431. Changes

Chuwy & Jack will be leaving Penang soon. Chuwy will be heading for greener pastures that is KL & Jack is starting work back in his hometown of Changlun. Sigh, I need to find new lunch partner and also someone to roam around town at nite with. On a more positive note, guess I'll have a free place to bunk when I go KL or up north.

Bee Hong is in Penang with her hubby and baby. They dropped by my place so that we can catch up. After that, went over to Subbaidah for supper with Azelia, her bro and gang. While having supper, she had the bright idea of going round Penang island. So round Penang Island we did. That's the first time I went round Penang island in a convertible. It was a beautiful nite/morning for a drive. :)

While @ Subbaidah, Taman Perkaka; Eeeee, wat's dat?!?


My topless ride; A very happy driver

Dad, Mom & Seng will be flying off to Hong Kong tomolo. So it's up to Wee & I to take care of the house. Hmmmm. Too many changes happening at once. The drive round Penang island was a good way to clear some of the anxiety.

430. Monday *sigh*

Crappy day to be working. Had a headache the whole day, decided to leave work slightly earlier and get some rest. After dinner the guys came over to my place to chill. The few panadols I took didn't help. Arggghhhhh!

429. Just wanna sleep in

But that's not to be. Went to One Stop with Chong. Jack came by to pick us up from One Stop over to Carnation in Gurney Drive to have Bah Kut Teh with Tony. Tony's heading back to KL after breakfast.

We set off to Gurney Plaza & then Island Plaza. After all the walking around, we decided to chill at Old Town in E-Gate. Sally invited me over to their place for dinner. Wanted to get back home and take a nap before I head over to their place. Decided against it as I might oversleep. :)

The host by the BBQ pit, which is incidently where I spent most of my time


The abundance of food (this is only part of it)


Me doing wat my mama told me not to; The octopus' beak, I shud be a surgeon (after I overcome my hemoglobinophobia)

Dinner was good, had a good time mingling with the crowd. Was very intrigued with the octopus. I played around with it a bit. Disected it. It's been a while since I had a bbq over at my place. Perhaps I should organize one soon. Anyway, after dinner, it's off to the Ikan Bakar place besides Chong's apt. Chong, Jack & Ann is having their supper there.

428. Another weekend!

Gosh another week has flown by! My my my, how time doth fly when you're having fun. Basically another fast paced week. A good balance between work and fun though. Nothing significant happened.

Chong's finally back and brought back with him lotsa goodies and his return also means I handover the ownership of the toy pistol. Sigh, I'll miss it.

Went for a drive last nite, that was fun :) The newly paved roads are just wonderful to drive on. Better take advantage of it while it's still "virgin".

Finally went for Brazillian Cuisine @ 68 Kelawai Road. The food isn't anything to shout about. In fact, I think it's way overpriced for crappy food. I wasn't very impressed. After dinner it's off to Flix to meet up with Tony. He's drove up from KL.

Some of the food at 68; The guys

Really poofed d.

427. Ahhh Weekend!

Had dinner with Ling @ Jurin to celebrate her new job in KL as she'll be leaving next week d. After dinner we head to Haagen Daaz to meet with Chuwy, Chuang and their respective families. It was a nice evening after receiving some really bad news earlier in the evening.

426. The Break-Up

After a long week of staying back late at work and all, decided to take a break yesterday evening and went for a movie. We watched The Break-Up. It's a romantic comedy with a very interesting beginning. The show starts with Gary (Vaughn) hitting on Brooke (Aniston) at a ball game. Then jumps to the actual start of the show. They're together already and the show jumps to how he takes her for granted and she just keeps it bottled in until one day, she kablooie. Then bla bla bla, they break up. Then the mind games phase begins.

