A Cup of Banana-Cino

My first website

2011-10-09T21:07:00.001+08:00

Woots!!!I just created my first website!!! Check it out:http://www.emiliovergara.comThanks!

Homestays in Malaysia

2011-09-29T01:14:00.002+08:00

I live in an area with several college and universities around and it isn't surprising to see many homes around here being rented out and mostly to these students, especially Tunku Abdul Rahman College students. See, I was a student there too, and I was lucky that I was brought up in this area, so during my college days, I didn't have to go through the hardships of renting a place.

I've heard many stories from friends about renting a place and more often than not, not very good ones. All the way from lousy housemates, leaking pipes, to just being way out of any shops or plain expensive.

I always thought how these people actually finally decide on a house or apartment to rent. For me I would be so fussy about everything. Thus, when I came across this iBilik Malaysia advert on the back of a taxi, I wondered if my these students actually use this to look for a place. I was curious so I went to check it out online.

I actually thought it was pretty good stuff, I mean, it was easy to look for a place online. Just type in what you're searching for and wallaa... some even comes with pictures. of course you would still have to call and meet up and get everything done the old way, but really deciding on one should be far easier than checking out printed or hand-written adverts at bus stops and on lamp posts.

I also found out that the website also gives the opportunities for short term stays. It's like Malaysia Homestays. I thought is was a great idea. people coming to visit for a day or two now need not spend a fortune at hotels. They could get a homely place for a reasonable price... and fast too.

Hmm, this just gave an idea, I probably should put up my empty house up on the wall, who knows... could use a few extra bucks u know.

2010-08-23T08:59:00.001+08:00

I don't know what's right or what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
And when do you think it will all become clear
'Cuz I'm being taken over by the Fear

-Lily Allen-

10 Years of Fleishman Hillard KL

2009-07-23T19:46:00.003+08:00

This video was made for the 10 Years anniversary of FHKL.

I almost cried watching this video. So touching although I've only been a part of them briefly. I am so honoured and proud to have been part of The FHKL team.

Ang Mo Singlish

2009-06-29T01:50:00.001+08:00

Zee Avi

2009-05-25T00:23:00.003+08:00

Was introduced to this video by Jeremy. Her name's Zee Avi, If I'm not wrong, she's from Miri and is currently recording an album with a recording company in LA.

Check out the video. Her voice is so sweet, reminds me of those olden days kinda songs, like P.Ramlee or Saloma or something, close to Norah Jones I would say. There's like 4 or 5 song in this video, I love the third song, Kantoi.

If Were a Boy (Remix - Beyonce feat. R. Kelly)

2009-05-24T23:49:00.003+08:00

Just a quick video: one of the most awesome remixes I've heard.

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2009-05-24T13:46:00.010+08:00

Yes, yes, I know I've not been blogging for way too long.

Updates of my life... here goes:

1. Internship at Fleishman Hillard ended last week
2. College starts tomorrow
3. In charge of the college music society now (wondering whether to give up)
4. Ate at Italiannies twice since I last blogged, plus awesome all you can eat dimsum at Pavillion.
5. Been dealing a lot with Malaysia Airlines, through the company I was working for.
6. Met with big time local bloggers a few times through the MAS events including one last night.
7. Tried out the baked chicken bacon wrap recipe which turned out quite well.

Baked Chiken and Bacon wrap.

8. Really pissed with the computer and hoping to get a laptop soon.

At the office

Lunch at ItalianniesMe and my boss, Kel on my last day

My 13 weeks internship at Fleishman Hillard KL has oficially ended last week. Really didn't mind goin on for a while more but had some other responsibilities in college and so on. Back to college tomorrow for the final year of studies before going off to Liverpool.

In college, I'm the new chairman of the music society. Long story short: I didn't know nuts about the society...it sort of died off...SAD wanted to revive it...called me...I said yes...the end.
Last Wednesday we had our Society day, recruiting freshmen to the society. Won second place for Best Performance, thanks to Aryton and his cousin. I sucked.

Food...fooooodddd. I guess I'm beginning to become a foodie. I have seemed to developed a urge to try new food at new places. Anyway, I've like grew fatter since I started my internship, coz the food at Mid Valley are good. Oh well, time to diet. Had Italliannies twice, Carl's Jr twice plus a whole lot of good food. Plus, I went to this all you can eat dim sum buffet at LiJin, Pavillion. I would recommend the place to all.

LiJin Dimsum at Pavillion KL, 6th Flr

For my birthday last month, my family and I went to this North Korean restaurant along Jln Ampang for dinner. I was real authentic Nort Korean food. And all the waitress there are from North Korea. Don't ask me how they managed to get out of that shithole of a country and landed up here. But they were beautiful, pretty, talented, sweet...everything perfect. My gawd, guys, you'll drool not because of the food. I trid taking picturres of them, but was asked to delete it immediately due to security reasons for them, seeing that they are from North Kore after all.

Some North Korean dish

One of the events when I was at FH was this MAS In-Flight kitchen tour for bloggers. It was awesome. We went behind the scenes to see how they prepare airline food. And of course, I got to eat till my heart's content.
If you're up for Cendol, try Wahab's Cendol. Expanding from a roadside stall since 1986, you can now find the new shop in Rampai Business Park. Very nice cendol. have it with tapai, pulut, jagung, kacang merah, aiskrim. U suka la.

Since I've been with FH, I've attended three MAS events for bloggers. It was awesome to be meeting Malaysia's top bloggers including KennySia, KampungBoy and CityGal, Wingz, Simon Seow, and so on...

The best was the Cabin Crew Training Experience. It was awesome. Check out the photos.

Me @ Malaysia Airlines Academy, Kelana Jaya

It's not easy climbing up that raft

They actually have to swim in their Kebayas

The bloggers and trainers at the MAS Academy

Here they come, EMERGENCY!!!

The winners of MAS The Great Escapade contest.

Lovestory meets Viva la Vida

2009-05-09T02:57:00.001+08:00

A quick video upload, this is awesome.

Dang, what I do for work.

2009-04-17T18:34:00.002+08:00

Check out my previous post! That's actually what I had to do for work man. How cool.

It is actually a contest. If you wanna join, here's the link:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Malaysia-Airlines-Travel/52798899711?v=app_4949752878&viewas=584138698

and please do be a fan of the page ya. Make that your birthday present to me. Hahaha.

The Great Escapade, My Fun Travel with MAS!

2009-04-17T16:52:00.004+08:00

So here's to begin, I'm on my way to collect my top secret mission message from my top secret, ultra hidden headquarters namely my bedroom. See, I'm really a super secret agent Double-O-Zero-no-Hero. And I'll only have shaken-not-stirred Milo-O. That's a whole lot of O's to begin with eh?

I like blue, its more creative than some other dull but famous colour

Opened the laser sealed envelope and there was a note from my bosses, MummyPappy(not so moneypenny friendly). They have left for our hometown due to a very urgent matter. I had to travel myself, and all I have is...let's see...one, two, three, nuts. I don't have enough money to grab a flight ticket. Hang on, they should leave me at least a ticket in the envelope right? What's this? A MAS stimulus package ad? It's like a mission list/puzzle. How am I to figure this out?

How can this puzzle be? This must not be real. Slap me! Bite me! 80% off domestic and Asean fares? I had to. There was no other way. I had to use it. It was as good as getting money from MummyPappy. I already had my eye fixed on this till I saw...

Balik Kampung!

What kind of deal was it? Oooohh, more low fares, to balik kampung? How super secret agently cool...wait. How is this super secret agently cool? C'mon, you wouldn't even know how a super secret agent travel home, coz they are...SUPER SECRET! I'm sure even super secret agents can't resist this balik kampung deal.

Check out what I packed. My super suit. Kinda looks like IronMan though.

And then I thought to myself as I packed my luggages? Should I pack light? should I prepare myself for the widely known uncomfortable economy class flight? Should I wear comfortably and eat well and sleep first? Just then, I had an enlightenment! It caught my eye. Another clue to the puzzle.

I could enjoy Business Class comfort and service while only flying economy!

Now I feel like a super secret agent. I get to fly Business. Hang on...I am a super secret agent. Wow. I rushed over to catch my flight. And the MAS crew really treated me like I was some big shot. Of course, under all this, I am after all, a super secret agent.

The professional super secret team of agents. Felt so professional with MAS' crew's service.

The flight was all that was promised, even better. It was so satisfying both experience and financially. After all, I am only Agent Double-O-Zero-No-Hero, and not Double-O-Seven. Check it out, his code doesn't even rhyme.

I did reach my kampung safe and sound and satisfied. And my mission. My so so urgent mission? I almost forgot about it while enjoying the fantastically comfortable flight.

It was my Birthday?!!?!

And how special was it to have a MAS logo cake.

They wanted to surprise me this way? Wow! I think the flight was a present itself. More than that if I may say. I love it. Don't get me wrong, I love my family too, but I almost forgot about them while on the plane. So great to have a double celebration. Trust me, the flight was a celebration itself.

I told my family...waitaminute, its turning out to be a family story instead of a super secret agent mission log.

I told my super secret team about the flight and the awesome deals by MAS. Guess what, they already knew about it. In fact, they already got their return fares all worked out, with great bargains too. "How"? I asked.... no. I begged to know! It was MAS' Grab-a-Deal. Another clue on my puzzle. By signing up with the deal, they could easily get their flights all worked out with the best bargains possible. Wow, this would really save the Super Secret Agency a whole lot of money. See, we save, unlike some "super famous" agent. In your face JB!

Guess what? Little agent bro gets to fly free. FREE?? FREE??? Wow, these clues on my puzzle(which is really just an advertisement), is starting to amaze me. Yea, since there's already two full-fledge agents with tickets, the little one gets to fly free. It is really what it says. Kids Fly Free. Whoa!

I'm almost out of this world! JUMP BACK TO REALITY DUDE!!!

It's really out of this world!

Ok OK, I'm back. I'm just a normal 20 year old. Wow, what an experience. I guess I really thought I was a secret agent. I guess, the unbelievable MAS' deals made me think so. Wow, that was good! I have to say the deals in the MAS' stimulus package really makes it the perfect time to travel. Light on the wallet, Heavy on the experience. I just have one thing to say:

“Man! That was great. This truly is the time to travel!”

Towards Easter

2009-04-05T15:30:00.010+08:00

Oh the youths. Great job carrying out two successful events in preparation for Easter. Glad to have been part of the team.

Overnight Vigil 2009

Just as last year, only bigger and better. This time we had youths as young as 13 joining us and also youths from St Josephs. A total of about 150 people tried to stay up throughout the night all for the glory of God. Honestly, we under-estimated the number of prticipants. We were only targeting 50-70. I myself was panicky when I saw the list a day before.

As usual, I helped in the music department. :D This time we had the support of the St Joe guys, with another keyboard to play backups. Awesomeness! Praise and worship as usual. But seriously, by the morning, I was just to sleepy. C'mon, I haven't been sleeping well throughout the week due to work. And now I gotto stay up whole night? I actually played the wrong song la, lost concentration ady. So embarassing. Hahah.

The Praise and Worship Team

The crowd was good, although a there were a lil' problems here and there. No big deal. Activities went according to plan although a lil' timing problem. Here are some photos of the activities such as washing of the feet, a skit, praise and worship, games and so on.

Bern as modern Saul for the skit of St Paul

Live Rosary

Divine Mercy prayer at 3am sharp

Peaceful, meaningful and solemn Adoration

The washing of feet, just as Jesus did

Praying for one another

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Palm Sunday/ World Youth Day Mass & Celebration

Great job to the choir!!! I could feel the energy!!! Thanks to the chinese and the tamil youths, you guys did an awesome job too.

The musicians

Musicians were great, sound very smooth. I'm sure we did our best all for the glory of God's name. Nothing else to say really... Here, photo time....

The youth choir

Fellowship after mass

GSC's angels

Keep it up yo...

A little note to my dear friends here,

In this holy season of lent, let us remember how our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. Humbled himself, took all our sins and the sins of the whole world upon his shoulders. God most mighty, chose to be man, persecuted by His own creation, the very people He loved so much that He was willing to give His life.

As we await the coming of our Lord this Easter, let us do all that we can to spread the Good News of what is to come. Let us share this joyous occasion with those who have yet to know God, to experience his Love.

I believe that in each one of us, we know, and we should search for that one special place in our heart which we can put Jesus, above all other earthly matters. Let that little Jesus in our hearts remind ourselves that whatever we do, we do for the Glory of His precious name and not for our own gain.

We can be proud of what we have achieved, but be proud for the right reasons. Be proud of the fact that we know we have done our best in glorifying God and NOT because we have proved to others that we can do it. Be proud of the fact that we have spread the good news to others, NOT because we have shown others we know about God better than them.

Last but not least, be proud of the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ listens to us, watches over us, cares for us, lives in us and LOVES us!

Remember that it is in God's name that we have become who we are today, as an individual and as a community.

Music Society of TARC??? Now???

2009-04-02T18:43:00.002+08:00

The weirdest thing happened to me. You know I love music more than anything. I always wanted to get involved with music performing and stuff. And I have, most of the time in church.

Well this morning, my course-mate, DJ called me and passed me to a lady, Ms Yap, from the Students Affairs Department(SAD-yeah totally sad) of TAR College. Anyway, she was like asking me out of no where, "Would you like to be the chairman of the college music society?"

And I'm like huh??!?!

Gracious me, I was never part of the music society. Not even for their battle of the bands or whatever. I did sign up when I first joined the college 3 years ago as a freshman, paid bloody RM5 to the society for nothing. They did not even SMS me or informed me of meetings or gatherings. WTF?? I went for the first two or three meets, and that was after I heard from my friends about it. I got fed up that I actually paid RM5 for nothing, not even being informed of meetings. I gave up. Burn my RM5. No more music society for me.

It seems, last year the music society actually went dead. So now, they are like trying to revive it. I feel so honoured and shocked. It's like, do I look like a saviour for the society?

Anyway, I did not say no to it, coz I'm actually really interested in leading this society. But then again, I did not say yes too. I'm like, ok, we'll see about it.

So, right now I'm looking for TARcians all over, high and low, who would like to join forces with me. Just join the society and see wazzup wazzup la. I oso like blur blur. Haha. So, if you're interested, please lemme know. Leave me a comment or something with your email or number, I'll get in contact with you. I have yet to see what's going on with the society though.

If I have enough support, I'll probably say yes to the pos.

Awesome ain't it? Come to think of it, it's like paying RM5 to be chairman of the society. LOL.

All bundled into one

2009-03-08T21:08:00.004+08:00

It's a HOLIDAY tomorrow!!!

I know, it's like so... totally awesome, girl! Oh no, such a bitch you are...
Like O.M.G.... you just called me a... oh, I can't even say it. I thought we were b.f.f.s?...

What...Ever...

That's how I sometimes talk to myself when I'm all stressed up. Seriously. You must be thinking that I must be nuts talking like such a bimbo. Now I probably understand abit why bimbo's are such crazy people.

Yeah, work has been tough for me. Extreme long hours in the office, with a lot of things to be finished within a certain time. Gosh. I actually stayed in the office till 12 midnight in my second week of internship. But the people are friendly though. Nice people who really keeps the office cheerful and not so serious.

This are photos from Kel's brithday cum our boss's 5th anniversary as boss celebration. Ada Secret Recipe and Champagne u know. All in the office. Hehe.

Cheers!!!

Some of the girls at the office.

I had the chance to go for an event for the company. It was a charity screening of Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula which is supposed to be Malaysia's first 3D animated movie. 3D as in like Pixar movies not IMAX. But it was cool. Even gotto take a photo with the main characters, Upin & Ipin. It was better than expected. he storyline was believable, and in the middle it got pretty scary, much too scary for a kids cartoon. Anyway, the movie screening was for a group of orphans who were sonsored by one of our clients, MDV, to watch the movie.

So, Jason MR.A-Z has come and gone. I didn't go cause it would be tiring for me to go for a concert on a weekday. My bro went though...and as usual, with our free tickets. Yeah, so, where's Rihanna? I have a very very strong feeling (as in confirmed) that she will not be coming. C'mon, especially after all the commotion, the concert wouldn't be the same anyway.

