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The Sanguine – of which I am IMHO..

2009-10-28T11:53:00.001+08:00

I am, I believe, a sanguine person.. I agree all of the things stated below, however I don’t believe i am an extrovert.. i am the opposite of it. But well, it is good to know my strengths as a sanguine person… what about you my friends?

The Extrovert | The Talker | The Optimist

The Sanguine's Emotions

Appealing personality
Talkative, Storyteller
Life of the Party
Good sense of humor
Memory for color
Physically holds on to listener
Emotional and demonstrative
Enthusiastic and expressive
Cheerful and bubbling over
Curious
Good on stage
Wide-eyed and innocent
Lives in the present
Changeable disposition
Sincere at heart
Always a child

The Sanguine As A Parent

Makes Home Fun
Is liked by children's friends
Turns disaster into humor
Is the circus master

The Sanguine At Work

Volunteers for Jobs
thinks up new activities
Looks great on the Surface
Creative and colorful
Has energy and enthusiasm
Starts in a flashy way
Inspires others to join
charms others to work

taken from here

The Old Man Has Done It Again… leaving his son inside a steaming hot car

2009-10-27T09:07:00.001+08:00

Remember my previous posting about the old man who left his son inside a locked car on a hot day? Read back here

He has done it again and in the news… again, today :-

The son was left in a locked car and was parked at a petrol station near the LHDN building. According to the workers there, the man has done this a few times. It was reported that the man a.k.a. the dad went to the direction of the EPF building. The news reported that the son is drenched with sweat inside the car, although he is quiet.

From the picture, this one is a little bit better compared to when he left his son in August at the mercy of the hot sun at Lintas, but still this act is uncalled for. How come he do this to his own son??????

Will Power

2009-09-29T16:32:00.001+08:00

Perhaps most of you have read this.. but i just love to post this one. hehe

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work.

His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation.

Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year.

I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot.If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren't in prison.

Love, Dad

..........

Shortly, the old man received this telegram:

"For Heaven's sake, Dad,don't dig up the garden!! That's where I buried the GUNS!" At 4a.m.

The next morning,

A dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.

Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and a sked him what to do next.

His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for you from here."

It’s ON!!!!……….

2009-08-15T11:37:00.001+08:00

Yepp.. you heard me right, EPL is backkk!!! Surely all footie fans of the EPL will be in a buzz. Those who didn’t pay their satellite TV on time, will surely ensure that they will not get disconnected during these ‘football mad’ season hehehe.. (however, you can always go to the mamak stalls etc. If you really miss out paying and you haven’t get re-connected on time)

But for Liverpool’s fans, don’t worry if you are one of those guys mentioned above (hope not lah!!) because we have our very own Sabah’s Liverpool Supporter’s Club outlet for watching live games – Eclipse at Donggongon town and Jade at Api-api centre. (Kindly note that this is a pub though..). So, you Liverpool fans out there, you don’t have to ‘wonder’ whether Liverpool’s match will be shown or not at these places – as long as Liverpool’s are playing, you will get to watch our team in play Live!!. Also for those don’ t have Astro, this should be good news to you all..

Also, I am proud to inform that we are the FIRST official football supporters club in Sabah. Thanks to the wonderful works of our founders. You can visit our Facebook page and get to know the founders and the committee members and of course, link-up with other Sabahan Liverpool supporters, if you haven’t done so.

Okay.. so about Liverpool FC, despite the indifferent pre-season matches, the now-concluded Xabi Alonso transfer saga and injuries to our skipper and centre-backs, the want-away Mascherano, I, as always keep my faith.

Of course I want the team to be champions again. Who doesn’t? if you are a supporter of the Top Four of EPL clubs, and you don’t have that hope, you are a useless fan of your club.

And if you don’t believe and keep the faith on your team, stick with them through high and lows, thick and thin… geroff and don’t become a supporter of your club!! You are not a real supporter in this case.. I despise these kinds of people. Supporter konon..ceh!!

So anyway, I keep my faith on the team and hopefully we will win no. 19 this season. Yeah yeah.. ManU’s supporters will definitely give me stick for this but that is normal for someone who supports a club who didn’t win the league for almost 20 years!! But mind you, I am a real and passionate supporter of Liverpool, my blood is Red, my hearts beats for Liverpool.. Liverpool till I die!! Hehehe

So, as I said earlier, despite the indifferent pre-season and no big-name signings, I say to you all footie fans – BRING IT ON!! We’ll take it head on!!

And of coure to all Sabahan’s Liverpool supporters, hear this :-

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone

You’ll never walk alone

(and yes, you will not watch the game alone again… hehehehe)

Good news indeed to Liverpool’s fans in Penampang, KK and places nearby. Hopefully, soon we will be able to “open up” outlets in other towns, all over Sabah, and make our presence felt.

Let us enjoy the time together with fellow Liverpool’s supporters - watch games, sing Liverpool’s songs, celebrate goals, feel the sadness if we lose (touch wood!!), berate the ref for bad decisions, mock other teams (hehehe), banters and of course get to know each other a little bit well and etc lahhh kan.. hehehe

Bah!!

