Any fools out there ?

I was feeling kinda melancholy ( wat the hell does that even mean? ) so I just flipped thru my cds .. and popped this into the cd player ...

You are far
When I could have been your star
You listened to people
Who scared you to death and from my heart
Strange that you were strong enough
To even make a start
But you'll never find
Peace of mind
Till you listen to your heart

People
You can never change the way they feel
Better let them do just what they will
For they will
If you let them steal your heart from you

People
Will always make a lover feel a fool
But you knew I loved you
We could have shown them all
We should have seen love through

Fooled me with the tears in your eyes
Covered me with kisses and lies
So goodbye
But please don't take my heart

You are far
I'm never gonna be your star
I'll pick up the pieces
And mend my heart
Maybe I'll be strong enough
I don't know where to start
But I'll never find peace of mind
While I listen to my heart

People
You can never change the way they feel
Better let them do just what they will
For they will
If you let them steal your heart

And people
Will always make a lover feel a fool
But you knew I loved you
We could have shown them all

But remember this
Every other kiss
That you ever give
Long as we both live
When you need the hand of another man
One you really can surrender with
I will wait for you
Like I always do
There's something there
That can't compare with any other

You are far
When I could have been your star
You listened to people
Who scared you to death and from my heart
Strange that I was wrong enough
To think you'd love me too.

Guess you were kissing a fool
You must have been kissing a fool ...


I wonder if it's another poor confused complicated ... fool ..........

Mid-Week

Has it rained at all where you are? Cause where I am, it hasnt even drizzled. I'm trying my best to look cool whilst seeing my clients .. unfortunately all I managed to do is look like a drenched pig in a suit.

UGH.

It's too hot to even type even at this hour ( and it's almost 1130pm .. sheesh ) So ... I'm gonna take a shower .. turn on the air-con and jump into bed naked.



Later ..........

Dangerous Liasons

I was on my way home the other day .. caught in traffic as usual .. and as always when I’m stuck in traffic I’d be fiddling with my cellphone … was reviewing my contacts’ list when suddenly a name popped out ( she has asked that I do not reveal her name as she does not want to be known .. so I’ll just address her as ‘Missy’ here ) .. I havent actually met up with this lady as we were always so busy with our schedules .. so ..

Me : hiya Missy
Missy : hey, hi !!
Me : busy day today? where are you now?
Missy : I’m on my way home .. in jam lor ..
Me : wow .. me too .. I’m in Subang ..
Missy : wanna meet up for a drink?
Me : sure .. where?

And so .. I ended up at one of the many ‘kopitiams’ in the Taipan area with Missy. We ordered our drinks and as with all netfriends that you meet for the first time .. it was a little awkward .. but not for long .. we soon got along fabulously like we had known each other for years ..

Before long the conversation soon turned to relationships .. she was telling me about this guy that she had been seeing ( I should be charging for counselling sessions ) .. apparently when she first met up with him, he didn’t let on that he was already married. To a woman, ok? And they have a kid.

Only after did they get kinda intimate did he ‘sort of informed’ her that he is married. Well, she freaked. And told him to get lost. And the problem would have ended there except for the fact that HE didn’t want to let go. Of her, that is.

Missy told me she tried everything. Discretely informed his wife. Throw temper tantrums. Call him at all hours. Left her undies in his car for his wife to find. Nothing worked. I’ve heard of single women ( read it right .. single women ) LATCHING onto guys ( married or otherwise ) but a married guy not wanting to let go?

This is ridiculous.

It seems that our married dude is dead set on having a mistress and doesn’t give a damn on whether his wife is aware of the fact or not ( I wonder why the wife isnt like threatening divorce and stuff .. unless she’s also having something on the side? ) Only thing is .. in this particular case the so-called mistress is not only NOT willing, she’s pretty desperate to get rid of him!!

And so .. despite the fact that she has told him off to his face to get lost, he’s still around and still calling her ever so often … so she has been asking .. what else can I do to piss him off so that he wont call me no more?



I havent the faintest clue .. anybody have any ideas ?

It's Monday ..

I wasnt looking forward to this day.

It is, after all, a Monday. And Mondays has never been kind to me. So it was with a lot of trepidation that I even dared to get out of bed this morning.

And hey, guess what .. the CURSE of BAD Mondays has finally been broken !! Nothing happened to me the whole day !!

I got into the office early .. so .. tak kena hentam from boss .. the sales meeting went smoothly ( but the year end target allocated .. fuiyoh .. sell buntut also dunno whether cukup .. boss, if you're reading this, i'm just kidding hehe ) .. and we adjourned for lunch after that ..

