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Lazy Sunday

2005-12-26T03:30:00.000+08:00

Okay let me make this a quick one since I’m having the mother of all headaches now…

So what did I do today huh? Nothing much, but:

Lazy Sunday

Yeah it was a Lazy Sunday and I woke up in the late afternoon. Hahaha yeah I did like usual. Then at around 5-6pm (which was a few hours after I woke up – you do the math) went to Jusco for some shopping. Played some pool, and bumped into Sheila, Azfar’s cousin. Meh…that was all.

A Surprise Meet

After Jusco, went to the RK Siang Malam joint and hooked up with mah fave DVD joint and bought some DVDs (a buy 5 free 1 promotion!). Then I met my long lost friend from high school. Her comments about me: I’m got ‘bigger’ and ‘taller’. Now I would like to ignore the former comment and focus on the latter one, but meh…who am I kidding? Yeah fine I’m huge. At least I’m happy so what if I’m huge huh? Hahaha!

Watch Till You Puke

Began watching the first DVD out of the 6 bunch: Exorcism of Emily Rose. My summary? Creepy, interesting, and thought provoking. Dude, Jennifer Carpenter creeped me out with her performance. Kinda made me remembered about Linda Blair. Cool.

Second meal of the night (or morning): The Wedding Crashers. This movie may star the dynamic duo, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn but didn’t quite get that nut job movie I was expecting. Instead, it turned out to be an okay rom-com with a lil’ bit of nutjobs, a lil’ bit of T&A, a lil’ bit of heart warming scenes, a WHOLE LOTTA CUTESY (thank God for Rachel McAdams…she’s such a cutie!) and what Wilson-Vaughn comedy would be complete without a lil’ bit of a mystery character by the name of Chaz. Man when that face appeared from the shadows I cracked my ass off laughing!

All in all I had a so-so day but thank you Miss McAdams for being so cute and making me sleep better at night.

Next on the list: Tom-Yum Goong, Into The Blue, Transporter 2 and a whole lotta DOOM.

Shit this headache is cracking my skull. Sleepers yo’!

-peace!-

King Kong: The Eighth Review of The World (I wish)

2005-12-17T13:47:00.000+08:00

Okay I figured out that since it’s already December and what better way to update this blog by giving…no not presents for Christmas…dude…Santa doesn’t even exists (kids, sorry to make you disappointed but face the facts kids…Santa’s just a creative imagination from some parent(s) during the early years to ensure that the kids won’t be pissing them off with whiny cries for presents and stuff). Anyhoo, I would like to update this bloody rusty blog with a movie review. What movie you ask? Hrm…how about:

KING KONG!

Yeah folks, it IS the latest movie anyway and I just saw it yesterday with my family and here ya go – my review. Enjoy.

So a few days back I prepped myself before watching Peter Jackson’s version of Kong by getting a hold on the 1933 original of Kong starring Fay Wray. Yes, this version is the one we all were grown to love, and its story was one of the most original and of course the one that most probably nobody could duplicate in decades (or so I think). This is when the people in 1933 watched in horror as a giant sized gorilla took a tiny little blonde woman as captive, wondering wildly what the heck would that giant gorilla do to her (dudes, I don’t think there were that many perverts back in the day so lay off with that thought aight. You know what thought…please).

Although the Kong effects are laughable by today’s standards (d’uh the movie was in 1933 for God’s sake…still, it had great effects considering the time period), the whole story still delivers that simple yet effective ‘love story’ between a monkey and a woman (again, keep your thoughts to yourself pervs). A story telling us that 25 foot gorillas have feelings too, in fact all living things do.

Fast forward 72 years later, this New Zealander known for Hobbits, Elves and the Ring is already out with his version of King Kong. Yeap, Peter Jackson does it again with King Kong. Now, first things first – this King Kong is not a remake for sure. It’s Peter Jackson’s version of it, and I’ll stress out why later on.

Starring the lovely Naomi Watts, the talented Adrien Brody and of course the mega rock star Jack Black, King Kong sets to rock your Kong socks off your Kong feet.

First and foremost – King Kong is 3 hours long. Yes. 3 hours long. Hey, but don’t let the length of the movie scare you. Seriously, you won’t be feeling the 3 hours in the end, but for preparation get a good sleep before watching the show cos’ you won’t wanna be snoozing off in the middle of the show.

King Kong starts off by giving us a good view of how America looks like in the 30s, with homeless people everywhere, the rich and the poor separated so widely and so on. I suck in history but isn’t this during the Great Depression era? Yeah you smart asses can kick my ass and sue me for being a dumbass. Anyway, it then tells us about the two main characters and that they were both down on their lucks with their dreams – showbiz. We got Ann Darrow (Watts) with her luck in theater and we got Carl Denham (Black), a director struggling with his flopping movies. The whole story shifts into gear when Denham and Darrow meet each other. Starting from this point, the main theme of the movie is ‘fate’.

Pete Jackson (PJ) really managed to inject this ‘theme’ by just using the haunting musical score, plus the perfect facial expressions of Watts and Black. Dude, you’ll know that all of this was fate. They’ll tell you that in your face…and it keeps on getting better till the end.

This is what I would like to highlight about PJ’s sheer brilliance in directing an epic such as King Kong. He injects emotion, feelings, and life into the characters in King Kong. He makes you wanna care about the side characters as much as you would about the main characters. The movie crew, the ship crew and heck you’ll even feel for the ship’s chef (played by Andy Serkis).

This is what I adore the most about PJ. He is a genius. That’s why I mentioned that King Kong is PJ’s version and not a remake. The original King Kong storyline was just the guideline for this King Kong and many, many extra injections of life and emotion were given by PJ. If you liked the LOTR trilogy, you can expect the same experience of the sadness, the happiness and the fear in King Kong. You thought the 1933 King Kong’s ending was tragic? Wait till you see PJ’s King Kong. 72 years of advancement in the special effects department really pays off in this flick.

I really can’t say much more in writing as you really have to watch the movie to get what I’m talking about…but I will continue to write about the damn sweet special effects and the whole environment in King Kong. The environment is like a drawing coming to life, especially Skull Island. The creatures however range from normal to superb. The dinosaurs are superb – the Rexes and the Brontosauruses really look cool and bring back that Jurassic Park feeling. The other inhabitants however, look normal (to me at least). When I say normal, I don’t really mean ugly…I just mean that it looks too CG to me. The truth is that it’s actually a mixed bag cos’ sometimes the centipedes look realistic enough, sometimes they don’t – same goes for the bats, the crabs and others.

Kong however is perfect. Kong walks like Kong should. Kong roars like a King of the Jungle should. Kong talks like a gorilla should…which basically means he doesn’t technically talk but he does that monkey talk of his…well…that is considered as talking right? Kong really shows us that he too, has a soft side in that beastly hide of his. He’s tough, he’s scary, he’s scarred but he’s actually too proud to admit that he too likes humor, likes the presence of someone who loves him and loves the fact that he has someone to save and that someone depends on him. Hmm…sounds like us men huh? Hehe. Thanks to awesome motion capturing (by the brilliant Andy Serkis) and awesome CG work by WETA workshop, Kong really is Kong.

Bottom line is - the story really works up on the human psychology. It manages to make you relax with soft, slow scenes and then makes you jump out of your seat with excitement with awesome giant battles, slick escapes and near-death encounters and then it pulls you back on a relaxing trip down soft, slow lanes again. I don’t know about others, but it sure worked for me!

This story really is multi-layered as it really has a lot of messages buried deep beneath the surface of the ‘beauty and the beast’ story – not unlike Kong himself with reasons as stated in the previous paragraph. This movie makes you ask a lot of questions in the end. Who the real beast is in the end; Kong or humans? Should you judge a book by its cover? Why humans think more of themselves and not others? Why is Adrien Brody’s nose that big? Okay maybe not that question but it is a mystery on its own*.

My recommendation: Call up the nearest cinema. Book your tickets. Get a good rest and some sleep. Watch the movie. Be amazed. Thank me later.

Shah’s score – 9/10

*P.S: I am available for psychiatric consultation on Mondays and Thursdays.

Target: Blog - Item: Karat

2005-12-17T12:26:00.000+08:00

Sesi membuang karat phase 2 sudah pun bermula. Kita mulakan dengan penggunaan blogger add-on for Microsoft word. Hrm…if this works…I would be updating this blog in a few moments..stay tuned people..

-peace!-

Setelah Karat dibuang....

2005-09-16T12:38:00.000+08:00

hahahaha ni aku nak test je ni blog kat UTP. Aku balik2 je tgk internet cam dah ok sket so aku nak test blog sepam..kalo takde repeated posts and deleted posts..hahaha kire berguna la gak aku marah2 pasal connection..wahahahaha!! okeh here's to hoping

Mari membuang karat!!

2005-09-11T21:23:00.000+08:00

WOOORGHHHHHHH!!!! YAHHHHHHH RETURN OF THE BLOGGAZZZ NIGGAZZ!!!!! Giler ar lame siot tak update blog..bak kata rumet aku si cheepoi tukang kuliah subuh...berkarat sial! Haaaa byk giler la aku nak mengupdate korang ni pasal berbulan dowh tak citer!! So i'll try my very best to summarize bende2 ni..ala2 abstract (HAH mcm journal plak dah)

The Rage Against the Washing Machines

Hah, diorang bagi claim washing machine masa bukak sem so aku hanya hantar baju2 busuk aku gi dobi sekali je...pastu pakai je la suke hati mak bapak tiri anak angkat aku gi basuh baju. UTP kata nak jimat letrik tapi lampu kat area village tu biar tebukak sampai siang2...pastu blame on us students nyer washing machines...bleh balh la weh admin bangang!! ingat kitorang bengap sgt ke weh nk realize yg UTP nk majukan Speed Kleen?? Kata well rounded students...student terpilih masuk UTP..tp admin assume kitorang ni bengap...bleh mampus la MPP kata nak nego...gi mampus ar ketua MPP yg bangang tu..bodoh...kene tempik sket dah tercirit dalam spender...bodos!!

ITMS = Internet Tukun Macam Siput

Ni lagi satu hal...penyebab utama blog kitorang berkarat...hahahah sbb connection slow!! Ingat tak zaman2 kite beli modem dial up 56K dulu? HAHAHAHAH internet connection kat uni lagi slow dr modem siot!!! Konon maintenance...maintenance korok la wey...lagi slow ade la..bongoi! Teknologi konon...ahahahah i laugh at that statement!!

Penyebaran Kemuliaan

Ni rumet aku dah citer skit2 kat blog dier (Cheepoi nyer blog), tapi aku nak elaborate sket...muahahaha. Ade la dua ekor makhluk Allah tu....mulia siot. Seriously kalo ade cahaya putih tu...dier akan menyinari due ekor ni la..siyes...ingat senang ke nak hidup kalo lepas baca Bismillah terus kena sambar petir?? Dugaan dowh..dugaan... Bak kata aspa (salah sekor makhluk mulia ni) : Akhlah Mulia Memperkasakan Aspa. Rumet dier lak sama je...Mukjizat Jati Diri Matpi. Jangan memain wey...rakan masjid sume terasa tercabar dgn derang ni. Aspa masa magrhib tido dgn kain, berselimutkan sejadah..berkopiah...pastu siap ade buku PAFA lagi tu kat bantal dier...cheepoi ade gambar bukti! Hahahaha!!!

Kisah kekura laju

Haa since internet slow nak mampus..kitorang nak buktikan la yang kura2 pun lagi laju dari connection tuh. Mcm mana lak lagi laju? haaaa...kitorang buat la charity race yang diberi nama TURTLE-A-THON yang akan dilangsungkan pada 23 sept 2005 ni...yeh. Objektif event ni? Hahaha kitorang nak jual kura2 getah yang comey2 sokmo and 23 sept ni kitorang lepaskan la kat sungai kat UTP. Pastu tgk la sape sampai finishing line dulu..haa senang kan? FUN tapi at the same time tu kiter buat la charity!! YEHH!! So sape2 yg turun UTP time 23 sept ni..meh la enjoy2 and meriahkan lagi event turtle ni!! wuuhuu!!! Mlm tu plak ade charity dinner!! Makanan sedap!!! Performance tak ingat nyer la!!! huhu!! JOM TURTLE!!!

Kisah stress seminggu

Ha ni kisah hidup student it/is batch 4th year 2nd sem la...ni minggu ni...stat ari isnin lepas, 5 sept...adalah minggu yang paling hectic tak igt nyer. Cube bayangkan....3 test, 3 assignments dlm seminggu. Campur keje2 amal turtle-a-thon lagi...PERGH. Mmg tak cukup tido dibuatnyer...tapi ade la fun gak! First test, ari selasa. Pastu hari rabu lak 2 test. Assignment antor ari khamis dgn jumaat. Waaaaaa!!! Penat dowh!!! Tapi takpe..asalkan enjoy! Pastu dimeriahkan lagi lak dgn result practical kitorang..Alhamdulillah dapat 4 flat. First time dowh dpt 4 utk satu sem...hahahaha! FYP plak...aaaaa..tak stat lagi...mampos ar cmni..

Kisah di rumah

Hahaha aku terasa sedey gak la biler balik rumah...bukan sedey aper la...aku baru dpt tau adik aku yg dua orang tu...beli henpon bapak canggih dari aku nyer...wahahahahahahah! ini suda lebeyy ni! hahahaha tapi takpe...nnt aku beli telepon public nnt..hahahaha siap plaster camera digital sepam...video cam sepam...amik ko..plasterkan laptop sepam! hahahaha tapi it's all good la biler balik umah...nk rehat sepenuhnya...aaaa..tapi khamis dah kene balik....keje kura2...adehh....

Hrm...rasenyer stakat tu je la kot bleh aku nk update..kang ade terasa nak update lagi aku update la lagi...bwahahaha

till then,

-peace!-

Dudes who taught me how to live

2005-07-20T15:54:00.000+08:00

First off, upon seeing the photos of men that I'm gonna post ere, please avoid all comments that promote homosexuality (i know some frens just can't resist). Anyway these are the dudes who kinda taught me how to dress and live a relaxed life...

Mr. Kumar himself, Kal Penn - for teaching me how to talk trash and living with only a bong..

John Cho - Kal Penn's partner in crime, teaching me that being a naive person doesn't mean you can't get high and the munchies...

Mr. Jack Black - for teaching me that rock still lives and being a pervert is okay if you're a mega rock star. COMINNNAATTTYEAHHHAAA!!

and last but not least Mr. Matt Le Blanc - for teaching me that being dumb is cool and speaking in an awkward italian accent (How yu dhuin?) could get the laydays...

Well there are a few more unmentioned here but they kinda taught me life's lessons and how to live it one way or another. And if you know me, you know some of the things above are just for fun and laughs.

Oh before I close up, here's a guy who deserves honorable mention:

Mr. Ryan Reynolds - for teaching me how to be Van Wilder...

-peace!-

Oh DUDE my TWIN!

2005-07-20T15:37:00.000+08:00

Dudes..I just found out that my twin is actually someone popular! Yeahhaaayyaaaa!! My twin sis is none other than the sweet sexy lookin' Marion Raven!! WooHooo!!!!!! Why is she my twin sis? Hahahaha cos we were practically born on the same friggin' date and year!! 25th May 1984! Woohoo!!!

On Other news, my compatibility rating to the hotter than hot, girl in my dreams, Jessica Alba is a whopping 94%. Dude...that's HOT!

And since we're on the subject of cutesy, here I give you another Marion, Miss Marion Caunter of 8TV's Quickie.

and to finish up, I present to you another fascination of mine (kinda dig these dark skinned italian+irish+asian lookin women) your one and only Miss Teen USA 98 and current host on MTV's TRL, Miss Vanessa Minnillo.

So there ya go peeps...another post good on the eyes...

-peace!-

O' Draconian Devil, O' Lame Saint...

2005-07-18T13:41:00.000+08:00

Fans of the highly acclaimed book, Da Vinci's Code should immediately know what the title of today's post refers to. Yes, I too have been sucked into the world of 'Dark Arts', symbology and cryptology. Thanks to a few frens (Dueng, Ayuni, and some others) I have been introduced to this book, this story which is so engaging, that a guy who rarely reads novels like myself just becomes addicted to the story.

