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What a way to start the Monday morning. Slept late last night god knows why I blame it on the caffeine but so far no matter how much I drink I've never had problems sleeping. Will try it again and see the effects ... hahaha .. so I manage to wake up and get to office on time only to find that the office is empty except for 3-4 people. OMG where the heck is everyone ? Am I still dreaming or something. Have a meeting at 9am and my colleague is still not here yet. Ahhh but the good thing is the wiper decided to work again today. Guess it got a fright yesterday with the sudden heavy downpour. Hahaha
Cannnnnooooooottttt sleeeeeeep and it's already 3:05am !!!! Need to wake up at 6:30am !!! Grrrrrrrr .... going to try once more .. insomniaaaaaaaa
Was suppose to go shopping yesterday but I was so damn lazy and wanted to just laze around at home. Finally manage to get my homepc working but I had to resort to reinstalling a fresh copy of Win XP so now I have to start reinstalling programs one by one but at least now I can get access to all my files and continues watching my movies... ahhhhh my precioussssssss ... so instead of going out shopping ended up doing some cleaning but the mess seems to be still piled up in one corner. Ahhhhh will leave it for another day.
Streamyx seems to be having PMS these past few days I would keep getting disconnected ever so often till the point I was so damn irritated and wanted to go to the nearest wifi spot but since my homepc was up and I could continue watching my movies I just decided to do that. Today is the same but seems to be slightly better. Not sure if it's just me or is everyone also having the same problem.
Since I spent the whole day lazing yesterday decided to go out today. Woke up early and called up a few friends but all seem to be still asleep so I was left to eat lunch alone. Had seafood noodles in Segambut. Highly recommended !!! Dropped by BTS (Berjaya Times Square) a while to go get something and I got an sms from WK saying that we could meet up for some drinks after lunch.
So we met up in Subang for a cuppa coffee and I tried the Americano again but this time a hot steaming Venti instead. Muahahahah. It was good !!! God damn it I'm starting to get addicted to coffee again. I thought I could stay away but it's calling out my nameeeeeee ... noooooooo ... bad bad this is bad....
As we were sitting down drinking our coffee and chatting it suddenly decided to rain and the lightning was quite frightful so we decided to call it a day before it started pouring. As I was driving back home the stupid car wiper decided to take a break and it was bloody pouring and I could barely make out the road. Lucky I was quite near the house but it was still damn difficult to make out the road and cars. Managed to reach home in one piece. Need to get the wiper checked soon as it's the rainy season now.
So after many times being too busy with work CT finally manage to get off work today and we met up for dinner. It was a nice cozy restaurant in Damansara. Wasn't crowded at all and the music was just nice. Not too loud not too soft and they were playing my kind of music. Wooottt !!!
Reached there before 9pm and what do I see, CT trying to get online to check mail. OMG CT wei get a life !!! hahahha so even if CT manage to physically get away from the office but the work decided to join for dinner as well. They have wifi there as well but it was a secured network so we decided to leech from the TMnet hotpot next door. Hahahah
Dinner was great I had marinara spagethi and I forgot what CT had. I also ordered garlic bread and it was to die for. I love garlic bread and theirs were good. They even had a layer of cheese on top of the bread. Just thinking of it gets my mouth all watery.
CT was having white wine and I decided to get a glass as well but CT suggested to just get a bottle instead. So here we were sitting enjoying dinner sipping the lovely white wine which I seriously LOVE !!! I'm not really a wine connesiour so I have no idea what wine we got but the taste was something I like. All I know was it was an Australian wine and at the back label it suggested trying to drink it while having thai food. Hahahahhaha.
Apart from CT being busy checking the laptop every once in a while and the sms/calls on CT's two handphones !!! It was a lovely dinner oh and I also got a call but that's another story for another time. CT finally decided to forget about work and kept the laptop. THANK GOD !!! hahahaha so as we were talking while sipping the wine suddenly I heard sobs from the table behind us. At first CT never realise and when the crying got louder CT looked at me and asked is she crying ?? I said yup what do you think. There were two ladies and a guy there. They were happily talking to each other while the poor girl was crying her head off. I don't know what's her problem but then at least her friends should console her when she's crying right. Anyway that's other people's problem I have enough on my own.
So we decided to call it a night and after having one whole bottle of wine just the two of us. Was feeling a little light headed. Hahahahh got home in one piece and just fell asleep. Thanks CT for finally taking the time off from work .. well sort of anyway ... hahahaha .. we should do it again some time soon.
