unpacking and stuffs to be done. So far 3 house warmings has been held where they are for my relatives, my gf's relatives and my current cum ex-colleagues. There are still around 3-4 more to be held where I can't seem to find a suitable date for it.

Okay, on another note, last Saturday, 22/11/2008 was my gf and my 7th anniversary. Time passed by really fast and I can't believe that it's already 7 years. A lot has changed in these 7 years and this includes my love for her which is that it has grown stronger and stronger. Okay la, enough about that also.

To celebrate our 7th anniversary, I have actually planned to bring her to Fatty Crab Restaurant at Taman Megah but when we reached there, there's a lot of people eating and also a lot of people waiting, therefore we went to King Crab Restaurant which is located just opposite the Kelana LRT station. The place has an "open" kitchen where patrons and passerby can look into it and see how the chef prepare the dishes ans it consists of 2 blocks of shoplot with the 1st floor also for eating. When we arrived, the 1st floor has already been reserved for a wedding dinner.

There really is a lot of seafood there and especially crabs. Alaskan Spider Crab, Canadian Snow Crab, King Crab, Hairy Crab, Abalone bigger way way bigger than the one we ate at Unique Fisherman, Lobsters, Oysters, Geoducks. I think I will come back to try these in the future.

I do not know what to say about the food aside from tasty and delicious, so, I will just let the photos do the talking.

This is the wet tissue that we got.

As usual, I will order shark's fin for my gf.

Some tofu vege with salted egg yolk. (if i got it right)

The Egg Steamed Crab which is similar to the one I cooked for my gf for our 6th anniversary except that I used Cognac VSOP while they used some rice wine (i think).
Lala in superior soup.

Well, that's it for now as I am still busy with work. Hehehe. See you in my next post.

Why So long no post r?

2008-09-18T10:10:00.005+08:00

I think that my last post was on the 13th August 2008 which means that it was more than a month ago. A lot of things has happened and these things has kept me busy for so long. So busy that I do not even have the time to blog. Hehehe.

First and foremost, I got the keys to my apartment on the 15th of August. From then on, my life revolves so much around the apartment. Every week (actually, more like everyday) it is like buying/looking for furnitures, lightings, decorative items and electrical appliances with my gf. Then getting people to do the wiring and lighting. Luckily, the person who did the wiring is someone which my mother hired for a long time already so, we can get cheaper price.

Oh, aside from that, I also have to invite a feng shui master to come to my new apartment to have a look (gf's order, hehe) and to choose the suitable date for me to carry on with the "moving in" rituals. 23rd of September was chosen although I cannot move in yet. I will just be doing the rituals only (most probably with my gf and mother) while I will move in when everything is completed. This will also mean that on and before 23rd, I will have more things to be busy with.

Soon after that it is getting people to do the renovation cum installing the 2 unit of air cond which I have bought (One is actually a gift from my grandma). Quite a lot of reno is to be done but since the contractor is a friend of my father, I got a bargain on the renovation also. After the main renovation involving the wall is done, it's the painting while they continue to renovate other parts of the house which does not affect me painting the house.

I have already started painting on Monday after work. Got sick on Tuesday and got an MC for Wednesday but the painting still goes on as most of the electrical appliances and furnitures will arrive on the 27th September. I do not wanna get paint all over all these items. My gf painted with me on Tuesday as she is on leave and she will resume painting this Saturday and Sunday and most probably tomorrow after work also. It's better to paint with her as I will not be so lonely painting alone. We've already painted done with the Master Bedroom and I have already started on the Living Room. I think that I should take photos of the apartment and its surrounding after I finished painting.

I think that, after all the painting is done, it's the cleaning up around the apartment. Toilet need to be cleaned (I cannot stand dirty toilets), floor need washing, tiles need cleaning, kitchen cabinets need wiping etc. The list just goes on and on. I can only say that only about 70% of furnitures and electrical appliances has been bought (this does not count in the decorative items) and my reserves are already running low. Hehehe. I guess I will just have to buy these other things bit by bit.

Even after all these, there are still the packing up, actual moving in, furniture arrangement, house warming etc. (with my gf of course, hehe) to be busy about. I will take more photo of the unit once everything is completed. I can't wait for everything to be completed n I can breath a bit easy. Hehehe.

So far here's a list of items which will be a gift (promised or confirmed) for my gf and I:

1) 1 unit of 1.5hp Air-conditioner for living room, electric kettle and rice cooker (Grandma)
2) Sofa, Washing Machine, Vacuum Cleaner and Microwave oven, Stove. (Mother)
3) Fridge (Father)
4) Part of the Dining Table (Brother)
5) Tower Fan (my ku jie)

These are the things I have bought with my gf pula:
1) Bedroom set
2) 2 unit of water heater
3) lightings and fan around the house
4) Part of the Dining Table
5) A book shelf (will probably need more for my book and comic collection)
6) A 1hp Air-Conditioner for the master bedroom
7) Bathroom utensils
8) Decorative items
9) TV cabinet
10) LCD TV
11) paints etc. Hehehe

Things I still need:
1) ~~wall shelves from IKEA for putting decorations and my Coke collection~~
2) A lot of display cabinets for my Coke Collection
3) ~~A Small wardrobe for the second room~~
4) A long desk to put 2 PC
5) More bookshelves (Bought 2)
6) Shoe rack
7) etc.

Alaska Spider Crab @ Unique Fisherman Cheras

2008-08-13T10:01:00.007+08:00

Last Sunday, my gf, Cherene and Me, went to a restaurant called the Unique Fisherman with Belle and Sam. It was already planned after our Bah Kut Teh escapade with YY. Since YY say that she can't eat crabs, she did not join us for this crabbing session. Hehehe.

We went straight into the restaurant when Belle and Sam arrived. At first, we sat at the table and looked at the menu but later on, we decided to go out to look at the various seafood and order at the same time. The photo below are the fishes, lobsters, crabs and the Spider Crab which we ordered.

Oysters, Abalone, Geoducks, Scotland Clams and fishes. Oh btw, the crab at the right side of the photo is the one we ordered.

Lobsters shot at random.

Mud Crabs which we usually eat. There are other crabs around such as Snow Crabs and Flower Crabs but I forgot to take them.

A lot, a lot of Tiger Prawns.

Erm, the first dish to arrive was actually the shark fins which Belle and my gf ordered. Then it is this I forgot what's the cooking style abalone. We ordered 2 of this cooking style. One for each pair.

Here is yet another one of the I forgot what cooking style abalone. Same as the one before this. One for each pair. Now only I knew that abalone has shell. Hahaha. My gf say she prefer the one before this as u can taste more of the abalone compared to the this other style.

The next dish to arrive is this Japanese Snails. I think it is the dunno what with onion style. Hahaha. Very nice, very fresh. We enjoyed it a lot.

The next one to arrive is this. Fried Kai Lan with Anchovies. Belle said the seaweed looked like "Bulu". Hahaha. This dish is normal lo, nothing to shout about.

Here's half of the main reason we came to this restaurant to eat. The Alaska Spider Crab. I remembered what style it is. It is the Salted Egg style. Hahaha.

Here's the second part of it. If I remember correctly, this one should be the one cooked with "Seong Thong" style. If I remember correctly la. Hahaha. It seems that the majority of us liked the one below more than the salted egg one. This is because you can eat the real taste of the crab. Another comments from Belle and my gf is that the sauce tasted a bit like sharks fin soup. Hahaha.

Here's another photo of Sam and Belle. The 3 (or is it only Belle and my gf), said that they are damn full after the meal while for me, I said that I can still sapu McDonald's after this. After that we took some photos and chat a bit before asking for the bills.

Lastly, the bill. The whole meal costs us RM 651.20 minus the mango pudding which my gf and Belle ordered after that. For those of you who wanna get the address and phone number of the restaurant, it's in the bill. The food was nice and we enjoyed ourselves. Since Sam and Belle have not passed me their wedding invitation card, we found another reason for a makan session before their wedding. Hehehe.

Kuwakchai

2008-08-08T09:55:00.001+08:00

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Massive Jam 14/07/2008

2008-07-14T14:03:00.002+08:00

So, I am so darned tired now. Is any of you stuck in the massive jam? I just wanna rant a bit here and then I'm back to work again. Haiz.

As I have to go to client's side at Shah Alam, I need to reach early (at around 8.30 am) to the office to fetch my colleagues at our office near Mid Valley and then only we proceed to Shah Alam. I woke up especially early today at 7am and was out of the house at 7.30 am. I was damn sure that I will not be late but there's nothing like that.

What the Heck, I usually take the East-West Link and then turn into Federal Highway to office and on a normal non-jam day, it will only take about 15-20 minutes to reach my office, on normal days about 30-35 minutes. The worse I got was only about 1 and a half hours.

Today proved to be a record breaking day, when I reached the Connaught HIghway, I was like "WTH, come out so early but the jam start so damn early?". Luckily, before I reached the office, my manager called me to tell me to go straight to Shah Alam as they will travel in another car. Anyway, by the time I pass by my office, it is already 10.10am. 7.30 to 10.10, that's a flipping 2 hours 40 minutes for a 30-35 minutes on a normal jam day route. Sienz..... By the time i reach Shah Alam, it is already 10.50. Anyway, back to work sin.

Piece of my mind 1

2008-07-11T10:20:00.004+08:00

Why 1? Coz I might have "Piece of my mind 2" Hehehe.

Have you ever notice that....

For the Chinese educated they will always pronounce McDonald's short form as MC while for the rest of us who are English/Malay educated, we will pronounce it as McD? However I see it also is should be McD as Mc is for Mac where you pronounce it as Mac-Donald's and not M-C-Donald's. Hehehe. This is just a piece of my mind. Please don't bombard me.....

Okay, kaotim. Back to work. Busy Busy......

My long term commitment

2008-06-10T10:33:00.004+08:00

I have been wanting to post this up for quite some time but there is actually one more uncertainty before I can safely say that it is finalized. I think I have been mentioning that I will soon embark on a long term commitment ever since February or March but I cannot reveal anything at that time because it is still pretty much at the "thinking" stage.

Now, after about 3-4 months, I got this to show as a result of that "thought":

Yup, that's pretty much sum up everything. I've started looking at apartments since after Chinese New Year with my gf and also my parents and sister. At around March- early April, we (my gf and me) have finally found the one which we like.

Due to problems on the seller side (yes, it is a second hand apartment), the signing of the S&P on the seller's part took about one month. There was also delay on signing the letter to authorize the agent to sell the apartment on the seller side and there was also delay on the signing on the S&P (Again, on the seller side). Finally, the S&P was stamped at the mid of last month.

I was just so unhappy about these delay. I was so anxious all through this period as I would like to settle everything as soon as possible. I am the kind of person who like to get things done fast. I've done all my homework, getting to know all about bank loans, researching all the housing loan packages in the market, contacting the banks, photostating all necessary documents and especially my payslip month after month, getting the service of S&P lawyer etc.. But all these are quite useless if the seller did not sign all these documents. Although they delayed me on both process (paying down payment and signing S&P), all was forgotten once everything was signed. I am just so relieved, glad and happy that it has all been signed.

As you can all see, the apartment is put under my gf and my name meaning that we would share the payments on the bank loan. The reason we do not want to buy a landed property now is because we do not think that we need such a big space for the time being. Especially when we will only be staying together after marriage and would not be needing the extra space for our children even after marriage as they will still be quite young. The plan to move house will only be considered after about 5-6 years from now. That is why we decided to get an apartment instead of a landed property.

The one remaining uncertainty which I have mentioned earlier which made me delay posting this up was on the bank loan. After much research, we have finally decided to get HSBC bank's flexi housing loan due to what we think as the best housing loan terms around.

The application has been signed on the 21st of last month, approval on the 29th and the loan application documents are signed on the 30th. Since it is a Zero Moving Cost package, my gf and me do not need to pay a single cent for all these.

Although the bank loan has already been approved, they are yet to disburse the money to the seller as the process will take around 2-3 months. I am just scared that something might go wrong in the process. I am praying hard that nothing will go wrong and I can get the key to the apartment by August. Then, I can truly feel relieved I can happily carry on with the renovations on the apartment.

I am also waiting for my S&P lawyer to call me to pay for the money for the Stamp Duty. Did you know that since last year, for all Stamp Duty, you can get a 50% discount for one property in your lifetime? The next time you buy a property, do ask your lawyer to prepare the document for you to take to the Commissioner of Oath to sign.

As for furnitures and electrical appliances, a few things has been confirmed. My mother is buying the couch set and the washing machine, my father is buying me the fridge while my brother is buying me the dining table set. All I can think of that I need to buy for now are the bedroom set, the TV, some display cabinets, some book shelves, some tables, a computer table, the TV rack, some utensils and some small electrical appliance. The apartment already has kitchen cabinets installed.

All these week, everytime I go out with my gf, we will be looking at stuffs for the apartment and especially bedroom set and LCD TV. Finally, last weekend, we have bought this:

A 32 inches Sharp AQUOS LCD tv. The original price was RM 2799 but we got a great bargain. Right now, it is only sitting behind my bed as it is too big for my room. Hahahaha. Although I do feel sad about moving out and not staying with my parents, my parents and me knows that I will eventually have to move out and as my sister is already 14, she will need a room of her own too. That's why I chose to buy the apartment which is located near my house. I just can't wait to get the keys to my apartment. I'm really really praying hard that nothing goes wrong and I can get the keys to the apartment by August and move in by September. Please wish me luck.

Price Increase? RM2.70?

2008-06-05T15:57:00.003+08:00

I'm sure that by now, a lot of blogs have already been talking about our latest crazy petrol hike from RM1.92 per liter to RM 2.70 per liter. Now, for every liter of petrol I pump, 1/2 t0 3/4 of teh ais is taken away from me...

I did remember reading articles at the start of the year when we were assured that there will not be an increase in petrol price at least until September. Then, out of the blues was all these news about an imminent increase and finally yesterday, it was declared.

Last Tuesday, I have already known that yesterday will be the last day for the RM1.92 per liter for petrol. It was on all the online newspaper. Our PM said that the announcement will be made yesterday and the changes will take immediate effect while Mr. Sharir said that there will be increase yesterday while the new subsidy plan will be announced in August. I have already pump up full tank on Tuesday night and avoided the mad rush yesterday.

What has caused all these last minute rush was due to the fact that on Tuesday, Sharir saying that the new plan will be in August and then later on our PM saying that there will be increase yesterday and finally, Sharir rephrasing what he has said earlier by saying that the increase will be yesterday and the new subsidy plan will be in August. So, I decided to pump full tank on Tuesday anyway, irregardless of whether there is any increase. Well, my point is not here, my point here is just the same as everyone else, I wanna rant a bit.

The money saved will be used to improve the public transport
Did they not say it everytime they increased the petrol price? What improvement have we seen since they started increasing the price a few years back? We are not expecting instant results but it has been so many years yet there are nothing to show.

The money saved will be used to help out the poor
Don't the poor need to drive also? Even if they do not drive, wouldn't the increase also cause the increase on other items and also the public transport? It is just like taking a large chunk from us and then just giving us back a little bit out of it? So, the money you gave back just doesn't mean much.

We have to change our lifestyle
Well, how do you expect us to change our lifestyle when we are already living on a tight budget? And why did you not lead by example? Why did you all not change your lifestyle too? Private jet? Oversea study trip? The increase is not only on the petrol but it will affect other necessities. Everything increase but there is no increase on our income.

Our price is still one of the lowest in the region
First and foremost why is it that you convert it back to RM? People here earning RM 2000 will need to spend RM 2.70 for 1 liter while people in Singapore earning SG$2000 will only need to spend SG$2.20 per liter. They will be able to spend SG$0.50 more on other stuffs. It is just a stupid comparison. Another thing to mention is why are we comparing with countries which are net importers of petrol? It doesn't reflect anything.

Haiz, i just feel more and more disappointed while typing these all. There will be more bad news in August. Fell free to add in more. I'll just stop here before what I typed make me wanna sulk.....

Russell Lee @ KLCC Book Fair 2008

2008-05-26T23:28:00.004+08:00

Last Sunday, my gf and me went to KLCC for the Book Fair which is being held there. Since my mother has already told me that she will be there also, I met my parents with my sister and cousin a while after I arrived. As there are a lot of people, we did not walk together but walk around separately instead.

There are a lot of people there. So many people there that it is so hard to walk around. We bought some book and my gf bought me the "True Singapore Ghost Stories Volume 6" which I left out from my collection. A while after that, I met thiamhin and his gf. It has been 1 year plus since I last met them.

If I remember correctly, the last time I met them was while we attended a uni mate's wedding. Both of them looked so different from the last time I met them. His gf which is also my coursemate, sported a new hairstyle (at least new to me la) and thiamhin looked bulkier (hehe...). Through thiamhin, I got to know that Mr. Russell Lee will be there to sign some books and I decided to get the copy which my gf bought me to be signed. It's very rarely for me to meet one of my favorite author. What more, I have been reading the "True Singapore Ghost Stories" since I was 14.

Back then, I does not have too much money and have to resort to borrowing from friends which has them. So, now when I can afford them, I will collect all of them. At around the alllcated time, my gf and I headed to meet Mr. Russell Lee in person with his trademark hat, mask and gloves. So many years and yet his identity is still a mystery. I am really happy and excited to meet him in person.

He is a bit different from what I imagined. He is such a friendly and nice person. He really took the effort to connect with all his fans. Chatting with them and getting to know them.

The photo above was taken while I was waiting for my turn for my book to be signed by him. When it was my turn, he asked me how I am and so my reply was that I am fine and I asked him back how is he. His answer was "Very HOt". Hahaha.

