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Cameron Highlands in January 2011

2011-02-15T16:38:00.014+08:00

i did start off but i gave up after the photo posting gave so much trouble. it's taking too much time so i think i'll forget about it :p

i'm back

2011-02-15T16:19:00.005+08:00

it's a public holiday and am just sitting around watching the telly and working on the website. totally insignificant and relaxing day.so what's been up the past few months.. well much of the same-same. trips, yes, there was Kota Kinabalu in November, where i did my Advanced Open Water course. two days of nothing but diving. very syok!then there was Cameron Highlands in january. that was a

brrr... it's another cold morning

2010-09-11T02:08:00.002+08:00

here i am watching another jean reno movie called '22 Bullets' or 'L'Immortel' ... happily it's all guns-a-blazing, blood and gore kinda movie. orait wat! talking about movies... (too bad the 'image' button is missing from blogger today) i was just reading about the hollywood remake of Let the Right One In, which was a brilliant Swedish movie released in 2008 - this is the kind of movie which

on a cold rainy night...

2010-09-03T01:12:00.004+08:00

all quiet on the home front, apart from the sound of rain together with the gurgling of the aquarium. which desperately needs a clean-up and a makeover. i think the residents are getting seriously depressed and wouldn't mind some fresh water and new playmates. problem is, the parrotfish is seriously mentally deranged and has killed every other thing in the aquarium apart from the sucker-fish or

i wish...

2010-08-29T16:19:00.002+08:00

then again, speaking of Perhentian, I think i'm WAYYYYY overdue for a stint under the waves. Happenings in Perhentian that i've come across lately : - Fund-raising for orphans on the island. We contributed our bit for those kids laa of course. - Perhentian clean-up on 24-26 September. This would be so good if not for the dreams of a raya trip. It would be great to have fun and have a noble

The beautiful mind

2010-08-26T14:39:00.008+08:00

it's amazing how our minds make memories and link them to places, things, events, and all that. just like today, i'm checking out my favourite piratebay site, and i saw this link for the movie When In Rome. Ignore the IMDB ratings on this one, it's a cute little movie starring Josh Duhamel (always a fan since Las Vegas the TV series), and it's typical

Mondays

2010-08-23T16:53:00.001+08:00

.. are ALSO made of nothingness! birds a-chirping, water features flowing ... plants a-growing. i'm doing this post to see how fast it gets updated in Google search engine, to prove a point to the web-hosting company that i use for this site i'll cerita more later on depending whether things get solved or not.

sundays are made of...

2010-08-22T14:15:00.003+08:00

nothing much, really. Vuze is (almost) back to normal after a little bit of tweaking and settings adjustment. Or did TM finish their maintenance work and the internet is back to normal. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one. Was testing out this software called VSO Image Resizer, it's quite good for batch-resizing of photos (so much easier now to upload pics) and putting watermarks.

Sabah in December 2009 - Part 2

2010-08-20T01:11:00.014+08:00

After we got the diving out of the way, then the question will be - what else is there to do? Hmm... Of course we will balik kampung to Beaufort, to rest and relax. This time the whole gang decided to go to Kuala Penyu for a picnic and frolic by the sea. It's about 45 minutes away from Beaufort (but i bet i can do better breaking the speed limits!) Kuala Penyu is the gateway to the famed

Sabah in December Part 1 - Feeding the addiction

2010-08-20T00:54:00.001+08:00

So after having earned my Open Water certification, it was going to be a three-month wait before I hit the seas again. It's helluva long wait ok for those who's been hit by the diving bug. For those who've experienced it, there's a symptom I call the 'Scuba Dream' - it's a very vivid dream of going diving, the sort of experience we don't want to wake up from. December 2009, and it is the year-end

Presenting on the big screen...