The way Dan Brown tells the story is so engaging and it has your Hollywood style thriller all written in text. Each action is described in superbly crafted sentences and broken down into chapters just at the right points. Therefore, it's a no brainer that sooner or later there'll be a movie made based on this book.

Fans may know this before hand, cos the news is quite old but what i want to share with ya peeps about this movie is the cast that have been confirmed as of now.

So far, what we know is that Da Vinci's Code will be directed by acclaimed director, Ron Howard (Splash, Appollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man) and it's due May 19th of next year. Now on to the casting. So far these are the people confirmed:

Paul Bettany as Silas

Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon (pic from the set of Da Vinci's Code)

Jean Reno as Captain Bezu Fache a.k.a Papal Bull

Alfred Molina as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa

Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveau

Sir Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing

So that's it for now. The cast looks good especially the legendary Tom Hanks as Langdon and Jean Reno as Bezu Fache. Since I just started reading the book, I could now visualize these people while reading it. Superb! And possibly this could be another reason to read the book all over again, for those who have finished it.

Till later, cheers!

-peace!-

This is MONKEY BUSINESS!!

2005-07-08T10:46:00.000+08:00

Okay so this is a first: An album review by moi. I usually review movies cos that's my thang...and I don't review music that much cos I get lost in words like crunk, funk, or hell...PHUNK! :)

But for today's post, I can't resist doing a review for Black Eyed Peas' latest album, Monkey Business. Besides the Free Monkey Mask offer that comes with the album, the whole album is so feel good and it's essential listening for those who feel somewhat tense or just feeling down and want to cheer up.

From the opening theme, Pulp Fiction fans would smile becaue the first track would be the very very upbeat remix of 'Miserlou' originally by Dick Dale, and resulting in 'Pump It Up'. Man this song REALLY pumps things up! As usual the BEP crew showcases their different styles of music, fused into a song. Like i said..i don't know how to differentiate a song with music terms...so I'll just say that the first song was already a good sign for the others. And I love being correct.

The next song would be the current chart topper, 'Don't Phunk With My Heart'. Seriously, the first time I heard this song..I disliked it. I dunno why...maybe it's because Fergie's style of saying 'No No No No'? That was only for the first time..now I'm addicted to it! The video clip also highlights Fergie's 'other' technique which involves body parts piercing through cloth...if ya catch my drift. HOHO!

All in all, all the songs in this album is a must listen. It goes from upbeat and sizzles down to a boil in the middle and then catches up again towards the end. The songs are so diversed that each song basically has a different sound to it. There's a lot of snippets of reference of classic songs embedded in their songs like James Brown's 'Watch me!' or Beastie Boys' 'DRRROP'. Genius.

There are 5 songs which have collabos:

My Style with Justin Timberlake
Like That with Cee-Lo, John Legend, Talib Kweli and Q-Tip
Gone Going with Jack Johnson (who sounds like John Mayer)
They Don't Want Music with the legendary James Brown (this song's kinda like showing Mr. Brown's disappointment with kids' taste in music today. They don't want music. They just want Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom..)
Union with Sting

There's also a fully Tagalog song by Apl titled 'Bebot'.

All is nice and fun and cheery. A recommended album for those fun loving people or sad people. I give this album a 9/10.

War of The Worlds: The Review

2005-07-04T10:05:00.000+08:00

Aloooohaaaa!Wow..long time no blog..ahaha..malas la nak blog..since dah abes presentation...hoho..keje pun malas. Well..to show how lazy i am at work..i'm gonna write my review for War of The Worlds. For those who wanna skip the intro of pre-viewing feelings stuff and shit can skip to the 5th paragraph. :)

Went and watched this last Friday at 5PM with family. Y'see, there are normally 3 types of pre-viewing feelings that you'll have and normally it could very well determine the result of your reviews or opinions on a movie. The first type of feeling is the "Uphill to Midhill/Downhill" experience. This is when you feel so damn hyped about a movie a YEAR before it actually comes out. After viewing it however, you get mixed emotions. You would want to say it was a bad movie, or just an 'OK' movie but sometimes you feel like a fool for having all those pre-hype moments. So instead you cheat yourself and try to look in the mirror and tell yourself that the movie was excellent.

Case in hand, Star Wars Episode 3. Yes i DID gave a 9/10 for this movie because I was sooooo hyped about this movie. It IS still a great movie though, but hey after a few more viewings..i just didn't feel..all giggly and sad when watching the "You were like a brother to me Anakin" moment. It was just like all the molecules in your body shaking and vibrating and when the time comes..BOOM! and then followed by a poof. That's all.

Now the second feeling is totally the opposite. You go in without ANY expectations, with much scepticism, or maybe a last minute urge to watch the movie, but after the viewing, you think that it's the BOMB!! Case in hand, Batman Begins (review coming soon). I really had nothing to expect. Didn't go picture hunting for the movie, didn't go rumor hunting as well. And yet, I end up as a big fan of the movie, evident at the lowyat.net forums.

Now the third feeling is a 'so-so till the end' feeling. You get in with a medium expectation, where you're curious of how the movie will turn out and you tell yourself that the movie "cam best jerr". Yet the result would be still a medium to high level of raving. Case in hand, War of The Worlds. Here's the review:

First thing you should know when entering the cinema: This is a Spielberg movie. Second thing you should know: It stars Tom Cruise. The third fact is: It's a sci-fi movie with a lot of special effects.

These facts alone could spell out 'BLOCKBUSTER' and indeed it does. This is what an action-packed movie should be all about. An action packed movie with a lot of heart, mind you.

The story starts off with the alien invasion on earth via lightnings that blasts EMP, rendering all electronics useless. Then these alien tripods come out from the ground, starts to attack everybody, wanting to claim Earth for themselves. Tom Cruise is one of the many people who are trying to survive this disastrous event along with his daughter and son. Now the premise may be simple, but leave it to Mr. Spielberg to tell a story as simple as this and make it into something so real, that you could imagine it happening to us.

I don't know how to review this in depth cos there aren't many plot twists or whatsoever. It's just plain simple. Aliens attack, humans try to survive and protect their planet. The thing about this movie is that it basically excels at every single scene where it shows the aliens kicking ass (or disintergrating them). This is truly my first time experiencing an alien attack scene where i was literally breathless for a moment. I mean seriously breathless. It was sheer genius.

Other than the attacking aliens, Tom Cruise did a very good job as usual as Ray Ferrier, the father to Dakota Fanning's Rachel and Justin Chatwin's Robbie. Now he's just your ordinary useless father which deserves the divorce from his ex wife. He's irresponsible, his son even calls him by his name. But this isn't for long. As in all Spielberg movies, they have a message. In this one, it's about parenthood and the importance of a family at a time like war or some hectic tragedy. Tom Cruise superbly carried out his role with realism. He's not the typical Hollywood character in any disaster films where at one moment you find out that he's a plumber. The next second he's Earth's hero cos he now knows how to fly planes, drive tanks and shoot missiles. Nope, Tom Cruise isn't like this in this movie. He's a scared as you and me, he's worried about the safety of his children, he's also battling the war with his children at the same time. He hides when there are explosions, he gets stunned and somtimes act like a pussy. He's just REAL. So kudos to Mr. Cruise! Fanning was cute as usual, doing a lot of screaming, acting frightened but never overacting. You basically could FEEL her fear. Bravo indeed.

Now the ending may not be the BEST ending ever in this kind of movie, so people expecting so, please be warned. People who have read the book should know how it ends, so maybe they would be going to watch this movie to see the effects. I myself was kinda disappointed with the ending cos it was so...anti-climatic. Sometimes it just doesn't make sense. Maybe H.G Wells was trying to make fun of the aliens. "So you think you're so smart do ya?", he probably thought.

All in all, this movie is an action-packed one filled with heart, a strong message and such. People expecting balls-to-the-wall actions, please wait for this movie on DVD. At least you could appreciate the sound in this movie. On the other hand, people who want to see aliens attacking with no remorse, see this movie and I bet you'll hate aliens more than you have before (if you ever).

I give this movie an 8/10.

-peace!-

The true King of the Jungle

2005-06-28T16:34:00.000+08:00

Here it is folks...the trailer for another anticipated movie by Pete Jackson...coming to you this December 14th...get ready...for The King:

LARGE VERSION (QUICKTIME)

Ares!! I have come to slaughter youuu!

2005-06-27T12:14:00.000+08:00

Wow..long time no blog..heh..been busy last week..and really sleepy during the weekends. Man. Only 3 more weeks to the end of practical training..can't wait! But then...there's FYP...oh man...couldn't we just rest for a whole year?

Anyway, the title refers to the awesome game God Of War on the PS2. I bought it way back in December/January and only yesterday I managed to finish it! Man it was satisfying!! Yeahh! too bad i bought the second printing copy..so I couldn't view the extra movies..sheesh..but there's always the God Mode where it's a pain in the ass..completing normal mode is already tough enough..now God Mode??

The only reason I finished the game late was because the previous copy i had..i thought it was an incomplete version. So by that time it was already after the 5 days return period..so i just kept it in store. Then i thought a new batch came in, so i went to buy it, and to my despair..it was the same...the game froze at one point while loading the level...same point..same thing. So i was really furious..wanted to return it already..but then i realised that the freezing was caused by my PS2 itself. sheesh...the game was trying to load the bg music and it got stuck there. So i decided to reload the game, this time...i switched the music off..and HEY it worked!! so from there onwards...just kept slaying enemies and walked like a Roman God...Kratos..you kick ASS!! I'm definitely gonna play the game again with God Mode..heh see how advanced a gamer i am. :D

P.S: I also learned something valuable on buying newly released games, but only for the PC. It is best to download the game demos from Gamespot or anywhere else before buying the game. D'uh. Just downloaded Batllefield 2 that day, and damn the demo allows online play!! cool! Now playing it for more than 20 times..i'm definitely gonna buy the original copy of BF2!! Next up in my demo list: Psychonauts!

Seeya later!

-peace!-

Put a smile on your face, make Gotham worse..

2005-06-23T12:35:00.000+08:00

3 words. Oh. My. God. I stumbled on this image at the lowyat.net forums. This guy, ubhm, posted this created teaser poster of the Batman Begins sequel...Hereeeeeeessssss Joker!!

Wow..I don't know for sure yet..but it seems to be a photo of The Cure's Robert Smith..altered la obviously..heh..i'll update when i find out who the heck is the real guy in this teaser...cool..if they could hire an actor who looks like this..with this kind of make up...man Batman films would NEVER be the same again...

update: still unknown who exactly this guy in the teaser is, BUT it's possible Lachy Hulmes (of Matrix Revolutions and the Enter The Matrix game as Sparky) is the man of laughter. Whoever it is...he's the Joker alrite..

-Peace!-

How you doin?

2005-06-22T15:42:00.000+08:00

Hahaha somehow I always knew..and the 3 or so quizzes proved it (kinda)..hehe let me share:

You're Joey...a little on the slow side, but with
good intentions, people can't help but love
you.

which Friends character are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

The other quizzes didn't have HTML tags..but it said Joey as well. So there...how YOU doin?

Cut and Paste

2005-06-21T16:27:00.000+08:00

Hmm..dunno what to blog..just finished work...no more work to do..for now..

well..i think i'll get some masking tape..

and paste some pics on my notepad huh?

there ya go...heheheh..

-peace!-

Randomization in progress....

2005-06-17T10:11:00.000+08:00

(Inspired by Jaja's latest post)

What have I learned from my Industrial Internship??

Well I've learned that...uhm...

I've learned...uhmm....uh..

During my Industrial Internship, I knew that....uh....

Lemme get back to you on this issue later...

As dumbfounded as you are,

.::Shah::.

-peace!-

What luck..

2005-06-16T16:50:00.000+08:00

Been entering a few contests lately, online and thru sms. Still no luck. Darn it!!

ahh whatever..

A new beginning...

2005-06-15T15:13:00.000+08:00

*Wipes the dust of the notepad*

Ugh..it's been a while huh? Well i WAS supposed to blog about my recent trip to Kota Bahru and Johor Bahru..but I wasn't in a mood lately. Felt so bored and just can't blog. Anyway, I wanted to edit the photos to be put up about the trip, so I didn't had the time for that either.

Anyhoo, since I'm quite in a mood for some blogging now..I think I'll share my experience with you people..a scary experience actually.

It all happened in JB when I was out with my family, shopping at a local hypermarket store. We all wanted to buy some steaks, fries, and other western goodies to cook in the hotel we were staying (the room so bloody NICE, with dapur, fridge and microwave. More in upcoming blog). After paying up, I told my dad I wanted to go to the magazine store..just wanted to check out la..buy something maybe. My family then proceeded to go outside of the store and go ahead to the car.

After 5 minutes or so, I found nothing of interest in the mag store and decided to check out the rack outside the store. This is where it all began...

Out of nowhere I heard a big *PANG* like a fire cracker or something. Everybody around me was equally shocked and turned to the noise. At that moment I seriously thought a balloon popped cos' near the cash registers was a clown giving some balloons. But no. The clown himself was equally shocked. Suddenly...everybody started running towards my direction. A few of them screamed something that I never thought I would hear in front of my face. "Perompak!".

At that exact moment, I was in a state of confusion cos LITERALLY I thought it was all a prank and a dream..and at that exact moment, I realised it wasn't a balloon. It was a gunshot. Now more and more people were running towards me (I was near the other entrance/exit). Immediately, I got scared. Not because of my safety, but for my family. What if they were in the car, didn't hear the commotion, the gunshots? I ran outside the store and looked for them. Nowhere to be found. Only Allah knows how fast my blood rushed to my head at that moment, negative thinking pouring into my mind. I then ran out to the car park, wanting to go to our car. I tried to call my dad...no answer. Hands shaking, I called my sis, and fortunately, she answered. When she picked up the phone, I could hear screaming in the background. I asked her where she was. She was in the toilet. What about my mom?? Alhamdulillah, she was with my sis in there too. I told her to stay in there. Her voice was shivering with fear when she whispered on the phone, "Bang, ader rompakan kat luar tu!". I told her I knew and asked her to stay with my mom.

Then I called my bro. He answered and I asked the same question. He, too, was in the toilet with my dad. Feeling ever so grateful, I then noticed that I was still at the car park. Then I heard it again. "PANG!" "PANG!" "PANG!". This time it suddenly sounded closer. I saw a group of people running with fear out of the other exit. The robbers were trying to escape and they actually fired warning shots to ask people to give them way. They were now outside the store...and I was in the car park.

I turned around and saw a group of people hiding on the other end of the building. People still screaming and running away from what seemed to be a car driving towards my direction, I fled towards the hiding place. Fortunately, the car wasn't the getaway car, but the robbers were still outside. I heard another 3 or more shots being fired.

After a few more minutes, everything suddenly became quiet. No more gunshots. A few left screaming. Some crying in fear and shock. It was over. I called my sis and told her it's ok to come out, after I confirmed with a security guard about that. Then my dad called using my bro's hp and said that they were in the car already. I passed by in front of the crime scene and everything was a mess.

Aftershock

What I realized then was that the crime scene, where the shots were fired was just about 5-6 stores away from the magazine store where I was. The exit the robbers took was near the toilets. I felt pity for my family cos they were getting scared by the seconds when the gunshot sounds came closer and closer to them. At first I thought, well, lucky nobody got hurt..cos I didn't see no blood on the floor. I was wrong.

One did got hurt. According to the papers the next day, a security guard was shot in the leg (that must be the first shot heard in the store). Then a guard's shotgun was relieved. After knowing all these facts, I thanked Allah almighty that nothing happened to me and my family.

The funny thing about this experience is that I wasn't panicky or scared to the max. I was just worried and scared for my family's safety. Only after this tragedy, that I started to become a bit traumatized..until now actually. Cos, you never know when it's gonna happen. You never know. I just pray to Allah that He would protect me and my family from these tragedies. There is a reason why we experienced this. Personally, I know why.