Then he saw my gf snapping pictures of me with him and asked me whether she is my gf. I answered yes and he proceeded to ask me whether I am planning to marry her or not. To that, my answer was "Hopefully". Heheh. He asked for my girlfriend's name and then proceeded to write his message on my book. The photo below is what he wrote for me. Did you notice how he underline the "good".
After signing the book, he signed another poster which everyone gets and then he even took the effort to stand up and give my gf the opportunity for my gf to take a picture of him beside me. After that, he shook my hand and I left. Too bad I did not get the "Russell Lee Handshake". It was really an experience for me and I am damn happy with this encounter.

My Wesak Day Long Weekend

2008-05-20T12:13:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone, How are you all feeling? I am sure that most Malaysian would have enjoyed a pretty long weekend due to the Wesak Day Public Holiday. How do you spend your long weekend? I hope that all of you had an enjoyable weekend and also a well deserved rest.

As for me, things did not turn out quite the way I expected it to be. Let me just recount the events briefly here. I woke up on Saturday quite early and the weather was damn hot. I do not know whether it is the heat or not but I had a severe/throbbing headache and neck pain from afternoon (well the neck pain was from when I woke up) till night when I sleep. Had trouble falling asleep. Just could not do much aside from reading some books.

On Sunday morning I felt better so, the plan to visit Belle, Sam and Hero with my gf proceeded as planned. We went to eat/drink Spicy Soup which Sam treated us (Thanks Sam. Next time is my turn). The food was delicious. Damn a lot of people there when we are leaving. It must be a local food joint for people there. After that, we proceeded to Belle's house where I played with Hero. Oh My, he has grown so much bigger and fatter. So, active and 'talkative'. Hahaha. I enjoyed myself that day, despite slightly not feeling well.

We left Belle's house at around 3 something and my gf and I went to Leisure Mall to do some shopping. Then I received an SMS from my mother telling me that my parents and my sister will have dinner outside and that I will have to settle my dinner myself. After discussing with my gf, we decided to cook "Pan Mee" ourselves. With that in mind, we proceeded to Giant's in Leisure Mall to buy the ingredients. After that, we proceeded to go back to my house.

When we reached home, we just watch some TVB Series and at around 8pm, we proceeded to our "Pan Mee" cooking session. A cooking session can really bring a pair of lovers closer to each other. Hahaha. After cooking, eating and cleaning up, we proceeded to the TVB Series again. A while after that, I sent my gf home. Before I sent her home, I already felt that my "mild uneasiness" has become worse as I felt a sore throat coming, flu and also feeling feverish. Again, I had a hard time falling sick.

On Wesak day itself, I woke up early and sure enough, I had a sore throat, feeling feverish and also a blocked nose. Missed the chance to go to the temple and to meet my grandmother there as my parents did not notify me about this and they did not call me to go. They went with my sister. Spent the whole morning reading books on the bed not feeling well. Then in the afternoon, I just watched TVB series on the bed as I felt weak all over. I slept quite early at around 11 something. I have to be sick on a long weekend and all my plan to relax and to do some extra "work" is jeapordized.

Here, I am today still feeling tired, weak, sore throaty and feverish at work. There are one or two good news which I received this morning. Will be telling you all once it is confirmed. Aside from that, I still have 3 posts which I did not have the time to post up. I just hope I will have enough time to post it up within this week.

Happy Birthday Belle

2008-05-05T21:27:00.012+08:00

Eh, what's this? Someone's birthday? When is it r? It could be today, it could be tomorrow, yesterday, next week or even last week. Hahaha... But then, this post is certainly for Belle. Since I can't pass your present to you yet, you can have a look here first. So this is it, your birthday card:

Erm, at least, your birthday card is inside. Hehehe. Sorry bout the bad handwriting, I kinda used the wrong marker pen.

This is how your present looked when it is wrapped. Can you guess what it is?

There you go, this is how it looked before I wrap it.

Another shot at the cover using my new camera which I bought yesterday.

Here's the back of the case.

This is what's inside the box. The CD and DVD together with a picture book of his Taipei and Hong Kong concert. Hope that it can at least bring back the memories of you attending his concert with Sam. Hehe.

All the contents of the whole box set.

Happy Birthday Belle!!! from Cherene and me. May All your Dreams come true and Good Luck in your Exam. We hope that you will like it. Hehehe.

Cute PC Accessories

2008-05-02T15:38:00.004+08:00

Is your facebook Identity safe? Take a read here.

I received an email regarding some cute computer accessories. So, as I like everything cute, I opened the email. When I saw those accessories, Wahliao!!! So damn cute, I wanna have all of them. Anyone of you seen these being sold in Malaysia? Can tell me where you saw them?

Alien Spying on your speaker!!!

Erm, What is this supposed to be? But LOL, 'Don't touch'

Cute Kitty Holding My CD!!!

Just look at the Dog's expression. I want!!!

A Bee or a Fly?

Now it is a pig's turn...

Is he trying to eat the monitor? or a flying accident?

Some Update

2008-04-25T13:45:00.003+08:00

Here is another random crap from me just to fill up on my own personal quota of posts in my blog. I do not seem to have much time or energy to blog as often as I did when I started my blog.

Last Wednesday, I had to prepare for my trip to one of my office's clients in Pasir Gudang, Johore. Then on Thursday and Friday, I was at Pasir Gudang. We (My manager and colleague) only barely manage to come back to Kuala Lumpur at around 10pm (We had to have our dinner in the car with just bread and a can of coffee). I reached my house at around 2am.

Although it was tiring, it was really a new experience for me. It was my first time to Johore, my first time wearing a "bojin" and taking an air shower before entering a section of the Factory. Something funny did happen too. It was when I went into the section, I was accompanied by someone but when I finished my task, I was told to go back myself through the "air shower room". I waited and waited for the air to blow and it finally dawned to me, I only need to take the air shower when I enter that section and not when I get out of it. Hahaha.

The pirated DVDs there are damn cheap compared to the ones you get in KL. For one piece of DVD, it is only sold for RM 4 (Single movie and series alike). That's at least 50% cheaper than in KL. I was damn tired on Saturday but I still did my extra "job". Hahaha.

On Monday, I took half day leave for my next "long term commitment" stuffs. It is still not 100% done yet so, I will not be revealing it yet. Some of you who I have told will know what it is. Once it is confirmed, I will take and post some pictures for you all to see. Hehehe. I'm crossing my finger that it can be settled in 1-2 months time.

Tuesday, I need to finish up my Windows CE 5 program and on Wednesday, I have to go to Bangi to deliver the program. I went to Kelana Jaya on Thursday to meet yet another client. On Thursday night, I attended a farewell dinner for my belated grandfather's cousin who came from China to pray for his mother who is buried in Malaysia.

Now, I am blogging in Shah Alam at yet another client's place. Seems to be travelling a lot with a lot of work to be done nowadays both in and out of the office. Hahaha. Here's the update for now. Hopefully, it won't bore you all.

The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership

2008-04-15T15:49:00.002+08:00

Got this from a friend who asked me to check something for her. This is supposedly translated from Japanese. I would like to share this with all of you and especially dog lovers/owners. Here you are:

† 犬の十戒 † （犬の飼い主のための十戒）
The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership

1. My life just lasts for ten to fifteen years. Any separation from you will be painful for me. Remember that before you choose to buy me.
2. Give me time to understand what you want.
3. Please trust me! That's what I'm happy with...
4. Don't be angry at me for a long time or lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your entertainment and your friends. But I only have you.
5. Talk to me sometimes. Eventhough I don't understand your words, but I can still understand your tone when you talk.
6. Be aware that however you treat me, I'll never forget.
7. Remember before you hit me that I have teeth that could easily crush the bones of your hand but I chose not to bite you.
8. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate or lazy, Ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, or I've been out in the sunfor too long, or my heart is getting old and weak.
9. Take care of me when I am getting old...
10.Please be with me on any difficult journeys. Please never say, "I can't bear to watch it" or "Let it happen in my absence." Everything is easier for me if you are here. Remember...I Love you always.

Author Unknown
作者不明

So, is this a food for thoughts for any of you?

My 2008 Birthday

2008-04-01T11:42:00.003+08:00

Has been quite busy with work in the office and out of the office. Furthermore, I am about to embark on a new commitment in my life. Still in the process of acquiring it though. I will tell you all once everything is settled.

Last Friday was my birthday and then the Sunday before that, my gf has already bought me my birthday present which we went and choose together (our normal practice). This is my present which my gf paid most of it. It is a bit expensive so, I do not want her to spend too much.

Presenting to you, the latest member to my family. Too busy to watermark it ler.

Yes, it's a sugar glider. Hehehe. cute hor? I call it "Lam Lam". It was because while we were thinking of a name for her, Lam Fung's song was on air. Hahaha.

It is 4 months old.

One of those pet which is clever and bond easily to humans.

It eats fruits, fruit jam and anything sweet.

I just love it so much. I was on leave on my birthday and in the afternoon, I celebrated with my gf here:

These are the drinks and entrees:

This is what my gf ate. I forgot what it is but it is chicken la. Hahaha.

This is what I had. It's grilled ribeye steak set. Quite delicious. Normally, I would have it medium rare but because of my gout, I only have it at "Well Done".

It is quite delicious one oh. One comment is that they serve everything in a damn LARGE portion. My gf can't even finish hers. Hahaha. I have to thank my gf for the sugar glider and the meal.

Other things I got for my birthday are angpau from my parents and my gf's mother, a lamp from my brother and a soft toy from my sister. On the night of my birthday, my gf, my family and me went to "Hau Kee Restaurant" to have dinner which was paid by my mother. It's a birthday to remember. I would also like to thank everyone who has wished me a "Happy Birthday".

Ah Long Pte Ltd and Sek Hou Restaurant

2008-03-18T10:04:00.005+08:00

Last Sunday, my gf and I went to Berjaya Times Square specially to watch "Ah Long Pte Ltd". It's a damn funny movie with some food for thoughts. My gf and I enjoyed it a lot. Laughing from beginning till almost the end.

As the movie starts at 2pm while we reached there at around 12pm, we decided to have lunch first. We decided to try a new restaurant (A restaurant we have not been to before-lah, hahaha). So, we went to this restaurant called "Sek Hou".

This are the drinks we ordered. Mine is the one on the left called Mango Yogurt or something (I forgot) while my gf's drink is called Aloe Vera Mint Jasmine Tea or something. Hahaha.

This is another photo of the drinks. The one above was taken by me while the one below is taken by my gf. Actually, everytime I go to a restaurant, I will order different drinks as I like how they make, decorate the drinks and the type of container they will serve the drinks. Every restaurant I go, I will always fall for the "drinks trap" first.

This is the the food I ordered. It is called "Seafood Fried Rice in Bamboo" or something like that also la. Hahaha. Taste is okay-lah. A bit too oily though.

This is the food my gf ordered. It is called "Sichuan Hot and Sour La-Mian". Her comment is that although it taste good, it is not what you will call as original Sichuan Hot and Sour La-Mian. She prefers the one in Dragon-I.

Lol, this is part of the reason why we came to this restaurant. It's coz I wanted to treat my gf to eat this "Australia 5 Head Abalone Braised with Sea Cucumber". My gf had it and say that it taste delicious. Hehehe. I'm happy she liked it. Erm, the whole dish costs about RM 38.90 (minus service charge and tax).

This is the bill for the food and drinks. Everything costs about RM 83.84.

After lunch, we walked around as it is not yet time for the movie to start. Then, there is a small PC promotion/fair. I bought this Kingston 2GB Pen Drive at RM29 only. The 1GB one costs RM19 while the 4GB one costs RM49. They also have the same price for "Pen Drive" brand but it is already sold out aside from the 4GB one but I do not want a 4GB one. So, I have to settle with a 2GB Kingston one. No, No, No, it's not that I dun like Kingston it is just that the "Pen Drive" one is less bulky. After that, we went to watch the movie. That night at my house, we had a big sushi making and eating session with my mother, sister, brother and his gf. Lol.

This have nothing to do with Sunday. It's just a picture I wanna share out. It's taken while I was waiting for my gf to come out of the toilet in Jusco Mid Valley. Cute hor? That's all for my post.

12th General Election for Malaysia

2008-03-10T10:06:00.003+08:00

The 12th General Election is over and the results are out.

- BN won but lost its 2/3 mojority in the Dewan Rakyat with only 140 places (63%) compared to the Opposition's 84 places (27%). Compared to previous results where they have won over 90% and the Opposition only having 20++ rep, this 63% is a very dismal result for them.

- What's worse is that, they lost 10 out of the 11 parliamentary seat for Kuala Lumpur with people like Teresa Kok having a 36K majority and Tan Kok Wai having a 28K majority.

- From losing one state in previous elections, BN has now lost 5 states, namely, P. Pinang, Perak, Selangor, Kedah and Kelantan. Another dismal result for them.

- Semi Value is out and even Koh Tsu Koon lost and declaring that he will resign as Gerakan Chief.

- There are space allocated for the MCA, MIC and Gerakan for them to be Ministers and Deputy Ministers but there are not enough representatives from them to fill them up.

- MIC President, Deputy and even the MIC Youth Chief lost. What a show of disapproval from the Indian community towards MIC which I think is triggered by the Hindraf case where Semi Value did not even do anything for the Indians.

- For a better recap, go to malaysiakini's recap.

I was in front of my PC refreshing Malaysiakini's website every few minutes for the results to unfold. Damn, I slept at 3 something am that day and now I am sleepy. The results of the 12th General Election just shocked many people both in the country and internationally but somehow, I have already sensed such a result even a few days before the election. It just shows how our previous government fared in the eye of us common citizens and that what we as citizens can do to change how things are done in the country. I've done my part by voting for what i think could be for a better future. Now, I just hope that everything will be better for us irregardless of race and religion.

Usavich

2008-03-06T11:58:00.002+08:00

Have you all heard of Usavich? If you have not, here's a preview of what it is:

This whole video is for the first season of Usavich. If you like it, you can get the rest of season 2 in the official website or from youtube.

A few random thoughts

2008-03-06T10:24:00.003+08:00

Okay, I know that I have not been updating for quite some time now, so, here are some random thoughts I have:

First

You are driving between 80-100 km/h in the middle lane of a 3 lane highway or in the slow lane of a 2 lane road/highway and then suddenly, the car behind you flashed you to go faster. Have you encountered this before? What does the idiot want you to do? Isn't 80-100km/h an okay speed in a slow lane? Does that idiot want you to ram on the divider so that he can pass through or drive to the fast lane where you will get flashed even more? If he/she wanna drive faster, why can't he use the fast lane? I really can't understand this kinda behavior.

Second

This is still about cars/road/highway. Hahaha. Okay, everyday while driving to and from work, I will have to pass through the Connaught Highway toll which cost rm 0.50 per trip. Most of the time, I will pay using RM 1 notes. I can say that for about 60-70% of the time, I get back my balance of RM0.50 all in 10 cents. That's quite annoying as sometimes when I do not have RM1 note, I will have to get it from my ashtray box (Is it called ashtray box?). Firstly, those 10 cents coin are damn hard to take out. Secondly, it is so hard to differentiate between the 10 cents coins and a 1 cent coin (Especially when you are driving at night). Lastly, it is such a nuisance to count five 10 cents coin while driving. I am so thankful when they return me the balance in one 50 cents coin or 2 20 cents coin with 1 10 cents coin.

Third

I think that this should be the last one for today. Hahaha. This is not about driving but about the election on the 8th of March 2008. It will be my first time to vote but this thing regarding election is not about me. It is about what I think should be the chinese people dilemma. First and foremost, I have heard people saying we should vote for the opposition due to the fact that we should ensure that no party should get more than 2/3 representative in the parliament and that we must show them that "Enough is enough" (I am just quoting what I read and heard, not my personal opinion). But then, if all of us vote for the opposition in the chinese representative areas, then when BN won in the election, would there still be any Chinese left to be the Ministers or Deputy Ministers? If there are no chinese rep in the BN, I think we will not have any more Chinese headed ministry. This is just a thought. I have not decided to vote for Tan Kok Wai or Jeffrey Goh.

29th February 2008

2008-02-29T11:12:00.002+08:00

Hohoho. Happy 29th February 2008. For some, this is their four year once birthday so "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU". Hehehe. It is the only day where you all can celebrate your your birthday on the exact date. So, you gotta enjoy it.

So, I think that today should be a public holiday. We celebrate anniversaries every year and some of them are declared as public holidays. Then, why can't we declare a four-year-once day as a public holiday? Right?

Lol. Okay-lah. I admit that I am a bit lazy-lah. Hahaha. For us working people, this extra day in a leap year means we actually worked an extra day compared to normal 365-days year. Anyway, we should still enjoy it coz it only happens once every four year. Once again, Happy 29th February 2008. Ciao.

Me as a Dad

2008-02-28T09:08:00.003+08:00

Got tagged by Belle and so I will have to to this tag as I do not wanna be FAT and UGLY. hahahaha. So here goes:

My kid: Gooo GOOO Gaaa Gaaa

Me: Ang Goo Goo

My kid: Hehehe.... Ah Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Me: CHAK!!!!

My kid: Muahahaha!!!

There you go. Muahahahaha. The kid is still a baby ma.

In this tage, this is what you need to do:

FEMALE : yr title of post is Me as a mom then write out the possible conversation of you and your kids

MALE : yr title of post is Me as a Dad then write out the possible conversation of you and your kids

My tag will go to:

Angie (Hahahaha, coz I wanna know your version).

There, done my tag.

