Wedding Invitations

31 May 2008

Banyak bebenor wedding invitations musim cuti sekolah ni. Aku ni bukan le rajin sangat nak ke wedding ni... not so much sebab aku ni "the most eligible bachelor" (perasan!!), tapi malas sebab wedding selalunya macam kelam kabut sikit. Lagipun I don't quite like tempat yang penuh sesak...agoraphobic kot.

So, what I normally do is just beli hadiah. Kalau dah tak tau nak beli apa, aku kasi gift voucher jerr... pandai2 lah korang beli apa yang perlu.


Hari ni aku quite free-mree. Kebetulan pula, ada satu wedding and ada gang yang nak pegi, so, aku gagahkan lah juga diri untuk pergi. Lagipun dah tuan punya badan sendiri datang jemput aku kat office. Tempat kenduri pun dekat je...

Time to go now....ciao!

Achieving Childhood Dreams

31 May 2008

I am currently reading "the Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Randy is a computer science professor who had recently been diagnosed with a terminal cancer. The Last Lecture talks about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling dreams of others and seizing every moment that he has. Indeed, his lecture was aptly titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"

I can't help but to reflect on my own childhood dreams. One of those dreams for me is to be a banker. I was once a recipient of a state level award. I was 12. Immediately after the award ceremony, Utusan Malaysia interviewed me on my achievements and on my career ambition. I told them I want a be a bank officer.

(oh dear!...time has changed!)

I have been working with my employer, a bank of course, for 10 years now... :)

(i keep this as bahan bukti that dreams do come true... kah-kah)

Change Product

27 May 2008

I finished my meeting late at about 8 p.m. today. As a result, I was no longer in a mood to go down to the gym. I left office at about nine after clearing some work.

Bergegas aku ke Sogo coz I needed to get some personal products. Products yang aku selalu pakai from C&E have been discontinued. So, I decided this is the best time for me to try new products. In less than 15 minutes, selepas dibantu oleh one of the salesgirls, I made my purchases.



I've also made an appointment for a treatment next month. All in all, it cost me RM610 tonite just to change to a new brand. Oh well! life is full of changes anyway! :)

An Operation and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Saturday, 24 May 2008

I just got back from an operation. Oh! Not the kind that requires cutting open a part of a person's body...Geez.... minta simpang. It was my laptop larr...It needed certain upgrades to boost up performance. Unfortunately, I could only upgrade its RAM from .5Gb to 2Gb. Instantly, I noticed huge difference in terms of speed. The entire process only took 15 minutes and cost me only RM160. Oklah.... not expensive. Lagipun the 2 technicians yang buat keje tadi were nice enough to give me some computing tips and guidance.



Sebelum aku ke Low Yatt Plaza to upgrade my laptop, aku dah janji dengan Hamid, Maya and Anis untuk lunch and tengok Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Tickets aku dah beli online and paid via Maybank2U. So convenient. For a premiere show at the BTS, it's RM17 per person + RM2 booking fee. We had lunch prior to the movie at Kafe Rasa Utara. Aku and Hamid had beriani ayam, while Maya and Anis had laksa and passembor, respectively.

I must say that the movie is entertaining enuf to keep me awake after such heavy lunch. Banyak lah part yang tak logic, but entertaining. For example, (and this was rightly pointed out by Maya) monkeys in the movie only attack the bad guys even though they also come in close contact with the good guys. Macam mana tu? Merepek betul. But anyhow, overall I give this movie grade B purely for its entertainment value.

"In 1957, Indiana Jones is thrust back in action, venturing into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull."

My second all time favorite movie...

19 May 2008

The Kite Runner

Semenjak aku beli 40-inch tv ni, aku asyik melekat kat rumah layan movies.... For the past two weeks, aku dah tengok Vantage Point, Enchanted and the National Treasure - Book of Secrets. While all these movies were very much entertaining, nothing beats the the spellbinding story of inseparable friendships that really swept me away and left me really 'sebak'.

"The Kite Runner" is a movie that everyone should watch. It has all the elements of family and friendship, betrayal and salvation, all beautifully weaved in this moving and provocative movie. The story about Amir and Hassan in the movie with their intertwined lives and fates is really a must see. Indeed, this movie has become my second all time favorite now after the Shawshank Redemption.

Currently Listening to...

19 May 2008

Kepada yang pernah mencuba mendekati hati ini...

Tapi Bukan Aku

Jangan lagi kau sesali keputusanku
Ku tak ingin kau semakin kan terluka
Tak inginku paksakan cinta ini… ii…
Meski tiada sanggup untuk kau terima

Aku memang manusia paling berdosa
Khianati rasa demi keinginan semu
Lebih baik jangan mencintai aku dan semua hatiku
Karena takkan pernah kan kau temui cinta sejati…

Berakhirlah sudah semua kisah ini dan jangan kau tangisi lagi
Sekalipun aku takkan pernah mencoba kembali padamu
Sejuta kata maaf terasa kan percuma… aaa…
Serasa ku t\’lah mati untuk menyadarinya…

Tapi bukan aku… uo..u…

Semoga saja kan kau dapati hati yang tulus mencintaimu
Tapi bukan aaaakuuuu…

Berakhirlah sudah semua kisah ini dan jangan kau tangisi lagi
Sekalipun aku takkan pernah mencoba kembali padamu
Sejuta kata maaf terasa kan percuma…
Serasa ku t\’lah mati untuk menyadarinya…

Berakhirlah sudah semua kisah ini dan jangan kau tangisi lagi
Sekalipun aku takkan pernah mencoba kembali padamu
Sejuta kata maaf terasa kan percuma
Serasa ku t\’lah mati untuk menyadarinya…

Currently Listening to...

19 May 2008

Bleeding Love

Closed off from love
I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you're frozen

But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground
Found something true
And everyone's looking round
Thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling

But nothing's greater
Than the rush that comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness
I see your face
Yet everyone around me
Thinks that I'm going crazy, maybe, maybe

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it's draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I'll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see

I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love

Oh! How I Wish....

18 May 2008

Oh! How I wish....

There are more than 24 hours in a day so that I could do things that I like more often and frequent. But the reality is... hidup ni busy...busy...busy....

Dah bersawang blog ni aku tinggalkan for more than a month. I am now trying to revive my blogging practice. Tengoklah cemana...

Nothing much has happened since my last entry. Cuma in addition to daily work yang bertimbun-timbun, sekarang ni dah mula sibuk preparing for the big five-o anniversary next year. Occasionally , ada lah keluar dengan "gang lepak", the most recent pegi tgk "Iron Man". There's also a new lepak place (Ampang Waterfront) not too far from where I live... so selalu jugak le ke sana untuk dinner on weekdays or lunch di hujung minggu. Aku selalunya lepak kat Kopitiam or Sari Ratu. Di sini jugak ada banyak furniture store, lighting shops, interior design shops, etc. So menarik lah juga untuk cari ilham.

Semenjak dua menjak ni asyik berminat cari lampu... table and standing lamps. Bulan ni saja dah beli 3 biji lampu that cost me close to RM2k. Now tengah cari satu lagi lampu for my book rack. Maybe I shud pay a visit to Ikea...dah lama tak pegi.

I figured, minggu ni aku just nak relax. Time like this is so precious... inilah masanya nak baca buku, magazines and watch dvds.

Recently I just bought a new Samsung 40-inch LCD TV.... tak mahal sangat. Just RM4,500. must say that this purchase was not really planned. Tetiba je rasa macam nak tukar tv, and aku harrassed salesman tu suruh hantar ke rumah immediately... Poyo gilerr. But anyhow, memang berbaloi :-p