409. Busy

Busy, but not because of work. Spent most of the day at a car bodykit shop to replace my side skirt which got damaged. Since I'm there, told them to install some cannards on my car just to pimp it up. Hehe. Just wanted to add something. Bored with the car's look d.

Anyway, after that went over to Green House for dinner with Chong, Ishiguro, Jack and Ann. Goodness, ever since Ishiguro arrived, we've been eating like pigs! Actually, I think Ishiguro is just an excuse. We eat like pigs anyway. Then after dinner, we head over to Haagen Daaz for some ice cream. Ran into Ana there with 2 guys. *Mental note: tease Ana about her 2 guy friends*

Got home and decided to stick the decal which I bought earlier today. My helmet (Which I painstakingly repainted as seen in this blog entry) was mysteriously scratched, so in order to hide the scars, I needed something hideous to draw the attention away from the scratches. The RiP sticker should be loud enough. :)

The cannard is highlighted; My RiP diversion

After getting home, chilled by watching football. France Vs Switzerland. They drew nil nil, I lost.

408. Monday......Bleh!

Spent the morning at my mech's place coz Jack wants to install his new bumper. We could install the bonnet ourselves, but we need the some tools at our mech's place in order to install the bumper.

Yippie mocking Jack's choice of bumpers; Jack celebrates after the installation of the new bumper

Met up with the guys at Flix to have dinner and watch the Japan Vs Australia match. Seng decided to join us at Flix. Japan lost.

407. Just another weekend

Friday (9th June)

Went over to see Antz at our mech's garage. While Antz is working on his car, Jack & I was horsing around the garage. We were playing with the hoist when Jack suddenly decided to hook up the chair to it and tried to pull himself up. I guess this will be his version of "Masuk bakul angkat sendiri". :)

After work, we went over to Soho to celebrate Wee's B'day and also watch the opening ceremony and the first game of the World Cup 2006. Lorna didn't have time to buy the cake and didn't inform me, I had to walk over to Segafredo and the rest of the restaurants along upper Penang road to see if they have cakes. Unfortunately all were sold out except for a few slices left at Segafredo. I decided to just get a slice of Tiramisu and make up for it with a proper cake later.

Wee's b'day slice

Wee's b'day drink courtesy of Soho

The celebrations was dwarfed by the fact that the first world cup game is on. Germany Vs Costa Rica. The game was very exciting to watch. The game ended with Germany leading 4-2.

After reaching home, I remembered that there's some durian left in the fridge. I haven't had that in ages, so decided to have a one slice, just one. I couldn't stop after the first one. Sigh, looks like the force is not strong in me. :P

Durians!!!!!!

Saturday (10th June)

Wee's birthday! But I received a gift from mom. She got me a new comforter & bed sheet set (I wonder why?). Wee has today planned so we are to leave him alone to his wife. That leaves me with time to hang out at One Stop & Gurney Plaza with the guys. Bought my first pair of "wat-I-call-girly-socks"! Then it's off to Gurney Plaza for tea at Winter Warmers. Then it's dinner at Yataimura. Haven't been there in a long time. Then the guys just came over to my place to chill. 'Twas a good evening.

My comforter set; My girly socks

JiaLi & Ann chillin @ Winter Warmers; I dunno why Yataimura has this piece of **** decorating their main entrance

Antz with his new hairstyle

Sunday (11th June)

Today started slow, watched the world cup till about 5 in the morning. Went to One Stop @ 4ish for "lunch" and to pick up a few DVDs. Bought The Pink Panther, Flight 93 & Spriggan. I'll write about them after I watch them. After that, it's off to Gurney plaza so that Ann can do her shopping while Jack & I chill at Winter Warmers.

We later head over to the Airport to send Hiromi off and to pick up Ishiguro. We decided to take Ishiguro to Super Tanker for dinner since he wants to eat hawker food. Then it's off to Flix to chill and watch more world cup. In the F1 scene, Alonso again finishes 1st with Michael 2nd & Kimi 3rd. Damn! Renault is really strong this season. Amazing the what they've achieved after getting strong technical people on their team.

Chong, Ishiguro & Lai; the Disco ball @ Flix

406. The Da Vinci Code

My colleague whom I covered for while she's went on vacation actually bought me some chocolates. Nice of her, but hope she realises that I have no say on her appraisal! :P

Finally, watched The Da Vinci Code. The show is up to expectations.There were minor deviations from Dan Brown's novel, but none that affected the storyline of course. The book has more details and I think my imagination is pretty wild coz I imagined some of the scenes very very differently :P The only thing about the book is there're no subtitles. I had to google the French words to get the meaning & trust me, it wasn't easy (try translating "vous n' etes pas americaine?", Maybe summers here is used as a term of endearment, kinda like sunshine? My guess). I personally preffered the book just because the explanations are more detailed and I don't have to guess what is going on in people's head :D I can read their thoughts! Pun intended!

