Merry X'mas & a Happy New Year

I know this is a few days late but I feel that it is only right for me to wish everybody a belated Merry X'mas and also a Happy New Year. 

It has been a long weekend for me as I had my friends from Penang joining me for X'mas. They arrived on X'mas day and stayed till yesterday. It was a damn relief that they've gone back to Penang as I can finally sleep in my room again. 

After consecutive late nights, I found it rather hard to get up at 7.30 in the morning again. Even no as I sit here alone in the office while trying to figure out what exactly I'm trying to say on this blog, I'm still longing for my bed.

I guess that's all for now.

Till my next post.....

Happy New Year...

Year end

It feels like it was just yesterday that we've celebrated the New Year for 2008 and we're almost at  the end of it today. When I was studying, I felt that time almost stood still. To wait for 1 minute to pass by was so slow and now when we are much older, the days and months seems to fly by at the speed of light.

I was actually wondering what happened to all the days, weeks and months that just flew by me and thinking where is my progress in life. I'm still in the same situation that I was last year. Feels like nothing much has changed throughout this year as compared to last year.

Now with BN getting a simple majority this time around, it has definitely created more havoc instead of good for the country. Lets take Penang for an example. The State Government is run by the then Opposition while the local council is being run by the then state government.

New laws and by-laws is being churned out by the local council without getting any consent from the State Government. The business operators who are trying to make their ends meet are facing more trouble from the local council now as compared to previously. 

My question here is, why can't both parties work hand in hand to make the environment better to live in? Why can't both parties make it easier for business operators to obtain their licenses? Why can they hunt down those irresponsible people who try to cheat or outsmart the innocent people?

I guess that is simply out of their scope of work as to them, money in their pocket is better then helping out the poor people. I' was wondering, if one day, during the general elections, all voters refuse to cast their votes for anybody at all. This would mean that 26 million people refusing o vote as we don't see the point of voting when all it does is bring us more pain and agony after voting for the party that we thought was good enough to serve us.

I find it totally a waste of time these days to vote for somebody or even a party and in return you don't get a single thing done. The amount of potholes on the roads has not decreased. Even at USD45 per barrel of oil, we are still being charged RM 1.80/lit at our pumps when it was USD 87/barrel and we were being charged RM 1.92/lit.

The reduction of 3% from your EPF will ultimately increase your income tax. So on the pretext of boosting the spending power, the government is looking for ways and means to make you contribute more money to them. 

I hope that all our grievances would be looked into instead of putting up a monkey show that we read about daily in the newspaper. 

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year.

Cheers

Penang

Well, I never thought that my business trip was supposed to be a short and sweet one. We left KL at around 6 something in the morning and arrived at Juru around 10 something. After going on and about our business meetings and courtesy calls with 3 kids in the car waiting for their father and I to accomplish our duties, we finally called it a day at roughly 4 something. This was after we visited 7 clients of ours.

I know you must be thinking how on earth did we accomplish such feat. Well, we were lucky that the locations of each appointments was pretty close by each other, hence the figures. So after resting in the house with my mom and brother, I thought we would be travelling back to KL today after finishing our last appointment which was at 9 in the morning.

Just so that we are not caught in the nasty early morning crawl at the Jelutong highway, we decided that we should leave Gurney at 7.30am. Little that we knew, the traffic today wasn't that bad and we managed to arrive the area around 8.20am considering we left at 8am.

After breakfast there, we went for our appointment which ended earlier then expected. So we decided that I'll go home and rest while he took his family to Kek Lok Si and also the Reclining Buddha. Shortly after 11 in the morning, I received a phone call saying that we are supposed to attend a dinner appointment tonight either in Penang island or over at the Mainland.

By then, I was neither here nor there as I don't have my car with me. To make things worse, my laptop is in the computer shop for a new screen as the previous one cracked. Imagine going through another day in Penang without a car nor a laptop. Luckily I managed to hijack my mom's laptop for a while to blog this turn of events.

Looks like we'll be travelling back tomorrow morning with a car full of kids and infants. Hopefully the highway is clear and we should be able to get back to KL before 2pm.

Well....till my next post.....

Cheers.

Frostwire

For those of you who has been using Limewire Pro and wonders why it doesn't work as good as before, the answer is very simple. They have started up a new division called Frostwire. It is as good as Limewire Pro if not better as it is absolutely free. 

If you notice I have the add right on top to enable you guys to download it without any hassle. After using it for about a few weeks now, I find it as easy to use as the Limewire Pro and it's much faster. 

The best part of it all is it is absolutely free.....(I know I've said it already) unlike Limewire Pro. It even comes with chat rooms for you to be able to chat with users from all over the world while downloading your favourite songs or movies. 

It is very easy to use as it is running on the exact same interface as Limewire Pro. Even the settings of Frostwire is the same as the one in Limewire Pro. So basically, if you switch to Frostwire, you won't find any difference in the the method of downloading your songs or movies.

