To or not to

Today I met HER.

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Thinks.

Thinking.

On waking up in the middle of the night

Waking up in the middle of the night, every night, is mildly annoying, if you can fall back asleep immediately. However, it becomes extremely annoying, when you wake up at 4am, stumble to the toilet to take a pee, go back to your bed, roll about and not fall asleep again until 645am. And you're totally zonked when your alarm goes off at 7am. Plus its Monday. Bleh.

At least this Thursday is public holiday. Hooray!

2007... A Pictoric (like historic..geddit?!! Hahahah..err nvm) Recap

In no particular order of time, 2007 in pictures with commentaries.

Bought my first pedal!

Had to deal with some serious issues of guitar lust. No I didn't buy get to buy the PRS =(

Took the KTM to Singapore (first time ever - KTM & S'pore). It was a fun trip

Started work in KL.

Flew home from London.

Pondered on the meaning of life.

Went to Porto with a really bad beanie, and err.. had too much Portuguese wine.

Watched the greatest band in the world live, THE HAMSTERS!

Chilled in Mallorca, Spain.

Welcomed Pa & Ma to London.

Watched a play at the shakespeare globe theather. Othello it was.

Went to paris with Pa & Ma.

And also to Rome. For the second time.

Lived in the ghetto in London for the 2nd year running. (Thanks Katy for the great picture!)

Watched Arsenal at the Emirates!!!

Fell in love with Jessica Alba. Until she played that bimbo role in Fantastic Four ><

Had a jolly good time in London. Miss the phal briyani.

Learnt that in life, many things don't turn out the way you hope for it to.
And that I hate pizzas.

Was part of City Uni Christian Union.

Went to the Emirates again with my really ugly beanie.

Went to Dover & Calais.

Bid goodbye to some real good friends.

Didn't pay attention in class.

Wrote a final year project, got a ridiculously high mark, and still don't understand what I wrote.

And then I got lazy to take pictures.

On the other side,

Hello 2008!

The exam they call "THE MOTHER"

Which apparently, as I found out today after scrutinizing a certain handbook, stated that the recommended study time for the abovementioned exam is a whopping 400 hours.

Goodbye to social life for year 2008.

Hunting for....

Guns N' Roses "Appetite for Destruction" album.

If any of you out there know where I can get one, please let me know. Been looking high and low for it in KL but they dont seem to have it anymore.

Christmas Morning

630am

While the world outside is asleep.
While I wait.

There is silence in the air, and there is peace.
There is beauty in the stillness.

On the other hand, I wanna ZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZZzz.

Christmas Eve

I read my last post and concluded that I was partially insane then. That's the only face saving explanation I can think of for posting such nonsensical gibberish on the internet.

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The year is coming to an end soon, and for some odd reason or another, I'm particularly pleased and looking forward to it. Which could be a good thing or a bad thing. But anyways, the new year is always something to look forward to, it's like you get to start on a clean slate and forget all the stupid things you did this year. Which in my case, are too many to be mentioned here.

I have half a mind to continue spulrging more $$$$ into guitars and the peripherals (read: pedals), but the half of the mind is giving me a resounding NO! so for now I think that will suffice.

And.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Why did I....

Not obey the golden law of never buying guitar pedals on impulse??

But oh well, that's done anyways, AND I ARE GOTTEN MYSELF NEW OVERDRIVE PEDAL. UFOOOOOOOOOO!

Excuse me, a bit excited =P

I would post a picture of it but I can't find my USB cable.

And much poorer too. Oh well, happy belated b'day and melly christmas, happy new year, happy belated graduation and whatever else to me.

La la la la LAAAAA!

Ok now to TRY to work.

Why didn't I...

Take leave??

There are days when you really really don't feel like working. This is one of them. (So blog instead =P)

On the bright side, the office is nice and quiet, with hardly anybody around. Christmas is round the corner, and soon the year will be over. And we welcome 2008.

Time to take stock of 2007. And get ready for 2008. And maybe write that mandatory but will never be followed "New Year Resolutions" post.

But for now, its time to get back to writing some reports.

On the other hand, some muppet bought the apartment which we are staying in. Which means when our contract expires in August next year (thinking long term is always good), we shall have to look for a new place to stay. Boohooooooo.

Something to tell you

This morning, I came online just to say:

CIMB sucks.

I think they are still operating in the ice age. Blah!

Sometimes, saying "No" is good.
And sometimes also, saying "no" is not so good.

Example A:
When saying "NO" is good.

Hey dude, lets go out for a drink!
No-lah, I'm not feeling too well. Need to stay home and rest. Solly.

Example B:
When saying "NO" is not so good.

Hey Daniel, are you ready to go for cousin's wedding dinner tonight?
No-lah, I'm not feeling too well. Need to stay home and rest. Solly.

I think I've got myself into some potentially difficult conversations at the next family reunion. Gulp.

And the gloom lifts

Health still not good.
Work even worst still.
Car...dont even get me started.
Guitar use as charcoal ady.

But... everything is different when God is there.

On another note, I think i swallowed a piece of paper while eating my tau sah pau ><

Time for the annual depression....

Health is not good.
Work is not good.
Guitar playing is horrific.
Car is a piece of trash - despite spending so much money and time trying to fix it.