So there ya go. A frightening experience.

Notes: Kinda funny cos it seems historical events just happen whenever I go to JB. The previous event/tragedy was in 2001 when I was in JB. When exactly? Oh..well...around September 11th. Yes. You got it. I was in the hotel room watching CNN when the first plane hit the towers. Tragic. So JB must be a tragic setter then. Sheesh..

Funny websites of the day

2005-06-02T14:07:00.000+08:00

Credits to the sick spammer, Amen for his idea!!

[these sites will only be funny among my friends...]

www.ejal.com

www.cheeps.com

www.comaamerica.com

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280653/

www.sapi.com

http://www.yasminmyanmar.com/bean.htm (go to this page, look for the 2nd row of images. image number 2 and 3 will crack you up!)

www.saru.org

www.bet.com (Amen you should know where this will go to)

www.peets.com

http://www.all-petersburghotels.com/Hotels/rusy.html

http://www.ise.nus.edu.sg/research_students/phd/SariKartikaJosephine.html

http://movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=1217010

http://www.aspa-usa.org this just in!

heheh..cool!

What I want, but couldn't get (maybe)...

2005-06-02T11:57:00.000+08:00

*Yawn* No work, like usual. Well..basically a wishlist. *sigh*. Yeah..just angan-angan free je..

Digital Camcorder (for indie moviemaking)

The Sony DCR-HC90. Price: RM 2900 - 3800 (I think my hopes just crushed)

Mobile Phone (for mobile phoning..??)

The Samsung SGH-D500C. Price: RM 1500 above. (again with the crushing)

The Nokia 3230. Price: Who cares, it's gonna crush me again anyway..

The Joy of being a Child..

2005-06-02T11:04:00.000+08:00

You know..when you were a kid..let's say...4-5 years old? You know the feeling when everyday was a fun and exciting day, where you would play all day, have fun with the neighbor (uhm..) and just worry about having fun in kindie? Yeah..I treasure those feelings. Thank Allah cos I had the chance to cos if I didn't..i'd be spoiled right now. Troublesome childhood and whatnot.

I'm thankful and really grateful to Allah because I was blessed with an average family where I could experience all the toys and stuff that I wanted as a child.

So I just wanted to reminisce on my childhood days...just to share the nostalgia with you.

About 16-18 years ago, I was this kid who was living in Seremban. Well nothing much to talk about there cos I stayed there for..like what...2 years? When I shifted to Subang, now THAT's where the awesomeness began. I remembered my first home in Subang. It was SS 15/4F. I couldn't remember much about the interior..but what happened in that home really stuck with me. I mean the childhood memories.
These were the days where I would just play in front of the house with my neighbors..play play play. Then I came to a point where I had to do kindie. Man was I pissed off when my dad asked me to start kindie. I throwed tantrums and fits, just because I was scared to enter kindie. But all that was worthless cause the first day I entered kindie (Tadika Tinkle Bell or something like that), man I had loads of friends. I loved the tea time breaks, where they served small cups of hot teh-o and those small biscuits with the flowery icing on top. I loved the lessons, where we jumped from ABCs to numbers to playtime. Heck I even remember that I had a crush! HAHA a kindie crush!

A few months later I shifted to SS 18/2C. Now here's a house where I had quite a number of memories. At this point of age, I developed a phobia. Lightning. Man i would scream and get scared when I heard thunder. I would cower and hide like the thunder was a big bad man trying to get me. I even went to an extent of calling my dad at work to ask him to come home whenever there was thunder! Go figure. What a laugh!
I also remembered my neighbor, this girl called Puteri Lily (bukan Laili ha..). She was THE youngest b*tch I ever knew. LOL! Man she was soooo stuck up..she thought she had everything in the world.
I also remember at this time, I had a bad cut to my ear. Why? Cause being the cheeky and stubborn kid i was I played with water and sprayed everywhere on the porch, and I slipped and fell head first on a plant pot! *Rrrip!* goes my ear. Well not literally ripped off, but just a bad bad cut.
This was also the time where I became an MC for my kindie final concert. Yep. A full time MC/host. When I was 6-7 years old. How bout that? Not only did I became host, I also was picked to do the Lambada in one of a concert segment. Whoo! It all took place at The Holiday Inn, Subang.

During my stay in Subang, my favorite hangout place would be none other than Toys R' Us in Subang Parade. Everytime my parents say "Let's go to SP" I'd be jumping with joy and going "Can we go to Toys R' Us ma?" over and over again. When I reached SP, I clearly remember the view of that big automatic door opening and it was like heaven inside! Rows and rows of toys, from Barbies to Transformers, from Hot Wheels to Police Academy figures..it was a blast! The toys I bought most: Ghostbusters, Ninja Turtles, and the aforementioned Police Academy figurines. Hahahaha! I remember this old-school learning computer called Talking Lesson One. Played with it for months until it eventually broke. hehe. Joy. Pure joy. I loved every catalog that I brought home from Toys R' Us...every page displaying the awesome toys..and I was imagining myself with the toys..oh sweet memories.

Well...this is just kindie era man..nothing fantastic happened after that, well, besides the cool primary school era and the awesome gaming era (from Atari to Micro Genius to PS2 baby!).

Don't you love your childhood? I know I do. And I would love to go back in time to relive those moments.

-Peace!-

Web in the Spotlight #1

2005-06-01T11:09:00.000+08:00

I think from now on I should just list down sites that I find useful or funny here. I'll update whenever I find a cool site. Happy surfing!

Today's Web in The Spotlight:

YouSendit.com

- Need to send files to people, but because of the limitations of the upload file size, you just can't? Try YouSendit.com ! This site allows you to upload files with sizes up to 1GB and send it to the recipient. There are two methods of transfers, normal and secure so for the non-risk takers, you can transfer files securely!

Ever wondered what that SPAM is all about?

2005-05-31T14:56:00.000+08:00

Hey friends! I'm really REALLY bored at the moment, so i decided to go to (obviously) www.boredatwork.com and checked out the HUGE HUGE amount of links to go to. Man, do they have a huge load of links to cure you out of your boredom!

Anyway, I kinda found this site where it actually says that those spams you're receiving in your mail..well...they could mean something!

Observe this message:

Dear Friend ;
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See? Just a normal spam message right? Think again.

Copy the above message (starting from 'Dear Friend;' until 'of our offer!'), go to SpamMimic, go to the Decode link, paste the message and click to decode the 'SPAM message'. Hehehe...good luck!

I'll give some more cool websites to go to, if you're too lazy to browse all the sites at BoredAtWork.com

-Peace!-

Star Wars Episode III: Some trivial facts...

2005-05-24T13:47:00.000+08:00

Hey, yet another entry on Star Wars..heh I'm such a fan..anywayz..here are some thoughts/notes from the aftermath of what was Episode III.

There was supposed to be a scene where Master Yoda was talking to Qui-Gon Jinn in his immortal self but was cut in the editing room.

When Obi-Wan dropped down on General Grievous and his bodyguards, Obi-Wan said "Hello there..". A direct copy of how old Ben Kenobi said it when he heard R2-D2's beeping when trying to heal Luke after the sand people attack in Episode IV.

Anakin said "This is where the fun begins" at the start of the movie, the space battle. Han Solo said these exact words in Episode IV when the Millenium Falcon was being pulled in by the Death Star's tractor beam (i think).

In the Clone Wars cartoon series, Volume II a number of quotes were taken directly from the original trilogy. Examples:
Anakin saying "Impressive....most impressive" to C-3PO in the alley when 3PO showed his new gold plated body.
Obi-Wan said "There are alternatives to fighting", just like he told Han Solo in the Millenium Falcon when it was being pulled by the Death Star's tractor beam in Episode IV.

Maybe already generally known, the line "I have a bad feeling about this.." will be said in every Star Wars movie and even in the cartoons (and maybe the comics too).

Padmé told Anakin, "Hold me". I think her daughter might have felt something very homely to that line, cause Leia said those words exactly in Return of The Jedi to Han Solo just after Luke told her about being siblings.

Besides the "I have a bad feeling" line, there is also a certain popular sound effect called "The Wilhelm Scream". This scream is used in every Star Wars title (games, cartoons, movies). Google this scream to learn more about it.
In Episode III, this scream was used during the space battle, after Anakin and Obi-Wan rescued the Chancellor. There was a scene where it showed turrets firing at a ship and it blowed up, catapulting a Clone Trooper in progress. This is when the scream is heard. *It also shows up in a lot of movies (LOTR, Agent Cody Banks, etc.)

The Forest Trooper's design in Return of The Jedi is seen during the Battle of Kashyykk.

During the final Death Star scene in Episode III, we see Vader walking towards the famous windows where he used to look at the Death Star. In the pit below, the Imperial forces have their old school costumes on. Also, you're wondering who is the third guy standing beside Darth Sidious with Vader looking on the construction of the Death Star? That's a very young Grand Moff Tarkin, the designer of the Death Star. He died in the Death Star's destruction in Episode IV.

Palpatine mentioned about Darth Plagueius (who I personally think is his mentor) and the ability to create lifeforms by altering the amount of Midichlorians in the blood. Does that mean, Darth Sidious created Anakin? Remember that Anakin was born to a virgin mother, and Qui-Gon established that Anakin had a very high amount of Midichlorians in his blood, even higher than Master Yoda's...So wouldn't the final battle in Return of The Jedi make it a Grandfather-Father-Son battle? Hahaha..impressive....most impressive.

It was rumored that a 10-year old Han Solo would appear in Episode III but it never made it (the scene).

The blue Twi'lek Jedi you see in AOTC and ROTS is Aayla Secura and has her own story told in the Star Wars Expanded Universe comics.

Del Rey's collection of novels have a lot of backstory to the characters, including Mace Windu's, and General Grievous'.

There are more, and I'll update this entry when i've picked up more.

-Peace!-

Star Wars Episode III: Review of This Movie

2005-05-23T12:51:00.000+08:00

Finally, I could do a review on this piece of crap....HAHA just kidding bout the crap part! Well, I got my first screening on last Saturday but thanks to the ignorant and idiotic people of seremban with their driving skills, I reached the cinema about 15 minutes late. I actually missed the whole Battle of Coruscant!! I entered the cinema only to hear "This time we should fight together" and to see Count Dooku in all his glory...darn it! So since I entered that viewing with the rage of a dark jedi (again credits to idiot drivers of Seremban) I couldn't say I enjoyed the film as a whole. I DID start to enjoy the show towards the end..but I felt a disturbance in The Force. Something that just wasn't right. I haven't felt this presence since...

Haha..anyway, i got my second viewing yesterday with my family and I was urging them not to get there late cos I wouldn't want to miss the whole battle scene. And as fate would have wrote it..I entered early! Yaay! So here's my review:

"Hmm, bring it on, you must. Biatch"

Now, I couldn't hold myself still when I was looking at the screen, the lights dimmed...and the Lucasfilm logo was sparkling...and then..."Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away..."

BOOM! I almost jumped in joy when that famous Star Wars tune came on. Watching the intro roll up...WAR! Oh my god..this is it. It's the last part of the prequel trilogy. The circle is now complete. YEAHOO!! Then when a couple of starfighters were zipping through other huge fighters...with a bird's eye view of the action below (uhm..not sure if it's a bird's eye view cause in space..there's no direction) man this scene was awesome!! It truly showcased ILM's great 'unnatural' power of CGI. The whole intro was also a preview of how Anakin's bond with his master, Obi-Wan has grown stronger after the events of Episode II and the Clone Wars. Anakin was stubborn as ever, but he did what he did to protect his beloved master. That was enough to set up the tragic events that follow.

"Master Yoda, I feel a great De Ja Vu in The Force.."

Now I'm not gonna give you the whole story though, cos I don't wanna ruin it for those who have not watched the movie. So overall, I say that this movie was a good, if not great, ending to complete the whole saga. The events in this movie really explain what that old hermit who lives out in the Dune Sea was talking about (in case you didn't know, I was talking bout Obi-Wan in Episode IV). Seriously, Lucas did a good job in linking the prequel trilogy (PT) with the original trilogy (OT). Well, he should have, or else, he would've been labelled as a big bastard with money in his pockets.

Like all Star Wars movies, this one has its flaws too, but personally I wouldn't mind these flaws because the mainpoints highlighted in this movie were more than enough to cover them. I think the whole 'love story' between Anakin and Padmé WAS neccessary, only that Lucas didn't give much power to them in this one. It's just the basic "I'll protect you, don't you worry my love." thing. However, it was just enough to make us feel Anakin's confusion and desperation when choosing the path of his life.

"Yea the idea of YOU becoming Darth Vader IS kinda funny!"

Ian McDiarmid was SUPERB in his role as the old devil Chancellor Palpatine (known as Pappy among his friends) who is actually the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious. Every single line he uttered was tone perfect. He was just OOZING with evil not only to his snake eyes and glare, but the way he says things to Anakin. The way he seduces Anakin to the Dark Side. C'mon, who wouldn't get closer to someone if they called you 'son'? Especially in Anakin's situation where the Jedi ways are far too slow and not giving him the spotlight he wants? Yep, Ian McDiarmid could be Satan himself in this one...

Ewan McGregor was also superb in his role as Obi-Wan and the way he brings his character refelcts the old Ben Kenobi we loved in Epsiode IV. He is now wiser, more matured than Ep I and II. He even managed to convince me that eventhough he seems like he's ignoring Anakin, he still loves him like his own flesh and blood. All his actions and words really reflect the way of a mentor. Superb!

Hayden Christensen DID play the part of Anakin a bit better than Ep II, because he is now obviously matured and he has more rage in him this time. It seemed like he was just holding back his anger in Ep II and he let it all out in the last hour of Ep III. He managed to show his confusion, desperation and his fear of losing a loved one. His hatred was just...I dunno...full of hate? (hahaha)

"Holy...Those mushrooms on Dantooine were something alright.."

Other parts were just okay to me, Natalie's part being the worst I guess. I mean, she doesn't manage to show us that she REALLY loves Anakin (except a few parts towards the end of the film). Jimmy Smits was okay, considering the amount of screen time given to him as Senator Bail Organa. Sam Jackson was kinda cheesy as Mace Windu, cos he just had too much of a BMF in him to be a Master Jedi. I even thought he was gonna read a chapter from the Bible before attempting to kill a certain Sith Lord (ref: Pulp Fiction).

The thing I loved most about this flick is that how we get to see the events in Episode IV build up. From the short appearance of Wookies, including this walking carpet that we all loved from Ep IV to VI, to the sights of Yoda, Obi-Wan and Senator Organa walking through this hall that was on tha Tantive IV. Yea, you gotta be an OT fan to know what I'm talking about. I LOVED the end part...man the sight was awesome..i think I cried. There was no dialogue, just Sir John Williams' masterpiece playing in the background. Man...nostalgia to the max!!

"Not sleeping for a month WASN'T part of the Sith deal man!"

The action in Ep III is also superb, mainly because of the lightsaber battles. We had five, I think? Man..and of course...the long awaited duel...oops my bad...i meant The Duel, capital T, capital D. Yea..Obi-Wan and Anakin. Damn..This was the highlight of Hayden's acting. I could feel his anger, giving him more power..heheh. Yoda vs. Sidious was cool too, way cooler than Yoda Vs. Dooku in Ep II. Grievous Vs. Obi-Wan was kinda cool, although it just lacked some oomph. The whole Battle of Coruscant, Battle of Kashyykk, and dude..even Order 66 was mean. The song just gave this sad feeling of the whole Empire rising..kinda like a big F U from Sidious.

"A Jedi shall not know bathtime. Nor combing. Nor grooming."

Well, I seriously don't know how to review this thang in depth..you just gotta see it man..my mom who wasn't a big fan of the Star Wars saga, felt sad and sorry for Anakin...imagine that!! Okay so my rating? I'd give it a 9/10.

Episode I - 7/10
Episode II - 8/10
Episode III - 9/10
Episode IV - 9/10
Episode V - 10/10
Episode VI - 8/10

There..the circle is now complete. May the Force be with us all.

