Just for appreciation

So its New Year’s eve. And if my post is up here, means I’m stuck at home. Dont ask why, but that probably means I have so much bad luck that my life is practically going to hell in a streetcar.

Yet today is also the day that I found a friend. A friend who showed me the difference between sympathy and care. A friend who differentiates between right and wrong, good from bad. A friend who was there even when certain principles got in the way. A friend who I never knew had so much in common with me.

I’d just like to thank Soo Imm here, not for any reason but to express my gratitude. You’re something the world cant do without. Cheers.

Have you any friend that you’re thankful for? For in fact I do, and maybe one day I’ll share with you more….

On eating your main course…

Had this rather amusing discussion with my friends the other day. We were having dinner at KFC, and although I was having salad (for health, dont tell me why it isnt worth it) MK and PS were having the snack and dinner plates.

When I saw what PS was doing with his um, chicken, I asked him: Is that the way you eat it? Then I looked over at MK’s plate, oh….okaay. Now before I divulge anything, I would like to make a survey out of this.

If you’re main course comes with mashed potatoes, coleslaw, fries and chicken; how would you proceed to finish them? As in, do you eat them in order? And if so, which one from first to last? Or do you eat them all in one go? Do share your eating habits with us. It would make for something useful. Hehheh

Christmas @ The Curve

Abit late on this post, my laptop’s infected with malware and I can’t seem to delete it so its kinda laggy for me to try to upload pictures or even write a post. Not to mention the fact that I’ve been in a slump these few days.

So yea Christmas… me and some of the authors went to The Curve, Damansara to ‘countdown’. Knowing that there will not be any fireworks or any form of celebration, we still went there anyway. I mean it’s much better to be hanging out with friends rather than staying at home on a special occasion altho we aren’t Christians. I guess that’s the benefit of a multi racial country, where we can actually celebrate all kinds of occasions.

So we went walk around, looking for something interesting or some performance maybe.. but of course there was nothing special except for the mall decorations. The whole place was really crowded though.. and we spent almost half the outing time to decide on where we should dine. And when we’ve finally agreed on something, the shops are closed haha who would have thought they would follow normal operating time on special occasions. So anyway we settled for this Japanese restaurant.. Sakae Sushi or something like that.. can’t remember that name exactly, wanted to take pics of the food but camera was low on batt (that’s my fault). That restaurant is good and their pricing is a little different from other sushi shops such as Sushi King, Genki Sushi. Their salmon sushi (sushi with a piece of fresh salmon) only costs RM 1.90 compared to RM4 on the other shops, their crab stick however is a little weird, as in the price, its RM 3.90 whereby it’s only RM 2 on the other shops. Maybe they got the salmon at a much cheaper price.. beats me. So anyway we sat and chat at the restaurant till it was about half an hour till Christmas, everyone was heading to the fountain area so it’s only normal that we went and check out what’s happening. Guess what, nothing was there except for a huge group of people waiting for.. ’something’ to happen. My guess would be.. once it’s 12, people will start spraying ’snows’ and ‘white strips of.. paper i guess” from cans. And also maybe people will start hugging each other, but anyway not being the type who enjoys being sprayed by strangers, we decided to leave before 12 (what a joke.. countdown konon ahah). As we are looking for an exit (car’s at Ikano, we’re at Curve), the whole mall was closed up, locking us in!! So we ‘counted’ down for Christmas trying to get to the other side of the mall and we had to use the roads. We however, did NOT miss the countdown! We got to the car at nearly 12 and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Wanted to wish people by winding down the car window but.. oh well.. anyway for those who are concerned, pictures will be uploaded soon with this post.

Oh yea.. and I bumped into my ex-roommate (the one from KDO), 3 times there, man.. we sure do have that ‘yuin fan’ thing. Now I totally agree with the saying : “Ikan di laut, asam di belanga, bertemu di.. periuk juga” or something like that. Haha

And I apologise if the post sounds kinda.. bored.. I’m still in a slump and pardon me for the lack of suspense. My right brain is closed for maintainance

So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Between Keeping Fit and Looking Stupid

My bro came down with a fever today. Though its not a problem to me that I’ve to take care of him, it only means that I have to postphone my “exercise-day”. This “exercise-day”, as you would have it, simply is the day where I spend about an hour and a half doing exercises. Sounds silly?

