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Oh yeah, Conancat.Com is here!! :D

2007-05-15T11:30:00.000+08:00

Guys, time to update your bookmarks!

Yeah, I'm shifting to www.conancat.com already!! :D

Bryan sent me a msg last night at 1am saying that the new domain is ready, and I'm darn happy now haha... Just checked it out and it's kewl!

Conancat's New Site!!

So now head over there and have a look kay? It's not officially up yet, still need to clean up things here and there... (You think house moving so easy ah??? Clean things up also dunno wad time liao!)

So yeah! :D

Guys, I'm moving soon!!

2007-05-14T19:15:00.000+08:00

Guys, I'm moving soon!!!

"Where??? Where????????"

Me moving to www.conancat.com soon! I'll be switching to Wordpress with my own domain! Yay!! :D

So stay tuned while Bryan sets up my blog for me... Thanks Bryan! Ur such a nice guy :D

Hopefully it'll be raedy soon... Hehe. I'll post again when its ready. :)

What Tarot Card are You? :D

2007-05-13T14:03:00.001+08:00

Came across a site just now, and this is what I found, a website that determines what Tarot card are you.

For those of you who don't know what a Tarot card is, Tarot card is a deck of cards used as a method of prediction or divination used all over the world. Similiar to astrology, I-Ching or other methods of reading, Tarot has a set of system to follow, and interpretation is made through the cards presented.

I'm lazy to talk crap about Tarot for now... Let's come back again later ok?

Meanwhile,

You are the Hanged Man

Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.

With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of
loss from a situation, rather than gain.

The Hanged Man is perhaps the most fascinating card in the deck. It reflects the story of Odin who offered himself as a sacrifice in order to gain knowledge. Hanging from the world tree, wounded by a spear, given no bread or mead, he hung for nine days. On the last day, he saw on the ground runes that had fallen from the tree, understood their meaning, and, coming down, scooped them up for his own. All knowledge is to be found in these runes.

The Hanged Man, in similar fashion, is a card about suspension, not life or death. It signifies selflessness, sacrifice and prophecy. You make yourself vulnerable and in doing so, gain illumination. You see the world differently, with almost mystical insights.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Go and have a look! That's the main reason of this blog hehe. I'll explain more about tarot cards next time, as I used to play tarot cards too, and now my Tarot card deck had gone missing in action for like... Uhh... months? Lol

Oh yeah, and do tell me about what are your results. You can blog about it or leave a comment anywhere in this blog. I'm interested to know! :D

Mother's Day... And I'm sitting here, blogging.

2007-05-13T00:22:00.000+08:00

It's Mother's day today. Honestly, I don't have that special tingling feeling to do something for my mom. Call me a bad boy. Everyone else is getting all sweety gooey happy over their mother now, and I'm sitting here, blogging, my family went out to somewere that I don't know.

Ever since secondary school my own activities had overtaken my family days. From choir practice to mere watching movies with friends, I barely stay at home for dinner, even for Sundays. Very often my aunties and uncles will ask my mom, "Hey where's your son hah?? How come no come for our dinner one???" Then my mom will just answer, "He's busy lor!!"

Yeah, now come to think of it, my mom seems to get used to my lifestyle now already that all she needs to know everyday is if I'm coming back for dinner for that day. That's the question that she will ask every morning, and if I say no she'll ask where am I going. It's either choir, shopping, or homework at college. And she won't ask much neither, because things had been this way for so long that she already knows what happen with a single answer.

Then I always come back home after 12, and she would've gone to sleep by then. Sometimes I'm still sitting in front of the computer at 2am, and she would just ask me to go to sleep as she goes to the kitchen to fetch a cup of drink.

My mother is also a lady with many words. Once she started nagging over the dinner table or in the car, she can't stop until at least one hour later. She will talk about the birds and bees and cibais and lanjiaos (yes, my mom is that obnoxious, even more obnoxious than 5xmom in front of her kids. Check out her blog though, you'll find how sweet she is deep inside those words, like any other mother), usually she will tell me not to marry a girl as they're great trouble, and then she always tells me and my brother never forget our parents after we get married, she don't want to stay at the old folks home or something.

So? My brother is 29 this year and he doesn't have any girlfriend (not that I know of), and I have a boyfried. Rest assured, mom.

Since my dad retired a few years ago, the kitchen became a really happening place. My dad will be the dish washer cum second chef, and my mom remained the first chef. My dad gets all the ingredient ready around 4pm, and by 5pm my mom will waltz into the kitchen and start her show there. She always cook big dishes--1 whole chicken chopped and fried, 2 or 3 kampung fish, 2 vege dishes on a normal day. And we're only a family of 4. I always tell her that she doesn't need to cook that much as we don't eat that much, but she says:

"Haiyo cook too little later ppl will say I cruel my son! Must feed u full full de mah!

I don't know how to cook little lar... Cook more easier!"

Which explains my big tummy. Hmm. And my dad washes the dishes.

Last year I made her a bouquet of flowers with chocolate, the year before I bought her to Pizza Hut. This year? Nothing... Yet, at least. Maybe 2 hours later I'll have some idea. A cake? Or treat her to a dessert house? She loves dessert, especially with cheese (like me hehe), but my dad and my brother hates dessert. Argh.

Check out Zewt's blog, his experience with his mother, and Mother's day is a very different one. He is a man that loves his mother greater than anything else, and I'm very touched by his stories of his journey since his mother's departure.

I love you mom. Despite all that, I really do. You gave me life, and I'm enjoying the life that you gave me. Thank you.

Happy Mother's Day to my dear mom.

FAM vs AFC--Can Man U Come to KL?!!

2007-05-12T11:20:00.002+08:00

Ever since the news got released on Tuesday, Man U fans uproared against AFC's decision to cancel Man U's tour to KL at 27/7 for the sake of Asian Cup Final's 2 days later. Keep your fingers crossed, guys, FAM will announce their final decision by Monday, whether to cancel, delay or go on with the action.

Manchester United's tour to Asia is a long anticipated one, especially for Man U fans all around the world. The tour stops at 4 places--Japan, Korea, China, and finally Malaysia. As a Malaysian personally I'm proud that we can get a chance to witness the new English Premier League winner together with the other 3 giant countries in Asia. Come on, how many times in your lifetime you get to see a whole football team flying here from the other side of the world to play a friendly match with a country that can't even make it into the World Cup? (No offence for Malaysian football team supporters)

But what I'm concerned here is FAM (Football Association of Malaysia) and AFC (Asian Football Confederation)'s decision. Yes FAM is a fault, as they signed a contract with AFC that they will not hold any football event during the Asian Cup from 7th to 29th July. And Man U's tour now is at 27th July. But hell the finals are 2 days after Man U's event, how will that affect the Asian Cup Finals in Jakarta??

Let's be honest, if people love Man U, people WILL love Man U. If people love the Asian Cup, they WILL go and watch the Asian Cups by hook or by crook. Do you guys think that Man U's tour will seriously affect the crowd that watch the Asian Cup?

Our PM Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi stood out yesterday and appealed that Man U's tour should go on, as it is part of our Visit Malaysia 2007 programme. So does our Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Azalina, who said that AFC should show more compassion towards this problem as, yes it is part of our Visit Malaysia programme, and also towards all the Man U fans in Malaysia. People are coming from Thailand Singapore Indonesia and perhaps from another corner of the world just to watch this event. Do we want to give up this chance?

We got hope peeps. The President of FAM, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, is also the vice-president of AFC. And he's a Man U fan for 35 years. Go figure. Hehe.

I saw AirAsia's banners as the "main sponsor for Man U's Tour in Malaysia", all printed out placed nicely around ticketing booths. My friend Ryan was so disappointed he almost cried (alright that's exaggerating). I think that this is another "Just Follow Law" situation that the AFC can at least show some kindness to let this event go over. Yeah FAM is faulty for signing that paper, and that is one really big evidence to blame on, but everyone loves Man U too. AFC please let them come?? Pwetty Pwease??

Personally I'm not that much of a football fan. What's the fun of watching 22 men chasing over a ball at a field?

Wait, 22 men. Hmm. Let's think again. *drools* Now that's a reason for non kaki football to support this event too.

Redang Island--Hammocks!!

2007-05-11T15:36:00.000+08:00

Judging from my face here I guess you can see I have every reason why I love this thing.

I'm oozing all over this thing during my 3 days trip at Redang. The hammocks here are tied in between coconut trees, and if I have the trees around my house too I will sure buy one home and make one of it myself. Hell it's just rm20 per hammock! And it's very, very comfortable. You feel like you're floating above the land, being able to swing all you like and with the holes all around you won't feel hot at all.

But darn, I stay in a condo. No coconut trees. Can I tie it over 2 lamp posts?

I took a nap there for a few times (I don't remember how many), and once I slept on it for an hour under the shade of the coconut tree. The comfort of it makes you feel like you don't wanna wake up! More points when it's along the sea, sea wind breezing as you are dreaming of ice creams in LalaLand.

I miss you so much, my dear hammocks!

Redang Trip--Life Saver!!!

2007-05-11T11:22:00.001+08:00

With the Malaysian weather so darn hot these days, stepping outside into the sun is practically trying to kill yourself with skin cancer.

Or get a sunburn. Not even in Redang, but in KL as well, standing outside there will make you feel that you're in an oven cooking your skin. Then all the oil on your face will come out so much that you can fry an egg on it already.

When I was at redang I met her that saved my life from the scorching sun. She looks kinda pale actually, but her cooling body is really a treat down your throat. Tasting every single inch of her sends you to the nine heavens that instantly makes you forget anything about the worldly heat and humanly senses. She's just so beautiful--pink top with a white bottom, and you can guess what she has down there when she sits on your table, waiting for you to explore her insides.

Here's a photo of her that I took:

Isn't she a beauty??

And tastes great too!! Only RM4 per bowl at Redang Bay resort area, selling at a small shop that sells coconut and leong shui as well. KL price, ok lar!!

It really saves my life from the sun ok? No kidding!

P/s: My 100th post in this blog, dedicated to Miss Ice Kacang! Woot! :D

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Redang Island--Redang Kalong Resort

2007-05-10T14:26:00.000+08:00

Whenever you go for a vacation, the place that u stay will play a really vital role on what type of vacation you will have. We were supposed to stay at another resort but because that resort was fully booked, we were casted to this secluded little home at Redang Island.

And I mean secluded.

We have to walk like 20 minutes passing through a beach and a small forest path before we can reach the Long Beach, the most happening part of Redang Island day or night. As most of the resorts of Pulau Redang is located on this beach, the beach comes alive whenever people check in, and throughout the whole day people will be running around the beach playing volleyball or throwing sand at each other. And it's 20 minutes walk away from us.

*You can click on the picture to see what I mean.

Well being small, cosy and out of the scene has its advantage though. Firstly, of course, it's cheap. Everyone is asking me how much we spent staying here at Redang Kalong. Basically, the whole trip is around RM320 per person, excluding bus fare or flight. This includes your 4 meals including tea time, free unlimited snokelling as many times as u want (there're 2 sessions a day), a seaview room with "hot" shower (didn't get much bout the shower part), transfer from bus station to jetty/vice versa blah blah. The usual stuff. Nick and I took the bus to go to Kuala Terengganu and we took MAS flight back. The bus is around RM30 and the flight RM125. Add that in and you get our cost for this trip.

RM320(Accomodation) + RM30 (Bus) + RM125 (Flight) = RM475

Of course you can replace the flight with a bus, saves a lot. But I just wanted to try getting on a plane, I never been on a place before in my whole life ok? Lol

Then, you don't expect to see many people here. With only 39 rooms around the hotel you can expect only limited amount of people staying here. That means peace and quiet for you guys who prefer it. And that means you can have easy access to that ping-pong table, mahjong tiles, karaoke session, chess, checkers and all the other facilities there without much people fighting over it. Isn't that great?

The staffs here are really friendly too. The receptionist looks just like your neighbour next door, and you can ask her about anything. No uniforms, no fixed rules, no laws to follow so much other than the fixed time schedule they had which you can break and miss that dinner or lunch. Our neighbours here are pretty international, coming from China, Korea, Singapore, France, Spain... When you talk with them using sign language you'll find how fun they actually are. We kind of became friends with this couple from France, the lady Laura kept asking us about what soup is that (barley dessert) and what food is that (chicken fried in oyster sauce).

One setback though, no hot hunks or hot chicks here. But with the beach, sea, and your lover here, what else do you want? :)

Redang Island--Sandy Beaches, Blue Sea for Me

2007-05-09T23:20:00.000+08:00

And what more do you need to tell about the island?

White sandy beach, clear pristine water, majestic reefs, slumber coconut trees, hotels and tourists, and of course hunks and hot chicks.

The last one is an illusion. You'll be really disappointed if you go Redang just to look for that. They're flashy at the back, but once they turn their head and their body, hehe you know the story.

Alright back to the beaches and the blue sea. I haven't go to Perhentian or anywhere near East Malaysia yet, but I've been to Penang, Langkawi, Pangkor and Tioman island in Malaysia, and I must say little Pulau Redang, at the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia near Kuala Terengganu tops them all on the list for the most beautiful island around. And I mean beautiful. It gave me one of the most memorable beach vacation so far.

There're no cars, no roads, and no such thing as a village or shop lots in this small island. Only resorts, chalets, hotels, and people. There are around 6 to 7 resorts of different levels here, ranging from the 5 star Laguna Beach Resort to budget chalets, and they are all bustling with people, coming alive as the East coast holiday season advance to its peak.

Local people, foreign people, black, white, yellow--people from around the globe came to this small jewel of the South China Sea to enjoy the bit of sand and sun it has to offer. In fact the people staying next to my room is from China, the one a few rooms away is from Korea, and we kind of made friends with these 2 couples from France and Spain respectively. We all have one thing in common though, a heart to enjoy the getaway and set free.

For a city boy like me getting to somewhere secluded as this that has no cables, no internet, no computers (darn!), no cinema, no shopping mall is something rare. Guess what, I enjoyed every bit of the 3 days 2 nights. Going together with Nick only somewhat gives me the peace that I could enjoy staring into the skies sitting on the beach without thinking about anything. It gives us both quite a nice getaway from reality, when you go with just one or two people you don't talk, yap or fool around that much. You have so much time to yourself. Especially in this island without any entertainment to distract you. And of course some time for my dear lover, but most of the time, you'll be looking into yourself and letting your heart wander across the sky and sea.

Of course going with a group of friends will mean that you'll be having great fun playing water, snorkelling or even play mahjong together with them. And it's all a different level of joy. Did that some time ago with my friends back at our Pangkor Trip, and yeah I enjoyed that too. But sometimes you just want to sit back and watch the waves splashing onto the white sand, the seagulls flying across the blue sea, and boats going in and out of the jetty. You might want to just slump at the tv at the clubhouse, drink the free juice the whole day and wonder what's for the next meal. Or walk around the sands bare footed, picking up the seashells adoring their beauty just for the fun of it, then put them all back because you don't want to spoil the beach.

Now when is the last time you had time for yourself, hmm?

To Conclude... Voluntary Social Workers

2007-05-09T22:11:00.000+08:00

Well after seeing the comments from the people, I guess everyone has the same view: we all wanted our donations to reach onto the hands of the people. And in order to confirm that, we

1. Ask the social workers to show identification by authorities.

This way we can make sure that the people are not fakes, but well even the identifications can be faked too. As Criz said in his comment,

"Do you all still remember that during the Tsunami Disaster, the Red Cross Society was collecting some funds for the victims and their families? Well, it was known that quite a large sum of the funds never reach the victims. Was it because most of the pledgers did not fork out the money or the funds were channeled into the pockets of some of the organisers? Nobody knew as it was a cover-up."

Even an organization as big as the Red Cross Society did something as unruly as that. So what else can we do?

2. Reach the organization directly.

And you can make sure that your money or else will get to their hands without anyone taking bits of it on the way. That's the safest choice of course, if you really want to help them, ask for their address or phone number and send them your cheque or food or clothes. It shows your sincerity as well, and your karma will get boosted much better than fishing out the RM10 reluctantly just because you can't stand being bugged (like me).

Therefore, when you see another guy walking up the street asking for some help, think again, is he a genuine or fake?

You might be a victim of counterfeiting. This version of Voluntary Social Worker ver 2.3 might be a fake. Please ask the right authority for a genuine programme.

Ahem. Speaking of using pirated Windows OS.

"Voluntery" Social Workers--will you support them?

2007-05-06T11:06:00.000+08:00

Yesterday when I was walking around Sg Wang, I bumped into a group of "social" workers. These people are practically a nightmare for passerbys, trying to persuade people to donate another RM10 for another welfare center with dozens of people in need.

It started when I passed by one of them, and she started,

"Sir, sir! I'm not trying to sell anything, can you please give me one minute... I'm a voluntery worker from this center... blah blah... there're this many people needing your help... blah blah... can you please make a small donation... blah..."

Dilemma! To donate, or not to donate???

And blah lor. Rm10 payed. I shared it with my friend Ryan.

Then Ryan talked to me.

"Do you realize that these people are not really that godly saints helping?"
"Of course I know! They get commission for every people donated!"
"Then why you still wanna give them????"
"They just keep on bugging me!! What can I do???"
"Hell you can just walk away! Who knows when you donate Rm10 how much of it will land on the hands of the people."
"Haihya me heart soft ma..."
"Soft your head. I oso know how to do la just go photoshop some identification card and simply put some logo and take pictures of some really poor people picture you also dunno if it's the real stuff."

Well people, do you agree with this? When I finished my secondary school waiting for my college to start I once saw in the newspaper looking for "social workers". I called up and this is exactly what they do--to look for "voluntery" workers to ask for donation here and there and they get commission. Kononnya to help a certain social center and help them get their milk or diapers or something. Nick is sitting next to me now poking me for "why you donate to them!! haihya!! You memang know they not so good one lar!!" Ryan has the same idea, and I know that it's like that but still I donate to them cause I can't stand the bugging.

If you are me, will you still donate to them? Or will you look for other alternatives if you really want to help? Or you just don't care?

No matter you choose yes or no, please do tell us your reason somewhere down there at comments or the chatter box on your right. I would like to see your views on this matter! :)

P/s: I'll be away again! To Redang this time muahahha!! Until next Wednesday, so you can read my previous entries instead if you feel bored looking at porn or something. Lol. I'll try to post some pichars when I come back :P

Beggars' Day, Wesak Day

2007-05-04T11:05:00.000+08:00

Sometimes it's quite sad to see one side of a place filled with people, and the other side filled with beggars. Whenever you walk along pasar malams, pasar pagis, Petaling Street or wherever there's a lot of people, you can see these unfortunate people crouching or lying down on the ground, sometimes one leg broken or both, sometimes hands chopped off or without eyes.

And usually we'll turn over a blind eye to them.

Side A, inside the temple.

Side B, outside the temple.

It's just a gate away. The beggars are already waiting at the main door, lining up orderly waiting for some donation from the passerbys. I must say that I'm no philantrophist, I'm just a poor student from nowhere. I think this is what most people think too. Rm1 per beggar will cost us around Rm20-30 that day. And if we donate the same amount to each line of beggars around the city, we'll end up spending hundreds a month.

We as people ought to help the beggers, it's part of our moral studies from primary school till forever. They are the unfortunate, there must be a reason why these people are sitting here waiting for help. Perhaps it's their own will. Perhaps they're forced to. I'm sure none of them enjoyed it.

However, the beggers ought to help themselves too. As humane city people we should at least give the beggars some support, give them some money for their lunch. However, after so many years the number of beggars just kept increasing, and we don't see any notable decrease. So do you blame us, the people who donated, as the main cause of the increase of beggars out there?

If you went bankrupt, get a job, you can earn your own living even as a dishwasher or cleaner. If you have both legs or hands chopped off, there are many centers for the handicapped out there who provides training for specific jobs. This is a very materialistic world, to be frank. How much can you rely on the sympathy of the people to give you your dinner? In the end you still have to get your own dinner yourself. Why not be someone that contributes to the society?

Oh yes, I don't know them, I don't know what had they gone through. Perhaps they had something big enough to blow them off their seats to the streets. I may be a poor student, but occasionally still I will donate a small change to them. Inside I can only hope that they will find their own path.

Nothing beats our Spidey--Spiderman 3

2007-05-03T22:29:00.000+08:00

One of the most anticipated movie of the year, Spiderman 3 of course did not disappoint its fans around the globe. And if you ask me, the movie is one of the best for the year.

Before watching the movie GSC cinemas website was busting with e-ticketing a week before its screening at May 1st. The e-ticketing service provides ticketing service for Spidey3 and Spidey3 only, allowing people to buy ticket for May 1st to 7th using credit card, with more than 15 shows each day screening. Nick bought the tickets at Saturday, and we got our show on May 1st 6pm, 4th row from the front at 1 Utama.