You are quite a demanding person once you have decided what you want. As an optimistic person you'll always tell your friends how fabulous/marvelous the day has been. Goodness and virtue are your traits. A handy person, you can fix almost everything, rearrange furniture better than most people. You are a sore loser and cannot take setbacks kindly. You are also quick in making friends and do not mind in giving pep talks or offer help to them because you enjoy praise and respect in return.
You are a gifted person who can accomplish a great deal if properly motivated. You are also good at know-how to manage, handle and use others through your diplomatic talent. You are fast in reacting to situations, catching opportunities and can see what people want from you.
You fall in love instantly, considered as being sexy people and are constantly involved romantically. You are known for not being sentimental and your quick impulse may lead you to love disappointment in the long run. It is very easy to reveal yourself if your mate or lover can engage you intimately. You are most compatible to Leo and Sagittarius born in Tiger/Dog years.
You are suave, clever and quite popular with women. Good at seducing, you can have many one-night stands.
When young you aspire to be an actor, singer or artist. But due to your self-realization, you will choose to pursue a more secure career. As an independent worker you make a better boss than employee. Any professions that need fast decisions are suitable for you such as computer programmer, journalist, pilot, translator or advertising jobs.
You will achieve much success in the financial field like mortgages, financial futures, stock broking and money market. You are capable in planning, building, developing and operating a business enterprise. In short, you hope to become a capitalist and you often associate with people in high places.
Technorati Tags: friday the 13th, friends, life, personal, changeiam, change.i.am, 2006With Deepavali and Hari Raya just around the corner everyone seems to be in holiday mood already. The office will unofficially be closed for a week as most of the people will be away preparing for the celebration or taking this chance to go and have a break. I'm also taking this opportunity to apply holiday so I can finally clean up my room as my yearly ritual during this time of year. Also need to go and get some new clothes. Haven't been out shopping in ages and most of my clothes are either faded or disintegrated on it's own due to too much usage. Hahahha. Since salary is due out earlier this month I guess I might head over to the nearest shopping center this weekend to see what I can get for myself. I might end up buying a new digital camera or Ipod instead or even a new phone even though I don't need any of them.
My colleague is already on MC waiting to deliver anytime soon. Hope she gives birth to a healthy baby and both mother and child are okay. Sometimes can't help to wonder what my life would be as a husband and father. One thing for sure most of my friends who have settled down and now having a kid seem to be much calmer than before. Hhahahah I guess with a baby waking you up every other hour you learn patience. Guess I don't have to worry about that for now since I have a lot more other things that need to be settled before I can even think of settling down. Lunchiesssssssssssss... laterz...
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Woke up as I usually did and after I got ready went downstairs to have my breakfast. While I was eating realised that my two little devils
were on the loose and was interested to see what I was having for breakfast. Since I had nothing better to do I decided to take some
pictures of them. The silky terrier is a pedigree male where else the other is a bitch which is a mix breed between a shih tzu and don't know what. They have been around the family for god knows how long. I think the male is around 9-10 years old now and the bitch is around 5-6 years old. Here are some pictures of the little devils.
Since my friend was going back to Oz land on Friday we decided to meetup once more for dinner to say farewell to him. This time was a rather small group as there were only 4 of us including him. We went to dinner in a chinese shop in The Curve. I forgot the name. It was Ah Tee or something like that. The food was quite good and their speciality chicken was delicious but since I was still quite full from lunch I just had a bit to eat. Well at least this time we manage to meetup twice before he left unlike last year. I wonder if I could make a trip to Oz land next year. We'll see how it goes. I could just bunk with him and save up some money on accomodation. Hahahah
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Well after yesterday night enlightning experience decided to get out of the house and do something other than sitting down and wondering. Called up a friend TN to meetup for lunch. He sent his car for service so I picked him and and we went to Shogun for lunch. There was quite a good mix of food available for us to choose from but not everything was Japanese there was even mee goreng and meehon goreng I think. Hahahahah ..
After lunch we headed to Starbucks to grab some coffee while sitting down and relaxing and talking about how to become millionaires. As we were enjoying our Americano which was my very first time ordering it we overheard a group of people sitting at the next table preparing for some presentation with a client. My guess is they probably were some freelance worker/students. After enjoying my very first Americano we decided to walk around a bit to digest the food a bit. Still was feeling damn full though I feel I ate so much lesser than what I would have normally eaten.
We ended up in Geeks ?? I think that's what it was called and TN got a phone call and was busy so I decided to check out the new Asus P525 pda phone. More on that at a later time Suffice to say I've fallen in love. Hahahahah. Anyone want to get me one for Xmas ?!?! TN got off the phone and said his compressor was shot and needs to be replaced with a new unit which sounded obscenely expensive. Since TN car was not about to get ready anytime soon I suggested we go watch a movie to kill time and to let TN chill a bit. Hahahah.
