it's...... HOLIDAY!

Deepavali, an occasion I lookssss forward to... Fish curry! Mutton! And lots and lots of spicy stuff!!! Woo hoo~ I mean besides Hari Raya of course, since during Chinese New Year you don't get much spicy stuff...

Off to the first in the list is Aunt Chandrika. - My mom's friend -
Now, this aunt cooks marvelous curries and dishes. She makes idli as well (as far as I can recall from last year's visit). Then she made this special dish just for our visit; Pineapple Curry! Whoah, just amazing! The taste is indescribable! I especially love to deep my rice with overflowing curry...

Then later in the afternoon is Kavia Susu! - My friend -
He cooks... I mean, his dad cooks. I recommend the spicy prawn sambal and string hopper. Simply wonderful. I can't forget how spicy the prawn sambal is, and thinking of it just makes me crave for more.... *yum yum*

At night my relatives are coming. - Well, they're pretty much my cousins, uncles and aunts -
Tonight's menu is non-Indian food. Too much serving of one stuff can be fatal, there needs to be balance. Therefore, we're having non-spicy food instead! (I always associate Indian food with spiciness)

Still, it's Happy Deepavali to all of us!

Till then, Au Revoir~

what 1 day can do

Had a great evening with Bala and Ms. Lee... As in the formalities of proper event, "thank you for gracing our day with your presence" Planning with Ms. Lee and Bala is never a headache, cause it's a crazy-go-wild time where crazy ideas pour out like nobody's business, but all in all, some things are achieved.

Ever heard how your strength can be your weakness? Seems difficult to comprehend, but honestly, it's something which is doable.

Till then, Au Revoir~

Internship

Right you are! This is the 2nd phase of internship that I'm going through right now. Writing for this blog ain't so hard either.

This time around, I've landed in a land far far away, where humans walk in and out of coffee shop, cars parked at the allocated parking lots, LEAVES dropping from the tree! Yes, it's a place called, Damansara Utama. It's been 2 months since I started internship (which by right I should have already been done with it, but I decided to stay on to help out till next year)

The place I'm interning now is called THE BrandLaureate. Great place, have lots of opportunities to learn and pick up and practice. Never a dull moment I would say! Bravo~ *claps claps*

Basically we do
- Events
- Events
- Office Admin/ Secretarial work

And eventually, meet up with people. Speaking of which, I should remind myself to get some pictures of myself of the event.

Till then, Au Revoir~

Just can't help saying it

The old adage goes, "time flies"!!! And it's so true, time literally flies... And 1 more thing we always forget to add in is that, "... and we can't catch it" As rock-bottom as it is, we still have to go on in life and just buck up!

Ever since co-op in September, during the short semester, things have never been the same. Changes here and there and everywhere. Well, I know because I'm not in the scene to experience it. It's always the 3rd person's spectacle that differs. Being the 1st person, you don't really realize the change until you sit down and ponder real hard till you have that constipated look on your face.

I've seen, and continue to see friends being buddies, people having great time bonding with each other, people getting closer and they're having the blast of their life (I presume). As much as I hate admitting that, yea, I'm left out of the picture, but then again, it's great seeing that things turn out to be better than worse!

Till then, Au Revoir~

I knew you'd say that

Everyone HAS it, just that some people have it more than the others... Some people actually outshine others because they have it more! Others who don't have so much of it stays low profile, but somehow, somewhere in life, EVERY one of us has to display it...

What's that? There're just so many stuffs that This could refer to, but I'm talking specifically about CONFIDENCE~

Speaking about confidence, most of my friends or those who have had contact with me will say I'm one who's confident. Well, I still work on it as I believe confidence is something which is not acquired, rather it's something which can be enhanced! And I do believe most people agree with me...

During the Brand Enrichment Series today, a guy talked to me and asked me questions about my foundation. Interning there for 2 months already, I thought most of the info is at my fingertips. Whoah, just few minutes of bombarding questions, I found myself a bit dumbfounded really at the operation of my foundation. 1, only 1 significant thing he mentioned was, "When you speak, no matter with anyone, anyone at all, you must be confident. That's what distinguishes you from others"

Now you tell me, the next time you want to compliment others for having confidence, do you say "Wow, you're a confident person", or "Wow, you have a lot of confidence"

Till then, Au Revoir~

Slice of candle

Blog... What does it really mean anyway... Well, I would associate mine to a.... First aid kit...! 'Cept that it doesn't heal in any way... Or it does, whichever goes. Anyway, I might have a series of rantings; unread rantings to be exact.

