Helping of Me

2006-03-18T00:04:00.000+08:00

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED TO

WWW.INVERTEDN.COM

2006-03-14T11:57:00.000+08:00

www.InvertedN.com

YAY! I've got a new domain! I've been wanting to buy a domain for quite a while, and not i've got one. For the time being, the domain will redirect here until I get wordpress or soemthing setup on my webhost... Stay tuned. :D

2006-03-12T00:32:00.000+08:00

That Thing Called Love

'That Thing Called Love' is an online interview with a National Geographic photographer on her assignment to capture Love on film. It is absolutely facinating, but so much just the photographing of love, but the things you learn and have to realise to be able to articulate in a picture just what love is.

2006-03-06T01:35:00.000+08:00

Hello Malaysia!

2006-03-05T15:05:00.000+08:00

A Teaser

More pictures tomorrow.

2006-02-23T14:45:00.000+08:00

Support the NST

With all the recent stupidity by many members of the government, as well as ordinary citizens, I for one feel the NST is well within it's right to publish political satire without fear of political retribution. So show your support and carry this image instead of the show cause letter.

"Once again, it seems the ironically challenged have just validated the point of the satire." - Wiley Miller

2006-02-22T23:28:00.001+08:00

The "Goodbye My Lover" video used to play here.

2006-02-14T12:59:00.000+08:00

ValentinesDay06

2006-02-08T23:47:00.000+08:00

A Plug

Everybody, visit my sister Nicole!

http://silvergalz.blogspot.com/

2006-02-07T00:52:00.000+08:00

Goodbye My Lover...

Thank you for those inspired moments, the blissful joy... It would have been a pleasure to have met you and to have fallen in love with you all over again... but i guess life has a different plan.
Hugs and Kisses. :)

2006-01-30T23:45:00.000+08:00

Is Pak Lah Doing Nothing?

Here’s a thought on the notion that Pak Lah is failing to deliver on election promise of a better government.

What if the latest series of scandal hot on the heels of another is actually a sign that change is indeed taking place?

Think about it, under the old PM, the media was on a shorter leash and i would imagine cover up was more religiously implemented. Now suddenly you read about all the blunders in government. Idiot leaders shooting stupidity from the hip, all the Police abuse of power. Things that were once only hearsay are now out in the open, in the public mind.

Isn't acknowledging there is a problem the first step towards a solution?

Isn't it even remarkable that all the horror stories you think were rumors told inside four walls about how the police manhandle people are publicly proven to be true?

I think the thing people miss amid all this scandal is that today; the scandal is no longer clouded in uncertainty and doubt but clear in the open. Is that not a step forward, however small, for transparency and accountability that the fools who mess up are at least positively identified?

2006-01-29T23:00:00.000+08:00

新年快乐!!

Heres wishing everybody a Happy Chinese New Year! And may the year NOT go to the Dogs.

2006-01-25T21:52:00.000+08:00

Too Funny to Pass Up

From Jeff Ooi's Screenshots:

"This is an anecdote pinned on the noticeboard of the dietetics department at Monash University, Melbourne:

NUTRITION FACTS
Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attack than the
Aussies, British or Americans.

Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suffer fewer heart attack than the
Aussies, British or Americans.

African drinks very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attack than
the Aussies, British or Americans.

Italian drink large amount of red wine and suffer fewer heart attack
than the Aussies, British or Americans.

Germans drink a lot of beer and eat lots of sausages and fats and
suffer fewer heart attack than the Aussies, British or Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

From a Malaysian student."

2006-01-24T00:37:00.000+08:00

Nonsensical Rant – My Soul Screams

I hate this feeling… I hate hate hate this feeling. This acid… this pain in my chest… this irrational urge. Time is supposed to heal. We’re supposed to grow more mature… I’M supposed to have grown more mature. What doesn’t kill us is supposed to make us stronger….

I know better. Damn it. I honestly know better. I’ve made those mistakes before. I’ve made THAT mistake before. I’ve paid for it. Now why is it back to haunt me? WHY??!!

It didn’t happen. It wasn’t meant to be. All those wasted years. Why can’t I forget that feeling of want? Why am I being dragged back there, kicking and screaming? Why did Adam eat of the forbidden fruit? Was it the devil? Or was it really just for Eve’s sake?

2006-01-22T20:57:00.000+08:00

Malaysian Politics Making Me Sick

The political climate in Malaysia is making me sick. Day by day, I log on to read the news back home and each time I’m greeted by nothing but doom and gloom.

Seriously, the raid at Paul’s Place, and the media’s skewed coverage, to the Squatgate scandal and the dual controversies in Law over Conversions and Islamic Family law and woman’s rights is enough to make anybody nauseous.

I ask, what in Gods name is going on in Malaysia? Don’t answer that, it was rhetorical.

Anyway, the other day when I meet up with Sarah, we got talking over coffee and thru conversation this sort of hit me.

I’ve been quite unsure of what I want to do with my life. For sure, I grew up with a lot of ideals. Some of those ideals were fantastic, others were monumentally daunting.

The fantastic I guess is living the Asian Dream; graduating, getting a PR, get a fun job that pays loads of money and along the way find love and live a happy life.

The daunting… well… I’m Idealistic. It’s the part of me that shows himself here more then anywhere else. The patriot, the crusader, the dreamer… The one who feels at times that the world around me is going to the dogs and something must be done. The part of me that feels we simply cannot go on like this, all this injustice, all this misunderstanding, all this pointless holier-than-thou-ness. It cannot be the legacy we leave behind.

Somebody one quipped that the waiting is the hardest, the uncertainty; but that making the decisions is about just as hard.

What do I want to do next? After I graduate… Do I stay here, file the paper work and with a bit of luck work and live here for the years to come? Or do I make a wager with my life; go home, align with a cause and devote my life towards fighting for what I believe is right?

I’m not a gambling person by nature. I hate taking blind risks and to be sure, the other half of me wants to live a quiet and peaceful life as well… but I can’t help but wonder if my happiness will only be at the expense of those less fortunate and those to whom we leave our legacy?

2006-01-19T22:36:00.000+08:00

It’s a small world…

The world is so small. On Sunday, I meet up with my former secondary school class mate, Eugene, who is now studying in Melbourne and had returned from a holiday.

So Eugene introduces me to his housemate Justine, who as it turns out used to be a football kaki and ex-school mate of one of my LKW classmates, who is also coming over soon.

Then along comes CezZane, friend of Justin and Eugene, who is also friend of many of my ex school mates and even knows my cousin brother.

Then today, while having a drink with them while they had dinner (I had already eaten) it turns put another member of the party, who is also named Justin, had done the exact course as me. Everything, from ADoM in LKW to completing his BA in Multimedia in RMIT. More than that, he had even moved on to study the culinary arts, something I have been thinking of doing as well.

The world is so small…

Then yesterday I also found out another ex secondary school classmate, Sarah Ann was in town. So today I finally met up with her and went to St Kilda beach with her friends.

Anyway, I’ll post more later. Tomorrow (or rather later today) I’m going to catch part of the Australian Open. :D

(Also, a Very happy Birthday to my bro, Nigel. Not that he reads this blog.)

2006-01-13T09:54:00.000+08:00

My life is rated PG-13!

Your life is rated PG-13!

What is your life rated? (MPAA Scale)

Take Other Caffeine Nebula Quizzes

2006-01-10T10:36:00.000+08:00

More Pictures of Melbourne

I apologise for the lack of updates... I've just been feeling a bit lazy lately... Anyway, here are more pictures :D

Peek a Boo!

New Years Eve at Borsari's

Thats what my cousin does all day. :D

Everything in that display is made out of chocolate... drooll...

Ahhh.. St Kilda

Jasmine mentioned something about a Mullet?

Wonder if the fish are biting...

Picture of me with aunt and her husband

Thats me taking a picture of my Cousin

Me with St Kilda behind me

Artsy?

A throwback in time.

Check out that body!

My cousin in the new Holden Tigra Convertable

That Tram is a moving Restaurant...

KL Cafe...

Sinfully delish...

Oh.. and i made Nachos yesterday.

2005-12-30T16:08:00.000+08:00

Christmas in Melbourne

2005-12-26T23:11:00.000+08:00

A Quickie...

Merry Christmas everybody. I'm still here. I know everybody already has their Christmas posts up and greeted everybody, so I'm kinda late. But thinsg have just been so hectic lately... Theres so many pictures to process and upload and so much to write. ARG! I'll update as soon as i can.

Thanks for reading me and if i'm not sorted by then, Happy New Year too!

--

PS: Suen, I still owe you the pics... >.

2005-12-22T11:01:00.000+08:00

I'm In Melbourne!

Actually this post is kinda late, since i've been here since Monday. But what the hey :D

Heres my mom & the aunt who I'm staying with under a RMIT sign.

Heres me pointing at the sign.

We had Subway footlongs for lunch.

My cousin and Ikea Swedish meatballs. Not the bastardized version you get in KL. The meatballs, not the cousin ;)

Park

Aunt's husband showing us around.

A Tree.

Everybody looking around.

Australia is home to some of the worlds deadliest snakes.

2005-12-18T20:22:00.000+08:00

Post from KLIA

Well, the day is here... I'm leaving for Melbourn. Currently at the McDonalds in KLIA, making use of the free WiFi.

Sorry the pic is sideways....

