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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Long holidays... But lazy to BLOG lo...


Though I've taken a day off yesterday (clear leave, I have another half day to burn this month), I didn't go back to Ipoh. Reason is I don't wish to get myself stuck in the traffic, as I foresee that NS highway would be jammed on Sunday (Raya clans racing back to KL from respective hometowns).



Hmm... I've not wasted my holiday just yet. I've spend Malaysia Day in Ching Yee's house. It's like a mini house warming session. I kinda like CY's multi-house warming sessions. Maybe I would adapt the same approach when the time comes. :) 


As for yesterday and today, I've kept myself busy in doing house-chores and spring cleaning. 


I've cleaned my BJ room whole of yesterday (mainly organizing, clearing and cleaning stuffs). Man... I should have taken a pic of that ultra-dusty fan!!! I think I never cleaned it for at least 6 months~!!! No wonder la no wind... Now super windy ady! (>.<)


Today, I went to coco's house for basic cleaning. Coco and AhSoh will be back to town on 31-Sept-2010 (they left on 9-Aug-2010). I don't want to have them step into an ultra dusty place, bad for baby. Well... I don't expect the house to be so dusty after being barren for almost 2 months. Windows and doors tightly sealed, yet the dust accumulation is terrible! I spent 5 hours dusting the place (I cincai, only dusted places that I see and easy to reach), vacuuming and mopping the place!! (>.<)


After what I've gone through these 2 days. I vow to clean my place regularly (with discipline)!!!


Hmmm... Ever since I adopt my LX5 baby, I really don't have time for blogging. Hmm... Maybe I should blog on the photos that I have taken instead on posting in FB? Hmm... Maybe I should... I shall do that from tomorrow onwards!!!! Am having a food fiesta with Kelly tomorrow~!!! We shall be busy taking pictures for sure. She will work on her Nikon D3000 while  me on Lumix LX5. We have to prepare ourselves for Fong's wedding on 3-Oct-2010. Wish us luck~!!! **WinK-WinK**


***Notes:
I've been feasting non-stop every weekend+public holidays since mid-August:
  • Melaka trip on Merdeka Day (Whole day eating), 
  • CY furniture hunting in Puchong (Brunch in Ah Xian Dimsum, Dinner in Kimchi Haru), 
  • LX5 hunting in Kajang (Lunch in Restoran Malaysia, Dinner in Ipoh Kopitiam), 
  • Merdeka weekend (Fri >> BBQ & Steamboat in Yin Choo's, Sat >> Dinner in Pappa Rich followed by dessert in Strawberry Moment, Sun >> Lunch in cave side seafood restaurant, Dinner in Riche Montana), 
  • Kg Jawa Seafood last Wednesday, 
  • CY's house-warming on Thursday (Whole day eating) and 
  • tomorrow (Lunch and Dinner with Kelly)!!! 
Arrgghhhhhh!!!! HELPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! I need to diet desperately!!!

Sunday, August 29, 2010

A truly INSPIRING video clip

Many thanks to Lena for sharing this inspiring video in Facebook


The clip reminds us to think and act like a kid. Well... I guess it's true. We tend to doubt more as we grow older. So, instead of getting braver (or wiser), we become more timid as we grow older (a.k.a we grow more stupid as we aged!!!). 


Timidity is what stop us from achieving our goals and dreams. So, the verdict: STOP growing OLD and think like a KID again!!! Let our original creativity rules! :)





Restless weekend

Phew... What a hectic traveling weekend~!!! I've spent most of my time in the bus/car instead of doodling at home.

  1. Thu ~ Came back to Ipoh after work at 7.00pm (2.5hrs)
  2. Fri ~ Headed to Penang (1.45hrs), then spent a night Sungai Petani (0.5hrs)
  3. Sat ~ Visited relatives in SP, attended sabbath service in SP church then back to Ipoh at 10pm (2 hrs)
  4. Sun ~ Heading back to Kuala Lumpur at 3.00pm (2.5hrs)
Am I the driver? Well, no... But it still felt tiring to travel so much lo... xP

Oh, tomorrow I need to work. Dammmm... I can't take the day off tomorrow because more than 50% of aunties+uncles (I meant parents) in my team took the day off. Hence, I have to stay put in the office.

