allaboutF - a story of my life

Remix

2009-04-04T00:16:00.005+08:00

I always downloaded remix music to be use while in the gym. When I go on a treadmill or ski machine I love to listen to fast beat remix music. Recently I got bored of listening to the remix based on other people's taste, so I compiled my own one.

I am sharing this if you are interested to download. This is the first time I compiled a remix music so probably the quality isn't top notch. There are also part when I joined two songs it sound a little awkward, oh well!

You will probably enjoy the last track at minute 29:30. Lets smile and gelek gelek.....uhuh...gelek...

http://www.zshare.net/audio/58139175f6cf382d/

Want something more and different

2009-03-29T09:50:00.003+08:00

It is very common that most people work for other people. Your life is a little stagnant there is not much changes in life. It gets a little bore at time and you lure for more, but you are not sure what. It is like you are trying to reach for the star, you knew it is up there but you can never reach to it. That feeling is annoying, dissapointing and just depressing.

I want to explore the world and enjoy the nature's beauty. I want to conquer the Hilmalayas, the South Pole. I want to take a lot of photographs of nature's beauty in my own way, different from others, a unique creation from the eyes of me. I want to learn how to fly, not only a small one engine aircraft but up to the the larger B737. There area lot of things that I want to do in life, but one thing restricting me from doing it.

MONEY! I do not have the fund.

So, I'm back to work, working for people - sigh!

Let's laugh

2009-03-23T00:00:00.002+08:00

Depression

2009-03-22T22:12:00.003+08:00

Depression drains yourself making it difficult in dealing everything in your life be it work or personal. Being depressed, you lure for happiness and feeling satisfied. Being depressed makes your chest feels tight like there is something that you want to let go or achieve but you have no idea what it is. Have you ever had this feeling?

Sometimes it feels like life is meaningless, what it means to be alive, to work and to earn money. Sometimes you will question why is this world is like it is? Things that you don't understand, leads to more questions and there is no answer.

This is some suggestion from the web about depression:

Turn to trusted friends and family members. Share what you’re going through with the people you love and trust. Ask for the help and support you need

Try to keep up with social activities even if you don’t feel like it. When you’re depressed, it feels more comfortable to retreat into your shell. But being around other people will make you feel less depressed.

aim for 8 hours of sleep. Depression typically involves sleep problems. Whether you’re sleeping too little or too much, your mood suffers

Expose yourself to a little sunlight every day

Identify your stressors. Figure out all the things in your life that are stressing you out. Examples include: work overload, unsupportive relationships, substance abuse, taking on too much, or health problems. Once you’ve identified your stressors, you can make a plan to avoid them or minimize their impact.

Go easy on yourself. Many depressed people are perfectionists, holding themselves to impossibly high standards and then beating themselves up when they fail to meet them. Battle this source of self-imposed stress by challenging your negative ways of thinking.

Plan ahead. If you know your stress triggers and limits, you will be able to identify and avoid many landmines. If you sense trouble ahead, protect yourself by dipping into your wellness toolbox and saying “no” to added responsibility.

Boost your B vitamins. Deficiencies in B vitamins such as folic acid and B-12 can trigger depression. To get more, take a B-complex vitamin supplement or eat more citrus fruit, leafy greens, beans, chicken, and eggs.

Practice mindful eating. Slow down and pay attention to the full experience of eating. Enjoy the taste of your food

Think outside yourself. Ask yourself if you’d say what you’re thinking about yourself to someone else. If not, stop being so hard on yourself. Think about less harsh statements that offer more realistic descriptions.

Keep a “negative thought log”. Whenever you experience a negative thought, jot down the thought and what triggered it in a notebook. Review your log when you’re in a good mood. Consider if the negativity was truly warranted. For a second opinion, you can also ask a friend or therapist to go over your log with you.

Replace negatives with positives. Review your negative thought log. Then, for each negative thought, write down something positive. For instance, “My boss hates me. She gave me this difficult report to complete” could be replaced with, “My boss must have a lot of faith in me to give me so much responsibility.”

Socialize with positive people. Notice how people who always look on the bright side deal with challenges, even minor ones, like not being able to find a parking space. Then consider how you would react in the same situation. Even if you have to pretend, try to adopt their optimism and persistence in the face of difficulty.

Five things suck about working in IT

2009-01-29T08:15:00.003+08:00

You get a lot of fingers pointed at you - This is so true, all the departments or organization in your company will finger point to IT when there is something disrupting them from doing their work. They always use IT as an excuse for not being productive.

People assume you’re an expert in all things tech - Of course most IT guy are highly intelligent and full of enthusiasm (I don't deny there are some retarded one). However we don't know everything. Just because we dealt with computers, it does not mean we sleep with computers too (Unless they produce a fucking machine run by computer and act like a real human being, we might sleep with machine some days). There are many areas in IT, not every IT guy are trained in all areas. By the way IT is not all about fixing a broken computer or a computer infected by threat (virus, trojan, malware, etc). Those IT project managers who knows shit about computers are in IT too, but in their specific area.

You have to continually re-train, on your own dime - In the past 10 years IT has evolved more than any other job industry. Our knowledge might get absolute within months - We, IT guy have to get re-train from time to time.

The hours are long and irregular - Yes we do work long hours. I on the other side work less hours when I'm in KL, but when I'm on site within a week I would have covered almost 2 weeks work hours for a normal IT guy. So basically it balanced.

The job market is tumultuous and in transition - Look around you, dont you think this is true? It's uproarious and moving really fast. Remember most computer about 10 years ago only comes with 64MB/128MB/256MB of RAM? . A typical computer today would have at least 1GB or RAM. Every industry in the world are now depending on IT; contruction, food, transportation, manufacturing - everything requires a highly tech robot/machine provided by IT and engineering. Look at 20 years ago, are the dependencies as high as of now? So do you think this is good or bad? Be your own judge.

Changing to a new car

2009-01-28T23:06:00.003+08:00

I have been thinking recently, to trade in my current car to a new one. However a few friends advised not and make another long term commitment in this economic situation.

So here is a list of what I love about my current car:

The engine sounds like A320/A330, sometimes I can hear my car's engine while I'm flying on A320/A330. I dont think a new car would produce that kind of engine noise

When I drove my car it feels like I'm driving a train, sometimes I pretend that the white lines on the road are the rail and I'm in a train cockpit cruising like a Shinkansen. No other new car would give me the same joy like driving a Shinkansen.

All 4 power windows on my car are no longer functional. I like it for the fact that my car is unique, I had to open my door to pay toll. A new car would not give the uniqueness of my current car

The colour of my car is just perfect for people like me. I wash my car every 6-8 months. However due to the colour, it never look dirty. A new car would require me to maintain it and wash it every 2 weeks - what a waste of money and energy!

No people wants to steal my car, they tried to break in and they changed their mind and decided not to. It would be hard to take care of a new car.

So I'm going to keep my car for now. Love my car :-p

2008

2009-01-03T01:03:00.003+08:00

2008 has been a year where I faced up and down emotionally. It is also a year when I was under a lot of pressure and being influenced to make certain decision that I am not ready to make. I am glad that I did not make the decision, it's 2009 now and I am still standing strong. I have been weak emotionally and I shall never let it continue in 2009 - not a chance, not by anyone or 'it'

I have spent 45% of the time in 2008 on a business trip. I believe 2009 is no different from last year, there will be more business trip and hopefully if the current economic situation is not killing my industry hopefully there will be more projects thus providing more income to the company and more benefits to the employee.

Where was I in 2008?

2009-01-03T00:58:00.001+08:00

Jan-Jun 2008
01 Jan - 21 Jan ________Kuala Lumpur_______21 days
22 Jan - 28 Feb _______ Sydney__________37 days
29 Feb - 09 Mar _______ Kuala Lumpur____10 days
10 Mar - 14 Mar _______ Singapore________5 days
15 Mar - 15 Mar ________Kuala Lumpur_____1 day
16 Mar - 29 Mar _______Sydney__________14 days
30 Mar - 12 Apr _______ Kuala Lumpur_____14 days
13 Apr - 26 Apr _______ Sydney__________14 days
27 Apr - 01 Jun _______Kuala Lumpur_____36 days
31 May - 21 Jun _______ Sydney, Melbourne__22 days (5 days Melb)
22 Jun - 31 Jun _______Kuala Lumpur_____9 days

Jul-Dec 2008
01 Jul - 06 Jul_________Kuala Lumpur______6 days
07 Jul - 11 Jul _________Singapore_________5 day
12 Jul - 24 Jul _________Kuala Lumpur______13 days
25 Jul - 06 Sep ________Sydney___________44 days
07-Sep - 26 Nov _______Kuala Lumpur______80 days (torturing time-no work-gaji buta)
27 Nov - 19 Dec _______Manila____________23 days
20Dec - 31 Dec _______Kuala Lumpur_______12 days

Kuala Lumpur______________________201 days
Sydney___________________________126 days
Singapore__________________________10 days
Melbourne__________________________5 days
Manila____________________________23 days

Something to share

2008-09-09T22:07:00.001+08:00

Today just after break fasting mom told me a heart broken tragedy happened to an ex primary school mate of mine. Though I have not been in contact with him for more than 18 years but this story really touches my heart. 'Is' w... Read Moreas in the same class with me during Primary 3 and 4. Mom heard from her friend that Is has been found dead at a dumpster near the housing community we used to live. They said he is HIV+ since many years ago and he has died due to AIDS. He has an addiction to drug since school time. He was put into a juvenile detention just before he turned 15 and he has been in and out of the center through out his life. I heard couple of years ago, he asked to be put into detention again. He told his parent that he could not face the community, he felt like an alien. He has also tried committing suicide when he was 17.

Though I have not been in contact with him since 18 years ago, he is still a person who deserve an Al-Fatihah....

Al-Fatihah~

Where was I this year?