1. Traffic light!!! Goodness, keep that as far away as you can from me, especially those that go crazy when you're rushing somewhere... For instance, I was on the way home just now in a slow breeze drive... Mana tau, reach the traffic light, it turned from red to green and back to red before you can say "PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICVOL....." :}| what?

2. Speaking about round-a-bout(s)... People who use round-a-bout are really round the bouts! At one side, you have one driver who's really patient and careful, at another turn, you see another crazy idiot %!@#$ who curses at you IN HIS CAR... Take note, IN HIS CAR, when you can't even hear what he's trying to say, but you can see from his jaw movement and lips gesture with the weird cross and twirl and whatever... When you cross his path, and there's of course, you! In this case, me, the one who crossed the %!@#$'s path at the round-a-bout... It got me thinking after that. No point getting angry over what has happened, cause either way, I won't remember his Cute, Handsome, Macho face after this, so, it's ok... I'll just keep him in my prayers before I sleep.

3. What in the world are in kids these days?!!! PRE-mature sex, murdering, crapping, dumb dumbs, dumping babies they just gave birth to?

Till then, Au Revoir~

you don't turn 21 everyday

It's been so long... Finally! First things first, happy birthday Joanna! You had a special birthday wish all the way from across the continent just to wish you 'happy birthday' through a call... Not bad ah...

Well, I had an almost similar one, but I've got an online greeting card instead. It's from my bro too, while he was doing his 3 months degree in Sheffield Harlem. Memang special lar.. Haha!

Till then, Au Revoir~

oh no!!!

Ok, this is really out of the blue...

Q: Why do genies come out of the magic lamp everytime someone rubs it?
A: Coz the interior will be hot and the genies are forced to come out!

Q: What do dogs like to sleep on?
A: Sleep-pars...

Even if you break your funny bone, you won't be lame...!

Till then, Au Revoir~

mutual or difference?

Kay, for so long my blog is mostly wordy with less pictures, unlike jackie loi... What to do, I'm lazy in uploading pictures (explains a lot why I don't do blog post for any of nuffnang's blog post competition; however, doesn't really explain why I seldom update as well) Woops... Anyway...

Disclaimer: Not referring to anyone in particular nor hinting anyting, A and B aren't initials to anybody and no harm is done here, it does not invoke innuendo alright... XD

Scene 1
A: That guy's a total disgust, a disgrace to mankind... I mean, c'mon, who in the RIGHT mind would wanna associate themselves with him anyway. Not like they're gonna benefit from him, he's just going to pull their legs and drag them down to hell... Best thing ever, how did they even came to existence?

B: You sure? I don't find him that bad... I mean, yea, he has bad habits and all, but he's friendly, talkative and easy-to-go-with person. Sociable, a veritable nice guy. Why not try to be friendly with him and get to know him better?

Scene 2
A: Goodness me, she's the coolest girl I've ever met, like she's so cool and all, such a good role model, rich and has the all-in-one package any guy would ever wish for... She can cook, dance, sing, play musical instruments, soft-spoken, kind and all... OOooo...

B: WHAT?! That Witch? Are we really on the same channel now? That girl, compliments? You know, she defines all that's bad in this world. Why would anyone want to be friends with her, much less even greet her... This is just absurd!

Scene 3:
A&B : Marvelous...! That person's just... PERFECT!

*End of story*

It's true that at most crossroads in our life, we meet with various people from different phases of our lives. Various people subjects to different attitude, personality, behaviour, character and value as well. As such, the 2 people up there encounter the same person, but have different opinion on that person. How then do we deal with such people? Complain? Show disregard? Don't bother? Then again, there's a point of time whereby they'll agree that certain people they know are nice and great! Such a great world of balance we're living in...

Till then, Au Revoir~

tak tahu lah...

Alright, first things first, sorry blog... Everyone treats their blog as if it's alive and all... Well, I guess it is. Yesterday, during cf we had an ice-breaker which is human bingo. It went quite noisy and all, but it was fun! (as usual...) One of the slots reads "has a blog but is inactive" and I thought I'm eligible to sign that... Well, guess what? Another guy made it to the championship ranking, way beyond our challenge and reach... He left his blog for 3 good years! Woo hoo!!!

