Thursday, December 24, 2009

Food for Thought ...




















Here's something I read sometime back .. really makes you wonder ..

“HERE IS A MAN who was born in an obscure village, the Child of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book… He never held an office. He never owned a home. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put his foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself. He had nothing to do with this world except the naked power of His Divine manhood. While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a Cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while he was dying- and that His Coat. When He was dead He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. Such was His human life – He rises from the dead. Nineteen wide centuries have come and gone and today He is the Centerpiece of the human race and the Leader of the column of progress. I am within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever were built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as that One Solitary Life.

- from One Solitary Life by Dr James A Francis


Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Winter Solstice Festival ..















It's 2 days before Christmas .. 22nd December.

And it's also a date that's very significant to the Chinese where traditionally family members gather together for dinner and also to have a very special treat - glutinous rice balls called 'Tang Yuan' meaning reunion.

Usually, family members will make the Tang Yuan together using glutinous rice powder. However with the advent of modern convenience stores, ready made Tang Yuan are available at hypermarkets or your local pasarmini - the Tang Yuan in the pic you see is made by my nieces - the Tang Yuan is then boiled in water with some brown sugar and pandan leaves before it's consumed ( tasted pretty good ! ).

I've gotta admit that I've never actually joined in family dinners where the Winter Solstice Festivals are concerned - but faced with the prospect of never actually having another bowl of Tang Yuan ..

My test results are finally in .. Doc says my mitral valve is faulty .. and it needs to be replaced .. so it's definitely open heart surgery .. now it's only a matter of whether I can have the surgery .. cos I've got a condition known as 'Global Hypokinesia' .. which means I've got a very very weak heart ( it's not pumping properly ) .. so more tests need to be done to see if im fit enough for surgery .. now im scheduled for an angiogram at the end of January 2010 cos they wanna see if there are any blockages ....


PS : To the anonymous bro who's been leaving comments and words of encouragements .. thanks for the articles dude .. but unfortunately i'm really sick otherwise i wouldn't even bother to go see the doc .. i'm just glad that the meds i'm on right now are keeping me healthy .. hopefully I can get thru this ....

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Christmas Week ..

It's 0400am and I still cant sleep.

It's been like this for some time actually ... since I've been home on compulsory medical leave due to this condition I have.

Without anywhere to go ( not like I can go anywhere ) and not being well enough to do anything in particular, my days are spent basically online .. watching TV .. and sleeping.

I also just realised that it's gonna be Christmas next week ... on Friday, to be exact.

They say Christmas is a time for forgiveness .. and also for miracles. Well, if there are miracles to be handed out .. let me know where I need to queue. Cos I REALLY REALLY need a miracle just right about now ....

Bad news ...

It's been almost one and a half months since I've been diagnosed with a faulty valve in my heart ( well, 90 percent positively diagnosed anyways ) .. and I've been kinda trying to deal with how to tell friends and relatives ..

Most of the time people would ask as to why im at home on a working day .. and when I tell them the reason .. the reactions are not what I would have expected.

Friends whom I expected to be around or visit more often would actually 'vanish' on hearing the news ( no calls and no visits ) .. despite practically being around everyday before when I was ok .. but there are friends who on hearing the news would wanna drop by to visit even though it's out of the way ( and when I say out of the way, I do mean out of the way .. as in Johor or Ipoh ).

Anyways .. my appointment for the final test to confirm whether I need open heart surgery .. to transplant the valve in my heart is on this Thursday at 0900am. Hopefully, all I have is just something that medicine can take care of ...

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Looking Ahead ...

It's really difficult to imagine a future .. my future, after all this bad news I've received.

I guess my appointment was moved up from March 2010 not cos I was convincing .. but because my situation was pretty serious .. the echocardiogram test last week only confirmed the doctor's suspicions - Doc then referred me to a heart specialist ... or as they call it .. a cardiologist.

And so I found myself in Hospital Serdang yesterday for my appointment with the cardiologist .. only to receive even worse news.


