life resumes

FINALLY got around to do almost everything ive been wanting to do but had to put on hold for a number of reasons .. biggest one would be pure unadulterated LAZINESS .. managed to wrap up a few things at work after ages of working on it – or at least it felt like it ..

anyhoo – completed my resume .. so this week ill be somewhat busy applying away for jobs .. so .. things is tho when i did my resume i realised that i had so much things to add in there – i mean 3 years of stuff compiled into a page so i had to leave most stuff out .. but just writing my resume made me realise that altho i hated my job – i still managed to get quite a bit done .. take the last project for example – i was so against getting the job and was in such a shite mood and was fighting tooth and nail trying not to get it – why? – cos its a super fast track project .. no one in their sane mind wants that .. but still at the end – we completed the project on time and didnt even loose money in it – initially we thought we would be at the rate my boss was slashing the prices .. so anyway – point is – i DO realise that it is a learning curve and as much as i hate the job .. i do learn a lot from it and it does gives me valuable experience ..

but of course life cant be easy cos now my im presented with an even bigger challenge with this new assignment .. ah well .. its gonna be a nightmarish 2 weeks .. u know before the whole things starts u sort of have an idea of how bad things are going to be and ud wonder how ure gonna get through it .. those late nights – the thousand of things to get done – the constant pressure from your superior .. but somehow at the end u just kinda forget about everything – how bad it was .. until u get your next assignment that it

anyway – this is what we call useless random shorts

leica leica

am slightly in a better mood this week .. well .. not counting this morning .. heh

when i have oodles of moolahs .. like usd 4000 – ima get myself a shiny camera just like this ..

i have to admit that i like pretty and cool things … i mean i dont do camera talk – but reading the reviews and taking from whatever things that i understand from it (which mean very minimal) – its not that good a camera compared to whatever other dslrs but for the life of me – how can you say no to that classic look ..  yes i just really LOVE the look of this camera – heh

 which reminds me .. i love LUBITEL .. also one of my must haves .. NOT a digi cam but i still love it .. of course mostly cos of the look

 

which would also take us to the next camera that id get giddy all over .. ladies and gentlemen – i present to you – the horizon

because why settle for a normal sized imperfect photo … when you can have a whole panoramic view of imperfect photo

anyway .. enough of this nasty camera talk

trent feat. sellouts

for the record, i STILL do think that facebook makes you too connected .. and yes there is such a thing as being too connected .. well for me at least .. and i think im like 1 out of 10 ppl who doesnt believe in facebook .. and yet i have an account – yes i know – but the ppl in there are limited and most of the time id think twice about adding ppl in .. i dunno – just do not like being too open i guess

and dont get me started on twitter .. i think that is just pointless .. and unless youre a celebrity or my boyfriend – why the hell would i be even remotely interested in what ure doing  every single minute? .. pointless i tell ya .. ok im semi-kidding about the having to know my b/fs every move thing .. heh .. half kid .. plus i do not and am not following any celebrity on twitter .. well cept that one time during that lohan/ronson break-up thing .. heh .. that was some desperate shite (them .. not me .. eh) .. heh .. that was purely for the fun factor .. for a lil laugh

so anyway .. lets talk nine inch nails now ..

trent have somehow always been good in my books .. i like the anti-social, depressed and very dark image that he has (without being labelled as goth or death metal) .. musicwise tho – some i can accept and some to me is just white noise with machine beats .. i like the vocals tho .. he makes tortured soul sound sexy ..

anyway – nin is coming to singapore in august .. and i kinda have mixed feelings about this – i wanna go – cos i like a few songs and i wanna experience them live .. i have a feeling they will be different than all other bands ive seen – so thats nice .. on the other hand tho – i know jack shit about the new album – which theyll be promoting .. so that sucks .. AAAND more importantly – its at fort freaking canning park .. uugh .. i hate open aired, sweaty armpits and all sorts of nauseous smell kinda concert .. i mean after experiencing the police and coldplay at the indoor stadium – i feel like ALL concerts should be held there .. yes all .. i mean its air-conditioned, the acoustics is AMAZING – even the smallest f chimes can be heard in the stadium .. and the whole concert was distrubingly organized .. heh .. even the crowd was very well behaved .. heh .. ok actually i dont really mind open air – but its one of those free standing type of concert – u know where everyone gets dumped into one big moshpit .. yea so – and from experience – 80% of concert crowds in singapore are all non-singaporean ex-pats who are tall and huge .. so unless i claw my way to the front (which i will never do) or my whole nin concert experience will be hearing white noise while watching someones back .. not cool .. anyway ill sleep on it and decide later .. theres still time

