shook me all night long

Crazy Mumbai

2008-11-27T15:22:00.004+08:00

A good friend of mine is in Mumbai. As expected he was (still is) bloody worried about the situation. Lucky for him he is in a hotel quite a bit off from the madness, but not so lucky cause he is in Mumbai. As we're chatting he was informed that there will some escorts to get them out. So all the stupid jokes about social escorts, we-might-die-tomorrow-shag, what fucks not came out lah. Then this :

Hamsta

shit they've just contacted me to ask me to decide

3:10pm Shook

decide what?

3:10pm Hamsta

now or a few more days

3:10pmShook

NOW!!!

3:10pm Hamsta

i'm going to attempt to do the evac now bro

wish me luck

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fucked! darn tensed!

I'm praying to God for my friend's safe return home.

Bro,

I know I made stupid jokes about your situation but seriously, it was all for fun and to make u calm and relaxed. Serious!

No more stupid jokes about stray bullet after this ok?

Safe journey bro.

Sungai Kerling - Hardest Ride of my life!

2008-07-25T08:05:00.004+08:00

600 metres of elevation, 12kms of hilly trail and half dead when we reached the top.

The way down though.... is SWEET!

Batu Dam (Empangan Batu) - Took my breath away

2008-06-25T09:36:00.009+08:00

This place is absolutely beautiful. It all started innocently enough all gathered at the main gate and the gang move on ahead and I have to play catchup as I was busy strapping my camera and gear. Once I get going catching up with the boys is all that I focussed on, being left behind on your first time is not a good Idea. As I reached the top of the dam I was breathing heavily, heads down as I'm trying to catch my breath. Once I looked up though the view really took my breath away. It is absolutely beautiful.

As I stood there transfixed by the magnificent view only then I starts to feel the cold air blowing softly, the mist swirling around us and that oh so fresh air. At the end of the ride, 5 leeches and 2 bee stings later, I still couldn't forget the majestic view. Picture perfect moment.

The trail itself is quite interesting and fun. Total of 16+kms, several river crossing and to most riders the super nice 2 kms of downhill from the top. Throughtout the trail the lake will be by your side until you go deeper into the woods.

The first 4-5kms of the trail are largely flat rolling terrain and once you crossed your first major stream only then it gets a bit tough. You will leave the lake at this point and ride roughly 2 kms of uphill. Then you'll be rewarded with roughly 1 kms of downhill towards a cool cool river which is the central point of the trail. Here is where we take our rest before continuing with the huge loop.

Having tasted the "first hand" water from the river you will then have to ride uphill for few hundred metres before the big showdown, 2 kms of fast flowing downhill ride. Busted my front suspension trying to catch up with a guy with Vanilla shocks (good excuse to get a new shocks ehehehe) Its fun and its fast but be careful of the few man made ditches from the maintenance work carried out last 2 weeks. A slight misjudgment might hurl you into the trees. So choose your lines carefully. Unlike Kiara, you'll do fine with a hardtail and you can ride hard and fast throughout the entire 2kms or so of descend.

At the end of this descend you will be back at the first major river you crossed before. That marks the end of the loop of which you will cycle back for some 4-5kms or so.

To me, it was an absolutely wonderful ride. The trail is challenging enough yet not that prohibitive for beginners like me. Highly enjoyable and through it all I just have to remind myself that the view is for real and I'm not dreaming.

Unity - Malaysian Artiste for Unity

2008-05-27T16:01:00.007+08:00

I'm just plain lazy nowadays.

Areysha kept pestering me for updates (cause she is the only one who reads apparently :P) but most of the happening stuff are either too personal or something that I have to do some bloody good research on. Unlike Iddy who forver crave for something to poke, flip, dissect, put in some statistical test (or whatever else these researchers do) I'm not like that.

Plus, the fact that only Areysha's the only one reading also makes it redundant innit? Since I told her oredi marh... niasing.

Nowadays I'm darn lazy to update my blog even for a worthy cause like the typhoon and earthquake issue recently. Unlike those days when I really go all out for these stuff and publish what have youse when it comes to channeling donations etc etc. Gosh am I guilty....