Sigh.

Apparently the cardiologist says I don't have a problem with blockages .. he says all the tests show that one of the valves in my heart is malfunctioning .. requiring a valve replacement.

Which means .. open heart surgery.

How can such a thing happen? Is it because of the types of food I've been eating .. or all the alcohol that I've been downing before? Or it is caused by all those years of puffing away on cigarettes?

Doc says it's not specifically due to anything in particular .. more likely it's just so likely that the valve malfunctioned. Perhaps it's degenerative, he says.

But there are still more tests to be done before a final diagnosis can be made .. so I guess I can hold on to that final bit of hope that I won't have to consent to a major surgery.

I just have to get through this week .. and the next before my appointment for my next test. Doesn't really help that I feel really bad from the meds I've been taking .. not to mention trying to keep an optimistic look on things.

I know there is a chance for recovery ..... but at the moment, with all this bad news .. it's just not that easy to believe it.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Friends ...

Anyone remember this sitcom?

The series revolved around a group of friends in New York who occasionally live together and share living expenses. Premiering on NBC in September 1994, it very quickly became the most popular sitcom of all time - winning many awards and nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards.

After an amazing 10 seasons the finale in May 2004 was watched by an estimated 53 million viewers .. making it the most watched series finale in television history ( details all in Wikipedia ).



Wish we had a Central Perk Coffee Place in KL .....

Thursday, November 26, 2009

DIY?

An old friend dropped by for a visit today .. all the way from Johor.

Well, he didnt like make the trip JUST to see me .. but he usually makes an effort to see me for a yum cha session whenever he's in KL .. and vice versa.

I havent seen this guy for like a year or so .. so it was basically catching up .. and it was then I noticed the 'patch' on top of his car ..





























Apparently his car roof has rusted out .. seems that the acidity from the incessant bird droppings in his area and his procrastination in washing the droppings off resulted in several large 'holes' in his car roof ...

And so my friend decided to take the most simple solution in keeping rain water out .... seal the holes with cellophane tape ... lots and lots of cellophane tape ... he said it works .. he hasnt had any water coming in ever since ...

I wonder what he would do if his car locks give out ... hehe ..

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Follow Ups ..

Was in the hospital today.

I somehow managed to move my appointment date up .... from MARCH 2010 to next week. Either I was very convincing .. or my situation was serious enough for the tests to be done very much earlier.

Anyways .. I was in the hospital today for a battery of bloodtests .. my stress and echo test is next week. And as I waiting for my turn to be 'sucked' for blood .. I noticed my fellow patients who were also there for the same problem ... and it struck me that everyone of them was very much older than I was ..

There was this chinese uncle who easily looked like he was in his 60s .. as well this other two pakcik .. compared to them I looked out of place .. more like someone who was there to accompany his dad than an actual patient himself ...

Hopefully my stress and echo tests next week will reveal some better news .. I could use some right about now ....

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Unwell ..

I finally found out what's wrong with me.

Was feeling very sick and frustrated last week .. so decided to go for a second opinion. For the last three months or so, on and off ive been short of breathe, unable to sleep and generally feeling very weak and tired .. and this was AFTER that stupid doc at that hospital said I was fine .. despite all the ECGs and XRAYs and bloodtests.

So I went BACK to the same hospital ( they had all my past records and test results mah ) .. but saw a different doc .. complained that despite the ALL CLEAR from the other doc .. I was still having the same problems ..

And so this particular doc looked back on the test results .. ordered a fresh new set of XRAYs .. and found that I had an enlarged heart .. and lungs filling up with fluids.


Apparently, I have progressive heart failure.

That was last week .. I've been on meds ever since .. and have made appointments to have more tests done to determine what sort of treatment can be done for me. But since im not on any healthcare scheme and have to depend on goverment hospitals .. my next appointment is in MARCH 2010.