2005-12-17T01:08:00.000+08:00

Secret Garden Cosplay Pics

Here are the pics from Thursday's Photoshoot. Requires Macromedia Shockwave to view. Files are large (300K to 5mb each), so sorry for the wait. I'd code a better interface with better preloading, but i'm short on time... Have to pack, meet people and try and make it to Comic Fiesta before I fly off Sunday nght.

When the picstures load, simply click on it to change to the next one. You can't go back, but the slideshow loops, so to see a previous pic just keep clicking.

Right then, so here goes:

2005-12-10T03:45:00.000+08:00

Wedding in Ipoh

Last weekend I was in Ipoh for a cousin's wedding. Here's some pics I shot.

Road Trip!!!!

The Happy Couple

My Grandma, Unknown Person and Grandaunt

The Dinner Menu... If You Can Read It...

The Father of the Groom

My Cousins, Olivia and Adrian a.k.a Cikgu to the Cosplay Community

Nicole (not my sis) and My Grandma

The (fake) Wedding Cake. Why is it we always have fake wedding cakes?

Seng Kee calls this the "S-Class Fish" It's actually fried on one side and steamed on the other. Wonder how they did that.

Popping the Cork... *Ahem*

Whats the Point of the Pyramid of Glasses Anyway?

To Lydia and Mark...

CHEERS!!! or YAM SENGGGGGG!!!

First time I've seen this at a wedding... We just LOVE our Empat Ekor.

Don't say it in Cantonese...

... Under a Tree...

K . I . S . S . I . N . G

"Awe....."

Grandma Eyeing the Piglet

Yes... Suckling pig... Lacked Spring Onions though...

Best Udang Galah i've EVER Eaten. Period.

I Love Candid Shots

Nicole Giving a Speech

My Lil Bro and Olivia

The Bride Mobile

Best Restaurant in Ipoh Aparently

The following shots are all by Cikgu.

Me

Me and my D70s

The 1st Dish...

... Best "4 seasons" platter I've ever seen/partaked of.

:D

2005-12-05T21:09:00.000+08:00

Todays Dinner

For todays dinner, I did a quick and easy roast chicken. 1.6 KG bird, salt, pepper, butter, a lemon and rosemary.

Topped with homemade gravy and served with roast potatoes and veggies . Update tomorrow: My Ipoh trip.

2005-12-03T00:48:00.000+08:00

The Ballad of Big Adobe

Written by Flux4 to commemorate Adobe's now approved takeover of Macromedia Inc.

Big Adobe went to town
Riding with great worry
"Microsoft might buy our foes
Goodness let us hurry"

Big Adobe, buy them out
Big Adobe dandy
Mind the lawsuits and the FUD
And with your cash be handy

Macromedia went to the web
With great Flash and vigour
Then Adobe said to them:
"We ownz you, start to quiver"

Big Adobe, buy them out
Get yourself a trophy
Buy a business out of fear
And call it Macradobe

All you geeks and all you nerds
Reading this here story
Remember what the Parent said
And call it Macradobe

Midi arranged by Thomas N. Thurston,May 1995, all rights reserved.

2005-11-30T05:13:00.000+08:00

A Parody

In light of recent stupidity in Parliament, I give you the following parody.

Oh, why are MPs in Parliament so Stupid?

TELEVISION dramas should depict true Malaysian culture and this means MPs should not be shown "talking stupid" to their constituents, an Opposition MP said yesterday.

Salahbina Ayat (PUS - Katakata Kosong) was unhappy that many TV dramas nowadays showed MPs replying to constituents in inappropriate language, and even shouting.

"Why can’t we produce dramas like those from Korea and Japan? These show MPs speaking respectfully to their constituents, even when they are having a disagreement," he said when debating the 2006 Budget at committee stage yesterday.

Dato’ Said Iwackhim (BM-Kata Baru) said it should apply both ways.

"If a MP should not be depicted speaking roughly to a constituent, then a constituent should also not be depicted speaking similarly to a MP.

"But the point actually is, do we want TV dramas to reflect reality or do we want them to be a means to spread stupidity?"

The Opposition leader meanwhile saw potential in an award winning drama and wanted parliamentary proceedings to be telecast live over television instead.

2005-11-23T04:57:00.000+08:00

Truly Multimedia

Inspired by DannyFoo’s recent blog entry, I offer the following opinion on what ails the advertising/design industry in Malaysia. Take the saying "Style over Substance".

I believe, our headache is that when clients think of design, they only think about style. Our market as it is lacks the support we need for us to properly work. We exist in the down stream. Often it is after a campaign had been along ago drafted and approved, that we then get to bid for a part in its execution. But by that time, most campaigns are doomed by 2 things, wishful thinking and/or poor planning.

For instance, a ‘Chinaman’ SMI company wants a website. The company is making a modest profit and the owner says "Lets make a website". Why does he want a website? More often then not, it's so that he can say that he look good to his potential business partners and clients eyes, projecting that his company in with the times and on the side brag to his golf buddies and fellow business men that he has a website, rather then to actually have a web presence that is productive. Hence the wishful thinking, because nobody but him is about to be fooled by an unmaintained site created by a novice.

So the businessman sets out answering a few advertisements and looks for quotes. Knowing nothing about websites other then the fact that it’s ‘the in thing’, his instincts take over. He gets a call from a guy, “For rm688, we will make you a website with 6 HTML pages with 8 banners and 8 links in each page”. Wah! All the buzz words he recognises from watching MSNBC between PGA TV commercials.

Then he gets another call, this time someone asking him all sorts of “silly” questions like the nature, background and specifications of the project he wants a quotation for, to which he’ll be thinking “What are you talking about? All I want is a cheap and nice website.”

We all know what comes next. He’ll call the first guy back, token bargain him down to rm650, and one year from when the deal is inked, his domain registration will lapse and his hosting services will get suspended with nobody noticing; nobody but the occasional frustrated customer who can’t find his site.

So there is my point. The reason our market is going to the dogs is because nobody appreciates the fact that our field is not just ‘artsy fartsy’, but a serious profession, where the right or wrong decision can help or help ruin a business. Then we compound the problem by the fact we need eat today and cave in to the demands of a wayward market, instead of standing up and doing the necessary to secure our future.

So my answer to the dilemma Danny raised is this:

Take a cue from the computer industry. The manufacturing sector is so oversaturated with companies from China, Taiwan and Korea who can over produce and under cut the big boys until the industry giants go bankrupt.

So unlike Goliath companies like Gateway, Packard Bell, etc who fought the ruthless 'David's and their low quality products to their own demise, IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and thrived at the business of telling its customers what IT infrastructure they need to do business, rather then just sell them hardware.

So I believe we must do the same. I think the future for professional designers in Malaysia lies in advising our clients what combination in the broad spectrum of media is best suited to let them do business, be it built, printed, broadcasted or live, rather than fighting it out with every Ali, Ah Chong and Samy with a computer and FrontPage Express.

2005-11-23T02:19:00.000+08:00

Todays BBQ

Today I had a bunch over lunch. It was supposed to be Calvin, Marvin, Alex and Frankie, plus me and my bro, but Alex is now a desk jockey and so couldn't make it, Frank was nowhere to be seen and it so happend a neighbourhood kid dropped by; so I invited him in for food.

Thats me...

...making the Lemon Butter sauce for the Fish.

Shameless plug for the seasoning used for...

...the LAMB! (We also had chicken; not shown)

Fresh off the grill! YuM!

Peek a Boo! Feed Me You!

The aforementioned fish.

Me and my mugshot.

Caramelized Veggies in the making.

Me and my Thongs... Hmmmmm...

Let me see if I can magically turn him and the world around...

Whys yeses I cans!

WHERES THE FIRE??!! oh... right...

Hmmmm... Sprite! The drink of champions!

The things kids do...

...when waiting to be fed.

YAY! Food!

*eat* *eat* *eat* Hmmm... feels like someones missing...

Hey! What are you looking at?

What generation gap?

Othman, Marvin and Calvin.

Nigel rufusing to be photographed.

All stuffed and...

... watching TV.

2005-11-18T00:20:00.000+08:00

Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
THEY FUCKING CENSORED TWENTY FUCKIGN MINUTES FROM HARRY FUCKING POTTER!!!!!
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
My God LAH!!!! HARRY POTTER!!!!
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
TWENTY MINUTES!!!!
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
Thats the lenght of a whole 1/2 hour sitcom... MISSING!!!!
DogBone!.WOOT says:
lol
DogBone!.WOOT says:
what exactly did they cut?
DogBone!.WOOT says:
i'm pretty sure he didnt bang her
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
I don't know!
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
It's worse then before!
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
Coz they cut out the whole scene instead of just the offending bits
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
WHOLE SCENES
DogBone!.WOOT says:
lmao
DogBone!.WOOT says:
harry potter of all shows
DogBone!.WOOT says:
they're probably trying ot make money
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
and they DARED to run an anti piracy video before the show...
DogBone!.WOOT says:
cut it so it's U isntead of whatever it was before, pg-12?
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
dunno
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
But what can be so bad in Harry fucking Potter ?
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
erm.. lemmi rephrase that
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
But what can be so bad in Harry -fucking- Potter
DogBone!.WOOT says:
heh
DogBone!.WOOT says:
malaysian censorship board man
DogBone!.WOOT says:
what'd you expect, a 5 star porno?
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
but but but
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
HArry Potter isn't even 1 star porno!
DogBone!.WOOT says:
they always go overboard
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
heck
Viceice || Larry Otter and the Gibblet for Hire says:
SIGHHH

2005-11-17T02:26:00.000+08:00

NightShots!

f/29 - Shutter: 25.00 sec - ISO 1600 - 56mm

f/29 - Shutter: 25.00 sec - ISO 1600 - 50mm

f/6.3 - Shutter: 2.00 sec - ISO 1600 - 18mm

All shots taken near my house around 10 p.m.

