Saturday, January 31, 2004

"the craze begins"
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i'm not going to totally document changes that are about to take place in my house, but here's a basic list of things to do so far.

1) install a backwash filter for the main pipes, and a new water filter for drinking water
2) install new piping for the house, especially the kitchen and older toilets
3) install a solar energy conservation system
4) dvd player (??)
5) extending the balcony area of my house, creating a canopy

we dumped two of my gramp's old beds, and two sofas. quite a motherload, but it was alright. the living room downstairs is quite barren now...kinda awesome. hopefully i can convert his room downstairs into some kinda fullblown...um...foozroom, complete with air-conditioning, pc w/ broadband [i hope i get that bill paid], ps2 and tv, and sound system. even if there is a living room with all that outside [kinda defeats the purpose, but i always wanted my own shit somewhere].

we'll see.

la la la...i know that none of this might be working out my way, but i've gotta try.
"the death issue"
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my grandfather passed away on monday night, at about 9:30 p.m.. to cut a very long story short, he got cremated today, and we'll be collecting his ashes tomorrow afternoon. a few things that i've learnt from all this.

1) burning incense can be very fun when your objective is to make a huge fire
2) deaths in the family can bring families together
3) your father won't hassle you over your studies
4) once all your grandparents have departed from your house, your dominant family patriach will opt to renovate the house

the death was sudden, no doubt. we'll be heading to port klang tomorrow to throw the ashes into the sea. it was a bit dodgy at first, coz my dad wanted to keep 10% of the ashes at the temple, but i think it's been all settled now.

i still haven't completed the assignment yet.

shopping for tonight at carrefour got me two bottles of foster's [ahhhhhhhh...], plus i think i'll be making a gin tonic, when i get the chance.

with my father back, we're planning to add and extend and rework the balcony area, fill up any ventilation holes and opt for air conditioning, plus we're gonna change the plumbing and wiring, and we'll probably be repainting as well. not to mention new furniture and the like.

ugh. changes.

Monday, January 26, 2004

"the longest day"
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well, it felt that way. waking up at around 5 and trying to get back to sleep again isn't a very smart thing to do, no. i left the house at around 8-ish and arrived in HELP early for today's orientation. only to discover that i had left my wallet at home [i seem to be doing that a lot]. i called han seng, and he lent me some cash to pay off for the parking [i was planning to leave HELP and get home when time permitted]. anyway, the campus tour was alright...being self-depreciating and sardonic really does appeal to people [more on that later] and i met this guy with the most english accent you can find. his parents are malaysian but sent him to boarding school in london and he came back because he was disenfranchised with the british education system there. more or less.

anyway, the campus tour was alright, and han seng and i were involved with the second registration process at the other campus..."please check to see if your name's there...it's not?...oh, well, just leave your contact info there, yea?" lord. what trite. oh, and the icebreaking session was less than stellar. we were underprepared [a point that the english dude bluntly mentioned], but i think we made up for it in being as hospitable as humanly possible. i mean that in every sense of the word. i think we rocked. as nice people. slightly lame.

and did i mention that i did most of the talking? lord. the accent shone through. honestly, it was quite unintentional. at least now they know that i'm the poseur of the biz council. just what i always wanted to be. oh, and i made new friends [within the council]. it seems that everyone knows me, but i don't know anyone. holy crap. ugh. at the end of it all, i was bleeding thirsty. not even two cans of nestea, a super big gulp-ful of pepsi and yeo's chrysanthenum tea has helped.

i'm losing it.