Anyway, it was good, after the show went to Kayu for supper with Jack.

405. Transport Service

Went over to KB with Jack and Yew Peng to pick up Jack's new bonnet & bumper. We quickly brought it back to his house and begin installing it :) It's really a really nice bonnet! After fixing it, we were paid in Pizza. We over ordered and was stuffed to the brim. *Mental note: Jack cannot eat a lot of pizza!*

The bonnet we installed; The meal we earned

Chong came over later to see the installed bonnet and we chatted a bit before calling it a nite. :)

404. Waste Management

The flush lever on my throne broke over the weekend. So I had to get it fixed ASAP. Wee said he bought a replacement for his in Kun Hoe in Island Plaza for RM30. I got mine from Thye Huat for only RM3.50 :) I later had to swap out my office toilet's flush lever with the one I bought from Thye Huat coz it didn't fit my toilet's. The one in the office was a perfect fit. Oh well, 2nd hand better than nothing.

Almost wasted the RM3.50 as it didn't fit my home toilet

Also bought my monthly stash of junk food for my office. This time there's loads of variety including Tic Tacs which I haven't had in ages. :)

My goodies

After work met up with Jack, Ann, Antz & Jia Li at Haagen Daaz. Too bad they are closing d by the time I got there. So didn't get my Choc Choc Chip. We stayed a bit and then proceeded to Raffe for more drinks before calling it a nite.

403. Slow Sunday

Woke up early and had breakfast with Ling at Starbucks. Then Hiromi showed up. So she joined us. Basically just passing time while waited for Lai to come over.

Lai wanted to go over to Gurney Plaza by the time they came over, I was a bit lazy, so decided to just catch up on my sleep.

Will be having dinner with the guys, so have very little time to catch up on my sleep. Dinner with was excellent. We decided to have hawker food at New Lane. One of the reasons why I can't leave Penang. Stuffed myself silly.

Wee came back from China and when I got home, I found a Nike T-Shirt and shorts on my sofa. I assume they're from me :)

402. Super GT Show @ AutoCity

There's this big annual event at auto city where they have this autoshow to promote the Super GT race (f.k.a Japan GT). There are some really unbelievable cars on display. These are entries for the Super GT car look alike contest. First and foremost, I wonder why they call it Super GT look alike contest, because, every year, the cars that won looks nothing like a super GT car. I've attached a picture of the real Super GT car vs. all the wannabes. This contest should be called Gundam lookalike contest.

OK, I'm a big proponent of "To each their own!" (I'm a recent convert :D), but this is ridiculous. I can't imagine what went thru their minds when they decided to bring their car to a bodyshop and get them to transform their car into Voltron, the defender of the universe. Some of my friends thot the Batmobile was ugly/wierd and after showing them these pictures as comparison, they are silenced.

These people are lucky I don't run a body shop. I'd imagine my conversation with the potential client to be as follows:

Alledged Client: Eh! ah pek ah, lim pek ai lu make my car bodykit keat keat wan.(Sir, I'd like you to custom make a bodykit for me)

Me: How chiu (special) do you wan it to be?

Alledged Client: Nah, like this. The the wing hor, must be that tall (pointing to Komtar - the tallest building in Penang), and hor, the rear diffuser must at least touch the floor, if can go lower than that hor, even better ah. Then har, u must make an extra thing that stick out of the top of my car's roof like in this picture. (shows a picture of the famous japanese anime - Gundam).

Me: But sir, that design looks good on the intergalactic robot, but on your car, it may look a bit out of place, just a bit *snicker, snicker*

Alledged Client: Eh, &*$%#@!**#&! wa si customer hor, wa ai lu cho, lu just cho ok! Wa oo si lui ok! (Eh! How's your mother? I'm the customer, you just do as I say! I have lotsa money ok!

Me: But sir, if I follow the design you want, I'm afraid I'll ruin my reputation! No doubt it'll showcase my skills as a great artist......but I don't want to be known as an artist with bad taste.

Alledged Client: Still got hor, I wan you to make the brake light and signal light stick out about 1 ruler (1 foot) at the back of the car hor!

Me: Sir, did you not hear what I say? I cannot work on your car based on principle!

Alledged Client: Then hor, I wan the exhaust pipe hor, must also stick out 1 ruler length (1 foot) lor!

Me: *Finds a spoon*

Alledged Client: Then, I wan the disco lights......

Me: *Stab my heart with the spoon* (Even a slow and painful death by a spoon is better than having to listen to anymore of this guy's "creative" ideas.

Ferrari 355 & Ferrari 360

The REAL SUPER GT CAR (GTR-34) & Porsche GT3


The Gundam cars! Note none of them looks like the GT car it intends to immitate

More Gundam cars!

