I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Which is not true by the way since I’m just a normal human and not some godly or demonic creature that you might think. It is a song title sang by Panic! At The Disco and yes that's the name of the band....long but at least better than certain names representing animal or insects or even food....hahaha...shhhh

Brien did ask me about my caller ring tone and wondering who sang it and so here forth is the video clip for your viewing and my own pleasure.



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Oh, well imagine; as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor,
and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
"What a beautiful wedding!, What a beautiful wedding!" says a bridesmaid to a waiter.
"Ah yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the poor groom's bride is a whore."

I chimed in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
I chimed in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of hope.

Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved
Well this calls for, a toast so, pour the champagne,
Oh! Well in fact, well I'll look at it this way, I mean technically our marriage is saved
Well this calls for a toast, so pour the champagne, pour the champagne.

I chimed in with a "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
I chimed in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.

Again..

I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!" No.
It's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.
I'd chime in "Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!"
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality.

Again..
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The reason why I highlighted certain words in red is because you won't hear them in any Malaysian radio channels and the best part is the word 'whore' becomes 'shhhh'. A normal or typical thing when something that is not acceptable is either banned or changed to fit the growing public. Generally is a pro and con statement for groups of people with mindsets that may trigger unsolved debates which the government does not intend to excite. Sigh...

From Hellboy to Super Sapiens and from Hellraiser to Constantine....Malaysia Boleh marrr....OK!

Exheebeteeion Buuth

Part of the whole job scope of mine is to handle logistics if my company (as like the place I’m working at…duh!) participates in any events ranging from government to private sectors.

Three or four months back, I went to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to set-up our booth and the items we brought from KL weren’t that much and therefore our booth sort of like look soooooooooooooooo simple…

~View 1~

~View 2~

We were given one booth space and the organizer placed us near the entrance so when they arrive the first thing they see is my booth..heheh. Unfortunately the location of the exhibition (MOF-Hari Bertemu Pelanggan) was at a place where it benefits the public not the exhibitioners.

The location was quite far from the main city, free parking space, no ‘hooha’ here and there about the event and I can actually count the number of people that visited our booth being two days there. At the end of the day, is not the public who visited us but exhibitors’ visit each other….sad but true (Metallica Rocks!)

My ED (Executive Director ler…) was quite upset with the outcome especially our booth that has no brand or style or in other words…cheap…sobsob. For that a meeting was held to propose a new booth set-up specifically for this sort of events that includes my company’s brand and style.

After all the quotations, design approval, product testing and trying to meet certain expectations…tadaaaaa….

~View 1~

~View 2~

~View 3~

We were involved in KLIIFEX06, an event that was held at PWTC for six days and the first time I set-up an exhibition with two booth space. My friend Brien (the branding man) was involved in this project and thank gawd for his creative ideas.

Moving forward, I need to figure out on how to bring all my exhibition stuff to Alor Setar, Kedah in two weeks time….aiseyyyy…

Happy Belated Birthday Day

Sunday morning, woke up at 10.00am, knowing that my lunch appointment is at 12.30 noon I took my time eating roti canai (…cold…) for a late breakfast and drank Pepsi Twist on the rocks….ain’t it healthy…hmmmmm

Reading the papers, browse the web, took my bath, wear my clothes and time was 12.45 noon with Adrian and his car waiting outside to pick me up. Undecided on our lunch spot, met up with Samira and JP at The Curve and decided to try out a new eatery place at CINELEISURE.

The place offered sort of like Japanese plus Steamboat dish and it was called..errrr....’fill in the blanks’ Syabu Syabu.. They had something like the Kaiten Belt that I normally see in Sushi King with coloured plates representing different prices. Just that these mini dishes has to be cooked with the selected soup. Sukiyaki soup was our choice after identifying the other three flavours that did not suit most of our taste. Everyone ordered their own choice of food and for me a nice Shashimi Set. We actually shared our own choice of meal with everyone on the table when May came late with her wake up from bed look…kakakaka.

Being a new place, the waiter kept coming to our table hoping to refill our green tea drinks and provide good service…first impression as some may say…yet hopefully it stays that way all the time. We actually planned to enjoy ourselves with a karaoke session but before we had our lunch I was informed that it was closed. Thinking of another place where we could hang out together and have some fun, all agreed to go bowling at One Utama’s new wing.

~After a good meal at the new lunch spot~

Before our destination to One Utama, Renee and Samira wanted to look at some furniture’s since IKEA was nearby therefore we took a side trip. Me and Adrian went to the car park to put my gifts before joining the rest at IKEA when suddenly Samira called informing that the Red Box is open for business. I was actually quite surprise because she told me it was closed for renovation but when she walk through another path it seems the place was still operational…sigh….mira oh mira..

~IKEA here we go!~

Before our destination to One Utama, Renee and Samira wanted to look at some furniture’s since IKEA was nearby therefore we took a side trip. Me and Adrian went to the car park to put my gifts before joining the rest at IKEA when suddenly Samira called informing that the Red Box is open for business. I was actually quite surprise because she told me it was closed for renovation but when she walk through another path it seems the place was still operational…sigh….mira oh mira..

Cancelled our bowling session and off we go for a wonderful karaoke session that lasted four (4) hours nevertheless it was one of those best moments that I will cherish being a birthday day outing with friends.

~The girls were surely enjoying themselves~

7.00 pm was the time and thanked each other for the great company as we departed ourselves back home. Hmmm..actually I did not go back home but spent some time with a certain group of friends till 11.30 pm which I can’t reveal as for personal and confidential reasons…mwahahaha.

Back home, opened all my gifts and here were the things that they gave me…

~Britney's autograph before she had babies I think..ahaks!~

~Wampa from STAR WARS - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK~

~STAR WARS - Mos Eisley Cantina~

~Hmm....what were they thinking arrr~

~Personally designed Gundam Wing Characters printed on photo paper (6 pieces) waiting to be framed =)~

There are other gifts but is just that I forgot to take their picture and therefore for me to know and not for you to find out...blek! =P.

Thank you friends and thank you for everything...^_^

Mangalooney

Last night on my way back home, thundering sounds roar the air, fast rhythm beats filled the atmosphere, blinding light surrounds every corner…….. but then again it was just a normal heavy rain yet somehow I felt excited about it….geeeeez.

