Web of entanglement

I wonder how long I will last in my state of uncertainty, of unsettledness and unbecoming. The thing is, I have a restless soul. One that would not accept and relax with the what I have. I need something challenging and something ever wonderfuly exciting. I know I know… ungrateful, fickled, everything I shouldn’t be. I can’t help it. It is sown deep in my soul. I shall not even argue with that.

Fighting over a word?

I thought after three cases of arson, albeit one very successful one, the scums of this part of the world would stop. However, not to anyone’s surprise, they actually continued. 4th case of arson was again not to a Catholic church, the one who publishes Herald. But to my utmost shock, my alma mater in Taiping got attacked.

Now, for the uneducated and the ignorant, SMK Convent is a SCHOOL. A school where Malay, Indian and Chinese and other races kids go to. SMK Convent is a premier school where parents die trying getting their kids into. SMK Convent has more than 60% Muslims on their staff board and their student count. SMK Convent is NOT a church although affiliated with the Catholic Church.

The other attack was on the All Saints Church in Taiping where they managed to burn the staircase down. But no, that is not the shocker, the most shocking, most undigestable news is that those pigs did it on a SUNDAY! What do Christians and Catholics alike do on a Sunday, you ask? Why, the majority of us go to CHURCH. Does this mean that they intentionally threw Molotov cocktails into churches (the idiots may have thought the school was a church seeing how big the cross is on the building, but idiots nonetheless because there were words as big as the cross that read SMK CONVENT TAIPING) to hurt parishioners? Maybe even take a life or two to give more impact on the ongoing case and the appeal that the government so stupidly made?

Hishamuddin was quoted saying “everything is under control”. Dear Sir, are you sure? When it hits a school, we’re no more talking about the safety of worshippers of ONE religion, we’re talking about 13-17 year old teenage girls who go to the school daily! Maybe it is time for you bums in Putrajaya to take note about what is happening around you.

So long, farewell

My chat buddy probably got into trouble for chatting with me during work. For the past 7 plus months, he has been constantly there to entertain me in the troughs of boredom that I experience on a daily basis. Starting today, there is no other outlet for that frustration build up.

Yes, yes, no doubt I have others like the one I have at work, and the one who is in Centre Point and if I get really really frustrated, the one in Mattel who is counting his days in Mattel (7 more days). The problem is that they are not like him, their trail of thoughts are so different and they represent the different parts of my mind which sometimes is not enough.

For the really inquisitive, curious cats around, this particular chat buddy shares a lot of my brain wave except with greater dexterity, sometimes teaches me a thing or two, hammers me with logic regardless of whether I speak to him in the flesh or not and shares a very large, personal and intimate portion of my life at this point of time.

On a different note, Goay is in the hospital. We had a very laughable scene yesterday at her bedside. She was lying down in pain, I was on the right and Anne was on the left. There was a moment of silence when everyone left us and then no one looked at each other. Right at when the peak of the silence was felt, Goay looked up to the ceiling and said “No more pool for a couple of weeks now”.

The three of us laughed knowing full well that was what each of us were thinking sitting down around her like that. =) The girls are just too understanding. Pool has somehow crept into our lives as a weekly get together activity where the three of us have been steadily getting better at it. I must admit, I am the slowest learner of us all but there are times (especially when it has not pass 8 o’clock at night) when I am in top form.

Dragons played last night. The website has not been updated with the results as of yet. I have no idea how they fared, but seeing my friend in the hospital definitely took much much more precedence over going to see a match. At least you can’t say I got my priorities wrong. =) Get well soon, Goay. Hugs.

Clash of my favourite creatures

Yes, the dragon may actually be mythical but it is classified as a creature anyway! =P

Highlight of the day – DRAGONS WON! 88-69!!!

Tigers were good. Really good. Coordinated, disciplined and well trained. They could throw the ball at another member without looking because they could really rely on the other to be at the exact position they trained at. It was really good watching them play. Of course I would be lying if I said my heart wasn’t beating thrice as fast seeing how good they were.

I got GE VIP tickets courtesy of Goay Imm Teoh, who by the way, went to Singapore with me on HER birthday to watch Dragons slay Slingers. (There, Goay, I said it out loud in the open!) The game in the stadium here didn’t start as promptly as one would expect. The tickets said 4.00pm but at 4.19pm, the MC announces that something will start in 2 minutes. 5 minutes later, there were performances.

The Dragons team song was actually a rap, their drum team was as usual, absolutely fantastic. They wowwed the crowd better than the rappers. The stadium was half full by the time the performances started because true to the Malaysian nature, they all knew it wasn’t going to start at 4.00pm.

Today, their girls (Dragonettes) were a little better. They got rid of the previous ones (half of them anyway) and took in 4 new members. One of the new ones was quite mesmerizing to look at. To be honest, I was looking at her moves the entire time. For a chinese chick (not being racist here, I’m half cina), she can really move!

