Last week

Yea... no blog for the whole week again. No inspiration to write and was not really in the mood to. Too many things in my head that needed more of my attention.

There was this hit on Memoirs of the Geisha. I wanted to read the book. Got it from my boss. Then I was contemplating to read it or not. I felt that it wasn't my kind of a book that I would enjoy, but I will just give it a go. Mark saw the book on my desk and told me that the Geisha died in the end. Oh great... I don't need to read the book anymore. I asked him to tell me about it. He basically told me the synopsis. He saw the movie. Fine, why don't I just get the DVD instead. So, I got the DVD from Mark and watched the movie in 2 hours. It saved me heaps of time, rather than reading it would take me like 2 weeks or 2 months. Thanks, Mark. By the way, you lied! She didn't die!

Business is pretty slow. I have been surfing the net looking for a new GBA game. I found this game, Zelda - A Link to the Past. Looks interesting. I might get it. I saw it selling at RM 89. I need to consider about that. The problem is these kind of games is addictive. If I get it, I will be spending sleepless nights playing it. This will have a bad effect on my work as I will be so sleepy during the day. Not to say that my work is so interesting, it is a pretty dull job. So I am battling about this in my head. I tried to plan my time, as in to play during the weekends only. I don't think I am strong enough.

Anaconda - large arboreal boa

Sunshine: Let's go for supper.

Me: Wait, I want to watch this show first, look O'Shea is catching an anaconda.

Sunshine: What is that?

Me: It's the biggest snake in the world, that anaconda, you know?

Sunshine: What biggest snake? Anaconda can't be the biggest snake. The biggest snake should be bapa-conda or mak-conda.

And I nearly dropped dead laughing!

Think, retards!

I happened to flip the channel to a documentary show last night about Homo sapiens. It was about how people traveled over time million years ago. It actually got me thinking how much people have evolved till now.

The vast discovery of earth was contributed to the adventurous instincts of the early people. Imagine, they had no super machines whatsoever, but they managed to cross continents with just a mere bamboo raft! They survived the rough seas and the horrendous weather. Without any geographical map, how would they have guessed how long the journey is going to be and how much food to pack? Discovering new found land, to stay alive, they had to hunt for food and built shelters.

Look at us now. We seem to take things for granted. So much so that a majority of humans this age has lost the ability to think. Are they just lazy to take the initiative to think? Or maybe they are just born retards?

Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

Just finished reading this book. It is by far better than Da Vinci Code a hundred times. The first few chapters of Da Vinci was torturous, extremely boring, that you do not wish to continue reading the book anymore. From the very first page of this Angels and Demons, you keep wanting to read the next page to know what happened after. It is full of suspense, you would never have guessed what entails. The plot is just perfect. I'm not going to spoil it for you here. Go buy the book and read it for yourself!

A Prayer

Dear Lord,
I thank You for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me.Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You. Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God. And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example – to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those that are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those that are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that don't believe. But I thank you that I believe. I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met. I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem,circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly. This is my prayer. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Resolution for 2006

It's already the fourth day of a brand new year 2006. I have yet to make a list of my new year resolution. Procrastination.

I have given some thoughts about it. Here, I will list what I wish to accomplish within this year, or should I say, my aims for the year.

1. To be a better person. I know I have been horrid sometimes. I must also admit that I have been gossiping some not very nice things about people. I will abstain myself from this. I also need to see things from a positive view, many times my thoughts are negative. I need to learn to be a little bit more tolerant and not so calculative. I need to grow. Take life easier.
2. Yearly resolution, lose weight. Throughout of last year, I've gained 5 kg. I need to lose them. Maybe I will join Clark Hatch with Lisa. There's a big event end of this year. We need to lose those extra pounds.
3. Save more money. Hopefully I will be able to get my own house in another 2 years time, that would be year 2008. If I make it earlier than that, then I will get a car as well.

As of now, these are the things that I can think of.

The lousiest blogger

I declare myself as the lousiest blogger. I lacked the inspiration and passion to blog. I have a number of things to blog about, but am too lazy to. Like my trip to Bangkok and Pattaya, my Christmas, then last weekend New Year 2006. There are so many things to write, but lazy me got the better of me.