2010-08-19T00:03:00.006+08:00

It was movie night so off we went to catch Salt with Angelina Jolie - wow she really kicks ass in this movie. It's fast and furious action all the way in this one. Leave brains at door. Only thing that irritates me is it leaves the door open for more sequels to come. Like a Bourne series for this decade i suppose. Makes me wanna watch Kick-Ass again. That takes my vote for Action Movie of the

We learn to blow bubbles

2010-08-18T10:48:00.010+08:00

After the tragedy we faced last year, I suppose we've recovered. Sufficiently. I don't think our lives will ever be the same again, and this will define how we live our lives out in the near future, at least. On a brighter note, I did go and achieve one life-long dream - SCUBA DIVING ! This happened in August 2009, and it was GREAT fun! Redang is truly a beautiful place with lovely white

2009-07-19T01:36:00.004+08:00

where do i begin...it's been the worst 2 weeks of my life.what can i say. from the euphoria and happiness that was the arrival of Kim.to the depths that we've gone to following her return to the arms of the good lord who, we would like to believe, 'loaned' her to us for the past two lovely months.this IS the ultimate high and ensuing low.unfortunately, we must live on.

2009-05-28T00:47:00.003+08:00

another pic of Kim and i...today is the day we all head for home, so it's pretty exciting. did a little cleaning up and furniture rearranging to cater for the lil' one.speaking of home, it was on the evening news! to be specific, the shophouses leading to my place.when i was driving away earlier, i saw a bunch of cops (with guns) together with a lot of people, so my first thought was that

2009-05-19T01:22:00.002+08:00

Sleeping Angel...isn't she just so cute... especially when she's quietly sleeping!the first two nights she came home with us was just so kelam-kabut! totally clueless as to what to do and when, and even to this day we have no idea what she is crying for.luckily we have come up with a simple checklist to clear the confusion, tension, and headache:1. check diaper for any 'accident' - if Yes then

2009-05-13T21:47:00.004+08:00

our little princess...haven't blogged for some time.. reason being the cute adorable human being above.she arrived into our world on the 2nd of May 2009 and things have not been the same since.the reality of it has yet to hit me even though we had about 9 months to let it digest, but when the baby finally does get delivered - POW!!! it's a different game altogether now.her name's Kimberly and in

2009-04-29T00:06:00.004+08:00

Let's save Chuck!seems there's a campaign to save Chuck the tv series - it's showing on Astro i believe.for those of you following this great series, the last episode ( season 2 episode 22, this should be the season-end cliffhanger! ) was just superb, because.... taa daa daa... ok lah i can't put the spoiler here for those who haven't caught it yet.the series has loads going for it - it's a

2009-04-28T09:12:00.003+08:00

tuesdays at happyville...it's 9am and i'm already tired out.but i gotta do what i gotta do, yeah.or i won't get back on track.what's the moral of the story? it's to follow our own path.no matter how rocky or perilous it may be.as long as the direction we choose is ours and ours alone.

2009-04-27T22:58:00.003+08:00

it's getting hot in here...no, let's not take off all our clothes : pyeah we know the weather, being all hot and humid, is affecting some of us. people get cranky, get heated up, and take it out on others. such is the frailty of the human condition.me? i think i'll go for a dip in the pool tomorrow afternoon : )( again, how do i put smileys up here? do i have to link to an image-hosting site?

2009-04-24T23:13:00.008+08:00

almost here but not just yet...it was drama of the highest order at 5am. as usual i had gone to sleep at 2am or so, and so i was very much in deep sleep when daffodil called out my name and said, "errr i think baby's on its way."did a quick check on the internet and the books we have, and decided that it was a false alarm :pso, dear baby, you have about two weeks to go... whenever you please,

2009-04-24T19:20:00.003+08:00

urrggghhh... humans aren't made to work the long hours that we usually put in.the ideal work-day would be like that in an pre-industrial agricultural society, which would be something like this:0600 Time to wake up at sunrise0630 Feed chickens, water and fertilize veggies, plant new seedlings0700 Breakfast of freshly laid eggs and home-baked bread0830 Meet neighbours at local coffee-shop for some

2009-04-21T21:29:00.001+08:00

time to get last sunday's pics from the camera so i have a story to tell : )anyone know how to add smileys to blogger?

2009-04-20T18:21:00.002+08:00

was just reading about this guy today in the papers ( yeah, i tend to read them one day later, built-in procrastination mechanism ).not only is he irritating and arrogant ( and sometimes humourous, if we are to believe the rumours of the cosmetic work done by the guy ), but apparently he stuck his fingers too deep into the pie this time...errr... if we wanted to study good urban systems,

2009-04-19T19:50:00.005+08:00

daffodil and i will only be having french fries (oven-baked, not deep-fried) for dinner. ate too much today already... more on that later. fries + chilli sauce + mayo, delicious! serve it up!

