C.K's Blog

THe return of the blog

2006-03-29T20:01:00.000+08:00

Im bored and just had dinner with Eric Teng, Daniel Tan, Joanne our editor and someone Joanne knew....i cant remember.

Yeah so after months and months...actually it was an eternity ago since I blogged...yeah im back...just again as Daniel forced me onto my chair and said type something!! Its ure blog.

Yeah...I have a new job in NDY, I have my thesis which is being dont and experiments are running on it by myself. Im yet to try it under zero degrees conditions. Results shuld be interesting. wat else, I read leanne's blog so many times together with Jacinda's but long time since I blogged myself. I guess once in a while is a good way to reflect wat i have been doing for the past months and wat I need to do now. Yeah I shuld blog once in a while more often...

I find telling ym story of myself too often or daily just brings to show how bored or pathetic I am that I need someone to notice who or wat I have been doing for the past few hours. I feel it makes one to obstinate and full of themselves tht watever they think or write is right and justifies what they did that day was the right thing to do. But heck...September's blog till now justifies a bit or story telling. I'll write somore when I have time again and probably give one or two insights into my life when I get a raise or promotion or move to Australia or some new country.

I bet those who stopped reading my blog will get a shock to see a new entry...SO hi again guys... Hope you all are fine and well.

Signing off for now.

Why?

2005-09-11T13:15:00.000+08:00

Im sad, its supposed to be a special day today but from events that happened in the past few days and yesterday. I feel I’m quite lost and I do not know what to do. Have I not given enough? I have not tried hard enough? Have I don’t nothing for someone to deserve the way Im being treated now? How much can you expect from some when physical ways, that’s all you can give even though you feel you want to give more to just see them happy? And if this cant be respected in the first place, what the point and wasn’t tht considered in the beginning? What can be said about the other person then? Why do people whom I care demand so much from me? Not even remember the simplest important thing. Why do people cover up their mistakes when the milk can bee seen is spilt on the floor? Why ? What have I done wrong? Why do I blame myself sometimes? I think I care too much that’s why. Maybe I care for the wrong company also. I care for those who do not care and not think of me of who I am. Why? Why?

Let this snow cover my hooded hanging head facing the floor while I contemplate.

P/S: Leanne, thanks for your feedback

The commotion of childish blogs

2005-09-10T13:16:00.000+08:00

Sigh, I had a long day today. I had a Heat Transfer test yesterday worth 15 Marks!!! What the hell man. I hope Prof. John Sheridan changed the marking scheme for this course. I wanna thank James for lending me his scanned work. I gotta check out what Julianna Theory is all about. Rock lovers. Heh..

Today only 3 people came to the Heat Transfer tutorial. I was amazed as me and Rajiv and Yap sat in class doing 2 questions before the class ended. I had a row with someone too today and will be meeting David Lau from Johor and Jin Ho from Korea, both whom were my ex housemates for dinner in a short while. I gotta clean my room and iron my shirts too. The Art of Expresso class is tomorrow and it starts at 9 a.m. I hope I do not get the caffeine rush and jump about at the place.

Evelyn was supposed to take my tute notes for fluids but woke up late eh? I was told that I act like a girl from Rajiv. Maybe I can see from their perspective sometimes which makes me able to help those with relationship problems. However, I find it funny where there are some problems of mine I find, I cant solve.

I got a shock reading an entry from a person who dissed me in public. I wonder why someone would do that to me. Especially soemone I thought I could trust and with respect to how close we are, would not be ranting to the public, which means, people whom I do not know. I mean if any tom dick and harry goes around saying they are sick and tired of the world in blogs and the streets, wouldnt tht be pathetic? I think those who are mature and adult would just say, "Hey do something about it and deal with it!"

Tired

2005-08-19T19:19:00.000+08:00

I started the day at 9 am with my Fluid Mechanics II class. It lasted to 11 am and had to work till 6pm. I met Chyn Wen who discharged from the SUnway Medical Centre at around 4pm. Thanking the kind nurses for their kind "hospitality", he bought them Starbucks coffee and food.

Nasrina gave me her email add to add into friendster and MSN. She also introduced a band to me which seems to be on Hitz FM known as "The Killers". I was oblivious to the group as...well..no radio, no TV (shrug) how was I supposed to know. I gotta check it out later. I am taking a break tonight from a week of hard labour. So much to do so, much to see.

Dinner was at Lima Bintang (Five Stars), but nah....it aint as fancy as it sounds. Just another ordinary mamak down the road from Sunway Medical.

Dinner: Nasi Lemak and Sambal Sardines (damn spicy)
Roti Canai with Chicken curry
Iced Milo

Im gonna sleep soon. Im pooped. Its 2 am actually

The lousy Condo network and a Blackout

2005-08-18T23:56:00.000+08:00

The network in Sunway Monash Condo is getting bad again. I found out about this "sunway portal" where networkers can load and download movies to manga to series and anime. I kept up to date with Gundam Seed Destiny after stopping somewhere in ep. 25. Naruto seems far away for me and Ive just finished ep 129.

Yeah call me slow but I havent gotten the time to do all the resting i need. I keep trying to download Man on Fire but the sunway potral keeps getting restarted and it is starting to piss me off. The worse part is because I only got to see 3/4 of the movie from Aries's DVD and the ending of the file is corrupted. GAAH! Its just like my "Saving Private Ryan" waiting marathon. I've tried to download the movie five minutes ago and now the "sunway portal" is down.

At 10.30 pm Malaysian time, the power grid of Sunway Condo went down and it was total darkness till 11.30pm. I have to say that Im impressed that the Selangor govt manages to keep the blackout time frame to an hour, at most. I got the small thrills of finally being able to use my tea lights that I bought from Ikea at like RM3.00 for 50 of them. However I was kind of worried as Ive seent the effects of these tea lights when they went into flaming balls when an idiot tried to put them out with water.

Ive got class at 9 am tomorrow. Im kinda tired but Ive got to finish this chapter on Heat Transfer before I sleep.

Monthly blogging...

2005-08-18T15:48:00.000+08:00

I ve been working on my project for 5 weeks in total, not including the preliminarry fight over getting the project that is supervised by A/Proff Ong K.S. I managed to get all my material to build my new thermosyphon which will be using R134a as the internal substance. I am in the comp lab now finishing up my Heat Pipe drawing to be certified by my supervisor. I requested to see the work done by my techinicians down in the lab when they braze and assemble my parts together. Jacinda is waiting downstaris doing her assignment. Some dinner after this.

Bored

2005-07-15T18:07:00.000+08:00

Ive been so busy with stuff. The orientation for new students of Semester 2 was held on Monday 11th July and I had to do the mass dance with the other buddies for each faculty. With my orange Monash Engineering tshirt on. I seemed to be the outstanding one there in the pictures. All the others were grey in colour. I hope to get the pictures from the photographer. I also havent gotten the Tug of War pictures Jessica promised me.

Its pouring like mad this whole day. The time of the year I guess from my experience for a year in Malaysia since I returned. I will be comtinuing my studies in Malaysia hopefully with Proffessor Ong KS as my supervisor.

Two new students moved into the middle room. Newbies, they are so messy and seem to wet the entire place. One of them was clattering around when he moved in from Morning till afternoon. I dont know what the hell he was cleaning the entire time.