Suprisingly we got pretty good seats considering there were loads of people there and it was a public holiday. So we head over to the cinema and sat down waiting for the movie to start. I think we barely sat down for 5 mins and TN got another phone call and he went away. When he came back he said his mofo mechanic crashed his car. I was like WTF. So we skipped the movie and head over to the police station.
When I got there TN was already there and said his car was in pretty bad shape. So we went to the police station to make the report. It took some time since it was a public holiday and it being a puasa month. After TN mechanic saw the IO (Investigating Officer .. i think) they came out to get pictures of the car and the police guy kept telling TN and me that the mechanic story somehow doesn't sound right but they will go over to the place of the accident and check it out anyway. Hope everything turns out okay for him .. since it's suppose to be his month of celebration.
For those who seldom go to Starbucks like myself who only knows how to enjoy his coffee in the local kopitiam where coffee is just known as coffee here is something I got from the web.
Latte Lingo
"What will you have?"
Do these words at the espresso counter leave you a little speechless? Not sure how to order the coffee drink you're craving? Learn the espresso lingo here, and you'll be able to step right up and rattle off your order like the most seasoned espresso drinker.Barista
That really nice person behind the Starbucks counter who knows the recipe for perfect espresso and can decode your order and deliver exactly what you want.
So here I am sitting in my bed wondering about my life and what have I accomplished so far. Actually ever since I was in the hospital I've been wondering about it and was contemplating if I should post about it but since no one really knows about the blog so what harm can it do.
It's been a question that's been nagging me for quite some time. I dare say I've got quite a good job with a decent pay and living a somewhat comfortable life but something seems to be missing from my life. It just doesn't feel right and I've been living day to day with this nagging feeling deep inside me. Somehow I feel like I've not been doing enough or whatever that I've been doing is not good enough. Well as far as work goes I have no issues and able to complete all the tasks in a timely manner but when it comes to my own life it's as though I have lost sight of what I want.
When I just started working which was about 7 years ago I felt the greed for money and worked hard to get to where I am today but now when I feel comfortable enough with what I'm earning I realised that I seem to have forgotten how I got here and what makes it worst is no one seems to be around me to enjoy with me the accomplishments that I have achieved so far. It's as though in my quest for glory I have neglected those who were once close to me and I guess that's one of the reason why I'm trying to get in touch again with my friends. To make up for lost time before I'm totally forgotten.
Recently I did manage to get in touch with them but while listening to their journey in life and to the places they have been and the people they have met, I started to feel slightly envious as to why my life seems so mundane and boring. Heck I also want to jump out of a plane at don't know how many thousand feet, I also want to go bungee jumping, I also want to go around the world and meet all type of different and interesting people but all I have done for so long is sit behind the desk doing my job. I feel that what I've been doing so far doesn't mean much and it's just something that everyone else is doing. I know I should not be comparing myself with other people and everyone will have to go through their own journey in life and everyone has a different path to follow with different lessons in life but if I myself am not satisfied with the life I have at the moment what can I do ? Can I change the path I'm on ? Can I just drop everything and go backpacking around the world ?
I used to think that money was the answer to everything. If only I had more money I would be happier. If only I had a new mp3 player I would be happier. If only I had a new phone I would be happier. Maybe a new car would be the answer to my emptyness. Happy I was when I bought things to keep me happy but it was superficial , after a while I was back to the way I was albeit slightly poorer. As I continue with the journey in my life I come to realise that being materialistic no more excites me as it used to. Now I also am not sure what I'm seeking for or what I need to make me feel whole again.
Maybe part of the empytyness is due to a recent breakup. Though many things has happened between us the thought of going on without her in my life never crossed my mind. We spent almost a decade together and now even though it's been a few months since we're apart I still feel the loneliness and sometimes long for her to be by my side. I have not mention about our break to others and only a handful of people know about it and I was asked why was that so. The only reason I could come up with was I was afraid of what others might think and I feel partially responsible for what has happened and ashamed with the outcome. So here I am mentioning that the mask I was putting on for everyone is fake and I'm actually hurting and depressed deep down inside and I'm still not 100% healed from the breakup. I know I'm suppose to get on with my life and forget about her but sometimes it's easier said than done.