ok so another thing that makes trent reznor so cool .. he did this april fool joke – posting on his website that hes releasing an album called ‘strobelight’ .. he even has a track listing – which is hilarious .. and even named a few guest artistes on it – which i assume he considers as sellouts – but chris martin and bonos in it which is weird cos coldplay and u2 are mainstream .. so .. nevermind .. anyway apparently this joke is sposed to be aimed at chris cornell who has an album out called “scream” and hes collaborating with timbaland .. heh .. theres just so much wrong in there that i just dunno where to begin – but ill sum it up with a quote from a comment by TK on pajiba ..  “I certainly won’t condemn anyone for liking Scream- each their own and whatnot. But as a hardcore Soundgarden fan, listening to it makes me want to slash my throat with my copy of Badmotorfinger” .. my sentiments exactly

so now that were talking bout sellouts .. saw a piece of non-cool trent news yesterday on perezhilton nonetheless ..hes apparently engaged to some singer – who used to pose for playboy .. and hes walking those red carpets shit … i mean .. heh .. whatever happened to the dark, sullen anti-social trent? .. ok having a g/f is fine – but not one of those types .. u know what i mean – shes in a non-famous band so shes dating trent to get famous .. yes those type .. plus i dont trust her face – heh .. and apparently nin fans arent too happy about this .. but i guess whatever – trent should prolly take back whatever jokes he had about chris cornell .. at least im not seeing him walking red carpets with less-than-2 weeks old g/f and announcing their engagement to the whole world .. heh seriously what the hell happend trent? .. april fools over – enough with the jokes …

adorable therapy

read this in the papers today – soup kitchens for pets of the homeless in germany .. googled it up and apparently usa and also canada have it .. guess i just didnt know about it .. reading stuff like these makes me feel all happy n stuff .. of course i didnt know it was a problem but when i was in the us i noticed that there were a lot of homeless ppl with pets .. and i somehow feel bad for the pets and not the owners .. i dunno why .. ok now im going to get all emo and say that its great that there are soup kitchens for pets cos as much as i hate the fact that all the homeless ppl dragged their dogs or pets into their um homelessness state (yes i know its not by choice) BUT i guess u know ppl really underestimated this bond that the human and animals have .. i think i saw a show on discovery channel about therapy dogs - dogs who are volunteered by their owners to visit really sick kids in the hospital or ppl in old folks home to cheer them up .. OMIGOD think i cried from start to finish .. so i think its good that the homeless ppl have dogs / pets as their companion and its great that they have this soup kitchen for pets n stuff ..   ok im gonna stop right here before i start bawling  – i seriously cannot watch a movie about how loyal dogs are to their masters without emptying a full box of kleenex

*image from here

i’ve never read the economist either

heh ..

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do not like the message its carrying .. but really love the ad (by wonderbra.. get it?)

 

haha .. porn names are hilarious

delicious marmalade

had lunch with a bunch of friends (and little friends) today after work .. was quite late so i was pretty famished – or as my mom would say ‘on the verge of starvation’ – yes she uses that when shes really hungry .. far from verge of starvation tho .. heh .. but i shall use that term to describe when im extremely hungry – like how i felt earlier on ..

so we ate at d’lish .. food was okay – i dont for the life of me know why would i choose something as shitty as a sandwich .. ok sandwich was actually NOT shitty at all it had grilled chicken, avocado and cream cheese accompanied by a schweet salad .. but come on – sandwiches can only make me feel full like 20 minutes tops – after taht ill be in my ‘im on the verge of starvation’ mode again .. so i dunno why did i chose that when there where yummy pastas available – shouldve chosen the mushroom lasagne – cos it was YUM .. but luckily i had some back up plan – and ordered chocolate banana smoothie (looked and tasted more like a shake tho) and chunky fries with pesto .. pesto was major YUM ..