Theres a trip to Bunga Buah in August. I might and might not join it.

2005-05-27T00:16:00.000+08:00

Jacinda gave me this shirt....I love it

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One of the cards I got...

Assignments, reports and star wars

2005-05-20T18:32:00.000+08:00

Assignments are piling up with my Tech and Society final draft due tomorrow. I wrote a case study about how the automotive industry's assembly line might have a fully automated robotics in the next few years. It seems like Fanuc, Motoman and ABB are still going strong at this idea. Sigh..... I even have my Thermo reports to finish. So much to do.

Star Wars is out today....man I heard a friend told me tht America was gonna loose money cos citizens were quiting jobs to concentrate to get tickets..it that right? Thats so lame. WE ALL KNOW THE ENDING ANYWAY!!

Oh well...thats all for now. Ill write more sometime after this.

2005-05-19T22:00:00.000+08:00

We won the First Prize for our efforts

2005-05-19T14:32:00.000+08:00

Am I holding it right?? Am I? Am I??

2005-05-19T14:23:00.000+08:00

Doing our thang!!

2005-05-19T02:25:00.000+08:00

We couldnt resist the pull of our beautiful dancers

2005-05-19T00:27:00.000+08:00

Holla if u hear us!!

MAPCU Referee - ME

2005-05-09T20:32:00.000+08:00

All I had to remember were 4 lines.

As the referee for the MAPCU Tug of War competition held in the fields on Sunway University College, I knew I had to be firm, aware and non-biased in the game. On 30th of April 2005, six teams from six different colleges and universities gathered in the morning heat at 9 a.m awaiting in the field for the games to begin. They are Monash University, Inti College, HELP Institute, Taylors College, KDU and Sunway University College

I'd have to admit that the visiting teams that gathered today were pretty serious in winning this event, apart from Taylor's college and Monash University. At first glance, one might think that these players might have been waiting for their rugby coach to arrive. But when they put on their jerseys and ask me when is the event starting...I was convinced that they werent here to 'scrum'. All 6 teams listened patiently as I read out the rules to them. No sitting on the ground, no hands on the ground for traction and no release and retugging. Most of them that I see were actually eager to start pulling already by the time I finished.

Everytime each team held the end of each rope, they waited for my signal. "Team _____ ARE YOU READY!!" (I found each rugby-fit member replying me in booming consent). And then my four lines would come.

"Pick up the rope"
"Take the Strain!!!"
"STEEEAADDY!!!!" and lastly

"PULL!!" - signalled by a whistle

And when they pull, my gawd do they pull. With just their bare feet as traction, the atmosphere was tense from the moment I blew the whistle. Their facial expressions showed each straineous pull in getting the coloured cloth across the white centre line. Each team, I feel, did their best in every match.

With the final four teams were eliminated, all was left was INTI College and Sunway University College. Eight muscular, testosterone fed giants per team. I did my signals again and when they pulled....everyone was stunned. The rope held still for at least 6 seconds. Sunway members were chanting for their team and Inti was doing the same for theirs. Fatigue seemed to set in ealier for the Inti team and Sunway pulled themselves to victory in both rounds.

The MAPCU Tug-of-War was a one of a kind for me. I have not seen a inter-institute match to involve something I played only in primary school and realizing that the teams were really into something like this. I take my hat off for their efforts, determination and sportsmanship they showed and nonetheless for the winning teams..they deserved it.

notes:

2005-05-09T20:15:00.000+08:00

There is so much more to post and write...I am yet to write about my cheer and cance competition which I joined....I didnt even write about the latest earthquake in March!! Be on the look out for it...pics coming soon....

2005-05-04T20:21:00.000+08:00

Evening Summit hike....(Me, E.T, Mr. Tan, Ayman and Yong)

2005-05-04T17:19:00.000+08:00

View from the Summit of Gunung Datok

Hiking up Gunung Datok, Rembau Negeri Sembilan (16th April 2005)

2005-05-04T14:02:00.000+08:00

Three days before the actual day of the hike I met Jackie, the Vice President of the Monash Nature society. I have not seen him since my Ulu Klang hike which didnt turn out well since we didnt reach the summit due to overgrown tracks along the way. I think Jeanie Beanie would remember that event. I have not met Jackie since then. He asked if I was interested for a overnight stay in Rembau for a hike up Gunung Datok. As usual...why not! I asked Louisa for details and agreed to go on the Saturday. So it was confirmed... Jackie, Vincent, Ashley, Me, Jacinda, E.T, Kean Yong, Ayman (pronounced "I"-man), Mr. Tan who is a lecturer in Monash University and Winnie

There was no water at the peak so baby wet wipes was the ideal choice to buy for the trip. I also had to bring 3 1.5L bottles of Mineral water for the trip. 3 for the guys and 2 for girls. Jacinda lent me her sleeping bag which she took from Malacca.

Saturday morning at 7pm, Mr. Tan, Ashley, Ayman, Jacinda and I met at the Sunway foyer and had breakfast at the cornershop beside the university. We arrived at the Rembau toll and waited for the rest who was at Jackie's place in Kajang to arrive. They woke at 7 am instead while the rest of us were waiting in the toll. Malaysian timing again.... At 10 am they arrived and drove to the foot of the mountain.

At 11 am, we started the hike up Gunung Datuk. Five of us had Deuter bags with tents and the burners etc. I wasn't one of them fortunately. There were two groups which eventually split up into three which consisted of a maximum of 5 people. The hike was only 800m (hypotenuse wise) but with a 45 degree angle and large steps through the hike. It wa not really a peice of cake. 3/4 way up the mountain, Jackie invited me to carry his Deuter up to the summit.

After 5 rest stops through the hike ,we reached the fake peak of the mountain. It was a flat area to set up camp and rest. There were two crudely made shelters to place baggages or sleep on. After setting up the tents, I was still eager to see the view from the summit.

The journey there was even more tricky. A cling onto a 60 degree rock ( or fall 10 metres below a trench), up a ladder, pass a 10 degree slope to a flat base area. No, this isnt the summit yet. Then a eight metre climb on another flight or ladders to the actual summit. I climbed, after 2 hours of hiking and not seeing the summit would be a total waste of my time.

The view on the top was spectacular with a pretty gusty wind. Check out the fluttering of the Malaysian flag there. All of us managed to go to the peak and we even managed to convince Jacinda and Ashley to climb to the summit. When we went back down, we set up camp.

Before dinner, Ayman, Kean Yong and I went up there again to see the sunset. It was a little cloudy and the wind got stronger by then. We were also trying to escape making dinner. But when we got down....it wasnt even started.

Dinner was simple, Maggi mee and Indomee with some sausages (E.T's version of man meat). Then it was to the summit again. Luckily the clouds were gone and the night was clear. My gawd, I have never seen the stars as beautiful in Malaysia as that night in my entire life. We talked more crap when we got down the summit and I slept early for the hike down

On Sunday day we hiked down at 10 am. It seemed easier going down and we reached the bottom in an hour. The hike was something to remember. I have not done one in ages and I hope to see more of that when the exams are over for the First Semester. My legs ached the next day by the way

2005-05-04T14:00:00.000+08:00

Summit of Gunung Datok, Rembau, Negeri Sembilan

Vyctoria's secret

2005-05-04T13:06:00.000+08:00

Vyctoria came to visit me in Kuala Lumpur during her 3 week break from the U.K. I arrived 15 minutes early where we agreed to meet at Starbucks at 12pm. Thats when my phone died. I waited for the 15 minutes and at 12 pm she was still no where to be found. I saw a bunch of gurls at the outside table but didnt recognise anyone. I decided to go to the computer shop downstairs (where David Lau used to get his computer games. I rarely game these days) to ask for a Nokia charger. Alice, who works there was kind enough to lend me hers.