Sunday, January 25, 2004

"vanilla coke with palminteri"
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lo and behold, chazz palminteri in the vanilla coke ads! kickass! he was bleeding cool in the usual suspects, and i haven't seen anything from him in a while, but seeing him in the vanilla coke ads has been awesome.

chazz palminteri! cheers to the dude!

reward your curiousity with new vanilla coke.
"the fall of michael jackson"
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let's set the record straight. i am a michael jackson fan. not a fanatic, not one of those waving those "MICHAEL IS 200% INNOCENT" placards, no...but i've enjoyed his music in the past and bought his albums. yea, i know, giving them off to lydia for her 13th birthday [a full sweep --- i gave her my thriller and bad albums] wasn't really the wisest thing to do, now that i see it in hindsight, but i give youthful exuberence and lydia's cute face because of that. the point is, the man [if we still can call him that] has done great things with his music, and he rightfully does deserve to be called the king of pop [even if he's the one who self-styled himself to it].

i guess his world is falling apart around him. this morning i was reading the papers and i read that 1) he's being brainwashed by this islamic cult, 2) debbie rowe wants her kids back, 3) he's still in trouble with the law. poor guy [again, if we can still call him that]. not to mention that his greatest hits album hasn't exactly created waves.

though i think that history was cool.

so what we do now? a icon of a generation, revered and treasured as he is, is going down. are we looking onto him as a sacrificial lamb? are we apathetic towards all this? who knows?

i guess we'll just have to read on.

Friday, January 23, 2004

"first to 10"
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today's match was pretty simple. two teams representing two parties: rohan and i. if rohan's team won, i'd have to give him a lift to the shops to get some marlboro lights for him [i was pretty adamant on not going down to the shops since i'd gone down there about 10 minutes before he had initially called]. if my team won, well...i didn't have to. pretty simple. but getting to the game was quite hard. ck had lost his [our] treasured fevernova somehow, and his other two balls had no air in them [lord, that sounds a lot more obscene than it should be].

so we took to using one of the deflated balls [snicker], and went up to the field. not before wasting time sitting outside my house, kicking the ball around and petting and playing with max [the neighbourhood's friendly resident beagle]. anyway, it was quite a solid match. 2 on 4. namely, rohan and kree, up against roshan, sreeman, ck and i. easy? not really. we were trailing, up to a point where rohan's makeout buddy [that's what i like to call her] got him away from the game. it was a slaughtering after that.

not really, but we catched up. anyway, after a few misfires, we managed to get ahead, and bloody score. multiple defensive saves at a 9-9 scoreline by my team and i [that sounds so cool, don't it?] managed to get us on track, and a surprise goal scored by sreeman [by all people] sinked it in. brilliant.

the ebb point? well, i still gave rohan that lift. ck's mom gave us ang pows, so...rohan used that for his fag money while i got myself a 100 plus each for the both of us. and, on the bright side, i pilfered his external cd burner from him for an unspecified time period. it's just that 1) i've got nothing to burn, and 2) i've got no blank cds, anyway.

but this sony spressa external writer is a big hulk. it's quite imposing. looks cool on the desk. prepare to be dusted.
"the big red machine"
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and no, i'm not talking about kane. chinese new year is probably one holiday that gets supercommercialized but you feel that it's justified because...well, just because they promote and advertise it for what it's all about. the message hits home and then you see the light...maybe it's not so bad, anyway. anyway, cny is pretty fun this year, because neither of my parents are with me, and i'm just chilling away at home.

though i really, really should be starting on that assignment that's due too soon.

yesterday, being the first day of cny, was pretty fun. usually, all the people who'd give me ang pows are usually the ones that i'd face on the first day. it wasn't that bad. i'm not gonna disclose the amount that was given...all that i can say is, i guess that it was generally better. ever wondered how kids get the preferential treatment? like...the first-blooded would get twice as much as new aquaintances and stuff like that? weird...though funny, as well. i ate a lot yesterday. football today was good, if not for the fact that i was playing to beat rohan. oh, well. more on that later.

anyway, i'd like to thank God for prawn crackers. heavenly things. my cousin's working as a roulette dealer in genting. lucky guy.

i guess i was born too slow.
"the great mall in the sky"
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as i'm typing this, i'm checking out mcatalogue, which is basically a malaysian-based online cd retailer; dvds, cds, vcds, you get the idea. um. so far, there isn't all that much, though most of the stuff here is supposedly very cheap. there's this rap group who go by the name the last mataaz and they're selling their disc for RM 9.90. weird shite. i'm tempted to search and see if there's anything worth getting, but i guess that we'll see soon.

i heard of the site...in around december?...but that was only coz it was in a planning stage. it reappeared again last week in the nst, so...here i am. ugh. it's all...local [no disrespect, but...]. mmm. never mind.

