a year has passed since the tsunami hit us last year. to many of us, its just another faded memory of a once big event (much like the sept 11 attacks on the world trade centre). when it happened, none of us could stop talking about it but as time passed we eventually forgot about it and moved on as if nothing ever happened. and when the topic came up again, we'd go like "oh yah.. that was tragic, wasn't it?" and totally forget about it again.. we should all be so grateful that we have that luxury.

i'm not going to go into a full fledged report of how many people died, how many ppl survived and how many ppl came back to their respective ground zeros to pay respects to their lost ones as its already been covered in detail by every local daily u can find. instead i'll say this.. lead life to the fullest, enjoy every moment you got with ur loved one, family and friends.

happy boxing day guys.

hey merry x'mas everyone!

well honestly i dont celebrate x'mas, but i'm just another person who's been brainwashed by all the advertising and commercialism and taken in by all the hype that 'the man' has so successfully created.

yes i admit it, i'm one of those drones flocking to the malls, cracking my head thinking what to get for my loved ones. but hey, despite all the headaches, long queues, lack of parking spaces etc etc etc .. its actually quite fun - and nothing beats the satisfaction of seeing the happy look on your loved ones face when they get ur gift (burns a hole in ur pocket tho).

obviously i couldn't not get anything for the person i love the mostest in the whole wide world right? so here's some stuff i got for MYSELF during my mall scourge:


could not resist getting a spud trooper as a companion for darth tater. don't u think they look so cute together?


what? beer in a champagne bottle? yerpz, a limited edition 1.5 litre heiney complete with a pop-able cork. cool stuff!

ok, now back to the man, and all the hype he's created. i mean, think bout it - most ppl (especially me) dont celebrate x'mas (heck, i'm not even christian) but we still feel that we have to go out and get gifts for others. why is that?

issit because its the season of sharing? why issit that there're 365 days in a year and we only have to share on that one day? why can't we do that everyday?!

sharing everyday does not necessarily mean giving gifts to others everyday .. it could also mean just being nice to ppl, being polite instead of snapping at everyone just cos u were stuck in the jam in this morning and got late to work (hehe.. this one sounds like its fm experience huh?). heck, or it could just as simple as smiling at someone and saying "hi, how are you?" (and meaning it of course, none of that superficial crap). i'm sure the world would be a much better place if everyone did that.

* que john lennon's "all we are sayinggg.. is give peace a chance" *

well, this is just something for u think about. same goes for valentine's day - why do u have to show that u love that person only on that day when u can do it everyday? u're supposed to anyway. and dont get me started about the un-romantic-ness of the origin of that day - but thats another story for another day.

anyway happy holiday guys! don't worry, if your x'mas celebration sucked there's still the new years eve to make up for it..

a welcomed break

it was a public holiday yesterday (12th dec 2005) because it was the sultan of selangor's birthday on sunday, and therefore monday was a holiday. whoopie for me!

well it was certainly nice to wake up late on a monday morning, relax and just not think of work. so what a better way to relax than to catch a movie? (or in my case, TWO movies):

i caught probably the very last screening of chicken little in the whole damn malaysia at GSC midvalley at 11.05 am (!!!). wipe that look off ur face, like i said - it was probably the last screening for the whole damn malaysia. all TGVs in m'sia no longer shows it, and midvalley was only showing at 11.05 am and thats that. no more liao. so since i was so free, and it happened to be a habit to wake up at 7am every morning whether i'm working or not.. what the heck right? (pity lyn for apparently she isn't much of a morning person tho.. haha). anyway thought chic. little was really good, funny and entertaining - a perfect complement for my relaxing day off.

well than later on i caught aeon flux, starring charlize theron. need i say more? the show fking rocks yo! she's da bomb. the storyline was good - certainly didnt see the story ending up the way it did. although i have to say, if it was someone else playing aeon flux (the lead role), i somehow dont think the show would be that good. 'nuff said..

sigh, now just another 3 days to go til the weekends. i think i can, i think i can, i think i can....

the marriage vow

"the promise to take another as your wedded spouse, to have and to hold from that day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death you part.."

heard this on the telly today: "keeping the vow's easy - its finding the right person to share that vow with that's the hard part.."

i like soOOooo agree with this, don't you? its everywhere around you - so many people falling in love, and even more people falling out of love. sometimes i just can't help but to ask myself, is staying in love really that difficult?

