Life Documentaries,

Useless Boy

2010-06-23T00:20:00.004+08:00

Hi. hello and 2010. How I come to trust your world. Your Dream that is in the mind of many kids half way cross the globe. Such are dreams that one day digs and steals their soul. Have we lost it? Are we really not bothered with anything at all?

Though we see better data coming out, more stuffs on the shelves, more devices that makes us connected, bigger, faster, brighter, flashier. The world is not improving. It's not a better place than before, nor will it be better next time.

There's an underlining rule that in everything eventually, there will be losers.

Though we may not see it now but we'll all lose. What we have under our belt is a crippled system that goes head on with nature.

Don't you think we're trading off more than we get?

the pursuit of happiness is a profound understanding. Are we in any way happier? I'm not.

papernote

2009-12-25T18:43:00.007+08:00

hey, you do realise that omission brings chaos.

fact is

2009-10-16T00:24:00.003+08:00

fact is when the lights go off, when all else fades from sight but tables left where they were, everything in their place. I've got a terrible feeling of being a victim of a horrific robbery.

The one suspect I got in my list;

the ageing mind

it's true sometimes in darkness, we find ourselves.

Life is Tough, My friend

2009-08-24T01:02:00.003+08:00

Weehooo!

I think times are getting more interesting. Which is why I'm still awake given the load of work that lies ahead the week. Well, there'll be a lot less smoke for sure.

Take life with a grain of salt.

2009-08-07T23:13:00.001+08:00

Time to get a drunk!

Now im tired.

nites nites

Losing Touch

2009-08-06T01:17:00.010+08:00

I feel that people lack understanding the reason why they go college for. Don't get me wrong, I'm just stating a fragment of them. There are dedicated souls learning the craft of the trade. Dedicated to start out from where all starts from, going to college and getting a degree. The simpliest prerequisite requirement to any professional career.

Professional line aside, I set myself thinking whether is school the only best way preparing one to his industry. One thing about colleges nowadays, they want us to think that only way to be 'successful' or to make it in life is to study with them, pay them shit load of money and at the end of the day, they'll give a golden ticket for a day pass to Disneyland, literally. What a whole load of bull.

What upsets me the most is not this because no one gives a wind what those instituition's mantras are but the whole expection coming from society. I think society today is a real snob. People judge people from where they come from, their backgrounds. They ask that few things about you and take that to assume who you are. But that's how it is, people who hold higher grounds points their way around.

I think what I'm going through now is to be known as a career crisis (had this happen 20 years on). I hold a normal job and I'm not well qualified. It's sad really. It's totally draining talking to people and having people ask you the same question.

What I dread most is to look into people's eyes and passes the prejudgement 'Aiyoh moment'. Why..

What I think makes these people are the ideas set out by their parents and they are only evangelist of what seems right, without really knowing it.

The Human Spirit

2009-06-30T17:05:00.030+08:00

Looking back at the string of events that took place from preparing to finishing the marathon, I seriously had no idea, no clue what I was getting myself into. How far is 21.1km? Really? All I had in mind was to complete a marathon this year and to me, the full marathon(42km) was like a 500 pounds gorilla in his boxing pants waiting to pin me down. Okay, so I went for the 250 pounds gorilla. And I thought he was little. 113.39kg. Come on. How wrong can I get.

Very wrong. 21.1km to a under-trained runner is like putting a little boy in an obstacle course with guns and massive explosions and a footballer.

Here's a walk through for the day.

Collected my race pack the day before. Didn't sleep too well that night.

6.10am.
I didn't had breakfast. Error 1
I didn't bring my bottle to rehydrate in the morning. Error 2.
Had to stay focused.

I ran 12km straight. Once I hit the 12km mark. My chest was heavy, I was very very cold. I felt as though I was having a terrible fever and I'm out of juice. It was so horrible I had to slap myself to keep up. Finally slowed down to catch my breath.

Look who's boss for the day.

Morning sun.

Massive elevation. Stamina killer.

By this time, my legs felt like they were from a different entity and not the body. I knew very well I've over worked my legs and the pain was crazy when I tried to run a little bit faster. I could feel 6 blisters on my toes rubbing off my skin. Every step got heavier. My heart was beating hard. On the bright side, the chill went away.

Met my secondary school history teacher. Mr Cha.

I come to really witness the human spirit that was evident on everyone's faces. The uncles, aunties and the people who pushed through. When I was at the finishing line looking pass the full marathon runners, boy was it inspiring. The pain and the joy in split seconds, the fulfillment, the endurance and the pride knowing that the battle is won. I had conquered my race and it was real tough. These people fought twice my battle and beat the 500 pounds gorilla.

It was that moment I finally understand what the human spirit is all about. How humans are able to stretch their capacity and finish the race. Their drive, their belief, their never say die spirit stated on their eyes. It made my eyes wet witnessing such an extraordinary feat.

This was the day I saw true optimism, true hope and despair. I felt truly alive.

As for me, I only had few things in mind when I was running.

1. Never look back.
2. Never stop.
3. Just keep going.
4. This is a race between me and myself.
5. Finish what was started.
6. There's a finishing line and it's sweet.

Lessons learnt
1. Girls can run.
2. Old uncles can REALLY run.
3. Old aunties can run.
4. Give support. We don't get much support needed here.
5. You want to taste the best Whooper? Go run 21.1km and head to Burger King :]

But one of the biggest lesson learnt is this. It's okay to be unproven and untested. If I would have known how far 21.1km was, I might have opted for a shorter route like the 5 or 10 km. The experts would have suggested me the 10km because it would suit me perfectly given my training track record. What came really sweet was after I've completed the 21.1km. I really finished it. I'm proud of myself for finishing what that was seem impossible a few years back. It is proven now that hey! it is possible.

Another thing is, you know what really scares people away. It's not this. It's those races where no one for sure know where the finshing line is even so, the possibilty of even finishing it. There's no pavement, there are no signs, no crowds, absolute zero certainty. But what you have is yourself, your set of belief and values and that's the true race we're all in.

My bib with the results;

Name:	PANG JUN YONG PHILIP (MAS)
Net Start:	06:13:52	Category:	Half Marathon 21km
Net Time:	02:51:38	Position:	1422
Finish Timing:	02:52:29.16

How it's like to cross the finishing line. Here's the vid;

And you want to know what unproven really means? I told my friend I may only finish the race after 7 hours or more. Traffic will then resume operation and I'll be running with cars. We even delayed our movie (transformers 2 - absolute rubbish) at pavillion to 8.30pm! Just in case I'm still out in roads of KL running like a lost kid. I'm so glad I could clock in before the 3 hour mark. I really am.

What a run !

why it isn't always easy

2009-06-25T15:57:00.007+08:00

I've always been a strong believer in cultivating strong emotions in circumstances so much so, I am to make believe that in however horrible situations I'm in, it's not here to stay. Say example work. Doing stuffs from the bottom up may sound like any feel-good, in all inspiring, underdog superhero story.

Fact is, it really is horrible to be put in that position. What if there isn't really a superhero moment and all there is to it, is just an empty sea of nothing. The efforts, the decision to a different path. It drains everything out of me. One day you hold your chin up, knowing that it's for change and progress you're for and yes it could be done, then the next day a damn dragon comes flying your way, blowing fireballs at you.

Now all that you have to do is to wave your silvery sword above your head and point it to the dragon and say;

'Be gone now Dragon for I will have your head served on this golden plate'.

Top Gear Season 13!

2009-06-20T21:09:00.002+08:00

awesome, awesome ad.

TopGear back on 21st June.

Ah. Sweet June.

When I Turn 20

2009-06-19T03:32:00.003+08:00

it's 3.32a.m right now and I just got my biggest birthday gift.

A domain.

www.philippang.com

Created:	2009-06-18
Expires:	2010-06-18
Updated:	2009-06-18

Alongside with a few names.

Will soon update on the progress.

That's the first thing I got for myself in my twenties.

Cheers!

*UPDATE

www.philippang.com is now official. www.brownbuttons.com will be redirected. So kindly please update if you're following me on bloglist. Thanks.

Of Cocks

2009-06-11T20:36:00.014+08:00

Today will be remembered as the biggest screw up of the year. With some great lessons learnt. This morning I met again with a customer who was not satisfied with the samples I showed him yesterday. So today, I brought him a whole new set of samples and what a shit load of crap happened.

This guy, a male in his forties. A typical Chinese businessman with great negotiation skills, very spontaneous with tactics due to his vast experience in the market. This guy can simply walk his way out of any negotiation. He made me agree with whatever he said. I had no say. He is the boss.

To cut it short, he chose the materials and kept bargaining his way to the best deal. There was when I made a huge and silly mistake by under quoting him 35cents per square feet. 35 cents can easily work out to a few thousand dollars but thankfully, it was a smaller area so the difference were in hundreds.

By the time I realised something was wrong. I was already in the lorry and had to report back to office on my offerings. I did some calculations and knew immediately I screwed up big time and I'm sure to get fried both ends. Only which is worse, the customer or the office people. I reluctantly texted back office and immediately received a call upon confirmation. Office people kept their calm and faxed a new quotation with the correct price to the customer.

Customer called me and asked me what the shit is going on. So I apologised and said I made a mistake earlier on and quoted him the 'supply only' price. Although only verbally and with no written contract by both parties, he accepted the offering at that particular price. He replied,

'that's you and your office's problem. Nothing to do with me. I'm only responsible to accept or deny your offer at the earlier price you gave me'.

I can only comply with his terms and said I'll try to arrange things out. He even thanked me for my mistake. I must be a real joke.

Damn. He was well aware of my error and took it as an advantage against me. I can only wait and anticipate for a soundful when I return back to office. Being caught in that situation was really intense. I really had a bad morning. One cock up followed by another.

Office said fine. We must then offer him at that price and faxed him the quotation he was well awaiting for.

I returned back to office, seriously got fucked up. Why wasn't I paying attention to the 101 prices I have to remember. Why didn't I study the invoice book. We don't pay you to be blur. Why did I keep calling back office to confirm the price. Can give customer more confidence in you or not? If I kept calling back, what good am I? if I don't call back, I get the price mixed up and this shit happens. I could only stay quiet and calm. I have simply no one else to blame. Time to own up.

My whole day was turned upside down. I told them to dock my pay for a lesson. They said it's okay since I'm gaining experience. That's one consolation.

Didn't know what I was doing the whole day. My mind was in a great mess. I can't even talk to the office people like I used to. Picked up the invoice book to learn how to fucking write.

6pm. I made my way to Sultan Garden, stayed there till i was chased.

Lesson learned
Tomorrow will be better.

My Legs got Butterflies

2009-06-10T21:35:00.006+08:00

Earlier this year, I made it a point to set out time to run. Which often clocks in after work at 6.40pm when on some days, I could hardly even drag myself to my running shoe given the type of work I do. On better days, a good run is usually comforting. It helps my mind stay clear and builds momentum that kicks in when I keep up a good running streak.

So to keep me away from undue excuses and to keep my resolutions real, I am running the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009 that will take place in 17 days time. Though it's not the full 42km, maybe next time. I'll be running half the marathon (21km). Last week I had to stay in bed due to lower back pain which subsequently dragged to this week. If I ever over exert my body again, I'm in deep trouble.

Come to think about it, I doubt it's going to be easy. I was never an athlete and hadn't got a single clue with the pace I'm comfortable with for long distance.

But all that matters this time round is to finish the race, cross the line and get that damn medal! No matter what it takes.

