Why Would I Write

  • Let’s kick off the new year with a tag.

    I read it on Su Ann’s blog and it looked like a good filler while I delay my next post (which I have yet to write). I tag anybody with a blog and if you have no idea what to write about for your next post. Or anybody who feels like doing it. Hell you can even make it a bulletin on friendster or something.

    1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
    Shhh.. i can’t tell..alright, I drove an M3 😀 I wore PINK and I went clubbing. I even got my hair highlighted stylishly! Oh, I played a couple of open mics as well.

    2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
    Let’s see- the resolutions I made this year: make an impact in Malaysia- I didn’t complete it. I guess I just wasn’t focused enough- I didn’t even know what or how I was going to do it, so I guess it never really materialized. Something I never really announced- become more sociable, which I think its something I accomplished.

    3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
    Nope. But I know someone who went for surgery to remove bits of a dead baby which was embedded in her body :S

    4. Did anyone close to you die?
    Nope.

    5. What countries did you visit?
    Thailand, and Singapore.

    6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
    More holidays. Money. Better time management.

    7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
    Come to think of it, I haven’t got any dates etched upon my memory from 07.. all I remember was ‘the time I…’ but I don’t remember any exact dates.. oh well

    8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
    My first pay check 😀

    9. What was your biggest failure?
    Myself– sometimes when I let myself down, I feel like a failure.

    10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    Eczema. That keeps recurring.. evil shit!

    11. What was the best thing you bought?
    FM modulator. Seriously, without it I think I would’ve ripped my hair out during car journeys.

    12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
    The clean up and painting team.

    13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
    The clean up and painting team.

    14. Where did most of your money go?
    I guess myself. Though I didn’t really indulge myself in many things, just daily necessities like food, petrol, phone credit etc.. really ate up alot of my money.

    15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Clubbing. No, just kidding! The Ferhan vs. Fabian match tomorrow night! 😀 Showdown of the century!

    16. What song will always remind you of 2007?
    ‘This conversation is over’ by Alesana. I think its my most listened to song this year. ‘Makedamnsure’ comes in second, even though it came out awhile ago, I’ve been listening to it alot this year as well.

    17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
    neither happier or sadder, fatter, poorer

    18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    play more WoW, open mic gigs, write more songs

    19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    procrastinate

    20. How did you spend Christmas?
    at James’ crib watching Superbad.

    21. Did you fall in love in 2007?
    Was already in love.

    22. What was your favorite TV program?
    Prison Break (‘fo sure!)

    23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
    No.

    24. What was the best book you read?
    Don’t remember reading any books this year.. I guess they weren’t that memorable. Maybe ‘the five people you meet in heaven’.

    25. What was your greatest musical discovery?
    Wow, alot of bands this year. But I gotta say Four Year Strong and Alesana. My two favorite bands I discovered this year.

    26. What did you want and get?
    Nothing.

    27. What did you want and not get?
    Nintendo DS, Electric Guitar.

    28. What was your favorite film this year?
    Shoot ‘Em Up.

    29. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
    I had dinner with my family 🙂 22.

    30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    Completing my ‘making an impact..’ goal.

    31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
    The same as before. I guess I wore more long sleeved shirts this year. But that’s about it. Usually I’m all about T-Shirts and Jeans.

    32. What kept you sane?
    Outlook XD

    33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    Scarlett Johansson

    34. What political issue stirred you the most?
    I don’t care much about politics.

    35. Who did you miss?
    FFAF in Singapore.

    36. Who was the best new person you met?
    Haven’t met anyone who deserves that title yet. lol. But I’ve made alot of new friends last year and I’m glad I did. 🙂

    37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
    It’s not about where you go, but who you go there with.

  • Black cats

    I’m back home!
    Spent the last couple of days in Singapore and JB. It was a fun trip despite the small group this year. We even met the famous youtube star: ling86! That was pretty cool. I got to drive an M3 😀 Buy a shirt, get tooled at the same ice-cream shop, eat ramen ten and pepper lunch, look at pretty girls at starbucks (lol) and walk around alot. I didn’t take any photographs cos I didn’t bring my camera along so I’ll have to get them off Ferhan’s awesome camera.

    Anyway, the point of my post is actually about an idea I had which I thought was pretty cool when I thought about it last Friday morning. But now after awhile it’s just so-so. I’ll just share it anyway– (the message saved on my phone:) black cats aren’t bad luck! Driving in the dark- see a brown cat on the road, swerve to avoid it, crash and die. Drive on the road, you don’t see a black cat, run over it, and you don’t swerve, crash and die. Basically I was thinking of how ‘bad luck omens’ could be reversed into good luck instead. Could be for a short 4 panel comic or animation clip under 1 minute. There’s so many superstitious ideas out there, you can’t run out of material!

    Sometimes my dreams can continue! It’s like a tv-series in my head! Of recent I’ve been dreaming about staying in a house in some nice fancy place. I don’t know if it even exists, but it’s in this super nice high-class area, with flowers, peach colored walls and hot neighbours. I keep dreaming about that same place. I don’t know what it means. Maybe it’s a vision of where I’ll be living in the future. Or it could be interpreted as something else. Any dream analyzers here? Haha.

    After watching Superbad I’m inspired to draw more dicks! That movie rocks. Seriously. One of the funniest ‘high school films’ since Napolean Dynamite and The Breakfast Club. A must watch!

  • Merry Christmas!

    You know you’re getting old when your definition of a good day is reaching work on time.

    The other day I had my job appraisal and it was pretty much full of shit. I haven’t been living up to my bosses’ expectations for the past couple of months and I guess it showed. Not being able to lead well, missing deadlines, proposing stupid ideas, slacking at work, and so on. My fault? Probably. The incompetent.. whatever. Since when did I start ranting about work anyway? haha.

    I got the whole week to think of 3 goals which I want to set for myself next year. And one of them has to be related to work. It’s kinda important. I guess its gonna determine my future in the company. However bleak/promising it seems/sounds.

    Anyways, onwards to less depressing stuff– it’s baby Jesus’ birthday today! (not according to some people though).

    SmartTAG should be renamed to DumbTAG. Because the amount of jams it causes is appalling. I face the DumbTAG jam at least once a week. I don’t get how the shitty thing malfunctions once in awhile. Shouldn’t it be working all the time or not at all?! I, myself have caused such aforementioned jams and have nobody to blame but the little white box on my dashboard. Kinda embarrassing having to turn on your hazard lights, reverse and switch lanes. But it’s not uncommon and people expect these kinds of anomalies to happen.

    Just like timing. Is there any other country in the world with Malaysian Time? Are we so backward that even our concept of time has warped with our brains? And the other day I heard about people getting arrested for downloading stuff off the internet? You know, if stuff was actually available for purchase here, people wouldn’t have to download so much shit. I for one would gladly buy CDs of the bands I listen to if I could actually find them in CD stores here. What about tv shows? Why can’t we get comedy central? or Fox? seriously, Astro doesn’t need so many channels. More than three-quarters of those channels are shitty. What’s with the mentality of quantity over quality?

    Which brings me back to.. and we’ve come full-circle again.

    Have yourselves a Merry Christmas and a fucking brand new year.

    Here’s something that I think would make even Julius proud

    HO HO HO!