2nd part of Life

Warning! but nothing need to warn about…

7th of April 2007, lotsa event that I care about will happen, but very unfortunately I can’t attend any except 1.

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Round 2 of Formula One Championship 2007, Malaysian Grand Prix will be held on 7th and 8th. 7th is the Qualifying and 8th is the Race day, I think I have to miss the Live Telecast and only rely on MMS/SMS for the latest update of the race.

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My friend, Benjamin’s 1st son Full Moon Celebration to be held at his house by the evening of 7th. I really hope I can attend and share the joy, and pick up couples of red eggs.

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My friend again, Yik Seng will be back from Singapore. he usually come back once every 2 months and we will go gym together. so the next time to go gym with him should be in June or sometime around that.

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Malaysian Chinese Blogger Gathering (马来西亚中文部落格祭) will be held at the same day also. even though it is nothing related to me, but I hope I can be part of the community also, soon i think.

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Melaka Makan Trip, this is the event that hold me up for others. We have been planned for this sometime back in February. The initial date for this has been changed at least 2 times, and the last time I’m the one who forcing everybody to confirm on this date! So even by missing this I can attend almost all other event but I have to sacrifice la.

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hope the next post will show you some photos about the trip la. till then see ya!

Nothing special to blog actually, just feel like blogging…

I spent my Friday and Saturday night at Cyber Cafe, Friday 6 jam and Saturday 3 jam, so all together 9 jam, doing calculation some more… what i did for that 9 hours? play games lo, u think 9 hours enough to surf for porn meh?

Command & Conquer General: Zero Hour expansion! is the game I mad about recently. so outdated 1 la me, people all talking about C&C III Tiberian War but i just started on C&C General. Nevermind la, just wanna kick start the mood so when C&C III launched, I can straightaway jump on the band wagon.

It is really not a fair game! you know my friend Benjamin? he is very very good at this game, so play with him sure lose 1! but luckily we won most of the games because we  BULLY him, we 3 pakat and fight him! Wahahahaha! dunno next time he still wanna play with us or not liao
Anybody dare to challenge the three musketeer?

Today I drive up to Genting during office hour, and my colleague joined me too. When we reach Genting, our boss is there waiting for us! then Uncle Lim belanja us lunch some more! but we pai seh to eat expensive things, so we only order a fish, sea cucumber with tofu, vege fried scallop and ginseng chicken soup.

After that we proceed to the 1st World Hotel office for a meeting lo, eat liao must do work la. I got the chance meet up with some big sharks of the 1st World Hotel Management, they are really big… big in size too. :P  normally meetings are boring but this 1 not boring at all, the discussion/debate was quite ‘lively’. Even though I am directly involved in this project but I couldn’t say anything simply because it is not my turn. hehehe

After the Official meeting then is the Unofficial meeting a.k.a yam cha session with some of the meeting attendance. Of cause from here we get some Unofficial informations/news lo. This is part of the system study too! then what else? go home la, but this time can’t overtake Genting taxi because I didn’t see any on my way down the hill. Muahahahah

Yesterday morning when I open my inbox, I found a birthday reminder from friendster, reminds me about a girl’s birthday. she is a little bit special to me, because I know her for more than 10 years, ya 10 YEARS! but yet to meet her in person. Anyway, since she is getting 1 year older now, I should send her my regrets wishes for her special day.(really special or not then I dunno la ) An SMS only cost a penny but a wish worth a lot, so there she received my SMS.

I continue my normal Monday life. I went out with colleagues for lunch in my little Savvy. My colleague, a graphic designer named Randy had a 1st time experience in my car. He preferred MyVi over Savvy because the latter is smaller in size. Yes, he got the point. However I am not looking for what an ordinary Malaysian prefer, but a little bit more towards car-enthusiasts’ point of view, and of cause try to be extraordinary.

Back to office and time flies by, it is after 7pm when I am taking my journey home with tired eyes and hungry stomach. I took my bath and had my dinner, half a watermelon to fill up my stomach and that’s lotsa water. There my phone buzz and a text message received, Oh is Shing Yee, my old net friend. She (work in Penang) said she is in Puchong, KL.