When Real World Meets the Intarnet'

2009-06-02T21:32:00.006+08:00

OMG

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architecture genius.

Losing It

2009-05-20T21:57:00.013+08:00

Over the past few months. I went through quite a few losses that is both heart breaking and detrimental. However, thankfully it is not the subject of life and death we are on. That would have different effects. Not too sure about you, but I think we always learn a great deal of lessons through losing something. People always advise us never to repeat our mistakes and often say we could have prevented that if we've planned an escape strategy/plan B.

Sad to say, I haven't been learning the secret to that. Here's why.

Story A
Constantly losing hard disks to grasshoppers.

I'm a person who is too well attached to my personal computer, when you things in it away from me. It leaves me with a very bad feeling of being stabbed by robbers in result of being really dumb, by saving a phone for all it takes. Thus the stabs. Okay, maybe not exactly but sometimes when I come to think of it, a kind of sourish real awful, rotten fish feeling would land in.

What happened was, I got my laptop late last year which means it's fairly new and by pure luck, you expect it to be a proper healthy running machine. I held high expectations given its parent company is HP.

But turns out, after 7 months with due care and love. I had a faulty hard disk with plenty of bad sectors. Partly, Vista might be culprit for corrupting it. Seriously, Vista is such a pain up the arse. I've been running Windows 7 RC as my main OS for a while now, and boy it works like a charm. Amazing step up from the guys at Microsoft. It's set to be out by the end of this year, so watch for it.

So anyway, this current loss is accountable for my 3rd hard disk death in 4-5 years. Now the question now is, were the files saved.

1st Hard disk (40gb) - Lost everything cuz I waz a pc newbz.

2nd Hard disk (80gb) - Managed to save some but lost most of it. Including my secondary school memories which till today, still hurts deep inside when I think about it.

3rd Hard disk (250gb) [recent] - I had 2 partitions. One is saved (all documents and media files) but the primary partition was corrupted. Which means all my softwares, bookmarks, random thoughts, scribbles, tweaks, etc were all gone.

It wasn't as bad as before if compare it by order. But I'm sadden by the fact that my random typeout, my bookmarks (then I discovered Xmarks) were gone. There goes half my collection and productivity booster. It wasn't until after it was all gone I realise the true value it holds. The minute datas were truly the lifeblood.

One thing, I think there could never be factors too similar to a mistake compared with previous mistakes. On the surface and as the old saying goes, it really seems like we never learn. We make the same mistakes and it's nothing but a cause of something that could be prevented. And that is why it makes perfect sense. Afterall, we've learned a lot more ways to go about it. If there are efforts in doing it right, I can only see it in a possitive light.

And guess what, I drive a 16 year old car now with similar characteristic to any lada cars. Pride of old Russia. This car has had hiccups and shows nothing but trouble.

Did I mention that my phone died as well?

Wait, why every single thing I own have similar expiry dates izzits ?

Pluuezz manufacturers cross industries stop the conglomorate canz.

pluuuezzzzzz. dun liddat.

A day at work

2009-05-19T19:53:00.003+08:00

Sometimes, I just think that I work with a bunch of hard working, dedicated, cracky people.

Early Workforce Entry

2009-05-17T19:21:00.007+08:00

For about the whole half of this year, I have been mostly away from the online blogging community. Perhaps timeout came naturally 'Peet-Peet, and you're out'.

It feels fresh to be back. I think getting to clear up the purpose behind one thing, makes a hell lot of other things easier. Blogging should be really simple. No hassle on what comes or not. It isn't like you're sucking up to Wall Street Journal's ass for a tiny part of your life back. I find it extremely infuriating and time consuming to filter out a blog entry. It's demoralises the soul to click and hold on the backspace key. It's like thrashing your brain multiple times on the same spot.

Besides that uninteresting, useless explanation. Here's a bit more on the events, changes that took place this first, second quarter of this year.

I'm currently employed as an employee at my dad's carpet/blinds factory. Truth be told, you may be right. My a levels sucked so badly, no companies in Singapore (except Starbucks) would hire any unqualified worker like myself. In fact, they didn't even want to talk anyone with a levels. In response to those seeking advise on which degree to pursue for an easy path, go for a technical degree. That is only if you believe in such a thing, I don't.

Everything took place around September last year in a career fair in Suntec Singapore. I remember getting only one reply out of the 100+ resumes I sent. I went for my first formal interview with a medium sized corporation and it went pretty okay. I googled myself to all possible questions and picked up a thing or two on how things work.

The outcome? They replied, 'I'm sorry, our quota for foreigners is full'. Don't blame us, blame gahmen keep cap small. I remember when I was there, a dude in old polo tees and jeans came walking in for the interview as well. I shook his hand and couldn't imagine how stupid I looked there. I was all dressed up with a proper tie, heading for a great fall.

I went off. I remember when I was in the MRT, holding on to my briefcase with only 3 sheets of paper in it, I felt exactly the same as those uncle who just got retrenched from those Channel8 drama series. Only different is, I didn't even get the job. Surprisingly, I wasn't upset at all. I took it a very, very early experience in entering the workforce. It was a handful of experience really.

My eyes hurt now. I'll continue on the next entry. I know I wrote first, two quarter of this year. That's coming next.

World War II wasn't .. too far back

2009-03-04T11:59:00.005+08:00

Best read for the day.
Click to enlarge it

Win.

Parenting.. What!

2009-02-14T23:36:00.010+08:00

Portrait.

Think parenting, Well, if you are my age, you most probably wouldn't. Unless you find yourself waking up as Baby-faced boy Alfie Patten. Which can be pretty daunting to picture out.

For the past few months, I found myself quite engaged with the nature of parenting. No, It's not that I am in search of a new hobby and thought parenting to be, really hip and fun. Nope, not that. It's nothing near that. It doesn't even have anything to do me initially. But it has something to do with my brother and a damn horny cat.

It started off when my brother brought back a kitten, roughly 5 months back. It was only slightly bigger than the size of my palm back then. We named it after our own creative deficiency, Meow Meow (always go for the sound the animal makes, it's easy) and the rest was history. It is now family.

Picture a cat now being part of the family. It's like having a little moving object that is always running around, scratching stuffs. Hopping around with a ball.

As time passes by, it started to get all horny. It ran away from home for sex but was chased back by my dog, released a certain kind of discharge, called for love, got into position all the time. Which is better? to protect and deprive it from its instincts or to leave it free as it is.

For once, I had the same concern as most parents with young daughters would. Of course, the reason varies and both the subject matter cannot be compared from an objective point of view, but I sort of get it why some parents are usually more protective when it comes to a young, teenage girl.

At the end, we gave our cat to our neighbour. It's certainly not due to the reason mentioned above. We gave it away because in time to come, nobody will be free to take care of it (and its offspring) and it's never good to lock the cat up in a room. It should be as free as other cats. That neighbour of mine has a male cat. Let's see what happens.

Night ride.

bbrpp.

Heck, we'll still go in the room calling Meow Meow, like we used to.

Don't ask.

.

The Year of Dreams and Solitude

2009-01-01T11:31:00.018+08:00

2008 was a painful year. By all means I'm to ensure a repetition like this would never exist in my lifetime. The only upside to it, would be that I've lived through such a life and put an end to it. (period)

To sum up 2008. It was a year of self - searching. To find out how oblivious and out of touch I am with my damn self. I was a walking dead man, perfectly soulless. The numbness was dreadful. However, 2008 did teach me a lot. Through out this year, I've slowly, gradually drawn myself closer to discover what my life is all about and what I want to make out of it.

Turning from 19 to my early twenties now, this year flips open a whole new chapter and a prime one. It's time to bid goodbye to teenage life and usher in adulthood and whatever that comes along. It's time to restructure, to explore and unravel, find new purporses, expect stories to unfold and some how, inspire. A greater understanding of the things that matters most and distinguish the battles worth fighting for.

I hope 2009 would be a year of progress.

Have a good year ahead.

Part 2: Around Hong Kong Island

2008-12-21T17:31:00.013+08:00

Day 2.
3.12.2008

The next morning, I got on the 9.00am shuttle bus with the other Malaysians. Day 2 for me, will be spent in Hong Kong Island covering the whole of Central and Causeway Bay. It's all along the tram route. The tram is the easiest, cheapest and oldest form of transportation in HK, a standard 2HKD for all stops.

Places to go, Day 2.
- SoHo Mid-levels Escalator
- The Peak
- Hong Kong Central Library
- Victoria Park
- Happy Valley Jockey Club

For the others, they dropped their initial plan to go Disneyland and joined me for half a day instead.

We started off at SoHo Mid-levels, where the longest escalator in the world sits. According to the map, we would eventually pass the Peak Tram Station (which we were headed to and only found to be untrue later on).

Hong Kong's notorious terrain.

Mahn and me.

The malay man I blogged about in Part 1.

Mahn bought some bananas for the kids and gave me one. A lady walked passed me and said, 'oh! you're peeling a banana in Peel Street' and started laughing. Okay, so that explains the picture.

Finding our way to the tram station with my little buddies.

Distinctive red cabbies.

The Peak Tram Station.

The Peak.

Hong Kong's skyline on quite a clear day.

Not long after, we went our seperate ways. The other Malaysians went to Stanley Street while for me, I went looking for food and found McDonalds, which turned out to be really cheap compared to other suffs in Hong Kong. Normal Chinese food say, Wan Tan Mee cost 24HKD (RM12), A set of Ebi Burger cost HKD16 (RM8).

Ebi Burger! Prawn filling inside.

ON NOM NOM..

Took my first tram to Causeway Bay.

Visited the library for a bit, fairly huge inside. I think maybe I have a soft spot for libraries. I like visiting them.

they offer free internet services. Finally, the intarnet.

Victoria park.

I spent some time at the park. The thing is, having a big park right at the side of a city is really nice. The air is so much better, it's less noisy, you see high school boys chasing girls and old people carrying their birds in cages, chipping away. Yet at the same time, you still feel well attached to the city. A get away from the rat race buzz. You know, toilet breaks are always nice.

Some how, this shot appeals to me.

Happy Valley Jockey Club! It's only 5.30pm + and is this dark already. Horse racing is the only legalised form of gambling in Hong Kong.

it's huge in there. Wednesday spells raceday!

I had my first Wan Tan Mee, went superbly well with the atmosphere.

This got to be the best place to blend into the local flavour. Some were shouting 'Pok Kai (no money) and some just face-palmed.

I was so chilled, I bought a pint of beer, soaked in the nice atmosphere, sat back and looked at the gamblers get all tensed up. Fantastic! I spent nearly 2 hours there.

I got back to the dorm, met some new dorm mates, shared more places worth visiting and that pretty much sums up Day 2. Oh, under the influence of my Malay friends on the first night, that sweet aroma of preservatives, I bought a packet of instant noodles which I only ate in Taiwan. How clever.

Part 1: Heading to The Territories

2008-12-16T22:01:00.014+08:00

This excursion to Hong Kong and Taiwan has to one of the most exciting trips I've ever had yet. Going solo surely adds in the thrills. I've slept in the best hotels in Taiwan to benches in Hong Kong airport, seen the lives of other Chinese people around the world and tasted the best Wan Tan Mee in my entire life. I'll blog as detailed as possible.

Let me explain how I got started with this trip. My mum received a free return ticket to Taiwan from Hong Kong, inclusive of accommodation for 3 days and 2 nights. But being mum and always so selfless, she pulled me over one fine day and asked me if I wanted to go. She has been to Taiwan a couple of times.

