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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Loaning Out
Something that I loaned out to my company's partner.
[1:56 AM]
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Another Boring Monday
An exceedingly boring Monday. The weather's been pretty fuxed up, and life is on a go-slow right about now, busy as usual but still got the time to snake around. I still have to do the daily routine - wake up in the morning, work, lunch, work, dinner, shit, bath, sleep and not getting enough sleep. I wouldn't complain too much coz I am a night-crawler, but I do wish that I only need to see the sun for only a few hours everyday.
Liverpool 5 - Havant 2, that would be the only good thing that happened over the weekend. They blew Havant away and it was an excellent display. Watch out, we're gonna run the table!
Totally useless fact for the day: I think i'm fuxed up and I need to get a life.
( Pictures courtesy of liverpoolfc.tv )
[1:02 AM]
Monday, January 28, 2008
Still Lost
I am coming to a great big brick wall in my life. It's now heading towards like 6 years and I can't seem to get back into the swing of things. I am at a loss as to what should I do with my life, knowing this has a domino effect on what I will be and what the future holds for me. I used to be vibrant and enthusiastic about life and now worry that I've made a terrible mistake that will haunt me for the rest of my life. How do I get back on right track and make some great decisions for my future?
I feel there have been so many junctions in my life that parts of my soul might have taken flight. I view almost every situation in my life as a failure. I am also disgusted by what I see as my complete self-centeredness. I also feel that I am guilty of completely overlooking the positive things in my life and focusing on the negatives only. I can remember having a few major episodes of depression in my life. Shits just happen.
Every time when I think I got it this time, it just ain't my turn yet - I am never that lucky.
[1:29 AM]
Friday, January 25, 2008
Chinese New year Preparation
I got this present a couple of days ago, so I decided to put "Mickey & Minnie" beside my home desktop and the other gift hooked on my keys. Im loving it, thank you sweetie - you made my day!
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Chinese New Year Preparation
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Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and most important. Not very colorful for me though, people at my age would prefer to stay at home and lazy around. A friend of mine asked me today, "Oi, shopping for CNY liao ah?". Good question. CNY is like what? errmmm 2 weeks from now? Let me list down what I have prepare for CNY :
1) Annual Housecleaning - Did it last month with my parents & brother. They started cleaning every corner of the house at 12pm and I woke up at 2pm, took a brush and did some magic with it for 15minutes and then I went out ;) At least I contributed a 15minutes of hardwork. Forgiven & understandable.
2) Preparing Food - Stocked in piles of Jack N Jills & Tom Yam Maggie Instant Noodles for CNY civil war. Looks more like Hungry Ghost festival to me.
3) Shopping for "Weapons" ( THIS IS A MUST ! ) - Illegally bought a few Kick-Ass-Firework to burn down my neighbourhood & rip off some dog's ass ( human casualties not guaranteed ). Just to show other races what we Chinese are capable of doing - I still know what you did last Raya / Deepavali ! If you are now inspired to celebrate CNY, waste no time - start burning those motherfuxers.
I still remember when I was a kid, there are just sooooo many shits to be done before CNY. Now at this age, as you can see from above - I only have 3 things to prepare for CNY. That's how fast our life can be. It works like a digital camera, deleting the images we don't like and preserving only the best. Sometimes I wonder if make-believe isn't part of our human nature.
[1:48 AM]
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Old Bird
Another boring weekend. My home PC is fuxed and I gotta find the damm Bluetooth driver and install em at cybercafe, my only hope for internet. Anyway, I got myself into some pretty interesting food carnival over the weekend.
Visited an old makan spot with CK on Saturday. A heavenly makan spot when I was way much younger ( during secondary school ), located at my hometown Klang - Selangor. If you guys are from Klang, you should pretty much know about the old GAMA supermarket. And surprisingly, the boss still recognize me ! He went like "wahhh gia ku boh kuah tiuo lu liao hau si kia" ( wahh damm long no see you liao young man ). Introducing you, Ah Hock ABC and Wah Chai Wan Tan Mee. It was just awesome ! We used to hangout there after school and whenever chicks passed by, we do our whistle tricks.