Now since my high-school years I’ve never been a guy with much mass. Ever since I’ve started working, I’ve taken the initiative to looking good and keeping fit. Also mainly from the fear of growing old and having a pot belly in front of me.

 To you “outsiders” this might mean silly, stupid even. It might to me if I was standing in your shoes. I remember when I was in Form 6 and my classmate Sim would always show off his “hard-earned” muscles. Oooh Aaahh…. And he would always do chinups on our classroom door, much to our amazement and amusement of it.

But now it seems less funny and more, well true to me (besides the free show of course). Who wouldnt want to look good? Yet, it does seem weird when I go to the bookstore and head over to the health section. Heck, I sometimes read the Men’s Health mag. PS says it’ll look gay if he hang around there somemore. Well, I’ll get my revenge. In the sense that if we have to go topless, at least I wont look….plain? Go figure.

NY Resolutions and How to Break Them

New Year is on the way. Yeap, another year came and went and now its going to be the year 2007. Still, time flies….I wouldnt have noticed if I wasnt chatting with Carol bout Xmas. The New Year, also the time we can make our resolutions and hope that we can keep to it. But will we succeed? You tell me.

Now does anybody have any goals for 2007? As for the general population you can already tell the “trend” of this whole business. The following is a list of the Top Ten resolutions taken from about.com of Pittsburgh which can actually apply to the rest of the world.

1) Spend More Time With Family & Friends

2) Fit In Fitness

3) Tame The Bulge

4) Quit Smoking

5) Enjoy Life More

6) Quit Drinking

7) Get Out of Debt

8) Learn Something New

9) Help Others

10) Get Organized

Sounds simple? Easy maybe? Yet can you stand the acid test and see how far you can go? Lets give a rundown of our “Top Ten” resolutions and see if the effort is really worthwhile….

1) Spend more time with family and friends. Unless your really spending quality time with your loved ones, this wont do you much good, really. Think of it. You see more of each other day-in, day-out and soon it becomes a bore. Worse, you end up quarelling more often. Havent you heard of distance makes the heart grow fonder?

2) Fit in fitness. While this might seem a good idea, in actual fact there might be some potholes on the road to better health. Joining a gym can be costly, especially when you hardly go all the time right? Whats more, studies show that most personal trainers dont even know what they’re doing sometimes, having no proper training. And sharing all that equipment with other sweaty guys? Better go solo and jog or something. But then you’d probably be breathing in fumes, or worse, get hit by a car. Bad idea.

3) Tame the bulge. Yeah right. People dont go thin overnight. And unless you stick to a strict regime, most of us wont go anywhere where our weight is concerned. And why not? The minute we lose like 5kg, we celebrate with say, a nice meal at your local diner – only to come back and gain 10kg.

4) Quit smoking. Now being a non-smoker, I cant comment much on this. But when you quit smoking, you’d probably pick something else. Better hope its something healthier, carrot sticks taste ok no? Yet quiting smoking might come with little or no motivation at all. Studies again prove that second-hand smoke can be hazardous to health, worse to that of the smokers themselves. No wonder my friend offers me a cigarette.

5) Enjoy life more. Ok, sound idea. But you cant enjoy life without money. And to earn that, you have to work for it. Getting enough money to lead a more enjoyable life in the future might mean that you’ll be breaking this year’s resolution to keep next year’s resolution. Anyone wants to prove me wrong?

6) Quit drinking. For those of us who are light-drinkers, it might be fine. But for those heavy-drinkers out there, easier said than done. Moreover, through observation we can see that most guys are not very adept at holding a conversation. Well, at least longer than say, an hour. So what else to do? Other than feeling out of place, best to get liquored up and drunk. At least you wake up tomorrow with a headache, enough to make you forget the embarassment of last night.

7) Get out of debt. As with Resolution No.5, unless your idea of enjoying life means frolicking in the beach in your underwear or having some fun time in the park (all costing not much money), then by all means go ahead. But if you’re planning to say go on holiday, buy a car, have a nice dinner at someplace posh with your girlfriend/wife, then you’re sure to incur debt. Not unless you’re full of cash, but by then you’ll be robbed and then you have to borrow to make up for your loss.

8) Learn something new. Ah, this you can keep – and I’ll keep this short. If you want to learn something new, then you should know by now that New Year resolutions are made – to be broken. Heh.