Hyundai's "gimmicky" scissor door car; Possibly the best effort at the lookalike contest

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today's THOT "borrowed" from www.mikeysfunnies.com
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.

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401. Chong's Mom's B'day!

Work has been hectic these few days. Last nite I left office only at 9pm. But tonite, I have to leave slightly earlier so that I can go to Chong's place in KB to celebrate his mom's b'day. It's refreshing especially after a long stressful day at work to just sit and chill with the guys.

The birthday cake & flowers; Chong's mom is 2nd from the left


Chong & Hiromi @ the grill

400. X-Men III

Wee left for China today, which means his responsibility at work falls on my lap & to add to that, one of my colleague will be going on leave starting tomorrow for a week! So in the course of the next few days, I have to cover for 2 person and also make sure my customers are happy. This sounds like a job for Batman©.

After work, rushed to see X-Men III: The Final Stand with Anthony & Jia Li. It was an enjoyable show until their final showdown between The X-Men Vs The Brotherhood. The build up was good, but the ending was an anti climax, to me at least. I feel the fight scenes were corny, but then again, I guess they had to stay true to the comics. Funny, it didn't feel so corny when I was reading them comics. Perhaps time has taken it's toll on my mind. Overall it's still a good movie. If one stays long enough at the end credits, there were hints that Professor X isn't dead & Magneto's lost of powers are temporary. Perhaps Cyclops isn't dead too. Oh well, guess we'll have to wait for the 4th sequel to find out.

Popcorn bucket and drinks promotion from The Cinema

399. Deteriorating Sunday

Actually managed to crawl to church this morning. After which, just had a quick brunch and hoping to crawl back into bed. But after brunch near the church and sending Adrian home, Chong calls and asks if want to meet up at E-Gate for lunch. I took a 30mins nap and off I went.

Jack and Anthony showed up later.

Antz and Chong went upstairs to GCF designs to view some kitchen equip while the rest of us just hung out at Starbucks. Ran into Fong Yee there. She's asking me to join her cellgroup and all, but i reckon she won't be asking me that for a while after I told her my current stand on organized religion in general and all forms of religious bigotry in particular. Muah har har har har.

Chong comes back and ask to see if my car key is the original or a copy. I told him I'm using the duplicate and the originals are at home. He insists to see it. So I pass him my key chain. He takes it and returns them to me a few minutes later.........with a huge reindeer on it! Wha the! Apparently he got a souvenier from GCF in the form of a reindeer bottle opener!

After we're done with E-Gate, it's off to town to see a few more kitchen showrooms. Unfortunately, they're all closed on sundays. We ended up in Gurney plaza. We hung out a bit before 6:30pm comes around and I have to meet up with my bros for dinner at Ingolf. Looking forward to that. It's been a while since I last had good German food.

Alas, it's not meant to be. The place is fully reserved and we'd have to wait at least 30mins. Wee didn't want to wait so off we go to hunt for other places. Raine suggested we try Sea Breeze. I protested as the place is known for cheap drinks and never their food. I guess I didn't protest strong enough. Once we were there, they decided to order chinese dishes! Arrggghhhhh! Who comes to a place like this to order chinese food. As expected, the food sucked! I guess the fact that I was really hungry and sleepy isn't the most condusive environment to nurture my patience. Sheesh, thought that it was a waste of what could've been a nice nite out. From a really high expectation of having German food, we ended up with crappy chinese food.

And the fact that Michael was stripped of his pole position for alledged unsportsmanlike behavior in the Monte Carlo F1 qualifyings was another blow to my already kaputed mood. So he starts from position 20 on the grid for the race. Sigh. Though he did well to finish the race 5th.

Anyway, felt a lot better after a 10mins power nap in the car on the way home. Guess I was taking everything too seriously :P

398. House warming & B'day celebrations

We were invited to Jimbo's house warming and also to celebrate Seng's B'day. We got off work and I had sometime to change some blown fuse in my car before heading over to Jimbo's place. The traffic is horrendous. Must be the influx of out-of-towners due to the school holidays. This is the down side when u're living in the "Pearl of the Orient".

Anyway, got to Jimbo's place about 8ish and was given a house tour. Think the interior design is very well done. Especially loved the attic. :)

So basically we hung out watching the F1 qualifiers, world cup friendlies & even a James Bond movie (this is a different one from the one I saw in KL and this one is funny too). Seng & Larry was very engrossed in the World Cup friendlies in which Germany won 7-0 against Luxemburg.

The clock struck 12 and Fen brings out the cake! By now, everyone's a tad tipsy from the beers and I end up taking most of the cake....what else is new. Hey! What I lack in alcohol consumption, I make up in food intake. :P 'Twas a good evening.

