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| Happy New Year |
| 12.31.03 (2:02 am) |
:P To all friends, Happy New Year!
God bless all as we all look forward to a great and exciting year ahead.
God bless,
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| The eve of New Year Eve |
| 12.30.03 (6:04 am) |
8) Yes, back from a rather eventful church youth camp. Yes, most of the wild-life was tame but for the teenagers. Today's youth don't have to worry about the jungle out there...they would fit in magnificantly.
Wifey is back with 40kg of take home luggage. With the usual assortment of food-stuff you can only find back home in Penang to a kiddy play-pen.
I kid you not, my wifey bought a kiddy play-pen (bargain buy) and lugged it back. Apparently the free stroller that came with it will come middle next year along with my mum-in-law.
All this for the coming addition to my family, my first, this coming July 2004. Amidst the anxiety of impending sleepless nights, I am really looking forward to being a father.
Preparing for fatherhood is an adventure in it-self. Came across the "10 ways to be a better dad" brochure and found it useful. There's even a Fatherhood Educational Institute. Looks like preparing for fatherhood makes as much money as selling sugared water.
Would I pay all that money to be taught how to father my children? I think I'll take the free course. The On-The-Job-Learn-As-It-Ha ppens course to fatherhood. It's a lot exciting and engaging.
Now, Lesson 1: Putting together a play-pen...
regards,
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| Early morning blues |
| 12.26.03 (6:11 pm) |
:D Good morning people,
I have half-recovered from my Christmas Eve - Need For Speed drive by. Today will be off to a camp with the youth group of my church. We're hanging out at an animal santuary/wildlife centre outside of the city.
I fear that the only wild-life I'll see are these teenagers!
Wifey coming back on the 30th from mum-in-law so my life will start to come back to normal. I truly cannot seem to get back into the bachelor groove, instead I've been reduced to a lonely PS2 junkie watching re-runs of Discovery channel Tribal Week.
Getting married doesn't change you...it morphs you into a higher level human being. One that frets over the cost of toilet paper, washing detergent, ownership of the blanket at night, where to eat out and tv program to watch (Tribal Week or some Richard Gere movie) - this to name a few.
In respect of being married I give the following shout-outs:
berelain : **beware,you're one foot there**,
weichun : ,
dave : irish men are sexy,(("bald James Bond actor")).
zainframe :##sameboat le kiter##
squid : ^^play safe bro, that girl might be a dude^^
mun : ~when he ask you, make sure diamond,big,big one~
spoonfork : +there is no spoon,use chopstick+
Well, to all HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
p/s posted at 10.10, watch the timestamp.
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| RottenApple.net |
| 12.25.03 (9:13 pm) |
Added this blog to my list.
Being an Apple user I found this blog both funny and seriously truthful.
Only in Malaysia,
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| Haiya! |
| 12.25.03 (8:49 pm) |
Time Zone for this blog server still buggy...I'm posting this at 12.48pm
look at the timestamp,
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| Santa has got a Mazda Mieta |
| 12.25.03 (8:14 pm) |
Back in the office.
Spent Christmas Eve with friends. Was in bed at 5am on Christmas day. No, did not hang out with friends but instead was up that whole night playing Need For Speed-Underground on my brother's girlfriend's PS2. You should have seen my face in church at 8am that morning...
This game rocks! Being a fan of The Fast and Furious movie, this game put you into the driving seat (literally). Spent the whole night un-locking the many rewards in order to turn my lame family car into a street demon.
The downside could be the tracks. They repeat themselves but in different configurations. So after a while you probably would have memorized every twist and turn.
This game is worth spending money on. Which gives me a reason to get a my own tv and PS2...
regards,
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| KAZAA is legal |
| 12.23.03 (12:35 am) |
AMSTERDAM/ LONDON: The Dutch supreme court on Friday threw out an attempt by a music copyright agency to put controls on popular Internet file-swapping software system Kazaa, a ruling the music industry attacked as flawed.
Original article here.
I can see all the "pirates" buying legal software in order to make illegal CDs.
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| Kesunyian |
| 12.22.03 (7:41 pm) |
:roll: Got to update company website, a book to type-set and a church youth camp to organise but I am BORED.
This is probably due to the holiday mood setting in. I am just plain lazy today.
