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Next Cube Please

2006-08-29T00:27:00.000-07:00

its my second last day at the office....its pretty quiet coz most of the staff are out...for me, ive got nothing much to do cos ive handed over things to the new replacement...i must say he's a quick learner and pretty efficient...me lady boss will be happy wit him...

i spent the day clearing out my cube....going thru my drawers was like a tour thru time spent at Intranet....a lanyard from Computex exibition in Taipei...draft of sales reports...pictures of Penang branch staff...a watch from Fitness First...invoices ....various business cards...entry tags from Cosmetics and Beauty Expo....free gifts from suppliers...more exhibition tags

i do feel kinda sad leaving and i know i'll miss some of the people ive gotten to know here....but then its time to move on...another closing chapter in my life....cheers!

Dont Stop Me Now!

2006-07-17T18:22:00.000-07:00

Finally handed in me resignation letter....was a tough call, but ive learnt never to look back....somehow i feel relieved and am really looking forward to me new job...will tell u all bout me upcomin job soon....cheers!

Tonight Im gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world turning inside out yeah!
And floating around in ecstasy
So dont stop me now dont stop me
cause Im having a good time having a good time

Im a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
Im a racing car passing by like lady godiva
Im gonna go go go
Theres no stopping me!

*Queen*

Yesterday's Update For Today and Possibly Tommorow

2006-07-16T03:06:00.000-07:00

Yes, im still alive and kicking!....my sincere apologies to me mates who have been faithfully checking my blog for updates...the past few months have been a challenge for me physically, mentally and also spiritually...

Heres a quick update over the past 3-4 months:

HIGHS:

1) Preached the Gospel to a loved one for the first time. She accepted Christ!

2) Had a great business trip to Penang

3) Had an even greater business trip to Taipei!

4) My car is flying faster than ever after rebuilding the engine

5) Finally gona get me own personal trainer next week! And she's sooo hot!

6) Offered a position as a head hunter with 80% pay rise

7) Me mates from UK are back for summer hols!....BBQ's and Beer comin up!

LOWS:

1) Drove my darling car into me house gate....dont bother asking what happened

2) A visit to the skin specialist cost me RM260!....wtf!

3) Been demotivated at work thus producing slow results at work

4) Been falling sick frequently

5) Suddenly miss life in London badly

....but then everyday is a new chance to correct your mistakes and improve your situation so then im still pretty cool bout everything......cheers!

Whuott did chew call mee?!!...

2006-04-07T21:52:00.000-07:00

"Unkle Justin,my dvd rom doesnt work, what should i dooo?"

Thats wat Audrey(me boss's daughter) said to me...sniff...i look like an old fart to teenagers....this is so depressing....

Saying the F word...

2006-04-06T19:02:00.000-07:00

Last month i discovered that i had outgrown Santa's belly....and so i decided to go gym shopping....California Fitness?....nahh...Celebrity Fitness?...noway...EITP Fitness?...never heard of it....True Fitness?....sounded gay....

So that only left me with Fitness First...one of the worlds largest fitness chains...went in hoping to see some "action", didnt get any, but left much poorer anyways after meeting a recruitment consultant which i could almost swear hypnotised me....and so i became another hamster at Fitness First

I must say though, its not all bad....my branch at The Curve is huge and theres loadsa fit birds joinin classes in the evenings...however uve still gotta sort the lezzies from the ladies....then uve also gota be careful not to be too friendly with the men....2 weeks back, i felt hamsterish and so headed of to FF....while doin my thang, i happened to smile at this bloke next to me....Lord help me....he turned out to be a fairy!...he practically followed me around the whole centre!....i didnt feel hamsterish no more....no sir i certainly did not!

And by the way, if he touches me, i'll swat him across the head with my steering lock....