Fei Jie Lydia Sum Passed Away

2008-02-19T12:13:00.003+08:00

This is a very very sad and shocking news for me. Just a few minutes ago, my friend told me that Fei Jie (Lydia Sum the Happy Nut) just passed away. I tried searching the net for news on this but there isn't much aside from this sin chew jit poh article here and another one in bloomberg here.

It seems that she died at the age of 60 due to her long sickness. She was hospitalised since last month(I am not sure, correct me if I am wrong), then later she seemed to become better and this morning, she passed away. She could not even celebrate her last Chinese New Year at home. This just showed how fragile we human are. We need to treasure everyone close to us and to treat them better, show them we care and let them know that we love them before it is too late.

I always hate this kinda news as it always keep me thinking of my loved ones and I cannot bear the thought of losing them. Now I feel kinda sad and kinda emo. I feel like crying thinking of all these. I cannot bear it when my grandfather passed away 10 years plus ago, I cannot bear it when my uncle passed away almost 2 years ago. I cannot bear the thought that I feel that I have not done enough for them when they are still around.

To think that I grew up watching her movies. I just can't believe that she has just passed away. Such a good person (I remembered that she did a lot for charity) yet she has to suffer so much. The only relieve about this news now is that she is now beside GOD in a place where she does not need to suffer anymore. My deepest condolance to her family and especially her daughter. May she rest in peace.

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day 2008

2008-02-04T09:05:00.000+08:00

Hi Hi, I have a hint that this will my last post before I go for my Chinese New year "long" holiday from the 6th to 17th February 2008". This is why I will lump everything together in this post.

First and foremost, I would like to express me deepest gratitude to huei for this:

Thanks for backing me up and being such a great pal. Yeah, my blog is not a porn blog. Hehehe. Secondly, last, last Friday when I went to the pasar malam. I saw this:

And I bought 2. It looks so cute.

Argh, it is so nice and cute. Can any of you teach me how to do it? Thirdly, I wanna show you all my Valentine's day present for my gf which I bring her to buy yesterday. She is so surprised that I brought her to choose this:

Yes, I bought an ODM watch for my gf as Valentine's day gift. This Valentine's will be our 7th Valentine's Day togehther.

After you unpack it, this is what you see. Isn't the box cool?

You open i t and there's the watch waiting for you. I've been wanting to buy an ODM for my gf for so long and I have finally found the occasion to buy it for her.

This is after I take it out of the box. Hehehe. For my gf and I we always think of what we wanna buy for each other and then we let each other to choose to one we like.

This is the watch after we completely remove it from everything else. Nice? Aside from buying present, most of the time, I will buy/make/give some extra surprises on the day that the occasion happens. Flowers, extra gifts, chocolates, nice dinner, etc. etc.

There, the display showing the time I took the picture yesterday night. It is now safely in the hands of my gf and she is damn happy to receive it. Hehehe. Oh yeah, sometimes, we will just go shopping together to buy presents for each other IF we (or one of us) do not have any idea what we want to buy for each other. We just want to buy the most suitable present for each other.

Ok, that's about all for my updates before Chinese New Year. Iwill wanna take this opportunity to wish all of you;

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR & GONG XI FA CAI

Anyone of you wanna help me collect angpau packets (without money inside) as my gf and my sister collect it for the designs. Please help me and collect it. Your help is much appreciated.

Last but not the least, have a fun and enjoyable Chinese New Year, be careful on the way back to hometown n back to KL and good luck to all of you. ALL the best. See ya after the 17th of February when I come back to work.

Cecilia Cheung in Edison Sex Scandal?

2008-01-30T22:39:00.000+08:00

Well, I heard this news over the radio today and so, I did some search from Google. Found a pic and it have not been edited. So, I edited (cencored) the pic myself and posted it here:

I edited it coz I am not distributing porns, I just want to clarify whether this is true or not. The question here for now is: Is it really her or someone is out to tarnish her and why? Do you believe this news/scandal? For me, I have not decided to believe it yet. Tell me what you think.

Note: Due to recent clampdown by the police and I do not want to distribute the photos, I have taken it down. If you want the photos, get it somewhere else.

Gone already.....

2008-01-25T15:51:00.000+08:00

Do you guys remember this hamster of mine here:

Well, yesterday at around 12 something AM, it has passed away. It is so sudden as at 10 something PM on 23rd January, it is still alive and kicking and very active. I am still in shock and heartbroken. After 1 year plus, it is gone.

Now, I only have one old hamster left. I do not think that I am ready for another hamster.....

Gundam Exia

2008-01-22T12:04:00.000+08:00

Yesterday during lunch time, I went to lunch with my colleagues at one of the restaurants we normally frequented. We looked at the menu multiple times but this is the first time that I noticed something wrong with it. Here, take a look at the menu:

Can you see anything wrong with it? Muahahaha. I can understand that "Ladah Hitam" is "Lada Hitam (Black Pepper)" and "Marnite" is "Marmite" as it is just typo. What the heck is "Nasi Putih Ayam Tahi"? Translated, it will be "Shit Chicken White Rice" (Shit Chicken and not Chicken Shit because Chicken Shit will be "Tahi Ayam"). So, what is this kind of food r? Anyone of you eaten it before? Muahaha....

Okay, on to the next thing that I wanna tell you all. Last Sunday, my gf and I bought this for myself. Muahaha, take a look at it:

Wuah, nice or not? I like it very very much.

Here's a close up of it.

One of the pose it can do. It has damn a lot of articulation points.

Here's the back portion of it.

Muahaha, I damn like this pose. Take a look at the left leg, it can bend so much.

So, here you have it. My fourth "High Grade" Gundam model; Gundam Exia from the latest Gundam 00 series (The other three I have are Strike Freedom, Infinite Justice and Destiny which I damn like and which I bought last year). Yeahlah, I know it cannot compare to the Master Grade one la. Muahaha. I still have other SD gundam and normal Gundam from the Seed and Destiny series. I wanna thank my gf for sponsoring half. Muahaha.

My first 2008 post

2008-01-17T10:15:00.000+08:00

Hahahaha, I can't believe that today is already the 17th day of the new year and my last post is on the last day of 2007. so, I have not been updating for 16 days. Here you are, I am updating again to tell you all that I am still alive. Hahaha.

The thing is, I have been really busy. End of this month, I have to deliver one project and from a 3 man team, it is now a one man show. I have to handle the first client's project I handle since last year and in addition to that I have 3 extra client's project to handle. So, I doesn't really have much energy to update as often as I used to. Hahaha, I will try to update as often as I possibly can.

This post is nothing much, just wanted you all to be careful of something. Especially for those who have maid in the house and even more so if your neighbourhood have a lot of maids.

So, have you looked at your maid recently? Have you looked at other maids? Have you ever been puzzled why is your maid suddenly wearing clothes you have not seen her wear before and you are damn sure you did not buy those clothes for her? Did the clothes the maid working across your house looked kinda familiar? Did your clothes go MIA for no reason and it is nowhere to be found?

You see, what really happened is that somehow, the maids in your neighbourhood has been acting up and kinda formed an alliance. At first this happened to my second maid. How they operate is that they will steal their master's clothes and they will not wear it themselves. Instead, they will exchange it with other maids in the area who stole it from their master (Hmmm, too much Fate Stay Night).

The second maid was found out by my mother when she found and checked on a big black rubbish back which my second maid has been hiding in the store room. She found some of her missing clothes there and the answer to why clothes has been missing and why my second maid is having more and more clothes have been revealed. My second maid saw that but my mum did not say anything or scold her. My mum just planned to send her back to the agency. That night, the maid ran away and she left a letter admitting her fault.

Now, my parents think that our third maid which has been quite good in the beginning is already starting to act up. Her clothes bag has been getting bigger and bigger while she wears more and more "new" clothes. So, no matter how good your maid used to be, if she came into contact with other maids, they will start to act up. She is now lazier, starting to sneak out to chat and telling more and more lies. Just be careful of your maid and the maids around you. Hahaha. That's all for my 2008 debut post.

Hamster & Mushroom

2007-12-31T12:03:00.000+08:00

I know that I have not been updating my blog for a very long time. I'm sorry for that. Hehehe. I'm certain that I should not miss posting something on the last day of the year. It might not even be the last post of the year or it might be, depending on whether I have the time to post more or not. Haha.

Again, this post is regarding my hamster here:

You see, last month when I woke up, I saw this:

Can you believe it? A mushroom has grown in the hamster cage. Have you seen anything like it?

I was puzzled and surprised at the sight of it but I thought nothing of it. Maybe the hamster can eat it. Hehehe.
A few days later, it was gone. So, I thought nothing of it. But then, about 1 week after that, this is what I saw:

Hahaha, a second mushroom has grown in the cage.

That was the last of it, I changed the bedding for my hamster a few days after that. Hehehe.

So, does this post amuses you? Hehehe. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for staying with me. Sorry for the lack of posts lately and thanks to all my newfound blogger friends. Thanks for the friendship. I would also like to thank my gf for helping me in taking pics for my blog and also for supporting me all the while. Lastly, I would like to wish you all a very happy new year and may all great things come your way.

Share-a-gift

2007-12-12T18:42:00.000+08:00

Well, this post was supposed to be up a few weeks ago but I am still busy with my project and maintaining existing clients, so, I can only post this up today. I have to hand over the "Basic" completion of my project this Friday.

As you all know, last month was the 6th anniversary for my gf and me. On that day, we went to have our anniversary dinner at Dragon-I in Mid Valley. Well, there is nothing much to talk about Dragon-I as you all know what it is famous for and Presents has been bought and given even before the real anniversary day.

What I wanna talk about here is what we did this year to mark our anniversary. After the dinner, we went to MPH and we stumbled upon a Christmas tree with a lot of cards. Upon closer look, we found out that it was for a charity event called "Share-A-Gift" organised by MPH. The details of the events are in the photo below:

We thought to ourselves that we wanted to mark our 6th anniversary by doing a little bit of charity. What we need to do is basically to choose a card from the Christmas tree, choose and buy a book for the child and MPH will do the rest. FYI, all the cards have details of a kid from various orphanages. What is more satisfying here is that we are giving out not money but knowledge for the kid. We looked around for quite some time and finally, this is what we got for little Eileen How.

This is what my gf and I wrote on the card for Eileen. We really hoped that she will like the book we chosed for her.

There you go, we are contented to do some charity to mark our anniversary. Actually, the reason I post this up is not only to tell you guys about what we did to mark our anniversary but also to tell you guys, my dear readers, of this Share-A-Gift event organised by MP. So that If you have the money, please take part in it and buy a book for a kid.

Oh yeah, I heard over the radio that Cheras Leisure Mall is holding a similar event where they have a toy bank somewhere in Leisure Mall. All you have to do is buy a toy and put it into the toy bank. It will be given to children from various orphanages too. I think I will take part in it too

Something

2007-12-12T18:34:00.000+08:00

Muahaha. As I promised belle that I am definitely gonna post something this week (If not, TONY RAMOS will be a lil bit richer), I am going to post something now. So belle, here you are:

"SOMETHING"

Muahahahaha. Okay la, okay la. my real post coming up real soon.

S.H.E live in KL

2007-12-03T22:30:00.000+08:00

As most of you would have known, last Saturday was the day when S.H.E came to Malaysia for their concert. Malaysia is also their last stop for the current series of concert. It also marked the first time for my gf and me to watch S.H.E live together.

Being prepared for many people and limited parking space near the Merdeka Stadium, we decided to go there early. I was at my gf's house at around 5pm and reached Merdeka Stadium around 5.30pm. We couldn't believe our eyes when we reach there. There was already tonnes of people gathered outside the stadium.

After parking the car, we went to the stadium to take a look and proceeded to have our dinner at Petaling Street. After we had dinner, we walked around for awhile and headed back to the stadium. By the time we reach the stadium, it is already about 7pm. People are already moving in and so we went in as well. I was so eager for the show to start.

The first thing that greeted us when we went in is this giant stage which looks like a castle/fort.

Because of going in too early. We decided to walk around and snap some photos together which I will not post here. Well, this one is shows the amount of people in the stadium at around 7 something. A lot of people has already came in but it is not totally filled yet.

Well, this one is another look at the stage. It looks very nice when it is lighted up.

Everyone was enthusiatic and patiently waiting for them to appear on the stage. As with most concert. It does not start on the dot. Although it should have started at 8. The concert only start at around 8.30pm.

I was so happy to see them on stage again after 3 years. I have more reason to be happy because, this time, I got to see them on stage with my gf accompanying me. Most of my favorite songs was sung in this concert although there are still some which was not sung. The guest for this concert is "Fahrenheit" and the Astro New Talent Contest Winner (Erm, I dunno his name, haha).

As with all their concerts for this series. Selina had a solo "hot" dance. Hebe played the drum while Ella played the piano. Another special for this concert, aside from it being the last stop for this series is that this is the only other concert which they sang "Qing Ren (lover)" by Beyond. That's a little present from them.

One down side here is that, many people did not manage to take pictures/videos of this concert as the security are very strict. If you do not heed their first warning, they will try to confiscate your camera or camera phone. All I managed to do was to record the audio for most of the concert. The recordings are still in my handphone.

From the moment the show started, I enjoyed myself right till the end of the concert. I do not think that any word can describe how much I enjoyed myself (especially so, when my gf accompanied me). It ended at around 10.40-1045pm and I do not know whether it is the marathon Emil Concert after-effect or simply because it is very short. It left me with the feeling that I wanted more. A lot of people stayed on even though the "encore" was over.

After the concert, there was people selling all sorts of S.H.E products. My gf bought me the S.H.E "Play" MV DVD. Then, as we was walking to the car, S.H.E's car which was being tinted pitch black came out of the stadium. But then, it does not excite me very much as we can't even look inside.

I was stuck in a massive jam. And I was hungry too. By the time we were out of the jam, my gf n I decided to go to Jalan Imbi to have supper and Sago Lolo. I am sure most of you know where I meant. After supper, I sent my gf home and went home myself. I slept happily because I got to see S.H.E live. Hehehe.

6th Anniversary

2007-11-22T01:31:00.000+08:00

Today is the day which marks the 6th anniversary for my gf and I. My parents were on a Macau-China-Hong Kong trip from the 8th to 18th this month.

To show my love to my gf and to commemorate our 6th anniversary, I decided to cook something for my gf last Sunday . We went shopping for ingredients together before proceeding to cook it at home. I did all the cooking while my gf and I prepared all the ingredients.

Let me show you all the ingredients first:

The first ingredient is dried scallop to be added into the soup:

The second ingredient is HAM. It will be cut into small square size to be added into my golden fried rice.

Third ingredient is egg. 2 for my golden fried rice and 2 for my crab dishes.

Fourth ingredient is this mud crab.

Then, there are this mix vegetables for my golden fried rice.

Ikan bilis or dried anchovies for my soup and for the golden fried rice. Oh, and that bottle of Ketchup for my crab dish too.

And some prawns for my fried rice.

Mussels for my mussel dish and Kani stick for my fried rice.

Vege (Choy Sam) for my vegetable soup.

Some garlic for my fried rice, mussel dish and crab dish and some ginger for the mussel dish and crab dish.

The first dish I cook is the Golden Fried Rice. This is how the rice look like before I proceeded to fry it.

That's me frying the rice.

There you have it, my Golden Fried Rice. Does it look golden? Does it look nice?

After cooking the fried rice, I proceeded to prepare/cook the mussel dish. For the mussel, I dripped some ginger juice on the mussel and sprinkled some ginger slices and some garlic before proceeding to steam it.

There you have it, my steam mussel. I did not eat any of those as I am still cutting down on seafood because of my foot. The reason why I cook seafood is because my gf love to eat seafood.

Then, I proceeded to cook my first crab dish which is the sweet and sour crab. That's me cooking the crab.

There you have it. My first crab dish. I did not it eat also.

This is my second crab dish. Steam crab. I added in ginger juice, egg white, some Otard VSOP Cognac, ginger slices and some garlic.

This is how it look like after I steam it. The meat is very sweet and my gf like this steam one more than the sweet and sour one. Oh, my gf loves to eat crab. Hehehe.

This is the last one. The vegetable soup. I added in 2 mussel and some dried scallop in addition to the ikan bilis. My gf loves to drink soup too.

Oh, this is not part of the dishes but it's a stray cat turned my house cat which has been 'pregnant' for almost half a year. Hahaha. It's just too fat la. LOL.

There you have it. 1 fried rice, 3 dishes and 1 soup for my gf. My gf loves all of it and so, I am happy. Before I go, I would just like to take this opportunity to wish my gf a very HAPPY 6th ANNIVERSARY.

Here I come...

2007-11-06T22:21:00.000+08:00

Ever since I went to SHE's concert with my younger sister back in 2004 and enjoyed myself, I have wished to go to their concert again with my gf.

At the start of this year, I have already heard news that they will be holding their concert in Malaysia this year. I have been keeping tab on when is it going to be held and when are the tickets going to be on sale from the radio since then but alas, it wasn't promoted in 988 but in MyFM instead. So, I got to know about this concert a few weeks after they started selling the concert tickets.

Since later this month will be the 6th years anniversary for my gf and I and since my gf love me so much, today, she bought me one of the VIP ticket for the SHE concert. I would like to thank her for buying me the ticket. Erm, don't say I am bad ya, I have already bought and gave her her present. Hahaha. And since I love her that much also and it is my wish/dream that I can go to SHE's concert with my gf, I bought another ticket for her. Hehehe. Now I can watch SHE and watch it with my gf. Hehehe.

One of the reason why we bought the VIP ticket is because I wanna be as close as possible to the stage. The second reason is because of my bad experience during Wakin's concert earlier this year where I sat beside a fat-ass who keep on shaking the stadium chair by shaking his body and legs and causing other disturbances to me. At least, we will have separate chairs for VIP ticket.