2009-04-19T00:19:00.005+08:00

Dateline: Selangor, Midnight, Sunday the 19th of April, 2009traditionally it's the start of the all-nighter telly session. right now it's a crappy Bond movie on TV2, with Pierce Brosnan. so yawny compared to Daniel Craig's hardcore version. nothing like blood guts and glory eh!my guess is it will be more episodes of Life...my arse is getting cramped from sitting up and typing, so

2009-04-17T08:29:00.011+08:00

ITIS not meant to be...we all know how frustrating government-related websites but this makes me laugh this morning.i need to find out how traffic is to town so i check out itis.com.my. expectedly the result:VIDEO LOST??!!!or video never found! a few years ago i checked this site out too and it had similar results. don't they know of service and repair? this supposed cam position is about 3

2009-04-16T10:57:00.005+08:00

like that pic? it's at Tanjung Aru beach in Kota Kinabalu. i think i hang out here more often than Port Dickson, which is a thousand kms closer.nice place to hang out, drink coconut water, and eat chicken wings. other food is average or below average. it's breezy and nice to see people hang around and have fun by the sea. water looks dodgy but there are those who play in it... mesti gatal after

2009-04-16T03:07:00.005+08:00

random funny line for the day:came across this acronym when i googled it (don't ask why, it's a lucid stroke of inspiration at three in the morning)ABCDEFG = A Boy Can Do Everything for a Girlyeahhhhh sure. c'mon it's not the 20th century anymore. duhhh.

2009-04-14T03:15:00.003+08:00

do me a favour - i'm trying out the Google Adsense feature where we get paid for clicking on ads.i know, i hate clicking on online ads, but i tried a couple and they're OK, cos they are targetted ads. so if i write about 'Kota Kinabalu', then there'll be ads from hotels in KK and the such. useful, right? so - thank you for the favour : )speaking of kota kinabalu - i'll be there again in June (

2009-04-14T03:12:00.000+08:00

it's a lazy hazy smurf-ey day...

2009-04-12T23:58:00.000+08:00

aaahhhh... sundays are always remarkable. after a decent night's sleep (which consisted of falling asleep mid-way through a Prison Break episode), to awaken to a chorus of chirping birds, laughing kids, and families off to do their sunday thang, can only serve to charge the spirit in so many ways.THEN i got down to business of devouring episode after episode of Prison Break Season Four. man,

2009-04-12T01:13:00.001+08:00

just read this about turning your lights off or leaving them on when you move about your home. so it seems it's better to flick em on and off often, use less electricity and all that. only thing is it will shorten your appliance's life-span, obviously.doing my bit for the planet : )definitely will make more long-term sense than the over-hyped "Earth Day" event which looked more like a

2009-04-11T13:37:00.000+08:00

hey i'm back!where we been huh... well for one, we made a baby :) so for the past six months or so, it's been shopping, preparing, one doctor's appointment after another... it's like the MAIN EVENT for the year!baby is on its final run now... in about a month or earlier (!) we shall see how our offspring will look like! am hoping it will be well-behaved lil gurl. hopefully. praying.apart from

2008-12-28T04:30:00.000+08:00

Dateline: Beaufort, SabahI've just found a lepak place in beaufort, it's called Mok Cafe and of course they've got wi-fi and decent drinks (bubble tea which is hot over here in sabah.)yesterday was a busy day... drove to this place called Tenom which is famous for its coffee, of which i have year-round stock of. wanna try? give me a call : ) one reason for the trip was to visit the factory

2008-12-26T15:30:00.000+08:00

Dateline: Beaufort, SabahMiss Chris and i finally arrived in beaufort yesterday, home sweet home for her. Agenda to date as follows:1. Eat2. Sleep3. PS2(showering optional)Beaufort, compared to KK, is blistering hot and dry. i wouldn't mind some afternoon showers to cool things off. i'm afraid, given our water authority's ineffiency, it could lead to shortages...oh yes it's christmas, ain't it.