Thursday, January 22, 2004

"empty roads '04!"
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there's nothing more thrilling than driving around bangsar and pj at 100 km/h without stopping for much. i was trying to find a maybank cash deposit machine, since the one in bangsar was conveniently "offline" [typical]. i could've saved some gas and time and i could've gone back to the midvalley branch [which is arguably much closer to home than bangsar in the first place], but instead, i decided to go to the du branch. or dj, i can't tell the difference between the two. anyway, coming home was quite fun, because there was this proton iswara aeroback with his big-ass [okay, not really] exhaust just hovering around and being boss.

well, we's showed him, didn't we, precious?

anyway, ramon once told me about the roads on adelaide...how they're nice and big and long and how no cars use them. i guess for this morning, kl was adelaide. australia sounds great now, doesn't it? pity about the sheriff representation. oh, well.

happy chinese new year! let's start the lunacy!

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

"somebody shoot the hens"
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man. yee sang, chinese new year music at the malls and erhu performers at midvalley. how chinky can it get? i'm just sad that i don't have any hot ah lian distant cousins. that'd be excellent. everyone in my family [and extended family] is terribly intellegent. sigh. anyway, tonight was the traditional chinese new year reunion dinner. my two uncles and my aunt and her little ward [i've got no idea on what to call her besides that] and i went out and found this place to eat in sri petaling. most restaurants were either fully booked or just plainly closed.

and on a side note: father still in brazil.

ugh.

money money money money money.

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

"pompadour"
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ugh. monday mornings are usually good for me because...well, there're sorta like fresh starts. as yet, i haven't started on the assignment yet, and...well, i feel the urge to do it. so...i should. anyway, han seng picked me up and we went to deliver some forms that needed lina's signature. funny, though, because: 1) they were the wrong forms, and 2) we got scolded for it. i guess my line of "i'm not the secretary, i just deliver stuff" didn't go down all that well with her. it's a learning experience, i guess. so what we really needed was a list of planned activities for the whole year, plus...well, maintenance forms [for the reservation of selling space].

and the ang pow filling thing that was meant to take place today [where i'd get to show my newfound prowess in hospitality] was cancelled...apparently, filling up ang pows with sweets is something that they do in funerals. mmm.

oh, well. two more days til chinese new year.

Sunday, January 18, 2004

"toyland found!"
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met up with lezel and got bitched at [as usual]. great girl, though, and a great sister. early sunday morning spent at daroo's with ramon, talking about cars. the usual. cruised around, and found this OLD lost chinese town on the outskirts of BU 12. you should check it out, if you've got the chance...especially if it's 2 in the morning. came home at 3 a.m. and played smackdown: here comes the pain [snicker] til 6 a.m....dutifully woke up at 11ish and met up with my mom. argued over what to do with a punctured tyre and had our first real argument in a while. went out with may ann to 1u and went around shopping...um...window shopping. insane. and here i am. and that was the weekend.

ugh. cny. bah.

Saturday, January 17, 2004

"peter pan or...no?"
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dude, dude, dude...when i say that i don't really want to grow up, i don't see it in a michael jackson 45 year old paedophilic kinda way, no...ugh. i see it as a...i'm 25 and still playing video games in my boxers kinda thing, dig? mmm. speaking of which, do you know how fun it is, covering britney spears' songs? oodles of fun. no, dude, seriously.

Friday, January 16, 2004

"who's raising the ghost?"
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i got a lift from this man who stays up my road this morning...he gave me a lift to the bangsar lrt station. i think he's a bit of a leftist...quite cool, considering the fact that he's chinese. you don't see a lot of leftist chinamen anymore, and, according to him, he used to partake in protests against the government way back in his college days. i guess everybody's into that sorta stuff, while now, it's all about organizing proms. how times've changed, yea? ain't it a bitch. i love his honda, though...1995 car of the year. the accord, i mean. awesome car.

anyway, it's been a good day so far. the search for jason mraz begins today.