P/s: To other supporters… all the best for the new season.. whatever we may “gaduh-gaduh” during the season, let me remind you that it’s just a banter.. bukan mau cari gaduh butul-butul bah.. hehehe..(it’s because we’re passionate with our Club)

Good or Bad?..

2009-08-07T10:55:00.001+08:00

Read here about the ‘consideration’ by the Malaysian Government for internet filter, something what China has. Well China have the Great Wall, at least.

Good or bad?..

As for me, there is always two sides of the coins.. always..

She didn’t deserve to be called with that words..

2009-08-05T10:38:00.001+08:00

Finding good paying job is difficult when you don’t have paper qualifications. My wife found jobs dealing with children with disabilities some 10 years ago. Over the years, she has gained considerable knowledge in this field. And what I admire is that she has become “one” with it. She does not do it just for the sake of the salary but because she has grown to like it. Though, working with NGO’s, the salary isn’t that good either. But again, she is fated to be in this line of job. She have her hearts desire but this is what she do now – teaching children with disabilities.

Currently, she works as a teacher to children with Down syndrome in one of the NGO centre in town. Dealing with children with Down syndrome is one thing, but dealing with their parents is another headache. Though most of the parents are understanding and willing to listen to advice, there are a few ‘bad apples’ too.

Yesterday, she informed me that one of the parent of the kid she is teaching uttered bad words to her “bumiputra are p*k*m*k”. I was so mad when she informed me about it. It;’s like I want to ‘sekeh’ the head of this old retired-man at that moment. How unkind that is towards a person who is trying her best to teach his kid, even more so a kid with Down syndrome.

She told me that this guy is a ‘difficult’ parent. Everyone in the place she works knows about him, including other parents. But it never occurs to her that he will utter such words. And worst is – she didn’t do anything to offend him IMHO.

What happened is like this. Last Sunday, there was the closing of the Bulan Kebajikan at a leading hotel in town. All teachers (including my wife) including parents had to accompany the children who are going to perform that night. Since it ended quite late at night, it was decided and agreed that the centre will be closed on Monday, since the children are tired. Therefore, they inform all parents of whom they can contact about the closure.

However, being a responsible teacher, my wife remembers that one of her children (who did not perform for that night) is not informed. She also did not have the numbers with her. Her other two colleagues didn’t have it too. Therefore, on Monday morning, she takes the effort to go to the Centre, because she believes this knuckle-head parent will come to send his son.

True enough, he was there in the morning waiting at the Centre. She informed and explained to him about the closure. As usual this man will argue “why this and that” etc. That is his nature I suppose. But she ignored whatever he says since she already explained why.

Yesterday, in the front page of a local newspaper, we were shocked to find front-page news that a man had left his son in a locked car under the scorching heat!! Bomba had to be called to rescue the child who is “red and sweating”. Lucky a passer-by saw the child and informed Bomba. Otherwise, as the newspaper wrote, the kid kid could have died!! And you will guess who the guy is. The passer-by also claimed that the man left the child alone in the car and went somewhere else!! (Coincidently I didn’t manage to buy a news that morning)

Yesterday morning that old-man came and uttered the bad words I’ve mentioned to my wife. He blamed my wife for the incident and so on. She was mad of course. She called me and told me about it.

I was angry too, I would like to find the man at that very moment and give him a good “pile-breaker”!! but I told her not to be worried because she has done her job. She came that morning just to check if anyone came, especially the old man. She did it because she is a responsible teacher and not just “forget about it, don’t care” kind of attitude. She did it out of concern and kindness too.

Furthermore I told her that after she informed him about the closure of that centre that morning to the man, she has done her job. Things happened after that is not her responsibility and she can’t be blamed or anything.

But the damage has been done by this very words - “bumiputra p*k*m*k”. What kind of attitude is that? And for an old senior people to utter such words is shocking?? There’s a note of racism in there too!! Shame on him!!

This very person is really a ‘bad apple’ in our society. If it was down to me, they should not be among our community at all.

You see, he is very unkind most of the times, as I was informed. The Centre is put up to assist and help people like him who have children with disabilities particularly Down syndrome. This is not the Peninsular where there are a lot of centres like this. Here in KK or Sabah for that matter, this kind of Center is rare. I believe there’s only one in Sabah for Down syndrome too.

So the act of that man is uncalled for. My wife sense of responsibility and act of kindness is rewarded with “bumiputra p*k*m*k” words. For all she has done to his kid (she is his teacher), my wife do not deserve that..

She didn’t even do anything wrong… cishh!!

Exciting Season Ahead..

2009-08-04T14:43:00.001+08:00

Yuppp.. in about two weeks time, Liverpool FC will kick-off the season at White Hart Lane. It’s the time I’ve been waiting for. Of course, for a real footie fan, life is “eat, sleep and live” football ha ha ha..

The off-season was of course a real bore, but lucky there are some friendlies shown on the satellite TV towards the end of off-season.

