China won the Uber Cup

Spearheaded by world number player,Zhang Ning and world champion Xie Xing Fang, it is not surprising to see the China Uber cup team eased passed the Netherland to win the bi-annual team event.

Congratulations!!!

Top ten tv series

I have to be back to office in the wee hour of the night to ensure the deployment of our latest application is being send over to our client side.

At this time of the night, I have zero intention to look at my codes or do any office work. My mind is totally blank. Well, blank on work. I was already taken my shower and lying on my sofa bed unwinding and happily watching Charmed... when I was asked to come back to office. In this kind of situation, my mind only having images of that 3 sexy hot babes of the series.

Since I can't think and I can't do much now, I might as well write about my top ten lists of "thing" in my life. I know perfectly well that in every stage of my life, I preference and liking differs. So this might be a good way to write down my top ten list of "thing" at this stage of my life.

hm... as a start, the top ten of my favorite tv series (western):
10. Star trek - Enterprise
9. Stargate
8. Early Edition
7. Quantum Leap
6. Ally McBeal
5. MacGyver
4. LA Law
3. The bionic woman
2. Star trek - The Next generation
1. Star trek - The voyager

The above list came as the top ten series that I could remember. I am sure I might have forgotten some other series that I love watching ages ago, but I am pretty happy with the above list. If you notice it, which I am rather surprised is that these series are either sci-fi or law related. Thinking back, my first ambition was to be a astrophysicist and my second ambition was to be a lawyer. I am not quite sure how I ended getting an engineering degree and now working as a software developer, but I guess life is always unpredictable.

American Next Top Model

These gorgeous girls have the face of angels and the devil's figures. They can walk, they can dance and they can steal your soul away man... I like...

After weeks of following the reality show, which is in its season 4, the day finally arrived to see who actually won the top honor. Like many people, I have my favorite. To me, she is sweet, she is hot, she is plain awesome. Although she was a little bit soft spoken (which led her to lose out in the end, I reckon), to me that actually added some charm to her character. Well, I guess when you like someone, you won't see flaws in them.

Thanks to astro, thanks to the multiple repetition of that show on tv, I was able to watch the series without fail each week. Due to work, I always missed the first episode on Monday, then Thursday then Friday and then Saturday. My last chance was on Sunday. I would insist on watching the Sunday's episode before going back to office if I missed all the earlier shows.

Anyone who is Kahlen look-alike, please contact me can...

work work work

The past few weeks was really hectic. I was really busy doing support work for the airport project that I am involved in. I was so busy and so frustrated that I am not sure whether I can keep on doing what I was doing.

I have been working past midnight almost every day, 7 days a week. So, needless to say I am kind of piss with my current situation.

About one and half years ago, I was given this opportunity to develop a new system for the airport. I took up the responsibility as I needed the career advancement. It was the beginning of a very busy working life for me. I must say the work was very satisfying and fulfilling. However, it has many ups and downs, well mostly down to be exact. I have to deal with design difficulties, operation issues and technical complexity. However, the things that I learnt most were scheduling and resource management. I think these two items were the most difficult things to grasp.

Here I am now, at the final stages of the project. To give up now is a pretty idiotic thing to do I must say. After going through what I've gone through, I have no choice but to stay strong for that extra few miles and pray really hard.

Regardless, as the end of the project approaching, I think I have come to another cross-road in my life. I am really looking forward to the future and what it has installed for me.

A fruitless night

After whole day working in the office, I was really tired and started to feel restless. So when my photography guru asked me to go for a night outing, I agreed without objection.

Our first stop was Petaling Street then we walked one big circle passing Central Market and Dataran Merdeka. It was really a fruitless night. There was zero artistic juice and we no matter how we tried to scrutinize... high low left right top bottom, neither of us was impressed by what we saw. So after walking for about one and a half hours, we move to our second destination...

Our next destination was the famed lake, Titiwangsa. It was our desperate attempt to get some shots as this location was famous in providing great shots of KL skyline. Not sure what happened but unfortunately some idiots decided to turn on the fountains. That was disastrous for us... the fountain basically created ripple effects that have adverse impact on our photos. chao chao chao... For those who don’t know, what so special about this location is that the lake actually gives a mirror effect of the twin towers. Without the mirror effect, the entire shot just tak boleh jalan can… arghhhhhhhh

So it turned out to be a very disappointing night indeed...

A day of mixed fortunes

The day started on the right note. I woked up fairly early to have breakfast with my bro and my sis-in-law. My bro and I were excited as we were all geared up for the F1 race today. He, a x-Ferrari fan was wearing the F1 polo shirt while me a hardcore McLaren Fan, was wearing Kimi shirt and Kimi cap.