so anyway .. reason for the big lunch / gathering / meet up thingy was so that i can spend a lovely afternoon harassing after 3 littles kids and their short fused moms .. heh .. not really – meera is actually going off to auzzie soon so this is like a goodbye lunch .. heh … of course am going to miss her as now i will have only 2 friends .. heh .. plus shes my only single friend – well shes not really single but her husbands not here – so thats single enough .. anyway – hopefully she has a good life there and get a job and stuff .. or get babies and become stressed out like my other friends .. heh

interesting observation – will i be able to handle work stress, kids stress and hubby stress? .. heh – i doubt that .. very much actually

guilt spring cleaning

am experiencing this pain between my neck and right shoulder .. hopefully it has nothing to do with stress .. am i stressed? .. dont think so .. i WAS earlier on this week – but towards christmas it was smooth sailing .. it was so smooth in fact that i managed to finish up some work that has been stalled for ages due piled up urgent and extremely urgent shit .. and today i managed to do some spring cleaning to my desk – so now my cubicle is somewhat more presentable and i could say organized – of course some ppl could not say that .. heh .. but it is better than what it was before – i couldnt even find anything and i had no proper ‘in’ and ‘out’ tray … my cubicle could actually seat 2 ppl but with the stacks of papers and files i had before on top AND at the bottom of my desk – no one dared to sit there .. so .. hopefully this brings in the good luck and also more money for next year .. hahah .. chinese feng shui is really getting to me

would post a pic of the clean new cubicle area .. but id rather not .. cos without a ‘before’ pic – ppl would be going ‘she calls THAT clean and ORGANIZED??!!?’ .. heh

 * an image showing the closest resemblance of my previously disorganized desk

MH VS AK

funny how theyve changed the format in latest favorite radio station BFM and features these morning interviews with business people or as they call it ‘the morning grill’ .. and what is even MORE funny is that I would listen to them .. like wholly .. heh .. wont even bother to change stations .. i dunno im not much of a talkshow person and i HATE it when DJs overtalk but with this show – i kinda like it .. i think maybe its the interesting ppl that they bring on and the no-nonsense DJ type of ppl who interviews them that makes it bearable and sometimes .. cool.

think they had a flower and gifts company (that ive never heard of) but seems to be doing very well it seems .. then there was the tony romas / manhattan fishmarket MD .. and then Ms Read/D’lish owner  .. whom i didnt know jack about but it was a very interesting listen .. and a few others which i cant remember – i think theres that odyssey bus owner at some point .. so anyway – my point – since when did radio interviews got interesting?.. im more open to it since podcast i guess .. this is like a surprise podcast of sort .. heh .. so anyway .. i kinda liked all the interviews that they did but when i heard that theyre going to interview the overly popular tony renandez of airasia fame, i was like – ok not like hes over exposed or anything – or not like ive never read/heard an interview of him before … so today for lack of any other options – i decided to listen to it anyway .. well its either i listen to that or listen to replays of tune-deaf pussycat dolls songs or IQ destroying prank calls done by obnoxious DJs .. to my surprise – i enjoyed the interview .. it was interesting and very informative .. also gave an insight on how much tony hates MAS hahaha .. well he didnt say it out but i kinda get the negative vibe … so first of all id say kudos to BFM for getting it right – i think for some weird reason they managed to find a niche market and as tony said – theyre focused on it .. they did right on a few things in fact – they knew their targeted audience are business ppl – so i guess that makes it a 25 to 50 age group .. so first – these ppl wouldnt be caught DEAD listening to the craptastic artists offered nowadays (ok i know maybe there are a few goods ones but everytime someone mentions ‘todays artists’ somehow pussycat dolls comes to mind), they play 80s songs – most of us in that age group group could relate to that and i LOVE reminiscing the good ol days, they play good ol rock – this i havent really figured out why – a lot of 90s pearl jam fans are businessman nowadays?.. dunno .. maybe .. then second – they put those interview/grilling sessions from 8 to 9am – a time when all of us would be in our cars going to work .. PLUS its a nice change when everyone else was doing dumb stuff and playing those overplayed pop songs .. and third – no nonsense DJ – and by no-nonsense im not saying they got a serious DJ – its just that this DJ is NOT overdoing it and just plain non-obnoxious – and of course has a pleasant voice..  so all and all that conributes to an enjoyable experience .. so good job to BFM and hopefully they stay that way .. interesting interviews and great songs - good combo

so now back to tony airasia – few things i found out about him thru that interview -

