Sunday, April 29, 2007
king
this is my pet, king - the aspiring speed bump... it's a bottomless pit, loves dog food, has suicidal tendencies...
2.5 hour-car-wash
after gruelling 2.5 hours of washing, vacumming, wiping, karate-kid-style waxing and polishing, emptying half of the selangor dam, or wherever the puchong waters come from, .... me extremely shiny vios!!! wooohoooo!!
2.5 hours instead of the normal 3 hours coz dad decided to help after trying very very hard to convince me to send it to the professionals for a "thorough job"... seeing that i am not going to change my mind, he picked up the cloth and started wiping the stuff i applied earlier.
i must say it was a job well done!! :) a friend asked yesterday how much would a 3 hour car wash cost him? i think i'll consider the car wash business. it's a good workout. can quit fitness first.... though i suppose water shortage may be a very real problem if i am to do the washing...
2.5 hours instead of the normal 3 hours coz dad decided to help after trying very very hard to convince me to send it to the professionals for a "thorough job"... seeing that i am not going to change my mind, he picked up the cloth and started wiping the stuff i applied earlier.
i must say it was a job well done!! :) a friend asked yesterday how much would a 3 hour car wash cost him? i think i'll consider the car wash business. it's a good workout. can quit fitness first.... though i suppose water shortage may be a very real problem if i am to do the washing...
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
...
can't be happening.. couldn't have happened...
maybe it did... what happened? how? did i?
no, i didn't...then why? it happened...
so what are you going to do about it?
nothing. there is nothing that can be done. so forget about it?
would thinking about it help? ... no.
so, yea. forget about it.
sounds easy enough. but sometimes "forget about it" is not that easy to achieve. you can consciously forget. but sometimes you brains work against you. the subconscious bit of it. so what happens next? when you can't "forget about it?"
then you think about it.
think about it?
are you nuts? think about it?
yea. you think about it. every aspect of it. replay it until it hurts. then after awhile it wouldn't.
and then?
and then you wouldn't be affected. it doesn't matter whether you remember or not...
maybe it did... what happened? how? did i?
no, i didn't...then why? it happened...
so what are you going to do about it?
nothing. there is nothing that can be done. so forget about it?
would thinking about it help? ... no.
so, yea. forget about it.
sounds easy enough. but sometimes "forget about it" is not that easy to achieve. you can consciously forget. but sometimes you brains work against you. the subconscious bit of it. so what happens next? when you can't "forget about it?"
then you think about it.
think about it?
are you nuts? think about it?
yea. you think about it. every aspect of it. replay it until it hurts. then after awhile it wouldn't.
and then?
and then you wouldn't be affected. it doesn't matter whether you remember or not...
i get what you are saying...
you are saying that you feel like this... (maybe not the whole song... but something to that effect?)
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desperate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and stupid lies
While deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
And no one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
You never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like (what it's like)
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Monday, April 23, 2007
Encounter with the IRB!!
received income for year 2005 in year 2006 which threw me into a different tax bracket. so wanted to find out how i can get a revised calculation for YA2005 and get a lower bracket for YA2006. found out that there is a counter in subang parade (next to MPH). thanks keat!
so i happily went. there was this mr chong from lembaga hasil dalam negeri, shah alam branch, who invited me to sit down. so i did. i explained the abovementioned situation. he took one look at the EA form and said, "why did the company put the whole amount in this year??? must compound this company already!!! didn't do the deductions for xxx"...
i looked at him, alarmed! "do the deductions for what again???"
he gave me the look that indicate everybody should know what those 3 alphabets stand for. "xxx... that's where they deduct the tax from your pay".... oh... paye (pay as you earn)... the malay abbreviation...
gee... i tot to myself... how scary this guy must be to those who have no tax knowledge whatsoever... and the govt would wonder why nobody bother to go to lhdn and seek clarification when in doubt. i would think twice about approaching this guy again.
proceeded to lecture him about his lack of consideration for the smaller companies who probably employed people who are not chartered accountants to do their finance work... his immediate response being "compound the company" when these mistakes may have been made when acting in good faith... and that due consideration was not given to the spirit of the "act" enacted wrt paye (which was to ensure taxpayers are not burdened with a lumpsum payment when time comes to pay taxes, and NOT for purpose of increasing lhdn's revenue via compounds on the companies!!)... and that the attitude he displayed would not have been very taxpayer friendly.