I didn’t manage to go to Singapore to watch the Red men play to a 5 nil win. That would have been a great experience. But of course there are many things that is beyond my control, so I was unable to see them first hand. (Maybe next time..)

Nevertheless, the excitement of the new season is getting stronger and unbearable because of the newly established Official Liverpool Supporters Club of Sabah.

Yes, it’s true. we Liverpool supporters in Sabah will never walk or rather watch TV alone again because we have our very own Fans club here. Although it is still in early stages of formation but the excitement is already there.

I didn’t know about the first gathering though, but thanks to Facebook, a friend tipped me off on the 2nd gathering. So, I attended the 2nd gathering on 31st August 2009 at Eclipse in Donggongon.

I came alone since my friend Terry is in Semporna. I was a bit ‘lonely’ at first since i don’t know anyone. but with the knowledge that I am meeting people who have the same passion as me, I just “barge” into the place. LOL.

I sat there less than a minute and I was greeted by one of the organising team, Alex. I believe I was one of the early birds (except the organising team), so I chatted with Alex and get to know him.. (Thanks to Alex – the Vice President (Sponsorship))

Soon, people with Liverpool tops starts filling the place. And that is where the excitement started. I know a few of them also like Roland who is my senior at school. I also had the privilege of getting to know Jude and Grace. Jude happened to be a super-senior in school and he is the elder brother of Roland, while Grace is the elder sister of a senior in school too.

We started off by singing the legendary song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” to the top of our lungs. At this moment I feel really proud singing it with my fellow Kopites, I normally sing it on my own at home during matches (of course most of them are those “muted” version ha ha ha). This will not be the first I am singing it though…

There are prizes to be won that night sponsored by Carlsberg that night. My eagerness and effort to attend this gathering was rewarded as I manage to find the ‘treasure’ and won a shirt – Liverpool-printed shirt sponsored by Carlsberg. As for the trivia questions, I didn’t really joined in because I was already satisfied with what I get, besides I was busy taking photos myself. I did “study” before coming though as I want to win those Liverpool’s merchandise – by reading some facts and statistics of Liverpool he he

However, the grand prize was what everyone is targeting – a long-sleeved Liverpool Adidas home jersey, which in the market worth RM250 bucks!! That is a lot of money!! The trivia question asked was very hard, I never heard about that one either. The question was “which country is the flower on Shankly’s gate belongs to..??”. It was so difficult that many are just “shooting”.. in the end a fellow Kopites who actually helping others for the previous trivia question answered it. Well, salute to Patrick, he deserves the grand prize!!

Picture shows Patrick wearing the jersey he won. He was asked to don the jersey straight away that night. He is flanked by the emcees, Clifford (who happened to be Lab Papa’s geng karas) and Perry, who is also our Ambassador.

Well, they are many prizes given away that night.. I myself am satisfied with what I won. But that is beside the case, whether I win something or not it doesn’t matter, my main intention and ‘hearts desire’ is to watch Liverpool games in the coming season with fellow Liverpudlians, discuss the games, on-goings in the club etc. The is the very reason I am joining the club.

For those of you fellow Kopites who come across this blog, there’ll be another “pre-season warm-up gathering” (as Patrick put it) 8 pm this Saturday, 8th August 2009 at Jade Cafe, Api-Api Centre (Above Restoran Banu II, which is next to EON car sales centre).

Check out for updates in the Club’s Facebook fan page here. The page is called Borneo Liverpool Fan Club, if you can’t find it via the link.

Well, well, well what an exciting season this will be…

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone… you’ll never walk alone

21 Guns..

2009-07-31T10:06:00.001+08:00

Cool song from Green Day..

I always loved the way Green Day composed their songs.

I loved the melody progression of their songs. Most of all, they liked to combined acoustic and electric guitars. The riffs, climax and ending are to my liking. I consider Green Day’s compositions are “simple”. Well, at least that is what I think. If I go for bands like Helloween and Metallica, their composition are more complicated with combinations of riffs, solos etc. very very complicated.

I guess this is due to me not being ‘terrer’ in playing guitar. I learned on my own by watching other ‘sifus’ do it. I can never follow exactly how they do it, so I compensate by creating my own style based on what I see and learn.

Yes, I can never imitate them because I play “upside down left-handed” due to a ‘technical’ reason of my body parts. That’s why I can never learn how to do complicated solos or even other more advanced guitar fingering method.

But despite that, I am glad that I am able to play the guitar. Better than can’t play at all. Credits to my elder brother who guided me on how to do upside-down chords. He gave me the idea and I learned on my own and even perhaps perfected it with of course, my own style.

I was also lucky to have great friends who taught and shared with me over the years on how to play guitars. Of course they taught me in the ‘normal’ way and then I reverse it and create my own style, as I will not be able to follow 100%.

So after that, I dabbled in song composition. I never had any formal training though. I just hear, listen, watch, read and ask friends who knows. I loved heavy metal music but as I have said earlier, it’s too complicated to follow and also I don’t have proper knowledge. Then Green Day came. So I thought their music and song composition influence me one way or another.