Anyhow, tomorrow is my last day working as a programmer in Delivery Channels section. I will be reporting as a BA in level 41 on 1-Sept-2010. Man... Tomorrow's gotta be a busy day for me. I've yet to do any packing (4 years junk cleaning in half a day). After packing, another headache will arise -- Moving of stuffs from level 30 to level 41, no mover is likely to be involved as I'm just a SMALL POTATO...  Well, let's just hope that EPF don't bring me anymore production trouble tomorrow. Let me leave DC happily and light hearted!!! CROSSING FINGERS and PRAYING HARD! (-m-)

The feeling that hits me now??? NOTHING. No excitement at ALL. 

Why??? I've waited 4 months for this to happen (usually it takes only 1 month). I guess my 'excitement' was flushed out clean through the toilet bowl together with my stools many-many months ago. (-____-)

FYI, the excitement for the new house is disappearing too... SiGH. That's realism of life, baby. ;)

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

In progress... Til WHEN?!!

Why? Why? Why la the stupid developer kena winding petitions? The stupid back-dated issue caused massive trouble for me!

I expected to get my apartment in September!!! My lawyer updated me that it will be delayed. Dammit. "Let's hope that things will go smoothly and you will get the house by end of year." Dammit!

My ears are killing me (mom's nagging + false claims is super annoying), my heart is getting weaker (I don't know IF I have strength to take more 'surprises') and the hole in my pockets are growing BIGGER (I paid the freaking 10% and 9K legal fees).

Yeah, 9K for lousy services!!! KNS!!! I should have studied law!
(-_________-''')

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Lama tak jumpa

The view of the lake is breath-taking. Both of us put our own backpacks on nearby bench. Dad starts unpacking his Nikon N90 and and setting up the tripod. He's looking good and superb in his red and yellow striped polo-t. He's standing upright with a straight back. Each movements made are agile, speedy and accurate. 

"Well, daddy... How's life been?". 

Pointing at his round tummy, he smiles and says, "It's obvious, right?! Life's pretty good here. I really need to get my butt moving and do more outdoor activities like this to get rid of this freaking barrel of mine."

"I get what you mean, dad. I guess we should really do this more often TOGETHER to BOOST our father and daughter bond! Okla, I promise will make time to some back more often to accompany." I vow in my heart to keep this new promise of mine to dad as the new resolution in my list.

Dad turns and starts snapping away...

"Bang! Bang!"
My neighbor's having a major house renovation. I open my eyes. Only then I realize that the image I've seen previously was merely a dream. Daddy looked so real and solid just now... It actually makes me forget the fact that he's left us for almost 4.5 years (6-May 2006).

Well, I guess the dream serves a reminder to me. It's been quite some time ago since I last visited dad's tomb. Well, I'm sorry dad... But it feels great to know that you are doing very well at the new place. You even picked up photography!!! I also want to do the same liao... :)


Thursday, August 12, 2010

It's AirAsia promo again...

Yup, yup, yup... It's time to SNATCH cheapo tickets to go vacation! WooHoo~!!! Thank God we have AirAsia (*AheM** High credits to Tony Fernandez)! Let's recap where will I go soon. Hehehehe... (^O^)v 


1. Lake Toba in October 2010

2. Bangkok in January 2011


3. Pulau Redang in June 2011


Ayuyu... Really can't wait for my long awaited vacations laaaa!!!! Excited-nye...

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

'INCEPTION'

I've finally watched Leo DiCaprio's INCEPTION in IOI Mall last Sunday. Went into the cinema without preparation. Umm... I didn't expect to have my brain work so hard in a movie... LoL!




I came out from the cinema feeling very confused and blur. How many dreams are there in total? How come Cobb and Saito woke up straight in the plane? Why would Cobb lied to Mal that limbo world is reality?


Well, thanks to Kelly for providing me the Inception's FAQ (done by die hard fans I guess). My doubts are all explained!!!


What's the original plan of the Inception mission?
In Level 1, time in the dream: 1 week. Idea to be planted: I will not follow my father's footsteps. Method: Eames disguises and impersonates Browning, Fischer's godfather and convinces him that his father loves him and doesn't want him to follow his footsteps. Cobb gets a random number from Fischer's mind to set the hotel room number in level 2. Yusuf drives with everyone in the van to the bridge where they can perform the Kick. Kick: the van hit through the barrier and off the bridge.