further asked for his name and lhdn branch which he worked for...
he then explained that the IRB is not unreasonable. the compound can be cancelled or discounted if the reasons given are acceptable. that the companies should seek clarification should there be doubts.
then i asked him for the number to call if i wish to seek further clarification. but he does not have his office number with him... so sad....
anyways, i suppose it's frustrating working in the irb. looking through all those forms filled up by people who are not trained to do so. but i suppose these frustrated people should not be the ones sent as frontliners to deal with the public. a very negative perspective he will plant in everybody he meets. low EQ. offensive style of talking. not focussed on resolving issues or clarifying doubts. more focussed on expressing frustration and old school style of getting what they want by threathening to fine ppl!!! sigh...
so i happily went. there was this mr chong from lembaga hasil dalam negeri, shah alam branch, who invited me to sit down. so i did. i explained the abovementioned situation. he took one look at the EA form and said, "why did the company put the whole amount in this year??? must compound this company already!!! didn't do the deductions for xxx"...
i looked at him, alarmed! "do the deductions for what again???"
he gave me the look that indicate everybody should know what those 3 alphabets stand for. "xxx... that's where they deduct the tax from your pay".... oh... paye (pay as you earn)... the malay abbreviation...
gee... i tot to myself... how scary this guy must be to those who have no tax knowledge whatsoever... and the govt would wonder why nobody bother to go to lhdn and seek clarification when in doubt. i would think twice about approaching this guy again.
proceeded to lecture him about his lack of consideration for the smaller companies who probably employed people who are not chartered accountants to do their finance work... his immediate response being "compound the company" when these mistakes may have been made when acting in good faith... and that due consideration was not given to the spirit of the "act" enacted wrt paye (which was to ensure taxpayers are not burdened with a lumpsum payment when time comes to pay taxes, and NOT for purpose of increasing lhdn's revenue via compounds on the companies!!)... and that the attitude he displayed would not have been very taxpayer friendly.
further asked for his name and lhdn branch which he worked for...
he then explained that the IRB is not unreasonable. the compound can be cancelled or discounted if the reasons given are acceptable. that the companies should seek clarification should there be doubts.
then i asked him for the number to call if i wish to seek further clarification. but he does not have his office number with him... so sad....
anyways, i suppose it's frustrating working in the irb. looking through all those forms filled up by people who are not trained to do so. but i suppose these frustrated people should not be the ones sent as frontliners to deal with the public. a very negative perspective he will plant in everybody he meets. low EQ. offensive style of talking. not focussed on resolving issues or clarifying doubts. more focussed on expressing frustration and old school style of getting what they want by threathening to fine ppl!!! sigh...
hsbc
I don't think the job of a leader is to dominate. I think it is to get the best out of all the people involved whether it's in a meeting or a management team.
- Stephen K Green, HSBC's recently appointed group chairman
- Stephen K Green, HSBC's recently appointed group chairman
Sunday, April 22, 2007
an inconvenient truth
it's projected that within the next 50 years, the temperature on earth will rise to an unbearable degree... within 50 years meaning alot of yous out there, reading this blog will still be around!!
anyways, i think everybody should go watch "an inconvenient truth". it is a very informative and interesting presentation on global warming. the data presented are very alarming. many ppl would think that al gore is doing all that because he has a political agenda. so what if he does? some even say it's a "gore" ad. so what if it is? the statistics he presented is not going to change. it is still very true that if everybody don't start doing something about it, we would be facing very dire consequences in the very near future.
have nobody noticed how weird the storms have been lately... with very strong winds unlike the rain we have had before? that is nothing compared to what some other places have been experiencing.
planet earth is screaming "help"... rather it's already in ICU... can it be saved?
i suppose we do what we can and hope it's not too late. time to plant more trees. used fuel efficient cars. use more efficient electrical products. like those energy saving light bulbs. use alternative and renewable energy. save water. save paper. recycle. car pool. we have to emit less CO2.
http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/
anyways, i think everybody should go watch "an inconvenient truth". it is a very informative and interesting presentation on global warming. the data presented are very alarming. many ppl would think that al gore is doing all that because he has a political agenda. so what if he does? some even say it's a "gore" ad. so what if it is? the statistics he presented is not going to change. it is still very true that if everybody don't start doing something about it, we would be facing very dire consequences in the very near future.