Taiwan to me is always like an imitation, no.2 of Japan, from game shows, fashion, down right to the way they talk. That's probably why Taiwan doesn't appear in the top list of countries I want to visit. So perhaps the media hasn't been portraying Taiwan in it's true tone, and it's unfair to judge Taiwan that way. It's only right to go and see what's what.

But what really excites me, is Hong Kong and I've always wanted to visit Hong Kong. For sure, what makes Hong Kong stand out is its own cultural distinction and richness in flavour. Nowhere else on earth will you find the same uniqueness of Hong Kong. I got to say, when people say Hong Kong is only a shopping paradise and nothing more, either they've wasted their trip on buying things that are usually still more expensive or seriously haven't seen the other side of Hong Kong.

Preparations in brief.

Came out with a rough 11 days itinerary, with days to alternate. 6 days in Hong Kong and another 5 days in Taiwan. Joined the youth hostel membership and booked my hostel at Jockey Club, Mt. Davis Youth Hostel at HKD$100 (RM47) a night with the branch here in Malaysia. Considered really cheap in HK. Booked my Air Asia Flight from Kuala Lumpur to HK. Bought a guide book, filled my PSP with Google map, the whole of 30 Rock season 1 and a lot of songs. Brought some books along. I couldn't believe the amount of time spent online preparing for this trip. However, it was really worth the effort. I could have not done so much without those useful guides.

Day 1.

Left home at 7.30am to Larkin. Boarded a Konsortium bus which left at 8.00am. Watched Zack and Miri Makes a Porno (comedy) early in the morning. Wasn't fantastic, expected something big from Seth Rogen. Reached KL at 12.30pm. Took a Cab from Puduraya to KL Sentral (RM10). Took Skybus (direct journey to LCCT from KL Sentral).

Reached LCCT at 2.45pm. fully packed, people everywhere. Checked in, walked around. Flight is at 4.02pm. My Adidas deodorant spray got confiscated because it was in the hand carry bag. Talked to a Caucasian named Robert who lives in Hong Kong for more than 30 years. He was waiting for everyone to board so that he can sit at the aisle. So we continued talking. Not long after, we got paged! They actually bothered to page us, fantastic! We were the last two to board the plane. Phew!

Flight took off, ate Nasi Briyani, read the AirAsia magazine over and over again.

Touched down at Hong Kong International Airport at 7.50pm. 10 minutes ahead of schedule.

I'd to make my way to Sheung Wan MTR station before 10.30pm. That's the last shuttle bus to the hostel. Things were getting a little tense. Got out of the immigration at 8.20pm. Went out, sucked in my first breath in Hong Kong. Fantastic climate over there. Getting from the airport the Hong Kong Island takes around 50 minutes on bus, 27 mins on train (HKD$100)(RM47). Took bus A21 (HKD40)(RM18). The view was awesome! Passed by Tsing Ma bridge, fantastic looking bridge.

Tsing Ma Bridge.

I got down at Shun Tak Centre at around 9.15pm. Couldn't find the station, walked to the a bus terminus nearby. I approached the bus drivers, took out my guide book which has a Canton phrase list and tried to speak canton. Point at my map and asked 'ching mun, leedi day fong hai been do ah?'. They didn't understand I guess, they then took my map and discussed among themselves. Then one of them came forward and told me the directions in English.

Walked back from where I came from. Remember I was carrying a 11kg backpack. Not sure whether that's the spot. I sat down to drop the weight off my shoulders, it was 9.45pm. Went in to 7-11, got chased out by some asshole worker because I tried asking for directions. Finally, went to ask the security guard and got to the correct location. 9.55pm. Sat down, looked around and saw a man who looked like a malay, standing beside a little girl.

Such coincidence, that man is from Kuala Lumpur and he turns out to be the Vice President of Youth Hostel Association Malaysia. He just got back from Macau, first day in Hong Kong as well. But he didn't come alone, he came with another 10 orphan kids and some Mak Ciks. He said it's a reward for the kids for achieving certain grades and they chose to come to Hong Kong. That's really surprising.

Bus arrives at 10.25pm sharp. Waited for 5 minutes and off it went. I'm well on my way up the mountain and after 20 minutes, we arrived at the hostel. It was a tad cooler up there. Checked in, went in to the dorm, showered, met some new friends and knocked off. The malay kids were at the kitchen eating maggi mee. Walao! I starved myself to sleep that night.

That's the end of day 1 as well as Part 1.

More coming up next!

Zhng' Your Desktop

2008-11-22T05:15:00.008+08:00

Yes yes! I've been tweaking my desktop for a while now. And this piece is really quite a looker!

I don't think I'll get bored of this any time soon.

Do It Yourself, foo

2008-11-18T22:17:00.015+08:00

Last Friday, I looked at myself in the mirror and figured out that I should go get my hair done. Usually I'd pay a visit to an Auntie who grooms hair for well, all the aunties you can see in a day. And then pay a humble sum of RM8. Done, end of giant mushroom invasion and back to looking like a proper boy.

If you're wondering what's the mushroom invasion all about, take a look at this.

Form 5.
Not long after, my ass got burned by Mr.Saujana (Discipline master)

I bought a pair of zigzag scissors a year ago thinking that one fine day I'll be able to cut my own hair. It's not that tough I thought, I mean, all that I got to do is to trim off wherever that is thick. Zhen Yang was the inspiration then (he used to come to school sometimes with not very obvious lubangs on his head) but he's now too cool for college. Can't probably let a bad hair get in his way.

So I picked up that untouched scissors, laid some papers on the floor and did exactly what I had in mind a year ago.

This.

ended up looking like;

lol. what the heck.

Got Pranked?

2008-11-02T22:23:00.005+08:00

I just have to share this with you guys. It is the biggest celebrity prank ever played. And who can be more of a celebrity with the 2008 presidential race coming to an end?

Hockey mum, Sarah Palin.

If you've been following on the race, even if you're not, you'll for sure notice that Sarah Palin is famous for being at the headlines for all the wrong reasons. From 'gotcha', lipstick pig to Sarah Palin's Alaskanomics and now, this? Ouch.

MONTREAL — A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

More info.

Perfect Morning Breeze

2008-10-30T07:36:00.011+08:00

4.30am.

Strong wind sent the blind knocking into my monitor. I looked out the window, trees were gushed around, lightning lit up the sky. Winamp has since stopped playing its tracks. I was trying to figure out the exact time during that moment. What may seem absurd is that, despite looking at my surroundings, I certainly felt as though the sky has suddenly turned dark from what seems like a peaceful sunny afternoon. Trying to make sense to myself, I looked back at my messed up bed, trying to recall the hours spent in bed.

By that time, it has started to rain heavily. Still in a dreamy state, I picked up my glasses, checked the time on the computer and everything made perfect sense. For a moment, I thought I was in a transitional period of a dark afternoon. It felt rather, real.

Got my songs playing again to soothe the mood. I went out of my room for a breather. The morning breeze was just phenomenal. A furious thunderstorm out there and I'm glad I'm not of without shelter. By then I realised that I've long forgotten about the clothes downstairs. Drenched, for the second time, since yesterday. Mum's not going to be happy but she wouldn't find out either. She's away for a week. Besides, the sun will dry them all up later. Double drench! ;)

The rain died down and off I went for a hot soupy 'Ah Piau Wan Ton Mee'. Came back, watched Janice and Sonia on youtube, fantastic, pretty duo. Quote;

'Touch my heart like nobody's business okayy.. - Alan Pang'.

Listening to them early in the morning starts the day off with a whole different tone. Thanks Vic for the heads up.

Besides all that, I'm back to blogging, with slightly more idea about why I'm in this whole blogging bonanza.

Cheers!

Olympic Hype

2008-08-09T15:13:00.004+08:00

Click here for a magnificent set of pictures taken during the Beijing Olympic 2008 Opening Ceremony.

With all the Olympic hype all around us now, this video should just bring it up to another level. Seriously, this cannot be better.

Only that the commentators are total dickheads.

That Dude is a champ!

hello world

2008-07-16T21:25:00.007+08:00

Oh yes, I'm still around. Only that my brother, Alan has been dominating the computer so much, I can't do much when I'm online.

and now, the giant has woken up.

But not till I get something down right.

I was reading Suelynn's latest entry and tried my best to comprehend Disney art like she did.

Here goes;

The original picture, as I suppose she adores.

But what appears to me, is this.

Oh yeah!
That's how we roll ya'll!

My 'Ohh So' Glamorous Birthday

2008-06-19T14:08:00.015+08:00

Once again, it is the time in a year again when I go 'Oh boy! Oh boy! It's my birthday!' while I will stare at the ceiling the night before on my bed, smiling like a real idiot. This year, wasn't quite the same as it was before and here's why, but first let's go back 9 years ago.

9 years before.

18.06.1999, Friday.

I was 10, Jan was 9 going 10.

That is Janice on the right and me cutting the cake.
I bet it was my sexy red segi tiga (triangle) underwear that got Janice all excited.

Just look at her!

You might be thinking so what's this all about? Why the old picture? Perhaps Philip is up to something in his own world again. Well, you are quite right.

I thought to myself perhaps it would be meaningful to take a 'then and now' picture since both Janice and I are still in JB. Partly to show off to my grandkids one day that me, their grandpa was quite a good looking lad and of course, my aging process. Okay Jan, I know I didn't tell you that.

9 years after.

18.06.2008, Wednesday.

I am 19, Jan is 18 going 19.

I guess my red underwear didn't surprise her this time. Must be the party poppers.

That was the furthest I could possibly go as to the table set up. I even had to buy red paint to paint the plastic cups! Where on earth are those red plastic cups!?

For a side by side comparison, click here.

So in the course of all birthday celebration as tradition has it, they sang me a birthday song, burned my Happy Birthday sign made of plastic and took pictures.

I blew me candles.
If you look closely, you can actually see the burned plastic sign and damn, the candles are short!

Pangs and Chians, just like old times.

Think you've seen it all eh !?

wait till you see this.

Jan! I can do it too! How's that for Glam?
Alan looks like a damn hippie.

All in all, I am indeed very happy. Thanks to those who wished me, Zhi Yi for the meal and The Incredible Hulk (damn that movie is good!), the Chians for coming, Janice for posing (lmao), my mother for preparing the food and ang pao, Alan and Stella for helping out and Powerkids Academy for the birthday celebration 9 years ago.

Okay, I'm 19 now.

still..

Anyone up for a game of counter strike?
screw COD2 la.

One Damn Hurdle

2008-06-17T01:37:00.009+08:00

So what did A levels do to me in the past couple of months? You wouldn't want to expect anything good coming out from A levels really. So here goes.

1. I've turned into a fat man.

2. I got so fat that I broke my chair.

3. Transformed the broken chair into a bench with wheels on it which lasted for 2 days. Not bad.

4. My mind went dancing on a fountain of wee.

5. Some attraction, somewhere.

6. Bloody cocks.

7. My finest creation, Antman.

And finally.
The sweetest note.

courtesy of kukubird

So long A levels!

Go haunt the juniors!

Truth Behind Internet Dating

2008-06-04T10:42:00.007+08:00

*click to enlarge*

lol!

Sometimes, the internet just sucks.

Priceless

2008-05-30T13:14:00.014+08:00

I used to dread for freedom when I was a kid.