It also supports Bittorrent files and it is able to intergrate with iTunes. You get to connect to more sources in return giving you more results. It also has a Junk Result Filter just to filter off the unwanted stuff and it has absolutely no spywares or adwares. Downloading speeds has been turbo charged to give you faster downloaad time.

All I can say is, it is the software to get for all your downloading needs. All you need to do is just to click on the advertisement above or simply go to www.frostwire.com to download it today. 

Have fun....

Till my next post......

Cheers

Firefly Airlines @ Skypark, Subang

With the long weekend around the corner, I've decided to take a R&R trip back to Penang. The flight back on Firefly was a surprise to us as we were on the newer plane as compared to the Forker that we were on the last time we took a trip to Langkawi.

I must say that the newer planes are much cleaner and it smells very much cleaner. The last time we were on the Forker, the planes were very run out and there was a certain stench in the cabin. To top things off, instead of the usual refreshment carts being pushed on the aisle to offer the guest some drinks or chips for sales, we were served with muffins and orange cordial. 

This is definitely a certain change that we can expect MAS to come up with being the "Community Airlines" to get through the current economy. Besides upgrading the aircraft, Terminal 3 is going through a major facelift to the new SkyPark theme. 

The preliminary works done to the old terminal looks rather promising and it should be a boost to the domestic flights as I would think more people would prefer to fly from Subang as compared to the LCCT in Sepang. With proper marketing, it should be a big boost to the low cost carrier segments as the of its strategic location.

I certainly hope that the Government would continue to develop this property as it would be a huge savings for us the Rakyat as we would spend less on fuel to get there, probably cheaper parking but most important factor which is the accessibility.

The facelift works should be completed withing the next few months to a year and I'm looking forward to fly from Skypark in the future.

Till my next post.....

Cheers

Blur.....

It's been a while since I've actually took the time to sit down and blog about something. With the current situation domestically and internationally, I'm under quite a lot of stress on how to spruce up our sales as we are approaching the end of 2008.

It feels like I've just joined this company and yet it has been 8 months now. With things not getting any better due to the current economic downturn, I think it will be a very difficult year end. Businesses are collapsing everywhere around the world while others are looking for fresh investors or even funds from the government to sustain this difficult times. 

For example, Citi Group is known as 1 of the largest bank in US and it's facing so much of financial problems that it almost went bust if it was not for the Federal Reserve who rescued them with USD 20 billion. On top of that, the government has agreed to shoulder their losses which was within the range of hundreds of billions.Even established companies like JP Morgan & Chase has laid off 9,200 workers at its Washington Mutual Unit. 

What I'm trying to say here is, we should be blessed that we still have our jobs and salaries right now as compared to the hundreds of thousand people in America without a job. We should learn on how to spend less as in time to come, we will join the rest of the world in this economic slow down.

For those who normally eats out, it would be much cheaper and healthier for you to cook at home. We have to know what are our needs and necessities. It is time to understand yourself whether you really need the item that you're about to buy? Can you live without it for the time being? If the answer is yes, then you might have saved yourself alot of money. If the answer is no, then looks like you're gonna have to buy it. 

As forecasted, we will head into worse times after Chinese New Year 2009. This will definately mean that the 1st half of 2009 will be in shitty times and if we're lucky enough, things will start to recover after June '09. 

I would like to take this oportunity to wish all readers best of luck in this coming year and hopefully we will have a better 2010.

Till my next post.....

Cheers.

 

Trick or Treat

Yesterday was kinda funny and scarry at the same time. I didn't know what to expect or feel when I was told that my father had lost his memory. Reason being because my dad was kind of a joker as well which lead me to think is this for real or is this another JJ & Rudy's Gothca programs.

While talking to him on the phone while driving to his house from my office, I was still unsure whether he was joking or was he serious. It took me about 20 minutes to get to his place and I spent 18 minutes on the phone just to make sure he stays there and won't go out wandering about while trying to recollect his memory. 

Fearing for the worse I made sure that he was there until I get there and then at least I could see what was going on. At least then I can pass the judgement whether it is another hoax or this is for real. 

My sister was panicking and she was lost grip of her  self already at that time. Thanks to Adeline, the both of them made it to my dad's place in a cab to analyse the whole situation. 

By the time I arrived, he was on the phone with someone and he was going through the whole I had with him just a few minutes earlier. The questions he asked me and the person on the phone was the same and I began to ask myself, what if this time he's for real. Now what should I do? What can I do? All sort of stuff started pouring into my mind and I knew I had to remain calm while handling this delicate situation.

I started asking him a series of questions which he answered most of it correctly but on certain questions his answers were rather decades old. From there, I knew he had temporary amnesia. I knew I had to do something but what was I to do as he kept asking me the same questions over and over and over and over again. (i.e Why are you here?)

Luckily, after 3 hours of Q&A he slowly regained his consciousness and began to remember things again. After asking the same series of questions that I asked earlier, he managed to get the answers right this time. Seeing that he is able to answer correctly, I tried picking deeper into his memory. Finally I found the answer to the mystery as to why he can't remember a damn thing.