2005-11-16T15:22:00.000+08:00

You Are Chinese Food

Exotic yet ordinary.
People think they've had enough of you, but they're back for more in an hour.

What Kind of Food Are You?

2005-11-13T02:54:00.000+08:00

The Christmas I Know

Yes, I do realize it’s a bit too early for a Christmas post…

‘The Christmas I Know’ is a track taken from our homegrown DoubleTake’s Christmas album. It’s so rare to find a song about Christmas in Malaysia. For most of us who celebrate Christmas in Malaysia, aside from Christ, Christmas songs have always been about Santa Clause, snow, mistletoe, sleighs and reindeer… all things not found in Malaysia…

There are no cold snowy nights to spend in front of a fire… no snow angles… and Christians being a minority, Christmas here isn’t very festive. But none the less, it doesn’t make Christmas less ‘Christmasy’, it’s just different.

Warm starlit nights, our families, the many and diverse friends we are lucky to have celebrate with us… all the good food.... for many of us who grew up here, this song is a pleasant reminder that it’s the Christmas back home that’s always in our hearts.

DoubleTake

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A big shout out to (in no particular order) Gerard, Suren, Janelle, Sook Hui, Mel, Eng Jee, Kelvin, Violet and especially to IreneQ (who organized our gathering at Alexis’ where we saw DoubleTake perform) Thanks you guys for a great evening!

2005-11-11T02:28:00.000+08:00

My New Toy!

Introducing my new toy:

Yes, that’s a Nikon D70s digital SLR :D I actually got it the day before I left for Penang, but since I left it in KL, I didn’t get to play with it until now.

Anyway, having had the chance to use it yesterday at drinks/dinner with Adrian, Suen and Lilo, I must say I’m simply amazed at the camera.

Digital cameras didn’t quite impress me before, since up till now, the only digital cameras I ever had the chance to use were consumer grade ones that were just point and click. Not that impressive. But with the SLR is different. A digital SLR is a traditional photographer’s wet dream.

With this simple replacement of film with a microchip, the things that used to take hours, tones of money and a full photo lab to do is suddenly compacted into a neat little package.

For instance, back in the day, when you wanted to try out different film speeds (i.e ASA 100, 400, 1000), you had to spend loads of money buying film and developing it. In fact photographers used to walk around with 2 or even 3 cameras because each camera had a diffrent speed of film in it. Add to that, faster films like ASA1000 were so volatile that it required refrigeration when stored and had a very limited shelf life. With Digital SLRs, changing film speed (200-1600 on the Nikon) is as simple as 3 pushes of a button.

And then, say you are out experimenting with your camera. To learn from your pictures you had to carefully take detailed notes of things like Aperture, Shutter speed, lighting conditions, time etc with a notepad for you to look at after your photos are developed. Now, all of that and more is automatically recorded for you and tagged along with the instantly appearing photo. Whats more, a histograph is generated for you to tell you if your picture is over or under exposed and the over exposed areas are highlighted by the camera's display!

Anyway, I could go on and on.. but I’m sure you all would rather see some pics… I haven’t had the chance to fully explore the camera’s capabilities, but here are some quick shots.

Suen and Lilo

Buns taken by Lilo

Nightshot of Cyberia, ASA1600 0.5sec

2005-10-31T01:45:00.000+08:00

BwaHaHaHa! I'm in Penang!

Sorry to all of you for the lack of updates, but as you can see I'm currently away from home in Penang, visiting my grandma. I've been here since early Staurday evening, I tagged along with my cousin who drive up for the long DeepaRaya holidays.

I'll be here tentitively until the Monday after, when my cousin is driving back. So until then, updates will be a bit scarce.

In other news, I read that due to stupid goverment policy and other nonsense, the sequel to Sepet - 'Gubra' will premiere in Singapore later this year and won't be in Malaysia until sometime in March 2006. Which is not good, since as you all know, I'll be leaving in December. So anyway, I'm planning on making a day trip down to Singapore to see it when it does. Anybody want to tag along?

So yea, thats all the news for now. Till then, i shall go stuff myself silly :D...

Oh and to Izzy: Love you...

2005-10-23T18:54:00.000+08:00

Is MSN Messenger Broken?

Since 1 a.m last night, I've been unable to connect to the MSN network. According to the help page, the service is down, but then the network test tool says the server is alive and the tool established a connection. WebMessenger is also down, but then oddly enough people who I've asked on BlueServer have said that MSN is working just fine.

Also, I'm been unable to find news on the outage. So all of you out there with MSN, is it working for you? Or is it soemthing on my end?

2005-10-23T04:31:00.000+08:00

Wake Me Up When December Ends

The 18th of December, 2005. That will be the day, pending completion of paperwork; I’ll leave home for what will be my longest stint away from home in my life.

I have mixed feelings about it.

I’ve expected it for years now, since I signed up for my Advanced Diploma course, I knew that I’ll be in Melbourne one day. But it’s not since now that I’ve paid the deposit, enrolled and bought a plane ticket, that it all suddenly seems so real.

I once saw it like any other excursion overseas, like my 6 months in NZ. Then life happened. College, friends, love lost and love found… My current abundance of free time, which has allowed me to ponder my place in the grand scheme of things.

I love this cozy corner of the world. I feel safe here, not only in the sense of physical security, but knowing this land with intimacy, all it’s places and wonderful people, friends, family, all that is familiar… all the wonderful memories… It imparts a strong sense of belonging.

I would be happy to leave for a while, go complete my BA, meet old friends and find new ones; to fill my life with more memories and experiences… If I could know for sure that one day I would return to a life here… But I can’t. The future is so uncertain.

As it is, those who can in my extended family have left or are leaving to seek greener pastures. I know first hand that the grass isn’t greener on the other side. Here is my home, here is my heart. But sadly, my place here is slowly corroding. Bit by bit, the dream I grew up with is rusting away. I used to be so certain that it’s within redemption, that things will turn around. But as the dream fades, so does my hope for it. There is only so much whitewash can do when the inside is falling apart.

No point keeping it in, no point being politically correct. I hate the fact that here, in my own country, I cannot be simply Malaysian. That in my own home, I am a 2nd class citizen; that because of my great-great-grandfathers origins, I am discriminated against. That here in the land I love, I can’t unconditionally love whoever my heart desires. I grew up with a sense of love for this place, enough love that should push come to shove, I would be willing to lay my life to defend her. But I’m not sure anymore.

Treason is the most heinous of crime; it is a transgression with the most dire of implications. What is treason? It is the betrayal by a citizen upon his country. So then what is it when the roles reverse and the traitor is ones own country? I feel betrayed.

But as much as I feel wronged, my hope for this place is not yet dead. My only wish is that when it comes time to decide between home and being an immigrant, the 18th of December won’t be a date I will remember with despair, but with hope.

2005-10-19T03:45:00.000+08:00

Politics Test

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(80% permissive)

and an...
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2005-10-15T18:20:00.000+08:00

To My Dearest Izzy

I love you...

... you light up my life.

2005-10-12T13:30:00.000+08:00

The Sure Things in Life

There are 3 sure things in life: Death, Taxes and Government Stupidity. This is reinforced everyday by our benevolent Ministers in government, who rise to prove each day that they are dafter then donkey’s dung.

This morning I saw this:

(Click on image to read article, opens new window)

Can anybody believe the stupidity of it all? First they screw up the national car policy, now they want to screw up the national film policy the same way.

While it is indeed noble that they want to help the local film industry, they are naive if they think levying a tax on foreign films is going solve anything, Not only is the tax NOT going to help the situation, it will make it worse by driving up the cost of cinema tickets, contributing to inflation and making foreign films more glamorous by the logic that Expensive = Better. I dare say the ONLY person who is going to benefit is your neighborhood VCD peddler.

The reason why Malaysian films fail is because of censorship. If the government is honestly sincere in its efforts to help develop the local film industry, all they need to do is abolish censorship and allow our film writers’ creativity to shine unhindered. Otherwise they should just give up, because nobody is going to subject himself to a poorly made, heavily censored, boring film - made in Malaysia or otherwise - no matter how cheap it is.

Also, the bit about protecting our industry from our neighbors is pure unadulterated bollocks. Lets us not forget who helped promote Sepet, one of the more successful films made in Malaysia these many years. Singapore. Yes, it was Singapore who was first to be so impressed with the film that it entered the film for a film festival, while all our government was interested in was censoring it and branding it un-Malaysian.

So, will somebody please hit the esteemed Dr Rais Yatim over the head with a clue by four?

2005-10-10T21:05:00.000+08:00

NUDGING is RUDE!

To all of you on MSN messenger, PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME NUDGES! It is irritating and much worse then that, my line hiccups and often when I am gaming I get disconnected. My status displays AWAY or BUSY it means just that, i am NOT there or I am BUSY. So please, leave a messege if you must, but DO NOT even TRY to send me a nudge, or I will refuse to talk to you.

2005-10-04T02:51:00.000+08:00

My Weekend...

This weekend was spent with my mom at her best friend's place. See, my mom's friend has these two dogs that she finds hard to leave at home for extended periods without someone to care for them. So my mom and I spent our Sunday caring for the two dogs and got to make use of the doggies home.