We arrived half hour before the show, and damn the place is flooded with people. And I mean FLOODED. I had never seen 1U with so many people before. Partly because it's a public holiday, and another thing is everyone wants to watch Spidey.

The first 2 shows of the series was quite a blast, it made quite an impression as there are really, really little good quality superhero movie nowadays. Superman sucks big time. Ghost Rider? Flush it down the toilet. X-Men? The first two was great, but the third one looks like it's a bad hair day. Batman Begins sounds ok, but still, nothing beats Spiderman.

The Spiderman series spins off with a good story of Peter Parker, being bitten with a radioactive spider that changed his life since. He begins to enjoy the fame of being a superhero at the city as he saves people from various accidents and crimes, as well as fighting the dilemma within himself, as "great power comes with great responsiblity". This theme continued throughout the series till the third installment, Spiderman 3, when our Spidey faces the worst enemy in the world--himself.

While the show generally blames the Spidey-turned-bad at the outer-space-virus-thingy, the story basically resolves around Spidey himself, and the choices that he makes. It's his own choices that led to his downfall, and the same choices that pulled him back to his high spirit. Not only him, all the people in the show--Spiderman, Sandman, Goblin Jr., Venom and even Mary Jane are facing problems of themselves. The show beautifully blended all the story-lines into one movie, creating a well rounded show that keeps the audience interest within the 2.5 hour. And it's one very enjoyable 2.5 hour indeed. The director can actually incorporate some humorous sublines into the movie without swaying too far away. A few minutes of these makes a big difference, it enlightens the heart, and the audience can feel that they can really feel and touch each character.

One glitch though, that Spidey seems to defeat the black Spidey all too easily, by just banging himself onto the church bell. It looks like there's no apparent reason why he wanted to bang himself to the bell, and before you knew it he was freed from the "binding". One part that was not perfectly conveyed, but other than that, the whole show was superb. Stunning graphics, great cinematography and choreography, and some hard on acting and laughing.

A must watch for any movie goer. Even if you aren't, you'll regret not watching the movie. Even my mom and dad watched it this afternoon. Why not you?

Tag Cedric for reviewing the movie too. :)

Holidays? What holidays??

2007-05-02T11:04:00.000+08:00

Sorry for not blogging for yesterday, I think I won't be blogging much today neither...

Bad day for yesterday. First my teacher Stanley's car broke down because of accident (of ramming his car onto the wall in front of him as he tried to adjust his parking, mistaken pressing the accelerator with the brake lol...), then Nick's car tyre got punctured. Whats worse, the key of opening the screw on his tire got loose and cannot open the tyre.

Sadnya.

Speaking of holidays, our holiday unofficially started last week.

Then there goes my last Friday to Sunday for da Genting trip,
then Monday to Wednesday for performances,
coming Friday and Saturday for choir practice,
Sunday to Wednesday for Redang trip,
the other Thursday for a anticipated BBQ event at Mei Theng's,
Friday and Saturday for Choir practice again.

Holidays? What holidays???

And I haven't fit in time for the art competition, about Tanjung Heritage thingy that I'm supposed to do an acrylic painting. And haven't find time for going to exhibitions for next project as research. And Ryan asked me to go Low Yat with him to survey for his computer.

Uhh... Dunno lor.

"Where had all my holidays gone..."

Addicted to Mahjong

2007-04-30T12:21:00.000+08:00

First thing first...

I'm BACK!!

Back from da genting trip... To summarize the trip, I would say that it's all about steamboat+First World Hotel+Archery+Bowling+Wild Hogs+Flying Coaster+Motion Master+Starbucks+Bak Kut Teh+Mahjong+Candy. Oh you get the idea.

And the Mahjong ranks the highest. Why? We as a bunch of mahjong idiots started out at the 2nd night 10pm and turned out to be masters within 6 hours, thanks to our biggest (and baddest) 'trainer' Eric. Trying to know your tiles, to learn the hundreds of rules and to calculate the scores within hours is not easy. However after 2 hours of lecturing Eric did it. He turned us into mahjong maniacs. You are so evil, Eric.

<--The guy who ~~drained~~ reprogrammed our intelligence

And Yien Ying became so addicted to the game she wanted to buy a new set in her house. And we all agreed to play again at our next BBQ session at Mei Theng's place.

Any Mahjong kaki here? Anyone??

Mahjong is a set of tile games originated from China, and it is coined the "game of hundred intelligences". Why? Because it is easy to learn, yet hard to master. For decades mahjong had ruled over the tables of Chinese and even Americans all alike. I'm sure someone in your house will know how to play mahjong. It's just in our blood. It's our culture.

Every week now and then my grandma will come over my house and my mom and dad will have a mahjong session with her for the next 6 hours, eat dinner, then continue again for another 4 hours. Then occasionally my brother or I will join in just for the fun of touching the tiles and having that 'high' feeling when you have just won a game. And once you sit down, you'll have trouble trying to stand up, because the game is just so addictive.

You guys have the same experience too right? Every Chinese New Year or Christmas when there's some big holidays going on a mahjong session is not to be missed. Tables will be opened, sometimes two or three tables, and young and old people alike will sit around over the same table and fight on a battle over who gets the best tiles. Sometimes money are brought forward casually just to add in some excitement, while sometimes it can make a person win a fortune (and go bankrupt too).

And no, it doesn't just stop there.

Sam Hui wrote oh so many songs with Mahjong as the theme. The Hong Kong movies are starting to be dominated with movies featuring the mahjong game with exaggerated moves and techniques, creating a subgenre called mahjong movie. These movies are great fun that people who know mahjong will laugh at the jokes they make, watching how they win their mahjong and savoring their good tiles in each game.

Yeah, the Mahjong is just in our culture. While rules may differ from region to region--Hong Kong rules, Japanese rules, Taiwan rules, Singaporean rules... One rule remains the same--the spirit. It's not just gambling, it's the bonding between the people, family and friends. It's to create a time when everyone can sit around over a table and chat our hearts out that lasts over hours. Hey what other time can you do that?

Oh yeah, and ghosts play mahjong too!

You don't believe me??

Hey I played with them ok?

It's true!!!

Sorry gals, but I just had to put in this photo, you guys look sooo darn fun!! XD

Yeah they're having their facial mask while playing mahjong at our trip to Genting. Fun leh!!

Genting here I come!

2007-04-27T00:05:00.000+08:00

Well you won't be seeing me crap for the next few days...

Sorry everyone, but I'm going on a HOLIDAY!

Yesh yesh, great holiday with my (ex and current) classmates from KBU. Aren't they a great bunch?

So I'll be back blogging by Monday. Do miss me and check out my previous posts ya if you missed any :D

Will be leaving on Friday afternoon... Steamboat and bak kut teh here I come!! Muahahhaha!!!

Petronas Advertisements--Timeless tales of Yasmin Ahmad

2007-04-26T11:05:00.000+08:00

Yesterday I saw on the newspaper saying that in Johor Bahru their campaign on "Save Our Rivers" had failed after running for it for 14 years.

14 years my god, what had they been doing for so damn long? And it stated 100 million was invested in the campaign.

Campaign?? What campaign?? I don't feel any campaign running on at Johor when I went there.

Then nowadays we can see the campaign ads in the cinema about piracy and "Budi Bahasa Budaya Kita". I must say when I watch those two ads my eyes hurts sooo much they want to bleed. It's even worse than those Panasonic or KFC ads. The piracy one starts off with a guy jumping around and broke into a room in KLCC, stealing a disc then finds his picture on a pirated disc at a pasar malam. The cinematography sucks like shit and you can tell the efforts they had while doing the editing is minimal. The budi bahasa one sucks even worse--they're TRYING to show the contrast between a good taxi driver and a bad taxi driver. But I don't feel the contrast at all, and for those who watched it helloooo if the girl payed for the taxi how could she leave her purse in the car and get off when she take the money from her purse?? Logic!

As we all should know well by now government campaign ads sucks like shit. And obviously not convincing. If we want to talk about campaign ads, let's talk about Petronas Ads. When Yasmin Ahmad started directing the festival ads of Petronas few years ago, the ads between the intervals of dramas or shows are not that boring anymore. Her ads were personal, touches the heart and sometimes tear jerking.

Hari Raya 2006

She started the trend of using human relationships and emotions to influence people in ads. The stories portrayed in her ads are simple enough, but sounds a chord in everyone that "hey, that happens here!". The context are local, friendly, and we can link them to our own personal experiences. She did not show much sign of the festival of the time, she tells a story that makes us think: maybe we really should do something.

Chinese New Year 2006

In an interview with her with The Star she stated:

“Making movies is about hanging out with people we like and telling the stories that we like. I just have a feeling about what I want to do, not so much intellectual ideas. Why was Van Gogh’s Sunflowers the most expensive painting in the world in the late 80’s? Why are Cezanne’s fruits still the focus of still-life studies?

“Look at Gauguin’s paintings of women in Tahiti, it’s as if he loved them and the island. We can learn from the techniques of the masters of course but if we’re to make a mark we have to get personal with our work,” Yasmin stressed.

Diwali

"To get personal" is something Yasmin stressed in her work. She emphasizes the personal touch of the actors, that "choose the right actors and the film will direct itself". Such personal touch not only links the director's and the actor's experiences to the clip, but also links the clip's experience to us, the viewer.

Instead of polishing her clips to what she wanted, she much freedom in her movie. Since her first debut movie Sepet in 2004 the movie had won several international prizes, affirming her style and launching her fame to the international market. The movie was controversial yet became the most discussed movie for the past few years, even during my secondary school essay writing. And she says that the movie was just shot within 12 days. Following that are movies Gubra and the latest Mukhsin, which hit the cinemas 2 months ago.

Chinese New Year 2007

Recently we can see quite a number of companies following in their advertisements, such as HSBC card, Yee Yan Sang and the new Sony T100 advertisement. The formula remains the same, to create a heart warming link between the product to the viewer's experience within that short 1.5 minute. These ads are memorable enough, and we always discuss them as they stands out from the 'showing the product with hot babes or hot moms and introducing it' thing. Yasmid Ahmad sure made a good connection with her casual yet warm and cosy style, adding a little humour and it makes a perfect recipe for a memorable ad.

Deepavali 2006

Please do check out Yasmin Ahmad's blog, she does have quite some interesting sharings there. :)

Now if the Malaysian government campaigns can be as interesting as this, MAYBE people will start listening.

p/s: the poll of improving my blog is still running! plz help me out abit ok? :D

Cam whore cam whore! And a small poll :)

2007-04-25T11:21:00.000+08:00

Well when you get 2 lovers together in the same room and bore them out like hell they will eventually find something else to do...

And cam whore is just one of the easiest and fun thing to keep you occupied.

All you need is:
1. A camera (phone or digicam)
2. Your face!

And this is the result of our juicy camwhore session... Muahhaha.

Hey what's wrong with camwhoring? Nothing's wrong with it! (The Mojo and Trixie syndrome...)

And this is just part of it. Muahhaa...

Newayz I have a teeny weeny small poll here... As a totalrandommessy guy I guess I am quite lost in thinking what to blog. Because I don't know what you guys like to read about!

So please help me out a bit and take this short poll ok? :)

Oh these polls has multiple choice enabled, so you can choose a few options :D

I guess thats about it :) Do leave your suggestions around either at the cbox or the comment box ok? I'll be really really grateful.. :D

Burger King Promo at Masjid Jamek

2007-04-24T21:15:00.000+08:00

Well to say that it's a promo let's just say that it's a marketing "strategy".

Today as my class finished early (yay!!), I went to take the lrt back as usual. And eventually I will have to find lunch. And as usual when I go back at this time (12pm) my usual craving will come up to my mouth--

Bread Story. The *cheeeesyy* breads' images kept flashing in my mind while I drooled all the way in the lrt to the Masjid Jamek lrt station.

And guess what?

BREAD STORY IS OFF TODAY! NO OPEN! ARGH!!!

No cheesy bread! Argh!!! Then something flashed next door.

Burger King.

Ah yes, the infamous Burger King is having a promotion today! For today (24/4) only! And what are they doing?

Selling one Ice Lemon Tea, one Grilled Chicken/Whooper burger, one Onion Ring and one Apple Pie, the whole set which costs only RM10! The actual price of all these are RM17.43!! (As stated in the advert broucher)

Yes, ONLY RM10! (Insert pun here)

Well compared to other fast food chains in Malaysia, Burger King is arguably the most expensive one. With the lowest price noted by our world devouring McDonalds, followed by KFC, two chains that topped the charts are A&W and Burger King. Usually I will think twice before stepping into this store. Hey you're paying rm10.95 per set of meal (drink, burger and fries) excluding taxes. I would rather go to the mamak next door.

The promo today (and today only) is a RM10nett set. You just pay RM10 and chiao. When you come to think of it, they just replaced the original set--the Whooper/Grilled Chicken set with soft drink and fries costing Rm10.95 with other things--the soft drink is changed to the ice lemon tea, the fries changed to the onion ring, and they added an apple pie. Big deal. Rm17.43? Bah.

But without doubt, Burger King also serves the best burger in Malaysia, save the price. The portion is generous and the fillings are always fresh, grilled ones are surely grilled to perfection and the fried ones are golden and crunchy. Compared to the shrunk-sized- burger-from- the-advertisement phenomena of the other restaurants, Burger King sure lives up to its expectation.

Since my butt is itchy today I might as well as just take up the offer. And with a lil' heart ache, it doesn't disappoint me. The grilled chicken in the burger is thick and juicy, and the chicken really tastes like chicken. The onion rings are really beautifully fried, not too dry and when you bite on it you can still taste the onion inside, with a little juice. The apple pie's skin is a bit too hard though, the fillings are standard (I prefer McD's on this one). Ice lemon tea? It's all Nestle, what you expect?

RM10? Still a lil' expensive... To be frank. Well as an American company the marketers just converted their $3.99 USD to Malaysian RM, I guess that's about the price.

To go with my lunch, a girl from "voluntery services" came about trying to persuade me to fish out another buck to feed another licryponeiasna patient. And before she finished saying "Hi" to me, the manager of the outlet came out and told her that they don't allow outsiders to disturb their customers, may it be selling another Swiss Knife or asking for donation.

Speaking of good service. Bravo to BK. :D

Then this friendly mascot with an Indian face wandered around the outlet with a very, very thick costume to promote their event today. It must be really hot and sweaty inside. Uhh... I'm losing my appetite.

Anyhow, kudos for BK! :)

CHEESE!!!

2007-04-23T15:32:00.000+08:00

Anyone that knows me should know that I'm a hapless sucker for cheese.

Oh yeah, CHEESE!!!!

And I mean it!

Anything in a restaurant or cafe which starts or end with Cheese will immediately catch my attention. When I go to Secret Recipe cheese cakes are always my first choice. Then when I go to hong kong cafes if money allow (and God forbid) I will always order the baked cheese rice.

Hey cheese is good!

Cheese!

Cheese!!!

CHEESE!!

CHEEESSEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Do I sound like I'm EXAGGERATING?? NO!!!

Told ya that I'm really a sucker for cheese . Now DEAL WITH IT.

In order to satisfy my obbession with cheese, my friends aka. the VoA and Nick pampered me to a dinner at Pizza Hut. And Pizza Hut is famous for their ooohhhh sooooo cheese pizzas.

We ordered Hawaiian Supreme and Royal Massala with extra cheese .

Yes, extra cheese !! Look at the gooey gooey cheese dripping down from the pizza, the gravity is too strong for it to resist! It wants to fall on my plate to let me savour its mightyness on my tongue--oh how sexy it is!

Of course, dear Nick had so much fun taking the pictures of the ~~slut~~ cheese too. Hey who can resist that??

Now do I sound lustful?? Huh???!

Ijok--Come Vote for Free Gifts!

2007-04-21T14:07:00.000+08:00

One of the most interesting thing about Malaysian politics is the extend they will go to get votes.

Apart from tarring the roads, the angpao giving, the free ang ku kuehs and all other collectables, BN even invited Mawi to Ijok for a joget session, together with the impersonated MGR group by the local politicians.

Picture taken from The Star

I wonder how much they payed Mawi to do that.

Oh yeah, they're saying that they're not trying to pull any votes here, but hell even someone as not politicaly concious as me also know that they're TRYING very HARD to get the votes.

Then, suddenly Ijok comes alive, as stated in The Star today. The coffee shops suddenly had oh so many business from people coming from God-knows-where in their pretty BMWs, Crocodiles and Nokia(s), flooding the place with chats of BN and Keadilan. Then the drama continues with occasional road-blocks and "charity" such as Samy Vellu visiting the town people's homes, noting down their needs and promises that he will be there for 3 months to help them.

And what else, The Sun reported a few days back that one of the party actually gave out RM50 for each vote given to the party. Then they organized a Karaoke session and each person who attended get RM20 "allowance".

Don't you think that the government is trying a bit too hard, hmm?

Of course, what can a campaign be without buntings? they're placed everywhere on the streets.

And of all God's sake can you at least PLEASE hire a designer to do your job? RED on BLUE? And look at the pictures, don't you know how to use Photoshop? Speaking of Absolut DesignBlind.

Picture taken from Travel Tales and Collectables

Gah... Cut cost on this then pay more on karaoke and jogets. Carnival in Ijok all the sudden. I think the town is most happening now than any other time in the past few decades.

And guys, I just discovered this post from BobJots that is commenting on the Ijok posters. There are some damn hilarious posters, go check it out ok? :D

So guys, what do you think??

Virginia Tech Massacre--A society's failure?

2007-04-20T17:46:00.000+08:00

The news struck the CNN and BBC quickly, and within hours the whole world was talking about this--a massacre of 32 killings at Virginia Tech University.

"The shooter was 23-year-old Cho Seung-hui (hangul: 조승희 ) living in Virginia. An undergraduate at Virginia Tech, Cho lived in Harper Hall, a dormitory west of West Ambler Johnston Hall. A spokesman for Virginia Tech has described him as a "loner."Several former professors of Cho have stated that his writing was disturbing and he was encouraged to seek counseling. He had also been investigated by the university for stalking and harassing female students.In 2005, Cho had been declared mentally ill by a Virginia special justice and ordered to seek outpatient treatment."

--Taken from Wikipedia

When I read this news I was shocked--what makes a 23 years old boy buy guns from a vendor and executed the massacre. It seems that he planned it all along, from the video recordings, a suicide note, and a 1800 words manifesto written before he went on to his berserk frenzy. It disturbs us though, that a person's depression can actually cause the death of 30 other men.

Is the boy all to blame, or is it a sign of a society's failure? According to reports, the spokesman of Virginia Tech regarded Cho as a "loner", and the English teacher that taught him said he wrote "vulgar and very graphic essays", the students at Virginia Tech regarded him as "weird". They sent the boy to psychologists and councelors but no avail--the boy just won't speak up. And whatever that's going on his head had been there for a long time, until the volcano erupted.

What concerns me is that what is the cause of the boy's depression. Perhaps he had it all along, oerhaps it was caused by the environment. Perhaps it's because of the racism in the US upon Asians, perhaps it's the language difference and miscommunication, perhaps he was isolated for his attitude towards friends. There are too many reasons that we can ponder about, and only one fact--Cho killed 32 innocent people.

I would say this is a sign of a society's failure, that the society today actually cultivate the psychological problems of the boy. It's a 2 way thing, when you throw a ball at the wall the ball will bounce back. While in today's world we try to create many scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, engineers through our learning system, we must also know the fact that such system at the same time instill negative energy to us. We feel stressed, we feel anger, we feel challenge, we feel competition. Cho is just an extreme manifection of the negative energy.

Of course, the way that every society works had it flaws, we just had to cope with it. But such incident just reminds us that humans are never perfect. We're far from it. You want to be on top of the food chain? Think again... Lion, tigers, eagles hunt together, but have you seen them killing each other?

Humans are a very, very fragile thing. Guys, what do you think of this incident??

Natural Glue!

2007-04-19T21:06:00.000+08:00

Last night when I was doing my project...

Cut cut... paste paste... stick stick...

Then...?

MY GLUE WENT OUT ON ME!! ARGH!!

No glue to use!! How to finish project???!! How to present tomorrow?? And it's 12.30am! Go outside oso nowhere open la!!

Then smart me thought of a way...

To use natural glue!

No, not THAT natural glue you dirty minded people...

Remember when we're young, when glues are too much of an expensive comodity to use, our smart moms will think of a way to create glue?

Just add some heat, make it HOT, some love and some caressing and you can make natural glue easily. Our moms really are great at that. Or else how did they gave birth to you?

Yes, I created my own glue! For the first time in my life!

With.... Cornstarch!!

