Saw an old mini copper on the street.

Thought of buying one previously, but everybody said it's going to cost me a bomb just to keep it running. I've never bought any bomb in my life le... so I don't know how much it exactly costs. Heh.

RECYCLE YOUR PLASTIC

New artwork :) I think it looks better in larger file view. Too bad flickr only allows 1024x768.

Finally Bangi has its own Old Town. That's our Sunday Breakfast spot today. Baby auntie's spur-of-the-moment candid shot haha...

She said she's made a terribly wrong mistake in her life: "I should have gone to do video-shooting you know?!?! Ah I'm so talented!!!". Haha. Zha-dao. Videos taken by iPhone 3G by the way.

My cousin's doing a small business recently. She's very good in making paper flowers and sewing small cute fluffy puppets. Something like those toys selling on dooodolls and toki-doki. But hers are all very personalized: each toy only has one of its kind. There are no two the same.

Can't believe she can really do something like that. Amazing... Feel motivated by her already. Hmm...

Part of her toys for sale.

I found this one very cute lo.

Really look like xiu-mai 烧卖, and sometimes look like wan-tan 云吞.

"爱心烧卖". Must be it.

This one looks better than dooodolls. It's finely sewn.

Should check her website out if you're looking for gifts for gf/bf

http://ruknoebazaar.blogspot.com.

Coincidentally, found dooodolls in MPH Mid Valley today.

Maybe my cousin can't fight with dooodolls in terms of branding, but in terms of uniqueness then maybe can win. Haha.

Yasmin Ahmad's "Talentime" is really great! For me - totally inspiring and touching.

I paid full attention from the very start of the movie till the end. Audiences were made laughing and crying - and sometimes coughing - along the story line.

(Ahem, she did a good job in including controversial and potentially-censored malaysian issues in there.)

It brought back a lot of my memories during high school. Personally, feeling related to the story's interracial marriage issue - hah, my dad and my mom.

Anyway, this film shows how the contemporary Malaysia is looking like.

Not a fan of her before this, but I did hear about her works a few years back, and now I'm starting to like her. I'd see her as a storyteller more than a director. Going to look for her previous works at movie stores. She's juuuuust brilliant.

It might not be a grand event, but I'm still very proud of 老妹 for joining UTAR Idol 2009 :)

Though she lost, but she really earned something very valuable for herself. Perhaps, she also set a very important milestone in the history of our family.

Honestly, it's a very touching moment to see courage emerged in younger generations in our family (like mine) to start doing whatever they wanted to do without being bound to the traditional thinking - or sometimes, "misconception" - as cultivated in our family.

Yes - "Singing can't really earn money", "Singing no 出息", "Artists are all 不正经" - the subjective truths that we the younger generations have been injected with before time. But if there's a slightest interest in 老妹 for archiving her dream, I'll be proud and support her in all ways possible. Anyway, there's no member in our family who can sing in a competition lo.

Sigh. My mei mei is finally a grown-up! Ahaha...

The moments:

Before start.

The friends cum supporters. (Look at that banner - my creation. Paiseh la...)

Family members cum supporters.

The emcees. I think the girl emcee seriously needs some improvements.

Group performance.

I'm supposed to post her performance video here, but 老妹 said later xia soi. Hahaha, not her best performance, I would honestly say.

Prize giving.

The winners.

The event management also produced a recording CD for the participants. Here's 老妹's part ripped straight from the CD:

Close to you - Elly Law

Personally I think the quality is a bit cin-cai lo... ahaha I shouldn't complain too much. :P

Have been quite busy attending interviews recently. Oh ya! - also freelance writing

Hope good things can come out of it :)

(1 word = 1 cent. Is it good? No idea... but I know I should be grateful for getting the opportunity)

My new muse - MAXMAYO Envelope!

Just came out with the idea of printing my logo on envelopes. I use them for keeping my interview documents, and they have been attending all my interviews. Hah, it feels good to spread my identity over my own stuffs. I guess the spectrum of my test subjects is going to grow soon. How about a T-shirt? maybe?