I guess during my day at work, I found out some interesting facts about certain colleagues of mine who shares the same interest plus my long awaited pre-ordered anime OST’s and DVD’s finally arrived and waiting for me back home to be explored as soon as possible.

For dinner, me and my younger brother went to TESCO to buy ourselves some ala carte meal from Madam Lim Restaurant..or was it café..anyway the food is good but kind of pricy…..sigh.

Decided to go to BORDERS to check out whether any of my favourite manga which I don’t have is on the shelves. By the way I notice that they have add more book shelves for the Manga and Comic section plus a whole lot of books to choose from zero (0) to Z. Being a normal human, sometimes I forget what mangas that I wish to purchase. Thanks to my handphone organizer, I managed to figure out what to buy with of course a budget less than RM150.

It felt like Manga heaven, browsing through every title from top to bottom and manage to get myself two volumes of Battle Angel Alita: The Last Order and one volume from Berserk and Death Note. Few months back before the release of Death Note’s anime and movie, you could see a row of its manga but now only three volumes left on the shelf. I have been a fan of Death Note since its first manga release (english version of course) and didn’t realize it could be a big hit. Ahaks!…what can you expect from a good storyline and interesting characters such as Light Yagami aka Kira and L. I haven’t seen the anime or even the movie but sooner or later I will.

After dinner and a nice COLD bath, open the delivered package and picked Steel Angel Kurumi + Encore and watched all the episodes which ended at 3 am. The anime was recommended by a certain friend of mine. A fun anime to watch and especially Kurumi who always ends her words with…desuuuu…so kawaiiii!!!!

Wen Biae

Boredom struck me, so I browsed through YouTube looking for something interesting to put in my Friendster when I remember a Mandarin song that I love sooo much till I even bought the cassette and tried to memorise the song word by word.

Correct me if I’m wrong, it was Wen Biae (sorry if the spelling isn’t right) and according to my Chinese friends back at secondary school, in English is Kiss and Say Goodbye. Knowing the singer is Jackie Cheung, typed his name and fortunately it was added by someone…uhhh lucky me.

Here’s the music video and sorry if it’s the karaoke version…blek! =P

Jacky Cheung - Goodbye Kiss


About this song, being Malay, I did not know what has come over me to be interested in a song which the language I don’t understand at all. Could it be the music background since those days I like orchestra style music especially the pioneers (Mozart and the gang) & London Symphony Orchestra. I myself tried to play the keyboard but was kind of lazy to practice….hehehe…by the way I play by ear. I actually appreciate more towards the music background than the voice itself.

For example Rock, the way a person plucks/strums the guitar plus the mixed drum beats. Trance, mix and synthesize sounds with smooth vibes that makes body and soul move to the rhythm. Sorry if I only mention Rock and Trance since both are my current favourites music genre.

Talking about Wen Biae, I always ask myself what is Jacky trying to say in his music and thankfully Wye Luon who is a classmate of mine in form 4 Ramin helped me to understand. I ask for the translated lyric and as usual I tried to memorize it by heart. I can remember the chorus except the rest but now the only thing I remember is “We he nie wen biae zhai wu ren de jiae, wo pu ……errrrrrr….ayakkk…forgot oledi!”

It felt kind of weird buying the cassette (if I remembered correctly is has lots of colours with cloth texture pictures) when I myself don’t read Mandarin. About a year ago, Hau Yi borrowed my cassette but she couldn’t hear it well. It was an old cassette and of course you could hear the screeching sound…ouch the pain!. The cassette in now in dumpster heaven nevertheless the tunes are always in my head.

Hmmm…whats was the wolf song in Mandarin????

Cozens at RASTA

Yesterday night my family had their berbuka puasa at Pak Nyah's house in Subang Jaya with most of the Kushairi Clan family members staying around KL and PJ area. The theme was pot luck so everyone brought their own lauk pauks, kuih muihs and deserts. It felt like a dinner worth RM80 per head buffet with dishes ranging from roast chicken, fish head curry (two large heads indeed..nyum), mixed vegetables, popiah, Secret Recipe cakes and many more.

With the provided table and chairs at the lawn, cozens from the rank of ‘long’ and ‘ngah’ sat outside and chatted about things such as the separation of Singapore and Malaysia, Siti Nurhaliza’s wedding…errr..and other sensitive issues revolving around race and religion. So I told them about Jelutong having its own Shisha stall and Shinaz gave me a craving look. Shinaz actually lurvessss Shisha so much that she can actually order a set for her ownself……wickedddd!

I as usual being joking about certain things told them “Hey after this lets go for some Shisha”. Najwa was like alright with it but Shinaz kept quiet….hmm is she thinking of something….mmmm.

After a duration of 5 hours spent at my uncle’s house, everyone decided is time to go back home, as my car passed by the house, Shinaz and Nadia gave me hand gestures which I certainly understood. The message was like “Call us or we call you for an outing tonight anywhere as long there is Shisha”. Feeling tired, me and Amir decided to keep quiet and not to call them out. Upon reaching home sweet home, Nadia called my hp and told us the cozens are going out for a Shisha session. I was a bit surprise, looking at the time it was 11.30 pm and wondering how come they are able to convince their parents to go out this late since the youngest among them was 16 years old.

Since it has been a long time we never had a cozen get together, I agree with Nadia and told them to meet at Rasta in TTDI. Most of the time, we usually hang out in Hartamas but knowing it was football night, the place is expected to be packed. Me, Amir and Ariff decided to go first and reserve the seats for the rest of the cozens.

We got ourselves a good spot and favourites such as waffle, Shisha and western food was all close by to our table. Usually the cozens will consists only 5 to 7 members but last night was an additional of 3 people. As usual we ordered our drinks and food ranging from waffles, French fries, roti bakar, tea drinks with different flavours and a lot of warm water. I felt like a rich man that night so I decided to treat everyone’s drinks and Shisha except for the food…hekhekhek.