Thursday, January 15, 2004

"quote of the day"
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yes, my brazilian football jersey is 100% bootleg. the difference between yours and mine is, i got mine in brazil.
"speakers"
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okay. with volunteering to give a tour of the college to freshmen for the biz council, i've put myself in a rather awkward position to be a spokesman for the college. ditto for preview day as well [where the aim is to attract more students]. so in my best non-accent accent, and my best non-best clothes...i'm going to be a poseur. and if i can bring a guitar while selling valentine's week gifts [which i won't be doing since i've got exams then], it'll be icing on the cake.

the poseur of the biz council has arrived. the posterboy for utter droning.

anyway, tuesday is a day booked for...um...putting little orange candies into ang pows. as a testament to the biz council's goodwill. awesome. i'm gonna try to pull a doozy...i'm gonna bring the discman, plus my computer speakers, and try to make it fun. out of my way, indeed!

oh, well. somebody's gotta be perky. for once, let it be the guy.
"forward"
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time is the catalyst for many things
time is the potion that we brew
time gave us blessings when we needed them
time gave us all the best we knew

time was the bunny moving on
time was our favourite song
time was the heart we gave
time seems to take too long

but it's all in the past
i guess things don't last forever
they just move too fast
and now there's no time left

time is the patience unfounded
time can cost us too much
time brought you away from me
time gave me back your touch

time shakes all foundations
time doesn't stand still
time is the quotient of living
time is that bitter pill

but it's all in the past
i guess things don't last forever
they just move too fast
and now there's no time left

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

"gestapo intolerant"
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staff advisor lena choong may be the biz council's salvation for two main reasons: 1) she's older, and 2) she knows people. and her take-charge, grab by-the-balls attitude is refreshing...however...she's not a student. which makes all my lauding kind of useless. anyway, we're sorta settled on the eastin as the venue for the prom. plus, i think i might be able to sing for the thing, though i don't know if ppl would be receptive towards the idea. anyway, today's agenda was fixed on the upcoming valentine's thing...plus, i think that i'll be in the running to lead some freshmen to a tour around the campus [that means i'll be be able to meet freshmen girls]. yes, i know. then again, the best way to mend a broken heart is a playstation 2 and marlboro reds. lord, i hope my mother understands.

though it's quite beyond me. i finished my box of secret smokes and now i'm empty again. i know what my resolution was, and that i still have time, but i feel like quitting smoking now. that phase is kinda almost behind me, and...lo and behold...i might have a reputation to uphold. though all my internet marketing classmates see me as the one with the ever-ready ciggie in hand.

i'm a cliche!

speaking of which, my assignment partner came up to me this morning and said that he'd bring what he'd done on friday...and i haven't started so far. bullocks. brilliant. i went to the HELP desk @ HELP [haha] to ask them to update my online coll account password...the nice counter lady said that it was sent to my email addie and when i checked...it wasn't there. ugh...i need that online course outline. my assignment questions are there. and i don't even know what i've been busy with. it's all just...rushed. and there's still no time for ps2'ing, which i shall have tonight. i hope. i've started playing the sims again, though i had to uninstall it due to some technical errors.

oh, well. hannah, i miss you.

Tuesday, January 13, 2004

"...with the hind legs of a pegasus"
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i slept at about 2-ish last night while waiting for kazaa to be downloaded. sleep is good, but waking up at 5 and then going back to sleep again while forgetting that you're online isn't an awfully brilliant thing to do. while sleeping, i was online for about 6 hours. without doing a thing. i can imagine the music that i could've downloaded in the 5 hour period [post-downloading] and i now cringe at that thought. on the bright side, i've got kazaa. funnily enough, i didn't get disconnected while sleeping. weird. and tmnet's been good to me...i managed to download at 12 kb/sec just now. i mustn't say that too loud...otherwise they'd start thinking that they're being too nice. anyway, so far i've downloaded jason mraz's you and i both, radiohead's there there, and the darkness' i believe in a thing called love. i've been online for a while, but i haven't found what i've wanted...two songs i downloaded had digital gibberish on them...ditto for that. i'm looking for some ex trax from fifa 2004. anyone willing to help? babamania's wanna rock [it's a real cute song] is my priority right now.
"mix and match"
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when i was at paolo's on sunday for the palantir of sauron, i also managed to get two cds burned. one cd was full of bossa nova [solidly lucid stuff, that is], and the other one was an ian-mixed cd. since i can't really mix cds, and since whatever thematic appearances disappear quickly after the first two tracks...i was quite happy that some of these tracks [uexpectantly] blend in to each other.