In Level 2, time in the dream: 6 months. Idea to be planted: I will create something for myself. Method: Eames reminds Fischer about the number. The team tricks Fischer by letting Fischer's projection of Browning tells him that his father (so it seems self-generated) has an alternate will which supersedes the other and his father wants him to split his empire. Kick: to have the floor of the hotel room with everyone (528) drop from underneath by triggering the explosives in 491 below.

In Level 3, time in the dream: 10 years. Idea to be planted: My father doesn't want me to be him. Method: By now, the random number Fischer comes up will be the security code for his safe. His projection of father should appear in the vault. Eames need to come up with something to put in the safe (paper fan from the picture Fischer cherished most) to let Fischer thinks that his father doesn't want Fischer to be him. Kick: Drop from exploding the hospital floor.

All the kicks are synchronized. Dropping hospital floor sends them to Level 3, dropping hotel floor sends them to Level 2, the falling van sends them all back to Level 1.

After reading the FAQs, I still found that the storyline is kinda difficult to analyse. Too deep liao... Tak boleh digest properly kott... Now I know why most people watched this movie twice or thrice. They need repeats to analyse the whole dream concept and story thoroughly!!!!

Anyway, though the movie's tad complicated. I still think it's a good movie. Why? I still felt strong suspense throughout the entire movie... Umm... Regardless to the fact that I lost track on the main storyline from the very beginning of the show -- not knowing what the spinning top is all about, and what exactly does it mean by limbo dream. 


Yeah, blame the POPCORNS!!! I missed the important lines because I was busy munching what... GrrrrrRRRrrrr....

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

SiGH... (@.@)

I don't know WHAT THE HELL is WRONG with me. I feel kinda tired lately. Never had enough sleep since last week. Plus, stress is building up day to day (production problems, work transfer issues, house issues, on-going issues, huge pimples without pus breaking out before that 'period'... bla-bla-bla).

I need a BREAK badly!!! I need to go for a travel OR sign up for activities that keep me occupied and stress free. Be it marathon, hiking, skytrex, or just jogging in the park. I have to do something to reduce stress and cope with my 'down-going' mood!!!!

Oh God, please help me cope with my mood instability!!! (-m-)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dangling in the air

I made a vow last week ~ I vowed to work out at least 3 times per week from this week onwards. But hell... I didn't get to gym out even 1 day!!!

Been working late these 2 days. Yesterday evening, I got stuck with my user in doing prolonged UAT. Today, my brain got jammed for the entire day in debugging a stupid asssembler program!!! Arrggghhhhhh~!!! Oh God... When can I leave programming tasks for good? I beh tahan liao laaaaaaaaa.... (>.<)

Sigh. I wonder why the girl didn't report to work on 1-July. IF she comes in, I will be in Cloud-9 now (will be handling over all the programming tasks to her and prepare to say bye-bye to my 4 years old workstation+cubicle).

Well... What can I say? All things were fated. I voiced-out my transfer request at a shitty bad wrong timing. Let's just hope my boss will keep his promise to release me by end of this month (regardless on whether or not the 'other' vacant is filled or not).

Can't wait. Can't wait to break away from the green and black programming screen soon... Cross your fingers and wish me luck! Hiiiiyyaaaa~!!!!

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Paul who???

Now EVERYBODY is talking about Paul. I can't imagine how could a small 'sotong' could affect the world so much!!! Just because five out of six of his predictions were accurate, that's why now he's being recognized by the whole freaking world as the psychic octopus?? How skeptical is that?

This particular phenomena triggered one question in my mind. A' lucky' octopus who coincidentally predicted correctly on the outcomes for five football matches is now being worshiped and followed by millions billions zillions of people around the world!

But... Why would ANYONE deny the presence of Almighty God? HE gave us the galaxy and created gravity. HE gave us air, water and light. HE gave us the ability to think, speak and conquer the world. How come SOME of us out there still don't see HIM nor recognize HIS almighty ability?

Don't und, don't und... Anyhow, please don't feel offended upon reading this entry. It is just a personal thought that I have mind now. No hidden meaning behind the words... Kekeke...