Continued our discussion from Pak Nyah’s house and puffing Shisha like there was no tomorrow. We had two Shisha flavours (grape and strawberry) but somehow the taste wasn’t as ‘kaw’ as Hartamas and Jelutong. Nadia told the stall owner to add some more ‘arang’ and later on only it felt like the real thing.

Sitting with cousins who are mostly gurls, tv dramas such as Entourage and One Tree Hill was also part of the discussion. Najwa who is an avid follower of these shows told us spoilers and what are we going to expect on the following seasons.

We had lots of fun and was kind of wuzzy with all the excellent food and Shisha puffing. Time was 2.30 am and so we decided to go back home since most of us needs to wake up at 5.00 am for sahur.

Bid farewell and everyone drives back home while hoping to see each other again during Hari Raya.

=)

Apple Mint Shisha

Yesterday my friend Zaime came back from Penang and invited the gang for a night out perhaps berbuka or just enjoy ourselves at a mamak restaurant and some cyber gaming. At the end decided that everyone to berbuka at home and to leave our houses after 8.30 pm and meet up at Mohsin located nearby the Pizza Hut restaurant at TTDI.

We had a few chats and Nazri passed me six sets of green angpau from his workplace to be used for the coming Hari Raya. The only thing left now is to find an appropriate time to go to the bank and get myself some small notes.

After Mohsin, we went to Blitzone in DJ to play WC3:DoTA but as usual the place was pack considering it was 10.15 pm. While we waited, restless I became and decided to scout other cybercafés if there are any available seats. Walking down the path of shop houses, I pass by NetMaster and empty seats were everywhere. Called rest of the gang and started our gaming session of 2 verses 2 or be joined by those around us.

Throughout the game, everything was running smoothly till the network starts to lag and this is not even a BattleNet session. Nazri recreated the game as a host and it was all better onwards till we left the place at about 12.15 am. And again we went for yumchar at a mamak restaurant near my old secondary school. To our surprise, we saw two Shisha sets and from our knowledge since when Jelutong has its own Shisha stall.

We sat near the road which is a common typical mindset for most of us Malaysians and ordered our drinks. The last time I had Shisha was in Hartamas and it was sooooo way back in October 2005. Called for the waiter and ask him what kind of Shisha flavours that they offer. He gave as a blur face like he doesn’t understand what we were trying to say so Nazri gave him a slow talk, word by word and the waiter said “Orange Juice?”. We laughed but was not that loud considering his situation.

Zaime went to the cashier area and talk to the person in-charge and he called the Shisha stall owner to attend us. It was a young guy and he looks sort of familiar like someone that I’ve seen before in secondary school. Anyway he provided the menu and suggested us to try the Apple Mint flavour. We agreed to try it out and Anri was the only one not keen on this sort of past time pleasures.

For the first two round, I inhaled quite a lot of smoke that it made my head felt lighter as I sway left and right like a person who is about to faint. Able to control my awareness, I manage to stay alert and continued to enjoy the pleasures of Shisha…..knowing I was in a hazy environment…hahaha. It was a haze week for Malaysia and the morning rain made no difference whatsoever to the haze condition.

Anri inform us about his birthday and decided to treat us dinner at Canadian Pizza located within TTDI on this Saturday. We couldn’t confirm on the spot and so we all decided to inform him by Friday.

We salamz and went back to our homes for a nice nap.

Anyone for a game of cards?

It has been 2 months since I played Urban Rivals and chat with all sorts or characters and nationalities. Especially those from France and Italy where I had to use Altavista’s Babel Fish Translation in order to understand what they are trying to say. Somehow it seems all translation softwares or websites works in a different manner according from where it came from.

For example, I have a French friend or should I say rival who does not type English that well and uses Voila-Traduction to translate what he is trying to say. He might end up saying “are how you”…sounds funny right? Being myself as usual, I will try to help him improve and in return a proper lesson in certain French words...hehehe

I actually have another blog dedicated to this addiction of mine and it is called Citizens of Urban Rivals. Originally the purpose of creating this blog is just for self-satisfactory and to help those who might want to know about Urban Rivals more while wondering the cyberspace.

To my surprise it was listed in Urban Rivals official website under Fan Sites together with Citizen Kane’s blog. My blog was still in its initial stage with not so much info and I thought people will mostly read Kane’s rather than mine. When already two people gave their comment, it shows something even the number looks small. Now I actually have a purpose complete this part-time/hobby of mine.

Just need to reformat my comp as soon as possible…grrrrr.



Uranus~A famous card character used in most EVO battles~

Gudang Garam Surya (Red)

Somewhere last week I brought myself a pack of Gudang Garam Surya (GGS) and decided not to open it when the right time comes. I just love the strong smell that surrounds the pack…mmmm…smells like chewing gum.

GGS is a favourite of mine when I was 15 years old. You might say I’m not the regular type but more towards a social smoker but not too often actually. Those days at the sundry shop, they sell cigarettes in small rounded tins where you can buy a stick per day. Of course smoking at that age is considered unhealthy and so call not right at all but heck I was sort of enjoying being cool for a brief moment. I still remember how often my friends and I exchange cigarette sticks of a different brand and flavour.

On the same week that Friday, I and my gaming friends went out for our usual gaming session in DJ’s Cybercafé. The place was full so while waiting for empty seats, I offered my friends some GGS’s cigarettes. One of them gave an opinion that a stick of GGS is twice as strong as a normal cigarette. All this while I thought GGS packs comes in black (wuhuuuu heavy to the max!!!) and red (milder) till Zaime told me there is a menthol version which I have never seen before.

Sunday was the official day where Muslims starts their fasting month (in Malaysia) and the terawih prayers begins on Saturday night. The next night, only me and Man went for terawih prayers and brought along my GGS. Man being a person he is, proceed with the prayers till solat witir ends. I on the other hand stopped at the eight rakaat of the terawih prayers and went out to fag a stick of GGS.

Monday morning I was well and it seems everything was running smoothly on the first day of the weekday plus the fasting season. Suddenly a strong headache struck me during lunch hour and I was wondering the cause behind it. I remembered Zaime said he got a strong headache after our gaming session maybe due to the GGS strength. Could it be my brain cells are dying…..geeeez

Reminded myself not to buy GGS in three months or more…….hahahaha….save my brain and money.