Until this point, I should introduce her in this blog. If my memory serves well, it was back in 1996 when I got my 1st chance to get connected to the Internet. I met Shing Yee in IRC(Internet Relay Chat) chat room and some other people, and later on Shing Wee (her younger sis) also joined the crowd.

We hang out in the chat room for couples of months, then she has been forced to stop Internet chatting, because her parent sound at her for getting herself addicted.(hiya, internet charges not cheap la!). She started the old school style by writing letters to us.(internet buddies) From Internet friend become pen pal? sounds funny. OK la, I replied 1st couple of letters, but after that … hehehe. What do you expect from someone who used to email and IM and going backward to write letter with pen oh?

After that … Lost Contact! hehehe, just din take the initiative to write her letter. but don’t know how? (eh Shing Yee, how we get connected back hah?) Just don’t know how la, we get connected in ICQ and MSN, then it was the 1st time I see her through web cam. A cutie girl with baby face show on the screen, muahahaha so funny looking.

OK, come back to yesterday event. Her intention to tell me she is in Puchong means she wanna call for meet-up la. Since is her BIG day, give her some face and attend lo, else I would be stay at home to watch TV. 1st ever meet-up with Shing Yee after knowing for 10+ years. (keep on mentioning this because wanna remind her myself I am old liao.) But I met Shing Wee a few times before this, because she open florist in Puchong and do my business few times liao. hehehe

The location is 1st Station Cafe in Bandar Puteri Puchong, I take a seat while they are busy ordering food and then we start chitchatting. To my surprise, she speak Cantonese well! Penang not Hokkien takes majority meh? (no offense la) Keep on talking and she get to know my new job and what a small world (yet so big) that her good friend is my colleague! who else? that Randy lo (Just kidding ok, Randy)

Later on there is another guy joined us, if not Shing Wee reminds me, I wouldn’t remember who the hell is he! (yala, remember a guy for what? Chou Feng no offense ya, ) But he is good, got heart. bought a birthday cake for Shing Yee where in contrast I bring nothing. :’( What to do? $$ have to spend liao, this table on me! However in the end I still earn something, the leftover. Because we can’t finish the cake la!

Anyway, it was really an enjoyable yamcha session la. and next time must take one step further, go sing K with them. You all know la, I cari kaki Karaoke up and down, because some old kaki said I hold the mic and never let go! WHERE GOT? I am not that kind of person. OK! kakakakaka

hiya … so long i din wake up earlier than 9am liao … today my handphone rang at 6.45am!! no la .. nobody give me vivi call … that just my alarm clock. but dun care la… let it ring for 30 mins only wake up!  hehehe … dun worry, i oredi gave myself some buffer to lan chong.

di li tang lang until 7.45am only leave home to go downtown, but my office is in TPM! why ha ?  bcoz that stupid company HR department in KL lo! have to go there sign contract and settle things ma.

i go to the building lobby, and lost myself in those idiot-designed lift system. Me ah .. work in KLCC tower for 2 years also never lost 1 time … but this stupid company stupid building!

after that of coz have to head over to TPM la … u think can go lepak meh? there i reach the Enterprise 4 (startrek ah?) but no free parking wan!! even park at the jarak 300m also can’t found a place, damn many ppl so kedekut! what to do? park at the very very pricey Enterprise 4 basement carpark lo!

going into Enterprise 4 is like going into a circle, it actually build up in bulat .. hehehe  amerika got The Pentagon we got bulat! some more this is bulat Enterprise 4! look for toilet also have to walk 1 round, Crazy!

after boss briefing and some documentation reading, it is lunch time lo. fast fast take my car out of this Enterprise 4 basement, scare alien attack! u know alien can recognize savvy 1! (saw savvy ad?) and of coz the $$ parking fees la .. damn him for 1 morning session charge me RM8.50! this time have to park at jarak 301m to save some pocket $$.

lunch alone ah … new colleagues forget about this big fatcat sitting at the corner!  eh i really sit at the corner ler ,,, ppl say marginalized is this la …  1 man eat at canteen, those situation is so touching and sad … the loneliness feeling is so obvious! muahahaha

went back into the Enterprise 4 from the back door, but i took the wrong door and seems like entered the restricted area of Enterprise 4. it is like the engine room, so many tangki and meter panel i dunno! of coz i dunno la, this is Enterprise 4 ah! pray pray ah?