I charged it for fifteen minutes while chatting with her about some games and how she plays Ragnarok (RO) and even Splinter Cell. I saw the Lego version of Star Wars being played on the console where a Aussie guy from Perth asked me about where to he could get computer software such as a DVD copier to be brought back to Perth. He tought I ws actually a salesperson in the shop. Also, and to think that it was just us Malaysians who are fond of copyright infringement! His son was quite amusd with the slicing Obi Wan to Lego smithereens. I played with the father by chatting with him, telling him that the shop now nly sells computer games of both original and pirated. Alice was busy with another customer anyway.

I turned on my mobile but realised there was no signal in the area. As I walked up to the Mall's enterance, Vyctoria answered my call. She was now in Coffee Bean instead. As usual, Wonder Woman here was all dolled up and beautiful. I was blamed for being late and while she read her NW and New Ideas, we chat about stuff about Britney Spears who got pregnant to her idol Paris Hilton and her bf Yoon Yeow.

At 5pm, Yoon Yeow came to get her in his car. It was nice seeing her after a long time since 1997 in the TM centre retreat. God luck in your project gurl!!

2005-05-03T22:41:00.000+08:00

The Rave party from afar

2005-05-03T22:00:00.000+08:00

The software and games section

2005-05-03T21:00:00.000+08:00

The crowd...

Naomi, Petaling 'Stress', KLCC and the Sepang Rave - Regenerate (Part 4)

2005-05-03T19:10:00.000+08:00

At close to 10pm, David finally showed up in front of the Condo to get the both of us to Sepang. Along the way, Gabriel kept chanting, "We're going to a RAAaaave Party". For the first time since I met him since Orientation night, I found it kind of amusing. At 11-ish pm, we arrived at the scene. Not many cars were there yet. It must'ave been early for the late night people. I could hear the music pounding from atop the hill where it came from and 10 feet high struts with speakers and screens. Light was pouring from strobes and spinning everywhere. We have yet to enter the scene.

David, Me, Jacinda, Gabriel, Jaclyn, Ronnie and David's friend made our way to the enterance. Security was tight with no sharp items to be brought in and even alcohol. The rave was fun.

It was RED...the whole place was basically RED.

A fully digitised area of F1 games and kiosks just as we entered and a dance area at the back. Felix da Housecat was at the scene along with 3 other renowned Djs. I won a t-shirt and a lighter from two games which I played during the night.

We also went into the "igloo" for a 70 second 3D ride in Michael Schumacher's F1 car. Shufflers at the scene were everywhere that night. This was the first time ever I was introduced to "shuffling". 2 years in Melbourne and I have never heard of it. The Melbourne Shufle. This shows how a good boy I have been.

Te he he

The rave was one of the highlights of this year for me. It was fun. I won some stuff (and then some). It was fun.

Naomi, Petaling 'Stress', KLCC and the Sepang Rave - Regenerate (Part 3)

2005-05-03T18:49:00.000+08:00

As I was on the LRT from KLCC, Sam and I discussed to get dinner from KFC rather than eat at Ming Tien beside Pyramid. It was already 6 pm when we were only at the 8th station from Kelana Jaya station.

*intermission*
Im in the Clubs and Societies room with Shirley, Jacinda and Ferdinand and we're just wondeing why is SEX known as "the birds and the bees"?? The birds can't fuck the bees and neither can the bees fuck the birds....what the heck!!

At Kelana Jaya Station, we took the Putra bus to Sunway Pyramid. It was already 7.30pm by then. I walked pass a stage in front of Sunway Pyramid. There were dozens and dozens of high skool gurls and teenage girls all around and standing on hehighest steps to see this guy singing. I couldnt see from below and was rushing so I didnt bother knowing who. I saw the poster behind the stage. It looked like David Tao but someone said it wasnt. when Elva came the last time, she wasnt really that prety as how the ads shows us. I walked down to the accessories shop at the LG floors and got some stuff for the night while Sam was ordering the KFC. When I got my stuff and the food, we walked out again. I shouted like "Who the hell is that??" towards the stage. we were still rushing but man, there were many pretty and gorgeous women around who mustave dolled upfor him. After a song, they would scream and cheer with their banners and oval fans.

By the time I got home, it was already close to 8pm. I took a nap for half an hour and went down at 9pm.

No one was there yet

Hmmm....with a friendly, caring and so called considerate Malaysian culture, Malaysian time DEFINITELY does not consider punctuality. Fifteen minutes later, I saw Gabriel, a Jay Chao look alike who just came from seeing a pretty girl at the Sunway Badminton Tournament. I dont think anyone he knows is going to read this or he'd kill me. Hopefully.

Supposedly David, who was supposed to fetch all of us was late to pick up Jacinda first.

(to be continued)

Naomi, Petaling 'Stress', KLCC and the Sepang Rave - Regenerate (Part 2)

2005-05-03T18:32:00.000+08:00

At KLCC, I was still thinking of getting a t-shirt and some stuff for tonight. Man thinking about it right now....i sound so much like a girl!! It's all Vyctoria's fault :P

As I walked Aries and Naomi around, Naomi was quite shy when she saw some luxurious shops like Gucci and Armani...but when she looked at me and Sam. She kept on walking. I was going like "Would you like to go in?? Go! Just go..dont feel shy ok.." She mustave been embarrassed that we wer walking her around and might take up Sam and my time if she wanted to see something. When Aries and her went into another stylo-mylo shop, I told them that I need to get something from Isetan (in which I did, actually). Sam and I left them alone to shop and we headed to the Mens dept.

As we climbed up the excalator...the rack of clothes was the first thing I spotted. Single coloured t-shirts! Just like what Vyctoria was talking about. Thanks baby. Plus what more! It was half price from RM 35.00. RM 17.00 for a U2 t-shirt??

B-E-A-uuuuutifull.

When we walked to get Aries, he was at Vinci. Sam and I laughed at Aries as he got his Crocodile T from Petaling street for RM30.00!! Naomi was now bold enough and got two shoes from Vinci and some clothes from Armani Exchange.
It was 4pm and finally rested at Starbucks next to DOME. Sam and I decided to leave after that. I needed to get home to rest. I has been a long day of walking and walking.

Plus...my accessories on my list has not been crossed out of my head yet.

(to be continued)

Sepang Rave - Regenerate - 19th March 2005

2005-05-03T18:06:00.001+08:00

Naomi, Petaling 'Stress', KLCC and the Sepang Rave - Regenerate (Part 1)

2005-05-03T18:06:00.000+08:00

The Sepang Rave party was on the 19th of March 2005. It was somethng I expected to go on a Saturday night but upon hearing that some of my friends were going, I couldnt resist it. Jacinda shouted out that she was going with a bunch of friends with room in the car. Hmmm...how could I resist.