"THIS IS AMERICAN IDOL"

Yes yes. It is the idol season again! And I've already found my favourite for this year. Wait for it...

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ADAM LAMBERT!

He is so good. I mean, his voice, to me, is like a mixture of Axl Rose, Elvis Presley, Fall Out Boy. Just the best. From the low notes, to the high notes, to sounding like an electric guitar solo.

Of course I have my other favourites too but i have a feeling this is gonna be a guys year. With Danny Gokey, Anoop 'Brown' Dogg, Scott McIntyre. It's a pretty tough forthe girls to compete, although Lil' Rounds shouldn't be too worried.

Yeah, so that's all for now. I won't be updating much anytime soon. Probably will fill you in on the Good Shepherd's Youths Overnight Vigil comin up sometime end of this month.

Work-Fun-Work

2009-02-18T22:47:00.003+08:00

Heyya guys, been a busy weekend for me. Remember the job that I had to go to Bukit Tinggi for two days, it was fun. Now, I'm currently into my first week of internship at Fleishman-Hillard. pretty stressed out, but I guess it's just the getting use to part.

Well, I loved the job which i got to go to Bukit Tinggi. Not a very hard job, in fact very fun job. Glad to have Cherry introduce me.

Our boss, Bart was such a fun, free & easy fella. We did a team building progam for managers from the company, Grundfos. Pretty fun to be taking notes of managers' behaviours and personality once in a while. Lol. Here are some photos. Honest ly I'm just too tired to type any more. hahahahaa.....

Uncomfortably/ Happy

2009-02-11T23:50:00.004+08:00

I finally got my braces out yesterday. I was so happy to see my teeth in the mirror. So smooth and straight. However I still need to wear retainers for a while. It doesn't look as bad as braces, but it is bloody uncomfortable! Its like two big pieces of plastic in my mouth. And I'm not suppose to take it out 24/7 except when brushing teeth. Who cares, how the hell do you expect me to eat with it in la?...adoi.

Tomorrow I'm off to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang for the team building faci job. I was so glad to read this morning in the papers that Rihanna's concert has been postponed. This means I might have a chance to go see. I had a hunch already about this Friday's concert being called off after reading on the Web on Monday, after the Grammys, that Chris Brown and Rihanna didn't turn up because of some police arrest on Chris Brown. We still are not sure about Rihanna being the victim of Chris Brown's actions...we'll see if one of them comes forward and admits.

What's goin on?

2009-02-05T23:33:00.004+08:00

Yay, a burden finally off my chest. The final paper of this terms exams are over. Freaking cyber law! Who cares who sues who... When I need to go to court, I'll probably just get a lawyer to do all the research for me. I did well though... I think. I'm only just very worried bout my PR theories paper. Really screwed that one up. Oh well, whats done is done.

I have an appointment with the orthodontist(that's dentist who does braces, for you, nice teethed buggers) next Tuesday. I really really must insist that they take it out of my mouth this time.

No more postponement!

Bloody hell, twice already they postpone my appointment. I want a mouth without braces already. I wanna blow bubble gums again. Imagine, three years without bubble gum. I know you Singaporeans must be like "Three years only what...we here lifetime you know". Too bad suckers!!!

Rihanna's gonna perform in KL next Friday!!! OMG!! I so want to go! It's like my dream artist is performing in KL. Since last year I was like "If Rihanna comes to KL, I'm so there". I heard the tickets are like almost sold out, and that was last weekend. Oooh, I so love Rihanna. But I did take up a job earlier which "COINCIDENTALLY" falls on Friday too. Well, I'm looking forward to this job anyway. I'm gonna be a facilitator for a corporate team building camp over two days in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang. From what I heard, it's gonna be fun with outdoor activities and all, so pretty excited about it too. Besides, with all the PAS "hoo-ha" about banning Rihanna's concert and all the stupid clothing and performance regulations, I'd rather wait till I go overseas to watch her. C'mon, you know what was PAS reason for banning of the concert? They say that if you watch Rihanna's concert, you are also supporting Israel in the war in Gaza because the tax money which Rihanna pays to the US government goes to all the weapons used by Israel.

Who gives a FUCK about that, man?!!

I did send a text message comment to The Star, but I guess it was too defamatory to be published. They're afraid I'll be arrested under ISA.

I have one week of free time before I start my Industrial Training/Internship at Fleishman-Hillard, one of the top PR firms in Malaysia. Really honoured to be accepted there. I hope I don't screw anything up. Well, at least not too much. Hey, mistakes are a part of learning. Just realised, I won't be seeing my classmtes and coursemates for a whole three months. Miss ya guys, see ya soon.

Belated CNY

2009-01-30T17:59:00.002+08:00

Hiya guys,

Hope you all are enjoying this Chinese New Year. Me? I went back to Penang again. Nothing special. Had Western/Filipino/Chinese food for reunion dinner...haha. Fusion they call it.

So it's the year of the Ox, and I've been reading the papers and magazines on what's installed for me this year. You know, those feng shui stuff and like if you're born in the year of whatever...how will this year go for you. So like, I'm born in the year of the snake. I read an article and it said it was a bad year for me, but another article said it was good. So, can you actually believe this stuff? My relatives were like... all this is common sense la, ownself make own destiny la. It's like some of these funny examples:

"You will fall down if you trip."

"Man who puts hand in pocket feels cocky all day."

Confucius say: "If you sleep with itchy backside, you will wake up with smelly finger"

"If you piss in the wind, you will get wet."

Oh btw, try and say it with a chinese accent... makes it a whole lot funnier. Haha. enjoy...

YOUTH'09

2009-01-05T00:08:00.002+08:00

Anyone up for Youth'09? Check it out and see if u wanna join in the fun.

My personal priority pass...cool.

New Year at Maison

2009-01-04T23:34:00.004+08:00

Counted down the new year at Maison this time. Hung out with a few college mates, some of which I didn't even know. Who cares? New friend, new year.

The place, the people

The drinks

The wackyness

And the red face...Oh, hi there Cherry.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2008-12-23T10:00:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

Graphics for Chistmas Comments

Have a wonderful, merry and blessed Christmas.

Better pray that you've been good all year, or else no Santa with presents will appear.

I'm good at this...

2008-12-20T23:31:00.003+08:00

I won another contest out of a magazine. Second from Lime magazine. This time it is the Usher/Leona Lewis Contest. I feel its just too easy to win la. Is is because no one even tries to?
The first contest I won from Lime was just a few months back, The Dark Knight contest. This time I won a gift hamper worth RM200 including a Leona Tshirt, an Usher cap and 6 CDs. How cool is that?

Singapore in a Breeze

2008-12-18T11:23:00.017+08:00

You would think a holiday trip would be relaxing and exciting. Well, my first visit out of the country was such a rush, hectic and tiring. But hey, to see it all, you have to rush through the city, considering the fact that my trip was only for like 3 days (2 days if you minus the journey).

My first step out of Malaysia! Seriously.

But I have to say,

Singapore was FANTABULOUS

(I just thought the word's kinda catchy).

I'll just run through the places I visited in Singapore, its a good thing we joined the packaged tour or else we wouldn't know where to go and will be wasting time lookig for the places. The latest attraction, The Singapore Flyer. Similar to the Eye on Malaysia and Eye of London, only it is the largest in the world. And God, was it enourmous. Somehow, it didn't seem bigger than the Eye of London as portrayed in the Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Probably, it was movie effects wich made the one in London larger. The gondola was was so big, it could probably fit 25-30 people in it. A half hour seem to fly by as it went round.

The world's tallest and largest Ferris Wheel?

I just love this photo

Now this was the sucky part. Our bus was leaking oil because of a faulty filter and we were stuck at the Flyer for 2 hours as our bus driver and tour guide went round the city to look for a replacement part and repaired it.

My family decided, why waste the time by waiting, why not walk around the area and take a look at the newly built Formula One track and the pit stop building. It was really cool being able to stand on the track where the fastest car race in the world took place just months ago. I could still see the melted rubber on the track left by the tyres of Alonso's, Raikonnen's and Hamilton's awesome machines.

The staring grid of the race track and the pit stop building

The next stop after dinner at a foodcourt called the old airport road foodcourt, was the Night Safari. Oh My Gawd, after visiting here, I couldn't even imagine Zoo Negara in KL be called a zoo. The first thing before the entrance was a performance by fire eaters. And they were really authentic, dressed like Islanders in "natural clothing" they put such a "heated show". I could feel the heat when blew flames like dragons.

The deco and theme was so authentic, they even had lions roaring in the toilet. I mean, guys, you understand how pressured it is when you're standing there easing yourself and a lion creeps up behind you and roar. You will be like, oh shit, should I run with a flowing pipe or should I finish and let the lion eat me up. The place was really done up so well I felt like I was really in the jungle, only with another thousand of people or more. Damn it was packed with visitors. The queue for the safari ride was probably more than half hour long.

The Kancil. What my CLK is named after.

The Safari Ride took us round the largest man made ecosystem, where they brought us so close to animals you could reach out and touch them, even lions and elephants. My mum was like, "Eh, why they can do like that one?? No safety. What if the animals decide to go crazy?"

Can you see the black colored Binturong hanging from the rope?

Besides that, the animal show just showed how smart animals can be. I was so entertained by the ferrets putting recyclables into the right bins. And they did it although they were acting like they had a hard time doing it.
The sad thing was I couldn't get clear photos here, coz it was in the night and flash photography was prohibited.

For the first day, I thought Singapore could not be better than this.

I was wrong.

One thing I noticed was that most of the workers at this tourism spots were youngsters. Probably in their twenties. How I wish to work at one of these places. Five girls ran the animal show flawlessly.

By the time we checked into our hotel that night, it was almost 12 midnight. Imagine after 18 hours out of the house, round Singapore, and all the walking, I just couldn't believe I could wake up at 7 the next morning.

First stop for the day, boat ride down the river and got up close with the famed Merlion of Singapore. Mermaid+Lion= Merlion. Actually I thought the Merlion was kinda ugly. Apologies to my Singaporean friends ya, dun so kiasu ok? The boat ride was a bore for me though. Probably coz I was still sleepy.

The Merlion and sleepy me.

Next stop, Chinatown. Obviously, we had to visit Chinatown somehow. It was not as happening as Petaling Street, but I think was more authentic. I mean, Chinatown in KL is now more like Bangladeshitown. In Singapore, you still could see Chinamen and women selling Chinese stuff and tourist souveniers instead of imitation goods and pirated DVDs. It was here where I understood the phrase "Singapore is a FINE city". Fine not as in perfect, fine as in summonses. FYI, you will get fined for littering, smoking, and chewing gum.

Check out this fridge magnet I got from Chinatown

The Chinese Heritage Center really captured the history of the early Chinese settlers there. They got one of the old houses and converted it into a place where people could go back in time to have a look at how the early sttlers lived. They preserved many of the things in the house and it was as real as can be.

Chinatown, Singapore

After a dissapointing Mongolian BBQ lunch, it was off to Sentosa island where I would consider it a theme park Island. Seriously pack "kao kao" man the island. What I was really excited was, there was like a whole school of Japanese students visiting too. I'm guessing they're from a girls school coz I didn't see ay guys at all. Everywhere I looked, it was Japanese girls in their uniform. *grins*

Must have one poyo shot right? :D

The Merlion on Sentosa Island

First stop, the Images of Singapore. Before going in, I thought, ohh no, another museum. It was a museum alright, but I didn't think it would be so interesting to learn about the history of Singapore and how the people lives then. Although, I wouldn't want to be stuck in there alone in the night. The wax statues were pretty real and scary. How'd I know if "Night at the Museum" wouldn't happen to me.

Next was the Tiger Sky Tower, the one where they bring you real high up in this revolving tower to see Singapore from high up. It's similar to the Solero Shot in Genting, only they don't stop your heart with a down-to-Hell drop, instead with a breath taking view. Nothing special here I thought. Then it was off to a 40 minute queue for the 4D Pirate show experience. The others kept asking what's 4D. Why 4D and not 3D? I had a simple explanation, 4D is 3D with a shaking seat. I was half right though. They also had air blowing at your feet and behind your ears to imitate crabs and bees surrounding you and water splashing at you.

The Vergara boys in 3D.....glasses.

After that was off to the luge and skyride. The luge was like sitting on a skateboard and rolling down the hill...fast. And the skyride was like a skilift to bring you back up only, it offered yet another beautiful aerial view of the island.

My bro pandai posing la...

The last event on Sentosa was after dinner and

for the second day, I thought Singapore could not get better than this.

I was wrong again.

It was the Songs of the Sea show and again MY GOD, it was spectacular! A lights, fountain, laser, fire and fireworks show all combined in the ultimate experience. You would have to see it to believe it. The technology, choreography and engineering put into this show was ...Fantabulous??

Laser lights and water fountains created this face in the sky.

Could feel the heat even though it was far away. There were some flames nearer.

Before heading back to the hotel, the promised open-top bus ride round Singapore, particularly Ochard Road was help up for more than an hour due to the stupid bus company not keeping to schedule. Most of te adults in our tour got so angry, stormed the counter and finally we got all 44 of our butts on a vacant 35 seater bus.

Off with the roof

The famed, and I thought over-rated Orchard Road was nothing special lah. People kept saying the Christmas deco there was the nicest, to me, yea, i was ok. Better than Bukit Bintang though.

Another relieving sight of our hotel rooms an beds after a whole day of touring. The next day was our last place to visit and it was the Jurong Bird Park. And I thought Singapore cound not be better.

My dad helping out with one of the tricks

Two bird shows, the first was the Birds of Prey, with meat eating birds such as eagles, owls, vultures and some other species flying inches above our heads. The second show was the Birds and Buddies show where all kinds of birds took part. I couldn't believe how smart birds, or animals for that matter, could be.

The Tuki bird, just like the one from George of the Jungle

I can't describe the whole show here but what really caught eveyone's attention was the talking bird, Amigo. Oh, you may think, yea, the bird says 'Hello', 'How are you' and 'Bye bye', nothing special. But have you ever seen or heard a bird sing Rasa Sayang? How about a mandarin nursery rhyme? How bout counting 1-10 in English and Mandarin. Check the video out.

It seemed like that every tourist spot there was a shop selling glow-in-the-dark merchandise. The Flyer, Night Safari, Sentosa, and the Bird Park. I saw this Tshirt at the Night Safari, and I was so lovin' it I was about to bring it to the counter when I thought, waitaminute, this shirt is nice, the price shoud be very "nice" too. True enough, it cost S$49. That's about RM115 for a Tshirt. I put it back heavy heartedly.

My bro's shoes

It was time to say goodbye to Singapore. I really had a good time there and the trip wasn't enough for me.

I shall be back Singapore!!!

Finally, I finished typing. Now, to load the photos. LoL.

I'm in Singapore!

2008-12-14T00:11:00.002+08:00

Hi to all of you. This will be just a short entry as I'm typing from the Hotel's business room.

Yes, I am in Singapore with my family, and we joined a tour package, so, after walking the whole day round Singapore from the wee hours of the morning till now, I still had the urge of just posting something here. Hey, It's my first time stepping on a foreign land. I even got a picture of me taking my first step out of Malaysia. LoL.

This is quite a budget package, so I'm staying at a 2 star hotel in the Geylang district. If you guys know well enough, Geylang is to Singapore as ChowKit is to KL. It is the "Red Light" district of Singapore. And seriously, no joke, there are 2 backlanes surrounding this hotel and I've never seen a buzier backstreet since the BSBoys. I walked out to look for some hawkers, and my God, it's like a pasar malam. Easily a 100 people in the dark, of which half are whores. Looking down from my room window, the other backlane houses a gambling table (Illegal obviously). Its really anew experience for me. I mean, my parents are like : "Ooh, wanna go walk around the backlanes anot, mebe look for food?". I'm like, "hmm, isn't it just wrong walking among prostitutes with your parents?" It's like taking drugs under the supervision of a police officer.

The room is not all that bad. Yes, it is the smallest bedroom I've ever seen, but after a tiring day, you would just be glad to see a bed, no matter how shabby it may be.

I will continue about my fantabulous visit to Singapore, with a little dissapoitments her and there.
To everyone, I have to say this first, "Singapore is a FINE City".

