the Dumb Brother...

A pregnant woman is in a car accident and falls into a deep coma. Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby. The doctor replies, "Ma'am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them."

The woman thinks to herself, "Oh no, not my brother, he's an idiot!" Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, "Well, what's the girl's name?" "Denise," says the doctor.

The new mother thinks, Wow, that's not a bad name! I guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise! Then she asks the doctor, "What's the boy's name?"

The doctor replies, "Denephew."

tongue piercings...

A friend got her tongue pierced today.
I accompanied her as one of the cheerleaders.
She went in a room at the back of the tattoo parlour cum body piercing shop.
All I did was that I stood outside and waited...

They had giant poster sized pictures of the whole piercing process.
It starts with a fairly mundane wash and rinse of the mouth.
They provide tons of listerine so you get the fresh mouth feeling...
And, I guess, that the pierce~er guy doesn't die from your bad breath.
Then, with a real wicked looking 6 incher of a needle, they poke a small hole in the centre of your tongue.
They then affix a clamp over the needle and slide the cruel device out.
They replace that with a rather long tongue stud.
Apparently you only to get to wear the fairly innocous looking studs after about~ 2 months.
After that, it is a fairly painless affair of affixing a tongue stud.

When she got out, she did say the whole affair didn't hurt... that much.
But she said there was a lot of blood.
She was inside rinsing her mouth out cause her tongue was bleeding.
We then went to get her slurpees from a 7-Eleven.

Her plan was to go straight home, grab a glass of milk and sleep.
I was quite perplexed... and so I asked, "Why?"
She said she was going straight to sleep... 'cause then she won't really feel the pain.
All the better to let the tongue heal then.



I am still wincing from thinking that she REALLY went through with it.



*update*

Said friend has had her tongue swell up on her and that she can't really talk on the phone.
This is supposed to happen and IS the reason for the extra long tongue stud.
It is sort of like the trainer pair of earrings that you first get.
Just to get the body used to the idea of having a hole where there shouldn't be one...

She also wants some sea salt to gargle with.
I understand that salt is good for wounds and a natural antiseptic.
But, the last time I checked the equation...

salt + an open wound = BIG BIG hurt !!!

Ouchies !!!

Torturing Santa

1. Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad and a note explaining that you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.

2. While he's in the house, go find his sleigh and write him a speeding ticket.

3. Leave him a note, explaining that you've gone away for the holidays. Ask if he would mind watering your plants.

4. While he's in the house, replace all his reindeer with exact replicas. Then wait and see what happens when he tries to get them to fly.

5. Keep an angry bull in your living room. If you think a bull goes crazy when he sees a little red cape, wait until he sees that big, red Santa suit!

6. Build an army of mean-looking snowmen on the roof, holding signs that say, "We hate Christmas" and "Go away Santa."

7. Leave a note by the telephone, telling Santa that Mrs. Claus called and wanted to remind him to pick up some milk and a loaf of bread on his way home.

8. Throw a surprise party for Santa when he comes down the chimney. Refuse to let him leave until the strippers arrive.

9. While he's in the house, find the sleigh and sit in it. As soon as he comes back and sees you, tell him that he shouldn't have missed that last payment, and take off.

10. Leave a plate filled with cookies and a glass of milk out, with a note that says, "For The Tooth Fairy." Leave another plate out with half a stale cookie and a few drops of skim milk in a dirty glass, with a note that says, "For Santa."

11. Take everything out of your house as if it's just been robbed. When Santa arrives, show up dressed like a policeman and say, "Well, well. They always return to the scene of the crime."

12. Leave out a copy of your Christmas list with last-minute changes and corrections.

13. While he's in the house, cover the top of the chimney with barbed wire.

14. Leave lots of hunting trophies and guns out where Santa's sure to see them. Go outside, yell, "Ooh! Look! A deer! And he's got a red nose!" and fire a gun.

15. Leave Santa a note, explaining that you've moved. Include a map with unclear and hard-to-read directions to your new house.

16. Set a bear trap at the bottom of the chimney. Wait for Santa to get caught in it, and then explain that you're sorry, "But from a distance, he looked like a bear."

17. Leave out a Santa suit, with a dry-cleaning bill.

18. Paint "hoof prints" all over your face and clothes. While he's in the house, go out on the roof. When he comes back up, act like you've been "trampled." Threaten to sue.

19. Instead of ornaments, decorate your tree with Easter eggs.

20. Dress up like the Easter Bunny. Wait for Santa to come and then say, "This neighborhood ain't big enough for the both of us."

* J o y e u x * N o ë l *

Just a short post to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

We are going to be leaving the eyar that was 2005.
I'd like to take some time to thank my friends and family for the memories.