Mmm .. claypot .. as far as I'm concerned you can put anything you want in a claypot and it will taste fantastic ... yum ....















And what's curry fish head without a claypot .. hehe ..















Biggest balls I've seen ..















And of course later that night .. we HAD to go and 'baptise' our year end target with some alcohol ... kasi ong mah ... hehe .. this was taken at Sunway Pyramid's CAFE FLAM .. nice place actually, with a good crowd and good music ..






























They served us this to go with our beers .. huh .. alcohol and a pick-me-upper .. too bad it's not a Saturday nite ...















I ended up later safe and sound in my bed ... Monday has come AND gone and nothing bad happened to me !! Yay !!!

Family Day

Oh wow.

After all that alcohol last nite and crawling into bed in the wee hours of Sunday morning I expected to be totally hungover ... but ..

Surprise, surprise ..

I woke up at 0900am with absolutely no trace of a hangover or a heavy head .. in fact I felt pretty good! I wonder if my body had adapted to all that alcohol in my bloodstream or if it was just a delayed reaction ...

Well, I'm not one to pass up on a good thing .. so I got everybody up and we headed out to this place I knew of in Kota D. where they served the most incredible pan mee ( was there last time wit a cranky friend ) ..

The usual drinks ..















And of course what's pan mee without the
accompanied sui kow to go with it ..















And the pan mee .. yum .. hey, I think the serving looks
kinda smaller since the last time I was here .. huh ..















This is pretty good .. but I felt like a kambing ..















Another side dish .. more kambing food ..















I would definitely be back for more ......... but only
for the chilly pan mee ..

Saturday Nite ....

So the weekend had arrived. And the prospect of sitting around with the TV, my laptop and another bottle of MERLOT didnt exactly appeal to me .. so .. if I was gonna get plastered, I might as well get inebriated with some fellow alcoholics that I knew ..

I made a few calls and we ended up at this place ..















This was what we had for company ..















Some of the decorations on the wall ..

And this was what most of us looked like after depleting the bottle ..

























































Got back home safely .. posting this in a chemical-induced haze ..... I hope I dont have to pay for this tomorrow with a King sized hangover ......

It's Friday ...

I was driving home just now .. contemplating on how to spend my weekend when this song started playing on the radio ...

I was a midnite rider on a cloud of smoke
I could make a woman hang on every single stroke
I was an iron man
I had a master plan
But I was alone ..

I could hear you breathing with a sigh of the wind
I remember how your body started trembling
Oh, what a night it's been
And for the state i'm in
I'm still alone ..

And all the wonders made for the earth
And all the hearts in all creation

Somehow I always end up alone
Always end up alone

So I play, I'll wait
cause you know that love takes time
We came
so far
Just the beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
And I dont want to be alone

Well, since I got no message on your answer phone
And since you're busy every minute
I'll just stay at home
I make believe you care
I feel you everywhere
But Im still alone ..

I'm on a wheel of fortune with a twist of fate
cause I know it isnt heaven, is it love or hate
Am I the subject of the pain
Am I the stranger in the rain
I am alone ..

And if there's glory there to behold
Maybe it's my imagination
Another story there to be told

So I play, I'll wait
And I pray it's not too late
We came
so far
Just a beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
And I dont want to be alone

And all the wonders made for the earth
And all the hearts
in all creation
Another story there to be told

So I play, I'll wait
And I pray it's not too late
We came
so far
Just a beat of a lonely heart
And it's mine
And I dont want to be alone

Gone, but not out of sight
I'm caught in the rain
and there's no one home
Face the heat of the night
The one that you loves got a heart that's made of stone

Shine and search for the light
And sooner or later you'll be cruising on your ocean

I hope I wont be opening another bottle of MERLOT this weekend by myself ... cos that would REALLY suck .......

Uninvited Guest ..

Living in close proximity to a forest reserve has got lots of benefits .. besides enjoying the greenery and sounds of chirping birds in the morning, you also get clean and fresh air ( most of the time anyway ) .. however ..

Some time ago I had to play host to an uninvited guest .. Mr Monkeyboy you see in the picture above had decided to make my aquarium his personal watering hole .. and my mango and fruit trees his buffet line ..

I tried chasing the furball away with firecrackers .. it worked for a while until 'monkeyboy' got used to the sounds .. then it just sat around and grinned at me .. I even called up Perhilitan to come by and try and trap the furry bugger .. didnt work as apparently it was not interested in the offerings ..

Interestingly enough, after a few weeks of half eaten fruits and several fights between my cat and the furry bugger ... dear old 'monkeyboy' just didnt appear anymore .. guess he found a better buffet line ....