So do they actually still have feelings for each other? How did the movie end? Well, guess you'll have to watch it yourself. Don't want to spoil it.....in case any of you wanna watch it. Sad truth, I can identify with the movie. Most parts of the movie feels like my past played out on the big screen. Kinky. Learnt a thing or two. Better late than never eh. Oh well, here's to less break ups in the world :P Bah! What's so bad about break ups anyway? It's a good thing if you think about it. *Flame suit on*

PS: There's a lot of things to see on their official website.

425. Weekly Report

The week start as usual. Back to the kandang. Had to prepare for a customer visit on friday. It's a very important visit as it'll determine the volume of business we'll get from this customer. Glad it turned out very well.

To keep it short and sweet, Couldn't get tickets to Fourplay's concert! Basically managed to get my toy gun (technically it's Chong's, my one is still in transit), so I get to play with it first. Heh heh. Also managed to get my new roller bag. Not gonna complain too much, like the fact that it has many compartments and a built in combination lock.

Went for a drive to release steam on saturday nite to Teluk Bahang. On the way, we stopped for a while. Took the opportunity to snap a few shots.

D1 Grand Prix Malaysia is happening this weekend (12th & 13th Aug), but I didn't go as didn't feel like squeezing with the crowd. I would've gone if we had some kinda special arrangements, but that didn't happen. End up with a trip to Gurney with my bros, also met Lai, Nicholas & Adrian there. Took many photos of Ruyi & Isaac while on the way there. Both Ruyi & Isaac stuck their tongue at me. According to their parents, they don't do that often. They claim it's me. I'd like to argue that notion, but then again, I do remember getting the same reaction from members of the opposite sex. Hmmmmmm......

Then it's back home for dinner to celebrate my dad's b'day....well, it's his lunar calendar b'day (it's a tad complicated to explain). After the celebrations, it's time to get back to work.

Me brandishing my toy piece; My new roller bag (now I need to find someplace to go)


A shot of Batu Ferringhi


I've gotten these reactions from women far too many times


I've gotten these reactions from women too. "So how's the wheather, Ms X?" "Zzzzzzzzzzz"

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My Random Thots:

A little of my thots on the current state of the world.

Stolen from MSNBC's site

JERUSALEM - After a stormy debate Sunday, Israel’s Cabinet approved a Mideast cease-fire, agreeing to silence the army’s guns in less than 24 hours. The Israeli military embarked on a last-minute push to devastate Hezbollah guerrillas, rocketing south Beirut with at least 20 missiles.

Hmmm, If the ceasefire were sincere, would the Israeli rush to send out as many "presents" as they can before the deadline expires on 8am on Monday. And the UN, what about the UN huh? They're really taking diplomacy to the next level......and that's not always a good thing. Too much talk while the bombs keep dropping. Well, I guess as long as the bombs aren't dropped on the people that controls UN (or rather as long as the bombs aren't dropped on those that has UN by the balls), bombs away!

Also stolen from MSNBC's site

ATLANTA - Loads of liquid goods discarded by airline passengers at security checkpoints will end up in the trash, not in the pockets of airport employees or others, officials at airports across the country promised Friday.

No exceptions — not even for cases of Napa Valley wine.

"We had people throw away a whole case of wine, or try to drink their wine in line," said San Francisco's International Airport duty manager Lily Wang.

U know, with the threat of terrorism on the airline industry, I thot up a win win solution :) I say we send all the confiscated liquid and gel and donate them to the needy. Kinda like a collection drive, the only difference is this time around, it'll be branded & good stuff that people actually can use.

Then I remembered the beer, wine & liquor that ppl buy at the duty free! Never fear, I'll fly my bros (err, I mean people I know who drinks a lot) to Heathrow (and all other airports affected) and let them stay there for a bit. I'm sure they'd be happy to guzzle up them contrabands! Selfish? Hardly! It's selfless of them to put themselves in harms way for our safety. Allow me to elaborate. All the drinkers can act as "sniffer dogs" too. The moment they detect liquid that's non alcoholic, they'll alert the authorities. Problem solved, all from "volunteers" workers too.

Cost: Minimal to none.
Disaster averted: Priceless!