So with dogs well fed, I figured that to starve off boredom without my PC, I would do the other thing I love... Cook. For Sunday lunch, I would make my mom 4 kinds of Tapas and Stuffed Mushrooms.

What is Tapas? Essentially, Tapas are a series of small dishes the Spanish eat as snacks along with alcohol (Beer or Wine) as they crawl bars. But many sorts of Tapas can also be combined to make a meal.

So along with our Tapas, we had a 2004 Argentinean white wine and German bread. I don’t know why, but I dislike wine from the Northern Hemisphere. Somehow wine from South America and Australia taste better to me… with New Zealand as the best.

So what did I make? In the picture above, from background to foreground, the green mound after the bread is Avocado dip, followed by Sautéed Mushroom with garlic, Marinated Mushrooms and 2 Bean Tapas.

The Avocado Dip (Pictured above, [To be fair, mom made the Avocardo Dip, while I busied with the rest.]) was refreshing; kind of like a solid margarita if there were such a thing. The sautéed mushroom was the only Tapas served warm, the rest were chilled and it tasted as its name suggests, but also tangy as there was lemon juice involved. Mushrooms are very absorbent and will take on the flavours of whatever it’s mixed with, hence the Marinated Mushrooms were a hit, having been swimming in a bath of wine and sautéed garlic & onion. Finally beware the 2 bean Tapas, for while the Butter and French Beans go well together, they cause gas.

Finally we have cored Portobello mushrooms, stuffed with bread, 2 kinds of bacon and its' own cores, capped with a generous layer of Mozzarella cheese. Such bitter sweet memories of the one who taught me how to make these…

What do we have here? A charming canine spies our lunch…

“I want food! Feed me! FEED ME!! I beg you…”

“Feed me for you cannot resist my cuteness… Muahahahhahaa *caugh* Arf! Arf!”

Cute? Are you sure?

“Sure I am! Just ask my goon!”

“Er… Don’t look at me…"

So anyway, all pictures taken by me, please ask if you want to use them… yada… yada… yada… More next post: pictures from my Avd. Dip convocation. :D

2005-10-01T16:12:00.000+08:00

Yay for Google Earth!

About a week ago, Google Earth update KL with high resolution mapping data! So now KL is shown in it's full 1 meter glory. For those who don't know, 1 meter resolution means objects 1 meter or larger are discernable on the map.

Right then, here are some examples.

Sekolah Menengah Stella Maris

The LUCT Campus

Siberia.. I mean Cyberia

Sri Utama

Intan Apartments in Mayang

ISKL

And finally, taken from the targetting camera from a Tomahawk Cruise Missle. :D

Anyway, you may notice the odd choice of photos, I guess these will interest specific people out there. Also, for those who have Google Earth, I have a file with bookmarks of interesting places like major shopping complexes and landmarks i made that you can ask me for. I'd upload it, but i have no webspace. :D

2005-09-29T12:15:00.000+08:00

A Pet Peeve on the Quantum Scale

Call me Anal, but it irks me whenever the term ‘Quantum Leap’ is used to describe a huge change. Does anybody understand the definition of 'Quantum'?

According to Google Define, a ‘Quantum’ is 'The smallest discrete amount of any quantity'. Logically, a Quantum Leap is therefore a change/rise/increase on the absolute SMALLEST discernable magnitude.

In fact, the word ‘Quantum’ is often used in the realm of science to describe the relations of atoms and subatomic particles. It’s THAT minute.

I blame the TV show by the same name for this travesty of logic.

2005-09-26T14:39:00.000+08:00

Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

Your English Skills:

Spelling: 80%

Grammar: 60%

Vocabulary: 60%

Punctuation: 40%

Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

See baby? I TOLD you you were better educated then me... :P

2005-09-26T00:58:00.000+08:00

OMG...

I heard what sounded like gunshot (it was like a very loud 'crack' instead of firecracker 'ploom') followed by sirens 10 mins later coming from general direction of the Egyptian Embassy just behind my place. Theres a Police Mobile Base there. I hope no one got killed...

2005-09-24T00:48:00.000+08:00

On History and Traditions…

While we shouldn’t forsake our past,
lest we forget and history repeats itself;
always look forward and not dwell in eras gone by,
lest we regress and not progress.

Antiquity is dead, buried but not forgotten,
the future is yet unwritten;
Our time is now,
it is up to us to show them how…

2005-09-21T18:15:00.000+08:00

MINE!

Love you baby!

2005-09-19T04:10:00.000+08:00

Malaysian Astronaut Idol

This is by far THE most embarrassing article I’ve ever seen on Slashdot, EVER! As a Malaysian, I feel so ashamed. I hereby propose we give Najib himself this once in a life time opportunity. ONE WAY!

2005-09-18T14:56:00.000+08:00

Today’s Google Word of the Day Is:

Xenophobia - fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign.

Judging by how the community reacted to the ‘goodman’ comments incident, I’ve come to be of the opinion that it is sadly something very prevalent in Malaysian society.

For too long, we have been a nation of sheep. We take our good lives for granted, we always fall back on old values regardless of good or bad and we believe that the good thing to do is to tow the line and not to deviate.

So then what happens when we are in trouble? Woe is the soul who realises that something is wrong and tries to warn others. Instead of listening, considering the facts and taking action, the rest of the sheep rile against him.

“He’s questioning the status quo! Call him seditious and burn him at the stake!” Never mind that lodging police reports against him won't stop trolls and will embolden the goverment to clamp down on what little free speech we have.

I used to think of the blogging community in Malaysia highly, but this episode has been a real eye opener. I used to think of the community as a whole as rational, mature and capable of critical thought; a glimmer of hope in the sea of social despair. But I now I realise I’ve been wrong about the community and question my theory about a failure of democracy. There is no failure. The people are as closed minded / xenophobic as the government it formed.

So what ‘Goodman’ said is not all truth and for that matter he is guilty of painting an entire community with a single brush. He may also have been rude to hijack the blogs of others. But neither is he entirely wrong. His outburst is a clear sign that something is wrong with society and he is not alone. Respected filmmakers, journalists, social scientists, even Prime Ministers have at one time or other pointed out the very same things, albeit more eloquently and more delicately.

That said, YES, I agree that people need to be more responsible with their words. People should not misrepresent facts, not hijack other peoples spaces and to not to troll. But, people also need to learn to consider the possibilities, to see through the hate and harsh words and seek the underlying cause.

Admitting that there IS a problem is the first step on the road to recovery. If society doesn’t break out of this nutshell soon, it may simply be beyond redemption.

2005-09-14T21:46:00.000+08:00

LILO! Guess what they make now...

hehehe

2005-09-13T02:47:00.000+08:00

Let There Be Light!

Due to complaints, I have fixed the light and added a switch for all those photosensitive. The light is turned off by default, simply press the switch to turn it on. (Shockwave Plugin Required) Enjoy :D

2005-09-08T15:44:00.000+08:00

The Internet is like…

…duct tape. There is a light side, a dark side and it holds the universe together. The most prevalent part when it comes to charity over the internet of course is the dark side. We have everything from annoying, bandwidth hungry forward-to-all-your-friends hoaxs, to conmen out to abuse the generosity of people.

Then once in a while we come across the light side, genuine cases of people suffering that we can help alleviate. I am of course talking about Yvonne Foong.

Yvonne suffers from Neurofibromatosis (NF). There are two types of Neurofibromatosis, type 1 and the rarer type 2. Both are an illness the result of genetic mutation that causes the uncontrollable growth of benign tumours in the human nervous system.

Type 2 NF, which Yvonne is afflicted, causes growths on both acoustic nerves in the body, resulting in the severe impairment of hearing and can be fatal. Yvonne’s hearing has since deteriorated to only 5% and she will soon lose it all unless she undergoes surgery.

Yvonne needs to raise US$28,600 or roughly about RM108,000 to undergo surgery at a specialist clinic in the United States. This is because, not for the lack of trying, doctors in Malaysia are at this time unable to help her without causing damage to the surrounding facial and balance nerves and teh nearby brain stem, causing paralysis to her face, taking away her sense of balance and maybe worse.

So please, for once we are faced with a genuine plea for help and contributing to a cause where we know there is no middle man to skim off the top and middle. Visit her website, read her story and if you feel compelled, please donate. You’ll be helping to save a fellow human being from a life of deafness, misery and maybe even premature death.

2005-09-07T15:13:00.000+08:00

Izzit a Bird? Izzit a Plane? It’s…

…Captain Obvious. Am I THAT transparent? Why can’t all the posts below simply be a guy posting about love without anything going on? Is that so impossible? Why must it always be something?

Sigh… I’m hopeless…

…aku rindui mu juga ‘yang... :D

(Has everyone died of mushiness yet?)

2005-09-06T19:36:00.000+08:00

A Clip on Dreams and Love…

“On one hand you have dreams; on the other, reality. You can only mix them once, and only once. Find the perfect balance and your dreams come true; mix it wrong… the end.”

What do you think? Works doesn’t it? You only get one shot at love. Unlike Edison, there is no finding 999 ways to do it wrong and one to get it right. With each relationship, with each special person, there is only one chance for it to go right, and an infinite for it to go wrong.

Like chemistry, like life. Too little and it fizzles, too much and it blows in your face… Love, like life, is about balance.

2005-09-06T03:39:00.000+08:00

Liked Sepet?