have nobody noticed how weird the storms have been lately... with very strong winds unlike the rain we have had before? that is nothing compared to what some other places have been experiencing.
planet earth is screaming "help"... rather it's already in ICU... can it be saved?
i suppose we do what we can and hope it's not too late. time to plant more trees. used fuel efficient cars. use more efficient electrical products. like those energy saving light bulbs. use alternative and renewable energy. save water. save paper. recycle. car pool. we have to emit less CO2.
http://www.climatecrisis.net/thescience/
not so cool apparently...
the universal time idea was not very well received....
it seems, it just wouldn't do coz being drunk when the sun's up would be different as you can actually see where you're going, and of course, farmers can't plough the fields in the dark, AND it would be very weird to be telling your son "son, go to sleep... the sun's already up".... not forgetting that people working shifts because the other side of the world is awake would now be redundant!
so, ok...i suppose we'll just have to live with GMT +/- x hours...
it seems, it just wouldn't do coz being drunk when the sun's up would be different as you can actually see where you're going, and of course, farmers can't plough the fields in the dark, AND it would be very weird to be telling your son "son, go to sleep... the sun's already up".... not forgetting that people working shifts because the other side of the world is awake would now be redundant!
so, ok...i suppose we'll just have to live with GMT +/- x hours...
Friday, April 20, 2007
wake up!!
globalization... the whole world becomes one office?? all nationalities working on one project? then i suppose it'll help if everybody's awake at the same time. will there be some countries where ppl sleep when the sun's up? so everybody can be awake at the same time?
who decided that ppl should be awake when sun's up anyways? a world without time zone? one universal "time"??? how cool is that?
who decided that ppl should be awake when sun's up anyways? a world without time zone? one universal "time"??? how cool is that?
symptomatic relief only....
it's 1:29am Apr 20, 2007. and i'm awake. why? nope, didn't accidentally wake up this time. played tennis till 11+ pm. tired. but brain's not ready to sleep.
i was entertained by a bunch of sales people today. they have, but provided temporary but much appreciated symptomatic relief... from what? a dreadful disease... it eats your brains, then your heart, then everything else... until at the very last moment, you'll feel like a piece of chinese taufoo... as off-white, as bland, as square, as helpless... underlying cause : unknown (there are a few speculative ones, but nothing conclusive)... therefore, it has remained untreated.
boredom does that...
boredom according to a friend from jb is all in the mind. it's a mindset. but if it's all in the mind, why does it feel so tangible. it's so real, it's like fever where one can feel the higher temperature. only this is boredom; and you can feel the blandness...
entertain me! somebody!!!!
ok... maybe it's a little too late to be calling for s.o.s... looks like i'll have to save myself. i'm going to take a trip to dreamland... nite everybody......
i was entertained by a bunch of sales people today. they have, but provided temporary but much appreciated symptomatic relief... from what? a dreadful disease... it eats your brains, then your heart, then everything else... until at the very last moment, you'll feel like a piece of chinese taufoo... as off-white, as bland, as square, as helpless... underlying cause : unknown (there are a few speculative ones, but nothing conclusive)... therefore, it has remained untreated.
boredom does that...
boredom according to a friend from jb is all in the mind. it's a mindset. but if it's all in the mind, why does it feel so tangible. it's so real, it's like fever where one can feel the higher temperature. only this is boredom; and you can feel the blandness...
entertain me! somebody!!!!
ok... maybe it's a little too late to be calling for s.o.s... looks like i'll have to save myself. i'm going to take a trip to dreamland... nite everybody......
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
new year gathering at teluk gong (the food)
pictures of the food that came before hands got dirty.... yummy!! what's the name of the restaurant again??? red coconut flower something???
new year gathering at teluk gong (the nice pix)
jenn and keat
mel and drew
mel and drew
saint and terence
jason
selina and yean
re-look at resolutions...
has yielded slight depression... i have not really achieved any of the items listed in "2007" posted in Oct 06. a friend has gently reminded me that i probably need to be more specific. objectives are suppose to be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, R??, T?? ... forgot liao..)
anyways, making it more specific...
1) to start mandarin classes by july 2007 (travelling in may and june... so, that no go...); anybody out there wanna join us? pre-requisite : must not be able to speak nor understand mandarin. call me. we need one more fella. RM20/hour. venue : puchong/ subang.