Like I Said, just add some heat, make the pan hot, mix the cornstarch with water, put it into the pan, stir it a while and within seconds you can get your glue!

And trust me, this glue is damn sticky.

It's like gelatine gone wild, even stickier than super glue or UHU glue. It's so sticky that it sticks to itself all the time, and I had such a hard time trying to apply it to my paper to stick.

See how strong it is? I think the glue can be used to stick mounting board or any card paper... And just a little bit will do, if you apply too much it'll make the paper too wet. And it's very hard to control

But what to do!! No glue already, then must use like this lor! Or else how to pass up homework wor!

And then, reminds me that when I was small my grandma used to make this glue for me to use whenever I need glue, because I always lose my glue stick back then (you know lar, young kids... lol)

Never thought that this can still come in handy. :D

Watch us, Voice of Adam Sing! :D

2007-04-18T17:54:00.000+08:00

Well, Voice of Adam is a group of guys that, well, sings.

And what song do we sing?

Art song, folk song, pop song, and we sing it in a chamber choir style.

Yes, we're a small, reall small chamber choir. Still working on the quality part though haha...

I took this during our practice last Saturday. The song in the video is a Chinese folk song, 半个月亮爬上来, literally meaning a half moon climbing up the sky... Well it may sound stupid in English, but it makes lots of sense when you listen to it in Chinese.

In case for those who have no idea what is a choir, it is a group of people singing in different parts (in our case each one of us sings 1 different part), and when matched together it creates a harmonious resonance. Listening to it is great, singing it feels even better--you're part of the music, and it's coming out from you.

Yeah, I know we have serious problem with pitching... But hey it's our first acapella song ok? Have mercy!

So what do you think??

If you're looking for more songs, go to NickGrey2Bed, after all it's something I'm doing together with Nick. :D

Master of Microsoft Power-life-sucker

2007-04-17T23:04:00.000+08:00

I never knew that I'm that proficient in handling this programme.

Trust me, after doing 2 powerpoint files (and still 3 more to go) on different projects, you will become a master in it.

Another invention of the evil Microsoft, this programme allows you to create slides easily so that people can laugh at you when you're doing your presentations.

And guess what, I'm doing 5 of them today.

Yeah, 5 presentations. 5 files, each file like 20 slides each.

I'm gonna die soon. God save me.

If by now I still don't know about slide masters and design templates, I think that I'll die even more brutally.

Can someone out there save me??

Peekom PeeCee Fair

2007-04-16T20:27:00.000+08:00

I think that other than a concert of Jay Chou or Justin Timberlake in Malaysia, there will be no other time that a place will be flushed with so many people at one time.

Here comes the Pikom PC Fair.

This quarterly event in Kuala Lumpur is one of the most happening time in KL. 3 times a year the PC fair will take place in KLCC (used to be at PWTC). Everyone will be talking about it, what will you be checking out at the PC fair, which printer is cheap, what brand of laptop is good, what's the most 'in' accesory of the day, and where had all the bunny girls gone. Especially for techies and geeks, this event is not to be missed.

Of course as a kepoh nosy-body like me I won't miss out the opportunity to go kepoh too. At the last day of the fair (Sunday) afternoon Nick, Gold Bear and me dropped by the fair to check out the crowd.

And my god, this place is as packed as ever.

The traffic in this place is worse than any morning market or the Connought longest pasar malam in Malaysia. You're practically pushing your way around the fair, which covers 2 floors--2 convention centers and 6 halls. As usual it took 3 hours to just finish walking it--excluding the time used when bargaining, paying, checking things out and window shopping.

I would say that the fair is just like Pasar PC. You can find anything on computers here, from the common DVD burners to the smallest processor chipset. Various blue-chip companies offer computer sets with their big brand name engraved on it, as well as smaller booths that offer cheaper alternatives (with similiar performance and minimal guarentee). Then as usual there're the pendrives, papers, printer booths scattered all over the fair.

The 'in' thing for PC fair this season is MP4s. At all corners you can see people selling MP4 of different shapes and sizes, and a notable increase of MP3s. They're selling DVD-R in bulk of 100 instead of CD-R, and pendrives ranges from 512MB for RM32 to 4GB for rm120. Everyone is talking about Core 2 Duo and AMD 64+ Athlon, and laser printers are much cheaper this time. Remember what we had last season? Technology flies so fast.

The booths for the blue-chip companies were getting better though. They're spending an obvious increase of budget for the persentation of the booths from what it was last fair. Check out this one by Samsung--

They sure are paying much attention to the details. Fancy lightings, organized display, big display and sexy showgirls are what that determines who gets the larger crowd. Each booth are shunning out different gimmicks to get people to look at their stuffs, from blaring music to dancers to game shows. Not only it's a fair for showing latest products, it's a stage for competition between the companies and to bombard the passers with dozens of branding strategies.

Sorry, graphic students' syndrome.

Now what other fair in KL is more happening than this one?

Yea, I feel sick...

2007-04-15T21:20:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah, I feel sick.

To be frank I'm sick all the time since I'm young, probably because that I really, really seldom exercise. Been taking yoga classes lately, trying to build up my system better.

Just came back from PC fair today and gawd so darn many people around. Will update on that tomorrow. Maybe I caught my fever there today.

Now? I wanna sleep... Yawn...

Oh before I go,

Top Figures

This flash game might look easy, but it's damn hard. You'll need some physics, some logic and lots of brains to get through. The knack is that you try to take away the sticks supporting the guy and don't let him fall into the water. Each stick that you took will gain you 100 points, and just try as many level as you can.

My top score? Yeah I know I suck... Only 3600 XD

SimiliarMinds: Personality Test, and it's really TRUE @__o

2007-04-14T10:37:00.000+08:00

Guys, check this out...

Advanced Global Personality Test Results

Extraversion	63%
Stability	70%
Orderliness	26%
Accommodation	70%
Interdependence	56%
Intellectual	56%
Mystical	70%
Artistic	90%
Religious	23%
Hedonism	10%
Materialism	70%
Narcissism	56%
Adventurousness	70%
Work ethic	30%
Self absorbed	70%
Conflict seeking	30%
Need to dominate	30%

Romantic	76%
Avoidant	30%
Anti-authority	43%
Wealth	30%
Dependency	70%
Change averse	30%
Cautiousness	30%
Individuality	76%
Sexuality	70%
Peter pan complex	56%
Physical security	90%
Physical Fitness	64%
Histrionic	30%
Paranoia	30%
Vanity	43%
Hypersensitivity	56%
Female cliche	56%

Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

And this too:

"Stability results were high which suggests you are very relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic..

Orderliness results were low which suggests you are overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense too often of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment.

Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:

messy, disorganized, social, tough, outgoing, rarely worries, self revealing, open, risk taker, likes the unknown, likes large parties, makes friends easily, likes to stand out, likes to make fun of people, reckless, optimistic, positive, strong, does not like to be alone, ambivalent about chaos, abstract, impractical, not good at saving money, fearless, trusting, thrill seeker, not rule conscious, enjoys leadership, strange, loves food, abstract, rarely irritated, anti-authority, attracted to the counter culture

Now for those who know me will find some of these things really true about myself. The others? Well I think I don't know if it's true neither, how bout you tell me? :P Come on guys, go take the test and share your results! I think it's quite fun! Rarely you'll find a test quite accurate as this.

Don't mind the 126 questions though... XD

Global Personality Test

Fanfictions--I was there once too

2007-04-13T15:29:00.000+08:00

After reading an article regarding the topic from The Great Swifty Speaketh, it kept me reminising about my secondary school days, when I was so stuck reading fanfictions on Gundam Wing or Dragonball.

For those wondering what is a fanfiction, go--

http://www.fanfiction.net

"Fan fiction (also commonly spelled as fanfiction and frequently abbreviated to fanfic or occasionally just fic) is a broadly-defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creators. Fan fiction usually describes works which are uncommissioned by the owner of the work, and usually (but not always) works which are not professionally published. Fan fiction is defined against original fiction, which exists with its own discrete universe, and against canon works within the universe. Most fan fiction writers assume that their readers have knowledge of the canon universe in which their works are based ."

--From Wikipedia, http://www.answers.com/fanfiction

In other words, fan fiction is novel/story/fiction written by fans of a movie, anime, series, novel or anything else, based on the context of the original world itself. You can see stories of X-Men, Spiderman, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Dragonball, Sailormoon, Naruto--written by fans themselves, a storyline created by them but using the characters or the world of the original work.

Now what makes these fanfictions interesting? As fans have the characters at their disposal, their creativity expands boundless--imagine Spiderman and Wolverine teaming up to fight a villian together from Final Fantasy, then Naruto and his friends came to help the duo, as the Ninja Turtles watched from somewhere. Or Rogue from X-Men fell in love with Storm, and Cyclops had a thing forIceMan. Or Harry Potter one day decides that he want to take over the world. Or the Power Puff Girls had grown up, and they're having teenage relationship complications.

Now that sounds stupid to you yes, but look at the amount of creativity that they put on. Writing is a creative process, and it's not a simple task. While some may accuse them of plagiarism, the fans voluntery create the fictions just for entertainment and amusement, not for commercial purposes. They wanted to share their ideas of the characters through their writings and their stories. They may be too engrossed in the story that they don't want it to end, and they continue to expand the world through their creations. Reading some fanfiction created by authors now made me gasp in awe. The language that they use can outshine many professional authors out there in the market. The unofficial nature of fanfictions allowed them to meet no bounderies, and such creation was appreciated by millions of other fans on the same subject.

Yeah, I was there once too, and I'm a supporter of HeeroxDuo yaoi couple of Gundam Wing. I'm also a supporter of HoroHoroxRen. TrowaxQuatre. NarutoxSasuke. GotenxTrunks. (Ahem, I'm a gay myself, what's wrong with gay pairings? :P) I once wrote dozens of fanfictions devoted to these animes, and sadly they were lost in the deepest corners of the Net. But nevertheless, fanfiction gave me much fun, it taught me the fun of both writing and reading, even though I'm far from being a good writer.

Well if you have time, go and read some fan fiction on the movie or series that you liked. Who knows, it may get you loving the movie once again, and that feeling is what we seek--the feeling of belonging, and clinging to something that delights your heart.

The Reaping

2007-04-12T15:39:00.000+08:00

I'm a sucker for thriller or action movies dealing with religious issues. If you ask me, it's been a very, very long time since I watched any GOOD biblical-end-of-the-world-fantasy story. Remember The Omen from last year? The movie sucks so bad that it makes your eyes bleed.

Well this year, you have something BETTER.

Here comes The Reaping.

Aside from a whole movie worth of computer graphics and Hilary Swank dealing with dead frogs and fish, the story pulls off unexpectedly. The story starts as Katherine, an anti-christ lecturer from a university was asked to go to a small town to investigate weird accurances happening in the town. They suspect a girl Loren (AnnaSophia Robb) for being the devil that brings the 10 plagues from the bible to the town. The plagues happen one by one, and Katherine unfolds the truth behind the incidents.

And believe me, it's an unexpected twist. I don't want to have any spoilers here as a tradition of my movie posts, just go and watch it yourself.

Graphic wise the movie fared pretty well--from the completely red rivers to the bees, if you do that in real life you'll sure get fired by the WWW. Story wise I liked the whole thing, but if you're talking about thrillers, well not that much in that department. The movie SUPPOSED to be a thriller/horror/fantasy, but when I'm in the cinema I don't really feel thrilled. Instead it feels like I'm watching a documentary. It records the incidents down and thats it. Hilary Swank was trying her best though, but I guess it's not her fault--it's the flow of the movie and the tension building. Trying to fit in 10 plagues in one movie is not an easy task you know, but to be frank, this movie can still be improved in that sense.

One thing worth mentioning though, is the little girl that was being outshined by the Oscar winning actress, AnnaSophia Robb.

Now she is one really, really pretty girl. She looks prettier in motion, in the movie. Anyone remembered Bridge to Terebithia? That's her. I'm not a pedophile, but I must admit watching her so sweeeeetttt face in the movie is one great delight.

Better than ol' Hilary.

And she's the "devil" in the movie. Well all she did is just pose around and the CGI artists will do the work for her. But she does make great poses. :P

A movie that you can spend some $$ on, just for fun. :)

Msian Bloggers United!

2007-04-12T00:46:00.000+08:00

Malaysian Bloggers, now's one chance for us to stand together!

Well I don't really consider myself as a really 'blogger' that type of 'blogger', but let's not miss out this event organized by Daryl. Unlike the previous charity event by UrbanMonk, My List is about making a list of bloggers in Malaysia--hundreds of them--and to promote our popularity and ranking across the net.

I guess by now if you notice, the rankings of a blog in Google or Yahoo or Technorati or Pagerank depends on how many links that you have. And if you have a high ranking, the chances of people knowing and accessing your blog is higher. That means more people reading your blog. Means more exposure. Means better income opportunities. So we're putting our link to da list, you post the list with the link of other bloggers like what they post yours, and you will be linked by hundreds of other bloggers. Cool eh?

So what we're doing now is,

1. Go to My List page and have a look by yourself
2. Get the list of bloggers that is compiled together now
3. Make a post about this event (like what am I doing now)
4. Paste the list of bloggers at the html code of the bottom of your blog
5. Inform Daryl of your website together with the link of your page
6. Wait till June and post again the full list of bloggers that participated

It's just that easy! Cmon, let's join in the fun! Not to be missed by Malaysian bloggers, Malaysia BOLEH!! This time we must BOLEH!!

My List Participants

wahlau's online hut
Cedric’s Asylum
mott’s mutterings
Just My Thoughts
delephant
Incoherent Ramblings
HOT STUFF
Make Money Online with Malaysia Love AGLOCO
MONTESSORIMUM.COM
Funky Cookies
Earn Money Blogging
PabloPabla's Whatever
Make Money with Blogging
Paris Beaverbanks
Free Links Giveaway
Free Blogger Templates
Blogsreview.Net
Making a Living
5xmom
How to be a Better Blogger
My Women Stuff
Hochiak! Delicious Asian Food
Best Recipes
Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget
Daryl's Discovery Journey
The fluff must go somewhere

Blogsphere Apocolapse, and David Carson

2007-04-11T16:59:00.000+08:00

For those who are wondering why am I talking about death all so suddenly...

YOU'VE BEEN CONNED.

For starters, please please go and read the post from Urban Monk... Our friendly neighbour of the blogsphere is willing to donate a hefty USD $500 to the Salvation Army (or another organization, still thinking...) For each person who participated in this event called Blog Apocolapse, he will set aside an amount of money to be donated for charity. So the faster you take part, the faster the organization will get the donation. :D

So what is the event about? Basically all you have to do is PRETEND that what if blogging has come to an end one day... And what would you like to say as last words in your last post? Think about it, and tell the world about what you think. Thats it. Then place the links of the blogs of the people you love, people you admire, and of course the link of the page that told you about this event, as well as the link of our philantrophist UrbanMonk.

So get your fingers moving, go and have a look at the event page ok? :)

Secondly, I'm now sitting in front of my teacher's computer (Stanley) rotting away, trying to crack my head open and think about David Carson. He is the guy who did this:

This:

As well as this:

Amazing, isn't he?

This is his motto: Don't Mistake legibility for communication.

He finds the essense of this subject, of the article that he's working on, of the work that he's doing-- then he express it through the use of image and typography. Forget anything about being read, at this time and age who you expect to love READING? Visually these images are appealing, tells the story of what the piece is trying to say, and it attracts attention. Once you get the attention, you will READ. That's the point.

That summarizes his work. You must look at his first book-- The End of Print. It was at the red spot location in my library, and when I got hold of it I can understand why. The book is like an art by itself already. Every page that I flipped through I gasped and I thought, "This guy is INSANE. How can he thought of doing THAT?"

Carson came out during the late 1980s till the early 1990s. He was praised, worshiped, condemned and cursed by millions of people among the globe. I guess I'm one of those who praise and worship him. You can see the influence of my blog heading design already---can you read the words on my blog design that properly? (Well it's not done by me thank you very much, but I love it :D)

Back to my cracking...

What if you'll die... now?

2007-04-10T21:35:00.000+08:00

What if your life will end the very next second after you read this post?

I DUN WANNA DIE!!!!

But just what if, when this world will end the next second, what will you say?

It is said that the blogsphere will end soon. A Judgement Day. An Apocolapse. As Malaysian government laws are already starting to restrict bloggers' freedom of speech, who knows when all our blogs will be restricted that you can't even talk a shit. Other than how Barisan National did their work greatly, as an exception.

I believe in last words. I really do. They're the most honest remarks that a person can make. There're no regrets, nothing to be left inside the heart, nothing left unexposed. If I am to say my last words, I will say,

I love you all.

Really, I do. In my life to be frank I never had one true enemy. I don't recall having any enemy or anyone that I hate. Or anyone that hates me neither. The only worst moment I had in a relationship is breaking up with my ex. And I guess that's it.

I must say that I am a very, very lucky person. I'm born as a typical city boy with a hypertension mom, a dad that enjoys housekeeping, and a brother 9 years older. I had friends that supported me all the way, be it my buddies (and sistars) in secondary school, my Voice of Adam 'family', the Usual Bunch of Idiots (UBoIs) of KBU, and of course my dear lover.

There're those who changed my life--my music teacher who taught me music and piano as well as life, my art teacher that encouraged me to take art and design, my dear Nick who organized my life from the pile of mess I am (and still is), my friends who loved me for what I am. I'm declaring my love to all of you--all who I treasured and treasured me. I may not show it everyday, but I appreciate whatever that you guys did and did not. Everything that happened shaped what I am now--a self-indulgent idiot that thinks less than necessary.

I led a happy life, and I willingly die happy. How about you?

I must thank 5xmom for showing me this event started by Urban Monk. These are bloggers that inspired me, that got me thinking and going--Rojaks, Kenny Sia, Lao Zha Bor... Of course, my friends, Nikky, Ryan, Dennis, Mojo, Trix, VVN, Lum, Yun Yun, Gold Bear, Alex, Junn, May, Goat, Little Peng, Lala, Oren, Corn... My god, the list just goes on and on.

If you're keen, check out the website of the picture above. And you'll know what are we doing now.

I love you people. I really do.

Putra LRT Glitch??

2007-04-09T16:12:00.000+08:00

A glitch that kept me stranded in the LRT for 40 minutes, passing 5 stations.

Now lets see, that means it takes approx. 8 mins of stopping at the platform on each station.

And I sat in the idiot funnel, hot and sweating with another 60+ of us doing the same, watching and waiting as the LRT door kept open every time it stops on one station, saying bye-bye to the air cond.

The reason? A malfunctioning LRT at the track between Kerinchi and Universiti. It blocked out the whole track, therefore all the other LRTs had to compromise and WAIT.
I have nothing against accidents like this, seriously, they don't want it to happen neither. But what pissed me off is that they opened the LRT door every station for like 8 mins, giving us very good ventilation, and announcing something that sounded like:

"Pra pnumpang... sshhhreeekk... shreee..... mengalami kesulitan pada Ste--shreeeek... shhhhh.......minta maaf ata---sssshhhh... trima kas---shshhhhsreeekkk.... blak blak blak"

Hello, our ears are not binary code deciphers or radios that respond to short-waves. I appreciate that they TRY to have the passengers informed of what happened, but what the hell is up with the stupid announcement quality? You expect us to hear anything over the noise ha?

This lasted for 5 stations until Kerinchi station, when the announcer from Uranus announced that the train "will stop at Kerinchi station and it will go back to Kelana Jaya. Pessengers to KL please wait at Kerinchi platform for the next train."

It took 3~4 announcements before the people can get the announcement. The Gwai Poh carrying a travelling bag sitting opposite of me looked so confused.

I got down from Kerinchi and took a taxi back home.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2007-04-08T19:33:00.000+08:00

If you're a 13 yr old who is crazy over heroes and groups especially those involving a few people jumping here and there (Power Rangers comes to mind), then this movie is for you.

If you're a 30 yr old who once loved this group of mischievous turtles jumping from roof to roof with their hard shells wielding katana and staff and the idea of the materializing of your childhood heroes appeals to you, then this is for you too.

If you have neither both ideas in your mind, then sorry, you'll have a better time watching other animations, "Meet The Robinsons" might not be the best of the season, but certainly better than this one.

Other than the different colored bandanas over their eyes and the weapons they're wielding physically these turtles have no special attributes to tell them apart. Having their names adapted from the Renaissance master artists--Leo (Leonardo (Da Vinci)), Mike (Michaelangelo), Ralph (Raphael) and Don (Donatello), the creater of these turtles sure had some wit. From what I remembered as kids they are quite a cute bunch. However this movie did not do it much justice, so-so storyline, ok-ok graphics, and poor attention to details sure degraded the movie. My main complain is the attention payed to details. Many times the scenes do not link to one another, as how Mission Impossible 3 did when one scene before Tom Cruise was wearing as a priest and the next he had machine guns and bombs under his sack.