The Two Fantastic Performances

2008-12-11T01:51:00.005+08:00

Two performances within a week, wow. Seriously, too much for me to handle la, considering the fact that I have 2 assignments due, one week after another, a presentation and a mid-term test to sit. God.

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Claris Concert 2008

The Grand Ballroom of Flaming Hotel

Last Sunday was what all the practices were for. Me and my "band" (more of a instrumental rock group) performed Smoke On The Water at the Grand Ballroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Ampang. Gave it our best, felt the music, and whadayakno... we won "Most Outstanding Performance". Simple but great ideas were decided at the last minute, seriously. Like less than an hour before it started, we decided to do something extra, and it payed off.

We won y'all, Rock on!!!

The Coveted Trophy

Guitarists were 'goreng-ing' like there's no other time to do it, me was moving-moving it to the beat, drummer boy was goin crazy with the solo. It was just perfect. We really thought we did well, after our turn was over.

That's me playing the RM 43,000 Yamaha Stagea Custom and Jin, the rhythm guitarist

Oh btw, we called ourselves Shallow Orange. Get the contrast?

This is Shallow Orange...

Well, I took part in another group plaing a different song. But I wasn't playing lead this time, just strings. We played "Something Stupid". And please, it doesn't mean we played something really dumb. The song by Robbie Williams and I'm not sure who...you remember?

P.S. I will upload clearer photos as well as videos once I get them.

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Christmas Carols at Sungei Wang

We, the CSS of TAR College somehow got invited to sing carols at Sungei Wang last night. It was cool cause it was the first time for me performing in public. I felt so excited. In fact, we all did. A half hour of carols yielded applause after every song.

I am the guitarist at the far left.

There were so many people watching us, and to me, it felt awesome. I'm the kind of person who likes to talk or perform in front of a large and unknow audience. It was just fantastic. We practiced hard for this, and it all turned out well. The stage decorations must have gave us more of the Christmassy feel.

Check out the deco and lighting. Really look professional.

Christmas is Coming

2008-12-05T00:40:00.004+08:00

It is that time of year again where we gather as family to enjoy Sheperd's Pie and Turkey, a time for exchanging gifts, a time for putting up and decorating the Christmas tree, a time for singing carols and partying with just about anyone who's in the festive mood.

But let's hold back for a moment and reflect: What actually is Christmas? It is the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ. To my non-Christian readers, I am very proud and honoured to tell you that behind the commercialized Christmas we all know, the one with all the glitz and glamour, sights and sounds, there is after all a deeper meaning. Christmas is a time to celebrate, yes, after all it is a very Special Birthday. But it is also a time for reflecting on those not fortunate enough to experience Christmas like we do. It is a time of giving and sharing, not only gifts, but the joy and happiness to those who have none. This is what I understand of Christmas and this is how I like it to be.

Don't get me wrong, I do love all the happening events and enjoyment of the occasion as well. In fact of all metioned above, I think I love caroling the most. Music of the season. Being able to bring the Christmas spirit to people through songs is I think the best way to spread joy and happiness. Oh, you may say, you are bored of the same old songs being played over and over again every year: Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Joy To The World and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. *Yawn* I am too. But if you love carols you would find that each time a Christmas song is sung or recorded, there is a slight difference and that makes it special.

Now, there are some of these songs sung by certain people which really stand out. You ay want to try listening to N'Sync's a'capella version of "O Holy Night" which I think is the best version of the song ever. And then if you remember, a few of years back, Music Canteen Malaysia gathered most the English Malaysian Underground Bands and produced a CD :"A musiccanteen christmas" which I think is the best Christmas album ever. At least for me. In the CD you might want to check out God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Tempered Mental, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Juwita Suwito and 12 Days of Christmas by Lo. The songs are just so different and so much better that the boring old traditional carols.

I don't think they sell the CD off the shelves anymore, so if you would really like to but it, try online shopping.

There you go, a lil' something to put you in the mood for Christmas.

A clearer smoke

2008-11-26T23:02:00.004+08:00

Hehe, here's a better practice video. It's still not perfect coz we still had some minor changes since this pratice. Anyway, hope it all goes well on concert day. Awesome.

Oh btw, those who know not much about about organs let alone Yamaha Electones, guess how much the organ I'm playing here cost...

It was supposed to come off!!!

2008-11-17T00:26:00.002+08:00

Ooohh these government clinics can really get you boiling. The thought of having a brighter smile(not shinier) has just got me elevated until the phone call came.

See, I was supposed to have my braces 'eliminated' from my teeth last Thursday. And I was really really looking forward to it, since it already got postponed once. I was in my kitchen frying some tempura vege the day before when the phone call came:

Nurse: Hello, ini Eh-mee-loo Jun Ren Vear-ga-ra ke?

Me: Ah yea, siapa ni?

Nurse: Ni tepon dari Klinik Pergigian Bangsar ya. Sepatutnya you ade appointment esok kan?

Me: Ah betul. Kenapa? (Nervousness)

Nurse: Ni nak bagitau, esok doktor takde, pergi meeting. Jadi esok tak jadi bukak braces la.

Me: Hah? Err.. uuhh ok... So esok macamne?

Nurse: S'krang I bagi you pilihan, u esok datang , tak datang pun takpe. Kalau datang, kita tukar getah jelah. Next visit baru bukak la ya?

Me: Ok, I datang la esok, s'bab getah ada ni sudah putus. Nak tanya, bila next visit ni, boleh bukak braces?

Nurse: 10 Februari.

Me: Hah Februari?!?! Lama sangat ni. Tak boleh awal lagi ke? (What I really wanted to say: Babi pukimak!!! Lama giler korang ni. Apa ni, cuti Raya tak cukup ke? nak Krismas,New Year s'kali?)

Nurse: Tak b'leh la, s'bab appointment dah full dah.

Me: Aiyo, okla. Apa pun esok saya datang la.

And by then, my carrots in the kuali got a lil' soggy aedy. Crap.

Smoke On The Water

2008-11-09T21:25:00.004+08:00

This is just a very amateur-ish video of one of our practice sessions. Me and some of the other people from Yamaha are gonna perform a Smoke On The Water ensemble for the year end concert at Flamingo Hotel. Well, this video kinda sucks coz, the guy playing the bass part went home already and we were still using the drums from the electone (aka digitized) created by my teacher. I'll load another video soon including the real drummer, who happens to be a pretty young talented kid.

P.S. I'm playing the lead, so you hear the loud sax voice and the synth solo, that would be me.

Pidato Competition

2008-10-30T22:55:00.010+08:00

Oh God. Since we have to take Moral this semester, I've just realised that my Bahasa Malaysia is like totally $#!+... I've just lost touch with my BM after all these years its really just 2 years of not using it.

Anyway, the EMSD department is having a pidato competition and our tutor actually promised us 10 marks for our coursework if we took part. I guess its the same thing every year when n one ever wants to take part. He was motivating the class about being berani untuk bercakap di depan 'crowd' see, that's how bad my BM is. So, almost the whole class decided to take part but really, I think its not because we berani bercakap but probably more like takut takde markah. Dammit, all kiasu bastards. Waitaminute, that's me too...crap.

Me up there, talking kok...

So yeah, today after our classes, a whole big group of us went together and we just did our best in front to gain the 10 marks to impress the judges. I was kinda confident, but I guess BM ain't my cuppa tea. Screwed up big time. I decided not to hold any notes and it kinda backfired coz I forgot bits and pieces of the whole thing which really sums up to half of the whole thing.

And more kok, with a dash of nonsense. LOL.

I guess I'd better stick to English. In fact I'd prefer story-telling than public speaking. Used to win competitions in school. However I guess malay proverbs, idioms and poems are more fun. We had fun trying to come up with some pantuns and peribahasa for our pidato. I know, thay may not make any sense but check out some of this and L...your...AO:

Pen merah pen biru,

Kedua-duanya takde bulu.

Dia berpeluh bagai penguin di Gurun Sahara.

Inilah apa saya ingin berkata,

Pertandingan ini sangat celaka;

Datangnya saya demi 10 markah,

Kamu tak bagi nanti saya tampar.

Buah nangka, buah ciku,

Buah mangga dan buah duku;

Buah rambutan, buah durian,

Semuanya pun buah-buahan.

Dammit

2008-10-21T23:17:00.001+08:00

I was curious, and I played with the layout of my blog. And now everything's messed up. Crap. I lost my blogroll. and my chat box, and wateva else la... darn.

Knight Rider 08

2008-10-19T23:09:00.006+08:00

Some of you may have already watched the new Knight Rider movie where David Hasselhoff the original Knight Rider made a cameo as the new hero's estranged father, but did you know there is actually a series going on continuing from where the movie left off?

Remember the good old days where you watched "The Hoff" sliding across KITT's hood on his tight jeans butt just to get into the car a split second faster to chase some crook who eventually gets busted? Well, scrap that stunt in the new series. Coz now, KITT will be a speeding 4wd pickup who shows up for Mike Traceur the new hero to jump into the trunk space just before the next bullet hits him. Ooh Wow!! Waitaminute!!! A pickup truck??? Wth? What happened to the prototype sportscar of the future?!

"Kitt, attack mode, now!"

bzzzt, zuiing, eeenng-eeenng, wueeng, bzzzt ermm, supposed to be sound effects ala-Transformer

And now Mike is seating in a superhot, Turbo-charged, midKnight black, Ford Mustang Shelby.

WHOA!!!

Surely they had to use some of Hollywoods advancements in filmaking technology. But a transforming vehicle not to mention car is just so....so.... whoa!! Geddit?

Technology depicted in films are also getting more and more, well...advanced. Remember how Tony Stark used his computers to build his Ironman suit in the movie? Well, imagine sitting in KITT and moving your hands in mid-air against the windscreen to move monitors and displayed items around. And don't think it's just the inside of the car. I'll spare you some spoilers. So...fullstop about the new KITT for now.

How ironic, mustangs are a breed of horses and what's a knight without his horse. And it had to be my top-choice for list of dream cars. I don't mind the 1969 classic as well, but the new one is just way cooler. I just wish one day I could own a Mustang, just not in Malaysia i guess. It's just too impractical to be driving a left-hand drive, muscle car in the streets ok KL. Now only if I live in California. Seriously, the Mustang beats all other cars, definitely all "Tokyo Drift" Japanese, and Italians are just too prim and proper. I would say the closest challenge to a Mustang would have to be a Dodge Viper.

Anyway, back to the show. If you are or were into 80's and 90's TV shows such as Airwolf, Blue Thunder, MacGyver and of course, the original Knight Rider, you should check this out. Watch the movie first DVD of course then you can either wait for the TV show to reach Malaysian TV or Astro or you can download it. Shit, am I promoting piracy? Damn, I am taking Cyber Law this semester. But seriously, it's worth watching.

P.S. The heroin is superhot as well!

Making a Difference in Cameron Highlands...

2008-10-15T16:26:00.006+08:00

Together, We make a Difference

At our campsite, Taman Lakeview

That's the theme of our camp. The TAR College Catholic Student Society Annual Camp that is.

Well, it was my first retreat with this group and i thought it was awesome. I think the organizers of the camp did a great job and I couldn't thank them enough.

The Guardian Angel game. We were exchanging notes to our mortal child and our guardian angel, who remained anonymous for the length of the entire camp. I even got a candy. :P

About 30 of us including Julius our advisor met on Fri afternoon, waited for the bus for like 2 hours coz the driver had some issues with the permit. So anyway, we got up to Cameron Highlands safely and legally. We stayed at a Lutheran retreat camp. Nice place, with chalets and all I would say.

Our group, undergoing gruelling training with water baloons and the cold weather of the highlands. Haha. Nah, we were just catching water baloons.

We spent the first evening and the whole of the next day at camp but we had fun. Lotsa fun. I made new friends including 2 Filipinos. Yea, and thay speak Tagalog, unlike me, cilok one. Andrew and Vanessa, you guys have gotta teach me abit.

Me, Julius, Andrew and Vanessa. The SSH gang. I just realised, The 3 SSH students are Filipinos. Well, if you include the cilok one as well(me).

The third day was kinda unplanned. We only decided on the 2nd day to have a quick tour round Cameron before heading home. So, our leaders had a quick chat with the bus driver, and all was ok.

At the strawberry farm. The guy there was so friendly, he gave us some free strawberries with whipped cream.

Since the last time I visited Cameron's wasn't very long ago, the places we toured was kinda familiar to me. The Boh tea farm, the bee farm, strawberry farm. The only place which was new to me was the cactus farm where there were some very 'exotic' looking cactuses.

I wouldn't call this exotic. Instead, erotic. LOL.

After all was done in Cameron, we started heading down around 5.30pm. Slept all the way down. After having out dinner at the Tapah Highway R&R (delicious nasi dagang), some on the bus decided to play some games.

OMG, I tell you, those games were seriously addictive, and silly. They was sorta like those riddle-games. We played AliOng, which was the hardest for me. Took me a freaking hour and a half to finally figure it out. The other two I dunno what they were called, but I'll just name them the finger-number game and the clapping game. Imagine this, most of us were still playing and trying to figure out even after we got off the bus. Haha. Fortunately, I was able to figure out all three.

Heroes is Back...

2008-09-28T23:57:00.004+08:00

back with the all new 3rd season.

I just hope it's much more exciting and doesn't just fade away and get boring like some other series. Its just the coolest and most realistic film of superheroes.

I just watched the first 2 episodes, and the evil guy doesn't seem that evil anymore while more villians are makin their way into the story with cooler and more awesome powers. Imagine this, 4 of the most dangerous people with powers such as Pyrokinesis(fire at will), Magnetism(Magneto la tu..), super-scream(I dunno what's it called technically) just escaped from the strongest, most sophisticated and secret prison... What will happen next?? Jeez, It sounds so cheesy.

Anyway, this is one of the three series I follow. The others are Prison Break and Entourage. I dunno if Prison Break has plans to continue, and I haven't watched season 3 of Entourage so... that's on my DVD list.

I guess these 3 series reflects the three forms of films(as per what Emilio thinks),Heroes is a film which shows things that couldn't possibly happen in the real world. Prison Break is something which could happen and Entourage is something which could really actually happen but very very in fact, extremely unusual to happen to me.

C'mon, weed and sex almost everyday??? Gosh.

I've got nothing else...

2008-09-26T00:44:00.008+08:00

Nothing else to write, that is. So I've decided to continue this which I would usually ignore. Thanks to Gillian for helping me fill my blog up.

RULE #1 People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

RULE #2 Tag 6 people to do this quiz and those who are tagged cannot refuse.These people must state who they were tagged by and cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by continue this game by sending it to other people.

1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be?

I really wouldn’t want to crack my head no so… when it happens, yeah, it happens and we’ll see then. (Lame answer)

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?

Oh I don’t know, do whatever I want without any form of restrictions. Say travel the world freely without going through security check. (hehehe…)

3. Whose butt would you like to kick?

Let’s see, I would rather kick a face, but none at the moment.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?

No, seriously…c’mon…Haha...really??

5. Pretty but fat/Ugly but slim, which one would you prefer?

Whoa, its like asking a guy: would you prefer a really ugly girl or a really beautiful gay. (Its impossible to answer)

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?

Being loved by someone of course. But if you don’t love that someone yourself then it’s a problem as well. Geez, Love IS Complicated.

7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love?

Well, let’s see, it will be based on some statistics on the percentage of love to that someone gathered with the amount of time, added by the number of someones who has… different… level of… percentages…HANG ON. God, I’ watching too much of the series, Numb3rs. Seriously, I’ll leave it up to God.

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?

I’ll let it be and keep on searching. I wouldn’t want to interrupt. If it is meant to be, it will happen.

9. If you like to act with someone, who will it be? your gf/bf or an actress/actor?

I’ll act with my gf who’s really an actress, acting as my gf, in a film of an actress who’s really in love with an actor who’s not her bf whom I would really love to act with as a bf to the actress who’s really an actor acting as a gf and actress. *Confused* (Did I just say that I like acting with 2 gays???WTF?!)

