Friday, January 27, 2006

i feel like reformating my mac... s'up!

my grandpa passed away 2 days ago and the funeral was today. my first ever funeral and on top of that it was just before the chinese new year. time always has a way of surprising you. although it was a pretty depressing event, it was still touching to see alot of people at the funeral. all i could see and hear were tears and sniffs.
a simple and humble man was really honored today. during these few days i've been reflecting on the times while he was alive, how unclose i was to him. i think the only words i've ever said to him was the usual Hi(s) and Bye(s) and the only physical contact made was the respectable handshake. nevertheless, deep down i knew that he loved us grandchildren, through that big smile of his whenever he sees us. he was definitely a man of few words. but things sort of changed when he moved to the old folks home. i guess when you become deaf, all you could do is talk since listening wasnt an option any more.
i never knew his faith in God was so deep and faithful. only till when i visited him once at the oldfolkshome and during the funeral. i always thought he and grandma were just sunday church goers and wasnt actively involve in church. turns out he was the church's official tailor and he's got plenty of homies at the church.
come to think of it, i do kinda miss him abit. miss the times when he was still living with grandma. the sifu in making "kiu ngiuk" and "pak cham kai"... yummy. i guess the tradition has been passed down to my dad, who is a relatively excellent tailor and at making "kiu ngiuk". but we've yet to taste his "pak cham kai". next in line to inherit the tradition would be... ummm.
now im really curious on how tomorrow would turn out to be at the reunion dinner. today was interesting, bcoz i get to see all my uncles and aunties in tears, a rare occasion you see them do it all together.
besides the funeral, it was a mudfest today. it was a muddy funeral from the funeral parlor all the way to the burial ground. thanks to my brother's judgement, we almost got stuck in the mud. the poor lady who drove right in the middle of the huge puddle of mud was seriously trapped. we couldnt help coz we couldnt afford to dirty ourselves, so all we could do was just watch her trying to get out of the danger zone for a few minutes before we decided to just turn back and leave her to figure it out on her own. later on the road to the burial ground was equally aweful... we had to walk through the mud. we were all muddy ankle down and i ruined my nice pair of shoes. knew i should had worn the other pair. well, atleast it only rain before and after the funeral.

other news. ive been playing alot of basketball on alternate days. got my self new custom made in-soles. the price of it is almost like a pair of shoes. infact its even more expensive than my new basketball shoes, which is giving heaps of feet problems. after trying out my new in-soles, i've developed blisters at my arc. i really really hate my feet. if only i had normal feet, it has faltered me from getting into the NBA. sigh... the "if only" dilemma.
but im still gonna play ball tomorrow. i dont care. i still kick butt.

Friday, December 23, 2005

humid christmas...

back in koata kinabalu. the weather really humid but thankfully its been pretty clouded lately. i feel like playing tennis or go swinging golf clubs. i hate sitting down looking at my buncho. been feeling abit eeky since yesterday. the flu has kicked in, and my throat is sore. ugh.

christmas is in 2 days and work starts next week. such a pity serene couldnt be here for christmas eve dinner. but i guess we have jocelyn as a replacement. tsk tsk. and paul did say that the both of them have similar characters. i honestly dont see the resemblance. but excited and nervous to start work at this new firm. wonder if the staff would be as friendly as my previous one. or would they all just chuck me at a corner to do my own thing. but i do hope that they will slightly more serious and not all talk and play in the office. its too distracting. please dont let me sit right under the aircond. also, i found out that im neighbours with my boss. small world.

fed my doggy with some beer the other day. hehe... he's one hellava alchoholic k9. hmmm. i think i'll go see what she's up to.

Monday, December 19, 2005

i think god can explain...

had lunch at NamLoong today. fried chicken chops with thai sauce. mmmm... oily and salty. im not surprise if i have high blood pressure. decided to sit right infront near the front door. was curios to find out how popular their "paos" are. since my arrival, all the following customers only came in to take away "paos". one guy bought 6 of every type of "pao", and that would be around 7 different types. minutes later he came in again to order porkchop with rice to take away. he looked abit like jensen... oh no! jensen.
i love sitting there with a pot of chinese tea and taking my on sweet time. for one its supposed to be healthy, plus its free. after one pot of that, my stomach was bloated. ahhhh... i feel cleanse. oh, now im remembering someone once said i look like a hamsap old man drinking tea and playing chinese chess. thank goodness i dont fit in that prescription, i suck in chinese chess.
chinese people are really good at utillising the mirror. almost all chinese restaurants installs mirrors along their wall. well... theres not much you can do with a mirror. one, would be to make the illusion that the space is bigger. second, it actually is supposed to chase ghosts away, ghosts apparently hates seeing their reflection. third, the female tauke is vain together with all her "good looking" chinese boy waiters. and finally would be for security, economically. to sum it all up, its fengshui.

oops. gotta go. appointment.