This is due to his offending nature of his charecter. He likes to antagonize people and things. Recently, he has been antogizing & disturbing the wandering spirits either in his working place or the ones the roam the lift area of where he stays. This could be the main reason why he was like that yesterday. The other could be a charm placed on him because he sacked a poor performing staff.

Whateverthe reason was, I could not delay in bringing him to the temple so that we can find out the actual reason and get rid of the problem before it creates a bigger problem. Hopefully this is the end of it and he won't face this problem for another 10 years or more

Hope this serves us a lesson not to mess with unseen things.

Till my next blog.......

Cheers.

  

Quattro @ Avenue K

Just thought I'd upload some pics on Quattro @ avenue K to share with you guys. Do check it out. All pictures are a courtesy of AndyKho.com. For more pics on Quattro do head on to www.andykho.com 

Winter

Autumn

Autumn

Autumn

Till my next post......

Cheers.

p/s - Thanks to Andy for the lovely pics.

Undecided

After taking 2 steps back from the whole situation and analying it, I finally realised that I'm a bloody fool and should have looked at the whole situation clearly before making a stupid decision. I've been sad and down for the last few days and it finally became clear to me that I still love her and that I made a mistake by pushing her away from me.

It was a very painful decision which turned into a very well learnt lesson for the both of us. I always believed that each and everybody has got to have their own breathing space and if either one of us does not have that space, then it will be difficult for the both of us to live together. After discovering that we need to have space for ourselves, she has begun to understand the whole mechanism of our relationship. Whe you do not grant your partners or spouses their own space, then they will feel stress and all bent out of shape because there isn't any outlet for them to realise their stress at the end of the day. This will hurt the relationship more and we will have more divorce cases in this world.

Even though I've not told her about what I've decide on the way back to the office, I think she'll be the most happiest person in this world when she hears this from me. I know I may have ill treated her the last few days, but I feel that this is important for us to move on to the next level of our relationship as a lot of things and matters has been ironed out and each of us has our own adjustments and improvements that needs to be made.

I always believed that if a person trully loves the other, they will change for them no matter how hard it is and this is a sign of true love. One way or the other, we have to make our own sacrifices to make the relationship work out at the end of the day. If this can't be done, then he or she is not the right one for you. 

Some people believe that looks is everything when it comes to choosing a spouse but I would say it is not true as I've seen many couples that is not the best looking people on this face of the earth but still they love each other with all their hearts. For me, a wife would be a person who takes good care of you, your home and also your children. She does not neccessaryly has to be a beauty paegent contestant or winner to qualify for the role but as long as she knows how to take care of everything, shares your problems with you and keep the finances in line, then it would the ideal person to share your life with.

Well...it was a well learnt lesson and I'm sure to do the right thing for a better future.

Till my next post........

Cheers

It's over I guess

Now that the air has been cleared between the both of us and we are going our own separate ways, I guess it's time for her to concentrate on her career and looking for a better boyfriend. It was a very tough decision that I had to make and I also had to put up a very strong front to fend off her weeping face throughout last night. Even though in my heart I wanted her back but I had no choice of the matter as I have too many things to concentrate on at the time being and I needed to be alone to accomplish that.

Even up to this morning, my heart was still aching when she pleaded with me to consider our relationship that we have built throughout the years and all I said is it's over. I could see the pain in her eyes when she gave me back the ring that I gave to her as she left the house, I was so sad that I didn't know what to do. What is it that I'm actually suppose to do? At times I feel as though she's a burden to me and on other times, she's like an angel to me.

What is the right path for me to take? Should I just stick with the decision that I've made and move on? I really don't know what has happened to me as I've never doubted each and every decision that I've made throughout my life. Why must this happen now? 

My friend told me once that if a man can keep to a straight face to face off the tears of a woman you love crying right in front of you for the last hour, then that person is a damn meaner. I've successfully fended off her while she cried when we were ending our chapter. Does this mean I'm a damn meaner?

I guess, I'll have to let God decide whether we are meant for each other or not. I sincerely hope that she finds someone better that deserves her love and care and have a happy family together as I think I can't give that to her.

Is it finally over??

After two and a half years of turmoil, could it be finally over? Have I succesfully ended the relationship that has tought me many things about relationships? Am I being a selfish bastard?

This are the few questions that has been playing in my head for the past hour or so. I've decided to end my relationship with my girlfriend whom has been living together with me for the past 2 over years. I know I broke her heart when I said it but I had no choice as I needed to let go of my burdens in order to move on in life. 

I was on the brink of losing my job if I did not spend more time doing the things I had to do even though I was off duty. After six months of lecturing and warnings received from my boss, it was all turned to deaf ears. He finally got fed up and decided to tell me off in a private meeting that I'm incompetent and irresponsible. Although we have worked together in the past, he always tried to pull me up from the shit that I always get myself into.

After serious considerations, I finally made the hardest decision in my entire life. I finally took the bitter medicine and called it quits and break her heart. Even though it was not a decision I would like to make but after considering the odds of carrying on which did not favour us much, it was better off for the both of us to call it off before someone gets really hurt at the end of the day.