Never have I felt so lonely in such a long time that I actually forgot how it feels like and now it's something I feel everyday and it scares the living daylights out of me. I'm afraid of one day lying in my deathbed all alone with no one around me wondering what I have done with my life and if I made any difference at all to the people around me and if anyone would remember me if and when I'm gone. I've been having weird dreams of myself dying and looking down on myself from above and wondering how my departure affects the people I'm close with. Wondering if they'll miss me when I'm gone or I'm just another passing moment in their life and I'm forgotten and life goes on the very next day ?
I feel confused, hurt, angry, sad, lonely, depressed, lost, empty and a whole other myriad of feelings that I can't even put into words. As I was typing I heard a song on my playlist and it totally is what I feel like doing now.
It's by Keith Urban - Tonight I wanna cry.
I heart this song very much. Totally explains what I'm feeling right now.
Not only that I found this one as well which was obviously made by a One Tree Hill fan. What more could I ask for. Okay time to get all nostalgic and spend the rest of the day wondering about my life.
Woke up on Sunday only to find that the house was emtpy. You definately know something is wrong with your life when it's your parents that go disappearing on the weekends and you're left home alone. Hahahahaha. Manage to get some posts up yesterday before heading out.
There's something wrong with my homepc. I think the hard disk decided to take a break on me so I had to go KL to get a replacement. Since I was already in KL I headed to Cetiarbank to deposit some money and after that headed over to Berjaya Times Square to get some books in Borders. I seem to be buying quite a few book lately, more on that later when I start to actually read them. Nowdays spending time reading a book seem to be something I'm looking forward to. OMG what's happening to meeeeee.
The haze situation in KL isn't getting any better as well. I could hardly see KLCC from BTS. It was pretty bad. Here's a picture taken around 2pm on what was suppose to be a bright Sunday afternoon. You can barely make out the Twin Tower but then again the camera I was using is not some super duper sophisticated one so probably it made is look slightly worst than what it really was. Hahaha
The night was just as bad and it damn bloody hot, had to increase the air cond or else would have died from the heat. When is this haze going to go away !!!!
I haven't been keeping in touch with some of my friends for quite some time and since I wanted to make it a point to make my presence known again I decided to try to track them down one by one. Hahahahah it really was quite a daunting task as I've not seen or heard from some of them for almost 5 years or more and had no idea where or how to even to get their contact details.
After some digging I manage to get in touch with some of my friends whom I've never seen for almost 6 years. Sent them an email hoping I got the right person and presto I was once again in touch with them. We decided to meet up and catch up and good old times so the place and time was set. I was rather skeptical on the meetup since it's been ages since I met any of them and basically it was my fault that we drifted apart in the first place. Plus the fact that we haven't been in touch for ages got me wondering if we have anything left in common and if we'll be able to have a decent conversation like we used to or end up with awkward moments of silence with us just staring at each other or even worst not looking at each other at all. Hahahahhaha. Also with all that has been happening in my life recently I wasn't sure I would make such great company and as usual become to doubt my decision and myself.
So it was a Friday night and I was looking forward to the dinner that we had arranged and since I got off from work earlier I decided to head back home and have a shower before heading out again. We were suppose to meet around 7:30 pm or so but my workaholic friend (CT) who was still stuck in the office only made it around 8:30pm or so well better late than never. It was definitely nice to see a familiar face once again after such a long time. We ordered our food and started off with the usual chit chat and before long we were talking non stop hahahaha. Even though we haven't seen each other for 6 years but it seem like it was only yesterday I had last met CT and it felt so natural and comfortable and we could talk about anything and that's exactly what we did. Not sure when we'll be meeting again but hopefully soon enough.
So Saturday was a rather a boring day with me waking up late after Friday's interesting dinner with CT. Since the car was due for service decided to head over to the workshop. So there I was waiting for my car to get serviced and decided to call up another friend (WK) to say I'm still alive and well. We plan to meet up for drinks later in the afternoon since WK was around the area as well but somehow it didn't happen as WK was busy running around doing some errands and I was still stuck in the workshop. So we postponed it to Sunday instead but while I was lazing around at home in front of the tele at night WK text me and asked if I was interested in meeting up so I agreed since I had nothing to do anyway. We met up for drinks and started filling the gaps as to what happened in our lives. Obviously not everything could be covered in such a short time but we generally got an idea as to what was happening and how life has been treating us. The place we met was a bit noisy and we had to shout at certain point but we manage to have quite a decent conversation. Hopefully we'll be able to meetup again soon.