"ROORRRRRRHHHHHHHH"
Translation: Wookies F'N rule!! BYATCH!!

Now..the dust has settled...

2005-05-20T09:09:00.000+08:00

Oookay..looks like i'm in a good mood today...FINALLY...Alhamdulillah.

I decided to take some time from work today..and just rest at home..since i'm not having anything important to do anyway at work..so why stress the heck out of myself at work doing...nothing?

First off, I'm just going to comment a bit on my previous post, "My Heart does the talking". Since I was so bloody emotional yesterday and my head + heart just got to a boiling point..i decided to blurt it out...with text. Now what I forgot to mention is that...what I wrote..was a general reference. I wasn't lashing out at any one individual specifically..but it's more of a general thing. I know i'm not the only one having this feeling. You know who else has these feelings? Erm...well..nerds, fat guys/chicks who get bullied, people with sad childhoods..hahah not to say i'm one of them..well..maybe the 'got bullied' category..but anyhoo..it's true. I'm not lashing at anyone sepcifically.

That said, I hope no one gets me wrong...and cik beca...saya bukan confius cik beca...heheh mcm saya cakap la...you don't know how i feel...nobody knows but Allah...hehehe..

No matter how sad my previous entry sounded..( or how lame and 'i-want-to-be-noticed' themed)..I'm still grateful for the friends I DO have..namely those in UTP...my PCSB ^V[L] gang...my IT/IS gang...and everyone who knows me. Thanks friends!

So sapa2 yg terasa...or kecik hati with my posting...sorry man...it wasn't meant to kecikkan hati orang...but it was to bukakkan mata korang...telling to you people that sometimes...others have feelings too. Don't be so selfish. You DO have to be selfish for your own good sometimes in life, but don't be to an extreme level..give or take...try to be more empatethical...be in others' shoes...and think about how they feel.

Yes, I KNOW for a fact that I myself am not THAT a GOOD person. I KNOW I have flaws and I'm not denying it. Sometimes I do act like the people I don't want to be...but sometimes that's just us humans. So that's why it's kinda kewl if we could just talk it out in a nice democratic way...peacefully...and just tegur diorang tu...in a nice way.

Aaah...anyway..enough of that stuff...seriously that previous entry helped me a lot on the inside...phew! now I'm ready to be sengal again!! YAAAYYY!!! (Note: cik beca, shahconpius tu was yesterday je..now dah shahsengal balik hehehe)

If i'm not lazy...i'll be postin' about the PS3 today...so stay tuned ya!

-PEACE!!!-

My heart does the talking...

2005-05-19T12:10:00.000+08:00

I keep wondering to myself..sometimes...most of the times...what did i do wrong?

Did I hurt them in any way? No...I don't think so...

But why does it seem that they're so distant from me? Avoiding me? Ignoring me?

Why?

Maybe it's just me....maybe it's just a fragment of my own imagination.

I know I can't be perfect, no matter how hard I try. Humans aren't perfect..

But is that the reason all faults should be put on me, my shoulder, my heart?

Do you know how it feels to be me? Feeling ignored? Feeling useless, vulnerable?

Most likely, no. You DON'T know how I feel. You DON'T know how the hell I feel.

If you do know, you wouldn't be doing this to me. Cos you know how it feels to be me.

You know how it feels to be on the receiving end of your doings.

Your doings may be as big as dust in the air, but it clogs up my feelings. You won't know.

You all will NEVER know. How hard I try to be a good friend to you people. I try so hard sometimes.

Ending up being ignored. Only wanted when needed.

Am I imagining things? I don't know. I don't think so.

Others are visible, exactly when I'm there. Yet, I seem to be invisible to you people.

"Oh don't cry over petty things you wimp."

No, I'm not crying.

Even if I am crying, would you people notice? No. I don't think so.

Because I'm not crying.

I'm not crying.

On the outside.

Even a slight frown on you people, I get worried.

But even when I'm lying breathless on the ground, I get stepped on like a pebble on the road.

Cos you don't know how it feels like.

Things I do that will affect others, I think before I do. I think for them.

Would it hurt them? Am I going to interrupt the most important thing that they SHOULD be doing?

If it does, I exclude them from what I will do.

Cos in return, I hope you think about my priorities and that I have my own life to run.

Yet, I only get selfishness. Things that are so dear to me, I ignore it. To fullfill your own needs. Selfish needs.

Why don't I just walk away and IGNORE YOU? Cos I KNOW how it feels to be ignored.

I know how it feels to be ignored just because you don't join in.

What hurts most is, they know about my priorities. But they IGNORE it for their own needs.

Sometimes I have to give a taste of their own medicine. Yet their skin were thick as lead.

I know how it feels.

To be giving. But rarely receiving.

Only to be loved and cared by family and a loved one.

That's good enough for me.

I wish the best in life for you people. May God bless your life with happiness.

Me? You don't have to wish anything for me. Cos I know you wouldn't.

Cos you don't know how i feel.

-Peace...-

Boredom...ultimate boredom...

2005-05-18T13:52:00.000+08:00

bored to death as usual...i'll do a post on the newly revealed PS3 soon enough...providing images of the slick PS3...until then...sit and think about the meaning to these lyrics...

Lost in Hollywood

I'll wait here
You're crazy
Those vicous streets are filled with strays
You should've never gone to Hollywood
They find you
Two-time you
Say you're the best they've ever seen
You should've never trusted Hollywood
I wrote you and told you
You were the biggest fish out here
You should've never gone to Hollywood
They take you and make you
They look at you in disgusting ways
You should've never trusted Hollywood
I was standing on the wall
Feeling 10 feet tall
All you maggots, smoking fags
On Santa Monica Blvd
This is my front page
This is my new way
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care
All you maggots, smoking fags
Out there on Sunset Blvd
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care
Phony people come to pray
Look at all of them beg to stay [2x]
Phony people come to pray
All you maggots, smoking fags
On Santa Monica Blvd
All you maggots, smoking fags
Out there on Sunset Blvd
All you maggots, smoking fags
Out there on Hollywood Blvd
You should've never trusted Hollywood
You should've never gone to Hollywood
All you bitches put your hands in the air
And wave them like you just don't care
You should've never trusted Hollywood

Thank God...this is what i dreamed of..

2005-05-15T21:00:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah...Alhamdulillah..that's what I got to say after today. Maybe you peeps won't understand cos I know some people just don't have empathy..they don't put themselves in other people's shoes and go on just thinking about themselves. To hell with them.

Anyhoo...today was a blast...well because basically, what i have planned for...actually managed to work out pretty well! Okay, remember bout me ranting on how I couldn't buy my clothing because of financial status? Alhamdulillah, I managed to buy some clothes for myself. Yea like i said before, I'm not like SOME people who have other people to pay your stuff for or have loads of money to buy stuff for your own, no. I think its because these people lived their lives with a freaking silver spoon in their mouths and asses that they also happen to be the people that have no feelings for others and do not know HOW THE HELL to put yourself in others' shoes for once. Good God you people! You're a bunch of stuck up, selfish pricks aren't ya?

Okay, so I'm done with the clothes, and other things just kept on coming. Hmm..what things? well, like getting to buy early tickets for next Sunday to see Star Wars Ep 3 with my family. YEAH! I finally got them! well, advance sales started last Thursday, but I didn't know it was for ALL GSC cinemas (the write up was confusing on the website), and I didn't expect the cinemas to be empty anyway. But wow, the Sunday show? I was the first one to buy tickets for that show! Finally, something to be proud of Seremban people (no offense, but they tend to buy tickets at the last minute).

So hmm...what else? Well, managed to print out some documents at the CC just in time for me to submit the documents (my home printer kaput alredi..).

Anything else? Hmm..well..nothing much i think, but spending time with my mom and sis and bro was fun enough! Aah..i'm just a family guy.

Pray that tomorrow will be better than today...

"I'm gonna donate......... if I win......"

-Peace!-

Can Sony top THIS?

2005-05-13T22:53:00.000+08:00

My GOD! Well, i may be a few days late as of writing because the topic at hand is about a gaming console that I never thought of even talking about.

I confess that I'm a hardcore Sony guy when it comes to the console. Proud owner of a Playstation and a PS2 and hopefully, soon enough a PSP and a PS3. I remember the first time Microsoft announced its' 'Sony Killer' console machine called the Xbox. Well, technically the Xbox DOES sound much more powerful than the PS2, what with all the technology of Mr. Gates and co. However, due to a lack of quality titles, I didn't thought of buying one anyway. The decision was also due to the fact that it's expensive here and there wasn't much of demand for it (not until recently).

Anyway, the major hype now is the new Xbox, which is uniquely named Xbox 360. At first, I was kinda sceptical and I didn't bother to take a look at the revelation of the design, but somehow I DID. Or else I wouldn't have written this blog in the first place right?

Let's check this system out shall we?

The Outer Shell

Hmm, first things first I'm taking all this info from www.gamespot.com and I didn't have time to read the whole article on Xbox 360 so I'm just throwing out information as what I read in a single scan.
The main difference would obviously be the total design of the Xbox. As we know, the original Xbox was this damn huge black box which was a pain to be carrying around whenever you want holiday gaming. You've seen the new slim PS2? The original Xbox could fit SIX of these PS2s! That's how BIG it is.
Now the Xbox 360 is back with a much more sleek and slim design, taking a cue from Sony. It has a solid silver casing, and when it stands on its side (yes it can stand exactly like the PS2) it doesn't differ much to a slim PC tower. Damn. That's cool. Just look at the picture and drool.

Also, it comes with wireless control built in, including a hard disk drive (removable) to complement the 64MB memory card. The interface is just too darn slick man...with its chrome disc tray, its glowing ring Power Button..speechless.

Unleash the Power Within

So the Xbox 360 is all sleek, futuristic looking on the outside. Big deal huh? What about the insides you say? Okay, i'll just list it out:

The Xbox CPU is based on the IBM PowerPC architecture.
The GPU (the thing that makes your graphics seem like candy) is a 500MHz ATI graphics chip, which will be more powerful than the Radeon X850 (the top GPU currently).

Basically, the Xbox360 will definitely be a blast to play on HD!

Conclusion of the 360

Now what would all these powers be used for if not to create awesome games? Here's what's lined up for the Xbox360 as of now:

2 Days to Vegas

Call of Duty 2

Full Auto

The Matrix: Path of Neo

Need For Speed: Most Wanted

Tomb Raider: Legend

and many many more...

From the screens I've seen, this Xbox will be as powerful as a PC. Expect loads of reflections, particles and all those shiznit that'll blow your socks off!

To find out more about the Xbox 360, click here.

Now one more thing that I'm sure of, is that a certain friend of mine (Amen) will be reading this blog one day and he will sure be enquiring me about this either at my tagboard or in YM. If he doesn't, it's probably cause I already wrote the previous sentence or he already read about the Xbox 360 (the nerd.. haha j/k!).

P.S: For all you know, the Xbox360 will make its debut at my home one day, alongside its 'enemy' the PS3. Oh and BTW, let's see how PS3's Nvidia GPU top Xbox's ATI.....

-Peace!-

Jom, bawak bom kita sendiri..

2005-05-13T09:23:00.000+08:00

B.Y.O.B

Why do they always send the poor?
My God is of Bible blood with pointed ears
Victorious, victorious steel
Can your spending kneel?
Marching forward hypocritic
And hypnotic computers
You depend on our protection

Yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth
La la la la la la la la la la
Everybody is going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert
Blowing up the sunshine

Kneeling roses
Disappearing into Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox
Stealing our intentions
Every city, gripped in oil
Crying freedom!

Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
la la la la la la la la la la
Everybody is going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert
Blowing up the sunshine
Everybody is going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert
Blowing up the sunshine

Blast off, it's party time
And we all live in a fascist nation
Blast off, it's party time
And where the f*ck are you?
Where the f*ck are you?
Where the f*ck are you?

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?

Kneeling roses
Disappearing into Moses' dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox
Stealing our intentions
Every city, gripped in oil
Crying freedom!

Handed to a absolution
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth
la la la la la la la la la la
Everybody is going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert
Blowing up the sunshine
Everybody is going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert
Blowing up the sunshine

Where the f*ck are you?
Where the f*ck are you?

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why do they always send the poor?
They always send the poor!
They always send the poor!

B.Y.O.B

2005-05-11T14:21:00.000+08:00

At the moment, I don't know what B.Y.O.B means but I have a feeling that it's gonna be some deep message/lucah nyer meaning? hahahah possibly Be Your Own Bitch? *updated: B.Y.O.B means Bring Your Own Bombs*

Anyway, the reason I'm posting about this B.Y.O.B is because I'm revisiting this group of brilliant people that amazed me with their haunting guitar riffs, mesmerizing lyrics and of course, the one of a kind vocal combination of Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. Yeah. It's S.O.A.D all over again!!

Since I'm in a very very pissed off mood now, it would be fitting to listen to their songs. I remember the first time I was introduced to these guys....it was during my first year in UTP. My friend Adzale kept on watching the 'Chop Suey' vidclip and at first, I thought that they were just some punk rockers of some sort with singing skills likely closer to those of an ape. I was wrong. I kinda watched the vidclip and I was instantly amazed with their song, their charisma and their presence. It creeps you out while pulling you back in the light at the same time..man..that's awesome.

Of course the right thing to do was to buy the 'Toxicity' album and man I enjoyed EVERY song on it. At times it could just be listened to as a way to release the anger within, but at certain times you could pause to reflect on the lyrics and its meaning. They're kinda poetic once you get the real meaning.

Then I went to find the original self-titled debut album. The songs on this album were equally mesmerizing as their second. Damn. These guys rock!

By the time the third album came out (Steal This Album), they were already mainstreamed. Kinda disappointing cos I liked them to be 'underground' cos I wouldn't like to hear some whiny kid singing the hardcore songs and turning it into something like it was written to be sung by Clay Aiken. But anyway, the album still managed to rock hard! Good for them!

Now, come May 17th 2005, System of A Down will be releasing one half of their 2-pack album which will is 'Mesmerize' from the 'Mesmerize/Hypnotize' pack. Their first single is B.Y.O.B.

You could listen to the full song on their website www.systemofadown.com and as I'm writing this, the song has been on repeat for the 10th time. It doesn't get tired. The guitar riffs, the trademark haunting vocals of Daron Malakian and the deep devillish voice of Serj Tankian...which made me thinking...that Serj actually has a deep devilish voice but also an angelic choir like voice...haha..how cool/weird/freaky is that?

Until then, let's listen to B.Y.O.B!

P.S: Yeah..now S.O.A.D is all over in Yahoo! as Yahoo!'s Artist of The Month. My opinion? It's like they're being featured in the Disney of the music scene.

-Peace!-

Kingdom here, Kingdom there, Kingdom Everywhere!

2005-05-10T08:53:00.000+08:00

Good Morning..it's Tuesday and it still sucks. Hah.

I tell you...nothing exciting ever happened to me the past few days...man...nothing...maybe some few bits, but none so majorly life changing. sheesh.

Anyway...just saw Kingdom of Heaven the other day on P-DVD (heheh..lanuns!) and I didn't really understand what was happening cos of the terrible sound quality and blurry picture...but what I DO know is that this is the first time in a very very long time (especially post 9/11) that a Hollywood picture portrays Muslims differently. What I mean is, non-terrorists and not the barbarians as most people think of.

*possible spoilers ahead*

I'm not exactly sure of the history of the Crusade, but what I do know is that it was between the Christians and Muslims to defend Jerusalem. What I was amazed and quite happy is that in this flick, the war was actually caused by the Christians (to be exact, the new King started it all). The previous King who was ruling Jerusalem didn't want ANY kind of war with the Muslims because he knew that Salahuddin was a great warrior and also a kind man. If the king was to wage war, he knew Jerusalem would lose. Well, as fate would have determined it, the good King died because he suffered from lepracy (i don't know how to spell it cos i'm no doctor..it's kusta) and his sister married a new guy..and this new guy became the new king and just so happened that he was evil. He was the one who actually started the fire by killing an innocent Muslim chap.