Actually, I kinda miss the furball .....

What's in a Name ....

I was looking for an address in PUCHONG .. and came across this place ..

I think this appeared some time back in the news as well as online ... but I just couldnt resist ... guess it's just a name .. but ... what a name .. wonder how's business .....














My hair IS getting kinda long ... wonder if I should get it cut here .. hehe ..

Just another day ...

What a difference a day makes ... it was blazing hot yesterday .. and this was what greeted me when I left my office this morning .....

Looks like a scene from some End of the World movie .. except that this shot was taken on the Shah Alam expressway ..















But unexpectedly, despite the heavy overcast, it didnt actually rain !! Anyways .. it was a pretty good day today .. I managed to get my work done and had a good dinner later ..

This is the best chow-kuey-teow I've ever had ...















And what's a greasy platter of kuey-teow without a great big cool drink to wash it all down ....















I dont have many good days ... guess today can count as one .. Cheers !!

Monday ..

I cant say I wasnt expecting something. It is, after all, a Monday. And Mondays tend to be very bad to me. Maybe it's my karma or some shit like that. I was actually waiting to see what this particular Monday would throw at me.

I guess I got my wish.

It was an incredibly hot blazing day. Without a single cloud in the sky. The morning went well enough, despite the tremendous traffic I managed to get into the office early. And I even managed to get some work done BEFORE Monday decided that enough was enough.

I had just stepped out of my client's office. The time then was almost 0100pm. I walked briskly through the dusty noisy traffic, headed directly for my car, anticipating the cool blast from the air-con as soon as I got in.

And my car wouldnt start.

I turned the key over and over again ... no luck. It was as if the battery wasnt there. So, I got out .. opened up the hood and peered in .. yeah .. the battery's still there .. so why wont it start? Maybe the battery's dead. But that's not possible as I just changed it about 6 months ago ..

Believe me, I did everything possible to try and get the bloody car to start. I cajoled it. I pleaded with it. I sang to it. I cursed it. I would have even gotten out and down on my knees to beg it to start except that it would not have accomplished anything except to make me look like an even bigger arse that I looked like then ( hey it was hot and I was sweating like a pig, ok? )

Well, since all else failed I had to turn to the only person I believe would be able to help ... my mum? Of course not la .. I called my mechanic .. and he suggested that perhaps the battery was dead ( ooh thanks, Enstein .. I would NEVER have thought of that .. sheesh ) .. so I had to unbolt the bloody battery and haul it over to a nearby shop to charge it ...

Two hours later the shop informed me that it should be charged enough for my car to start. Ok .. hauled it BACK to my car and bolted it back on. And whaddaya know .. it DID start!

But I guess Monday didnt have enough yet ... cos after 3 minutes in traffic .. the car died .. AGAIN. I wasnt gonna unbolt that bloody heavy piece of shit and haul it over to the shop again, so I did the next best thing. I called Jack.

And so Jack arrived an hour later with heavy duty cables and basically jump started my car. And I found that by keeping my foot on the gas I could keep the engine running .. so with Jack as company I headed to my mechanic ( Mr Enstein ) in Subang.

On arrival the mechanic tested everything ( alternator, battery, cables, bla-bla-bla ) and promptly declared that the source of all my troubles was just my battery leads being covered in grime, thus preventing contact and causing the car NOT to start. He just cleaned the leads with some sandpaper and presto! the car purred to life ...

I hate Mondays.

Loneliness .....

Oooh. My head.

Now I remember why I dont drink anymore ... anyone have a good cure for hangovers? But being 'semi-coherent and semi-consious' does tend to help one see the world a little more in detail .. go figure. Actually I was trying to make sense of what a friend said.

She said ' your problem is .. you dont know how to live alone'.

Wow.
Perhaps I dont.

Is it so wrong to WANT to have company? Is it wrong to NOT LIKE being lonely? I will never understand some people who can live their lives being perfectly contented with the company of themselves. I mean, isnt it more fulfilling to have someone to talk to? Or even someone to do stuff with .. like fishing or camping or going to the gym or even shopping!

Ironically I DO have friends who like being alone. Dont get me wrong. They dont mind hanging out or doing stuff together but they definitely prefer to be by themselves if given the choice.

Not me. I love company. I would, if possible, like to be around people ALL the time. But the way I'm going, I guess I better start practising trying to like being by myself ... cause ultimately, as a netfren said .. ' you come alone, you die alone'


That's so bloody depressing.
I better go back to bed.

Saturday Nite .....

I had Saturday pretty well planned.