Now comes the difficult part, when should I call them to meetup again. They obviously have their own friends and their own plans and with me suddenly appearing out of no where how do I get back into their life without getting too pushy or sounding too desperate ?? hhahahahah Even though we used to spend a lot of time together last time and even though they have not changed that much but definitely their lifestyle and work commitments would have some impact to their free time and with whom they spend it with. My life pales in comparison and I feel I'm such a bore and have not accomplished much compared to them. It's like while I was sitting at home mopping and getting depressed they were out there enjoying themselves and grabbing life by the balls and taking what they want and need out of it. Feels like whatever I've been doing has been so insignificant ... grrrrrrrr ... *mental note ...MUST STOP COMPARING ... arrgghhhh ... * Well we'll see how it goes.
I'm totally happy that even though I have disappeared for some time they still treasure the friendship we have and are just as excited with my return as I am with their openness and warmness and understanding to my situation. It's totally mind boggling how we could still talk like as though I was never away. I'm now taking the initiative to make up for my disappearing act and would like to thank my friends for letting me once again appear in their life. I'm definitely sorry for not keeping in touch, hopefully it will never happen again and we'll continue to have more happy memories in the times to come.
This article entitled Switch to Boleh and see us move up the ranks which I got from Suanie's blog is definately a must read. See how you can help improve Malaysia's ranking in the world and make it a better place for you and me. It definately made my Sunday Morning much brighter.
Heard a friend mentioned about this show the other day and I got a chance to watch it yesterday night. If you cared about the future and wish for freedom from the petroleum giants you should definately watch this show. It's really an eye opener !!
Well before watching the show I have heard of electric cars though I never knew they went "obsolete" and also the real reason as to why they never sold a whole lot of electric cars.
The film showcased the EV1 made by GM and how California took the bold move to have a mandate for pollution free cars. Apart from that it also showcased the various parties that played a role in the death of the electric cars and how the owners tried their very hardest to get back the cars they loved driving.
Oddly enough California later on got sued by some of the car manufacturers and were "forced" to ebolish the mandate. Strange as it may seem but all the electric cars that were sold to people were actually leased and the car manufacturers later on recalled all the electric cars which were then destroyed and from what I can remember this involved companies like Toyota,Honda and even GM.
Just because it's an electric car doesn't mean it can't go. There was one car which had higher capacity batteries that did 0-60mph in 4-5sec which is pretty damn quick and on average the electric car goes about 100-130miles per charge which is more than what an average user travels in a day. I myself only travel around 100km a day and the electric car seems to suit my requirements perfectly. One of the comments made in the film was the electric car definately was not for everyone as it only fits 90% of the population requirements. This got me laughing. hahaha
Go ahead and get hold of the show and watch how even the government played a part in the death of the electric car. Electric cars are not the thing of the future nor should it be a part of the past. They should be running on our streets saving consumers from the petroleum giants and at the same time saving our planet !!!
Met up with some friends yesterday night for dinner. The last we met was some where around last year when one of the guys came back from Oz and this year is the same. When he's back we'll all try to meet. Have known them since secondary school and boy does time fly. We tried out this restaurant called Dragon-I in Sunway Pyramid. One of the guys was working for the company and we got to eat for free. Hahahha .. Thank you very much Mr SKF.
It was a chinese restaurtant that serves chinese delicacies paus, noodles, rice and others. The place was rather exotic looking with a very nice ambience. We got the seat near the window facing Sunway Pyramid but since it was already at night there wasn't much to look at. Definately would have been a splendid view during the day. Suprisingly the place had quite a lot of people even for a weekday. One of the guys is also going to get married this year. Congratulations to Mr DC. Seems like most of my friends are already married or having kids leaving poor ole me alone. It's suprising to see people whom were the "rascals" in school now being responsible husbands and fathers. With my current situation seems like I still have a long way to go. Hahahah. So the food was good and the company was great but guys being guys we had to have a few drinks before calling it a night.
So we head over to ermmm ... okay I forgot the place. It was beside Dome, something jungle I think. Then the basic questions came like where you're still working, when you're getting married, when having kids, how much work sucks, how to make more money, how to start own business. Hahahahahah ...
I've known some of them since I was 13 which means I've know them for 15 years now, which is damn long though not everyone has remained close but just the ability for us who have gone their own different paths to come together and just sit down and talk about our experiences with life and work is really amazing.. well to me at least. The only thing we have in common is we used to know each other during secondary school and now here we are 11 years later after leaving school sitting down and chatting about the mysteries of life and of course the drinks does help loosen things up a bit as well .. hahahaha
It was nice to see familiar faces once again and hopefully we'll be meeting more often but that's what we said last year and it took us one whole year to meet again. Probably the next time we meet most will be having kids already. It's good to know that we still have our friendship after all this time. Cheers guys !!!