It is also going to be a new year and a good time for new beginnings.
May your dreams and wishes come true.

Take care and God bless.

Christopher, your life is in drive when you're Creating Something

Last Request

They have the Lone Ranger lined up and they are ready to shoot him. They ask him if he has any last requests. He replies, "Yes, I'll have a last cigarette." They give it to him and he proceeds to send smoke signals to Tonto, who's down the trail.

Within minutes, Tonto comes flying down the trail with a wagon filled with women.

The Lone Ranger shakes his head and says, "I told you to bring the posse!"

flick

I also went out with Felicity or flick~flick~flickity~flick as she prefers it.
kiss the boys and run away... huh? Private joke.

I bumped into Yang on the tram.
The guy had extended his stay in Melb but didn't inform me.
So, we had a sort of final farewall *again* dinner with him.

Darren, if you're reading this, I'd like his msn contacts... Thanks.

Then flick and I caught the third Harry Potter in the new cinemas at Hoytts.
Oh... the cinema was good and stuff.
But, the movie was GREAT.






I'd go to say as much that the previous Harry Potter movies sucked.
But this movie in the series really showed maturity in the storyline.
I thought that the plot was well crafted... the ~twist~ at the end really caught me out.
Note that I barely remember the story in the book (had read it ages ago).
This is another must watch movie.

Okay... I apologize to the people whom I have said that 'Harry Potter is fantasy lite' or that 'Harry Potter is for kids'.
I did read the series in bits and pieces.
I enjoyed them in the context that they were written in.

A closet Harry Potter fan I am not... nor will I admit to be.
HAHA!

so there...

wow... big update!

I've just had a ~WHIRLWIND~ of a week.
I enjoyed some great moments and a really painful experience.
And, I have yet to update on my trip to Cairns.



Let me start by saying phew~

Darren came down for his graduation.
It was great just to catch up with the guy.
Went to MAI TAI on Tuesday with Darren and Yang.
Both guys brought their buddies, comrades, old friends, etc. along.
Even Rain and Nicklaus showed up for a little bit.
I grabbed Crys and we all just piled in and had drinks.
Yang is really a great guy... pity that I hadn't met him earlier.

On Wednesday, I attended Darren's graduation ceremony and celebrated with him, Crys and their friends.

Took lots of photos... need to pass them to Darren and to upload them.
Then I rushed off just after for a surprise b'day thing for Wai Peng.
Kelly ruined it by letting the secret out early... sigh~
Cakes from Laurent are still great though.
But I got sounded out 'cause they are rich and fattening... girls will be girls!
Then, rushing again, I was at TWILIGHT @ HUSHBAR with Darren and Yang for their graduation celebratory after party.
Just a small affair with a few guys, some r&b, drinks and smokes.

Thursday? I think hung out with Darren.
Had lunch in the city with him.
Then we went around the city with Kelly and her friend... trying to get flowers for Wai Peng's graduation.
Thanks for the round~trip~city~wide tour... heh!

I couldn't attend the post celebratory photo shoot cause of work commitments.
But, my camera did... (on loan to Kelly)
They took lots of photos... well, at least, Wai Peng did.
I rushed to link up with Darren and Rain after work.
This triumvirate of bored people caught King Kong at Crown.
The movie is a must see people...

Friday was REALLY great.
Started with a shortened shift at Subway so I could out and party after.
Big thank you to Lydia (my manager) for arranging this at such short notice.
Linked up with Darren, Rain, Felicity and Sylvester at the ATRIUM BAR in the Sofitel hotel.
Had coffee and small talk 'cause Darren was leaving for KL the next day.
Then Darren, Sylvester and I rushed over to LAVISH @ WATERMARK for Wai Peng's b'day party.
We were a lil' late... and I was one of the organizing people.
James fk'd up a lil cause we had to wait.
And this is even when we had a table booking and that we still dropped about AU$500 at the place.
Either LAVISH is fk'd or James just doesn't sit high enough in the heirachy of things.

On the way back on Saturday morning... my MIRAGE died.
My poor car and loyal mode of transport for 5 years left this world to the big car yard in the sky.
What a way to end such a great night...
I crossed an intersection in the city and I got hit from behind.
My car got sandwiched between a taxi and a Honda Prelude.
James did redeem himself by coming back for me.
And, I had him pegged as a 'good times' guy...

My insurance people just called me today (well, on Tuesday actually).
They said my poor MIRAGE is a write off.
She just couldn't be saved.
They couldn't resuscitate the poor thing with the defibrillators.
Died on the operating table.
Let us observe a moment of silence for the dearly departed...
I'll miss you baby... see you in the next life.





sidenote...