*talks to my blog* So, you think I neglected you eh? Well, think again!

Today as I was driving to class, it was a crazy morning. I decided to drive without my safety belt. Ho ho ho... Merry Christmas! Santa didn't have his safety belt on as well... Heck, he didn't even have a proper roof! Anyway, as I was reaching uni, there was a police roadblock at a very strategic place(sometimes, police are tactful when it comes to finding fault with road users), it was at a 2-lane road, just right after a cornering, which the view is blocked by trees. Awesome... Guess what? I was the 4th car just before the police road block...

Action 1: Quickly pull down the safety and tuck it, even when I'm in full view of the police
Action 2: Slowly pull down the safety belt, and just do it smoothly without them realizing it
Action 3: Well... Just let it be lar...

What will you do in a situation like that? I can answer for athletes, their quick reflex enable them to pull up action 1 with swift perfection. The cool and calm can execute action 2 with great confidence... People like me? Well, we just go with action 3... Best thing was, the car right in front of me (literally IN FRONT of me) was stopped and checked...

Great! Habis lah... Mesti kena tahan, saman, lepas tu pergi kelas muka masam maut... When it came to my turn to pass, SURPRISINGLY, the police looked at me and waved to me indicating I can pass... OOSSS!!!! *sigh of relief* I passed... God SAVED me... After that, I didn't even put on my safety belt... Since new year, it has been great! It's been always great... Haha...

Till then, Au Revoir~

Before it's undone

Warning: Hazardous for those who will easily be insomnia-stricken, weak-heart and easily lose interest... Warning has been issued, do not blame me if anything happens... This will be a heck of a long, wordy entry

Alright! Take 5 seconds... Yes, 5 SECONDS to do this simple task: List out 5 things you cherish most, whether good or bad in any sequence, so whatever crosses your mind in the top 5 list, just put it down. E.g.

1. Family (as usual)
2. Friends (again, as usual)
3. Sleep (also, as usual)
4. Computer
5. Food!

Yea, if you've guessed, that's what I will cherish lar... *smiley*
*drum roll* If you've just shared the same thing (or almost the same) things as me, I'm sure that 5 is not enough! C'mon, there are more things that you can cherish in your life!

Take for example, early in the morning...
7a.m. : Wakes up in the morning, walks to the bathroom, tries to twist the tap on only to discover... NO WATER! *frust*
7.01a.m. : Fine, no water, still need to brush teeth... *reaches out to take toothbrush, picks up the tube of toothpaste in a blur condition... Squeezes the tube* WHAT?!!! NO MORE TOOTHPASTE?! *apparently forgot to stock up on toothpaste*
7.05a.m. : Last call, tries to bathe... *gets the towel, fresh change of clothes and briefs* Upon entering the shower room, places the towel, clothes and briefs on the hanger. Switches on the shower tap and there comes the water! Finally, something made right...

Trivial is it not? However, these are the simple things we take for granted at times. From something as insignificant as having the toilet lights functioning properly to major things like friendship and fellowship.

What if one day, you discover that your phone couldn't function anymore?
What if one day, you discover that your computer couldn't be turned on?
What if one day, you said something wrong and your friend gets all upset over it even when your friendship has been forged long enough to be close?
What if... And the list goes on and on... *emo-ing*


Humans will be humans, we can be forgetful at many other times. What's to prevent us from forgetting stuff? I myself can't remember what I had for lunch on a Sunday 3 weeks back... Heck, I don't even remember if I had lunch or not! Haha... Therefore, we shouldn't take things for granted so simply... YESH! Of Course! This same proverb has been repeated time and again, but they'll just be mere words that flashed through your vision as you read this, and until you actually experience this, you won't understand how important it is.

So people, appreciate what you have lar huh... Don't take things for granted.

Till then, Au Revoir~

P/S: Suddenly I feel like visiting my grandmother... As in both my grandmothers... =D

Bittersweet symphony

Yesterday was a day to look forward to (as in few weeks back) because I managed to obtain a pair of free premier tickets for 'Avatar'. Directed by James Cameron, who directed 'Titanic in 1997 (back when I was a small boy and didn't understand the significance of love), this movie is indeed (and I can say confidently) the BEST movie I've watched this year. Forget Michael Bay man, Avatar graphics is way marvelous and amazing to behold.