And then on Sunday, went for steamboat ( which is also located in Klang ) with another group of friends. Tom Yam + Porridge flavour. Cost us like Rm150++ for 5 of us.
[2:16 AM]
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Another Tiring Day
Woke up unusually early this morning to attend the SUN products training at downtown. The training starts at 9am and I actually took LRT ( train ) to downtown together with one of my colleague. I did not even know the fundamentals of taking a train. And little do I know that taking the train is so fuxing easy. The train is very full, travel in high speed and people are having loud conversations. It makes me wonder if these people have been riding together for years. The rest of the train ride was uneventful.
It took us like 30minutes to reach our destination and by the time we reached the training room, the training has already begun. I'm not gonna write about the training, I'll just sum it up into one word - "BORING". I left about 12pm and proceeded back to the train station. Took another train back to where I came from, drove my car and attend to all my appointments and the rest of the day was tiring. I'm so freaking tired right now. Both my parents are sick and with all the surrounding problems I'm facing now makes me even more tired. I foresee next week is gonna be more tiring and busy. I've been sleeping early lately, yes surprisingly and rite now....I'm heading to my bed, leaving every damn thing behind and try to get a good and peaceful sleep.
p/s : hey Susi, it's great to hear from you again. See you in Jakarta soon.
[2:50 AM]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
So Damn Tired
My eyes feel like they’re melting. I haven't slept properly for the past few days. Too many things are making me uneasy, especially when I'm busy with work, don't have enough time for my own personal thing and missing someone so much - all at the same time.
I’m tired of many things, but especially of words. I’m tired of trying to make words do everything I can’t do. When I was younger I remember seeing people that were my age now. People that had spent their entire lives working in some corporate or organization. I remember the eyes were always flat and spark-less as if the very life had been sucked right out of them. I remember swearing that I would never look the same and I'd never become one of them.
I'm just so fuxing tired, I'm going to sleep.
[8:54 PM]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Gay
Something fishy happened last nite. A friend of mine confessed to another friend of mine that he likes him. The problem is, both are males! His confession included a clear indication that he was coming out to my friend out of a desire to be with him romantically. The first thing that I need to do is take a step back from my feelings of shock and confusion and try to see things rationally. This is easier than it sounds, but it is not impossible.
Being homosexual in this modern culture carries with it a great deal of social taboo and funny stuff. It is not an easy thing for anyone to have to face the type of ignorance that homosexuality is subject to in our culture, be it the person who feels they are gay, or those who care for him or her. I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I don't agree with anyone that doesnt accept gay people ( even though I personally don't quite agree ) but I cannot change their mind. Homosexuality is a ridiculously sensitive topic and obviously one of the most debated ones ever. If they dont like gay people, thats it, and if they are going to talk like that, then thats how they are. If they bring it up again, then leave the conversation. Debating this gets no where. I have a few gay friends, and no matter what anyone says about them I will never think differantly, and vise versa, you cant change my mind, you will not change theirs.
I don't hate people and I'd like to think I'm not judging but I guess I am. There is no place in my life for intolerance. If people want to be that way, that's fine. I don't have to like them or hang out with them, do I? If people want to turn their back on what they think is good and moral just to get along with everyone, that's fine. I personally do not like bigoted people. If I'm creating a hole in the time and space continuum because I'm intolerant of bigoted people, well that's just the chance I'll take.
[2:02 AM]
Monday, January 14, 2008
Mobile Phone Magic
Got this mail today and I thought of sharing it with you guys, pretty interesting ( I'm yet to try the 2nd one ).
FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO
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There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:
FIRST
Emergency. The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
SECOND
Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!"
THIRD
Hidden Battery Power. Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.
FOURTH
How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #. A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.
This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.