This year was our 7th straight year going to Sepang. It is like an annual event for both us, some sort of a brothers-bonding day.

We didn't go early this year. We figured after so many years, we could afford to go a bit late, just for the race. We managed to reach there at around 1pm. It took us 1 hour this time... which was not too bad. As usual, we would first head to the the merchandize shops and our first pit stop was McLaren store. We were shocked to see many people were gathering there this time.

Just when we were wondering why, the crwod started to cheer "KIMI KIMI KIMI....." I gave the "WTF... It couldn't be..." look to my bro. He then gave me the "Dont dream lar... I don't think so lor" look in return. Not long after, the cheered got louder and louder then suddenly a loud wooooooo and aaahhhhhh... Then I gave the "Well, you better believe it lor" look to my bro...

The crowd started to push and I found myself sandwiched by all these kuai lows... all damn tall and all damn big size lor. It was difficult to get a glimpse of Kimi with all these kuai lows around can... Kimi stayed for about 3 minutes. But it was really cool to be able to see your idol in person I must say... So, one down… and my next target will be either 林志玲 or Stephen Hawking...

After gotten yet another Kimi cap ( I already have 4 caps and 5 shirts) me and bro parted as we were having different seats this year.

The much anticipated race started at 3pm sharp... I can feel my adrenaline rushing my entire body just listening to the engine ro... but guess what? I didn't even get the chance to see Kimi in action as his car was hit by Christian Klien's bloody car on the very first lap... all the adrenaline disappeared to nowhere after that... chao Red Bull!

Arrggghhh... another disappointing day!

Looking forward to Sepang...

Thanks to my very lucky and very good in Java buddy, I got myself the Grandstand ticket to watch F1 in Sepang this weekend.

Talking to about this very lucky and very good in Java buddy, he is really one hell lucky guy. He gets prizes from lucky draws every single time, I tell you. So far he has gotten a watch, a camera, tickets to watch 3D soccer movie and now F1 ticket that worth RM500.

Anyway, thanks God this very lucky and very good in Java buddy has no passion for F1. I haven't bought the ticket for this weekend race so needless to say I was thrilled with the unexpected surprise. I have not missed any of the Sepang races since 2000, and I wasn't ready to miss it this year. My brother already has a free K1 ticket for the weekend. The plan was simple, I was to go down to Sepang this Saturday with the K1 ticket to watch the qualifying race and buy another K1 ticket for the Sunday race. But the hustle of driving all the way down there alone and watch the qualifying alone wasn't my idea of fun. So I just waited, hoping for some kind of miracle to happen. Well, everything seems to fall into place today.

Although I won't be sitting with my bro to watch the race... although I have to watch the race all by myself... although the grandstand sit will not be facing the pit stop... at least I will be there lor...

So 10Q very much to my very lucky and very good in Java buddy...

I seek and I search

He writes songs. He makes films. He sings and he surfs the waves.

His music is refreshing. His music is relaxing. His music is unique and his music is distinctive.

After bumping into his name in the internet while browsing for guitar scores, I started to download his songs as I was curious why his songs were in the top five, not one but two... Very impressive can…

After listening to his music, I was intoxicated. I am not sure how to categorize his music but it makes me feel calm and relax. It is neither rock nor classical. It was neither country nor RnB. It was neither alternative nor pop. Maybe, just maybe it was contemporary... hm...

So after downloading his mp3 from the net, I knew I had to get a hold of his album. So, I started the journey of tracking down his albums. It was not easy to find his albums since he is not a main stream popular singer here in Malaysia. Well, at least none of my friends heard of him. I seeked high and low in not one but two record companies. I looked right and left in not two but few record companies. I examined front and back in not few but many record companies. Unfortunately I was disappointed not once but again and again. The surprising thing was that all the shops' assistants knew who Jack Johnson is and more surprising thing was that his album was all out of stocked. Maybe I was too ignorant. This guy can really sell albums man!

After two months of hunting, I finally saw the album I was looking for in a local bookstore. I was thrilled I was excited I was a happy man. I have been listening to his music for the past few days and I must say the patient and never give up attitude in getting his music was worth every seconds.

Oh by the way... he is Jack Johnson.

Not well

Have not been feeling well for the past few days... I have been coughing so loud in the office that it is getting very very embarrassing.

This is not cool lor...

Bad Day

Where is the moment we need at the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

(yeah...)

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

One Step At A Time

Motivational talk is good sometimes. We need inspiration, encouragement and some fire up from time to time.

I always believe in self control. I have only read a motivational book in my life, entitled "Who stole my cheese?", and that's about it. The reason I read was because I was bored and at that time my brother sort of made me read the book by saying how good it was.