To me now, it's my career that is the most important as I've wasted many years between jobs and trying to make ends meet at the end of each month. By now most of you might think of me as a selfish bastard but I had no choice over the matter as I needed a steady career more than a roller coaster relationship. I've tried my level best to make this relationship work out but unfortunately, it was not the right one as we never could click on.

I feel kinda depressed now as it is never easy to get over a relationship that you put your complete love, heart and soul to make it happen. After all the sacrifices that we have made, it is really depressing that we have to end up this way. 

I really wish she finds her true happiness with the person that can really take care of her and make her happy always as I don't think I deserve her.

In a corner

Ever had the feeling of being trapped in a corner with limited space to move around thinking how you should plan your next move without being able to see the options available in front of you? 

Well I would say I've been through it many times before and each time it gets harder and harder. I've tried and tried so hard to get out of this kind of situations and never get back in but somehow it keeps haunting you. It's as though there's no end to it. Looks like I would have to draw up a plan to fully get myself out of this bind before either one of us gets seriously burnt or hurt.

It's been 3 years now living in this situation without being able to get out of it. I've sought many advices from my friends and family and the answers always comes back the same. Even though the answers are clear right now, I just don't know how to execute the plan. How do you tell someone who you're living with for the last 3 years that it's over and done. How do we get them to accept that the relationship is not working out at all. How do we break all the promises made 2 years back? 

I guess there's really no answer to all this question. I guess one of us has to take up the courage and tell it to the other person straight to the face and let the consequences of the event unfold. Even i had the courage to do so, when, how or where would be a good time for me to let it all out? These are the questions that has been haunting me for the last 6 months and I'm running out of time as it is getting closer to Chinese New Year. If this drags on pass Chinese New Year, then we will be expected to get married and I'm just not ready for it yet seeing the incompatibility between the both of us. You may think I'm not ready to commit to it but I just feel it's not the right person to start a family with. I'm thinking of the vow I made to myself and my future kids. I don't want them to go through what I've been through when I was a kid. 

If you browse through my previous blogs, you will see what I meant on this. I'm really stuck in a corner not knowing what to do. Should I let it all out and get it over and done with or should I wait for a better time to do it? I'm hoping for some kind of miracle or some light to hit me with the answers. So while pondering of what, when or how to do it, I was hoping that I could get some comments from the readers as well.

Till my next post.....

Cheers

p/s - Happy Halloween

Quattro @ Avenue K

It was a very lovely and quite through out yesterday and all of a sudden, we were invited to Quattro to celebrate a friend's birthday there. So while waiting for another friend to arrive at our meeting point in SS2 before our departure to Quattro, I was supprised when the birthday girl walked up to me and asked me what am I doing there. After explaining to her the details and all, she left us to join her friends for dinner.

As it was still early and the guest of honor is still having dinner, my friend and I left Kayu and headed to Orient Express to shoot some pool and throw some darts. The joint was filled with soem elderly people drinking and being merry. We headed straight to the pool table and started playing with hope to kick out the winner of the previous game.

I was quite pleased to find out that my magical touch on the table is still there and naturally I defeated everyone that challanged me. After winning about 5 to 6 games in a row, I decided that I've had enough and handed the cue to the oncoming players so that they can enjoy the game with their friends as well.

From there, I challenged my friend to a game of darts and by the time we finished 3 games, the guest of honor was ready to be picked up . We left OE and headed back to Kayu before continuing down to Quattro. As we walked into avenue K from the side entrance, I could hear the bass pumping out from the club which was rather amazing. As we got in to Autumn, it was filled with various groups of people from the back entrance right up to the front entrance.

We managed to find our friends who were there much earlier after their meeting and settled down. I was enjoying the music along with a couple of drinks then I noticed the big group that was sitting at the table right next to us. If I remembered correctly, there were at least 15 to 20 girls on that table with only 2 to 3 guys. 

So after downing a few glasses of whiskey, I managed to grab the attention of one of the girls on the next table and we started drinking and drinking. I was forced to down a tequila with Sprite followed by 1/2 a bottle of Heineken and my glass of whiskey. After that 3 in a row chase, I was rather high and was enjoying myself even more. The birthday girl was quite blasted by then so the other guys on the table was taking care of her.

The setup of the place was beautiful coupled with a superb sound system and also a fantastic DJ which made our night very enjoyable. After finishing 2 bottles of whiskey and a bottle of champagne, it was time to head home. By then, it was around 2 something in the morning. Each of us departed with the remaining 4 of us heading the same direction. We somehow ended up at Lotus restaurants for our supper before heading home.

All in all, it was a very enjoyable evening and I'm looking forward to pay Autumn another visit sometime soon. 

Till my next post...

Cheers

Nothing to do

Well, I had to open my big fat mouth to challenge somebody else to update their blog and was told to update mine as well. So as I was looking around for some inspirations, I stumbled upon a funny article posted by my friend recently about the police beat base in Chow Kit area. Without any hesitation, I cut and paste the whole thing over to my blog just to share it with my fellow bloggers who once in a while enjoy this kind of news..