However, believe it or not, most of my composed songs are spiritual Christian songs. I have quite a number of them composed over the years, enough to make an album. I have a few songs which are non-spiritual but they are what I consider ‘bida’ ha ha.

Well, once I am able to buy a proper electric guitar, I am going to composed some songs something like Green Day do.. ha ha ha.

And once my JJ old enough to learn, I am going to ask Lab Papa to teach him how to play drums. He likes to ‘ketuk ketuk’ the cans, containers etc in the house nowadays ha ha. Maybe he got what it takes to become a proper musician than his dad. Perhaps, I am going to buy him a kiddie drum soon.. I saw one in Toys ‘R us the other day.. haha

About Kadus Mama entry…

2009-07-28T12:08:00.001+08:00

After reading Kadus Mama’s blog entry today, my heart was suddenly filled with anger. If I could and have the power, I would straight away run to Kadus Mama’s ‘rescue’ and ‘attack’ and ‘fight’ – for things not right need to be made right. I have always ‘fought for the just and right’. I don’t want to see other people to being marginalised, discriminated for being what they are, for what they believe.. Lucky God did not give me such power otherwise I will misuse it. Haha

But I calm down, breathe in and out, to give more oxygen to the brain due to being submerged by carbon dioxide ha ha ha. So I can think ‘straight’ and ‘normal’ again. I know this is just my ‘human nature’ – very quick to get angry – especially those kind of ‘unjust’ kind-of-thing happening around me.

I am no hero; I am no “rights” activist. I can’t fly over to Kadus Mama’s rescue like Superman or Ultraman for that matter. No, Ultraman will be too big, I will squash everything on sight and hurt innocent people..

I am not strong. Yes, I do have a brown belt in karate but karate did not teach its students to ‘go offensive’ but rather for use it for ‘self-defence’. Anyway, I learned karate not because of those two things but just for fun. I get to spar with my good friend Suresh and tease Ajay Chong. Though Donald Lim did give me good kick once in awhile. But it was fun. Yes, merely for fun.

Now I think normally…

It is very sad thing that there are people out there who are overzealous. Overzealous in their beliefs that they offend and hurt other people. Sometimes not in feelings but physically also. They are eager to hurt people of other religion, beliefs, race, culture etc. Sometimes too, being a zealot they are, they too offend people of their same religion, race, culture etc.

I can’t deny this is the reality we are facing in our everyday life. But I do believe that most people, if not all, are against all things that are not right or correct, especially in terms of religion and beliefs – faiths, as you may call them. Even atheist, do not simply wants to hurt or offend other people’s belief, IMHO.

Thus, acknowledging that this is the challenges of every day life, it disheartening and sad to read what Kadus Mama faced recently. We all have our own opinions. But judging from the response to her entries, all her friends condemn the act of the person concerned.

Of what we can do to the person who made Kadus mama ‘panasssss’.. Physically, I am not sure.

But hope that we can support her in prayers and through comments in her blogs.

You have your family around you. Let their love surround you and make you at ease from this “trials”. And of course, you can always turn to Him any time, any place… whenever you want it.. He is always there for you.

“A man reaps what he sows… let us not be weary for doing good, for the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up”

Be strong Kadus Mama…

New blog linked...

2009-07-24T08:39:00.004+08:00

Hi all.. I've just linked a new blog by a friend - Kengkaru Kong and his photoblogs here

So please feel free to visit his blog ya..

Cheers

(Hombidai will be back.. don't worry.. he's just hopping on another field where the pastures is greener.. he he he.. but I have more to tell you all when I'm back... yayyyy!!)

“Arrrhghhhh.. there are zombies on my lawns!!!”

2009-07-21T15:33:00.001+08:00

A few days ago, I got may hands on a game called “Plants vs Zombies”..

At first, it looks to be a very simple game to play but when you actually play it, it’s quite hard. You will need to make some kind of strategy in order to win the levels, which are getting harder and harder of course.

To play the game, you will have to plant your defenses (consisting of many types of plants like sunflowers, pea-shooter etc) on your lawns and swimming pools to prevent the zombies entering your house. If they manage to break your defences – they will eat your brains!! Ha ha ha..

What I like about this game is that it is very original and I have never played any games quite like it. The plants are cute and the zombies are funny. Some zombies are ex-American football player, ex-lawn mower man, ex-swimmer – when they are still alive, I believe.. he he he. They even have azombie in tribute to MJ – Mike Jackson that is. And some zombies says they like your tricycle. “We’re the undead”!!! they sang..

Well, you have to play it yourself to know.. but it’s sure is fun to play this game. Simple but not quite simple…

You should listen to the theme song. Go to here and download the mp3 – in English and Japanese version. It’s funny and I like the song too.. hahaha. The singer’s voice – Laura Shigihara – is cute..

I suggest you watch the promotional video to here to arouse your interest.

You can download the tiral game here but you can only play one-hour. You will need to purchase to play the full game.. he he he

So, happy playing, if you do play it anyway..