The thing is, after Jerusalem has been captured, Salahuddin did not continue to execute the remaining survivors of Jerusalem. Instead he was at peace and this is where I applauded. It may not be as totally accurate but i think the flick got it right at the spot when portraying the Muslims.

And of course...those damn 'brilliant, powerful, cultural' people stated that this flick is "Osama Bin Laden's version of history". *sigh*

W-H-A-T-E-V-E-R!

anyway, I think this flick deserves a watch not for the fights (with Orlando Bloom in it, it's LOTR again and again) but for the story. Still, it's no Gladiator but hey it's still solid. If you don't want to spend 8 bucks, then i say buy the P-DVD when it's clearer.

-Peace!-

Funny...but true..(well to me at least)

2005-05-08T22:12:00.000+08:00

YOU KNOW YOU'RE ADDICTED TO PHOTOSHOP WHEN ...

You see the world with one eye and stock images with the other.
When asked what the primary colors are, answer "RGB"
You get the urge to 'fix' poor quality images.
You start teaching your significant other to use this "evil" program and in the space of one afternoon convince them it's at least only quasi-evil in the face of PSP.
You ramble about a breakthrough in the piece you're doing to people who have no idea in hell what you're talking about
You ponder the meaning of existence without layers.
You never leave the house without a digicam and notepad.
You drop something and your brain tells you automatically "Ctrl-Z! Ctrl-Z!". When you realize it won't work, your brain tells you "Ctrl-Alt-Z! Ctrl-Alt-Z!"
You're getting dressed for something important and you look in the mirror and realize you would look so much better if you could just tweak the levels a little and apply a slight gaussian blur.
You stop on the street to rant about cheesey effects that should not be on professional posters.
You scream out fonts as they appear on TV.
You have dreams in "glowing edges"
You're standing by the ocean and wondering who used Ocean Ripple.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to Photoshop.

That's me alright...yea...hahaha!

The Force is TRULY with me now..

2005-05-06T23:13:00.000+08:00

Oh HELL YEAH!! Today is such an awesome day!! Right about NOW, in the U.S of A, a new game is released...by LucasArts...for the PS2...and you guessed it right...it's Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of The Sith!!!! I've been waiting for this game!!! And now it's MINE!!!

Okay so I bought the game and played it for almost two hours just now...and here's my review:

The first thing you'll notice about the game when you start it is that it has a very VERY sleek style to the interface and the environment. Then the first level, you'll be playing as Anakin Skywalker...alongside Master Obi-Wan Kenobi..battling droids in the starship cruiser to save Chancellor Palpatine. For the duration of this level, you'll always be wielding your ligtsaber. Now the starting level was just a breeze because it acts as a training level to get to know the basic combat mechanism. Basically, there are the three main buttons; a light attack, a strong attack and a critical hit attack, all of which you can mix and jumble up to create combos similar to any adventure game out there, namely the LOTR game franchise. These combos, as in LOTR, will also give you a rating of Good, Fair, Master and so on, all of which will be analyzed at the end of a level and these ratings will fill up your experience points. These points can then be used to power up your Force powers & Combat skills.

The basic gameplay is also similar to LOTR, where you hack and slash your way through the level..BUT it also has it's fair share of simple 'flip this switch' puzzles and possibly tougher ones up ahead.
*updated: nope, no tougher puzzles sadly. All of them consists of switch flipping and panel carving with lightsabers*

After the first level, you can't help but be amazed by the animation of the lightsaber combat. You just look too damn cool doing it. And this is JUST the first level. Although the characters are a sometimes animated roughly (running can look kind of jerky), it'll all be forgotten when there are droids to battle and enemies to be slayed.

Fast forward to the point where this game really makes it great....lightsaber duels. Yes, in the story mode (single player) you will have lightsaber duels with enemies, like Count Dooku or General Grievous. And DAMN...i can tell you that THIS is absolutely THE most wanted thing a Star Wars/PS2 fan ever wanted!! (me included). Yea so the PC had its shares of lightsaber filled games like Jedi Academy or Jedi Kinght but for the PS2? Lego Star Wars aside, SW3:ROTS IS the only game that focuses on lightsaber battles and it succeeds!!

Ok so you think that's all? WRONG. Go back to the main menu and you'll see a multi player mode where you get to play the story mode, co-operatively a la LEGO Star Wars. While nothing special here, it truly feels great to play jedi partners with a friend.

Now let's go to the part where this game truly shines. The Dueling mode. Yes. Multiplayer, lightsaber dueling mode. This is just a simple fighting game engine thrown in, only with characters (that can be unlocked via story mode) from the Star Wars universe and with lightsabers. It's TEKKEN with lightsabers. You, and a friend, dueling it out with lightsabers and Force powers. Count Dooku striking lightning to your face while you counter with a Force grip. It's what wet dreams are made of. Now since I just started the game, I managed to unlock only 3 characters..and I'm hoping that with the other characters, it' won't get repetitive.

Oh and a little warning for those who don't want spoilers for the upcoming movie...don't buy this game before you see the movie. This game uses cutscenes from the movie and contains a lot of spoilers! (As some of you may know, I've basically read so many spoilers, that I can figure out the whole movie already...but you know what? I don't care cos I'm still gonna see it and LOVE it!)
So basically, while this game has it's fair share of flaws, it's still a solid game and a breath of fresh air for the Star Wars franchise on the PS2. I give it a 8.5/10.

Additional Note

To add more Force to my life, I just bought the Original Star Wars Trilogy 4-dvd pack...and damn it's a steal at just RM60 (pirated la..). Now all I have to do is wait for new orders of Episode I and II and go see Episode III....

may the Force be with you...to the Dark Side!!

-peace!-

It promises power some consider to be unnatural..

2005-05-05T09:35:00.000+08:00

*sigh*...been a while since I last blogged..well..actually I DID blog yesterday but the damn connection failed and I lost my post...the clipboard contents were lost since the stupid IE crashed...bongok tul..

anyhoo...

There wasn't much happening these past few days...I had to do the same darn shyat over and over again at the office. Lately, my protocol has been:

1) Log on to Nestool (a place for Nestle people to put in their stuff)
2) Open up an Excel file which has Test Script IDs to be downloaded
3) Copy said ID and search in Nestool
4) Open attachment for that test script (.doc) and save it

Kalo 10-20 tu takpe...by now i think i've done more than 80...and still counting...lepas sorang...sorang datang lagi dgn a bunch of test scripts dia for me to tolong downloadkan..damn...

well...small things aside...i actually have a bigger project to be done...which was to design a webform that could then take the input from users and convert them into an XML structure and email it to a SQL database...aku tak penah buat pun...mati la camni...haven't started shit yet...waiting for this tool i found on the net...Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003...aku tak penah jumpa pun kat kedai...damn...macam mana ni!!!??

Friends...if you know how to code a webform that can convert the data input into an XML structure...please contact me...OR if you have seen/ saw Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 somewhere...please notify me A.S.A.P. Thanks friends!

Back to my shitty work...I'm reaaaaallly counting the days to go back to UTP. I miss going out to JJ with my sweetie and friends...I miss studying (weird but true)..I miss the LAN games...I miss going (and not going) to classes...I miss the summons from pak gad...and i sure as hell miss all the freedom as a student...i think this coming semester..I'm going to start getting active again on the field...i wanna play footie with u guys..or maybe play basketball....

Some Random Thoughts:

- If only I could win 30 000 ringgit...
- If only I HAD an idea for this RM 30 K...
- Ya Allah, curahkanlah rezeki yg melimpah2 pada keluargaku...
- U know how teruk I am now? I can't even buy my own new clothes or jeans. Not because I don't have money..I have to save money. Some people can just easily get stuff for free, win competitions, and buy stuff like there's no business. Man, you people...if you still feel ungrateful...I should slap your faces hard with a shovel.

-Peace!-

There is a massive disturbance in The Force....

2005-04-29T12:26:00.000+08:00

Okay, after my groans and sighs a couple of hours ago, i decided to stop my work and relax for awhile..hey I deserved it..and so I surfed my cool 'buddy''s website, JoBlo and saw that Kevin Smith had a chance to go watch Episode 3 early! For those who don't know who the heck is Kevin Smith, let me, the movie geek, enlighten you.

Kevin Smith is a well known writer/director/actor who has been doing classic cult comedies such as 'Clerks', 'Dogma', 'Mallrats', 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'. He also is a comic book writer and is a great fan of comics. Well that's how far I know him truth be told. I wouldn't want to act like a smart ass because Kevin Smith followers will crush me for that.

Anyway, my point is that if Kevin Smith, one of the biggest Star Wars fan in the world, says something good about a Star Wars movie...he's the man to trust. That being said, here's an excerpt from his website, http://www.newsaskew.com/

“Revenge of the Sith” is, quite simply, f**king awesome. This is the “Star Wars”
prequel the haters have been bitching for since “Menace” came out, and if
they
don’t cop to that when they finally see it, they’re lying. As dark as
“Empire”
was, this movie goes a thousand times darker.

There...now my anticipation for this flick just shot up the roof!! There are spoilers in Kevin's website and I've read them through (see, I normally won't read spoilers but i just can't help it with Ep3), and form what he has described....I'm salivating like hell already!!

For those who don't mind spoilers, visit this link: http://www.newsaskew.com/blog/?m=20050425 and read some fancy tidbits on what happens in Ep3. Not 100% spoilers but just some highlights on this movie. Some other quotes by Kevin Smith on this movie:

This flick is so satisfyingly tragic, you’ll think you’re watching “Othello” or
“Hamlet”.

This is the birth of Darth Vader we’re talking about. The only comic moments in
the flick are given to R2D2, and while good, they’re all pretty few and far
between; the order of the day is dark, dark, dark.

Ian McDiarmid and Ewan McGregor steal the show, but Hayden Christensen silences
any naysayers who wrote him off as too whiney in “Clones”. This is the flick
that feels closest to Episodes 4, 5, and 6, because - for the first time since
“Return of the Jedi” - there is a clear villain.

Remember the link people, but be warned...spoilers ahoy!

http://www.newsaskew.com/blog/?m=20050425

Finally back on track....or am I....

2005-04-29T08:52:00.000+08:00

Okay my friends..i'm on my feet...well..almost...I'm at work now...90% healthy...I just can't figure out why I'm still dizzy and very very woozy...I feel like falling sometimes...and I just feel so jumpy..not alert...sometimes the slightest beeps feel like gongs...wow...did I take flu medicine or did I really take 'V'?

Anyway..on my way to work...I was really doing some deep thinking...something which i haven't been doing lately...and here are some of my sighs and groans:

Do you know how it feels when you do work for people, and you give it your best only to find out that you don't feel credited as much as you wanted? I mean, yea sure a thanks would be great enough and I don't expect people to buy me lunch or say "Hey, shah want to marry my beautiful daughter?" or give me 1 million dollars (although that would be really great if it were to happen in the REAL world) but all i want is respect. That's it..respect for what I've done for them. Sometimes I feel like people are not giving me respect after what I've helped them with. I'm not talking bout respect as in saluting me early in the morning saying "Good Morning Sir Shah!" and saying "Sir, yes Sir!" after every query i make...but a simple smile or chat would be nice.

Okay, maybe sometimes I beg too much as a receiver but I'm not playing my role as the giver. Yes i admit I sometimes look like a jerk who's totally selfish but I'm NOT. I LOOK that way but truthfully i AM NOT. NOT selfish like those stereotypical selfish people you see in movies or dramas..maybe just normal selfish as in naturally selfish. but never selfish with knowledge or help. I will help if i can and I will if I am able to.

Now this made me think..yea people nowadays aren't bothered to know about 'that guy over there' or 'this girl who mops the floor'...but people...listen to me..those people may very well save your life one day..you never know...whether they helped you before or not...just respect them. ok? respect them. it's in our religious teachings even. Islam says respect your neighbors and other people. treat them like you treat yourselves. So please respect...at least with a smile. You may think it's dumb or lame but moving those few muscles around your mouth to smile at a person, may very well change that person's life. He/she could be thinking about suicide and when you came along, you smiled that beautiful smile with sincerity and respect. He/she feels honored to even live and feels RESPECTED and therfore cancels suicide. Haven't you thought about it that way?

Now my next sigh is about money. Simply put..i just feel like going back to barter days...money is really something that could be meaningless one day, and it could be the object of desire the next. People's dreams can just go in smokes because of money. Yea I know how some kids who dream of being doctors end up being postal workers because they don't have money to take medic. Maybe takde rezeki...but there's always a reason behind things right? I know that...but right now my point is to focus on how a person feels when their dreams go in flames because of money.

You dream of being a interior designer. To be acknowledge these days, you need stupid printed papers of qualifications and can only be received via education. Where to study? Some big ass fancy college or institute that 'guarantees internationally recognized graduates'....yea....riiiight....what you DON'T see in the print is written in invisible ink...the full sentence is actually this:

"Our college guarantees internationally recognized graduates if you have tonnes of cash in your bank to pay for our highly priced fees and if you don't have money, then dream on sucker!"

Don't be hatin'..it's a fact. It's a materialistic world. Gone are the days of 50cents Nasi Lemak the size of your normal nasi ayam package. Gone are the days where candy are 10cents for 10.

Okay..enough blabbering...at this point some of you readers may think I'm wrong..some think I'm right. Ok..i appreciate your opinions and I respect them seriously. I'm just stating what I think and how i view it. So right now...my conclusion to my sighs and groans?

a) I should continue to respect people and if people don't respect me back, well, it hurts, but who's losing? Certainly not me.

and

b) Money? I have to work hard if I want my dreams to come true. The rest is up to Allah the Almighty. HE is the one who determines my wealth and health. Anything that happens is for a reason. So I shall not give up. I i do fail I will utter these words that have been popularized by one of the most popular rejects:

"I already gave it my best and I have no regrets at all..." - Sir William Hung..hehe *sir was added for respect..

-Peace!!-

The Force isn't balanced well you see...

2005-04-28T12:01:00.000+08:00

I really hate it when this happens..I'm at home now feeling sick as always...caught the flu two days ago..yesterday I thought I was doing okay..so I went to work...but the flu came back and I had to go back early...now I'm stuck at home feeling woozy and so stoned...(stoned because of the medicine, mind you)...

Now the thing is...I'm really not balanced now...emotionally unstable....I just hate this feeling...you know...when you go online and you see you missed a LOT of things...then you go stable and say to yourself..."hey what the hell..nothing big.." then you feel like igniting your lightsaber and slay all people to death..(uhm..just a lil exaggeration there..)...argh...flu...

Actually...yesterday night was one hell of a night...and I know this is from the medication...you know how strong flu medicine is? that small yellow tablet can knock you out for hours! and for me..it was...wow. I had my first experience of being in a dream that was in a dream that was in a dream and all of them were so real. With me so far?

First i dreamt of wanting to wake up from my bed but I just couldn't open my eyes. My head felt like it was stuck (literally) to the pillow. Head felt heavy like boulders. couldn't turn around, my body felt locked in place. I tried as hard as I can to wake up but I failed. After what seems like hours, I managed to get up and found out i was actually dreaming..so I woke up and went to the toilet and saw myself in the mirror sweating as hell...probably from the 'hours' of trying to wake up in my dream before that...then I walked to my bed, but halfway there....

I woke up again, still lying on my bed. THIS time however, for real. So i was in a dream that was in a dream. Whoa. No Matrix is gonna beat this by a long shot. I'm currently still unstable and still woozy from the drug effect and my alert systems are currently 50%. I'm jumpy and I hear things....of course I hear things, i'm not deaf now am i?

Anyway....got to get some rest...

*breaths like Darth Vader*

yea..probably because I have a stuffy nose..

-peace!!-

A day in a life of a Sith Lord

2005-04-25T09:11:00.000+08:00

Hmm...made me cranky, the dark side has...I just feel like shit today...i dunno why...i had a great weekend (the only weekend that I felt time passed by so slowly) and now back to work. Tapi takpaaaa....ujung minggu ni cuti tiga ari...hari buruh...hahahaha...yay...boleh aku sambung main game sampai habis game tuh! yeh!! anywayz...back to the darn work again...sheesh....

i want to go back and study like a student, live like a student, eat sleep like a student and ponteng klas like a student. I miss those days...tapi pikir balik....sem ni ade FYP! oh shit...haven't thought of a project yet...damn...

if only i could slay people with my lightsaber..............

