Saturday, July 30, 2005
Sun, sweat, and stairs
Pergh, what a hot day......and compounded with us boys sweating it out, carrying our stuff...After a whole week of nothing but bad news, one good news finally came thru: We're finally moving to Cemara. Oh yess...Thankfully the transition was smooth sailing event. We even had some help from the college: they send a pick-up truck to move most of our stuff to Cemara. But it was no help from the scorching sun. My clothes were drenching. But it was all worth it.Now back in my old stomping grounds...
Link dump...
http://www.povcomp.com/hof/
http://pslover.com/
http://www.zurqui.com/crinfocus/paper/airplane.html
http://unattended.msfn.org/index.htm
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
I got Langkawi'd
Langkawi.1. An island off the Coast of Kedah, Malaysia. A picturesque holiday destination.2. A situation one finds where all his extensive plans and even hopes all go up in smoke in one single moment. Coined by me after an embarrasing event concerning the said island. People who know me personally will exactly know what the REAL meaning of Langkawi is. To put it simply, I got Langkawi'd today. By my own friend, no less. Sigh. No, I'm not mad at him. I'm more mad at myself, for letting my guard down. And people say I'm sour-faced all the time...When you got Langkawi'd, every essesence of you just... stops. The will to live just fades away. The body starts to shrivel up. You can't even walk properly...An early warning to Pablo, if she reads this blog tonight: Don't be surprised if I show up at school all masam-faced. You have been warned. I can't put up all the details here. I don't want to embarrass my friend. Even though he's innocent in this, his identity still needs to be protected. As per the definition goes, I had extensive plans (worse, I even had hopes) about a certain thing he has in his possesion. As per the definition goes, it all goes up in smoke in one single moment. I got Langkawi'd.There is only one criteria for one to recieve a Langkawi: one has to have plans and hope over a certain thing. Excessive plans and hopes. With that in hand, you don't have to wait long for a Langkawi to come knocking at your door. He's a polite visitor, but his only objective visiting you is only to knock over that display of excessive plans and hopes you put up at your living room. After all that, he'll excuse himself and leaves politely. You can't even blame him or get mad at him; it's his job.I got langkawi'd. Sigh.I'll leave you with picture posts down below.Oh, on a lighter note, I stumbled upon Joe_Hahn's blog, thru his Y!M status. Sorry lama tak contact hang. Been...busy. His adress is at http://amonrei.blogspot.com/. Apasal tak gi Bon Odori, dude? Damn, have to find time to visit you guys...
Monday, July 25, 2005
Not tech talk again...
It's weird... I'm in the cybercafe, planning to blow more than an hour surfing the net. It's not even 15 minutes... and I'm already bored. Hell, I don't know where to head to. Hmm..Granted, my favorite sites are of course, top of my list. But all them added can't add up to more than one hour. Let's try and list out some of my favorites... (oh yeah, talk about firefox too)The blogs.. Yeah, for a few minutes. Granted, I only visit 3 blogs: Mine, Pabs, and Lase's. Aih. And don't even think I spend a lot of time in there. I don't do comments (only for really good stuff), and I definitely don't do taggies. I read blogs. And finally, update mine. If I want to update. Well, okay, the update part takes the longest time. Maybe almost an hour.And I'm sorry pabs, I just can't find the drive to click your links. I know, You've been promoting them to me for ages. Well, maybe this time, I'll click them, just for your sake...okay, I just clicked on the links. Interesting, to say the least. But sadly I had hoped those two sites would bowl me over or something. Don't get me wrong. Those sites were interesting, but I'm not in any way hooked to them.Back to the site listings. Megatokyo? Machall? Crazykimchi? Sadly, I don't feel the urge to follow my favorite webcomics when I'm here. Maybe in Kangar, but definitely not here. Sigh. I don't even hit the forums. Speaking of forum, the Nexus forums also suffer from the same fate of me not having the heart to follow it. Besides, (sorry to say) the forum is kinda semak, and it clearly needs a proper clean up. I respect Lase's opinion of keeping it as a momento, but somehow, there is kinda a limit and there is a distinct line between keeping your