Anyway, the C4-sized pure white envelope doesn't look nice after the folding because of my funny printer can't fit C4. Maybe should get a bigger printer somehow.

I don't know what to do with my messy desktop recently. So I think a home-made wallpaper with the most primitive functions will do the job:

Quote of the day: Some opportunities really worth the waiting.

p.s: Aiya. Videos. Forgotten.

Streamyx has been very very bad recently. It's making me!!!!!

WHY STREAMYX SO CHA ONE?? WHY??

Can't really believe it lo... I'm now writing this from my cousin's house -
Here's Malaysia le, not a third world country! *sigh* I'm so going to check out other service providers.

Anyhow, tons of photos from Pulau Ketam!! :D

*Pulau Ketam = Crab Island

By looking at the name, I assumed that Pulau Ketam is famous for its big fat crabs. Or maybe the island's shape looks like a crab? That reminds me of Langkawi's "Lake of the Pregnant Maiden".

Malaysian cavemen really geng. Don't know how they could come out with all these weird naming ideas -__- But hey, I wonder how modern humans nowadays name newfound geographic wonder. iPod Mount? Lake of Obama? Ahaha!!

Ahem. Photos.

Ms Lulu

Now that's what I call a lady. Princessy enough.

On the way.


Awww~~~

We actually took the wrong turn and came to West Port. It should be South Port.

Crab Island Jetty

Going to the boat

In the boat.










Don't dare to ride one.





Man... poor Sharline.


Let me tell you this: VERY VERY NICE CRAB!! Aww~~

A lot of trollies.



You'll be surprised by the number of temples in Crab Island. Maybe they help to ensure 风调雨顺 kua?


I think I saw this cartoon character somewhere.

People making fishing net at home. It's kind of weird that we visitors just come and watch them doing it as if they are meant to be watched. Imagine you're being watched when you're surfing Internet at home. Aha!


Ms Lulu needs an umbrella.

"Rihanna" is walking? AHAHAHAhA!
Don't know why I thought of Rihanna.

There's no car in Crab Island.










Back home. It's damn hot man. Everybody's sweating like pigs.

Ms Lulu is hungry.


Ms Lulu's new friend.




Back to jetty.

Crowded.

Back to KL.

Attended 老妹's singing competition on Sunday. Sigh - she lost liao!! But it's already very good that her got into Top 12. So proud of her :D

I have some videos. Haiya... Till then, next post :)

p.s.: Went to another interview at Puchong today. Not bad overall, except a little $ issue that I think I'm going to compromise. Perhaps I really set a bit too high. Interview went well, and I think I looked like a cheerful + chatty staff I must say. Haha! My nature hor! Muaha! By the way, it's very close to Neway Karaoke.

Just came back from Pulau Ketam :D

Tired. And good night.

10.51PM

*That flying pig photo was taken by baby sis. Genius right ahaha!

19th Thursday was 宝贝's birthday!! Haiz... our xiao bao bei is getting taller and huger AND - more boyish -__-. I know my gift (especially the hairband) would be the last thing on her wish list. But I always hope that she can be a little bit "princessy" e.g. wearing girlie-girlie stuffs and sitting like a fine lady.

FYI, she like to sit with legs wide apart!! So whenever she does that, I'll give her a stare [-_-] and followed by a shout: "Leng-lui pose, please!!!", then she'll obediently shorten the 1-mile distance between her legs and keep her legs crossed.

-__-

I always believe that manner buys respect, not the money; temperament defines your status, not the luxurious brands covering your body. Unmanneredly behaviours are not tolerated in our family. I think Baby sis needs to show some improvements in that department alright.

Just found the materials for building my home-made sign! :D

Should thank my cousin for her brilliant suggestion:

From what I noticed, Art Friend really have a lot of stuffs in there. The staff are very helpful and friendly as well. I told them what I want to make and they gave me recommendations of materials. Hah they saved my time. Or life. (time = life? Hmm yes u_u)

Hehe random.

So now the sign is in progress.

Almost there. Huhu~

Just decided to widen the spectrum of my job seeking. Will start trying out companies in Puchong and PJ.

