Friday 28 December 2007

RandomLee

Okay, who started this? WHO? Better come clean!! Who??.... coz it's one helluva good idea. As I told Nad, I will do it too. Thus.....

8 Random Things About Me

1. I talk to myself.
Scary, but true. Talking, as in conversation with someone, as if that someone IS listening, but that someone is not there, and that someone is really me. Are you getting this? True, I scared my wife with this fact. I can't help it. Imagine Sixth Sense minus the dead people, just me. Or maybe, Captain Jack Sparrow where he's in that ship with a lot of other Captain Sparrow.You dig? No? Nothing serious or psychotic, really. It's to help with my self-esteem. Really....

2. I love food.
AFC is my favorite channel to date. 'Nuff said.

3. I cry more than my wife does.
Honest truth! But it never made me feel bad. If you ever watched Holidays, you know what I mean. Jude Law's character in the movie admitted to Cameron Diaz's just that. So, not so bad ay? Man+ Tear= No problem. I mean, Jude Law cries. So?

4. I'm a lone ranger.
I have no problem watching movie by myself, shopping on my own, eating in a restaurant alone, watching gig unaccompanied. No problem! But not to the extent of that I Am Legend!

5. Like a child I love to fantasize
... and I have my self-carved Magic Wand, obsession with my Fox Daemon, Marchestra (even saying her name is ecstatic) and a Naruto forehead cover band to prove it. Did I mention I have a Magic Wand? Expecto Patronuuuuuuuummmmmm!!!!

6. I am not a football fan.
EPL, La Liga, Seria A... just ain't my thang. But if you wanna get down wit me, dawg, throw me sum hoops, slam me your jam, and I show ya wat real manly sport looks like, ite? and tat's B-ball, fool. Something I picked up from He Got Game. My hip-hop slang may sucks, but in da ball court, I ain't your average white boy, urgh!** Gosh, I better stop doing that, that sucks sooo bad.

7. Admittedly, I'm likeable... **ehem-ehem.
I can give quite a notable first impression. But, you may soon find out, that I'm forgettable. Remember Ocean Eleven, when George Clooney told Matt Damon on their Bellagio Mission, that he needed to act into someone likable but forgettable? I don't need to act it. You may find me pleasant at first but soon the light may get dimmer and dimmer, as I shy out, and before you know it, I'm invisible.

8. I am very much influenced by TV and Movies.
Kids, when they say 'Don't believe everything you see on TV',
I say, 'Don't believe the person who says "Don't believe everything you see on TV", at least until someone else you trust says otherwise.' Look at me!
You can plug in a cable to me and watch more channel than Astro, and without the disturbance (you know, the one you get during even the slightest rainfall). Yes, I am THAT influenced, trust me.... sik cayak kah? See item 1-7. Need I say more?

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

The way I see 2007, I say the answer is Yes and No.

There are some good times and bad times.
There are times when you win some, and lose some.
All and all, 2007 for me had been an eventful year.
Some dance to remember and some dance to forget.

It's hard to really sum up everything in one write-up. Anyway,
I present to thee, Statistic For the Year 2007.

Best vacation = Hattyaii, hands down.
Best food = Everything I’ve eaten in Hattyaii. You want me to list it all? I might as well start a book.
Best movie = This is complicated. So many, I guess. That would include watching from both screens and DVDs.
Best song = Satu, Dewa. It’s love, it’s godly, it’s giving, receiving and all in between in both emotional and spiritual way. It’s a revelation
Best book = Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, period.
Purchase of the year = Apple MacBook
New friends met
= A lot, in the form of 1 vocal engineer (Rol), 1 flamboyant engineer (Har), 1 ‘size-doesn’t-matter’ engineer (Yot), 1 fun-loving motorcyclist (Sam), 1 carefree kakak (CT), 1 bubbly accountant (Rin), 1 cool ‘nyo’ (Mal), 1 happy site supervisor (J) above many others.
Friendship revived = 2, so good to hear from Suzy and Shah again
Fractured relation fixed = 1, dude, it’s been a while.
Maliciously backstabbed = Once, a person appeared to be upright might be the most devious of all.
Misfortune happenings = Miscarriage, most unfortunate and well forgotten.
Blessed happenings = Offer to further study.