So here I am today, taking the initiative to update my blog.

I am going to blog about my New Year 2006.

It was already 11.30pm on New Year's eve. Guess what? Sunshine was busy washing the cars. I was so so pissed. So, I ended up reading Dan Brown's Angels and Demons. The book is very exciting! When I looked up and see the clock at 11.30pm, I stromed out of the room and asked Sunshine if we are going to do anything at all. Wah, I wanted to slap his face man! I told him lets go out, let's take a drive to see if there is anything happening in Taiping. He said ok and went to have shower. We drove to Taiping Lake Gardens. Right on the dot, we reached at midnight and there was fireworks. We saw from far as there was a bad jam. Unfortunately, I think the fireworks must have expired. There were more smoke than colourful sparks. Or maybe the weather, cause it rained heavily earlier in the day. Whatever it was, the fireworks was not that beautiful. After that, Sunshine was hungry, so we ended up in a restaurant. Sunshine was obsessed with this oyster mee. I've heard him saying that he wanted to eat the oyster mee for a long time. Ok-la, I obliged. Next we headed home, and I slept.

New Year's day, did nothing in particular and didn't have any plans as well. Woke up late, around 11. Sunshine was already up and was cleaning the car again. The hell man! He and the cars tak habis habis. I always wake up and see him cleaning the car. I've questioned him many times about this. He said that he sees me sleeping so nicely, so he didn't want to wake me up. Argh! I wanted to slap his face again. It is not very nice to wake up to see the bed empty the other side. But he just seems to love the cars more. Makes me think if there is anything wrong with me. I dragged myself out of bed. Had shower, then asked Sunshine to have breakfast. We went to the stall below the big tree, our usual hang out place. Some trash talk with some friends there. We went home after breakfast. Sunshine asked if I would like to go to Penang. I didn't really want to, but what else is there to do. He wanted to have a nap first. That was already 2.30pm. I asked him what time does he want to go. He said that he needed a nap. Fine, nap we did. He woke me up at 4.30pm. Had lunch at home, his brother made tomyam. Then we headed to Penang. We reached around 6.30pm. Went to his sister's place. He wanted to see the papers as he can't remember which supermarket is having a sale for Milo. He is number 1 fan of Milo. Giant was selling 1.7kg Milo in tin for RM 17.38. Everyone was rushing for it. Giant was also selling Pringles for 8 cents. Yea, I repeat 8 cents! There were so many people, all for the sale. My head was spinning and I was hungry. Next we went to Sunshine Bayan Baru. There were so many people there too. Where did all these people came from? We went for dinner in Bayan Bay. Then sent Sunshine's sister home and went back to my place. As usual, Sunshine hogged the bathroom. He was cleaning it. Not to say that my toilet is dirty or what, he just likes cleaning it. I gave up already, let him clean all he wants.

The next day, which was yesterday, woke up around 10am. Our itenery was Gurney. We drove down town. Looked for a place for breakfast. We ended up in this coffee shop in front of Komtar, Kek Seng. My dad used to take me there when he came to visit me when I was studying in KDU. After breakfast, we went to Gurney. It was jammed packed. Took us half an hour to look for a parking as the parking in Gurney was full already. I bought Mickey Mouse bedsheet for myself. I don't know why I chose Mickey. Prices of bedsheets are very costly. RM 94.50 for a single fitted sheet with 1 pillow case and 1 bolster case. Nevermind the price, if I could afford an Omega in 15 minutes, what is RM 100? So I bought it. We walked around, wanted to buy some CNY clothes, there were too many people, I felt sick and was not in the mood anymore. We decided to go back. Sunshine wanted to go to Lorong Selamat for char koay teow. We passed there and saw the que, I told him lets go somewhere else. I will not wait for an over-priced char koay teow. Don't know what so good about it. We ended up at Swatow Lane. I used to go there when I was studying in KDU last time. I had the Tee Nya Kuih. It had been ages since I had that. It started to rain heavily. The water began to rise at the area. I guess all the drain has been clogged. It only started to pour for less than half an hour and the water was already rising. Imagine if it rained the whole day, you can only see the tip of Komtar when you try to locate Penang island then. We headed back to Taiping.

And here I am back to work today.

Happy New Year 2006!!!