before anybody notice me, i fast fast get myself out of that area la, wanna get shoot with fusion powered sonic ionizer meh? back to my boring fatcat corner and continue reading long yet siansian documentation lo.

before i cabut, i kena 1 thing, the biggest boss of this office tok to me, ask me what i have been assigned? then i tell la .. how good and how much care my direct boss gives me, and the very little tiny task that he assigned to me in the morning, then the big boss voice liao, give u so much $$ (actually very little only), they give u so little work to do ah? must FULLY UTILISED u mah! and he will tok to my direct boss tomolo.

this time kit tat tat la !! 1st day play this kind of thing, how to survive liao? so fast wan me back to the future jobless meh?

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Even though most my friends had seen my new image/outlook during the CNY meet ups, but I would like to share it here to someone who didn’t meet me regularly. The actual time period only stretch for about 2 months for me to become that dirty-cum-ugly look and back.

it started when I am jobless and decided to stay home until CNY, Initially it wasn’t in any plan for keeping mustache, it is just plain lazy and try to save a penny off the shaver and cream. after a few days and notice some changes on my look, so I just go on and start keeping mustache.

During the 1st 2 weeks, I really afraid to meet people and even not getting out of my house. A few mm long mustache really look weird and dirty too, and this is the time where I have to hide myself and wait for it to grow longer and hope it will look a little bit better. It really looks messy along the way and I learn to do some housekeeping so at least it looks in order.

After sometime hiding myself, it is needed for me to face people and MYSELF, so I go outside and try to live my life like I used to. But of cause when I met friends, they always get the surprise I give them and leaving me comments which i really appreciated.

Comments are a mix of positive and negative, Those who gives negative comments about my new outlook are mainly girls and from what I see, they do have some kind of expectation. what I can think of is my character doesn’t match with this outlook. Positive comments would come from friends that doesn’t wanna hurt by saying bad things and/or they are not that close to me to be frank. (sound so pessimistic). But I can sense some are truthful thinking on the positive side of my look.

HOWEVER, today I have done that! I retrieved my old-yet-clean look by shaving away everything. I struggle for sometime to do this, I think the feeling and thinking is like girls who kept their hair for years and decided to cut it short. What made me do this? simply because I need to go for interviews, and Ya I start looking for job. There might be some other reasons that ‘encourage’ me to keep a clean look but I can’t even figure it out myself.

Throughout this period of time, I experienced changes from time to time mentally and emotionally. Even my core thinking was self-centered, but I see how people response and how people say something with their communication skill. furthermore, I can understand a little bit more about the person who give comments.

Before                 After

Really can’t recall how long I had stopped my toning exercise, even my cardiovascular exercise has been reduced to a minimal level. it has been like this since I lost my job, because I don’t go out from my house so i didn’t go for my paid gym session.

it’s about 4 months I’ve joined the club (for losing weight), and now the result so … so uncommentable. I didn’t lose any but GAINED a single kg! Please allow me to blame on the CNY tit-bits, I know, I know it is not an excuse, but just let me go this time lah…

Yesterday I get myself back into action, start my toning exercise and increase the level of cardio exercise. And restart my dietary control (since meal/food contributed 60% of weight). Slowly and gently pick up the momentum, and hope the old problem won’t come back to interrupt my plan.

恭喜发财，身体健康，笑口常开，出入平安，万事如意！！

今天十一点多才起身，摸摸这个摸摸那个又到了吃午餐的时候，吃的当然是昨晚年夜饭剩下的菜啰！我想很多家庭都是酱子吧。

我不叫团圆饭而叫年夜饭的用意很明显，因为我哥今年没回来和我们吃除夕晚饭，他给的理由也很“干脆”，说他大女儿要读书准备考试，一定是准备上京考状元了！吃饭时，我怕妈忘了是什么日子，我问”你记不记得今天是年三十晚啊？”他回了一句“记得又怎样？不记得又怎样？还不是我们三个人过。”爸也附和地说“是啰，记得又怎样？不记得又怎样？”

从小就没有跟我爸那边的亲戚拜年，因为他们都在新加坡，所以小时候过年都去婆婆家里，会见到我的阿姨们，舅父们和表哥表姐们。拿到很多的红包不在话下，那种过年气氛是多么的热闹和开心。自从公公婆婆都不在了，而阿姨舅父们的年纪都大了，行动也不那么方便，所以也慢慢的慢慢的不怎么联络了，也很少在新年的时候互相拜访了。