The animation was not bad though, remininsing the style of The Incredibles, thin and long characters with painfully small waistline. The flashy graphics and choreography was not bad too, with fighting scenes that lasted oh too short, leaving too much space for imagination to the poor young viewer. Frankly speaking, if I'm 10 years younger perhaps I will find this movie to be real fun. But I guess the developers are not targeting kids of my age, unlike those as Toy Story or Shrek. Oh yeah, If you have no idea or forgotten who the Ninja Turtles are, then you better not watch this movie. Too many jargons and unexplained background to the new viewer.

My rating? 2.8/5... For the fun flying-here-and-there and rolling-up-and-down scenes.

Finally, the last project...

2007-04-05T20:27:00.000+08:00

Have you ever sat in front of the computer all day long just to work on a project?
Yiu... U tot us so ulu ka, never use computer do work ha??

When you're choosing the fonts of your project have you considered the readability of the font, is it serif or sans serif, the x-height, the width, the period of the font family and the emotional qualities of a font?
Aiya, Times New Roman ma gao dim lor... Think so much for what???

Then have you ever ponder over the text size of a document that even a 0.2pt size will spoil the overall outcome of your document?
Ha? Font size so important one meh???

Have you ever face trying to create a picture to fit in the document, deciding where to place the picture, where to crop, and even one milimetre or pixel will make a difference to your work?
Picture download from internet ma can lor...

Does the hierarchy of the text in a page, the grid set in your document, the rhythm and flow of the mastheads, subheads, body texts and other element in a page deal any concern to you?
What is that oh???????????

Thats the summary of the job of a graphic student's project for a 4-page magazine layout spread that takes us 4 weeks to produce... Thank you for listening, and questions will be answered in your own research. (The motto of our lecturers)

We're done with our second last project for this semester, and one more 'research' project to go , deadline after the next two weeks. So much for our Sem 1, time passes so fast...

Buh bye!! I'm off to LaLaLand and I'll make sure that you won't find me again! Muahhahaha!!!

It just felt like it's not so long ago when we first started our course in Graphic Design, and before you know it so many deadlines and submissions and presentations had passed, and what's coming in front of us is the end of the semester already.

Which reminds me oh so well that I'm getting old. Oh well.

It's a long road in front of us though, we still have 5 more sems before we graduate from the course. But hey, while the road may be longer than going to Penang from JB, on the way you'll find so many things that you can brag and tell your friends about. Things that is so memorable that you can't forget. Or even the life that you had during this time that you enjoyed or hated so much you will tell your grandsons and nannies one day that you were once a bad boy/girl too.

Yeah... Time to create stories to tell next time now.

Of Jumpy Farewell and Cooking My Bumps

2007-04-02T15:07:00.000+08:00

Of Jumpy Farewell and Cooking My Bumps

Well first and foremost... Many people wonder why the content of my blog is so diverse until it can cover from irrelevant MVs to underwears, from food to porn. As the title suggests...

I'm RANDOM! Total RANDOMNESS! Grey's stuffs are always one pile of mess that I'm the mess myself already. So do give ideas on what you wanna read more on, and I'll try to crack it out from my junky brain k?

Back to topic... We had a farewell "party" for Mr Sharil last Friday. Well for some reason it feels like nobody cares about it anyway, so why all the hassel do all the job?

This thing is placed together in less than 1 hour. We started working on it from 12pm till 1pm, and we still have time to play the "Jump then I shoot!" game.

How it works?

1. Stand in front of a background, may it be a wall or a tree or this "Sharil Rawks" banner.
2. Ask your friend to get his camera/phone camera ready to shoot your picture when you jump
3. JUMP!
4. Look at your st2pid face when you jump

We played this for like 15 mins.

Then Mr Sharil came in, and he said that "now that's something unexpected" when he saw the banner, and he seems to smile quite happily. Mojo sponsored a few packets of junk food, then we started to chew on them together with some Coke and Sprite. Mr Sharil even told us about ghost stories from UiTM.

"...Then this sculpture of a maggot body with a human's face came alive 3 days after its sculptor died from accident. It walked around trying to find its 'Master..."

Now that's something fun from an art school. I wonder if I can make a pair of flying boobs and it comes alive, suffocating everyone that comes near it. Now that will be fun.

Then on Saturday, my friends and I went on to cook ourselves dinner...

For a first timer (like ME) I think it's not bad after all. I can actually come up with something edible other than cooking Maggi Mee or instant speghetti. If you wanna find out more about this one, go to NickGrey2Bed, more detailed update there. (Afterall it's something we did together :D)

Now I'm sitting at home, fighting with my assignments and World2 (online game again, yeahhh). Now this is life.

Thank You MV (haze season)

2007-03-29T20:39:00.001+08:00

Thank you, Indonesia!

I know it's a bit outdated, but well it's still some effort by Malaysian groups. These bunch of Malays and Chinese collaborate to come up with this MV, thanking Indonesia for giving us the beautiful scenery of London without needing to be there. A fun combination of chinese and malay rap, and some really sarcastic lyrics.

Not bad for a home made MV... and well remember it's home made k :D The haze was gone for long already... But let's just appreciate the fun of the MV ok?

Porn: Why is it a guys's stuff?

2007-03-27T20:18:00.000+08:00

Porn: Why is it a guys's stuff?

I think that it's pretty obvious that a girl (or guy in my case) in minimal garments has the ability to make a guy drool a river with eyes locked onto the twin mountains both at the front and back. It's a universal thing-- when men evolved from apes they already had this tendancy to feel aroused towards certain scenes.

Of course there are some different preferences according to different individuals, some like them in uniforms like nurses or teachers, while some love them in spandex or leather, some just love them stark naked without a piece of cloth. Some like them fat, some like them thin, some like them fit as a fiddle. But one thing for sure: all of them like to see.

One of the best entertainment and passtime for a guy (or guys in a group) is to sit at a corner, watching entricing girls going pass them, or watching them in exagerated proportions moving in the magic box called television, or watching them posing seductively (or explicitly) in magazines or websites.

Let's face it, guys are animals of the outer senses. Everything we see has an effect on us. Guys just like to use our eyes. We watch football, we look at great cars, we play games, we watch porn. Our favorite passtime just has to do with visuals. Unlike girls, they feel through their senses. They prefer touching or tasting, which explains why they love chocolate more than us guys. They read books, they talk about guys, they window shop just to try on the clothes and not buying them.

So what is it about porn that is so appealing to guys? The whole process to be frank is just all about the same, how many different type of sex can you tell save the karma sutra? It's not the process that matters, it's the people engaged that attracts them. Which explains why usually guys have an eye-opening collection of porn. They need something new to see. Watching the different models do their stuff has new excitement to guys. In other words, watching something new doing the same thing has the arouses their under parts more effectively than old (and boring) things.

So girls, if you wanna make sure that your guy stays drooling on you all the time, always keep yourself fresh with new suprises. Guys will get bored if they see the same thing all the time. They need new excitements to keep their interest alive. Or else they will turn over to look at porn instead.

Which explains why my mom makesover her hair oh so frequently. And my dad is still cooking and cleaning the floor for her.

How? Ahem... Sorry, wrong channel. If you know what I mean. Hehe.

淫荡版七里香

2007-03-25T21:30:00.001+08:00

Jay Chou the Sex Maniac?

Warning: 18SX ahead!!

Now whoever who came up with this sure is:

1. Extensively creative with words and sounds
2. Has an extremely contaminated mind
3. Anti Jay Chou

And I LURVE it!

The first person who came up with this frenzy started editing the lyrics of this song, Qi Li Xiang... Mr Jay sings as he is, the MV still the same, but the only thing that the editor of the video changed is the lyrics. And that's all that he needs to do, he turned the song into a filthy dilthy sex song!

Some karma for Jay Chou his inaudible diction when singing.

And yes, I still LURVE it!

Sorry, this and the following posts are for chinese readers only... Chinese reading required to read the lyrics. For those who can't read ask your friend to translate it for you.

No offence here for Jay Chou, I respect his songs, his creations as well as his style which became almost synonymous with Chinese Pop. But I salute the creativity of the people who created these videos.

Believe me, it's darn hilarious!

I'm sorry Ryan for making fun of your idol, but hey it's not my fault XD

周杰伦-《FUCK流血》-改编自发如雪

2007-03-25T21:16:00.001+08:00

And now some idiote came up with this new video... Another version of this song! Read between the lines! XD

周杰伦-退后 MV (改编版)

2007-03-25T21:11:00.001+08:00

Another edited song of Jay Chou...

18SX!!

A funny sms convo...

2007-03-20T19:36:00.000+08:00

A funny sms convo...

Well everyone is at stress zone now, have to rush out 20 pages in just a few days is not an easy task I must say. Just remember that after this friday no more VS project then everyone will be darn happy...

Like Nkky says, "The best way to relieve stress is to face it--DO YOUR WORK!"

Something to cheer everyone up...

A few days after my birthday I received a sms from this guy...

016xxxxxxx: Hey dude, happy birthday ya! Wish a good year ahead!
Me: Oh haha thanks... Is belated birthday already lo... Anyway you are? I lost my phone contacts cause I lost my phone be4...
016xxxxxxx: Oh... I'm Han Lun lo, same primary school with you one ah..
Me: Wa same primary school you still remember me ah... I dun remember anyone liao haha. Anyway where u get my number from?
016xxxxxxx: Ha? I know you so long liao wo... I'm Han Lun la, your primary school one wo...
Me: You sure? I really can't remember wo... Maybe you can mms me your picture then maybe I can remember lo.
016xxxxxxx: I dun hav mms phone la... You really dun remember me?? I think mayb get wrong number...
Me: (In Chinese) I'm Grey from Yoke Nam Primary school in OUG, and yeah my birthday is on last Friday.
016xxxxxxx: Oops sorry wrong number...
Me: No problem... *LMFAO*

I was laughing so hard...

Never thought that I can get a birthday wish from a stranger. Lol...

Rush Marathon

2007-03-17T11:04:00.000+08:00

Rush Marathon

All design students rush their homeworks. It's a curse. From the first day we signed the contract with the Management of the Design Horde, we're destinied to live at night and become the Night Worker, to pay for the rest of our lives. And no, we don't have a second chance to do it again.

Yes, we're the Design Students.

(Stupida adaptationa from Ghost Rider. Duh)

Anywayz, the working at night and rushing homework part is true though. All students in the world regardless of courses has the syndrome of doing homework at the last minute, may it be the last week or the last day.

Deadline: next Friday for Visual Studies, making a sketchbook comprising a minimum of 20 drawings with different media and ideas to tell a story of a city.

So now I'm going to rush my work now...

And I shall bear this curse and use it against you. Muahhahaha.

((Stupida adaptationa from Ghost Rider ending line. Duh)

The Joys of Acupuncture

2007-03-13T20:36:00.001+08:00

The Joys of Acupuncture

Acupuncture

"One of the main forms of therapy in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), has been practiced for at least 2,500 years. In acupuncture, certain points on the body are stimulated by the insertion of fine needles....Acupuncture is thought to restore health by removing energy imbalances and blockages in the body. Practitioners of TCM believe that there is a vital force or energy called qi (pronounced "chee") that flows through the body and between the skin surface and the internal organs, along channels or pathways called meridians. There are 12 major and eight minor meridians. Qi regulates the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical harmony of the body by keeping the forces of yin and yang in balance. Yang is a principle of heat, activity, brightness, outwardness, while yin represents coldness, passivity, darkness, interiority, etc. TCM does not try to eliminate either yin or yang, but rather keep them in harmonious balance. Acupuncture may be used to raise or lower the level of yin or yang in a specific part of the body in order to restore the energy balance."

(Taken from http://www.answers.com/acupuncture)

Friends of mine should know that I have the condition of having leg pain or leg cramps when it rains or at night. I have been having this problem since I'm like 7yo and the pain is not getting better, and it hurts every early morning and late night. Such condition is called rheumatism, and let's not go into that ok...

Which explains why I hate waking up early. Duh.

So I went to the Chinese Medical Department of Tung Shin Hospital, nearby Puduraya after numerous efforts of persuading, nagging, forcing and threatening from my mother. She claims that it helped relieving her neck pains and migraine problems.

"It's just RM8 per session! Just sit there 20 mins lar! So susah ka???"

Ok lor...

Went there for my first session with Nick...

I got a needle on my hand!

Four on my left leg!

Three on my right leg!

Not to mention two more on my both heels! Whee!!

11 needles for the first session... Happy leh...

I went for four sessions already. So far the leg pains reduced a bit but sometimes it's still there. But much better.

I guess I'll just try keeping it up and see lor...

Fun leh... Anyone got head pain hand pain leg hair pain oso can go try try ok~~~

It's only RM8 per session!

I'm no more teenager... Whee!!

2007-03-11T20:38:00.000+08:00

I'm no more teenager... Whee!!

Yeah, which means I no longer have that pretty "1" on the first digit of my age.

I'm starting to be a "2"!

But not yet an adult though. Argh.

The faithful day was on 9th March twenty years ago when my mom and dad accidently popped me out nine years after my brother's birth.

And now? 20th Bday~~

Anyway, these are what I got from my friends on Friday, my Bday~

A "Jack's Place" Bill~~

Now what is Jack's Place??

Jack's Place is a restaurant at the 1st floor of 1 Utama New Wing that serves great lobster soup and great lunch set.

The UBoIs (Usual Bunch of Idiots) treated me to lunch here~~ Whee~~~

See Nkky and Ryn busy with their soup?

See Trixie stoning at the Glass of Sparkling Cool Water from New Zealand?

See me acting stupid wif Piggy VVN?

Then see Dens busy with his Coke while I'm busy with my soup?

And THIS is my SOUP~~ The Grand Lobster Soup~ Imagine the poor thing being shredded into pieces before thrown into boiling pot of cream---

"Pweease!!! Dwun Kwill Mweeee!!"

Too bad... Muahahha...

Thanks UBoIs for da great lunch!! I really appreciate that! :)

2ndly...

Present from the VOAs!!

VOA=Voice of Adam, my choir which consists of our gang of brothers and one sister.

And they bought me this!

A Meow Plushy!

Isn't it cute??? Lum made the bag covering the cat himself~~~

And it can actually be DETACHED to become a pillow!

So cute rite~~~ ^____^^ They sure know me well~~

Thanks VOA!!

They also assembled this cake for me!! All Secret Recipe~!!

Thanks to Nick my Dearest~ ^___^^

Then, this is what my parents and the Aunties at Chempaka Buddhist Choir gave me~

How thoughtful! CASH!!

What can be more convenient and delightful than CASH??

Everyone loves CASH!!

XD

Thanks everyone for da Great Bday! And that's all~ 4 Presents~~

Actually there's one more... By Nick my dearest of course hehe...

For info on how Nick celebrated my Bday during my Bday Eve remember to go to nickgrey2bed ok??

^-^

Check out this pair of glasses...

2007-03-06T22:27:00.000+08:00

Check out this pair of glasses...

Notice anything special about it??

No?? See again~

Cmon, you're a smart guy rite???

Still kenot ah???

Ok ok, another clue...

Now this one damn obvious already lo...

So cool rite! A glasses with only one leg! It's handicapped!

When I was doing my VS project that day I left it on the ground, then someone stepped over it and the whole thing went crooked...

And when I tried to bend it back, PLAK!

GONE! Whole thing GONE!

So happy leh...

So this is how I look when I'm still wearing it at home...

I can't stand looking at my screen without my glasses nowadays ok!

Well, like Andy's Ipod, it's Limited Edition!

Now everyone has not been posting for 1 Week @_o

2007-03-04T17:06:00.000+08:00

Now everyone has not been posting for 1 Week @_o

When I looked through my friends' blogs we all had one thing in common-- we had not been regularly for 1 darn week.

Yes, this jauh-raja week that everyone was so jauh-raja busy either with Visual Studies or Graphic Design project.

I practically marathoned from Tuesday to Thursday. Been working till 2am, then the stupid projects just got stuck in my head and I can't sleep until 2 hours later.

What a good night.

Then when I thought I can finally sleep after Friday, Saturday morning got a stupid Chinese-New-Year-Carolling session over PJ with Chempaka Buddhist Lounge choir. 7am wake up edi. Darn.

And it's at Saturday itself that my teacher suddenly inform me that his pianist at a choir in Brickfields was not free for a Sunday MORNING jauh-raja performance and asked me to replace her.

Kanasai... Never sleep properly. I want my beauty sleep ok! I LOVE sleeping till 11AM, I HATE waking up EARLY!

Speaking of the Chinese-New-Year-Carolling, we went to houses of Datuks and Datins in places like Tropicana or TTDI hilltop. And NOW I know the meaning of RICH people...

Imagine houses of 8,000sq feet! 2 stories! And woot my house is only 1,400! These people had their own KARAOKE room in their BASEMENT armed with LCD projectors and disco lights as well as an alchohol-bar. Alright I may sound like I'm exagerating, but 7 out of the 10 homes that we went had their karaoke room, and they all either lives in bungalows or semi-des.

And one of the home actually had the full Room duckie set.

For 1U enthusiats you should know which Room and which duckie set I'm talking about. The toy ducks are of a really exquisite quality which costs around Rm40 each, and there are around 20 of them.

And this home actually had the FULL Room duckie Set. All 20 of them. Placed on the stair-case.

Then there's this another home with a fountain at its backyard. And a tree-house. And he actually ordered the whole Fatman Lok-lok van to came over and provided the guests with FREE lok-lok. The whole van.

Now I know the meaning of rich... Lol.

Woot da hack!!

Sorry but my phone ran out of battery when I went there. ARGH. Wait till I get the pictures of these people's houses then I will post it up.

Was struggling with my darn essay. Need to reduce 6k words to 2.5k. Just reduced it to 3.5k and got another 1k to go.

As quoted by Angie in her blog...

"Someone kid-nap Arthur please!!!"

Ending da holidays ALREADY??

2007-02-25T00:25:00.000+08:00

Ending da holidays ALREADY??

So fast! All I remember what I did for the past few days was just World-of-Warcrafting or sleeping. Eat oso never eat much...

Ok a summary on what I did for this week... As for the first 2 days of CNY let's just say it's pure stoning. Sigh.

18th-Nick came to look for me at night and we went to yum tong shui at a cafe nearby my house (What a suprise a cafe is open at 3rd day of CNY @-o) cause I told him that I'm drop dead BORED at HOME.

19th Feb-Nick went to Penang liao... Sob... Stone at home do essay for whole day... Was commanded (cursed) by my mom "not to dirty the house for doing my projects during CNY OR ELSE", therefore cannot do much oso, argh dang... So after essay-ing for the first half day patched AuditionSEA and World of Warcraft (Games, my SAVIOR).

20th Feb- Did the layout for Tong Tong's GD project. Then play World of Warcraft. Started playing on World of Doom Malaysian server, 30x Exp 40x Items XD if interested playin tell me on CBox i will post the links lol... Playing a Troll Hunter now. I think da girls will probably be scratching their heads now lol... Yes it's a game ler...

21st Feb- World of Warcrafting again~~ My teacher came to look for me together with Yun Yun and fished some angpao frm my mom, then we went to an auntie's house in ampang to fish more angpaos together. Happy leh... Hehe

22nd Feb-Nick back from PG liao~~ Yay~~~ WoW-ed for the morning, did something for VS project in afternoon then my secondary skool friend called me out for gathering. After so long~~ These guys never changed at all~ Still very fun bunch of people :) I lurve U guys~~ ^-^ Then at night Nick came to look for me and we went for food at a Japanese restaurant in SS2. Before we went to that we went to a Korean BBQ shop and looked at the menu, then decided to go for the Japanese instead. (Sounds familiar Nikky? XD)

23rd- Went out of Nick for movie Twins Mission at 1u in da morning~ Quite nice ah the movie quite quality action movie for Hong Kong production, but the cutting and the flow a bit problem lor... Overall I'll recommend this movie for a watch (lazy to type review now la = =") Then went to buy Nick's hamper goods at Giant, went to buy my stuff at Centerpoint and Wins then went to take back my frying pans from KBU (Read Dens blog XD) At night we went for Lady Iron Chef movie, 2 movies in a day~ Woohoo~~ Funny comedy not bad story but sucky director and production, not very good lol..

24th- Today lor... Did VS work for da whole day, I dun wanna care bout my mom already, and yes I made a mess outta my home. A BIG mess. wootever XD

I'd say my CNY this year isn't all that interesting. Quite quiet lor... Maybe no more crazy frenz around me all so far away... Haih sad sad...