Happiness used to be taking out money from my wallet and passing it to the uncle for exchange of nasi lemak and rubbing watermelon rind against my face in the toilet because my mum told me it was good for my skin while my friends laughed. Well, that was all in Sri Utama. Where I met Jonathan Long who saw my wee-wee and some other turtle friends.

Things took its toll while I was in Sri Tebrau. Well, not much really. I hated going home after school so much so that my friend and I found a day care centre and got ourselves enrolled in. That's another chapter altogether.

Traveling was then part of a routine. I'd travel around Tmn Sentosa and Tmn Sri Tebrau on a public bus to explore my world which was well, 3 tamans big. Somehow I was really happy back then. All sorts of things amazed me. The long gearstick, the way the bus turns and the fact that I'm on a public bus and my friends were on a school bus. After a long day, I'd go home and dream of driving a bus. Quite a young explorer eh.

and secondary school?

my legs got lazy.

and girls turned attractive.
who can still be bothered with buses then?

even my underwear changed for Pete's sake.

Exam the Stinks

2008-05-28T07:37:00.007+08:00

Now all that I am thinking of is to press a bell repeatedly. Nothing else, just a bell and me, turning in circles.

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Gas, Man and Big Bird

2008-05-24T21:31:00.008+08:00

Today as I was pumping gas at Mobil, a nice Singaporean bloke walked to me and offered a pail of water just in any case I need it to wash off excessive fuel. I must say, a simple good deed like that makes my day.

Big bird looks awfully weird.
At least he taught me alphabets which I still suck at when it comes to dictionary flipping and numbers, well.. never mind.

Shitmon on the move

2008-05-22T21:14:00.009+08:00

I was never good at snake all these while. During the time when Nokia bitched around and got the world hooked up with mobile games, my asshat friends with their god given skillz would come up to me and say,

'Oii.. check out my highest score man..'

Like really, I just killed your digimon with numemon (double flying poo with cheat). I rather stick with digimon which made fat boys cool. Besides, flying poo hasn't been that cute. Remember Miss smarty pants in primary school? Indirect double flying poo hit. Sweet.

Ngehh.

YEAHHH ... !

Talk about that!
I guess I was a lonely kid.
WAHAHHAHA.
nah.

Snake on a building.
awesome stuff.

SNAKE Game in the Student House - Funny video clips are a click away

Perfect Google Ad

2008-05-16T14:30:00.012+08:00

See the similarities?

Hey! Google Ad has hopped on to the bandwagon of hypnotism.

Watch the video to waste 36 seconds of your life.

Morning Well Entertained

2008-05-06T22:07:00.008+08:00

It's always good to have a garden. Early this morning my sister spotted 2 dragonflies mating before leaving for work (she's rather alert when it comes to flying dragonfly sex. lol). Besides, my half brained dog got humped yesterday. Twice, or more. I wonder what's heading here tomorrow.

Anyway, here are some shots taken with Sony Ericsson k800i;

A thing of beauty isn't it?
lol.

Iron Man After Credits

2008-05-05T23:10:00.005+08:00

*Spoiler Alert*

For the benefits of those who missed the extra credits of Iron Man, it's embedded below. Iron Man meets Nick Fury from S.H.I.E.L.D. Should we be expecting War Machine? Chances are.. Well, I'm not sure but there are many more armors in the comic. We'll just wait and see.

Mahathir the Blogger.

2008-05-02T13:09:00.004+08:00

eh! Guess who started blogging?

Dr. Mahathir !

Anyway, I won't be blogging for a month or so due to exams. I'll be back.

Carstrucked !

2008-04-22T19:34:00.003+08:00

2008 Nissan Skyline GT-R at Mutiara Motors

Taken with my trusty Sony Ericsson T610.

That's teknologi !

Economics Today

2008-04-17T23:33:00.002+08:00

Sex as replacement in developing countries? My friend Naga has it.

true wisdom my friend, true wisdom.

I've Been LOL'D

2008-04-13T14:52:00.018+08:00

Just when you think you've had it for the day. Your clock turns into a laughing machine.

lol

What happened was that the other night I was on my bed but I couldn't sleep. For 20 minutes of rolling agony, I turned my head towards the clock and..

I was LOL'D.

What the hell !?

Evil Gay Tag.

2008-04-10T20:49:00.013+08:00

I've been tagged by Alven, wah! sibeh ghey sial.

01. Compose a list of YOUR top ten sexiest famous men.
02. Collect one picture of each guy on your list.
03. Post them in your journal.
04. Tag five people to do the same.

*edit*
In specific order,

From number 10 - 1.

I shall be the only one who takes effort into doing this. Oh bugger.

Here goes nothing then..

*Readers discretion is advised for very disgusting half naked pictures of extremely ugly men popping out of no where from your screen*

10. Brad Pitt (ripped from Joylyn)

check out his lil' lawn.

Ah ha! I know what you people are thinking.

"ZOMGG! Philip is like sooo freakin' gay man I tell youuuu.."

No lah, I don't like Brad Pitt.

I just needed someone to expose his pits and I found him.

Ah~

Can't think of 9, 8,7 and 6.

5. Arnold Suahzenagorrr..

HAHAHAHAA!!

EPIC mann, EPICC!!!

4. Contestant 5 on Nevermind the Buzzcocks.

I will kill you...

3. Neighbour kid from Singapore.

PWNED !!
Mr. Batman bin Suparman,
You've made it to my list!

2. Rick Astley

For once, this is real.

RICK ROLL'D!

Watch it!
5 stars!

and for no.1....

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1. ME ! when I was in primary 5.

I look bloody out casted.
The girls were holding each other but..

WHAT BOUT ME!?
#$$%^%^$!!!!

Doesn't a fat kid deserve some love and attention, affection maybe while you girls were giggling and laughing away at each other!? Look at the girl beside me. She even leaned away from me.

HAR HAR!?
@#$%&#@!!!!

Argh! and because of that, I honour myself (the primary 5 me) as the hottest man/boy on planet earth!

If you're wondering where am I, look all the way to the right.

That is if your eyes were made of sheep's wool.

Hawt right...

;)

So there you have it. My ghey-iest post in history.

I am passing this evil tag to :
1. Nicole Ong
2. Denise Ong
3. Kimmy Ong
4. Serah Ooi
5. Melanie Tan

Boo YAh!

:D

Of Dreams and Mighty Underwears

2008-04-03T00:02:00.007+08:00

One day when I am older, I will leave my hair long and ride a bike cross country.

Just like that.

LOL!

Oh yes. Thaat face is totally whack!
Taken in Form 4.

Now, that's pretty cool for a start.

*Thanks XY for the pictures.

Bass Clinic with Nathan East

2008-03-24T20:10:00.023+08:00

This is definitely something worth blogging for.

The Clinic was held at the Asian Civlisation Museum (ACM) in Singapore 7.00pm, on the 22nd of March 2008. Despite the delay due to the rainy weather, we managed to reach there at around 6.50pm just on time for the best seats in the house.

Now, that's really coincidental bearing in mind that Zhen Yang, Alan and I were still posing for pictures with the sculptures of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (who seems to like it through his expression) and some fellas near the bridge to ACM. That's a real tourist-alert mind you.

A slight history of Nathan East.

Eric Clapton and Friends. Nathan on the right.

Eric Clapton - Layla

Nathan East has recorded, performed and co-written songs with Anita Baker, Babyface, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Sting, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, Kenny Loggins, Herbie Hancock and B.B. King. He co-wrote the Number one hit song "Easy Lover" for Phil Collins and Philip Bailey. East appears with Phil Collins on the "Live & Loose in Paris" DVD (1998).

Fourplay - Bali Run (4 stars! Watch it)

He also performed on the Grammy award winning unplugged album with Eric Clapton which featured the classic song "Tears In Heaven"(1992). East has been a long-time member of Eric Clapton's studio and touring bands since 1983. Nathan also appears on Andrea Bocelli's, Vivere:Live in Tuscany (2007).

stage set up.

He's one of those who takes pleasure in whatever he is doing. As a result, man. It's all so sincere and fun. Listening to him play is like having tonnes of notes coming to life. He does a whole lot of genre ranging from rock n roll' to funk, jazz. I mean, seriously. This guy is truly inspiring. He carries some shadow of Abraham Laboriel as well. Another very talented bassist. I really couldn't help it but to sit back and let the rhythm kick in. It was just simply.. amazing.

up close.

Then it was the QnA session where I asked him;

"where would you be today if it wasn't for the decision you made in the past to be a session musician? Do you have any regrets for doing what you really love?"

He answered,

"No. Being a session musician to me is like having a job without having to work. It's something that I love doing. If I wasn't a session musician, I'd be a pilot. That's another job without really having to work."

The man himself.

He might appear to be just another man on the street but when you hear who he had worked with in the past, that, will blow your mind away.

Yamaha's silent string bass, the SLB 200.

Nathan East - Twenty Something (performed by Jamie Callum). Taken live from the clinic.

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Something else that night.
Free entry to the Nalanda Trail exhibition.

A picture taken from the exhibition at ACM which looks a little... Nevermind..

Cute laa. lol
it's actually a spiral ear ring for women in the past. It sure looks heavy.

That's all folks!

Have a nice week!

Cheers!

You Turn Me On, Babe!

2008-03-16T00:49:00.005+08:00

Here's something to compensate my lack of updates. The feeling of visiting a blog with no updates consecutively can be rather annoying. It's like the whole of Spiderman is only on smacking mosquitoes and the American flag appearing all the time.

So anyway, we (my dad and I) were smacked by spectacular view while driving on our everyday road. For those who knows where I stay, good for you. For those who doesn't, well, It's near to this place called "leisure Mall" where cheap Singaporeans flock in for cheap goods on weekends.

Wicked !

It's all taken with the Sony Ericsson K800i.

I'm staggered even by looking at the pictures.

Pwahh.

Not Quite Dead

2008-03-10T22:16:00.004+08:00

If you're wondering whether I'm still around, I am. I just couldn't bring myself to blog properly. Anyway, I am subscribing to the Discovery Channel mag. I'm drawn to it already thanks to the pretty pictures in it. A very interesting read I must say.

More updates soon. For now, my bed awaits me.

Documents of Chinese Immigrants in 1937

2008-03-08T11:43:00.003+08:00

Passport to Malaysia in that time.

Southpark on Computers

2008-02-28T22:54:00.004+08:00

OH ! OH.. ! This is a good one.

HAHAHHAHA!

BLUE SCREEN ! wtf ?

>< !! AHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!

Fat Hope, Boy !

2008-02-14T01:50:00.007+08:00

Fat Hope, Cheap Zy

Chinese New Year 08'

2008-02-11T23:37:00.005+08:00

I should make it clear that the previous post was written out of boredom. I do have a proper 50 things to do before 50 list and I didn't spend 2 weeks thinking about getting married and have a bucket of kids. Well, of course that's part of the list.

I've been really random these days. My entries lately have been of no value.

Okay. Back to CNY. I almost got fried by fireworks. Yeap. Thanks to my neighbour's firecrackers which was ONE year old. They saved it from last year till this year. What happened was, I was outside my house approximately 50 meters away, anticipating for a great view.

Little did I know, I was too near when the 1st shot did not fly high. The 1st explosion so near me, everything turned bright. Something wasn't right so I ran back to my house which was quite a fair distance and hid behind the wall while peeping with one eye. I went out again then saw my family members coming out from the house to see what was going on.