The medicine ive been taking is helping somewhat .. I feel slightly better .. but am still a prime candidate for a stroke or a heart attack. And so since I can no longer work ive been stuck at home for the past two weeks .. just trying to take it easy.

I just hope I dont drop dead before my next appointment - or suffer from terrible depression before then .. it's been a real challenge to try and maintain an optimistic view of things when you're only 45 and you're told that you have heart failure.


Guess I'll go get some sleep .. if I can ...

Monday, November 2, 2009

Incommunicado ...

Oh wow.

I just realised that I havent been posting for ... a month. Guess me not feeling well and just having a general sense of lethargy has got something to do with it ..

And the best part of it .. is that not one doctor can tell me what's wrong with me .. ive been having difficulty breathing .. sleeping .. and feeling very very weak and tired even after a few steps ... xrays and ECGs and bloodtests have all been done .. everything is 'NORMAL' as the doc says ....

So what's wrong with me?

I've turned to chinese medication ... according to the sinseh .. i'm just very weak and my so-called body's health is not 'balanced' .. so i've been downing these incredibly bitter stuffs these past few days ... maybe it's me but I don't see any difference .. feel slightly better though ... anyways ...

I just hope I get better soon ... I hate this feeling of being weak and unable to do anything ....

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Saddest Looking Pug .....

Found these few pics while I was surfing around .... poor fella looks so incredibly depressed .. guess his owner musta tied him to keep him from wandering off ...












































If there's a competition for the saddest looking dog, I'll bet this fella would win .. hehe ..

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hmm ..















I was driving towards PJ today from Serdang ... this particular sliproad is never jammed with traffic at this time of the morning ... but ..

Anyways .. saw this advertising board ... my first thought was ..... surely someone would have had to ACTUALLY proof-read it before they put it up .... right?

Ok .. maybe whoever was proof-reading it didnt realise it .. but what about the advertising agency?? Shouldnt they have pointed out that the sentence was incorrect?

Well ... guess it doesnt matter if it's a mistake .. as long as it's BIG enough for everybody to see ... hehehe ..

Sunday, September 6, 2009

I'm better now ... phew ..

















I've been really sick.

Really.

Actually I've been having this chronic cough for some time ( hmm .. now that I think of it, almost 2 months ) and it got really really bad the other day ... bad enough for me to go and see the Doc for some medicine.

I wouldnt even have considered going to see the Doc except that I woke up the other day coughing so badly I felt as if my lungs were practically coming outta my mouth .. guess that's also one of the reasons why I quit smoking.

Anyways .. after asking some questions and giving me the once over, Doc promptly declared that I either had contracted tuberculosis ( WTF? TB?? ) or bronchitis or maybe H1N1 ( except that I didnt have a fever ) .. but to be sure Doc put me on a course of antibiotics and some other yucky stuff I had to take for 5 days ... and if my condition didnt improve, it's XRAYS and off to see a Specialist.

That was one week ago.

I'm glad to say that I can breathe so much more easily now .. my cough is almost gone .. and my chest doesnt hurt anymore. So I guess it was just a lung infection.

I practically spent the entire week in bed .. just dozing in and out of consciousness ( the antibiotics were really strong ) .. only getting up to go to the bathroom and have my medicine. I didnt even feel clear headed enough to eat anything except some soups ..

But hey, I feel so much better now .. and actually am looking forward to going back to work ! I just hope I can remember who to call and who to follow up with .... maybe I can blame it on residual effects of the antibiotics if I forget ... hehe ..

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Monthly Blues?

So I've been really really busy these past few months .. in fact, it's been events and shows as well as my daily duties .. come to think of it, I've been working almost on one Sunday every month without fail since I've joined this new company.

Not that im complaining, though.
It's been really interesting though I wish I could have more time to do my own stuff.

My friend from IPOH says to liken it to her monthly blues .. you get it once a month and though you may not be too comfortable during that period, it's something that's needed.

I'll remember that the next time I gotta work on a Sunday.
Heh.