Girls with Glasses

Could it be that I like intelligent looking girls? Since primary school till now I always ended up liking someone who wears glasses or used to wear them. To some they may look geeky but for me it actually looks adorable.

Nowadays majority prefer to wear contact lenses thanks to the subconscious mind and marketing strategy. Nevertheless in a positive way, it does lessen burden of having the frame on the nose or face throughout the whole day.

I thought this taste of mine ended in college but it continues on and on without fail….

Is it a fixation? I like girls with eye problems? It is because my whole family wears glasses and I don’t? ……….weird or just plain dumb like Moose…’duh’…hahahaha

Dating Strengths and Weaknesses Quiz

Found out from a friend's blog and felt like trying it out....

Dating Strengths	Dating Weaknesses
1. Sense of Humor - 71.4% 2. Open-Mindedness - 54.5%	1. Appearance - 77.8% 2. Financial Issues - 63.6% 3. Lack of Essentials - 58.3% 4. Shyness - 54.2%

Dating Strengths Explained
Sense of Humor - Women are attracted to people with a good sense of humor. Be sure to put yours on display! Open-Mindedness - You are open to trying new things and entertaining new ideas, and this widens your pool of available women.
Dating Weaknesses Explained
Appearance - Devoting a greater effort at making good first impressions is a must. Try to be fit and develop a style if you want to catch a woman's attention. Financial Issues - Your financial situation is not in good shape, and this does not bode well for you on the dating scene. Try to get on top of your financial difficulties. Lack of Essentials - Dating is difficult for you because you lack certain key things, which may include private space, a car, money, or a nice wardrobe. Work toward obtaining these essentials! Shyness - You know all too well the limits shyness places on you. Putting yourself out there in social situations may be difficult, but essential to your dating success.
What Are Your Dating Strengths and Weaknesses?

...it maybe true....

I honestly feel....

Yet Another Day by Armin van Buuren feat. Ray Wilson



Something's dissapeared inside
Should I try to run away
If I could I would escape you

I won't argue anymore
I have lost the will to be
Hope you don't think I'm ungrateful

Close the curtains, lock the door
Left my notes upon the stair
In hopes you wouldn't read them

Fake emotions in my head
Everything I've seen and read
Can't begin to find the reason

Why, why are you laughing?
Is it something that I said?

I don't like this place at all
Makes me wonder what I'm here for
Someone take this pain away
Dying to see another day

I don't want to be your friend
Or pretend I can fit into
I'm incensed, I'm blown away
Dying to see another day

.....oh well......

KL Rat Race 2006

The Kuala Lumpur Rat Race is back for the seventh
year! Once again, The Edge and Bursa Malaysia would like to invite your
organisation to forget about the rat race we are in, just for a day, and take
part in a rat race of a different kind.

~A quote from the invitation letter.

My workplace being a regular contributor (donation reaching tooo….shhh) and participant would surely join in this year’s race. Previously the administration and logistics (runners & supporters) are handled by a department well known for its corporate relations. However this year, that job scope is now been transferred to my department and is kind of new to us. The best part is that I am handling it, a person who has just transferred to a new department about two months ago.

Being a person who is still new to his department’s workload plus a new job scope surely can make you go bonkers at a certain time. The handover and preparation for the race was not that smooth at all. I just don’t want to talk much about it but there was a time I have to actually ‘turun padang’ just to make sure everything was alright. In this case, when you depend on someone to help you (being a newbie), that someone ask another person to do it, later on nothing happens, so you yourself have to do it from scratch….sigh

Anyway past is past, I already have the required runners and supporters for the coming race. So far things that I need to complete now are transportation, t-shirts and some clearances from specific supervisors.

I have mix feelings at the moment with excitement and worries circulating around my thoughts. Have to remind myself to be positive and everything will be fine.

Maybe I should bring the department’s digital camera to take some interesting shots….hmmm

One Morning

I was about to leave for work when my aunt called and wishes to speak with me. Before we begin to start our conversation she told me not to tell my mother about this phone call. Curious I was but never thought of asking why.

She was asking for some help and I honestly said yes without knowing the type of assistance that she needed. Again she ask and this time she sad “Can I borrow RM200 from you and I promise to pay you back afterwards.”.

With an instant I said yes but I also inform her that I could only lend it after my payday. So I gave her my hand phone number and asked for the account number to be sent to me via sms. She sound worried and speaks again “You don’t mind all this?”. “Yeah I don’t and don’t worry about it. Anyway I got to go to work now. SMS me if there is anything. Bye.”

~

My aunt’s family consists of six members, her husband, three daughters and a boy. My uncle is a bus driver whereas my aunt works as support staff in a company. Unfortunately among her children, she has a down-syndrome child which is one of the girls. Due to income of parents, the family is never in the category of rich nor middle class. Previous Hari Raya’s, the family seldom came back to my grandparent’s house and I can understand why.

Imagine if you are poor, being Hari Raya, all the small kids will certainly ask from you an angpau, how would you feel that time? My other uncles and aunties have tried to explain to their children but somehow they are not mature enough to understand.

Nevertheless we are not that cruel, my aunt’s children still do get their Hari Raya angpau but through my mom or my other aunt who stays in KL. On the way back to my own hometown, we would have a side trip to her house and give the angpaus to the kids. Sometimes we even gave her some sort of contribution such as cash, clothes, rice and etc.

~

Alright, RM200 sounds a bit small to some but being the current family supporter at a rate of 70%, it does mean something to me. However being the eldest among cousins, a sacrifice has to be made and my mom shall never know of all this.

Believe it or not

I found out a link from a friend in OB forum and tried it out. Here are the results.....

Tarot Card(Equivalent of "11/6/1979")

The Lovers: A caring and trusting relationship. Beauty and inner harmony. A decision calling for emotional control and faithfulness to spiritual values.

Rune(Equivalent of "my full name")

Inguz is the rune of completion and fertility. The presence of this rune suggests that tasks which have been initiated will come to fruition. This rune is associated with Ing and Frey, it is this connection that explains its connotations of both fertility and sexuality. The variant of this rune shown here is reminiscent of the twin strands of life, and of the challenge and rewards of bringing together things complimentary.