Then OMG! She's started photography for Gubra!!!! Go Yasmin! I can't wait :D

2005-09-04T15:07:00.000+08:00

Calm Before the Storm…

Life’s a journey, like all journeys there will be sights to see, portholes in the road, thunderstorms and perfect weather. We all have our emotional ups and downs, love and heartbreaks… Are we deluding ourselves? Can a whim of the heart really lead to something meaning full? Is the high we feel when a relationship is forming really just a much welcomed calm in a stormy world?

Anyway interestingly enough, a few hours after I posted the post below, I found out that an internet romance actually did blossom into a full fledged love affair. From a rude comment posted that brewed a bit of annoyance and boiled over into love, fellow members of the blogasphere, losthungrytiredsoul and oftheflesh serve to remind us that anything is possible…

God bless those two!

2005-09-03T04:42:00.000+08:00

Love Actually?

Is it possible to fall in love with someone online? To desire with a passion someone whose you’ve only passed by in real life… To find reason, to fill a space in your life, to do something so real and so close in a space so virtual and so far away…

*Ponders into the night*

(NO! Nothing to do with anything on the shout box!)

2005-09-01T22:04:00.000+08:00

Giving Drinking a Bad Name

In my cup before me, I’m drinking a drink consisting of 1 part Shandy and 9 parts Sprite. Go figure.

Anyway, since I’m writing a post here are some shorts that don’t make post by themselves, but as a whole may be of the tinniest substance.

ADoM/FCM/LKW people, any of you in KL want to join part of my class for karaoke with (Design Lecturer) Chee this coming Sunday, 12 – 3 p.m? We booked a room for 8 but only have 5 people. Please leave a massage if you do.

Today’s newspaper front page is the (corrupt trade minister) Rafida Aziz hugging (retired PM) Tun Mahathir. I guess nobody got the memo from the (Distinctive Professional Moron) Najib that hugging is un-Islamic and un-Malaysian.

For those who don’t know, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang of the DAP is now a BLOGGER! Yes the 62 year old has a blog. Cool eh? Goes to show some people are more in tune and intellectual compared to a certain moron mentioned above.

Yes, I know I didn’t write a Merdeka day post. I was GOING to, but then SOMEBODY distracted me… *Grin*

Irene: I have an addition to our stationar… I mean punctuation set!

I WANT MEAT PIE! I also want Fish n Chips, a bar of Cherry Ripe and an ANZAC cookie.

2005-08-30T20:10:00.000+08:00

"Bright sparks" destroy car trying to steal fuel

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Three men trying to steal fuel from a New Zealand farm on Monday ended up setting fire to their own car.

Police said the trio had siphoned diesel into a petrol-driven vehicle. When their car would not start, they examined the fuel pipe using a cigarette lighter.

One click, a boom and the car burst into flames.

"It wasn't a major whodunnit," senior sergeant Ross Gilbert told Reuters, from the small North Island town of Waipukurau, about 230 km (143 miles) northeast of Wellington.

"Fortunately for them, there is no criminal charge for stupidity."

The men, aged 18 to 19, escaped injury but were charged with theft.

Talk about stupid... This news burb is from Reuters.

2005-08-28T16:37:00.000+08:00

Dear Editor...

I rolled out of bed today, made coffee and opened the paper and Behold! The following stupidity:

Full article here.

I mean come on, why can't some people simply admit they are poor at being parents and stop blaming others? So anyway, I'm writing the following rebuttal, any input is appreciated before I mail it off tomorrow.

Dear Editor,

I write in protest of CONCERNED PARENT’s letter titled ‘Cyber cafés a bad influence’ which appeared on your sheets on Sunday August 28, 2005.

I find it most contemptuous that people would rather blame the failures of their children on others rather than on their own lack of parenting finesse.

As a recent college graduate, I must admit that I too enjoyed cyber games and was a patron of cyber cafes during the day. I admit I, along with my peers, have on occasion stayed up till the early morning indulging in what is basically a more animated and immersive version of chess. But I didn’t fail college, nor do I have a record of being involved in violent altercations, which CONCERNED PARENT would allege patronising Cyber Cafés causes.

Having said that, I concede that we face a serious attention deficit problem where some students would rather focus on other activities instead of their studies. However, it is irrational to squarely blame cyber cafes for this social problem. After all, the student could have easily been addicted to other activities such as Basketball, X-skating or Football and become as negligent in his studies.

I urge everybody, especially parents who are facing such issues with their children to slow down with the assigning of blame and take a long hard look at their situation. Consider that maybe the course they made their children take is of no interest to their children or their children simply aren’t academically inclined and may do better pursuing a different path in life. Or as harsh as it may sound, it may simply have something to do with their upbringing.

Thank you.

Yours truly,
Nicholas C

Also if any of you out there feel as strongly as I do on this issue, please write your say to The Editor. Details Here. Please act now before they start thinking about banning CyberCafes also.

2005-08-27T01:21:00.000+08:00

ADoM BBQ?

Quick note to my fellow graduating classmates, You guys wanna organise something on Sunday (tomorrow) before we all part for good? I was thinking we can throw togather a quick potluck BBQ @ Suen/Kelly/SengKee/Coco's house... Kelly agreed in principle already to the use of the place...

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

Clippings of My Thoughts

Well, My blog has been in need of a layout overhaul for a long time… So here it is! Allow me to present “Helping of Me – Clippings of My Thoughts”.

As you can see, it’s basically themed after the paper clip. It’s based off a default Blogger template, as you all know, with little customizations here and there. I guess as a designer I ought to be more original and get one going from scratch, but I’m only starting to figure out how to edit Blogger templates, so I guess I’ll take it one step at the time.

I know this page is broken when viewed in IE, but then again it's been validated sucessfully by w3c. Some people will argue that since most of the web is on IE it ought to be working in IE, and I might agree, but this is my personal site and I want to make the point that we ougth to all support standard compliancy rather then Microsoft's stupidity. So, if you want to see this site they way I see it, please ditch IE and .

*PS: Anybody have any idea how to remove that small gap between the top border and the side border in the posts? I got the gap down to a reasonable 1px in the preview, but when implemented, it’s much wider…

2005-08-23T15:01:00.000+08:00

TM – Totally Moronic

Ever gotten an error saying

“Tempoarily out of resourse, please try again later”

(Yes and spelt that way)

Well now we know why. The fucking idiots at TM have done it again. They’ve implemented what’s called a Transparent Proxy. Simply put, it’s a mirror of the internet that they keep on a server in Malaysia for 2 reasons.

1) It cuts down of international traffic, saving them money and serving up Web Pages faster.

2) For the TM Online Guard Servic e (more on this in a moment)

While reason 1 is with good intentions, the server they are using isn’t anywhere near stable, and when it can’t keep up with the load, it displays the above error message instead of allowing you to connect directly to the originating server. I also find this very disturbing, as it will also allow TM to censor our view of the internet if they wish.

Now, number 2 is just TOTALLY DESPICABLE of them. TM Online Guard Service is basically an antivirus service, where for ad additional fee; they will monitor your net connection for viruses. EXCUSE ME! Is that not why I have an anti virus installed for??!!

Some might wonder why I’m so pissed off. Here’s why. Their implementation of the this proxy has added an unnecessary speed bump to connections in their internal network, as such it’s made online gaming impossible on 2 of their 3 net blocks (only 2 of the net blocks are connected to the proxy (60.x.x.x and 219.x.x.x). I mean, imagine playing a game of DotA where you have 2 second delays and 15 minutes into the game, you lose sync and get disconnected from Battlenet. It’s just pissing off!

GAH! I have ½ a mind to march over to the CEO’s house and organize a riot.

2005-08-22T02:17:00.000+08:00

Gol & Gincu

I've seen the film. I brought along Calvin who up till that day had never seen a Malay film before (the blasphemous fellow also hasn’t seen Sepet, an oversight I shall address tomorrow). I must say that we were both presently surprised that the film was indeed of a certain quality, was enjoyable, funny and overall very entertaining.

However, take a step back and think about the film. It's about a girl's girl who gets into Futsol in the hopes of winning back her arse of an ex-boyfriend and at the end of the film rightfully figures out he is not worth it. In short, it's your stereotypical chick flick.

What sets it apart is that it addresses a segment of Malaysian society. The segment of everyday, urban, middle class Malaysians that refuse to be disfranchised by racism in the political arena gels well together, snubs the anal holier-then-thou-ness of our so called leaders and chose to cast away taboos.

Of course, made anywhere else, the movie would have been a D grade waste of celluloid, with a story that has been rehashed so many times, patterned wallpaper would seem more interesting. But as it stands, being made in Malaysia and in Malaysian context, tell it as it is instead of adhering to the ridiculous view of reality of the Lembaga Penapisan Filem, makes the film stand out in a bold way.

I suppose that WAS the purpose of the film. However I think that from a story telling stand point, the film makers tried too hard, hence my biggest beef with the film.

What is with the Incest Rape? Not that I disagree that the crime is heinous and is undeserving of attention but the film makers in their efforts to bring it up seem to do the cause a great injustice.

In the film, the main character’s school going little sister unexpectedly fails to turn up for a match. As it turns out, she suffered a miscarriage after being raped by her own father (whose a Datuk in the film). She obviously ended up in hospital and her father was promptly arrested.