Friday, August 7, 2009




















It's Friday !!

And guess what ... I DON'T have to work this Sunday .. seems that it's the next weekend that I've been assigned to do some stuff and NOT this weekend .. but hey, that's a WHOLE week away ..

Time to catch up ... Have a Good Weekend !!!

Monday, August 3, 2009

I hate Mondays ....

















Let me put it this way ... your weekend is over .. it's Monday morning .. you get stuck (again) in the infamous traffic that every Monday is famous for ..

You get into your office and hope to get through the week .. knowing that somehow it will be a Friday and the weekend again .. only to be told that you have to work this Sunday ..

I hate Mondays.
Really I do.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Bad Photos?

Ever posed for a pic ... and got something totally different?
I was surfing and came across these few pics .. more of them HERE.



































































Have a great weekend !!

Friday, July 31, 2009

Fridays ...















It's Friday ..... at long last.

** Phew **

'Nuff said.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Why can't I sleep?

It's 0300am ... and I can't sleep.

Not that I'm not tired .. fact is, I'm bloody tired.

I just can't fall asleep.



I think my insomnia is back.

Dammit.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Feeling frustrated ..

Why is it that whenever you seem to get in to a good thing ... there is ALWAYS someone around who is determined to make your life miserable?

Why is it that whenever you FINALLY find something you really like .. there's always some fucking control freak around that spoils everything?

Is this some unwritten law somewhere that states that you can NEVER be too happy? And that for every good thing you find ... there must always be some asshole to 'balance' it?

Why cant people just live and let live?

Perhaps I'll feel better tomorrow after a good nite's rest ...
but I doubt it.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Film Director Dies



















Anyone remember this movie? About the chinese VCD seller and the malay girl he fell in love with? It was called Sepet and the movie bagged several international awards .. including the prestigious Asian Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2005.

The movie firmly established Yasmin Ahmad as a filmaker to be contended with .. besides, her themes for most of her movies tended to deal with social issues usually not touched by other local filmakers.

Apparently Ms Ahmad collapsed during a presentation on Thursday (23/7) and had to be rushed to the hospital - she was reported to have suffered a stroke.

And last night at about 23:30 hrs she passed away - the full report by NST online here.

I guess Yasmin Ahmad was the only filmaker that made me look at Malaysian made movies in a different light - most local productions are .. well, let's just say it's not what would appeal to me personally.

But Ms Ahmad had that special way of looking at things .. at situations and somehow managing to capture it on camera .. telling a story thru her eyes. It was refreshing and unique. It made me want to see more and expect more.

She will be dearly missed in the industry.



R.I.P Yasmin ...

Friday, July 24, 2009

And once again ...


















I guess almost everyone would know by now about Mr Teo Beng Hock who was found dead whilst being on an 'invitation' by the MACC .. can't say im surprised .. read about what Mr Wong from Malaysian Insider has to say about this here.

I only hope that after all the hoo-ha has died down .. people won't forget that this was a guy who was actively serving the community .. and paid for it with his life.


UPDATE :

I found this tribute by Teo's fiancee Ms Sher Wei on www.youtube.com .. and what she read out during his funeral moved almost everyone present to tears. Go to the link and watch for yourself here.

I only hope that whosoever was responsible causing Teo's death .. pays dearly for it.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Random

You know what?

I dont know whether it's only me ... or whether it happens to anyone else but .... it always seems to rain in the morning whenever I need to get up really, really early ( like this morning ).

And on those days when you DO get the chance to sleep in .....
you can't.

Cos on THOSE days ( re:weekends ) you ALWAYS somehow automatically wake up at 0700am.

What's worse .... after the early morning rain .. you'd be facing this :











































And you get into the office with a face that looks like it has been treated with sour juice or something .... anyone have the same experience?

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Random ..















I was at my friend's place the other day in IPOH ... when I came across this fella.

Meet Milo.

