This Is The Official Last Post

Hey everyone, it has been a short journey through blog land for me using WordPress. I’ve talked about dumb girls, great bands and ducks that are not ducks, and it’s been just great.

So you know, I didn’t stop blogging because I got bored. I just had a really rough time and had lots on my mind. And we all know that there’s no point in blogging about all your depression right? It took me awhile, but the decision’s made and  this is the official last post.

I have gotten some comments in the last post and I am grateful for the ones who care about why I stopped blogging. I appreciate all who supported me. You know who you are.

I may never blog here again, but hey, there’s always something better if we just keep moving forward

Cheers

Leopard Delayed!

This morning has been rough for me. I got into work a little later than usual, was greeted surprisingly by a loudmouthed noob worker saying lots of stuff about me being late for work, shouting here and there about shit…making a big scene… all the time failing to understand that part timers are suppose to work… what? PART TIME! Thats right… part time! I am a part timer. A part timer that has served this company far more longer. Incredible isn’t it that some people can just be so ignorant and idiotic.

To add to the great morning I’m having, I was greeted by this on the front page of Apple’s Hot News page

iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is.However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned.While Leopard’s features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we’re sure we’ve made the right ones.
[Apr 12, 2007]

I am devastated. This announcement can only lead to more bad news. So why is this such a big deal for me?

1. My Powerbook is dying and I need to replace it

2. No point buying the current Macbook Pros because its already April and Santa Rosa is being released next month

3. The general consensus is that the next MBPs would come with Santa Rosa and newer tech across the board.

4. Guessing that the new MBP would come after Leopard is released. That would be shweet because I would get a new model plus the new OS

5. Thought all of this would happen by May – June

6. Leopard is delayed to October!!

So there you go, why this news is devastating to me. The only hope I have is that Apple announces the new MBP next week at NAB (April 15th) that would still ship with Tiger and iLife ‘06 so that I can just get it first and get Leopard when it comes out in October. I think some of my friends who didn’t wait and got their Macbooks are going to be relieved when they hear this.

That Thing About Malaysian Traffic Police

Yeah, so I was driving down the usual road home after a drink with my friends (which I ended up speeding at around 120-130, poking another red Kelisa that just won’t let go) when I ended up at the end of the MRR2 bridge and the start of the MRR2 heading to Batu Caves, when I saw a BIG road block ahead. I slowed down and was hoping for it to be crime police (courteously letting the red Kelisa from earlier to be ahead of me now).

So whoppee… I see lots of white shirts at the block and got flagged to the side. I stopped by the road and was greeted by a traffic police officer quite nicely, and so the conversation begun.

Officer: Lesen memandu…

Me: (Took out my driving license and passed it to the gentleman)

Officer: Kerja apa?

Me: Boss, saya masih study

Officer: Kenapa speeding? You tau you speeding?

Me: Lewat ma..

Officer: Ha… Saya perlu bagi you saman ah. 300 ratus ringgit tau. Bukan murah.

Me: … hmmmm…. Bagi lo..

Officer: Bukan murah tau… 300 ratus…

Me: Bukan 100? Saya ingat 100.. (testing waters)

Officer: 100? Mana ada begitu murah? Sekarang parking illegal pun 70!

Me: Oh..

Officer: You mau saman ah? (pause) Atau mau tolong?

Me: Berapa you mau? (testing again)

Officer: Berapa you ada?

Me: (looked into my wallet) Saya ada 15 saje… Takda duit la

Officer: (gave me back my license) Tak pa la, tak pa la..

Me: So you mau 15 ah?

Officer: Tak pa la, saya tolong you la.. Pergi pergi..

Me: (he seemed to have forgotten about the fine…come on… what do you expect me to do?)

So I left. That was how it went, as accurate as I could remember. My only reasoning for him letting me go without a fine is that he’s not suppose to be there in the first place!

I didn’t exactly offer him a bribe, I was more than ready to accept the fine, but in the end, when I looked like I couldn’t give him enough to buy him that Ferrari when he’s retired, he lost interest in me and just asked me to leave. Shouldn’t he be giving me a fine if this whole road block was official? I still regret not seeing if he had those “Saya-Anti-Rasuah” badges on. That would be just hilarious.

I’m not complaining that I got off scott-free, but seriously, what in the world are policemen doing in the middle of the night blocking off roads and asking for bribes?

So have we gotten anywhere since 4 years ago? I guess not.

Another interesting story about our best friends in white

PDRM’s blog

Mac Evangelism

As I was taking my shower, I realize that I have done a whole lot of damage to Microsoft (or so I would like to think) over these couple of years. I’m sure by now you would know that I am a Mac advocate to the end, but lets see the real damage that I have been doing to that damn company.