I have actually planned to buy it later this week but since my gf asked me to accompany her to Mid Valley today, we decided to buy it today. Thank God my gf has asked me to accompany her to Mid Valley. By the time we made our purchase, there are only 3 seats left for the VIP area. We bought 2 tickets so there will only be one more seat left for the VIP area. If we have not gone and buy the tickets today, it would have been sold out. Hehehe.

So, is any one of you going to the concert? I can't wait for December 1st to arrive. SHE, here I come. Hehehe.

A few pics...

2007-10-31T00:54:00.000+08:00

Hmmmm, did anyone miss me? Hehehe. Well, I am still as busy as ever. Erm. Actually, has been even busier. In addition to developing a new system, the other client I have been supporting has come out with more emhancements and bugs for me to do and fix. Busy, busy, busy.

Okay, just let me off by showing you a few random pictures with some explanation of the pictures. First off is this picture:

So, I forgot which Friday was this but it was taken on the Friday that Kwok Chun On came to visit Leisure Mall's Wong Kok Char Chan Teng. I went to the pasar malam with my gf. After that, we went to Leisure Mall to take my car.

We decided to take a peek and by the time we reached there Wong Kok, he was signing his last autograph and the deejay then proceeded to say that she will count from 10 to 1 and they will be leaving after that.

My gf then helped me to take a picture of him to be posted here and this is what she managed to get. People was pushing around and those helpers/workers was a bunch of spoilsport, just blocking only. We weren't able to take a decent photo of him. Hehehe, on the afternoon of that day, I was just having lunch at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng @ Citrus Park with my colleagues n they were saying whether I will be attending this event. Next up is this picture:

Any idea where this was taken? Yeah, it was taken at the Gardens @ Mid Valley when my gf and I was waiting to meet Belle, her sojai and YY to celebrate YY's birthday although her actual birthday is the day after that and sort of a farewell for her as she will be leaving for Russia. Well, she is in Russia now. Hehehe. I had fun that day. My third picture:

Isn't she cute? I rarely have a chance to take a decent picture of my hamsters as they just move too much. It's a rare opportunity for me to be able to take a picture of her sleeping this way. Heh heh. Finally, the last pic:

I also dunno why I took this picture but it's a picture of my colleague's desk. I put the "No Smoking" sign there though. So, that's all for now.

P/S: Actually, I wanted to post this up on the Monday after the Kwok Chun On meet the fans event but my Maxis Broadband just cause too much trouble for me to upload pictures. I hope you all enjoy this post. I think my next post will be about food.

Why so busy?

2007-10-23T09:33:00.000+08:00

Hmmm. I am pretty sure that no one even noticed that I have not been updating my blog for quite some time as I know myself that I have a very low readership but then I guess that this doesn't stop me from explaining why I have not been updating my blog as much as I hoped for.

Well, I am still alive everyone. This post is just to explain a little bit about why I can't be updating my blog as often as I used to.

It all started about a few weeks ago. Something has happened at work which I do not want to disclose too much here in my blog. Let's just say that there have been some major reshuffling in my office and starting 1 October, I am unofficially not working for the company I am working with anymore. It will be official starting 1 December. The GM of my previous company has resigned and bought over my whole department to set up a new company. Basically, it doesn't affect me too much aside from my third increment this year, under new management and working in a new company. Heck, I even still work in the same office and sitting on the same table. Soon, they will put renovate the office to separate both offices.

I will be doing the same thing of programming in .NET with a very high possibility of doing extra in HighJump Software which is not very widely used in Malaysia but has been quite widely used and in high demand in other countries (I've only been told). So, it has been said many times by my GM turned boss that those involved in HighJump will be sent overseas as we already have projects locally and overseas. That doesn't concern me yet as I am still handling some new .NET project and I am not in the HighJump team yet. I am not even sure what I will do if I am in the HighJump team. I do not know whether I will like it or not. I will just disclose this much. There are a lot more but I would rather keep those to myself.

Okay, moving on to the reason as to why I am so busy that I can't update my blog. You see, with all these major changes, a few of the senior staffs deemed redundant has been axed. So, with lesser people comes more works for those remaining. This is reason one why I am so busy nowadays.
The second reason is this. Since some of the senior staffs has been axed, I have been handed one new project that I do not know who is handling as the Boss say that I am to handle it but the .NET team assistant manager say that I am to support. I am just so confused now.

What's worse is that half of my .NET development team ppl has rejected the offer by the company to absorb them into the new company and thus, they will be working until mid to end of November. What's worse is that 2 of them are in the 3 member team of my new project. So now, aside from supporting my existing customer, I have to work on this new project.

Okay, more on this new project, I do not know due to what reason, the assistant manager wanted this new project to be completed at the end of this month although the customer's deadline is before December and if we are lucky, they can accept our request of completion before January next year. So, why do we need to complete it so early?

The development started just less than 2 weeks ago. Deducting all the non-working days, we only have 15 days. 15 days to complete a project? I tell you, it's not a very large project but it's not a small one either. Worse still is that the reason my assistant manager wanted the completion to be completed so early is that we are a 3-member team but I tell you, 1 of the member have not touched .NET before and another 1 of them is busy supporting a few customers himself (he will not be in the office for some days). So, can you imagine my workload? 15 days with such a team?

Just last Friday, I got the news that the member who is supporting a few customers has told my project manager that with all the workloads we have, we definitely cannot finish it by the end of this month. So, it has been extended to the mid of November. I have been making progress and I hope that by mid November, I can finish it on time. Right now, I can breath easy a little bit. There you have it.

A Post Dedicated to You, My Dear Blog

2007-10-12T17:56:00.000+08:00

ONE YEAR

One year ago, something happened.
One year ago, a blog was born.
One year ago, the first post was published.
One eyar ago, The Anything Goes Blog was born.

Today, it is its birthday.
Today, another milestone is reached
Today, it is the blog's first birthday
Today, it is ONE year old

Through the blog,
I expressed my views, my feelings and my craps
Many friends I have made (Belle, YY, Huei, Broken, Fiona, Angie, Earl, Cely to name a few)
I am happy

Still very new, Still very young
A lot has changed
The content has changed a bit
and I don't blog as often

Hopefully, hopefully
I can still have the strength to continue blogging
It will celebrate more birthdays to come
It will be liked by you all
More friends I will make

Happy Birthday My Little BLOG

A few thought of mine

2007-10-10T21:03:00.001+08:00

Okay, okay. I know I have not been updating my blog for quite some time now. Well, not many people read my blog anyway. So, I think that no harm's done. Hahahaha.

The truth is, I have been quite busy with work. Something big has happened in the office but I do not think that I want to reveal much about my work. There are just a few things that I wanted to talk about here.

The first thing is that, dear friends, I did visit all your blogs but I do not think that you can see it from your MyBlogLog. This started when it was changed to login using Yahoo account. I have already changed it but I can't login to my MyBlogLog Yahoo account using Firefox at my office. The login page just can't be displayed. If you ever see me visiting you through your MyBlogLog, it's because I logged in at home. So, guys, I am still supporting your blog, it's just that I can't use my MyBlogLog at the office where I do most of my blog reading.

Secondly, today is the 10th of October 2007. It's a very important day in Malaysia's history. A day where we will have our very first ~~"Malaysian Space Tourist"~~ Astronaut. He will be shot (hitching a ride?) to outerspace right around this time. We should be proud, there is not many ~~space tourists~~ astronauts around.

Moving to my last and final blabber, in two days time, something meaningful to me will happen. It will mark a small milestone in my life. I wonder if anyone of you know what it is. Hehehe. That's all for now. See you soon.

Ooopppps. I'm at it again...

2007-10-03T01:24:00.000+08:00

Hahaha. It has been awhile. I know I have said to myself that I will not be doing this anymore due to certain reason but ooops, I'm at it again.

Lol. Work has been 'on and off' between busy and free. That's why I have some time to do some other stuffs and this is one of the thing which I have been doing:

Hahaha. Yeah, I am playing webdota again. I remember playing 3 rounds and stopped playing due to game imbalance and 'spying' on other clans. I feel that it is very unfair and stopped playing. But hey, after a 20+ game lapse, a lot has changed and it's not as bad anymore.

For this 'closed' round, I was in the 'Scourge' clan and we lost all 3 lanes. But hey, after a 20++ games lapse and starting at the mid of the game, I did quite good. 20+ kills and ranked 170+ out of a bout 10K players. Not bad eh? Hmmm... should I be playing the next round r? Anyone joining?

IT Tech Support

2007-09-28T15:17:00.000+08:00

I got this from my email:

Dear IT Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slow down in the overall performance, particularly in the flower, gifts and jewellery applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 un-installed many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, but installed undesirable programs such as Formula One 5.0, NBA 3.0 and World Cup 2.0.

And now Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and House Cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,

Desperate Housewife

Reply:

Dear Desperate Housewife,

First keep in mind:

Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Try entering the command C:\ I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME and download Tears 6.2 to install Guilt 3.0.

If all works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Late Night Teh Tarik 6.1.

Late Night 6.1 is a very bad program that will create SnoringLoudly.wav files.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-Law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have a limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.

You might consider additional software to improve memory and performance. I personally recommend Hot Tasty Food 3.0 and Tongkat Ali 6.9.

Good Luck,

IT Support

Funny or not? Yeah, I know, some of you might have heard it but, please la, someone might not have heard it ma. hahaha. Furthermore, I dunno what to write. Bear with me okay. hahaha.

Random craps!!!

2007-09-20T00:46:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to thank YY for the porkie. It has been like 11 days since I last eat any meat hehehe. Thanks for the special post. I like it very much and appreciate it. It made me feel bad also, since I did not do something similar when she was very sick.

Okay, back to my randomness. I'm just going to show some random pictures I took last Sunday. First up is this Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Mooncake which I bought for my gf to try it together. We bought the chocolate one. One Mooncake costs RM33.

Next up is a brand new pair of shoes I bought on Sunday. It's Dr. Cardin's leather shoes.

I like this pattern at the side of both shoes.

The sole of the shoe, looks like wood.

Finally, can you guess what this is? Hehehe.

It's actually the UMD disk reader from the PSP. Luckily, it's not mine. It's from my colleague's PSP as I helped him to send it (the PSP) to repair/change a new one as the lens is spoilt. This thing costs about RM200 to RM 220. Okay, that's all for now. Sleepy r.

The fifth day...

2007-09-12T11:32:00.000+08:00

Today is the fifth day. Fifth day of what? That's what I am about to blog about. It just seems that the more doctors I see, the more restrictions there are for me. Yeah, it's about the gout I am having. I have been wearing slippers to work for more than a month now. Although I felt better after going to HUKM and resting for one whole week last time, the swelling doesn't seems to be totally gone and there will always be a small bump/swelling on my foot.

Last Wednesday, it seems to be swelling up again and it's painful for me to walk around although it is WAY not as painful as when it first attacks. At least I still can walk around and drive to work. As advised by the BP lab doctor when I got my second jab for Hepatitis A and B immunity, my mother took me to the Cheras Pantai Hospital for an X-ray. The swelling on my foot has got a promotion. From 'suspected gout' to 'most likely gout'. I was even told that if it is not got, it will be another type of gout or arthritis.

Then I was told to go on a diet of only fruits and vegetables. The first few doctors just mentioned that I should not take food with high level of uric acid (red meat, strawberry, beans, seafood, etc.). This doctor I am seeing, he has even restricted me from eating any protein. No milk, no fish, no eggs and all the likes. Just plain fruits and vegetables. So, there you have it, today is the fifth day I am on a vege and fruits diet. Even yesterday night when my gf and me went to have the RM 2 per plate of sushi, I just ate some vege sushi, 2 (piece) ebiko, 2 kanimayo, 2 salmon sushi and 1 tuna sushi (At first, my gf doesn't even allow me to eat sushi but she gave in in the end. ). Then I just watched my gf eat all the nice nice sushi. Since she do not want to eat too much rice, I ate the rice (dipped with wasabi) while she eat the seafood on top of the rice. Hahaha.

Another thing i am concerned about is the medicines I am taking. Both of the prescribed medicines have been given to me by the previous doctors althouh they gave more types of medicine. One of it is given by the BP lab doctor while another one is given by the HUKM doctor but the Pantai Hospital's doctor gave me a higher dosage. I was given Colchicine and Meloxicam which has some adverse effect on the body.

The first one is about Colchicine.
Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum (Autumn crocus, also known as the "Meadow saffron"). Originally used to treat rheumatic complaints and especially gout.

Side Effects
Side effects include gastro-intestinal upset and neutropenia. High doses can also damage bone marrow and lead to anemia. Note that all of these side effects can result from hyper-inhibition of mitosis.

Toxicity
Colchicine poisoning has been compared to arsenic poisoning: symptoms start 2 to 5 hours after the toxic dose has been ingested and include burning in the mouth and throat, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and kidney failure. Death from respiratory failure can follow. There is no specific antidote for colchicine, although various treatments do exist.

More readings here. On a side note, the HUKM doctor has told me that I should stop taking the Colchicine when i have diarrhea but the Pharmacist and Doctor (The doctor is a nice guy and also quite young. so, I guessed maybe he forgot) from the Pantai Hospital failed to tell me that I should stop the medication when I have diarrhea. Yesterday, I had diarrhea 4 times, felt like vomiting and I had headache for the whole of yesterdat right until now. It is only after checking Wikipedia that I remembered the HUKM doctor's advice and stopped the medication. I hope I don't die.

The second one is Meloxicam (aka Mobic)
Meloxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to relieve the symptoms of arthritis, primary dysmenorrhea, fever; and as an analgesic, especially where there is an inflammatory component. It is closely related to piroxicam.
In Europe it is marketed under the brand names Movalis, Melox, and Recoxa. In North America it is generally marketed under the brand name Mobic.

Adverse Effect
Meloxicam use can result in gastrointestinal toxicity and bleeding, tinnitus, headache, rash, very dark or black stool (sign of intestinal bleeding). The risk of adverse side effects is lower than with piroxicam, diclofenac, or naproxen. Although meloxicam does inhibit thromboxane A, it does not appear to do so at levels that would interfere with platelet function.
In rare situations, it could cause serious liver disease. If there is a sensation of fatigue and/or liver pain, intake must be ceased.

More about Mobic here. The Mobic will cause you to feel very sleepy and it is so damn hard to fight the urge to sleep while at work.

I just felt as if I am taking poison whenever I am taking those medicines. All the side effects just to cure the pain caused by the gout. If given a choice. I would prefer not to take any of those medicines. I just do not like the idea of having those in my system/body. I do not want to rely on medicines. I do not even want to take Panadol when I have headache. Oh, both medicines are "Controlled Medicine". Hmmm, can I kill someone if I pop all 30 plus tablets of Colchicine I have into their mouth/drinks/body at one go? (Take note, this is just a joke, I don't do such things. Don't call the police).

Haiz, I do not know how long I can stand eating just vegetables and fruits. If I do not get better after one week, I will have to extend the diet for another week. I get hungry about 1 1/2 hours after having each meal. Haiz.... Back to work. Take care everyone.

I've tried it...

2007-09-10T01:26:00.000+08:00

Okay, ever since I say this post from angie's blog, I have been craving to try this one out and I have finally been able to try this out yesterday with my gf. What is it? Here, let the pics do the talking. Hahaha.

Wahaha, yes it is the BIG APPLE DONUTS & COFFEE but not the one located at the Curve but the new one located at the new Tesco Cheras.

If you buy individually, it will cost RM 2 per piece. If you buy 6, I forgot how much it is but I bought 12 at the price of RM 17 as opposed to RM 17.50 which angie wrote in her blog. New pricing? I do not know.

I din get to try the Durian one. It's sold out. Out of so many donuts sold in Malaysia, I feel that this is one of the best so far. It is very soft and yummy. Furthermore, most of it are 'fruits' type. Not too artificial and I don't get too full just by eating one. I recommend you all to give it a try.

There is one complain though. It's when I ordered a Caramel Latte. The case is when I was waiting for my drink, there is a woman in front of me waiting for her drinks. Then when all her drinks are done she suddenly asked the woman making the drinks "Can I order One More Cappucino". The Barista (by the look of it, she is the higher post person) making the drink then said "Can, you just have to pay again" and proceeded to make a cup of drink.

When it was done, I thought that it was mine but I only got to know that it was meant for the woman in front of me. I was a bit disappointed with such service, I feel that she should at least notify me that she is gonna make the drink for the woman first. I have been waiting quite long there. Even the guy serving me felt that I should get my drinks first.

Just a random picture. This is my 'older' hamster.

This is a newer one but both are more than 1 years old. Hehehe. Cute or not?

Another random picture, has been quite some time since I last saw a rainbow.

Could it be...

2007-09-05T17:02:00.000+08:00

Just a quickie on a Wednesday since I can't upload pictures in the office as I did not bring the cable for my handphone. It seems that a lot of people has been sick for the past few weeks. Let me name a few, my gf's sister, a few of my friends, huei, thiamhin, my colleagues, my colleague's children and also yours truly. Hmmm, why is it these few weeks? Could it be:

The Hungry Ghost Festival/Month!!!

Wahahahaha. I heard it from the radio that the Hungry Ghost Festival this year is worse than usual. (They call it even more 'Mang' in cantonese). Wahaha. Don't call me superstitious. It's just a thought. Anyway, everybody, please take care of your health.