This one though is a different. It is something I really really believed in. Plus the fact that it is bloody good music. Check out the videos too. Darn kaw funny I tell you.

Basically it is a project by Malaysian artistes and just about everybody to promote unity in our increasingly fractured Malaysia. There were total of 120 involved in the making of this marvelous venture. With Zero budget too.

This is a fresh change from the govt's initiatives which reeks of propaganda and what have youse (who can forget our 50th Merdeka bash aye?). You can see more and more of such initiative be it in small scale or something as well publicised as this. It is heartwarming to see that such an initiative come from the people itself and there's no need for some massive govt's backed initiative, tax breaks etc.

so do your part, go to the site and spread the word

http://www.malaysianartistesforunity.info/

Cheers

p/s Yes, there's Maya Karin in there but worry not she didn't sing. Pheew!

Kemensah here I come

2008-05-16T10:40:00.002+08:00

So yeah I did my first hash few weeks back and instead of the 23 km as planned, we skip to the short route halfway and did the 14kms instead.

Now, going to Kemensah. Instead of the 100+ cyclist there would be only the 6 of us and instead of having the option to skip to a shorter trail halfway this is a no way back 20kms track.

Good news is that at the end of the 10kms trail there's a wonderful waterfall/river. Yippee!!

Wish me luck

Election Dilemma

2008-03-08T11:41:00.007+08:00

For those who dunno how to go about at the election centre, it was pretty simple really.

First you check ur name and status at the Voters details/confirmation desk. They'll give u your Saluran no/Line no and your Serial no.

Then you accordingly go to the line allocated to you, wait for your turn.

Once you got into the room there will be 3 person there. The first person will ask for your IC and your serial no (if you got them lah). Then s/he will call out your name to be confirmed by the observer.

The 2nd person will then give you the 2 slips, 1 for parliament seat and the other for the State seat.

The 3rd person then will inspect the slips to make sure that the slips are clean from any marks of any kind and once he was satisfied he will mark the slip by punching the no of your line/saluran.

You then bring the 2 slips to the booth and cross the candidate that you want lah. No photos of the candidates though just some logo of the party that they represent.

Then you deposit the slips accordingly to their respective transparent boxes. One each for parliament and state seat.

Voila! Simple lah.

Just 2 issue really.

1. Why on earth we still use 2B pencil? I know la the case of them cancelling the usage of indellible ink but why can't a simple ball pen or gel pen be used? a bit more permanent right?

2. I aspire to be an astronaut! But at my consituency don't have rocket lah. How la to become astronaught like this? Die ler....

Should I go for the libra sign? become a moon man? or just cross that Oakley logo?

fuck lah! darn difficult lah like this. Libra sign so old skool one, where got people use that kind of scale anymore? All use digital scale lah.

That moon thing... aiyoh! How to go to moon if don't have rocket? Somemore, u sure Louis Armstrong land on the moon meh?

As for Oakley? TIU LEYR!! Didn't know that shades company can sponsor political party wan. Niasing. I won't vote for them unless they gave me a Radar shade with them photochromic glasses.

How lah? How Lah? HOW LAH!!!!?????
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.
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Fuck it!

PUNDAK LAH LIKE THIS!!!!

Mari lah Mari, kita mengundi!

2008-03-08T11:05:00.005+08:00

Done!

4th person in my line/"saluran". Was waiting in front of the gate at 7.45 man. Out by 8.10

Hamsta said I'm Kiasu, to me I was just being darn "bersemangat"! or in other words Kiasu lah. ekekekkeke....

Took the photo while waiting for my turn and immediately the guy behind me told his friends to take his picture while he is in that room. He then sheepishly explains to me that it's his first time mengundi. Ahahaha! that's the spirit!

Nothing out of the ordinary as per the usual election thing. The posters, the smiling nice chap from each side giving u some drinks or just plain salam for some last minute campaigning. The free vans or cars ferrying voters as service etc... All the usual thing, that small little touch to win your votes.