2008-12-25T15:30:00.000+08:00

Dateline: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Here i am in merry ole KK for the umpteenth time. not complaining since it's one of the nicest places in Malaysia; it's got everything within easy reach, whatever your fancy may be, whether it is the islands, the beaches, the mountains, or the forest reserves.in retrospect, let me put it in a nutshell:1. grilled seafood at the filipino market - prices have

2008-12-21T22:00:00.000+08:00

here i am getting ready for the trip...firstly, i would like to state that packing is a pain in the arse. usually miss chris does it all for me (yes i am a spoiled kinda guy) but today... having to decide what goes in and what does not... so, being a Male, i just stuffed everything into two bags. suffice to say, i could migrate and never come back, and i would have all the essentials with me :

2008-12-09T02:38:00.000+08:00

... and so sunday and monday passed by oh-so-quickly. it didn't help that today was one of those days which rained non-stop from the time i woke up. definitely won't help the landslides and other natural calamities that befall our nation so very often. but i think i'll bitch about things when i get warmed up, alright. when i turn on the left-wing militant side of me hehhehe.but then what's the

2008-12-07T22:40:00.000+08:00

time to update the links here... i click on many and they don't exist anymore. i suppose we've all become the Facebook generation, eh. more disturbingly, one particular link has been re-directed to some pervy porn site. ewwwww.things to do on sunday:1. sleep (6.30am and still awake. must've been the friggin' green tea. 10% caffeine of regular tea and i'm like this?!!! tiuuuuu!!!)2. breakfast and

2007-05-08T21:48:00.000+08:00

hey hey am back with my first posting after a long time... thought this might interest any blog readers out there! used to be like, err, 4 persons? now probably just me larrr!!!Your Superhero ProfileYour Superhero Name is The Suicide MaskYour Superpower is Distant AttackYour Weakness is ClownsYour Weapon is Your Vibro WandYour Mode of Transportation is StiltsWhat's" your Superhero Name?

2005-08-29T13:03:00.000+08:00

see lahh... its been so long since i've accessed my blog, now i know how easy it is to put pics on. last time so susah oh, have to store on some other site, then point it over, u know the drill, all that html was driving me nuts...hey hey where've i been ... i suppose life has been happening. isn't it amazing how our simple everyday activities can just take up days, weeks, months, and years? i

2005-06-01T12:50:00.000+08:00

hi peeps out there! am back! did you miss me while i was away? ...its been the usual, same-ole'-humdrum life u know. well, we did play in a futsal tourney, our team didnt make it thru the first round. think there was some teamwork issues. the result shows laaa...heard on the radio yesterday - this was on one of those little snippets of wisdom broadcast on RTM channels - it went something like, "

2005-04-11T16:52:00.000+08:00

hey hey so the weekend came and went. as always.highlight of the week was that late-nite (early morning?) drive to PD. had to pop over to seremban so thought we'd go to PD as well. yeaaa... Tanjung Biru proved to me as magical as ever, with the millions of stars, plus two shooting stars too. groovy, baby. didn't u just love the sight of those, mon cherry... : ) even catching forty winks in the

2005-03-29T15:53:00.000+08:00

hello... sawadeekaaaa.... hehehewas in bangkok with beloved cherrylove, wed - sat. how's the place? errr... lotsa shopping, walking, temple-watching, boat-riding on the Chao Phraya (isnt that romantic). food food and more food. and then - food again! how does 8 meals a day sound. that's the price of walking around and wanting to try everything eh.tuk-tuk riding was fun! even though the guy took

2005-03-09T13:06:00.000+08:00

it ain't all that dark and gloomy, yaaaar.caught this movie called Where's the Party Yaaar... its the kinda silly movie that just grows on you with every viewing. 3rd time round and i'm still rolling off the couch. yup. nice sight.u know what.. perhaps the best part of going downhill, as in like in a roller-coaster, is that it will go upwards again, right. i'm rollercoaster-phobic, i keep

2005-03-04T13:12:00.000+08:00

i think i'm too existential for my own good.am i getting too old to be all hippy and shit?should i be watching movies til dawn, something i've been doing since, like, 9?is there something important that i should be getting into?where are those friggin' aliens and when are they gonna manifest for real?over n out.