Birth Mates(Equivalents of "11/6/1979")

Andy Warhol, Ashton Kutcher, Chow Yun Fat, Freddie Prinze Jr., Hugh Grant, Jerry Seinfeld, Jesse James, Jim Henson, John F. Kennedy, Julia Roberts, Leon Trotsky, Mel Brooks, Natalie Portman, Peter Sellers, Rose McGowan, Saddam Hussein, Wyatt Earp

Public Role(Equivalents of "my calling name in public")

Words that embody the people or things that you interact with are "Affair, Alien, Camera, Coin, Demand, Dream, Duke, Globe, Home, Joke, Key, King, Lock".

Words that embody things that you may be a part of are "Civilization, Conquest, Destruction, Domination, Executive, History, Illumination, Inspiration, Isolation, Linguistics, Numerology, Philosophy, Psychology, Purgatory, Sensuality, Serendipity, Submission".

Words that embody the effects of your actions are "Ancestor, Blues, Brother, Butcher, Champagne, Concubine, Council, Dragon, Engineer, Entertainment, Fantasy, Finger, Gazelle, Glory, Grotto, Halloween, Island, Joker, Language, Martyr, Mouth, Mustang, Neptune, Passage, Player, Power, Pyramid, Republic, Rook, Scream, Shackle, Slave, Stars, Symbol, Theater, Tiger, Triangle, Tunnel, Unholy, Velvet, Virtue, Warning".

Words that embody people or things in your periphery are "Adversary, Anticipation, Apocalypse, Celebration, Consort, Devotion, Invention, Jubilation, Monster, Moonlight, Rapport, Resistance, Surrender, Synergy, Trumpet, Typhoon, Universe, Vortex".

Private Persona(Equivalents of "Saintvamp")

Words that embody your presence are "Kaleidoscope, Strategy".

Words that embody people or things in your periphery are "Ballet, Bliss, Cage, Community, Devil, Door, Earth, Ebony, Elegance, Fame, Fertility, Finance, Flood, Funk, Gem, Giraffe, Heart, Immunity, Infinity, Ingenuity, Linguistics, Magenta, Misadventure, Mist, Monolith, Pearl, Platinum, Pope, Pride, Profanity, Pursuit, Puzzle, Rabbit, Retribution, Riddle, Rum, Sculptor, Sea, Ship, Staff, Stage, Steel, Technology, Temptation, Trance, Ugliness, Virility, Voyeur".

Thanks Kuni for the link.

Tanggal tiga puluh satu, bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh.....

Browsing through one of my friends' blog, an interesting post caught my eye and decided to try out the quiz. And the results are.....


Yikes! Am I truly a Malaysian or a foreigner from an unknown land...hehehe. Answered all questions with me being myself and it clearly shows my true nature. I'm guessing that to obtain a higher score, I have to think like a Malaysian which answers leads to a...err...how we say...more negative attitude. So I tried it out again with that Malaysia Boleh mindset....


I wasn't that surprise because I knew the score would go higher base on my assumption. Anyway quizzes are made for us to enjoy our daily life and let's accept it with an open mind and perception. =)

Here's the link if you want to try it out yourself.

If people ask, do you know our Merdeka date and the exact time (as in ke berapa), for surely I can answer it accurately and thanks to our late Sudirman song...a legend amongst the Malaysian legends.

*Hmmm..could the max score be 40 or 50...hmmmm

Tok Ngah

Saturday, 12 August 2006, I and siblings still lying on our beds not wanting to wake up when dad came in the room to inform us the bad news. Tok Ngah has passed away that morning and we are going back Teluk Intan, Perak to pay our last respects. Woke up with a splitting headache (slept late), took my bath, wore proper clothes, ate McEgg (mmm McD's) and off we go to my dad's hometown.The journey was suppose to be less than two hours but the big lorries and trucks plus uneven roads made it longer.

Arrived at our destination an hour before lunch time and was greeted by Tok Ngah's son-in-law, Uncle Law who directed us to his house where Tok Ngah lies peacefully on his bed with relatives surrounded him. Mom consoled Tok Ngah's daughter while me and my siblings sat and read the Yaasin quietly.

It was a very hot day for Teluk Intan with no clouds in the sky and continuous consumption of bottled mineral water which was kindly provided by Uncle Law and family. As time passed by, more and more relatives came and paid their last respects from the Kushairi Clan, Yang Clan, Tok Ngah's children & grand kids,Tok Ngah's siblings & friends and lastly those who knew him well.

Heard that Tok Ngah will be buried after Asar prayers, time was around 2.45 pm, so me and my family went to a famous food stall (for its mee rebus) for lunch. The stall was offering limited food (I can only see rojak, mee rebus and chicken rice) and served made drinks (no bottled or even boxed drinks). Ordered a plate of chicken rice (mmmm favourite), ABC (Air Batu Campur) and a glass of cold water. Being sooo hungry (hey McEgg ain't enough for me), ate chicken rice just with my bare hands (of course I washed it first) and found it quite tasty. So with no shame, I ordered another plate and indulged myself a delicious meal with the chicken served quite bigger than the previous plate. Knowing my taste in identifying a good chicken rice, mom brought ten packs to be taken away and be put in Tok Ngah's house incase anyone had not eaten lunch.

An hour after I had my lunch, Tok Ngah's body was given a proper cleansing before he is covered in white cloth (kain kapan). All this while I thought a proper cleansing suppose to be in a secluded area however it happened in an opposite way that day. Yes the body and those who were involved was shielded with white cloths acting as a temporary wall at every side but somehow there are those who insisted to take a peek. I figured it will stop there but even during the wrapping process was done quite openly. Hopefully the decision made by Tok Ngah's family was agreeable by all of its members.

Afterwards the body was placed in a casket to be brought to the nearby mosque for solat jenazah after Asar. The prayer style was totally different than the five times per day method with everyone standing close following the imam's actions. When everyone was reading the doa, an old man (Tok Ngah's family friend) gave everyone who prayed for Tok Ngah an angpau which I did not accept and do not how much was in it. The body later on was driven to the familiar graveyard where my late grandfather & grandmother rest in peace.