Seriously, at these times even if you go to their tent and said "pakcik tak makan pagi lagi lah. Lapar ni." I can assure you that out of thin air there will be some nasi lemak and air mineral for you to savour. Don't believe me? go and try it.

Ahahhahaa....

I though notice several changes lah.

There are terminals/pcs with access to the internet on these politcal parties tents to help their members or other plain voters to check their status and which saluran/line they're in. Save people time, less waiting, the happier the voters will be. So that hopefully will swing the votes to your side.

Lots of people printed their status and election details from the SPR website making the Desk for confirmation and checking of status somewhat redundant except for some older generations. Most voters just went straight to their respective lines, like I did and save us whole load of time. One of the SPR kakak even made a remark "Ni yang print print dari internet ni semua orang muda ni." and she looked very pleased. Ya lah, made her job a hell lot easier right???

But then suddenly got this kakak with some error on her "no Siri"/serial no. Poor SPR kakak now have to work and go to the front counter and check the actual serial no and the line no. Heh! So can't really relax lah. ekekekkee...

Another thing I notice is that the independent observer inside the room is a bit more serious this time. When the lady (the one in pink tudung) read out the name/ic/reference no they were really particular. Well, maybe it was still early in the morning and like me they're in their kiasu mood. ekekekek

All in all quite ok lah. Smooth no hassle kinda thing. But the sky is overcast and its gonna rain soon. Expect to see loads of people offering to payung you then. I tell you, their service will be even better than those hotel bellboys! ekekekek

Elections & Mountainbikes

2008-03-07T16:02:00.010+08:00

Last weekend I went cycling at FRIM.
Due to the heavy rain the past few days and some irrigation work up the hill, the trek uphill was pretty tough. Mud all over the place, tyres struggling to find grip and on some downhill section you might find some of the mud in your face, or worst your mouth (me lah since not fit and always have to open mouth for that additional air intake)

As usual for MTBers at FRIM, the clearing at the top of the hill with a huge water pipe is where everybody takes a breather before deciding whether to attack the "steroid hill" or take another path downhill towards Sungai Buloh (and the subsequent climb back up of course).

I was alone that day as most of my kakis got some other commitment or the shout out was just a bit too last minute (11.30 the night before actually). So as I arrived there, there was 2 fella talking and I just joined in the chat lah. They we're talking about erecting some flags and hanging some banners and posters. I then relate to them how during my student days I made some pocket money from pasting posters and erecting some flags too.

One of the guy then told me he did it for free, as PAS (the opposition) don't have the money plus also they're from the same neighbourhood and use the same mosque. Much unlike the Ruling Coalition that pay people to do these jobs. So I got a friendly "lecture" related to the elections lah, Islamic state lah, role of mosque lah etc etc you know the whole pas/islamic talk kinda thing.

Then he said to me "Nanti masa undi nanti nak undi apa?".
Which I replied "Oh! Saya teringin nak jadi angkasawan bang. Since tak dapat, saya ingat nak undi Rocket lah!"

He paused for a moment, look at me 1 kind and then said
"ROCCCKEETTT pun takpeee!!!"

MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!

TAGGED! - 5 things...

2007-09-26T11:27:00.002+08:00

Kena tagged. Rarely do this cause rarely notice that I kena tagged. Also its puasa month so I got to kill time, so....

5 things in my handbag/bag :-
(at the moment)
bag? what bag? ermmm... notebook bag ada notebook lah. what else?

5 things in my purse :-
Aint got no purse dawg. I got meself a new wallet though. Black leather with red stitches. Zassshhh!!

5 favourite things in my favourite room:-
errrr.... ermmm...... ermmm...... ni room mana ni?
1. ermmm... tv in the office
2. my u-shaped bolster in the bedroom
3. condoms. ermm.. actually I don't really like condom but prevention is better than .... :P
4. ermm.... KIPAS!!! if not darn hot la wey
5. Aircond!!!! syiok!