:(

Ah, the "Great" holidays...

2007-02-19T20:23:00.000+08:00

Ah, the "Great" holidays...

It's Chinese New Year, when everyone supposed to go to the houses of their relatives, visit everyone and talk and gamble their hearts out, laughing and giggling over everything and nothing in particular.

SUPPOSED to.

And I'm sitting in front of my computer all day, rotting for four days since Friday until now, either doing essay, Civilization-ing, AuditionSEA-ing or World of Warcraft-ing. My new year is exceptionally quiet this year, I just sat here, didn't went out to look for anyone nor anyone came to look for me.

Ok, save my Nanny when I was young who came this afternoon and my aunt. That's it.

While I'm rotting I've been pretty productive too: did my essay which number of words sums up to double of its initial requirement of the brief, found a local private server for World of Warcraft online game, started playing AuditionSEA, another dancing online game.

Anything else? Uhh... Eat and sleep?

My mom already gave me the notice:

"For God's sake DON'T MESS UP THE HOUSE doing your HOMEWORK for these few days."

Darn... What a powerful line. Means I cannot do my project works until WEDNESDAY. Argh.

Am I miserable or what?

At least Nick came to find me last night and fished me out to drink Tong Shui at a cafe nearby.

Or else I'll really be the next mushroom--a bunch of fungus.

2007-02-15T23:47:00.000+08:00

Leg pain pain~~ Argh~~

I've been having this problem of my leg hurting especially at night, and nobody seems to be able to tell me why.

Today a bit more extreme... Afternoon 3pm start to pain already.

Maybe too much of air cond in studio today... (Half of the class was absent, all balik kampung I think lol...)

Anyway, HOLIDAY LIAO~!!!

Although that's what it may seem to be, but still lotsa homeworks to do ler... Like Visual Studies 2 project Graphic Design 1 project HATS 1 essay...

Argh... Holiday=no holiday...

Anyway yesterday was Valentines Day. Of course got do something ler hahhaa... That's why today got nothing to show Miss Tong Tong XD She was soooo suprised when I came in with nothing, not even a sketchbook or any pictures, even the given information for the project oso left in studio (sorry Dennis XD)

But in the end I still managed to squeeze out some research and layout in the matter of 2 hours... And no I'm not really proud of myself thank you very much.

For information on my V day happenings, go on and visit:

NickGrey2Bed

It's a blog for Nick and Me... So next time just go there and check out our happenings ok? I won't be posting much stuff on us two on this blog anymore, must get more intimate over there :P (Don't think too much k... LoL...)

Oh yeah, tmr can sleep until 11am!! Woot!! SO HARPPY~~!!

It's PIG year and I have all my rights to be a pig thank you very much.

Ooo long time no post liao... Lol

2007-02-11T20:37:00.000+08:00

Oooo long time no post liao lol...

Since we've got the news that Visual Studies project has been postponed to after Chinese New Year, I had been flying in da sky like a bird already...

"See me fly~~ I'm proud to fly up high~~~" -- quoted from Joey Yong's song

Ah freedom is sweet alright!

Anyway, introducing a new blog...

Nick.Grey2Bed

At first it supposed to be Nick.Grey Double Bed... Alright I know the name is a bit weird, but we're discussing about it already ok? Maybe it'll be jus NickGrey2Bed lol... Anyhow, as you can see, it's a blog by Nick and Me~~ Yay~~

Nick said he never blog before though, so guys dun be harsh on us k :P The blog will be written in two language (Eng by me and Chi by Nick). Gonna put up a c-box there soon...

Ehehehe... syok sendiri a bit la... :P

Another site to introduce...

Ribuan Terima Kasih Indonesia

It's an original music video created by a full Malaysian casts, with Chinese and Malays colaborating together to create this wonderful little video dedicated to our friendly neighbour! The song is mainly about thanking Indonesia for giving us the air condition and visibility that is equal to the foggy London~ Go and have a watch ok??

Third site to introduce...

CubShoot

This is for Happy Tree Friends fanatics like Niklas out there... This flash game adapted characters from Happy Tree Friends, your job is to shoot the cub bear falling down from the tree with a gun and see how far you can shoot it... My score when I played just now? 922 lol... Pure luck, most of the time I just can't shoot it to move lol.. You'll get the point when ur playing it.

Forth site...

Singlish Dictionary

I haven't come across any Manglish dictionary so far, but I guess this Singlish dictionary works just fine. In case you don't understand, Manglish stands for Malaysian English, Singlist stands for Singaporean English. The dictionary encompasses regular terms found in everyday dialogue of the Malaysians and Singaporeans with words like chapalang, aiyoh, chee bye, nouns such as buey song, buey zai or buey tahan, or even alternative definitions for words such as banana or coconut. I guess most of us know what these words means, but hey it's fun reading them as a dictionary definition right??

That's all for today... I'm still lazying around my house now XD Don't mind me lol...

New hair... Again XD

2007-02-06T23:42:00.000+08:00

New hair... Again XD

Yeah, like Lum said, Nick just has this thing for doing his hair... The last time Nick dyed his hair blonde with red highlights was December...

And then I follow lor, not that it's not fun rite? :P Went to dye our hair dat day, Nick sat at Johan's frm 3.30pm to 7pm... Process for dying, bleaching, dying again, dying again, then wash hair, then cut hair... Oh you get the point.

The end result?

Tadaa~~ Maroon base with blue highlights~~ Cool lei~

Another view, when see real life so striking ler the colors... Mayb nxt time when me hair is as long as his I'll do something liddat also hehe...

I oso got dye my hair ler~~~ Supposed to be ash colored, turned out to be a bit blondish hehe but nvm ler~ I like also :P

Someone told me I looked pretty "lala" (street punkish, the type that you lepak arond Sg Wang doing nothing) after I did this hair. Well wootever, I like it mar~ And I oso not lepaking oso haha...

Picture of me and Nick together... Yay :P

Anyway, Valentine's craze is in da town!

For that Lum and Nick opened a stall in Leisure Mall, Cheras selling flowers and chocolates and glasses and soft toys...

Here's Nick's work~~

Cun anot~~~ Doggie on Ferrero Rocher and Plum sweets~~~

This one is Piggy on Ferrero Rocher and Plum sweets oso~~~

Lol~~ Also available in other colors like red green purple blue black oso got, and other toys like another pigs and bear bears , some put lolipop also haha... Dun hav the photos with me tho, must go take again da pics lol...

Guys if ur thinking of a present for your GF, this may be ur solution... Gals u wanna sayang ur BF? Oso can giv wert~~ (U know the flowers in da pictures are actually custom made for two 50+ yo aunties who wanted to give it to their husbands, they wanted golden flower bor XD)

Nick say open for reservation~~ You can order how many flowers or chocolates or plums or lolipops as you like and which type of toy that u like~ Delivery can be arranged~~

Contact me if u wan ha~~

Busy... Darn busy...

2007-02-03T13:01:00.000+08:00

Busy... Darn busy...

Yeah, as the title suggests.

Submission for GD project due for next thursday, submission for first draft of essay due next next monday, submission for visual studies 2 projects due next next friday.

Now why do all lecturers want to get all their load off before Chinese New Year??

Nothing much for da blog today... Just some random rant.

And somehow my mood is down on da drain today. Stress?? Mayb something else...

Ok, back to reality...

Feeling darn sick...

2007-01-29T17:04:00.000+08:00

Feeling darn sick...
I've been coughing for the past 2 weeks, mana tau since last night everything broke out-- cough, flu, sore throat, dizzy, now even starting to have a fever. Sigh.

Went to the doctor today, spent RM42 on the "oh you have a bad sore throat there" checkup and medicine.
Came back with 5 packets of medicine, 4 of them I need to take 2 for 4 times a day and another one take 1 at night only.

Which means I've to take 2x4=8 tablets after a meal, 8x4=1=33 tablets a day. Isn't that exciting.

Still trembling a bit and weak on my leg... Argh.. But at least I get to stay at home and rot. But still stress ler, many hw to do leh...

Went to my Grandma's birthday dinner yesterday.

Da burthday Gal!!

Alright maybe not really gal but hey, she's wearing her new suit this year! It's the first time she's wearing that! My auntie bought the suit for her 3 years ago!!

So it's the usual stuff, my family went out from my home yesterday 6pm, reached this Kepong FullView Restaurant (I think that's the name...) By 6.45, and we're the first family who arrived. Then my 2nd Auntie followed, then my 1st Uncle, then my 2nd Uncle, then my 3rd Auntie. So happy leh...

We had this 10 course dinner.

The usual stuff-- Four Seasons, shark fin, chicken, brocolli, Longetivity Mee(长寿面), Sea coconut dessert, lotus buns... I think I missed out something and I can't remember what....

And this is my faberet dish:

Da Fish~

To be more specific, the Steamed Patin Fish~ I'm a sucker for fish (Hey my nickname is Conan_Cat ok?), even though everyone else says that the fish was not very fresh, I still whacked a whole quarter of it (Thanks to my brother and my uncle who doesn't eat fish, I got their share XD)

Then here comes the burfday cake~

A So-called-Tiramisu-but-is-actually-a-sponge-cake-with-chocolate-topping-with-coffee-cream-inside!

Not exactly my type of cake, really. My 3rd uncle bought it over those bakery nearby the neighbourhood. To be frank, my type of a cake is that of Secret Recipe.

Yummy. So big difference leh...

The whole dinner costed approx Rm200 per family. Means Rm500 per table, Rm1000 for both tables.

My heart literally popped out when I saw the bill. It's not me paying of course, but still, OuCH.

Imagine 5 years later when I treat MY mom for her birthday...

funny

2007-01-26T00:19:00.001+08:00

Animator vs Animation

Found this on one of the forums i'm in...

Darn farnie video clip... I'm sure you'll laugh ur arse off XD

Enjoy!!

2007-01-25T22:25:00.000+08:00

You just got to love what you hate

Lately I've saw many people complain oh so much about their lives. From love to friendship to studies to work, the list just never ends.

Me? I'd been complaining about "why my online game character sucks!!"

Well I've been playing this game Justice Wars 2 (JX2) for quite some time now, haven't been touching it lately because I'm just plain busy attending to Miss Tong Tong's project work. My character is this:

Beggar sect with the Cane weapon. The class is agility/dodge based, using the cane it can only attack one enemy at a time, so when it comes to level up it sucks of course, unlike other characters who can AOE. While it pawns at a certain rate at PK mode where it dodges the hell out of the other characters, when it comes to war time it'll be torn into smithereens with other magicians blowing the whole map up. He got a whole bunch of useless skills and his offensive skills are damn lousy. My problem with him is that HE LEVELS DAMN SLOW.

For game enthusiats I guess you guys will have at least an idea of what am I talking about. For those who doesn't, just ignore the last paragraph and have this idea in mind: I AM SO SICK WITH THIS GUY.

So, after a two months stuck with him I'm kinda bored then I've decided to change my character. As usual when I wanna start a new character or a new game I'll go hit the forums to do some basic research, which one is fun which one is nice which one suits my style etc.

Then as my butt itches, I came across this article on my Beggar Cane again, written by a master of the class. It states an alternative way of playing the character--

Instead of hitting and leveling, my character can actually copy other character skills and use it for his own good. Then on war I can use a skill which I can deflect any skill used upon him, and he get to copy the skill down and use it back. Which means he can copy all those kick ass magics and use it back on the enemy. Now that rulez.

Again you can ignore that paragraph if you don't know what I'm talking about. Anyway, the person quoted one thing: "If you don't like it and you're stuck with it, learn to love it."

If you love something, surely you will have the passion for it, you will do anything for it because simply, you love it.

If you've chosen it at the first place, surely there must be something that attracts you to it. Even if you are not given a choice to take it, there still must be something good about it. Nothing in the world is all negative-- without positive, negative can never exist, right? So much for the Yin Yang theory.

That is the reason why you should like it, love it, and be passionate on it. Then you will look into it, research on it, look for information and encouragement for you to continue to work on it.

Eventually you'll find so many good points about it. And is it that bad as what it seems at that very sad moment?

Find your passion back-- and love whatever you have. Say, I'm proud to have a Beggar Cane character now, I've learnt how to make him strong strong kao kao kick ass.

This applies to everything else too. Troubled with your course or your boyfriend? Just brief moment of thought will do.

Civilization 4

2007-01-23T20:52:00.000+08:00

Lazy-ing around....

Oh yeah, I'm lazy-ing around here not doing anything. It's just one of those days when you just don't have the ummph to start to do anything. I know that when I start I can't stop, but the stupid engine just won't start, or maybe it's just that there's no fuel or something.

Well, it's just plain laziness. I know. Muahahha.

Have been playing Civilization 4 since a few days back.

For those who don't know what the hell is that,

http://pc.ign.com/articles/660/660495p1.html
Review on Civ4 from IGN.

Basically the game is about building your own civilization from scratch with real world advancements and technology. You can be a Greek, a Chinese, an American, A Mali, A Japanese. Then you will start off by researching say, Hunting, then The Wheel, up to Theology, to Gunpowder, and eventually Computers and Robotics. You start off with Beijing, then you'll create your Shanghai, your Nanjing. Yes, you're playing with the world this time, and the history is happening in your hands (and mouse and buttons).

You have to manage your Goverment, from Monarchy to Democracy, you have to manage your economy, your trades with other civs, your military. You can go on war for a military victory like Hitler, or you can have a cultural victory by influencing the world with your culture like the US now to us with their Cokes and McDs. You have to control your workers and your knights and your tanks, sending spy to your enemy or missionary to spread your religion.

Now isn't that fun?

I used to hate this game. Really, cause I know nothing about my Renaissance and my French Revolutions. Now that you know what the hell is monarchy and anarchy is, you'll find much fun in playing this game. It's like revising history your way, and tweaking it and see if it works in real life. Knowing your history really works. Damn addictive too, as you watch your city grow and your nation grow, and when you kick the Japanese or Spanish's arse and take over their city. Yeahhhh.

And I can't believe I'm sitting in front of the computer talking politics with 7 other virtual civilization leaders. Duh.

The Butterfly Lovers

2007-01-22T18:32:00.000+08:00

The Butterfly Lovers

"Whoa... sad mooooviessss... Always makesss me cryyy........"

Oh yeah, someone called Sue Thompson sang that line 40s years ago, and 40 years later another someone called Evanescence sang the same thing again. So oh so true this statement is, especially when the movie involved a guy and a girl who loved each other so much that you can hear the birds and bees all around you, and then you can see them cuddle on each other at the beginning of the movie like rabbits, then eventually something tragic happened that they can't be together, then certainly someone, either the guy or the girl or both, must die in the movie so that you WILL cry.

There goes Romeo and Juliet with: "Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars,And he will make the face of heaven so fineThat all the world will be in love with nightAnd pay no worship to the garish sun."

And Titanic's most memorable and most quoted one-liner:
"You jump, I ~~see~~ jump."

And here comes the Chinese version of the most-memorable-tragic-surely-make-you-cry-folklore story that is first noted down on a book like 1300years ago, the Butterfly Lovers.

The Hundreds Years Old Version (Painting)

The "Oh Your Armpit Stinks" Version (Ballet)

The Authentic Anime-Wanna-Be Version (Animation)

Otherwise known as Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai, the story is pretty much like its Western Counterpart the Romeo and Juliet. As you can see it has been made into so many different medias, notably the most widespread love story in Chinese folklore. They are also available in Chinese Opera, Western and Eastern Music, Books and Comics, at the friendly department store near you.

Yes, both of them loved each other oh so much, and both of them died in the end too.

Now why do stories that involve lovers dying is the most tear teasing ones, and undoubtly the most memorable ones?

For a quick and entertaining glimpse into the story, this movie version is a MUST SEE for all chinese movie enthusiasts. Hell, it's a must see for all CHINESE. You are NOT a Chinese if you don't even know this story or this movie. It's a masterpiece in Hong Kong movie history. And yes you can get it at the friendly department store near you.

Basically the story is about a guy named Liang Shan Bo and a girl named Zhu Ying Tai. (What, you're not expecting a lesbo story or a gay story to be a worldwide hit are you?) Zhu was born in a wealthy family, and like any other poor little rich girls she was birdcaged in her super mansion for ages. And like any other poor little rich girls in these sort of story she wanted to go out to the world outside, and finally she disguised as a guy and sneaked out of her cage. She went to a school somewhere distant, and she studied with the guys there, acting like any other guys. (Schools existed for ages in China, and they studied many subjects, like music, chess, books, painting, manners/etique, horse-riding/archery etc.)

And so like any other story of this sort Zhu met Liang, and they became best friends. And you know what guy/girl best friends happen in these sort of story-- they fell in love with each other. (In the movie version Liang was confused by his sexual orientation-- he never knew that Zhu was actually a girl). After two years of happy studying at the school eventually they parted, he went back to his village and she went back to her birdcage. She thought of him everyday and he thought of her everyday. So in order to see him once again, Zhu wrote a letter to Liang and asked him to come to her mansion to propose to her sister. When he really did came he discovered that Zhu was actually a girl, and all the flowers and bees came out, they totally forgotten any sisters that existed.

And at this time as thunder roared and rain poured down at the backdrop, Zhu was arranged to marry another man Ma WenCai by her father. More thunder roared and you can see the lighting turning off and on the stage. Zhu stormed to her father to reject the marriage, but of course cannot la (if she can then you ma no movie watch already lo). Heartbroken Liang mop back to his sad village, lied on the bed, not eating and drinking for weeks, until he fell sick on his bed. He wrote a letter to Zhu, the lyrics being the most classic of all time:

"无言到面前与君分杯水
清中有浓意流出心底醉
不论怨或缘莫说蝴蝶梦
还你此生此世今世前生
双双飞过万世千生去"
--黄沾词 (Lyricist for the movie version, the original version of the song did not have any lyrics)

Translation by poor stupid Grey:
"Without words I came to you, drinking the same cup of water with you
The clear water is filled with my passion, flowing out is my drunken heart
Matters not if it's fate or woe, it's all a Butterfly dream
For youmay our this life and previous life, together we
Fly towards hundreds and thousands lives thereafter us."

After reading the letter, Zhu was damn heartbroken. Liang died of sickness(and starvation) after that. When Zhu was going to marry Ma she demanded to wear white funeral suit for her marriage possession. As she came across a tomb strong winds blew the possession, and they led her to Liang's tomb. The ground split open, and Zhu happily jumped into the tomb to unite with her lover.

And then, two butterflies flew out of the tomb.

What a long synopsis eh... I just got a bit too carried away I think. Attached here is the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, a Chinese classical piece based on the story written back in the 1950s. It is very very beautiful, and you should download and listen to it. You would cry. And I did. (Note: A Concerto is a western classical music form whereby a solo instrument such as a violin or piano is accompanied by a full orchestra.)

The Butterfly Lovers.rar
If you don't have WinRAR download from Here

The file is zipped together in Rar format, and it contains 7 mp3 files, all interlinked and should be listened in order. The Concerto is only in one movement, but split into different parts to tell different parts of the story. Note that the violin is used to represent Zhu, and the cello is to be used to represent Liang. Feel the happiness of Zhu's childhood at the 1st section, the glee and joy when Liang and Zhu were studing at the 2nd, them missing each other at the 3rd, Zhu trying to reject her marriage at 4th, their heartbreaking meeting at the 5th(Listen to the expressions of the violin and the cello duet, so touching!), Liang dies followed by Zhu at 6th, and both of them turning into butterflies at the last.

If you are new to classical music, this might as well be the place to start. You'll be suprised at how the composer actually made the violin and cello sounded so lyrical, so much like Zhu and Liang talking themselves. No language needed, the expression and intonation are already enough to tell everything.

Oh yeah, sad songs makes me cry too.

Note: If nothing goes wrong maybe Lum will write us a 2 part flute with piano accompaniment version for this song XD i want i want~~~

How well do you know your Papa and Mama?

2007-01-21T09:52:00.000+08:00

How well do you know your Papa and Mama?

Well actually I'm not talking about YOUR Papa and Mama, I'm just talking about the word, which is "Father" and "Mother". Don't you feel weird, like let's say, in English we may call our father "Papa", "Dad", "Pa", in chinese we call father "Baba", in malay it's "Bapa". These are three totally unrelated languages and yet there are some similiarlity between them~

Here are more examples:

Italian- mamma
Spanish- mamá
English- mama/momma/mum/mom
Dutch- mama/papa
Latin- mater/pater
Hindi- mātā
Mandrin- Ma
Kutenai(South eastern British Colombia, Canada)- Ma
Japanese- Haha(Mom)/Papa
Thai- me3e/pho3o
Tagalog- nánay/ináy(Mom)/tátay(Dad)
Russian- Mama/Papa/Deda(Grandpa)/Baba(Grandma)

Well I guess by now you'll see many similiar points in all those languages by now. It appears that all calls for mom and dad has less than 2 syllabus, mostly having the vowel "a" as the most common one. According to my favorite site Wikipedia, it says that the vowel "A" is the easiest to be learnt by babies, they just have to open their mouth widely to get the sound. Then, about the "M", some says that it is related to the baby's lip movement when breast-feeding. Just imagine your lips when you're breast-feeding, then you'll get the consonant "M". Not so sure about the Papa thing though.