2008-07-21T11:00:00.004+08:00

Jan-Jun 2008
01 Jan - 21 Jan ________Kuala Lumpur_______21 days
22 Jan - 28 Feb _______ Sydney__________37 days
29 Feb - 09 Mar _______ Kuala Lumpur____10 days
10 Mar - 14 Mar _______ Singapore________5 days
15 Mar - 15 Mar ________Kuala Lumpur_____1 day
16 Mar - 29 Mar _______Sydney__________14 days
30 Mar - 12 Apr _______ Kuala Lumpur_____14 days
13 Apr - 26 Apr _______ Sydney__________14 days
27 Apr - 01 Jun _______Kuala Lumpur_____36 days
31 May - 21 Jun _______ Sydney, Melbourne__22 days (5 days Melb)
22 Jun - 31 Jun _______Kuala Lumpur_____9 days

1st 1/2 2008
Kuala Lumpur______________________91 days
Sydney___________________________82 days
Singapore__________________________5 days
Melbourne_________________________5 days

Jul-Dec 2008
01 Jul - 06 Jul_________Kuala Lumpur______6 days
07 Jul - 11 Jul _________Singapore_________5 day
12 Jul - 24 Jul _________Kuala Lumpur______13 days
25 Jul - 06 Sep ________Sydney___________44 days
07-Sep - .... __________Kuala Lumpur

Not in the mood

2008-07-14T13:55:00.003+08:00

I'm actually not in a mood to write. Just a few days ago I blocked public access to the blog
because I accidentally exposed the URL to the down-syndrome person. However after thinking more about it, I decided to re-open the blog; - this is my blog, I can write about anything and everything and who cares if DS read this or not.

It's already July 2008 - I couldn't believe 6.5 months had already past since the day I celebrated New Year in Genting Highland! My grandmother always told when I was still a kid; that I will realise time flies much faster than when I'm still a kid. I couldn't agree more. I'm experiencing that now. I have been really committed to work since early this year, leaving less time for myself. I'm thinking of taking a week of for holiday or spend some time for myself, however I need to travel again next week or the following week, plus I need to put an application for annual leave at least ~~10 years~~ 1 to 2 months earlier. This leaves me hesitant to even trying applying for AL. FYI, I have already put an advance application for an annual leave in April 2009 - I'm going to Bali, Woohoo!

Anyway, I'm lazy to write more - I should go back to work now. For the meantime, enjoy the clips - I hope the clip can entertain you for a few minutes. There are too many sad people in KL, I hope you're not one of them.

Please also read an article by a friend DestinyStep titled 'A bankrupt next generation?' It's the posting dated 10-Jul-08.

How to beat the claw game?

How To Beat The Claw Game - Amazing videos are here

Womens autowar

Womens Autowar - More bloopers are a click away

Another update

2008-06-14T08:52:00.001+08:00

I have not been posting for a while due to busy schedule. This year I have been traveling quite often for work and I am tired of it. Just early this week I felt very depressed and disturb thinking of how long I will be away from those that I love and care about; family and friends. What about my lifestyle - I am a movie freak; I would watch at least 1 movie a week in KL. But when I am on travel I do not get to watch movies. The ticket is too expensive and I could not afford it after conversion. My company only give me advance money, no such thing as travel allowance. For whatever I spend on, I need a receipt. I would like to re-negotiate with my manager about travel allowance which means if there is an extra money I did not spend on, I can keep it. And with travel allowance I have more flexibility of what I want to spend the money on, movie, entertainment, anything. But with advance money I can only spend limited to food, transportation and food and transportation only. Entertainment for me now if for me to go out dining with clients or customers ONLY. Nothing benefits me with advance money. And NO movie!

That is not really the major cause of me feeling depressed. What really causing it is time - I woke up this morning thinking about the way how I celebrated New Year eve at Genting Highlands and I thought it was just a few weeks ago. Then there was a big slap on my face! I woke up twice realizing that actually happens about half a year ago! I then sat down thinking about what has happened to the few months in between January and June 2008? Where is my February, March, April and May 2008? I can not remember all the occurrence in my life within these few months, and for sure I did not enjoy it. When I put a lot more thought I think back how many times I actually spend quality time with my mom? How many times have I really give her a hug? How many times has she cried when I have to leave her at home alone for a few weeks or months. Is this what I want in life? I can for sure get a job in KL with at least the same pay or slightly lower or maybe higher, but the experience that I get from this company is very regressive. Its more forward than working in KL. However the effect of time moving too fast give a huge impact in one's life. I believe the impact is probably the same as alien abduction victim; both psychological and emotional.

I need another holiday! I have a holiday booked for April 2009 but that is still a long way to go. I need a quick one when I am in KL soon.

For the past 2 weeks I have been on site at the major trading house in Sydney working on Avaya and British Telecom for Smarts monitoring. Next week I have one week in Richmond, Victoria to deliver a 3 days training for Service Assurance Manager to about 10 students from a major real-estate company in Australia. Then the next 2 days I will be attending ASL for Service Assurance Manager training to be conducted by my colleague. On friday night I will be back to Sydney. Most probably I will fly back to KL for 1-2 weeks to settle of some personal matters and then back to Melbourne for another 2 days on 2nd and 3rd July delivering training for Smarts IP then back to KL. I will have 3 weeks in KL hopefully (if Phillipines is not kicking in early) and then on 25th July back to Sydney. I'm not sure what is the schedule like after July, but I'm sure when I realize it, it is already another New Year!

An empty street at Kings Cross

Only 6621km away

Some video clips

2008-05-30T12:58:00.002+08:00

Andrew Sings Pie Jesu - Watch the best video clips here

Where is He? - More amazing videos are a click away

Animaniacs - Yakko World Country Song - Funny home videos are a click away

Freaky Creatures - Click here for funny video clips

MP4 Player

2008-05-12T13:34:00.004+08:00

Honestly, I don't know what to write about. I just thought that I need to keep my blog active by contributing some update/post.

I've been wanting to buy an iPod for ages, not that I can not afford to buy it soon enough but I had a life principle which I established about 2 years ago (when I was in bad financial
situation) a personal budget. Everything that I were to spend for must be carefully calculated and recorded in my budget spreadsheet.

It was a really good move, I managed to finish off my credit card debt just last month and my only debt now is the monthly car installment which I hope to introduce a plan for myself to finish it off before end of the tenure period. I have not work out a plan for that yet but I am confident that before I turn 32 I would be debt free (including car). For housing I have not making any decision yet.

Back to the mp3 player, I did not buy an iPod; instead I bought a samsung T10 mp4 player which has a good quality sound and very clear screen. You can barely see any pixel dot on the screen. The best thing about T10 is it has bluetooth capability. So you can do file transfer over the air. On top of that you can pair the mp4 player with your phone and make/receive phone call from your mp4 player. When it is already paired and you're listening to music on the player any incoming call would pause the music currently playing and you can see who is calling on the mp4 player screen and decide if you want to answer or not. All these functions comes at a price of RM400 (USD125). I'm quite happy with it and I'm glad that I did not spend for the overprice iPod nano.

Some new pictures from Ettalong Beach

2008-04-21T06:18:00.002+08:00

Just a beach view during low tide. This is a lagoon, the hill further up is the opening to the open sea.

Looks like grapes from the sea. What is it?

When I grow up, I want a bigger boat!

Okay, I know my hand looks very dry - I've already bought a good lotion. I wish I can buy Creme de La Mer - maybe I should.

Training and Satisfaction

2008-04-21T06:03:00.003+08:00

My company has organised a training for one the new product in the Ettalong Beach office today and tomorrow. The last we had training in the office was mid of last year. It is always nice to have a training in the office here, I don't have to travel far to get to the training center and the best is, I dont have to wake up too early! With the last training we had a Red Indian trainer from the US. He is a very nice guy who travels all around the world to deliver training. The last I heard from my colleague who was talking to him on the phone, he was in Moscow delivering training for that particular product. And for today's training - I'm not sure if the trainer comes from the US. I wasn't briefed about it. But last week we had a meeting with Sr Director of Product Marketing from Ohio, US and Product Mgr of Apps Mgmt Solutions from Ontario Canada. I can tell the Product Mgr is a metrosexual guy. From his coat down to his shoes they're all branded - I can tell. I asked if he is coming down to our office next week, he said he wish he could but he is heading back to Ontario. Too bad!

Anyhow, this is whats happening this week - just training and continuing of the project I was involved for the past weeks and months at one of the Global Financial House

Last week I solved an issue not known by anyone in the company at one of the Oil and Gas Company in Sydney. I was on site with my new colleague and can be considered I am alone working on the issues. Anyhow, by 6:30pm the problem was solved and customer is happy - I did a follow up call the next day and the system is still working fine. Besides I am still working on the first deployment in Australia for ESM - Apparently my boss told me it is the first in the world too! There are some issues and missing bits and pieces which has been communicated through to the US. I am still waiting for response for the next step for the deployment.

My heart saddened

2008-03-30T07:16:00.002+08:00

I was out on an assignment in the Sydney CBD today for one of the global oil and gas company. It was a half a day assignment and we finished on the dot by noon. On the way back to central coast, we stopped by the central station. My colleague decided that we should have lunch at the station before heading back to central coast; therefore we will not be starving for the 1.5 hours journey on the train. He had the usual fast food meal set, while i chose something which is more 'healthy', roasted lamb with side dishes; baked potato with cheese, baked pumpkin and some steamed vegetables.

The portion was big, I only ate half of the serving. It gets too windy and I moved all the left over to the table next to us. A school of Seagulls came and ate the left over, I found it interesting, I even recorded a video clip of it. My colleague was just laughing at me and a few people just looked at me. They created a mess on the table and on the floor

A few minutes later, a guy in a trench coat walked pass by me and head in the direction of that table. He picked up the left over food on the floor and ate it. There are some more on the plates and he ate it all. He dont seem to care at all the people looking at him. My heart just dropped, my eyes gets teary and my colleague was asking me why. I said nothing--just dust gets into my eyes. I felt very saddened seeing how people would eat left over food by either human or animal. It makes me wonder, how in this modern and civilized world, there are still people living at the very least of the basic necessity (food,home,etc).