Now, considering the gravity of what happened, in ANY sort of seemingly functional happy family, such an event would bring life to a stand still, but not so in the film. Life went on like nothing happened, Datin even hosted a tea party and nobody seemed shocked. It was such a non-even that the rapist was even granted bail and he later tried to kidnap the daughter he raped.

Let’s remember that the movie is a chick flick. The story was established at the beginning and the conclusion is already forgone. The only reason to see it is for the story’s development, for the characters that play a role, for the little details that make it Malaysian. Writing in a heavy subplot of incest rape only makes it go against the entire momentum of the film and does injustice to both the film and the cause.

Also, since when did we grant fathers who rape their own daughters bail?

2005-08-15T15:28:00.000+08:00

Merdeka?

17 days left before we celebrate our nation’s birthday. It will be 48 years to the day we left the charge of the British Empire and struck out on our own; a new charter, one people, and a common hope.

I must admit, all that happened long before I was born. I wasn’t around that fateful day in 1957. I didn’t have a share in the journey towards independence. But none the less I grew up believing in the dream. The dream that we are one family, partners in a grand venture vested in the nurturing of a diverse and prosperous nation.

I love my country; it was here I was born. Here are my roots, all my friends, all my memories… Having traveled and lived abroad only reinforces the fact that there’s no place like home. My heart is here.

Sadly, day by day I read the papers, watch the news and ponder the opinions of my fellow Malaysians. Everyday I am faced with the dreaded reality that very likely I will have to one day leave this land I call home for good.

It’s a very depressing prospect. Have we come so far to achieve only so little? One would wonder if we have achieved anything at all. For sure, Malaysia is far more modern compared to 50 years ago. But all that is moot. It is not the buildings nor the technology nor the money that define a country. Raze it all, for it can be rebuilt. What is important is the people.

Everyday you hear about it. The need to develop one race over the other, the need to make so called ‘towering figures’ and the desire to continue the policy of denying some so that others may prosper. For years we lived with it, as partners we understood that it would serve the common good that all partners were equally as capable.

But is affirmative action the way to go? History has proven time and time again that all providing a social safety net does is bankrupt a country and in this case, it’s not just money we are losing.

It’s absolutely heartbreaking when you think about how we were all sleeping at the wheel. Our family is falling apart, one by one our partners are fed up and taking their leave. At so many points in our history we took the quick fix to hard pressing problems and left our bases uncovered.

The desire of leaders of the day to hold on to power has left the leadership barely functional. The desire to sweep social issues under the rug instead of address them head on has split us. The desire to be holier then others has left us regressing rather then progressing.

My father said to me and my siblings, “You are still young. Leave while you still can, go elsewhere find a new life and don’t come back.” Grim words, but the sad part is he’s right. Slowly our future is being eroded. The country is being run by idiots, its machinery is kept turning by greed and fueled by fanatism.

17 days from now, we don’t need a celebration. We need a funeral. What is there to parade about with the nation in crisis? This Merdeka day, I hope everyone will take a long hard look at our past, take a critical eye to our present and think of our future, for if we don’t there may not be one.

2005-08-10T23:53:00.000+08:00

Nicholas’ Unified Theory of Interpersonal Dynamics

Earlier today on MSN, in a fit of Einsteinian genius:

Viceice || In Miri says:

i got this theory about silence

[Friend] says:

right

Viceice || In Miri says:

there are two kinds

Viceice || In Miri says:

theres one kind where it says "Your relationship is running out of momentum..."

Viceice || In Miri says:

and the other kind that says "Your relationship has reached a stable point.."

[Friend] says:

ok, sounds reasonable

Viceice || In Miri says:

I suppose it's like physics and Newton in a way…

Viceice || In Miri says:

Relationships are exciting when you feel it's moving... Like force...

Viceice || In Miri says:

a relationship starts out accelerating, so you feel the force and get a kick out of it

Viceice || In Miri says:

Then you stop feeling the force...

Viceice || In Miri says:

And that can mean two things:

Viceice || In Miri says:

Where acceleration has stopped, but you're still going at a steady pace

Viceice || In Miri says:

or you're at a standstill again

[Friend] says:

haha

[Friend] says:

physics!

[Friend] says:

my sort of best subject =.=

So in short,

The health of a relationship is equal to velocity post acceleration.

2005-08-09T02:19:00.000+08:00

I'm in miri now... Posting from my sisters laptop on my uncles very slow connection... i can't seem to download my bookmark files from my mail account... sigh... Have to locate all of you manually... I really should update the link on the right of this screen...

I'm damn sick now... Stupid haze in KL... thank god theres no haze in miri.. My eyes feel bloodshot, my throat us sore as hell and my nose is more stuck than the cap on a dried up tube of superglue...

What a waste of holiday... sigh...

2005-08-08T02:53:00.000+08:00

I have a plane to catch in 12 hours and i'm not even packed yet.. sigh...

Anyway, i'm off to Miri for a week, gonna hand deliver soem stuff to my sister whose starting her college life..

Sorry i haven't gone through the tape from friday nights shoot... been very busy shopping and setting up stuff.. so i guess we'll only see it when i get back on saturday :P

2005-08-06T03:12:00.000+08:00

Alone in the world?

3 updates in one day… must be some sort of record for me…

Truth be told, I couldn’t sleep. I lay curled up in bed… my stomach in a painful knot... and tears started pooling…

I guess it’s nobody’s fault but my own… In a dumb stupid stupor I made a string of unbelievably daft decisions… Giving up the person who loved me endlessly; for which I’m guilty to no end… Fooling myself that an impossible dream could come true… Alienating my friends... But what’s done is done, I’ve made my bed and now I shall have to lie in it…

Dammit it hurts… It’s back to haunt me… the despair, the feeling that I’m doomed… a monster I though had been banished to the dungeon of distant memory is back to haunt me… How soon one forgets… takes for granted… becomes complacent… Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

It's humbling...

I’m just fragile right now… I’m lost… I may not show it but I’m in a bad place, just slowly trying to find my way out… To all my friends out there, thanks for being my friend… I’m sorry if I’ve been ‘wanty’ or needy… I’m sorry if I’ve lost sight of what made us friends; please help remind me… If I’ve wronged you please tell me; I’ll do my utmost to make it right… I just don’t want to let history repeat… I don’t want to make the same mistakes… I don’t want to lose the people I care about and who care about me…

Thank you.. All of you...

2005-08-06T02:19:00.000+08:00

Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	Moderate
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	Moderate
Narcissistic:	Low
Avoidant:	Low
Dependent:	Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:	Low
-- Personality Disorder Test -- -- Personality Disorder Information --

2005-08-06T01:17:00.000+08:00

Crap! crap crap crap CRAP!!!

Don't get me wrong, todays shoot was perfect... just.. I thought i might do my blog reading for the day and.... SIGH....

I don't know... I don' wa.... sigh....

Anyway, a BIG BIG THANKS to SuAnne and Phoebe for today, it was great fun working with you gals... I'll send screen captures for your enjoyment before i fly off on Monday...

Also a special thanks to Adrian for lending me his camera again! Thanks Dawg!!!!!

:D

2005-08-02T01:50:00.000+08:00

It's all OVER... Finally... shes one heck of a screwed up...

2005-07-23T14:23:00.000+08:00

I know it’ll never work out. I know I must let go… I know that if I don’t it’ll just ruin something so precious… But why do I still believe? Why do I feel that there’s still hope? The bittersweet dreams, the fervent wish… The inability to let go…

It’s driving me nuts… I think I’m losing it… l must let go… WHY?!!! Why am I like this??!! All my life, why do I have this urge, this irrational need to love?

I despise this so much… I loath that I can’t tell my heart, “Hush you Fool!” I hate that it’s turning me into this monster that’s scorning her so, just because she won’t be mine… It’s not her fault, she’s done no wrong… yet all that anger… all that resentment… WHY??!!!!

2005-07-17T19:45:00.000+08:00

"Over the past year, I was approached by three mixed-race couples who were in a state of turmoil because the laws and prevailing cultural norms of Malaysia do not allow them to marry and retain their religious/racial differences. Two of them decided to emigrate and one couple was sadly forced to break up. This, for me, is the real tragedy of Malaysia." -Dr Farish A. Noor

Sigh..... Read the rest here.

2005-06-08T03:23:00.000+08:00

Attention random survey takers!

The 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey is now ON!

Please go and take teh surver here:

http://www.durex.com/survey/gss2005/popup.asp?TC=DUREX_SITE#

If we can get 300 or more Malaysians to take part, we stand a chance to win an African Safari trip.. (I know, last years iPod was cooler...)

2005-04-27T01:41:00.000+08:00

Copied from Tracy :D

2005-04-13T12:57:00.000+08:00

For the sake of all Ivans in the world getting lost while getting to Alamanda in PutraJaya i repost the roadmap i made to get there :D

How to get to Alamanda

First, there are a number of ways to get to PutraJaya, which ever route
you use to enter PutraJaya, follow all the road signs that point you to
"Presint 1 " and/or "Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan". All the signs that point there, regardless of where you came in from, will lead you to the road as shown in Picture 1

That road in Picture 1 is where Presint 1 is. Follow the road and keep left. You will pass the PutraJaya sign as shown in Picture 2 on your right.

Now, the road you are on is actualy an oval, and if you keep following
the road, you end up going in circles. Right after the PutraJaya sign,
the road will start to curve to the right, keep left but DO NOT EXIT the road. You will see a turn off as shown in Picture 3.

As you go furthur, you will see the Yellow sign, as shown in Picture 4 pointing you towards Alamanda.