Our host preparing the food; Seng, Larry & Wee looking at the live score for the World Cup match on the laptop


Seng cutting the cake while Fen looks on; The patio a.k.a smoking corner


A view of the living room from outside; This set of lights caught my attention

397. The bug zapper!

Dad bought us each a bug zapper, well, it's not really a bug zapper. It's more like an ancient chinese bug torture system. What it does is, it attracts them bugs with the really "seductive" (Hey! If the insects think they're seductive, then they are! To each their own) UV lamp. When the bug flies near the lamp, the gale force suction of the fan will suck it into a holding cell below. There, they'll be held without food/fluid/blood until they dehydrate and die. Kinky. Because I'm an insect lover, I'd much prefer the bug zapper. I think it's much more "humane" to use the bug zapper.

"The light, it's so pretty..........KAPOW!" end of story!

With this current system

"The light, it's so pretty...........whooosh!"
"Wha the! How did I end up in here?"
"Omigosh! There are carcasses everywhere! They're all shriveled up!"
"Help!!!!!! Lemme out of here!"

4 days later......
"I'm still alive, someone please save me!"

a day later......
Singing to Bananarama's Help!
"Help! I need somebody
Help! Not just anybody
Help! You know I need someone
Help!

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And now those days are gone, I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the door

(chorus)
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
Down down down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
'Round 'round 'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Ground ground ground
Won't you please, please help me

Pete, look, I think I'm a bit toppy.
And I'm a bit bottomy, Pete.

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like I've never done before

(chorus)
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
HELP!
And I do appreciate you being 'round
HELP!
Help me get my feet back on the ground
HELP!
Won't you please, please help me

They're gonna take the Bananas off 'ere aren't they ?
Yeah. They're just doing backing vocals. We're singing the medley.
Well, we better be. Otherwise there'll be trouble.
Hm, hm !

When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
And now those days are gone, I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind, I've opened up the door

(chorus)
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
Down
And I do appreciate you being 'round
'Round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Ground
Won't you please, please help me
Help me, help me, Ooh"

Yet another day later........
Singing to Wilson Phillips' Release Me
"I know that its time for a change
Mmm but when that change comes
Will you still feel the same?

How many times have I tried to turn this love around?
I dont want to give up
But baby its time I had two feet on the ground
Can you release me
Can you release me
Now that youre gone I cant help myself from wondering
Oh, if youd have come down from your high
Would weve been all right?
Release me
Can you release me

Chorus:
Come on baby, come on baby
You knew it was time to just let go
cause we want to be free
But somehow its just not that easy
Come on darlin, hear me darlin
cause youre a waste of time for me
Im trying to make you see
That baby youve just got to release me
Release me
Release me
Im not going back to you anymore
Finally my weakened heart is healing though very slow
So stop coming around my door
cause youre not gonna find
What youre looking for

(chorus)

What is this power youve got on me
What is this power, oh
What is it,what is it

(chorus)

Release me
Will you release me
Ah...release me
Will you release me"

Finally, there's silence and the poor little bugger dies......

Damn, and all I wanted was a bug zapper!

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My Random Thots:

Before I get emails or comments telling me what a sensitive soul I am and all. And how I care so much for the wellbeing of insects and all. Lemme clarify, I'm bitter ok! I just want to have the thrill of seeing them bbqed instantly! Instant gratification I tell u! Now, I get this thing that not only tortures the bloody insects, it tortures me too. I just wanna see them burn......NOW!

396. Home Sweet Home again

Spent the day at Tony's apt, it's a beautiful place. Then headed over to 1 Utama for more shopping. Finally left KL about 8ish. Stopped by Ipoh for their infamous beansprout chicken. Yummy! Finally got home after 1am. Saw mom's sweater in the living room. It's nice to know mom's back :)

Souvenirs that mom got for me from Japan & Korea

My finger is almost fully healed after almost 4 mths. :)

395. Sepang Drag Battle

Left Penang about 12ish for KL. Went straight to the Royal Bintang hotel at The Curve. While waiting for Tony and the rest of the guys to reach KL, we went shopping at the curve. We stopped by the Sony Style store. I fell in love with the Vaio TX range of notebook. The VGN-TX27GP/B is really sexy and at 1.25Kgs including battery, it's light. Finally Sony decided to add SD card slot instead of just their propriety Memory Stick slot. Damn! Can't afford it so decide to buy some speakers for my room instead. :)

Finally, the guys arrives in KL, but unfortunately one of the cars spun off the highway in the heavy rain. Visit the them at the hospital. They were very lucky all escaped with minor injuries. We then proceed to Sepang F1 Track for the drag battle (yes, including those guys who were involved in the accident). Man, those guys are hardcore.

The car that we were there so see

What a long day!