1. speaks with a british/american slang (i still can figure that out) 

2. he has a blog (yea i kno.. unbelievable) 

3. wears airasia cap ALL the time .. especially when travelling using othe airlines (judging by a photo from his blog) 

4. kinda hates MAS (heh) 

questions were interesting .. his answers were of course interesting .. could sense his frustration with MAS (which I find interesting .. heh .. but he has a point) ..  so all in all i found this interview very refreshing and its a surprise cos its not like i havent read anything about him before .. so of course one of the questions were the feedbacks from airasia passengers – heh .. and i really like the way tony answered it .. just straight and to the point .. u paid for budget airlines so you GET budget airlines .. and honestly by the complaints that these ppl make – if i were tony id have told them ‘oh fuck off and stop complaining – you couldnt even AFFORD to go to BALI before airasia .. now u get a chance and ure complaining?’ .. MAS on the other hand .. heh ..

id hafta say that i think ive used MAS as many times as ive used airasia .. i dont have any complaints for airasia so far .. i know what i paid for and im not trying to get gold when i paid for i dunno nickel .. or whatever .. i dont mind the delays (which airline doesnt have delays?) .. i dont mind the non-designated seats – i like sitting at the back anyway .. and what is this fucking mentality that malaysians have that they always have to sit in front? of anything for that matter – busses , trains .. u name it .. they have this ridiculous mentality that u always HAVE to sit in front .. EVEN .. EVEN when there are multiple doors that u can use .. so it makes no difference right? back or front? .. i just dont fucking get it .. i dont mind queuing to get to the plane – and when i DO i just dont queue and sit and wait .. no problem … ppl are complaining about all sorts of things and yet they forget that they are paying very little .. for me – i get to go to bali – thats all i have to say

MAS like i said on the other hand – i think i have 1 post complaining about them (at least) … thing is – if they were budget airlines, i prolly wouldnt care .. but theyre NOT, theyre a premium airline and yet they gave you SHIT service .. ive had a few bad experiences with MAS .. and theyre really horrible .. i wonder if they have rectified that complaint i have on their customer service line – wonder if they have actually stationed someone there .. or maybe that was part of their cost cutting practice – no customer care .. glad to report that after all the ruckus i have created – they refunded my money on the next week itself … after of course 4 months of claiming .. so thats premium airline for you .. but damage is done – i dont think i can talk to any of MAS staff now without being snappy after only 30 seconds .. im losing my patience with them .. malaysian hospitality my ass .. well unless of course THAT is malaysian hospitality …

so anyway .. no point beating a dead horse .. hopefully they figure it out – its taking too long tho .. poop

the year the earth stood still (for me at least)

wordpress has a new look .. interesting .. i spose this has been weeks but i havent logged in anytime recently .. so .. anyway .. i like .. nothing drastic .. looks neat and spiffy.. guess its more friendly – but i havent figured out half of the stuff in this .. so

*sigh*

another bloomin landslide .. when will these ppl ever learn .. what bugs me most is one particular minister even had the balls to ask public not to blame the government .. interesting .. i suppose IM the one who gives out land approvals is it?  .. hah .. highlarious .. sure we can blame developers amnd contractors but bear in mind that there would be no digging and no chopping of trees on land without the ‘yes’ from the ministry .. so id say that the government should take full responsibility from it .. and as someone pointed out – half the time, the developers would also be the ministers and if thats not the case – theyd be bribed into approving shit ..

good to know that the residents have a good case to take action against these ppl .. so i hope they sue them for all theyre worth .. like billions .. get all the bribe money .. heh .. man i wonder how shit must the officials must feel to know that theyre greed actually killed a few ppl .. but then again maybe its hard to feel guilty when ure in a million dollar bribe money mansion ..