the move mix - discman-friendly music
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goo goo dolls - big machine
lenny kravitz - are you gonna go my way
u2- elevation [tomb raider mix]
pj harvey - naked cousin
mick jagger - god gave me everything
nine days - story of a girl
everclear - the boys are back in town
ash - burn baby burn
counting crows - einstein on the beach
placebo - every me every you
black rebel motorcycle club - spread your love
dave matthews band - i did it
cardigans - my favorite game
supergrass - pumping on your stereo
suede - beautiful ones
incubus - turning japanese
stone temple pilots - days of the week
jesus and mary chain - snakedriver
better than ezra - king of new orleans
bliss - not quite paradise
tito larriva - anarchy in the usa
bryan adams - the only thing that looks good on me is you

22 songs of train-hopping and bus riding pleasure.

hmmm.

Monday, January 12, 2004

"obi-wan vs. gandalf"
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both are old, quisessentially english, and have that mentor role going for them. they're quite powerful, and have abilities beyond comprehension. and in truth, both come from a galaxy far, far away, and a long time ago [to paraphrase george lucas]. so, if you put them head-to-head and against each other, which one of them would win? one guy has a lightsaber...another guy has a staff [let's not forget the sexual connotations of that statement].

this might be some kind of ongoing debate if people would only pick up on it.

so...pick up on it.
"palantir of sauron"
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the palantir of sauron is an unlockable feature in the return of the king that can only be unlocked [funny, seeing how it's unlockable] by getting gandalf, sam, and either one of aragorn, legolas or gimli, to level 10. upon finishing the game, you automatically get the palantir of saruman...both the palantir missions aren't easy. they basically consist of 20 rounds of fighting [against the Enemy, not each other, idiot]. with each progressive level cleared, each subsequent level has tougher enemies. paolo and i managed to reach level 17 on the palantir of saruman before ebbing away into virtual nothingness. i have to say, we were pretty damn close. we didn't even get that close on the palantir of sauron.

and that was basically my sunday. paid paolo off for getting me those new brass guitar strings [though seeing how they're brass, i don't trust them all that much], and edwin was there too. spent the day playing nfs: underground and the return of the king, and had a late night viewing of taxi 3 [which i slept through].

one week down.

Saturday, January 10, 2004

"over your shoulder"
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you're leaving me behind
that's all that i can say
i'm wishing up on stars
that you'll be back one day

you left me with a twist
a sentimental pang
i wish i could take back
all the times we used to hang

i miss you like an urge
you're my favourite deal
lost in reserve
what we had was real

over your shoulder
is where you should look
i'm not getting older
til i see that book

Friday, January 09, 2004

"the return of the thing"
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wednesday was spent rather well. after learning that my presentation for internet marketing's first assignment was on friday [today], i had a quick sigh of relief. justin's computer had been fried [it's a hard drive crash, maybe...don't worry dude, i'm trying my best to take care of it], so i searched around on monday for parts. went to sunway and pj but to no avail...the old parts weren't there [for my p2, which i've obviously found parts for]. i borrowed rohan's old p3 [sounds weird, calling it old], and hooked up my hard drive. the fastest thing i've used in a year, the p3. anyway, wednesday was spent playing the return of the king at paolo's...i brought the ps2 over and we spent a good deal of time finishing off the game...only to find more things to finish.

brilliant.

right now, our next priority on sunday would be to level up sam to level 10...we've already got a level 10 gandalf and legolas [required for the "secret mission"].

i went to low yat yesterday and found a p2 motherboard...i'm using my own pc once again. it feels nice, knowing that something i ripped apart has come back to life, but [knock wood] i hope this motherboard lasts. and i mean lasts. it was a stroke of good luck that i chanced upon that korean store yesterday. and they had a lot of crap in it. good crap. oh, well. i guess i won't be seeing a p4 anytime soon, but i guess i'm happy with that.