How I spent my long weekend

2007-09-03T14:37:00.000+08:00

Whoa, I have not been updating my blog for one whole week. Hahaha. Has been busy and a bit exhausted. I have been updating my blog lesser and lesser by the days. I remember when I started this blog, I have been posting 2-3 posts a day, then it has become 1 post per day. Later one, 1 post every 2 days and the latest is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It just seems that I have lesser and lesser stuffs to crap about.

Actually I have, I have about dozens of Coke I have not posted, quite a few games I have completed and quite a few events happening in my life. It's just that it involved a lot of pictures and my sucky Maxis 3G that turns out to be only GPRS makes uploading pictures damn hard. But for the past one week, I have been a bit busy and also a bit exhausted + not feeling well. That is why I did not update my blog for the whole of last week. But hopefully, I am back.

What I am going to blog about today is about my long weekend. From Thursday to yesterday. But actually, nothing much happens also. Hahaha. Okay, as you all know, Thursday is the eve of our country's Merdeka day. How did u guys celebrate?

For me, I celebrate it with my gf at the General Hospital in Jalan Tun Razak. This is due to her little sister being hospitalized there. She is worried about her sister and what is more important than to alleviate her worries? So, I sent her there and we spent our time at the hospital until about 12 something that night. Her sister's condition started from Measles but she soon developed high fever (From the records, the highest she got is 39.5 degree Celsius) and leg muscle pain (painful when she tried to walk). They were scared that she have Denggi so they admitted her. Damn tired when I reached home.

I woke up at around 10 something on Friday. Did nothing much actually. All I did was stay in my room and finish off my games. So far, on that day, I managed to play until Solidus Snake for Metal Gear Solid 2 (PC version) and finished off Onimusha 3 (PC version). Then I tried to finish the whole Onimusha 3 Game without saving but heartache, just when I was at the second last scene, the game hang and terminated. 3 hours wasted just like that. I think it is because I opened up too many programs (MSN, Firefox, Photoshop, WMP). Frustrated, I went to read manga and slept after my gf called me. Oh, before that, I did go to the pasar malam and left the game running. Maybe that's y it hanged also.

On Saturday, It is my turn to be sick. I woke up at 10 something with a very painful headache. I thought that it was like usual (I am hungry), so I went to have a bite, but the pain is still there. I did not eat any panadol and I spent the whole afternoon on the bed either sleeping or reading manga and comics. I did not even reply any msn messages (sorry). I felt better in the evening although the headache is still there. So, I tried to finish off the Onimusha 3 without saving and dying again and this time, the game hang and terminated at the third last scene....what the heck. Few hours wasted again. My mother bought McD for supper and my gf called at around 12 am. Since I slept for the whole afternoon and also because of my headache, I can't sleep. I ended up sleeping at 5 am. All I did was to tidy up my room a bit and also deleting unwanted emails in my Yahoo mailbox (I have 1500 unread emails in there).

Yesterday, I woke up at 10 am, prepared myself and went to fetch my gf at around 11.30am. After that I went to BP lab again. This time, to have my second shot for the hepatitis A and hepatitis B immunisation. The doctor asked about my swollen foot and was a bit shocked that it is still swollen. he recommended me to go for an X-ray to check what is wrong. After getting jabbed, we went to have lunch at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng at Leisure Mall. Then we went to the General Hospital to visit her sister after buying food for her mother and sister. When we reached there, it is about 2.30pm.

Her sister's condition is a lot better as her measles are gone and she can at least walk around but her fever is still very high. It is on and off. At 8am on that day, her temperature shot up to 39.5 again. luckily, it went down after that. By the time we reached there, my gf's brother was there but he left soon after that. At around 3 something, my gf's sister, aunty and her cousins came to visit. They soon left at around 6 something. We left the hospital at around 7.30pm. We went back to my house for dinner and after that we played with my sister and later on watched 'Heart of Greed". At around 12am. I sent her home. Damn sleepy and tired when I reached home. This time, Celcom played around with me. Seems that there is no network at that time and I can't go to sleep coz I need to call my gf that I have safely reached home after sending her home as I know that she will be worried. After spending 1 hour to try and call/SMS her, I gave up and went to sleep as my eyes cant open anymore. Woke up at 8.10am this morning and here I am, blogging in the office about my long weekend. Hahaha. So, how is your weekend?

Why oh Why?

2007-08-24T11:56:00.000+08:00

It has been quite some time since I wrote a poem. I have written this one piece just now and it took me about 20 minutes to come out with this. Tell me how bad it is. Hahaha.

Why oh Why? by andylkw

Today is Friday
The sky is blue
The weather is nice
and Oh so cool

Why am I awake?
and why am I here?
Working, toiling
and hungry too

My eyes are missing my bed
My stomach is calling for food
My heart is missing my gf
and I want to blog too
Just why am I awake?
and why am I here?

Oh, I know!!!
If I don't work and if I don't toil
There will be no falling asleep
and no food for the stomach too
My gf will be worried
and blogging will not be good
That's why I am awake
and that's why I am here

Working, Toiling,
I can't help but wait
For today is the 24th
and when the clock strike 12am
it marks PAYDAY
and automatically, the money is in the bank
No cheque, no wait and no hassle
The weekend is coming
and on Sunday, I will meet my love
That's why I am awake
and that's why I am here

Now that I know,
It's back to work
lest I get a nice flowery letter
and get fired too
but before I go
here's a wish for everybody
'HAPPY WEEKNEND'
and there I go

Naughty, naughty

2007-08-22T16:31:00.000+08:00

I noticed a lot of bloggers talking about the naughty stuffs they do when they are in secondary school. Be it tags/meme or not. It just got me thinking about my secondary school days. There are a lot that I did and I would share a few which I think is quite memorable. I will share out more in the future.

CASE 1
Although it is not very frequent, this was done in my early part of lower six and the latter part of form five. The assembly is always at 7.20am and late comers will have their name jotted down which requires them to clean up the school, pick leaves or some other form of punishment during recess time. This will always mean having to buy leftovers and shorter time to eat during recess. If you got your name in the book for three times, you will have to go for detention after school.

Somehow, I always manage to get myself late to school (That is until my mother decided to send me to school during the later part of Lower 6 (TO only)). There were a few times which I was late with one of my friend and a few times I was late alone. I do not know whether anyone do this but due to my years of Scouting, I thought of this myself. This is what I do, I will go through the other side of the church, climbed over the wall beside the science lab, go through the back of the school where the Scout Room is, go through the canteen, past the toilet and to the St. John's room where it is right smack beside the office facing the assembly. I will then pretend that I am at the St. John's room all along. Form five was way easier, most of my friends are either prefects or librarians (even the head prefect is my buddy and also the same class as I am). If I am lazy to do the above, I will just come late into the class and ask for free latecomer's slip to be shown to the teacher. Some days, I just turn myself in and just face the punishments. Hahaha.

CASE 2
I am sure most of you know what hide and seek is but how many of you have played hide and seek with the principal before? This is exactly what happened to me. I forgot whether this happens in form 5, lower 6 or upper 6. The story goes this way. It was always the 'cool' thing at school to have long hair or long fingernails without being caught. Well, I did both. The day before playing hide and seek with my principal, I was warned by him to get my hair cut or faced having my hair cut by him (For RM 5 you get a haircut from the principal. I got my hair cut by him numerous times. FYI, his hair cutting skills are not bad, hahaha.).

Well, I totally ignored him as most of the time, he forgot to check on me but sometimes, he remembered. It was on that day that I forgot i was a wanted man. I was walking to the toilet and I saw him from afar. Hoping that he did not notice me, I turned back but he saw me and chased after me. I turned to the other block and went up the stairs but he was still chasing me, then I went down another stairs and to walked towards the science labs and into one of them where a teacher was at the utensils storage room of the lab. I thought I lost him but I stayed in the lab for awhile. I was wrong, a few moments later, he managed to find me and I kena kaw-kaw from him. He asked me why I ran when I saw him but I lied to him saying that I was looking for a teacher and I did not see him. I do not know whether he believed me but he let me off. Then he proceeded to ask me about my hair. I told him I forgot and I will cut it after school. Again, he let me off. I guess that he is either in a good mood or just too busy to cut my hair. Hahaha.

CASE 3
This is one of the most memorable ones. For most people, form 5 marks the last year in secondary school. Most of the gang in my class likes to play and we especially like PE class to play football. Most of the time, if the teacher for the next class is away or on MC, we will request for extra PE period from the replacement teacher. Most of the time, we got what we wanted. There was this once where we did not get our wish granted by the replacement teacher. Half of us totally ignored her and continued playing football. That's when she got angry and reported it to the principal. Hahaha. So, what do we get in return? Half of the class, including the Head Prefect (surely I got it too) got whacked at the butt by the principal. Hahaha.

CASE 4
I can definitely remember when this happened. This happened when I was in form 4. In the middle part of the year, we have our favorite history teacher replaced by a new teacher. The first few times she was in the class, she acted very proud and so most of us doesn't like her. Then, there was this one day where we had a face off with her. She was teaching in front of the class while most of us does not listed to her at all. We chatted away and did our own stuffs (Some of them even sang in the class). Well, she got angry and scolded us. Then she just threatened us that if we do not like to pay attention to what she teach, she can just sit there and do nothing and we can do our own things. She then proceeded to to sit in front of the class and we just kept quiet and stared at each other. Then when the bell rang to mark the end of the period, she walked out of the class. Just as she was walking down the stairs. We clapped and cheered while making lots of noise.

I think that hurt the teacher a bit. We felt very bad after that and our form teacher advised us to apologise to that teacher. The class monitor together with the a few of us went to the teacher to apologise. I heard from the monitor that the teacher was crying when they went to apologise. But as fate had it, our relationship turned better and we can even joke around with her in the class after that.

CASE 5
Okay, this one happens especially rampant in the first few months of Lower 6 and occasionally in form 4. For my SPM, I was in the Science Stream but changed to Arts for form 6. Being a boys' school, we only have girls in the class for form 6. Since Arts are not very popular and there are 3 Arts classes, there are about 12 girls and 4 guys in my class although for some periods, we combined the classes. For the whole Arts class, there are only about less than 50 of us and the girls outnumbered us 4 to 1 and most of them are from the Arts stream.
Well, that's not my point here. My point here is that, being an ex-science stream guys in an Arts Stream class, a bunch of us do not understand what is going on in the class. We took five subjects including General Studies, Accounting, Economics, Maths S(Statistics) and MUET (English). This doesn't happen in MUET or General Studies class as I love both subjects. The most rampant classes that it happened is the Economics and Maths S class and occasionally on the Accounting (This is the hardest subject for us and we cannot do our own reading) class.
The thing that I want to say about 'this' is SLEEPING. For most of the 2 periods and especially true if the class is in the morning or after recess. Most of the time. the girls will be listening attentively in front of the class while a group of us guys will be sleeping at the back of the class and I am almost always the first one to fall asleep. The teacher just gave up on us and continued teaching after unseccessfully trying to change us for a few times. The class was just too boring.
Luckily, we are not the 'good-for-nothing' type and we picked ourselves up and worked hard not to sleep in the class and to follow the lessons. It still happened quite rarely after that but for Upper 6, it doesn't happen at all. Especially so when my class combined with my current gf's class. Hahaha.
CASE 6
Our school encouraged us to read and for each schooling week, we are supposed to spend one hour in the library and read one BM and one English book and write a report about the book (the report must be at least 3 pages long). In addition to that, we need to also find 20 new words (together with meaning and come out with a sentence with that word). From form 1 to form 3, what we used to do was to write our words real BIG so that we can finish it asap. For the 'New Words' we would just flip open the gloassary from any books and copy from there (later on, we just flip open the dictionay and copied any random words).

Later on (sometimes la) (form 4-5), if any of our friends are on duty, we will just ask them to chop the appropriate spaces in our book and we will be off. We will then fill it in with reports borrowed from friends from other classes. There were times where we totally did not pass it up.

CASE 7
This is not very serious but it's still a bit naughty on my part. It happened only at the first few months of Lower 6. Every morning after the first 2 periods, I will sneak off to the canteen to buy food. Sometimes even buying for my classmate. Then from form 1 to form 5, a few of us even brought those 50 cents mirror (we are lazy to go to the toilet as there's the only place with mirror in the school) to school from time to time although we are not allowed to.

There you go. A few of those memorable naughty moments of my schooling years. Aiz, those were the days. I was naughty but never bad. I did not even skipped school once. Share more later.

Watched it at Mid Valley

2007-08-20T01:42:00.000+08:00

It has been quite some time since I watch a late night movie with my gf. I think that it has been about one month plus. So, on Saturday evening, I bought 2 tickets for a midnite movie.

My choice at that time was, Rush Hour 3, Ratatouille and Secret. Finally, I have decided to buy this:

Yeah, I have finally watched 'Secret'. All I can say about this movie is that my gf and I enjoyed it from the beginning till the end. Great directional debut and acting from Jay Chou. I like the piano battle part of the movie and also how the love between the 2 main characters are so sweet. I do recommend you guys to watch it.

It is definitely worth giving up Rush Hour 3 and Ratatouille for. Too bad, there wasn't too many people who think like me. The cinema was quite empty. I think that there might be 2 reasons for this. One being Rush Hour 3 and the second is because it is the 7th month of the Chinese Calender which is also known as the 'Hungry Ghost Month'.

Paranoid Mode

2007-08-17T10:55:00.000+08:00

Just a short one. I have been using AVG Anti-Spyware for quite some time. Never bothered to look at its other features until today. When I go to the "Tools >> Shredder" I saw this:

Wahaha, "Paranoid Mode". I think I will start using this instead of the "recycle bin" or using "Shift + Delete". Wahaha.

A Better Tomorrow

2007-08-15T00:27:00.000+08:00

As you all know, my gf and I went to Low Yatt Plaza and Sungei Wang last Sunday. At first, we did not buy anything but when we passed by Baleno just moments before going home, we saw something that we liked and spent about RM 150 there. Without wasting time, I'll tell the stories with the pictures below:

This is the plastic bag for the stuffs that we bought. It is a collaborative work between Coca Cola and Play Imaginative for their new series of Trexi Toys themed "A Better Tomorrow". Their Extended merchandise partners include Baleno, Oregon Scientific and O.D.M. As a Coca Cola fan, how can I miss it? More infos here. The whole project is about this.

This is the collared T-Shirt which my gf bought for me. You can see that on the sleeve it is written "A Better Tomorow" which is the theme of the whole project.

The trexi design on my collared T-Shirt called "Face to Face" by an invited artist called Jiji from China.

The main reason I chosed this collared T-Shirt is because of this design at the back. The collared T-Shirt costs RM59.

This is the T-Shirt I bought for my gf. You can also see that on the sleeve it is written "A Better Tomorow".

The trexi design called "Coke Float" by an invited artist called Bloo Empire from the US of A.

This is the back design of the T-Shirt. The T-Shirt is RM 49.

Both the collared T-Shirt and the T-Shirt. Both are 'S' size. see the difference?

And now, the main attraction for us to buy the T-shirts although we buy the T-Shirts because we do not have any Coca Cola T-Shirts and the designs are quite nice. The trexi toys itself. We were told that they only ordered 1000 for Malaysia. It is so rare that they were ordered not to let customers to open the box any choose the figurines. We are only allowed to choose the boxes. This is the front of the box.

This is part of the trexi toys designs at the side of the box.

More of them at the other side of the box. The one with '?' is the special edition one.

I am lucky to get this one. I fell in love with this one the moment I saw it. It is called 'Share Fun' by one of the 15 winners called Jackey Woo from Hong Kong.

The back of the trexi toy.

The bottom of the trexi toy with the Coca Cola logo and the trexi logo.

This is actually the first one I opened. Never expected that I will get this one. We were told that we are lucky to get this one as it is the special edition one with the '?' at the side of the box. This one is called the 'Happinkness' by one of the 10 invited artists called Niark from France. Am I lucky or what? Special Edition wor. Hahaha.

This is the back of the Happinkness. It's quite special la. Hahaha. Suitable for my pink blog. Hehehe. If you buy the trexi toys only, it will be RM 29.90 but if you buy the T-Shirts, you can get it at RM 19.90 based on how many T-Shirts you buy. My gf bought both the toys for me. Just as an extra info, there are 25 designs where 15 are from the winners and 10 are from invited artists. To look at all the designs, click here. We were also told that there are some Coca Cola enthusiasts willing to fork out RM 700++ to buy one whole box of 25 of the trexi toys although there are chances that they will get double. Anyone willing to give/sell me your double toys?

With this I end my post. Let's hope for "A Better Tomorrow" for everyone.

Oh, before I end my post, this is the Doraemon DVD-R I bought at Low Yatt Plaza for RM 14 for 10 including the case. Have a nice day. Damn long post...

Silly Me

2007-08-13T11:17:00.000+08:00

Okay, my the swelling on my foot has receded a lot although it is still a little swollen and a little painful but I can drive already. So, I went to Low Yatt Plaza and Sungei Wang with my gf yesterday. Something funny happened and I want to share it out. Usually, if we go to that area, we will park at Berjaya Times Square(BTS) as the parking rate is lower than Low Yatt and Sungei Wang. Usually, when we go to BTS, we will make a U-turn from Jalan Imbi but alas, the road was closed at the crossroad outside De Vegas Club, so, I have to turn right and go to the backlane of Sungei Wang (the Giant exit facing Imbi Plaza).

I definitely do not want to park at Sungei Wang, so I thought of parking in Imbi Plaza but when I looked at the parking rates, I decided against it. So I went straight to Amoda hotel. My gf saw the weekdays parking rates (RM 4 first hour, RM something subsequent hour etc. etc., in short, expensive) but I have already taken the parking ticket so I went in to the basement car park there.