I promise that I have the updates in drafts.
I just got to upload the photos and post them up.
I promise, that do or die, I'll have them up by the end of the week.
Just got to get off my ass and stop procrastinating.

Erm... adieu.

lifestyles of the RICE and clueless~

HAHA !!!
Good title yea?
*self appropriated props*

I do think there is such a thing as being overly tired.
The lack of sleep this weekend... *yawn*
And I did shifts at Subway too.
Thankfully, this weekend was rather quiet at the shop... dull and boring.
Complain... *whine* *whine*...
Yea... I'm definately feeling this.
I am so tired !!!

Had a great night out at Lavish on Friday.
Thanks to James for getting us in the door after an hour out in the cold.
Thanks to Kelly, Ricky, Andy, Winni, etc for the entertainment.
Now that I think about it... Andy and Kelly would make a cute couple.
And, the Marlboro Lights were nice... thanks Ricky.
I'll replace your pack of smokes for another later...

Got back home at around 8:00 am.
Then had to, rather abruptly, rush to the airport to grab Darren at 9:00.
The guy is back in Melb for his graduation.
On Wednesday night... this boy will be a career man.

Just got back tonight from an extended dinner/yumcha session with him.
Was at Notturno on Lygon St.
The food is great but the atmosphere to night was a lil' dull.
Shot some pool after.
I know I need the practice.
I noticed that Russell St has changed so much since the first year I came.
The city was empty... yea, but note the hour.
The big arcade has closed down and that rave club had moved out.
And yea... then played games at the solitary remaining arcade.
It has been ages since I'd done that.

We caught up with each other.
Great friends are forever... right?

then... have you found someone that you think would suit you?

this... I was asked recently by a close friend.
How is one supposed to reply to such an incisive question?
I could only think of the truth...





No...

Unfortunately... I have not.

Until today, I'll go as far as admitting that Leanne was the most suitable person for me.
She had cut deeper than Michelle ever did.
She had first found me.
I then noticed her.
After?
We enjoy a moment of bliss.
Then...
We both grew up, and we both grew apart.

~_~

The next one? Surely I must have someone after...

Somedays I wish that life was like a restaurant.
There would be people, who interested you, written down in a menu.
You could then call the waiter and order the next dish.

So...
A fair few people have asked me, "What about Leanne?"

It was over.
It is over.
It has been over for a while now...
It is not the selfish ego, nor the foolish pride.
The decision was and is still sound.
We had grown apart.

Fate decreed and thus the destinies diverge...

Let me put down my pen.
And, close the book...
The story is over.
I'll sign the final 'The End'.

I now wait for new inspiration.
Would a muse come my way?
One day... I'll open a new book,
and hopefully, start again.

of a RANGER and a Shadow Dragon

I'm a gamer...

define: a single BACHELOR who plays computer games... a lot.

Its a role that I fit into, not an encompassing lifestyle or a character trait.
Thankfully.
I have a social life... I think I do?!?
Thanks for asking...

Anyway... I'm a huge fan of RPGS.

I love Final Fantasy VII.
I love Final Fantasy VIII.
I love Final Fantasy IX.
I love Final Fantasy X.
I love Final Fantasy X-2.

You can probably guess I love Squaresoft and their the Final Fantasy Series...

I love Wild Arms 3.
I love Shin Megami Tensei: Nocture.
I love Final Fantasy Tactics.
I love Disgaea: Hour of Darkness.
I love The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind.

and I'll probably love The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
when it is finally released... heh!

Currently Playing Fable: the Lost Chapters.
It finally got released for the PC. Yea!

I just love the fantasy and the roleplay.
But what really gets me is the power leveling to get your characters godly.
I always try for the level cap and the final ultimate set of equipment.
Nerdy yea?
And, btw, nerd was a term coined by Dr Seuss in the book To the Zoo.



MMORPG
Massive Multiplayer Online RPG
*gasp* even the acronym is massive... heh!
I've played a fair few.

Ragnarok Online (or RO) was just so cute.
I spent many nights up with YuMing and Brian? killing Sohee and whatnot~
That was fun... YuMing almost lost his job and I often went to work on Mondays sleepy.
And when I got my falcon as Hunter... wow!

Later on, I got hooked on Risk Your Life (RYL) with Bernard.
This was a game where Akhans (read as Orcs) fought Humans.
I know that it has a wierd name, but it had a good combat system.
And, you could buy in-game-money with real-world-money... HAHA!
So, the world was really abused...

I loved Final Fantasy Online.
I have played a few hours at it with Bernard and Kelvin.
But, I never owned an account.
I've just borrowed my friends' characters and watched over their shoulders.
This game is just too huge and time consuming.

