Thursday, March 27, 2008
DAVID COOK: The Next American Idol
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
heheh, a break...so called
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
release stress thru fingers???
Sunday, March 16, 2008
GSC youths Overnight Vigil
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Goodbye David 'scary eyes' Hernandez
Top 12 showdown
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday
Monday, same old boring stupid monday. Not for me. I didn't go for class today coz I had today is my music exam day. Yamaha Electone organ exam to be exact. Went together with Stacy to Taman Midah in Cheras. Wanting to be ready and early, we accidentally arrived there an hour and a half too early. Surprisingly, the wait in the hall passed kinda fast for me given the fact that I was so damn nervous. Everytime I get nervous on the organ, my leg start shaking and I have to ease off the pedal. Shit it happened again!
My Stagea Mini Electone
Overall, the exam went on fine. I made a bit of mistakes here and there, alot come to think of it. It took only about 5-10minutes and by 1pm I was home already.
Juyi was over at my house this afternoon, and just watching me laze the whole day at home watching my DVD collection and Astro, she was quick to tell me that I was so lazy. I even rememberd her clearly saying that I was so unproductive. So I did take her advice and went to the gym with Roshen(Singh) at night.
Freaking intimidated when I got there. All BIG sized guys at that gym. It was one of those rough and tough workout gyms for bodybuilder wannabes which I've only been to once. It was probably over a year now since I stepped into a gym and previously was at the Melawati club which was one of those air-conditioned, high class ala Fitness First or California Fitness where aunties and uncles are all either on the treadmill, bicycle, or one of those pedalling stuff.
It seemed as though Roshen's only motivation to do more workout was Divya. For every five times he did, he said he will be able to talk to Divya sooner. Stupid. Hey Divya if you ever read this, dun take it so hard on him la ok? He like to joke only.
Hey, RM3 per entry is not bad at all, equipments were the real custom made stuff, sorta like metal rigs with weights here and there. Smell of sweat, walls covered with photos of bodybuilders(men and women). There was even a photo of a guy which look like he's from another planet or mutated. It was freaking ugly and disgusting. His chest, shoulder and biceps muscles made him look like he had 3 pairs of Pamela Anderson's boobs.(Didn't manage to take any photos la) I sweared last night that I would wake up with my whole body aching like nobody's business.
And YES, I manage to wake up and get out of my bed thank God. Though, whole day my body ached when I twist or stretched. Woke up at 7.30 to send my father to the LRT station. He had to go to Singapore on a business trip and will only be back on his brithday which is Thursday.
Ken finished his NS training, so tonight All of us including him will go out makan and play pool before they (Form 5's) take their SPM result. God, I can rmbr the day I took mine, nothing significant except for the fact that I got a single D7 for freaking Bible Knowledge. Spoil my results sheet only.
Went to class today, both boring. We're all fretting about our assingments. I called a PR consultant today to ask for an interview but was simply brushed off and told me to call back tomorrow. I guess PR people are really extremely busy guys la. Sometimes I wonder if I actually chose the right career path.
That's all for now, Cheerio...
Friday, March 7, 2008
AI, Top 12
The results are out and my predictions are pretty good.
Kady Malloy, Luke Menard, Asia'h Epperson and Danny 'gay' Noriega says goodbye.
Sweet gal, Ramiele cried like hell throughout the show especially when Danny was annouced out. I think come her turn, she pengsan lah.
Paula was like standing throughout the show, as though she doen't have a seat. And maybe because she's short, she thought the hood over her head would make her a tiny itsy-bitsy taller.
Danny cried like hell too. obviously.
Well, it had to be between Asia'h or Syesha. Just when I started to remember Asia'h, she says goodbye. Oh well.
Blake's performance sucked max. Dunno what he was singing, an off tune too. Couldn't hear a word and too much 'vocal scratching'.
Today
Top 8 girls battle it out...