Solar Eclipse

2009-07-21T14:51:00.001+08:00

Read about the solar eclipse here

Wow!! though we may not be directly under it’s path, i guess ada juga tempias-tempias kali he he he..

I believe Lab Papa will be ready with his gadget to record this rare occurrence. Just take note from this:-

"We'll have to wait a few hundred years for another opportunity to observe a solar eclipse that lasts this long, so it's a very special opportunity," said Shao Zhenyi, an astronomer at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory.

See.. the scientist says a few hundred years!!!

In my lifetime up to now, I remember experiencing moon eclipse. I was very small then – maybe 4 –5 years old but I can still remember because the people in my kampong beat gongs and whatever they can use to ‘scare’ Talob.

Talob, in the Kadazandusun’s belief, or so the orang tua-tua says, is the culprit who cause the moon eclipse. Talob was a guy who never stops eating. He eat and eat and eat until his kampong ran out of anything to eat. So this wise guy Talob went berzerk and ate the moon.. nice guy indeed.

So, the kampong people had to chase him away by beating gongs or whatever items that can make loud noise..

Well, that’s a story told by mom when i experience the solar eclipse when I was a kid..

Anywany, I was wondering if there is a Kadazandusun story or myth about solar eclipse? I never did hear people beating gongs or anything when it occurs..

Well, can’t wait for tomorrow to experience the ‘tempias’… I guess people in Shanghai are very lucky to see it..

Nincompoops

2009-07-16T10:59:00.001+08:00

Read this article first and you will be amazed..

I’ve decided to just delete my long write up earlier and just post this simple blog… as I will offend many people due my ‘hurt feelings’ caused by this two nincompoops…

They are a handful of people out there, like these two nincompoops, who have nothing better to do than ‘hurt’ the feelings of their fellow human being.. are we not human too??

FULL STOP!!

Read but forgive me for my digression… sorry :(

2009-04-01T14:54:00.001+08:00

These past few days, I seemed to feel very edgy and restless.

I don’t know why. Tried to find the cause or causes.. but I couldn’t zoomed in into one particular thing. perhaps it was a ‘mish-mash’ of all…

Maybe I was so stressed out by my works. Yeah, my project’s completion time is a month away. Of course I have a lot of works to catch up besides the daily interruptions from my site people.

Sometime they pissed me off. Site matters should have to be settled on site with the Consultant’s Resident engineer and CoWs. But they keep on pestering me with matters, which sometimes I feel a very simple matter. Yes, I am not an Engineer but based on my experience and pure logic, those things can be simply ‘tackled’.

Sometimes I want to shout “Oh common guys!! Why can’t you all settle these simple issues??”. “Why do you all have to come back to me? Yes, yes I can help you all to solve it but my time for my REAL works is being pushed aside, just to help you all!!” – ha ha.. that’s my inner consciousness speaking, but it will never be heard by them. But I really don’t want to let that ‘inner feelings’ to go out… maybe not now.

But frankly, even with these problems and my inner feelings, I really do don’t feel stressed actually.. That’s why I am puzzled why I feel restless.. Sometimes the heart pounds like somebody who just completed a 100 metre race!! Crazy!!

Perhaps it’s because of my own doing also. You see, I am quite a positive person. I tried to see the good sides of any bad things. If possible I want to draw out every little bit of happiness in a sad situation. I tried to search the light at the end of every dark paths I walked in this life.

Because of that perhaps, my mind always be positive for every breath I take. But my body – or inner feelings – doesn’t quite concur with what my mind is trying to do. So, sometimes things get quite complicated and in the end cause a real mess inside. Perhaps that makes me feel edgy and restless without reasons.. hmm

Ah well.. just writing something to get my mind sorted out..

See ya friends.. hope you all have a great day today

And just to inform you all, today is the first anniversary of my Dad’s passing. May his soul be in peace with the Lord.

Yes, I do miss him. Whenever there is a gathering at home or even at my relatives place, he will always be the person who makes everyone cheerful especially the young ones – my niece and nephews. But for this past one year, without him around the house when I visit my mom.. it seems very ‘different’. I sometimes feel empty. Poor Mom, he is alone at the house.. guess I missed him so much…

Well, I guess I have to accept that he has gone now to a better place for him, away from all the hassles of every day human life and problems. Even more, he now has been released from the pain he endure for almost a year before eventually succumbed to it..

I can’t go on writing this… I am in tears now if I think more and more of my Dad.. shishhh.. oh man..

I initially wanted to write about my edginess and restlessness… but…I digress.. sorry

Ha ha.. forgive my digression friends…

Rock Sembulans Blues & Gasak dan Guring Saja Buss..

2009-03-28T09:09:00.001+08:00

Siapakah mereka-mereka ini? sila jawab..

JJ’s first drawings or writings..

2009-03-28T06:54:00.001+08:00

These are JJ’s very first drawings or writings at slightly less than a few weeks into his 2 years age.. ha ha.. done on his Papa’s birthday.. perhaps it was his gift to his Papa.. haha

You may notice that the papers are ‘crunched’, it’s because I was fighting to get the paper from him before he tear them apart ha ha

What amazes me is that he is holding the pen or pencil in a way adults do.. holding with two fingers. I don’t know where he learn it because we never taught him hw to hold a pen or pencil..