The best online RPG that I took part in has got to be UO
Ultima Online... yea!
This would then be the story of a Ranger and the Shadow Dragon.
The ranger had weapons of great power like the Devastating Crossbow of the Void.
And the crazy time we (Bernard, Kelvin and I) had finding pieces for the Plate Armour of the Water Elemental.
I played that ages ago on a private server, UO with their own additions.

Shoutouts goes to Osiris, FouLu, Gembel and whoever else of Guild ~XTC~ !!!

I spent many great days and sleepless nights hunting ostards.
And fishing off the top of my small tower to level my useless skill.
Then it was off making fish steaks and then cooking said fish steaks on top of my guilds tower.
Then there was the combat with this crazy PK (read as player killer) who used this PowerPlayer class.
FouLu and Necro had a grand time trying to rescue most of us weaker guild members.

I remember playing as the Ranger class.
A LVL4 Ranger with high skill levels in taming and archery.

I remember taming a red dragon for the very first time.
FouLu had lent me a whole suit of Grandmaster items of Taming.
I had a pretty high skill level of about 120~ish in taming itself and a lot of luck.
The party got slaughtered the first time, but we persisted...
Then we succeeded in taming a few of these grand dragons.
They could talk... had some really sarcastic comments.

The guild kept one caged inside on the first floor of the guild tower.
HAHA! Got a fair few of my guild members killed while they were AFK (read as away from computer)
Then someone got an admin to come and kill my poor dragon...

We also tried taming a Golden Dragon once.
But, ultimately failed 'cause they were just too fast.

MMORPGs are really great.
But I gave it up and vowed never again...
Simply because MMORPGs really is a lifestyle unto it's own.

I'm only happy when it rains...

Hmmm... memories should have been a sin.

thoughts...

I think it's time I got new glasses/spectacles.
My current pair shows me anything 200 meters ahead as a vivid blur.
I was walking back from an evening stroll when I noticed that.
Noted also that the world is a lot more interesting through the haze.

Almost to my apartment I saw a silhouette... pink and black.
The pink was stationary but the black was rustling beneath.
It was almost ethereal because the background was stationary...
There was just the pink advancing and the black rustling towards me.

Closer?
I thought she was cute and was probably on the phone.
Wonder why I never heard her.

I just kept walking on.

back from Cairns... ^_^*

hehe...

I just got off the plane from Cairns today at abt 12:30am.
I'm all nice and tanned, well... and a lil' burnt.
*toasted*

Had a great time there.
Lots of japanese tourists, so I had a good time checking out the nice ones.
No photos though, didn't want any drama.
And, a few were kawaii~ cute... ^_^'

It was on the off peak season and a lil' before the Wet.
Queensland, up north, is actually the tropics.
Cairns is close enough to the equator to feel much like KL.
The place is unique cause it has both the Aussie Brush forest (savannah?) that grows beside the tropical rainforest
Yea... they have rainforests and a wet and soggy rainy season, like in Malaysia.

And, yea, learnt a lot of wierd stuff too.
Like? erm... that Cairns is built on reclaimed marshlands.
And, the humble banana is actually a herb!

Well people... gonna grab some sleep now.
I'm gonna load up some pics and blog abt my trip later... most probably next week?



btw, Frank? I got to eat lychees...
*poke*
*poke*



nite'

twilight@hushbar

Just got home about an hour ago.
My flight to Cairns is at 8am and I'm supposed to leave my apartment soon.
It's probably too late to sleep...

So, I'm blogging.

Got a new place for the Melb people to play at.
Twilight on Wednesdays at hushbar, Melb Central.
It's a pretty cool place, built like a lounge.
Pretty small dance floor but it does have an outdoor seating space.
A very post-modern decor...

What I like about the place?
In a word? The bar...
They serve Jose Cuervo and Absolut (in varied flavours).
And, if I heard right, they also do absinthe.

Surgeons General Warning: Absinthe is known to have mild hallucinogenic properties.

Sweet...

for kelly...

for she who will not believe that I got pets, who sleep with me at nights.





Please meet Stitch, Patrick and Tigger.
My bedtime companions.

^_^'

I'm really proud of my baby sister...

Yeap...
I got not one, but TWO baby sisters.
And, I love 'em to itty~bitty~bits.
Most people have seen Stefi before.
She occasionally follows me around to clubs and stuff.
But I assure you, she is way cool~er and VERY much crazier than I'll ever be.

*sigh*
I'm growing old...



Anyway... meet Sammi.
My father's pride and joy.
She rounds out the children of my immediate family.