This is your cue to look out for the turn off as shown in Picture 5.

You will know it is the correct exit when you see a sign pointing to "Sekolah Alam Shah" (Picture6).

Take the turn, keep right and go down the road until the first set of traffic lights, as shown in Picture 7. Stay on the right lane and turn right at teh lights and Alamanda Picture 8 Will be directly ahead.

2005-04-01T20:05:00.000+08:00

Yeh! An update!

So after a very long absence, I finally decided to update my blog. Well, I don't really have much to say... or do I? I am actually dictating this to my computer right now, it has been a very long time since I have experimented with a speech to text program. I must say that the accuracy of the software has improved since I last touched it almost 10 years ago.

Wether it is a benefit derived from an increase in processing power, or simply better coding or combination of both, I don't know. but what I do know, is that it has improved to the point where I no longer have to worry about every single word and get down to the business of writing. Which is in itsWhetherother topic to touch on, because it is in fact quite hard to think in spoken words instead of thinking while reading text off a screen and typing, it is quite disconcerting.

Another thing about the software is that while it is fairly accurate, to moment you start to speak colloquially everything goes haywire. Apparently the software guesses what you say, as well as what it thinks you mean to form your sentences. So for instance if you break the rules of English, like for example, you start a sentence with a conjunction, it would chronically misinterpret the first word matter how clearly you speak the word.

So that is all for now, hopefully will bring myself to update and soon.

2005-03-04T23:42:00.000+08:00

Mustard and Toast! They boast;
What a horrible combination for toast,
hope your day was less awkard then most.

--me :D

2005-02-20T02:03:00.000+08:00

Life is a journey. It’s like a long trip by sea. You start off with a new ship, a christening, an empty book in the ships records. The wind is strong; it is a solid breeze and with it carries your aspirations and your dreams. The sails are unfurled and off you go into the world unknown.

Some days are dull, others are an adventure. There are calm seas and favorable winds, horrible storms and smooth currents. Everyday has its highlights, its emotions. Along the way you befriend other on a journey much like yours, some grow close, others make good acquaintances. Some take on your flag and call you brother, others conspire to cause you bother.

Each day is a treasure, a moment to remember, a page for the journal, a chapter in life’s annals. Each day you make changes to your course, each correction spurred by an event that will forever alter the land you will find one day after.

One day many years since, the end beckons, land is just over the horizon, you give your journey one hard reckon. You remember the joy and the sorrow; the love, the heartbreak; friends made and friends lost, accomplishments and mistakes, all the events of your life remembered just before land hits and it all fades into a mist.

But as consuming as the fog be, from the lives of whom you’ve touched your memory will never be subtracted and on will live the legacy of the captain of that fine ship.

2004-11-11T21:48:00.000+08:00

This morning I found rat droppings in my kitchen. So earlier this afternoon I went and bought a trap and lo and behold the vermin is now mine. Muahahahahahah

I never expected to catch it so soon. Now to consider how to best kill it.

2004-11-06T23:27:00.000+08:00

WARG! I’m sick and depressed. Since being caught in the rain on Thursday, I”ve been sick. I have a mild cold and a really horrible sore throat.

Sigh, I’m depressed. Deadline is 2 weeks away and I and behind on my work. Can still catch up, but I’m feeling burned out. I need motivation…

SIGH

2004-10-03T02:56:00.000+08:00

My apologies for the lack of updates.. too much has been going on and I'm stressed. Anyway, i'll write more later. For now, enjoy this joke from the Readers Digest.

----

The captain and his crew were far from port when they saw pirates heading for their ship.
The worried crew fell silent, but their captain stood tall and bellowed to his first mate,

“Bring me my red shirt.”

When the first mate returned, the captain donned the shirt and led his crew into battle. The pirates were roundly defeated.

Later that day, the lookout screamed that TWO pirate ships were heading their way. The captain, calm as ever, called for his red shirt, and with his crew, fought off the pirates.

Weary from battle, the sailors were sitting around the deck recounting the day’s fighting when an ensign turned to the captain and asked,

“Sir, why do you call for your red shirt before battle?”

The captain explained,

“If I am wounded, the red shirt won’t show the blood and you men will continue to fight unafraid.

The men sat in silence, amazed at his courage.

As dawn broke the following morning, the lookout yelled that TEN pirate ships were heading towards them. The men fell silent and turned to their captain for his usual command.

Calm as ever, he bellowed,

“Bring me my brown pants.”

2004-09-11T01:00:00.000+08:00

"To create a great civilisation, it is important to strike a balance between material and spiritual achievements. We must endeavour to enrich our souls. Tradition, culture and religion must not be obstacles to success. On the contrary, they must serve as bridges for us to move forward and elevate our dignity and stature in the eyes of the world. "

-- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

His Excellency is a very smart man. I've listened to the budget for a few years now, something I don't think many people my age does and I must say that things are changing. Many budgets were very political, and I do mean political in the dirtiest manner possible. Yet this one sounds different

It is normal to talk about accountability at political rallies , during the run up to an election and when some fool gets caught with his pants down and needs to be cut loose. But the budget…

"Money makes the world go round" so the saying goes, and the budget, the plan that determines how all that money is going to turn this country is very serious business. So it is heartening to know that finally, after many an idiot has mindlessly talked about transparency and good governance, the money that makes it all happen is going where the mouth is.

I think His Excellency gets it. He understands that there is too much stupidity going on; too many scandals and too many quick fixes that only make people feel good but never solve anything. This budget isn’t what the pundits would call feel good, there’s the usual tax raise on vices, it talks about public transport, infrastructure maintenance, education, income tax etc.

But somehow everything that is said for once makes a load of sense. We are finally done with assuming that life is good, done with bailing out incompetent twits who run companies like their personal check book. We are investing into our future.

Finally, here is a solid plan for our nation's future.

2004-08-30T19:53:00.000+08:00

Tolerance

It’s 4 hours till midnight. I guess before I go out I’ll write my Merdeka Day wish. I wish there would be less tolerance in Malaysia.

I wish that the government would stop promoting tolerance, that the ministers stop talking about tolerance and that everybody would understand that tolerance is not what this country needs.

After all, if members of a family merely tolerate each other, that family is as good as gone.

What I want is for everybody to understand that for the past 47 years, we are no longer different. I am not Chinese, you are not Malay and he is not Indian. I want everybody to simply look at him/her selves and all others in this great nation and see only Malaysians.

Our history does not define our future, so let us not fight to divide ourselves based on where were once from, but unite where we now are, and strive for a better tomorrow.

Demi Raja dan Negara. Happy Hari Merdeka.

2004-08-25T11:21:00.000+08:00

Fly the Flag

In conjunction with National day, i shall "fly" this geomatricly and proportionally correct flag i created. :D

Merdeka!

2004-08-24T21:05:00.000+08:00

Our Earth at Night.

Majestic no? Makes everybody's big problems seem so small and insignificant doesn't it?

Image from NASA's Visible Earth project.

2004-08-23T20:43:00.000+08:00

AlamAnda

I went to find the new mall in PutraJaya today. AlamAnda is your regulat middle class shopping comples, the usual suspects like 'nicole', Giodano, and teh rest are there. There are 3 opticians, a couple of watch shops, jewelers and fast food. Food wise there KFC, Pizzahut, A&W, DAiryQueen and StarBucks. The golden archers seem to be missing. Carrefour will open on the 29th.

Anyhow, whats not so typical of the mall is the architecture. It's built to a modern western design, that is a simulated outdoor street, except it's indoors and air conditioned. However, there are indoor palm trees and real sunlight abounds. Nice. Also, theres an outdoor area with a big fountain, ala KLCC.

So, i'm cooking my own dinners now. I prepped all the food back home over the weekend and freeze it, then all i have to do is cook it over here. Made 2 packs of chicken chops and 2 packs of pasta. Had a chicken chop today, it came out quite well, but i wonder how long i can keep this up before work becomes too hectic for me to cook...

2004-08-13T00:17:00.000+08:00

IDEAS!!!!!!

I'm supposed to have 3 ideas for my Interactive Multimedia class tomorrow but i'm drawing blanks!!!!

I NEED IDEAS!!!!!!!!

I realise that i have this thing about building functional stuff. If it doesn't do anything, it's not interesting. So all my ideas are for soemthign that serves a purpose. But my lectureres say all those ideas are too 'safe' and i ought to do soemthing way out or radical...

go figure...

2004-08-11T01:28:00.000+08:00

Very sorry!

Sorry to my visitors about the lack of updates. I’ve been well... lazy…

Last weekend, I went to Ikea and bought new furniture for the study room at home… I was driving there with my cousin and suddenly, stand still traffic on the highway at 10 a.m on a Sunday... WTF? Turns out they closed the MRR2 and only decided to tell people the day after. Sammy Vellu can’t get dumber then that. I mean, if you are going to close a huge section of a major highway, shouldn’t it make front page news the day BEFORE and not AFTER you do it? Wasted an hour of my Sunday.

Also on the same day, I realised just how much the Proton Gen.2 actually sucks. My dad’s Gen.2, which has a water proofing problem which resulted in corrosion which required major repairs, had another problem. The driver’s side window literally FELL DOWN! So now there’s no driver’s side window.

So I guess the CEO of Proton was seriously talking out of his anal cavity when he said that the Gen.2 wouldn't have the problems with Quality Control and build issues like older Protons. How else do you explain a car requiring 2 major repairs with only 6000 km on the odometer?