Thursday, March 6, 2008
American Idol Top 16, guys nite
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Elections...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Malacca Trip
Took a bus in the morning. Surprisingly comfy bus ride took about 2 hours. And it only cost RM7.80. Bloody hell, that's so much cheaper than taking an executive bus like Nice from KL to Penang. My classmate and host/tour guide, Soon Lee picked us up and got to his house in Simpang 4, Alor Gajah. Dropped our stuff off, and off for the day trip round Malacca town.
First was a meal of the famous Chicken Rice ball. It looks interesting, but really, doesn't taste too different from normal chicken rice. As for desert, we went to the nearby Tan Kim Hock dodol factory, for chendol.
Chicken Rice ball, yum-yum
Then, off to the tourist spots. Got to around Christ church, in fact I got to go inside, my first time. Really beautiful interior, with a painting of the last supper behind the altar and graves down the aisle and at the foot of every pillar. Felt pretty authentic this church.
Me in front of Christ Church
Next stop was Dataran Pahlawan and the famous A'Famosa fort. There was a busker at the ruined chuch at the top. Was pretty good.
Dataran Pahlawan & Top of A'Famosa
We even went to a buddhist temple. Supposedly the most well known and probably oldest in Malacca. All I can say is nice ceilings and rooftop decos. My first time actually being in a temple.
Can't remember the name of the temple, but a beautiful on though
Now, this is my favourite part of all. SATAY CELUP!!! Omg, you have gotta try this. Its so bloody tasty, I could eat this everyday. Sort of like Lok lok but with Satay sauce in the boiling pot.
SATAY CELUP!!! GO CRAZY MAN!!!
We manage to go to the beach(full of stones) to watch the sunset. Skipped a few rocks, and had rock throwing competition.
It was time for food again. This time was really adventurous, siham(kerang) and lala in a dirty old backlane. By the way, siham and lala are types of shellfish. Before we could start, it was like the seas in the sky opening up and it poured like mad. We still managed to eat, under heavily dripping umbrellas. There was even Sotong kangkung and rojak. Supposedly a famous food spot in Malacca coz I saw newspaper clippings on the wall. Wonder if they were actually pointing out dirtiest spots to eat at. I didn't feel quite adventurous so I decided to survived on my reserve of Satay Celup in my tummy.
After that, we drove around malacca town for a while, while our 'tour guide' explained. I have to say, it was an experience juz sitting in a car cruising around Malacca. Most of the roads were one way streets and we could be driving around for ages and end up at the same spot without knowing it. The roads were so beautiful coz it was like roads thru nostalgic buildings painted and lighted up in red.
Got home to my friends, took a shower, and out we went again to Tampin for Satay and Char Koay Teow. Omg, The Char koay teow was arguably the best I've ever tasted. Penang's can't even beat it. We managed to drive into the A'Famosa Resort on the way home. Nice place, with a cowboy town, exclusive residence, hotels, and a safari park. It was all dark at night though.
Crazy friends drove like riders from hell. The roads were so empty around that area so we had a lil' danger fun I confess. I did freak out, mind you.
The place was so busy at 1 am, we had to bbq our own satay
By the time we got home, it was 2 in the morning. Gambled till 6 or so. Fell asleep till 12pm and caught the 3.30 bus home. This time the bus wasn't that comfy. It was hot, and bumpy. All in all a good trip. Next trip, East Malaysia(nah, juz kidding).
Monday, March 3, 2008
Friendster, Facebook, MySpace? Are they really connecting us?
So, on today's menu, we have Hi5 and Bebo and Flickr for appetizers. As for the main course, your choice of either Friendster, Facebook or MySpace. And dessert, a whole bunch of crappy sites.
I'm sure most of you have at least one account of either one of these so-called social networking websites. Some of you even have a few...ON THE SAME SITE! Oh c'mon, You have 2 or 3 or even 5 friendster accounts full? I bet you only know a handful of them. From my observation, if you have that many 'friends' on your account, you are actually a famous public figure, a model or juz extremely hot...I mean attractive.