The first point was absolutely disappointing. It took both sides 1 minute 5 seconds to actually score! Even that was a free throw on the Tiger’s side. After that, the pace was picked up and it was filled with good shots from the Tiger side, semi good shots from our side, but more control on ours.

No. 55 from Thailand was extremely sharp. Everytime he touched the ball, he will make a point out of it. He ran like a cheetah, not allowing anyone to keep up with him. The Tigers were definitely a formidable opponent. They jumped so high for rebounds, they reminded me of Dexter! I must say though, this time around, Dragons were so much better with their rebounds.

During half time, the usual game of half court and three quarter courts throw went on. Today, the three quarter court throw prize started at 25K and went up to 20K. Next game on the 5th of January, its going to start at 30K! The brand new one that happened today was a three point throw and a free throw. That was absolutely disappointing. The guy, damn lucky dude, who had the chance to just shoot a three pointer for a Plasma TV or a one point shot for a special edition PSP, missed BOTH! *faints*

Anyway, by the fourth quarter, it was still quite good to watch (the first 5 minutes) because though we were leading, it was still uncertain. By the time they hit 84, it was quite sealed. People started leaving the stadium then (which by the way, is not the proper way to support your team! You are supposed to stay till the end, regardless of the results!). When we won 88 – 69, the crowd (those who still stayed back) went berserk! Fantastic win for the Dragons!

Hot Wheels on fireeeeee

I got educated last night; about Hot Wheels. I now know how Mattel can survive selling them not so expensively and why Hot Wheels appeal more to the older generation than the young kids. Heck, after that lesson with Richard, I am not a Hot Wheels convert. Now I feel more pain than nothing seeing kids tear away the packaging to get to the car. *heartbreak*

I found out what are those first edition cars, what are track stars, what are drop top editions and most importantly I saw Richard’s stash of Hot Wheels! *faints* Soooooooooooooooooooooooo adorable.

Neeeeeeeeeeed – to – get – more – HOT WHEELS!

The King’s birthday – I meant Sultan Selangor ok!

When I hit the defrost button in the refridgerator at 3 in the morning, I didn’t expect it to flood the entire kitchen by the time Nadine was wide awake. It gave her a good excuse to clean out the fridge, no doubt but up till now (which is already 7.20pm) it is still defrosting and still flooding the floor. Oh well…

Speaking of everything moist and watery, Dexter finally had his bath today. The fella becoming more obedient by the day. I didn’t realize that the leash was not hooked onto anywhere, meaning he could be free to run around while I was splashing water on him. He didn’t even move! Instead he stood still while I washed and scrubbed him. So kwai la him.

Last night was pretty good. It is Abdul’s birthday today (HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUARTER CENTURY SULLY!) and last night, since Gan wouldn’t be here when Abdul’s exams finish, we decided we would surprise him in his house. The surprise wasn’t really a surprise. This was what happened before last night.

Gan went “eh lets do something la. I missed that guy’s birthday like god knows how many times already. Lets go to his house on the eve, close to midnight, give him a cake, wish him happy birthday, then cabut la. Can?”

Well, there was nothing really to say no to, so naturally it was a yes. He was in charge of people management and I was in charge of logistics and everything else excluding the people involved. Thinking that Abdul will not say no to me, the genius asked ME to tell Abdul to stay in his house from 11 onwards. When I messaged Abdul, he was begging and pleading us not to come over to his house that day because he has to study. Now, here lies the confusion, I didn’t even ask him to step out of Bangsar. Worse, it is going to be right outside HIS OWN gate! *faints*

So anyways, throughout the whole week, Gan was doing all the calling and messaging and what not and Jun Ming, the dearest boy, had to be the one who had to tell Abdul of the surprise (again!). *rotfl* Not his fault, really, he is just preprogrammed to do that. =D Abdul mentioned that a surprise will only happen if we surprise Jun Ming as well, which I can’t help but find it true (kekekkkekekek, joking la Jun Ming!).

But anyway, there were 11 of us who stood outside his house and shouted the Happy Birthday song while Sue kindly held the cake. =) There was Gan and his darling girlfriend, Wei Theng; there was Sue and Sumita, Chan and Jun Ming, Raymond and Wazir, Sanjeev and Kim and yours truly. Thanks guys! I think Abdul is still feeling the pain caused by Chan smashing the cake unto his nose.

We left at about 2.30 and I was freaking sleepy on the road. I think I am too old for the life of the young and fiesty. Sigh. =D

Dragons oh dragons

I got angry the other day when Fly. FM started promoting the Asean Basketball League. Not that it isn’t good, it is fantastic publicity. Thing is they did it soooooooo long after they were supposedly the official sponsors of the game. That also, Jules totally screwed up promoting the game. Like wth. At least research on it before going on air and saying things like ”oh, we’ve got our very own ar…. oh yeah dragons”. So stupid.