OK, enough rambling, back to reality.

424. Back to the kandang

Got back from Hatyai today. We shopped a bit, but I only bought a work bag and a toy pistol. I brought the bag back, but the pistol will be shipped to me later. I forgot to look for a luggage bag, darn! We had a lot of fun chillin and Ah Soon who works in Hatyai joined us later. Oh, and the massage there was really cheap and good! 240baht for one and a half hours in a fancy facility. Surprisingly, this place also serves women. Gee, I really must do this again. :) Oh! We had lunch at KFC at Yippie's request. He wanted to try their Spicy Chicken Rice. It looked pretty good on their promo posters, so all of us ordered it. The first thing we noticed when it was served was it smells funny, kinda like something has gone bad. After tasting it, it was confirmed that something went bad. After getting used to the smell and taste, it was pretty ok, tolerable I guess. Their popcorn chicken however, is much tastier than what we have here in Malaysia.

Us; My 400Baht Bag


This is Thailand's KFC Spicy Chicken Rice, smells & tastes funny

Hiromi gave birth at 6:15am this morning. Chong's a father now!!!! :) He's as happy as any father would be and sent out photos of his bundle of joy.

Chong's bundle of joy!

Later in the evening, finally went to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Well, it's a long movie (2hrs 30mis & I don't understand how it can get a U rating), but I think because my expectations were really high after all the good reviews, to me it was OK only. There were some parts that I thought were a bit much. Anyway, overall, it was good. I think if I went in with lower expectations, I would've been very very entertained. Anyway, while at the movie, Chuwy and I felt a bit odd, all around us, there were couples and I'm not talking about just for Pirates, I'm talking about the whole cinema. It's like bring-a-date-for-movie day. Even when buying tickets, the girl asked if I wanted a couple seat. Maybe I'm just a bit too concious about myself. Anyway, it's nice to see all the couples so happy together. Everyone deserves to be happy. I do wonder how many are just happy at that moment only, hiding the pain inside. Oh well, shouldn't be one of my worries. I have my own life to live. :)

423. Hatyai again!

Was stuck in a massive jam on the way to make a delivery to my customer's place in Bayan Lepas. All in all, was probably stuck for 3 hrs. Sheesh, what a waste of time. After that, it's off to supper at Subway with Chong, Jack and Loy. Really looking forward to my break tomorrow. Will be rushing home after work and then Jack will pick me up and off we go to Hatyai.

422. Another fun filled weekend

29th July - Sat

It's Chuwy's b'day! So we're off to celebrate it at Evergreen. But first, I have to get his b'day present. Bought some Christian CDs from Salvation. Haven't walked into that shop in ages. Decided to buy a VCD for Sean and Sophia as well. Also bought a few DVDs. Then it's off to MPH Gurney Plaza to get my Japanese for Dummies. Ran into Mook San and Lee Choo as well as Chuang and Niki. Guess everyone is on last minute shopping. :) After that, it's off to Evergreen Laurel Hotel. The dinner and celebrations were delightful. After that, it's off to KB for tuning.

The dummies boxed set which I bought; Sophia is such a sweet heart


The b'day boy and his lovely family


Before & After the buffet (Note my tummy)

30th July - Sun

Woke up and had breakfast with Chong, Ando San and Jack. Finally had my Subway! After that it's off to Kuala Kedah Jetty to pick up Yippie and Tomoko. Tomoko was sea sick on the way from Penang to Langkawi, so Yippie figured the trip to Kuala Kedah was shorter. The wheather wasn't on their side, it was pouring so the sea was rougher than normal. We stopped by KB for wan tan mee before heading back to Penang.

The view from the Kuala Kedah Jetty while waiting for Yippie

31st July - Mon

It's Chong's b'day, after we're done at the workshop, we headed to Golden BBQ steamboat to celebrate Chong's b'day. After stuffing ourselves silly, we head to Grand Bay to complete the celebrations. Oh, Chuwy threw in his resignation letter and will be heading to greener pastures.