memories and letting it take over the real estate and becoming a lalang field. That only leaves 4chan.org. I would advise people to go there. And that's the only place I can spend a good quality time. Looking at pictures.In the end, I don't have anywhere to go. Oy vey, how I miss my own PC. My settings, my bookmarks, my stuff. Even if there's no internet, I still have my mp3s and pictures. That's why I'm looking forward to the coming cuti: so I could fetch Kero-chan's laptop and fill it up with my stuff, and becoming an extension of my PC. Sigh. Oh yeah, Firefox. Apparently, people haven't grasped that there is another browser out there besides IE. I'm not gonna ramble on about how Firefox is better than IE, because there is no perfect browser, only a better browser. For the non-technorati crowd, besides IE and Firefox, there's also the Opera, and there's the old-skool Netscape. Even IE7 is coming soon. For the non windows, there's Safari and Konqeror.Gah, tech ramblings. I thought I wouldn't go there, but apparently, I crossed the line, yet again. While we're on the topic of technological whinings of mine, I want to say: I want to download stuff thru Bittorrent, but it's prohibited in CC's. Aih. It's not a big file, just 33mb of audio files. It's www.thisweekintech.com's podcasts. Aih. Takpa lah. There's always other times. Oh yeah, I visit news.google.com too. Thank god for news sites.
Addendum: after I posted the blog, then I wanted to go to lots of sites. Tech sites, hardware sites, cnet, slate, pcmag...gah. Munyit.
Saturday, July 23, 2005
"Tiket kanak-kanak"
Things to get off my chest: Lase, will you stop saying about you're fat etcetera? 'Cos you don't look that fat. Never was. The same words apply to Pablo. Aiyoh, you girls... It's like there's nothing on their minds except "OMG IM FAT T_T". Aih. Oh, sorry for the outburst.#2: Lase, sorry for not giving you any birthday *insert item here*. You have a right to be dissapointed at me. I got a scolding from Pabs after she found out. But somehow, I kinda figured I already gave a present to you: Pablo. Too bad you couldn't take her back home and keep her.Ibanez: Yeah, sayang you couldn't be there. Bon Odori brings back those memories of old, especially the people. Meeting some of the boys (Otter, thelws, Omega), I somehow half-expected to see the rest of the old boys. *sniff*, sigh, the good ol' days.Well, let's leave the memories in the folder. In time, I'll talk about them once more, if I get nostalgic. Besides, it's hard to type up stuff when you got something in the eyes. Now we move on to the meat of the blog. Kangar and Shah Alam are two worlds apart, right? The same can be said to Perlis and KL. Basically Kangar is my hometown, and Shah Alam is some faraway place, where I study.When it comes to Public transporation (i.e. a bus), I'm deathly scared of Kangar's public buses. On the other hand, I'm completely comfortable with KL's public transport system. Weird.Let's put up some case studies: In Kangar, I don't know which bus goes to Putra Palace, which is quite nearby to my house. Let's put up some numbers: Distance from the bus station to Putra Palace, approximately 2km. Distance from Putra Palace to my house, less than 1km away. Approximate number of buses that pass through Putra Palace, 75-80% of the whole town bus fleet. Even with that percentage and that small of a distance, I managed to get on the wrong bus and had to call the calvary once I realized I was in the middle of nowhere. In my own hometown. Keep in mind, that was during my younger days, where I was still eligible for the "kanak-kanak" ticket.Compare that to what I did today. From Shah Alam, I confidently hopped on the bus to KL, and took another bus to Bandar Utama, which I felt was quite a distance. All by myself. For the first time. Yes, yes, to the KL people out there, "Bandar Utama ain't that far!" Like I said, it FELT far enough.It was a small and personal victory on my part. On the trip back home, I somehow went back in time and remembered the time when I was afraid to take a bus, and when I did, it was the wrong one. I wonder, what would my younger self say if he knew that I can do things like that confidently.He might've been proud of me. A scared young kid, getting on the bus for the first time. If he knew what his future was in store for him, he would've conquered his fears and would've gotten on a bus, regardless where the destination was, and not afraid if it went the wrong way.Once a traveller, always a traveller.