According to my friend, he's called Milo cos he resembles the dog 'Milo' from the movie 'The Mask'. And like the movie, this Milo also has got a pretty large head .. hehe.

What do you think?

Friday, July 3, 2009

What a Nite ....

So as with every other nite, after checking my mails and doing some work on my laptop .. I went to bed last nite anticipating a good night's rest as I had to be up really early today.

I distinctly remember going to bed at about midnite and just as I was dozing off .. I could have sworn I heard something breaking .. like glass being shattered. But since the noise came from outside, I just figured it was somebody running over a bottle or something ..

A few hours later, I heard people yelling ' Fire! Fire! ' .. looked out my bedroom window and saw this .....














Quickly I put something on (it was hot and besides, I like to sleep in the nude, ok?) ran outside and saw this ..














Apparently it was a car that was parked in the backlane just directly opposite my house ... and it was on fire .. by then, a huge crowd of people had already gathered .. I called the emergency numbers ( 994/999 ) and guess what?

THERE WAS NO ANSWER !!

Sheeesh .. good thing I had the number to the police station in my area .. the policewoman said that she would notify the Fire Department .. who came by pretty fast .. see the pic below .. you can just make out the fireman ..














Here's a zoomed shot .. the heat was tremendous and I couldnt get any closer .. besides, there was an explosion just a few secs before .. musta been the petrol tank ..














I later discovered thru my neighbour that the glass shattering I heard earlier was from the same car .. somebody or some people had smashed the car's windscreen .. and the later returned to burn the car .. this was later in the morning at 0700am when I took this pic below ..




























No wonder it was so hot .. the flames caused a long burn marks next to the wall where it was parked ..

































Dunno who this guy pissed off ... and by the way, the car was a Toyota Wish .. methinks the owner of the car either owned someone money or something ... or maybe he was holding back on his employees' salaries?

PS : The car was already gone by the time I got back home at nite .. I sure hope this dont happen again tonite ... sheesh ..

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Random















Woke up this morning .. looked out my bedroom window .. hmm, still dark out ... and realised that the time was correct .. it's still dark out cos it's raining ..

Just too bad I gotta get up and go to work ... dammit.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Yum ..















In case you didnt notice .. it's durian season .. again ... and now i'm nursing a sore throat and a raspy voice to the over-consumption of durians last nite ..

Maybe I'll just head on over to the local herbal tea stall tonight .. methinks the Uncle is gonna be busy these days .. what with the hot weather and all those durians ....

Sunday, June 28, 2009

One Step Beyond ..

Ever had a day when you were somewhere like at SUNGEI WANG PLAZA and there was a certain electronic item on sale and you wish you had GOOGLE at your fingertips cos you needed to find out more about that item?

Well, that might happen sooner than you think.

Apparently some of these guys below developed a technology that uses image recognition and information access that would help the user make well informed decisions. Watch the video ...



PS : This could really be useful to the average guy when it comes to dates .. hehe ..

Friday, June 26, 2009

Fridays ..

















So it was another typical Friday .. got into the office, made some calls, checked my mails .. and later went for my daily appointments.

Usual stuff.

It wasnt until I stepped into one of my client's office to find them all GLUED to the television did I wonder what had happened. They were all watching CNN's breaking news ..

me : Hey, what are you guys watching? What breaking news laa ? Somebody died or what?
client : MJ has left.
me : MJ? U mean Micheal Jackson? Where did he go? Mars?
client : He died.
me : ???


I later found out that the singer suffered cardiac arrest in the early hours of the morning .. and was declared dead even before he reached UCLA Medical Center.

Say what you want about the guy .. but he did produce some of the best stuff musically this decade. And he's the only one to claim the best selling album of all time ( Thriller ) .. as well as earning a phenomenal 13 grammys making him a part of popular culture for almost 4 decades.

I guess when your time is up, there's no way to getting around it .. and as someone said .. " there's NEVER gonna be another Micheal Jackson " ....

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Random ..