I helped everyone to carry out the casket from the van to the burial hole and Tok Ngah's grandkids (the boys) helped to do the rest.While the graveyard keeper does the final touches, everyone sat down under the afternoon sunlight and read the necessary doa for the deceased. Tok Ngah was safely buried and all of us went back to his house to prepare ourselves for Tahlil that night.

Tahlil ended quite fast and those who came were given an angpau again but this time it is from Uncle Law. To show no disrespect, I accepted it openly with a smile. Everyone had the same meal for dinner with sirap and mineral water for drinks.

Me and my family salamz with everyone and bid farewell before we return back to PJ. On the way back home, I remembered advises given by him on how important is education since his previous occupation was a teacher.

I'm sure going to miss him =(


"May Allah forgive his sins, widens his resting place like the gardens in Heaven and be placed among those who are piety in the eyes of Allah when akhirat comes. Amin."

New Addiction

Two days ago I felt kind of bored while waiting for my downloads to complete and not like the days when online chatting is such a normal routine. I rarely online chat till some of my friends would be surprise if my MSN or Yahoo messenger activated. So what I did was browsing through regularly visited websites and replied e-mail/posts.

I remembered an MMOG (Mass Multiplayer Online Game) which I used to play but stopped due to the certain priorities. Travian was the name and I totally forgotten my username, password and server number. Yet something else caught my attention and it was the banner that states words and pictures in a sequence:-

1. Free Online Collectible Card Game
2. FIGHT
3. TRADE
4. Urban Rivals

My naughty hands clicked on it and that’s where my addiction begins………

It felt like playing Magic: The Gathering but in a different style and manner. You could be a card trader, duellist or both at the same time. There are 14 clans with 158 character cards each representing their personal or team-up skills. Everyone is entitled to their own choice of deck style from aspects of strength, skill, damage, evolution level, clan mixture and so forth. Create or join available guilds that could make you famous or weird.

My favourite clan is the Pussycats , and I intend to complete the card list before I pursue for other clans. Being a guy liking gurls is a normal thing especially if they are sexy and adorable. Lemme show you what I mean….


I still need four out of thirteen more before a reaching a full set of the clan. Did I mention, every time a card gains a level, the character looks evolves besides the stats. Here’s a sample…
Level 1 Level 4

Can’t wait for the tournaments…go Pussycats go!

*Images taken from the official website itself.

Newbie Merchant

While sorting out my DVDs and Mangas, I notice that I lack sufficient space to keep my other stuff as my collection grows every month.

Currently I’m staying with my parents and two other siblings in a terrace type house with three rooms on the top floor. The main room is of course my parents whereas the other two rooms which are smaller are made for study room and sleeping room. My computer is located in the study room plus other belongings of my siblings and parents. The sleeping room is shared by us three brothers with of course the tall cupboards to fit our daily clothes and other stuffs.

My collections are kept in both rooms at their specific places according to their different functions…(hehehe). Knowing that space is essential, I decided to sell back all my original DVDs even thought I’m going to miss them a lot especially the anime genre. Yes I do buy original anime most of the time and don’t ask the reason why since most of us prefer to obtain it from other resources. I did inform to certain people that my collections are recorded in an excel spreadsheet as for some it may sound weird.

Therefore once I sold the anime DVDs, the list maintains with its title but under the category ‘seen and sold’..sob sob. So if people enquire whether do I collect animes, my answer would be “Maybe since I’m collecting and selling at the same time unless you’re definition of collect is in a different manner”….complicated indeed eyyy. Nevertheless I will still continue to buy original anime till I broke or bored with it.

Let me see….we got Amazon, EBay and Lelong, are there any other services that I missed out? I’ve already own an account in PayPal which is beneficial if used with EBay but need to upgrade it first to the next level. Since I’m still new with all this and it the midst of reading the FAQS and Help Guides, hopefully a decent individual or group could help me in making mone…err…I mean being a an online merchant.

Here’s a favourite music video of mine during the ‘jiwang’ days….

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Discounts, Taxes and Points

About two to three days ago, my younger brothers went window shopping and two books caught their attention.



Ariff was quite keen on the Spiderman whereas Amir has his eyes on the Transformers book however both had not enough money to buy either one. They knew about these books after a visit to BORDERS (The Curve) and Popular Bookstore (Ikano) plus they actually remember how many books under the said titles which are wrapped and unwrapped. I guess they actually plan to buy the books sooner or later and hopefully the stock is still available.

A week before, I told my siblings that I’ll be buying lots of graphic novel/manga at MPH Bookstore 1U because of the members’ sale somewhere this week. Arif who remembered my words told Amir “How about we ask our big bro to buy for us since there is a discount at MPH”. On the same day somewhere after dinner time, they told me about the books and it somehow sparks an interest especially the Transformers book.

The following day, I searched for the ISBN numbers (a habit of mine) so that I could check whether the book is available at MPH 1U. With the numbers written on my post-it, I called the customer service ask about the books. I was informed that the books were not available and it made me a bit sad as I have to buy the books somewhere else without the discount rate (hahaha…stingy me). Yet lady luck was on my side when Amir told me that he saw the two books at MPH 1U while window shopping with his friends. If you think back, is kinda weird that my lil bro saw the book but the customer service person said the book was not available. Sigh…..

Yesterday was the first day among five days that MPH will have its member’s sale in conjunction with the year-long MPH Centennial Celebration. At about 5.00 PM, I left the office and went straight to MPH 1U with the budget in my wallet and a checklist in my hands. My budget was RM300 and I checked the list of any graphic novel or manga that I don’t have through my excel spreadsheet last night (efficient eyy!!).

The first bookshelf I visited is where the ultimate guide books located and there it was fully wrapped (in plastic of course) ready to be taken home. Next stop would be the comics section is where all the books I need and planned to buy according to my checklist. Browsing through every row from top to bottom, I realise the only title available was Bleach from volume one to twelve. I was not disappointed yet was satisfied even though other titles were not on the shelf (is just plain me). I took out seven volumes from the twelve and brought it to the counter together with the ultimate guides. This is the first time I’m buying nine books at one go and it felt funny for awhile.