I went to the Melia Kuala Lumpur to meet Aries and his girlfriend from Japan, Naomi who flew in yesterday night. Sam and I left in the morning at around 10 am by bus. The bus was freaking hot as we had to stand up all the way there to PUDU station from the Sunway Pyramid bus stop. Also, the airconditioning wasnt really working. The bus driver kept the doors closed and opened them at certain intervals during the trip.

We arrived at the Melia Kuala Lumpur by cab from Pudu instead of Bintang Walk as we found out that he was still in his hotel room. Aries and Naomi was supposed to be at Bukit Bintang Plaza by that time. Must be that extra fun he had during the night. Te he he. We walked to the old Chinese Restaurant in Sungai Wang which I have not visited in ages! I had the same Wan Tan Mee which I used to order 6 years ago. Man, the place has not changed a bit. Even the menu. I learnt a bit of Japanese from Naomi while we chatted.

After visiting the money changer for Naomi, we went to Petaling Street by cab.
I got Shall We Dance, Ong Bak, Constantine and two others...i cant remember them. Aries and Naomi got a few more DVDs to bring back to Japan.

The rave party was tonight and I didnt want to wear the same clothes all over again. I didnt even have goddamn accesories!! GAAAH! I looked all over for some accessories to wear as I had none and goddamit, when u'd expect a place like Petaling Street to get these stuff, theres none to be found! All they have are Ah Beng style chains with skulls and 'bling bling' stuff. Weird.

Aries and Naomi next wanted to go to KLCC for some shopping. I led Sam, Aries, Naomi around to find the LRT from Petaling Street.

We walked.....we walked some more...pass Pudu Station...

*oops*

I saw the Chinese Hospital and knew we were going the wrong way. GAAAAHHH!! Thats the last straw.Some "tour guide" I am. I waived my hand at the side of the street and we took a cab there.

(to be continued......)

Revival

2005-05-03T18:04:00.000+08:00

Its been ages since I blogged.....ages....long long time gone.

I shall begin now..

Futsal with mates

2005-03-04T15:28:00.000+08:00

I had futsal with my Monash mates today. Man I havent played and run like that in a while. Walking was one thing but thank God I have the stamina. There were like 15 of us playing and now Im back home reading my emails and cooling down. Vicky, Multiply very "ma-fan" la...I have blogspot and I am not familiar with Multiply's iconography and links. Haiyoorr :P By the way, the song "Let me Love You" was not completed. I have to send it to you again.

Yup...thats my baby's pictures down there. Shes beeeauuutiful, at a price to pay too. I just have to get a paint job done for it and WALLAA! It would be perfect.

Monash O-nite is tomorrow and I was asked to go. Hmmm..should I? Should I not? Sien after two times alr. Ill see my mood tmmrw. Ha ha. I watched Equilibrium yesterday with my housemates. I would say that it was spectacular especially the "Gun-Katta" (hope I spellled it right) scenes. It was a fusion of The Matrix and Samurai X indeed. Good movie.

Oh well......I need to shower now. Its so hot. The prime minister better do something about the destruction of our forest or we'll be melting our skins off.

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My new toothpick

2005-03-04T01:29:00.000+08:00

Gundam Freedom 1/60 scale. Close up

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Gundam Freedom 1/60 scale zoom out

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Gundam Freedom 1/60 scale.

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Full View of my baby Gundam Freedom 1/60 scale.

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My Beautiful Baby....1/60 scale FREEDOM GUNDAM.

Whats new?

2005-02-20T22:10:00.000+08:00

Its been ages since I updated my blog. Leanne is even more busy at blogging than I am now! I got to save my reputation since I started it *motivation*

I cant beleive semester is starting again and Chinese New Year is almost come and gone. I have been working for 12 weeks and walking to and fro my home every working day 20 minutes along the 1.5 KM road. Some thought I was nuts to walk but it seems like a norm to me. Haha. I would like to thank Calvin for sending the industrial training form to me by "Speed Mail?" (Pos Laju). I owe u a Kim Gary outing as promised. I also finally bought my GundaM Seeed 1/60 Freedom. I have been home for so long and going to miss home cookeed foor for the next 4 months. *Sigh*. But mamak has always been my favourite for some time.

I hope Sunway Lagoon View is open for visitors to eat at their restaurant as they food there is good. It takes almost a half hour to get the order to the table but its worth the wait. I am not sure if Toni Bagan is back yet from Indonesia. We gotta go rock climbing again for next few weeks again!!!

I will be posting some Chinese New Year photos on my website on the sidebar. Hope it gets thru.

Thats all for tonight. Im gonna download some songs.

2005-02-01T22:11:00.000+08:00

Wow...its a week before Chinese New Year already. Alarm bells are ringing. I dont get a day off unless I apply for unpaid leave on Friday. Nah I might as wel go to work. I cam e home early today . The earliest ever I cam home which was the actual end time for work. Ive never done tht before. My computer was delayed to be picked up by 3 days already! When I arrived home, I missed meeting my uncle from Kuala Lumpur by 5 minutes according to my Mom and that the computer was picked up by my Dad earlier when he was out. I cant connect to Streamyx as I do not remember the settings and now I am using dial-up.

Jean dont be mad...but I cant blame ure natural Tiger behavior.But those snowflakes are MINE!! MINEEEE! I even defied Stephen Chapman's syntaxto get it. Ok but I will change your name there. Does "little piggy" or "jeany beany" sound better? Ill just see what I prefer :P

te he he

I got my new motherboard back from warranty and damn its fast. I had to reinstall everthing again as the hard disc was reformatted. Oh and I got Mozzila as a browser. Woohoo! I always wanted to get it. Goodbye u damn pop-ups! I have been wondering after 2 months away from Melbourne how Adam, Vince and Tramy are doing. I also wonder what Jing Chao, James and Sherman is doing. I hope you guys are doing fine and well. Please just jot down something in my chatterbox when you do visit my blog.

The weather here has been humid and sweaty.God, please just let it rain for a couple of hours a day. Please please please.

Im tired. Im gonna end this today. Ill be back.

Earthquake again...

2005-01-25T21:20:00.000+08:00

A lot of work today and yesterday. Yesterday especially. I spent 4 hours in the CAD room finishing up and drawing a new equiptment for the operations floor. Then the rest of the time....well I cant really remember... it was so hectic. Today was good. I finished some stuff for tomorrow but have to check some stuff. Taipusam is today and I saw a procession from my third floor as I was copying of my drawings. Monash office wasnt open today also which dissapointed me a bit as I walked all the way out to call.

Leanne....my snowflakes have been there so long already...how come u didnt notice them? Mustave been the error which I corrected which made them bigger and faster. Iris sent me a testimonial to ask me to write her a testimonial. I was soo busy. Im sorry I didnt write it earlier. Hope you like it.

I was shocked when they said that there was an earthquake in Sulawesi. As far as I know....Its kinda far for another earthquake to appera all the other side of Indonesia. Isnt it? Maybe Indonesia is testing some new weapons....or maybe america with a hidden contract...Its just weird. I also just got the issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review which is in an old style printing. It said in the editors page that it had something to do with the pilotical organisations who did not channel the funds sent in to aid in the tsunami disaster. Weirdos I would say.