I should have taken a camera out to record a video. Yikes! But It was fun. lol.

Anyway, this was taken last year. Enjoy,

The List

2008-02-02T21:41:00.000+08:00

Here goes my "50 things to do before 50" list.

1. Get married and have a bucket of kids.

I've just spent 2 weeks to think of no.1

DAMMMNITT! :(

?

2008-02-01T16:48:00.000+08:00

I'm now saving my blog from the evil yellow banana in blogersphere. In fact, the evil yellow banana is so pixelated, it looks like a 8bit ugly crafted banana.

What a way to start out an entry. That's pretty pointless really.

I haven't got a clue on what I'm going to blog about. I'm sitting in front of my computer, having both my eyes stared at the screen and my fingers typing weird combination of alphabets.

What am I doing here!?

Goodbye World.

Memorable School Days

2008-01-13T15:39:00.000+08:00

Just click PLAY and you'll see what I used to do at school.

those lame days were the best!

heh heh
still quite funny larh.

A Different Christmas

2008-01-11T01:48:00.000+08:00

Let's see..
Christmas was, last year?
Better late than never right!?

no.
okay.

So anyway, I was at a mall entertaining/deceiving kids during Christmas. I must say, it was a pretty interesting way to 'celebrate' Christmas. Not in any way the nicest looking Santa nor real but who bothers?

We're in Johor Bahruu folks !

How fake can a Santa look then?

This fake.
Yeah.
Sadly, Santa lost some weight and turned Chinese.

ho4 ho4 ho4.. (in pinyin).

Now Chinese kids can be proud to be Chinese again.
man.. I should be in their history textbook.

this kid must be thinking..

when did Chinese people have beards like that?
Isn't it suppose to be black?
and that flat nose.
is that even real?

you must be photoshoped.

FAKE!!

At least the frog on his shirt is happy..
and his.. Dad ..

This is cutest child I've met that day.
look at the camera boy,

and the girl who spreads her leg all the time.
damn funny.

Alright, now put your observation skill to the test.
Can you conclude their facial expression?

they all look at me with the same look, same pattern?

They just stare at you with their tiny eyes.
that was indeed very, very cute.

Apart from that, we'd wishing sessions where I'd to be on stage and kids will come up to me for a gift. Some kids were so afraid, they cried while some just wanted the free gift.

Only that their hands were so very sticky.
That was the disgusting part.

Met some church members that day. That includes Uncle Ricky and family.

Overall, I had great fun that day. Having the chance to wish strangers a Merry Christmas freely doesn't occur often and it seriously feels good to see people smiling.

Life isn't such a bitch after all.

that just sounds..
quite ghey.

Santa Claus huh?

2007-12-24T16:28:00.000+08:00

It's still on!

On Christmas day, Permas Jusco.

=D

Sanntaaaa Rinaa, here I comeeee..

A Job Offer

2007-12-20T18:25:00.000+08:00

Just the other day, my friend texted me, asking me whether I am interested to work as Santa Claus for 5 days at Jusco Permas Jaya. The two weekends before Christmas and Christmas day itself. It's the same friend who got me the Mascot job for Maxis a few months back.

Well, what better way to celebrate Christmas and getting paid at the same time right? They were willing to pay RM500.

Very well I thought, so I agreed.

SANTA CLAUS & SANTA RINA WALKABOUT (1 hour)

- walk around Jusco with santa rina, give sweets and balloons to children.

WISHING SESSION (1/2 hour)

- sit down on a chair and give out toys.

PHOTOGRAPH SESSION (1 hour)

- take photo

SANTA RINA !
Alright ! !

So anyway, I was all ready for it. Thinking of ways not to lie to the kids so much. All in all, all kinds of weird ideas came.

However, things took a turn when management in charge of the event wasn't around and couldn't confirm with my friend.

Oh well, there goes Santa Rina..
sigh..

and the kids
and the smiles
and $

Santa Rinaaaaaaaaaa.....

hehe.

Counting down,

2007-12-10T16:18:00.000+08:00

Christmas !

oh joy.

The Frills and Trills of Being Lost

2007-11-25T21:59:00.000+08:00

Ever experienced the hybrid emotions that mixes all your senses while driving?

Adding in also the aftermath effects of consuming oysters that weren't fresh the previous night.

Not the adrenaline rush of G-force sinking you into your seat or whatnot.

Well, I did. All in a day,
in the land they call ..

Singapore.

It all started with a not-so brilliant idea of my brother suggesting me to drive him to Swissotel Merchant Court early at 4.30am. That means, drive him there, drop him and drive home alone.

And of course being the rational and sensible me, I denied his offer at first. Proving my stand that I'd rather be on bed than squeezing my way through with the swarm of noisy, irritating bikes and my ignorance in road directions.

See, that's what reasonable people does. Nothing special in any way.

Not so this time. Mr. Sensible has been poisoned with UHU Glue by Mr. Challenger.

So anyway, Alan's idea turned into a brilliant idea and I accepted the challenge to battle it out with the roads in Singapore.

A quick list on the tools needed before hand.

1. Google Map.
2. Street Directory.
3. A car that looks fierce.
4. Sufficient Petrol.
5. A mouth that speaks.
6. Time.
7. No tummy ache.
8. A PSP to keep you happy.

I was well equipped ..
except for no.7 ..

A map for reference.

Route A (back to JB)
Eu Tong Sen Road-> Hill Street -> Stamford Road -> Fort Canning Road -> Scotts Road -> Stevens Road -> Whitley Road -> PIE -> BKE -> JB

Alright. Guess what? I didn't turn into Stamford Road.
Yea, laugh all you want and that's not all.
I went on straight.

All the way to Beach road and stopped at Bussorah Street (near Plaza Singapura) to plan for route B. By this time my stomach was killing me.

Route B
Crawford Street -> Lavender -> Balestier -Moulmein Road -> Thomson Road -> Whitley Road -> PIE -> BKE -> JB

I made it to Moulmein Road but somehow ended up going back to City area. Passing by Orchard, Somerset and Dhoby Ghaut heading to Marina Square. I passed by Suntec City Mall, Pan Pacific Hotel, Marina Mandarin Singapore, Esplanade and stopped right at The Singapore Flyer which is still under construction. This time to plan for route C.

Route C
Stamford Road -> Orchard Road -> Penang Road -> Somerset -> Orchard Link - Bideford Road -> Clemenceau Avenue -> Newton Circus -> BKE -> PIE -> JB

Once I made it to Orchard Link, I decided to merge it with route A which links to Scotts Road -> Stevens Road -> Whitley Road -> PIE -> BKE -> JB.

I made it back at last with my stomach still killing me and there was a jam going back to JB. This time, the PSP came in handy. I had plans to park in a hotel to take a crap but I just didn't. I don't know why. Every time I made it to a hotel, a bus stops me from turning into the car park.

Finally, I've conquered mostly the City area and a little bit of its outskirts.

I'm glad I didn't take the easy way out through CTE. That would make it so much less fun.

I say this was more of a trip to explore Singapore and sad truth is that, Singapore is really quite small. The road changes so quickly, all the turnings are very near.

YEAHH !! I WON !
sort of.

Cheers !

Hakka

2007-11-22T14:55:00.000+08:00

Well well well..

A slight update on what's happening.

1. Me mates from KL are coming over for a night stay.
2. I found out that I can live without my phone but not the internet for a day.
3. My internet got cut off. Again.
4. Battlefield 2 is the game to play.

Anyway, It's back to tradition today and it's about, hakka.

Janggg.. (insert traditional music yaww')

You see, both my parents are hakka and that makes me a crystal pure hakka. However, a pure hakka who doesn't speak 客家话 (Kèjiāhuà) is a bit of a waste. That's me. I only know, hakka-nim which means a Hakka women and a little bit more. That's it.

So to make up to it, I did a little bit of study.

Hakkas in Fujian (China)

The Hakka were originally immigrants from northern China who settled in the southern provinces. The Hakkas who settled in the mountainous region of south-western Fujian province developed a unique form of architectural building known as tu lou (土樓), literally meaning earthen structures.

They sure do love circles and sticking them together.

The tu lou are round or square and were designed as a combined large fortress and multi-apartment building complex. The structures typically had only one entrance-way, with no windows at ground level. Each floor served a different function: the first floor containing a well and livestock, the second food storage and the third and higher floors contain living spaces. Tu-lou were built to withstand attack from bandits and marauders.

According to my dad, he said the Hakkas lived on mountains and usually Hakka food will taste a little bit more salty due to the use of salt to preserve. Talking about food, there's Lei Cha aka Ham Cha. Nowadays they call it the beauty/healthy-meal. That makes Hakka-nim damn chio lorh. lol!

I had that for lunch. Oh good Lord, I am chio.

I reckon there's this restaurant called "Restoran Rasa Hakka" near Tebrau market. They serve good Hakka food. Good stuff.

Have a great weekend ehy!

Pause

2007-11-13T20:15:00.000+08:00

Normal entries will resume after Friday (16.11.07).

The day I go head on with Law and regain victory.

Until then, everything else shall be secondary.

Lawl?

Heroes

2007-11-10T13:55:00.000+08:00

I've completed the whole season one of Heroes in 3 days.
Which I'm not exactly proud of.
Plus I'm not some hardcore drama freak fan.

It made me feel like one of them. That's partly why.. I kept on watching, pushing my limits till dawn.

And all I end up with is, looking like an old panda and a broken circadian clock.

Maybe the world needs superheroes like that!

to destiny...

I come in peace. Just like star trek! *\/
Hiro Nakamura. Teleporter, time bender and a Jah-pa-nese man.

I miss old days as a kid believing that superheroes are real and they were cooler back then. But once you get treated by reality and age, superheroes only appear in movies, action figures and some Halloween costumes. Even dogs wear it.

Alright, that's it. Watch Heroes if you want goosebumps.
It's rejuvenating.

I say it's like, putting ice cubes on your toes.
brrr...

Updates and Scrabble

2007-11-06T23:47:00.000+08:00

How am I feeling now?

I feel like a dead tuna fish canned in a tin soaked in sunflower seed oil.

and I tell you, it's going to end soon.

Anyway,
Let's go 2 years back.

Scrabble made more.. gay.

Cheers!

Jeremy Clarkson wins Special Recognition Award

2007-11-02T22:56:00.000+08:00

At the National Television Awards ceremony in the UK, Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson took out the Special Recognition Award for his ‘unique contribution to television.’ The normally collected Clarkson seemed genuinely surprised to have won the award, which was presented to him by none other than Lewis Hamilton. You can watch both Clarkson’s introduction and the award presentation.

Via: German Car Scene

After watching Top Gear since the early seasons, with Richard almost got run down by a bull and all the amount of entertainment, it leaves me a happier person just after watching an episode of it.

Congratulations to Mr. Jeremy Clarkson.

Mark what Jeremy said at the end.

" .......and of course there is James and Richard. Without whom.. Without whom.. Actually still could have been possible".

Haha!

Batman VS Predator

2007-11-02T11:12:00.001+08:00

If you're a fan of batman, you'll like this.

One of the best jokers yet,
only that he's a little short.

cheers!

TATA Crubicle

2007-11-01T22:14:00.000+08:00

(it's suppose to be 2007. The picture above is an old one)

I would say, this is quite remarkable
and Indians are smart people.

It airs on Thursday nights at 9.30pm on Channel NewsAsia.
I reckon you all to give it a try at answering.