Sunday, December 18, 2005

i like being a foreigner...

sweet november was... boring. the only reason why i was kept glued to it was the ending, if they would live happily ever after or not. the more i see Keanu act, the more i agree that he's not really that good of an actor. but then again, the whole movie was a mess. there was no climax in it, the whole plot was so stagnated. when the heck did they started to fall in love? to me it seemed like they already did from the moment they met. weird.
the movie plot was a typical one. similar to those korean drama series where two people decided to get together for whatever reason but strictly not to fall in love. then they get all happy happy together, then sad, then mushy. soon enough they realise that they actually like each other. But! then there's a catch... all the while the girl has cancer and is near mortality. but guy still wants to be with girl, but girl doesnt wanna ruin the moment. girl leaves and dies, and guy... moves on, thinking that it was a whole bunch of balony. oh it isnt so hard to be a director/script writer.
just hope i wont be too dissapointed about Keanu's movie next year, the remake of IL Mare.

aunt May called. she wanted to invite me to her house for christmas. nice family. its funny, i'm in the same team with her daughter in the worship team but instead i talk to the son. wonder why she name her son Christopher instead of Peter. so cool, he could had been called Peter Parker Tan... and she be aunt May. wait, that's wrong... its her son you idiot.
the church really is a lovely little family. everyone looks out for each other and the pastor really is a good example. hope they would have something on during easter. ofcourse they will, its a church. i'm still trying to figure out the different adult clicks within the church. see which group of family hangs out together or maybe they do rotation.
i talked to the organist today, well, it was more like he was talking to me. come to think of it, i dont think it was really much of a conversation. he was just informing me that we're using the wrong chords for the hymn. doesnt really affect me much. old people arent really good listeners. they love to talk or just trying to find a chance to use their voices. its like that Warren guy, the super friendly fella who talks to almost all the new faces. he can talk to you for hours given the opportunity. but he's really nice and hospitable. the only time i remember talking to him was outside the church sitting on the steel bench. he had a cold, and didnt want to infect the whole congregation with his germs. cant remember what we talked about, only remember the word- Vietnamese. how i ended up there? i was late for church.
cute little church, hope they wont get too ambitious like Reverend Lee. he's probably starting a new service next year, the 1800 hours service. no offence. numbers says it all. most people in the world seeks for acceptance and not really for God. but apparently he accepts everyone for who they are so they go for it. strangely, most christians dont offer that. then again the world doesnt either, but just an illusion of it. i guess thats why at the end of the day, its true that the quality of the congregation counts more than the quantity of them. if you take time and think, the sermon is only half as important as the congregation that creates the atmosphere of it. but ofcourse we must always be aware of the brainwashing sermons. when the pastor says... "Show me the Money!"

Anton's birthday yesterday. jules called to remind me about it. thank goodness Perth is 3 hours behind. its never too late. wonder what do normal people do on their 23rd birthday during the month of december. odd number. its a michael jordan number, i'm officially a legend. i hope the belly doesnt come with it.

found a carpenter cd while clearing up some stuff. so many scratches. i remember seeing a product which cleans cds in Office Works. interesting. and it costs less than $10, wonder if thats considered reasonable. it doesnt even require batteries, only manual labour. its been awhile since i've seen a new technology that uses a medieval touch. savvy.

smells like teen spirit...

i was the little drummer boy in church today, and i played horribly. my drumming skills has become somewhat mundane and repetitive. i just have no idea/ clue of any new creative ways to play the songs. then again, i'm trying not to create a scene and attention. too funky would result in piercing eyes, especially today which i assume i was the loudest instrument after the organ and piano. the stupid guitar guy forgot to bring batteries for his acoustic. i was terrible and i made funny faces everytime i made an error.i should stop doing that. i hate 3/4 beats, i just dont know what to do with it, its a beat thats neither here nor there. and i sort of screwed up the 6/8 beat song today. i was thinking to myself the whole time... "what the heck am i doing?". so embarrasing!
communion was done by swee teng (Ps melvin's bro-in-law). was half concentrating. the front part was interesting when he talked about communion back in the days, where it was divided between the rich and poor. the rich start having their own feast without waiting for the poor people. after that i was distracted by... i dont know what.
the sermon was i think supposed to be interesting. i manage to catch a few points out of it. ummm... example when ps melvin said that there is no such thing as a perfect church. well, it might had been until you join the church and then it becomes not perfect because of your imperfection disease. and another one... i forgot. i couldnt quite put the whole thing together though. i think he saw me yawn... twice. i couldnt help it, its sort of a habit in the morning actually, even if i wasnt sleepy.