2005-03-02T15:54:00.000+08:00

hey there my dear readers... (are there any out there? har har)have you had any of those days when you feel crushed in spirit, downtrodden, and just can't stand up? i'm in one of those phases now. *sigh* you know, i have no problem getting screwed by customers, employers, friends and all that, but this one time is just too much to bear....i was made to feel like a miserable little nothing. and

2005-02-02T16:40:00.000+08:00

hello hello.. so, city day hols came and went. wish i had more sleep. had so much planned to do, cherrylove and i. in the end, it was just goreng pisang, monty python re-runs, and some other quirky movies we got in the evening. and so - the song for the day is 'Every Sperm is Sacred' from the Python's 'The Meaning of Life'. it is purely friggin' hilarious, much better if seen in the context of

2005-01-26T14:28:00.000+08:00

oooh.. its hot these days... after driving around, i swear i smell melting rubber or plastic everywhere... good if i was in phuket ;) these days i'd rather sit in. the traffic aint that amusing either. all the selangor folk heading to KL for their CNY shopping. stay home, everyone...

2005-01-24T19:46:00.000+08:00

oh my look at the time... been in the office for much of the day looking at some figures... urrggghhh... pening. eyes need a rest soon. read with much amusement yesterday's headlines... Club raided (twas Zouk,right?), patrons locked up for up to 10 hrs, not allowed to go to the toilet (one girl even peed in her pants, poor thang, sue them bastards dry), women being ogled at, and that sorta thing

2005-01-19T09:25:00.001+08:00

oh.. a sobering thought. on tsunami d-day, dec 26, we were at the beach in PD... most elements of my closest family. i was asleep on the ground, while the others were lounging around, walking about, or fishing... if the waves were a lot stronger or happened closer to the peninsular, the outcome would have been so much more closer to home. brrrr....

2005-01-19T09:25:00.000+08:00

back from the dead. again. it's tsunami fever eh. such a sad piece of news, that. yet - there was so much that could be done to avert the massive amount of human loss. like, perhaps, some functioning government bodies? enough of this half-baked, tidak-apa attitude lah, time for us to wake up. personally? i'm affected by my cancelled phuket trip! selfish as it may seem. ok there's always another

2004-11-18T17:25:00.000+08:00

hiyaaa... i'm back. michael commented this blog rocks. thank you. how it rocks i gotta figure out. thanks anyway, keep on reading ya! was in singapore for hari raya hols. the exchange rate makes it a pricey place to be at, but it's still a nice place to walk around, hang out in, and soak in the sights. basically ignored the shopping centres, roamed around the stalls at Little India, Bugis, and

2004-11-05T13:51:00.000+08:00

well. what a week it's been. me granny passed on. not too sad about it though, because she's been in and out of hospitals for 2 years or so. lately the doctor gave her a time-frame of some weeks, so i think we all were prepared for this. and if you've seen her you'd understand she must have been fighting and hanging on to be with us a little bit longer. half her insides have either been operated

2004-10-29T16:41:00.000+08:00

i hate having tears in my eyes. the past week has seen two events or occurrences which made me do so: 1. Seeing the Bali bombing memorial and the sites where the bars used to be. 2. Watching my grandmother struggle for her life in the hospital. and there'll be more of item (2). sigh.

2004-10-29T13:05:00.000+08:00

eric: part-time employment full-time beach bum wannabe surfer dude. funny thing is, my right hand is more tanned than my left. strange. must've been the position i was lying down on the beach at kuta. sadly missed and will be back again. FYI bali is safe as pepsi. so get yer arse over there pronto. guys, bring your hippest board shorts, and the ladies, your skimpiest bikinis.... : ) surf's

2004-10-14T12:18:00.000+08:00

i did catch Jersey Girl after all. and no matter what the critics say, it is a good movie, with a heartwarming story that holds your interest... so to the critics out there, UP YOURS! Kevin Smith lives on! hmm... long time havent gone to their site... time to check it out for the latest projects...

2004-10-14T12:10:00.000+08:00

did u read about the guy in China who wanted to name his kid '@' ? think he should take some time off the computer. couldn't he stick to 'Bill' like the rest of dads who want their children to emulate the Big Bro of computing??? oh, my sister's hubby's called Bill. yeah baby. me, i prefer Alota Fagina..... my sis, just had a baby, her name's Caitlin or something like that. apart from the

2004-10-07T13:13:00.000+08:00

yo ho ho and a bottle a' rum.... which reminds me, i used to be a prolific consumer of cheap 20-ringgit rum... i think after half a bottle i would be in a different state of being laaa. if anyone of you had seen me in those days - please erase such memories, replace with happy thoughts of butterflies flitting among fragrant-smelling mango trees. and the such. was watching THE HOURS last night.