9) Help others. I would do this too, I swear. But when I’m having problems of my own, the last thing I want to do is to help others. I may be selfish, but charity starts at home. Alright, when by the time I’m able to make all my Top Ten Resolutions then I’ll be sure to keep this one. But if you’re like me, then spend all your energy to create a better life for yourself, and from there strive to make someone else’s life as good as yours.

10) Get organized. This has more to do with keeping your home/office/life organized. Small task, but it comes with a strong-will. After all, who can keep things neat when by now, you’ve just broken nearly all your resolutions. Best to chuck your New Year Resolution list out the window, and pride yourself by breaking all ten.

There, I’m done. Any confidence? Dont worry, I have a cure. Its simple. Just remind yourself that you are who you are. No matter what. And nevermind what people say, its your opinion that matters. When you come to realize that, you come to love yourself more. Because whatever good (or bad) habits you have, it all comes down to you.  Only you lead the life you want, and only you have the power to change the course of your destiny. No amount of NY resolution list can change that. Any comments?

Chinese Horoscope for 2007 (Horse and Goat)

Sal, here’s the info u wanted. Enjoy reading

Condemn cruelty against animals…

Was goin through the paper in The Star this morning when this article caught my eye: Outpouring of sympathy for little dog Joy. While this might seem like an ordinary article to you dear readers, it is in fact, much more than that.

To those of you who are too busy to read the paper lately, this article was somewhat of a happy ending to yet another article that appeared awhile back : Dog loses jaw after cruel beating.

On Dec 2, Sabrina Yeap of Furry Friends Farm rescued a little black dog. A normal lovable stray, but for the fact that its lower jaw was dangling and its tongue hanging out. Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen Joy, as he is later named, to have been beaten continuously by Indonesian workers at the Ki-Park Sri Utara construction site who kept calling the dog haram.

Although Joy’s tongue was saved despite the many lacerations and blood clots, its lower jaw had to be surgically removed.

“Joy will never be able to eat solid food again, to fetch a ball to play catch but at least he will be safe,” said Yeap.

Now I dont know what the world may be coming to, but this inhumane act of cruelty simply cant be ignored. Be it a human being, or even an animal, I dont see why we should show such disregard to the lives of all that is living. Is it only because, in this case, that it is “haram” by certain people that it must be subjected to such torture?

Yet we must not only blame religion in this matter. Some people, in regardless of religion or race, seem to have a thrill in killing animals. Some, would throw stones at dogs. Others, would run them down. Are we, the so-called “Childrens of God” behave in such an irresponsible manner? Well then, we can all go to hell.

After all, a man is not judged based on how he treats his equals, but on how he treats his inferiors. For all of you out there, show some respect. Value the lives of others, and not only yours. Cos the same thing, just might happen to you.

Greatest Joke Ever

It’s confirmed, I have insomnia. My biological clock is totally messed up, my body now recognises night as day and vice versa. Damn…

Only awhile ago I stumbled upon this article in www.kennysia.com (just reviewing his post and a lil of my personal comments), those who are interested can check out his site.

The news was “Adopt a Mat Rempit”, yes there was no typograpical error in what you just read. It’s probably old news but can you believe it??

Apparently, a politician from north with-an-ass-for-brain proposed to adopt one of these illegal motorbike racers, so that these mat rempits can lead a better life. Mat Rempits have actually made themselves a permanent addition to our Malaysian ‘Culture’, so now instead of trying to remove them, we have to find ways to live with them!! There were even news wanting to use them as a tourist attraction. Now that is RIDICULOUS!! These guys are a menace to society, and as if their stunts on publics roads isn’t getting enough attention, they have recently taken interest in crimes. And we are suppose to adopt them to give them a better life. Heck, they might even have a better life than me from the fruits of their crime.

I deeply regret the fact that I’m a poor student at the moment, because if I’m a little more established I would definitely adopt one of these ‘unwanted toys’. Before you start wondering if I’m still sane from the lack of sleep, take a moment to think about it.