It's that time of the year again.

Where's my blues music when you need it....

You mean ONE WHOLE MONTH has passed by!!!

And I didn't blog at all. Man, i'm one lazy ass.

More importantly, where's that damned bill for my credit card. If they don't send it to me and later bill me for interest, somebody's gonna be getting a hurt real bad. Somebody.

I think its my wallet ><

Late dy lah, have to sleep. Feeling the flu again. Ughh.

The internet connection at work sucks

It really really sucks. But then, imagine life at work without internet.

To quote the auntie in the singaporean movie I Not Stupid, its "horleejeepel teleecheepel vegieetapel" (read horrible terrible vegetable).

Its been raining in KL recently. So heavy that its like raining water buffalos. Makes very nice sleeping moments but poor working conditions. Especially when the damned air con in your office is freezing cold. Makes you feel like...hibernating.

Will update more on the upcoming AYA awards when more information is available.

AYA Awards, baby yeah!

AYA Awards are coming up on the 4th of November!

Click on the picture above for a direct link to the website.

Having taken a while to convince the skeptic side of me, I think that this is a brilliant idea, and now, execution plan as well. Considering that Astro will be broadcasting it live, and it has the support of the Ministry of National Unity, it's gonna be quite a mega event. I'll be there at KLPAC!

My housemate is nominee no 13. Wakaka.

BBC hard talk

This was a BBC interview with Malaysia's foreign minister, Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar. While I do not totally agree with all his views, I must say, Mr Albar (thankfully not Alba(!)) did a good job in holding his own. Sarah Montague (the gwai loh interviewer) got pawned. Big time. I think she did a very poor job in preparing for the interview and getting her facts and sources right. Louya betul. Ahahaha. Sucks to be her.

Haven't done this in a while....

Posting pictures, that is.

Aiyo. I hate the its-monday-tomorrow sunday night syndrome.

Time to blog about stuff

Its a beautiful Friday and in a few hours time I shall be making my drive back home to Melaka for the weekend. Always nice to have the weekend round the corner.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I was reading my own blog -yes I like to read my own writings- and noticed that a total stranger would get the impression that I'm a raving lunatic. Well, I am :D

But anyways I was thinking long and hard about whether I should blog about what was on my mind earlier in the day. And as of now I'm still kinda undecided, but I guess since I'm halfway through I'll mention it briefly anyways.

Following recent developments about the different issues in our country today, mainly THAT video clip that everyone is talking about (well there are other things too: PAC findings, ACA, EC, police force, C4-ed Mongolian model, lawatan sambil belajar to Silk Road in China, not very intelligent ppl in the dewan rakyat, etc), reading different articles and reports (newspapers, blogs, websites), well, I dunno what to conclude. Its just interesting to note how the pro govt newspapers (i.e. the Star), the slightly more neutral (NST & Sun), the very not pro govt (the rest of the media) choose their choice of words -or none at all- in reporting the issue.

You know, the thing I never like about reading "opposition" blogs like Lim Kit Siang (see hyperlink on right) and MalaysiaToday or MalaysiaKini (google them cos I'm lazy to link), is that although they contain a element of truth (note that depending on the writer/topic of discussion the size of the "element of truth" varies greatly, but anyways read it on your own and draw your own conclusion on that as well), after a certain period of exposure to these blogs, you kinda feel angry or depressed or both. It's hardly inspirational material. But then again when you read some of the local papers you get a sneaky feeling that lots of stuff is not properly reported or worded in such a way that you get a different impression (well not exactly inspirational either, just the kena tipu type of feeling). Ignorance is foolishness, but knowledge is a pain as well.

Which is why I refrain from blogging down my thoughts -on the political side of things- here. There's enough websites out there for you to read those kinda stuff.

So as far as I'm concerned, LETS GO ROLL SOME KATAMARI!

*rollrollrollrollroll*

I seriously need to come up with a better plan for my future dictatorship to work.

Something was stuck in my eye

but thankfully its gone now, i think. Either that or I've gotten used to it being there.

Its one cold and rainy day here in KL (well cold being relative to the usual 34C), and the gloomy weather just makes me wanna lie down and sleep. But then again, I always wanna lie down and sleep so I guess I don't qualify to make any statements like that.

I just realized how quickly time flies by when you are working. Like blink blink and the week is over. Blink a bit longer and then you're 40 years old. Nonetheless, its enjoyable. (working life that is, not the blink and reach 40 years old part)

Last night I happen to come across the most incredible game mankind has ever made. Its called "WE LOVE KATAMARI!!" and right now all I can think of is *roll roll roll roll roll*. Basically they game revolves around you -yes, you- having a sticky ball and being responsible to roll up everything in sight on with your sticky ball. Everything meaning paper clips, books, cats, fish, people, cars, houses, monuments, countries, ultraman vs godzilla (yes i'm not kidding), clouds, the list is endless. Its so cool that all i can think of now is *roll roll roll roll rolllllllllllllllllll*

I need to get new guitar pedals. Boutique ones. But I dunno where to get them in KL. Its times like these when I miss London.

And finally,

WE LOVEEEEE KATAMARIIIIIIIIII!!!!!~~~

"roll roll roll roll roll"