Darth Tater - "together we shall rule as father and spud!".

am just so happy with what i got today at 1u:



"as a dark lord of the sith, darth tater was once a promising young jedi who lost his roots!". damn it, is that cute or wat?! i just knew i had to have it the moment i saw it. u know how in return of the jedi, vader looks reallie scary and haggard when unmasked? well, not darth tater - he looks as healthy as can be! hehehehohoho..



ah well, enough about my cute new toy. moving on...

oh, caught holiday on ice: hollywood yesterday, and *yawn* was it BO-RING! not only half the time i couldn't figure out what show where they trying to portray (me thinks the main prob was that most of the themes played out were waaayyyy before my time), but also the skaters were losing their balance and one guy even fell down twice (although i'm wondering if its intentional both times). well, anyway there was some parts which were quite impressive, but all in all i didnt enjoy it. i could be just me though cos ice skating just isn't my cup of tea.. note to self: pass on all future ice-skating musical events.



oh then today i watched "The Cello" cos the trailer freaked me out and thought i'd pay 10 bucks to scare myself silly. all i can say is that the movie was soOOoooo...... daaAAaammmnnnn...... slooOOOoooowwwwwwwwwwwww... it was so bad that i actually thought of going to sleep for awhile til the more exciting parts came up. heck, i almost walked out of the show but stopped myself cos 1. slow as the show may be, i still wanted to know how it ends and 2. i paid 10 bucks for it and didn't really want to throw that $$ away (cheapskate.. hehe). well, anyway good thing i stayed thru it though cos by the end of it, i actually thought the show was ok. slow & draggy, definitely but it was actually not too bad. would recommend it if you're one of those who can actually watch slow and draggy-to-no-end kinda movies.

has it really been 10 years since the original jagged little pill? my my time reallie DOES fly. i still remember seeing her album review in this magazine called M3 (dont think it even exists anymore), and they rated her a full 5 stars. so because of that i went out and got it just to see if its really that good. i was surpised. i was good, real good - although it could be cos i never heard a chick curse in a song before. cool.. well, then needless to say some time later she started catching on with the masses and then i guess like they say, the rest is history. the legacy of an angry chick screaming her heart out was born.

anyway, just had to get this acoustic version the moment i saw it cos 1. i think this is still one of the better albums out there to-date and 2. i have this thing for acoustic songs. so what could be better than a the entire jagged album in acoustic. and after hearing it, wat can i say? its sweet man, sweet.. she doesnt seem to be that angry anymore, but its still all good. reallie brings back loads of memories listening to it. sigh..

although you know what they say, nothing marks the end of one's career more than a repackaged version of the album that made them big. well, u have to admit that alanis hasn't exactly been coming out with anything worth listening to lately so i guess it really applies for this case huh?

ah well, having said that i still think this album is good. so go out and get urself a copy. heck, go out get a few copies and give it out to ur mates for christmas. that way at least alanis will have some $$ for her xmas + new year party. heh.

p/s: after writing this post i remembered that i'm actually still keeping the ticket for her concert i went to in '96.

i'm back! after a month or so of waiting for TM (telekom msia's new name but with the same lousy ol service) to come fix my damn phone line, they finally came over and fixed it up yesterday. sigh.. wasting my money only - had to pay for the #%!* streamyx even though i can't use it.

well anyway, we're moving into the final month of 2005 already. my my my, doesnt time fly. you know they say that time flies when u're having fun right? well, i sure as hell ain't having no fun, but y is time moving by so quickly anyway? i don't wanna get any older than i already am man. you know how's it like when u can't wait to grow up when u were younger? now i just wish i was back in skool - stressfree, worryfree and not a care in the world. your only concern is whether the stupid prefects are going to realise my shoes are dirty. sigh.. those were the days. and the best part is i dont think i've even reached the point in my life where all the REAL stress and worries start pouring it yet (trust me, ain't looking forward to it).

so back to the story of being in the last month of the year. think about it, what have u really achieved this year? have u met your resolutions that u made at the beginning of the year? (do you even remember your resolutions?!). for me i decided ions ago that i wont even bother to make any resolutions cos i know very well i'm not going to even bother.

how about you, how's ur 2005 resolutions coming along? well, even if you're no where near accomplishing it .. u still have alil less than a month - you can do it (yeah right, if you couldn't get it done in the last 11 months, what makes it any different now? hahahahhaaahaa)