Tuesday, January 06, 2004

"lotr bonanza gone wrong"
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sunday was quite alright. in a sense. i picked up paolo from church at about 12 [i was wandering around bangsar from 11 onwards since i thought that i was meant to be at church at 10:45], and then we went to edwin's new place to pick him up. paolo had stayed over at edwin's the night before, and he was playing at church. not much happened on the ride there besides my sudden interest in samantha [this girl who was there at paolo's new year's day bash '04] coz they were talking about how she liked paolo to a saccherine level. i made the remark that being the best guitarist in a church got a girl pregnant, but...oh, well.

anyway, to cut a long story short...the two of them slept through the two towers extended edition, so ryan [paolo's little brother] and i managed to make some serious headway in the co-op level of the return of the king. and i mean major headway.

after a bit, we went off to sunway pyramid and the rest is...well, gone, really. the movie's still brilliant, and the good thing about watching a movie after having everyone witnessed everything that occurs in its companion video game is the fact that scenes are instantly recognizeable and you'd just understand how much creative licensing was used in the production of the game.

oh, well.

lordie.

Saturday, January 03, 2004

"the pass of anggun"
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anggun is hot. especially when she goes all girlish and wishes everyone merry christmas and a happy new year. she's so...euphoric when she does that. hell, she's probably euphoric all the time. and she's hot. and she speaks french. ouch. beautiful, bubbly, and cultured...all at once. problem 1: it reminds me too much of one person. problem 2: it makes me want her more. yes, it's a sort of lament [the most overused line from the last two days], but it's my lament.

i was drawing on the secret smokes [as i've labelled them] this morning and taking a short drive around bangsar and back, when i remembered this time when justin's car was still stock standard and isk and i were tagging along. it was in subang, outside the old log-in net cafe, and there was this girl whom justin thought was hot. we made 2 passes around her...by the third pass, she was smiling [and it really was one hell of a smile], but by then she opened the car of her door...by the fourth pass, she was gone. kind of makes you wonder what could've happened if she had stayed and waited for us during the last pass. mmm.

saturday morning now...i might be watching the return of the king tonight with paolo and edwin, i'm not too sure yet...if not tonight, then tomorrow night. if tomorrow, it's going to be a stab at our own LOTR bonanza...brekafast, the fellowship of the ring [extended], lunch, the two towers [extended] and then some ps2'ing and jamming, before the return of the king. a much anticipated second viewing. i'm sad.

forth eorlingas, as some would say.

Friday, January 02, 2004

"resolutions"
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i guess i drove her away. yea, it's kind of a lament, but...i guess i drove her away. anyway, i had a list of resolutions, but seeing how i'm not quite gonna make it, it's just come down to one: to lose more weight. oh, wait, there's another one...to quit smoking by the end of the year. or when i turn 21. plus, there's also the case of me being able to vote...i want to make that vote. lord, i guess i've found a sense of responsibility and ease...a bit too late, it seems. yes, it's a kind of lament, but how would you feel when you learn that a girl [your girl] has just done the [almost] unimaginable due to your own shenanigans? and you still feel that it can still go on [lord, this is never going to stop, is it?]...?

i still love her. truly. okay, that's it.

last friday, han seng dragged me along to this biz council meeting. today, i'm responsible for producing a few sponsorship letters to help us get sponsorship [no doubt about that] for our upcoming valentine's day/week sales and our upcoming ball...and this newfound sense of responsibility is refreshing. scary. we had this little meeting, han seng, helen [the biz coucil president] and i...i just love talking as if i know what i'm talking about. dressing nicely and being cool is just another completely different part of it [but also quite useful in being convincing]. yes, i'm playing the politics game, trying to get on the president's good side before the big meeting. problem 1 is that: it reminds me of church. a tad bit. problem 2 is that: i don't speak mandarin. a hindrance. but i think i can understand what people are saying...that's a start.