[3:05 AM]
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Noisy Dogs
I haven't been getting good sleep lately, thanks to all the stray dogs in my neighborhood for barking in the middle of the nite. Those are not just normal barking, they barked as if their ass got poked by my car exhaust pipe. It's perfectly normal and reasonable for dogs to bark from time to time, just as children make noise when they play outside. However, continual barking for long periods of time is a sign that those motherfuxing dogs have a problem that needs to be addressed.
Come to think about it, I remember an old myth told by many before - "When you hear dogs barking like a madman at nite, the Soul Reaper ( I don't know what they call it in Chinese - some bad ass demon who takes life away ) is hunting for soul". Those bad ass doggies have been singing continuously for like 3 nites and true enough, somebody from my neighborhood passed away today. Believe it or not, every time dogs here bark like an elephant somebody from my neighborhood is gonna go. This is not the first time.
Dogs can be just as sensitive as cats when it comes to sensing the unseen. I always wondered if dogs could see beings from the other world. Of course we would never know because of communication barriers. After all, dogs supposedly see things in a whole different spectrum as we do. Its been scientifically proven that dogs see in black and white, because they have more 'cone' receptors in their eyes which pick up light intensity. Also dogs have better senses of hearing and such like, I believe it to be fully possible that they can eperience the paranormal at a level that we as humans cannot.
I don't know if I'm just paranoid or is it rational? It would be easy to believe that people have come to that conclusion based on a dog’s natural behavior. We’ve all seen dogs stand still and stare or react to something we were unable to see or hear. However, there may be much more to it then that. But as for now, stop barking and let me have a good sleep.
[4:20 AM]
Friday, January 11, 2008
A Great Start
Feeling lazy today. I have plenty of things I should do, but I'm not doing them yet. I think it's because of the rain. Damn, don't you just loveeeee Sunday.
Dreams are made of little hopes and things you carry with you without even knowing. My dream was crushed - but i have picked up the pieces and have put it in a special place. I am lucky to have such lovely and caring parents who have taken every steps to comfort and support me when I failed. Their support and some good friends optimistic advise gave me a sense of being loved.
There is no better feeling in the world than knowing you are being loved. I truly am and I am very fortunate to have this. I am not alone. When a door closes, a window is opened. That is how i feel now. One opportunity is put on hold, but there are far more opportunities, just waiting for me to use them.
Last week I started a new path in my life, I joined a big local company as an Account Manager. I think this is the biggest step I have done because is a great company to work with and getting good bucks as well. They have incredible assets. This company has massive potential, drive, determination and skills. I now have a spiffy new title and more focused duties. I am gonna try this shit out. If you ask me, I’d say it’s a very good fit. I am energized and excited to get on with the work. It was a pain in the ass when I started my job last week simply because they didn't provide me with a computer ! I couldn't do much and thankfully my brand new HP desktop arrived last 2 days and tomorrow I'm gonna slap everyone's ass on MSN, "hey suxer I'm back !". Ohh fux no, I got an appointment at 9.30am.
There is such a difference between what you want to be and what you really are, sometimes it really scares me. I want to be true to myself, but i find that it is hard to choose between what's good and what is easy. The easy way out sometimes cannot be despised. After one of the best day at work ever, a day that left me dazed at the possibility of it all, I had some drinks with my friend at his condo. His condo is trendy and beautiful, and immaculately clean, like in a commercial, the kind of clean that makes you feel dirty even if you’ve just taken a shower.
I was admiring the design and cleanliness of the house, thinking about my new job, about what exactly I had gotten myself into and how I would be able to pull it off, when suddenly my friend asked me an interesting question. "If shits happen, can you fail and get your ass up again"?". Good question. I failed before, to the deepest of the pit. It took me a while before I turned to face him and nodded slowly. Yes, I thought, I could fail. I'm still gonna get my ass back to the track and play it hard. But then of course, I don't want to fail again this time.
“If you can still get your ass up after falling, then you are a fighter. You gotta continue the game no matter what. You still gonna wake up every morning, jump out of bed, and life is at your feet. If you can do that, you will succeed". For a moment there, I was wondering when am I gonna have the money to buy a condo like that.