5 things I would like/love to do:-
This is a tricky one lah. hmmmm......
1 - Right now, nak makan. Lapar lah
2 - Korek hidung.
3 - Shag
4 - Minum!!! Sore throat ni
5 - Mandi hujan. So boleh la minum sikit.

5 things I'm currently doing :-
1 - Thinking about Nasi Ayam Damansara Uptown with the Assam Sotong.
2 - Air Longannya yang amat sedap
3 - Wondering whether the JAK*IM, J*AI*S will bungkus me together with the nasi ayam or not
4 - Wondering whether Nando's or Nasi Ayam is the better option
5 - Decides that McD's Drivethru is the safest option

Dah Siap

Hantam itu ultraman!

2007-06-29T16:10:00.001+08:00

After being outmanouvered and sensing defeat, Ultraman did the unthinkable and cop a feel. :P

2007-06-29T15:22:00.000+08:00

following on my post about maxis being taken private (which I'm supposed to elaborate further but I didn't) right after it was suspended from trading/taken private it was announced that Saudi telco ("STC") is buying into Maxis with 25% stake at a price that's roughly 5% higher than being offered to take it private.

AHAHAHHAHA!!!

Told you lots that there are more to this than meets the eye (like transformers lah)

Some say that AK wants to enjoy that 5% premium paid by Saudi Telco alone and that's why he wants to take it private.

I though think that he benefits more by taking it private at such a high price by forcing any would be buyer of maxis to pay higher than the VGO or take private price of RM15.60. The average cost of his entire maxis stake (old ones at IPO and new ones bought from the market roughly 45%) is still way lower than the RM15.60 paid. Thus any sales at or about that price will be pure profit.

Sound thinking eh?

Well, it is all the sweeter as STC with its considerable pile of money will jointly invest in maxis overseas operations.

cool eh?

told you not to agree with the VGO.

ehehehehhehe

I Am OPTIMUS PRIME!

2007-06-29T15:03:00.000+08:00

MUAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!

I bought meself the Optimus Prime Mask/Helmet from ToysR'us yesterday. While the finishing not that great there's one thing really going for it; The Voice Changer Ability. Basically, when you put it on and press a button, your voice will turn into the great Autobot leader.

Serious! No kidding! It worked!!

So this morning I was a bit busy calling my friends with the the Optimus Prime voice.

MUAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

p/s to those who saw Optimus Prime driving a silver Audi this morning please don't be alarmed. I'm sure you notice that optimus prime was doing the peace sign and just in case you're not sure it means "We come in PEACE!"

p/p/s driving with a helmet on is not recommended. But that's the only way I can use the voice changer lah wey!

Scary looking ride

2007-06-14T15:41:00.000+08:00

Few days ago I went to the sunway "motorsports" area to dyno my ride. After done the dyno I went lah round round the area. Suddenly I saw this

WHOA!!!!!

this thing looks like its on steroid!

Really beefy lookin and ................ dunno.

Audi's design has always been understated and elegant. Even the "bad boy" RS4 still retained the elegant look despite its racerboy details. However, this one really went overboard lah.

I reckon they overdid the shoulder/widebody. The messy holes/airduct on top of the arches and lines really made this car looks messy.

I think this is still a work in progress. I really really really it'll turn out ok when its actually finished.

aiyoyoyooyoo... reallly kennot tahan lah.

The case against Maxis (taken private)

2007-05-06T08:08:00.000+08:00

As most of you know Maxis will taken private (note the term will) and Binariang has already put up the offer on the market. Depending on how you see it the premium is quite good. However I don't agree to this and will also be quite surprised should any investors with long term outlook agrees to it.

Maxis is quite a gem in the KLSE. All the usual things profitable, stable, market leader etc etc etc. However, the one thing that really make maxis stands out above others is that it is a well run company, well respected by the industry and very very professionally run. It it also at a stage where it is just collecting kazillions of cash. Sits there with minimal outlay and collecting cash.

There's one more trump card up its sleeve, its foreign venture. Maxis foreign venture is bearing fruits and should be yielding good attractive return in the next few years. Thus the perfect blend of strong cash cow parents with growth potential from its subs. What's more the parents raking in so much money any capex outlay needed by the subs can be internally generated.