10. Will you invite for Ex bf/gf to your wedding dinner?

Seriously, I know this can happen either way and I’ve seen it. I’ve seen an person who didn’t even know his/her ex was already married and had a baby till he/she called years later. And I’ve seen a person helping out at his/her ex’s wedding with someone else. What I’m trying to say, it really depends on the relationship after.

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?

I try not to, and just hope its all good for me.

12. What's your fear?

Phobia’s you mean?? Hoho, I dunno what’s it called but I’m scared of chicken running around me or even standing near me. Bad experience man…

13. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is?

Did you create this question on purpose Gil??? Nah, just joking. Urmm… kind I guess, sorry, I’m not good at describing people’s character.

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?

I would like to be moderate in both. Meaning: Not too rich, not too poor & not too single yet not too married. Geddit?

15. What's the first thing you do when you wake up?

Open my eyes…duh. Oh wait, most of the time I slam my hand on my alarm clock and go back to sleep.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?

Give all? No way yo. I ain’t gonna give you my crap.

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?

Oh God. Love is complicated. I guess, the one who would do more damage to me if I didn’t pick her.

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing the someone has done?

Love thy neighbor as thyself. So it really depends if that someone is living next to you.

19.Do you prefer being single or having a relationship?

Okay, I’ve got to be serious on this. I’m in need of a relationship.

20.List 6 people to tag
Juyi
Eugene
Tasya
Marcus T
Cherry
Joanne K

My Merdeka

2008-09-11T00:04:00.004+08:00

Just a quick one, I'm sorry for the delays in posts. I really have a hard time with my computer, it crashed twice even after reformatting. So right now, I'm using another one and it too has problems. Having exam s this week, therefore, will be less active online. So yea, anyway, this was how I spent Merdeka Day.

It was a Sunday, and service in church today was animated by the youths, calling it the Cultural Mass. We decided it would be awesome if everyone could show up in their own cultural costume.

Great job to everyone for making it a success!!! Amazing!!! Here are some photos:

Check out the koolam... nice

Me and Michele presenting the banners symbolising our youth group

That's my bro on the drums, and those are some of our friends from Myanmar, singing a Myanmar hymn.

I'm wearing the Barong(Filipino costume) and Michele's wearing a Portugese egg tart, err, I mean costume.

The Good Sheperd Youths in their traditional cultural costume.

Coz I had/have to

2008-08-26T10:41:00.014+08:00

Heyya readers!!! You must be wondering where have I gone eh? The moon? I'm totally sorry for being missing this long. I tellin ya, I've got so many things to blog about. I guess I'm gonna squish it all up here in one post. It all happen at the end of last month.
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Assignments!! Yes... I had three assignments due all within the span of 3 weeks. Not mentioning 2 presentations within. The first was this freakishly hard to understand subject called Organizational Communication. So it was due on a Friday, and so I stayed up the whole night at my friends home, finishing it up. Now you may be thinking, owh, whole night?? Could have been a few dozen pages. I tell you, it was not. Try half a dozen. Yes, only 6 pages of work and it took us the whole night to finish up the last half of the paper. That's how hard it is to understand and write. And this happened right after our interview in Bangsar with Ahirudin Attan a.k.a. Rocky's Bru. I'll fill you in on this later.

Anyway that's on the first week. The second, we stayed up all night again, now trying to finish up Communication Research Method. Now this is a full scale mini thesis. Almost 50 pages. This is kinda hard to do but it was fun too coz we had to interview some people. We managed to interviewed Markus, a friend of mine and also Ahirudin Attan, a famous Malaysian Political blogger, who did get into trouble with the law once becoz of his writing. Check out his blog (http://rockybru.blogspot.com/).

Me & Ahirudin Attan a.k.a Rocky Bru

By the way, during our trip to Bangsar Village II for the interview with Rocky, we spotted this super-chun Lamborghini.

Ko tengok ekzos ngan rim dia betul-betul...

The third, is this subject called media planning. Nothing mush to say here coz it was really nothing compared to the first to assignments. We just had to come up with a media plan for Lifelong Learning by MCA, and plan how they should advertise.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TLC Combo wrapping day

In preparation for our Truly Loving Campaign, we, the company exhibition team got our butts to TLC: The Truly Loving company in Bukit Damansara, to pack all the combo sets to be sold on the event days. Oh boy was it fun. Sad however, coz there was 14 of us and the college van could only take 13 of us. Some stupid rule and insurance that made me drive instead of squeezing an extra butt into the van.

Me and KK in my CLK(Cute Little Kancil)

Oh well, we were there the whole day anyway and we managed to pack a total of 240 sets. Alot ok... and the more we did it, the faster and better we were at doing it. Gosh, I must say, the TLC office is just so nice and cosy. Small, but very nicely organised and decorated. There is even this huge soft heart on the wall representing its logo. Parking over there was freaking expensive. Luckily, I can claim it as expenses for the event. Haha.

Check out the range of TLC products.

Yep that's right, use the floor, get your hands all dirty... well, the floor was clean anyway.

All working hard

The big soft heart

Not only is the office nice, the people there are even nicer. Even the CEO, Ms Julia, goes down on the floor for this photo.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TLC: The Truly Loving Campaign!!!

Finally its here... well, its gone now.
From the 11th to the 13th of Aug, we(APR1) organized our Truly Loving Campaign. And gosh, it was a success alright. Well, it didn't really all start on the 11th. We actually started all the planning weeks before, maybe months. and 2 days before for setting up the venue. God it was tiring. And in preparing the materials for setting up, some of us did not sleep the whole night. You know what... I'll let the photos do the talking alright? I'll just highlight some points.

My blood sweat and tears, my pride. Haha. This soap box tower was my idea and i did build it with my own hands. With some help from the rest of course. It somehow almost ended up like the leaning tower of Pisa.

Moving trees and plants into the hall.

Tadaa! And this is what we finally put together.

Digi was our main sponsor, but I felt they were a lil too hard sell. Even the deco spotlight gotta put their logo.

Apalalu!!

Ha, baru ngam. Let's spread the Love bebeh...

Exhibition - Company Team

For our booth, we managed to get a RM900 sink and...

A toilet bowl...whee...

The launching ceremony

Me and Ms Julia Chong, the founder and CEO of TLC

Check Ms Lim and Mr Chuan out...

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Well, I guess I would've wrote more if I had the time then. I think I got a little lazy la, been procrastinating on this post. My apologies.
Adios for now. I'm off to Penang tomorrow to see my Grandma, she ain't doing too well, been into hospital for a stroke.

This is why...

2008-08-06T00:52:00.002+08:00

This is why I haven't been updating lately.

I've got so many stories to tell, yet I'm just too tired.

Sorry y'all...

Videos only lah

2008-07-29T10:57:00.002+08:00

I really have nothing to blog about, Thought I should share with you some funny videos from Youtube.

I didn't know this was on youtube for so long already. Its just so cool to make a real life version of the Simpsons intro.

This is actually the most watched video on youtube. Such a great idea to create a performance like this. Need a lot of planning and preparation for this ok, especially for the transitions.

Convocation Commotion

2008-07-27T23:28:00.004+08:00

Well yeaterday was my graduation day. Got my Diploma in Mass Communication (Public Relations)...well not exactly, they gave an empty scroll.

Now, it was a totally strict, formal and boring event. Seriously. And the fact that I had to collect the graduation gown days before, figure out how to wear it, wake up early and line up, sit through a boring event all just to stand up on stage for 3 seconds and be photographed while receiving an empty scroll from some VIP which I don't really know who... its just priceless...NOT!!!

I tell you the stupid hood is like damn confusing to wear man. I don't even wanna know who created the hood which has an odd cutting and after wearing, leaves 2 ugly tails hanging on the back. Luckily photos are all taken from the front.

Anyway, I wouldn't say it is all a waste of time and effort. I somehow did feel a sense of achivement, however small it may be. And that is really priceless. By the way the VIP which handed me the scroll was Datuk Ong Tee Keat.

Since it was kinda boring sitting there for an hour and a half, me and my friends decided to spot funny names of whoever that was called up on stage. Its just so typical lah. TAR College = Chinese college so 95% of the names called were all chinese. And when you get one Indian name which is like damn bloody long (which in fact is normal) everyone goes ooohh waaahh like sakais.

Well, I wasn't really aware, but then my name would have gotten some oohs and aahhs as well I guess.

The after event was more fun. Trying to take photos with everyone you can catch. Here are some.

TLC: The Truly Loving Campaign at Tunku Abdul Rahman College

2008-07-26T00:32:00.002+08:00

Actually, I'm just to lazy to type about the event. But I should somehow promote it so that more people are aware of the event. So I thought, why waste such a beautifully written message by Cherry, copied and pasted her message here. Hehe.

Dear All, We, Students of Advanced Diploma in Mass Communication (Public Relations) Year 1 of Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TARC), Main Branch Campus Kuala Lumpur will be organising a charity event this August called The Truly Loving Campaign, in association with The Truly Loving Company (TLC) and its 5 Charity Partners, Rumah Aman, Hospis Malaysia, Shelter, Handicapped and Mentally Disabled Children Association and the National Stroke Association of Malaysia.

This event aims to create awareness for TLC's unique and socially responsible business model in helping the less fortunate by pledging 100% of their dividends to its 5 Charity Partners in a long term and sustainable manner. The Truly Loving Company uses a corporate profit model to market a range of household and personal care products to consumers through retail outlets such as Giant, Carrefour, Tesco and Jusco, under the "TLC" brand. Doing Charity has never been this simple! Find out more about TLC products and how they help the less fortunate in our society achieve a better life at

http://www.thetrulylovingcompany.com

Through this event, we hope to inspire you in reaching out to those who need our love and those in need. We as the students organising this Campaign are proud of to be part of TLC in spreading the love and we hope to see you soon, when TLC and its 5 Charity Partners come to TARC come this August.

Visit our campaign blog at

http://trulylovingcampaign.blogspot.com and be a TLC Fan at http://www.allqualityallforcharity.com

Any enquiry on the Truly Loving Campaign should be directed to trulylovingcampaigner@gmail.com or alternatively be left on TLC’s Facebook Wall.

Join us and Show us that You care! :)

Cherry Kam Publicity and Promotions Team LeaderThe Truly Loving Campaign

TRULY LOVING CAMPAIGN 11th-13th August (9am-6pm) at College Hall of Tunku Abdul Rahman College, come spread the love with us! :) - http://trulylovingcampaign.blogspot.com/

The Truly Loving Company - http://www.thetrulylovingcompany.com

Watch this and reflect ok?

2008-07-22T01:50:00.002+08:00

Got this video from my cousin.
This is a very strightforward way to tell the world of the intensity of the damge to the environment. Imagine this young girl telling leaders of countries what they should do and not do. Kudos to this girl. Please watch this and if you can, continue posting this on your blogs.

Why So Serious?

2008-07-20T17:28:00.003+08:00

Decided to watch The Dark Knight last night after reading bombastical reviews and listening to friends' great stories. WARNING: Spoiler alert!!!

So anyway, first thing's first. This movie was definitely long enough. Not like Indiana Jones. It was about 2 hours plus. Maybe it was long for me coz I was sitting at the first seat at the side, second row from the front. Hall was packed la, best seats we could get. Great storyline I would say. Besides, the storyline was a huge improvement even in Batman Begins compared to the older movies. In The Dark Knight, it really was realistic since the Joker isn't that cartoonish this time. In fact, the whole movie revolves around the Joker. Heath Ledger(God bless his soul) really did an awesome job. The Joker was so psychotic looking, enough to scare people with one look.

I guess most of the viewers didn't really expect a 2nd villian, Two-Face. Now Two-Face face(....) was a little fake. Even how he came to be was a little too simple. I mean, just because of somehting the Joker says, he turns from the greatest criminal buster to a villian who kills based on luck? Too simple la.

Since the new Batman series began, I just can't stop drooling at the technology introduced. Remote sonar scanner through mobile phones? Are there people spying on me now? And the Batmobile is just the greatest vehicle. Who would've thought one side of it could be detached and be a bike?

There were a few things I would've like to see in the movie. One, the Joker dying. Oh hell, that would've been the best. Him dropping from that high building falling splat on the road below and still laughing. Just like the original joker. Hey, maybe it did happen, and some smart ass in the Malaysian censorship board decided that it would be 'ethical' not to show it just like how the Joker torchered one of his victims earlier in the movie.

Another thing, I would like to see is a prettier more sexier female protagonist. Why no more Katie Holmes?

Other than that, I think it would easily be the best movie this year. So go catch it in cinemas ya?

No pirated DVDs. Support original.

But if you really wanna buy pirated DVDs, go to Penang and get them at RM4 a piece. :D

Sometimes, its very emotional

2008-07-16T00:48:00.002+08:00

Now look, I try not to be too emotional in my blog.

In fact, I wouldn't do a very good job of transforming my emotions into words.

Its funny how I get all so emotional and down after certain things I know about others.

I can literally feel my heart sink to the bottom of the deepest oceans and bubbles start to struggle their way up through my throat.

Sometimes, I get over it fast.

Sometimes, it just lingers.

Sometimes, it is just too much to handle in that point in time.

Sometimes, I find the need to yell out to the whole world.

I base all these emotions on my excessive prone to the one deadly sin.

ENVY

It kills you.

Its killing me now.

Why is it that I think every single good thing that happens to them is just another thorn in my life?

Why is it that my dreams are shattered by their enjoyment?

Why is it that I feel that they owe their good luck to my suffering?

Why is it that they get it their way at my expense?

Am I really that cooped up?

Am I really that jealous?

Am I really in need of a reward?

Or do I just live and let be?

That, him of the the future will only know.

Let maturity answer.

Chinese Eye Test

2008-07-16T00:30:00.004+08:00

This is pretty cool and funny like hell. Try and read this

If you cannot decipher anything, then try pulling the corner of your eyes as if you were Chinese. It works :-)

I found out there is another way : If you already have chinese eyes and you are wearing glasses, just take off your glasses. Only works on those who have chinese eyes ok...

Awesome HSM2 dancing vids

2008-07-16T00:12:00.002+08:00

Well, for those who are really lost here, Disney Channel is having its High School Musical 2 - My School Rocks dance competition for the 2nd time. I know I know, I'm too old and I'm done with schooling. Oh how I wish they had this competition when I was still in school.

Anyway, some of my friends took part in it where they had to record a video of themselves dancing to HSM2 songs and send it in. Right now, Disney has already shortlisted 20 videos for people to vote and unfortunately my friends didn't get in. Although, I thought I should share the video coz to me, it was an awesome job.

Congrats to Juyi, Celine, Divya and Dianne!!!

So far, I've only managed to watch less than half of all the 20 shortlisted videos, and I gotta tell ya, these kids are good, not only in dancing but also editing videos and camera effects. I would have not a single idea about these great techniques of editing. You can check these videos out at http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/ if you like.

MP3 tag

2008-07-12T00:25:00.006+08:00

How to Play 1. Put your music player on shuffle. 2. Press forward for each question. 3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. No cheating. 4. With the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions. 5. Tag 10 people

How are you feeling today? Country Roads - John Denver
Do I really feel like walking in the countryside to get home?

How do your friends see you? Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
A bum?? Hmm, screw y'all!! Eh, jk ya...

Will you get married? Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Kenny G
Sorry I won't be getting married??? We'll see about that...

What is your best friend’s theme song? Belaian Jiwa - Innuendo
Best friend? Belaian Jiwa? Ok la, not that bad right?

What is the story of your life? It Don't Matter to Me - Bread
Well, it actually matters to me! I wouldn't wanna be some jackass of a fool!!

What was high school like? Take a Number - Stone Sour
Really? Did I always take a number and play by the rules? NOT!(Borat version)

How can you get ahead in life? I Need You - Jars of Clay
Yep, definitely need you to live my life.

What’s the best thing about your friends? FunkyTown - Alvin & the Chipmunks
We're all living in FunkyTown...Yay!!

What's in store for this weekend? Oh Donna - Richie Valens
Oohh... boring...Oohh... boring....

Describe your grandparents. Pumpin up The Party - Hannah Montana
WOW!!! I've never seen my grandparents like that!!! I don't think they are the type who would pump up a party. Well, at least not anymore.

How’s your life going? Generasiku - Radhi OAG
Same as any other kid who's my generation.

