Friday, October 28, 2005

Fast N Furious

This year open fast were worst than last year. Oil price does take its toll this year I think. Last year, I lost count to how many buffet I attended, but this year? There were only two, Chicken Hart’s and Nikko, even the latter was free. I mean the pricing for each buffet this year was unthinkable, outrageous. If, and I know you guys wish it too, if only our salary were equivalent to the changes in oil price, I don’t think I have an issue here, right? :-).

Tomorrow there will be a small gathering of my old housemate and friends, open fast together, and unlike last year, at Shroom, I decided to have it this year in Pelita, hahaha, the good old Pelita as always. Don’t have much time to think about other places. Apek and Au has mentioned about being together this year several time before. Not thinking about it much with my closing and all (busy, busy), but Joe drop me a message this morning asking when it will be.
Tag has mentioned yesterday about a great seafood buffet somewhere in Pandan, but the place would still be available after Ramadhan, cheaper and all, and with the time constrained, I don’t think I’ll get there without problem. Furthermore, I’m not in the mood to handle complains about the price and location this time at month end (work preassure, preassure).

Whatever it is, many would still not be available tomorrow, Supi, Et and Au couldn’t make it, sorry guys for the last minute planning, I know you guys are looking forward to it, I have some problems this couple of days (don’t worry, I’m still in the verge of sanity :-)), my friend’s actually, (Alhamdulillah, it’s under control now), well, you know me, still trying to be the problem solver always, but next year it will be different, I can tell, InsyaAllah.

I was again in my cooking mood this year, collected as many new recipes as I get my hands on, and when will I try them? After Eid of course, I couldn’t try them now, xtahan ooo, hihihi. Hmmm, still searching for the right ingredients for a great soup, can anyone drop me a line here? Thanks.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Calvin & Hobbes

This is one of the best comic strips ever. It’s one of my old times favourite, need to collect them all, yes, I will do that, trust me. Bill Watterson has really succeeded in bringing the world in a child’s point of view, the two way communication between Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes actually told us a lot about life.


For me, this comic should be catogerised in the dark humour section. I personally believed that Bill wanted to bring out the child that is in every person’s inner self. He was not talking about a child (no child could ever think like Calvin), he was talking about us, the grown-ups. Calvin talked about politics, family values, life here and there were enough evidence to show what Bill’s had in mind. Calvin’s fantasy? The Clone? Haha, wish I could have one of those right now.


Hobbes as imaginary friend, I mean, who doesn’t have an imaginary friend back then? Even now, don’t we still talk to ourselves? Expressing our anger, dissatisfied to others that we didn’t spoke out loud? Remember how lonely we felt, with rains pouring outside our window during those dark nights, the lines were jammed, Astro were out cold? Bill’s really good in bringing us back to the black and white era. Remember, how ever you denies it, there’s a child inside of you, bring it out (to some extend), have fun, nobody lives forever anyway. Life is short, don’t ruin it.

KAI's

Got my hair done today at Kai’s. My am I satisfied! Really, they’ve made it like they really care about your hair, and they really did. It’s not a saloon, just a normal barber shop situated in front of the Coliseum (Indian’s Cinema) deep in one of the busiest area in KL, especially during festive season.

I’ve got nothing against saloon, it just that I don’t think I have the “guts” to go there at all. It’s kind of, “sophisticated”, if you know what I mean. I’m a traditionalist, a brand loyalty type of person, and since I’ve been to a decent barber shop till to date, I’m comfortable to stick with it, it’s hard to change. I still remembered for almost 6 years since I was in Form 4 until I graduated from Uniten, my hair never been cut by a “professional” barber! Thanks to Aie, Toron, Bob and countless others for taking care of my hair during those memorable years. You guys were awesome.

At Kai, the old fashioned cut resurfaced once more, it’s hard nowadays to find barbers that still cut your hair using their fingers as anchor, and at Kai’s, they still doing just that. I don’t know how to describe the “sensation” felt between cutting your hair with comb and fingers, but they are different. It’s much more satisfied using fingers, brings me back to my childhood years, went to this tailor cum barber shop at Pasar Sentul with my grandfather, riding the basikal tua, it wasn’t there anymore, giving it ways to Sentul Raya.

Although the time taken to cut each customers’ hair was long (30-40 minutes), but it was worth it, what ever style that you want, there’s different way to cut it. They know what they were doing, not like most shop’s that just nodding their head, and instead looking like Beckham, you end up looking like Posh, haha. The way they do it, looks like they were doing some form of art, like they’ve looked every single hair on your head, searching for the hair line, break it, and create a new one.