Late afternoon teh tarik session after work to catch up with an old friend ... and later at night ... dinner at this interesting place which serves the most delectable ginger-wine meehoon chicken on a hot wok with two other cranky friends ( I even made reservations, dammit ).

Unfortunately, plans being what they are ..

My appointment with my old colleague in the afternoon didnt happen as he called up to cancel ( something la .. he didnt exactly say ) .... and dinner didnt work out either .. one had to attend a dinner at a relative's house and the other wasnt in the mood ( her exact words were ' I like no mood la ' ) ...

So .. in the end I ended up at home in front of the TV .. with a bottle of MERLOT and my laptop for company ......

I can't believe i'm saying this ... but for once ... I wish I was at work ....... *sigh*

More Car Parks ... UGH ..

I was in the town of KLANG today for an appointment. It was an early morning meeting with a client .. so traffic was bearable .. but I cant say the same when I was headed for lunch ...

This was what greeted me soon as I left my client's office ..















I wonder what the hell is causing this ..















An absolute standstill on BOTH lanes ..
















And after almost two hours of FIRST gear, SECOND
gear ( damn I should have opted for the auto model ) this is what was causing the bloody traffic jam ....















Construction right in the middle of the bloody road .. jeeez .. It's been there for as long as I remember .. and if the name of the company (below) is anything to go by ........















And after like two and a half hours of sitting in traffic I finally arrived at my lunch destination ..















A case of too many cooks spoiling the ... ?















And finally, the end product ( pan mee ) .. perhaps it was the traffic but it didnt really taste as delectable as it used to ...















Still ... it's Saturday tomorrow !!
Cheers !!!

Broken Hearts ..

Have you ever been hurt? Cried in silence so that no one would see how hurt you were? Been in a relationship where it was a roller-coaster of emotions? Absolutely delirious and on top of the world one minute and wishing you were dead the very next?

I came across this video of this lady .. and after watching her video and her sharing her feelings I guess you could say I understand ... after all, we've all been there ....



Has anyone had a similar experience? Drop me a comment ..

Now I'd better go to bed before I get even more confused and depressed than I am now .....

Lunch .... and a liquid dinner ...

Yesterday was pretty interesting.

We had a 'company lunch' to welcome a new addition to our family, our new Operations Manager. This was what some of us had ....

My Lunch ...















My colleague's lunch ( aiyo .. apa pasal dia
punya lunch macam more sedap than mine? ) ..















Lagi satu ...















And later at night my boss wanted to 'conduct a sales
meeting' in a more 'conducive environment' with the
sales department ......















And of course, what's a sales meeting without
'sales projections' ( macam twin tower la
those two botol ) ...














Needless to say .. all of us was pretty plastered by the time the 'meeting' was over ... but hey ... all of us was on time this morning !!

We should have more meetings like this ... heheh ..

It's Monday again .....

I woke up really really early today .. no way am I gonna get my ass toasted again .. so I left my house at like 0730am .. and hey, whaddaya know .. it wasnt jammed at all !!

Well, I got into office very early ... and the sales meeting was ok .. I was beginning to wonder if the curse of BAD Mondays would finally be lifted .....


Fat Chance.

It seems that you can never let your guard down .. cos if you do ... BAD luck Monday would just come sneaking around and really CHOMP down on your ass when you arent looking ... which was what happened ..

I made a remark in jest .. should have known you can NEVER EVER make a joke on a Monday .. and now someone I really treasured as a friend wont even answer my calls ...........




I really hate Mondays. Really I do.

Back to KL ..

Left the town of Nga Choy Kai and headed in a roundabout trip back to KL .. this was some of the sights .. wish we had something like this in our concrete jungle ..

This is in the town of Teluk Intan ( or Telok Anson, as they used to call it back then ) .. my hairstylist friend, Micheal's place ..















The frontage ..















And his counter ...
















And of course after all that travelling, I was more than
glad to see these two 'erections' as I arrived ..


















Home Sweet Home !!
I'm going to bed ..........

On the Road Part II

Thursday and Friday found me in the famous town of Nga Choy Kai .. wow .. Ipoh seems to have expanded tremendously since I was last here ..

My lunch ...















And this was what I had to go with the
wantan mee ( dunno why, but lately have
developed a taste for wantan mee and sui kow )















And on Friday nite I dropped in a local lounge
for a drink ..















Business seems pretty slow for a Friday nite ..















And below is Samantha .. the friendly co-owner of
the lounge ( dont ask me for her number hehe ) ..














Note : sorry about the picture quality .. was taken on my 'outdated' nokia .....