Sammi and Eu Jo and a cute maltese...
The lil' puppy is named Peony.
But Auntie Lai Mun can't pronounce it, so she called her 'peng on'
And, that is cantonese for peaceful.





Sammi and me...
She is soooooooooooo~ cute.
kawaii desne~





and this is Sammi and my mum.
These two are like co-conspirators.
Shhh! secrets...





and yep... Sammi doesn't like photos much.
She looks like the proverbial 'deer caught in some car headlights'.
But yea, was teaching mum to use my digicam.
And, she never did prompt us.



Small, heaps smart and adorably charming...
What is there not to like about her?

except that she is precocious, most of the time...

*smiles*

Where Is Your Heart Tonight?

by Jordan Knight


Sitting in loneliness and sorrow
I only have myself to blame
Had a good girl and I lost her
I start to cry and feel ashamed

I wanna come and change your mind girl
No lies and no more games

Never thought of missing you
Never thought I’d need you
Before you left tonight
Since I can’t be kissing you
And since I won’t be holding you
Will it be alright?

And how can you just say we’re though after all this time
I’m standing here with open arms
The thought just crossed my mind…
Where is your heart tonight?

tried this love personality type test...

I love these Myers-Briggs Type Indicator evaluation stuff.

I was first introduced to them in Organizational Behaviour at Uni.
They are just so much fun to do...

You sit down and complete a paper of about 50 questions.
They ask if you'd rather be doing activity 1 or 2.
And from all that they can, basically, profile you.

I've done a whole heap of them over the past year.
There was the career and industry type test by MAPP.
Then I did another social type test for Grace.
And, just about 1/2 an hour ago I did a love personality type test from Tickle.com

And, how do the results amuse...










The Love Personality Test
Similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®

Christopher, your love personality type is ISTP

About 4% of the U.S. population possesses the combination of traits that make up this personality type.

Being an ISTP means that it takes a lot to get your feathers ruffled. When those around you are losing it, you're usually the one who's calm in the face of a storm. In fact, you can come across as an absolute action hero in times of trouble. This is especially true when you show that you're both independent and capable of rising to a challenge. Because you rarely get flustered, people are apt to depend on you for reassurance. Lucky for you, you're the kind who can thrive under pressure. You may even seek out situations that involve unpredictability and quick thinking. More than most, you're a true thrill-seeker. Where there's action; you're usually there.

In relationships, people are likely to be attracted to your confident, daring nature. You'll appreciate their admiration and the company it brings you, but you also value your independence. You're not the kind of individual who equates being alone with being lonely. In fact, you can keep to yourself in a lot of ways. Chances are you don't mean to play hard to get; you just are.

negativity

1. always reflects inner defeat.
2. always justifies itself.
3. will choose your friends for you.



I was just watching Hillsongs on the idiot box.
Couldn't stomach another dungeon crawl on my ps2.
Hillsongs is a church, and they are pretty big on tele~evangelism.
What is that you ask?
They broadcast their previous nights service on television.
And, it is pretty entertaining too...

The pastor was talking about negativity and how it poisons your convictions in life.
There was something about negative confessions and how it affects your lifestyle.
It is easier to play the victim and complain about your circumstance.
Why be so miserable?



to complain, bitch and whine...

"I'm short, fat and f~ugly.
But I can't be bothered to go to a gym or get a realy good haircut.
I just want to sit here and have a bitch about how life is so unfair."

...and so spoke the negative bastard.

And, another thing that I caught on with was about regrets.
This is very much in sync with what I am trying to do with myself.
Regrets make you miserable.
And, in turn, you make everyone around you miserable.

regrets is...
the past that poisons your present,
the past that sabotages your future.



I'm currently going through what I'd like to call my 'the live wrong stories'.
A change for the better... or the worse? I have yet to decide.
But a change is in order, and I'm definately making steps forward.
I want to try new stuff in my life.
To live in an opposite/different lifestyle...

I want to... live my life without regrets.

my blog has just reached a milestone !!!

hehe!

I know that I've been ignoring my blog for awhile now...
But yea, my life has been a lil' messy.

I got a lot of drafts of stuff to put up.
But I have been lazy...
Can't seem to be bothered to finish them and put them up.

Well...

I'll get around to doing them...

sometime...

soon...





Parents are down here in Melb with me.
And, I've been playing Shining Force Neo on the PS2... prob more than the recommended sane ammount.
Just checked and I have clocked 55+ hours on the game (game has a play time counter inbuilt) in the span of a week.

my life feels empty...

I'm most probably drunk
I feel fkn high~
karaoke was fun
Y2K has most of the new songs
sang songs and played games...
this feeling I'm in is indescribable
feeling like I'm wandering outside my head

I am tired...
hayfever had laid me low earlier
sneezing and oh~ my red eyes
I hate it...
HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT!