VOILA!

Forget about 20th -- my line is now back!! :D Teehee!

Forget about the complaints. I think it's useless to diss Streamyx anyway.

Sigh. A series of unfortunate events, I would say.

On Saturday, the small garden in my house collapsed during a thunderstorm. Reconstruction took place on Sunday under the sun. The skin on my shoulders and nose is still peeling off. Opps, overly tanned.

Welding machine.

The kids got a new pet - Mr Dragonfly. Poor thing.

Random:

Went for an interview today. The interviewer is a very nice women. The whole interview focused on getting to know my personality for the job. Basicallys I was chatting with her like I'm chatting with you. So I guess it should be OK? Should be la since I'm such a good-natured person hehe. The second interview will be more on the job description and my technical skills. Don't know if I'll be selected for the second interview.

(According to her, I put too high the expected salary. Will keep that in mind.)

Construction areas reminds me of the phrase "Developing Country". Come to think of it... I can't help but get a little annoyed thinking about the fact that Malaysia is still a developing country even after so long. Maybe we need to do something. But other than politicians, who've got time to actually think of doing something? Hah. Typical.

Stopped by Mid Valley planning to buy things. The finale for 老妹's singing competition is on this Sunday, and yet I still haven't come out with some sort of support signs. Thought of buying some fluorescent light sticks and ready-made signs but have got no idea where to get it.

Any idea?

My designer cousin told me there's one shop at the Garden selling fluorescent paint. Hmm. Probably can paint a super big banner? Good idea. Clever me.

Stupid computer at the hardware shop is giving me problem again. Haiz... busy again.

TM guy called me when I was on the train just now. Good news is my line will revive by 20th. :D

I was sleeping when the TM guy called me. So I actually remember only the word "twentieth", and I was mumbling all the while on the phone. Teehee! So paiseh lo... Don't know why I'd fall asleep whenever I'm on a train.
Narcolepsy?
*shrug*

I just can't live without Internet connection.
So you're now reading a dead people's writing.

Happy Birthday to Dennis 大帅哥!!

He's 26 this year. Not too old, but not too young --

the most perfect level of physical and mental maturity in the timeline of a human's life, I think.

Mediocre people will be expecting you to have own or have done certain things around the age of 26. Say, a car or a house etc etc. He owns a car already. Probably a house as well, but don't know. Well well... He certainly is the kind who knows how to find good foods and luxurious vacation spots, so we can rest assured that he's got some plans and will be doing just fine starts from today. :)

I don't know what I'll become by 26. I'm now almost 24. It's just 2 years away, you know.

I may look younger than my age now, but I know time is slipping away and my physical age is increasing.

Oh ya, a funny story today! I was walking down Mid Valley KTM station and then this dubious Digi/Celcom guy approached me, trying to sell the sim card and data plan or don't-know-what promotion in his hand. He asked:

"Are you 18 or are you over 18?"

I looked at him, and threw a very "what?".

Haiyo, my look still not obvious meh??

ROOARRRRRRRR! I'm freaking 24!!

24 - 18 = 6 years difference!! In 6 years, how many cells in my body have died you know??!!

OK. A little over-reacted.

Relax...

Hmm, I should take it as a compliment. Like what Dennis Da-shuai-ge said, when we're getting older, we'll wish to look younger. Hmm.

Ahem, back to the topic.

I don't think I'd change a lot in 2 years. Don't really expect to go very far in 2 years. But I did make a promise to myself that something has got to change by the end of this month.

The seasons are passing one by one

So gather moments while you may

Collect the dreams you dream today

Remember, will you remember

The times of your life"

-- Time of your life by Joanna Wang (Taiwanese Artist)

Apparently Samsung Omnia website just released a new update for the phone :D

You know, I always expect people to release new updates so that my phone can work faster or do more things. The same thing goes to my iMac. I'll get all excited by just realising the existence of new software updates. It's like "Wow! My machine is getting better without me paying anything!" that sort of feeling.

Maybe that's their marketing and CRM plan, and typical consumers like me have no immune to it. How sad. Hehe.