Chill~!!!

**P/S: We shall watch and see if Paul was right about Spain beating Germany in the semi final. Hehe. Yes, I worship God but it doesn't mean I can't follow sotong's news right?? LoL~!!! 



Waka-Waka-Eh-Eh, This time for Africa... WooHoo~!!

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Today's message from God

"Today, God wants you to know that when you feel down, look at yourself through God's eyes. There are times when no matter how hard you try, you just cannot accept yourself as you are. During such times, think of how you look to God's eyes. In God's eyes, there is no judgment, there is only acceptance. God sees your light when all that you can see are your shadows. God loves you more than anyone could ever love you as you really are."


Thank you for loving all of us, my Lord. Amen.  (-m-)

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Baby darling, why wee-wee on me?

My mom's best bud and her 7-month old grandkid came to my house yesterday. Aunty Doris, being too tired at carrying little Ann-Ya over extended period, switched the carrying task to me immediately upon reaching our home. The bubbly and chubby little 7-month old is definitely everyone's darling! She won't stop wiggling and giggling upon being 'lured' with food. Yes, lol, no doubt this yiyi is very bad. But her 'wai-sik' reactions over edible goodies are simply too irresistible... xD

Ann-Ya was seated on my lap when me when my sis played food fight with her. We had so-so-so much fun watching the little one fighting over the food in our hands! Well, I guess even little toddler knows how to take revenge on bad yiyi's behavior. While munching on the piece of raisin bread that my sis gave her, I suddenly felt a warm sensation at the center of my lap. I felt odd as the warm sensation got stronger. I then touched the baby's bottom. Damn it... The stupid diaper leaked!!! My lap was covered with Ann-Ya's pee all over!!!

I held the baby and looked at her. She gave me the 'pa-pai' look, didn't bother over my stare and continue munching on her piece of bread. Sigh... Served me right. Baby's revenge was so-so-so successful. Why? Her pee soaked wet all over my pants and landed in a small pool of puddle on the wooden chair I was seated on. LoL!!! No joke, even my underwear was soaked in her pee! I have to change both my undy and outer pants after the incident.

I was deemed lucky to be at home instead of being in the public when little Ann-Ya peed on me. Can you imagine how the situation would turn out if the wee-wee incident happened in a shopping mall?? LMAO... xD

Friday, July 02, 2010

YaY~!! My bloggie has an IPOD!

WooHoo~!!! My bloggie has an automated Ipod Player already! Big thanks to MixPod. Loaded some of my current fave numbers into the play list. Enjoy~!!!
;)

In loving memory of BOYS II MEN



Heard this song on the radio just now. Love-love-love it! It's still so lumm (aka romantic) after almost 2 decades!!!! My... I almost forgot about BOYZ II MEN!!! They used to be my idols, man... I mean I used to be sooooooo-sooo-so into their songs. Believe it or not, I have all their albums in my old cassette collections! Err... Hey! What's wrong with cassette tapes woh?? Cassette tapes used to be very expensive those days, ok?! I practically dug all my savings in my PiGGy bank just to buy their albums leh! ;S


Hmm. These guys must have retired as I've never heard of them for ages. Well, I guess now the fully grown up MEN might have evolved into AHPEKs liao. LoL! xD


"Although we’ve come to the end of the road. 
 Still I can’t let you go.
 It’s unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you.
 Come to the end of the road. 

 Still I can’t let you go.
 It’s unnatural, you belong to me, I belong to you....Ohhh...."



Oh man... This song makes me wonder IF there are still such loyal and loving guys out there in the SINGLE MARKET??? I think chances of bumping into a dinosaur egg is higher loh... (>.<)n

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Viva La Vida

This song kept playing in my mind all day long...
Never really fancy this song until I return to blogging again. LoL.
I'm just glad to be alive each day... WooHoo~!!! (^o^)v

Viva La Vida -- Coldplay


Viva La Vida lyrics
Songwriters: Berryman, Guy Rupert; Buckland, Jonathan Mark; Champion, Will; Martin, Christopher A J
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world

Monday, June 28, 2010

Where are the EMS when we need them??