As such, should I'm looking at the long term this is the company that I'll be betting on. Stable, good future prospect, with those excess cash some great dividend sure is coming bla bla bla bla bla.

Suddenly it was announced that it'll be taken private. Now, now. Why lah? I do not know exactly what is the reason however I've got good reason to go against it.

Below are some of my reply somewhere and being the lazy bum that I am I just copy and paste lah. There are other considerations and figures too. But I'm a bit too lazy lah. Maybe after this lah. Me chasing deadline

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If I'm one of the shareholders I won't agree to it. 20% premium might seems a lot but when consider that
1. its a cash cow now & and more money coming in from other ventures
2. With more money coming in it should be time for maxis to come up with a proper dividend policy
3. relatively low capital outlay in the future

20% is a bit too low. when you consider the future dividend that you gonna lose it just won't cut the mustard.

also, when consider you're with maxis during the riskier infancy stage to finance the capex and about to enjoy the benefit, suddenly he wants to take things private and enjoy it all by himself.

that's not fair.

When you make an investment in a company you see for the future and in the future is a stage like today. A Cash cow and stable dividend yielding investment. (which is why you use DCF as tool in valuation)

and AK's move just cut short this forecast

*show the finger

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Well, here's the thing they need the 3/4 rule to start this thing. 3/4 of the shareholders to agree on this and they can proceed. As of last thursday/friday they already got about 60% and need just another 15%. So maybe it is not up to us anymore and like it or not they'll go ahead with this thing.

However, I'm looking at it from an investor POV. As such the minority shareholder watchdog group should not keep quiet. Must make noise and to prompt UT/binariang to increase the offer.

AK (or rather UT) might believe given the future cashflow potential, Maxis is currently undervalued by the market. However I would like to point that they are not exactly generous with their dividends either.

The phase where people make money based on capital appreciation ie increase in share price is over (typical in any company cycle). Maxis is in the cash cow level(at least in Malaysia), not a star with outstanding growth potential anymore (this is the BCG matrix). So they should do as per all cash cow companies to prep up their share prices.

Here's where I think it is unfair.
They're in the Cashcow phase and other foreign subs are in the Star phase. There for they can easily finance these foreign ventures via internally generated funds.

With that in mind, AK's getting 2 things out of this
1. a cashcow in maxis
2. a fast growing star in its other foreign venture.
and no. 1, can easily finance the other.
and given the future potential of the no. 2, it can be said that even with 20% premium, AK got maxis on the cheap.

*waiting for some minority shareholders watchdog group.

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With the above I'd be surprise should some long term investor agreeing to this. Sure a bird in hand is better than 2 flying right in front of your eyes but what then you want to substitute maxis with? TM?

MUAHAHHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!!*

*Yeah! I know there's Digi but not quite the same innit?

YES LAH!!!!

2007-05-02T05:29:00.000+08:00

MUAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

you know why we won? Cause Benitez "bertapa" tepi padang!

MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

Liverpool vs Chelski - the first 90

2007-05-02T04:38:00.000+08:00

GOALLL!!!!! Thanks Agger!

Looking at him it is easy to see why The Great Hyppia loss his place. Apart from the experience and great sense of positioning & timing by the Great Fun Agger trumps him in the speed, youth and for that extra kick the ability to finish. Agger is definitely for the future.

28^th minute – FUCK YOU ASSLEY COLE! Look at his face! GRRRR!!! Good thing you got the Yellow for that.

31^st thank you Reyna!

Come on guys! We need another one.

Looking at Finnan play he reminds me of Markus Babbel. He is not averse to coming into the middle when the situation warrants it. A bit underweight in terms of body strength but still good.

39^th Phew! That’s a close one. Lucky Essien head not so round. And Why of Why did that Deuce Drogba keep getting the better of our central defenders? Times like these you’d need Hyppia’s experience and frame with Agger’s speed. Hmmmmm……..

45^th Pennant, please lah! I’d really really encourage you to whack that ashely cole but please la no free kick in our half.. Can die lerh!!