Then why do babies from different countries learn different Ma(s) and Pa(s)? Well basically babies can do those lip movement and those vowels alright, to construct it into a word is about what the parents wants to hear from them and they'll learn from there. Let's say your mom want you to call her "Mama", everyday she will say "Call Mama~ Mama~ Ma...maaaa....~ Maaaa.... Maaaa~~~~"

Since the word is easy to learn eventually the baby after hearing a hundred thousand times she'll start mimiking it, then one day when she said "Mam...ma", the mother will jump up and down happy like dunno what, shouthing "She just said Mama!! Honey, come see your BABIEEEE!!!" Then the baby will eventually learn that the magical combination of movement and sound that caused the sound "Mama" will cause such reaction to her mom, and she'll use it frequently to get attention from her mom. You think they so smart so fast know the meaning of Mom already meh? No la...

And no, babies don't inherit their language from their parents, they LEARN from them. And learning starts from COPYING. So next time when your lecturer accuse you of plagiarism, tell them this. (Ahem, don't say that you get it from Grey's blog.)

So now you know where your Mama and Papa comes from.

Underwear craze... Part 2

2007-01-17T15:38:00.000+08:00

Underwear craze... Part 2

Alright, since the last post which I've talked about underwears many people actually asked me to get to this part 2 fast fast. And I'm like "Woot? All so interested in underwears?? = ="

Anyway, so here I am, coming up with the second part. In this part we're going to talk about the Thong, the G-string, the Pouch, and the Jockstrap!
(Alright, I myself don't know that there are so many types of underwears neither, not until I've actually looked into it. = =" swt..)

Boys and girls, here we are, introducing the Thong!

Hom Bachelor Thong

The Thong is a piece of underwear that has no cloth that covers the buttock, save for the thin line that goes pass the butt valley and the waist band. As you can see from the picture, there are no cloth that covers your buttock flesh. The Y-shaped back part sure is sexy alright...

Punto Blanco Regatta Seamless Thong

Zakk Microfibre Thong

A thong may look the same with Briefs at the front, but from the back it is obvious that it is different as well, sexy butts! :P

But then, what's the difference between a Thong and a G-string??? (Trixie here comes your answer...)

Introducing, the G-string!!

PB Pour Lui G-String

The G-string looks the same with a Thong at first, but when you look closely at the waist band and the back, there are even less cloth-- it's literally just a string! The string ties the pouch together from the bottom of the pouch part, a line that goes throug the butt valley and back to the string. A G-string is also called a T-Back for its shape, look closely at the shape of the alphabet...

Gregg Viper String

Another varient of the G-string is the Pouch. They may look identical at first, but there are a little difference with the mechanism of it...

Here comes the Pouch...

Gregg Homme X-it Teardrop Pouch

Now while the back of the Pouch and the G-string is the same (both held together by just a string), the difference is at the pouch(duh). The pouch of the G-string is a piece of cloth that covers the whole part, the pouch of the Pouch is actually a pouch/pocket that allows the endowment to be placed inside, so that it will look like it's placed in a pocket. According to the almighty Wiki, a pouch actually has a thing called a C-ring that is hooking the bottom of the ping-pong so that they will stay in place and not move too much around.

Gregg Homme Vice Pouch

Gregg Homme Pyramid Pouch

The family of Thongs can be worn with your tight-fitting pants especially western pants when you don't want your panty-lines to be visible. Of course when you wear it when you're doing something exciting you'll make your partner much excited while wearing such an excitable garment.

Now the last piece of our Undie Series, the Jockstrap!

Gregg Double G Jockstrap

Now as you can see, the Jockstrap's mechanism is entirely different from the Thong family. As the name suggests the Jockstrap is designed for jocks or athletics, this tight-fitting garment has two bands at the back that supports the back of the buttock so that the sportsmen can move freely without worrying about the butt-strap like what you do for the Thongs. This garment is also very cooling too. There're nothing covering the butts, and so you can move much freely in this.

And yeah, I do agree with that!! :D (My brother gave me two pairs of these and now only I know they are called jockstraps...)

Ginch GoOnch Basic Mens Red Jockstrap

Ginch Gonch Basic Tan Mens Jock

Zakk Wet Look Jockstrap With Harness
Now this is one darn sexy piece... XD

So now we've come to the end of this series. Well some may take this Undie Craze as porn or something, but I guess what's more important is knowing what you're wearing, and knowing what you can wear. I'm sure guys out there who read this will say "What the hack! I never knew such things exists!" At least now you know... And now I know too... Lol...

p/s: Oh sexy guys... XD

Underwear craze... Part 1

2007-01-15T18:07:00.000+08:00

Undergarment craze... Part 1

The other day Trixie and I was having a discussion on male underwear. The question is:

What is the difference between thong, g-string, jock-strap, brief, boxers etc?

Now for most of us to be honest DON'T know the difference. I myself can't even tell the difference between a jock-strap and a g-string. Not after I've read about them in Wikipedia. Now let me present you...

The Ultimate (Male) Underwear Education Show!

Warning: Hot and sexy guys in or only in underwears ahead. Yummy... If you want to read more on female undergarments perhaps I'll get it in the next update. Female undergarments are much much MUCH more complicated... Trust me.

Now girls, don't get too excited (even though I am myself XD) and guys, Learn Your Undies.

First and the most boring one, the Boxers.

Hom Retro Boxer

The boxers, or more precicely boxer shorts are a type of undergarment popular among guys, usually overseas. This type of undie is loose fitting, therefore giving much more space to the men's endowment, and many agree that it's more cooling compared to wearing other type of undies. There are also an opening at the front for easy access when using the toilet (or other occasions). However in my personal opinion wearing it when going out in pants in a tropical country like Malaysia won't give you much of the "cooling" experience; you'll be like wearing two pair of pants at the same time! And unless your pants are loose fitting too, or else you'll have trouble trying to hide it.

And personally, i wear boxers at home and it is much more comfortable than wearing short pants. Cooling neh...

JM Basix Boxer

2xist Button fly boxer 3107

Now let me present you... the Briefs.

CK White briefs

The Briefs are a type of Y-shaped underwear that are shaped to conceal a man's erection properly in place. Also known as Y-fronts in British English, this type of underwear is the most popular type amongst guys all over the world as it is the most convenient type of underwear to be worn at all occasions. I'm sure the male readers here had most of their undies in this category. The briefs can vary in materials, from cotton to lycra to spandex, and different designs was created to suit different (erotic) situations.

Punto Blanco Atletico Brief

Chevignon Global Brief

Triple XXX Bicolor Mens Brief

XXX Mamba Brief

The conventional Y-shaped briefs are most widely used everywhere, you can wear them with jeans or shorts, anytime no matter you wanna go out shopping or have a brisk walk. But never wear them when you're wearing tight fitting pants such as your long cotton pants or suit-- the borders/straps on the back part will be very obvious and visible. Instead, try the next variation of the briefs:

Ginch Gonch Bull Rider Mens Sport Brief

Gregg Homme D-Light Boxer

The boxer briefs, also known as trunk (square) briefs are another great thing to wear all the time. These tight-fitting briefs won't show undie lines when you're wearing any pants, and the shape is comfortable to wear provided with the suitable materials. But of course in Malaysia's hot weather your little brother might have a little problem breathing. Then the boxer briefs are also known as sports brief as they are tight fitting and allows athletics to move freely without worrying about their package going out of alignment, therefore they are good for sports too.

Note: Boxer briefs and boxer shorts are different things, boxer briefs are tight fitting and boxer shorts are loose.

Zakk Wet Look Boxer Shorts (now this is some really radical(sexy) one XD)

Coming in next episode... the Thong/G-string and the Jockstrap!

Images courtesy of Wyzman.com, Men's underwear.

2007-01-10T21:37:00.000+08:00

The Orange Colored Cafe~

Nick and Me went to this orange colored cafe in SG Wang 4th floor that day... Sorry we both forgotten the name le haha so bad oh... But the cafe is kinda memorable, partly because of the interior design which was quite modern and nice, and the food there was not bad too~ (Though not very good neither but well also ok ma~)

This is what I saw when I went into the cafe/restaurant. The cafe was quite spacious and I must say they had put in quite some effort in the design. Obviously they had their theme in all orange and white, even the waiters wore orange (Nick's favorite color hehe). Chairs in orange and tables in white. A very happy combination of colors~ The ambience was very comfortable with the bright lightings and well, everything orange!

Yeah this combination is even happier~ Me and nick XD

Mango frappe and water chestnut with leong fun~~

Nick de: Chinese stired fried speghetti~ Quite nice oh the taste~

Mine de: Percik chicken with rice balls~ The chicken definitely better than ayamas chicken lol... bt the crackers a bit soft liao la...

My favorite!! Dessert: Lotus pancake wif ICE CREAM!! So nice~!! I'm a sucker for pancake too!! XD

Now since when our blogs became review blogs for restaurants around the town... lol...

2007-01-08T19:41:00.000+08:00

New year, new semester, new life!

Oh yeah, the same old "new" "new" "new" thing. Let's try something else... Like "Old college!" "Old stupid Banana Leaf with the same Roti Telur!" "Old perverty Andy!" "Old Usual Bunch of Idiots with Nkky being the biggest one!"

Hmm... Maybe not.

Anyway, it's the first day in College today. We had our usual back to college thing, and after lepaking in McD for an hour with the Usual Bunch, I can't believe we went back to the Lecture Theater 1 for orientation.

Yes, the same old orientation that we had one year ago! And guess what, NOTHING CHANGED! Not a single word from the slides or the flow of programme or even the principal's or the registrar's speech! It's like a deja vu, or even worse, a NIGHTMARE coming back! Argh! Scarynya! We spent another hefty 5400 seconds there suffering! (90mins @ 1 half hour) Oh the sirens putting you to sleep!

And then, we were split to our respective courses, the new Graphic Design students (Me! Me!) and the Interior Architecture and Design students were brought to the same class and we had a briefing with Mr Arthur from GD course and Miss Huwi Huwi (Whee~~~) from IAD course. We then proceeded to have this orientation thingy by the School of Design where we were supposed to answer the questions given in the question sheet and act out or draw out the stuffs. We were split into 5 groups (I'm with two new girls from Kluang, JB and two Iranians), and before we can start discussing anything, the IAD students were called out by Miss Whee Whee for course briefing. We don't even have time to say "Hey groupmates! Come back by 1pm to gather so that we can DISCUSS about our ORIENTATION FUN!"

So we had our briefing with Mr "King" Arthur. Oh yeah he's a fun guy, hopefully we'll have a fun time with him in da future~ After that we were dismissed for lunch. And yeah! Most of the people took it as "Yeah! I can go back home!" and just left for home. One whole group went missing in action, another group was stranded in Midvalley because their car broke down when they came out of the carpark (Poor Mei Theng and gals!), and 2 Iranians from my group went MIA too as they are one of the "Yeah! I can go back home!"s. When we came back we were left 6 lecturers, 3 groups with my group only me and the two poor girls, Nikky's group 5 ppl (Dennis went for Student council matters, the UBoI ((Usual Bunch of Idiots)) there), and Andy's group da best with the most attendees(Andy and the Bala Girls).

Oh well, so much for the fun! And even though it's not that fun for a matter of fact, I guess the lecturers at least tried to give us a good time and a memorable beginning for our first day. It's memorable alright, not exactly in a positive way though... Anyhow, hope I'll do better for this year!

**UBoI= Nikky, Ryan, Trixie, Yan Yee, Vivien, Dens and Me! Look out for their blogs!

2007-01-05T12:49:00.000+08:00

Riding bicycle at Taman Pertanian~~ Whee~~~

On the first day of 2007, 1/1/2007 we did a very meaningful thing...

We went bicycle riding at Taman Pertanian, Shah Alam! So good leh~~ Lol... Well lazy for word typing, let's just go for the "a picture tells a thousand words" thingy, i'll explain through pictures :P

People who went: Nick, Lum, Yun Yun, LaLa and Me~~

Lum drove there from Kelana Jaya in 20 mins. @-o so fast leh... shah alam wo...

Me and Nick over the paddy field, erm can't really see the paddy but wth lol...

LaLa with our bicycles. I just lurve to take picture when they least expected it lol...

Horsy! Actually it's donkey not horsey. And they smells awful... You can see their poo all over the field. Eww...

The lake! There's this post where people can look over to the park opposite. Lemme show you...

The post! Looks like a treehouse... The steps are damn steep, I took quite some time to get up there safely = ="

Yun Yun and Lum looking at I don't know what.. lol.

Panoramic view from the top of the post! Open the file to see see ok? Oh so green, so fresh, so... GREEN! One thing worth mentioning is the fountain that shoots like 15 feet high... And that's all.

Another view of the treehouse. Duh @-o

Ah yes, the four seasons' house! And it's WINTER inside, and IT'S DAMN COLD!! We have to pay rm3 to go into the house just to get ourselves freezed... Hey I'm just wearing a t-shirt, short pants and slippers! And it's like woot, 2~4 degrees inside, cold! I can't wait to waste the rm3 and get back some sunlight...

"I'm freezing! I'm dying!! The Day after Tomorrow is coming!! Gawd save me!! Argh!!!"

Snow house... Nothing spectacular other than the temperature, and well it's real snow here not cotton or sand.

What do you expect from something only a quarter of the price of Genting's Snow World or the Mines Wonderland? Nevertheless everyone rushed to come in to take pictures and rushed to go out... They really earned their rm3 easily.

Then, out to the animal garden! There're only birds at the animal garden. Duh. We saw one monkey on the way when we're riding though. This is the only peacock there, along with another female one and a dozen of pigeons. Nick took a piece of dried leaf to tickle it, and guess what? It really hates to be tickled! He kept flying backwards until he went to the other side of the cage.

The really "big" turkeys. One thing we discovered here is that all the birds here adapt the 1 husband many wives policy. We can see clearly there's the only male with very different color in the same cage with his few female counterparts. Same goes to the giant crowned pigeons. I wonder how do they breed...

*Translating: Clucky noisy machine-gun like Turkey(bird) language*
"It's Mroondray!! My turrnn withh the mann!!"
"Nooo! You hadd it withh him yessterdaayy aldready! My turrn today!!"
"Hey shee came in at the midddle of the niight and goot on beddd wheen me arnd da mann wass at iit! Thaat doessn't ccount!!"
"Caalmmm down ladies..... I've onlyy got onee tooll to satiisfy 5 of you..."
*End of translation*

Uhh... Better not think about it.

Nick on da hanging bridge. So yeng chai leh~~ XD

The whole trip riding HALF of the mountain was around 3 hours. Duh last year I went with YunYun, Lala and Oren (LaLa's brother) and we managed to go through the whole mountain! We must be getting old... How come I've gotten so much weaker! Swt.

After the ride we went back to Ah Ba's place to bath, then we go shopping again! SG WANG! Nick and I bought 1 jacket each, and Lum bought 2 pair of pants (At the same shop where I bought the buy 1 free 1 pants). Speaking of shopping frenzies.. Lol

2007-01-03T12:11:00.000+08:00

New year SPEGHETTI~~

Food, glorious food!! Who doesn't love food, you do, I do, we all do!! And we're cookin it ourselves~~ Woot~~

So what we did is we (Me, Nick, ah ba@ stanley @ the ingenius teacher) went to Tesco, the one near Ikano at Sunday, 31st December (the last day of 2006! Woot!) for our dinner shopping! We bought 2 packets of pasta, 1 bottle of white cream and 1 bolognaise cream, 10 potatoes, 3 bottles of Coke, 1 packet of Mozzarella cheese, 1 packet of cheese hotdog, 2 canned mushroom soup and 1 canned luncheon meat.

Then what happened is...

Tadaa!!

The appetizer.. Introducing the Mushroom SOUP! Yeah I know it's canned, but it still tastes good! And it has the luncheon meat too~~

Da main course, Our special edition pasta! One side served with white sause @ cream cheese sauce and the other with bolognaise sauce @ tomato sauce, both cooked with luncheon meat for the meaty bite, served together with cheese hotdog, topped with mozzarella cheese!

Looks tasty anot?? :P We bought the seashell shaped pasta and the spiral pasta~~ So nice leh~~

Then our side dish, the Mashed Potato! Yeah we mashed it ourselves together with garlic, onion and LOTS of butter, tastes so BUTTER! We put in a bit too much salt though... Lol. The gravy? Mushroom soup again~~ Hey it's nice!

Our dishes in it's splendor glory...

Nice leh! It took us two hours to get all these things ready ya know! Nevertheless it's fun~ :P

Oh yeah, speaking of 31st... We went to Baskin Robbins and bought 2 pints of ice cream too~ I'd forgotten the names of the flavor, but I know we got 4 flavors, one vanilla & macadamia, one cherry something, one almond fudge something, one chocolate brownie something, and it all tasted GOOD! We 5 person (Ah Ba, Nick, Lum, Yun Yun and Me~) really had a good time with our food~

Ah Ba watching Yun Yun having her food... So nice leh...

Ah Lum busy doing his jewelry... Going to open store selling handicraft soon ma sure busy de... Lol.

Me and Nick... No further explaination needed right? Lol...

Ah Ba lying on the ground. @__o swt...

By 12am we went down to the condo's carpark 3rd floor to watch fireworks... We can actually see all the places that had fireworks that night! (save those blocked by buildings but that's just a small number...) We can see Sri Hartamas, 1U, Bukit Bintang, KLCC, Merdeka Square, The Mines, Sunway... All oso can see leh! So fun!! Great view from here!

There goes our new year eve~~

2007-01-03T11:56:00.000+08:00

New hair cut!

Nick, me and Lum went for a new haircut last Saturday at Johan's at Pandan Perdana, KL. (So many names here, well you don't have to know lol...) Well all in all we had quite a nice time there, got our hair nicely done, me cut rm15 cuz no need wash hair, Lum and Nick cut rm25 cuz need wash hair.

The moral of the story: remember to wash your hair before going to the saloon.

Anyway, here's some pics on our new hair!

Me new hair! So damn short leh!! Bt i like it XD

Another view... lol.

Nick's new hair! Nice boh??

From the side... front long back long side short short~~

Can see how short?

Together~ :P

2006-12-30T11:33:00.000+08:00

Yeah I know I'm a Mooovieholic... But I just can't help it... Gawd Save Meee...

Went to watch Night at the Museum last night. And whoa, I must say I'm Lovin It~ All my friends who watched together with me said that they would watch it again. Hell thats true alrite, it's one kind of a happy and funny eye candy that will make your eye glued to the screen and your butt glued to the seat oh so well for the 1 hour 40mins.

So da movie is about this guy, divorced with his wife, had a child to take care off and doesn't have a decent job. He was offered to go to this museum to work as the security night guard, and ever since the first day he discovered that everything in the museum comes ALIVE. It's damn fun to watch him deal with the things in the musuem and in the end finding his way to be a leader over the things. No spoilers here, go and watch yourself! I guarentee your ticket is worth it!

After that went to yum cha at Williams till 3am. Uhh mind you we watched the midnight show (12.05am) at cineleisure, by the time when we came out it's 2.05am... So happy rite. Reached home at 4.14am... Now I'm a panda~~ Yay~~~

My new year countdown = staying at my teacher's house and watch fireworks from his carpark. Will update you later on this soon... :)

2006-12-28T22:59:00.000+08:00

Ooo so where were we... Oh yeah, my Xmas... I came back from camp on the 24th Xmas eve, and no i didn't go for any countdown, damn tired that night so went to sleep str8 le... Den 25th..

It's SHOPPIN FRENZY TIME!!

Went to watch the Curse of da Golden Flower tat day... Nt a bad show, bt not a good show neither... Nevertheless you can see those people use gold everywhere, woot so scary, so shiny... Yan Yee should go see, make you hate gold eventually. And the way they waste those stuff! Those food! Then the girl's boobs really looked like they're gonna burst anytime, so damn tight their bra! When Gong Li walk her boobs really bounce here bounce there = =" swt...

Den we went walking around at sg wang... Saw so many new fashion, so nice bor~ But 25th haven't buy anything yet... 26 me and Nick went shopping den we bought so many clothes! Woot! Cuz MEGASALES!