大概是近十年的农历新年，和平常的日子没两样，只是多了餐年夜饭，多了些新年糕饼，多了些贺年电视节目罢了。缺少了过去的鞭炮声，少了舞狮的锣鼓声，少了打麻将的声音。虽然还是回乘这个假期，以拜年为借口，去探访一些久违了的朋友。其实去探访朋友是不需要什么借口的，但是活在现实社会里，大家都像穿上了盔甲似的保护自己，总以为你无端登堂造访是有目的的。

活在城市里久了，大家都为自己的事业，家庭忙得团团转，也习惯了各家自扫门前雪，所以那种联系也细得像条线一样。朋友间还有些一直在散发着负能量，不照顾别人感受，不珍惜一起走过的日子，我行我素，把自己的度量衡都放在别人身上。也许有一天他们会成名，那代价却会是孤独。

人过情人节，我过情人节，点解我（哋）过得咁折堕？
本来呢啲日子都唔关我事嘅，又冇情人又冇目标，响屋企打磴咪好啰。点知自己唔争气，不甘寂寞，千猜揾個借口就叫咗阿John嚟，跟住call埋神出去食嘢。佢哋话要食大炒，咁我咪带佢哋去附近一间kopi茶铺，叫碟鸳鸯再加碟炆伊面啰，阿John又话要加个招牌豆腐。可以理解嘅，情人节女友唔响身边，想食吓出边啲豆腐，人之常情啫！点知食都最尾，厨房竟然忘记咗个招牌豆腐，搞到佢哋两只嘢唔上唔落，仲话要去第二度食过。

就喺从呢一刻开始，折堕呢只蓑嘢就跟到我哋实一实。先先我哋唸住食汉王（Burger King），而地点喺Ulu Klang佐近嘅山上，我揸车离远已经觉得唔妥，黑蒙蒙咁，行近先至发觉收咗档。冇计啦，唯有再唸过啰，咁啱行到靠近Ampang Point就去Dominos Pizza撞吓啋，一睇就知间铺头同我哋一样咁黑！转个弯嘅Pizza hut好啲，虽然打烊咗，仲有啲灯。

跟住又冇晒头绪嘞，一路上向着我屋企嘅方向进发，阿John竟然喺呢个时候话“不如攞啲肉乾去Cyber Cafe，一边打机一边咬肉乾”，搞到我哋唔知好嫐定好笑。唔经唔觉咁路过“不见不散”，啲人满到啥，我哋唸住呢摆冇死啰，唔单只要得食，仲要得睇女添。泊得车攞得位再睇埋张餐牌，正话要落佢order嘅时候，阿侍应小妹妹竟然同我哋讲“我哋厨房已经closed咗喎”。认真肚兰到极点，而家呢啲究竟喺乜嘢服务态度？

走啦，唔通喺度赖死唔走咩。好睬行过啲就有间叫做出名嘅“碳炒福建面”，虽然喺高朋满座，咁啱仲有个位留返俾我哋，啱啱坐低要叫茶，阿外劳先生同我哋撒手拎头，话卖晒咗！喂，我哋啲钱腥架？去到边度俾人赶到边度，好似啲过街老鼠咁，仲唔喺一只而喺三只咁多！

我哋边行边感叹原来冇情人嘅情人节喺咁难过嘅，都喺去啲定定揾食嘅地方啦。Desa Hartamas嘅汉王喺开通宵嘅，揸车到個度又喺黑蒙蒙咁，好睬仲有得打包！揸车埋到窗口，個个墙壁上嘅餐牌喺大，但喺远咗啲睇唔清楚，同收银马来妹攞個餐牌又话冇，都喺落车睇返够本。落完order仲要嗒返几句嗲，撩吓个马来妹，complain個餐牌太远睇唔清楚。你哋话折堕唔折堕啊？情人节揾唔到食仲要去撩个卖汉王嘅马来妹，真喺顶我哋唔顺啰！

祝：天下（真正）有情人，终成眷属！骗财骗色扼感情嘅扑街冚家铲！哇哈哈哈哈。。。