The Haj Day Celebration

2005-01-21T21:57:00.000+08:00

Monash's subject prefference entry is now open just to let everyone know. I drove to Jasin today for a few hours and watched Finding Nemo again on Disney Channel. Yeah...I was that bored today. I have an AutoCad drawing requiring 1mm holes with 2mm spacingfor a 150 x 150mm box. Damn the eye strain. I gotta go to office tomorrow to copy some files from my computer as I didnt put it in my flash drive.Before I forget, Selamat Hari Raya Haji to all my Muslim friends. One thing is that people of Malaysia especially the Chinese always say Kwei Ni (New Year in Hokkien) to this Hari Raya Haji as they think that just because it is called Hari Raya, its a New Year for them. How misunderstood I was when I was young. Awal Muharram which on the second day of this years Chinese New Year would be tha actual time ever that we had two New Year celebrations of two different religions back to back.

Shoppping is the second impotant thing on my mind tomorrow. I'll see you at late morning Jacinda. I might have to go to a few places to look around.
I just copied my cd into my computer. This cd is sooo goood. If no one heard of Jin before, you mustave never stayed in the Monash Condo cos thats where I first saw the video clip where he was the constant battling champion in rap. Just like the movie 8 mile. His current song Senorita seems to have a kick to it. Mustave been his long time dream to release a song with this tempo. Current playing song : Let Me Love You <-2.42> .

Nothing much to write today except this. Jacinda and Leng are online. Not many today. I gotta catch Elektra at the cinemas. Hope itll be around when uni starts. I hope.

2005-01-21T00:03:00.000+08:00

Chandon Vineyards

Baby its you.....let me Love you with your beautiful soul senorita...

2005-01-19T01:09:00.000+08:00

Monday comes Tuesday and Tuesday night here I am again. I missed going on the internet yesterday. I was toot tired after work. Theres another meeting tomorrow and most likely the prototype is ready. I got a cd from the night market yesterday. It seems the business is back today with so many titles to choose from including the movies. From all the music cds that I have bought in the past and for once I got a cd with ALL the songs I wanted. Jin is senorita-ing, Jojo is wanting me on her song, and vertigo is on the rise....

YEEAH BABY!

I spent the whole night listening to it.Im gonna start my own favourites list on my lyrics page. Check it out. I'll be keeping it updated.

Luxury.

2005-01-15T23:53:00.000+08:00

I had a formal birthday dinner at Long Feng restaurant today in Renaissance. It was an impressing evening with lots of people and people who I have not met in ages. I sat next to the CPO of Malacca to my left and the first person who I saw the moment i came into this world on my right. He is as usual a funny character. It has been a while since I have been to this place. The food I had was as good as always and the beer was free flowing. What more I could ask. I was honoured to be seated next to the CPO and was intrigued during my conversations with him about his work life in Malacca. I'll be getting his book soon. Two thousand copies were already sold out.

Theres another dinner tomorrow. Sigh. This is a wedding dinner at Orna Resort. Gotta sleep early.

Its workday again...

2005-01-11T20:54:00.000+08:00

...I have been given new work on my project and boy its more than enough to keep me occupied for a while. I spent the entire day on Monday looking for data and copying them out. This project is huge.Today a drawing for production was needed in CAD form came to my desk. I lost touch of AutoCAD some time ago after using Solid Edge for a while. But it will come back to me.

I see this Thai show on TV everytime I go for my tea break at around 4pm in the cafeteria. There is a girl which is so pretty but I cant shake the notion that Asian actors and actresses seem to have a excellent neck muscles and tend to excercise them during the filming. It seems to be more on the older actors and actresses.Why you ask? I observed today that they always have to nod their heads (Will Smith is coming to mind) every time they talk or stress something.

Up down - one sentence.

Up down, up down and up again - another two or three sentences later.

If you dont beleive me, just even look at our TV news or show announcers....our TV drama people and other asian TV drama teachers seem to have neck strain during filming! It actually goes to show that they cannot even try to speak a word with enough confidence and skill to emphasize on what they are saying. Sigh

Carven and Elaine are online now. I envy you Carven.Enjoy Hong Kong while you can!! Good luck in your assignments Elaine. E-commerce is easy laaaa (so I heard)...:P

I gotta install Autocad 2005. I hope its compatible with the 2000 version that is being used when I save it later. I might play a game of Warcraft. Oh yeah...the Frozen throne version was stuffed up in the last few parts. Bloody hell man. Its version 1.00 for now. Haihz.

No rain....lets ride...

2005-01-09T20:46:00.000+08:00

Well...luckily the rain didnt umm....rain?. Aha got the sentence. Alas it didnt rain. Malaysian life is taking a toll on my English profficiency.

Am I even spelling "profficiency" right??

My trip to KL was worth it. I saw my uncles new house in Kota Damansara,Petaling Jaya. It is a new place and a lot of people seem to be renovating and moving in. I would like to wish him "Congratulations!" on settling in to his new house. Im beat tired from the travelling. Going at 140kmph on the highway for 2 hrs is no joke...it doesnt just drain the petrol...but ure stamina too. Im beat. Goodnight for now,

Frozen ROM

2005-01-08T21:55:00.000+08:00

I have to get a new cd-rom....maybe a new DVD rom too...and a new graphics card....and some ram....err...
does that sound like changing almost every part of my computer already?

Warcraft Frozen Throne, a software my punny computer can handle is copying files halfway through and due to cyclic redundancy error messages and BAD DISCS, its doesnt look good. Thank God my NFSU cd is okay. Oops...its 3/4 through already after 10 mins. How bad could it be. I cant upload the photos today as Im kinda tired and the camera is not with me. I drove all the way to Johor to some tailor's house to get some cloth for the car.

Cloth u ask?

Yeah damn right it is.......my car gets cold sometimes so I wrap it up with cloth. Brrrr. Hahaha...I'll put a pic up when I upload the others later on. Vicky, you better stop parading my name on your MSN....everybody is asking me questions already. I cannot take all blame that I am famous then. LOL. See you in Malacca. Im going up to KL tomorrow for a day trip. Might as well check out the Nokia 6660 for a friend too.Hope it doesnt rain that much while on the highway. I wish myself a safe trip. Who else would?

I dont know what to do...but to give you part Two of my confessions

2005-01-07T22:51:00.000+08:00

Today is a good day....my meetings went well, my manager was satisfied and I had finished my side of the current projects. I can finally relax a bit besides writing my reports. Im listening to Usher's Confessions Part II and I just love the tune. And its going Over and over again :P Alicia Key's duet with Usher also seems so goooood.

The Civic which just had been serviced seemed to be purring like a kitten when I drove and with the windows down....I drove to Mahkota Parade for some bad junk food after eating at home for so long. My quarter pounder seemed so much more like a squashed Big Mac and very little of what is actually advertised. After watching Super Size Me the day before I left in Melbourne, and then looking back at my dough and meat, the concept of people getting fat due to Malacca branch of the Golden Arches aren't going to convince Malaysian courts if they ever were to get sued. I still got the brain freezes from that large Coke though. World of Feng Shui reached Malacca shores in the same complex and I didnt even notice them until 2 weeks ago. Wow....Lilian Too was a little late in seeing Malacca as a hot spot from the start since there are so many Chinese community people here...the older side to it actually.