What song will they play at your funeral? Taxi Driver - Dr.Bombay
Even if I died as a taxi driver, I don't think this would be appropriate.

How does the world see you? Look What You've Done - Jet
Ya...like everything I did was wrong... Oh you cruel cruel world!!! Blaming me for everything wrong!!!

Will you have a happy life? Mockingbird - Eminem
Kind of a 'bring you down' song ain't it? What? Does this mean I won't have a happy life.

Do people secretly lust after you? Church on Fire - Hillsong
Oh God, the church is gonna be on fire if I lust ok... After all it is one of the seven mortal sins. Better be good...

How can you make yourself happy? Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters
Living the yesteryears. Oh definitely. I miss old times.

What should you do with your life? Flood - Jars of Clay
Flood my life? Whatever...

Will you ever have children? One More Night - Cascada
So, I'll make a kid if I stay for one more night? Cool! I'll stay. No wait...Who are you 1st?

What song would you strip to? Underdog - Audio Adrenaline
Err, yea. Don't pandang rendah at my stripping skills ok?? I'll be the underdog to win a stripping competition.

What does your mum think of you? Apologize - Alvin & the Chipmunks
Yes mum, sorry mum. I apologize for listening to silly chipmunks.

What is your deep, dark secret? Fly Away - FIR
Sometimes, I do just wanna fly away to somewhere where problems, arguements and trouble don't exist.

What is your mortal enemy’s theme song? Just Like Heaven - Katie Melua
Wow, look at me. I'm such a forgiving person, even my enemy is like Heaven.

What’s your personality like? Say it Again - Marie Digby
Huh, what's that?? I can't hear you. Pls say it again coz I do have some troupble with my ears.

What song will be played at your wedding? Year 3000 - Jonas Brothers
Oh, nice. So cool that our marriage is gonna last till year 3000. Although, i prefer the version done by Busted where in year 3000, "Triple breasted women swim around town totally naked" I love the Year 3000.

I'm tagging: Cherry, Eugene Gan, Catriona, Henrietta, Joanne Kat, Juyi, Sky Koe, Steph Ng, Tasya, Vincent Lau

TLC: FAM Trip to PAOS Industries soap factory

2008-07-07T23:55:00.004+08:00

"Whoa, people working here must smell damn good!"

That was my first thought when i took my first whiff after stepping into the factory. After all it is a soap factory.

It all started early morning last Thursday, where as usual I took my own sweet time dressing up and not looking at the clock, then panic because i was late so I rushed like crazy to college to be there by 8.15 only to find out everyone was still relaxing, waiting and even catching some shut-eye. Jeez. Only till 9am did Dahlia call and found out that the driver was not informed about picking us up to go to the factory in Shah Alam. He only arrived like an hour later which was actually our original time of appointment with people at the factory. Took us another 45 mins to Shah Alam even though the driver decided to be on the fast lane all the while.

All 13 of us reached the factory like almost an hour late but still the kind people at the factory, Mr Delon ...and some other names I can't remember still put smiles on their faces when greeting us. We, really felt guilty for arriving late, gee. Btw, why only 13 of us u may ask? That's coz big ol' generous TAR College did not want to provide us with a bus but instead a van(although, I must say, the wan was HUGE).

Anyway, we started out with a presentation of the company by Mr Delon(what a name) before heading off to the factory. Too bad we weren't allowed to take photographs in the factory.

The way they manufactured soap was pretty similar to what I already had in my mind. There were only minor things I didn't really think about such as temperature of the soap thru its manufacturing process actually plays an important role and the raw material for soap could actually be used as soap itself already. What surprised me was how fast they were produced. Its like all machine and probably packed about 120 bars of soap a minute.

Anyway, this factory we visited manufacture soap bars for Dettol, Johnsons, and companies from overseas as well including Japan, Australia, some European countries, and Russia. So we managed to get a look at all kinds of soap bars which we never seen before, including my favourite, an oatmeal soapbar which was for a Russian company. Oh yeah, and of course the TLC brand!!!

Anyhow, our trip was actually to know more about the soap bar manufcturing process so that we can include it in our exhibition. The best part of the trip was when each of us were presented with a paperbag full of soap bars. There were about 10 soap bars in there and most of them are for overseas market. How cool. I looked in the bag and thought "Wow, 1 years supply of soap".

Wow, I can't wait for our event. Although its pretty stressing now but I really am exited about the whole thing.

Btw, pls visit the TLCampaign blog, the TLC website and their facebok account as well ya. Get the links from the side bar ----->

"Spread The Love"

Funny Prank Call

2008-07-05T22:26:00.002+08:00

This a prank call played on my buddy, Roshen who is studying in Johor now. Called him using my new mobile phone number which he wasn’t informed of yet and it’s just darn funny.
WARNING: May contain explicit language.

Politics and the Internet

2008-06-26T00:18:00.003+08:00

Well, the reason I'm suddenly talking about politics again is coz I and my group has decided on the topic of Political Blogs for our media research assignment. And trust me it ain't easy doing this. I need young adults who are interested in politics and are familiar with some of these online blogs. Gosh. It is an interesting topic I admit so i am gonna give it my all on this assignment.

Was just browsing thru Patrick Teo's blog, and he's one of those bloggers who blogs about politics alot and not necessarily positive pro-gov. So its a perfect blog example. Check it out if you like, its in my links. I have to say, the video in his blog about the recent fuel price hike is extremely hilarious yet true.

By the way, just found out that there is gonna be a new mobile operator(TelCo) in Malaysia. Its gonna be called TuneTalk.com

Now after looking at its logo here, do you have any idea which company its actually under?

Ideas...any?? Clue...Tony Fernandez.

Yes, its by Air Asia. Whua, I tell you arh, this Tony really good la, company grow so fast, now wanna go into telecommunications oso.

You want more surprises? Guess who's gonna be the CEO for Tune Talk?

Clue...."Operator, The Line is Dead"....

Got it? No?

Its gonna be J.Lo!.....no, not J.Lo as in Jeniffer Lopez!....J.Lo as in Jason Lo. Cool eh? And how ironic having a hit song with that title...

Well, we'll wait and see how well it does.

20-day summary

2008-06-23T21:46:00.008+08:00

Oh gosh, I have to admit, I've been lazy now in updating my blog. But you gotta understand, assignments are all pouring in and its kinda hard to find time to sit and type.

I guess I'm just gonna summarize whatever that has taken place in my life. Well, only some significant stuff...

1. Chin Chen left for Melbourne, saw him off at KL Sentral. Won't be seeing him for 5 years.

2. Roshen left for Johor for a 3 year engineering degree. Pity him missing Euro 08.

3. Decided to continue my studies in TAR College after Diploma coz UCSI won't accept me into 2nd year.

4. Paid my fees to finalse my choice of study, applied for new ID and car sticker. Finally am allowed to park in the college again.

5. Attended DPR2 reunion pyjamas party. Was awesome even without a large crowd.

6. Ken, the last in the gang to start furthering his studies finally chooses Business in TARC.

7. I am chosen as class representative for APR1 B1. Better practice my leadership skills.

8. Being given(more like thrown) with tons of assignments and an event to plan and execute. Please support the TLC brand of household items. www.thetrulylovingcompany.com

9. Fixed a new Sony CD player for my car which is pretty cool.

10. Car got ransacked of coins and my 2 month-old, RM45 sunglasses coz I accidentally forgot to lock after running in to my home when it was raining heavily.

11. Experienced my first flat and had to change it single handedly. Thank God the rain dropped its 1st drop exactly I tighten the last nut on the wheel.

12. Lost some bets on a few Euro games.
13. Sad that Holland got beaten by Russia in the quarter finals.

14. More sad that Italy lost to Spain this morning, just when I bought my Italy jersey yesterday.

Lets make it a nice number:

And 15. Oh yeah forgot one of the best discoveries. Found a new adventure to have during my evenings. Jungle trekking up a hill right behind my house. Well, not exactly my house but Ken's house. Awesome view of KL skyline from the to of the hill. Its where the closed Sri Rampai LRT station is. This hill has been there all this while, but never ever thought of climbing it coz itz hidden behind the row of houses.

So yep, that's all for now. I'll be blogging more on the event my coursemates and I are planning. We're gonna be working with TLC (The Truly Loving Company). So please do check out their website and Facebook account. The link's up there....don't be lazy.

Weekend

2008-06-03T23:48:00.004+08:00

Gonna write a short one on my past weekend.

Been driving all the way to PJ, SS2 and back for 3 days. I decided to attend the weekend retreat on chastity called W.A.I.T. Weekend organised by the Servants of Yahweh and the CANA Youths there. Really, the only reason I went was to fill in my time, coz I would've been sitting at home doing nothing and probably listening to my mother's complains and non-stop....(Yeah, I'll probably should stop now too). Well, there was another reason, putting it in bernard Yee's words,"To broaden my horizons", if you get what I mean.

Anyway, the talks and sessions were pretty deep and quite straightforward. I guess it has to be this way or else it'll never be taken seriously. Although, it was all about chastity, virginity and saving sex till marriage, I did found out that I could learn about how to make friends with gals and date. Not that I didn't know anything before, but somethings were just never realized, like the 12 stages of a relationship. Haha. Starts of with Eye to Body and finally ends with Genitals to Genitals.

Well, the three days driving up and down caused my left knee to sore a little. FYI, manual car ok?? Anyway, on Saturday night actually went to Hartamas to attend Chin Chen's farewell dinner. How nice of him to treat so many of us to a dinner at Souled Out. Total bill: RM2200??? Plus a bottle of Maccallen(Hope I spelled it right) Whisky, another RM300++. Whua!! The food there was a little dissapointing though coz very small serving. But when its not your money, its a whole different story.
Well, Chin Chen's gonan fly off to Melbourne soon to study and won't be back for at least five years. So all the best, man.

Chin Chen and me.

Leave nothing but footprints, Take nothing but memories

2008-05-26T23:46:00.009+08:00

Yes, that's what's written on the posters in Taman Negara.

You could take photographs too

Well, its been almost a week ago since my trip to Taman Negara. Its just that I needed some time to compile photos from other people's cameras and choose, plus I've been rather busy the past weekend.

So here's a lil bit of my not so wild experience is Taman Negara. Btw, if you're wondering where is Taman Negara, its really in three states together. Most of it is in Pahang while parts of it span over Kelantan and Terengganu.

Spent 3days 2nights in the Kuala Tahan village with My classmates from DPR2 B2 TAR College.

Lock & loaded! Let's Go Go Go. Oh yeah, lotsa peace too...

Woke up early on the first day to meet up and get the chartered bus to Jerantut. Took us about three hours to get there and had lunch. Oh, the money we payed for the trip includes everything including lodging, meals, transportation and activities, so I would say it was a pretty fair deal. After lunch we took a sampan/motorboat to Kuala Tahan and it lasted a pee-holding three hours. Freaking Joanne really couldn't stand it no more... I wouldn't blame her coz with the sound of water splashing and damp trousers, it would be hard for anyone to hold their pee. At first, everyone was excited about the boat ride. It was kinda scary coz we were actually sitting slightly lower than the water level and we could touch the water by just reaching out fingers out.

At the beginning and after more than 2 hours

We finally managed to get there before anyone peed in the boat.

Kuala Tahan is a little kampung by the river with floating restaurants for tourists and I'll warn those of you who suffer from sea sickness, you would probably find it hard to be able to eat on it. Our rooms were up a slight hill from the river and we had to climb a little. By the time we got there and started unpacking our stuff it was already eavening. More like 5 or 6pm.

The slope to our hostels

I guess I had too high an expectation for the place we were staying at. I was thinking of a chalet with carpet, aircond and beautiful bedside lamps with a clean dry toilet equipped with toiletries.

What we got was...(drum rolls) a freaking small room with three sets of double decker beds with wooden flooring which you could see chickens running underneath through the cracks and a not-so-clean toilet with the tendency to run out of water all of a sudden without a warning whatsoever.

The only toiletries we got was a toilet roll given at the reception. At least it was air-conditioned but still it was an useless old junk during the day. So anyway, after we five boys showered and all, we were relaxing outside on the verandah coz it was coooler outside than in the aircond room. That was when a 'Mat Salleh' group of backpackers checked in to the room next door and I am still wondering whether they were honest or sarcastic when they opened the door and went...Oh Wow!!!

Our room could sleep six

After dinner that night, went for the jungle night walk which I think was my favourite. Our jungle tour guide for our whole trip, Abang Zam was an awesome man. He could spot small little insects and creatures in the dark jungle equipped with only a torchlight. Until pointing and describing hard only could we see what he already spotted. But it was a fantastic experience being in the dark jungle. Standing at the back of the line was even scarier coz all was pitch black behind me and I wouldn't have known what could've crept up on me. Spotting insects was exhilarating.

B2 with Abang Zam

A stick insect

We spotted two species of spiders, some scorpions, a viper and another snake, two stick insects which were mating, giant timber ants which were actually bloody enormous, a gecko, a sambar deer, and even a scratch mark on a tree left by a Sun Bear.

I can't remember what's the name of this snake, but its harmless

A huge spider

There were other creatures which I've never seen before. It was really awesome.

The next morning, we went to walk on the famed canopy walk before heading off for some jungle trekking/hill climbing. Supposedly the longest suspended walkway in "somewhere", I didn't really find it thrilling. But it was fun to look from the top of trees down 40 meters to the jungle floor.

Canopy Walk. Good thing I overcame my childhood height phobia

40 Meters below

Me and a large tree...check out the sweat...

Emilio of the Jungle? I accidentally kicked Abang Zam's head when reaching for the vine, see, he's rubbing his head.

After that we climbed Bukit Teresek which was bloody exhausting. Half of the way was steps built specially and half of the way was what we can call the "Nature Walk". I was actually expecting a harder, more challenging jungle trekking but seemed simpler than Gombak last time. Anyway, we took about an hour to reach the top where we could see Gunung Tahan in the distance blanketed by fog and slightly shorter time hiking down.

View of Gunung Tahan I think

A monitor lizard which I spotted myself.

The afternoon was a little bit more fun hitting the rapids in the same kind of boat we took earlier.

Oh btw, our main transportation was boat, up, down and across the river. In fact, it was our only transportation there other than our legs.

Rapids was so fun. Splahed water at each other as well, and got a nice shower in the boat. Passed the rapids was the orang asli village which we visited. Met them and learned a fraction of their lifestyle. This was where my camera batteries went dead and I didn't have any spare.

The Orang Asli settlement. They're nomads, so they shift around avery few months.

That's how they start a fire

Although they are classified as Negrito Malays, they actually look like Africans. Dark with curly hair. The only difference was that they were probably smaller sized, had malay-sort of face features and spoke a variation of the Malay language. They showed us how they start a fire from a piece of wood and a vine. Unlike Aboroginies in Australia who twist a stick onto a block of wood, I think theirs is more effective but need some practice. They even showed us how they make their blowpipes and let us try. Thanks to JiaWei's question, now I know that only some of them have ICs and they don't go to school. They live only off the jungle.

Us with the head of the orang asli family

On the way back to our lodging, we stopped by a little stream where its water flowed from a waterfall somewhere deep in the jungle. I found out that we could actually paint using coloured pebbles. Face painting that is. Brilliant.

Got back for dinner and I decided to sleep early coz 1) I didn't feel to well, and 2) I wanted to wake up at 2.30am to watch the Champion's League Final between Chelsea and Man U.
Yes, they have Astro on the floating restaurants and we hanged out with the guys running them to watch. Awesome experience watching football middle of the night in the dark and quiet(that is before a goal) jungle. The game lasted till almost 6am which by then was really time to wake up.

The next morning(or the continuation of the morning) we left after having our Nasi Lemak. taking the same boat ride we got in, this time, everyone was bored since the beginning. Luckily this time it lasted only two hours coz we were heading down the river and the currents were with us.

Last group photo before leaving

So that's really it for my trip. Oh yeah, all of us got a certificate each stating that we have participated in a 3days 2 nights adventure package in Taman Negara.

My certificate and free T-shirt with a map of the area. I guess, it could come in handy when you're loss in the jungle eh?