Monday, July 18, 2005
BO2k5
 Yes, yes, another Bon Odori blog. I'll try to make this short and snappy, as I'm on borrowed time here.
The whole event was fun. Short and snappy, ne? I won't talk about the whole day, as there is not much to talk to about. Suffice to say, I just kept watch at the sky and silently praying that it wouldn't rain. It didn't. Phew.
As this was my second outing to Bon Odori, I kinda know the twists and turns. But it would be unfair if I didn't mention the part where the tyre of the motorbike just pancit. Imagine my worries: on a busy street, in the middle of the night, and with someone's daughter in tow. Thankfully, all turned out well, as a savvy businessman on wheels came to our aid.
The one thing that I looked forward to is the meeting of two sisters. As the picture above shows, the meeting went well. I'm glad Lase looked healthy, although I was a bit shocked that she looked...um, (don't kill me) old, but I figured that I haven't seen her in a looong time, and maybe she's tired from the trip. Or maybe it's the job description. Aih. Anyways, don't kill me, Lase. You looked beautiful in your kimono. Really.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Heaven and/or Hell
That phrase up above sums up my time down here in Sin City. Although this city ain't Basin City, somehow it felt more like "Lubang Jamban City." But enough dissing about this fair city. Let's do some newsbits of what has happened since the last post.
Heaven: the trip by train. As always, I'm nuts for trains and this time is no exception. I could talk for hours about this and y'all will be rolling your eyes outta the socket.
Hell: Fell down like a bag of rotten jackfruit at my Uncle's in Sg.Buloh. As a result, the black knee is still here one week later as a result of not reporting it earlier and not applying the minyak urut.
Heaven: a sudden visit by my parents and aunt results in me transplanted to Rawang, and as a result, faced with lots of food. Nuff said.
Hell: Newbie registration day. Can you say "thousands of people"? And can you say "Biological/Chemical weapon unleashed"? Sheesh.
Hell: Found out that the TESL boys (newbies included) can't stay in sec.18 for the time being, until Cemara has been cleared out from the INTEC rodents. For now, Illegal immigrant at sec.2. Sheesh.
Heaven: Outings with Pablo. And yes, KL does look better painted pink.
Hell: My buddy got infected with Dengue Fever. No shit. Finally got warded. In Klang. No shit.
Hell (or is it heaven?): Found out Bon Odori's on the 16th. Jeez.
Well, that sums up the fucking week i had in this fucking city (you'll excuse the curses.)
In other newsbits: Earlier, I saw a future teacher. She was amazing. I was in awe seeing her in action. It's like, she's a natural at this. I could go on praising her, but I am actually lost for words.
Oh yeah, Bon Odori, Lase, and Times Square! Hmm, how to do ah... Lase said she's going first to BTSq, and later to BO. At my side, I want to bring pablo to BO, but I'm worried about transportation woes. Looking at Giant's outlook, I'd say the percentage of BO is fucking dwindling. Jeez. We could meet up in BTSq, or we could meet up in BO, or we could just meet up in Melaka. Lase & Pablo, what do you feel about it?
Friday, July 01, 2005
The Long Vacation ends here...
 I had to summon all my writing abilities to write this final blog from home. And even that ain't enough...I'm not at all emotional about this. Maybe I can't afford to be, or maybe I just don't have it in me. Well, to me, I still have less than 24 hours, and I'm gonna waste it on my friends.She won't read it on time, but godspeed to Pablo, who'll be the first to leave. I had hoped she'd be awake now, but she deserved the rest. She'll have a long day tomorrow.Heh, I guess I'm used to all of this, so I guess this is just normal. I've been doing this since 2000, so you could say I'm a veteran at this, which might explains the lack of emotions, good or otherwise. It'll just be like normal commuting to SA. I do have high hopes in SA, namely a chance to stretch my mental muscles after a while of rigor mortis. I also hope to paint the town back red again, with pablo, and newcomer Giant, my GREASE buddy.As always, "we'll cross the bridge when we get there." Words of wisdom, if not a warning.Short post, y'all. See ya in Shah Alam.
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