It has been a very hectic week for us in the office with things not going the way it suppose to. To make things worse, I've been having severe diarrhoea and have been practically running to the toilet every 2 seconds. 

As it is, I was quite stressed up and my mom had to add more of it by calling me almost every night to discuss over the project that she under took to change over the place that I was at during my birthday celebrations as it was not going anywhere. So with all this adding up, it is no wonder why I've not blogged for quite a while.

Anyway, to all the readers out there, please be cautious of what you eat and drink as I suspect there is a virus going around causing food poisoning. In the span of 2 days, 2 of my friends and me had been infected by this virus. the first case was in Kota Kemuning followed by Shah Alam and the third one was in Penang. The second and third was about the same time. We suspect it has something to do with the water we drank as we have been eating the same food at the same place quite often and never had we been hit by food poisoning.

So please do take all the necessary precautions and stay safe.

Till my next blog......

Cheers 

You're a funny man, Mr Minister

Parliament : Cops scared of crooks, so based closed!

Title published in the Star - Thursday, October 16 2008

The following story from the Star made my start to the weekend all that better (and funnier) coming from our dear Mr Minister of Internal Affairs (MahaRaja Lawak Msia) in a written response to a question in Parliament:-

 

KUALA LUMPUR:

A police beat base in the Chow Kit area of downtown Kuala Lumpur was closed down

 

Why you ask?

………because it was in a location that was considered unsafe,. said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar

 

And what else?

In a written reply to Dr Lo’ Lo’ Mohamad Ghazali (PAS-Titiwangsa), Syed Hamid said the beat base was located in a dirty areawhere there was a possibility of being exposed to contagious diseases.

 

Dirty area? Contagious disease? And?

 

The presence of criminals also posed a threat to the safety of police officers, he said.

 

Syed Hamid said that the police were looking for a new location to build a police beat base that would be able to give “guaranteed and continued service to the public.”

 

You mean in other places where it is in a clean area, not exposed to contagious disease and not posed a threat to the Police? In other words, the Cops are only for show and to look pretty? And only for arresting or pinning down politicians and other pressure groups?

 

You’re a funny man, Mr Minister…..

Suprised

Today's breakfast was rather interesting than usual. Normally I would have either roti canai or noodles for breakfast but today's menu was rather different. Some would say I'm a lunatic for this kind of act. I had the perfect adrenalin to kick start my day while I was driving to work. 

I was somewhere near HICOM Shah Alam when I saw this silver Honda Civic. It was the generation before the current ones. Well what can I say, 1.7 liters with V-Tec. Probably churning out 120 to 130 horses on the wheels as compared to my old jalopy which is a Wira 1.8 single cam. We were both standing at probably at 120km/h when he tried to pull away from me and that was when the fun started.

I dropped to 3rd gear and floored it right up to 6000 rpm at probably 170km/h while tailing him closely with him desperately trying to save face as I would presume nobody driving a Wira could tail him this close before. As the traffic got heavier, the both of us looked for an alternative lane to continue our battle without having to brake much. It was getting closer to the Kota Kemuning exit which I was suppose to take.

In a split of a second, there was an opening that just popped up which allowed us to cut in from the right lane straight into the Kota Kemuning exit. It was quite a clear road till the left hander coming up in 3 seconds. The right lane entering to the corner had 3 cars while the left lane was empty. He was about 1 car length from me as he entered the corner. As I approached the corner, I was probably doing 120km/h cutting into the corner without braking while flooring the accelerator. With the faster exit speed, I overtook him as the both of us exit the corner heading on to the straight road that leads to the roundabout. 

Weaving left and right between cars at 165km/h till I reached the roundabout with a very angry Civic who has just been humiliated by this old jalopy with his petrified girlfriend in the car. As I took the rounabout slowly to head to my office, the Civic sped off to the other direction with an expression that I can never forget. I'm sure I'll be seeing him very often from now on as we both work around the same area.

Well this is not the first time I've had this kind of encounters before. My previous encounters were much better cars but lacked the courage or brains to emerge victorious in the encounter. The best encounter was racing with a Ferrari through the uphill corners of Bukit Damansara heading to Section 16, Pj.

The other was running with a Lotus Exige from the Puchong toll on KESAS right up to HICOM. He made a wrong move which gave me a chance of blocking him from overtaking me at probably 180km/h. While we were side by side, I was given the "bird" by him to show how pissed he was at that time. I can still remember the look of his car and his face till today.

Anyway, to all the kids that is reading this, please don't try this at home or on any roads as it can be very dangerous. If you guys want some fun, then head on over to the go-kart tracks and speed all you want.

Hope you guys had fun reading this.

Till then.....

Cheers

Finally over and done with

Well it's finally over and done with. I've managed to get back to KL in one piece without burning a big hole through my pockets as compared to my previous years of going back to Penang for my birthday celebrations.