Man I cant wait to get my hands on the hard cover copy of the Dark Tower series. Even Stephen King himself has a role in his own books.I have to thank Adam for that note. Hope you are liking the book I gave you. Now Im just going to update my Lyrics list and listen to some good music.

2005-01-06T21:08:00.000+08:00

Its Thursday already and I have survived almost the week. I met my Dad's long lost childhood friend and her daughter from Brisbane last night and shes a very nice girl who I can talk loads with.Its great to have good company around while I am back home....when there nothing to do in the evenings....like now. With the New Years quiet as the country embraced it in silence along with the rest of the world in memory and honour of the tsunami victims, I dont think I missed out much. I heard clubs were offering their door charges of over RM200...just entry.But the night markets and the movies I bought from there seem to kill time at night during my 10 day break during the new years. Finally I watched The Incredibles and again The Terminal. I have to say Tom Hanks did a good performance there even though there wasnt much of a story line going throughout the entire movie. Catherine Zeta is vivacious and stunning as usual. The Incredibles was also as entertaining with their witty comedy similar to Shark Tales.

I have not uploaded my pics of the vineyards and deserted my blog (as everyone else has T_T) but will do so when I have the time. U'll just have to wait till the weekend bro!! Leanne, Syed and Louisa are online. Chatting with them while I kill time. Might go to sleep early. My mouth ulcer is killing me. The weather has been hot after a long week of cloudiness and rain which is unusual at this time of the month. Thank you all for your New Years day SMSes....Hope all my replies got thru.

Arretez!!!

2004-12-28T01:47:00.000+08:00

Im kinda tired after so much reading and reading. I have neved been so immersed in a novel in my entire life as much as I have had in The Da Vinci Code. The story just keeps going with basic English and French (and then some)and the action never seems to stop. Im almost halfway throught the book and Ive also never read this fast in my entire life. Stephen King's Dreamcatcher was one of my favourites but I only got really hooked when it came to the end. I can hardly imagine myself reading the 3 LOTR books with so much poetry and describions of everything by Tolkien.

I was relieved to hear Osman was doing fine in Colombo and a few others are also doing well despite the quake. I beleive this quake is just a minor gust by mother nature which shows that it needs to be respected and taken care off.

Im beat. Lucky theres no work tomorrow. Lucky me :)

Quake Hits Asia

2004-12-26T19:40:00.000+08:00

To all my friends in Sri Lanka, Thailand 's West coast region,
Indonesia's island of Sumatera and my friends in the Northern part of Malaysia esp. Penang. Hope you guys are alright and well back home and were not near the affected areas of the quake and tsunami. At a magnitude of 8.9 on the Ritcher scale, my heart goes out to the victims of this natural disaster.

More info on it here:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/26/latest/20345Tidalwave&sec=latest

Best and Warmest Regards.

No snow? Hey *&(%$# get down here!!

2004-12-26T14:11:00.000+08:00

These freaking snowflakes just defy gravity. I am amazed. Stephen Chapman could not make it any easier for a blogger to use HTML can he? LOL. Met Neo and Jason Teoh for Yum Cha in the evening. They are as usual the nicest people I know with Teoh being the calm silent one as usual. It was good to see you guys again. Oh and I did take the road from the T junction to the mosque. I almost could have ran into the road that was blocked for reconstruction if I didnt have my High Beam on. Malacca City Council should place more lights there. Im going out fr lunch. Nothing much to do at home. The Da Vinci code book is already getting me hooked at the 9th chapter. I know its just fiction, but Id say its a good read.

Hope those celebrating Christmas got what they wanted when they opened their presents. No...i cant hear your screams if you didnt.

Not listening...not listneing (Golum style)

Let it snow...Merry Christmas Everyone

2004-12-25T01:21:00.000+08:00

Its 12.22 am here in Malacca. I just made my blog snow but no one can see it yet as blogspot updates the posts very slowly. You hear that u admins!!! Get faster servers!! I updated some pictures from Melbourne but await more from another SD card and Jing Chao. My company shuts down for 10 days..luckily I have my novel, "The Da Vinci Code" to kill time. Iris is online chatting with me at the moment. I might sleep soon. Its late.

Merry Chrismas y'all!!!

Cheers.

2004-12-17T21:39:00.000+08:00

I woke up today at 7 am AEST. Clayton campus was on my mind and also seeing someone at the COmmonwealth Bank and 3. I started with the bank and then had a chat with the customer service from 3 at a payphone. for 40 cents, I talked to him about my account and services which is the delight of Telstra's services. At 11 am, I was off to Clayton by the Pakenham Line. I arrived at Huntingdale 30 minutes later and boarded the bus which was awaiting passengers. I nearly got lost at the underground tunnel as I forgot which way to turn at the fork/junction.Awee struck me again as I saw the Menzies building from the traffic lights. When I got off at the bus loop, it felt like what I used to do after grocery shopping in the evening when the Halls bus services have already ended.

I met My Course Coordinator Ms.Helen Frost at her usual room and Tim who told me he defered his degree last semester. At around 4pm. I left the campus back to the city as dinner was going to be at Red RIce wit my brother's closest friends. At 8.00pm we arrived at the restaurant with Yumiko, Rick the Italian and Pauline to be the first few to arrive. The evening was wonderful with loads of knowledge from Rick and splendid fusion of Vietnamese food. I have to salute Rick for his wine gulping skills. Bring on the Champagne and wine!

Booze and old friends

2004-12-16T14:10:00.000+08:00

Chris...what the hell man.I told you that it would be jammed at this hour. But its still alright. I didnt meet him in the end as South Yarra was jammed as usual. At 6pm I left this Cyber Games internet cafe and walked to Myers along Bourke St. to meet Adam Morris. I was greeted with a welcoming strong hug from him and a "How are you doing after so long mate!!" from me.

It was good to see him again. Tramy came around the entrance a few minutes later. After dinner in the city at a Chinese restaurant. I went back to their place in Carnegie for a visit. I would like to thank you two for taking care of some of my stuff while I was away. I have to buy you guys a drink again when I see you all. Thanks for the rounds of beer and the wonderful conversations at the pub that night. Cab was the only way home as the train which was supposed to arrive at 11.36pm was under maintanence. It was a good day.

A little tired but I need to see more places

2004-12-16T14:07:00.000+08:00

As previously stated in my last post, here I am in the heart of Melbourne city reading my own blog and checking my mail.I am currently waiting for Adam to finish work and meet up with him.

At around 1 pm, I took a Cranbourne train to Monash Caufield. Flinders station has not changed a bit and it seems like a year has also not changed the routine of checking out the televisions for the time allocations for which train line and time I had to take. Caufield campus seems to be having further extensions as I saw a creatively designed building with steel linings. I was also surprised in seeingthat they had converted the old runned down section of a building into a KFC and a 7- eleven. Staff working at the Engineering faculty also hasnt changed except for the Industrial Engineering manager.

Now I am back in the city waiting and a bit dissapointed in finding that CS:Source is not yet released here which was opposite to what I have heard. The sounds of GO!GO!GO! and Terrorists win! is deafenning here while I type this. I have half an hour more to wait and I might just go out now and check out what the latest Nike shoes they have. I still havent been able to get the DMX range from Reebok. The new G-Units and Reebok basketball shoes are ranging from AUD140 to AUD215. In my mind alarm bells rang....