First of all, they are self-maintaining which means they can earn money themselves (crime) and all you have to do is sponsor them the bikes, attire and racing fees at tracks which wears a decent price tag, do not forget that they can do wonders even with kap-chais. Secondly, they will provide a form of entertainment that is out of this world, only in Malaysia. There was this once, when I followed my cousin’s car group on a convoy to PD and there was this live performance by over 80 bikes, doing wheelie, stoppie, super man, etc etc, and I have to admit it was really fun watching and the louder we cheer, the more aggresive they become. Gives me the feeling of visiting a zoo, whereby upon certain actions or provocations, the animals will react accordingly. Another reason would be they might even make you rich!! By polishing your own ‘child’ to become the Mat Rempit of the Mat Rempits, someone might wanna buy him from you!!

Now lets all give it a second thought. I have a superb idea, why don’t we at this blog chip in and adopt a mat rempit ? Hahaha what is becoming of the country…

WTH..

Does it really matter?

It’s 530 am in the morning and here I am, feeling as energetic as ever. After tossing and turning in the bed for almost 2 hours, I’ve decided to call it quits, I just can’t sleep. I think I’m beginning to have insomnia. Great huh.. must be a result of my irregular sleeping time. Damn.. hormone inbalance will result in hair loss! Shit.. Thousands of things running thru my head, mostly insignificant though.. but the main reason would be because results will be coming out today. It’s ironic.. really.. for someone who rants about the ‘unimportanceness’ of results ever so often to be anxious about it. Now don’t get me wrong, the reason why this is happening is that I felt that I’ve put in more effort the last semester than any other and I’m curious how it’ll turn out. Not having too high hopes though, uni results can be rather confusing or ‘fake’ as how some of my peers would put it. Subjects that you think you did well will turn out.. well.. not so well, and vice versa. Or maybe I didn’t do well enough haha who cares.. Does the results really matter? Apart from the feeling you get after comparing with you friends bout who got the better results and whatever little knowlegde that is still left in the brain, we practically don’t learn anything. I’d opt for more labs and machinery training than studying, humans learn better by doing hands on rather than memorising. Heck.. I can still remember how to do welding, set up circuits, latheing, boring etc, etc. On the other hand, not so much of what I read stayed in my head. Man… I should stop ranting.. this is probably superbly boring for whoever’s reading it..you’d probably think: there he goes again..when will he ever give up bout this? haha sorry guys..it’s just me.. pessimistic as ever..

I’m gonna go Diner Dashing till my brain lets me sleep. Good luck for all UKM students out there!!

Signing out…. MK

Haunted Apartment

Sunday- Wondered why on earth I had to come and see this show….I was standing outside the TGV cinema in Sunway Pyramid trying to get Jamie and Andrew to agree to Eragon but…..2 VS 1,  guess who wins?

Overall, I thought it wasnt such a bad show. Compared to Ju On, it certainly wasnt that scary, and at least I can bravely say I didnt turn away trying not to watch those scary bits. But where the gimmicks didnt work out, what about the story?

Spoiler alert: The show is basically about a haunted apartment (duh!) who is haunted by a teen ghost. Now I’m writing this because Eileen has this new msn pic up and it looks eerily like the um, long-haired, pale-looking girl. A father and his daughter has just moved in, much to the delight of the houseowner. Heck, he even cried for joy. Weird? Maybe. But soon after they moved in, another family moves out. Moreover, there is a rule everyone staying there must obey: To be back within the apartment before 12 midnight.

The gist of it is, the whole block is haunted by a ghost, who apparently went missing on her way back from school. It was told that she loved her home very much, and returned there as a spirit. Her father, who built the apartment, moved overseas since then. The thing is, no resident is allowed to move out. Yet this rule can be broken if another family has recently moved in. There are other horrors in store for them, but not wanting to spoil it for you, you’d better see it for yourselves. And watch out for the twist in the end, it makes for a good story, or at least, better than your usual fare of ghost stories.

I thought it was a pretty okay story in the beginning, although quite boring. After all, it follows along the same lines as other horror movies, what with the ghost strangling or stabbing you (but worse, in your mind). But dont get me wrong, there were also exciting moments, where one of the residents worked as a PR lady in a nightclub. When it was almost 12, she got into a panic; worse still when the cab she was in got stuck in a traffic jam. Adding salt to the wound, when she couldnt pay for the fare and had to run for it, a policeman came after her! But in the end she was saved by her husband who cycled after her. I can tell you, at that moment everyone in the cinema breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at the pair of them haha……

 I would recommend this show, especially to those who have nothing better to do, and no better movie to see. After all, I might not have watched Cicakman, but it’ll rate higher than the rest. Except maybe Eragon?