We're very lucky that we can afford to buy our own meal. We're very lucky to have a living that some people could not have.

No matter how difficult our living is, there are some people out there facing the worst living than us.

P/S: You can see in the video clip, how seagulls ate the food and what is left for the man.

F

Public Nudity? Public sex....

2008-03-18T18:31:00.000+08:00

I heard noises of boys fighting from outside. Somehow I felt nervous about it, I wanted to take a look out. However I'm staying on the very first floor and the balcony is just open to public. Anyone could climb in and get into my room. But this time my heart is pounding faster and I kept telling myself I had to take a peek. The noise is getting louder, there must be a group of five of boys at least, probably drunk. At least that is how they sounds like. I thought I could probably pretend that I'm outside at the balcony for a smoke. I went searching my bag for the cigarette pack, I found one and went out to the balcony to light it up.

Out of my usual expression, my eyes almost popping out. My heart pounding much faster than it ever was before. Right in front of my eyes I saw two naked boys, probably in their 19's. They were hugging and kissing each other and a group of girls and boys circling around them. Anyone walking past by the group could not see what is in the circle. The two boys are still hugging and kissing. One of them is taller and muscular than the other which is slim fit and shorter. The taller boy hold the shorter boy's neck tight and smooch hard into his lips. The group are getting louder, they cheer and shouting names. I heard Jamie and Oliver. I'm not sure which is which, but I'm guessing Jamie is the tall muscular boy and Oliver is the shorter one.

The whole things lasted for almost half and hour, it start from a plain vanilla till the hardcore. For your information, Oliver is dominating Jamie on the floor, though Jamie looks like he is suppose to be one. Once they are done, Jamie and Oliver get dressed and I saw Jamie taking out a stack of cash out of his wallet. He started handing them over to the crowd, that puzzle me. Why did he gave them money?

The crowd disappears and Jamie and Oliver move out of my sight. Silence takes place again, and all I can hear is just a smooth night breeze. That night, I could not sleep thinking about what has happened right in front of my eyes in the public place. And the question why would Jamie hand over money to the crowd.

The next morning when I was coming out from the front door, I stumbled across Oliver! He is my next door neighbor!

Cracking noise

2008-02-28T04:09:00.000+08:00

As I was enjoying the calm and quietness in the bath tab I heard a cracking noise. It sounds very sharp as if it was very near. But it can't be, it must be my mind playing tricks on me due to anxiety. I let it go and enjoy my warm bath. There, it came again, I swear to god I heard the crack noise once more! What the hell is happening? Is this building going under! I am at level 4, if the building collapse survival is the last chance I could think of. "Crack"... "Crack"... "Crack"... There was the noise again! The 3 loud cracking noise instantly get me out of the bath tab to investigate further what is happening. As I was standing next to the bath tab I can feel a slight vibration on the floor. I thought there was an earthquake, but it can not be! As I move away from the bath tab to the living hall, I heard a loud noise; the bath tab just collapsed into the level below! I can not believe my eyes!

Goro-Goro

2008-02-23T16:27:00.000+08:00

A huge black figure creeping into my room while I'm sleeping. I had a bolster between my legs, the black entity removes it onto the floor. The local people called it Goro-Goro. It is an unsettled soul of a single women who died of a broken heart. There are too many sightings of it in this town, but I do not believe them. Many town has many of it's own folklore. I thought it is one of them, but until it appears right in front of my own eyes, I couldn't believe more. However I question myself again, is this what they called the Goro-Goro? I am not sure, I would love to investigate more, but I am already hits by paranoia now. I need to get myself up and escape myself to safety. But the Goro-Goro is already holding both my legs up the air. I am struggling hard to lift off my legs from Goro-Goro, but the black cold entity is so strong and numbness started to travel down from my toe slowly crawling down to my knee. I can feel my body lifted from the bed floor. Goro-Goro took me out of the bed and started floating me off the air. It went to the balcony and jumped of it. Still flying, and holding both my legs I am suspended in the air while my legs are secured in the Goro-Goro's hand and my head is at the bottom. Blood rushes down to my head and out of sudden I knew that I am going to lose my consciousness. My view slowly turned dark and I am not sure what happens then.

Sway me left and right

2008-02-23T09:49:00.004+08:00

3 weeks lack of sleep and 3 weeks dedicating my life for work. 150 hours delivering work in 3 weeks not inclusive of another 45 hours traveling time. Hectic!

The 2 stories suburban train was passing by Mount Ku-rin-gai Chase station and it started swaying left and right heavily than usual. I look out at the crowd but nobody seems to be disturb of it. I look out the window and we're just passing by the edge of the mountain probably about 400 meters from the ground level. Out of sudden the train stopped, a city express train passed by. My train started moving again with a loud metal clicking noise at start and started swaying heavily again.

I just close my eyes, wishing that nothing is wrong. I just want to get back home; have dinner and off to bed. I'm too tired to get involve with anything else. After 10 minutes the train is still moving slowly and sways. I started going with the sway, left and right..left and right..left and right...a latin music tune started playing in my ear. Yes, I have an iPod playing the Latin music. Out of sudden, I see everyone started swaying left and right. What I didnt realised was, I was standing right in the center alley and was doing my latin move left and right. Everyone stand up to the center alley and do a snychronise dance with me.

I changed the music on my iPod, this time it was "Good Morning Baltimore" from the movie Hair Spray, and I put it on a loud speaker. The whole carriage turn into stage for a musical theater. It was fantastic, everyone are dancing and singing. We move from car to car, and more people are joining us singing and dancing. There was an old lady with a walking stick dancing with us. The whole train journey was indeed very fun! It was brilliant, I didnt realise that when the train started swaying it is an indication that the passenger should start sways with the train. It true what they used to tell me, one should make the train happy by singing and dancing in it. The trains here are a living soul and they do harm things if they're not happy. A train ride last night was an experience that I'll never forget all my life. And this town is full of mystery yet to be discover.

Until then, F

Smoking

2007-10-28T22:21:00.001+08:00

I have not been smoking over the weekend. It is now 10:21pm on Sunday and my craving has gone up to the max. I was watching the documentary about Victoria Beckham- "What's eating Victoria" and they do talked about her smoking ciggerate and my craving comes right on the spot! I feel like driving out to the nearest 7-11 or petrol station to get a pack of ciggerate. But maybe I should try holding it for a bit more and see how it goes. But for sure I do not want to wake up in the middle of the night with the craving and disrupt my sleep. Arghhh......

Saisaki

2007-10-28T20:01:00.000+08:00

I had dinner with Alexis at Saisaki on Saturday night. This is my second time to Saisaki. They have great selection of buffet dinner, see some pictures below.

Job Opportunity

2007-10-26T15:42:00.000+08:00

I received a phone call from CT Bank SG for a post there. Told the I'm not looking for now, but then he started talking about the package and benefits, etc. Still I told them I'm not looking for one now and he still continue talking about the opportunity. I am not going to move job now coz I'm getting older (tired of changing job) and I don't want to be relocated to Singapore (at least for now).

And today I received an email for a job with the same requirement, I wonder if it's related... The email looks simple though. Hmmm.....

The JD looks like a 3 skills being combined. SMARTS itself is a whole huge system which requires a couple years of experience, training and deployment experience to be master with. Whereby UNIX administration and PERL scripting are 2 different skills. Company should've split the JD into at least 2 post. A technical engineer not necessarily should do programming. Of course I dont deny a lot of technical engineer are well verse with programming but it's just like a sales person and an engineer. If a company send a sales person to engage in a pre-sales and the sales person is also a technical engineer, would the client believe what the technical engineer says? Client would think whatever come out from the engineer is part of marketing. Same thing....anyway....I'll pass this one..

Some people may not agree with what I said above, but well....its a free country :-)

From: #######
To: f##########@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:48:25 AM
Subject: EMC SMARTS Postions in Singapore

Pls send your updated profile immediately with the following details :-

Present & Expected Salary, Joining Time, Visa/Resident Status

Find below the JD :-

at least 2 years of experience on EMC SMARTS network management tool. He should have done installation and customization on the SMART product.
known various component in SMARTS such as AM/PM, various protocol such BGP, OSPF .
unix administration
perl scripting

Thanks & Regards

Srini

Phone: +(65) #### 0068; Fax: +(65) #### 1334

Mobile: +(65) #### 4827

www.######.com

###### (S) Pte Ltd

#Philip Street
# 12-03A, Commerce Point
Singapore - 048 693
**************************************************

2007-10-26T11:20:00.000+08:00

Duit Raya

I received my first duit raya from Alex. Quite a lot actually, he surprised me anyway. I didnt expect to receive anymore duit raya at this age actually! Hehe....

Second day of Raya
On a second Raya everyone was enjoying their lemang, rendang, kuah kacang, masak lodeh, ketupat and all raya dishes I had to make my way to Singapore for a week training. I took the Aeroline bus instead of a flight because Tony does'nt want to take flight down to Singapore. I'm quite happy with the coach, it is nice and we sat at the bus lounge through out the journey (yes we're being selfish for not letting others sit at the lounge). I had a terrible motion sickness all the way in the bus.
The food they served in the bus
Beautiful Malaysia

Video clip in the bus

Singapore
We stayed at the Carlton and didn't manage to go around a lot. These are a few pictures I snapped nearby our hotel.
.......... I think they had like 3 or 4 bottles of JD throughout the week, that was just in the hotel bar and does not include drinking at bars outside the hotel.

Tony bought his first helicopter in Sim Lin Center

Sushi King
Me and Alex dining at sushi king in Queens Park. Besides the dishes below, we had a plate of endamame, some sushi plates and crispy prawns with lime juice and mayonnaise.

We like the curry bun. There used to be 3 buns and bigger bowl for the curry, but now it look like they're cutting the quantity and maintain the price! The soft shell crab is not bad actually.