So, are these sites actually connecting you to your friends(old schoolmates, colleagues) and are they actually creating new, good, lasting friendships? I mean if you were to actually be connected to all your friends, you would probably need to have a 2 or more different accounts on different sites. Okay, no doubt Malaysia's really wired up through Friendster and Facebook is picking up. So you have a choice. Meet only your friendster friends or only your facebook friends. I'd rather join both and keep in touch with everyone.
I believe to a certain extent that it really helps keep you connected and keep your social status going. Coz now, everyone can see who you are friends with. But face the fact, psychologically, meeting and chatting with people in person does so much more for the emotional side and helps friends bond better. Imagine this, a virtual girlfriend(or boyfriend), you like totally can't even make out...duh...
Okay, there are probably a ton of other reasons these sites are there(here...where?) for us. One I can think of is MySpace being a potential launchpad for potential musicians and stars. Like that gal who sang Bubbly(what's her name again?). She's probably the luckiest Myspace user. Myspace is primarily used by artists(singers not painters) who can't afford to set up a website to connect with their fans. And their hoping to be discovered and make it big. Just like my Aussie cousin and his band. (Hey Craig, I hope you're okay with this ...cheap advertising)
I don't really use MySpace although I have an account.
Friendster and Facebook. Friendster is like an oldtimer compared to FB(Facebook). Facebook is really big in the US. Open the IT section of the newspapers and you're bound to read a news on FB or its creator. (what's his name now...somethin Zucchini-berg?) Gosh, he's an instant millionaire for God's sake. FB is like the new, fresh, hip and happening place on the web. They have these applications which at 1st seems totally interesting and later becomes such a nuisance with all those bloody requests. And here comes dear old Friendster with the 'all-new' Friendster applications. (Which really is the same as FB's stuff) If you've noticed, friendster's full off accounts from the Philipines. Seems rather popular over there.
But I guess its fun to use these site anyway, putting up photos, videos and writing testimonials for all your friends. Even posting 'important' news on the bulletins.
The verdict: Social networking sites does help you stay connected to a certain extent in terms of number of contacts and fun virtual activities, but lack in the emotional and true friendship bonding point of view. (I feel like its the Mythsbusters now)... I would say, its plausible.
And here's a little something for all of you(still haven't found a term to address 'all of you') to laugh about.
The Facebook Song
Take the poll too ya...
Hope to c'ya again soon.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
A fitting intro....or ending...
U c (here we go again), I am not really the type who likes to read and write, so...u get it. Besides, all I can write about are my problems, I think. Ain't such a good thing to tell the world right?
So why? Why have I started a blog? Well, a few of my friends kept telling me to, it seems they think I'm interesting. Am I? Also, I've always thought about it since like, few years back. In fact I did set up a blog, and before I could start 'blogging'(wazzup with da word anyway?!), I already forgotten the address, username and password.
Yea, so its 10 minutes past midnight on the 3rd of March, 2008. I'm sitting in front of a monitor(obviously) with my oh so uncomfortable headphones on my necks just because my speakers are plugged out temporarily. Final semester of college starts today, 12 hours or so from now. Probably another 2 or 3 months till I get my Diploma. By the way, I'm a Mass Communication student majoring in Public Relations(not 'pubic' for you jokers out there). Anyway, my study life will probably be another topic later on. Right now, I can't believe I've written so much. (Stop laughing at me you bookworms).
So, what should I be blogging about anyway? My life, I dun think there's much to add. Maybe a few moments but what else? Interesting topics I come across?(Elections' might not be it) Yea I guess I'll just blog whatever I find interesting. Hey, I heard that if blogs get real famous and there are alot of frequent visitors, the owner can earn money from ads on placed on the page. Is it true? Cool.
So, guys(people/readers/brothers from the guy in the evolution charts?!!). Yea, I should find a suitable word to call all of you readers, don't you think? So, please keep checkin out my blog, and love to have you here.
P.S. So how'd I do as an intro/1st time blogger? LOL