2) learn thai numbers and first 10 pages by july 2007... i know i know... not alot. but i'm very busy u know????
3) to lose 4 kgs from current weight by june 2007.
4) to master aperture and shutter speed by July 2007.
5) to get the 3 lines for abs by May 2007.
anyways, making it more specific...
1) to start mandarin classes by july 2007 (travelling in may and june... so, that no go...); anybody out there wanna join us? pre-requisite : must not be able to speak nor understand mandarin. call me. we need one more fella. RM20/hour. venue : puchong/ subang.
2) learn thai numbers and first 10 pages by july 2007... i know i know... not alot. but i'm very busy u know????
3) to lose 4 kgs from current weight by june 2007.
4) to master aperture and shutter speed by July 2007.
5) to get the 3 lines for abs by May 2007.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
my best friend's wedding...
dec 2005 ... a little bit overdue... but, better late than never!!
the most gorgeous-est bride ever...
her breakfast on wedding day.... plus one whole roast chicken!! (the only bride to have pigged out at a buffet dinner the night before the wedding AND have a hearty breakfast on the day itself!)
the most gorgeous-est bride ever...
her breakfast on wedding day.... plus one whole roast chicken!! (the only bride to have pigged out at a buffet dinner the night before the wedding AND have a hearty breakfast on the day itself!)
bride and another bridesmaid...
bride getting hair-do...
bridesmaid wear....
another very "chim" question...
a friend asked just yesterday "would you marry somebody you don't fully love?"
wah... the question is so super "chim"... so difficult to answer!
but first question is define "fully love"... how do you know you really love somebody? that itself is very difficult to determine... da fella which seems to have an answer for everything, though sometimes not very convincing answers, says it's when you love somebody flaws and all (not in those words, but something to that effect)... love the person so much, you can overlook their flaws. when the person, flaws and all, is perfect...
so next question... "perfect" ? is there such a thing? or is that word made to define something not achievable?
so many questions in a question!!!
but i had always thought that relationships are ever dynamic... always cyclical. so yea... it might seem perfect at times... but "the biggest mistake in your life" at others. so, the answer would be.. i would marry the fella if at the very moment he asks, it seems perfect! kakakakakaa..... so it's all, again, a matter of timing...
wah... the question is so super "chim"... so difficult to answer!
but first question is define "fully love"... how do you know you really love somebody? that itself is very difficult to determine... da fella which seems to have an answer for everything, though sometimes not very convincing answers, says it's when you love somebody flaws and all (not in those words, but something to that effect)... love the person so much, you can overlook their flaws. when the person, flaws and all, is perfect...
so next question... "perfect" ? is there such a thing? or is that word made to define something not achievable?
so many questions in a question!!!
but i had always thought that relationships are ever dynamic... always cyclical. so yea... it might seem perfect at times... but "the biggest mistake in your life" at others. so, the answer would be.. i would marry the fella if at the very moment he asks, it seems perfect! kakakakakaa..... so it's all, again, a matter of timing...
Saturday, April 14, 2007
last day at work...
after working for so many years together, they have developed a link. she's his left brain.. always working on the right side...
with her beloved sidekick...
with her beloved sidekick...
her beloved sponge bob..
the team...
them again...
will they meet again?
break ups
a friend who's in a complicated relationship called me up and said "i'm not sure... but i think i just broke up..."
did u recently break up with your partner? do u have the following symptoms?
1) joined the gym
2) cut hair/ changed hair style
3) lost weight
4) hermit-ised / looking up old friends whom u have not seen for donkey years
5) no need to sleep
6) no appetite
yes to 3 out of 6 mentioned?
then yea... recently broke up with partner.
cure : no known cure. but widely believed that a new partner (temporary/ otherwise) can work wonders...
did u recently break up with your partner? do u have the following symptoms?