(*cue imperial march theme*)

-pis!-

To the Dark Side, I have been seduced....

2005-04-23T23:42:00.000+08:00

This is a result of keeping hate, fear and anger consume myself. Now I shall kill all Jedi. I shall rule the Galaxy. Well...just ruling Photoshop would be adequate enough.

Prepare yourselves for...

Darth Quirinus

(yea that name wasn't made up you know..it may be lame but hey..it's a weapon)

Yoda: "Told you, we did. Listen, you did not. Now screwed, we will all be!"

- Welcome to the dark side -

It's a superhero weekend!!

2005-04-23T12:17:00.000+08:00

Alrighty then....now my friends all know me as this guy who just loves his video games and loves his movies...now previously on the SSC (buat style cam "Previously on the O.C") I gave some minor updates on the gaming world...now it's that time, right about that time to post some updates on movies. Mainly, superhero movies.

This year will see some of the most anticipated comic superheroes movies (Star Wars Episode 3 is another thing). While finally witnessing how Darth Vader transformed from a whiny momma's bitch to the most evil Dark Jedi in the galaxy far far away is kinda cool, nothing beats watching superheroes come to life, despite miserable failures (*cough* Daredevil *cough*) previously seen.

That said, here are some cool pictures and info for the unaware:

Superman V

This movie will take off from where Superman 2 left off. The director? Bryan Singer of X-Men fame. Who will play Clark Kent and Lois Lane?

An unknown actor, Brandon Routh (www.brandonrouth.com) will be playing as the late Christopher Reeve...no I mean Clark Kent and Supes. This Brandon guy is reaaaaallly creeping me out..why? Cos he looks like Christopher Reeve...damn. Good Choice Singer!

Lois Lane? Kate Bosworth. In the pics I've seen, she kinda looks okay..but what's with the hairdo? I mean it makes her forehead look like a 5 lane highway...heh but she's still cute..so she's forgiven.

Oh..and I'm not too sure about this, but the last I've heard Kevin Spacey was to play Lex Luthor. Nice choice.

So this is the latest pic of Brandon Routh in his Supes suit! It looks cool to me...the design we all know since kids but with modern day material! (Look at the cape! Polyester?).
Thanks to joblo.com and brandonrouth.com for the pic.

credits: www.joblo.com & www.brandonrouth.com

Ooookay...now with supes out of the way....let's get excited with....

BATMAN BEGINS!! Yeehaw!!

Now there has been a LOT of material on Batman's updates and a whole lot of vidclips...but I'm not that fanboy who'll keep myself updated. So here's a few posters that came out....all i can say about them: Suh-Wheeeeeettt-uh!

Who's in Batman Begins?

Christian Bale as the man in black tights, Katie Holmes as the girl in tight underwear, Morgan Freeman as an old man in tights...just kidding...., Gary Oldman as the Commisioner who's a tight asshole (again with the kid), Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jin (trust me, search for his pics in this flick) and Ken Watanabe as Gojira..hahaha I kid again...as Ra's Al Ghul. Ooh..and there's Scarecrow too!

again, credits to my main man, JoBlo!

Okay...now the last comic superhero (or anti-hero in this case) is none other than Ghost Rider. I no nothing much about the comic or the movie...except that these pics just surfaced:

Nic Cage as Johnny Blaze

Ghost Rider's Hellcycle

credits to JoBlo again

So that's it y'all...stay tuned for more updates!

Adventure. Excitement. A jedi craves not these things.

2005-04-21T19:40:00.000+08:00

...and I'm not a jedi am I?

Aaargh..lama giler tak memblog (2 days lama ke?)....been busy this few days...ni harini cuti pun nasib la...esok ade lagi keje...hehe...tapi it's better that way...at least i have something to do..

anyways...nothing much has happened to me the past few days...just bought a 2 new games for PS2 (i have this very bad habit of buying games...but not finishing them....i must take a month leave to actually go on a marathon of finishing those games...one month still ain't enough come to think of it..). I bought LEGO star wars and God of War.

LEGO star wars is kinda cute...cos you're playing lego characters...but it's star wars...so u get to play Episode I, II and also III! yea...that's cool....kinda tough for kids eventhough the LEGO title may seem to target kids..(either it's tough for kids, or I just plain suck at this game). Oh and the other game? DAMN it's fantastic...God Of War. How do I sum it up...hmm let's see...

Devil May Cry + Prince of Persia + Lord of The Rings (movies) sized levels + haunting orchestra music + SWEEET visuals = God Of War

with that I do some cancellation here and there, matikan tu..matikan ni...bahagi dgn 8 and voila: 3 words

This Game ROCKS.

Oh and for those who would like to buy this game, just be forewarned that this game is ultimately gory with tons of blood and decapitation (hence the title God Of War dumbass..what were u expecting? teletubbies??) and to push it up a notch (well maybe the developers said "hey if we're getting an M rating for gore why not use the rating fully?") this game contains nudity. Well, the main character going topless is not considered as this but I mean topless females. Yes. Well...there should be cos in the ancient Greek / Roman times (this game's timeframe), bras were not invented yet (or so i think). So there ya go.

To finish up my blog, I'll splurt out some updates in the gaming world:

- GTA: San Andreas will be coming to the PC anytime now..
- The upcoming E3 will probably have the PS3 on display...
- PSP's price hasn't gone down yet, value pack: RM 1700, set only: RM 999
- SansDisk's Memory stick Pro Duo, 1GB is now on sale in Malaysia. Price? RM 699. Cry now.
- New games to watch out for (PS2):

Star Wars Battlefront 2
Star Wars : Episode 3 The Game
Star Wars: Empire at War (PC)
Fear and Respect
The Godfather: The Game
Tomb Raider: Legend
Shadow the Hedgehog
Marvel Nemesis: The Imperfects
Wanda and The Colossus
SOCOM 3
Soul Calibur 3

Well that's it I guess....Oh and by the way...a lil tidbit for MGS4

- it'll be on the PS3
- you will have no place to hide in levels
- Hideo Kojima, the series' creator will not be developing MGS4, but only supervising as exec producer

That's it y'all..

-peace!-

30 seconds of SENGAL

2005-04-18T10:45:00.000+08:00

HAHAHAHA best best!! I just overheard a joke from my colleague just now...he got an SMS...kata hot news. Dia bacakan la the news tu:

Prince Charles was admitted in the hospital today, because of food poisoning. Prince Charles was believed to have this due to drinking expired breast milk.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Nice!!!

(sape yg tak paham tu...hehehe pikir la balik, Prince Charels kawin dgn sape?)

-Peace!-

The One With Sengalitis Entering KLCC (eh cam Friends la plak)

2005-04-18T09:43:00.000+08:00

Aku pelik betul la..why izzit I don't feel like blogging at home when I have hours and hours of internet time? Hahahaha sampao keje je terus2 nak blog. I think the workplace here gives me the confidence and energy to blog (or maybe it's just because I have a whole lot of time doing nothing at work). Anyhoo...here goes a recap! Last weekend was one hell of a time, and one hell of a time it was! Seriously...It's been a long..looooong time since I ever had this much fun!! The last time was obviously before practical training la..

Okay, so it started on a Thursday. I had a plan to go to KLCC because I wanted to go to Kinokuniya to get my dose of 'you know what' (in case you still don't know, it's called Sin City). Knowing the fact that the train ride to Central itself is one hour plus, i was telling myself, "Why bore myself to death with another 3-4 hours at KLCC alone?". Well yeah I could cuci2 mata ke...or tentukan whether rejeki mencurah2 ke tak...but alone? That sucks. So of course I thought about calling up my friends to go for a trip. At first I notified cheepoi in Howyeah about the plan. Then something happened. Something good. Laili and Peet responded, so I said what the hey? Ajak je la ramai2! lagi best!! Well, best tu mmg best...best tak terkata.

Fast forward to Saturday, I reached KL sentral and met them. Oh man was I happy to see them, especially Peet, MatP and Laili..(cheepoi aritu dah kluaq pi Mid Valley dah dgn aku). And from that moment, Sengal-itis was everywhere non-stop. And I MEAN NON-STOP. Sampai2 je cheep dah tanya pasal kejadian Komuter sengal ms pi Mid Valley aritu...die tanya jadi lagi ke tak. Dah start dah citer sengal. I tell you, when I'm with these guys I really transform to a clown + laughing machine man..couldn't stop laughing! Itu la sengal!!

On the way to KLCC tu, stop jap la sebab aku borak dgn MatP..lama tak jumpe dier doh..borak2 pasal bini dia..tanya keje amacam...and terbongkar lak rahsia yang bet pegi keje amik attendance je. HAHAHA!

So now we were at KLCC and the hot topic of the day was: "Laili dan kerjayanya sebagai penjaga Lif terunggul". Hahahaha she asik kena je dgn kitorang..sket2 jaga lif..sket2 jaga lif. Then cheeps asked what movie we wanna watch...tgh dok sengal2 kat TGV, kite buat list la nak tgk muvi ape:

1) Sembilu 2005 - tak best cos ade bet
2) Cinta Fotokopi - reason #1
3) The Pepsi Fire (eh, Pacifier) - Pending
4) Mumbai Express - don't ask
5) Pacifier Tamil version - hahahaha

last2 tgk Be Cool...hahaha aku tak kisah pun mane2 filem nak tgk cos mostly filem now showing, aku tak tgk lagi...tapi tgk Be Cool pun takpe la..dpt tgk The Rock jadi gay dowh! hahaha So suh cheeps beli tiket, then shot off for makan. Cube bayangkan..nak pikir tempat makan pun amik masa setengah jam...siap sempat sengal2 tepi escalator depan kedai Chanel..lagi2 ade bulb flashing cm amik gambar...ters cam photoshoot la..hahaha!

Last2 choice kiter...Burger King!

Dah order, dok makan burger tu..still sengal! The sengality conitnues! hahahaha sampaikan laili pun takut nak minum..dia dok gelak je memanjang...SAMPAI KREM MULUT NGAN PIPI! hahaha! kesian...tula...kitorang dah warning dah...mcm aku, cheeps, peet dgn matp dah besa masa HSE..dah lali dah..otot2 muka dah fleksibel.

Seriously, dok kat Burger King tu...aku rasa sejam lebey kot...sebab nak abiskan masa before showtime...dok borak2 ntah hapa2 tah...from:

Cheeps: Laili, ari ni still ade orang keje ke kt ofis ko?
Laili: *tgh pikir*
Aku: Macam mana orang nak keje? Laili kat sini, sapa nak jaga lif??

to conversations like this:

[describing a moment in the movie theater]

Aku: Ko tahan je nk buang angin tu..tunggu time org gelak2. Pastu org dh gelak2, ko nak buang angin tak dapat lak. Bile time orang dah senyap...*prooooooot*! hahahaha
Peet: Tu la..pastu siap bleh sambung komen, "Ala salah timing la pulak"!

HAHAH I laughed like hell on that joke! Nice! After laughing like hell, we went to Kinokuniya to buy my stuff then we shot off for the show, where Mr. Mat Kool Blaster a.k.a MatP had to go back for B-Ball training.

Dalam wayang je kitorang senyap. Nak mampus ko nak sengal dlm wayang? Terang2 iklan Nokia tu cakap jangan bising. Tapi sempat la gak Peet buat statement masa dia tunjuk preview Star Wars Episode 3. Die tunjuk kat Jimmy Smits yang play as Bail Organa tuh. Dier kata muke die cam Anwar Ibrahim. Hahahaha! Nice!

Fuh..panjang giler blog aku..macam peet ckp la...kalo citer satu2 pun, tak abis punyer...mau due tiga blog..hahahaha

Ape2 pun, I had a GREAT time with you guys (and girl) hehe..next time bile free..takde ape2 menghalang..ajak je la..aku on jer! hehe!

Thanks cheeps, MatP, Peet, and Laili for making last Saturday's meeting a happening one!

P.S: Bet, ko igt ko tak pegi ko selamat ke dari kitorang? Hahaha still kena kutuk gak! hahaha! "Apsal nak masuk toilet pompuan kena beratur?" "Sebab bet takde kt sini nak jaga toilet." hehehehe

Some memorable quotes from this day:

"Bila saya besar, saya nak jadi driver Putra LRT"

"Ayam bunyi camne? Anjing bunyi camne? Ko nak tau ikan paus bunyi camne?"

"Ala salah timing la pulak!"

"Laili diturunkan pangkat jadi jaga escalator"

-peace!!-

Toilets carry Sengal-itis too?

2005-04-15T09:16:00.000+08:00

HAHAHAHAHA!! What a joke...okay just to share with y'peeps...ini satu kejadian yang sungguh sengalllll....hahahaha and i was the victim...

Aku turun dari komuter dekat stesen KL Sentral...and before aku pegi beli tiket LRT aku singgah jap kat tandas sentral...aku dh tak tahan ni....sejuk giler dlm komuter tu! So aku masuk je..aku nampak tiga2 pintu toilet tertutup...tp the first pintu tu hijau...so aku try tolak sket2..eh...dier tak gerak lak pintu tu..so aku igt ade org la dlm tu..aku tak berani la nk serbu je..kang tak pasal2 bersepah lak toilet kalo ade orang dlm tu. So aku tunggu je la...ade sorang mamat cina ni pun tgh tunggu cos the other 2 toilets mmg occupied...warna merah. Then mamat cina tu cuba tolak pintu yg hijau tu...dier pun tolak...pintu tak gerak..so aku igt sah la...mmg ade org dlm tu...maybe dier nyer lock tak tukar warna ke..

Tunggu punya la tunggu..dekat nak 10 minit la gak...yg 2 toilet lain tak kuar2 gak...berak batu agaknye kot..mamat cina tadi pun blah..agaknye dier nak gi kencing kat pokok mane tah kot? aku tunggu la..ade lak pakcik ni..masuk...dier pun tunggu...ni dah dket nak 15 minit dah ni...woi berak simen ke woi!

pastu pakcik td tny aku..."eh toilet ni kosong ke?" sambil tunjuk kat toilet yg hijau tuh. Aku pun ckp la "ade orang kot..dr td saya tunggu..tak kuar2 orang tu. Ade gak cube tolak..dier tak gerak lak pintu tu..mcm tutup."

Pakcik tu pun ckp oooo...tp 2 saat lps tu dier cube tolak...memula mmg tak gerak..so aku pun confirm la dlm hati..mmg orang tgh berak batu dlm tu. pastu lak pakcik tu tolak kuat sket...*pup* terbukak lak pintu tu...tgk2 kosong je toilet tu...

cilaaaakak nyer pintu...aku tertipu rupanya.....ahahaha sengallllll!! nasib la pakcik tu bangsa sendiri..at least dier ckp la gak..."masuk la dulu dik..dik dah lama tunggu dah ni.." aku pun masuk je la...dah nak letup cam milo letop je..itu kalau bangsa lain tuh...huh terus2 masuk aku rasa...hahahahahaha adeh..sengal gitu!!

berakhir lah kisah sengal di KL sentral...sesuai dgn blog ni...Shah's Sengal Central...hahahaha!

-peace!-

Cells in the brain..

2005-04-14T15:54:00.000+08:00

Woohoo so I got called up by my SV just now...asked me to check up on a customer from the Engineering dept, Mr. Lee Kay Shiew about Interwise..dah lepas settlekan tu...dia tanya lak..."eh you're halim salleh's son aa?". I just smiled and angguk je la...heh...tu la kalo keje kat tmpt ayah keje dulu...sure orang dok tanya2...adeh..

well...not long after that...the boss of IT support, Mr. Ismady called me and asked me about this project that he wants to give me...not a big project la...it's to do a conversion from a webform to XML...gonna be used into this system that deals with customers and consumers complaints...yeh! mcm susah je...tpi xpe..belum cube belum tau...yeah!!!!