My portfolio is now 75-80% done. printing in uni is relatively expensive but i had the whole lab to myself, not like it really mattered. everything now is in A3.
anyway, now all thats left to do for my portfolio is editing up my 3rd year works and modify my industrial training projects (which would be... later). i cant believe the uni lab doesnt have Adobe Illustrator. its so much better than photoshop in arranging presentation boards. thank goodness i never deleted the one in my laptop.

the weather is really friggin cold. its been like that for almost a whole week. i like it.

i actually had something to blog about chocolates but i cant remember what it was now. oh yea! and i wanted to share what i learnt about K-19, the soviets first 2nd generation sub. but i'll do that another time. i think i'll go clean my kitchen instead.

Friday, December 16, 2005

Brit Pop...

finally managed to check out the British Art exhibition at the NGV. i love the "image of revolt" display the best. its so intense and alive, my eyes just glue itself like there was a magnet pulling it, you'd have to i had to literally turn my head away. i think the partial reason why it was interesting was because all these art pieces were immediate reactions towards the cold war, how every artist and movement reacted towards the situation in the 60s. Brits are so conservative/ pseudo-radical in their expression. i guess thats why pop culture was never really pop anyway, IMHO.
aside from that, i visited the brit prints display as well, the less-famous works of some of the famous artists. it was quite funny especially the dialectic prints between pharmaceutical products and art by Damien Hirst.


i hate those yelling advertisements on tv. they treat us viewers as if we're deaf or something. big text and loud voices, oh yea, gets our attention indeed. 'nuff said... im thristy.

did you know? Actor Daniel Wu actually graduated with a BA in Architecture at the University of Oregon. interesting.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

city of ideas...

rats! the place is a mess. that's right, just like a rat hole. okay... what else besides that. hmmm.
christmas is coming... very soon. lately the weather has been really cold for a summer season. weird. but i wouldnt want it any better, nice cooling wind breeze which is not too cold to wear a jumper either. just nice.

i think i should continue to go swimming. well, atleast im not gaining any weight at this present moment. eating sufficiently, 2 meals a day and all before 7pm. at this rate... i'll be trim and slim in no time. i know exactly what im gonna do when i head back next year to kota kinabalu.

i've grown bored of reading about Che Guevera. the Cuban missile crisis was all about nothing, i guess thats when the interest faded.

heres an advice from me, never use turkey mince to make pasta, its aweful, the smell is too strong. eww.

thumbsucker...

It's like I just woke up one morning
Looked at the way that we live
Thought things could be so much better
There must be better than this

And if I relocated
To where the grass is greener
Maybe I'd be happy again
But I'm a little bit disappointed
Cos now I've got my freedom
But I'm still looking over the fence

It's always the same
At the end of the day
You always want what you haven't got

It's like the hands on the clock stopped turning
Right at the moment you left
You went looking for something better
You stopped me dead in my tracks

It's a bittersweet emotion
That I'm feeling baby, now you're happy again
But I'm a little bit disappointed
Cos now you've got your freedom

But you're still looking over the fence
It's always the same
At the end of the day
You always want what you haven't got

It's always the same
It won't ever change
You always want what you haven't got

Thought if I relocated
To where the grass is greener
Maybe I'd be happy again
But I'm a little bit disappointed
'Cos now I've got my freedom
But I'm still looking over the fence

It's always the same
At the end of the day
You always want what you haven't got

It's always the same
It won't ever change
You always want what you haven't got

"You Always Want What You Haven't Got"
-lighthouse family

question: how do you add music into blogs?


its hilarious. one of my favourite scene was when the dentist was trying hypnosis on justin.

Dentist: Call on your power animal...
Justin : Come Here!
Dentist: do it in your mind.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

birthday extravaganza...

there was a big bash during the weekend. good food, fine company, and big bulging bellys.

the menu
appetizer: pumpkin and spinach fritata
main: a whole roasted chicken with stuffings and vegetables, served with mash potato
dessert: chocolate pudding






yum.

Monday, December 12, 2005

Friday, November 25, 2005

hot summer night...

ahhhhhh...
i should really thank JM for the amount of help shes done. awesome kicks!

ahhhh... so now aside from working in the summer.
theres always a book...


new music...


and a bottle of ice cold beer.