1) joined the gym
2) cut hair/ changed hair style
3) lost weight
4) hermit-ised / looking up old friends whom u have not seen for donkey years
5) no need to sleep
6) no appetite
yes to 3 out of 6 mentioned?
then yea... recently broke up with partner.
cure : no known cure. but widely believed that a new partner (temporary/ otherwise) can work wonders...
purpose in life?
topic is a bit "chim" for a saturday morning...
but a very learned and well read friend has recently said that he read somewhere... that our purpose in life is simply to perpetuate genes!! i would translate that to be... we are all here just to make babies!
that explains why people feel contented right after giving birth (both mom and dad)... coz they have fulfilled their purpose of being!
i suppose this is like a super long term plan that the powers up above might have set. we are suppose to slowly evolve... into what? nobody knows yet. but i suppose the changes might be so subtle, it wouldn't shock people... until perhaps donkey years later when somebody take a look at the people existing in 2007 and compared it to people in 3007, then they'll say "gee... they look weird"...
what if a lady in 3007 gets sperm donated by some guy in 2007 from the sperm bank (this is assuming they have discovered a way to preserve them for that long) ... and artificially inseminate that... what happens then? then again, if they can preserve it that long, then the powers up above would not need that many humans to ensure perpetuation of genes?
ok... it's really too early for this... sorry... had to do some crapping..
but a very learned and well read friend has recently said that he read somewhere... that our purpose in life is simply to perpetuate genes!! i would translate that to be... we are all here just to make babies!
that explains why people feel contented right after giving birth (both mom and dad)... coz they have fulfilled their purpose of being!
i suppose this is like a super long term plan that the powers up above might have set. we are suppose to slowly evolve... into what? nobody knows yet. but i suppose the changes might be so subtle, it wouldn't shock people... until perhaps donkey years later when somebody take a look at the people existing in 2007 and compared it to people in 3007, then they'll say "gee... they look weird"...
what if a lady in 3007 gets sperm donated by some guy in 2007 from the sperm bank (this is assuming they have discovered a way to preserve them for that long) ... and artificially inseminate that... what happens then? then again, if they can preserve it that long, then the powers up above would not need that many humans to ensure perpetuation of genes?
ok... it's really too early for this... sorry... had to do some crapping..
Thursday, April 12, 2007
coffee or cup?
i simply must share this... whaddyatink?
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Don't let the cups drive you... Enjoy the coffee instead.
Sunday, April 08, 2007
far far away?
i was 13 when my best friend from primary school had to go far far away. her family migrated to melbourne, australia. we made plans to have her kidnapped from the airport... cried buckets... made promises to snail mail every week!! i was devastated coz it seems like i'll never ever see her again!
then she came back for a visit!! one "kampung" went to the airport to greet her!! :) we went out and painted the town red... as red as a bunch of 17 year olds can paint it! we ate till cendol was oozing out of our nostrils... we chatted and tried our best to compress 4 years into 4 days... and when she had to leave... the whole "kampung" went to send her off in the airport...
i guess those were the days when somebody goes away and it feels like it'll be forever. now? we are working!! and earning some money!!! yay!!! and it does not seem so impossible to visit each other. with internet, we are still able to communicate... so, i suppose we won't cry buckets when friends leave. we'll still miss them. as a matter of fact, we are less likely to take them for granted knowing they'll be leaving. but i suppose we know we'll meet up somehow... one day... hopefully not to many moons away...
and we'll snail mail!! it's always nice to receive snail mails :)
then she came back for a visit!! one "kampung" went to the airport to greet her!! :) we went out and painted the town red... as red as a bunch of 17 year olds can paint it! we ate till cendol was oozing out of our nostrils... we chatted and tried our best to compress 4 years into 4 days... and when she had to leave... the whole "kampung" went to send her off in the airport...
i guess those were the days when somebody goes away and it feels like it'll be forever. now? we are working!! and earning some money!!! yay!!! and it does not seem so impossible to visit each other. with internet, we are still able to communicate... so, i suppose we won't cry buckets when friends leave. we'll still miss them. as a matter of fact, we are less likely to take them for granted knowing they'll be leaving. but i suppose we know we'll meet up somehow... one day... hopefully not to many moons away...
and we'll snail mail!! it's always nice to receive snail mails :)
mel & drew going far far away...
mel and drew will be making the big big step... going far far away... to live happily ever after... what does that mean? that means i'll have free food and lodging when i go to sdyney/ melbourne.. kakakakakaka... and maybe even spending money!! yay!!!
good luck to my two very dear friends... hope to see you two at least once a year??!! will miss both of you very very much! *muacks*
good luck to my two very dear friends... hope to see you two at least once a year??!! will miss both of you very very much! *muacks*
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
my fav topic... broadband
my broadband is back. however, the line drops off every half an hour or so. apparently, my anti-virus software if killing the line. so i am suppose to connect without firewall??!!!!