Jay Chou has a new album out, November's Chopin
downloaded the album
it is nothing spectacular
but, he is Jay Chou...

HAHA! I'm currently a lil' off centre
I have trouble spelling and stringing words into sentences
and I probably should not be posting...

I want some deeper meaning to my life... WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING ?!?



gone to bed, gnite?
Life is bliss when you're high and ignorant.

sometimes... I just want to be taken care of

from something I read somewhere...

"One time my husband complained that his headphones had broken, so when I passed an electronics store, I bought him a new pair," says Melissa Prusher, 35, of Manalapan, New Jersey. "He was touched: He said, 'You take such good care of me.'" And these tiny courtesies can be contagious, says Hilary Rich, an author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Marriage. So don't be surprised if you come home to discover that your car's tune-up has been taken care of.

and yea... I did just get a haircut.

Just cut the damn hair...

A young man comes home and says, "Dad, I just got my driver's license and would like to use the family car."

The father replies, "Okay, son. But first, you have to get good grades in school, keep your room clean, make sure the yard is neat, and cut your hair. Come back in a few months and then we'll see."

Well, several months pass and the young man comes into the house with his report card in his hand. "Dad, I got great marks on my report card. I've been keeping my room as neat as a pin, and the yard is always in tip-top shape. How about letting me use the car?"

The father replies, "That's all true, but son, you didn't cut your hair."

The son says, "But dad, Jesus had long hair!"

The father replies, "Yes, son, you're perfectly right. And he also walked everywhere he went."

I want to live my life... without regrets.

Do what you want to be doing in life.

Live with purpose.

Commit to the principles of your work.

Be the same person on the outside as you are on the inside.

Be direct and honest with others.

SEXIER THAN SKELETONS... wth?

I got Crys to admit she is SEXIER THAN SKELETONS... haha!



*edit*

features like fired porcelain...

I was at Lavish last night with Heng and Dick.
We had an occasion to go out drinking.
I should really get the pictures off Heng's camera.
Enjoyed a brief encounter with the usual Chivas, Tequila, Chartreuse and my love of Vodka.

I had met someone after the alcohol had kicked in.
All I want to ask is, "Who were you?"

I am not an asshole per se.
I just wanted to dance around you.
I had plied you with sweet nothings and false bravado.
I was mocked because I did not pursue further.
At least you had given me your number.

What am I doing?

recommended readings?

I got two new books up for RECOMMENDED READINGS here...
Kwang... When you get around to seeing this, pay attention.

Yea.
I know you can probably tell that I like Sci-Fi and Fantasy.
Alright... I'll confess.

I AM A GEEK !!!

But!
I have a few saving graces...
I do not have a pencil thin neck or a pocket protector.
Never will you also see me wear anoraks (What are they?).





Wheel of Time Book 11 - Knife of Dreams



I was back in Kuala Lumpur for an internship in 2003.
That year I was really bored, just working and yum~ing cha with Kwang and Ming.
So for the first six months of frustration and total boredom outside of work I picked up the adventures of Rand al'Thor in the Wheel of Time saga.
Understand that Leanne (my girlfriend at that time) was still in Melb and had not made it down to Malaysia yet.
The story is your standard fantasy fare with the earlier books mirroring the Lord of the Rings.
But after a bit, the story comes to develop on it's own with much manipulation and politics between the many varied characters.
I believe that Robert Jordan is one of our generation's contemporary greats.
He is a world builder... crafts stories that illustrates a completely new existance for your imagination to play in.
Knife of Dreams is the 11th book in the series (and it is has been a pretty long series).

On a sidenote, I got Kwang hooked on this series...
I bet he hates me for it. Right?





Judas Unchained



Peter Hamilton holds a special place in my heart.
I've read his earlier books and have enjoyed both Fallen Dragon and his Night's Dawn trilogy.
This man here writes engaging sci-fi stories with many varied characters.
What intrigues me is how he puppeteers all of his characters and develops the characters of ALL OF THEM.
This is his second book in a two part with the first being Pandora's Star.
I think this series is known as the Commonwealth Saga.
I've basically forgotten most of the first book, so I'd have to do a reread over the summer break.





It is unfortunate that both books are out in large print only.
The TPB or trade paperbacks (the smaller books you are used to Kwang) are only released later.
I've checked with Borders here in Melb and they have dates for both books in TPB in about 4 or 6 months.

