Friday, December 31, 2004
If all of you reading this are like me, you would probably be thinking about New Year's resolutions you intend to draw up. Study harder (for all my buddies at Taylor's, including myself), have a new wardrobe, lose weight, be more nice to people, stop smoking (ha!) and the list is endless. Sorry to burst your bubble people, but this time, my resolution is to NOT MAKE ANY RESOLUTIONS! Brilliant, ain't it? At the end of every year, I succumb to the all-too-cliche` task of writing a lame list of resolutions I intend to fulfill, only to find out a year later that I haven't done jack squat! I think I read it somewhere that you don't necessarily have to make a resolution at the end of every year. Hell, any given day would do!
Personally, this year has been one helluva roller-coaster ride for me. July 27, 2004 will always be in my heart because it was the day my father passed away. I can't believe it has been five months. Everybody mourns for the death of their loved ones but for me, it was a combination of sorrow and relief. Sorrow, because I will not see my Papa's smiling face when I go home to Penang. Relief, moreso because he no longer has to feel any pain of his illness he suffered for four years. He is in peace now. My father would have been the first person to give me a hug if he knew I was doing well in college. Well, I think he does ... and he has that smile on his face.
Personally, this year has been one helluva roller-coaster ride for me. July 27, 2004 will always be in my heart because it was the day my father passed away. I can't believe it has been five months. Everybody mourns for the death of their loved ones but for me, it was a combination of sorrow and relief. Sorrow, because I will not see my Papa's smiling face when I go home to Penang. Relief, moreso because he no longer has to feel any pain of his illness he suffered for four years. He is in peace now. My father would have been the first person to give me a hug if he knew I was doing well in college. Well, I think he does ... and he has that smile on his face.
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would resign from my job as a reporter this year to go back to school. No income ... HOW TO SURVIVE?! WHERE TO GET MONEY? EAT WHAT ... SAND AH?! Well, people, I'm here now. Better than ever with a new group of friends who make me feel about five years younger. I can't help but wonder what would I have missed if I hadn't enrolled in Taylor's in June. The laughter, the spirit of camaraderie, the knowledge I have gained, the lecturers, the laughter, the laughter, the laughter, the laughter, the laughter and the glue that holds this all together ... THE JUNE INTAKE GANG!!! Whassuuuuuuuuuuup! Meeting all of you guys (you know who you are coz I don't wanna risk forgetting a name for fear of having my car tires slashed!) was the best thing that happened to me this year. The past six months has been the best for me so far. Being a much older person, I felt I had something to prove when I decided to pursue this journey. The journey I thought I would have never embarked on after I started working. It wasn't an easy task. But hey, I made my bed and I have to lie in it.
I would like to take this opportunity to give my heartfelt thanks to the June intake gang. Guys, thanks a million for being my friends and accepting me as I am. I have learned so much from all of you. Oh yeah, and I know I scared some of you shitless when I had regailed you about the trials and tribulations of working life. You have to go through it sooner or later, HA! HA!. I love happy moments and I am glad I shared all of those moments with all of you.
Brendon, I just have to say this, you are a gem of a friend. Aside from all your BF's and compulsive neurotic behaviour, you, my friend, are a sweetheart. I don't know what all of us will do without you.
So last but not least, let us all keep the memory of 2004 in our hearts and hope for good things to come in 2005. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
green leaf ;
Thursday, December 23, 2004
All I Want for Christmas is ...
All I Want for Christmas is ...
green leaf ;
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
"TV is like a petri dish where this country (U.S) grows its idiots!"
Ted Danson in "Becker"
"There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people."
Muhammad Ali
"Two trucks loaded with copies of a thesaurus collided as they left apublishing company. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied ..."
Readers' Digest
"I was actually prescribed with Viagra when I went to the doctor
to treat diarrhoea ... I don't know whether i was comin' or goin'!"
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
"TV is like a petri dish where this country (U.S) grows its idiots!"
Ted Danson in "Becker"
"There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people."
Muhammad Ali
"Two trucks loaded with copies of a thesaurus collided as they left a
Readers' Digest
"I was actually prescribed with Viagra when I went to the doctor
to treat diarrhoea ... I don't know whether i was comin' or goin'!"
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
green leaf ;
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Friends, Malaysians, countrymen. It is me. As you can see I have not been updating my blog for quite a while. No inspiration, lah! Nothing going on around me to trigger my brain to regurgitate nouns, verbs, adjectives, what have you ...
I'm mentally blocked. Will try to come up with some crap soon. Adious!
Friends, Malaysians, countrymen. It is me. As you can see I have not been updating my blog for quite a while. No inspiration, lah! Nothing going on around me to trigger my brain to regurgitate nouns, verbs, adjectives, what have you ...
I'm mentally blocked. Will try to come up with some crap soon. Adious!
green leaf ;
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 7.52pm ... Somebody get me some earplugs!! Serves me right for not coming into this cyber cafe with some cotton wool at least! Noise pollution is an understatement. Counter Strike has conquered this whole damn place. I swear it's like being in the middle of a battle field. Boom!Boom!Boom! left, right and centre! Sound effects? State-of-the-art! The cafe "tauke" must have invested two arms and a leg for this place. People, I'm sure you can just imagine the type of patrons that are here right now, surrounding me. Teenagers, adolescent school boys who are blowing off some steam since it's the school holidays, right? NOT! The place is filled with men unleashing the hidden child stuck in all of them. I'm talking 20-somethings here. Who was it that said there is a child in all of us? Hmmm..... I guess Freud was right. Maybe it's their way of getting some sort of pleasure by playing video games until their eyeballs pop out of their sockets!
Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 7.52pm ... Somebody get me some earplugs!! Serves me right for not coming into this cyber cafe with some cotton wool at least! Noise pollution is an understatement. Counter Strike has conquered this whole damn place. I swear it's like being in the middle of a battle field. Boom!Boom!Boom! left, right and centre! Sound effects? State-of-the-art! The cafe "tauke" must have invested two arms and a leg for this place. People, I'm sure you can just imagine the type of patrons that are here right now, surrounding me. Teenagers, adolescent school boys who are blowing off some steam since it's the school holidays, right? NOT! The place is filled with men unleashing the hidden child stuck in all of them. I'm talking 20-somethings here. Who was it that said there is a child in all of us? Hmmm..... I guess Freud was right. Maybe it's their way of getting some sort of pleasure by playing video games until their eyeballs pop out of their sockets!
green leaf ;