You know, these quizzes get you challenging yourself behind the tele.
"Oh! I should have nailed that one"

C'monnn.. think you old brain, Think!

So for the record, I got one right at a snap of my finger.
The Microwave Oven one.
If you know what I'm talking about.
It's basically an invention caused by an accident.
So I got.. 1/10?

Oh Okay..

I better stick with watching Homer Simpsons catching his own ass.

Until then,

Cheers!

Pulled Over by Cops.

2007-10-27T06:13:00.000+08:00

5.00am.

My mother woke me up to drive my dad and sis to Crystal Crown Hotel.
For some, health camp.

They were filled with energy and all ready to kick off with a healthy lifestyle.
But I wasn't.
I just wanted to sleep,
on the pillow with my smell on it.

Oh yea, we were even earlier than the roosters in my neighbourhood.
How I know?
They were my companion during SPM days,
er, maybe only on the day before SPM.

So anyway, we got on to the car, cranked it up, sank ourselves into the seats and warmed up planet Earth.

You see, it's bad to go POWEERR right after the engine got started. It's better to warm it up, drive slow, soft on the accelerator and sweet talk to the car. Say things like,
"I've never regretted choosing you"
"You're the prettiest car ever"
She will feel like she's the luckiest car in the universe.
Haha!

While I got so into sweet talking, I glanced at my rear mirror and went,
"Wah! So early got police car".
Then I made a left hand turn, he was right on my butt.

Remember that I was driving very slow. Thinking that maybe it wants to overtake me, I moved more to the left and that's when I saw the disco lights.

Police : Encikk, pergi mana?
Me : Er, angkat orang pergi holiday.
Police : Oh, Family Holiday?
My Dad : Business Trip.
Police : Oh.. Family holiday pergi mana?
(the police still thinks it's a family trip)
Me : Port Dickson.

Police went around my car to check the road tax.

While I was digging up for my driving license, thinking that he'll definitely ask for it, I couldn't recall where was it and seriously, almost passed him this.

Initial D racing card.
The arcade game I used to play with my mates before going for tuition in Omega.

(I was still feeling very sleepy that time).
But of course, I passed him my IC and driving license.
He checked my identifications and bid his farewell.

Everything was fine and he went off.

I was just thinking, what if I passed him my Initial D racing card?

I bet he'd have went...

OMG! NO WAYYY...
PHIL? THE DESCENDANT OF THE GREAT PANG?
DRIFTING KING OF MOUNT KIKI-LALA?
OMGG OMGG OMGG!!
I loveeee youuu soo muchhh you know??
muARkz mUaRkss...
*faints*

(Kiki-lala : Underwear brand for kids. Sounds, a bit Japanese la hor? lol)

I AM.

HAHAHAHA.

Anyway, If you realize I only have one star on my card (from above),
one star = n00b/newbie.

I somehow, always.. lose.

Just make me feel good can?
walao-eh!

Cheers !
Vroomm Vroommm...

The Picture that Matters.

2007-10-26T18:12:00.000+08:00

Today is rather special.
Simply because I made a rare discovery behind the wooden blocks of broken drawers. It's not what exactly you call "expensive".

"Oh, I've just found golden coins with the Queen's face on it"

Nope.
Nothing close to that.
But it has to do with birds and China.

I think Chinese love birds. Like how they love tea and maybe "imitating things".
For some.

Anyway, my discovery was so, profound.
I had to check the Pang Dictionary.

My mum!

I was this young (in red).

I took my very first photograph by myself.
(at least till date, the only one found)
Proven by all time faithful mother.

There goes the bird and China.

See the link now?

Let's see, that could only be me because, my dad would most likely to be fascinated by mountains and sceneries, my brother would be crapping in his pants and my mum, cleaning them up. My sis, oh well, looking at China boys.

Who else would have wasted the film?
The ignorant one.

I wonder why of all places, I tilted the camera down to the floor and took a bird with a leaf on its beak. Maybe I found it cute.

Ha!

Okay, I said birds and you people expected real birds.
Well, a drawn one isn't that bad I suppose.
Drawn on the busy streets of somewhere in China

I'm truly happy.
anyone willing to pay me millions for this?
It's still, a Discovery.

Cheers !

Spirit of Television

2007-10-23T10:10:00.000+08:00

The other day I was watching this show, Star Celeb on NTV7.
A reality show that showcases many ambitious future TV presenter, model and etc.

I don't deny that it's entertaining to watch. But hey, reality TV shows have been entertaining all the while.

I got rather annoyed to be frank.
Nothing against the show.

The thing is that, they try to make TV presenters an all-rounder.
Similar to what Singapore is doing also.
They have to act, sing, dance & perform at the same time.
Which makes them,
jack of all trades, master of none.

Where is the personality ! ?
I rather have TV presenters like nasty looking Jeremy Clarkson
but with rich personality and delivers it well.

They often loses the core to it.
Which is damn, a sad thing.

Cheers!

An apology

2007-10-20T23:38:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates.
I fully understand how it feels to visit blogs without updates.

But I shall be back! In a few days time.

Partly due to exams.
which makes part of the excuse.

Anyway, after going to church for almost all my life. Somehow, going to church feels very much at home.

Update more another day.
feeling the pinch of exhaustion.

google

2007-10-17T18:37:00.000+08:00

What Went Wrong.

2007-10-15T17:12:00.000+08:00

*updates*
Today is my sister's birthday
so happy birthday Stella Pang.

Day after tomorrow is when my first paper starts !
.......

--------------------------------------------

Previous post was (CCC)

and this is (WWW)

Triple H is still around for somebody's sake.
RETIRE LA OLD MAN!
hehs.

Just the other day (last Friday), my Senior (tutor) made a BIG mistake.

You see, my college is kind enough to give Law tutorials by seniors for pathetic, turtle looking nuts like us (according to Mr. Ramesh, whom is our lecturer).

So I guess, he thinks that we are cute and some of us would dance around Xun's blog on two legs.

Okay, so this senior of mine was talking on Criminal Process. What can the police do with reasonable suspicion and blah. Until..

He thought of a Genius illustration, with the Capital G.

He suddenly went,
Let's say Philip has a bomb under his pants but when the police asked him about it,

he answered,

"Where got BOMB lah Encikk"

Basing on reasonable suspicion, the police "aloba-ed" Philip and took his pants off in public.
and some statements are not appropriate to be stated here.
cause I realize I have "young" readers, too bad.

How did he even thought of this?
Bomb + pants = ouch!

Then comes the shitty part.
He went,

"HAHAHA!! Philip, just kidding la..
But really got bomb, small yet explosive. Only your girlfriend will know la"

.......

I gave him the "Im going to kill you tonight look" with an evil smile.

In the first place what you mean by "small".
Youu piece of ... crap.

Then after class some girls came and said to me..

"He said yours small le (giggles)"
and walks away.

Never mind! I'm a man of integrity.
Hmpph!

Top tip from me,
When a man talks bad about someone else, he is only basing on his own experience/what he has got.

Ah ha!
Smiles!
=D

Okay, now how do I bring this message across to those who were deceived by the evil tutor?
....
they won't believe.
-.-

Don't Cheers this time round.
Just Don't.

Craperdy Craperdy Crap

2007-10-12T00:33:00.000+08:00

Let's lay down some facts.
My first paper will be on next Wednesday (17/10)
and follows on with other papers.

But I still want to fly my helicopter, steal flags, snipe at enemy's head.

Battlefield 2
Piangg Pianggg..

See! So fun hor.

This is simply called game addiction.

FTW !!

Cheers !

on the 1.20 dot

2007-10-10T01:20:00.000+08:00

A whole lot of changes will take place soon.

I'm sick of not being productive and not contributing much for my future.

talk about regrets eh.
I have plenty of them.

But I rather have it now than later.

5,4,3,2,1,
Mangkali loves you.

Audio Illusion

2007-10-08T20:08:00.000+08:00

Wouldn't be updating that often no more.
Exam is around the corner.

Anyway, I shall leave you all a very interesting video.

Audio Illusion.

AMAZING Audio Illusion - Amazing videos are here

(read the instruction on the video)
(just keep repeating it and you'll know the magic)

Pond Washing Plasticman!

2007-10-03T22:25:00.000+08:00

For those who expected quite a lot for this entry, frankly, it's nothing much la..
It's like those TV advert that disappoints, get it?

Let's start off with, a very dirty fish pond with very timid fishes in it. Apparently the last time we cleaned it was 3 - 4 years ago. That makes the filter really dirty and thus, the water level will drop, causing the motor to suck up air but not water and explode like a North Korean bomb on "South Sea of Canada".

Lol..

Yeap, my faithful old pond.

And that's me wrapped in a giant made in China plastic bag,
raincoat (free gift from SG NDP 2006)
And you think I look hawt?
Hell ya !

I wore that cause I didn't want worms intruding and taking over my skin.
But remember condoms are only 99% safe.
That makes it even worse for this useless, easily torn raincoat.

I reckon Giant plastic bags are better.
Ha, as if.

These are the filter nets, check out those flora, they must be real happy living in fish poops.
hello little ones!

This is even better than the advert with 3 man standing in front of Petronas Tower and the middle part of their shirt became white.
"wahh.. Soooo amazinnggg"

And that is how dirty it was.
Fish crap smells like, fermented bread.
+ lots of tuna.

hahaha..

Anyway, all the pictures were taken with my trusty old Sony Ericsson T610, blogging with me since old modblog days, with not much civilization that time.
It deserves a post on itself.

Until then,
Cheers!

Coming Up,

2007-10-01T21:58:00.000+08:00

Yes! Thanks for all the replies on the previous post.
Good ol' Dog.

Anyway, there'll be another post coming soon concerning a man wrapped in plastic bags. Yeah!
Taken all down with a trusty old friend.

Come on back in 2 days time or so,

Cheers!

R-tard Dog

2007-09-28T11:17:00.000+08:00

As promised, I present you all my Dog.

brr....

It's actually the same one I mentioned before.
"The Stalker Dog"
Click here.

It spins around all the time trying to catch its own tail.

Now, how cool is that?
Bet your dog can't do that.

So, if you're really interested in the spin-around-and-makes-your-walls/floor dirty,
Don't hesitate, call/IM/email me. I'm sure we can work something out.

Highest bidder wins!

Starting from RM0.49.
(partly because it's highly trained)

By the way, I would really appreciate you guys to drop a comment rather at the chatter box for memorial sake. You know, those bliss memories you get when you read back your posts.

Cheers!

Lanterning

2007-09-25T02:04:00.000+08:00

How can you go about celebrating Mid-Autumn Season with no lanterns?

That is like Chinese New Year with no firecrackers and getting your fingers burn.

So, Yes. Old school lanterns, candles and a stick are the things you need. Plus a slice of mooncake would be awesome.

If you notice, there's a Powerpuff Girls one on the left.
Not THAT old school.

I wanted to see how it'll look like if I light it up.
burrnnnnn the karipap girls... burrnnnn.....

Okay, Supposedly the moon should be round, big and bright like my cute lil ass when I was born (heh-heh). But it's still too early (12.45am) to tell. I shall wait till night falls.

I not only want 1,2 but 3 for my humongous ego. Yeah right.

I find this rather nice. I mean the lantern. ;)

ROFL!

Last of all, according to tradition of the Pang family in regards to "lanterning", you must have a celebration over your burning lantern which only lasts for, 5 seconds. Darn it. I didn't even have time to take a proper picture.

see, all shaky.