My copy of Pandora's Star is a large print so I got that tonight.
But, I'm gonna sit and wait for the TPB of Knife of Dreams.
Why?
I got the earlier books of the Wheel of Time in TPBs.
And, I'm really buying them and collecting them.
I wouldn't want my shelf to look wierd with the motley collection of tall and short books.

Take care guys...

and my friend said...

Brother, you'd better open your eyes unless you want to go through hell again.

You can't go back.

Ever."




I'm having one of those shitty mornings.
And, my heart still bleeds...

last dance?

this post was written on 10-04-2005...



I really wish I did not encounter this poem.
It is a strange one about dancing and a farewell.

In that last dance of chances,
I shall partner you no more.
I shall watch as another turn you,
As you move across the floor.

In that last dance of chances,
When I bid your life goodbye,
I will hope he treats you kindly.
I will hope you learn to fly.

In that last dance of chances,
When I know you'll not be mine,
I let you go with longing,
And the hope that you'll be fine.

I shall partner you no more,
We shall know each other's minds.
We shall part with our regrets,
When the tie no longer binds.

make your move...

This is ten percent luck,
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure,
fifty percent pain

And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!


I'm taking a step FORWARD.

Frank?... you OWE me.

I was slated to take a few weeks off Subway 'cause of upcoming exams and that my parents are around.

Stefi is now studying here and living with me.
She isn't really at boarding anymore.
And, dad has been here for awhile watching over Stefi as she has her VCE coming up.
Mum and Sammi arrived last Monday and brought mooncakes and tidbits.
The whole family is here and Mum cooks so I get to eat at home.
^o^
Food is good... but, I digress.

I had told my manager and negotiated that I'd only do Friday and Saturday nights.
'cause these are considered *my shifts* and therefore are my responsibility.

"Fair enough," I thought.

Then Frank calls me up on Wednesday and asks for a favour.
Take his shift on Thursday 'cause he has some stuff to do this week.
I agreed cause I'm helping out a friend and, cmon, greed is good.

"Fair enough," I thought... again.

I did a friend a favour and it was not worth the effort.
Frank... HAHA! If you're reading this, you OWE me man!
His shift was a full 9 hours, from 1200-2100. (re: as 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm)
And the amount of bullshit I had to go through was staggering.

The Subway I work at is now declared ~PERDITA~

The current manager is just so fkn uncoordinated, it is not even funny anymore.
Lydia is a very pleasant person but very disorganized.
We ran out of olives in the morning and that is a salad option that is popular with the customers.
Over the lunch period, I had this dumb chick Maddie bumping into me all the time.
And she is wide... VERY WIDE... *shakes head*
I mean MACK TRUCK wide!
Claire was at the counter, looking pretty collecting money.
And, as usual, not much help.

The LUNCH RUSH came and went and the store was left in a mess.
We had food all over the floor and I nearly slipped over spilled jalapenos and tomato slices.
I cleaned up after...
Washed an Mt Everest of dishes, threw out the garbage, swept and wiped everything down.
Claire and Maddie left leaving me and Lydia in the shop.

I was relieved as I thought that there would a quiet period for a bit.
And then, we had the graceless Melb Grammar kids waltz in.
Together, me and Lydia did about 60 sales in two hours... just the two of us.
These lil' shits are the smaller lower secondary variety.
Who are young, indecisive, rude and very, very loud.

And it was muck up day for them...

MUCK UP Day signifies the end of year for the Year 12s where they all go out in force to make life miserable for everyone.
By throwing eggs, ragging the lower secondary years and being a general nuisance they celebrate their leaving of the Victorian Schools Education system.

You'd really expect that Melb Grammar kids to be well behaved.
But it just doesn't happen... WTH?
These kids are from well off families.
Melb Grammar is this posh private school where the fees are ridiculous.
They lack civility of any kind...
It's depressing to think that these are the next generation that will become mathematicians, senators and business brokers.

Anyway... my day gets worse.
After the afternoon was over, we had run out of a lot of food to serve.
Thank you to Rowan, the new Year 9 kid who helps out, 'cause he turned up and did most of the food prep.
But, he forgot a few important things... like onions.
Then we also ran out of salami and pepperoni.

Tim showed up later 'cause he was supposed to close the shop.
Rowan left and we were again, two...
We looked at each other before the dinner crowd started.
By stroke of fate, I swear the Gods of Subway hate me, we ran out of paper to feed the receipt printer.
In this store, if the receipt printer doesn't work, the cash register also takes the day off.
The dinner crowd was getting antsy and we had to go back to manually recording sales and handing out change.
It was cool that we had batteries in the calculator, else I would be using an abacus.
Tim ran out on me halfway (without really telling me) to get more receipt paper.
And I was alone for the better part of the Dinner Rush.