58^th – Boy oh Boy. Chelsea really is riding their luck innit? Hmmmmmmm……….. usually, things like this sure got bookie’s hand lah

OHHH!!!! Agger got tattoo on his hands…..

Makelele’s boot macam kasut croc. So colourful!

70^th bodo punya pennant! 1^st timer lah! See! Now kena scold by Carra oredi.

74^th minute and its drogba again! Stupid lah! Kick him out of the game lah!!!

78^th – Eh! Why ah? Alonso come in and already sweating like fug. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…

85^th Reyna really s fantastic! Darn! That was a close one

Aiyoh!! Extra time lah!

I’m afraid of this. We spent too much energy on the first 90.

Aih!

hope we'll win!

ULAR!!!

2007-04-24T15:34:00.000+08:00

I have various routes when it comes to my early morning cycle session. The session is not long, roughly 30 minutes or 40 minutes max. To maximise the time available I'll try and push myself as much as I can.

As such, at the end of the various route it will typically have a downhill descend, then uphill climb followed by a some downhill descend to a flat land. Through this sprint, climb and sprint again thingy I'll go max out lah. Especially the last downhill sprint. Just love the wind on your face as you go flat out.

This morning as I was sprinting down the last bit I suddenly saw this

OPOCOT!!

Torkojut Oden!

and I almost got thrown out of the bicycle trying to avoid the fella. Tak nak aku redah menatang ni, nanti free free aje kena patuk.

But..... I think I ermmm.... might have ermmm... "lenyek" the fella a bit. Fucking afraid man! Suddenly all those stories about how some snake that have this "penunggu" that will come after those who killed them cross me mind.

Niasing! Mati la aku. Tsk tsk.

Then, I dunno how I made a u-turn to check out on the snake. Well, at least kalau nak kena kacau might as well make sure you kill the fella properly. Betul tak?

Sekali, it looks like the snake dah mampus lama dah.

hmmmmm.... cheh! buat suspense only.

So, darn lega man I didn't kill the darn thing. Ok la, I might have ermm... make the spirit cringe a bit lah when I cycle through it. But I didn't kill it ok?

So, kawan-kawan I can safely say I haven't joint Hamsta the SnakeBane club yet. (this guy wallop a cobra with broom stick one).

PHEW!

OH! also I notice that there's no real mark of me bike's tyre on the snake. So takdelah berat sangat!

:P

cycling in the rain

2007-04-19T14:38:00.000+08:00

So much for cycling with music lah! my headphone and ipod not really waterproof. aiyoyoooo.....

but its kinda fun to cycle in the rain like this morning. Makes you feel alive. But then again, with the poor visibility and all, things might be different if I got hit by some truck now innit? Ehehehhehe..

Oh! Well, at least it's fun to mandi hujan like this once in a while.

GOODBYE DEAR FRIEND AND MAY YOU REST IN PEACE

2007-03-28T12:06:00.000+08:00

A brief interruption to the silence in this blog just to post something in honour of my friend.

A friend was involved in an accident and died at the scene. Though he is gone, I will always cherish his advice, his sincere and sensible thoughts and his presence in our little corner of the web.

A good friend, a kind soul and most importantly a great man to his family.

Uncle Tee, you'll be missed.

2006-09-01T15:26:00.000+08:00

In the days
When we were swinging from the trees
I was a monkey
Stealing honey from a swarm of bees
I could taste
I could taste you even then
And I would chase you down the wind ............

Bike no power lah. How?

2006-08-28T10:18:00.000+08:00

Aiyah!! I tell you, the past 1 year or so I spent quite a lot on my bike man. I’ve overhauled the baby, repaint it, changed its parts and god knows what.

After the project’s done I was darn happy.

But then when it comes to corners… I can’t take corners as before.

Hmmm…. There’s some problem with the braking as well. I can’t seemed to stop fast enough. It seems that more often than not I have to really lock the rear tyre for it to stop properly.

And then… what irks me the most is the fact that it has lost a lot of its top speed. I can only do only 110-115kmh max before the air resistance becomes too much and unbearable, while previously it can hit 140-150 with no problem.