Blast From The Past

2006-03-31T18:19:00.000-08:00

On Thursday i sent me folks of to the airport.....the drive back usually takes bout 45minutes if you keep to the speed limits...being the law abiding citizen that i am, i decided to cruise at 80kmph ....10mins into the journey home and i was half asleep....so to keep meself awake, i turned up the radio to full blast....

flipping stations as i went along, i suddenly heard Pantera being played!...at that moment Dimebag D was unloading his unforgetable riff in one of heavy metal's most popular songs from the 90's... ...."Cemetary Gates!!"...the deejay went on to play Led Zeppellin, Yngwie Malmstein, Metallica and yes, even Steve Vai....if you drove past me on the expressway, you would have seen me head banging in the car...literally...i was smiling all the way home!

Man, those songs reminded me of my old school days when i was in a band...we used to hangout at the jam studio and play our favourite songs...we played everything from Smashing Pumpkins to Third Eye Blind to KoRn to Metallica to Deftones to Guns and Roses and even Chinese songs from Beyond!...what fond memories....i remember getting such a rush from playing KoRn's "Blind"..and A.D.I.D.A.S....i used to scream my head of in the studio....after each jam session, all of us would have been half deaf from the distortion and mic volume...we'd go back with sore throats and back pains from jumping around.... and then we'd do it again the next day....life was bliss then

Jam session anyone?

Staring At The Sun

2006-02-22T06:31:00.000-08:00

This evening i resurrected my electric guitar. Sweet memories of the past came flooding back.

Its an old 1999 sunburst coloured Gibson Epiphone with double humbuckers, Ernie Ball strings, and patented Strap Lock. It was the only decent electric guitar i could afford at that time and i loved it to death.

In many ways i still do. ....I remember spending all my free time in highschool jamming with me band mates at the jam studio.........Even at home i would never study. I'd just pluck on the strings or fry up some riffs with my amp and distortion at its max....... I also used to jump around with the guitar and the strap would keep falling off and so the Strap Lock became my best friend. If ur wondering wat i was doin jumping around with my guitar, i shall patiently explain....back then, there were 3 requirements to be a true rock guitarist.....1) Scream and/or growl like lead singers from heavy metal bands 2) Play cool and/or lightning riffs like Steve Vai/Slash 3) Jump like a monkey on ice

Back in the 90's i was into Guns n Roses, Metallica, Pantera, Soulfly, koRn, Rage Against the Machine and a host of pretty heavy bands....in fact, the 1st song i learnt to pluck on an accoustic guitar was Knockin on Heavens door....

As i polished the oxidation of my cables, my mind went back to 1998 when my band had a gig at the Civic Hall in PJ.......It was a Leo Club IU Event and the theme was Titanic....lol....anyways we played "Till I hear from you"-Gin Blossoms and "Israels Son"-Silverchair....it was a rush to hear the crowd cheer and the response!...we moved on to play a host of other gigs...those were the days....

Nowadays my life is just occupied with work and nothing else....often i find myself staring at the sun thinking of nothing but wonderinrg when the day will end or which customer i should visit next...weekends seem boring and lifeless....wat happened to the spice in my life and the enthusiam for the next day?....somehow i seem to have gotten caught in the web of deceit and disguise of the working culture here....My life isnt mundane or lifeless! Im full of energy and enthusiasm ! If i could hit the gym 5 days a week, swim 3 days a week, and walk an average of 5km a day in London, why cant i do it now ?....Damn right i can!....from now on im gona do sumthin bout it....

O shit, its way past sleeping time and i got a long day tomoro....I think i'll procrastinate for now...Cheers!

Gong Hei Fatt Choy !

2006-02-05T00:15:00.000-08:00

Chinese New Year is finally here! So far ive had five rounds of salmon Yee Sang, countless bottles of Heineken and Tiger beer, too much Chinese tea and too little sleep.

For me, this year's celebrations was a trip down memory lane. Met up with Hongkie cousins whom i havent seen in years. Had dinner with old school mates working in US, Australia and Singapore. Every CNY, I make it a point to call up old buddies for dinner and drinks. For us, its a tradition. We ate in the same restaurants sitting in the same places! Its wonderful to see how well theyre doing in their careers. I know some other school mates who still play Counter Strike as a profession. Imagine playing the same pc game from 1998 till this moment!