From all these pictures, you guys might be wondering why am I the only person appearing. That is because everyone was just too lazy. Or maybe, I just got a little too excited over "lanterning". Nonetheless, my dog was there giving me the turtle stare and must be wondering..

Why is this kiddo taking a camera that flashes at him with lanterns?

That is when I ask her, why whenever I want you to play fetch, you'll just think whatever i throw is food.

My dog's cool.
Damn cool.
x2.

only that it's a lil retarded.

Maybe it thinks that I'm a lil retarded too.

This is what I call a
Symbiosis Relationship.

That's for failing biology for so many times.

cheers, me mates!

Snatch Theft Auto

2007-09-18T16:52:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was really a close call for my dad. He "kiap-ed" his bag under armpit and while crossing the road (along Hong Leong Bank near Plaza Pelangi), a motorcyclist passed by and tried to pull it away. Not sure whether that bugger tak-de makan or my dad's really strong. All those fats do help alright and my dad wanted to grab his hand and kick him in his ass hard. But, those fats caused resistance. Just wasn't fast enough. My dad describes it as, "I'll pok him until his gigi semua tanggal". Okayyy dad.

Must be some newbie snatch thieves. Anyhow thank god that my dad's fine and that they are really newbies.

Watch out for those bloody thieves.

to Rockstar, Snatch Theft Auto will sell well in Malaysia. I smell gaming revenge!

On second thoughts, I don't think it will even sell. Maybe just one or two. Others would be pirated.

Laughing Baby

2007-09-08T18:24:00.000+08:00

This video leaves me watching it over and over again.

weirdo tag

2007-08-22T10:05:00.000+08:00

Yep, got tagged.

Each player of this game starts off with TEN weird habits or little known things about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own TEN weird or little known facts about yourself as well as state this rules clearly. At the end, you must choose 6 people to tag and list their names. NO TAG BACKS.

1. During my schooling days, I would wake up a lil bit earlier to watch Channel NewsAsia simply to catch a glimpse of Suzanne Jung and my mum would think that, Wow, my son's a big boy now, watching news.
Nahhh, It's for teh lady a'ight!

2. I bite my nails when I am anxious, nervous and the night before meeting up the person I have a crush on. Then I'll freaking regret. Crap! how can I meet them with my nails looking like scraped metal. But I'll still continue biting, this time to make it look neat and nice. Boys don't really care, only when a boy is meeting up with a girl, then he will take start realizing things.
"Owh, pretty little little nails". Damn it.

3. I watch Grounded For Life early in the morning at 6am. Yep, I would seriously like to meet people who watches it at 6am too. What's their problem waking up at 6am to watch a show that makes you go,
WHAT THE HELL? Right?

weirdos padelitos

4. I listen to Gold 90.5FM. Oldies makes me body alivvveee and goes "time to shake some booty". Then the saxophone kicks in, PWahhhh... pwahhrr, pwarr pwahh.. so nice.
But note the spoilers.
"Gold90FM, playing you the classics all day".
and those blooody lousy Mocha advertisements.

5. I will still look for Transformer toys but wouldn't buy it anyhow. Just play with the "try me" button would be enough and it's not worth my RM99.00. At times, check out those damn cool remote control helicopters. But it's freaking expensive. Screw it.
One day, I shall grab a ladder and try to steal the helicopters from the kids while they're playing.

n00b remote controllers.

6. I still watches Simpsons, Southpark and Family Guy. It just makes my day a good one.

7. Weird things such as roads inspires me. 0.o?

8. I like to use comma when I chat. It makes me so bloody cool.

9. The two things I really need. Time and space.

10. I seriously think that 10 is not enough so I'm adding in another one. Here comes 11.

11. Hey 10, shut up and read the instruction. It's written 10 not 11 you punk! Trying to be funny ehy!? Eat this youuu....

12 appears and the world of Weirdness lived happily ever after.

12 is a HOT chick with no brains.

Okay, Im tagging..
Victor Tan
Esther Goh
Alan Pang
Nicole Ong
Caleb Candra
Shyanne

Good day mates!

Buggy Kindergarten

2007-08-09T20:09:00.002+08:00

Nowadays kindergarten teachers also need to be well qualified.
But that is for now.

What about the past?
we had..

Watdefish 's brilliant work of excellence when he was a handsome young chap.

Oh, if you're still wondering what's wrong with the picture, the moon was spelled "noom" and the kindergarten teacher marked him right.

That's like your teacher telling you that wearing your underpants upside-down is more comfy and you can turn it again for another day.

Mr.Bobby that is.

Driving in Singapore

2007-07-30T22:16:00.000+08:00

Yes, driving in Singapore is besh!

Oh ya, that is when you minus off all the fines and strict regulations.

But now it's back to rocky roads and maju buses farting black thick gases and Singaporeans love it!

Kena Stabbed

2007-07-24T00:23:00.000+08:00

Okay, Suph stabbed with with this.

INSTRUCTION :
Bold the statements that are true to you.
Italicize the statements that you WISH are true.

1) I miss somebody right now.
2) I do not watch tv these days.
3) I wear glasses or contact lenses.
4) I love to play video games.
5) I have tried marijuana.
6) I have been in a threesome.
7) I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
8) I have changed mentally over the last year.
9) I curse. (seldom)
10) I am totally smart.
11) I’ve broken someone’s bones.
12) I am paranoid sometimes.
13) I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
14) I need money right now.
15) I love sushi.
16) I talk really, really fast.
17) I have long hair.
18) I have lost money in Las Vegas.
19) I have at least one sibling.
20) I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
21) I couldnt survive without Caller ID.
22)I like the way I look.
23) I am usually pessimistic.
24) I have a lot of mood swings.
25) I have a hidden talent. i dunno what but im pretty sure i have one.
26) I am always hyper.
27) I have a lot of friends.
28) I have pecked someone of the same sex.
29) I enjoy talking on the phone.
30) I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
31) I love to shop.
32) Enjoy window shopping.
33) I would rather shop than eat.
34) I dont hate anyone.
35) I am a pretty good dancer.
36) I am completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
37) I have a cell phone.
38) I believe in God.
39) I am an adrenaline junkie.
40) I watch MTV on a daily basis.
41) I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
42) I have rejected someone before.
43) I want to have children in the future.
44) I have changed a diaper before.
45) I have called the cops on a friend before.
46) I am not allergic to anything.
47) I have a lot to learn.
48) I am shy around members with the opposite sexs. (I wee wee on my pants sometimes. lol)
49) I have made a move on a friends, significant other or crush in the past.
50) I have tried alcohol before.
51) I own the South Park movie. (YEAHH!!!!!)
52) I would die for my best friend.
53) I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
54) I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
55) I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
56) Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
57) I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it. (YEAHHH!!!)
58) I am happy at this moment!
59) I am obsessed with girls/guys. (YEAHHHH!! with girls)
60) I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
61) I study for tests most of the time.
62) I am comfortable with who I am right now.
63) I have more than just my ears pierced.
64) I walk barefoot wherever I can.
65) I have jumped off a bridge.
66) I love sea turtles. (Aquarium tortoise? )
67) I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
68) Plan on achieving a major goaldream.
69) I am proficient in a musical instrument.
70) I hate office jobs.
71) I love sci-fi movies.
72) I think water rules.
73) I went college out of state.
74) I like sausages.
75) I love kisses. (YEAHHHH!!!!)
76) I fall for the worst people.
77) I adore bright colours.
78) I cant live without black eyeliner.
79) I dont know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.
80) I usually like covers better than originals.
81) I can pick up things with my toes.
82) I can whistle. (only a tone)
83) I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
84) I have ridden/owned a horse.
85) I still have every journal I've written in.
86) I can stick to a diet.
87) I talk in my sleep.
88) I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
89) I have jazz in my blood.
90) Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
91) I wear a toe ring.
92) I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
93) I am a caffeine junkie.
94) I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
95) I have been to over 15 conventions.
96) I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.
97) I am an artist.
98) I only clean my room when necessary.
99) I like a person of the same sex.
100) I love being happy.

I do not wish to stab anyone, unless you tag me and request for it.
And now I declare myself, officially dead.
Suph wins.

My other Twin on Youtube.

2007-07-22T22:47:00.000+08:00

So I was just browsing through videos in Youtube. Comedies, directed movies, negarakuku, comedies and more comedies.

Until.... I got really bored and tried something different for a change. Being a typical teenage boy, I typed on the badass search bar,

Philip Pang

And Guess what was first?

Phillip Pang Dancing?

Initially I thought, this could be interesting. Until, i played the video.

It was Short but deadly.

I had high hopes for him, thinking that he is some damn macho dude as he carries the name Philip Pang you know.

But he dances like a half naked dancing banana to Aladdin.

Maybe people called Philip Pang are, often off track a little. Just Maybe.

Anyway, his name is of double L where as mine of single L. Okay, that's something to be happy about.

Stalker Dog

2007-07-21T22:03:00.000+08:00

I shall start off today with a rant.
What is it in a man, a dog don't understand?

Hmm..

There's this dog I named "stalker". Stalker has been trespassing my house everyday. It wasn't afraid of death nor the fake security guard figure outside my gate.

I'm gonna hunt you down tonight dawg! Doughnuts anyone?

Perhaps it's the mating season then we would really have to let nature take its place. But I then remembered my previous dog named "tong tong" was dead long long ago during the ages of Prince Tong Sampah.

Okay, so what's the beauty that attracted this dog to my house? If it is not for another mate, what can it be?

The search for warmth and shelter of course. How happy can a dog be living with lizards and cockroaches? They are always Gangsta and uncivilized cheesy fries.

Honestly, I got rather sad just by looking at the dog. It reflected to me why we humans have double standards among our own species based on colour, race, religion, wealth, looks.. etc.

Sad isn't it? See, I do have sentiments and best of all, it comes from animals!

You Know What Really Grind my Gears?

2007-07-07T23:48:00.001+08:00

This entry is going to be an angry one.

You know, I've bloody well spent so much time on you, why can't you just open up? Is it even that difficult? Seriously, what is it that make you so hard? I've been trying so hard even to the tips of my fingers it cries,
"you're one thorny thing babe, Ow!"

To my utmost fear, it's finally time I shall bring this to public. Hiding under the blanket will not do good to us anymore. I bring this upon myself in shame.

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Durian! King of us all.

Yep, you are really a pain in the ass. The fact is that I've spent almost 2 hours on this and she jolly well shuts herself up. She is one odd looking one.

So, I had my spears and shields ready by my side. But she is one hard nut to crack.

After 2 hours, I felt helpless and uttered unknown phrases from King Kong world.

And so, as it is, I shall save this for another day. I went off with a sigh.

Somehow, something heard the unrecognized phrases and the cry from within.

OMGG.. WHEN MACHINES CAN SPEAK KING KONG,
THAT IS WHEN WE HAVE TRANSFORMERS!

From this hippy-useless-geeky-mini-bus.....

Transform!

To, Sunny bot!

First, it has a damn cool name, Sunny. It has green eyes because girls find guys with green eyes, extremely cute. It's Volkswagon, it also has a gun to shoot the baddies. It has Japanese slippers on it and the best thing is, it's Indian and converse in malay. C'mon give the dude some love alright.

*p/s: Forgive me from using MSpaint. It's somehow more suitable.

Anyway,
Never forget his counter part. Sang Kancil yang berani.

Transform.

Optimus Kancil.

Optimus Kancil is a production of Mr. Kennysia.