Jack & Chong tossing the ball around while waiting for the cars to be ready


Shots taken while at the workshop; Our workshop's boss' son


Chong showing off his b'day cake

2nd Aug - Wednesday

Ando san will be leaving this evening. So met Chong and him for lunch at May Fong for their infamous Chicken Koay Teow, then sent him to Midlands for him to shop for DVDs while I get back to work. After work, Yippie and I went back to One Stop to pick him up. While waiting for him, Yippie sent his car for a wash while I shopped for shoes. Got myself a pair after seeing it on sale. I was gonna hang on to my previous shoe and shop for a proper one later, but a recent baseball accident ripped my shoes. So can't postpone the purchase any longer. Dinner was with the guys at Sriwan @ Crystal Point before sending Ando San to the airport.

After that it's off to Chong's house to "freshen" up before we head to Flix for their beach party!!! I was a tad overdressed though. Ran into Raine and her gang there. Ana and Prakash decided to join us at Flix for a while, while the rest went back.

My new shoe; Flix beach party


Chong & I (the sunglasses is so that I blend in); Felicia & I (Me trying hard to blend in with the beach wear theme)

421. Subway is in town!

Ando San's back, he arrived on Wednesday evening. Basically it's back to juggling work and taking him around. Though this time, I'm more of a spectator than anything. My Japanese has improved slightly with single words and no sentences yet. Still can't catch most of their conversation but can make out the gist of it when I hear some key words. It has improved things a bit. I can now at least make out if it's a positive or negative statement.

Sent him back to the hotel after dinner last nite and since we had some time on our hands, we decided to play around with the camera again. :)

Subway will officially open their E-Gate branch today! Their Grand opening would be announced later (probably end of August). Now that that wish has come true, time to start wishing for Burger King to open up a branch in Penang too. Yummy!

420. D'oh!

Sunday - 23rd July
Was woken up by Chong's call. Still blur, we headed to One Stop. While we're there he went over to Adventist Hospital to visit his uncle while I try to find a decent pair of shoes. After getting our DVDs (and no shoes), while on the way out, Chong spotted Time Crisis 4. We spent some time playing that. After we ran out of money, we left and headed over to his KB home to work on our cars and also to chill. And that's how we wasted a perfectly good sunday.

Time Crisis 4, very interesting with multiple screens and also helicopter chase modes

Monday - 24th July
Had a crappy day at work. Had some customer issues which was a bit frustrating because we've been working at it for a while now. Thinking we can close the deal, last minute, another issue comes up. Crap! Anyway, was frustrated, so left the office and thinking can take a nap when I get home. On the way back, a friend called to tell me there's a very very bad jam on the bridge. So decided to wait for it to clear at Auto City. Told Wee and Seng, so we met up at McDs for dinner. After dinner, the jam hasn't cleared yet, so they decided to go over to a pub across the street called Highway Star. Then Edmund showed up with a colleague. After that another friend shows up. Then Ed's boss came & then more colleagues. Gee, it's turning into a party. Was there till 10:30pm and I decided to leave first. Headed over to Kayu to meet up with Jack. Just found out earlier today that will be going to KL with Wee tomorrow. So guess better try to sleep earlier.

Tuesday - 25th July
Went into office earlier today because had to head down to PWTC, KL by 2pm for an exhibition. Just found out last nite that we're suppose go to for it. Sigh, but this last minute thingy is a welcome change from the work issues I encountered yesterday. Needed the break, besides, I need to pass my old charger to Harvey Norman for them to process my claim on the Treo 600. Apparently, they're gonna gimme a new, old Treo 600. Sigh. Would've been great if they can gimme a Treo 650 instead. Oh well, better than nothing.

While we're at Ikano Power Center, we took it easy and just chilled a bit there. It feels kinda wierd to be in a shopping center during office hours and just chill with no anxiety. Lovely.