I always believe that one should control their own destiny. I believe no one in the world knows me better than myself. I know my strengths and I know my weaknesses. And most importantly I know what I want to achieve in my life. I think when you know your goals in life, may it be short term or long term, that in itself could motivate one person to do well in life.

Having said that, human being human, we tend to get lost while trying to make ends meet in our daily life. When things do not happen as we planned, when things get too complicated and when things start going ugly, we might lose our concentration and the motivational mercury ball could hit rock bottom.

Today is one of those days. The big gun of the company was emphasizing of taking things one step at a time when we carrying out our duties. It is simple and yet it is powerful. We should all not visualize or anticipate the end results but rather taking things one step at a time.

So I will not envision myself playing Mayday songs for now. I will now concentrate on mastering the chords C, F, G, G7, Am, Dm, E7, Em.

So I will not envision myself with 6-packs rock hard abs. I will now concentrate on having one pack rock hard abs.

I am a changed man... I think... I hope...

Just do it

The tick company has done it again. Its latest tv ad was so cool that it had a profound impact on me. For the past few days, the tv ad just keep lingers in my head.

The tv ad was quite simple actually although it managed to gather many top athletics in the world which include Liu Xiang and Maria Sharapova. So you must be thinking what so big deal about this ad…

Well, the ad can be divided into 4 segments. The first segment started with the alarm clock went off at the break of dawn. The second segment, showed all the athletics started to wake up and in the third segment, we see these athletics practicing in their respective fields. And lastly the 4th and the last part, which I though was the best was when it displayed nothing but only the company's slogan in the screen with the alarm clock buzzing in the background.

Believe it or not, this ad has been helping me to get up early in the morning for the past two days. Without this ad, I will not be able to drag my sleepy ass to the gym and shed 0.4kg!

Just Do It babieeeeeee...

and the result is...

I am a person with determination. I am usually a focus person when I set my mind to it. I have achieved great things in life by sheer strength of mind, no kidding.

Then again, determination can be so fragile and frail sometimes. Determination can be so overly used that sometimes the strength of mind doesn't seem to be effective anymore. I sometimes do take determination for granted. The strength of mind could be strong but without converting it into action, determination remains in vain.

Last week I was determined to lose 2 kg that I gained over the festive holidays. I was determined but unfortunately I wasn't able to convert my strength of mind into action. Just because I went to the gym once, I thought I could eat as much as I like. Just because I skipped one dinner I thought I could eat more the following days. Just because my mom bought many different kinds of cookies for me, I thought I was obligated to finish them in the shortest timeframe possible.

This morning I went to the gym and found out that not only I didn't manage to lose that bloody 2kg, I actually gain another 0.3kg.

How la like that, how to look good in the swimming trunk la, you tell me! No wonder no girls like to be with me...

Green Photography

I was excited about the photography session with my photography sifu. In was a short notice but we were determined to make it work. The last photography session was ages ago and I really need to have more shootings in order to improve myself.

We decided to go to this beautiful place of flora and fauna. This place is about 30 minutes drive from PJ. It promised to be a place with mountains, trees, waterfalls and a lake. I was very excited.

Despite waking up damn early, despite it was damn warm and damn cozy in my bed, I dragged my firm ass to pick up my photography sifu and to the beauty place of flora and fauna. As this is my first trip, I was pretty amazed by its greenery, serenity and the freshness of the surrounding. It is difficult to believe, but just 30 minutes drive away, there is such a place where you can unwind and chill out away from the hustle and bustle of the city life.

After spending 4 hours in this beautiful place of flora and fauna, we called it a day. This beautiful place of flora and fauna is so inspiring that me and my photography sifu promised ourselves to revisit this place again in the near future.

Hopefully I will equip myself with better shooting techniques and improve on my composition skill.

An 85 year-old lonely man

Thanks to the heavy traffic, I was stuck in the jam for more than 20 minutes. It was not all bad actually. With the extra 15 minutes, I was able to listen to 2 full songs, the morning news and the DJs talking about the sky the sea and everything in between the two.

Something struck me today though. The DJ was talking about a website that could calculate the life expectancy by merely answering some questions.

I am the kind of person who never like to know the future. What the future holds for me is an adventure, a journey and a path that I should discover by my own, I reckon. I do think that the greatest gift in the journey of one's life is the uncovering of the unknowns.

Knowing what the future has installed for us in advance will ruin the fun, the excitement and the mystery.

However, since the website mentioned by the DJ was hosted by a renowned news corporation, I decided to check it out.

After finding out my BMI and answering the list of questions, my life expectancy came up to be 85 years old.

Wow, that's quite good I must say. Although I never thought about how long I should live in this lifetime, 85 years is more than I was expecting. If I can live until 85 years old, I should at least plan something. Maybe I will have the time to travel up north to see the Northern lights at least once in this lifetime.