To Fight?
this?

Transform!

DURIANSPEARE.

To think of it, I did something useful on 07/07/07.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Mun.
We are waiting for your offspring.
XD

To: WeiXun, Alven and anyone interested. Pick this up and title it,

"You know what really grind my gears?"

Alleycats

2007-06-21T18:41:00.000+08:00

The other day I was watching the Alleycats on rtm2. Little did I know it was the tribute for Loganathan Arumugam who died on 4th June 2007 due to lung cancer. He was 54.

He is in white.

I seldom listen to local music but Alleycats, they're just different.
Loga and his butterfly move will be missed.

Mascot-ing isn't the coolest thing.

2007-06-11T21:16:00.000+08:00

Here comes the traffic light.

Hit me!

Mr. Porky and me.
He makes RM300 for 2 days!
How easy is that?

This is Shaun. That bugger who reckoned me this job.

1 year and 5 months old kid.
My facial expression shows it all as my sweat drips their way to my toe. Sweet!

Kids + 1 adult nowadays don't smile but mascot does.

Something I really enjoyed was being able to see the nice smiles and entertaining those drivers on the road. HAHA!!

Conclusion
Maxis hired their worst mascot.
Kids either cry or run away when I approach them.
Their mum will then say,
"Don't worry, traffic lights are men's best friends".
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While I sweat my way to Mars.

So long fellas!

Mascot

2007-06-07T12:55:00.000+08:00

Fwah, it has been decades since my last entry. Anyway, I received a SMS from Shaun; he offered me a 2 day job as a Mascot for Maxis. They are launching Maxis Broadband. I wonder why they need a mascot for. Oh well, he said it will look something like a traffic light? uhM? Maxis? Traffic light? Me? Thinks. Hmmm..

ROFL!

Boohoohoo, I'm a muffin and I'm freakin' ugly.

So ya, surprisingly, I agreed to it. It's not for the money though the pay is RM100 for 2 days. Perhaps seeing others smile makes me smile too. This is gonna be so idiotic but great fun. Fuyoh! More pictures will be up soon.

8.06.07 : 9am - 5pm
9.06.07 : 9am - 3pm

Taman Molek Maxis Centre.

Cheers!

Day at Court

2007-05-03T13:15:00.000+08:00

High Court (senior named Prem)

Fuh, we look like some proper taxi driver with white top and black bottom.

Off to High Court. It feels different inside, you have lawyers walking around with big luggages on trolleys, workers smoking weeds and people looking at you like,

"Ahh, ini mesti budak-budak law. Muka macam Serabai je, guaguaa..."

Leslie Kok's brother, Sam Kok.

So, 15 proper looking taxi drivers with their muka macam serabai, we entered the court. After walking for awhile, I observed one thing, walking is part of their job. those lawyers who walk with no wind behind their back are n00b lawyers, every time kena pwn that kind. Those walk got kuat kuat punya wind that kind, can PK people anytime. But the sad thing is, they all look old.

Random. Queue in the toilet which only has 2 cubicles and no urinals. @%#@!!

Judge still flirting with secretary over some teh tarik. Damn, Im so dead.

Court in session.. Teekkk, then the police goes.. Bannguunnnnn... Bow. This was a drug smuggling case under criminal law. Long story but today's session, no verdicts were given. Just debates between lawyers. Interesting though. The police guard was rocking his chair to the beats of Beethoven.

The other session was on contract under civil law, I wasn't inside cause it was packed. According to my friend, he said it was very interesting cause the judge kept questioning the lawyers and giving them a hard time.

Lawyer : My Lord, the accused....
Judge : I don't want to know the story. I want to know what section is it.
Lawyer : (Continue with his story...)
Judge : I want to know the Section not the story. I already know the story.
Lawyer : Flipped his notes, kept quiet and sat down.

We were like some tourist, damn jakun.

Anyway, while I was on my way back with my dad, I asked my dad what's criminal in mandarin. Something "fan". My dad replied, "yiu yu fan ar" Cuttlefish Rice. LOL! We were thinking what to have for lunch. It's actually "xian fan" Salted rice.

ROFL.

a walk down memory lane

2007-03-28T18:02:00.000+08:00

You know, when you get so bored sometimes, you dig up your old photo albums and there goes half your day? What my mum did was, to arrange all the pictures taken since we were born and hand it to us when we finish secondary school. That's basically coming to the ending pages of the album. Same goes to my sister and brother.

In China, Alan's in green, I'm in red

So yesterday, my mum came to me, gave me my album and said, "now, you're the guardian". Best whey, It's like when you open the photo album, a bright light shines out of it and it sucks you in. lol. I wonder where my brother got sucked to. HAaa..

Damn, check out those tummies, bloated whey! Come you lil froggman fella, climb to papa.

Anyway, i really do appreciate my mums effort in doing so and that this must be continued in our future families. Heh, future wife's task. Lol! It shall be done.

National Service

2007-03-19T18:20:00.000+08:00

I'm back from NS for almost a week now. Thinking back from the day I first got there till the last day, it still brought back a smile. It was during these days I got to experience life in a different way.

It's always good to step out from your own comfort-zone and have a good look outside. But things could get rough, really rough when you have a large spectrum of characteristics to deal with and a whole lot of stuffs. Woah, God really made everyone different.

Anyway, this 2 months and 11 days of "self sacrifice" (slaughtering, poking here and there) heh, had widened my perspective. More patriotic? opps.. I have more love for my country.

I look as if I'm going to kill myself.

Ah-Cik, Best shot taken (flying fox)

Pattern more than badminton (Colt-M16)

Pattern more than badminton x2

Overall, I would give a thumb up to PLKN. Excluding the lousy management, others were pretty well organized. Speaking of "management", the logistic department is teh-laozee.

Almost everything I wore were out of size except for my own boxers! at least it was still comfortable. Haha! and I got my boots 2 weeks before everything ended.

How cool was that? I thought I wouldn't be wearing it through out the whole program.

Mandi Laut (Desaru)

Campfire (wira jaya)

In the woods.

Dudes from Delta.

Wira Delta with Commander (Major Esah binti Sulaiman)

Kayaking with Xiao Ming

Kayak competition.

Graduation!

Delta won as a overall champion. Oh well, despite my toes crying and me looking like some baker, life there was good. Damn, I miss you guys.

PLKN Siri 4 Kumpulan 1 2007

Chinese New Year

2007-02-22T00:39:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year is nothing without fireworks, though it's ban but it's everywhere.

Fireworks right behind my house.

Back to kampung.

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

National Service

2006-12-31T22:46:00.000+08:00

Off to National Service.

I will be back in 3 months time.

The Gingerbread man Project

2006-12-26T17:34:00.000+08:00

It was 5 days before Christmas when the sudden idea to bake gingerbread men hit me. Alright, I liked the gingerbread men idea but not baking. Isn't baking for aunties with huge aprons and goes like, "Hey kids, who wants some cookies? It'll only be yours if you promise to be good like little Jimmy sitting all quiet under the tree. Alright kids?" Then the kids will go, "Yes auntie, we promise" with the mischievous look. When she enters the kitchen to collect the cookies, the kids ran towards little Jimmy, tied him upside down on the branches, sealed his lips and placed some spiders near him. The kids ran back just in time to collect their cookies while she exits the kitchen. " Here you go kids, promise to be good like Jim.. Jimmy?. Where's Jimmy? Is that Little Jimmy hanging on the branches?" asked the auntie. "That's him! He got bitten by a spider and now he's.. spiderman!! He's our neighbourhood supergeek! answered one of the kids.

hahaha, haha. Ha. Ahem. Alright, Get the picture?

Anyway, back to gingerbread man. It was a day before christmas eve when I got everything I needed laid on the table, got some friends to come over, got myself to read the recipes, steps to baking and that was magic began. Like, the spoon, knife and almost everything else will go missing after use. heh.

FIRST ATTEMPT
Duration:4 Hours
Time: 9am - 1pm

Is this pro or what?
The Drrrrrrr!!.. sound reminds me on how the dentist would dig for gold inside your mouth. Then the butter will go flying. Nice.

Oh ya, the mixture turned out powder-ish, not dough-ish. So much for pro-ness.

the self made mold.

raw breadman

baked breadman

Christmas breadman!

DOOMS DAY!

Our finest creation. The big one was made by Ee Kiat.

Anyway, It had this bitter after taste which was horrible so, I decided to give it another shot at night. This time, with the help of my sister.

Second Attempt
Duration:5 hours
Time: 10pm - 3am

Looks good ehy, finally.

There you have it, the gingerbread tree. Multi racial community.

Gingerbread tree.

My effort didn't come to a waste. This time, It tasted like cookies. Real solid kick-ass cookies that could take you to heaven.

For the full story of the gingerbread man please click here

Oh well, baking was all fun, dirty, sticky and smelly but overall I pretty much enjoyed myself and the house was filled with the sweet aroma of cinnamon. Complements goes to all who helped out.

Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year
to all.

Cheers!

Not for long.

2006-12-23T00:42:00.000+08:00

To all,

Sorry for the lack of updates but the sad thing is, my HDD still couldn't be revived which leads to a longer dragg. I will try to get back ASAP. Anyway, Merry Christmas to all in advance.

the gingerbread man project, coming soon.

Down South

2006-12-16T00:05:00.000+08:00

Vivo City

Vivo City (singapore) is wicked, it's so freakin' big that it pushes your legs to its limits. Yes, it's pure torture to people like me who don't dig shopping. Damn, all those walking can really kill. Just if the government could invest a little more since they had already threw in big sums of money into tourism, they could actually build more travelators for lazy ass bums like me. Wouldn't that make shopping easier? lol. So, to all ministers of Trade and Industry. Go build more travelators everywhere. That's the key. Ha! Then everyone will grow fat thanks to burger king and lots of travelators. Besh la!

Come visit Singapore! We provide good services and sufficient travelators (for those lazy asses who complain alot) for your pleasure and comfort. Lazy ass.

That really brings out the Uniquely Singapore slogan.

Singapura ni, betul-betul unik la.

Toys "R" Us

Wheet! Toys "R" Us! THE Sweetest thing over there. It's BIG and frankly speaking, I could actually spend the whole day there. Because It is where I call it's home.

Damn, how I admire kids nowadays with high-tech amphibious remote control cars that travel on land and water, helicopters, etc. If my mum was there, ha! I'll be exactly like those kids crawling and screaming their lungs out on the floor filled with giraffes, begging my parents to buy me those exotic toys. Ha, exotic. Damn these kids are lucky. I only had like, budget made in China toys passed down from my brother. Mitsuboshi? What the hell.

Geoffrey The Giraffe

This makes me sigh

What if Im already grown up?

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Nah, who cares.
Though I had to fight the spot
from the kids.

Catch my new comic sequel fighting badasses from
the town called
Balinana

HAHAHAHA!!
Nowadays childhood super heroes also go high - tech.
9 freaking plasma TVs to
advertise.

At least that looks better than,
cicakman.

blogger is burger,

2006-12-14T12:16:00.000+08:00

Yes, I am back to bloggersphere after a long hide-out while bloody modblog died out of a sudden. Poor chap. It's known as Deadblog by now. Anyway, this blog will serve as a platform to all my rants on everything that comes around and goes around. Im definitely looking forward to new blogging experience with this brownbutton thing. lol. So to all ex-modbloggers aka deadblog, bass4christ is now known as brownbuttons. Ha!

Happy bloggin'