[3:26 AM]
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Nothing To Blog
Eat this :
The Salary Theory...
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Dilbert's "Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and scientists can never earn as much as business executives and sales people."
This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two postulates:
As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time
Since:
Knowledge = Power
Time = Money
Knowledge = Work/Money.
Solving for Money, we get:
Money = Work / Knowledge.
Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.
Conclusion:
The less you know, the more you make.
Courage and Bravery For Life...
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A man appears before St. Peter at the pearly gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asks.
"Well, I can think of one thing," the man offers.
"On a trip to the Black Hills, out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of macho bikers who were threatening a young woman."
I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen.
So I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker I smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring and threw it on the ground, and told him, "Leave her alone now or you'll answer to me."
St. Peter was impressed. "When did this happen?"
"Just a couple minutes ago."
When Time Talks...
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A drunk was proudly showing off his new apartment to a couple of his friends late one night.
He led the way to his bedroom where there was a big brass gong and a mallet.
"What's with that big brass gong?" one of the guests asked. "Its not a gong. Its a talking clock", the drunk replied.
"A talking clock? Seriously?" asked his astonished friend. "Yup", replied the drunk.
"How's it work?" the friend asked, squinting at it. "Watch", the drunk replied.
He picked up the mallet, gave the gong an ear-shattering pound, and stepped back. The three stood looking at one another for a moment.
Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screamed, "Hey, jerk! It's one-fifteen in the morning!"
[2:26 AM]
Monday, January 07, 2008
Hot Chicks
I was playing my online game as usual this evening when suddenly a stranger messaged me in the game.
Stranger : Hi, how r u?
Me : Fine, who who wants to know?
Stranger : bz?
Me : yes, very bz lvling. wat do u need?
Stranger : I'm a hot girl, u wan me?
And I have her ( or him ) in my ignore list immediately. This particular stranger reminds me of one incident when I was actively clubbing a couple of years back. Here's what I can remember.
I was with a friend and some of his friends. We decided to go for some drinks in a local pub. We were walking into a bar and I had this urgency to "release", so I stopped to take a piss on a tree. Then there were these two girls walked by and gave me a sideways glance, then kept walking. I'm sure they didn't manage to take a peep at my dick. Rite after I got my business done I walked back towards the bar and surprisingly I saw my friend talking with the 2 chicks. They turned and asked us to take a picture of them, but instead of handing us a camera they just started talking to us. They were quite OK looking, and at least one had some personality, so my friend invited them into the bar with us to get some drinks and hangout. My friend winked at me and I know he's trying to tell me "Yahh baby, we are getting boogey tonite".
They were sitting on the same table as us and after 10minutes, it was painfully clear that my friend is not gonna get boogey that nite. The more I hear them talk, the more I feel like slapping all of them with a toast bread. It was so boring and those girls kept laughing hysterically over a stupid little joke by my friend. I forgot specifically what it was that finally crossed the line with one of the girls. I think it was when I said that her face looks like a porn star I came across before ( in video obviously ). And immediately she got all pissed at me. Or it might have been when they told me they went to law school, and I told them they'd have been better off getting their law degree in the toilet.
Whatever it was that pissed her off, she started castigating me and then :
Chick1 : You are so stupid, you just lost your chance with 2 hot chicks here. You think we didn't see you peeing on a tree, and then two very hot chicks walked in front of you and
Chick2 : What hot chicks?
Chick1 : US!
Chick2 : Ohhhhh, yah we are hot chicks!
Me : *Laughing like a madman* I was about to ask that question too! What hot chicks? You are the first honest woman I've met in years, enjoy your nite I'm going for another pee, wanna join? hahahaha.
They both turned ugly and I know if they ever get a chance to shoot me down that nite, they would definitely shoot it rite on my balls. After I got back from the washroom, they were both gone and I can see my friend giving me a 50cent-look "Dude! Can't you see that we almost got them! Wtf are you doing?!". And I politely answered him, "You can fux my car exhaust pipe for all you want".