It’s difficult to say it, but your hair will be in good care in their hands, I even dozed off several time during the process. For those guys out there, give this place a try, the price are a bit high than other barbers’, but it’s simply worth it.

P/S: Bob, it will be great to attach a picture of the shop’s front here, think you can provide one? Thanks.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The Jester Would Like too.......


….express his gratitude to everyone that helps in making this blog possible. I won’t mention names here in order to avoid missing someone out. You know who you are, thanks a lot for believing in me, supporting me and making me realized that I still have a dream to achieve. Although this is not what I actually had in mind but this will be the first step towards my actual goal (you’ll know that, right? ;-))

It’s only been a week but to get here after almost 7 years in hibernation is a big step for me indeed. There’s still more works to be done here but I’ll manage it, with the help of you guys of course. After my PC was attacked by virus, all the websites that I’ve send my works were all shutdown for good and the only magazine that ever paid me went bankrupt, I was thinking, am I jinx? Please, do forgive me if Google decides to shut this down tooJ. Jokes aside, to stand again after all of my 4 years of work burned to ashes is a very difficult thing to do. No, I won’t rewrite the stories and articles that I’ve written before, it won’t be the same anymore, it’s time to move on.

To my old and new friends and passerby out there, please feel welcome here, I can’t offer you drinks and snack, just a little piece of my mind that wanted to get out and been translated into words is all that I’ve got to offer. Maybe more will come, InsyaAllah. Jot down your comment, I’ll appreciate it.

Saturday, October 22, 2005

The True Fairytale

I'm so very happy today......I've received an email from a friend of mine from JB. We contacted each other frequently through email almost everyday. She is a nice girl, open minded, send message directly to my face and we loved to discuss new topics almost every day. She's a virgin, I mean, she has NEVER fall in love, and she's older than me. Sometimes we both talked about that, she has no problem in a relationship, it was just that her heart still doesn't find the one she seek.

Then, suddenly, I haven't received her mail for almost a week. Weird....was she sick? I decided to drop her a mail yesterday (why I didn't call? Pls, don't ask.). Today, I received her reply........



A'kum,

what a week i had!!! you won't believe what happen to
me..

last wednesday, a friend call me asking for my picture.
he wanted to kenalkan to a guy.. so, ok..i bagilah.

then he asked me to berbuka posa at his house (lets
call him org tengah- married, warak punya org) with the guy that he want to
introduced to me..so on friday i went to his house..kalau ikutkan hati
malasnya...
but it turn out the guy was ok.. no firework for me..tapi baiklah
budaknya..peramah, tersenyum, ok looking..

went home around 10pm, then org tengah ni called me and
ask me mcmana? i said oklah..then he said that guy pun kata i'm ok, and somehow
willing to get married with me this December!!!! why december??...org tengah ni
tahu my sister is getting married on the 17th december.. him being a warak guy
feels like..cepat2kanlah!! and somehow i actually said yes to all of
this!!!

but still i manage to ask for the guy h/p number, so i
called him up, then i asked betul ke dia ni? baru jumpa 4-5 jam dah nak kawin
ngan i!! he said betul...cannot explain perasaan tu tiba2 rasa..memang terbuka
hati ngan i. he told me later that masa sampai kat umah org tengah tu, i was
walking in front of him, dia kata dah rasa lain macam.. ( i think u know what
that means??) sebelum ni memang ramai pompuan dia kenal, tapi tak terbuka hati
with any of them.. but with me, memang dia yakin.terbuka sungguh hatinya!!! i
asked him buat sembahyang istiharah tak? dia kata tak, sbb dia memang yakin ngan
i??!!!

so dalm masa seminggu ni, we already plan our tarikh
merisik, lepas raya, meminang, bulan 12 dan kawin paling lambat bulan
3!!

the first 2-3 days memang rasa tak yakin, sbb at the
same time i baru berkawan ngan someone.. i kind of rasa selesa with this
guy..rasa bersalah..and betul ke pilihan i!! but then this guy yg i'm getting
married ni adalah what i doa!! half of the ciri2 lelaki yg i minta dr Allh, ada
kat this guy..itu yg i doa, takkan i nak tolak..