Monday, saw Selina, my ex classmate, who is now studying at LUCT for lunch. Or sort of. Ever since Cook Shack moved into the MDTC, it’s the most popular stall and I spent the better part of lunch queuing for my food, so didn’t get to chat with Selina much. Have to really do it again, this time with actual talking. :P

Today, my downloading of movies is complete. I downloaded 6. Today I saw ‘Code46’ and ‘Office Space’. Office Space is a 3rd rate, so called comedy starring Ron Livingston (Berger in Sex and the City) and Jennifer Aniston. Not worth watching. Heck, not even funny.

Code46 on the other hand, is quite an interesting film. It’s basically an art film, produced by the BBC and some unknown production company. But it’s was technically smooth, no obvious bad FX and the story is actually quite thought provoking. If you have time, go download and watch it. More about the movie at IMDB.

Anyway, that’s all for now, will try and post more often.

2004-08-03T22:29:00.000+08:00

DOOM³ RoxXXX!!!!!!

I'm back in CyberJaya and I just installed DOOM³. And it seriously kicks ass !!!!!!

College starts this week and I just registered yesterday. So i guess i have like to the end of this week to get all my gaming done before hell breaks loose again... oh wait... isn't DOOM³ about hell breaking loose?... WargGGGGGGg!!!!!!! *fires machine gun*

Anyway, the lack of updates over the weekend was because, as i mentioned, i was working at PC fair and too tired to update. I was sellign NetGear Routers. I must say that prices on alot of stuff has dropped. DVD writers are not like 350 and CD writers and at a shocking rm 95 each. Damm. I rememeber i paid 700 bucks for one of those sometime back.

Other changes also include security now being thighter at PC fair, they inspect bags now and installed CCTVs just to watch the door for the fair. Also, there is now a WiFi service for exibitors.

Also of interest, Ede's CookShack is now in the MDTC! YAY! As a classmate of mine puts it, "Ericsson is now obsolete".

2004-07-29T14:03:00.000+08:00

Canteen Day!!

I went for Stella's Canteen Day today, took the above pics.

More pictures from me can be found at www.viceice.tk

2004-07-28T02:38:00.000+08:00

I’m In CyberJaya.

I just spent my weekend being lazy… Basicly eating, sleeping and playing with my PC… It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to do this.

Highlights of my lazy weekend.

Game Played: Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Really cool game, the sequel to the original splinter cell. I feel the storyline and the playability has improved over the original, the familiar interface has been polished, and the graphics are stunning. Though maybe the graphics seem this way because my old PC can’t render as well :P

Food Eaten: Nissin Sukiyaki Ramen.

Best instant noodles EVER! Everyone ought to try it. I got mine from Tesco to give it a try and I love it. Must buy more!!!

Also, I was at 1 Utama 2 days ago, as Pat was working there and I went to meet her for lunch. I realise the price of food has gone way up there. We ate at Burger king, and among us all we bought were 1 value meal and 1 burger alone and it came to a whooping rm19! I guess that’s why it’s called a Whooper.

Laziness lazed: A heck of a lot. I games up till 3 a.m last night and slept until 1. woo… hahaha

Anyway, this has to end soon, I have to go back to KL tomorrow (later today rather) and clear my room so my mom can use the space, as it’s been choked full of junk from when we packed up so work could be done to the house.

Then Thursday I’ve got work. It’s build up day for the PC Fair this weekend and it’s going to be a string of long and tiring days until Sunday.

Then Monday it’s back to college… Arge!

2004-07-23T01:18:00.000+08:00

Holiday?

It's the holidays, you pack up and head for home with a sigh of relief. Relief that all that work you've been doing for the past many months have been all done and you're off to the familier comfort of home.

Then when you get home, right after the initial excitement wears off you suddenly long for your cramped but cosy little room that barely weeks ago you were longing to get out of.

Thats the general feeling I have right now. I miss my little room in CyberJaya. Sure at home I have all i want to eat, it's close to alot of shopping, i have my bed, air conditioning, hot showers, alot of space, and best of all, Family.

But between it all, I miss the silence, being alone, the LACK of air conditioning, spending hours vagetating infront of my PC, having supper with a certain friend...

I think I'll go back this weekend and stay a few days.

2004-07-19T23:21:00.000+08:00

Not again!

Why are computers breaking down so much lately? Last week my PC died, apparently some coils overloaded and the mother board blew. Then a friend of mine lost a monitor. Now, I bought a new mother board for another project and that isn’t booting either…

This is utterly frustrating!!!!!!!

I’m buying a new PC. But sadly, for some reason I can’t get the A64 I wanted. What is it with AMD and this country anyway? The finally assembly for a lot of their processors are done in this country, yet for some reason when I want one I can’t get one short of parallel importing one.

Anyhow, I have loads more to say but I’m too tired to write. Will post later.

2004-07-17T01:07:00.000+08:00

It’s half past midnight, I finally got back from a night out... YAY! My girl finally managed to get out… This is the first time where we actually spent the night out late…

Anyway, I picked her up after driving for almost 2 hours because of the jam the heavy rain had caused and we met up with Wern Jin and Richard and their respective girlfriends for dinner at Mid Valley.

Then we went to Ming Tien at Sunway and ate some more!

We were actually going to play pool, but all the ladies didn’t like the idea, so we just sat around and chatted a lot. Wern Jin’s girl apparently went for National Service, and when I asked her about it, she said it was very interesting; interesting in the most sarcastic manner possible. Apparently for character development, they were made to play games normally played by kindergarten children, and mutiny ensured. Najib and his bright ideas, way to go!

It was a good night none the less.

2004-07-15T23:49:00.000+08:00

Sigh….

Yesterday, after building racks for the storeroom at home, I managed to get my fish tank back to shape. (Yay!) I buffed away all the calcified crusts that were forming and repainted the lamp and the rack... Looks better then it ever did... I also redecorated the interior of the tank and I’m kind of proud of it. I finally built a big tunnel in it so that the large Black Ghost I have in it has a comfy place to hide.

Also, I had a hair cut, the usual, which was long overdue as my hair had grown into a mop…

Then came some frustration… Sigh… What is it with over protective parents? My Girl’s parents are still treating her like a kid, even though she’s already 20. It’s so frustrating to not be able to do stuff sometimes.

Anyway, I decided to spend last night at Mid-Valley, working on getting a new PC, then I found out that Richard, an old school mate who was with me when in was in NZ was working at the CD shop there.

SO we went out to yam char after he got off work. Not a bad way to end the day I guess.

Today, I made lunch and figured out a way to make a good mac ‘n cheese without it tasting like crap. Yay! Also, I watch the July 11th edition of Top Gear which I downloaded last nigh. Jeremy Clarkson is just hilarious.

Anyway, I’m exhausted now, spent the evening literary digging up the garden, shovel and all. We are going to fix up the garden next and tomorrow morning we are going off early to pick up new plants.

For those of you who are wondering, I’m more or less recovered from my accident. The lacerations have more or less faded and my leg no longer aches…

Nite all.

2004-07-13T14:48:00.000+08:00

Oh No!

I went back to CyberJaya on Monday night after being away for a week. I powered on the PC, queued up a few downloads on bit torrent and started to play Simpson’s Hit and Run. Suddenly the PC hanged. I rebooted …

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppp…. OH NO!!!! My PC made a croaking sound and died.

Yep, my PC is now officially dead. According to the diagnostic LED display, the motherboard outright failed to initialise… Sigh… Well I guess now I’m forced to buy that new PC I’ve been putting off for a year already. It’s been a good machine I guess, it’s served me well since 2001.

Anyway, the good news is that we’ve finally sorted out the problem with the internet at home that’s been plaguing us since day 1. Apparently the moronic contractor that put in the caballing did a sloppy job and the added line resistance has been screwing with the dial up and DSL signals. So now it’s fixed and I can finally enjoy broadband over our Wifi AP at home.

So to anyone out there that has been having frequent problems with your net connection and Telekom has never been able to fix it, have an electrician come in and check all your lines. Remember, you must solder all the connections, as simply twisting and taping it will degrade DSL signal quality.

2004-07-11T00:52:00.000+08:00

Urg… Sorry about the lack of updates. I’v been very busy lately, the renovations going on at home are in it’s final stages, the paint job is done, the new doors are in and the new furniture is just... beautiful.. Just the final touches still need to be done. You know what they say about perfection. You spend 50% more effort for 10% more quality.

Also, my aunt, uncle and 2 cousins from East Malaysia arrived Thursday night, and I’ve been going around with them. Friday afternoon I went with them to Ikano Power Centre, where they went nuts in Ikea and then crazy over the 94.5% fat free Gelato in Ikano.

Then today I played the role of driver and guide and took then around mid my shopaholic cousin went absolutely bananas and we spent about 10 hours there, shopping, eating, then eating then shopping some more. I also bought a new cordless phone set for the house, 10 DVD-Rs (real cheap) and helped my cousin buy a new PC.

Tomorrow we will be going to Seramban to pay respects to my departed grand parent and to eat.. urge… have to wake up early….

In other news, my bike is back from the shop. They did a pretty good job, and it looks better then the day I got it. I haven’t given it a ride yet, I might in the morning before we go to Negeri… So Cel, looks like you’re going to get that ride… hehe

Also, we finally got a new guy to take the room in CyberJaya… YAY!!! Thank God!!

Anyway, I’ll write more later, I got to log into the bank website and pay my landlord.