Back at home, presented the Spiderman book to Ariff and was asked how much he owes me for it. I surprise him by saying this is your late birthday present and he gave his normal facial expression between happy and moody (hmmmm). His birthday was actually two days ago and I was suppose to give him cash as a present but I forgot about it till he mention about the book (gee whiz!). The Transformers book will be shared by all but custodian will be me and only me (kedekut!?).

After a nice dinner, a cold shower, two hours of sleep, woke up, get myself a drink downstairs, straight away read the books, ended up sleeping at 3.00 in the morning.

Gilerrr!! = P

*Keep receipt for tax and points purposes...I must.

Business Card?

Sitting down quietly at my cubicle, planning what to do today when I hear a familiar voice from afar…"Dee, you’re following Burn and Zainal to KLCC (Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre) to see the exhibition later on at 10:00 am". I was like a bit terkejut since it was not planned and furthermore I still need to check the Coffee Pavilion’s lighting and art decoration. Then again, if the BOSS tells me to go, for sure I have to go plus maybe I might get some ideas from the exhibition. Well basically I don’t know what kind of exhibition it was till I arrive there…..

The exhibition was called DEX06/ARCHITEX06 and you can see the logo here below.

We arrive at 10.30 am and one of the reception committee members told us to fill up a form before we could enter the exhibition area. Completed the form, pass it to the counter and got ourselves ID cards with a red string to be worn around the neck. On the card was our full name, company’s name, a barcode and a big text that says ‘TRADE VISITOR’.

Burn got a call from the BOSS and told us to check the Kitchen & Bath section since my company is in the midst of renovating specific areas. The exhibition were consists of sections such as the one I said earlier, Interior, Finishes & Surfaces, Building Materials and Windows,Doors & Glass.

A normal day in any exhibition, you just walk straight along the pathway, the person on your left and right will try to convince that their product is good. I don’t mind actually if the product is related to the reason of me being there.

Got to see some interesting stuff such as futuristic toilet bowls (hmmm..), water that glides on wood surface (geeee…..), cool designs on different surfaces (knock! knock!...), smart home concept (batteries?) and girls with tight fitting or skimpy clothes (ahaaa…..). All this while I thought exhibitions which are related to sex, cars or any theme that must have the female body as the marketing tool only have this sort of thing.

Different kinds of butt shapes, bust sizes (Asians…guess yourself), hairstyles, perfumes, and errr….other qualities of course. There we’re also architecture and interior design students (I meant the girls) who look kinda cute and nasty. Aaahh…the college days…

A common scene is when the person finishes his or her explanation on a product, they will ask for your business card. I just moved to a new department four days ago and still do not have any business card whereas Burn no longer owns any business card due to his job scope. Zainal on the other hand just gave his last card to the first visited booth. Isn’t it sad when three of us came for a reason and none of us have any business card…..aiseyyy.

Since none of us had any cards, the exhibitor said “ Is ok, just show me your given ID card and we will scan your barcode”. I was a kind of surprise for this is the first time I see this sort of technology/method is used in an exhibition. From there on every booth we went, exhibitors scanned our barcode using sort of like a small thumb drive but a little bit bigger. There was this desperate exhibitor that only scanned our ID card as we pass by her booth. She scanned Burn’s and Zainal’s only once whereas mine she had to do like five times till she hears a beeping sound……hek’elehhhhh

Visited all the necessary booths, brought back brochures and stuff, we had lunch at an Ikan Bakar place behind Istana Negara. Sweat starts to drop from my forehead due to the hot environment and spicy food. Still it was a free lunch (Burn’s treat) and surely you got to appreciate it right.

Thanks to Zainal and Burn for a wonderful morning.

Cold

The environment of my new department is so cold that i had to go outside the garden area frequently just to get some heat. My new colleagues are quite friendly and helpful if you ask the right questions of course.

Since it is soooooooo cold now, feel like posting a video music that I like related with cold. Even if is not related with the temperature but it rocks!!!!

Crossfade - Cold


Looking back at me I see
That I never really got it right
I never stopped to think of you
I'm always wrapped up in
Things I cannot win
You are the antidote that gets me by
Something strong
Like a drug that gets me high

(Chorus)
What I really meant to say
Is I'm sorry for the way I am
I never meant to be so cold
Never meant to be so cold
(x2)

To you, I'm sorry about all the lies
Maybe in a different light
You could see me stand on my own again
Cause now i can see
You were the antidote that got me by
Something strong like a drug that got me high

(Chorus)

I never meant to be so cold

I never really wanted you to see
The screwed up side of me that I keep
Locked inside of me so deep
It always seems to get to me
I never really wanted you to go
So many things you should have known
I guess for me theres just no hope

(Chorus)

Perghhh....love the way he plucks the guitar facing the girl....with that kind of sound...oouhh...so balada rock....eventhou for a short moment.

Digital Camera

Could someone buy me a digital camera...ohhh pweetie pweaseee...

Email of the Day

I wrote someone a poem and she replied……

“The poem you wrote to me was the most beautiful but the most tragic poem anyone has ever written about me... I'm so sorry I hurt you in every different way through out the whole process. I regret it ... please don't think that I enjoy hurting people... I didn't expect things to turn out the way they did... All I could do is be honest with you about my feelings. And I definitely still do care about you and love you as a friend. Still do.... You can't believe how worried I was about your studies and welfare especially when you hardly turn up at college....”

Sigh…there goes my actual first kiss and a naughty one indeed….

Mortal Kombat – Shaolin Monks (PS2)

A few days back I’ve just finished playing Atelier Iris 2 whereas my younger bro Ariff completed Kingdom Hearts 2. Our long awaited games such as Disgaea 2, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy XII have not arrived yet in Malaysia.

Browsing through our CD folder, we decided to play a game that my other younger bro Man couldn’t finish and it was Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (MK:SM) by Midway. Liu Kang was my chosen character and the quest begins in the era or storyline of Mortal Kombat 2 (MK2).

For those who used to play MK2, the available characters can also be seen in MK:SM. The environment and 3D characters design looks good but the only sad part I can say is about Rayden the Thunder God.