KFC tonight!! woohoo!! fat indeed...

Thursday, November 24, 2005

d-day... oh i can't wait.

lots of things running through my mind.
im thinking of all the things i can do and should be doing, once my exam is all over. okay... since jules would be here, i guess i have to/must start playing tennis again since the optifast remedy is abit too pricy for me. sadly so.
other things to complete... ummm. its all written down on a piece of paper somewhere. i'll find it later.



the season 1 of HOUSE has finally come to an end. i thought they would immediately screen season 2 during the summer, instead its some lame medical show, "strong medicine", with female "heroes". maybe i should read more instead. tsk tsk.

okay i better be heading off!

life's a dream...

Monday, November 14, 2005

hidden persuasion...


martyrdom... its funny, just today on the abc channel there was this documentary about martyrdom being a religion. the journalist approached one of the iran army general asking him on his oppinion regarding the issue. and he said he was proud of them folks... and he told the them that america better be careful... they be a threat to the americans.
americans dont try to be funny, coz we be killing ourselves... hows that?! now lets see who you at war this time.

my fingers are tied in a gazzillion crossing knots. hope i'll get the job!

christmas is just around the corner. this would be my first sweaty christmas at aussieland. my house is gonna be packed!
since jm and sis would be away this friday, i think i'll head down for the christmas lighting ceremony on friday... santa's gonna be there! then again its not like i care. he's fat.

ugh. first and only paper is next thursday. then i'll be free from this 'orrible "no man's land" dilemma.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Friday, November 11, 2005

is this true?! we've been fleeced...

REASON WHY IN SEJARAH OF MALAYSIA SINCE YEAR 1999 Study about HANG TUAH is MISSING ?????

" The Truth Reveal (with evidence)"
In June 1998, the government of Malaysia had hired a team of experts
Received: from local by SmtpFwd via local research project to
compliment the history studies that we undertaken in our secondary
school. The objective of the research is simply:

1. To find prove and evident that show the Malays are the origins of
Malaysia and they are the first race and religion that lands their
foot in Malaysia.

2. To further strengthen their claims, first they need to find the
grave yard of the Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekiu and etc..to show
the existant of their pioneer.

3. The Batu bersurat in Terengganu, reveals that the islamic religion
has landed in malaysia for a hundred years ago which furth! er
strengthen their claims!

That is why, we are taught with sejarah (history of malaysia)!!!!

BEWARE & OPEN YOUR EYES!!! go ask your brother, sister, niece, newphew
and etc. etc, since the year 1999 (if i'm not mistaken) or year 2000,
do they study about HANG TUAH anymore????????

Why is that popular subject GONE????? Missing in action??????? or
Evidence reveals something different that causes the government to
stop the syllabus and HIDE the TRUTH????????


Here are the Evidences of the findings by the team of scientists,
archaeologist, historian and other technical staff from the United
State, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Yemen & Russia.


The evidence are:

1) They finally found the grave yard of Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat and
etc..., their skeleton had been analise and samples of DNA had been
taken with the results show:

Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, hang Lekiu and mates, they are not Malay!!!!!!
They are CHINESE! (islamic)from china!!! and why are they here in
Malacca????? Because they are in a misison to protect the UNGRATEFUL
MALAY from the potential attack of SIAM (Thailand)!!!


So Hang tuah is not malay hero!!! they are the protector of the
useless and ungrateful Parameswara (who is from INDONESIA)landed in
Malacca and claim the land belongs to him!!!
The hang tuah bunch of people are all from china, they are being
assign to malacca because parameswara request the Ching Dynasty
Emporer for protection!!!

This is why the Hang Tuah series of history is MISSING from the SEJARAH!!!!

2nd. Evidence:
The researchers hired by the government found the oldest tomb
stone(grave yard) in Kelantan in year 2000. Suprisingly the tomb stone
are at least 900 years old!!!! older than the so-called batu bersurat.
and the best thing is, it belong to the Chinese.
Being landed first in Malacca doesn't mean malay is the first in
Malaysia cos during that time, the road is too long for them to see
the other side of the coast!!! ! where the chinese has landed far
more earlier.