With the fuel hike and all, I've decided to take the bus back to Penang as it would definitely by much cheaper as compared to driving up. So with this savings, we would have more booze..(drunkards)

I parked my car at Kelana Jaya lrt station to hop on a lrt to get to Pasar Seni. Through out the journey, I noticed that I'm not the only one that takes the lrt to Pudu just to hop on a bus to get back to their various hometowns. All of us were heading to 1 common place to get on the bus in order to save up some money.

As the lrt approached the Pasar Seni station, we got ready to get down the lrt and a 15 to 20 minutes walk to Pudu bus station. As we walked pass Petaling Street, we noticed the amount of people doing their last minute shopping's for clothes and other accessories for Raya which is just a few hours away. Upon reaching our destination (finally), we saw quite a number of stalls just outside the jam packed bus station selling more clothes. I finally realized that this a normal routine for these traders to set up make shift tents to sell clothes and shoes during Ramadhan just to get extra cash for their Raya celebrations. 

After waiting for more than half an hour, we finally got onto the bus and made our way back to Penang. Somehow, it was almost impossible for me to sleep as usual so I decided to mess around with my phone till it ran flat. After almost 5 hours, we finally arrived at the Sg Nibong bus station somewhere around Bayan Lepas area. It was a great feeling to be back as I was looking forward to get home and visit my mom and kid brother. Besides that, all my friends were waiting for me as we've not met up for quite a while.

So as I got home, I was surprised to see my mom still up and about waiting for me to come home. It was about 4.30 in the morning then...We stayed up till 5 catching up with the past and current issues at hand and also planned the itinerary for the next few days. Finally crashed onto the bed after that. 

So after going around the island looking for people and food, dusk has finally took over and the plans for that evening were being excuted while I was having dinner with my mom and brother in this nice little North Indian restaurant just opposite Paradise Sandy Bay hotel. The food was excellent with a cosy environment and great service. Pricing was rather reasonable too. 

After dinner, the main plans were to meet up and celebrate my birthday in one of our ex colleague's place in Pulau Tikus just opposite Adventis hospital. It's called Melissa's. We are drinking and singing till 3 something. We decided to have a little sea breeze to go with our supper and we ended up in Khaleel's by the sea for supper. By the time I got home, it was somewhere around 5 in the morning with my head spinning like a top going at it's fastest. 

By the time i finally got up, it was 12pm in the afternoon with my mom rushing me to get ready for lunch. We made our way down to New World Park for our brunch with the whole group of friends who were still kinda blur from last night. After lunch, our next stop was Queensbay Mall as I've never been there even though it has opened it's doors many many years ago.

I must say that it felt rather KL this time around with most of the familiar shops and eateries around. The development done to the once abandoned mall and it's surrounding was just amazing as this is what we needed for Penang. I must say CP group has done a great job with developing the whole area. For most of you who didn't know, CP group is the people responsible in bringing us Eastin hotel and CP Towers which is located at Section 16 PJ.

So all in all, I had a very interesting birthday this year with all the activities lined up for me by my friends. The question is, would there be another marking my 30th birthday next year or would I go through it alone in KL?

Well..till my next posting.....

Cheers

It's Monday Again

Another week has gone pass and looking back onto the previous week which was filled with a lot of headache and hangovers, it wasn't that bad after all as I had quite a balanced week. The days were filled with plenty of work while the nights were enjoyed at either Seri Pacific Hotel or Bamboo 9. 

It was last week Wednesday where we took a drive down to Seri Pacific (formerly known as Pan Pacific) to meet up with an old friend who works there for dinner at the Chinese Restaurant. The walk into the restaurant to our table was quite interesting as the hotel has been around for years but then the restaurant was still in quite good condition. Well there were flaws and preventive maintainance that could have been done to the place but still, it was acceptable by certain measures.

We were served with beers for a start as the dishes started coming in. We were served with a Double Boiled Chicken Soup with Dried Scallops for a start. It was quite ok as the flavour of the soup was quite subtle and it blended quite well with our taste. 

Next up was the main dishes which was served together. We had Stir Fried Asparagus with Sambal, Steamed Cod Fish with Supreme Soya Sauce, Black Pepper Venison and the House Speciality Prawns. 

The asparagus was a little lacking on taste as I felt the sambal for cooking this dish wasn't enough. The Cod fish had some fishy taste plus it was a little too oily for us. Even after asking them to pan fry the fish, it was still oily. The venison was quite good actually but sadly over oiled. Prawns were fresh and salty.

Overall, the food was quite decent minus the oil and salt even though I was gulping down the wines that they served. We commented on the food and it has been duly noted by the restaurant manager who happened to be a gem of a person. After listening to all of us complaint, we finally adjourned to the lobby lounge for some entertaining music and more wines.

We continued our drinking session till 1 am in the morning with me sending my friend back to his house in Jalan Gasing. We were quite blasted but somehow managed to get through a road block in his car. 

Well, I managed to get home in 1 piece without any dents, scratches or even a saman. (whew)

Anyway......that's all I have for you guys right now.....