As I went lower and lower, I felt that the place looked very dark and eerie, so I told my gf that I do not want to park in Amoda and just pay the RM 4 charges and park at Low Yatt Plaza. When we paid for the ticket, it was RM 6 instead of RM 4. We were puzzled and so we looked at the parking rates again and found out that they charge a flat rate of RM 6 for Sundays and Public Holidays (Silly Me 1).

So, we drove to Low Yatt Plaza to park our cars and as I went in to the basement car park, again I felt that it was very dark and eerie. I thought to myself that it can't be happening so I looked around me and then I realised the source of the feeling. Wahaha. Can you guess it? Hahaha, I forgot to remove my sunglasses when I went into the basement car park. That's why it is so dark and eerie (Silly Me 2).

We hang around Low Yatt and Sungei Wang from around 12.30pm to 6.30pm (6 hours) and so we went to pay for our parking. Do you know how much it costs? A whopping RM11 (RM 2 first hour, RM 2 Second hour, RM 1.50 for third and fourth hour and Rm 2 for any fifth hours and above). This is really a killer. I could have just gone back into Amoda Hotel and pay RM 6 or make a big turn to park in BTS (RM 6 or 7 max, I forgot). I could have saved RM 5. I am never going to park in Low Yatt plaza anymore. There you go Silly me 3. Wahaha. Anyway, for my shopping in 2 weeks due to my leg, I enjoyed myself. Lol.

4 days

2007-08-07T18:41:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to update. Went to HUKM today. Luckily not being jabbed. Unluckily, this is the third doctor who suspect that it's gout and there are signs of infections which caused my foot to be more swollen and redder. Luckily, I am also told that if I'm lucky, it won't strike again if I watch my diet and exercise more. Unluckily, there's a lot of food that I must take in moderation. Luckily, I got 4 days MC from a government hostpital which means that I can rest till the end of the week and start work on Monday. Unluckily, I can't do anything or go anywhere although I have such a long holiday. End of story.

4 days = 4 jabs

2007-08-05T23:20:00.001+08:00

Wednesday 1 August 2007
little bit pain on the left foot in the afternoon. Big toe swollen at night. Very painful, hard to fall asleep.

Thursday 2 August 2007
Did not go to work in the morning but went to see the doctor with my mother and grandma. Got jabbed on the right side of my butt and given one type of medicine to reduce swelling. Costs me RM45. Got MC but worked half day.

Friday 3 August 2007
The swelling has become smaller in the morning so I went to work as usual. Went home after work. My grandma came to visit at night and I even sent her home in my CLK. At around 10.30pm the swelling has become worse. Very red, very hot and very big. Can't even walk and move my leg. Jolting pain even if it is not touched. Can't even walk. My parents and my sister sent me to another 24 hours clinic. Got a jab on the left side of my butt. Given 3 types of medicine and costs me RM 55. The doctor suspects it to be GOUT(Mainly caused by uric acid) as it runs in my family.

Saturday 4 August 2007
Grandma came to visit in the morning. At 10 something, my parents and me went to BP lab. after sending my grandma home. Got a jab on my right hand to draw blood for the blood test. Was told to get the results on Sunday. The doctor and nurses there are very helpful and friendly. The blood, ECG and ultrasound tests costs me RM 215 while the 3 types of medicines I got costs me RM 15. Things got worse in the afternoon. My whole foot got ballooned up. My foot and all my toes all got swollen. Got a bit better at around midnight.

Sunday 5 August 2007
The swelling has receded a bit. Went to get my result at BP lab with my mother. Everything was okay except that my uric acid count is at the borderline. Was told that the swelling is caused by inflammation due to the high level of uric acid in my blood but still suspected to be having GOUT. Was told that I am not immune to Hepatitis A and B anymore. My mother suggested me to get a jab and so I got a jab on my right arm for the Hepatitis A and B immunity. The double Hepatitis immunity jab costs me RM120. Spent so much in just 4 days. Will be jabbed again in one month and another time in 7 months. My gf came to look after me in the afternoon. My foot is better than yesterday but still worse than Thursday. My foot and toes has become swollen again in the afternoon. So painful that I can't even drive but since I do not have MC, I still need to go to work on the next day. There goes my weekend.

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2007-08-03T15:50:00.000+08:00

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The story of my foot

2007-08-03T14:08:00.000+08:00

Here’s an update of what happened to me yesterday.

Actually, the pain started at around 3-4 pm when I was in the office on the 1st of August but then, it was not very painful. At around 5 something to 6, the pain was getting worse. I was having a hard time stepping on the clutch.

I visit my grandma after work and went home at around 8.30 pm. By then, the pain is already getting very annoying. After dinner, I went back to my room to chat, read blogs and to play PC games (Tortuga: Two treasures). At around 10 something, it got real bad that I can no longer walk normally. I had to walk with a limp and also using the little finger side of my foot. I thought nothing of it and keep on playing the PC game.

At around 12 something, I can’t stand the pain anymore, I called my gf to tell her about it and then I went to bed, hoping that the pain will be gone in the morning. By that time, my foot is already quite hot and the swollen area was already quite big. I was on the bed but I can’t sleep. It’s just getting worse by the hours. The pain was too much that I can’t even get a bit of sleep.

At around 2 something, it’s so bad that I felt excruciating pain with every pump of my blood. It’s like the flowing blood is causing me more pain. I had to tie my foot to prevent too much blood from flowing. It was only a temporary relieve as the pain came back after a while.

At about 3 something, I thought of using ‘ice pack’. So, I need to go downstairs where the fridge is. It was then that I realized that I couldn’t even walk with both feet. Not even using the little finger side of my foot anymore. I had to hop around using one leg. The ice pack doesn’t help.

What I did after that was to rest my leg on one of my many soft toys so that the blood does not flow too much to that area It’s so painful that I prayed hard to GOD to relieve me of the pain so that I can catch some sleep and not long after that, I managed to sleep at around 4 something.

I woke up in the morning and I only managed to sleep for about 3 hours, as my foot is too painful. I woke up at about 7.40am and I realized that the pain was worse. I can’t even hop around anymore. Before I went to bed, at least it’s not as painful (still bearable) when I did not move my leg. But now, it’s painful even when my foot is at rest.

Anyway, I still decided to go to the office as I have already taken MC on Monday. I can’t afford too many MCs since I am still on probation. Aside from the toilet stuffs, I managed to put on my clothes and feed my hamsters before proceeding to the painful task of walking downstairs. As I was walking downstairs, I saw my grandma (she stays nearby) in the dining room and my mother in the kitchen.

My grandma saw me having difficulties in walking, was concerned and asked me about it. I tried to put on a ‘not very pain’ look and told her it was nothing but she saw through me but I reassured her that I was okay. Then, I ‘walked’ (as my grandma was looking) into the kitchen to talk to my mother (with one foot in the air). Just as I was about to walk out of the kitchen, I touched my foot to the floor, it’s damn painful that I nearly fell down and I think I yelled out quite loudly.

By then, my grandma and mother were in shock and they quickly warned me not to go to the office. I told them I need to pass up some work and so, my mother said that I need to see a doctor before I can go anywhere. As the clinic only opens at 9am, I had to wait in the dining table. I chat with my grandma and called my colleagues to notify my supervisor that I will be late to work.

By 9.15, I had to ‘walk’ to my mother’s car with one hand holding an umbrella (lol) and another hand on my mother’s shoulder. Yes, it is that painful. The swelling has gone quite big at that time. I went to the clinic with my mother and grandma. At the clinic, while waiting for the doctor, my mother asked me to remove my slipper as she wants to take a look. When the doctor called for me, my mother tried to help me to put on my slipper but she accidentally touched my ‘lump’. I let yelled out in pain and nearly cried.

After the doctor examined me, he told us that I needed a jab on my butt. I was so scared of being jabbed that I started shouting even the doctor even began jabbing me with it. I know it’s a bit embarrassing (especially with my mother and grandma around) but I can’t help it. I shouted in pain before, during and after being jabbed. (haha).

I was given an MC and one type of medicine to reduce the swelling and my mother paid for the RM45 bill. Before leaving, my mother asked whether I can drive to work and I was told that I could drive if it is not so painful after an hour. With that, I went home with the pain on my foot and the pain on my butt.

When I reached home, it is already 9.45am. I had my breakfast and my medicine while watching Astro on demand and with my grandma accompanying me. My mother was at work. By 10.45, the pain subsided a lot but I still need to limp and walk on the little finger side of my foot. I called my mother to notify her that I am feeling better and am going to work and then I drove my grandma home.

When I reached the car park of the office, it is already 11 something. I called my gf to tell her about my foot and proceeded to walk to the elevator leading to my office. At the office, I had a discussion with my supervisor about my MC and she said that since I can’t work and even though I am on MC on Monday, I can go home as she said that if I cannot work, there is nothing that can be done but I had to make sure that I do not take MC too often in the future.

I told my supervisor that I would finish up some work before leaving. During lunch, one of my colleagues helped me to buy lunch and I wanted to thank her for that. I went home at around 3pm to catch up on my sleep. Before that, I called my gf and grandma to tell them that I am going home. My grandma came for a visit at around 7 something and I woke up at around that time. At around 11, my gf called me again to ask me about my foot. I had a good sleep yesterday night.

Today, I felt much better but my foot is still swollen. I would like to take this opportunities to thank everyone for their concerns especially (in no particular order) my gf, my mother, my grandma, my friends and my colleagues.

So painful, HELP ME!!!

2007-08-02T00:55:00.001+08:00

I can't believe it. Just feeling better after my diarrhea and stomach pain, I was thinking that I can finally be fit and pain-free again. Fate must have it that I am relieved from one pain but I got another. Haiz. What happened to me now? Take a look at the pictures:

Yeah, It's my left feet. Ouch! It's swollen for no good reason. I did not knock on anything. I definitely did not sprain myself. The pain just came yesterday afternoon but I ignored it. By 5 something, walking is already starting to be very hard and by 6.30, I feel damn painful when I step on the clutch. Such a damn small lump but i tell you, the pain is unbearable.

At first, I thought nothing of it but by now, it has become bigger, the area has become very red, my feet is damn hot and it is so painful even when I am not walking (resting my leg lah). Worse still, because I have MC on Monday, I felt bad about being on MC anymore, so, I'm going to work also. Now, I'm so painful. So painful that even walking needs a lot of effort. I feel like crying and yelping with every step that I take. Can anyone help me? Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

200

2007-08-01T23:15:00.000+08:00

Just a short one here. Can't believe it but this is my 200th post. Should have been 201 if I have not taken down one post because earl asked us to. Wahaha. Anyway, Happy 200th post to my blog. hehehe. Thanks everyone, for your support and also for visiting my blog. Hopefully, I can carry on blogging.

Lausai r......

2007-07-31T23:29:00.000+08:00

I was MC yesterday. It was a case of a very bad diorhaea. It is so bad that I can't believe it myself. I have not experienced it before. It's been 5 days and I am still having a bit of it. Wahaha.

It all started last Friday a few hours after I had my dinner. I was playing games and then I felt the urge to go to the toilet and my stomach feeling uneasy. Just as I sat my butt on the toilet seat (after all the cleaning process), "PROOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT". Everything was out in a jiffy. Everything was squishy and it was one of the fastest record. Wahaha. But, my stomach is damn uneasy and a bit painful. Although I feel uneasy and pain, I continued playing games while listening to Chan Fung. Wahaha. I have been listening to his weekly program since form 2-form 3. He used to scold ppl a lot but he has gone mellow nowadays.

When I woke up on Saturday morning, I was okay but when night comes, all hell broke loose. I lausai (diorhaea) for four times. The third and fourth time was all liquid only. No solids. My stomach was twisting and turning and I felt very uneasy and painful. It is so painful, I popped one charcoal tablet and went to bed. Luckily, I managed to sleep.

I was okay on Sunday morning and afternoon but I lausai once again at night. My stomach was a bit uneasy and I decided to see the doctor on Monday to get my MC. I went to bed with that thought on my mind, so, I did not set my alarm.

Since my weekend was spoilt by this diorhaea, I feel that I deserved the MC as a compensation. On Monday, to the doctor I went and I got my well-deserved MC. I left the clinic feeling happy and contented and I went home. I only lausai once on Monday evening. I had the whole day to myself. I was so free, I finished playing a PC game called "Call of Juarez". It's quite a nice game and I enjoyed playing it.

All good things must come to an end. Before I knew it, the day was all gone and I have to work on he next day. With a heavy heart, I set my alarm and went to bed. Eh, why is my diorhaea still around r? Hahaha.

Clean toilet seat

2007-07-27T21:00:00.000+08:00

I admit that I am a bit too particular and concerned about the cleanliness of the toilet seat that I am gonna sit on . Especially at public toilets but it does not stop there. I am also very particular about the toilet seat at home.

This is especially when I have someone living next to my room who share a toilet with me who is so irresponsible that he doesn't lift the toilet seat when he pee (leaving dried and sometimes wet pee on the seat), doesn't close the lid when his excrement are still there and so on and so forth. Now, I am going to show you a few secrets to at least have a 'sit-able' toilet seat.

This are the steps:

Step One: You gotta have a toilet seat. Hahaha. Usually, it doesn't matter whether it is 'clean' or not. I will follow these few steps anyway. FYI, this is the toilet seat at my office.

Step Two: Although I do not do this at home, I usually do this in public toilets. Well, the second step is to spray the toilet seat with water. (You know la, you have dried pee, dirty marks and sometimes shoe marks due to ppl squatting on an seating toilet bowl, hahaha).

Step Three: This step is what I will normally do no matter I am at home or at public toilets. It is to use lots of tissues to scrub the wet toilet seat. (An optional step is to spray disinfectant if you are too paranoid).

Step Four: This is a real important step for me. You know la, the only time that a guy will sit on a toilet seat is to pangsai. hahaha. So, the toilet paper/tissue used in step three will not go to waste one. You see, I will throw in lots of tissue paper/toilet paper into the toilet bowl. This is to prevent the 'sai' (shit) to splash water onto the butt. Hahaha. I hate it and feel very 'geli' when the dirty water splashed onto my butt. Hahaha.

There you have it, a few simple steps to have a 'sit-able' toilet seat. Recommended by me, Andylkw. Hahaha. At least it's cleaner mah. Hahaha. DO leave me some comments if you find it useful or if you have similar or better way. Thanks.

Quite long

2007-07-25T15:15:00.000+08:00

Got a quite long but not very long tag from belle coz I tagged her last time. Hahaha. Here it is, my tag:

1. Do you ever lie about your age?

Most of the time, I do not. Only sometimes when I feel like playing around.

2. Do you prefer “sensitive boys”or “tough guys”?

Erm, but I’m a guy wor…….

3. Do you prefer blonde or dark haired guys/girls?

Errr, Doesn’t matter, just as long as it suits or looks nice.
4. Are you currently single?

Ayam not single…

5. How many things in your past do you regret?

Errmm… Have la, but I prefer to keep it to myself.

6. Do you have a best friend?

Err, who doesn’t have?

7. What do you want to be when you grow up?

I wanna be ME. Hehehe. Ayam who ayam…

8. Who was the last person you hugged?

My gf.

9. Have you ever had your heart broken?

What do you think?

10. Have you ever thought about having plastic surgery?

Never do. God must have given me this look for a reason. Hehehe. Ori is best.

11. Do you like your life?

There are times you like them and there are times you don’t. It is only HUMAN to be that way.

12. Do you shop at Hollister?

WTF is Hollister? Wahaha.

13. Has one of your friends ever stolen a boyfriend from you?

I am not homo so I never had a boyfriend. How to have a boyfriend stolen from me?

14. Has one of your friends ever stabbed you in the back?

Err, maybe, maybe not… hahaha, dun ask me la, ask my friends.

15. Do you have more friends that are girls or boys?

Arrr, more girls friends… so how?

16. How long have you had friendster?

4-5 years?

17. Have you ever cheated on someone?

have you not?

18. Has anyone ever cheated on you?

Dun ask me. Ask anyone.

19. Have you ever slapped a boy in the face?

Err, I think I have. Or is it a punch? Hahaha.

20. What is one of your biggest fears?

Creepy crawlies…spiders… and losing the people I love…and how I will die in the future… and no money…and…and….and….skip

21. Have you ever skipped class?

Huahuahaua…..What do you think?

22. Has anyone close to you ever passed away?

I lost my grandfather 10 years ago and my uncle last year…

23. Have you ever cried yourself to sleep?

who neveR?

24. Have you ever not been able to get someone out of your head?

YES…. Enuff said

25. Do you believe in the saying “once a cheater, always a cheater”?
Err, everyone deserved a second chance.

26. Have you ever had a good feeling about something and it turned out that you were right?

Err, how to say leh…errr, have gua…hehehe.

27. Do you ever wish you were famous?

Never thought of this wor….

28. Do u ever wish u were a man?

I am a man……

29. Do you think men smell nice in cologne?

Anyone wanna buy cologne for me?

30.The moment of terror! I tagggg….
Thiamhin… (no escape r)
Reiko (so long did not tag you)
Angie the angelc (I tag u again)
Rabbit (safe from belle but not from me)
SillyDrunkFish (Coz I want to and you are drunk, hehehe.)

It's out.......

2007-07-23T21:36:00.000+08:00

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After such a long wait, it is finally out. Has been waiting for it for such a long time. Every time I passed by the store, I will be looking for it. What is it? Here, this one:

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Yeah, It's the Book 16 of the True Singapore Ghost Stories. Hahaha. My gf bought it for me on Sunday. I'm only reading it now, so, don't say that my dream was because of too much reading ya. Hehehe. I have just finished reading Adrian Mole's Book one and now this is out. This is Bliss.... Want to know what's in store in book 16? GO get yourself a copy. Hahaha. All I can say is that I enjoyed every story I read so far.