Jake Sully(Sam Worthington) and his neon-blue sleek skin avatar and Neytiri(Zoe Saldana), his newly-found girlfriend from a different being altogether... Touching...

Well, on my personal preference, I would advise with vehemence that you watch this movie, as it depicts and draws the different emotions from that blood-pumping heart of yours. I definitely will watch this movie again even if on my own.

On the same day, I parked my car in an illegal spot, and I received a fine slap on my car windscreen... So sad *sob sob* But after watching this movie, my mood was heightened up to its best for a round of supper in murni! Must WATCH! Great!

Till then, Au Revoir~

Cinderella Spin!!!

Ok, this is really random. It was yesterday evening, during my trip home from the lrt station. I was on board a bus and sitting beside the railing, right next to where the steps down is. It also means that I'm sitting at the far right of the row and there's an empty space beside me.

When the bus stopped, imagine this malay lady, short and chubby as she is, walked towards the seat beside me, held the yellow-coated bar, made a "cinderella spin" and at the blink of an eye, she was already seated beside me...

Till then, Au Revoir~

it's true

Most of the times, you'll come across with proverb/warning, reap what you sow. Well, for the kind-hearted, you'll be smilling deliriously with a broad grin over your mouth. However, for the ill-mannered, you'd like to cogitate on your deeds.

For months past, the battered road outside my house has suffered the wrath of those cruel, mean mat-rempits (mina-rempits not identified yet) whose reign of terror ended when today, of all days! Whoah... I must say, moms do have the best kind of instinct of things to happen and somehow, they have innate telepathy when they become mothers. My mom called me just as soon as I stepped down from the bus, as my right foot touched the similar solid-battered ground. She warned me of a tragedy that took place just a few meters from where the bus stop I came down from. As I was walking and answering the phone at the same time, upon lifting my head up staring at the shrouded darkness, just lit by street lamps and seeing bystanders and house residents looking on by on the poor pitiful souls who were sitting down on the road, I knew immediately what my mom was trying to relay via her mobile phone.

11.10pm: Some mat rempits were doing some free-willy stunt, those only possibly executed in 'Extreme games'/ Motorcross! Woo hoo! Best motorcycle stunt game! Yea, of the 19th century... Anyway, on 1 moment, they were in cloud 9 pulling off that stunt, and...

11.11pm: "AHH!!! Ouchhhhh~" *girl wailing* (although they were guys lar...)

And there they were, sitting on the ground. As I'm typing this right now, an ambulance just arrived and they're attending to their needs. Bittersweet feeling swelled up inside of me as I was thinking...

*Yesh!!! PADAN MUKA!!! RIGHT AT YOUR FACE!!!*

.... and another, being a Christian

*Ouch... Wei, you'd better get to hospital fast. Who knows what interior injuries you might suffer from*

Well, the safest thing to say the least is, REAP what you SOW...

Till then, Au Revoir~

sudden ear itch for sonata

First time I heard this song from 'Nodame Cantabile' and I was clung to it... And yes, I still watch it from time to time. However, the sonata I liked most was this. Enjoy... Just a sudden occurrence of interest...



Till then, Au Revoir~

decision-making ain't an easy one

I'm sure this has been repeated a lot of times, leaps and bounds and over and over again. "Make the right decision!" Yea, if I'd known how to make right decisions, I'll never learn from the wrong ones I made.

My mom used to lash out at me immediately when I have a change of mind. Well, she still does lar. And it's a good thing, I'm not complaining ok...

Me: Mom, I'm not coming back for dinner tonight, going out for dinner with friends (or any other alike reasons I can give)
Mom: Alright, guy or girl?
Me: I'm not a playboy ok, neither am I a gay
Mom: Ok, come back safely

*** Moments later***

Me: Ahh, mom, coming back for dinner. Still got time to come back and eat.
Mom: Make up your mind now, dinner or no dinner *angry face* (Yea, my mom uses emots... And full well at it too... Then again, they're mostly angry faces lar...)
Me: *no more sms, quickly gives a call and says, "Yea, dinner at home".