[3:01 AM]
Friday, January 04, 2008
My First Day At New Job
Lying in bed until 8.20am is not a good idea when you are starting work at 9am. You gotta rush your ass through the shower, get dressed in a hurry and end up falling over the laundry basket before grabbing the wrong breakfast bar and end up eating only quarter of the wan tan mee. It was the case for me this morning and caused me some headache in trying to achieve a healthy breakfast.
It was a lovely, cold and rainy morning. Was it not for my mum knocking on my room's door, I wouldn’t have known that the morning arrived and kept sleeping until the moment the sun came out and realized "OMG! It's my first day at new job!". I was almost late to work but thank God, the traffic wasn't that bad and I managed to reach on time ( that was quite early according to my standard ). Imagine coming late on your first day at new job, how bad ass.
I showed up at 9am and spent the whole day doing nothing but sitting there and reading some document that doesn’t require much time to finish. My laptop is not ready, so no internet, no access to the company documents. It’s a big company and, as expected, everything is slow. My first day was something which is not relatively personal. Like any big corporation, things are done systematically. But then again, they are lacking in the sense of providing training to newbies like me. Felt the first lost of freedom in this wave of unknown blue sea. People here are busy, no time, can't talk much, can't help much, got lotsa work. Face it, the market pace is fast for IT.
The funny thing about my department is 80% of them are females, even my assistant is a female. So I'm like surrounded with bunch of females with different types of perfume, you know those smell - varieties of smell. It was one hell of a boring first day and as I was about to leave at 6.30pm, I went over to the boss's room and told him I'm off to never never land. That was a big mistake! He dragged me in to the room for a "short" conversation ( lasted 1 fuxing hour ) and he complaint about me wearing a black color tie. Seriously, I don't fuxing see the problem with wearing a black color tie. He insisted that wearing a black tie symbolizes negative appearances for someone like me who is doing business. He added that people only wear black tie when they are attending funeral. I don't know how many people agree to this but I am certainly not one of them. I got off after hearing much of his preaching, took a warm shower and relax on my bed for a couple of minutes before I went out for tea with friends. And I know, the saga will continue tomorrow .......... till then, I gotta rest my sleepy ass off now.
[3:50 AM]
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Genting New Year
Went up to Genting with friends after the New Year countdown, check out the attached video.
Super jam rite?!!
[1:38 AM]
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
2008 Virgin Post
Tomorrow is my first day at work! I don't like first days. I am sure it will be ok though. The first day on a new job is a lot like the first day of school. You have to find the bathrooms and the cafeteria, get all your supplies, meet new people, and maybe do some work. Will I be forced to regurgitate everything I learned in Marketing 101? Will my boss be an asshole? Will I be late and forever labeled a slacker?
Its my first day as an Corporate Account Manager tomorrow. I am looking forward to it, although I've not been doing sales for quite some time but I know I'll be alright. I'm both excited and nervous. I feel like I'm going to the first day of kindergarten, except that I'm supposed to know what I'm doing. And for fux sake, my mom isn't booting my bawling ass through the door.
It is really nice to be out and about doing something new for a change. My job is to service existing clients, taking their orders and trying to close more sales from them every month. And at the same time, I gotta create new accounts / clients. So basically it means that I am gonna travel a lot and lotsa entertainments. With all of the meetings and things to learn, I guess my first day will pass quickly, and I'll likely go home feeling like I have accomplished nothing. But I only have to do the first day once. I'll soon ease into a routine, and start building the career I worked towards for long years.
I was lucky enough to have strong supports from my family, friends and my love one. It's time to get real and work out on something. A brand new year, brand new vision, brand new hope and a brand new job. I know I'm not only working for myself but also for my family, my love one and my future. Till then, it's time to chiao or I'll be late to work tomorrow.
[3:08 AM]