...

Ice Cream
Skyler is leaving to Singapore for a long duration, approximately 1 to 2 months. I had to grab something from him, since I promised him ice cream so we went for this ice cream fondue instead.

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New update

2007-10-22T13:14:00.000+08:00

I'm updating my blog with the feel of disguise, hatred, and annoyed because of my blog template. Who can help me to cut and paste your plain ol blog template (in xml)? Second I've been trying to upload new pictures here for the past few days, however it seems that im losing my bandwidth. Either blogspot's server is too busy or the bastard at TMnet is capping my bandwidth! I reckon those bastards did it!!

Hi

2007-10-14T09:02:00.000+08:00

I'm annoyed and I'm angry with some cheapy blog template! I play around with it and I lost my links and I couldnt remove certain things from my blog. Who can help me send me the plain copy of the blog template (in xml). It seems like I've lost my option for that!

Thanks and regards,
F

Accompanying Tony

2007-10-11T23:40:00.000+08:00

I slept quite late last night, at about 2am. And since I've promised Tony that we're going up to the skybridge today, so I had to wake up early and be there at KLCC by 8:30pm. At 8:30am, the Q is pretty long. They're probably close to 100 peoples there of all nations. We lined up at got our ticket at 8:50am. Our ticket shows that we can only go up at 9:45am.

Tony wanted to have breakfast, I asked him what type of breakfast he wants? He said something local. So I took him to Rasa food court. They're too many choices for him to choose. He asked for my opinion. So I got him teh tarik and roti telur with dhal. Surprisingly, he quite like it and asked me to write down the name of it on a piece of paper. So that he can order that again tomorrow. LOL.

At about 9:30am, we head back to the Twin Tower and Q up again for entrance. Before going up, we'are all requested to sit for a 3D show of the Petronas Corporate video. I dont quite like 3D show. It makes me dizzy. Maybe my brain is still in dormant mode due to tiredness so rare kind of information cant be processed.

The view from the skybridge is alright. Nothing fancy.

After that we head to Low Yatt Plaza. Tony bough a couple of things i.e External HDD, Bluetooth Dongle, Headset and etc. At about 12pm, Tony decided to have something to munch. But he dont want anything heavy as yet. So I took him down to the Low Yatt Plaza food court and we found this store serving Chicken Curry with a toasted bread. Hmmmm.... Yummy...but too bad I'm fasting. So I suggested that to Tony since he likes curry very much. His only complaint was, the curry wasnt spicy! Again, Tony thought the meal was delicious . Dia makan sampai jilat jari!! Sedap sangat ke? I must come and try that after raya!!

We walk back to Sungei Wang and Tony bought a couple of pants, jeans, shirts and souvenirs. I fetched him back to his hotel at about 4pm. Upon reaching home, I took a shower and thought I could rest on the bed for a while, but I fell asleep until at about 6:50pm. That was my tiring day!

New update and Tony in town

2007-10-11T01:13:00.000+08:00

I was quite busy catching up with work recently thats why there is not many updates recently.

I start my day today at about 10am heading to Bank in Bangsar Shopping Center to collect our company cheque book. By 12pm I've already made my way back home to do some grocerries at the local supermarket in my neighborhood. I bought 2 weeks stocks for my mom so that i could leave her alone with ease when I'm singapore next week. At about 1pm I'm already home. I decided to take an hour and a half nap before meeting up Tony and go to the office (Tony is my British colleague from Australia). At about 3:15pm I make my way to Corus Hotel to fetch Tony to KLCC. Reached KLCC at about 4:15pm. Tony complaining that he was hungry and need a bite. So we went to the Signature food court and I start introducing all the local foodstalls to him and bitch about some not nice stalls (i.e the Briyani stall next to the Thai stall). Tony thought all the food are nice and tempting and he dont know what to choose. Since he is not sure I suggest to him to eat BBQ Chicken rice (since that is what I'm going to get if I'm not fasting..kekeke). At about 4:45pm he is done with his meal and we walked a bit in KLCC. He told me that he wanted to get a Nokia phone charger since he left his back at home and his phone battery is flat. So we walked to the Phone shop in KLCC and the N73 phone charger was sold at Rm89. Told him to give me a tick and we walked to Wisma Central. We managed to get the charge for RM10 there!

Then we saw the foot massage flyer of a Siam touch and thought that we could get our feet done. Hmmmm....nice I thought. But the problem is it cost RM68 (not including 5% government tax). Somehow Tony changed his mind and wanted to do body massage. I sticked with my foot reflexology. It was really good! The lady masseur is really a pro!! My feet felt very light. I felt like wanna skipp badly while walking back to KLCC but I did not. (oh by the way, Tony paid for my foot massage:)

In KLCC we went to Cold Storage to get a couple of drinks and buns for my buka puasa bite. We then drive down to Queens Park and reached there exactly at 7pm. We waited for a couple of minutes in the car while waiting for Azan (prayer's call) so that I can break my fasting.

In Queens Park, Tony bought a surfer's shorts. Then we went to Jusco Maluri and he started his budget shopping there. He bought a Camel Cargo Pants, a couple of shirts from FOS and Jusco departmental store, flip flops and some redbull from the supermarket.

Then we head to the shoe section and he wanted to get one of those camel shoes, but not sure which one and was contemplating if he can wear that with Jeans. I told him not to get those yet, coz I dont quite like it. Hehe. He agreed and we walked back to my car at about 9pm.

Then we head for dinner at Quan's Coffee House in Desa Pandan. I had Portugese Fish Rice with 1 litre ice peach tea and he had 3 bottles of Carlsberg with Portugese Chicken Rice. We had a chat until at about 11:40pm.

Then I send him back to his hotel, but on the way back, we stopped by Jalan Ampang right opposite of KLCC and took some pictures.

Tomorrow we will be going for a visit up to the skybridge and then Plaza Low Yatt and Sungei Wang. I need to get shower now and then bed. I had to get up early tomorrow and Q up for the skybridge ticket. Grrr.... I'm very the lazy to wake up early in the morning if I dint get enough sleep~

Maybank

2007-10-08T18:10:00.000+08:00

Can you believe this??? Happened during mid-day on Monday!

Maybank Boleh?????!!!

Driving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2007-10-04T13:21:00.000+08:00

Terengat Kesah Lalu

2007-09-26T12:33:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time in the previous company I work for, I met 3 girls who then became my bestest friend and colleague in the company. This entry is a tribute to them.

2 ratu syok sendiri, berdansa sambil menyanyi. Anyway, they both are great with latin dance. Tengok lagu yang gituer pun menari gelek2. The girl on the right lagi kuat gelek tau. Maybe moon boleh introduce kat Belly dancing kan? Hehe, dont sue me okay girls. Gerek girls!

Dia ni ratu menyanyi pulak, kalau ada pertandingan menyanyi pasti dia ada. Anyhow, kalau time takde pertandingan tuh, kita orang turun kat tingkat kosong kat level 24 (gi smoking) and dia menyanyi lah depan I. Boleh gituer? Sebab tuh diadapat gelaran ratu dari I :)

Lagi satu video clip ratu menyanyi

Anyway, hari nie kita nak try masak nasi beriani, resepi curik dari blog Chek Familsulaiman

Office

2007-09-24T11:17:00.001+08:00

Well, it does not look as empty as before....

The stapler

2007-09-24T10:29:00.000+08:00

This stapler cause a shock of my life this morning. I bought it last friday from Kinokuniya and have not touch it until this morning. As I was about to refill the staples, I accidentally press the button at the top of the stapler, and see what happened. For those who can view the video clip take a look at it. Funky! :D

Wishlist continued...

2007-09-23T23:06:00.000+08:00

Recently I had a wish list posted on by blog. And today I received 3 oil paintings all the way from Hong Kong from Badd. They're so beautiful! Thank you Badd

They're supposed to be for my office, but now I have this evil thought of keeping it for home rather than office. How?

New update

2007-09-22T21:09:00.000+08:00

Busy week

Two of my bosses came down to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of meetings. Being the only employee here, I had to accompany them wherever they go; meeting with client and prospect client, dinner meeting, etc. One of my boss left to Sydney on Thursday night and the other stayed here until Friday night. On friday we only have 1 short meeting with the insurance people, therefore we have plenty of time for ourself. The initial plan is that we are going to buy all the necessity for the office and refurbish it. We went to Low Yatt in the morning to get Multistation Printer, a 22 inch LCD Wide Screen for me self, a wireless Access Point, an external HDD for me self and a wireless mouse for me self. After that we head to KLCC to take all these stuffs back to the office. However my usual parking spot which is near Menara Maxis is full. I had to park my car at the center court, this means we have to take a longer distance to carry those boxes to the office (My hands are still sore for carrying those heavy boxes). Well.. I didnt carry all of them, my boss help to carry half of it. Once we reached office we setup everything while waiting for meeting with insurance people at 2pm. After the meeting, we went down to Kinokuniya to get office stationaries and a power cord and a funky fan from Best Denki. We thought of going to Ikea to get office furnitures, but it is already 4pm and he got to be at the airport at 8pm. Knowing friday traffic is very the 'puaka', we decided to do it next time. In the evening I sent my boss to KLIA for his flight at 10:00pm. I'll post up some pictures of the office on Monday.

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A beautiful apartment

A month ago, I went to visit a showroom of a housing project in KL with a friend. Once I stepped into the house, my heart goes beat twice much faster. I fell in love with the house! However after a few considerations, I decided that I am not ready to buy a house yet.

Bathroom 3

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Study room

Utility Room

Open air bathroom in the master bedroom

Bathroom 2

Kitchen

Living and dining hall

Master bedroom

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Chakkkk!!!!!

Found this in somebody's car.

Eeee malu! Nampak punai!

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Carrefour

We was at Carrefour Alamanda on Thursday, my boss wanted to get some lollies for her daughter. Due to time constraint, I thought it would be a good idea that she get as much as she could from Carrefour because her flight is in 3.5 more hours. But see what happened below

They tied my boss's trolly bag

And the funniest is, they had to tie my McDonald which I bought for buka puasa.