Miscellaneous
One fair job quit
One bad job alternate
One so-called friendship gone bad
One company of people I gladly called friends
One bad experience under few bad leaders
One great learning experience obtained
One really nasty flu on a really bad time
One acute pharangitis, whatever that is.
One offer fairly turned down
One life changing opportunity taken
One giant leap
One wonderful year

Thousands things to look forward to, hundreds of lessons learnt,
Many of friends to be remembered, few people to be forgotten,
Numerous sad reminiscences to be lost, several happy ones to make remembrance,
As we welcome 2008 and bid farewell to 2007

And auld lang syne.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, FOLKS

Saturday 15 December 2007

Meet Marchestra

Your profile reveals that you are:
Solitary, a leader, outgoing, spontaneous and modest
You are therefore matched with the Fox Daemon

I've got goosebumps after completing the test and finding out my daemon.

Meet my daemon, Marchestra. Did I not say mine's gonna be a fox? Well, here she is. I was so suprised!!! No kidding!!

Over the past few days, me and my friend Har, (by the way, his being a racoon or a goose, still can't figure out, he did it twice, you see) would persistenly guessed other people's daemon until we discovered the official Golden Compass's test. We did came up with some fair judgement and some really nasty ones as well.

Maybe anyone can feel their daemon being around, even if it's not taking any solid shape. I believe some of you may have agreed that several people we know really do remind us of certain animal or certain animal behaviour.
I've met a person so sneaky of that a snake, several actually.
I've met a person so sharp and attentive of that an eagle, filled me with admiration.
I've met a few charismatic and admirable of that a lion, or a peacock.
I've met at least one person so lethargic and sluggish of that a sloth, which had succesfully drove me nuts during our course of acquaintance some years ago, not going to mention any names.
I've even met a person so blend and adaptable of that a chameleon.
And in many-many occassions, people are called babi for being one.

I've always had an admiration for an animal so beautiful, elegant and always working in some functional and effective solitude lifestyle since years ago, thus the fox. I can imagine her talking sweet subtle voice with that mild huskiness. All and all, I feel that the fox is a perfect depiction, or somewhat animal reflection of myself, my animal parallel, my daemon.

Saturday 8 December 2007

And the Journey Continues....

As much as my dark twisted mind loves disturbing bitter movies, I love great epic fantasies. Fighting for democracy in Star Wars, watching Eragon led the war on freedom, or celebrating new hope in Narnia, dueling against dark wizards alongside Harry Potter. And who hadn’t followed the crisis in Middle Earth?

I watched The Golden Compass last night. I can’t wait for the next installment. Will Lyra Belacqua with the help of Roger, Iorek Byrnison the Ice Bear King, Serafina Pekkala the Queen of Witches and Mr. Scoresby the Texan Aeronaut, be able to save Lord Asriel from the clutch of Magisterium, the power crazed organization and the cunning Mrs. Coulter?

One thing that gets me feeling really intrigued is the idea of dǽmon. Each person is accompanied by an animal, somewhat representation of concious reflection or soul. Lord Asriel's is a snow leopard and Mrs. Coulter's a monkey. If each and every one of us has a dǽmon, I think mine would be a fox. So cool…. As previously I think my Patronus Charm would be. Ha hah... I asked my sister right after the movie, what does she thinks her dǽmon would be and she said she wouldn't know. I guess it's logical too, since Lyra's dǽmon is ever-changing as well, being a kid and all.

Have you notice that these movies/ books-cum-movies represent its battle, whatever they are?

Say, Harry Potter for instance, is really representing fight against racism. Muggles and Muggle-borns were being discriminate by the Pure-bloods and stuff. Notice that the Death Eaters wore something quite similar to the KKK.

Maybe it’s just me, but have you notice the Sith’s resemblance with the Nazi. George Lucas being Jew (curse be with them) and all, so Jedi must be the Jews. The massacre of all the Jedi = Holocaust, hello? Then, a new breed of Jedi emerged. More secular, more liberal, bringing ‘peace’ to the galaxy. Connect the dots, man. That’s what the Jews would like to believe anyway, don’t you think?