So to celebrate this occasion (what occasion?) I would like to dedicate this song to you people. Nak MP3 dier? masyuk siot...siyes masyuk...cari la for Cells, by Joshua and Servant Singers, album The Servant.

Cells

It'll all click when the mortgage clears
All our fears will disappear
Now you go to bed
I'm staying here
I've got another levelthat I want to clear
My skin feels like orange peel
My eyes have been vacuum-sealed
My organs move like a squirm of eels
We should be more adventurous with our meals
They annoy me those who employ me
They could destroy me
They should enjoy me
We eat chinese off our knees
And look for each other in the TV screen
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I'm at my desk
At my desk, I'm like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
On the city's skin they move on mass
Like a rash on the back of a manky cat
Now in I go like a fool
I can't resist dipping in the pool
I watch them watch me I watch them too
Across the street across the room
I dress myself like a charcoal sketch
My eyes are brown and my hair's a mess
They annoy me those who employ me
They could destroy me
They should enjoy me
We eat Chinese off our knees
And look for each other in the TV screen
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I'm at my desk
At my desk I'm like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I'm at my desk
At my desk I'm like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
The cells I am at the moment will soon die
But I will be here
Oh I'll still be here
The cells I am at the moment will soon die
But I will be here
Oh I'll still be here
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I'm at my desk
At my desk I'm like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
The sun goes up and the sun goes down
I drag myself into the town
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday I'm at my desk
At my desk I'm like the rest
All I do I want to do with you
Everyday, everyday, everyday...

-Peace!-

Due to requests a.k.a Proving my innocence

2005-04-14T12:14:00.000+08:00

Sheesh...some people just don't let you go freely don't they? Well..okay..okay I know they're joking..ha ha ha I'm laughing...no really...I am. For real.

Anyhoo, I would like to prove that I'm uhmm....not seduced to the G-Side (as some people call it) by posting a few photos of some hot..HOT women that have been in my dreams a few times...so here goes.

The hot, the cute, the one, the only...Jennifer Garner.

AHAH! BOOYAH! Christina Aguilera before she went slutty...

You satisfied? I sure am...

So what's it all aGout?

2005-04-14T08:48:00.000+08:00

Everyday is a new dayyy....Eh...macam P.O.D plak....ngahahahaha...hmmmmmmmmm so wut's up today? Well...nothing actually..my SV xde lagi...he's a busy busy man...yeah....so yesterday I took leave because had to go for a follow up appointment with the docs..and get my blood test results...wow....

My blood test showed positive....for G.A.M.E!! (sorry for those who never watch Malibu's Most Wanted before..you'll never understand)

Ok..seriously...I have a high level of Uric Acid....yea....all in all...i just don't have enough water in my body...

Information to share with friends

Basically, the protein food you take (e.g. Udang, Sotong, Red Meat and internal organs, kekacang) will produce uric acid in your body...now uric acid should be taken out via..yep..your urine. So what makes you urinate frequently? Drinking lots and lots of water. If you get dehydrated...the uric acid will build up in your body in the form of a chalk-like substance...(dier mendap le..) and it will go to the joints...mostly the elbows,foot,wrists,fingers...that's when you get inflammation and feel the pain a.k.a gout. That's what i felt..the leg swelling. Okay here comes the fact that explains the mystery of my age....I'm not 21...i'm 41..haha just kidding..
Yes, these symptoms of gout normally attacks middle aged men..BUT in my case...it's because it's in the genes. Plus my awful discipline of not drinking a whole lot of water. It only makes it worse. My late grandfather, dad's side had gout. My dad has early symptoms.

Anyway..i take this news as good news...I mean, not in a sense that I yell out "Yay I have GOUT! BOOYAH!"...but more of "Thank God I found this out early..if it was not detected at this time...it would've been worse later.".
All i have to do is drink drink drink water...until I pee like there's no tomorrow..hah.

Like what wise men say...life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.

So friends..if you have any family history of gout...please remember to drink a lot of water if you can't stop or control eating seafood. Controlling seafood intake though, would be better. Well..even IF you DON'T have family history..just drink water...Coke, Pepsi and other sodas are ok (a lil bit self consolation ere i think..) but plain water is a must...to avoid that thing called Gout.

-peace!-

The SSC's official Movie

2005-04-13T19:46:00.000+08:00

GALLERIA SENGALIA

Rick: Who's the goof? ME!

Zornoff: My name is Zornoff, this is Zaboo, Zelner, Zelbor, Zelwina and uh.. Jeff.

Jeff: Hey!

Jeff: ZOLTAN!

Zoltan (left) and Jeff (right)

Gay Alien Nordic Dudes: What about the Yuniverz?

Gay Alien Nordic Dudes: We're the (pause) keepers of ze continuum transfunctioner..

Jeff, SSC's official hero...

2005-04-12T15:13:00.000+08:00

Trust no one...except for us!

Our wise and powerful leader.....

2005-04-12T14:06:00.000+08:00

ZOLTAN!!

Joy of a child in a song...

2005-04-12T13:41:00.000+08:00

When I was surfing my friends' blogs and spamming their tagboards and shouties...I read my fren, Bet's blog...he posted the lyrics to a song called "Firasat" by Marcelle. That really inspired me cos I truly remember one song that I heard when I was little....this song really cheers me up and I hope it will cheer you up too. I can't remember the singer or creator because it was from a long time ago...

So here, I share this song with you people...

Bapaku pulang dari kota,
Bapaku belikan kereta,
Kereta Kecil Warna Merah,
Boleh kubawa ke sekolah...

Pon pon pon pon pon pon pon pon pon,
Kereta Kecilku berbunyi,
Marilah adik mari naik,
Boleh kubawa jumpa nenek...

SENGAL!!!

This is where I draw the line

2005-04-11T15:29:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah...that's what I can say for what just happened! I was sitting down on my chair like usual, kinda bored with no work to do (my SV xde plak arini) and suddenly the IT/IS Boss, Mr. Khoo Keh Foo approached me and asked me if I'm good at art.

"What kind of art?", i asked..

"Cartoons. Are you any good?", he continued

"I can try...", hiding the fact that I love to draw cartoons..I don't wanna sound so proud and end up making an ass out of myself.

"Can you draw like Lat?", he asked...full of hope.

I chuckled. "I can try to draw like him..".

He just nodded and said he'll call me up later.

About an hour passed, and now another bigshot from the GLOBE department (GLOBE is a standard work system in Nestlé: stands for GLObal Business Excellence), Mr. Cheow Yeow Keong called me up to the meeting room. THE meeting room where all the top guys held their meetings. Wow. This sounds big.

Then it hit me. My heart goes "baboom-baboom-baboom".

I was requested to draw some cartoons for a presentation that will be held by The GLOBE Director. The cartoons act as an analogical representation of the whole GLOBE v1.0 to v1.5 migration process.

Two sections were to be covered:

What's new with v1.5 where basically I will draw the analogy of a car being upgraded. Every point that was explained, I already had the idea for the drawing. Cool.

The next one was to show who will be behind this migration process, basically a contractor, the workers and the owner of the 'car'. Aah..oookay. Got it. :)

Deadline? sometime around next week. The presentation will be on the 28th, but I will be sending them drafts before the final execution. Heh. Rasa cam keje utk Pixar plak..hahahahaha.

And with my big mouth I asked them,

"Do you want them static or animated?"

Good job boy. Here, have a biscuit. Arf!

Of course the bosses said it would be better if I could have it animated. At this point I was thinking either GIF Animator or ImageReady. Maybe I could try simple animations. I have them in my head now. Yeahhh!!

Well..this is it. My big break. Ahah. As if. I'm working for Nestlé for cryin out loud, not Dreamworks..but what the heck. It's my big break if i say so. :D

Alhamdulillah.

p.s: maybe I'll post up the final drawings when it's finished..just to share.

-peace!!-

Update:

After writing the blog, I went off for prayers (lamabat sket la plak) and I noticed something. I didn't button up my collar and my neck tie wasn't pulled up to the max (like normal la i mean). Shit. I forgot that I unbuttoned my collar during lunchtime because it was hot. And i faced the bosses just now...looking so messy and with an unbuttoned collar. Dude...what was I thinking???? Shit.

As the day starts off...

2005-04-11T08:29:00.000+08:00

Sin City!!! Sin Ci....heh..sorry..couldn't resist. :P Well I'm officially hooked with that movie. Watched it 3-4 times yesterday..back-to-back! It was like putting on the DVD on 'repeat'! Heh..well enough of that..

Anyhoo..I'm back at work today after a week of rest and loved every second of the rest. Sometimes I really think hard and deep only to find out that just maybe...just maybe...i truly think that my workplace sucks. This Place Sucks.
I know deep down inside this is all because of the lack of work. Not because of the people. The people here are great (minus a few. hey..yin yang baby..). I dunno...I get real jealous with my friends sometimes...they all get these great opportunities at work..while I sit on my ass for the whole day. Don't get me wrong..website management and design is the bomb, but in my workplace? Why do you think there's no such position for what I'm doing now in the first place? Because they don't quite need this. They outsource designing. Sheesh.

So what will I do at work today? Hah...I'll let fate do the work (in other words; I'll just sit here like a lazy son of a gun).

Hmm...

(30 seconds pass)

Hmm.........

(60 seconds pass)

....and I'm still here writing this blog.

(90 seconds pass)

POOF! IT BECAME KO...KO...uhm...ahhh ferget it!!

-peace!!-

It only took me 10 bucks..

2005-04-09T23:47:00.000+08:00

Okay..okay...wait...wait....oh daymn...I can't hide my excitement!!!!!! I just found the Sin City DVD...and WOOHOOOOOOOOO what a BLAST it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i was going to Terminal 1 and I suddenly felt the urge to go and check out my fave DVD store...there it was....shining ever so brightly......Sin City....Oh my GOD!! But I knew deep down inside that this must be a damned cinema copy where the sound is soooo awful....the cameras will shake and you can basically hear the camera creaking...oh people laughing in the background..but hey...i thought "What the hell...I'll buy this son of a gun just for fun". Anyway, IF the quality was crap...i could just return it tomorrow for another story...all I wanted was to go through the damn story once. All the way home..I was telling myself.."I know sure this one not clear laa..but hope that the sound is okay and the picture is watchable...at least one round la before I return it tomorrow".

Dear God I love to be WRONG.

The moment I fired up the DVD....the minute I hear the song playing...and Marley Shelton came out as The Customer...my mouth dropped to the floor. It was crystal clear..(well..at least by early copy standards)..the sound? nice and non-echoey...wow...dreams really DO come true...Heck I didn't even change my shirt!(Just came back from dinner).

I sat there gawking at the beauty of the movie...in gorgeous black and white...frame by frame an exact copy of the novels...oh my God...it was so beautiful i almost cried...LOL

The movie started with Hartigan with young Nancy Callahan...then stopped to start with Marv...now Marv's section was truly enjoyable..cos I had the book...damn it was fii-ai-ai-ineee (a la Pablo Fransisco)..but two frames were kinda questionable..i'm not sure whether this was the final cut...or it was edited by someone else...one part where Marv was supposed to slam a guy's head face first into the wall was replaced with a repeat shot of Nancy dancing..it's like it was 'censored'. Oh and another frame where Marv was supposed to blast the head off a guy was blackened out...hmmm...now i thought this was gonna be trouble if it continues like this for the rest of the movie.

Dear God I love to be wrong two times in a row.

When 'The Big Fat Kill' section kicked in...it was uncensored hardcore gore all the way...eventhough the blood is substituted with white color (as in the book), it's still cool to see hands get chopped off, katana blades going through the top of a head, exiting through the mouth and of course, the all important head being cut off with white blood spurting all over. Hey, this is a graphic novel anyway.
Man Big Fat Kill was really a fun, funny and gory story...that Jackie Boy just won't stay dead..(even if it's Dwight's imagination..it's still funny. Kudos to Benicio del Toro for a magnificent portrayal of Jack Rafferty!).

"She doesn't quite chop his head off. She makes a Pez dispenser out of him"

Lastly, 'That Yellow Bastard'...this ain't as humor filled or gore filled..but the story was strong...my only complaint is that Bruce Willis doesn't look 60 man...he does play the role well...only if it wasn't a 60 yr old man...Hartigan should be strong and slow cos he's old..but hey...great performance nonetheless.

Conclusion? This movie...is a BLAST!! BOOYAH!!! Ok..maybe to ME...to those who already bought the DVD, if you don't like the movie..then I'm sorry dude..it's just not your movie. C'mon, not everyone agreed Gigli was a dud. Well..maybe everyone did..but you get my point.

9/10 for Sin City.

P.S: I'd like to thank Mr. Bet and Mr. Cheepoi for giving me the heads up on the availability of the DVD. Thanks guys..y'all really made my day!!

P.S.S: Can't wait for the original DVD to come out..or at least, the 2-disc pirated one. Robert Rodriguez said he will be including the 3 stories as separate stories in the second disc, so that you can watch them as you would read the books. That means a lot of deleted scenes from each story will be added in to get the full thing! (The theatrical version had some deleted scenes to accomodate the flow of the 3 stories together.)

"Yeesh.."

Sin City: That Yellow Bastard

2005-04-09T08:30:00.000+08:00

So here it is...as I promised (though a bit late..) the next chapter i'm covering is:

*que Zeus like voice*

THAT YELLOW BASTARD!!

enjoy..

more coming soon..

Sin City: The Hard Goodbye (Part 2)

2005-04-06T10:42:00.000+08:00

Welcome back for another part of The Hard Goodbye! Here are a few more comparisons.....gorgeous...

Next up: That Yellow Bastard!

Sin City: The Hard Goodbye (Part 1)

2005-04-06T10:34:00.000+08:00

Okay, so here's the first batch of comparisons of the first novel in the series, The Hard Goodbye. All images are taken from FilmRotation.

Amazing huh? Stay tuned for more!

A day (or more) in my crib

2005-04-06T10:03:00.000+08:00

hmm so what's new today...well first thing's first..i'm on M.C today...until tomorrow..so all together 3 days..because of my foot..it was swollen yesterday..went to the docs and he suspected Gout..wow...he suspects that cos I have family history of Gout..so it's not impossible to get it at my age. He just gave me medication for the swelling and the Gout symptoms. Had a blood test taken too...to get the Uric acid level in my blood...next week the results are comin out. Oof..and i thought it could be as simple as salah urat...or a fracture...

Oh well...Insya-Allah..there's nothing wrong..

Ooookay..so what would I server up today...hmmm...ahah! since my Sin City fever ain't cured yet...i found this site that had these awesome comparison shots between the comic panels and the movie frames..i'll post it right here on the SSC!!

This movie has been getting GREAT reviews from a lot of people..but of course when there's a Ying, there must be a Yang...so sure there are some idjuts who think the movie is crap..why? "Because of the over-the-top violence, gore and plain linearity of the plot".

Sin City was translated from a graphic novel, and the novel itself was like a film noir..lots of narration...it's just like a story book telling about the people in Sin City...the violence and the sexuality of it being the major points. So what do they expect when seeing this kind of movie? Spy Kids? Agent Cody Banks? Muppet's Treasure Island?? Babe?? You get the idea...of course it's gonna be wham, bam violence, blood-in-your-eyes, head-chopped-off, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs style!! Like D'UH?? So here's an early warning..well if you people are curious enough to buy it on DVD when it comes out la..this is NOT a movie for everyone. If you think heads chopped off, hands being eaten by a psycho cannibal or nude & topless women not your thing then don't waste your time watching it and go on saying that it's horrible, or just plain unwatchable. You've been warned.

Aight, so I'll be posting up the comparisons in a few...stay tuned!

-peace!!-

20 seconds of thoughts

2005-04-04T12:33:00.000+08:00

ugh man..I have to stay in the office and avoid walking around too much...or else my foot will be damaged..ohoho..so i'm stuck in the office during lunchtime...man how boring is that? it sucks...and i'm bored to death....i just wanna go home...aargh....dok dpn pc lama2..kalo main game xpe gak..hehe..ni buat bodo je...AARGHHH!!!

Monday is the worst day of the week...