Till my next posting,

Cheers 

Something Silly

After blogging for a few days consecutively, I've noticed that I'm begining to feel a little brain dead in what to blog next. It never dawned on to me these few days as I've had things to share with all the readers. As we approach day 6 of the blog, I find it rather amusing as I've not written so much in the last few years as compared to this few days.

As we are coming to the end of September, I've got several eager people anticipatting my return to Penang for the yearly celebration of a certain person's birthday. Everybody is asking when is my expected arrival. Even my sister is wondering whether I'll be in town for my birthday or am I going away again. Hahaha. 

Lets put it this way, it is a yearly ritual for me to be in Penang and I wouldn't miss it for the workd as I hardly spend much time with my friend back there anymore. We used to hang out everyday till the wee hours in the morning and get up early for work the next day. To the extend of partying all night long till the next morning continued by working through out the day and then party again that following night. 

The whole hotel branded us as a bunch of crazy lunatics who will party at any given time of the day or night. So much so one my friends collapse and passed out for more than 24 hours. It was one of the best years I've had in Penang. We never had to worry about anything or anyone. 

Ever since I moved back to KL, the whole group has been disbanded and each one of them found new jobs, girlfriends and etc..... hence the eagerness during the end of each September. It is the time of the year where we will regroup for the next few days and party like there's no tomorrow.

After doing this for the 2 years in a row with the 3rd one on the way, I'm wondering to myself whether we can hold on to this tradittion for the next 5 to 10 years as I'm begining to find it rather an expensive affair each year. I would normally drive up but ever since the huge fuel hike, I've resorted to taking express busses now as it's much more economical. Besides that, if I go back on a public holiday or weekend, I get to choose the car of my choice to drive or have the privilege of being chauffered around town.

Sounds like a sweet deal? Hahaha. I've been chauffering this guys around for years and now it's my turn to be chauffered. Hahaha.

Anyway, I'll try to post some pictures of the wild parties when I'm there once I get back to KL. So in the mean time, keep guessing what we will do till the answers are out. Suggestions are welcomed.

Till my next post......

Cheers

Shit Too Happens

After reading through a couple of blogs today, I finaly sat down to think what I was suppose to write. As I'm typing the words in, I'm still half decided on publishing this post. What the heck...

As we may all notice from the people who was born during the sixty's onwards, the divorce rates within each family was rather minimal. Those days, such cases were very rare even though there were such instances where there was a break up within the family. Some how, most of this cases were just a temporary measure. There was such a thing called "Happy Ending" within each family through thick or thin.

However, as we humans evolved through time, the news of a married couple going through a divorce procedure was slowly escalating during the late 70's and also the 80's. Unfortunately, I was one of those child who went through the painful process when your parents were filing for a divorce and not to mention fighting for custody rights. 

It was somwhere in 1982 or 1983...(can't really recall the exact year) my mom moved out of the house and left me with my dad. What transpired between them was unknown to me till today as I did not want to get into their problems as when we were young, we were thought never to meddle with the problems of the adults. 

Couple of months later, my mom with the help of one of my uncle took me and we lefft for Penang in his car. It never dawned onto me what was going on at that time as I was only around 3 years old. As we arrived Penang, we went to my other uncle's house to stay. It was from then on I was staying in Penang till I was somewhere around 8 years old.

On the last day of school in 1988, my dad appeared at the doorstep of my classroom and called out my name. I was quite shocked and at the same time pleased to see him at that juncture. We had a quick chat and then he arranged to take me back to KL. As we got back to KL, due to certain laws or notices put up by my mom to my school then, I was unable to continue my studies for the whole year of 1984. After going back and forth a few times between Penang and KL's education ministry, I was finally able to go back to school to resume my studies. From then on, I was staying with my dad and also my step mom. 

To me, I thought things were pretty normal and that I have a family even though she was not my mother and all, but she still took care of me. Events took a change when she was pregnant with her first child. From then on, her daughter was the most important thing in this world to the both of them and I was some sort an abandon child. 

I got from bad to worse and from worse to indescribable. I was extermely rebellious to the extend of running away from home at 3 am to go back to Penang. After all, I was going back to my mom's so it didn't matter that much to me as with or without me, it didn't matter that much to them.

For 1 year I stayed with my mom. Somehow I thought things would be much better off for me as I was staying with my mom. Along the way, due to her busy and hectic lifestlye, we never really spent that much time together. We had our good days and also our bad days.

After staying there for 1 year, I finally left Penang and came back to KL to stay with my dad again thinking things might have changed. Well I was wrong in that matter, in fact things got worse. It was so bad that I moved out of the house and started doing odd jobs to earn a living and support myself. 

That was the happiest time of my life as I could do what I want and when I want. The only thing missing was the love from our parents. But who cared, I told myself. 

Well it has been a while since that day and I still miss the love from my parents even though I almost 30 now. But come to think of it, how many years of love and care did I receive form both my parents together? Can you blame me for being who I am today? I guess I owe it to God who set me on a right path and also my friends who has supported me through out the years. I sincerely thank all of you.