Aiyoh! Others nevermind. But top speed I kennot.

Basket spend many thousands and top speed kennot even go more than 115? Chet! Stupid bike! Been together for 7 years already, got you a new paint, do a bypass on your heart and this is how you repay me? GRRRRRRR!

Ok la… Ok la. Can’t blame the bike lah. Maybe I got soo fat that I have the aerodynamic of a lard! Before blame people look in the mirror first lah right??

So I got meself a leather jacket.

Then Vrooom vroommm… test power and 117-118 only!! Basket!!!!

Then try the ultimate position, bent really low and *cue superman anthem…….

VRRRROOOOOMMMM!!!!!!

120!! 120!!!!!!!

Aiyoh!!! Like this confirm! Not aerodynamic problem. Must be power to weight ratio. I’m so fugging heavy that my 500 cc bike can only go 120!

HUWAAAA!!!!!

If naik kapchai only 50kmh liao!!

HUWAAAAAA…

Kena diet liao!!

HUWAAA!!!!

Huh!? Diet?

HUWAAAA!!!!

Darn kaw saddd..!!! I love my fats!!! It make me look cute!

HUWAAAA!!!

Then last Monday morning I got this sms

“Lajunya bawak motor!”

To which I replied “Where got? 90 only”

Then next morning I got another one

“You ride your bike more than 110km/h tau!”

Aiyah!! Having a bad week liao.. no need to pick up fight lah!!

So I quickly quickly call her to find out what’s wrong with her since she’s obviously picking a fight. Then she said “nothing wrong lah! U always scold me drive the car darn fast then you ride your bike darn fast cannnn???” aiyoh!! Fight liaooo… tsk tsk..

Then hor… I found out that she was telling the truth liao and she was doing 110kmh when I overtook her that morning and the day before was 100km/h. To make things a bit more interesting was that after I overtook her, few seconds later I was gone. ERK!

Heh!!

Hehehehe!!!

My bike’s speedo under reads liao! And the best part is it under reads by at least 30km/h.

Confirmed!!

MUAHAHAHAHAHA..

YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!! no need diet!!!!!!!

Fortune Teller and I : The HDD that got away

2006-08-24T09:47:00.000+08:00

photo : No fuel and I got a long long way to go

There I was last wednesday morning, sitting by the roadside while waiting for the PC shop to open. I was reasonably miffed as my I got the Big BAD BLUE screen of Terror from my notebook earlier in the day while I was busy rushing for 3. Coupled with the fact that I didn’t have a proper sleep the past week due to Lil’ D’s volatile temperature from some infection and rushing work at the same time, this rather interesting event couldn’t have happened on a better day. And they say Wednesday supposed to be your most productive day aye?

While I was minding my own business, reading through various brochures suddenly I heard somebody said “excuse me”.

I lift up my head and saw this elderly Singh and promptly smiled at him and said “Good morning & you’re excused” and immediately read the brochure and try to make sense of all this mumbo jumbo technical stuff.

Then, there it is again “Excuse me!”. Again, I lift my head and smile at him which then he immediately continue “Verry lucky face.” Emphasising on the letter R in those accent that’s very familiar with those from those Indian region decent. This white turban man in his 40s, small frame, around 5 feet 4 smiles at me and continues “This sundayy, 2 happiness will come your way. Yes, two happiness.”.

He smiled with a twinkle in his eyes as his head moves from side to side in sync with the rhythm of his speech, while his hands comes alive with gestures ending with him showing 2 of his fingers to me.

Hmmm… Inneresting. He then proceeds “This Sunday you will buy numbers and Happiness will come your way.”

I was a bit confused “What numbers?”

“OH! Numbers. I will give you 4 numbers and this Sunday you will buy those numbers.” He then proceeds to explain that he is a fortune teller and he can see the luck on my face and there’s this rhythm to his speech and how his heads moves and his body movement…

Then I abruptly tell him that I don't buy numbers.

And he looked at me and say “Never?”