2004-10-06T12:33:00.000+08:00

heyaaa i am here... kaa kaa kaa... where have i been???? dunno lah... just too frigging lazy to update. mmm... up to wat? well... relaxing, lazing around, watching tons of movies, nothing new. Miyazake makes the best anime around! Takashi Miike is twisted and deeply disturbing... the movies, in all their perverted fetish-ridden glory, are a great watch, aren't they? on the local front - James

2004-07-15T12:09:00.000+08:00

so depressing... was watching TV3 Berita Utama and for at least fifteen minutes it was all about murder and deaths. does it have to be that way? bad news sells for sure but there's got to be more than that to this life. please please can we focus on the brighter side of things, like... sunsets and flowers and parks... was at uncle don. whole area quiet except for Breakers which was packed solid.

2004-07-14T15:21:00.000+08:00

hi hi i'm back... whoa! caught that movie Ichii The Killer last nite. gross! but not as gross as ppl put it to be. Can see that Quentin T saw this movie before doing Kill Bill Vol 1. dont blink when u see Ichii or u'll miss some extreme gross thing. however i think my version is an edited one.... sob. sad to know about the Uncle Don incident. lotsa stories abound but for a fact i know that it

2004-06-22T12:30:00.000+08:00

i'm uninspired. unmotivated. unmoving. my ass is gonna get flat sitting here. if not for the sessions in the pool and at the futsal pitch. sometimes i hate me. most times i love being me. but not right now. i should just go out in the sunshine and just be me. sit by a gurgling stream (FRIM would be closest). watch the leaves blowing in the wind. sounds of laughter of the occassional passer-by

2004-06-17T11:50:00.000+08:00

cherrylove and i sitting around at my office. think i'll go home to catch me (undeserved) forty winks. hee hee STARLIGHT CINEMA IS FUN! Kill Bill Vol 2 was great though it's a bit more sedate compared to the first. Two nights ago we caught Muriel's Wedding which was pretty funny. Delicious ABBA soundtrack, that one... altogether now,'...you can sing,you can dance...' another yawny day. yawn.

2004-06-03T17:23:00.000+08:00

btw.. whats the details for the meetup on Bloggers Day eh?

2004-06-03T16:48:00.000+08:00

yayyy yayyyy starlight cinema is on tonite, and it would be so fun to watch Kill Bill Vol 2... hope the censors have been lenient. hate those snips that cause a movie to end up all chopped up and incomprehensible. bring out the mats and umbrellas just in case it pours! started reading The Satanic Verses. poor chap Salman Rushdie, had to suffer all those years cos of some narrow-minded extremists

2004-05-28T11:42:00.000+08:00

got the DVD of Ghost in The Shell. Have you seen that? wowzers. movie is back in the news again; its sequel presented at Cannes - one of two animated movies, the other being Shrek 2. cant wait to see it, it's called 'Innocence'. what an excellent title. so now i get the chance to watch the movie in Japanese eh! one thing is the subtitles is quite shitty. should have improved em by now... ah

2004-05-27T14:16:00.000+08:00

you know one thing i'd like to do soon? to learn my granny's recipes. she just makes the best earth-shaking food ever. i did ask her down to teach or to write down recipes. no luck laaa... how to convince her ah.

2004-05-27T13:55:00.000+08:00

aiyo.. been so mighty lazy this week. think i'll go jogging and speed up the metabolic rate a bit. just sit here and surf, and trying to be productive. nothing much comes out laaa... so sickening. can a person be sick of oneself? of course isnt it. past 2 nites have been noisy hell at my house. the old guy opposite croaked and that brought everyone including the percussion band around. i think

2004-05-25T16:29:00.000+08:00

This cracked me up!

2004-05-24T17:45:00.000+08:00

heyyyaaaa amazing... Kill Bill Vol 2 is gonna open Starlight Cinema this time around. the fact that it's not box-office mush. but i'm surely gonna cringe with the definite censorship. the cartoony gushing of blood out of chopped-off limbs? gone for sure. even though it was gory but darn funny kind. one gal versus a hundred goons, all left lifeless and limbless? for certain it will be one bloody

2004-05-19T14:01:00.000+08:00

hello hello... my faithful blog visitors (i know you're out there). i am back, with love. how have you all been eh? whats been up with me, you might ask. well... sibuk la... apa lagiiiiee... been taking life easy.. went to Pangkor during the last long hols. damn! its really really difficult getting rooms at the last minute nowadays. malaysians are taking their holidays really seriously. called a

2004-04-26T18:24:00.000+08:00

hello i'm back... but then... maybe not... hee hee.