WTF!!!!...

....This...is not a good place to buy shoes.

Chris Keah is coming to meet me now and I cant finish so much of three days in 30 mins. I'll be back to edit this.

Later

17:18pm AEST

Its good to feel the cool air again.My Congratulations to you Ko....

2004-12-14T14:07:00.000+08:00

Tuesday 14th December 2004

8.15 am AEST. My flight arrived.It was a little chilly at Tula Marine Airport (The extra t I wore earlier in the plane was indeed a good decision).We were greeted by my brother and checked in into the Duxton Hotel along Flinders. On the day itself was photo session time for RMIT. I had my suit on, the same one from the Monash Ball and had pictures taken with the my bro and parents. He looked real good in the robe. As I helped him hold his graduation hat, in it wrote something like “Do not throw cap as it might risk eye or serious injury” I was pretty convinced it would from how hard it was. The photos taken by the photographer wasn’t really nice as the photographer was just cocky.

In the evening we went to Crown. I lost my breath as I have not stepped foot in there after so long. I remember Jing Chao used to bring me and the gang there once. I recall Anushka, Karina and I having our picture with the two storey Oscar award near Stussy.

The Christmas display was fun and ingenious in their ideas with a fairy and monkeys with drums and cymbals. We had a booking at 8pm AEST at Waterfront at Crown. The seafood platter was awesome with lobsters, prawns, oysters, crab (darn huge ones), and mussel. I have never tasted seafood so good before. During our dinner, I met Sheau Yee who was peering into the restaurant while waiting for a seat with her parents. I don’t know what she was looking at but she definitely got a shock when she saw me calling her name. Congratulations on your graduation too. Yumiko later joined us at the table. I find her to be a fun and witty. My night ended at 1 am in the hotel after dinner and coffee. The next day would be a long traveling day.

Flying Business Class. What a leisure....

2004-12-13T18:49:00.000+08:00

Monday 13th December 2004

At around 6:10 pm, there was a massive jam at along the highway to KLIA. Some film company actually had to block the entire stretch of highway to film a scene and made our one and a half hour journey from Malacca into a 3 hour car ride which started at 5:45 pm.

Our late arrival at the airport however, was a blessing in disguise as our flight seating was upgraded to Business Class.At the check in counter, I only heard my Dad telling me that our seats have changed to Business class thinking we would be in the front row rather than the back of the plane.

At 9.15 pm Malaysian time, we walked a seperate glass pavement at our gate to the plane which had no passengers inching their way in as how the economy class people seem to be doing. In my mind, I was imagining myself going "Hey look over here! Its so free of congestion! Muahahhaa." But I just smiled and walked on. When I arrived at the entrance to the plane, I showed my boarding pass to the air stewardess and she said...

"14H Sir? Upstairs please.."

Say what?For all the times I flew Economy class....no one actually mentioned "upstairs" before...normally that would only mean the hand luggage compartment. A short flight of stairs brought us upstairs to a seperate Business Class section which was directly behind the cockpit room..

My parents sat together behind me and I was at the window seat to the right. I have to say that the seats here were impressive and with enough room to actually have a nap or sleep for the entire journey. As for me, I'd rather not and tried to savour every moment of this instead. At my left was a man named Kaushik from Mumbai, India who was bringing his two children (one a year old and another 6-7 years old) and his wife on their first trip to Melbourne. He was an IT consultant with his own business in India. He seemed knowledgeable about his field during our conversations during the first hour of our flight.

For the next two hours, I played Hagane and watched Anacondas: Hunt for the Blood Orchid. I listened to Jojo, Usher and a song or two from the blind pianist which I cant remember his name right now. I wanted to watch Shark Tales again after the blind pianist's song and realized that every time I hit the play button, the movie would begin from the start all over again. Whoa...business travellers have all the luxury. Braised lamb and Australian/French wine dominated my food intake during the flight. I slept at the final two hours of the flight in order to stay awake when we arrived in the morning.

Leaving for Melbourne today...I will be reading my own blog when I am there...heueheueheuehue

2004-12-13T11:12:00.001+08:00

Good morning everyone. Its 11:15 am and I am finally done packing for my trip. Its been not long but 2 semesters here seemed a long time since I touched foreign soil again. I cant wait to meet my coursemates there and the former Mews people who are still there (You know who you all are!!) Adam and Vince, hope to see you this Thursday if there are no change of plans. Monash Clayton would be a sight to behold again too. With expected showers this week it might just be perfect.

To those who didnt notice my sidebar, go and have a look and see the links. Ive placed chatterboxes in my karaoke link and tell me what you would like to see there. I would try to find the site/song to make it more convienient to find.I found out that World of Warcraft is out and downloading the entire 43Mb trailer.

Aahhh...Melbourne...I cant wait to see you again next week.

2004-12-11T20:45:00.000+08:00

Its 8:49pm in Malaysia and its been a while since I blogged. Some have asked me what the hell happened here hahaha. Well I guess I have to say that times are not kind to everyone and equality/justice doesnt exist to all forms of life.

I applied for a one week leave from my industrial training from next Monday till Sunday. While doing that, I realized also while applying that the company will be having a Shutdown on the 20th. SO that makes 9 days of non-work....my heart isnt really grinning at this thought already. I guess I get to least to rest from the flight and get back to my project involved. *I hope my manager hears this too besides u other people..he will be so proud* Te he he. From St. Kilda beach to Moomba festival....aah one year seemed so long here in Malaysia. I even tried to adapt to the Malaysian speaking style but I guess it just doesnt work in Semester 2 this year. However, it seems that the 'lahs' and the 'aiyors' and some Chinese dialect words ( u know what they are) are here to stay! Improvement...improvement.

A week ago I was already picturing the horror as I would definitely gonna have to wear a jacket as I know I definitely climitized myself to Malaysian weather for this entire year while most of the Aussies will be in their t-shits staring at me.

Yeap....25 degrees in my FCUK/Nike winter jumper...they might just think Im N.U.T.S

Im not really in a mood to type so much. Oh, to whoever who reads this, I need a new pair of shoes and have been frantically looking for the Reebok pair that they have been advertising which has the 3 (roguhly 0.5cm )dots on the Heel Sole section. It is for offroad dirt track kind of running/tracking. Its in Studio R in Sunway Piramid but was not able to contact them. I couldnt even find it on the web so dont bother looking there.Thanxxxx.

06. Easier to Run 03:24

2004-12-07T23:39:00.000+08:00

It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

Something has been taken
From deep inside of me
A secret I've kept locked away
No one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show
They never go away
Like moving pictures in my head
For years and years they've played

If I could change I would
Take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could
Stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I
Would

Sometimes I remember
The darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories
I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go
And never looking back
And never moving forward so
There would never be a past

Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
Is so much simpler than change

It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

Shark Tales

2004-11-26T15:24:00.000+08:00

I watched Shark Tales last night with my Dad and I have to say that I laughed a lot at most of the scenes and jokes they pulled. However, I was quite annoyed with how Pixar had to make the main character Oscar so much like Will Smith himself who is the ever ego and arrogant character himself in his movies. His fish face was almost the same!! That was probably the most noticeable aspect of the fish compared to the rest as I couldnt figure out Angelina Jolie and Jack Black who were individually playing Lola and Lenny. I however managed to guess it right that the Godfather was either gonna be Al Pacino or Robert de Niro and bingo it was latter. Oh I forgot...even Missy Elliot with her 'one time exclusive' and Christina 'Oggle'-lera's underwater clones also had similar faces!