So back to the title, did I leave only my footprints in the jungle? I sure did, many. Did I take anything else other than memories? Only memories.

Memories that will remind me that if I ever visit Taman Negara again I should check in to the 5-star Mutiara Taman Negara chalets across the river from Kuala Tahan.

Phew, the photographs took a damn long time to upload.

And the American Idol 2008 is...DAVID......

2008-05-23T13:27:00.002+08:00

COOK!!!

I missed the Finale show on wdnesday coz I was in Taman Negara. But I did manage to watch the results and I was surprised a little, especially after knowing that David Archuleta got bettter comments. But then again, I didn't watch it, so I didn't have the chance to judge them myself.

But Yes!!! My Idol Won!!!

The guy which I have been rooting for all this while. He won.

It is definitely the time of his life. I would say the winning theme song sounds a little simple eh? Time of My Life. But it is rather meaningful and touching. I still think the best Idol winning theme song was I Believe, the year that Fantasia won.

On another competition, I did manage to watch the finals of the champions league, in TAMAN NEGARA... slept early, got up at 2.30am. Climbed down the hill in the darkness equipped with a torchlight to the riverbank and watched it at one of the floating restaurants on the river.

OMG, watch till heart attack,

balls dangling.

I did guessed right that Ronaldo would not score his penalty. But I was SO SO shocked that Terry missed his. I think luck wasn't on Chelsea's side. Two shots to the posts, a slip on the winning penalty shot, a red card for Drogba. He was pretty dumb to slap Vidic right in front of the refree's eyes. So, i'm guessing its bye bye Avram Grant and hello new and better players at ManU. Damn, ManU fans, but that's all i can say coz honestly, you have the bragging rights this year.

Watching football in the jungles middle of the night was a new experience. Like the jungle is all dark and quiet...and suddenly...

GOOOAAALLL!!!! WOOHOO!!! YAAAAHH

WWAAAUUUAAAIIIIAAAAOOOo

WALAUWEH!!! GHOOAAALLL!!!!

(HORNS AND WHISTLES)

and more...

GGOOOAAAALLL!!!

Malacca trip again

2008-05-19T19:42:00.005+08:00

Hi, just got back from Malacca last night. Was so exhausted but managed to finished watching the last episode of Prison Break Season 3 before bed. Jeez.

Anyway, I went to Malacca with my family this time and was actually treasure hunting on the way. We joined My dad's company's annual treasure hunt. This year, they split the treasure hunt into two stages. Instead of the usual in-the-car hunt during the journey, this time they had a 2nd stage walk hunt. We had to walk around Malacca town to hunt under the hot afternoon sun. Dammit! I tell you that was bloody tiring. Somehow me and my mum found the energy to run...to go search for answers further down the roads. Exhausting but bloody enjoyed it.

Me and my bro figured out most of the cryptic questions. You want an example how hard it can be? Let's see...:

1) Change how to pen...fast!

2) Direction which Japanese Encephalitis infected flyer is suspended.

3) Way which Pretty Woman actor teams up with half of Jack.

Answers: 1) New photo Express Sdn Bhd.

2) Lorong Hang Jebat

3) Jalan Gereja

Why you ask? Hmm, let me explain.

1) Change howtopen = NewPhoto, fast = express

2) Direction = Lorong, JE+Bat = Jebat, suspended = Hang

3) Way = Jalan, Pretty Wonam Actor = (Richard) Gere, half of Jack = Ja, therefore: GereJa

Ain't all that easy eh? And these were some of the mid difficult ones. There were harder ones which we couldn't figure out. But all in all, it was quite a satisfying score because we got 5th place out of 23 teams. We won RM700 haha. How cool is that. Had some great laughs at the dinner cum result show at night. Some of the answers people gave were extremely hilarious.

Well, I swore I would eat Satay Celup again if I ever visit Malacca in the future, but too bad, the shop was still closed when we wanted to have lunch the next day. I think its only open for tea, dinner and supper. Crap. Had to settle for Chicken Rice ball, which really isn't all that fantastic to me. I prefer normal chicken rice.

Well, I'm off to Taman Negara tomorrow morning. And bloody hell did I just realised, not only am I gonna miss the Champions League final between ManU and Chelsea, I'm also gonna miss the American Idol Finale. Hope I can get back in time for the results show. So, take care y'all. C'ya.

Busy week ahead...

2008-05-16T22:26:00.000+08:00

Well, busy not in a 'work & chores' way. I'll be busy visiting places. I'm off to Malacca early tomorrow morning. Like, damn I gotta wake up at 5am, and its the same time I slept last night...early morning. Gonna join a treasure hunt organised by my dad's company. Had a fun and stressful experience last year to Cameron Highlands so I'm hoping to do the some this year and maybe get higher scores and actually win. Since I've been to Malacca recently so I should have a better idea of the surrounding.
Just a one day trip to Malacca and on tuesday i'm leaving for Taman Negara with my classmates for a 3days 2nights trip. So its gonna be real tiring for me la...

David Cook Rocked!!!

2008-05-16T02:08:00.001+08:00

So, my predictions were right, it will be the two Davids in the finale of American Idol season 7. It was probably the most predictable results on the show.

Well, I thought David Cook did an awesome job with all three songs. Although i'm not too familiar with the first song, The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, I think its by Leona Lewis. Dare you to move was just his typical awesome performance and I loved the violins in Don't Wanna Miss a Thing. He should win this competition.

David Archuleta lost his touch a lil this week. What was he thinking doing With You by Chris Brown?!?!! OMG, it's totally not right. And he doesn't dance well too. Sorry my faithful Idol review reader(Celine). His last song, Longer Than, was better suited for him even if Simon daid it was more for a 90-year-old.

Syesha was better than David (Archuleta that is) this week. Her choice of Fever, I actually can see where she's coming from on that song. She thought it would be good to do something similar to what she did during the Andrew Lloyd Webber week since it got good reviews. Somehow, the judges didn't think it was good this time round. Her take on Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You is brilliant. Very good job.

Well, after the votes, it is down to the two Davids. So who do you think will be the next American Idol? Go ahead and vote your favourite at the top right corner of this page.

By the way, speaking of Simon, here's a video from an episode of Britains Got Talent in which Simon is also a judge. Freaking brilliant.(Bloody Brilliant in UK English) Its probably the best MJ impersonation with a twist of something you'll find funny and awesome.

She is Beeeautiful

2008-05-16T00:23:00.000+08:00

Yep, last night was awesome. Went to watch Marie Digby(pronounced Ma-ree-eh) in 1 Utama with Ken, Roshen and Ching Chien. The place was packed with people(well, it wasn't that big an area) but YES, thanks to my cousin, Pietro once again, we got VIP passes. We got to stand in a 'special zone' in front and got autograph priorities, so didn't have to line up like refugees.(Oooh, that's a lil' harsh eh?)

Marie performing Stupid for You on the Yamaha digital piano

Marie performed a few songs including my favourite, 'Stupid for You' and of course, 'Umbrella'. She was beautiful, and her voice is so sweet. Ish, didn't even get to greet her coz I didn't buy a CD*grinning*, therefore, couldn't get her autograph at all. But Ching Chien did. So the passes was worth it. Ken caught one flying poster when they were throwing out freebies. Thanks to him for giving it to me. hehe.

My poster and VIP pass

There was one song though which was really soft and boring and I swear I could've slept standing if it was not for Roshen's great big mouth. He was commenting out loud everything but in a way was good coz it kept the situation interesting. So when she was explaining about how she came to write this song, she said GAP called her and asked her to write a song about the colour yellow for their advert campaign. And she was saying that she thought hard and drew inspiration from things that were beautiful and yellow like the beach, the sun. And here goes Roshen saying out loud : BANANA!! People around started laughing. But it was all good.

At Wisma Bentley Music

Oh btw, we stopped at the newly opened Wisma Bentley Music in Mutiara Damansara earlier. Thought it was a great chance to check out their new headquarters(Previously in Bukit Bintang). The new place is supposedly Asia's largest music instrument store. I didn't think it was that big but I was drooling away while 'washing my eyes' on those good stuff. Fender, Ibanez, Tama, Boss, ooohhh, drooling away. Well, my saliva went the opposite direction and back down my throat when I looked at the prices. Though there was something we could afford. Guitar picks, haha. Roshen bought 3, and it was kinda embarrasing coz it was the manager helping us out.

Those are Fenders, baby...

Anyway, after Marie's show, we headed to Hartamas before dropping Ching Chien back home. He introduced us to the best shisha we ever tasted at Uncle Don's. Supposedly a mamak but the place sucked. Oh yes the environment was high classed and all but the food sucked and the price was..err.. 'high classed'. Well, it is a high class area. We had the laugh of our lives when Roshen asked for sambal and the guy brought chopped green chillies. I mean like, how dumb can they be? Anyway, to end a great night, pooled for a while at Breakers.

Oops, shisha smoke...
Ahh, better. Me and Ken at Uncle Don's, Hartamas

Marié Digby Live in KL

2008-05-12T12:44:00.000+08:00

I'm so booking a place in the front rows. Marie Digby's gonna be at One Utama this Wednesday at 8pm. All fans, this is the best time to catch a glimpse of her I guess. Its free coz its just a showcase and not a full concert.

I was just mesmerized by her when I first saw her on Youtube. Her mum is Japanese and her dad is Irish-American. Her songs are awesome, her voice is sweet yet powerful. Her acoustic versions of great songs like Umbrella(Rihanna), What I've Done(Linkin Park) is just 'purrfect'. Her own songs are also good, I loved Stupid for You.

By the way, since I have no more Heroes or Prison Break to follow, I found a new show to watch. Entourage. Its about lives of the rich and famous in LA and they get lots of big stars to act too. Jessica Alba, Mandy Moore, Jimmy Kimmel, and lots more. And the best is they're acting as themselves. I find it funny though, like they can't act their own life out. I feel like its too fake. Funny eh?

and so there were three...

2008-05-09T14:22:00.000+08:00

Simon : David(Archuleta), you didn't beat the competition tonight; you crushed the competition.

This week's Idol show probably was the best David Archuleta ever performed. Choosing songs which are simple yet strong and popular such as Stand By Me and Love Me Tender(Elvis Presley), he was smart enough to even throw in a line of Beautiful Girls(Sean Kingston) into Stand By Me. That one simple line probably earned him another few thousand votes from young fans(especially girls).

Syesha was arguably the second best for the night, I personally think her Tina Turner copycat performance was awesome and professional. Her other song, A Change is Gonna Come is one of those songs which needs alot of raw vocal power and emotions, and she pulled it off with extreme emotions.

David Cook was okayh, but I also agree with the judges he didn't do enough with the songs to be remembered.

Jason jason jason...finally you're leaving. We're gonna miss you...not!!! Wonderful arrangement you did with I Shot The Sheriff. Its a song, perfect on its own and you change it only to make it...worse. And forgetting your lyrics??? =UNFORGIVABLE. So yes, bye Jason.

The results show was brilliant too. Maroon 5's performance was great, can't get enough of Adam Levine. And Bo Bice, you're back after some surgery stuff you had to undergo. His take using that funny mic/guitar effects was better than David Cook.

And yes Simon, you probably could be knighted but James Bond....puh-leeze....

The Avengers spoiler

2008-05-06T23:34:00.000+08:00

Ohwmagawd!!! I can't believe I missed this at the end of the IronMan movie. Its a surprise ending for those who actually read the credits I guess. Lesson learned: sit in the cinema till you are sure the movie has ended(including the long and boring credits).
I think they the creators put a great deal of effort in the IronMan movie plot and story. And I'm guessing they have also planned on doing so in the upcoming movies from Marvel Studios, can't wait.
This is a spoiler and a link from the IronMan movie and The Avengers, planned to be released in 2 or 3 years time.

Yo Mamma......

2008-05-05T13:13:00.000+08:00

When I woke up this morning, I turned on my radio and JJ & Rudy were talking about 'yo mamma' jokes. Well, it is Mother's Day this weekend. They even made one more of their parodies just for that special day. And I was thinking, hey why don't I share with you something I downloaded ages ago. It is pretty darn funny. It really is something classical but there's always something new you could add to it.

I have some of my own:

Yo mamma so heavy that when she stands in the field, a crater is formed.
Yo mamma so ugly that when she snaps a photo of herself, it doesn't show on the photograph.

And the classic Russell Peter's:

(In chinese accent) Yo Mamma so fat...thhaatt when she jum for joy....she get stuck. Ok, Thank you.

Anyway here's some from the Dave Chapelle Show, listen and enjoy:

Dave Chapelle - Yo Mamma jokes

Its been a while....

2008-05-02T15:58:00.000+08:00

...since I wrote stuff about American Idol.\

Yep, even missed writing about Idol Gives Back. But then again, this year's Idol Gives Back wasn't as good as last year's. Anyway, this week, Brooke's out. Sad. But then again, I wouldn't be surprised if anyone except the two David's were eliminated. Although, I really wish Jason's end would come soon.

This week, Top 5 show, and Paula was drunk. Oh yes she was, no denying it. C'mon, how absent minded could she be to give comments about a 2nd song which they haven't even sung?

Right now, everyone seems pretty on the same level. It could be anyone's crown now.

God, Simon kissed at the age of 9? Tara Miller wasn't it? His first crush called in to the show and spoke with him live. haha, what an 'emotional' joke.

Well, enough about American Idol. I finally found the soundtrack to the IronMan movie. It got stuck in my head since I watched the trailer. Pretty happening song. Its by Black Sabbath titled IronMan.

Yep, well that's all now. C'ya readers.

My take on IronMan

2008-04-30T02:40:00.000+08:00

Hey, you think I must be crazy to be so into IronMan. Don't you? Well, I'm just really blown away by the fact that I did win something out of our assignments after all, and I'm not meaning just marks and a diploma(although, it should be primary) .

Anyway, here's my take on the IronMan movie after watching the gala premier a day earlier than the rest of Malaysia. Thanks to Cherry for accompanying me. Got there kinda early, had dinner and met up with my cousin Pietro and Joanne who was there to catch IronMan too.

Me and Cherry. Btw, if you're wondering, we're just friends. I wouldn't want to be in trouble with her Karate chopping boyfriend. Haha, just kidding.

Well, just to tell you that it was a fun time spent at Cineleisure. Though, I don't think I would ever go back there for a movie, the cinema sucked. All the time I thought it was an awesome cinema to go to coz the lobby and ticket counters area were so sophisticated. But the fact is that, the moment you start entering the cinema, it really...ugh! Everything was just wrong. Maybe it was the rush of people somehow at that moment. What I didn't like was the fact that we had to leave our electronics outside the cinema with them, including mobiles and cameras. Then at the check in, they actually scan you like at the airport. Even my car keys got detected. And the entrance was so small, like my room door and everyone was rushing to catch their movie in time. Then in the cinema, the steps were so kinda steep. At least it was well lighted, in fact too much light, it was shining in my eyes before the movie started that it gave me a slight headache. Oh wait let me go back, I didn't even like the popcorn packet. It was like a simple folded paperbag. At least GSC or TGV gives you a cardboard packet.

They call it the Gala Premier...

My movie ticket

So, managed to get in the cinema anyway and the Hitz.fm guys started announcing the winners for the contest. Adam C announced my name and presented me the prize. It was a "Hasbro IronMan Stark Industries N.R.F 425 Blaster" which really translates to a bloody big toy gun for me.

Bloody Big Toy Gun?

So anyway, the movie was awesome. It did live up to its trailer. Although, I didn't quite like the starting. It was a little plain and not creative introduction. You know where they start showing the cast names. The best laugh I had was when the translation/subtitle for IronMan showed ORANG BESI! LMAO!

I would say that if you have been reading the synopsis and story on characters online, you would have a hard time figuring out the baddie in the movie. If you hadn't, then I guess you would've pretty easily guessed the bad guy.

It was totally awesome to see the technology portrayed in the movie. Dig this, individual lab robotic arms which understands human speech, and I'm not saying like keywords kinda speech, but everyday informal speech. And there was a computer system which could work for men, help bulid the suit and some building technology which is so cool if you were a tech freak.

The fight scenes were almost like transformers only on a smaller scale, but I must say, the flight scenes and the missile shooting were out of this world.