I was speechless at first......then it came to me......see???? These kind of things do happened, I remembered my BM lecturer told me a story about his friend, he was about the same age at that time, met a girl at a party, went back home, call the girl and said

"I'll give you a week to think through, coz I'm proposing right now.."

and the girl said yes!

I'm really happy for her and if she were my sister, I would hug her straight,haha. So, Apek, benda nie mmg jadi....in real life. Kalau dah jodoh, because you will never know. What are the chances to see a thing like this? Small I must say.

Most people would say they need time to think, to know each other better, some would say it's better to love after marriage, and some, like the cases above, would leave to faith to decide. None of these are wrong, the only thing that is wrong is sex before marriage. It's their choice, their preference, because the aftermath of the marriage is.....we wouldn't know for sure, nobody do, even if you're married with Tom Cruise or Jessica Alba, the probability of either it was a success or not, depends on the life after marriage itself.

I don't think she's rushing into thing, like I said before, it's faith. I wish she will find happiness with that guy and good luck :-).
P/S: Btw, u, dah kawin pun nanti singgah la sini gak noo,hihihi.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Battle of the Sexes


I love battles. Specifically since the ancient era till world war two, more than that, it’s just pure fabrication, mere bullshit I say, where the army been positioned (if possible) on top of the moon while their machine of destruction been played as if the puppets with its master. Noted battle such as the Gaugamela (Alexander vs Darius), Hattin (2nd Crusade), Bosworth (English vs French) and Stalingrad (3rd Reich vs Red Army) showed the brilliance of the General in charge to fight against all odd. Don’t get me wrong, I loved and supported peace, but what is gone is gone, as they said, and the one survived must learned their bitter mistake, never to repeat again (I wish).

Of course, there were some stupid battles, not worthy to even start a war anyway, but there’s none other more stupid than this battle, The Battle of the Sexes. I was on my way to work this morning, tune in to Hitz, and the topic for the morning was “What do Women says about Men, and vice versa”.

I mean, come on, this battle has been fought for ages, since the dawn of Men (or Women, which ever you prefer) and till now, no one ever win, ever! Why? E.G.O. The three letter word that was and still be used by both sexes to blame each other. I always wondered why most people still too sensitive about this topic nowadays. It’s totally a waste of time, used too many resources, and ends with each other still trying to choke one another to dead.

Sometimes, I received email about this kind of thing, such as 10 things that man and woman wants, read it, laughed, and forwarded it to most people I knew, because I want to share my laughter with them, and some of them do reply with abusive words saying that I PURPOSELY send it to them, konon nak kutukla (didn’t they noticed other addresses?). What’s wrong with this type of people anyway? I have never met, not a single person in this world that admit that they are the same with other people

“Diorang lain, aku lain.”

was the most common possible answer that I received and yet when they received this type of mail, suddenly they are united, we are all equal, families, hah!

Please, be sensible, we ARE different from one another, the one that’s truly knows us is our own self, and if we do find some of the things people said about us is true (please refer to Johari’s Windows to know more) and turns out to be unpleasant, change it, if you can’t or shan’t do, then keep it to yourself, don’t start yelping around that the world are against you. Making a fuss about this sort of things show to the others that you are admitting it.

I know I can’t stop this battle, but to those of you out there, we can make a difference, God gave each of us a brain, used it!

Thursday, October 20, 2005

3 Guys and a Toothbrush

Due to several reasons, the people involved in this particular story will not appeared in their real name.

I remembered it clearly as if it happened every day in my life. Once I went to Carrefour, shopping with two of my friends. We’ve just got back from our usual ritual minum petang (we don’t actually hang out everyday) and Dell decided to go to Carrefour, ‘to buy stuff’, he said.

So off we went to Wangsa Maju. As I set my foot on the floor of the Mega Mart, I can tell that that day will not be as usual as it seems. You see, my sense of direction in confine spaces (although I’ve spent ¾ of my daytime working there) sucks…. Even if someone asked me the direction of Canon inside of KLCC, I would say

“U go to level 3, then go straight, after the centre court.”

Was it really in level 3? I hope so…. Hey, I’m trying to be nice here. Anyhow, we decided to get separated as I wanted to go to buy some magazine (Military History of coz), Dell went to the FOS and Fred…….well, he goes where he usually goes ….no…..I have no idea. Eventually, I finished my transaction, and in search for those two…..little did I realise that they too, were on the moved, in the end, we end up searching each other (you do realised the line reception inside Carrefour, right? None).