and i've become part of a blind taste test for these ciggies. i have no idea what they are, but they're quite nice and smooth for something full-flavoured. my 10 of marl reds have to wait [they'd be quite deflated by the time i get back to them]. hey, it's not everyday you get 40 free ciggies. and get to voice your opinion over them.

oh, yea, the resolutions...lose weight and quit smoking [at least i can be honest about that little ditty now]. quantifiable and feasible. may the best man win.

et tu, brutus? or are you just happy to see me?
"paolo's new year's day bash '04"
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lord, it's already 2004. anyway, to save the bitterness, last night i was over at paolo's, and met some of his churchmates [whom i used to have regular contact with over a weekly basis]. i was charming, and not rude, but the party wasn't as fun or as immersive as paolo's new year's day bash '03, where the dreamcast was the centre of attention. gomes says that the ps2 was lacking party games. i wholeheartedly agree, but then again...i'm not getting britney's dance beat [oooerrr]. and to inflate my deflated ego, i think i made two church girls swoon, though...they were kinda drunk. and so was i...a bit. a bit. amidst denials that i wasn't [and i wasn't], i realized that for a good hour i was having a throbbing headache. waaaaay too much whiskey in my coke [on both occasions]. not brilliant putting in too much vodka in my 7-up, but it was rather brilliant...just don't let me mix your drinks. i eventually sobered up after finishing off a nice soda water-lemon mix [paolo's brilliant mix, non-alcoholic but solidly refreshing], and drove home sober. slept like a baby.

all's well that end's alright.

Thursday, January 01, 2004

"out with the old..."
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so...it's 2004.


so?
"the lord of the rings - the two towers: extended edition"
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okay...it's not everyday that i spend RM 34.90 on an original vcd, but for the extended edition, it's a real steal...i bought the fellowship of the ring on extended and it was worth it, and i was in bliss when i found out that the two towers was priced at the same cost...i mean, how good is that, really? although it isn't the four disc dvd set, four vcd discs for the price isn't that bad...kudos to Audio One [it's quite weird, acclaiming a production house who'd never read this] for being consistent...almost. they left out the booklet this time...there was this nifty booklet in the fellowship's extended set, and...well, they didn't have it this time round. oh, well.

the extra scenes really do the film more justice...and it's gotten a lot more funnier. ooo...and gollum just reminds me of my grandfather. it's not the resemblance, it's just the act. there's not much added to the battle of helm's deep besides the ravaging of the orcs by the trees of fangorn, but there's a lot more to show for the other parties. ooo...plus merry and pippin in isengard...divine.


the lord of the rings: the two towers - extended edition is available at all leading malaysian video retailers.
"the lord of the rings: the return of the king"
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it was basically a two year long journey, but it's ended. quite hard to believe that most of us have waited two years for it, but...well, there it is. it's quite a fitting end, but it leaves you for the feeling of wanting more. so what do you do when you've read the book [i'm gonna finish one of these days], played the video game and watched the movie? nothing, i guess, except wait for an extended version to come out and peruse through it all over again.

the much mentioned 7-minute clip of saruman will probably pop up on the extended edition [that'd be in six months' time, probably], but besides that, how wrong can this movie be? minas tirith in all its splendour, shelob in full effect, plus liv tyler. sorry. anyway, aragorn gets elendil, leads an army of the dead to fight for gondor. rohan comes to gondor's aid. frodo and sam are getting closer to minas morgul, and the mountain of fire. gollum is still gollum. it really is worth it.
"the lord of the rings: the return of the king: the video game"
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seeing how it's going to take forever to finish this game [i've decided to backtrack and play the two towers with legolas], let me just say that i've honestly never felt so much joy from finishing a level before. honestly. it was escape from osgiliath with sam [and after watching the extended edition of the two towers do i understand what the level means], and...ugh. oh, and i'm stuck at the king of the dead with aragorn. ditto for gandalf at minas tirith, which i just don't get. but the game really is worth it, and you don't need me to tell you about the original cast lending their voice talent [which i just did], or the fact that it really does come straight out of the movie. anyway, it's a worthwhile game to have, but only if you're resilient enough to take one hell of a beating.