I would recommend this movie to all those who loves superhero action coz this has a slight possibility to believe in. I mean, it could happen. For me, watching it again, I say why not. I would. Hope you enjoy the movie.

Officially, my first movie review on my blog is done.

Exams over!!! IronMan's here

2008-04-29T17:13:00.000+08:00

YESS!!! Exams are officially over, and now just waiting to graduate and get my diploma. Finished at 11 am this morning.

Oh, it wasn't a perfectly great morning after that anyway. You see, the exam venue this morning was in block PA, and only cars with staff car stickers were allowed to park around there. Well, I thought guards would be busy patrolling the halls instead of clamping or chaining cars who parked illegally. Well, from where I sat in the hall today, I could very well see my car and 20 minutes into the exams, I could already see a pink coloured paper on my windscreen. I was like oh damn. My car's got chained!! After that, the exam mood was lost and I kept staring out my window. Anyway, manage to do it well.

After exams, went out of the hall and true enough some of my friends cars got chained and fined. I quickly went to check my car and was surprised it wasn't chained. Then I realised my rims has hole which are too small for the chain to go thru!! Woohoo!!! (Another proud moment for owning a KANCIL!) LOL!!!

Oh by the way, guess what happen yesterday? I got a call from hitz.fm saying I won two tickets to watch IronMan tonight!!! Its Tuesday the 29th!!! Gosh, a sneak premier?! I'm gonna be one of the first in Malaysia(probably the world) to watch it!!!

Oh, maybe I should tell you how I won or else you'll be thinking I got help from my cousin again. Well, I was bored after studying two days ago, I surfed the web and thought hey, since IronMan's going to premier, surely Hitz.fm or Mix.fm's running some contest. So I went to http://www.hitz.fm/ and true enough they had an IronMan competition going on. Now, I did have quite some faith in these online contests coz I won a few things before.

The contest page on the website

So, what I had to do was either draw my IronMan interpretetion or create an IronMan feature such as a gun, a mask or even a suit. And then I was thinking, why put out effort last time to waste? I submitted a photo of ou IronMan suit which we made for our assignment. Great!

The photo I submitted to win

So anyway, I'm in the running to win some prizes(IronMan merchandises, toys from Hasbro and IronMan T-shirts) and they will announce the winners tonight at Cathay Cineleisure Damansara.

Gosh, so lucky.

Just some funny videos

2008-04-21T21:17:00.001+08:00

Heyya readers,
Thought I'd just upload some hilarious videos from Youtube which I found. Enjoy...

This is an episode of the Jimmy Kimmel show with Sarah Silverman. Its a video clip made by Sarah for Jimmy.

Now check out the response video from Jimmy to Sarah.

Oh and one more video, this is a narration(more like frustration) by a guy whose playing(or trying to play) a silly level of Mario.

That's all for now. C'ya.

Birthday celebration number 2

2008-04-20T18:45:00.000+08:00

Hey, its been four days since this happened, but its just that I couldn't compile all the photos and videos til now and I haven't been too free myself. So, this was my birthday/BBQ party. I invited all my classmates from DPR2 B2 in TARC, some of the youths from church and of course the Rampai/WangsaMaju gang. LOL.

The Rampai/WM gang(dawgs). Can you spot the B2s?

Everyone...well, almost

B2gethers. Can you spot the Singh?

Dawgs again, oh wait, got some gals there...

Well, nothing really much to say, I'll let the photos and videos do most of the talking here. You can get more videos from www.youtube.com/user/emiliov89

Almost everyone again

Me & my gals! Oh wait, there's KK, TokeHeang and silly blurred out Roshen. Can you spot the Singh?

B2gethers. Can you spot the Singh and Skeleton?

The Rukun Tetangga hall opposite my house

Had it at the Rukun Tetangga opposite my house. Roughly about 40-50 people turned up. Not big enough though, But I'll save the big one for the big 2-1. Two years more. I decided to celebrate big this year coz it was also the end of my diploma and most of my classmates will probably be splitting ways. Coincidently, my aunt Desy and David was visiting from England. Invited my couz, Pietro too. You know, just to have some celebrity news value for my party. Nah just kiddin'. =P

My couz, Pietro, My aunt Desy, My bros and David

That's my couz, Pietro barbecuing some meat

The Good Sheperd Youths. Can you spot the Singh again?

I underestimated the amount of food so, luckily it was pasar malam night, my dad drove out to get more meehoon.

Family photo time

The party lasted for about 3-4 hours. I was really happy this time celebrating. I dunno why, I just had this real good, fun and likeable feeling. I was so 'terharu' with all my friends la.

That's cake in my face, Thank You.

Like I'm a celebrity whose just been slimed on Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards, only, that's cake and cream not slime

Kanages, Vivian, me and Seng Yew

I have to put a special thank you to the Rampai gang for helping me set up before the party and clean up after. Had some crazee time onstage while cleaning up, that was after everyone had left. I had burned this mp3 cd with more than 10 hours of playing time, so there were alot of songs to sing and dance to. After that, we ajourned to my house for a lil drinking session. Silly me only bought 2 bottles of vodka, and none of the rest brought any booze. Wanted to go out and buy, but everyone was like, "No Money Laaaah". So juz finished the 2 bottles and some leftover soft drinks.

Breaking Free, by Roshen and Boriz

So you thought its ended? No wait, there's still the present opening! Yeah! (Like a lil' kid) Well, I opened it in my room la, personally. Wow, I've got to say, my friends sure know what exactly to get for me. Original Adidas sling-bag and sports bottle, some decorative stuff for my room(ship in a bottle, wise words on a glass frame), a diary(hmm, maybe I should write instead of type), a S-sized white Giordano tee(Oooh, I dig tight shirts), a super cool looking guitar pick, a Nothern Rock belt(just when I was thinking of buying one), Cadbury chocolate bars(they help too, indulgence) an Arsenal/vanPersie pillow and best of all, an ARSENAL jersey(This is from ma dawgs, Ken and the rest)

My presents!!!

Yeah...those are angpows bebeh

Oh oooh wait! Don't forget the 'AngPows'.... LoL!

Birthday Celebration number one

2008-04-17T01:09:00.000+08:00

I was pretty surprised when my classmates threw an early lunch/birthday celebration for me, PeiLee, JiaWei and Joseph on Monday. Too bad Joseph wasn't around, although his name was on the cake. hehe.

Only me got 19, the rest is 20 hehe. I'ma lil boy!

After makan

I didn't know it would be so many people. About half the class. So after class finished at 2pm, we ajourned to this little 1st floor restaurant called Little Tree in Prima Setapak area. Really cozy nice place. The deco was awesom and authentic. They had like funny lil chinese instruments like bells, an old typewriter, the wall deco was awesome, an old patchwork blanket(something like the 1st blanket I had sewed by my grandmum), some playable guitars on the wall and a piano. I enjoy la, got guitar, piano all, hehe. Even had a short jamming session with Tasya. LoL.

Me & Tasya on the piano

Well, it was a birthday, so the birthday fellas sure kena la. I got my face squashed into the cake.

But its all good. I'm ok. hehe. My classmates even treated the birthday fellas lunch.(If I knew earlier, I would have ordered the chicken chop-haha, joking only ah).

Anyway, I really enjoyed myself.
Thank You Guys! Really appreciate it!

PC Fair

2008-04-15T19:34:00.000+08:00

Hello dear readers,

Main Samsung Booth

Yes, the PC Fair has just ended in KL. I managed to get a job there. First time working at the PC Fair. Worked for Samsung selling laser printers. Not a bad deal too. Got paid RM100 per day and also extra commission. Well, had to just stand around the booth, shout and promote, talk to customers and explain to them about the printer. And if they decide to get one(or two or three), then I have to pack it up, paste the sold sticker and that's all. Although, standing whole day does take its toll on my feet. Was so pain after the second day. I almost lost my voice too from all the talking and shouting.

Ken and I

On the third day, was lucky enough to be placed at the main Samsung booth, so got to see some pretty 'leng luis'.

A girl I met there, name's Stephanie.

After finishing work on Sunday, quickly rushed off to BRJ to catch the match between ManU and Arsenal although, I don't feel like elaborating more on the game. Felt like there were only 2 Arsenal supporters at BRJ, me and Suthen, coz everyone was cheering when ManU scored. Oh well, its officially over now. Only Chelsea is able to overtake ManU for the title now.

Also, my birthday is coming up, so I guess its about time to change my blog heading eh?

Later readers...

Gajah Tunggal?

2008-04-09T15:34:00.000+08:00

Whaddup my readers? Thought I'll throw in a few more photos of our IronMan since me n my group spent so much effort on it. IronMan looks pretty nice in the photos.

Anyway, today went for lecture early coz Annie asked me to fill up a survey for her. Freaking long survey, I took almost an hour to finish it, while copying lecture notes. These days, its all about multitasking eh? So, the survey was about car tires. The brands, the attributes and so on. I didn't freaking know there were so many brands although I knew most of em. For example, I've never heard of Goodrich. And like which freaking tire company has the name Gajah Tunggal?!?! An elephant doesn't even have wheels.

Hey, but answering the survey was worth it. As a reward from her marketing research company, Annie passed me a RM20 Jusco voucher after finishing it. Hey, not a bad deal at all. After all, I was just wasting my lecture time. Hehe.

Last night, the talk alot gang went for the follow up job briefing again at Samsung office in PLaza Sentral. We were like already late coz stupid Roshen was only waking up when we were leaving. And that was 5PM!! No, it wasn't his afternoon nap, he slept since the wee hours of the morning. Crazy nocturnal! To make matters worse, the LRT had some technical problems and was stuck at Ampang Park station for about 10 mins. Finally arrived 10 mins late. But no prob, the Samsung guy was pretty friendly. And he wasn't all that punctual anyway. 2 hours briefing, then headed off to Steven's for dinner and pool.

Oh yea, Steven's Corner is like going high tech now. The higher ranked waiters now carries these PDA's, which they use it to place orders, and its ONLINE! We were ordering, and this guy was tapping away at his PDA. He repeated the orders and said okay, all ordered. Just as he was leaving the table, another guy came with the drinks. We were like...*hi-tech mamak*? -.- But I think they need more practice, coz they were freaking slow, and he accidentally tapped in one extra ais-kosong. Then Roshen joked, "so now the guy will bring a laptop to calculate the bill?" "Yea", I added, "a built-in Dell PC"(Get what I mean??) No? Forget it. Works better while I'm talking.

IronMan with his Asadi slippers

2008-04-08T01:18:00.001+08:00

Oh wait, that’s not true. IronMan’s made out of iron even his boots and Asadi is just a Malaysian interpretation of Adidas. Crap, wait! Asadi is actually an official brand of footwear?! Can’t they think of a better name? Maybe something like...A-hole-Dee! Oops, I’m sorry. I’m just being rude now right? Well, I’m just really unsatisfied with my Asadi slippers. Expensive and uncomfortable even after biting it.
Hey, I can talk about my assignment now! Whee... so fun. So, we were suppose to create a few PR(Pubic Relations...LOL) events for both the upcoming IronMan Movie and the shitty Malaysian brand of footwear, Asadi. I’d rather wear Bata. Oh wait, what was that? Bata’s not a local brand? Really?
So we continue. Yes, we needed to write a proposal for each event, after that, prepare a simple news release and take mock photos of the event for the media. The funniest( I mean most fun) part of the whole thing was of course the photos! Gawd, we had some really funny and embarrassing experiences.

Yes, smile for the camera.

Well, for Asadi, we proposed to have a kite flying competition. However, to promote the line of slippers by Asadi named ‘Ultralite’, we decided to have a little twist by making it the First Ever Slipper Attached Kite Flying Competition. (Remember, these are all fake, okay?) Drove to Taman Metropolitan Kepong with Cherry, Crystal and Hema the first time and then with Basil too the second time. By the way, great place to go fishing or fly kite.
Went there twice coz we thought our photos didn’t really turn out right the first time. Anyway, we drove there the first time in my SLK(Small Little Kancil). Got there and it was raining already. Luckily it stopped raining after a while. Quickly bought a kite. Asked the guy for the biggest kite he had, and it had to be shaped like a bumblebee.(Pretty cheap though, only RM20) So we had fun trying to fly the kite. The wind that day was pretty shitty. And with the slippers attached, kinda embarrassing coz everyone was looking at us. A little girl came up to us and asked us “kenapa nak pasang slipar kat layang-layang?" And with selamba’ness’, we answered “oh, takde, buat projek sains”. Anyhow, we manage to take some believable pictures with great flying kites in the background. Some of the people there had damn nice kites. I especially like the one with the spinning tail.

The pro kite flyer, Crystal.

So many kites.....

Our second trip there was a week later. Just had to get a prize giving ceremony shot. Drove ther in my Kancil again. (With all the pride and boldness, LOL) Got there early trying to beat the rain. I guess the rain had its own ideas. Fixed my new kite which I bought, the spinning tail one, flew it, and before I could finish releasing my kite string, down came big drops of rain. Curses... So we decided to just take the photo under a tent and get home. And, that’s for Asadi.

Me and my gals, check it out...

Just FYI, IronMan the movie is premiering 30th of April. For IronMan, we proposed to tie up with Petrosains in KLCC to sponsor some abused children for their Robotix program. It’s a robot building program, testing their creative and inventive abilities just like how Tony Stark aka IronMan was a genius inventor. Wow, we really put our heart and soul into this, man! (Just a kind reminder, our events are all fake and strictly for educational purposes)
The night before, Cherry, Crystal and I stayed up through the night at Crystal’s place. The girls were busy sewing the IronMan suit, while I was preparing the banner. Had to do it coz we decided last minute to take the photos the next day. But all in all, was a success. Slept over at Crystal’s after finishing. Yes we did manage to sleep, at 5.30am. Woke up at 9 or so.

Supposedly, this is how they sleep in space.

In the afternoon, the three of us including Hema and Basil, took a trip into Petrosains before our ‘abused children’ arrived for the photo session. Went into Petrosains to take some mock photos, whatever we could fake. Wow, after so long not being in Petrosains, really was fun. I especially liked the glow-in-the-dark part of the dark ride. Too bad cameras were not allowed during the dark ride coz my white Nike shoes were glowing in the dark, and it was so damn cool.

'Syiok sendiri' in the wind tunnel

Yes, keep smiling for the camera, even if you are sleeping.

WooHoo, I'm in space!!! I'm an Astronaut. Or maybe just a 'CanOrNot?'

Our ‘abused children’ arrived later for the photo session outside Petrosains. Well, actually, they are all my friends. Thanks a lot guys! Couldn’t have done it without you:
Ken, Boris, Daniel and Juyi.
We all posed for the photo with the one and only IronMan(really, was Basil in it). I was like damn embarrassed coz there were so many passers-by. You know posing with the fake banner. Just as IronMan walked out from the fire exit area into the mall, we were like “OH MY GOD!!! and WHAT THE F**K!?!, THIS IS EFFING EMBARRASSING!!”. Luckily the security guard allowed it coz Crystal asked him so nicely earlier. We quickly snapped the photos, and IronMan quickly went into ‘hiding’ and changed back into his secret identity. Basil, YOU DA MAN!!! I salute you for doing that. Even if I was getting like a thousand dollars for doing that, I wouldn’t have the balls to do so. Hey, thanks a lot Basil, we really owe you one, really. Would you like a dinner?

IronMan and the 'abused teens'. LOL

Anyway, after IronMan was gone, stupid Daniel was like, “Hey, go tell the guard, sekarang Spiderman keluar”. Bloody good joke though.
The photos turned out not too great, coz the one where IronMan’s face looked real, he was standing behind and when he was standing in front, it was crumpled. Oh well, live with it coz it ain’t gonna happen again. No No. Not another photo shoot again. The public watching us even took photos of their own, just hope it doesn’t end up in the Star or something.
Developed the photos, and handed in the assignment today, with all the stress and anxiety too. Relieve. Oh wait, there’s still one more to go. ACTION PLAN!!!

I won again!