anyway .. i think these ppl need to look up the word ‘conservation’

so .. its bloomin december .. and i dont think ive ever feel bummed about a new year than ive ever felt before .. i mean not that i usually go crazy on new year – its just that this year – its bummed out .. after thinking of what ive achieved in 2008 – that is .. totally bummed .. i think its fair to say ive achieved nothing .. and im more and more hating my job .. everyday has become somewhat unbearable .. but im staying till i get my bonus .. heh .. sorry but with what small amount im getting – i HAVE to be money minded .. cos they work you like a slaved mule .. well just mules actually .. or slaves .. either one .. im fed up of not having any form of life – while other ppl are doing waht they like and having fun .. and im stuck in the office til nite time and i dont fully get my holidays either .. without work being at the back of my mind .. bleh .. point is – im sick of it

so heres a depressing song by paul young

ooh oh oh .. the day the earth stood still is opened today .. woot .. haha .. gonna get me keanu dosage .. hes making fewer films each year .. how depressing

coldplay is touring australia – nearly bloody well bought a ticket – wont be a wise move during these trying times

mr. a to z is also going to be touring asia again soon .. music to my ears (hopefully – fingers crossed)

don’t you want me baby

once again im having this idiotic throbbing headache which kinda puts me in a bad mood .. of course it would all stem from work problems .. god i feel like im on a fast track to be like my mom and aunts who just basically love to yell at ppl .. i mean i didnt realise that my threshold of yelling has somehow moved up to another level until well a few projects ago when i started yelling like a madman to all my suppliers .. granted that they did something wrong – still i think at this rate ill reach my moms level of being hyper and yelling at ppl at the tender age of 35 .. heh .. wouldnt want that to happen .. im SO not on the track to be a more peaceful and better person .. heh .. in fact it looks like im going full speed in the opposite direction ..

maybe it would help if i dont get so much problems from other ppl .. but sometimes i think that if i didnt make such a hassle about things, i wouldnt get it as fast as i could .. and i wouldnt get the splendid service that theyd give me right after all that screaming .. blah i dunno .. hopefully my blood pressure is not high .. and this splitting headache is just a migraine – which is no better but dunno lesser evil thingy shit ..

i think i need to practice those tai-chi thingy … get my chi right .. i can feel my chi is all wrong and its not flowing smoothly .. i see bad things happened to me twice in a row in my projects .. like a damn deja-vooo .. so not on .. or maybe i shoud do some yoga – meditation to eleviate the mind or something to that effect .. OR maybe i could just stop yelling and take a chill pill .. which is the most unlikely thing to happen cos i dont really handle pressure well – thats where ill start yelling .. and i cant stand getting yelled at – which is also precisely where ill start yelling

prolly go shopping .. retail therapy – oh but wait that would make me depressed cos i cant buy most of the things .. poop

anyway – have to find a day where i could go and watch one of the films showing during the european film festival .. i wish theyd make a bigger deal about the film festivals .. i mean it would be fun .. and it would be more up-to-date – but whatever .. i live in malaysia – so no such thing would happen

saw ‘Boy A’ the movie – which i think is a canadien movie .. which i also think is very nice .. bloody sad ending tho .. totally didnt see it coming – well i think i did but was in a denial cos the boy was cute .. which brings me to the next point – was it on purpose that they picked a goodlooking boy to be the bad guy? .. so that u have this guilty feeling for feeling sorry for him? .. halfway in the movie i was totally rooting for the boy u know like ‘give him a chance’ bla bla bla .. but then again after i thot about it he DID kill a girl .. but he was soo young back then?!!? .. yea my mind was having an argument about the boys innocence .. which is pointless – i know .. anyway – eh 8.5/10 for that movie

ok this irritating malay drama is on tv and the mom is telling the daughter to not think about others and just do whatever she feels like .. quality shit – how can i miss this

anyway – last words – theres a cool new radio station which plays rock – 70s rock .. 80s rock .. pearl jam .. u name it .. and i LOVE it .. sucks that its business fm and id hafta hear depressing economic news and falling stock markets in between .. ah well – u cnat always get what you want