2004-03-31T20:41:00.000+08:00

there's a set of irritating traffic lights at Kuchai Lama. it's been raining every evening during rush hour for the past two days; and not only was it faulty earlier, but some joker actually knocked em down. hoorah.

2004-03-30T12:33:00.000+08:00

where the hell's my post for yesterday...

2004-03-29T10:50:00.000+08:00

the weekend belonged to William Hung!! damn... finally saw the audition video clip and it is really really hilarious! what a joker! so what do we call a 'blogger's block' eh. there's a nice ring to it, doesnt it. my liver... adoi... too much partying the past week. where did i start... oh yah the Zouk opening was pretty havoc but i just hate waiting in queues. but since dear Daffy was dying to

2004-03-18T09:39:00.000+08:00

Did I need to sell my soul For pleasure like this Did I have to lose control To treasure your kiss Did I need to place my heart In the palm of your hand Before I could even start To understand Only When I Lose Myself, Depeche Mode, 1998.

2004-03-12T09:44:00.000+08:00

lovely morning. lovely day. lovely life. was watching this movie called Confusion of Genders (cant remember the French name). hehe just love these movies where everyone fucks everyone else or has some attachment. so real. smile. have u heard my say on Smile Therapy? works all the time. it's feel-good-time, eh. love n peace.

2004-03-02T11:08:00.000+08:00

it's the end of the world as we know it... and i feel fine. don't u just love REM's lyrics.

2004-03-01T11:58:00.000+08:00

on the topic of cooking... heheh i found out i can make pretty good chick-kut-teh! i think the secret is loads of garlic and a good packet of those 'instant' herbs. syok gilaaaa!!! next i shall make some 'pong-tay', which is a nyonya dish made with chicken in a fermented bean, garlic and onion sauce. orgasmically yummylicious!!! seems i love to cook the stuff i love to eat. it's a beginning,

2004-02-26T17:56:00.000+08:00

i cringe when i see men go to the toilet, do their thang, then just walk straight out. my next thought being, how do i open the door without polluting my hands again??? yucks. ever seen this? double-yucks. oh my house is in a mess and things look like they're breaking apart...gotta remind myself to be gentler. and to pick up after meself. *sigh* time for a professional cleaner to come around

2004-02-23T12:08:00.000+08:00

yeah, 8 Femmes was hilarious. like hindi movie full of song-and-dance, eh ;) was chatting with this tourist cos he was holding a copy of Lonely Planet and i was always wondering what they have in there. found out it's pretty informative, with info on budget places etc. coincidentally, the first page i flipped to was on Mulu caves and all that, and i was just there. cool. the perhentian trip

2004-02-20T14:45:00.000+08:00

damn i live the good life. just back from plane-hopping again... this time to Miri and then to Mulu. wow. this Taman Negara is awesome, and the resort there is just fascinating. imagine luxurious chalets raised above the ground with walk-ways all around (i heard it's the longest walk-way in Asia, in a resort at least). living in the middle of nowhere, that is the impression. but even in the deep

2004-02-09T16:14:00.000+08:00

i know now why 8 FEMMES is on a lot of people's favourite movies list. it's a remarkably refreshing work of art. and i love movies where everyone just has lots of fun. it's... infectious, eh! love the music... papappa papapa paa... !!! ok i'm back. just didnt get down to clicking on this 'Edit post' link. where have i been? hmm... u can say it's been a massive two-month plus holiday mood!!! from

2004-01-13T13:17:00.000+08:00

so much crap going on about Air Asia.. poor chaps being bullied by the political machinery. i'm an Air Asia fan. i've tolerated massive flight delays, techical problems and all that jazz, but still i will pay to fly with them, and i've scheduled at least 2 flights with them this year. World Rainforest Music Festival, anyone, heh heh ; ) they make up for it with good customer service (hey the

2004-01-10T10:55:00.000+08:00

it's amazing how public officials shoot themselves in the foot. big example is over the recent Kg Baru fire. haven't gone over to see where this place is. concerning allegations about arson, self-inflicted by the DBKL, they said no way, it could have been some electrical short-circuit. i remember distinctly they blamed a sate stove initially. hmmm. the problem with telling too many lies is that

2004-01-07T18:02:00.000+08:00

and so it was one week or so of merriment and joy. back to the daily grind we go... how are you all? make the best of your precious lives okay... let's spread some smiles every single day of the year. cheerio.