Once back in Penang, meet up with the guys for coffee at E-gate and later over to Kayu for supper.

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My Random Thots:

While blogging, heard this song, One Last Cry by Brian Mcknight, on Channel V. Simple and nice. Sad, yet sweet. I just love acoustic songs. Then they played another one of my favs, Used to love U by John Legend, u can listen to it from the link in my blog entry back in Feb. Then VJ Paula explained that the show is Top 10 Break up songs. Interesting. Subsequently, after the show, they played another good song, Unfaithful by Rihanna.

Brian McKnight - One Last Cry

My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you holding hands, standing close to someone else
Now I sit all alone wishing all my feeling was gone
I gave my best to you, nothing for me to do
But have one last cry

Chorus:
One last cry, before I leave it all behind
I've gotta put you outta my mind this time
Stop living a lie
I guess Im down to my last cry

Cry......

I was here, you were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you
I need some love to rain on me
Still I sit all alone, wishing all my feeling was gone
Gotta get over you, nothing for me to do
But have one last cry

Chorus:
One last cry, before I leave it all behind
I've gotta put you outta my mind this time
Stop living a lie
I know I gotta be strong
Cause round me life goes on and on and on
And on.....

I'm gonna dry my eyes
Right after I had my
One last cry

Chorus:
One last cry, before I leave it all behind
Ive gotta put you outta my mind for the very last time
Been living a lie
I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down...
To my last cry...

Unfaithful by Rihanna

[Intro:]
Story of my life
Searching for the right
But it keeps avoiding me
Sorrow in my soul
Cause it seems that wrong
Really loves my company
[Verse 1:]
He's more than a man
And this is more than love
The reason that the sky is blue
The clouds are rolling in
Because I'm gone again
To him I just can't be true

[Bridge:]
And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dyin'

[Chorus:]
I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be.... a murderer

[Verse 2:]
I feel it in the air
As I'm doin my hair
Preparing for another date
A kiss upon my cheek
As he reluctantly
Asks if I'm gonna be out late
I say I won't be long
Just hangin' with the girls
A lie I didn't have to tell
Because we both know
Where I'm about to go
And we know it very well

[Bridge:]
Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I'm happy with some other guy
I can see him dyin'

[Chorus:]
I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be.... a murderer

[Breakdown - Verse 3:]
Our love... his trust
I might as well take a gun
And put it to his head
Get it over with
I don't wanna do this... anymore

Oooohhh... anymore

[Chorus:]
I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
And everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
And I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be.... a murderer

...a murderer
No no no
yeah yeah yeah

419. Friendster

Finally decided I'll play around with Friendster at Mei's invite and see if there's anything new or if I can make new friends. Set up a Multiply account time back and was surprised when I actually managed to make some new friends. We'll see how I do with friendster. :D So those of you who has an account, do drop by and say hi.

418. Blink an eye and a week flies by

So what have I accomplished this week? Beginning of the week, Ishiguro San and Takeshi san flew in and will be staying for a few days. They're Chong's friends but fun to hang around with. I think I really have to start to pick up at least some basic Japanese. I'll start with the Japanese for Dummies. Downloaded the book, but it's missing the audio CD.

Anyway, Ando san will be back next week, I wonder if I can get the basics down. We'll see next week.

Beauty pageant @ FLIX; Chong, Takeshi & Ishuguro @ the airport

Nothing much happened except we went to Flix on Tuesday evening for the Miss Malaysia Chinatown International 2006. Ishiguro and Takeshi left on Wednesday evening. Spent Thursday and Friday just chilling. Had some issues at work, so was pretty stressed up too.

Bee Hong's darling

Was pleasantly surprised when I received an email from Bee Hong with a pic of her darling. Gosh, I just realised how late I am in this game. Most of my peers are married and have kids d. Whew! I guess I really dodged the bullet there. Anyway, I have yet to claim my diving trip to KK from her. Guess I'll wait until she's more mobile. Gee, that could take years.