Yes, it is quite obvious that I am a Dragon’s fan. Fly Fm was the official radio partner ever since the first game. Where were they? They didn’t even bother giving out tickets and now supposedly they have VIP tickets to give away. Seriously, the place is packed enough without your help, but heck, no one would say no to a couple more fans now would they?

Obviously I am angry at something. Yes, yes. I am so upset I can’t even direct points out orderly. Let’s start over.

The ASEAN basketball league has garnered fans of their own in the time they have been playing. One of them, mua. Yes, I was crazy enough to go to Singapore on Goay Imm’s birthday, buy tickets to their game and watched them beat Slingers in the Singapore home stadium. To top it off, I was seated right smack in the middle of a pack of Slingers fans and was cheering the Dragons on.

Anyway, the other day, Fly FM finally picked up their part of the slack and started promoting ABL on air. They did it during Jules and Prem’s slot. Now, these two are alright by me. But sometimes personalities whom people tune in to should do a little bit of homework, don’t you think? She went on and on about the Dragons who are GOING to play Thailand, Philippines, Singapore.. bla bla bla, even put Vietnam in. She thinks this one SEA games is it?

ABL has only six teams. KL, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei and Thailand. They are currently at the 9th round. Not first. MABA Stadium is the home ground of KL Dragons and they are our pro team. ABL allows a team to have a maximum of 5 import players which 3 of them must be from an Asean country. Was it so hard to garner that menial bit of information? Sigh.

Oh well, Dragons will be playing Thailand Tigers this Sunday at MABA stadium. Tickets are priced at RM25, GE is their corporate sponsor and Air Asia too. Air Asia tends to give away flight tickets during half time. You have to shoot from half court, you get it, you get a plane ticket to Melbourne. If you shoot from three quarter court, you can win yourself cash prizes of RM10k upwards. Gooooooooooooooooooooo Dragons! =D

A test of somesort

5 more minutes, 5 more minutes! And then the next sentence that would follow after 5 minutes would be “hands down, no one touches the keyboard!”. Hilarious, if you really think about it, considering I thought that we all have been out of school for god knows how many years already.

We are having our User Acceptance Test this week. It has been the most fun thing in this project, besides the training in Norway. We are all seated at different tables in the same room where each table has one process (one department). We’re supposed to be simulating real time operations. Only difference is 1 hour is 1 day in this test time.

So far, so good. A couple of hiccups, went a tad bit slow on the first day, picking up speed on the second day. Apparently we were a bit slower than Singapore during their first day, I beh kam wan. We shall be very much faster later (when I solve the basic data problems). =)

You know the best thing about these trainings/workshops/anytime we have guests around? We have dinner! =) Team dinner this time around is in PJ Hilton, the last time was in KLCC, the last last time (if I am not mistaken) was also in PJ Hilton, and I can’t for the love of god, remember where were ALL the other team dinners (so many!). That aside, I have to get back to managing all errors in Finance. =D

Hear all about it!

These days, I am pretty satisfied with my life. Not that I wasn’t satisfied initially with it already, I just am more satisfied now.

I found out that hotel for pets in Selangor is not as affordable as well, Taiping. But then again, comparing Selangor to Taiping is like comparing the depths of the underworld to the garden of Eden.

Manual are not as easy to write as one would think. It takes a lot of effort to printscreen, crop, do what not adjustments to the image, and you have to think of the trail of procedure one needs to go through to do something. Which then you would have to review and revise and review and revise with every sitting with the boss, the user, the other boss and the other boss. Not easy ok?

I got myself another scarf. I think I will get more scarves. I shall collect them like how I collect… what do I collect? Pets?

Last Friday was the first time I actually watched a play in The Actor’s Studio. I actually quite enjoyed it despite it being a semi monologue thing. It was very thought provoking, and the company didn’t hurt either. =P

9 days.. 9 more days to the completion of 38 days of being on a non red meat, non chicken meat and any other meat except fish diet. Yes, it may sound easy to you non meat eaters, but to a pork lover, you will recognize the agony.

Anyways, I cannot wait for Christmas. So many things to do. I hope that the nice bosses I have do not mind me taking leave for so long. (Cross finger, cross toes, cross eyes)!

Just a thought

Who do you thank when things are going well for you? Do you thank your lucky stars? Do you thank that one God you believe up there? Do you thank multiple Gods you believe exists? Or do you not thank anyone or anything?

What happens then when something horrible happens? The majority of us will start praying, even the un-religious. Is it fair then to expect something to happen when you don’t even think of anything else during the good times?

Just a thought, just a thought.