Although I find that it might not be the most excellent animated movie I have seen as compared to Finding Nemo. This might be due to the fact that they made the characters in Finding Nemo more life-like...as in how normally fish or seagulls(MINE!), crabs, whales and turtles would move in real life. In the beginning of the movie, I had some trouble digesting the motions of a fish standing up and dancing/rapping, working at a carwash ( or should I call it WHALE wash?), playing a Playstation or even having a television and dvd player underwater.

But above all this, I have to salute Pixar's animation crew as their creativity and warped minds. Their ability to make computer graphics to mimic human emotions and body language is not many people are observant enough or talented enough to recreate on pen and paper or even more so in digital form, while coming up with such an intresting blend of both the human and underwaterworlds to create this movie without the lack of artisticness and basic rules for a kids movie.

Morals for the story...check.
Excellent clear animation...check
Humour (new and deadpan humour)....check
Clear and well known actor/actresses voices...check

I enjoyed the coffee pouring part by the Godfathers asistant in which the coffee just floats away from the cup and the octupus is wondering just why the hell is it empty! Also, the hug between the puffer and reggae jellyfish was a shocker. The cutest was perhaps the little shrimps who didnt want to be snack food and his confessions to Mr.Godfather (its glowy eyes and middle finger expression was the best)

I have one thing that was going through my head about the moral of the story. As it can be clearly seen, Lenny was a shark. And basically that is something that no shark on this entire real earth will ever be...

....a vegetarian.

With this case, I found it somehow very 'straight in your face' when Will Smith....or Oscar actually....said that "if everyone accepted him, why cant you?"

The first thing that ran thru my head was the issue of homosexuality and kids who have had high family expectations to do certain jobs..which is mainly...the Asian culture. Im not so concerned about the second thought but about the first. Is this probably one of the points in which PIXAR is trying to say? Because not many parents or people would accept their those who are gay/lesbians. As Lenny was a shark....it was never his nature anyway to be a vegetarian as how men or women might be transexuals even though they are born with their own sexual...properties? . This might not strike a cord in the minds of young kids as of yet but probably to the older (mature) generation. There might actually be other meanings from this moral which I cant decipher, but hey..that keeps us thinking.

In a whole, I enjoyed the movie and my dad and I had a good laugh at the characters. I can still remember the funny sections of the movie in my head.

If I had a choice on ratings...I'd give it a 4 out of 5.

Lovers in Paris

2004-11-25T17:38:00.000+08:00

I just saw the last episode of Lovers in Paris, a Korean drama about a love affair between two brothers and a girl and how it ended up one getting them (which is always the good guy). I notice that most of them have good actors/actresses who can empty buckets and buckets of tears from their eyes like there is no tomorrow and my gawd can they do it well!

I'd told you I might delete that crap and I did...hmm..Jean...it was one of your words that influenced me.But what the heck. I might put it back when I feel like it one day again probably.....

Life is intresting isnt it?

Hmmm...

Carpe Diem

Wednesday again...night market again..

2004-11-24T19:57:00.000+08:00

It was quite a humid day today (and still is) I had to turn up the air conditioning which I normally wouldnt on normal days. But today is exceptional. It rained all of a sudden at around 4.30 pm while I dosed off reading another story in E.E by Stephen King. I forgot to call up my computer shop re: my PC. Today was quite a slow day as nothing much was done. I stayed home the entire day either checking out the syntax from other blogs or reading.

Wednesday and Monday nighs are always "night market" nights or locally called "pasar malam" <--those who doesnt know this term might just be my aussie mates. There seem to be an increase of movie and music cds again here and more and more stall owners seem to be throwing caution to the wind. Known widely...the style of issuing summons here seem to be like trying to divide water with your hands.Some will definitely escape and once you lift your hand...they come back again. Its cheap but only if you dont mind you might end up with music by Destiny's Child's "Lose my Breath" with the background sound "AOL music....first listen" if you are unlucky or your song cut halfway in the middle to save space for other songs which you'd think you would get in the cd.But basically Im a music fan...so I dont mind these things except when ure in the mood and you just pause for a split second as your rythm has been cut in half from these interuptions.

Oh I found out that Linkin Park had a new song Encore featuring Jay-Z. I hope they will sell it somewhere here in these night markets.LOL. Im a bad influence aren't I. But the mixes seem good. Check out the website from the link I provided on the sidebar.

Tim Nam....I dont know how I spelt it inversely. I have corrected it.I apologise.

Saving Private Ryan

2004-11-24T02:08:00.000+08:00

At last I managed to watch the entire movie of Saving Private Ryan without any:

(i) Annoying phone calls
(ii) chores by my parents asking me to do something for them
(iii) exams to deter me
(iv) dvd/vcd stuffing up
(v) visitors or cousins who were getting in my view/laughing too loud

...and that took almost 3 bloody years!!

Its 2:11 am and there are still some online who are chatting at this hour. My PC aint back from the workshop and that looks like my NFS Underground (80/117) has to be played all over again as they formatted my hard disc yesterday. My WarcraftIII downloads including Mercenaries are all gone...(i forgot to tell them that....hmm) *darn*. The only thing I reminded them was my precious collection of MP3s...which is at least a consolation.

I would like to thank Tim Nam for helping me with this blog earlier. There is still syntax I need to analyse and find out about. There is this one gurl who cusses a lot while talking to me on MSN.I was pretty annoyed -especially from someone whom I thought of as sweet and nice. Its pretty weird compared from my first impression of her. Im beat..im gonna sleep. I'll probably write more in the evening.
Ciaoz

Lets get it started....my first post...

2004-11-23T11:26:00.000+08:00

Well well....after so long i finally made my own blog....not so fancy(as of yet) but hopefully better in the near future.

I started my holidays at 4.45 pm on the 12 of November 2004. I packed my stuff from my room to return to Malacca....coming home to my comfortable bed and home cooked food has never been so good.

What do I find then? My PC hard disc is stuffed up, the external modem is stuffed up and my space bar aint working right....oh wait - it wasnt properly placed back after cleaning the insides..sorry. Now the long process of waiting...and waiting...and waiting....before I go to work on my industrial training in National Semiconductor Malacca in December and stress my brain out re:my results. Life has never been more fun for me during the holidays.

I plan to get a pair of Rudy Project shades...or probably Oakleys by the end of this week. I did some research on both brands and after reading so many reviews about Oakley M frames that they keep breaking, made of weak plastic and are too pricey for what they give in that cloth bag of theirs, I changed my mind about that model. Might get the Half Jacket instead. However, overall reviews say the R.P ones are the best but I am afraid that they might bee too sporty. What to choose?? I'll have to decide when I see both brands and compare them.

Hmmm....im still bored....might as well watch a movie or finish my Stephen King book "Everything's Eventual". I just cant get enough of his short stories in it entitled "L.T's Theory of Pets" and "The Little Sisters of Eluria". I might as well get the "Dark Towers: The Gunslinger" book soon to kill my boredom.

With this...i end my first note in it....for now.