Anybody remember these guys?

They had a sensational debut album .. topping the charts in the 1990s .. and making history as the best selling album of all time by an all female group, peaking at #2 on the Billboard 200 Charts.

Three of the singles from that album made it to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart .. even bumping Madonna's 'Vogue' out of the weekly number 1 spot ..



















And below is one of the singles that reached #1 ..



PS : Seems that Wilson Phillips is going to be releasing a new album next year .. wonder how it will fare .. with all that musical heritage in the family it should be good .. ( note : the Wilsons are the daughters of Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, while Phillips' parents are John and Michele Phillips of The Mamas and Papas ).

Friday, June 19, 2009

Anger

Someone sent me this via email .. watching it made me very, very angry .. watch it for yourself and tell me honestly if you understand why there are cases of maids being abused.

PS : The said video was recorded using a CCTV camera - as such, i apologize for the quality. You can also look it up on YOUTUBE .. search with handle 'maids' .



I hope that little girl didnt suffer any broken bones ..

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

EL Nino ... Again?

It's gonna be very hot in the days ahead, according to our local Metrological Department. And not only that, brace yourself for the haze .. the full report here.

So after a full day of running around and seeing my clients, I decided that something much more lighter for dinner on my digestive system would be more beneficial. As such, me and Jack found ourselves at this place .. famed for it's specialty porridge.

That's the stall you see below .. no frills but there are customers actually hanging around waiting for a place to sit ..














And that's the porridge .. yum ..













And the chicken to go with it ...














Despite the sweltering heat ( it was still very humid and hot then at 07:40pm ) people were still standing around waiting for seats and those that couldnt wait 'tau-paued' their meals ..

Both me and Jack finished our meal in record time - partly because of the people waiting around for seats but mainly due to the heat and humidity .. towards the end of our meal we were already looking like two drowned rats ( in Jack's words " berpeluh-peluh " ) - basically soaked in sweat .. I looked around and almost everyone there looked the same .. hehe ..

The meals ( 2 bowls of porridge with condiments and pork innards and a plate of chicken as well as 2 glasses of iced herbal tea ) came to RM17-00 .. not too bad .. I definitely will be back .. but next time in something more comfortable !!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Price of Vanity ...

I received this video by email today ..... guess the report speaks for itself ( caution : watch at your own discretion - disturbing images ).



When will we ever learn ?

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Terminator : Salvation



















I just watched this. And what did I think of the movie?

It was ...... ok lah.
Maybe it was just me but ... I thought the storyline was kinda weak.

From the first Terminator ( the one where Arnold was the bad guy ) the future was shown to be really really dark and bleak .. humans having to hide underground and eat rats to survive .. people weeping in despair .. and forever hiding from the machines that are out to obliterate them.

Dunno .. maybe with all that time travel .. they finally screwed up enough that if any one side loses .. the other also loses ..

But hey, it was entertaining. Kinda.
But if I knew what I know now .. I'd rather read the book.

Heh.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

I cant believe this ...

Oh wow.

I just read this in one of the local dailies ... do we really need more to see how bad it has become? I, for one would think twice now before making a police report ..

Granny and mothers who complained about gangsters DETAINED – at 1 a.m. by cops

We did it at 1am to record their statements, say police
Nevash Nair
Friday, June 5th, 2009 10:22:00

A 58-YEAR-OLD grandmother and two mothers were among 18 people rounded up by police in a supposed sweep against rival gangs in a small town near Kuala Selangor.

But, the women hauled up -- and at 1 am too -- were the ones who had signed a petition to urge the police to rid their community in Taman Tennamaram of the gangsterism terror they had been enduring for purportedly more than 10 years.

Yesterday, the women and their families were outraged, claiming that they were treated like criminals instead of being seen as law-abiding citizens seeking police help.

The manner in which they were picked up has left residents of Taman Tennamaram furious. A police party had stormed grandma P. Thanggama’s house at 1am yesterday while she was asleep.