2004-01-02T14:16:00.000+08:00

so it's 2004... our family do was pretty good, with loads of food and laughter (somehow generated by me and my lil cousins - it's just so easy to amuse kids, isnt it?!) and wine. no song and dance though, i must remedy that for the CNY gathering ;) but then once the party's over and the things are all cleared away... it's the same old life we go back to. i've given up on resolutions on a New

2003-12-31T12:11:00.000+08:00

hey it's the last day of the year again! have a great time celebrating okay! out with the old, eh. i'm looking forward to better times, but aren't we all. me will be with me family having a grand makan-makan at home, then... who knows. probably go watch fireworks at KLCC or something simple like that. see ya next year!!! ec.

2003-12-30T13:06:00.000+08:00

after that optimistic entry yesterday... i must say i'm tarnished a little. why? well: 1. spec lens got shattered during footie 2. house broken in, lost some cash and handphone. so - again - sms or call me okay, later today after i arrange a phone and a SIM card. shitz. have a nice day ok! happy new yearrr!

2003-12-29T16:27:00.000+08:00

'tis the season to be jolly... ok i'm back from limbo, again. did a bit of travelling, and Air Asia is turning to crap, especially with its timing and reliability of its planes - always got tech probs? errr... but i suppose it's safer than those buses that keep crashing in Malaysia, eh. but i will keep taking its flights cos they're cheaper. and more importantly, their level of customer service

2003-12-17T20:03:00.000+08:00

is the time to look for food... din-din's a-calling... man, having a connected PC is a great waste of time... now if only i could learn something from all this. holiday time coming up fast and hard... where to get mood to work ah? i think this is common worldwide towards year-end when productivity takes a dive. ok off i go then... c ya 2moro!

2003-12-16T18:10:00.000+08:00

moral is, dont stay up til 4am watching movies when our bodies need rest. or play footie while still recovering :p somehow feel pretty shitty today, and contemplating another visit to the GP. issit a conspiracy that for any given illness (even something mundane as the flu or cough) we have to go to the GP twice to get more advice and medication? issit the cheap generic medicines that they give?

2003-12-15T14:35:00.000+08:00

ok, that goddamm flu is almost outta my system. back to normal in a day or two, but no way i'm missing footie tonight! : )

2003-12-09T23:13:00.000+08:00

a really HOT teh tarik will do wonders. might be catching that lethal flu the papers keep talking about. ouch.

2003-12-09T17:48:00.000+08:00

isn't she simply adorable?

2003-12-09T17:26:00.000+08:00

if you've watched that movie, 13 Conversations, you might reach the same conclusion as me - the One Thing is actually... nothing. hahahhahahahhh. OH. after some thought (it's 11.09pm now), i got it. it's about cause-and-effect, the Third Law of Motion, as one of the characters in that movie put it so wryly and with sure dire consequences. ok lah, it's very much a character-driven movie, lots

2003-12-08T19:45:00.000+08:00

check out the FSOL site... it's amazing, with mindblowing music and visuals... but we get the impression that their music ended with the Dead Cities album. hmm. that is a FANTASTIC work of art. an aural masterpiece with its place in an auditory Sistine Chapel. go get it. i'm never letting my copy outta my sight.

2003-12-08T14:58:00.000+08:00

do we dream of going to sleep? damn, blame all these mind-fuck movies - Matrix, Existenz - that sets us all thinking of all this weird shit. if The Life of Pi any good? and Sophie's World? been hangin' at MPH too much for my own good. too bad everything seems too pricey for my earnings level. *sigh* shall i start a book biz then, heheh, like another friend of mine... darn, gotta go drive

2003-12-04T23:21:00.000+08:00

finished Hero a while ago. hmm.. i think the movie held more promise than in its final form. maybe it's the language problem (no comprehende mandarin) and the subtitles erratic. ah well for an action movie - there was lots of that. too many twists and turns though to the conclusion... blur blur. time for supper-lah... where shall i go to eh... came back to the office to use the net for a bit and