super objective, all knowledgeable jason... pls answer : broadband without firewall?? can ar?
streamyx people... if any of yous ever stumble upon this site... can you please invest in more fibre optic cables or whatever it is you need to make this broadband thing work better??!!!! before you set up booths in carrefour and con people to sign up for things that don't work? i have called customer service 3 times so far.. and counting...
aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
super objective, all knowledgeable jason... pls answer : broadband without firewall?? can ar?
streamyx people... if any of yous ever stumble upon this site... can you please invest in more fibre optic cables or whatever it is you need to make this broadband thing work better??!!!! before you set up booths in carrefour and con people to sign up for things that don't work? i have called customer service 3 times so far.. and counting...
aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
blogging... a waste of time?
a very opinionated friend has commented that my form of blogging is a total waste of time and resources. there are, it seems, a lot more things i can do with my time and brains which, i suppose, would be more meaningful.. to me?, the world?, ...
i suppose to deliver a criticism is an art. i think i'll have to learn that art! ... i have noticed so far, that one should intersperse criticism with praise!! then the other person would not be able to disagree... brilliant isn't it?? i am not saying that the above is not true... it's true, i can be doing something more meaningful. but i like blogging. i suppose blogging does have benefits. i am visiting dictionary.com more often. i suppose it does enhance my vocabulary. yay!! one point for blogging!!!
do i need to justify this activity?? i suppose i should, to myself... in case i'm actually thinking about discontinuing. should i think twice about justifying this to somebody else? i guess not... i can justify my activities if i wish to...! afterall, if the person's opinion matter, then i guess i shall strive to change it with well founded points... why would it matter? i suppose coz it seems to make a lot of sense...
i suppose to deliver a criticism is an art. i think i'll have to learn that art! ... i have noticed so far, that one should intersperse criticism with praise!! then the other person would not be able to disagree... brilliant isn't it?? i am not saying that the above is not true... it's true, i can be doing something more meaningful. but i like blogging. i suppose blogging does have benefits. i am visiting dictionary.com more often. i suppose it does enhance my vocabulary. yay!! one point for blogging!!!
do i need to justify this activity?? i suppose i should, to myself... in case i'm actually thinking about discontinuing. should i think twice about justifying this to somebody else? i guess not... i can justify my activities if i wish to...! afterall, if the person's opinion matter, then i guess i shall strive to change it with well founded points... why would it matter? i suppose coz it seems to make a lot of sense...
weird = minority?
a friend commented today that weird means minority... like when you are the only one in the family with differing length of ear lobes, that makes you weird!!? but i suppose if 4 out of 5 family members have that very same profile, that makes the one with level ear lobes weird!!?
dictionary.com says weird = supernatural, unearthly, uncanny... looking it up further, i think i'll conclude that weird = super abnormal... it can't be just abnormal, it has to be very abnormal. so weird is minority. but minority does not necessarily mean weird.
dictionary.com says weird = supernatural, unearthly, uncanny... looking it up further, i think i'll conclude that weird = super abnormal... it can't be just abnormal, it has to be very abnormal. so weird is minority. but minority does not necessarily mean weird.
Monday, April 02, 2007
please pull the plug....
i am definitely pro-choice. i think euthanasia should be legalized...
i have had the opportunity(??) or rather the misfortune to have experience how a terminally ill patient feels like...
3 incidents... where i felt like it's not going to go anywhere...it's a matter of time. but the "death" is being postponed... intentionally... by some people whom i presume are acting out of kindness (??) or some may say selfishness (??)... i don't know...
sometimes, it feels good to have people whom are so nice to you... to even bother to try to prolong your "life"... but at times... actually most of the time, you'll rather if they just pull the plug.
otherwise, i'll just pull it myself...
p/s: don't worry i'm not suicidal! just metaphorically speaking!
i have had the opportunity(??) or rather the misfortune to have experience how a terminally ill patient feels like...
3 incidents... where i felt like it's not going to go anywhere...it's a matter of time. but the "death" is being postponed... intentionally... by some people whom i presume are acting out of kindness (??) or some may say selfishness (??)... i don't know...
sometimes, it feels good to have people whom are so nice to you... to even bother to try to prolong your "life"... but at times... actually most of the time, you'll rather if they just pull the plug.
otherwise, i'll just pull it myself...
p/s: don't worry i'm not suicidal! just metaphorically speaking!
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