He love to use a pen but I only give him pencil. It’s because when he is done with his artworks on paper, he will continue his drawings on his palms, legs and face!!! LOL

Worthless Architect Firm…

2009-03-26T15:59:00.001+08:00

I nearly died laughing at this particular Architect firm today, of whom – well, as you all already know – I really despise with.

Today we had a meeting with the Client in regards to Extension of Time. There are three projects with three teams of consultants. This particular worthless Architect firm was lucky because they are number two to do presentations.

Okay, maybe I am a bit harsh in my words… but I tell you, this Architect doesn’t even know how to do a presentation. Even my nieces and nephews know how to do a presentation. So that makes them worthless.

Lucky – because they were the second team to do a presentation. So they manage to “copy” entirely how the first team did their presentation. Yes, they did just that. Lucky there was a white board, so they just draw their presentation on the white board which reminds me when I was doing some lecturing in my early working days. Buruknya!!

You see – this Architect firm – comes empty handed. Okay lah, not really. But they came with only pieces of papers and documents. The other consultant team are equipped with a notebook, of which they just turn on and ta da – there goes their very detailed presentation!!!

As for this worthless Architect firm – when it was their time to present – the wife just go to the white board and starts drawing whatever they want to present and in the full glare of the crowd, it was very obvious that they have just drawn up the presentation on a piece of paper – last minute. And I have said earlier, the presentation was copied entirely from the first team. Lucky the first team ‘style’ is very simple. Imagine if the 3trd team presented first – their presentation was really detailed that doing last minute ‘copying’ as what the worthless Architect firm did, would be impossible. Lucky them.

Lucky there are no competition for presentation.. hahaha.. they would have come last place.

Last time I complained that this Architect firm couldn’t even write a proper letter. The other day, they wrote again replying to our letter and their answer is laughable – we wrote about something else and they replied totally a different thing. I read what I have written and wondered how come these so-called professionals can’t even answer a simple question, which even a kid can understand.

Today, they can’t even do a proper presentation to the Client.

What I labelled them is harsh but they are IMHO a worthless Architect firm!!

The Principal also is truly worthless. I have been coming for the meeting numerous times and he still doesn’t know me. This morning, we met before the meeting. He look hard at me.. and I already know he don’t recognise me. Then he said “Ahh.. you’re the one who likes to write us many letters..”

I wanted to told him this “Yes. It is me. It also good for you so that you can practice how to write and answering letters.. since you don’t even know how to..” hahaha… but I didn’t because I am just “makan gaji punya orang”.

I’ve written countless letters, be it a complicated one or simple letters. And mind you, practice make perfect. My ex-boss once advise me to really give a thought to what we write, even though how simple it is, as a letter can have many consequences..

Well. What a worthless Architect firm!!! I wonder why they still get projects…

Time flies fast for me…

2009-03-20T12:22:00.001+08:00

Time flies really really fast for me.. and I mean really really fast like a speeding Kancil along the Penampang by-pass road..

Can you imagine, I usually come early to the office, around 745am like that, and as soon as I turn my PC on, I will be engrossed in whatever I want or need to do.

Suddenly when I ‘awoke’ from whatever I am doing.. it’s already noon!!! Time for lunch and rest!! Wow!!

Sometimes I told myself like “Eh? baru belek-belek drawings, sudah tengahari? Belum buat apa-apa pun..”..

And now.. we are already at the end of March!! I feel like January 1^st was last week!!. Of course, most people including myself, will be very happy when the month’s end comes very very fast. Ha ha, all ‘makan gaji’ people will surely understand what I mean…

Perhaps, this was down to the tonnes of works I needed to clear off. Some more, my project’s completion date is in a month’s time.. arrgghhhhh!!!

Sometimes I wish I can slow down time.. ha ha ha.. but thank God that He never give me any special power.. otherwise I will abuse it… ha ha ha

Oh well, I have to do what I have to do… time doesn’t wait for me… I have no choice

(BUT… there is goodness that time flies fast.. - EVIL GRIN.. hehehe – one week school holiday is coming to an end and how I wish all teachers out there feel “oh cepatnya satu minggu berlalu.. belum puas cuti…” hehehe… and this goes especially to Chegu Carol… hahahaha (evil laughter!!!)

Jahatnya sia kannn… J

I can’t accept your “I am sorry..”.. not in my lifetime!!

2009-03-19T11:52:00.001+08:00

Read here about Josef Fritzl..

After what he has done, this is what he has to say “I plead guilty to the crimes I've been charged with. I'm sorry." Damn!! and ‘tearful’??? what??

Hello!! I can’t accept that as an answer. And ‘tearful’???? C’mon!!!

I can’t even put words together to describe this ‘scum’!!

He should rot in hell and not some mental facilities!! serves you good!!