Went to Jefferson's and bought 6 pairs of pants (me 3 nick 3), cuz buy one free one, then one pair onli rm79! Then we went to times square 3rd floor Metrojaya got promotion there up to 70% discount, one Diesel T-shirt onli rm10~20 still dun buy hah?? Me bought 3 lo~~ Den me and Nick oso bought a pair of shoe each, cuz Rm89.9 then buy one free one! So syok leh!! Den yesterday (27th) I went Times Square wif my fren LaLa again, saw Extreme oso got discount, and many other places! So regret didn't bring much money, argh!!

So far with RM200 I bought 3 pair of pants, 3 shirt, 1 shoes... To be continued... muahhaha...

2006-12-28T12:03:00.000+08:00

Ok, after so many days.. I'm proud to say...

I'm BACK!!!

It's been quite a while ever since I touched this computer... Oh my lovely computer... I miss you sooo much... *kisses the monitor*

Anyway, a brief update here... I went to NSQ's camp in PD since last Thursday (21/12, and don't ask me what is NSQ in english = =") till Sunday (24/12), and whoa the camp was a blast! I met a lot of people and they're like so damn fun, and we played so many games that will sure put you into a deep sleep (yeah, you only got 3 hours to sleep every night, deal with it...) We played station games which our group (Tiramisu!! We're da Tiramisu!!) are supposed to run around the campus (A national service camp, duh) and play games at the different stations. They actually had 6 sessions of the game, and each game has 10 stations, so they thought of 60 different games, woot! Aren't they great? Then we had water war, we had a mini carnival (becuz the theme is Beautiful Dream...), then we went jungle trekking... Then we had one game called Survival, which we need to play games in order to exchange for food, canned food, potato, chicken, butter, charcoal, matches... Yeah then we had Barbeequ~~ So fun! All in all it's really fun~~~ Too bad I can't take any pictures while we're in game, cuz we're not allowed to take our handphones, but then we're given back our phone at the last day so we took oh so many pictures with our new friends~ Too bad damn PhotoBucket knt upload pic = =" i'll upload them later...

Look on for update on my Xmas...

2006-12-20T13:56:00.000+08:00

So damn sick...

Ever since Monday when I passed up all da freakin homeworks that haunted me since weeks ago, my whole body relaxes, so does my immune system. Then I began coughing, sneezing, sore-throating, nose-infectioning, headache-ing and fevering. Duh...

Kanasainya... Now also haven't fully recover. And there's this pimple on my nose that just won't go away! Argh!! St2pid pimple...

Went to watch Eragon that day.

For your information, I haven't read the book so I don't know how does it go, and personally I think the movie sUCKs. All my friends who went to watch with me started yawning since the first half hour and I'm already praying that the movie will end soon. Only scene that is interesting enough is the final war scene when the Shade went to fight the Vardens, which only lasted like, uh, less than 8 mins? Oh yeah, and when the dragon Sephira was newly born, it looked so damn CUTE~~~ Other than that? ZZZZzzzzzzzzz..........

Quotes from RottenTomatoes.com, a movie reviewing website,

"It's no wonder you can expect a spoof called "Epic Movie," in theatres next spring, from the makers of Scary Movie."

"'Eragon' is based on a book by a 19-year-old with a script that seems to have been written by a 12-year-old."

"For those who love the fantasy genre known as sword and sorcery -- and I count myself in their number -- sitting through the movie version of Eragon will suck the will to live right out of you."

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eragon/

Well, I guess you get the idea... I don't like it anyway, and I'm not interested in watching any of the sequels, unless some really good talker can seduce me into the cinema with infinite supply of Pringles and Root-Beer.

Oh well...

2006-12-19T11:53:00.000+08:00

Introducing, Pandora's Box!

You probably will be guessing what the hell in the world is Pandora's Box... well according to Greek myth this stupid box contains all the bad bad things in the world (like Nkky and Mjjj), then a very smart girl named Pandora opened the box and let all the evil evil stuff come out, and after being scared by all the evil evil stuff she quickly closed the box back. But then one important thing is still in the box, "hope" was not released, then the world had all the evil evil thing but no HOPE! So smart right???

Anyway that's only the name for the new story writing bloggin RPG game, Pandora's Box. The story will be set at present day, where our heroes and heroines will set out to find the Pandora's Box which some idiot had discovered it as half-opened, which explains why our world is getting worse and worse each day. So go and take a look ok?? Remember to read from the post bottom UP...

http://rpgpandorabox.blogspot.com

2006-12-12T19:44:00.000+08:00

Finally, final project is over, drawing project over..

Alright, maybe not really over, but well at least most of it is over. We still got one drawing project that relief to patch up, and I still got one final drawing and material board for my project to do. But ok ok la... Now I've decided to relax a bit haha... Have been sleeping at least 3am everyday since last Thursday, all pimples also come out lo lol...

Anyway, I've been thinking to start an online roleplaying game. To put it easy, it's a story writing game that you need to continue the story in a novel/fiction like style while controlling a character that is created by you. You interact with other players and do stuff to the other players by writing your story on your point of view. Starting to sound like fun yet already? I played with my friends last year at another forum, mana tahu the forum shut down all lost, that's 160+ posts/episodes! Argh! Sadnya...

Cmon cmon, if you're interested just tell me you do in the chatterbox, then I'll start a new blog for it, bloggin the story is easy rite :P Nikky I know ur into these sorta stuff~~ XD Debbie leh~~~

2006-12-05T21:08:00.000+08:00

So damn the busy...

Alright, I've not been doing work properly for the past few days. Now I'm facing the karma... the horror, the horror!!

Drawing and final project all coming at once, argh! I'm gonna die...

Hope I won't die so early though, I'm still so young... (*sob sob*)

Anyway, watch out for the next episode of the Nkky and Ryn Show... But maybe not featuring Nkky and Ryn anymore... XD

2006-11-30T12:22:00.000+08:00

Today i stayed at home to do my final artwork. So much for that, my hand so pain frm carving the stupid paper... so many layers somemore, argh~ so i've decided to take a rest and come here... since i have nothing better to do,...

Presenting, the Nkky and Ryn Show!

Scene: Nkky askin Ryn for opinions on his work
Take 1: Ryn being Ryn

Nkky: Ryn, what do you think of this part?
Ryn: (continues listening to his ipod)
Nkky: Ryn...?
Ryn: (Takes off his ipod and looks around)
Nkky: Ryn~~
Ryn: (puts back his headphone as if nothing happened)
Nkky: Ryn!!!
Ryn: (takes off his headphone) Huh? Someone called me?
Nkky: Yeah me!! What do you think of this part???
Ryn: Oh..? I can't hear.
Nkky: Swt... nvm.... = ="""""
Gry: LMAO

Take 2: Nkky being Nkky
Nkky: Ryn, what do you think of this part?
Ryn: (takes a look) Hmm, ok ah~
Nkky: Ha, ok only ah??
Ryn: Uhh.. or else? This part can move to this part, then here can modify to...
Nkky: OK only meh...
Ryn: ...Yeah la yeah la very good la~~~~
Nkky: Yay~~~

Take 3: William Shakespearean
Nkky: My friend, hast thou any thoughts on this puny work of thy?
Ryn: Yes dear companion, knight of the m'ighty eighteens, as will the sun shine upon the great tree of Eden-- when the eyes of Adam laid upon the newly blossomed Eve, his eyes shone with delight, how blissful, such felicity! Wh'n thy laid thy eyes on your piece, Eden was not w'th me, exquisite it may be, but not Eve it is; no blissful soul that captured thy darling heart, no love or hate that imbued in-- so cold, so lifeless...
Nkky: Ah, young Ryn, thy never knew thou hath such poetry in you.
Ryn: Suprise, my friend, suprise.

Take 4: Shojo (Girl) anime...
Nkky: Ohayo Ryn-chan... I have something to ask you...
Ryn: Oh, ohayo Nkky-chan. What is it that you wanted to ask?
Nkky: Ano... What do you think of this work??
Ryn: Eh, sugooooiiiiiiii ne!!! (Wow, so cool~!!)
Nkky: Hontoni desu-ka?? (Really??)
Ryn: Honto!! (Really!!)
Nkky: Ah, arigato... (Shy shy with red cheeks)
Ryn: Hehe, it's nothing... (Gives back a sappy wappy warm smile)
Nkky: (Walks away with a blush)

Take 5: Shonen (Boy) Anime
Nkky: Hey, Ryn-chan! (Walks to ryn's back and give him a slap on his back)
Ryn: Ah, Nkky-chan. Whats up???
Nkky: What do you think of this? (Shows ryn the thing)
Ryn: Ah, let me see... (Takes over the thing, examines it and accidently breaks it)
Nkky and Ryn: O________________OOO...
Nkky: Kisama... (Gas coming out frm his head)
Ryn: Gomen... I'm so sry... (starts to back off)
Nkky: (Turns into super saiyan mode 4) Kame-hame-ha!!!!!!!!!
Ryn: Ahhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!! (Flies out of the classroom and watches the whole kbu blow off)

Lol... maybe more updates later...

2006-11-27T19:14:00.000+08:00

Whoa, last post = 22/11, today is 27/11... 5 days no new post! Argh!! What am i thinking?!!

Thinking of Justice Wars 2 online game and final project and theresa's project. oh, and i've totally forgotten about malaysian studies and moral. am i supposed to do anything?

Angel Grey: You're supposed to do all those works!!
Devil Grey: Dun care la, juz play game la XD
Angel Grey: Hey, f*** off! It's grey's STUDIES ur talking about here.
Devil Grey: So wattttt???? Wats the big deal?? Just enjoy life lo~~~ XD

So Grey decided to give in to Devil Grey. I've been playing quite a lot nowadays (given that i'm done with the project work lol...) argh, so fun la~~~ so addictive, how?!!

someone slap me awake from oblivion...

piano exam coming soon, nxt nxt monday, oooh yeah... grade six, hope i will fail beautifully...

2006-11-22T14:58:00.000+08:00

Bored in com lab... so how? Blog lo... lol

Well we were having our moral studies class, then when Puan Zakiah said "Break" we heard "Class over". actually it's just our own interpretation but whatever, we are what we think XD so we decided to cabut lo... still stay there sleep meh...

i overheard someone said "thats so gay!!" again today. i was kinda suprised when that day nikky actually said "hey dun la!" when some girls said the magic quote again and again as a comment for some character in a film. that time i was minding my own business, nikky doing his work, and when they said that he actually defended that that is not a nice expression to use.

as a matter of fact, i'm kinda used to it when ppl claims someone as "gay" when the person is a bit sissy, feminine, bad looking, not cute blah blah blah blah, mostly a negative remark. well being a proud gay myself i must say that such expression really do hurt our small little community, even though i won't take that as an insult to myself (aiyo apasal so perasan ppl say "so gay" oso nt say me oso = =") bt why such "so gay" is so much of a popular adjective? i mean, does the person using it really want to relate that such acts are a direct representation of homosexuals being a negative group and calling a person "so gay" is an insult; or does the word is just an adjective for someone with negative remarks and carry no insult for homosexuals?

after saying so much, the question is,
"So gay!!" = "You are so homosexual!!" = "Homosexuals are bad!"??
or
"So gay!!" = "You are so bad!!"

if it is the former, then obviously it is clearly an insult. but the latter carry no other meaning other than just a remark. usually i'll see it as the latter, but when someone overuses it oh so many times in so many languages and situations and adds the line at every descriptive sentence for anyone, i'll start to look at him/her in disgust. most of the time i'll just smile and say nothing, other times i'll just say "what's wrong with gays?" and they'll look at me, either suprised or just shut up.

so much of a gay life. oh well. anyway, nikky you are sooo kind. :)

Kaki Gembira... Oh Happy Feet~

2006-11-19T18:51:00.000+08:00

Kaki Gembira... Oh Happy Feet~

So Ryan, Nikky and Me went ot watch this show at Friday afternoon despite the dozens of homeworks that has to be done but oh well, who cares :P First thing first: the penguins are so damn CUTE!! I must say it's been quite a long time since I've last said "AWWW!! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!" from the BOTTOM of my heart. Where else can you find penguins that sings like a freakin musical and do tap dance that beats the Riverdance? Here! At Happy Feet!

The graphics of the show is simply breath taking, check out the textures of the ice and the colors of the aurora! According to the reviews it says that the producers actually sent a research team to Antartica to capture the various textures and lightning, no wonder they looked so real. The music and sound mixing are great too, great arrangements of the past top-hits together into a medley that enriches the whole movie to another level. Frankly speaking I wouldn't mind watching it again-- there're so many things to watch! If you're still thinking whether to watch this movie or not, don't think, just go, you won't regret it (at least I didn't XD)

Another thing that I'm so absorbed in lately is this,

射雕英雄传, I've heard that translating into english it'll be Legend of the Condor Heroes (try changing the R to M...), so much for a good translation by Singaporeans. Written by the all so famous author Jin Yong, this 80 chapter fictional novel is about a young boy, 郭靖Guo Jing who sets out to find his own identity. Based on the late Song Dynasty, it includes many historical settings and chinese poems and verses that made people especially chinese crazy ppl like me really love it.

There are so many characters and so many storylines going on at the same time, you can't really stop reading it. But oh well, it's in my phone for so damn long as an e-book and I've only gone to chapter 17 ever since Justin aka. Ah Di sent it to me at the Pangkor trip. But all the fighting and moves really keeps you absorbed in the world... I wonder how the crazy man Jin Yong can write out such a long novel and yet still have ideas for other ones (神雕侠侣、鹿鼎记……don't ask me to translate that = =")

Which explains why I love this game nowadays too, Justice Wars 2(http://jx2.gameflier.com.my/), an online game based on the same Song Dynasty background setting but pretty much different sects. If you're really into the chinese wushu scene you'll get what I mean when I talk about Shaolin, Emei, Wudang... Lol...

So much for my obbessions for this season...

2006-11-15T23:11:00.000+08:00

Pasar ikan Manhattan, now isn't that a great new name for the shop? Well Nick and I went to klcc today for our monthly anniversary celebration (*wink wink* shy shy la... ^^"), and since he insisted for something great, at first we thought of Nippon Tei or Genki Sushi, but the food doesn't seem to appeal to me... Then Chilli's, too big portion la... Then TGI Friday, it's like walking back to Bkt Bintang frm Klcc already. So in the end we settled for Pasar Ikan Manhattan...

Now, behold of the great yummyness... Esp Mojo, you're gonna love this one!

Asparagus Cream Soup!!

Yeah it's creamy, it's tasty, and it's Asparagus! Healthy choice for the soup of the day, and quite a nice change from the usual chicken or mushroom or corn soup. But that's not all folks, here comes the main course...

Seafood Platter for 2! So what do we have here, 4 prawn shrimps, a number of fried calamari (aka sotong goreng), one oversized big fat fish fillet, chips, fried oyster, and lotsa garlic rice. The prawns are served with lotsa tasty mayonaise, and the waiter actually served it by burning the mayonaise on the spot with a can of gas fire thingy.

Served hot and sizzling, this thing really make me bloat... So damn full! It says recommended for 2 to 3 persons though haha... However Nick is not so full, he finished the rice while I stuff the fish into my stomach... Conan Cat loves fish~ Yay~ As for the price, not something that I cna afford everyday, hell it's not something that I can afford every month neither... Same thing like Dragon-i that our gang said wanted to go for oh-so-long but didn't because of the sky high price. But oh well, it's our anniversary afterall, and Nick actually paid for it... Aw... ^--^^^

Food~~ Glorious Food~~ It's all good :P

Pause on Pangkor-- Knitted wonders!

2006-11-13T22:27:00.000+08:00

Knitted wonders!

Now, do you believe that these things are actually knitted?

No, this is not a forwarded mail... These are done by my Ah Jie~~ XD the one who did the wonderous act of knitting in the car while driving... i'm still figuring out how to upload the video here XD

anyway, all these are handmade by Ah Lum, the main head of Eden Creative Studio and Plum workshop. if anyone wanna learn how to make this, just leave a message or something, i'll giv you his contact. trust me, he knows EVERYTHING :P from origami to knitting to craft to music to cooking, this guy is damn cool... Tall and handsome, isn't he? :P

邦咯岛之旅——房后事

2006-11-09T18:58:00.000+08:00

看了造船厂，我们就去吃午餐了，这么的一餐就吃了两个小时，其实还是聊天多，我们的uncle yong还不知几高兴，因为这时来了这不像邦咯人的邦咯人——oyster鲜蚝，问oyster十句关于邦咯岛的只也只会二三的，说他是刚搬过来的也不以为奇。后来我们也来到了这邦咯岛的古堡，原来荷兰人野来过这里殖民过一阵子，但这古堡还没什么出奇，在这里献上照片让大家看看哦。

很大吗？其实也只有这么“大”罢了呵呵……

没花的花园

还有个美美庭院~

还有帅帅的阿nick~XD

对了，还有晚餐呢，说好是8点到饭店坐下等吃，怎知道9点多菜才来，真是饿死的……菜色还算不错，多谢金雄哥特地为我们准备了新鲜的鱼虾呢，吃得真美味~~

到那闹鬼的住家，发现对面也住进人来了，那也安心点，其实也没那么坏啦。对了，忘了介绍我们阿姐的儿子——青光仔，他可是举足轻重的人物哦，没了他我们怎么回发青光呢？房后事没什么特别可说的，大家看看照片就好了~:P

阿姐的儿子青光仔~

就是这不pangkor的pangkor人~oyster~

大家坐着看电视噢~

邦咯岛之旅——渔港/造船厂

2006-11-07T19:50:00.000+08:00

福灵宫后，就来到对面的这小渔港，隔壁就是个印度庙，我们这些马来西亚华人虽然亲切友善也没有兴趣去参观友族的庙社（说到这么好听，还不是出于种族歧视 XD）这渔港和造船厂合在一起，第一次来看看一艘船的内部，还真的不禁赞叹那些造船的人的厉害。一块块木头能切得那么均匀，排列整齐，那种细心是我这种o-go麻烦懒惰粗心没心机的人做不出的啦。

uncle yong在扮有型啊?XD

够壮观了吧？

走到隔壁，上厕所的时候更是令人赞叹——厕所就是一间在海上长脚屋上木搭上来的小房间，中间开了一个洞，就任让排泄物掉入大自然的怀抱，进而流到大海的中央。从那洞口看下去便能看见海水在数尺下的海滩拍打，上面还漂浮着我们人类的天然黄金，还是快点解决了走人好了。

这就是那高脚屋多高，想象一下黄金落下有多么的壮观啊……呵呵

在这里也有渔人准备着制造渔村著名的咸鱼，那阿么看到我在偷拍她还害羞的把脸盖上呢，哎哟真是害羞啦……paiseh paiseh。
被发现了 XD

邦咯岛之旅——福灵宫

2006-11-05T14:25:00.000+08:00

对于我这种不拜神的人，进到神庙最吸引我的莫过于神庙的建筑。与吉隆坡的神庙比起来，这福灵宫给我的感觉美妙多了。这里靠山面海，主堂虽然不大，但整片地的规模也不小，因为后面一座山也是属于这神庙的。

这神庙为道教庙，自然为多神庙，里头拥有许多神象这里找不到的，我想是这里到地的神吧。对我来说这还不是终点，重点是这里的池塘，真的有够大，而且还不是一个，庙底层有个大的池塘，走上山也有数个小池塘，而且个个都养着很多很多很多的鱼，真壮观啊。说到鱼，底层的鱼池除了有许多超乎一般size的鲤鱼之外（我没看过这么大的= ="），还有着两条（可能更多在下面睡觉）的巨龙鱼，真大只呐，那个口都可以把我整个头吃下去了……我知道这个size的原因是因为当我们把面包皮（“包皮！包皮！”）丢下去的时候，那巨龙鱼都一口把整堆面包一口吞了下去，我们看到都@__o"""

我：好多鱼啊！
阿弟：Fish and Chips啊！
阿姐：清蒸鲤鱼啊！
韵韵：Kari鱼头阿！
金雄：= =""你们这些人……

来这里除了喂鱼之外，还可以看看孔雀，有一对夫妻孔雀（不知是不是夫妻，我只是假设罢了，看到一雄一雌的，说不定是二奶或者是母子的）在这里很没趣的看着我们找它们拍照，他们看到我们也闲掉了，还管我们什么，就吃他们吃到要吐的面包。

孔雀：又是面包！应酬你一下啦

几个池塘都是鱼，除了鱼还是鱼，当然这里还有另一个观光线，也就是这个迷你万里长城，还真有心机啊，整个万里长城的模型都做出来，每个关门的名字也刻了上去哦。大伙儿也运动了一下，爬楼梯走到山上，遥望前方就是大海了，心中莫名感动，是骗你的，我哪有那么的诗意。我们站在那台上闹了一会儿，还说要来这里bbq，佛门清静地还要玩烤肉哦！