2008-04-06T01:18:00.000+08:00

Woke up at mid-day today(yes, I know bad habit), and there was a parcel waiting for me. GDex brought it and on the register was printed Sony BMG as the sender. At the moment I knew, I won another contest again!!! Quickly opened the parcel, and out popped 3 CDs. Carrie Underwood's Carnival Ride, Blake Lewis' Audio DayDream and Jordin Sparks' self titled album. Wow, 3 in 1. I was like, that's a lot, damn!

Bloody GDex delivery cracked all three CD covers

Well, I posted a contest form out from Galaxie magazine. Actually posted a few, but only won this. Good enough. I was really surprised I won considering the fact that I posted it the evening before the closing date and it was a public holiday. Didn't think I would still make it, was just trying my luck.

Come to think of it, I'm really quite lucky when it comes to this kind of contests. So far I have won a Fall Out Boy album, a The Killers album and T-shirt, 2 tickets to Live & Loud last year(really good deal), 2 tickets to the sneak preview of The Gameplan, and a few more other little things. Well, some of them I have to thank my cousin in Hitz.fm and Mix fm. (Oh wait, supposed to keep it quiet, ssshhhh).

Anyway, I woke up this morning with aches in my legs coz yesterday jogged with Ken and my bro for like almost 3km. Really unfit man.... Today, they jogged without me coz my legs just couldn't stand it.

Well, other than that, a pretty normal day for me, went to organ class and started on a new grade. Whiush, kinda hard la this new grade.

Oh yea, Arsenal drew again with Liverpool. Totally sad. It seems like the chance of winning the EPL title has just flown out the window. Anyway, its 1-1 for the Arsenal-Liverpool Trilogy. Final showdown will be in 3 days time and I really hope the Gunners can whoop 'LiverFool's' ass at Anfield.

Freaking get a Rubik's cube, Nerd!

2008-04-01T00:53:00.000+08:00

Funny heading right? Considering the fact that I am not a nerd(kononnya) Nola, it's just that I just bought a rubik's cube, you know, the cube that has 6 colours and almost impossible to solve. The world record is like 10 seconds or something, crazy la weyh. Actually, got interested in it after watching the movie 'In Pursuit of Happyness'. Pretty good and meaningful movie that.

Anyway back to this. I bought my rubik's cube for RM5 only at a shop at Desa Parkcity. New housing area, and pretty high class too. Seen it a hundred times from the North-South Highway, didn't really think it was that close to my Aunt's place in Kepong. A lake, a park and a mini-mall surrounded by different sections of guarded compound houses each with a different distinct design. The names thay give each section was also unique: Adora, Levenue, Southlake, Safa, Zenia, etc....
So back to my story again, I think I sould have bought a better cube la, this always get stuck, not smooth la. But I'm so proud to say that I managed to solve my first rubik's cube two days ago. Wheee!!! Well, with the help of a youtube video of course....but still, almost impossible weyh... But now can do it on my own and my current record is about 10 mins. Pretty far from 10 seconds eh?

My finished Rubik's Cube, notice the notes...

So, YES!!! Heavy assignments finished. Took some pretty photos, though I can't post it out yet coz its currently P&C. After everyone else has done and handed in, then only release or else I may just be giving free inspiration to other students. So nothing much to talk about now except the fact that I stayed overnight at Crystal's to finish up the stuff and only got 2 or 3 hours sleep. Now really freaking tired. But I will still continue typing for you. I Will Survive. LOL!

In the midst of assignment stress, I still managed to catch the 1st episode of Prison Break Season 3 on 8TV on Monday. Really happening series. Got really hooked on it since Season 1. Hope this season will be more exhilarating although only until Episode 13. Stupid writer's strike in Hollywood. Hope it will end soon and Heroes can continue.

The cast of Prison Break season 3. I can already see 4 new characters here.

Yesterday(Tuesday), went for a job interview with Ken, Roshen, Boriz and Daniel. Some more was April Fool's day, so as usual, we all trying to prank each other. Anyway, went to Plaza Sentral for PC Fair job interview. It was a group interview. 23 people in the room, only the five of us non-chinese educated. So as usual, we, the talk alot group, surely talk alot la, which is good for the interview. Straightaway got the job later in the night. Haha.

Well, that's all for now. When the deadline for assignments is over, then I'll reveal what we did for our assignments that was so fun, tiring, embarrassing and 'expensive'.

DAVID COOK: The Next American Idol

2008-03-27T19:13:00.001+08:00

Yes, I have made up my mind, I want David Cook to be the next American Idol!

So Jacuzzi Chikeze is out. I actually agree with Simon on his performance being cheeze, I mean, outting the hand into the croup, holding and looking into the eye on one....so totally NOT!!! (Eww, I sound like a b.i.m.b.o.)

I think the only two who was great this week were Michael johns and of course DAVID COOK!! It was really a coincidence coz earlier in the day I was sorta like imagining performing We Will Rock You on stage, and shit, Michael was exactly what I was imagining earlier. Totally solid performance.

David Cook I must say is the most musically talented person on American Idol ever. Okayh, I did not watch teh first 2 seasons and only half of Season 3 with Fantasia.. but he is really talented, not singing-wise but his performance, arrangement, instrument aspecially arrangement. Who would have thought M.J.'s Billy Jean could be sung like that:a rock ballad! Worked out awesome though the chorus abit not right sounding la, but the pre chorus was Incredilous! I'm so downloading his version.

The rest was just okayh, though I must say, Kristy finally picked the right song. Ramielle and Syesha is really starting to get real boring. I still believe in Brooke to be the next best competitor. David Archuleta and Jason Castro is still there of their pretty faces. At least David A. can sing, Jason is really like a busker in an underground train tunnel.

So that's all. Go Go David Cook!

heheh, a break...so called

2008-03-25T21:54:00.001+08:00

Kinda long eh since my last post. So assignments all over. Handed in all already. WooHoo!! Can Relax!!! OH WAIT!! @#%*#$@, a 15 page assignment of proposal, planning and report??!?!!? %#&^%*@@ Another assignment from MsLim today?? Pretty heavy this Public and Media Relations subject.

Okay, so I totally liked the assignment on culture. We decided to research on Mohandas Gandhi(No, Mahatma is not his first name ok?). Really interesting research, learned about India's history alot. Even included words by Russell Peters: England has the largest population of Indian people outside of India.

The best thing was, I only got inspiration to type the whole damn report after midnight. I could have sat throughout the entire afternoon without completing a paragraph. After midnight, fuyoh, inspiration, typed so many pages. Though I had to make time for the Arsenal Chelsea game. Omg, I hate you Drogba!!! We were leading and freaking Chelsea caught up to win 2-1. Yea, that meant $$$ flying away from me. And you had to put Man U at the top!! I still believe in you, youngsters of Arsenal, don't give up, the season's not over.

So yeah, had our presentation too. Freaking dressed so formal while other group were in jeans, shorts and tees. Felt awkward coz it was a really simple a much too short kind of presentation. Love this group photo though.

Thought I'd have a lil breather today. Joined Crystal, Krystel(no, not sisters), Jeremy, Ben, Tiffany, and Krystel's bf for a movie. Freaking last movie I watched in a cinema was Transformers. Bugger, damn long ago. Anyway, went to watch Ah Long Pte.Ltd. Went into the movies late coz rushed from class and missed the part where Kingston appeared in the movie. Damn funny movie if you understand all the dialects of chinese. Mandarin, Canto, Hokkien, all campur. Luckily, I did a catch the jokes a lil. Laughed damn freaking loud. Halfway thru the movie, I had a reminder on my phone. Oh crap, I forgot all about CSS gathering. Oh dear, so sorry.

Slipped into one of these girly accessory shop after coz Crystal wanted to get some ear-rings. Found this pirate/singh's konde bandana and had fun with it.

Tomorrow's for badminton. Yeah, newly restringed racquets and 1 month of not holding it at all. I'm gonna wake up with body aches the next morning again la...

release stress thru fingers???

2008-03-19T16:42:00.000+08:00

Aiyo, I wanna die addy la. Aiya, dun giv a damn about good english anymore arh. I juz wanna type some of my tension away ahhh.

Bloody assignments are all due almost the same time. Freakin hate short semesters. Why did I agree on more responsibilities at church??

God, Help!!! Its killing me la all these assignments. Can't imagine the real working world. And they say, this is juz small stuff. Yeah, to make matters worse, I left my Ori Arsenal Nike cap at church last night. Hope I still will see it around. I need something to cover my ugly hair at the moment la. I miss my long hair. Just waiting for it to grow back, argghh!!

I won't be updating on AI this week la, too beezee. As beezee as a bee. lmao.

Thought I'd change the look of my blog abit. Green's gettin a lil' boring...

Freaking typing on my blog ain't helping me release stress anyway. Maybe drums will help better. so tata...

GSC youths Overnight Vigil

2008-03-16T00:09:00.000+08:00

Geez, staying up the whole night organizing an overnight event is a tiring thing. By the around 5 or 6am I was already yawning away. I guess, it was partly due to the busy day I had before.

Wow, a great experience spending the night with a whole bunch of young people, singing (loud), dancing (hard), praising (God) and praying (zzz). First time ever, the youths of Good Sheperd Church has organised an overnight vigil in conjunction with Lent and Easter. A great huge congrats and job well done to the committee for being able to organised such a great event for young people. Enjoyed my time with you guys and glad I could help out abit. A record(so-so) for the youths too for getting a rather large number of participants this time, 70 is a good number to start with.

A perfect timing for all activities/sessions from 9pm the night before till 7.30 in the morning. Food was great, people were fantastic participants. Even had some 'outsiders' from St John's, St Joseph's and Jesus Caritaz.

Activities at the vigil was awesome. Even Fr. Philip Muthu's session was not at all, boring. First time experiencing the washing of the feet. Although, I was the last in the circle so I had the basin of dirty water and cloth full of dirt. But it was an enlightening and humbling experience.

I enjoyed the praise and worship session too. Glad to be playing the keyboard for the event although towards morning, I was too sleepy and was losing concentration and I kept hitting the wrong chords.

The Rosary session was very 'touching' coz hot candle was dripping and touching my fingers. Had a very 'warm' feeling during the rosary. Later, we all ahd to scrape candle wax from the floor, oh the agony.

Great job to those who acted the passion play/way of the cross. Very realistic, everyone was feeling the moment until Vincent's soldier pants dropped and laughter filled the air. After that, even the girls who were supposed to be crying on stage sounded like they were trying to hide their laughter.

All in all a great experience. Right now i'm still feeling the effects of staying up whole night though I did try it a few times bcoz of assignments, football, gambling and lepak/chit-chat.

Goodbye David 'scary eyes' Hernandez

2008-03-13T19:33:00.000+08:00

Okay, for those of you who has a hard time figuring out why I'm writing about American Idol so much, itz coz I like to watch... duh. And I like to talk about it. Not many people in college watch it though coz hard to get Astro or they rather watch Project Superstar or something.

So back to the story, I was pretty close on my predictions. Kristy is still in but she was in the bottom two. Finally the contestant I most dislike has left the show. Good good.

I hope the rest will do better in the next shows. But its hard to top it eh.

Anyway, rushing off for dinner now, my dad's birthday. Go eat western today. later...

Top 12 showdown

2008-03-13T00:52:00.000+08:00

I think this is the best show so far for this season of American Idol. Really loved some of the performances. Though there were some major upsets too.

David Archuleta forgot his words. Biggest mistakes a person could make on the show. Sang terrible. It should've been his night with a slow, good McCartney-Lennon song like Yesterday, but no, Simon had to tell him to try an upbeat song.

Kristy's attempt to change her song into a country feel might just get her booted from the show this week.

Loved Chikeze Eze tonight. Was very good at improvising the song arrangement. He got drunk on stage and gave his best performance of the season.

Brooke took it risky by singing Let It Be and playing the piano, did well.

David Cook is the best guy on stage. Simon said if this show was based on pure talent and not on popularity, he would've been on his way to win.

Carly finally found the right song, and damn she was good tonight. Perfect song for her voice and style. More of this kinda song Carly!!!

The rest were just ok and forgettable. Ramielle was boring, so was Jason, David Hernandez, and Syesha. Michael Johns and Amanda was a lil better than ok.

Verdict: bye Kristy. bye sweet pretty and hot Kristy. You will be missed but not your country song.

Monday

2008-03-11T18:41:00.001+08:00

Today is Tuesday. But I'll talk about yesterday coz I didn't have a chance to on the computer yesterday.

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...

AI, Top 12

2008-03-07T19:16:00.000+08:00

Just a short update.
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

2008-03-07T17:39:00.000+08:00

Today is Friday the 7th of March. I woke up at 10.30am. I brushed my teeth, showered and changed. AT 11.30am, I left for college....OH, What the Heck??!!

I don't think you'll ever wanna read my blog again if I type like that. hehe.

But really, its a boring day. Two hour class today about Malaysia and human culture. Sounds like boring-ness you think? I actually like the subject. I am actually interested in the history of human being, the evolution from apes.(Yes, you an ape, man) Even history of mankind and major events. Wasn't like this in school though.

This reminds me, when we were back in Penang recently we were all talking about our animal sign based on Chinese astrology/zodiac. It turns out that me and my littlest bro, Matt are predators: snake and dragon while my parents are farm animals: chicken and pig(oink oink). My cousin quickly said "so the two predators are trying to eat the two farm animals, and you have a monkey is in the tree laughing". It was so funny, coz my other bro is a monkey.

So anyway, this is just to satisfy my blog fever... catcha later.

Top 8 girls battle it out...

2008-03-07T01:11:00.000+08:00

okayh, girls!!! First of all, thanx to Ryan for pointing out Ramiele's short legs...& Is she a lesbian??

First up, Asia'h. What's with the name? Does the 'H' help change Asia into North America?? Coz now its pronounced Asia...Haaa. (For those who watched Russell Peters). Anyway, singing a classic from Whitney Houston which I almost always hear it on my dad's lite.fm tuned car radio. I wouldn't say bad. In fact I like her unique voice.

Kady Malloy aka Britney Spears sound-alike. Other than her Britney impersonation, there's nothing else good about her. Her face is always sulky. I feel she has an unfriendly personality. Singing a Queen song this week, she probably did a little better but still not good enough, so...Bye Kady.

Amanda aka rocker nurse. Wow, phenomenal??!! Judges said it was so good. Simon thought it was fantastic. I think she was, based on the fact that she chose a Joan Jett(I Love Rock and Roll) song and she was in her element. Try something different lah... But I like her to stay longer too.

Carly Smithson aka arm-tattooed Irish. There's such high expectations of her. I mean is she really that good Simon? I don't like her voice, I feel its a little too sharp and annoying to the ear. Judges liked it although Simon had higher expectations still.

Kristy aka dog-girl(*****). Possibly the girl with the best personality and the prettiest. She is doing quite fine with her country road to stardom. I just feel that she's probably being compared to Carrie Underwood. Tonight she sang well but sadly, I can't remember it well.

Ramiele Malubay aka Lullaby Malubay. The only Asian American. The fact that she's Filipino just makes me pay more attention to her. Small and cute(Thanx alot Ryan for the short legs comment), she may be sometimes judged on her size. I feel that her performances are always just alright and resembles a hotel lobby performer. By the way, Filipinos are great karaoke and hotel lobby singers so...there you go. Great job tonight taking on a Phil Collins song just like David Archuleta. Oh by the way there is a rumour going on about Ramiele being a lesbian b'coz of some leaked boob-grabbing photos of her.

Brooke aka Dish washing ad girl. Sang 'Love is a Battlefield' with only an accompaniment of a single guitar. Really showed her voice tonight. She may be in the top 6 or so, I won't be surprised. Great acoustic version of the song and a great vocal although sitting the whole way through on the stage is not a good performance.

Syesha aka ...err.. 'boringnyer'. Syesha and Asia'h are probably competing like hell with each other coz they are probably getting the same group of voters. At the moment, I can see Syesha topping Asia'h. Singing Whitney Houston's 'Saving all My Love for You', not a bad performance at all. I don't know why the judges gave such short comments like Good(Randy), Sophisticated(Paula) and predictable but good(a lil more effort from Simon finally). I guess they ran out of time.

My predictions: bye Kady. one more is really hard to say. Its probably between Syesha, Kristy and Carly(don't be surprised)

P.S. thanx Celine coz u asked me to thank you.....