We finally met up, and entered the Mart together. Actually, I haven’t planned to buy up anything, but after seeing Dell with his toiletries, we (Fred and I) decided to buy something too, maner tahan ooooo.

Now, I’m a loyalty brand kind of guy, and if that particular brand catches my eyes, there’s a big possibilities that I won’t change to anything else. I’ve decided to buy a toothbrush…..Oral B…Fred decided to buy an Oral B too, but different product. At that time, I wasn’t even looked at the price tag, auwwww…..come one, such a cute brush, how expensive can it get, right?

After piling up our tray, we headed to the cashier. It’s one of the weekdays, and naturally, most of the cashier’s were vacant, and as we were feeling a little naughty that day we decided to head to this one chick. Nothing special about this chick (mekap tebal) and I’m not just saying that because of the thing that’s about to happen next.

Imagine the look on our face when the amount sold shown RM 114.75. That price for 15 toiletries, toiletries? Fine, I said, I paid with my card and left…..just outside of the counter. As there weren’t many customers on that day, most of the cashiers eyes were on us three (we make a little fuss here and there), imagine three man, still wearing office attire, in a mart, gathered together and virtually taking the things they bought out of the plastic bag again.

Of course, we wouldn’t wasted our 4 years together taking an account degree, we quickly establish a field audit, and one of the item’s price catch our eyes…500ML x2 - RM 29.50. Natang apa 500ML x2?

After doing a quick recon, it’s confirmed…my toothbrush…. What were they thinking, a toothbrush costing almost 30 bucks??? That’s my 2 days lunch for God sake! This must be a mistake….then someone decided to be the hero of the day. He approach the cashier

Dik, nie camner bole silap nie, salah tekan nie.”

“Btul la bang, mmg harga die camtu.”

And then she laughed, in the beginning, it wasn’t all that bad, then, behind me, another sound started, then another, and another…. until almost all the row behind and in front of me started to laugh too. Malu giler sioootttttt….

But we keep our cool, asking casually for a refund, and the cashier was kind enough to show us the way to the refund dpmnt (laughing all the way). This time, I went alone. Another chick stood behind the counter, expecting my receipt. Without saying anything, I gave her the receipt. There was no way she could know what had happened earlier, but once she set her eyes on the receipt…. She begins to laugh too, see! Do you guys see who’s the victim here? With that kind of reaction, it eases me a bit, nooooo….. I don’t think I’m the first one, hihi.

Actually there’s a liquid containing wax inside the toothbrush, but who cares? We have to see the dentist one way or another, and I know it wouldn’t get my teeth shinier than now, haha.

O yeah…. about that someone…it wasn’t me ;-)

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

The Jester

Ok, done, except for the photo part.......ermmmmm.....seems there's a lot to do, but nevermind, I'll take it one at a time. I'm in my office anyway, busy preparing "stuff", hihihi. It's ME in the month of Ramadhan for crying out loud, what do you expect :-) ? I can't focus right now....sleepppyyyy.....sleepppppyyyyy.

Anyhow, I would like to tell you about The Jester. What was it? What makes it so special for me to put it right on top of this page? My Idol? My ex?( Yeah right.... her), My frens????

Well, none of the above.......nothing special, not an idol or something and definitely not my ex, in reality, I despise them (Jester) .....Clowns! O God!! Clowns. I can't remember when or where or why, but it's there. The feelings was like your heart being vibrated by a pair of invisible hand, and no, it's no fun either.

In other word, clowns scared the shit out of me....period. Well, there's nothing wrong with their face or something....and no, I have this feeling even before I saw Pennywise, so don't blame him for no reason, ai?

I even wrote a short story about them, dedicated to the thing I'm scared the most, although it never been published anywhere, I've satisfied myself to put aside my fear of them, and once again, I managed to dedicate something to my fear...and here it is.

BTW.....did I ever mention I'm afraid of balloons too, hihi.

First Day, First Light

At last, dawn of a new era of my life has begun......I've created my own blog! Yeah, yeah, nothing to shout about, I could be the how many zero was it number person to have created a blog. But I don't care, it's mine (at last). You know, its not that cool to be on other person blog, I mean, to be a guest writer, commentator or whatever (though it is cool to have someone asking you for it, I guess), but at least they credit you for it.

So here it is.....hmmmmm.....what should I do next??? O yeah...the profile...now.....what should I put? Errr.....guys?? Will you excuse me for a sec? Be back soon ;-)