结果我们就在这块有个大大个缘字的石头拍下照来，留念留念罗……

邦咯岛之旅——姓赖的赖粉

2006-11-01T21:44:00.000+08:00

To my non-chinese reading friends.. .Sorry for the trouble, i'm still having this frenzy with my pangkor trip, and well it's written in chinese because the friends that i went with are all chinese speakers... anyhow for now plz just hav fun wif the pics, once i get through this i will go back to
the daily-diary-bimbo-thingy-that-reminds-you-of-the-cruel-reality thing... lol

我们放好了东西后，便一行人跟着我们的导游金雄哥带我们去吃东西啦。我们也是一样六个人上车，uncle yong一副可怜样和金雄相依为命的坐motor了。我们来到岛的另一边，我忘记了这地方叫什么名呢，只知道金雄带我们去的是个叫“文博”的茶餐室（名字不知有没写错，莫见怪^^"）。来到这里我们开始发现，这里行车道上motor多过车（理所当然吧？），motor骑士没带头盔没人理，汽车停车也是没有什么law可言的，乱乱停看到有地方就塞就对了，也是没人理。真好啊，不用给parking钱，不用给saman……

对了，赖粉？？什么啊？

他身长细腰，润滑的肌肤犹如六月飞霜，西湖的西施——虽然没有杨柳风骚之情，却不少朴素清淡之意……

讲那么多，还不是一碗面罢了。(XD XD 炸到了吗？如果要用一句话形容邦咯岛的早餐，就三个字就够了：平靓正（广东话，意为又便宜又好看又好吃）。就拿着一碗赖粉来说，就rm2已便宜过吉隆坡的鱼丸粉多多声，而味道一点也不会差。所谓的赖粉其实就是这里手工制作的一种面，程粗长型，类似黄面，却程白色，富有弹性，且爽口、润滑无比，加上清汤或辣汤的衬托更让它令人回味无穷。虽然看起来并没什么特别，但一口吃下去可不会输给什么中国手工拉面日本拉面的，slurrrppppp一声便能把一条整长一尺的面条细完入口，那种润滑度真难找啊！

除此之外，还有这里的娘惹乌达(nyonya otak-otak)，和我们平常一条长长扁扁的乌达也差得远了。这乌达形状大，如一个半端午节的粽子，打开里面便是一块完整大大块的乌达肉。而我们这里的乌达是拿来烧的，这娘惹乌达却是蒸的，使它的味道不流失，而且充满水份，吃起来辟有口感，口口是肉，味道十足。金雄：槟城、马六甲也有卖这娘惹乌达，但和这里不同的是他们做时候把鱼肉都打碎，而这里鱼肉和香叶却是一片片完整放进去的，所以可以完整的吃到鱼和香叶的味道。

所以啊，谁说邦咯岛除了海鲜，就没东西吃了啊？

吉隆坡人吃东西味道重是众所皆知的，而邦咯岛的食物确实没有让我们失望，因为这里的东西味道也不轻！一杯八宝凉茶还真的喝得出药材香浓的味道，桔子水也在一杯放了四五粒桔子，粒粒肥大，味道才够酸啊。

结果，我们四天的早餐都光临这件文博茶餐室，最高纪录八人战绩略：五碗赖粉，四碗kari laksa，三碟香港猪肠粉，五个nyonya otak-otak，一碟kari杂鱼，18杯水。特别注明，这是早餐。个人觉得晚餐都没有这么满足，呵呵。

在这里也发现一个奇怪现象，这一区的茶餐室众多，各有各卖的东西，然而我们可以到不同的茶餐室把食物叫过来。这么一来，我们到某个摊子叫我们的东西的时候，他们也会说：“你们在那间茶室啊，我们送过去给你吧！”这些茶室相隔一条街，愿意这么走动送货，对于我们这些城市长大的孩子还真是罕见！或许这就是所谓的乡情浓吧。

邦咯岛之旅——闹鬼的公寓？？？

2006-10-30T22:12:00.000+08:00

我们就来到旅店了啊~当我们一来到门口的时候，阿弟、我和nick都不禁寒了一下……

我：怎么那么像某个鬼戏里面的那栋大楼的……@__oo……

来形容以下（对不起，忘了拍照片所以要花手指运动之力打出来了）：就是一栋米黄色的四层公寓，每个窗口都关着的，四周围长满了野草，最靠近的建筑是左边走数分钟另一栋姐妹建筑，两个建筑中间就是一堆野草。公寓右侧长棵三层楼高的树，还是没有叶子秃头的枯树；公寓后面是一片没打理的草地（应说是野草地，就是那些人把人杀了就埋在草地里面几十年都不会有人发现的那种）。

重点是……

阿弟：我刚刚看到四楼那边有对母女呢……

*特别注明：阿弟是有阴阳眼的

我和nick：@___OOooo

那就算了啦……金雄到了便拿出钥匙出来开门，我们问道为什么他有钥匙的？原来是因为这栋公寓是只有在假期期间才租给旅客的，因为假期时候才比较多人，所以我们是第一个在这假期住进来的人。

也就是说，在不是假期的时候，这里是没人住的哦……说不定有其他东西住的……

这我们很快就证实了，一开门……啊！！

蟑螂！！小强怎么你到处乱跑啊，阿么会担心的！

开门后底层一片漆黑，开灯后才看见四周小强还不少，而看来这里还真的没有人呢。（不知有没有非人之人）按了电梯，一开门，电梯的灯竟然自己在闪着，过了良久才亮起来……（我也知道这是电梯省电模式啦，给我说下故事好不好？？）不管多了，我们八个人就进去了（包括行李，电梯最高承载量：8人 = ="）还好我们住的是三楼，不是那母女住的那层哦。

电梯一开门，还是一片漆黑，还是一样要我们manual开灯，开灯了还是遍地蟑螂。303号房，一开门截然松了口气，其实房间环境还不错，满干净的，两间房间，一间有两个单人床，一间一个双人床，还有电视机冰箱的。nick、我和阿弟霸占了双人床的那间，其他人也各占个位了啦……正当我们在参观这间我们将住四天的房子时，阿nick叫我过去，

nick：你看，下面有只黑猫看着我哦……
我：黑猫？？
阿弟：哪里哪里？？
我：*看到了*都点很邪的感觉…… = =""""
韵韵：*刚走过来* 咒怨啊……
我：（心想:你就是啦~卓韵=咒怨 XD）

后来我们三个也躺在床上赖床一下啦……阿弟闭目养神的，我和nick也在有的没的……

阿弟：她们挡住我哦……
我和nick：谁哦？？@-o
阿弟：就是那两母女啊，我扩张气场的时候感觉到她们在对面的房间挡住我，不给我进入呢……
nick：不是说她们在四楼的么？？
阿弟：她们又不是人，整栋楼要去哪里就哪里的啦~
我：昏掉…………

结果呢？还不是这样住下来了，呵呵……后来我们也去吃早餐了啦

邦咯岛之旅——我在船上等你……

2006-10-29T22:53:00.000+08:00

好啦，上一个blog被人说有点太深奥，我也觉得有点滥情了，还是来个轻松的happy blogging好了:) 说到哪里呢……上一次就说到我们上船了吧？在船上还真的看到满不错的风景呐，还看到海鸥、老鹰的，像我这种城市长大的小孩哪有真正接触过这些东西，故事就听多啦，真正看到就少罗~我们整班人都站在船头上吹风，真的不用多久我们就到了哦，还真快呢……

阿lum(大姐）和枫林（阿di）~~

《无间道4》——主角：阿lum，阿爸

我和nick~~

韵韵（我女儿）在干嘛~

uncle yong好像很享受哦 XD

这时候还看到日出呐~~早晨的太阳果然不一样~

后来我们很快就到了啦，20分钟就到码头了，行李真多呢呵呵……我们坐上金雄哥（也就是我们这次的导游）租来的冷车daihatsu（忘了什么model）金雄说租车的人说换这个车的冷气比较冷啊，我们看到了还真的很冷，冒冷汗的那种……之后这辆车还真的让我们很冷呢，我们全程都开着窗口走的。因为我们有八个人坐不下一辆车，我们便让uncle yong和金雄一起坐金雄的motor，uncle yong你有福气啦~~之后我们就看着uncle yong在motor上纠缠了四天……

我们把行李放下车后，便到旅店去了……

邦咯岛之旅——出发

2006-10-26T18:13:00.000+08:00

邦咯岛之旅——出发

讲了半年了啊，说了半年，就在21/10/06，大伙儿都期待好久的日子终于到了。一个离开离开世俗的旅程，忘记城市里的喧哗繁燥，抛下对于e网电址的依赖，踏入个处于马六甲海峡那小小的桃源。

晚上11时正，我们一班人从吉隆坡搭车出发到霹雳州的Lumut，在车上碰碰睡了数个小时，间中起来上了厕所一次……抵达的时间凌晨3.3o分，这时候的空气果然不是我们平时嗅到的——渔夫漂泊在海上撒着网，巴杀的阿伯赶着到批发地拿过新鲜的鱼儿，街边的阿姨准备着售卖的椰浆饭，而街道却那么的静寂，只有那mamak档有数个等早船的人一块儿品尝着teh tarik，坐着等待着时间慢慢的从嘴唇上溜过。真的毫不急躁啊，换着是在家里着空档的时间大概也献给了电脑在网上做蜘蛛了，哪像在这里望着前面这杯茶，和身边的朋友谈笑着，毫无眷恋的望着天空慢慢的亮起。

就这样过着等待的时候，等待也许就是我们忘了的习惯，在这时刻才显得那么的清晰，也只有在这等待是时刻，才慢慢发现街道上的车子慢慢出现了，路过的小猫爬进了后巷的垃圾堆，周围桌子坐着的人来了又走。我们卖了单，决定到临海的小行道，睡的睡，坐的坐，躺的躺，还在等待。

6.30时，金雄说船儿到了啊。我们拿着行李，前往码头的方向前去，心中那兴奋也再次点燃了。

*照片都是用手机拍的，不清楚莫见怪哦……

To the sorrow hearts of Boxing Day

2004-12-26T23:29:00.000+08:00

It clashed.

The very morning of the dear Boxing day, the earth raged down below the sea and trembled, grumbled, rumbled... And gradually, it rumbed the whole surface with its rage, and there comes the high tides that fell down on the faces of men on that very moment, bringing down the man, the life, the joys and the peace that people had one day ago.

Perhaps Someone up there is cracking a joke, I suppose. But this practical joke costs more than just a mere city... It costed thousands of lifes, and the happiness, and peace of the world.

Then maybe one day, the earth will open and show its true self, revealing its most destructing pace and drown every single lifeform available in the bio circle with larva and flames.

And maybe one day, people will start caring the rage of the earth, knowing the drastic warnings it released, and try to comfort its sorrow and weeps, and caring will spread through the whole wide world, raining love on every other human without boundaries.

Till then, today, we shall pray to that higher spirit to us, may the number of souls be sent to the ultimate peace and joy, and love will cover them, together...

To those with Winter alone

2004-12-15T22:17:00.000+08:00

As the gentle wind of Winter sigh
Thou can'st not blind thy smile
With numbed tinted heart
Proof to dearest chime, sweet sound of love
And sound of the living hand
Dear only pine of thy deepest soul

Sing, sing the nocture for the cold white moon
May the snow fall under the thickest skin
Brace yourself, dear friend
For the white Christmas is but a gentle moarn
For people with heart but without hearts for them
And kind soul with love but without love in tie
Trim and watch... Perhaps, and perhaps
Tomorrow there will be a new weed to grow
Down under the great pine...

冬

2004-12-14T19:04:00.000+08:00

丝霜凝倾兰花底
倩影斜阳梅花丰
纵云荡漾千里蚕
瓣上露水百日重

带石头去旅行

2004-11-15T15:13:00.000+08:00

我捧着一块石头
从花园走到厨房，再走到厕所
大房、小房、客厅、书房、楼台……
最后再把它放回花园。
“你在干什么啊！”
“没有啊！我只不过想带石头旅行，每天在同一个地方，不闷吗？”

妈妈说，白痴。

石头说，谢谢。

Stars--Of the sky?

2004-11-15T14:47:00.000+08:00

Stars, they stayed high
Down they look, away they sigh
No, we can't see their tears
Nor can we touch their arms
But we can only watch
And thats only what we can.

They glow and glow, with all their might
To let us see and move our sight
Hope they gave, chances they make
But for ever more, from where they get
Their power for love,
Nor their dignity for life

Stars shine and shine and shine
And days more or years ages hence
Strength drained by one sweet dime
One, by one, by one...
And finally they fell,
Down they drop, away they sigh...

一个金鱼的故事

2004-10-03T21:09:00.000+08:00

他在呆呆地看着外头，然后一转身，眼神转向那地上的小小宝石，就在那一瞬间，他孤单的身影就在空中摇荡。

就在那么小小的空间里，他有着他那华丽的宫殿，寸步可得晶莹珠宝，但在那么小小的空间，他也只有那么小小的活动地方——他不用忧食忧住，但他除了一个让他藏身之地以外，并没有任何让他值得留恋的东西，因为一切是那么随手可得，但又那么的遥远。

他羡慕天空中的那颗流星，可以划过那蓝蓝的地盘，那么的一闪，却充满了希望，至少他走遍了世界，死也无悔。其实，他宁愿自生自灭，就算被什么销毁了，他也愿意，因为他还拥有的是生命，是一股热情，但他有地方发挥吗？

总好过在这个小小的空间，面对那个宫殿，他在那儿叹息，不停的叹息。

在鱼缸中，他也不过失去了自由。

Mindful thoughts...

2004-09-22T22:05:00.000+08:00

That day, that sinful day,
I saw him-- standing
Low, distrupt,
Under the cement trunk,
Rounded and cleared by the thick dark air
of the starry scheme
Of Gods! What bless is it
That You gave me on that day,
May Adonis be downed, I found--
One smile that put Monalisa to shame
Yet, how the water of the dead spring flows
Behind his hanging locks,
and deep dimension reigns-
Can't I even touch, nor peep
the sigh that ran underneath the haughty winds
No God won't allow, from not angel this came
No Satan won't budge, from not devil this is
No-- This haunting myth,
Running across the veins and strains
Oh, what sin this is! for You to lay him in this world
to Torture me. Comfort me--
For that will never come,
and came he did
only--
only for the other way.

《如梦令》

2004-09-20T23:34:00.000+08:00

明耀秋出雨环，宁意侵袭寒暖。
轻君赏五容，尽济谅情万求。
难守，难守，一份泪眼相愁。

A simple birthday

2004-09-15T19:56:00.000+08:00

Weary night it seems on the street,
Bulbs and boards flashing with neat--
He sigh and sighed,
Down he slided,
Till the end of way he'll never meet.

Child of Christmas eve, he is
Trying to keep his woe on knee--
The traffic honked,
Passer-by mocked,
In his oversized jacket he hid.

Eleven twenty, going on thirty
Soundly ticking his lonely anniversary
Then he turned,
And he returned,
And then he panted, dry of sympathy

Then charmed an echo, which rang sweetly
"Would you like a tea with me?"
Near he looked,
And that he's hooked,
"If you don't mind my misery."

抑郁的后母

2004-09-13T22:45:00.000+08:00

她不甘心。
她曾是世上最漂亮的女人，国王一件她就头昏脑胀，人民见她无不动心。她眼神闪耀着冰冷的暗光，冷淡却充满魅力。她是只白色的俊鹰，犹如正月林中的玫瑰，冰冷的鲜红小瓣，身上的刺儿分遍全身，无人却不为她的美貌动摇。
但，她的出现破坏了她的一切。
魔镜里出现最美的女人再也不是那冰冷的身影，而是一个年轻，充满朝气的少女。少女并不那么的特殊，没有惊人的面貌，确山发出温暖的气息。春天，她让花儿从大地的怀里露出生命；秋天，落叶在她手中变成清风。
她不甘心，少女的地位超越了自己。她更不敢心，那个少女竟然是自己的后女。
他千计万计想将少女从世上消除，取回自己最优越的地位。而少女却一次又一次地逃过她的诡计，得到多位贵人相助。白马王子的出现成了傻女医生的转折点；王子一刀刺破她的胸口，结束少女不幸的遭遇。
她不甘心，少女过得比她更好。
她并没有因那胸口的一刀而死去，然而这么一次逃过死神的魔掌却让她尝到更恼怒的人生。她曾经支配的城市已不再为她的美色倾心，成为一个充满活力的城堡。白马王子和白雪公主结婚，更让她的怒火燃烧。整个城市为他们的新国王与王后欢呼，王全忘记了先前那俏丽的身影。七个小矮人成为城堡的臣子，万圆万里的国土在他们的领导下处处充满欢喜，人民过着幸福快乐的生活。
但故事并未结束。
白雪公主的后母对白雪公主，哦，应该是白雪王后，乃是虎视眈眈。后母依然不甘心白雪公主就这样取代了她的位子。但她又可以做些什么？她每天只可以忧愁的对身边的侍女发脾气，行动受过往的监视，再也不可练巫术。她指客观看窗外繁华的世界，看每个人脸上快乐的笑容。她厌恶一切快乐，把自己锁在黑暗的房里，在黑暗沉沦。
直到那么的一天，白雪王后诞了一个儿子，国王为这孩子废寝忘食。为了庆祝他第一个儿子的诞生，欣欢地为妻子与儿子摆了三天三夜的宴会。后母闷闷不乐三天，她心里暗算着白雪王后生了第一个儿子后，国王一定会找个妃子，在为自己生个孩子。她想象当时的白雪王后一定会非常妒嫉，并对小妃子的儿子不停地攻击。到时候白雪王后的丑态将一一暴露出来，那么全世界就会看到这位美后的恶行，且不再为着抢走她全部的女人欢呼了。
她开怀大笑，一咯咯的笑声传到房间四周，回弹到她的耳中。莫名的快感涌上她的心头，就这样，犹如在暴风雪里银狮的咆哮，迎接这刺眼的事实。
果真，小王子诞生后的第三个冬天，国王去了一位年轻貌美的歌女，成为国王的小妃子。白雪王后也开始失去了少女时的阳光气息，取而在之的是岁月的痕迹。后母心中暗爽了不少，因为她期待的事终于实现了，不久白雪王后将被人垂弃，她在脑中编织的剧情将一一掀开，她盼望已久的梦将变成现实。
但王后没有。她依然脸带微笑，在成熟的韵味里面对国王、宾妃。她仍从容自如，依旧保持着她的优雅气质，因为她清楚这只是生命的一部分，且不停的为国家人民效劳，不因为自己增长的岁月而放弃为爱、为民、为国的热情。
母后越来越抑郁，最后从窗口掉了下去。是故意的，还是不小心，没人知道。她的脸孔已被仇恨扭曲，皱纹已布满额头。从前的那个充满魅力的女人已经消失，完全找不到踪影。她陷在白雪中，目睹前方，犹如正月临终的玫瑰，露出一点鲜红……

Timber...

2004-09-08T21:37:00.000+08:00

Timber--
Another one is down,
Hard, unshaken
And finally into seconds.

Timber--
Another one is down,
Their heart is shattered,
And the air saw it fall.

Timber--
Another one is down,
Someone picked it up,
And sold it to the unknown.

I listened and watched,
forests down by one,
then it weeped.

月夜——中秋

2004-09-07T21:05:00.000+08:00

我把月亮放在头上
然后给你一个拥抱
瞧！我们就在月亮下相拥
月亮照耀着，
一个不知名的未来……
给你一群星星，把它收在你的口袋里
让它们时刻看见
你心跃动的涛儿
那个节奏，就是我们的约定—
明年的这刻，这个月圆的季节
我们再次向月亮告白
不管你在哪里，也一样的宣扬
我此刻是属于你的nocturne
小夜曲

给我一曲肖邦，让他从新看见
月光下的冥想
就在我们的手中
我们看看她的娇媚，
听吧，那翱翔的乐符
就在耳边响着
淋淋的乐章……

Be the one to make a difference

2004-09-05T21:35:00.000+08:00

Your eyes, your eyes glistened with light-- not just any light of the impostor's world, nor the light of the unexisting heavens, soft simple light that dimmed with a second thought, but regained its pride by just a simple smile.

Do not fear the unknown, dear child, as even the dark is not a place for such pleasant light, for you might sigh at the blue blood of the nymph, or the weeping of the siren; but do give your light to the stars, recall the fresh water of spring and wash away the tears of the sun, secret whispers will hear your faithful soul, and regen its pride.

May Athens be proud by your courage and Venus be pleased, you shall smile your way to the revival of the world, link souls to the core-- And all these starts from you, your eyes together with your simple smile. Second thought no more, you are the innocent child, and the world awaits you.