If you want the black and white evidence of the truth reveals please write to:

The Federal Association of Arc & Research of Michigan, USA

-forwarded mail


its true. the hang tuah epic was the only thing i liked about history. the rest was boring and confusing.
im curious, was the hangtuah story really taken out from the sejarah melayu syllables? i doubt the chinese would actually bother about this issue even if it were true. as long as the money continues to roll in then there shouldnt be a problem. maybe we could get even with a revised NEP.
dont worry, pak lah will handle this. he looks chinese to me.

thanks anton- the china rock man, for the forwarded mail.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

it begins on the 18th...

i love enya's music. its so mysteriously magical that it could take me places, beautiful places. i always feel like im floating when i listen to her music. its intense, and simultaneously soothing.
i can always remember the first time i met her. it was in singapore many many years back. the song/ mtv was "anywhere is" and it was screen onto a big huge screen right in front of the museum. the mtv really went well with the song. the theme for the museum was about dinosaurs. and i clearly remembered that we took part in this lego competition to contruct a miniature lego dinosaur. it was pretty exciting. i remember next to us was this mother and her little boy. it was a one lady show. she was quite good, her dino was red in colour adn it was a t-rex. sadly her problem was that she couldnt get the little dino to stand, tsk tsk, unstructurally sound. the head was too big. so anyway, we won.
the singapore trip was strange. i could remember playing basketball at one of the HDB flats. and singaporean guys cant play basketball for nuts. i remembered that they sucked pretty badly. and the 3point line was cacat. it was so easy to score.

i'm still deciding if i should go marketing or continue my work at the business school's library.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

for Her...

I needed the shelter of someone's arms
And there you were
I needed someone
to understand my ups and downs
And there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby
I close my eyes at night,
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore,
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But you brightened up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways
I want to stop and thank you baby

You were better for me than I was for myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else
I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

tie a yellow ribbon... 'round the old oak tree

A few days ago i had to unclog my kitchen sink. i was waiting for my sink to be clogged up since march, and it finally did. THANK YOU!! Theory proven.
as usual black water leaks out as i unscrewed the deep seal P trap (haha! i still can remember the term after 2 years), or was it an S trap? whatever.
Anyway, what came after the black water was totally unexpected. aside from the leftover rice, there were chopsticks, straws and a satay stick plus a bunch of hair- i dont want to know where it came from. well... that's what you get when you don't use a sink trap/filter. shucks! i should had done this when my housemates were at home. nvm, wait another 10 months and i can re-prove my point.

ugh, my hands are so coarse and peel-y it don't feel whenever i scratch my back. plus the increase of moles all over me just proves that the future aint so far away (note to self: sunscreen).
i just realise that the crispy chicken rice shop on swanston is pretty good. i can still taste the chicken in my head. plus 5 dollars including a softdrink is pretty okay. and to think that i actually considered going down to the KFC on bourke street.

aside from my graduate trip to Beijing. publishing a book when im 30 would be another goal to achieve. i dont know how on earth will i be able to do that with my bad grammar and limited vocab, but i should. less things to hassle when i reach my 40s. i'm actually pretty anxious in hitting the big 30. i dont know why. just another phase of life i wanna get over and done with.
they say that a man gets more attractive as he gets older. in fact, it actually makes a guy younger. who would had known 2 years ago people thought i was 30, but now at present times they mistake me for being 18.
30 is the age similar to when a girl turns 21. then again i take that back, girls arent really all that adult when they hit 21. they only assume/ pretend to be.they are dirty. girls make a big deal being 21 and guys sigh when they're only 21.

i've got two funny jokes to share... from yours truly Dr. Gregory House.

joke 1.
Patient: it's like my heart is on fire. like it's, oh i don't know, like..."
Dr. House: Burning?
Patient: Exactly!
Dr. House: hmm. Sounds almost like... heartburn.
Patient: so can you give me something?
Dr. House: like a thesaurus?

joke 2.
Dr. House: Ah, a rash, call a dermatologist. If it's wet, keep it dry. if it's dry, keep it wet. if it's not supposed to be there, cut it off. i never could remember all that.

i still wonder if moths really do produces itchy powder. i just killed one.. and there were powdery remnants all over the table.

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

its late and im a coke addict...


oh before i sleep. i should intro... my doofy bro. muahaha....

*YAWN*

its a hot and sunny day...


for once... proper feedback. i should try to avoid creating the obvious. stay away from the expected. and my housemate is complaining that he has to wear underwear. yes its tight, i know.
btw, the image is a progressive sketch from my design. i still cant put it down. if i never draw the live, i would run out of paper just the way i use my toilet rolls. mayb i should start using recycled paper. excuse the big text. standard procedure.
i borrowed 2046 but yet to watch it. its good... it better be. and am watching this new korean drama serial- Lover's in Paris. its the first serial that im pretty interested in watching. well it hasnt gone draggy yet, and i guess english subtitles always help. however, there are certain obstacles that prevents us from finishing it. sigh.
oh man, its really hot here. i think i'll use the living room instead. my room's an oven.

Aja!