I stumbled on a sad article in a shared Facebook note this morning. It is about about a tragic event that occurred yesterday in the SCKL Marathon.


Below is the extraction from the original article in Facebook:


A Tragic Incident at Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2010
-- by Toh Yit Ming via FB shared notes

I would like to share a tragic incident that happened at Standard Chartered KL Marathon today… 
When i was running my final 2 km on the 10km… as i was running along the road in front of Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, i saw a guy was sitting on the road side then soon enough he collapsed… 

this incident attracted my attention as a guy(a training doctor, named Irkhan) that was trying to help him was shouting for medic.. 
as i was a trained EFR, i ran over to see what is happening.. (it was around 1 hour into the race for 10km runners)

i got to know that the guy (named Lim) has collapsed and was having seizure.. we tried to place him in recovery position… he was breathing very heavily and shortly and he was also biting his teeth very very hard… i was afraid that he will hurt himself (with either biting his own tongue or he closed up his airway).. so i tried to open up his jaw and tried to communicate wif him to have him relax and breath easily.. he then slowed down his breathing and taking deeper breath…

another lady (Pei Kheng) came to help and constantly monitor on his pulse… and Dr. Visva (was another participant in the run) came over to help…

Then suddenly, his pulse was gone… then we lied him flat and started on CPR procedures… we constantly check on his pulse to check whether his pulse has come back.. we did chest compression and also mouth-to-mouth breathing to Lim…
as we were doing the CPR procedures, we did not sight medic anywhere.. and we tried to shout as loud as possible for medic… 

After awhile into the CPR procedures, "lady A" said that she could feel his pulse but was very weak.. then we stopped the CPR procedures to see whether he regain consciousness or not… 
After i stopped the chest compression on Lim, i started shouting for medic services again with the hope that a medic services is nearby and heard us.. but unfortunately not… we only sighted 3 DBKL Officers(with big motorcycles) just stood by the road side and just stare… the did not come over to help or to check out what happened… (it was around 10 minutes that Lim collapse and had seizure)…

after a moment, Lim loose his pulse again.. we started CPR procedures again.. we still did not sight an ambulance or any EMS(Emergency Medical Services) around… after approximately 30 compression, Lim regained his pulse but was very very weak.. and yet.. there was still no ambulance or EMS sighted… and DBKL officers still stood there and did not came over to help… so I informed a passer by to run to the officers to tell them to call for an EMS soonest possible...

after we performed CPR procedures on Lim for the the third time, finally a St. John ambulance came after around 15 - 20 minutes after Lim collapsed…

we let the EMS officers to take over the CPR and First Aid… Dr. Visva asked whether do they have the AED(Automated External Defibrillator)… one of the person from the EMS said that they do not have it.. then I asked whether do they have a face mask with pump.. they also did not have it there… THEY PRACTICALLY HAVE NOTHING IN THE AMBULANCE!!!!!!!! -.-" 

EMS took him and speed their way to HKL…

we were later informed that the Response time for EMS is 3 minutes but it took them almost 20 minutes to arrive… and later.. as I was reading through the Runners Guide that was provided in our running kit…
There is a statement (at page 15) that states that "Medical Assistance - Medical Aid is available every 4km and at the Finish Area. Due to runner's physical condition, Medical Officials are authorized to stop runners and remove their timing chip"

every 4KM MY ROYAL ASS.. I did not see any first aider, ambulance or any sort of medical officials along my 10km route… and if 4km was true.. it definitely will not take them SO LONG to arrive...
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I got a call from Dr. Visva a moment ago.. he went to HKL to check out the condition of Lim and he informed me that Lim have passed away on his arrival to the hospital… T__T

Lim is only into his 20's and was running the 10KM distance… 

P/s: please share this note to as many people as possible.. we will hope to create awareness on the inefficiency of EMS, DBKL officers and organiser of standard chartered KL Marathon 2010... we also want to create an awareness that this kind of inefficiency have caused a life of a young man...
we will hope that the marathon organisers will take responsibility and make EMS a top priority in their planning





It's heart breaking, isn't it?
The poor guy would have been alive IF there's proper EMS allocated throughout the running routes! What?!!! No AEDs allocated to other medical organizations other than hospitals??? Are we living in a third world country? What the hell is the government thinking? Sigh....