I left sharp at 9:00 pm and went home.
Ate a small dinner and went to sleep.
I was justifiably tired...

And you know what?
I'm due in at Subway again at 5:00pm.

from Alvin... advice

and he said, "is the thing you buy will give you value in the future?
and can you gain any interest on it ?
think about before you make decision"



That is deep!

I was asking his opinion on my decision to get a bike next year.
He told me to take my $ saved and invest it instead.
Make the money grow for myself instead of just wasting it.
His reason was sound, 'cause cars and bikes "depreciate the moment their wheels touch the road".

Something I got to really consider...



I really think that Alvin is a grounded sort of guy.
He has his stuff together in a way that amazes me.
He is so utterly focused on his goals and he then sets out to acheive them.

the Yamaha YZF-R6

This is the YZF-R1 smaller, aggresive and younger brother.
I'm probably aiming for this bike in the near future.
Shares the same design as the R1 although is of a smaller capacity.
This is better as I wouldn't say I'm that great a rider.

Let's be realistic here...

I got the downpayment on a second-hand 250cc bike saved up.
Gonna be getting my bike license over the summer...
Then I gotta settle a loan application.
Probably start looking for a good second-hand bike then.

Then, we'll see how it goes.


R6 Performance




















Yamaha Racing Blue...




On a side note, team Gaulousses won the Moto GP again.
I can see why the worldwide admiration for Valentino Rossi is well founded.

I reckon Rossi is to Moto GP as Schumacher is to F1...
















Shares the same design as the elder brother... the R1.





Clean and sleek lines...












kakoi desne~



R6 Details
















I want to see this dial here hit 15 k revs and do about 120 km/h...
Feel the need, the need for speed.














I'm going to definately try to get myself a bike.
With this baby as the end goal.
^_^'

Gotta learn to ride first... yea!

The End? We'll see...

Remember The Name

by Fort Minor featuring Mike Shinoda


Who is Mike Shinoda?


Remember The Name

You ready?! Lets go!
Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we're all about
It's like this y'all (c'mon!)


Remember the group who came up with a hybrid theory.
A new sound that proved popular...

I'm talking about LINKIN PARK.

The same group who featured a screamer, Chester Bennington...
And a trip-hop rapper, who? wait for it... Mike Shinoda.

Mike here after their acclaimed MTV mash up with Jay-Z came up with a solo project.
Signed up some new kids from his area and called themselves Fort Minor.
Jay-Z here is backing them up and it is shaping up good.
This is a new sound you got to watch out for.


This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

my iPod nano christened c_keah

I got this lil' baby here about 3 weeks back.
Did a pretty good deal at JB-Hifi on Elizabeth St.
Frank and Sherls haggled, begged then cuckoold that store on my behalf.
I swear... if you're asian, you probably got the haggle/bargain gene sequenced into your DNA.
Frank and I ended up getting an iPod each plus charger for $320 per package.

Note that the iPod nano in Australia goes for $359 and the chargers are an extra $48.
It is a wonder how Sherls managed to get the price down so low.

A big thank you and hugs...





This is the actual size of the iPod nano... in relation to my hand.




The iPod went on some diet or joined up with Atkins.
Probably smoked pot and snorted coke' and now they are as skinny as Kate Moss. Heh!




Shiny! And it says 4GB...
I know there are scratches... I'm sad too!
It really does scratch easily.




Am kinda proud of my new portable baby... Why? 'cause it plays mp3s.




I still can't get over the fact it is soooooo... small...

What is on my new baby iPod nano?
hehe... *smirks*
currently listening to My Chemical Romance - The Ghost of You.

I look different? hmmm...

I bumped into Luan (unsure of the spelling of your name) on the street the other day.
She did mention that I looked different.
Something about not recognizing me.

My verdict is still out on whether this is a good thing...

Anyway, I got to catch up with her while she was waiting for her bus ride home.






Self Portraits




How do you take self portraits?
Stefi is the queen of doing the vain ole' me thing.
She said... point camera at self and *click*.












People mention that I look smarter with my spectacles.
I look more like an intellectual and that people think I am mature and trustworthy... Haha!








I think I look better without glasses.
I do wear contacts on good days...








I'm going to be using this for my avatar.
Sunny now thinks I'm really tanned in this photo, but it is just the lighting in my room.
I think it is one of the better pictures of me...








I guess there is a lil' bit of vanity in me.
And, this is coming from a guy who is not very good looking.

Hey... at least I am honest!

iPod nano

Apple Website for the iPod Nano.

Speechless moment...

I only have three words for this new piece of technology.
Slim,
Svelte
and Sexy...

Remember my Motorola RAZR V3?

And, we all know how much I like sexy technology.