For MK fans, Rayden is a serious yet cool character with godly powers yet unable to help Earth Realm warriors at a full level. In this game, his character attitude/behaviour remains true however his 3D face looks awfully funny. He has a ‘kerek’ and ‘cacat’ face that a psycho would truly love…….hahahah.

Currently at a stage battling with Barakka, I’m still not sure whether could go any further from this game point. One thing about me is that I’m not a fan of ‘button-mashing’ games but sometimes I do play them for the sake of enjoyment. Before I do battle with Barakka, there are places that require me to press the x-button plenty of times just to achieve an objective before I could move on. I don’t mind at first till I met with Barakka and the only way to defeat him is to press the x-button vigorously.

In MK:SM, this button-mashing sequence happens when you hear the sound “TEST YOUR MIGHT!”. A meter comes out on your left screen showing the peak level that you need to reach before the time expires (if only I have a screenshot of it). If you stop, the rising bar will go down and you have to start all over again. As the game progresses, the peak level goes higher and the time given to reach when I fought with Barakka was ten seconds. I have tried three times to defeat him and my fingers gets tired of it.

Oh well there are things to do besides PS2 right …………………….

Moving On

15 May 2006, a day when everything changes from black to grey and possibly to blinding white. My boss told me that I’ll be transferred to another department within my current division with the same everything (salary & job level) except for job scope.

I will no longer be doing HR stuff but more towards my workplace building and security systems. Till now I only have a rough idea what is the job is all about by looking through the job description that was made in 2002 (gaaawd!). I’m going to meet my future boss somewhere next week to know more about the job.

Told my parents about it and the response was kinda weird with dad being supportive and mom with her daze and worry looks. As usual dad will tell the benefits of job rotation and how well it can make your experience and resume look good. I know what my mom is thinking but rest assured she too knows how I feel. The next early morning, on a sofa closing my eyes with the fan blowing behind me, waiting for the oat drink to cool down, my mom just finished her ‘subuh’ prayers sat next to me and said “Don’t worry just be positive and open minded”. I was so sleepy and my answer was “ergh..ok..”. Hahaha…I am so cold indeed…

With a new working environment and uncertain future, I told myself to change in many ways such being a bit lively (too silent), an aggressive organiser (too lazy), go for workout often (lazy level 2) and much much more towards a positive attitude.

So friends and relatives, changes will happen and hopefully is the good for all human and ghost kind.

I got this gif from someone’s signature in a forum and hopefully he doesn’t mind…hehehe. The general public won’t understand it except to the eyes of the gamers….

Chinese New Year Week

Saturday

Those who celebrated the festive occasion had family gatherings and enjoyed themselves a nice CNY eve dinner. I on the other hand had a nice BBQ dinner at my godmother’s house in TTDI.
She hired some caterer’s and the food was truly excellent plus some other foods brought by her friends and relatives. The house located at the hilltop with a beautiful garden truly made the night interesting. Family and friends gather together remembering the good old days however I on the other hand was talking to my siblings and Raz about games, computers, handphones and latest technologies.

Thanked her for the dinner and a nice evening.

Sunday

Previously Uncle Njah, the youngest child among my dad’s siblings invited the whole Kushari Clan for a family picnic at Taman Bukit Jalil. So that morning we all met somewhere near the man made lake and set up the table with the food we brought.

There were all sorts of food such as sandwiches, pancakes, fried macaroni, friend meehon (my favourite), nasi lemak and of course mandarin oranges. With six families enjoying their picnic, you might imagine how the atmosphere would be like with adults talking and kids playing.
I spent my time reading the newspapers and playing UNO with my cousins. Believe or not, even my mom join in to play with us with some help of course. Dad made an announcement that on the 2nd or 3rd day of Hari Raya, all the ‘keturunan’ of Tn. Haji Abdul Malek will have a grand Raya gathering at Bagan Dato, Perak. As everyone heard the good news, Uncle Njah volunteered to contribute anything related with IT such as sending emails, workgroups and prints. Auntie Ain on the other hand offered to supply corporate gifts for the event.

We stayed till like 12:30 noon with the sun beaming from above yet the shades of tree gave us comfort.

Monday – Wednesday

The only thing I remembered about these three days are eating Yee Sang, cleaning up my room, shopping for new office clothes and brought myself two graphic novels.

Thursday

The day felt like I was traveling from Perlis to Johor Bahru in a day and stopping only for lunch and toilet break. Kuala Lumpur was on a holiday and Selangor reports back to its normal working day.

In the morning, I went to Terminal 2, Subang to renew my passport but ended up going home late afternoon. Arrived at 8.30 am, queued up with the rest of those who came and formed a long ‘S’ shape from the counter to the cafeteria. Manage to get my number by 12:30 noon and got myself some drinks from the cafeteria. The counters reopens at 2.00 pm and I had to wait for 100 people before I could give my completed form.

Waiting while watching RTM, heard my number and went to the specific counter to pass the form. Time was 5.35 pm and she told me to wait a little more as I need to pay at another counter. Gave her a smile and went to my seat while waiting for my number to be called again.
Completed the whole passport renewal process and felt relieved that it is over. Finally!!!

Friday

Did not applied for leave therefore I came to work but still having the holiday mood. Working as usual but with a slow pace due to the laziness and quiet environment. Just can’t wait to go back home and get ready to go KL that night.

Jon Poh, one of my old college friends, invited the rest and me for a small gathering at Luna Bar located on top of Pan Global building. Since he is working in Australia and back to Malaysia for Chinese New Year, he plans to catch up with everyone that he knows plus introducing his friend Simon from UK.

Our night out at Luna Bar was full of style with smooth ambience, cool music and majestic sceneries. Unfortunately, no one brought his or her camera except for May but hers has no flash function (lomo purposes). We talked all night long till midnight when the time for us to make a move arises.

Later on we walked to a mamak restaurant located behind Hotel Istana and get ourselves a late night supper. We ate, talk and bid farewell to each other before going back home for a good night sleep.

A good night out to remember…. for myself of course.

Saturday

Errr…house cleaning and playing Ominusha the latest edition.

Closure

I know there a few details missed out in this post and only those who were around me during those days knew what happened. Let’s keep it that way and as someone I know would say “What happens in the xxxxxxx, stays in the xxxxxxxx”…..shhhhhh.