KL Hilton

2007-09-22T20:59:00.000+08:00

View from 33rd Floor

National Museum

Lift Lobby at Executive Floor (Floor 29th onwards)

Plasma TV in the room

Bed and joined bathroom

Belly dancing

2007-09-16T21:41:00.001+08:00

This is for a friend of mine who has developed a passion towards belly dancing. Have fun watching the clip :-)

Found a pic from S.A's travel blog

2007-09-15T06:52:00.000+08:00

I found this pic from S.A's travel blog. Can anyone tell which one is me?
I look so happy in that picture....hmmm....Had so much fun with you guys.

Pollution...

2007-09-14T15:39:00.001+08:00

I was reading The Star article about 10 most polluted sites in the world. It sounds like our world has come nearing to the end of its life. Modernization, which brings glorious life to certain places has also caused a lot of pollution throughout the world. Most polluted sites are either in Russia, India or China; I wonder why US is not in the list. Perhaps because US has more stringent rules and regulation about pollution and environmental policies. Looking back to Russia, India and China, these three country have been enjoying drastic modernization progression. Thus causing a lot of lead, heavy metal and chemicals pollution. Russia was involved in a cold-war where they produced mass weapon of destruction (atomic weapon/bomb). Ukraine was part of Russia until they separated after Cold war. Chernobyl, the worst nuclear accident is in Ukraine. Take a moment and look what Chernobyl has done to the people living there. It's already too late to prevent pollution, but it's never too late to help reducing it....

Me and Me and Me

2007-09-10T12:55:00.001+08:00

Picture 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 have been removed

End of 2007? Will be much better than picture 2 :)

V for Varginia? Virginia? Vagina? Miu Miu?

2007-09-10T12:32:00.000+08:00

This was a real life experience story told by my friend Skyler. If you're a girl and you're a wearing a split shorts and you're doing yoga please ensure that you wear an undies. What happened to Skyler was, he accidentally saw the 'miu-miu' of a girl who is sitting in front of him. This girl was wearing a split shorts without wearing an undie, and she was doing a leg split in a yoga class. The 'miu-miu' also got split in between the split shorts. All the time in the class Skyler had to pray to god to forgive him for what he saw. Hehe.....

Old pic

2007-09-10T11:08:00.000+08:00

Picture has been removed

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2007-09-10T09:41:00.000+08:00

This is a nice reading, but short. All it takes is a few seconds to read and think over.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R’s:

Respect for self,
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth

16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

Smoking Part 2

2007-09-06T12:35:00.000+08:00

I've broken my smoking curfew yesterday. I had 2 sticks after 3:28pm yesterday. And I had 1 stick so far today; in the morning.

Bonsai Rescue Ranger

2007-09-06T12:19:00.000+08:00

My talented friend, Ms Moon is a Neurologist, Molecular Biologist and also a Botanist Scientist. She has devoted to flora, fauna and homo-sapient all her life. She has done research and study about all kind of things. Apart from plants and human being, some of her favourites are:
1. making a mice drunk
2. injecting excess steroid to the mice and watch it jump to death
3. dip the mice's tail into liquid nitrogen
4. feed mice's with spirulina all week long
5. Expose mices into a cage filled with CO2
6. Feed mice's with burned bread
7. Injecting human blood into mice's blood vessel
8. Shed off mice's fur of its body and leave it in a cold environment
9. Electrocute mices when they dont entertain her :D

See I told ya, she's very talented.
Anyway, I'm very excited coz she's gonna bring back my bonsai to life. I cant wait to pass the bonsai to her.

My dried bonsai

My Talented Friend

Facial Yoga

2007-09-06T10:23:00.000+08:00

Taken from TheStar- Sept 6th, 2007

New Yorkers try facial yoga to reduce wrinkles

By Christine Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Botox and plastic surgery may promise to reduce wrinkles and worry lines, but some New Yorkers are turning to facial yoga to achieve a youthful appearance.

At a recent class in Manhattan's wealthy Upper East Side, yoga instructor Annelise Hagen teaches several facial exercises designed to stretch and tone facial muscles.

Participants seen taking part in the "Summer Solstice in Times Square Yoga-thon" in New York in this June 21, 2007 file photo. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)

A group of women practice moves including "The Lion," showing the tongue hanging out and eyes rolled up. Hagen encourages class members to hold the position for 60 seconds, joking: "You can do this any time. It really helps you get a seat on the train."

Hagen recently released a book, "The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift." She said she developed a workshop using facial yoga because women wanted to look their best, "but they weren't really thinking about how to exercise their facial muscles."

She said facial muscles become weak and flabby and need regular workouts and circulation to reduce wrinkles.

Besides "The Lion", other exercises include "Satchmo," in which the cheeks are blown out Louis Armstrong-style, and "Marilyn," in which glamorous kisses are blown to strengthen mouth muscles for full and firm lips.

"It uses the same principles of exercise you would use for any other parts of your body," Hagen said. "Facial muscles also become more toned, so it is a natural way of getting a lift."

Hagen recommends facial yoga for those wanting to find outer and inner beauty, saying, "the emotional aspect is just as important as the physiological."

But she does not rule out plastic surgery or Botox.

"I don't rule it out for myself. One day I may feel like I need that. But regardless, maintaining elasticity and tone is really crucial, especially if you have had Botox and plastic surgery," she said.

While making faces in front of strangers might intimidate some, those who attended the class thought it the perfect way to combat busy New York lifestyles.

"Working in New York is very stressful," Kathy Healey said. "It's a perfect way to end the week."

2 Korean guys demonstrate facial yoga. Listen to his name..ekekekeke

Facial Yoga

Teringat Kesah lama

2007-09-05T15:34:00.000+08:00

An evening at the balcony, having dinner and enjoying the stars.
There was me; F on the far left, Jimmy in the middle and Eddie on the right. If I remember correctly, the picture was taken in Sept 2005. Jimmy and I is a house-mate for 10 days and we invited Eddie to spend a night with us. Eddie is a Hongkie. I cooked Chicken Raviole that night. Everyone enjoyed the meal :-) Jimmy will become a father in 26 more days. Congratulation Jimmy :)

Smoking is good?

2007-09-05T15:26:00.001+08:00

I only had 2 sticks yesterday and none so far today. But I can really feel the craving since morning today. I've been holding on this until now at about 3:28pm. Can I hold a little bit more, and a little bit more and more? And end up stop smoking? Wish me luck....

My poor little bonsai

2007-09-04T08:54:00.000+08:00

This is what happened when you listen to somebody who claimed to be 'bonsai expert' telling you to water the plant only once a week!

Pamper me....

2007-08-30T20:01:00.000+08:00

I like being pampered! Spoil me and pamper me and I will be in heaven.... I'm an aquarian, yes a WATER BOY!

What Stephenie Norris say about Aquarius

The symbol for Aquarius is the water-carrier, bearing the woes of humanity on his back. It's also two wavy lines, which stand for the serpents of ancient wisdom or the airwaves of modern mass communication.

'I KNOW' is the motto for Aquarius. You have an original and inventive mind and can take the long view. You also have a scientific or technological bent.

You're altruistic, unconventional and broad-minded. Friendship is very important to you and you enjoy the camaraderie of working in a team or with a group of people, especially if it's towards a common aim. Your circle of friends encompasses people from different backgrounds and anyone is welcome, so long as they've got something interesting to say.

Your zeal to make the world a better place can become fanaticism and your certainty that you're right, dogmatic.

You are the reformers of the zodiac.

Anger

2007-08-30T19:59:00.001+08:00

When you're mad or angry to someone, will you avoid him/her?

Not me! I want the person to clarify to me right away or I will confront that person to fully understand the whole situation. I am not a person who give a few days before I try to understand/clarify what was happening. Giving me a cooling off period hoping that I will cool off after a day, is never a right thing to do. It will definitely get worst. If you want to be calm earlier, dont lose communication with me and dont give me a cool off period. cooling off period is totally ridiculous. However if you talk to me, it is much easier to forget things. I will forget any arguments in a day time. I have a dory fish memory for anything about arguments if it is settled within a short duration. And I dont keep it in heart. But giving me a cooling off period? I have a extra memory which keeps this forever until you talk to me. And my anger is twice more if you give me a cooling off period.

Emotion state now = Explosive Anger!

Time

2007-08-30T19:39:00.000+08:00

Have you ever been promised? People make appointment to you and you have to block your time? However what turned up is last minute cancellation. The earlier appointment disrupt your routine activity. Be it a personal or work related appointment don't you just hate it when it comes to a cancellation towards the last minute? I do! Some of my friends, relatives and co-workers should've known by now, that I appreciate time! I do not like any uncertainties relating to time or anyone who is wasting my time without me wanting to waste my time ;-)

Just recently, somebody promised me something which disrupt my routine activity. Somehow on the very last minute this person text me saying that the appointment is canceled. I am very disappointed! If the cancellation is made earlier I could resume back my routine activity.

If this person is reading my blog, you probably want to keep in a diary and count how many times in a month you have done this to me. I appreciate time, so you have to respect me in appreciating time.

Sad....

2007-08-29T14:54:00.000+08:00

I'm so sad........

My bonsai leaves 'gugur'...
Now it's 'togel'.........

Compare to the picture when I first got it here : Before

My celebrity look alike....

2007-08-26T00:17:00.000+08:00

Surprise!

2007-08-25T23:37:00.000+08:00

Saturday 25-08-07 estimated at 14:30, I received a gift :)

Though its not as expensive as LV wallet, but I LOVE IT :-)

Thank you Lisa.....

2007-08-24T15:18:00.000+08:00

Thanks for everything Lisa, I will be missing you.......

Mr Moo...