Besides the point. So what's Golden Compass: His Dark Material is all about? This is what I think anyway, and Fad, you might like it.
Magisterium= Authority suppressing the ever-so-freedom-hungry people from getting what they need. They hide truth from the people because of their paranoia, afraid of losing power.
Lord Asriel= Discovered truth and has answer for redemption but being threatened and imprisoned by the authority.
Lyra= Hope of deliverance. Represents innocence and dire curiosity for the truth.
Gobbler & Mrs. Coulter = Dressed in all the pretty outfit, but responsible for all the ugliness, immorality and misdemeanor. Two face, presentably Mesra, Cepat & Betul, but skin deep; devious and vile.
Sounds familiar? Look no further, you'll find the relatables...

Anyway, that’s the real magic of it. You campaign for your battle via your art works. The best medium, I tell you.

Friday 7 December 2007

Fool's Garden.... Again

Why are there so many inconsiderate idiots living in Malaysia?

Of all my angry post, this must be my angriest.

Let me tell you the story of this prick. I think he'd probably just moved out from Fool’s Garden and came living in a new housing near ours. Yeah, I think so too. Finally, something we can agree on. Yeah, finally. Do you mind letting me telling the story here? Okay, please.
Anyway, the monkey hadn’t moved in yet because he was still renovating the irrationally priced Semi-D. I mean RM400K, you ought to get a detached. Of course not my problem, your cash, your trash. Hell do I care; you want to go waste, not my problem. And as we see the structure starting to take shape day by day...

Today, I got back from work and to my surprise; the structure presumably a car garage or a porch of some sort was blocking our side entrance! Blocked! As in no way out no more.
My mom said that the authority gave him a notice to not proceed. The fucker ignored, saying that the Mayor is his uncle. He didn’t care. How can someone be so arrogant, tries to show off, but instead of looking big doing it, they looked extremely BONGOK. Observe, folks. This is how.

1. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D, you are ignorant. You should’ve bargained. Not my problem.

2. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D then renovate it for another RM100-over-grand, you are ludicrous. You should’ve bought a land and make a bungalow. Not my problem.

3. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D then renovate it for another RM100-over-grand and extend the structure up to the government land, you are dense. You should’ve not, you’ll be in big trouble with the authority. And I should care because…. Oh, wait, still not my problem.

4. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D then renovate it for another RM100-over-grand and extend the structure up to the government land and after getting a notice, you still don’t care and claimed that the Mayor’s your relative, you are idiotic. You should’ve kept it. Now you’re making the Mayor look stupid too. Mayor’s problem, pity that ol’ bugger.

5. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D then renovate it for another RM100-over-grand and extend the structure up to the government land and after getting a notice, you still don’t care and claimed that the Mayor’s your relative, and later built a structure so big it blocked other people's houses and entrances , you are stupidly showing off. You should’ve stopped while you’re ahead cos’ now you’re making enemies more than the number of bricks blocking their view, congratulations!

6. If you spent RM400-over-grand for a semi-D then renovate it for another RM100-over-grand and extend the structure up to the government land and after getting a notice, you still don’t care and claimed that the Mayor’s your relative, and later built a structure so big it blocked MY entrance…. You are just asking for it. You should’ve stayed in Fool’s Garden where you and your kind belong!!

Now, lesson to all Dark Justice Practitioner, should this occur in your residential area, at your convenient, grab something destructive, nothing too fancy, a sledgehammer would be sufficient, and tear the wall down piece by piece. Should the owner come and try to stop you in a very angry manner, tip him off with a smile before jabbing the edge of the hammer to his torso, and then give him a good Paul Bunyan swing to his back. Enjoy the sound of agonic scream among the crumbling brick wall. Accompany the happenings with the song 'Raindrops keep falling on my head...' Music never sounds so soothing.

Monday 3 December 2007

There Goes The Time....

A long december and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
- Counting Crows , Long December

I can't believe it's already December. How times fly... I can't wait to give my year end review. Wild year, I tell you...

Anyway, I was looking through a window just now and spotted this magnificent little bugger, and I do mean little. I just luuuuurrrrrrrve this car. If ever you are to use the word "cute" and "sofisticated" in one sentence one day, this would be the moment.

If I have to choose between one of those Orange County Choppers (from Discovery Channel's American Choppers) and smart, 120% I go for smart, no question ask.

Wishful thinking: One day, I helped the owner of this car through something. He was sooo grateful that he can't thank me enough, and eventually gave me his car as a token of appreciation. Amin......

Hahahaha.. BERANGAN!!!!!!!!!!