The Converts List (not taking into account the sales I did in MacAsia)

2005
Bobby (iBook G4)
Victoria (Powerbook G4)

2006
Dikota (iBook G4)
Steven Wong (iBook G4)

2007
Christopher Lim (iMac 20″)
Jonathan So (Macbook CD)
Kim Mooi (Macbook C2D)
Lam (Macbook C2D)

Total= 7 people in 3 years

These are all I can remember so far, but I’m sure I’m missing out some people here… anyhoo, thats most of my friends as well as classmates. The converts list does not include iPod converts.

The I-Wish-I-Had-More-Money-So-I-Can-Convert List
Prakash =)

I know its a modest list, but I’m just making a point. So there you go. Now if only I have such a robust list for Christian Evangelism…

The Oral Stage Presents Screwed

My friend Prakash has been active in the arts scene with the troop The Oral Stage and here I am shamelessly helping him to promote their new production premiering in 2 weeks time. Here is the pr from their official blog:

The Oral Stage enters its fourth season with an all-new line-up of original shorts and monologues, a contemporary take on the timeless issues of identity, gender, relationships, meaning and purpose. Screwed reinforces the fact that being human is nothing short of being screwed, after all.

Established in 2004, TOS is a youth arts company dedicated to arts empowerment through education, events and performances. Now in its third year, TOS is housed by The Dram Projects studio in Petaling Jaya and is supported by the arts community. Its members comprise of young, aspiring youth from all walks of life who band together to prove that arts is, for everyone. We’re nowhere near defunct just yet.

This season’s ensemble stars Waimin Lee, Emily Yoon, Doreen Loo, Gary Ooi , Branavan Aruljothi, Christine Ellis, Prakash Gopalakrishnan, Lam Wai Yee, Batsheba Zlikha Arsalan, Erin Victor, Nick Davis, Rachel Lai MS and Elza Irdalynna . Directed by Kelvin Wong and produced by Christine Ellis.

Pieces written by Joyce Hooi, Gary Ooi, Davina Goh, Priya K., Gavin Yap, Patricia Low, Doreen Loo, Kelvin Wong and Rauf Fadzilla.

Supported by The Dram Projects, KLPac and The Actors Studio.

For more information, click

Prakash, you’ve juggling your work and practices for awhile now and I can see you’re stressing out. But it’ll all pay off soon. We’ll be there to support you. Hakuna Matata!

Joyce

The one who got me through the times when I couldn’t. You make this life so much more bearable. I guess it makes sense when the only emotional thing I can do with you is laugh.

Why a post drought?

Yeah, so there’s been no new posts for the past few weeks on my blog. I’ve been busy with a couple of things, and sorting out my life in the process. Will I ever be back to blogging? Yes. Will this blog ever continue? Maybe.

The Geoduck

Was having my lunch the other day with Sarah Chan and family before her flight back to US, and I came across this very interesting Chinese delicacy in the restaurant (North Ocean Seafood). Its called the Geoduck and priced high enough to be called a delicacy. Have been seeing these ducks all around Malaysia’s seafood outlets, but never really got about talking about it. So people, today you learn something new. Click on the link to get more info on this mighty fine slug.

The Geoduck

[pic was taken by me with Canon S3IS]

Anna Anna!

Been listening to Light Grenades every single day in the car for the past week or so, and I have to say that it is one hell of an album. I started listening to these guys since I was 14 and I can say that this is a really good album, not the best, but really really good. I was weaned on the sounds of Wish you were here and Nice to know you, the kick ass rock of Under my umbrella and the musical journey that is Aqueous Transmission. Amazing times back then, but what can I say, I loved all the latest 3 albums. Can’t really get into their older stuff though…but I do consider myself a fan

So on to Light Grenades. What I loved most about their somewhat new sound is that it sounds progressive and not like anything they’ve done so far but still distinctly Incubus… Familiarly unfamilar I would say! I really love Quicksand, Kiss to send us off, Dig, Anna-Molly and the Earth to bellas. The rest is mostly a hit and miss. The rock is good, the mellow not present and the alternative just right.

Thank god that these guys are not splitting ways from the rumour I heard previousl. Totally recommended.

[pic from incubus-online-view.com]

A little update for the past few weeks…

Well, I have been really busy with alot of work recently that happened to pop up after my Year 2 exams finished. Spent the whole of last week finishing up the DVD I owed Sarah of her wedding dinner September last year, and honestly, it came out better than I expected with the help of iMovie and iDVD.. Thank you Apple!

This week have been working on some banners to be placed in church. After the church’s renovations completed in December, Pastor Evonne has been busy putting things together in and around the building, and I have to say it has been just great working with her on the various church projects. So when she posed the challenge of coming up with banners to promote our annual theme, I just had to say yes. So yeah, I have been working on the banners, and will have a post on that when I’m done.

Finally, been working on the site for glo. Currently, its in sneak preview, in other words, “try and see if there’s anyone who would be interested and supportive” period. Lets see where this goes..