We mowed them good time…

2009-03-17T23:11:00.001+08:00

Watch this..

It made me laugh, I nearly vomitted… hahahaha

Credit to my mate Kevin Cassar.. yeah!!

Liverpool mowed them at their own turf….good time!!!

Just for fun.. don’t ever do this..

2009-03-13T18:09:00.001+08:00

A little ha ha on Friday the 13^th..

Read

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2009-03-05T16:14:00.001+08:00

manyageh naega gandamyeon
naega dagagandamyeon
neon eoddeogeh saenggakhalgga
yonginaelsu eobtgo

manyageh niga gandamyeon
niga ddeonagandamyeon
neol eoddeogeh bonaeyahalji
jaggoo geobi naneun geol

naega babo gataseo
barabolsu bakkeman eobtneungeon amado
wemyeon haljidomoreul ni maeumgwa
ddo keuraeseo deo meoreojil saiga dwelggabwa

jeongmal babo gataseo
saranghanda haji mothaneungeon amado
mannam dwiyeh gidarineun apeumeh
seulpeun nanaldeuri dooryeowoseo ingabwa

manyageh niga ondamyeon
niga dagaondamyeon
nan eoddeogeh haeyamanhalji
jeongmal alsu eobtneungeol

naega babo gataseo
barabolsu bakkeman eobtneungeon amado
wemyeon haljidomoreul ni maeumgwa
ddo keuraeseo deo meoreojil saiga dwelggabwa

jeongmal babo gataseo
saranghanda haji mothaneungeon amado
mannam dwiyeh gidarineun apeumeh
seulpeun nanaldeuri dooryeowoseo ingabwa

naega babo gataseo
saranghanda haji mothaneungeon amado
mannam dwiyeh gidarineun apeumeh
seulpeun nanaldeuri dooryeowoseo ingabwa

--- just goes to show how much I miss Hong Gil-dong and his rag-tag Hwalbindang gang and of course the chemistry between him and Ryu Yi-nok :( --

Go Esther.. go Esther.. go Esther go…

2009-03-04T12:35:00.001+08:00

Reality singing competitions are back!!.

Yes, One In A Million started about two weeks ago along with the greatest show in the US of A – American Idols (or so they claimed it to be). Coming soon too will be Akademi Fantasia. So, many individuals will be trying their luck to become instant artiste and somebody popular.. well, if they got it, they got it.

Frankly speaking, I am not really into AF as I am not too keen on their format. I am interested only for the ‘singing’ part. It bores me really watching the diaries, the gossips, whatever they want to show us viewers. I also do not really like watching the dancing and so on. As I said, I just want to listen to them sing, good or bad, karaoke or tone-deaf. Sometimes I don’t need to view the people singing; I just put the volumes loudly and do other things like play Football Manager 2009. (Okay, this is wasting electricity lah hahaha… don’t do this at home). What really attracts me is a singer with good voice, the greater the better. I don’t care how he/she looks. Take Clay Aiken as an example. I mean, during audition he really look very ‘kampungan’ IMHO…

I am sure, very very sure too that they will be thousands (and millions in the US) who will try their best to be like Simon, Randy, Paula and Kara or Paul Moss and Shafinaz. (Not too sure about AF though or what ‘evolution’ they want to make this year), albeit from the comfort of their living room. That will include Monsieur Hombidai… hehehe. Some people too are keen to show off their judging talents in the mamak restaurants. Believe me, I’ve seen and heard one guy before doing this one or two years back. Nutters, IMHO.

Last week, one particular comment that really makes me wonder whether its appropriate or not is Syafinaz’s comment to one rocker guy a la 80s rocker, Azweera. After listening to him singing painfully (I believe), Syafinaz commented “Ini bukan lagi menyanyi tapi menjerit. Menjerit pun bukan tapi menyalak..”..

Hmm.. frankly, I was taken aback on Syafinaz’s comment. It feels like a personal attack to that guy. And the look on that Azweera’s face was really hurt mixed with anger. Kesian. The way she said every bit of words also makes the comments very strong.

I think Paul Moss gives the best comments compared to Syafinaz, it doesn’t matter good or bad comments. If they are good, they are good. If not, then it’s not. Though many people especially the audience doesn’t like Paul Moss comments most of the times.

Well, it’s one’s own personal view, and this is my personal view on the judges. Like Simon Cowell said, “He is trying to say what the viewers expect to say on the contestants”. Meaning, if you’re not good, you don’t say he is good or he is okay. Just plain simple “Not good!!”

Anyway, all the best to Sabah’s sole representative Esther. She got what it takes to be next OIAM champion after Ayu (OAIM Season 2 Winner)… you go girl!!

Now I need to go and tapau some lunch..

(pic credit as mentioned on it…)

Some things that amused me…

2009-02-27T17:37:00.001+08:00

Here are the few things I found that amused me that I manage to capture…

I think the word should be ‘multi-purpose’? am I right?