So, I updated my phone, and realised how sucky it was when I was trying to look for the photos I took during Dennis' Birthday Karaoke session --

Everything is gone.

Photos, contacts, sms-es, my GPS software, 260-page Twilight novel... everything. -__-

There you go... "a time of my life" (Is this a pun? Oh I don't know...)

So, no photos -__-.

The stupid macbook is finally back :D

The guy said it's only because of the startup disk setting. Harddisk is perfectly fine.

Shit -__- Must be 老妹 who didn't do the DIY rescue steps correctly.

That guy still acting very cold -__-

He finally squeezed one smile when I was trying to be funny.

Maybe working there is really stressful?

But he's the front line le... Sometimes have to jia-jia be friendly also ma...

HAHAHA. Sure I am a very picky customer :P

As promised, I'll post it when I got the job. Now that I still haven't got the job... so anyway...

I know my self-introductory sample sounds a little bimbo-tic. But I guess that's a style of writing that makes ordinary stuffs sound interesting? Teehee! Bad, bad.

Ahem, apparently there's a round 2 assessment.

Err.... Round 2...... Let's see how things go in Round 2.

I replied her (assuming that person is a mei nu) already but she still hasn't replied.

Bad feelings.

Mika Nakashima's new song is finally out! :D :D :D

I was so excited the moment I found it.

Faye Wong used to be my favourite songstress, but now it's Nakashima. Haha... Certain types of love will not last forever.

Notice Mika's voice in the new song - I think she's changed her singing style again. Her voice is deeper, rougher. She's using more falsetto in her singing now. Especially the swing during the chorus.

A lot of black colours, jewelries, diamonds, the heavy make-up, the eyelashes extension, red lips, posh hairstyle -- a very sexy retro 007-style video. Many people commented on youtube that she's way too skinny. Hmm... now that I noticed. Quite true. Maybe she's on drug or something hehe.

I'm looking for the mp3 now.

Really couldn't stand my Mighty Mouse not able to scroll down.

So I "dissected" my mouse.

BEHOLD...

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TADAH!!! MUAHAHA!

I actually documented the whole process as a future reference. You can go here if you want to see.

Happy :D

From a very wonderful video sent by dennis, I tracked down the creator. And then I found Patrick Hughes.

Patrick Hughes is a film director. I found his works very inspiring. Especially this one:

Apart from the sweet and touching emotions, it also reminded me of how horrible it would be to become just like that guy -

A mediocre office creature...

The very thought of it discouraged me a little. Hope the job I'll get won't need me to prepare marker pens and A4 papers. Haha... *sigh*

But imagine a guy answering you:

• "I go to office just to see that girl at the opposite building :D" or
• "I go to work expecting to see that sweet coffer-maker :D" or
• "Company canteen is serving chocolate donut today. I want to have it, so I go to work today."

Haha sound very funny and zha-dao right? But sometimes when we have already grown tired of our works, I supposed only our primitive instinct (hunting for food and sexual partner, that is) can motivate us.

>>>>>>>

So, fellow employers... you might want to consider my strategy:

please make sure your companies have enough good food and mei nu~

My strategy might sound ridiculous, but I can guarantee your sales report next month can cause you a heart-attack!!! -

*Possible reason:

• Your staff productivity rocket up 500% OR,
  
  
• 0% productivity from you because your boss think you're too crazy requesting for budget to buy donuts and hire mei nu, so he fired you.

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Ahem, every successful idea comes with risks. As an employer, you should have known that.

Tsk tsk...

So today I also fixed a computer. Somebody's laptop.

My God... Acer laptop is kind of disappointing. Their "CrystalEye" (very elegantly named, indeed -_-) built-in webcam always give problems. So I guess I still love Apple :P

(Hahaha ya ya I know... damn jia-jia...)

Oh ya, I remembered the model: Acer Aspire 4730z.

Should take note if you're planning to buy laptop.

Can't believe my sister's stupid 2-month-old Macbook is dead.

Yes you heard me right - 2 MONTHS, and DEAD!