Ang Pow collection was pretty good this year too!...wont say how much, but was enough to cover the booze...ahha...somehow i still miss British ale....oh well...but hey, its the new year!....i hope an pray that this year i'll be able to foster closer bonds with family, friends, and most importantly God...sometimes i get too busy and caught up with my own selfish ambitions and interests that i hardly take the time to pause and see how meaningless and mundane my life is without His purpose...often, I take for granted the people and possesions i have....so my goal this year is to strive for a purpose driven life whist making loadsa money!....for we know that money is not the root of evil, its the LOVE of money thats evil!....Cheers!

Wishing all my buddies and close friends the very best of 2006. May this new season be one of new discovery, stronger bonds, and hope for better things to come. Kampai!

CNY Blues

2006-01-22T06:57:00.000-08:00

Greetings dear earthly life forms...after a long stint in the penitentiary of procrastination, ive finally decided to drag my withered fingers over the keyboard...somehow i dont feel refreshed after such a long blogging break...however, since ive planted my buttocks firmly on this comfy chair, i will stay the course

The Chinese new year is just days away....being born of a Hokkien descent, i get to celebrate the new year 15 days as tradition holds....that means 15 fantastic days of gluttony and sinful indulgence into gambling and alcohol!....yahoo!....actually i was kidding bout the gambling and alcohol....seriusly

For the 1st time in my life, im actually looking forward to the Chinese New Year...last year i spent it in London having goegeous steamboat dinners with friends...however CNY is all about family, and i remember missing home for the 1st time...this year my extended family will be joining us so it'll be a big event....some of me mates from Australia are back for the hols as well so im set for loadsa dinners and Yee Sang...im looking forward to see them

??...wats going on?....oh apparently its time to go home...actually im at work now and it seems our office is closing an hour earlier due to the hols....how come i wasnt informed?...this sucks!

oh well, i guess thats it for now.....

Time To Grow

2005-10-17T22:42:00.000-07:00

Ive started this blog as a new chapter in my life. London was a journey of a lifetime and now im back in TTDI Kuala Lumpur. Its good to be home!.....

Firstly thanks to A Cantonese Guy in Colchester, ive finally put my fingers back to work after remembering my promise to keep updating my blog...its quite sad that many a time we get too caught up in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives that we often forget the small promises we make earlier...unknowingly these "tiny" promises carry much weight in the scale of friendship...ive since realised that being faithful to your word goes a long way...thank God ive had amazing friends who've reminded me from time to time....

Well what can i say, ive been back for a month and i think ive more a less settled in....had a scary fever for 4 days in row a week back....thought i had dengue fever for a moment...lol...got meself a decent ride as well.....a 2 door civic hatchback wit a B16a heart!!...170bhp...woohoo!!....i still get the shivers changing from 1st to 2nd gear....think of a small lightweight car with a monster engine....what a rush!...

But then petrol prices are up again...dammit...i remember it used to be rm1.45 per litre before i left for London...now it bloody rm1.62....i just might start taking the bus if i dont get a job soon....speaking of which, ive finally started to get bored so im startin to look fer jobs now...hafto go thru the whole painful application process again....how i hate working life...i did a 9-4pm office job for bout a year in London and it wasnt fun at all....though the experience was worthit....used to hang out at me favourite pub down at Covent Garden wit me mates after work....miss those days terribly....sigh...life goes on

Then again im glad to be back home!...the environment hasnt changed much and KL traffic has only got worse, but ive got so much more to look forward to....finally settled back in Youth ministry in Life Chapel as a events coordinator and im startin to hang out more wit the youths....it really feels good to be around the younglings....theyre always chirpy with no cares in the world...how blessed!

Guess my coming home is a test but also a new opportunity. Time to Grow!

Inserting Key....

2005-05-20T05:04:00.000-07:00