In Bahasa Malaysia - the national language of Malaysia we have a word : Kesunyian = loneliness. The root word is sunyi = silent,silence. Hence, when you think of kesunyian in context of its root word, it translate to a state of deep,intense, loneliness.
It is an emotion that is birth from within ones-self. Thus, it explains why sometimes you feel lonely even when standing in a crowd. It is a state where being alone is couple with silence. More like standing in a void.
Interesting word. The Sindarin Dictionary states that lonely in sindarin (the language of the elves in LOTR) as ereb.
Tenna' ento lye omenta
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| The Batik Brigade |
| 12.22.03 (1:42 am) |
KUALA LUMPUR: All civil servants will have to wear Malaysian-made batik on Saturdays and other days specified by the head of departments soon.
Public Services Department director-general Tan Sri Jamaluddin Ahmad Damanhuri, in a Dec 16 circular, said the Government has decided to make batik a part of the official working attire.
Original article here.
Nuts! I don't even have one batik shirt. You know what to buy for me this Christmas.
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| Microsoft asks Linux users: Why? |
| 12.22.03 (1:34 am) |
Microsoft has started distributing two online surveys to Linux User Groups and Linux users in general, one asking primarily about home computer use, the other about business use.
Read the original article here.
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| Temporary Realities |
| 12.22.03 (12:26 am) |
I'll have a blue Christmas without you,
I'll see some blue snowflakes without you,
da da da da da
:cry: wifey still at mum-in-law and I'm all alone.
I am so lazy today...office is quiet and I'm so....so lazy to do anything. :roll:
Hm...my stocks on Hollywood Stock Exchange went up...cool. Due in part to my huge purchase of Lord of the Rings options which I will cash out this week. Makes me feel rich eventhough the money is virtual.
While my Football Fantasy Team dipped this week. Manage to buy the whole Arsenal first eleven this week. Ah, the feeling of managing your own football team eventhough it is just virtual.
Have you ever wondered about the value of the things that we do? The fact that at most these things are just virtual, temporary enjoyments. They last a fleeting moment, a mere whisper in the wind. Reflecting on the year that has past, what has been permanent? I've seen friends pass on, families broken, the world changing.
I guess permanance is relative to where you stand. At any point in time the only permanent fixture is YOU. If you place yourself as a point of reference then the world is temporary and you are the most secure, permanent feature. At that point the world revolves around you.
So have you changed much this year?
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| The King Rocks |
| 12.18.03 (9:09 pm) |
Paid RM20 for ticket, sat at the first row (good for a partially blind guy) three seats from the aisle and took the full force of the movie.
Verdict: LOTR - The Return of the King rocks!!!!
TWO THUMPS UP!
Wait two thumps plus my big toes. Counts as four maximum A+.
It's one of those things that make you want to cry, in this movie you finally get to say goodbye to such lovable characters whom you've grown to love over the past three years. It stayed true to the book, yes some parts were taken out but the feel of the movie does not run far from the book. It's like a summary look at the book.
I am already hunting for all manner of LOTR things. Can get myself a 24K gold replica of the ring of power for about RM150. Hm...wifey will think I am nuts.
Haiya buy one nice gold ring (real one) for wifey's birthday and this ring for me...hehehehehe win-win situation.
Heard that Peter Jackson is considering doing The Hobbit. That would be really cool! Can't wait to see how that turns out.
hasta la vista baby,
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| Paradox View |
| 12.18.03 (12:20 am) |
Better news from the doctor today. The infection is slowing down and I should regain clear vision in a few days. Still under strict orders to take my medication - antibiotics and eye drops. At least today he did not give an injection; into the eye ball!
Feel fit enough to return to the office and was immediately laid siege by bossy who wants MY PRECIOUS ticket to the premier of LOTR - The Return of the King. Reason that I should give up the ticket - partial blindness.
I'll watch it with ONE EYE if I have to.
I am thankful for my close friends who spent time praying for me. I believe prayer works and that miracles do not produce faith but rather faith produces miracles.
GOD bless,
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| Smoky Eyes |
| 12.16.03 (11:00 pm) |
I'm blind in one eye.
I've been sidelined fighting a fever brought about by a bad infection in my right eye. This has left me legally blind in the right eye. I can still see shapes and colours but everything is view through a stained foggy glass window.As of this morning my eye was responding well to treatment . I still believe my eyesight would be affected even if it heals so I'm taking things a step at a time.