2007-08-24T13:58:00.000+08:00

I was browsing through the stationary area in Kinokuniya KLCC and I saw the funky looking 'Mr. Moo' and I thought he look so lonely. There are a couple of MrsDuckie Duck and Mr.Froggie Greenberry. However it seems like Mr Moo is alone there. There is none which looks like him. I can almost hear him whispering, please take me home. I don't belong here. Poor Mr Moo, he has been taken away from his mom and dad. His parents are still in China, however they had to sell him for food.

Tears almost dropped from Mr Moo's when I took him away from Kino. He looks happy upon leaving Kino. However, I decided not to take care of Mr Moo. I have decided on his fate, and I shall not reveal to you all what I've done to him!

But you're all welcome to speculate what has happened to him. Leave you comments! :=)

See how happy Mr Moo is after I took him back home? I wish he will be as happy as he look like now :-)

Thank you -XiS (Bila Pena Menari)

2007-08-23T12:44:00.000+08:00

At about 12:10pm just know, the letter girl came and hand me a brown envelope addressed to my name and office address.

I'm expecting 2 delivery for me this week, one is from a fellow blogger friend or the other one from HQ. I investigate the back and I saw his name and home address on it :)

There is a letter and something wrapped in A4 paper

I open it up and found 3 stabillo pens one of each colour; black, red and blue :)

I read the letter and he wrote something like the pen can give me big help in many situations especially when I need to write something. Hehehehe.. Now I have 4 pens :D

tHanK YoU -XiS- !!

Who can help me?

2007-08-23T12:03:00.000+08:00

I need to drink...but I cant open up this bottle...help me...been trying for 10 minutes. Any Muscular Skippy wanna help me?

Skippy = Kangaroo - why kangaroo? Because Kangaroo's body is muscular and solid..they're full of strength.

Coming soon

2007-08-23T08:10:00.000+08:00

I would like to introduce something new to my fellow blogger friends. I will do the introduction and send an invitation to participate in this activity. I can feel that some of you will start thinking if I were to introduce a multi level marketing scheme or alike. No Way! It will never happen in my blog. Anyway, this activity is fun and does not cost a lot of energy.

Coming soon.............

Cheers,
F

Pictures

2007-08-22T12:56:00.000+08:00

I went to watch Ratatouille last weekend with Skyler, Fitri and Alexis. So whoever hasnt watch the animation yet, I bet now you know what Ratatoille is. Its just a vegetables mixed in the old days cooked by French farmers.

For lunch today, I had Kyros Chicken Kebab in Lebanese bread and Dry Ginger Ale. It's been a while since I had Ginger Ale and it taste so good! Very refreshing! haha. Dry a.k.a Unleaded Ginger Ale :)

Dry is American's
Unleaded is Aussie's

But in this case it means there is no added sugar :D

Usage : Can I have a dry gin and tonic please? - American
Mate, get me an unleaded coke! - Aussie
Anne, Dry Teh Tarik gelas besar satu! - Malaysian

Picture has been removed
Errrr...I dont have and I dont wear sun glasses, this is my mom's :|

Peakaboo!

2007-08-22T09:01:00.000+08:00

Do you think Malaysia actually finance the astronauts to go to the space station? Well, I remember they did talked about the cost in the newspaper, but none actually mentioned about the bold sentence which I came across in wikepedia

Royal Malaysian Air Force after a close visit to India's Su-30MKI, signed a deal to purchase 18 of Sukhoi Su-30MKM (M for Malaysia) in May 2003. The first 2 Su-30MKMs were formally handed over in Irkutsk on 23 May 2007, later arrived in Gong Kedak airbase on 21 June. Another two will be delivered by the end of 2007. Full squadron of 18 aircraft will be operational by the end of 2008. As part of the deal, the Russians will send a Malaysian astronaut to the ISS.

So makcik-makcik, pakcik-pakcik, anne, appu, popo, patpoh, yang suka mengumpat kerajaan kata kerajaan belanja duit besar hantar astronaut ke angkasa lah, baik bagi ayam dengan itik kat reban makan, fikir dulu ehh....tak baik kalau kalau asyik mengumpat tapi takde fakta. But I felt that the government should make this transparent to everyone, therefore no one will start a hatred topic about how government is wasting money in sending astranout into the space. Well, its not that it matters to me but I used to hear people said "Tu ha, hantar orang kat angkasa tuh, banyak pakai duit! Baik lagi bagi orang-orang miskin makan." Anyway people will never stop talking, that is human nature ;)

Me, myself and I

2007-08-21T00:20:00.000+08:00

To all my friends who has not seen me for a while, these are my recent pictures. I dont really like taking pictures now because I dont look presentable now :(

Pic 1 - snapped in a shower room. I weight more than the last time you saw me :(

Pic 2 - This time I was very "bulat"- I have not been going to the gym for almost 5 months and eat like a pig - so this is the end result - ask for tips if you desire to be gain 25lbs in 3 months

Pic 3 - Chubby face, I had to lose weight again. This is killing me, I look like tellitubbies :=(

I have always been on the big frame side and was never a skinny boy. However I used to look slimmer than this before. With a little more effort I'm sure I can look more healthy and presentable.

Spending Impulses

2007-08-20T14:58:00.000+08:00

"The rich know how to control their spending urges - that is why they're rich"

Peter Templar says in his book, "If you see something you just have to have, wait a week. Do you still need/want it? Chances are the urge will pass if you give it a chance to. Make it harder for yourself by putting time and distance between you and temptation"

How many of us has experienced this? Everyone has the urge of buying something, Something that we need and sometimes it's okay for not having it. When we bought something unnecessary, a guilty feeling would hover ourself and it will last for a while, and sometimes creating a hole in our pocket. I'm not sure how true this is to others however it is true for me.

My Wishlist

2007-08-20T08:46:00.000+08:00

A while ago I posted a wishlist for the new office

Hoorayyy I've received my first little bonsai. Since I wanted 3 and my friend only gave one, Alexis is getting a verbal thank you from me :)

I'm about to receive something from Xis :)

Not sure if Fitri will be giving me something

Sad

2007-08-17T13:58:00.000+08:00

I'll need to go back to Sydney again :( I have not enjoy KL enough yet :(

Anyway, what can I do, people those I love (mom, etc) are important but work is important too. I need to be able to collect enough dough for a living.

I dont want to comment further, I want to go to KLCC now ...I need ice cream :(

What a wonderful day

2007-08-15T08:08:00.000+08:00

Good morning boys & girl, honey and sugar, daddy and mommy, man and wife,

Good morning Mr Postman, good morning Papa Bear, Good morning Fatty Mama, Good morning Bosses, Good morning Coolee, Good morning slut and bitches, good morning Mr Tumnus, Good morning, Good Morning!!! Good morning everyone....

How wonderful is this morning! I love to wake up early in the morning and feel wonderful to start the day!

So anyone would like to wish me a very good morning??

Sweeto

2007-08-14T14:09:00.000+08:00

Somebody asked me for glass bottle to put on the desk. I bought the below together with the contents for a cost of RM22.70. There are a lot of sweets and the glass container is huge. And I told him if he didnt put it on his table I will be very sad. Hehehehe

Now where is my bonsai trees? You promised 3, so you have to keep your promise :)

Hate

2007-08-14T08:59:00.000+08:00

I hate it:

1. When the stupid traffic police had to interrupt the morning traffic. Usually it will take me 30 minutes tops to get to office, but today there is this stupid traffic policemen who had to control the traffic flow based on their guts feeling. There is no planning and nothing, "NA DA!" - Why cant they just stay out of the morning traffic, that will manage the traffic flow better.

2. When somebody had to drive very slow on a fast lane.

3. When traffickers change lane or turning into a junction without giving signal light

4. When somebody had to use honk just because a car in front is dropping passenger

5. What I had planned been disrupted due to some silly mistake/excuses

6. Time management - people who does not appreciate time

7. People who likes to give negative comment instead of positive

8. People who tell lie to me and that breaks my trust towards them and not easy to gain it back

9. People who think I'm dumb and breathless - wait till you see me in action (This dumbo is not so dumb - you're a dumb because you think i'm dumb - i read "The I***m****i Formula to Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave" - Do you?

10. When people do not respect golden age people

11. When people had to succumb their bosses to climb the ladder. -in anyway ass suckers will always suck asses in their journey up. Even at the top level they still had to suck asses in order to sustain.

12. When I could not contact somebody when I need them

13. People who think they're too smart - It's okay to be proud of yourself, but never look down on somebody's intelligence because you never know either they're just not showing off or they're really not intelligent

14. Somebody talk to me using a mat rempit language

15. Somebody who tried speaking English and mix up with Malay - I'd rather speak Malay or English only. But I had problem to speak in English with my friends sometimes - coz of the influence of bad Manglish/Singlish

There are a lot more things that I hate, but later.....

Roller plate buat aerobik

2007-08-13T13:13:00.000+08:00

If you go to google and type in "Roller plate buat aerobik" you will get one of my blog archive page.

There is a visitor from Rome Italy. Hasta la vista baby!

What do you think is this?

2007-08-11T13:49:00.000+08:00

Some flash videos

2007-08-08T17:42:00.000+08:00

Google Hack

Google Hacks And Easter Eggs - The top video clips of the week are here

Kyle's Mom is a Bitch

South Park - Cartman - Kyle's Mom Is A Bitch - More amazing video clips are a click away

3 Cute Korean Girl Singer

Three Cute Korean Girls Singing - For more funny videos, click here

Flashlight Hack

Laser Flashlight Hack! - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Well, has anyone thought about how you can save all the videos from www.youtube.com , www.xtube.com , www.metacafe.com or any other sites?

Yes you can! Just go to http://www.flashload.net/en/ and copy the link to the videos then you can save it.

Once you've saved the flash file, how do you view them? Easy stuffs! Just download a democracy player. Just google it or go to www.download.com and you'll find it ;)

Cheers,

F

Donation.....