Residents alleged the raiding party had jumped over the gate before hammering on the door at that 'ungodly hour' and detained her. At the same time, K. Bathma and B. Poongavanam, both 45, were also picked up.

Their “arrests” have shocked the community who were at a loss why the women were "being treated like criminals".

Police explained later that the women were picked up to record their statements in connection with a petition and police reports that were made against gang members.

But why rope them in at 1am?

Kuala Selangor police chief Supt Ibrahim Chin said: “When we ask these people to come and give their statements they do not turn up. “When we go to their homes during the day, they are not there. Therefore, we decided to go at that hour, as that is the only time we could get hold of them.”

Friday, June 5, 2009

TGIF ?

It's Friday ... and I should be doing this ..


















But instead it's almost 1200am on a Friday nite and im STILL sitting at home .. looking like this ....




















Seems that thru some coincidence .. everyone I know has got something planned as tomorrow besides being a Saturday .. is also a public holiday ..

And so im still at home in front of my laptop .. hence, this post ...

Aaah well .. maybe it's just as well cos im going to be away on an extended outstation assignment next week .....

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Surrogate Mummy?

...... So my colleague's dog had puppies. Unfortunately, the mummy doggy either didnt have enough milk for her pups or she didnt wanna nurse - which resulted in my colleague Ms E playing stand-in mummy for the pups ..

I gotta say she ( my colleage, not her dog ) did a pretty good job .. look at those sweeties ..











































Too bad they're all spoken for ... just look at that doggy face .. hehe ..

No more smokes ...




















So ... i've been watching what I eat .. and also doing the odd run around my 'taman' .. and i've noticed one thing .. it's not gonna do much good even if I do reach my desired weight and shape but i'm still like puffing away on almost one pack a day ...

So I quit.

Yup, you heard me .. cold turkey .. just decided to stop smoking.
And I havent had a cigarette in almost 2 weeks .. actually at almost the same time since I decided to get into better shape.

In fact, the last time I decided to quit, it was a good seven months before I started up again .. mainly due to the fact that I had nothing to do while angling and waiting for the fish to bite !!

Hopefully that wont be a problem this time around .. so far so good .....

Friday, May 15, 2009

Huh ...

















I got this in my email today ... dammit ...
okay .. okay .. I'll start going to the gym ...

Cat .. mind if I tag along next time you go to the gym?
I promise I wont bother your personal trainer .. hehe ..

Friday, May 8, 2009

Going out this Weekend ?


















It's the weekend again !! Anyone planning on going clubbing ?

Actually, I was .... till I realised that I can't be dressed in black .. cos I might be forced to change my clothes ... read about it here and here.

Sheeesh ... 

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Counting the Costs ...

You know what?
I used to love going to IPOH.

I loved the entire ambience in the state ... from the friendly locals .. the slower pace on the roads ..  and did I mention that they had really really good chow ? 

The land of Nga Choy Kai.





























































But after today, I don't know if I still wanna make my trips to IPOH .. cos apparently now it seems I can't be seen wearing BLACK .. or seen holding a candle ... or heavens forbid .. doing BOTH whilst having coffee in a coffeeshop especially while i'm in the vicinity of a certain tree !!!

I keep asking myself .... how can something like this happen ? Arent there laws set in place to prevent such things from happening ?

And in case if anyone is wondering what i'm ranting about .. read all about it here and here and here and here.

Cos if you can physically manhandle and throw out the Perak State Assembly Speaker and replace him with someone else you favour .... well, what does that say for the rest of us rakyat?















And when all of this is over ... what has been gained ? 
More importantly .. what was LOST ?

If the law is perceived to be non-existent .. only to be governed and enforced by a select few, how will that translate into a peaceful and orderly country ?

Will crime increase ? ( if it hasnt already ) .. and is the people's votes actually worth anything anymore? Violence will only breed more violence .. I pray that this will not escalate into something much more dangerous .....