She kept restarting the macbook, but it kept on showing a folder with a question mark right at the middle of the screen. I asked her to do all those funny funny combination of emergency key-press e.g. Ctrl+Alt+"P"+"R", or press-and-hold "Alt" right after restarting (man, Apple Engineers are so creative to come out with all those combinations!), but to no avail -

The folder was still there, and now it's flashing!
Damn macbook is patronising lo!

ROAAARRRRRR!!!

For the first time in my life, I think Apple sucks big time -__-

I always thought macs are indestructible. But obviously I was wrong - it's just like Windows. Haiya...

*Sigh*


So now the macbook is in kilang, and we'll be waiting for the Apple guy to ring us once it's back to normal. But I doubt my sis will be able to see her biotech thesis in the macbook again :(

Ahem, maybe I think too highly of macs, probably to a degree of delusion already. In actual, they are still normal computers what... and computers can go wrong sometimes, right? Hmm, from now on I shall put them together with windows pc, and stop praising their beauty. Beauty can be deceiving.

Really hope to do something ( e.g. ) to that Machines store guy. He cannot smile one... don't know why not friendly. Maybe he thought we tortured the macbook. Teehee!

Had lunch at Manhattan Fish Market. It's sad how the food that looked so delicious 20 minutes ago looked so disgusting later. It's the food's portion problem, so we couldn't finish everything.

老妹: "Can't finish all le... so wasted. African kids don't even have enough food lo..."

Me: "It's ok... I've been there. They are not like what we saw on TV. Mind you, they have the nicest steak in the world!"

Hahaha. My imaginative conversation la.

老妹 said it's expensive.

Reminder to myself: There's no escargot there.

So we walked around in Mid Valley and saw a promotional booth selling imported Japanese snacks. I saw Meiji. I think it's a very famous brand. Mika Nakashima advertised for them before.

Meiji Meiji. Not bad~

*I've got more, but that chocolate looks the best.

"LOCOMOTION" by Maxmayo - Typography wallpaper.

While waiting restlessly for rings, I decided, and just did something totally random.

Ahem, ahem, it's writing!

:D

Hey, stop raising your eyebrows okay! Never try, never know.

Of course, not the J.K Rowling-type, but some small article freelance writing jobs.

Supposedly I need to write a sample of article, and then send to the job provider and let him/her see how's my writing and grammar and all that. So I wrote one, and sent. I was trying to write using Standard English but mind you, it's more difficult than I thought! Somehow along the lines, I noticed I started to sound like I'm chatting with Abo on MSN. -__-

Tsk tsk... MSN shouldn't have ruled our world so much.

I bet Mr Job Provider already expected that, so he (haiya just assume that human is a "he" la) stated on the requirement: No SMS Language please. Hmm, good one.

So I edited for quite a number of times.

Will show you what I wrote IF I got the job. IF la. Teehee!

相不相信，其实职场上也有所谓的“缘分”？

在别的公司兜了一年半，结果现在又遇上以前在 Industrial Training 时想要申请的公司。他们好像也是在找和上一次同样资历的人叻⋯⋯

缘分请帮我一把啦～

今天才知道原来女生的 bikinis 里面是可以垫 sponge 的⋯⋯ [-__-]'''

是我太天真，还是很多男生其实也不懂？

最近拿到了些恐怖片。而且还是泰国的。印象中泰国恐怖片都应该是很恶心的说。

有很多鬼片在宣传的时候都很爱标榜说片里面的故事都是“真人真事”。

如果是真的话，编剧们都应该已经搬去火星住了⋯⋯呵呵。

马来西亚也有出产鬼片，但也不算多啦。

马来西亚治安比较好吧⋯⋯ 呵呵。

“厉鬼将映”。还好不是真人真是。不然很多观众都已经卦了。呵呵。

今晚的火锅好吃～

油炸鬼

忽然间觉得有时候做一些比较脑残的小 freelance 也蛮好的⋯⋯

有没有 idea?

我所看过最脑残的赚钱方法就是做 Photoshop Cut & Paste。而且还每份RM5.00。

如果还找不到靠近家的工作，就要像多数城市人那样去 KL 上班了⋯⋯