2007-08-03T12:43:00.000+08:00

My office is so empty and boring. For those who would like to donate some stuffs, here are my wish list

1. Bonsai Tree (one pot will cheer me up, 2 pots will make me happy, 3 pots you'll get my kisses and hugs).
2. Wall painting or decoration (2 paintings will make me happy, 3 will get my hugs and kisses)
3. A couch (You'll get my kisses and hugs)
4. Stationaries (You'll make me happy)
5. Air ionizer (You'll make me extremely happy)
6. Nice table fan in chrome colour (You'll make me extremely happy, you'll get my kisses and hugs)
7. Book rack (You'll make my day!)
8. Small fridge (Kissesss, kisssesss, kissessess.......)
9. A carton Pokka Iced coffee and a carton of Nescafe in a can (I will think that you look tasty tonight:) )
10. An executive chair (If this comes with 1-9 then I'll be your geenie! )

Bhavani Ji, Single Ji, Available Ni

2007-08-02T12:14:00.000+08:00

Sawadeekap, Mere nam Bhavani Ji. Amare heh, still single and available ni. Tomhara want me, tomhara call mere friend Fauzan heh. Mere is acha acha man. Very good heh! Mere like to read, like gym heh and like coffee. Tomhara have same hobby tomhara match me. Mere like bird watching too. Namaste...

New office

2007-08-01T13:31:00.000+08:00

Canberra City, ACT

2007-07-21T00:18:00.000+08:00

Canberra
Matt and me head to Canberra on Sunday evening. We reached Kingston at Canberra City at about 7pm. Upon reaching we went straight up to get dinner. Had dinner at an Italian restaurant. I had pasta and so do Matt.

Cold
Canberra was very cold in winter. The temperature went down to -5 degree celcius in some days especially after sunset and early morning. When I'm outside in the cold, I can smell the ice. If hands are left out without being covered, you will feel the sensation like touching an ice block. And the best part was, I was only wearing the RM20 jacket which Alex bought from BKK. I was freezing, almost dead. And Matt being a noble man told me he would buy me a winter coat then expense to the company. The winter coat helps a lot. I did not expect Canberra to be as cold as it was.

Ice Frost
Trees and grass are covered with ice frost in Canberra. Ice would covers car windshield as well. Its not snow, but its ice like real ice in the refrigerator

Frosty plant

Ice Cube

Frosty Plant

Ice on the car back windshield

Snow
The weather forecast channel says it would snow in Canberra on Tuesday and Wednesday. Somehow snow does not falls in the Canberra city, instead it falls on the Great Dividing Range (Mountain). Tuesday and Wednesday was the coldest day when temperature dropped below 0 degree celcius.

Snow on top of the mountain

Snow on the mountain

Electric Blanket
The apartment I'm staying in with Matt only have one heater in the living room. There are no heater in the rooms. I can accept that in Sydney, but not in Canberra! The first night, I didnt know there was a thermostat for the electric blanket. So I turned on the power supply and slept when the thermostat is set to 0. I was freezing the whole night, and I woke up twice due to leg cramped.

Sunrise
It was so beautiful during sunrise in Canberra. The land is wide open and the mountain are not that tall. Since Canberra is 1800 feet above sea level, everything looks near, the sun, the moon they all seems reachable by a bare hand.

Sunset in Canberra City at 7am

Goulburn
Over on Friday we drove back to Sydney. Halfway through we stopped by at Goulburn city which is the first inland city in Australia. Goulburn city has an attraction which is a huge concrete sheep.

Big sheep

Side view of the concrete sheep

Tired

2007-07-15T05:57:00.000+08:00

I didnt get enough sleep last night. Had to wake up at 7am today and pack up my stuffs into the luggage. Had to checkout at before 10:30. I had just finished doing the packing, and its 7:59am now. I thought I could probably take a 45mins to 1 hour nap. Then wake up, shower, checkout, leave my luggage at the concierge, have my breakfast, buy some lotion (i'm running out of lotion), take a train to central, then to Reversby and my colleague will pick me up there. Later in the afternoon we will depart to Canberra for a week.

We will come back to Sydney, then somebody will fetch me down to Ettalong. On Saturday morning we will make a way to Sydney by train for a company party. We'll stay overnight in Sydney. If I'm feeling okay, will do some sight seeing with my colleague then fly back to KL at night. Sydney to KL is usually 8 hours 25 minutes but for this STUPID!! particular flight I'm taking it will take 10hours 50 minutes due to a 1.5hours stop over at Brisbane. So I'll arrive KL on Monday morning. Have nasi lemak at the airport then stay a night in KL. Next morning catch a domestic flight to Langkawi for 3 days. There is a conference there and we were invited. 2 rooms have been booked and my boss is coming down to Langkawi too.

I should go for my nap now.

Cheers,
F

Cha Soo Kyung

2007-07-11T06:05:00.000+08:00

I always love Mariah Carey's song. Found this on youtube, apparently this Korean girl can sing like Mariah Carey. Take a look on the video.

Love takes time

Emotion

Cha Soo Kyung interview

There were some comments saying that she was doing lips-synching. But the truth is she has that kind of voice, her name is Cha Soo Kyung. Google her up :)

Ettalong beach on a calm day

2007-07-08T10:18:00.000+08:00

Ettalong Beach 1

Ettalong Beach 2

This is where the picture was taken

The green arrow is pointing to the location where the picture was taken

I want that jacket

2007-07-07T22:27:00.000+08:00

I went to Erina Fair with Gwen today. Erina Fair is a bout 30 minutes away from Ettalong Beach. The initial plan of going there is because I wanted to get a jacket for myself and Gwen wanted to get birthday present for Sammy. We went to a couple of shops and finally there is a jacket that I like. But Gwen said it's probably worth to take a look on a couple more shops then decide which one. However after checking out a couple more shops, I decided to take the jacket from the first shop. On the way to the store I changed my mind and told Gwen I'm not buying. She said I made the right decission coz she dont think it's worth buying now because jackets are more expensive during winter.

Take a look at the picture below. It's a very charming jacket :) It looks a lot nicer than the picture. It has a lot of internal pockets (easier for me to keep my passport, money, wallet and phone).

About RM510(after conversion)

Fear of flying...

2007-07-06T21:35:00.000+08:00

A couple of years ago, I would totally be freaked out to be on a plane. I remember my first experience of flying when I was 10 years to Singapore. It was a short 45 minutes flight and I believed the flight was pretty rough. Thats how I developed the fear of flying. On top of that I was afraid of flying because the perception of anything goes up will have to go down due to the gravity. Turbulence was the other factor contributing to my fear of flying.

I remember flying to Sydney on November 2005, that was my second time flying and all the time I had to hold Jimmy (my ex-colleague). I was so scared until I accidentally holds his arm for hours, and when there is a turbulence even a small one he would comfort me before I started panicky. That was really funny. I feel so shame but yet amused thinking about my stupidity. Anyhow, the flight was pretty rough due to bad weather. The subsequent one is on AirAsia to Langkawi Island with my Shell ex-colleagues. They're making fun of me all the time about my fear of flying.

When I first got this job, I was thinking how would I take it. I had to fly all the time, 50-80% of the time I will be away from my country. This means at least one or more return flight a month. I freaked out after I signed the contract. On march 13th 2007, it was my first day to fly alone. Alex sent me to the airport, I'm sure he can see my face turning pale and my adrenalin started pumping up. I almost shivers when the plane took off. The flight was not that bad actually compared to the previous few. It is a smooth one. When we touched down to Kingsford Smith International Airport I felt like I had just escaped from death. Oh yeah, I had that extreme thought about it.

After 3 months (close to), I took my 8th plane ride in life, and again it was a smooth flight. My perception started changing automatically that I was unfortunate that the flight to Singapore when I was 10th and the flight to/back from Sydney was bumpy. And I along the flight, I try acting cool but still my hands shivers! I was nervous still. Haha. 3 weeks in KL, then I had to fly back to Sydney and the flight was a little bumpy on Jakarta air. 3 hours later when the plane crosses the Australian land, we had a 4.5 hours smooth flight. I believe this is because the plane flew in the Jetstream.

However, an hour before reaching Sydney, the pilot announce that the weather is a little rough in New South Wales and request that everyone to sit tight on their seat (of course the announcement never mention about seating tight on your seat:). I was still feeling okay, I kind of expecting this a little earlier actually. I missed the bumpy ride. Hehe. But this time, it wasn't bumpy but a little bit rougher than that. Apparently it was so windy in Sydney and raining on the same time. I realised that the plane is actually making a different turn this time before landing. Instead of turning right it is turning left . I can feel that the pilot actually increases the engine power and pulled up. Next thing we're above the cloud. Then he pulled it down again and started turning right. Within 5 minutes during taxing the whole plane was shaking badly and I can feel a little swaying. I'm pretty sure it was caused by crosswinds (Wellington airport is well known for its rough landing due to crosswinds-no we're taxing into Kingsford Smith). Eventually the plane landed and touches the ground, and I can feel a little swaying during taxing.

Amazingly, I wasnt feeling nervous at all! I managed to overcome my fear of flying now.

Statistic says :
Your chances of being involved in an aircraft accident are about 1 in 11 million. On the other hand, your chances of being killed in an automobile accident are 1 in 5000. Statistically, you are at far greater risk driving to the airport than getting on an airplane. However, the perception is that you have more control over your fate when you are in your car than as a passenger traveling on an airplane. Experience shows otherwise, considering that over 50,000 people are killed on the highways every year.

Take a look at some youtube clips on crosswinds, turbulence, air-craft accident, etc....

Bad flight - I was acting worst than this before

Emergency Landing

Airbus A320 Crash

Crosswinds landing - If you hear towards the end (engine noise), the pilot had to pull up again

My boss suggested that I get a noise cancelling earphone/earset. That will help to cancel the noise the engine and wind noise you hear on the plane. It's a superb technology. I might want to get one of that.