Now as I look at it, I won't know the severity (if it was ever caused) of changing decisions at the spur of the moment. Especially when it's directed to someone, all the more your decisions need to be clear and precise, and by precise I don't mean perfect. If you're the type of person who catches up with news daily (not hinting anything here), then you'll agree with me that reading newspapers involves a lot of reading about MIND-CHANGING DECISIONS. Just today you can see the menteri BESAR of Kelantan pulling off his son-in-law's CEO position from PBMK... See, decisions being Called, then Called off... Well, not implying that the Menteri Besar is indecisive lar, but there are times when desperate time calls for desperate measure...

So mom, next time before you lash me for changing my mind, I'll point my finger elsewhere... XD

Till then, Au Revoir~

It's tomorrow!

Yeap, like it says... It's tomorrow! Woo hoo~!

.....

A trip to malacca!

Answering a phone

Feel the urge rushing through your organ sending impulses one after the other to your brain that something urgent needs to be done about it?

It’s either a call, or an sms.

That’s what happens when you feel like visiting the washroom to ANSWER the call of nature!

Just when you were relieving that thought of going to the washroom to engage in that call, you stumble upon a washroom that requires a small fee to be made before proceeding.

Are these toilets any different from other public toilets that don’t have this ‘toll’ fee? As you start thinking about it, then you start to think whether you NEED to answer this call after all(unless it’s really urgent, most probably you’ll answer that call).

This is where the idea of Call or SMS comes in. What’s the difference you might ask? What’s that gotta do with answering the call of nature lar?

Answering the call of nature is pretty much like answering a call, either by pressing the GREEN button(on nokia phones, as well as other phones I guess) or replying an sms. Now you might be getting a rough idea. =D

Basically, whenever you answer a call as a recipient, you don’t pay; the opposite party does. That’s where public toilets are portrayed to be non-fee-paying toilet, or in short, FREE toilet.

On the other hand, if you need to pay a small fee or amount just to answer that urge, it’s called SMS. Your bladder ‘sends’ you an sms, you ‘reply’ back with a small fee, but since you’re not from the same telco provider, you’ll have to pay an extra amount, say 10 cents or 20 for that matter.

Yea, so that covers rather much on why you’re suppose to hand in a small amount of money compared to a free toilet. However, if you do happen to stumble upon the RM2 toilet, remember, you’ve just replied to the reply-me-for-RM2-in-order-to-win-a-free-i-pod-touch... =D

Till then, Au Revoir~

Internship... so far

Boss! Bosses are good and bad, depending on where you're working... In my case, my boss' exceptional... I'm really having a fantastic time doing my internship here in Out of the Box. Well, details of my work scope is as follows:

- Coming to work anytime from 9.30-10am, and leaving anytime from 5-6pm (As long as I get my work done)
- Work, work, and work... Entertainment is slotted in between works (Fb, tweet, msn, listening to songs, curi-curi Prototype... no lar, can't play prototype, too obvious from my facial expression later that I'm having a tough time completing an event)
- Marketing and PR! Woo hoo~ And one of the things to look forward to, roadshows and pretty girls from different colleges and universities.. Right...

Well, that's just a gist of it.
Till then, Au Revoir~

Pass time

Back when my bro was in UK, all the games I ever played in this rectangular-electricity-filled box of mine were Freecell, Solitaire and Chess(level 1, never progressed any further than that...), but....!!! He came back with games in his external hdd! Woo hoo!!! What else, don't bother lar... Immediate I took the games off from his mini storage equipment and installed it into my laptop... At first, I gave a try at this kinda new game... Looks cool, nice gameplay, interesting missions... Even the main character is mad! Well, this game's non other than PROTOTYPE...

Yeah... This game is marvelous! Should try playing this game if you computer has the adequate requirements...

Basically, this game is about a genetically mutated person who has infected DNA in his body that makes him... Indestructible... Living in a city whereby an infection has spread all over the borders, he escaped from the laboratory and sets out on a journey to discover more on his past. Equipped and enhanced with superhuman, alien, what-ever-not abilities, he can glide through the skies, parkour on walls and railings(even human!), and most importantly, WHACK THE C*** OUT OF YOUR ENEMIES!!! Stress-relieving game lar...



That's why I played more often than not during my exam... Good thing I installed it just after I did my branding assignment, or else I'd be passing up a branding survey on 'Prototype' instead of 'Gatsby'... Hmm... Sounds good... Ok, as I'm talking about this game, I'm urging myself to play this game already!

Till then, Au Revoir~