This is a site plan of KDCA, which holds the yearly State Level Tadau Kaamatan. Isn’t this embarrassing? hmmm…

Do you know any Government clinic in KK called “Klinik Luyong”? I don’t think so. Another embarrassing thing IMHO. I’ve been there 3 years ago and last month (this picture is taken on that day), and it is still called ‘Klinik Luyong’. Okaylah.. they’re too busy attending to sick people.. hmmm

Mind your what? I don’t think ‘overhead’ is the correct word, though I get the message. This is at Kompleks Asia City..

Quite creative.. and funny. Hahaha… though I noticed this has been vandalised for quite a long time… no time to ‘clean it up’? Oh yeah.. maybe it’s funny and worth leaving it like that… but I don’t hope to see this come May 2009!!! Bikin malu bah..

Ha ha ha.. Hope more will come during my journeys and walkabout in this beloved land..

But surely, this one amused him…

I bet he couldn’t finish it alone… haha

Pure digression from the original intention...

2009-02-27T16:39:00.001+08:00

I do have a lot of tasks to finish but my mind is so jammed up now. So let me just typed a thing that just conjured up in my mind quickly before I am lazy to type and share them with you all…

Have you all ever thought what you will be if you are not doing what you are doing now? I mean, what will Lab Papa, a scientist, or Chegu Carol, an educator, be doing now if they never get to do what they are doing now?

I was thinking about it just now (yeah.. my mind is jammed so I was trying to think of something else just to clear my mind hehe so I digress here), but belive me or not, I can’t even think of any!! Perhaps my mind was in a mess, but really, I can’t relate to do something meaningful other than what I am doing now.

When I was schooling, my parents never ‘told’ me to do something like become a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer unlike other friends parents (overheard sometimes.. bukan menyibuk lah hehehe). My mother always advice me to “just do well in school”, and I suppose she wanted to say “and good things will surely follow suit”. Perhaps because my mother is not an educated person (she never goes to school), she never have ideas like ‘become a doctor or lawyer when you grow up”. May be that too is a blessing in disguise, as I never have any pressure during school days to become ‘somebody’, all I wanted to do was ‘just do well’. Because of that too, I never thought of any career to take up as one. Although when there is a question of ‘what do you wan to become when you grow up?” – I simply answer anything, ranging from policemen, fire fighter, army etc.

I carried this mentality when I moved on to a ‘lovely’ school on a hill, of which sometimes requires it’s students to carry water from down hill to have a bath. Some cool dudes will, however have other ideas – like going to the ‘kolam’ or take a bath near the guard house with only their ‘seluar katak’. Forgive my digression.

Anyway, it’s true that I never really thought of what career I want to do. I just want to do well for my exams and whatever I want to do like sports. Though I admit I am not a bright or talented person. Never good in cricket or football or hockey. Academic-wise also the same. Perhaps jack of all trades but master of none… hahaha.. blimey!!

Only when I befriended Lab Papa that I started to ‘see things’. We were in F4 at that time and we are good friends. I started to think what I want to do. But I never ‘finalised’ what I want to do as a career, as everything seems unsuitable for me. Perhaps ‘unreachable’ too as I know my own capabilities academically. I thought I tried too hard to find a career that I tried meddling in astronomy. I always go to the library and read those kinds of books. Two other friends always joins me – Cliff and Jason. Though Cliff usually looks for chess books and Jason, martial arts. Haha.. those were the days. Maybe they wanted to be the heir to Kasparov or Bruce Lee.. hahaha

I was really into astronomy that I declared to one teacher one afternoon – I want to become an astronomer!! CRAP!!! The teacher – I forgot who he is – shot down my ‘absurd’ idea right at that moment and it really go down the drain. “Where on earth (Malaysia) you will find a job for an astronomer” he says and said many other ‘advices’ to me. I have forgotten whether Lab Papa was with me… hehehe

So, when I finished Form 5, I tried to ‘survey’ what I wanted to do. Architecture and science seems a good bet for me as I am aware of my capabilities, but again never really ‘finalised’ it. Luckily my SPM result was okay. What luck!!!

I remember Lab Papa suggested to me to apply for RPKJ. But later I said I just want to go for the normal pre-U. For the two years in pre-U, I think I ‘worked’ hard to find what I wanted to take up as a career. Eventually, I ‘found’ my strength and weaknesses. I’ve consulted close friends, seniors and lecturers, did some serious reading and ‘analysis’ and finally ‘finalised’ what I wanted to do!! Yay!!

But sadly, eventhough I was offered the place, someone else has taken it!!! Thanks to the postal service that sent my offer letter very very late!! I don’t want to go into details about this incident though..hehehe.. as my mind is already cleared up

To summarize, I applied to do something I want to do, got offered a place, but was taken up by someone else, end up doing a different course, but grown to love it.. though in the end, I was am doing something else right now, different from the course I have taken… hahahaha…

Wow, I have digressed so much. Initially I was trying to ask you all what will you be if you are not doing what you are doing now, isn’t it… hahaha.. and I end up telling something else.. really this is pure ramblings of me… cheers friends!!

Well, at least this has cleared up my jammed mind.. heheheee