Milky Way

2007-07-05T06:51:00.000+08:00

Last night the sky was so clear and a lot of stars are visible. I went to my boss's house in St. Hubert Island; a quiet neighbourhood with not many street lights available. After dinner I went to her backyard to smoke ciggerate. It was pitch dark out there and I take a look up the sky at first I saw a lot of stars, the longer I stare at the stars I started seeing like a colourful clouds looks like the picture below. Then I realised that I was actually looking at the Milky Way!! That was the first time ever I get to see Milky Way, it was spectacular! I thought Milky way exist in the text book only, I didnt know we can actually see it with our own eyes.

Australian Reptile Park

2007-07-03T16:01:00.000+08:00

Last sunday we went to the Australian Reptile Park in Kariong. Apparently the icon of the park 'Eric' has died the night before. Here are some pictures

Huntsman spider - very common in Australia

Mexican Redneck Tarantula - a quarantine species, this is probably the only one in AU

I think this is a lizard cum iguana

Taipan snake

Her name is Ms Piggy. She would swim end to end of the aquarium tank. She is called Ms Piggy because of her nose looks like pig's nose. And she came from Papua New Guinea. (P/S : She's a tortoise)

Entrace of the Park

This is a Wombat - they're cuter than Kangaroo

A Korean lady feeding the Kangaroo

Sexy Kangaroo

Drugged Koala

Whats for dinner tonight?

2007-07-03T15:51:00.000+08:00

Boiled crabs, prawns and some chips.

Fresh fruits

Dinner

2007-06-30T20:44:00.001+08:00

We had dinner at one of the restaurant in Ettalong Market. It was a great small restaurant, with a very warm hospitality among the hostess. We're being treated with great smile and good customer service. The waitress actually takes time to explain to us what's on the menu. In a small town like this, everyone seems to know everyone therefore they cant do shit. If they do, the whole town would know and they might be losing business.

Anyway, I had 3 course meals.

Entree - AUD $ 12.50
Garlic bread toppings with prawns and avocado with mustard
This is really great, it looks simple but it's really
good! I dont get enough with 3 breads. I wanted more but I'm shy to ask for more :D

Main course
A meet of 2 worlds - AUD $ 35.00
Lobster tail and steak with avocado rice and mashed potato
It looks divine when it first arrived. But I took the picture halfway through eating it. The lobster is really great. I never like lobster but for this one, I love it! They make it so nice and the sauces blends with the lobster and it tastes really good!

Desert
Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate - AUD $ 13.00
I forgot to take picture of the desert because it was so yummy and I couldnt think of anything else except from trying it. It has sliced strawberry, a scoop of chocolate ice-cream, chocolate cake, warm chocolate moist cake and another chocolate thinge which looks like muffin, but its filled with chocolate mouse and tops with strawberry sauce. What else can I say, HEAVEN! :=)

Please ignore my previous few posts about diet. I'll do it when I get back to KL.

P/S: I can hear in my head now fitri started teasing me about the dinner.

A descent brunch

2007-06-30T11:08:00.001+08:00

I know I'm not suppose to, but just for today :(

A vegeterian breakfast which includes a long black coffee = AUD$ 15

9am in Ettalong

2007-06-30T11:03:00.000+08:00

Fog would be surrounding the hills and that particular hill has an access road out of this small town. So I would assume early in the morning the roads would be foggy too.

Takdemakne

2007-06-28T21:36:00.000+08:00

I've got my blog redecorated with some extra accessories from imeem.com.

I should be going to sleep now, it's almost 11:40pm in Sydney, and I have to wake up early tomorrow. Tomorrow is another long day for me. I have been very discipline for the past few days. I've been controlling my food (except for the seafood platter - shut up Fitri!!). I would drink short black coffee and 2 pieces morning coffee biscuit. At lunch I would eat a bread roll or just banana. For dinner I would boil broccoli and carrot. See I'm committed to be on shape again this time. When I'm back to KL, I would start to consume hydroxycut again (I lost 30kgs before with the help of hydroxycut). If my budget approve, I would want to hire a personal trainer, but I'll see how it goes. I'd better do something before it gets worst. My target is 75kgs which is not far away. I look not healthy if my weight is to be below 75kgs.

SOMETIMES ALL IT NOT EXACTLY HOW YOU WANTED IT TO BE

2007-06-28T09:30:00.001+08:00

Final Decission

2007-06-27T20:05:00.000+08:00

Refers back to http://allaboutf.blogspot.com/2007/06/if-you-were-to-get-stuck.html

Everyone chooses Option 2.

Final Decision : Level 36th, Option 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My lunch today

2007-06-25T10:58:00.000+08:00

My lunch today is a huge portion of seafood platter which costs AUD9.90. I dont think I can finnish this.

Work

2007-06-22T16:23:00.000+08:00

I'm flying back to Sydney for another 2 weeks this coming sunday. However the ticket is an open ticket and depending on situation I might have to extend my stay.

Our company is looking for a permise in KL for Asia's office. I did a survey in a couple of building, my choice would be either Menara Standard Chartered or Menara Maxis due to the competitive package which they offered. But my decission is bias towards Menara Maxis, reason why? Well I guess it makes things easier coz FF is just down stairs :D Anyhow, I'm not the decission maker, however my feedback is really bias toward Maxis and my boss kinda okay with it because the rates for both building are more or less the same.

After Sydney, I'll probably have about 2 weeks working from home in KL and then I may have to start doing deployment in JB, Sibu, Sarikei and Kapit in Sarawak. The number of location may be reduce. After that maybe Langkawi for a conference.

Anyhow, enough of boredom. I'm always hoping that there is someone reading this blog. The person would know who that person is. Okay here is a hint : Split!

Body step

2007-06-22T16:17:00.000+08:00

I've been away from gym since about 3 months ago. I went to the gym yesterday just to do body step class with our favourite instructor. However she didnt turn up and the replacement is an instructor whom I will never ever join his class anymore. I dont like him for a reason:
1. I could not understand his que
2. I think he does not tune with the tempo when doing the routine
3. I think he 'syok sendiri'
4. I just dont like him!!

All 4 of us end up at KLCC at the food court and do people watching nearby the escalator.

Looks like I have to wait for another 3-4 weeks before I get to come back to gym, by that time it would be 4 months since I froze my gym membership.

BE A DONKEY

2007-06-22T16:15:00.000+08:00

Read to the end, very good Love Woo

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a
well. The animal cried piteously for hours as
the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the
well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and
help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began
to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the
donkey realized what was happening and cried
horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he
quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally
looked down the well. He was astonished at what
he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his
back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it
off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and
happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds
of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well
is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of
our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out
of the deepest wells just by not stopping,
never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

Give more.

Expect less

NOW ............
Enough of that crap . The donkey later came back,
and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and
the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass it always comes back to bite you.

If you were to get stuck

2007-06-21T14:22:00.000+08:00

Question, if you were to get stuck in a building, which building you want to get stuck in. Assuming that you can use all the facility in the building but you just cant go out of the main/back entrance. You can get stuck in an office etc.

So given 2 choices, which one would you choose depending on these criterias
a) I want to get stuck in this building
b) Location
c) Facility
d) Ammenities

Your choices are :

1. Menara Standard Chartered
2. Menara Maxis

Give reason to your answer :=)

I'm flying back

2007-06-01T07:43:00.000+08:00

I cant believe that I've been here for almost 3 months! It seems that time flies fast. I couldnt realise much that I've been away from my country. I really appreciate the warm hospitality that has been thrown to me by the people in the company.

Banned: Mobile calls while Bush in Sydney

2007-05-27T09:06:00.000+08:00

By AAP on 16 May 2007

Mobile phone calls in Sydney's CBD will be blocked by a sophisticated counter-terrorism measure to prevent bomb attacks during US President George Bush's September APEC visit.

The president's motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming equipment, News Limited newspapers reported.

Terrorists have used mobile phones to detonate remote-controlled bombs in Iraq and in the second Bali bomb attacks.

It is expected mobile phone calls will drop out in an area the size of a football field as the helicopter passes overhead.

The technology was first used by the US president when Bush attended the APEC summit in Pusan, South Korea, in 2005.

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Hobby

2007-05-26T07:46:00.001+08:00

I kinda lose track what is my hobby now. Do you still know what is your hobby? During primary school, we was asked to list down our 3 hobbies, do you actually understand what hobby is at that age? I believe I just picked 3 hobbies which the name/action interest me most. I was a kid back then :) Anyway, as an adult we should have a hobby as well. I dont know what is my hobby now. But I always know that I wanted to own a DSLR camera. I always have interest of scenery photos and close caption portrait. Some of my colleagues here told me that their hobby is flying aeroplane when they have time. One of my colleague actually shown me his flying photos and a small plane. I asked him if he own a plane, he said he had a plane which cannot fly sits in the garrage. And he needs to find time to fix the plane. How interesting it is, to learn to fly it cost around AUD5K which considered alright in here. The rule is that dont do the forex conversion.

Beginner to General Flying Progress Test – PA-28 Warrior

15 Hours dual training @ $260/hr	$3,900
5 Hours solo training @ $184/hr	$920
Test fee (including aircraft) average	$661
Total	$5481

General Flying Progress Test to Private Pilot Licence – PA-28 Warrior

15 Hours dual training @ $252/hr	$3,900
5 Hours solo training @ $178/hr	$920
Test fee (including aircraft) average	$1,204
Total	$6,024
Grand Total to achieve Private Pilots Licence:	~$11,505

Commercial Pilots Licence

N.B. A total of 150 hours is required for the Commercial Pilots Licence, which includes the hours flown for the GFPT and PPL.

80 Hours solo training @ $184/hr	$14,720
CSU/ Retractable UC endorsement	$951
17 Hours dual training PA-28 @ $260/hr	$4,420
10 Hours dual training PA-28R @ $317/hr	$3,170
Test fee (including aircraft) average	$1,528
Total:	$24,609
Grand Total	~$36,114

Note: Based on minimum hours required

Prices include most applicable Airservices, landing fees and enroute charges.

Panda terkejut!

2007-05-26T07:17:00.000+08:00