It is so easy to fall into a cycle of depression. Certainly, I felt that way when confronted with the prospect of being blind permanently. But looking at it again this morning, I have reasons not to be afraid of going blind.
In this space of time I joined an exclusive club. One where the criteria for membership is the lost of sight. In this club there is no discrimination cause we all are colour-blind. For us holding another's hand shows support, words spoken are life-long bonds, music heard is life, perfume is an escape and being alive involves faith - hope in what you can't see. This club allows me to look beyond the ugliness that life can be and shows me the life that can be.
I don't ask to be blind but if I do become blind I am not afraid. I will embrace it and learn to appreciate the life that I have to live.
My immediate concern is learning to shoot pictures with my left eye looking throught the view-finder.
regards,
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| What a babe - danielle graham |
| 12.11.03 (5:34 pm) |
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I only saw her in one movie but man is she beautiful.
regards,
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| Multicoloured MyKad |
| 12.11.03 (5:15 pm) |
What do you do when your wifey is at the mum-in-laws for a month? The Lord of The Ringsmovie marathon! Well, just The Two Towers...
Yup, tonite I am going to lock myself at home and watch the Extended DVD for The Two Towers - this version has 45 minutes of additional footage. Oi, me good husband stay home one, no going out for party...
In local news, the National Registry Department (NRD) has issued a statement that all Malaysian who wish to obtain the new identity card - MyKad have to revert to their hair's original colour.
Besides hair the NRD boss also mentioned :- He said applicants with white hair or those bald headed can however have their photographs taken while Muslims with such features were advised to wear songkok.
Male applicants, he added, were not allowed to wear earrings or nose studs.
Sometimes, Malaysian news reports border along the line of a joke and serious journalism....
regards,
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| National Service for Malaysians |
| 12.09.03 (10:06 pm) |
:D I got my LOTR - The Return of The King movie ticket! YEAH
Actually, a charity gala thingy. Ticket cost me RM20, proceeds go to the Sarawak Thalassaemia Society. Will be watching it alone cause wifey still at mum-in-laws....Anyway, pass the pop-corn and lets bash some uruk-hai.
After much hoha for the past few months, the first batch of Malaysian teenagers will start their National Service duties on Feb 17th. Another attempt by the government to curb social ills, I must say. Participants are randomly chosen (by computer) and are issued a letter informing to join the program - who wrote the program? I wonder. You skip this class, you end up in jail...
Yup, nothing like some military style training to stop teens from taking drugs, racial and religious crimes, suicide bombings, murders, rapes, fights and the occasional stealing the neighbour's chicken. :roll:
regards,
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| Glofish, O Glofish |
| 12.09.03 (6:18 pm) |
:roll: Back in the office today. Yes, I'm am now sitting in the familiar settings of my blue colored cubicle. First order of the day was to clear my inbox - I got offers for viagra by the bucket loads. I wonder, why can't they do that for Vitamin C pills?
Like if you reply an email for Vitamin C, a dollar would be donated to research to combat desease. Now, that's an email worth replying.
In other news, in a previous blog I drew your attention to some "fluorescent fish" amply called Glofish.
Now, before you start swapping your light-bulbs for this environmental friendly marine alternative; there is now talk on regulating the sale of such fish after California banned the selling of such genetically engineered fish altogether.
:wink: I wish they can do that to my dog. Just make the ears glow in the dark. Now, that would be quite a sight.
regards,
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| Hatyai Dreams |
| 12.03.03 (10:07 pm) |
Sitting in a cyber-cafe smack in the middle of a shopping mall in Hatyai - Southern Thailand. The food is extra-ordinary cheap here in Hatyai. An assualt to the taste buds I dare say.
Eat at the local hawker stalls, the ones they have at the walk-ways of the shops. Travellers (recommended by many) should try the local food, the night markets and the tut-tut.
Now the exchange rate is roughly RM1 - 10.5Baht, that is roughly USD1 - 400Baht. Shopping heaven for my wifey and friend. Yup, they are on a shopping spree. Clothes are cheaper by about half (compared to Malaysian prices), haggle your way to a bargain cause when they sniff a tourist the prices normally double.
This morning was at Songkla, visited one of the beaches there. The whole tour plus lunch cost only RM25 per person. CHEAP!!!
regards,
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