Trauma

2007-07-23T12:07:00.000+08:00

I am currently a bit sleepy and tired. This is all due to something that traumatized me quite a bit. I used to have friends asking me whether I dream or whether I can remember any of my dreams. I used to answer them that I hardly dream, so I do not have any dreams to remember.

Ever since I started working and having more time to sleep, I have been having more and more dreams. What traumatized me was a dream I had yesterday night. I can still remember it and it was so surreal and ‘No’ it is not about ghost.

I can remember that it started off normally. I was driving on a road, then the scene moved on to another place. Something like a market, there was this lorry driver, once he finished selling his wares, he started packing his stuffs and drove his lorry towards the road I was on but before approaching that road, he has to go through a tunnel.

As he was going through the tunnel, a few motor bikers appeared out of nowhere and started shooting at his lorry. Everything was a mess, everything at the back of the lorry are shot/gone. Out of shock, the lorry driver accelerated to try and get away from the bikers.

As he was coming out of the tunnel, he lost balance, knocked my CLK and flung out of the lorry while my CLK skidded and turned a few rounds before stopping and facing the tunnel (it should have faced the other side). Just as I stopped, I saw the lorry driver being ran over by the bikers, blood was everywhere and his body parts was flying all around.

Then, those bikers also lost balance and they ram into each other, I thought to myself at that time, “Bastard, the motorbikes (those that rammed each other) should explode” and true enough, it exploded together with the lorry (with something out of a special effect film). Sure enough, there will be a lot of casualties to the bad bikers gang.

All I can remember after that was that, there was fire everywhere, the bikers being burned, deaths, and body parts strewn everywhere and definitely, dismembered survivors. I was shocked that what I said came true so I got out of my CLK to take a look at the survivors and tried to help. Then, out of nowhere, I stepped on a hand and when I retreated, I bumped on a heavily dismembered and disfigured survivor. It was not enough to look at the scene, the guy had to collapse on me and spoke with me. I can’t remember what.

I remember myself screaming and I remembered waking up with cold sweat. It was just like a premonition out of ‘Final Destination’ except that I am not the victim. Then, I remembered praying to God that all these will not happen and I can’t sleep till about an hour later. It would have been worse if I did not have a nice/sweet dream after that. Although it is just a dream, I am still a bit traumatized because it is too surreal.

Points to Ponder

2007-07-19T22:33:00.000+08:00

Note: I am currently reading "The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4". Damn funny. Hahaha

Case One
I went to yumcha with my colleague after work yesterday. He has just broken up with his gf and our conversation soon turned to relationship. He seems to be a it frustrated and he made this statement; 'I used to go for pretty girls to be my gf, I got rejected multiple times by these pretty girls and they are hard to find as there are not much choices. Now, I prefer to look for normal looking girls with inner beauty'.

Then, spontaneously, I told him this (note: the you does not refer to him):

"Even though you have set a high standard for your future partner and you are choosy, the other party might also have the same high standard and as choosy as you. If you have found someone which fits your criteria, you in turn, might not fit his/her criteria. Wouldn't it be better if you lower down your expectations? You will find that your choices have suddenly become more and the chances for you to find mr/miss right will be higher."

Case Two
Most of the time when I met up with my 'single' friends on msn or face to face, These are the answers which I usually get when I popped this question: 'Oi, paktor already or not? or Are you currently in a relationship?'.

FROM THE GUYS
1) Youlah, never recommend pretty girls to me.
2) No pretty girls want me leh.
3) Cannot find any pretty girls leh.
4) Recommend me some pretty girls la.
5) All pretty girls which I like are taken.

FROM THE GIRLS
1) Still single ler, cannot find a guy who is handsome, rich and romantic lah.
2) All the rich and handsome guys are taken.
3) Recommend me some handsome guys la. If possible, must be loaded also.

Conclusion: Girls are more demanding than guys. Hahahaha.

HATE...

2007-07-18T14:42:00.000+08:00

It has been quite sometime since I have been doing any tags. I got this tag from both thiamhin and also angie who has been tagged by thiamhin too. So, I got tagged by both the culprit and the victim of the tag. Just consider myself as the victim and also the victim’s victim of the tag. Without further ado, here is my tag:

1. Food you hate --> Well, I can’t think of any. There should be some but I am too blur to think of anything now.

2. Fruits that you hate --> Almost all fruits also I do not hate. Too blur to think.

3. Veggies that you hate --> Strong smelling ones like celery and the likes.

4. Celebrities or people that you hate --> I do not hate any. Dislike maybe. Hehehe.

5. Event/Incident/Situation that you hate --> Depends on my mood la. Can’t be specific.

6. TV Shows or Movies that you hate --> All those which involves too much talking/crying ones. Sibeh boring.
7. Type of Music that you hate --> Depends on my mood. Can’t think of any now. Too blur.

8. Household chore that you hate --> Errm…. Hehehe….. *smirk*

9. Things you hate about the world --> Errmmmm… Can I skip this?

10. Things that you hate about yourself --> System Malfunction…… Error… Security Code not recognized…… Will terminate in 5, 4, 3…..

There you go. Did I manage to answer any of the questions? Now, my victim will be Now I will be tagging belle, huei, kenneth and Fiona (again) this time. Hahaha.

Me @ Wakin's Concert

2007-07-16T16:34:00.000+08:00

Four and a half hours. That is exactly how long it is. It started at 8.15pm and ended at 12.45am. By now, you would have successfully guessed what I meant. Yes, it is the Wakin 20 Live in Malaysia 2007 concert that I attended last Saturday at the Putra Indoor Stadium.

My gf and I arrived at around 7pm and had our dinner in the car. At around 7.30pm, we walked to the stadium area. By 7.50pm, we are already inside the Putra Indoor Stadium although we only went in to the seating area at 8pm.

Everyone was waiting anxiously for Wakin’s appearance and finally, he appeared with a bang and everyone was shouting when he appeared at about 8.15pm. Wakin’s first album is The Heart’s Destination (1986). He started off his concert with the title track from that album.

He also announced to the 10,000 plus audience that on that day, it is officially his 20th years and 1 day as a singer as he released his first album on the 13th July 1986 to which everyone gave a very big round of applause.

I do not think that I need to elaborate more on this. All I need to say is that I had a great time there. Almost all my favorite Wakin’s songs were sung, his voice is superb, he is a great performer, jokes was aplenty, he managed to get everyone involved and my gf and I totally enjoyed ourselves there (Except for something which I will talk about later). All these are why I always look forward to his concert. The guest performers were Lee Chee Ching followed by Victor Wong and finally Nicholas Teo.

Although I see many people taking pictures, taking videos and also recording sounds, I did not do any of those. If not, I would have posted those here. He is also very humble and sincere when he thanked everyone (from audiences to organizers to sponsors to the musicians who was with him for so long) for sticking with him all through these years.

At about 12.35am, he asked Nicholas Teo for the time and when he knew the time, he happily and excitedly shouted that the concert is already over 4 hours and he has already set a record by having the longest concert duration compared to all his other concerts.

At around 12.45am, the concert ended. The last song was ‘Friends’ (as expected). I left the stadium on his 20th years and 2 days as a singer with a heavy heart and also with a flat butt. Hehehe. That concert will remain forever in my heart. It also marked the first concert that my gf goes to and also the first concert that I go with my gf. I can’t wait for his next concert. I do hope that he will continue singing. For more reading, please refer to here.

Okay, now to complain/rant. It was the fat @$$ sitting beside me. What the f*ck man. He paid hundred plus for a ticket and I paid hundred plus for a ticket but why do I need to be tortured by @$$holes like him? You know what he did? He opened his leg so damn wide that it was way over the border (to be exact almost half of my seat was taken), F*cker shake his leg like he is having rabies or something and when he clapped along to the songs, he open his arms damn wide till I need to move to the other corner of my seat. Stupid dumb f*ck. Doesn’t even stop all his antics when my gf and I gave him the laser eyes multiple times. I felt like taking off my shoes and slap him with it. Spoilt my enjoyment of the concert.

More readings at jasonmumbles. Part of what he mentioned in his post is also how I feel. I'm damn lazy to update this post anymore. hehehe.

Finally, it is the 14th of July

2007-07-12T01:37:00.000+08:00

If you have noticed, I posted quite a few pictures of the sunset in my blog. I like the sunset and that is why I took a lot of pics of the sunset. This is taken by me while I was driving downhill from my house to Yulek (Taman Cheras). This is by far, the one I like most. My first two jobs does not allow me to look at the sunset. Most of the time, I can only see the moon. Hahaha.

YES!!!! Today is the day. It is finally the 14th of July. The day where Wakin will be performing in Putra Stadium @ Bukit Jalil. Anyone going? Please be reminded to be careful when you are leaving as it will be a marathon concert 8pm-12 something am. Don't bring too much valuables and please be cautious of your surroundings when you walk back to your car. Most importantly, do remember to enjoy yourself at the concert. Ciao!!!

What the heck....

2007-07-11T23:41:00.000+08:00

Nothing much to update, just wanna rant a bit. Take a look at the picture below, it was taken by me from a donation box placed at a counter of a shop in Leisure Mall. I stumbled upon it and was thinking to myself, "How can people do that?". Can you see anything wrong with it?

No? Here, let me pinpoint it to you.

Can you see that the "Bank Negara Malaysia" is faded? If you were physically there, you would have been able to see that it is a fake money. The paper quality is different, you cant see the silver thingy, you can't see the 'other face' on the right side, you can't see the '1' at the middle. In short, it does not have the properties of a real RM 1 Bill.

If it was donated without the knowledge that it is a fake RM 1 bill, then never mind. But what if it was donated with the knowledge that it is a fake RM 1 bill? Niamah! Dispose off your accidentally accepted/returned fake RM 1 bill also not in the donation box lah. Do it elsewherelah. Haiz....

Optimus Prime

2007-07-10T14:45:00.000+08:00

I went to Reiko's blog this morning and read this post. I was shocked by the first 2 pics I saw in the post. I can't believe my eyes and I thought Reiko has done some editing to the pictures. But no, the pics are not edited and I can't help but laugh at the pics. What pics do I mean? Here take a look. Can you see anything wrong with the pics? The pics are used with the permission from Reiko.

Wahaha, Can you see it? Why is there a large PENIS between Optimus Prime's legs? It can't be his rite? Haahahaha. Something is very wrong with the pics and the designer. Hahaha.

My Turn.....

2007-07-09T13:26:00.000+08:00

Drawing inspiration from belle's mou liu blog post, I did my own version of it. Here it is:

Pic of the sun taken from here, the durian from here and the sick cat from here. Remember to drink lots of water and some salt water after eating durians. Hehehe. Why didn't I take MC? Haiz...

Expired last year.....

2007-07-05T16:30:00.000+08:00

OMG, I just drank something that expired 1 year and 9 days ago. I can’t believe it. This is how the story goes:

I was feeling a bit sleepy just now, so, I went to a shop located on the ground floor of the building I am working in. I bought some sweets, some chocolates and a can of Lemon Green Tea and proceeded back to my office.

Once I am at the office, I popped in the ‘Chupa Chups’ I just bought and drank the Lemon Green Tea. Walao, it was so sour but I thought nothing of it as I thought tat it might be because of the sweet that made the drink taste so sour.

After I finished up the sweet, I waited for a while before having another sip at the drink. Man, this time is confirmed that it is WAY too sour. I then proceeded to look for the expiry date. It is very faded and not very visible anymore but I managed to find it. I had the shock of my life when I found it. The expiry date was ‘26062006’ which is exactly 1 year and 9 days ago. Because I am in shock, I asked my colleague to confirm it and it is confirmed that the expiry is ‘26062006’. By at time, I have already finished up half a can of the drink…..

I then proceeded back to the shop and confronted the shop owner as I do not want other buyers to drink the expired drink. It seemed that they did not know that it has expired, as it is a ‘new arrived stock’. They soon realized that their supplier has given them expired stock. They told me to exchange it with another drink as all the Lemon Green Tea has expired and thank me for notifying them. Has this ever happened to you?

Moral of the story? Always check the expiry of your food, drinks and especially medicines. Now my stomach is feeling funny….Excuse me while I go to the toilet….. Ciao.

A case of feuling

2007-07-05T15:45:00.000+08:00

I was wondering about this for quite some time now. Have been quite busy and also quite lazy to update my blog. Hahaha. Now that I have a bit of ‘spare’ time, I finally have the chance to blog this out.

The thing that I have been wondering about is ‘How often do you refuel?’, ‘Will you refuel straightaway when the ‘refuel’ light lights up?’, ‘Are you scared/worried when you meter reached the ‘E’ mark and you are stuck in a traffic jam with no gas station nearby?’ and ‘Are you the same as me when it comes to refueling habit?’.

Okay, back to myself, usually, I will refuel once or twice a week. The only condition that I will refuel is when it reached the ‘E’ mark. If not for the faulty ‘refuel’ light, I would have driven another 20 to 30 KM before I stop at the gas station.

There were a few occasions where I was stuck in a traffic jam while the meter reaches the ‘E’ mark. I was damn worried. I wouldn’t know what to do if the gas really runs out. It’s so jam, you can’t even push it into the emergency lane. I am using prepaid, so I can’t make long calls to ask for help. It will be a BAD situation to be in.

There was also once where I totally ran out of fuel and I was stuck in the first row at the traffic light. It happened at around early this year, I couldn’t remember which month. My ex-boss wrote our paycheck in the morning and so, I need to bank-in the cheque before 4pm so that I can use the money as soon as possible.

What I did was to drive to the ‘Hong Leong Bank’ located in Taman Danau Desa which is where my ex-company’s old office is located before we shifted to where it is located now. Everything was fine, I finished my business, got to my car and the ‘refuel’ light did not light up. Everything was fine. Right until I reach the traffic light.

My car just went dead and refused to move. It then dawned to me that it has run out of fuel and the ‘refuel’ light is dead too. It is so embarrassing to be blocking the road. Hahaha. I’m lucky that it was just very near the new office. I called up my colleagues and two of them came to my rescue while another one, AT, have to sacrifice his water bottle for them to bring me some petrol from the gas station. Hahaha. My ex-colleagues saved me. So, anyone mind to answer my questions above? Do you have any ‘Out of fuel’ incident to share with me? I know huei have but she have already posted it in her blog. Hahaha.

Me, in bold

2007-07-03T14:41:00.000+08:00

I have been tagged by thiamhin since last week (I think). I thought I am safe as huei did not tag me. But, I got it from someone else.... This is my tag:

INSTRUCTION : Bold the statements that are true to you.Italicize the statements that you WISH are true. Leave the fibs alone.Then, stab 3 people to do the same test..

1) I miss somebody right now.

2) I do not watch tv these days.

3) I wear glasses or contact lenses.

4) I love to play video games.

5) I have tried marijuana.

6) I have been in a threesome.

7) I believe honesty is usually the best policy.

8.) I have changed mentally over the last year.

9) I curse.

10) I âm totally smart.

11) I’ve broken someone’s bones.

12) I âm paranoid sometimes.

13) I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.

14) I need money right now.

15) I love sushi.

16) I talk really, really fast.

17) I have long hair.

18) I have lost money in Las Vegas.

19) I have at least one sibling.

20) I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.

21) I couldnt survive without Caller ID.

22) I like the way I look.

23) I am usually pessimistic.

24) I have a lot of mood swings.

25) I have a hidden talent.

26) I âm always hyper.

27) I have a lot of friends.

28) I have pecked someone of the same sex.

29) I enjoy talking on the phone

30) I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.

31) I love to shop.

32) Enjoy window shopping

33) I would rather shop than eat.

34) I dont hate anyone.

35) I âm a pretty good dancer.

36) I âm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.

37) I have a cell phone.

38) I believe in GOD.

39) I am an adrenaline junkie.

40) I watch MTV on a daily basis.

41) I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.

42) I have rejected someone before.

43) I want to have children in the future.

44) I have changed a diaper before.

45) I have called the cops on a friend before.

46) I am not allergic to anything.

47) I have a lot to learn.

48) I am shy around members with the opposite sexs.

49) I have made a move on a friends significant other or crush in the past.

50) I have tried alcohol before.

51) I own the South Park movie.

52) I would die for my best friend.

53) I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.

54) I have used my sexuality to advance my career.

55) I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.

56) Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.

57) I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.

58) I am happy at this moment!

59) I âm obsessed with girls/guys.

60) I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I”ve ever met.

61) I study for tests most of the time.

62) I am comfortable with who I am right now.

63) I have more than just my ears pierced.

64) I walk barefoot wherever I can.

65) I have jumped off a bridge.

66) I love sea turtles.

67) I spend ridiculous money on makeup.

68) Plan on achieving a major goal dream.

69) I âm proficient in an musical instrument.

70) I hate office jobs.

71) I love sci-fi movies.

72) I think water rules.

73) I went college out of state.

74) I like sausages.

75) I love kisses.

76) I fall for the worst people.

77) I adore bright colours.

78) I cant live without black eyeliner.

79) I dont know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.

80) I usually like covers better than originals.

81) I can pick up things with my toes.

82) I can whistle.

83) I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.

84) I have ridden/owned a horse.

85) I still have every journal I have written in.

86) I can't stick to a diet.

87) I talk in my sleep.

88) I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.

89) I have jazz in my blood.

90) Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.

91) I wear a toe ring.

92) I cant stand at LEAST one person that I work with.

93) I am a caffeine junkie.

94) I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.

95) I have been to over 15 conventions.