Nope

“Long time ago?”

Nope

He tilted his head and scrutinizes my face and say “Are you muslim?”

Yes

“Alhamdulillah! I will pray for your happiness, your blabla blab la bla”

I smile

“Sedekah? Give me some Sedekah”

To which I replied, “I ain’t got no money dawg!”

Heh!

Not quite with the gangsta lingo lah. But more or less like that .lah Ekekeke

Anyway, after this fortune teller episode, I found out my Hard Disk Drive konked and the Data in irretrievable, on the way to work on Friday my Bike ran out of fuel, stuck in the highway for a cool hour, breached my deadline, my back gave way, I can’t sit straight, I walk funny, Liverpool draw the first game, my Princess (that’s my daughter by the way) now suddenly got a fever, and Lil’ D still got the on and off high temperature. And Yes, I ain't got no sleep dawg.

Come Sunday… Nothing.

N O T H I N G !

Where la my 2 happiness dey?

Hmmmmmmmmmm….. well Iddy told me my 2 happiness are my 2 kids, yeap! You’re right. But lo and behold 1 was delivered 2 yrs ago while another was delivered 2 plus months ago.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I told you lot not to believe any of this fortune teller shit! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Side note : I still have a bad back and if you need your HDD’s data to be recovered pronto don’t go to the one on 4^th floor at Low Yat. It’ll cost you a bomb and if it involve some hardware failure it’ll most probably took ‘em 1 month as they need to shipp the darn thing to Korea. DUH!

There is this company in Kepong in front of Jusco Called MDR Data Recovery that can do it in 3 days and cost a lot less and they didn’t have to ship the HDD to Timbuktu since they got a clean room themselves and they actually know what to do themselves. Cool!

I kapak!

2006-07-18T10:36:00.000+08:00

So yesterday I was wandering aimlessly in a mall. Waiting for some govt's department to process your thing can be really tiring you know.

So go la round round round aimlessly. really like nothing to do one. So just go and drop by this Music Store and WHOA PIANG!! Got Double Trouble liao! That's a very rare items you know. The first CD where Malaysia's Rock Kapak Era heavyweights combined in 1 album ok?

Suddenly dunno how hor... I'm paying for 5 CDs. All Rock Kapak CDs. Siao ah!
Got 1 Wings + Search, got 3 Wings old albums, and 1 VCD of Wings in concert back in 1991. Lucky the price is only RM19.90 one. Phew!!

As a result, after work yesterday I've been harrassing a friend to sing with me the "Rock N Roll Lu punya suka" song. And this morning she text me and said "OIT! your Rock Kapak song in in my head!!!"

MUAHAHAHAHHAHAA!!!

Even my son got into this Kapak madness. On the way back from the babysitter's yesterday, there's no Elmo, Barney or any silly dancing jigging dinosaur. He listened to R N R Lu Punya Suka and some other Kapak songs and duly shake his head, raise his hands and even shouted "WROK" imitating a part of the song.

Lil' D Rules!!!

and Kapak FOREVER!!!!

*Not quite the rock sign but good enough :D

hmmmmmmm

2006-07-10T17:08:00.000+08:00

Did I ask too much ?
More than a lot ?

Basket lah!

2006-06-13T02:18:00.000+08:00

Iran kalah 3-1 but ok la... at least got fight marh.

But Japan. KNNCCB..... Siao ah. In front of goal also want to pass pass meh? Tiuniasing... Shoot la wey.

really like dunno how to play bola one. Play play play like that then last 15 minutes like don't want to play oni. Tempura udon lah! everything oso Nippon people got Die! Die! must do what? work like mad, drink like mad, karaoke like mad, ganbate like mad... Play football? got like mad or not? TIU!!! like pooosie only lah lanciao!

my grandmader oso can play better you know? basket lah!

@%#*#@%!#&%%#&(*$#%!$%!#

Now hope the Kimchis can play good good. If not I malu liao to admit myself as an asian. Siao ah!

GO KOREA!! GOOOOO KOREA!!!

*pardon the profanities but my Ah Beng side just got too