Coming back to the point. It is always easy for adults to get over a sour relationship or marriage but have they ever thought of the consequences that will take place on that poor child pshycologically? I've seen quite a few kids growing up through either the same was I grew up or worse. The poor child feels abandoned and unwanted thus leading to a very unhealthy upbringing of a child.

For crying out loud, don't get married if you're sure that you'll get divorced should this marriage turns sour when you already have kids. If it's without any kids involved, then by all means divorce all you want. The actions that we adults take bares a great consequence on how the poor child will feel for the rest of their lives. Put the poor child in the picture first and think of the consequences should you decide to get divorced.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is, don't get married until you are pretty sure that he or she is the right one for you. Word of wisdom, you may be happy during courtship but that doesn't mean that you guys can live under the same roof forever. 

Choose wisely and I hope and pray for those who are getting married soon that they will have an everlasting marriage with happy childrens.

Till my next post.....

Cheers.

p/s- Annette, hope you could read and see what I've been through as compared to you now. Remember that I'll love you always ok. Take care

Monday Blues

Somehow I had a feeling that today was going to be a little screwed up as I'm now working alone. My partner in crime has decided to go on a solo mission into the east to look for either joker or penguin, leaving me all alone here to hold the fort with ample of work to last me a whole lifetime.

As the day began, I had a rude awakening when I was told that the testing dof equipments with a certain ministry has been postponed due to unforseen circumstance. It was not about the postponement that I was worried about. It was more towards to 2 angry looking clients of mine when I broke the news to them about the delay of the testing that was worrying me. I had to come up a brilliant and diplomatic excuse to give to them in order for me to get out of there alive.

With a little luck, I managed to escape the noose without much injuries as they bought the excuse and I was home free. I thought that things will turn out better for the rest of the day without any obtacles. So I've decided to have lunch with 1 of my suppliers and a personal friend at Eastin Hotel. We had a sumptuous Dim Sum lunch where everybody was full to the brim with lots of Dim Sum going around the table. Both of them enjoyed the lunch where we sat there for about an hour talking about business and golf. 

When we parted our ways, I thought I could come back to the office and relax while clearing off the mess I created on my table before i left the office earlier. Somehow, trouble has it's own way of appearing before you. I was told that the important shipment that has to arrive Singapore has been delayed. It was suppose to leave Shanghai within this few days but somehow it has been delayed to the 29th of this month. I was about to call the manufacturers and give the a piece of my mind but I relaxed and called my forwarder instead to check on the earliest possible vessel to Singapore.

With that part settled, it was time to talk to the Chinese counterpart which doesn't understand English that well. It took me about 45 mins just to get her to understand what I was trying to say to her and God knows how many more minutes for her to arrange the necessary for this shipment. 

Well, seems to me that this has been a very interesting day for me so far. Hopefully the drama will end right here and let me enjoy that balance of this day without anymore headache or migraine. 

I'm looking forward to tonight's dinner plans drawn up for me and hopefully it would not be this dramatic.

Hope you guys had a better Monday as compared to me.

Till my next posting.....

Cheers 

5am

Here I am, sitting in front of my pc at 5 in the morning figuring how to kill some time just because I had to send somebody to the airport at 6. I thought I could do something like my Avril does all the time, which is to take a power nap for 15 minutes and be able to bounce all over the country side for the next 24 hours. After serious considerations on how well I am able to sleep no matter what, I've decided that I shall not sleep and do something till I send my friend to the airport.

After watching Wall-e and a couple more shows, I finally realized that I've ran out of movies to watch. What's next? Hmm....ah well, I thought I would just turn this pc on and further improve this blog site. After playing around with it for the last 1 hour, I'm finally done on the widgets that I wanted to add.

After a quick glance at the time, I noticed that I have another hour to kill before I'm due to pick him up from his house. Looks like I'm going to blog something after all I thought to myself. My brain activity has been so low that I find it difficult to think of what to write. In view of the situation, I hope that you could forgive the mistakes that I've made here.

Well, looks like it's going to be a good sleep till dinner time for me today. Luckily it's a Sunday and I don't have to work at all. So looks like I'm going to slowly get ready to go and pick my friend up and send him to the airport and make it back home before 8am.

Hope you guys have a great weekend.

Till my next blog....

Cheers

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog.

Due to the lack of time and working brain cells, I've decided to start this off by borrowing some of the articles which I thought might be interesting enough for all of you to read. I've been sitting in front of the computer for 3 solid hours and nothing seemed to come out from the inactive brain of mine. Hence the past articles.

For those of you who know me from way back, I'm still in one piece if thats what you were thinking before coming across my blog. I've been through the ups and downs in life for the last few years. Right now, I'm quite settled down (I think) and I'm quite happy with what I have and where I work....(something like that lah)

It has been an amazing journey for me through this last 3 years of my life. At certain points in my life, I wished it never had happened but still that can't change the fact that it has already happened. All I can do about it is to benefit from the experience and move on. (Of course it is always easier said than done) 

Anyway, I think I've had enough blabbering for a day. Hope you guys liked my blog. Please feel free to drop your comments and stuff like that in order for me to improve.

 Thank you for all your support and caring.