Whatever the plan is, I must make sure I have someone to share my life with... Just imagine that, an 85 years old man at the old folk's home, spending the entire day either in the bed or the rocking chair... so pathetic and so lonely can...

The V-Day

The Valentine's day is a day of celebration. It is a day of joy. It is a day of sharing the love between two souls.

Well, that's only true provided you have someone special to celebrate it with.

For single, unattached, lonely folks like me, Valentine's Day can be dreadful, can be cruel and above all very sien one okie...

Everywhere you turn your head, you can see women are carrying roses and teddy bears.

Everywhere you walk passed by, you can hear people are talking about the plans for their dinner.

And Everywhere you go, people will try to make small talk by asking you about your plan for the Valentine's.

If that's not cruel... I really don't know what is can... You tell me la...

Anyway, I would love to plan something special for that special someone next year today...

Please go away

After avoiding the gym for 2 months, I made an effort this morning to pay the gym a visit. It is a huge effort nonetheless. I have to wake up very early in the morning and drag my charming ass to the gym.

The first thing I did was to weight myself. Thanks to over eating and over eating and under exercise and under exercise during the long festive holidays, I put on extra 2 kg. Let’s face it, it is not a matter of life and death and for heaven sake, I am man with inner beauty can. Physical appearance is always secondary, okie. Although I am not trying to bitch about the extra 2 kg, I am determined to lose that 2 kg by the end of week.

As the day gone by, the determination and focus get weaker and weaker. Yes, the dark force is too much to resist. Looking at the cake and bubur pelut, as if they were the Borgs telling me "Do not resist! Resistance is futile". How to resist la you tell me!

Anyway, I still have 6 days to throw that 2 kg away... and I will be back tomorrow, stronger and tougher!

New Car Revealed

The McLaren Mercedes Formula One team has officially unveiled its new car, MP4-21 two days ago.


Phew! What I relieve! After seeing the new testing car in action, it was shocking to see her wearing the Orange! Somehow, orange and fast car is not the best combination one can imagine. It was so hideous and revolting that I was very tempted to switch to another team.


The new car is stunning. The new car is dazzling. The new car is glittering. Her body iscoated with a shiny display of chrome livery. The livery has an innovative surface coating that yields a high level of reflectivity.

"I have only seen illustrations of the new livery until now but they do it no justice," Kimi Raikkonen said. "It looks fantastic and should create a bit of a stir when we drive it on tracks around the world. If we can make the car as fast as it looks then we will be in good shape."

Now I am very excited about the new season. With the car like that, how to not win can...

The Winter Game

The XXth Olympic Winter Games officially begins at Torino, Italy.

Living in the hot and humid climate whole my life, the Winter Games doesn't lure much of my attention. The only sport that I am interested in will be the Figure skating.

With the charismatic Kristi Yamaguchi, the conspiracy and hullabaloo between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding and the ever elegance and lovable Michelle Kwan, it is hard not to like the sport can... Come on guys, Figure skating has all the elements that make good TV series like the Las Vegas, it has pretty gals, it has actions and it has conspiracy plots! How can you not hook to the sport?

Well, good news to Michelle Kwan's fans, she will be competing on her 3rd Olympics. Let's pray together that she will win the gold this time around.

Angels and Demons

Thanks to the long holiday, I finally have the time to finish the novel. I have been trying to read it ever since I first lay my hand on it… it has adventures, it has mysteries, it has intrigue plots… the international bestseller, Angels and Demons.


Angels and Demons, was Dan Brown first adventure novel before the international bestseller, The Da Vinci Code.

Between the two books, it is not easy to distinguish which is better, which is more intrigue… The Da Vinci Code provides many intrigue facts about the Holy Grail and the secret society that trying to protect the Jesus’s bloodline. Angels and Demons on the other hand, filled with actions and adventures, although it didn’t shorts of interesting facts regarding the underground organization, the illuminati, trying to take over the Catholic Church.

I would say I was really amazed by the facts cited in the Da Vinci Code book while the adventure mentioned in the Angels and Demons navel kept the pages going until the end. The ending of the Angels and Demons was exceptional.

I was so fascinated by the books I have read, I ended up buying two more books today… the first book was Da Vinci for Dummies. I was so captivated by the Da Vinci Code novel that I have the strong urge to get to know Mr. Da Vinci more in-depth. I did have the chance to read about Da Vinci’s works when I was in the University, during Art 101 class. But I need more facts about the person in order to satisfy my curiosity. Hopefully it is a RM70 well spent.


The second book I bought was a navel, The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. I bought this novel just because it stated “If you loved THE DA VINCI CODE… dive into this” on the cover of the novel.


I can’t wait to read… but I need another long holiday I reckon….