96) I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.

97) I âm an artist.

98) I only clean my room when necessary.

99) I like a person of the same sex.

100) I love being happy.

My victims are Reiko, Cincauhangus and fiona.

Video to Yumiko Cheng's Second wardrobe malfunction

2007-06-26T15:20:00.000+08:00

Here is the video for the Yumiko Cheng's Second Wardrobe malfunction incident.

Video removed? I have a copy of the .flv file. Will upload it in a day or two.

Yumiko Cheng Hei Yi Second Wardrobe Malfunction

2007-06-26T14:37:00.000+08:00

I went to Bangi this morning. So, I am not able to check the statistics for my blog. I came back to the office at around 1.30pm. First thing I did was to check my blog's statistics. I was shocked and I can't believe me eyes. This is what I saw at my Nuffnang:

Can you believe it? 351 pageviews and increasing. Because I can't totally believe in Nuffnang, I went to check my statcounter for another diagnosis. This is what greeted me:

Man, 272 pageviews and increasing by the minutes. It is 307 pageviews as of now. The last time I got so many pageviews was in December last year. Still unable to believe myself, I checked my OneStat. This is what I got:

256 pageviews. Hahaha. It will (already have) take over the "Busiest Day" record set in December last year. Even my ModMyProfile counter set a new record and gave me stars for setting a new simultaneous views.

The last time my blog was so busy was due to Yumiko Cheng's wardrobe malfunction post here and here. Who is the culprit this time? This is the culprit:

Yeah, it's Miss Yumiko Cheng Hei Yi again. This is her SECOND wardrobe malfunction. I found it out from my Nuffnang and my Statcounter statistics. It seems that last time her wardrobe malfunction caused her to lose her pants and revealing her thong. This time, is her tube top malfuntion and revealing her breasts. Last time she was lucky as she has her thong but this time.... nothing but flesh. She did not even realised it until one worker stepped in and helped her. This is a quote taken from asianfanatics.net.

I was watching it live on TV on Saturday and she didn't seem to know till a
worker gave her flowers then she was excused by the MCs to go backstage for a
couple of minutes to fix her 'problem'. But its still kinda her own fault cause
she didn't use protective tape which would've helped her tubetop stay up and she
knew she would be dancing to fast songs so a tubetop isn't the best choice
whithout the tape =P

Didn't she learn from her past experience? Some people just never learn. Anyway, I do feel sorry for her. More readings at here, here and here. Pics taken from here.

Another kind of Neslo

2007-06-25T10:36:00.000+08:00

A rather short post today. I had a different kind of NesLo (Nescafe + Milo) for breakfast today. Usually, we can only drink the Neslo that we ordered from the Mamak. But this one I had, you can drink and also eat it. Don't believe me? Scroll down:

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I did not bluff you rite? Usualy I drink the Mocha one, sometimes the Latte and sometimes the Original one. Mocha is the best to wake you up. (Notice: to wake you up, not to keep you awake).

IT Job Titles

2007-06-22T16:51:00.000+08:00

This morning my sister called me. She is only 13 and in Form 1. She was doing her History Project. As usual, the first history project that everyone in Malaysia gets in Form 1 will be “My Family”. I remember doing mine 12 years ago. Hahaha. Yes, I am exactly 1 cycle of the Chinese Horoscope away from my sister. We are both born in the year of the dog.

Okay, back to the story. It seems that she wanted to do a profile of me at the moment. So, she called me on the phone to ask for my job title in Bahasa Malaysia (BM). It was then that I was dumbstruck for a while. I couldn’t find the Bahasa Malaysia equivalent for my job title (FYI, I got A’s for all my BM papers from UPSR right till SPM).

So, what I did was to tell her that I will sms her my job title and hung up. Whew, safe. What I did was run through my noodles (brain) and just did an exact translation of my title.

I am a Software Engineer. Usually, in BM the placing will be like Engineer Software. A few minutes later, I smsed my sister and told her that my job title is Jurutera (Engineer) Perisian (Software). For my IT degree, I majored in Software Engineering. In BM, it is Kejuruteraan(Engineering) Perisian (Software). I hoped I got my job title right. Hahaha.

It then dawned to me that I have never been bothered to know my job title in BM. So, I did a few translations of my old job titles. I have been a Web Developer, Senior Web Developer and also an Application Developer. The direct translation would be Pembangun(Developer) Jaringan(Web)/Web(You can use web in BM too) for Web Developer, Pembangun Web Tua(Senior) and also Pembangun Aplikasi for Application Developer. Wahaha, it just doesn’t sound right. Especially the ‘Senior’ part. It seems that all my colleagues also can’t be sure and ‘Tua’ is the closest to ‘Senior’.

Why stop at only my job titles? I then came up with a few more. They are, Web Designer (Pereka Jaringan/Web), Database Administrator (Pengurus Pangkalan Data), IT Support Manager ( Pengurus Sokongan Teknologi Maklumat), Network Administrator (Pengurus Rangkaian) and System Analyst (Penganalisa Sistem). It’s just so long and still doesn’t sound right.
Then, I thought of one other IT job title that doesn’t sound nice in BM. It’s ‘Programmer’. Translated, it will be ‘Pemprogram’. Hahaha. It’s just so hard translating IT job titles and IT terms into Bahasa Malaysia. Anyone have better suggestions?

I made someone lost RM0.50.....

2007-06-20T11:25:00.000+08:00

Something funny just happened this morning as I was driving to work. Here’s how the story goes:

On my way to work, I need to go through the Connaught Toll where the charge is RM 0.50. As usual, I have to wait in line for my turn. Then it is where the incident happened.

There was one car in front of mine. He paid RM 1 and drove off and I subconsciously drove my car in front a bit. Then I saw the car stopping and the toll operator holding RM0.50. For a few seconds, nothing happened. The driver of the car hesitated and drove off. He can’t reverse his car as I was there (I was not totally blocking, just a few inches from the entrance of the toll). To the driver, sorry I made you lost RM 0.50.

What made it funny is that this incident happened to me last year too. It is with the exception that I did not realize that I paid RM1 and I sped off. I only realized that I have to wait for my balance after driving quite far from the toll plaza. Hahaha.

Anyway, today is 20062007. Enjoy your day. Ciao!!!

Lost $$$ to my car....

2007-06-18T22:10:00.000+08:00

Last Friday morning, I tried to start my car as usual, then as I was about to leave, it went dead. Then, I restarted my car and this time it moved but it was a bit jumpy. It was okay after that. So, I thought nothing of it and continued to drive to my office.

It was about 6.15pm that I left my office to fetch my gf to go to the pasar malam with me. It went dead once after I started my car then another time while I was on the way to my gf's house. All the way to my gf's house, it was jumpy. And from then on, the car doesn't seem to have any power. What's worse is that the brake doesn't seem to be working properly. So, my gf and I decided to send my CLK to the mechanic for a checkup as I need to travel to Bangi on the next day.

Upon arriving to the mechanic's place which is very near to the pasar malam and my house, I told them my car's problem and to fix the "car went dead and jumpy" problem, I need to change the "White gold"? of the car. He also found out that my spark plugs are not in a good condition. So, I changed them as well. Lastly, it was my brake problem. Upon checking my brake fluid, there was none left. Hahaha. He has diagnosed that there should be a leakage at the brake pump. Very experienced, been around for more than 10 years and able to deduce the problem before checking.

Because there isn't any availability of spare parts and my need to use the car on the next day, nothing can be done except for topping up the brake fluid FOC. I was to go for the brake check on the next day after I came back from Bangi. The "white gold" costs RM 25 and the set of spark plugs costs RM 25. Services are free and so I only have to pay RM 50.

It's the first time I sent my car to this mechanic but I like this repair shop straightaway. The last one I went to where I sent my car for a normal service which usually costs less than RM 60 made me ended up with an RM 400 plus bill because of changing still working parts for me. The guy just keeps on asking me to change my car parts. At least this shop will explain the problem to me and let me decide whether to change the part or not.

The next day, I sent my car to check the brake at about 11.50am and I need to rush home at 2 something to join my family to go to my auntie's house to attend the prayer of the one year anniversary of my uncle's death. The mechanic said that everything can be done on time. So, he checks the brake in front of me. All four brakes are checked and we found out that the brake pads of the front tyres have gone too thin, both the brake pumps for the back tyres are leaking brake fluids and because of the leakage, both brake shoes for the back tyres are also considered "gone case". This is what they have to change for me in 2 hours plus. I went to McD Leisure Mall awhile after that. I'll just let the pictures do the talking from here on. I took them after I had my lunch and had a bit of shopping.

So, what and how much was I charged for? 1 set of Mintye brake pads for both my front tyres at RM60, 1 set of FBK brake shoes for both my rear tyres at RM 58, 2 pieces of TRW brake pump at RM 68 per piece which makes it RM 136 in total, brake fluid at RM 18 and service at RM 40 which amount to RM 312 in total. (Huei, is the price okay? Did I get cheated? Hahaha). The RM 40 for service is well deserved for the great service they gave me. I'm RM 362 poorer in just 2 days all because of my car. This added with the money I spent on Wakin's concert tickets can actually buy me two Wakin's concert VIP seat....Anyone kind enough to donate? Well, better lose money than my life. Hahaha.

Trojan Downloader.Exploit.64

2007-06-14T17:11:00.000+08:00

Since Wednesday, my office PC has been infected by a Trojan. Stupid Trojan made it hard for me to concentrate on my job. The Symantec anti virus keeps on popping up with the prompt that the Trojan has been found.

Feeling fed-up, I went to look for the solution to this problem. First, I looked at the nature of the Trojan which is displayed in the screen shot below. If you enlarge the image below, you can see that the threat containment and removal are easy. Then why is it that the Symantec anti virus installed on my PC, have not been able to remove if after 2 days? If this is easy, I do not know how to imagine how many days "hard" will take.

If you look at the screen shot below, you will be able to see that the Trojan is triggered by just visiting a site. Doesn't matter intentionally or not. If you look at the third screen shot, you would have deduced that the Trojan keeps on regenerating. This is why the anti virus have not been able to totally remove it. This will always happen if the registry and the Windows "Services" has been tampered by the Trojan.

After getting bored and fed up of doing so many scans using 3 anti virus software and 2 anti-spyware program, I took a very drastic move. I restarted the PC in "Safe Mode" and manually remove the infected file. Then I ran a round of "AVG Antivirus" which was followed by CCleaner. It seems that CCleaner is a very popular and good tool for the task. It is able to free up hard-disc space, fix Windows error and a few more handy tasks. You can get it at ccleaner.com.

Then, I restarted the PC in normal mode and ran another round of AVG Antispyware and another Antivirus scan. It seems that, this time, my trouble is finally over and I can now work in peace.

Unscrupulous Seller

2007-06-12T17:16:00.000+08:00

Today, my colleagues (there are five of us) and I went to lunch at Bangsar. It is just your ordinary looking restaurant with lots of stalls. The reason we went to Bangsar to eat was because one of my colleagues, which is the driver, wants to eat pork.

At first, I am undecided on what to eat, as there are so many stalls there. Three of my colleagues went to the Mixed Rice stall and since I feel like eating rice and the dishes looks okay, I joined in. Only the driver did not eat mixed rice.

It turns out that this will be one of my worst decisions. I’ll first tell you what I took aside from that plate of rice. I took 2 scoops of “Choy Sam”, 2 scoops of potatoes and about 7-8 pieces of sweet and sour pork. Not much right? I can easily get this at between RM 3 to RM 3.50 at my old working place.

So, I proceeded to pay for my rice. The aunty took a look at my rice. Then took a look at me and said “RM 3.50”. At that time, I was thinking, “Okay, normal price”. So, I took out RM 10 and paid her. Simple maths rite? RM10 – RM 3.50 = RM 6.50 rite? Do you know how much change I got? I only got RM 5.50.

F*cking aunty. So, what do I do next? I proceeded to ask her for another RM 1 which is rightfully mine. Do you know what she said? She kept a straight don’t care face and said “RM 4.50. Because you took a lot”. Someone please screw her. I only took a little and you say a lot. I know it’s a little as it is the normal portion that I eat and also I asked my colleagues.

Another thing I am angry about is that she pays me back RM5.50 without explaining that she is charging me RM 4.50 instead of RM 3.50 as she has mentioned earlier. It’s just so Nuffnang. Never tell me that the ads I am displaying will be PayPerClick instead of the usual “Bands” payment method. Bloody cracked my head when I was having blogger’s block (last 2 weeks), to do postings so that I still have at least 20 pageviews average just to know that I do not get a sen for it. I have sent an email to complain and waiting for replies. ARE YOU TAKING ME FOR A FOOL?

So, you will think that mine is the only case leh? I will elaborate further. One of my colleagues encountered the same thing. He was told that his plate of rice was RM 5. When he got back his change, he only got back RM 4. Reason? Same as mine. Another of my colleagues was charged RM 6 too. Yet another one which only took 2 veggies and one piece of meat got charged RM 4.50. Are we just easy target or what? In the end, my friend who did not eat mixed rice spent the least on food today.
I just can’t believe that such unscrupulous seller exists. I wonder how she feels about this. Can’t you earn an HONEST living? The next time I go there, I won’t be eating mixed rice for sure.

Wakin @ Berjaya Times Square

2007-06-11T01:10:00.000+08:00

As I have mentioned earlier in my other post, I am a BIG fan of Wakin. I have also mentioned my intention of buying his concert ticket on the 14th of July 2007 at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil. So, to Berjaya Times Square I went today to buy the concert ticket and also to attend his Singing and Autograph Signing Event.

I reached my gf's house at around 12pm. Then we went to Seoul Bulgogi Restaurant to have Korean Steamboat buffet. It is located just at the ground floor of my office. We ate for about 2 hours. By 2.20pm, we have finished eating and so, we headed to Berjaya Times Square to attend the event. It was quite jam. We reached there at about 3.05pm.

I dropped off my gf first while I went to look for parking. At around 3.15pm, I found the parking and thought that I was late as it should have started at 3. When I rejoined my gf, she told me that the event will only start at 3.30pm. Thank God. So, I lined up to buy the tickets while my gf went to the toilet. By that time, all the RM 83 tickets are sold out. Most of the other tickets are gone too.

I bought my tickets and headed to the boulevard, where a Wakin's singing contest is being held. The winner of the contest have won a Special Edition Wakin 20 2007 Live in Malaysia Concert Coin/Emblem/Medal. Lucky him. In my opinion, he doesn't sound like Wakin, just that he can sing his songs. Anyway, that's not important, what's important is that Wakin will arrive soon.

By about 3.35pm when everyone shouted his name, Wakin emerged and the crowd went wild and cheered for him. He made his speech, laughed his trademark laugh and brought up the mood. This is why I feel that he is a great performer, everyone just joined in.

He sang his first song which is "(Sorry I have to find it out first because I can't read Chinese)". After the first song, he made his speeches. From what he said, he planned to make this Malaysia concert to be his lengthiest one. He wanna beat his previous record of holding a concert for 4 hours and 9 minutes. So, Malaysian concert goers can expect a very very long concert. Which is good. Lucky us. It is also his trademark that his concerts are full of songs, speeches, jokes and laughter. I just can't wait for the concert day itself.

Then everyone asked for an encore and so he proceeded to sing "Friends". How nostalgic. After the song he mentioned that it's not enough and he wanted to sing more even before we called for another encore. So, the next song was a few lines of "Tomorrow I will marry you" without the accompaniment of music. We all sang together with him. The last song was "Hua Xin". All my favorite songs. I'm sorry, no pictures here, I was too busy taking videos using my handphone. *Sob*. I forgot to bring camera...

After this is the biggest event. It's the autograph signing event. Walao, there were so many people lining up to get his signatures. From the older generation, to my generation, to the generation younger than me. Just so many peoples. I got my poster signed and also got to shake hands with him. My gf got a better deal. She got to have his signature, a handshake and also an apology from Wakin himself. Why did he apologize? He spilled water on the table, so my gf has to wait for him. That's why she got an apology. Hehehe. But... I'm so envious of the last guy. He got a HUG from Wakin.

The whole event was very nice. Except for one thing. The staff from Galaxy. They are a spoilsport. I know that they wanted to end the event ASAP but they are a bit RUDE. What happened? Everyone was rushed down the stage after they got their poster signed. Doesn't even have time to roll the poster. I even saw one of them pulling away a guy while the guy was shaking hand with Wakin. Hey, he just barely shook the hand of his idol and u pulled him away? How rude. We payed for the tickets with our hard earned money ya know. They are just everywhere. Blocking all the way. Hard to get a decent photo of Wakin.

The whole event ended at about 5.30pm. He has been signing posters since 4 something. It must really be tedious and tiring. He left in a car right after that. The feeling of meeting my 11 years idol is jut great. Can't be described by words. Hahaha. So, is any of you out there going for the concert? Okay, Enough of that here are the pictures, sorry for the quality, I forgot to turn off zooming:

Everyone is lining up

Just take a look at the long queue

This was taken a few minutes after I got mine signed

Patiently signing the posters.

Hmmm, what do you think he is saying?

Still signing at 5 something.

This is the lucky last guy who got a HUG.He is making his speech after signing our posters.Wakin bidding us farewell.Wakin leaving for the car.

The envelope of my Wakin's concert tickets.

My 2 Wakin tickets. Yeah, Yeah I did say I wanna buy at least the ones above RM 200 but my pocket doesn't allow it ler.My 2 Wakin's signed poster. I'm gonna hang one and keep one.

My signed Wakin's poster.

A closer look at the signed poster.

Here's a better picture of Wakin where I stole from SOOHK's blog. Thanks man.