575. All-Hallow-Even

Was out for a drink with the guys at Tiger Arms with the guys. It's a nice quaint pub overlooking Momo. There were a lotta zombies running around dat nite. Apparently there's a Halloween party at Momo dat nite. I gotta say, I was really impressed with the quality of the costumes. :)

The scene @ the entrance to Momo

The girls & the participants

Beau taking out the bouncer

574. Bird Bird

Just about 1 mth after my first game, I scored my 1st birdie......and 2nd birdie. :) Scored 2 birdies in a round. On top of that, I managed 115 strokes. 5 strokes below what I set to achieve by year end. Now that I've achieved it, time to set another one. 100 by end 2008. :) I reckon I'll get a new set of clubs when I mange to hit 110 strokes. :D

573. J & J's Wedding!

Finally, after 8.5 yrs of courtship, they tied the knot on Sat(20/10/07). :) Congrats Jimmy & Joanne! After the wedding dinner, managed to catch up with those ppl whom I've not met for ages. It seems that everyone is pretty much the same, older for sure, but the same.

The next day, went over to warm up their new home. Nice and cozy place they have. After dat, headed over to Northern Garage to meet up with the guys. Then it's off to dinner @ Dragon-i, QBM to celebrate Fen's b'day.

Later on still, watched the F1 race with Wee. And horror of horrors......for Wee and all McLaren supporters that is! Kimi Räikkönen wins the Brazilian Grand Prix and takes driver's title! All I can say is that teamwork won it for Ferrari and lost it for McLaren. Glad I stayed up to watch it. hehe.

Interestingly, Maxis implemented their anti spam service on the 17th of Sept. They claimed that it's for "the convenience of our customers and to protect them from unsolicited communications". But being the skeptic that I am, I'm curious. Why are they rolling out an anti spam platform when most of the spam I receive via sms is from, get this, MAXIS themselves???? I can only think of 2 reasons, a) they really do care or b) they're blocking the spam becoz they're trying to get those buggers to pay Maxis for allowing their spam thru.

572. astro-naught

Ok let's start off this entry with Malaysia's latest craze, space tourism. We just sent Sheikh Muzhaphar Shukor into space for the fun of it. Just to prove that we can afford to hitch a ride on a very expensive taxi into space. And while in space, he was suppose to spin a top, play batu seremban and other PR BS like make teh tarik & print batik. Our brilliant govt, of course, realised that spending RM105M to go into space to play with stones and drink tea may cause public uproar, so they updated the mission to include pseudo scientific experiments relating to the characteristics and growth of liver cancer and leukemia cells, the crystallisation of various proteins and microbes in space.

As I've mentioned before, I'm far too inferior to understand the superior minds of my govt, so please, someone explain to me what this is all about. What do the rakyat benefit from this? OK OK, in the hey days, stunts like this will put Malaysia on the map. But we're already on the map! We're infamous (yes, yes, I'm aware this word has a negative connotation). I dun even want to go into the arguement of whether or not this Muzhaphar guy is an astronaut or a space tourist.....yet. First things first, I want to weight the validity of the space flight.

We, Malaysians are kings of justification. This space programs is free courtesy of the Russian govt. We buy a few planes from them to the tune of a few billion and they'll throw in a taxi ride to space. So basically, it's as free as the private jet that Pak Lah gets to use. bla bla bla. BTW, have we paid for the jets yet? I hope it's on some installemnt plan thingy, coz if not, it's a double whammy. This program is stupid and we paid for it in advance. Haha.

I think the next time our govt plan something of this magnitude, they shud ask themselves "WWSD"(tm), what would Singapore do? I mean look at S'pore. If the kiasu bunch didn't do it, Hell, you better not do it coz u know it ain't smart. But dat doesn't mean we shud jump into recycling our waste water to drinking water la. They can do it coz; a) they need to & b) they have better QC over there.

Ok, moving on to the usual bimbo stuff.

Got meself a few things over the week. An Ogio bag, a set of Dell A525 speakers, Burger King Whooper, Dunkin Donuts and a really cool mouse (courtesy of Chuwy).

Ever so often, u come across a product dat's really cool & practical. This weekend I came across just such a product. Wat is it u ask? Well, it's a HP Bluetooth Optical PCMCIA card mouse (dat's a mouth full). It's a pretty nifty gadget. I've always wanted to get a mouse dat's cordless & easy to carry around. With my limited creativity, all I could think of was a mini rechargable wireless mouse. But then Chuwy gave me this mouse. Perfect! it slots right into the PC Card slot on my notebook for charging & storage. no battery, no cables, no nothing. It's accurate and comfortable, what else could I ask for? At last, I can have my cake and eat it. :)

Had my first sip of a Dom Pérignon champagne. This is to celebrate Beau & Mandy's ROM. I'd like to tell you how great or grand it tasted, or how it releases just the right amount of bubbles to tickle my tongue and throat but not irritate them, but then again, I'd be lying. All I can say is, I'm ok with it and I probably couldn't tell it apart from other champagnes. Quality is wasted on the ignorant.

Spent the Raya weekend with Chuwy in KL. Tried a few new things and visited a few new places. First on the list would be Tony Roma's @ Sunway Pyramid. The food was good. Really loved the steak and ribs combo, but was told by Jeff dat in S'pore, they serve pork ribs & those taste even better. Next would be The Pavilion in town. It's a really big place but many shops aren't open yet. Then watched The Magic Gourd with Chuwy & his kids. All I can say is, "It's definitely a show for kids." Then it's Resident Evil: Extinction. Sigh, after all the rave reviews, this movie was a let down. Crap. The Bourne Ultimatum was so much better. On the way back from the city center, while on Jalan Pudu, came across this shop, Kedai Thye Fah Liki bamboo & wooden chicks. Maybe I shud call the number to find out exactly wat they do.

Oh almost forgot, there's an addition to our family. We are proud to introduce Lemon (the name was picked by Ruyi)!

Thus ends a very long week.

571. Mini Antz

Finally, Antz is a father. Kah Lai gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

Watched The Bourne Ultimatum, the show was good. Surprisingly though, the cinema was quite empty, guess most people wanted to watch Resident Evil: Extinction instead.

Struggled to wake up today for golf though. Went over to Kulim Golf & Country Resort with Wee, Kent & Apit. The course compared to Penang Golf Resort is much harder, but the good news is I scored my first ever Par. Woo Hoo! Wee played his best round thus far, though 3 strokes above his targeted 100 strokes. I'm also close to my targeted 120 strokes. Today I played 128 strokes. Made a lot of silly shots, so I reckon hitting 120 by end of this year is very achievable.

After a much needed nap, headed over to QBM with Wee, Raine & Isaac. Bought more dri-fit clothing and more golf balls. Ahhh, what a weekend. Time to call it a nite and face the beginning of another work week. Sigh.

570. Rats!

Watched Ratatouille. Sigh! After hearing wat ppl said abt it I thot it would've been a good watch. But alas, it sucked (assuming we can forgive the fact dat a rat can read or cook, but controlling a human by pulling on his hair, yeah rite), and to top it off, I was stuck with a baby beside me (as usual) & a loud mouth mobile phone chatting taikor (why me?????) and all this in a cinema of abt 8 ppl. Go figure.

The highlight was while I was @ Jusco there was a sale on golf stuff. Tried the Nike Ignite putter. Felt really good, and since I needed to get a putter, this might be a good bet. I'll sleep on it.

After sleeping on it, headed over to Jusco today and got the putter before heading over to the range with Wee. :) got some other goodies too while I was there.