2005-04-04T08:48:00.000+08:00

Monday...sheesh..it's Monday again..y'know..I'm not sure if i'm the only one feeling this way..but doesn't it seem that...for the first 5 days, Mon - Fri...you'll be really looking forward to the weekends...then when the weekends come..it vanishes like thin air...*poof* (no it doesn't become koko krunch dis time..) and it's Monday again..ugh..oh well..that's life..you only get 7 days in a week..

When we were in school or uni..we were going "Man..cannot wait to go to work la..no more exam..no more studying..". I tell you ah..you get that thought in your head, immediately go and kick yourself in the ass. Treasure the school days man..they're cool...you got friends...ur always learning something new..you have school holidays for cryin' out loud! Now last time I checked, we didn't have WORK HOLIDAYS did we? well..if u consider LABOR DAY that..it's still once a year. Maybe M.C.s. Yea. Paid holidays. Costs about 30 bucks. Heh.

Anyhoo..my foot still hurts. It's pulsating with pain right this second. It's originating at the toe area..the big toe..it's so stiff and hard..ugh..I can't even bend my toe! I dunno if it's just a sprain...but sumtimes i feel like i have a fractured bone in there..cos it's so 'ngilu' man...

PS2 Update

Hey, hey, hey! I got lucky again...I was surfin' on the web for tutorials on PS2 lens tuning..and I got one which had a tip I did not read before. Clean the lens..but instead of using Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) which I didn't have..they said you can use a Sunglass towel..y'know the one they give for glasses..I was like..HEY NOW..that possibly could work since the lens is glass. So i tried it..and VOILA...it worked! Just needed to adjust the white cog in the PS2 to one more notch...and the games worked! Alhamdulillah...saved another 100+ bucks! But still...I couldn't get to boot my NBA Street V3...daymn..so bet..i didn't have the heart to ketuk2 my PS2..but I surely can and WILL ketuk2 your head la bet..HAHAH!

More thoughts..later!

-Peace!!-

Holiday is the 8th day of the week

2005-04-03T10:24:00.000+08:00

heyy..it's a Sunday..and you know what that means...
Tomorrow's a work day and I just don't seem to have had enough time for rest for the weekends...ARGH!

Well here's a quick recap of yesterday's events..
I woke up with a sprained foot..again...but now it affects the toe...shit it hurts! then after lunch I was supposed to go to Cheras for an engagement ceremony..my aunt's gettin engaged..so I was like going there..in the hot sun..with my damaged foot...limping away..wow..even when i went for Zohor prayers..i was sweating just to duduk antara dua sujud / tahiyat...aargh..my foot was like...stiff! about 330 we (family and I) left for home..

kat rumah..rehat jap...then at around 8pm shot off to terminal 1...gotta go get some stuff...toiletries and bla2...I went to buy games as usual...just bought brothers in arms & sw:republic commando...blum install lg..hehe...

for supper, we headed to this normal hangout la...called Roy Siang & Malam..haha...mamak place but it was a cool place...the food there's excellent..

lps makan2..balik la...ape lagi...

erm..nuthin really happened yesterday...nothing that cool...just normal stuff....but daymn...my PS2's havin trouble...and i'm trying my best to repair it myself...i don't wanna shell out 180 bucks just to go tune my lens...aargh...i hate this...

I've been holding a gaming console since i was 3 years old..my first gaming console was the Atari...then i upgraded to a Micro Genius which was actually a rip-off of Nintendo..it plays cartridges..and i remember back in those days...those lil' things cost 50 bucks man...

now starting from the Micro Genius era, every gaming console i had...had to go for repairs at least once...my Micro Genius was one...the IC card (or whuteva they call it) broke and had to be replaced...i kept playing that thing untill 97..where then I got my first Playstation! woohoo!!

about 2 years later...it went kaput...and i had to shell out frikkin' 300 bucks (if i'm not mistaken) to change the lens...and i got cheated. stupid bugger...they said "oo ini original nyer lens" which meant glass lens..but it turned out to be plastic lens...and i found it out after my PSX broke down again...

well..if i'm not mistaken...2001 was the year I bought the PS2...cool...and now it remains with me until today...but then there was the problematic lens thing again...biasa la...main game tak ingat dunia..mane lens tak tercabut?? hahahaha!

see? i'm a gaming freak...not only consoles..but PC gaming too...i know about gaming news...i know about future games...i know reviews about them..i know the creators...the developers...but i don't think i'm the walking dictionary of gaming.....yet

aah well...that's about it on gaming freakishness...now i want to go try fixing the PS2...and try to save a hundred bucks...wish me luck..

-peace!!-

this is gonna be the dream job of a lifetime..

2005-04-01T16:26:00.000+08:00

PHEW!! What a day! Good, good..I have loadsa work today!! (i'm psycho ain't I?) After Friday prayers (which I slept thru mostly..khutbah dgr half half..adeh..) I sat down with this akak and discussed about the Intranet nyer links and documents..nak kena update most of them...kena delete most of the documents...and bla bla...tp yg best tu cos akak ni citer...her brother got to go to this awesome video game convention....man he got to see the XBOX 2 in action man!! Then..he got lucky cos he got a free..yes..FREE huge plasma TV that's not even on sale yet!! Shipped and delivered to his home..FREE! whoa!!! Dahla dpt main XBOX2...pastu dpt free plasma TV...man his job is to play games...WOW!

That's MY dream job man...I get paid to play games for life!! and go to awesome conventions!! WHOOOOOHOOO!!! well..that'll be the day...

Today, I'm gonna go back by LRT...cuci mata sket..haha..and my story'll continue at nite..hopefully..if I don't get too tired..huahuahua!

-peace!!-

it's Fly-day and aym leddy to LOCK!

2005-04-01T10:23:00.000+08:00

Guten Morgen (did i spell that rite?)!! Wahh Fliday oledi arr?? Yeyyy another glet weekend coming oledi maa!! wuhuuu!! Wah..the first 2-3 hours of today was kinda cool..I mean haven't got anything cool happening to me before..besides designing in Photoshop at work..(ooo look at me..look at me I'm a Photoshop nerd!! Oooo!). Ok so let's start the story now shall we?

Some cute girl came up to me and said hi to me. I just said hi back and smiled. She then said to me

"Hey, you look familiar la.."

"I do? Wow sorry but I don't know you..", I answered

"Oh you don't know me for sure..but whoever watches TV would know you la..you joker la you.."

What? TV? Oh crap..is this candid camera or what?

"TV? Now you're surely mistaken. I haven't been on TV before..", I told the girl nicely

"Oh really? Well..anyway..'not a movie star' guy..", she said sarcastically
"You sure are cuter than you're on TV..", and she followed with a cute wink.

I was like..whaaaaa? This gal baru lepas dari hospital sakit jiwa ke? Then I heard a voice..

"Bangun la..dah pukul 5 dah ni..."

Darn it!! Mimpi pulak daahhh....(hehe mcm citer2 seram melayu..it all ends with a dream..sheesh)

Hehe sorry peeps..sj je nk panjangkn blog ni..anywayz if you peeps were with me the whole time..then thanks! You actually DO read my blog! LOL! Ok so now the real thing that happened was this, and I warn you..it's much lamer than my dream..(isn't real life always like tht?)

So I reached office at 830..my usual time if I ride the komuter and LRT..sampai2 je my SV asked me to setup the training room for an Interwise session (an online meeting using the software, Interwise). He brought a box to the room and showed me this cool gadget for teleconferencing..cool man!! Polycom was the brand and what a fine brand it was! (mcm smartshop plak dah..)

I set it up and my SV gave me a projector pulak to setup..and then the meeting organizer nyer laptop lak..wah..now i feel like IT support..at least something else to do rather than sitting down on my chair and thinking of designs and updates and stuff..(i tell you ah..my brain got more muscles now than my body..erm..hey that's not a bad thing at all...rite? *confused*)

So when everything was done, I ran the meeting for him and taught him a few stuff on the software..cool..well..that was it..hahaha nothing gempak la...now I shouldn't have written about my dream..cos it's so damn frikkin' cooler than my REAL first 2 hours of the day..huuuuuuuuaaaargh!

Maybe somethin else would come up lait-tah? yeahh stay tuned and find out! (if you want to la..)

oh and a lil' something on yesterday's events:

Yesterday when I was driving home from work with my dad..I saw this car from far..(rhymes!) and I thought it was a friend...Blue Proton..license plate starts with NA* and number starts and ends with 7..hmmmmm...

"RUSY??" i thought..

skali bukan...but hey..I always have these events happening to me..it's like a pre-projection of what's gonna happen later..cause I actually met someone I knew...on the highway! LOL

From far..I saw this car...with a very familiar color...kinda light purple...then i saw the license plate...CAQ..

AHAHAHA!! I knew this car..so far..I've never seen a Satria (satria rite?) with that kinda color..and the license plate..ahaha I really remember cos the owner isn't from the state of that number..(CAQ is a Pahang car..and the owner ain't from there man..)

I drove on the fast lane..she was driving in the midlane..haha I actually slowed down the car so tht I was driving the same speed as her..sj je nk cuakkan dier..then I honked..hahaha she was like...so surprised to see me..hohohoho funny funny!! ape la..xde tmpt lain ke nk jumpe ko sha? kalo jumpe kat sentral ke...kt terminal 1 ke..xpe gak..ni jumpe kt highway...dlm keta lak tu...nguah3x!! but it was kinda kewl to meet a close (close ke sha?) fren setelah lama tak jumpe..huhuhu..

well that's that for my storytelling kids...tune in for more..

Sengal-tubbies!! hehehe

-peace!!-

Life in bullet time

2005-03-31T14:47:00.000+08:00

what the hell? it's just 2.48 PM? MAN! Why so slowww???? Sheesh..I couldn't think of a design man...asik try...nmpk cm buruk sey!! grrr....

2:49PM

I sit down and concentrate....

2:50PM

still concentrating....

2:51PM

My heart beats like a drum...sweat dripping from my forehead...hands shivering in cold sweat....head feels like it's gonna explode. Like a ticking bomb. *Tick* *tick*..

2:52PM

I can't stand it anymore...I got up..went to the toilet and looked at myself in the mirror...I saw veins bulging from my forehead.....my eyes became red like blood...then it happened...

POOF! It became KOKO KRUNCH!!!

i'm really having the sengal-itis like the flu.. gahhh!

the brain in my head goes blank, blank, blank

2005-03-31T12:26:00.000+08:00

aaargh..no ideas...man..why does it seem that when it comes to redesigning the dept's main page i go blank?? Masa redesign HR newsletter..ok je...hmmmm...is there a curse? hahaha! Hope ideas will flow in my head after lunch...hmmm....no wonder designers are highly paid...ingat senang ke nk design?? huahaha!! So i demand a raise for my allowance! (pigidah..baru 'allowance' nak mintak raise..cheik!)

BTW..when's the scholarship gonna be visible in my bank account? Huh? Tgh SeNGKeK nih! (Uiks..mcm title filem baru lak)

Oh well...let's go makaning!!

T.G.I.two more days to the weekends...

2005-03-31T09:02:00.000+08:00

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooood Morning Vietnam!!!! Whoops wrong country! :P

And heyy it's another day, for you and me...in paradise.... (wth?) Ahh...sengal-itis is kickin' in...yeah! I have nothing to report right now...and last nite I was too darn tired to even post anything...aah...i'm still sleepy now.

Today's checklist: -

Redesign my department's frontpage on the intranet
Kick myself in the ass
Kick myself in the face
Slam myself into a brick wall
Start thinking of a new checklist

Herr...I'm kerrrazzy now..waaaaahhahahaha! More thoughts...lait-tah!

-Peace!!-

..and then there was work!

2005-03-30T16:49:00.000+08:00

huaaah!! suddenly got work to do aa? goot! goot! hehe..

I went to see my SV during lunch and asked him if he has any more meetings today. Well..he said none at the moment (clearly shows that Nestlé people are more to the 'on-the-fly' method of meetings) and so I asked the golden question:

"Are there any jobs for me to do, sir?"

Of course he said yes..he's my SV! I was told to find out from a few people about file naming conventions. Heh I was requested to do a simple webpage that could scan the folder where they put these docs in and display it on the intranet..ape lagi...VBScript ler jwpnyer!

Immediately, I went to see the person in charge and asked her help on the matter. So when that was settled, just about 30 mins after that my SV asked me to see this secretary and help her with her boss' software..seems that the boss doesn't have that software installed in the PC. Went up there..waited for the secrty and she asked me to see him tomorrow cos he was in a meeting. The boss was a white guy..Pieter Van Den Akker..pergh..nama pun susah nak sebut..

Phew..luckily I settled everything with this akak that was in charge of software installations for Nestlé members..the akak said that Pieter guy was not in the list..so she kindly installed it immediately..should be there tomorrow on his PC. All that is left to do now is to ask him to relogon his PC tomorrow morning..wooohoo!!

Then my SV had a chat with me..and at the end of the conv, I ended up with more redesigning...yippie!!

Now you may be a bit confused of my response to 'more work'...but if you're in my place...getting work is great..cos I really don't get that much to do...on and off la..adeii..

There was one part of my conv with my SV that really made me laugh out loud..we were looking for some images to be used...those images were located in the server's folders..so we were like..browsing one by one..we chose all the folders that had names relevant enuff to put pictures in.

"Eh, try looking in that 'pic' folder?"

-none-

All icons la sir..no images..

Then came the funny part..

"Well...previously this server was coordinated by a woman..so let's try looking in any folder that has 'icons' as the name..women's logic normally tebalik one.."

LMAO!! what a joker! no offense to the females..but I think that was funny..the way he said it made it funnier!! LOL! Damn lucky to have a funny SV like this man..sama2 je sengal! hahaha!

Whoops..lookit the time! gtg peeps! Hopefully I'll give another dose of sleepy-time photos! Whooooohoo!!

Seeya!

.::Shah::. - OUT!

Search, and you shall not receive..

2005-03-30T13:37:00.000+08:00

Oh boy..lunch time has passed...man..time flies extremely SLOW today huh? Oh well..

Anyways..During my boredom..I decided to Photoshop a logo..a new search engine..haha..yeah..

Now this search engine is amazing...it searches absolutely...NOTHING. Yep..that's right..NOTHING. LOL! That's why it's called Sengle™ pronounced as suh-ngull for you non-malay speaking readers. For my friends..I'm pretty sure they know the word..hahaha Sengal!! We call this thing a symptom of a disease known as sengal-itis. How to know if you're having this 'disease'?

You always have typos in your posts or typings. (The now famous "teh" as in - "This is teh bomb!" can be considered as a symptom)

You're a champ at having crap talk with friends. (Kinda like stoners sans the drugs)

It happens when you're stressed, out of your mind and under pressure. (It's kinda like pre-mental illness)

If you have these then you're eligible to be a patient! Congrats! But then again..the actual definition can't be defined..it's kinda like The Force..only certain people are born with it, and some have a knack for adapting and learning about it via exposure to other sengalians (the members of the Sengal group, if you're wondering).

Back to the main point..the logo...tat-tada-daaa!!

oh yeah!!

Now this logo can be found at the HQ of Sengal. Just click the logo to go there! WooHoo!!! Okie dokies..now I shall resume my boring boring life in the workplace...*sigh*.

Tag and you're IT!

2005-03-30T10:41:00.000+08:00

Whassup?! Well it's another day, and another entry. So what's new today? Aha!! I got myself a new tagboard, thanks to the people at tag-board.com. Thanks to mah fren shasha for 'recommending' me to get this tagboard..hohoho!

*recommending = forcing* LOL!

Okay so for this morning...kinda dead. I've been organizing my blog and this tag thing since morning. Wow..I truly have no work. Is this good or bad? Ugh..

Oh and possibly I'll just blabber about another Sin City chapter today..That Yellow Bastard. HowYeah!!!

More thoughts later!

Before eye shut my I's...

2005-03-29T21:45:00.000+08:00

Okay..so before I go nite-nite and forget what happened the whole day...I'll just rant on about this one actress..this beautiful...beautiful actress that I've admired since I saw Dark Angel....yep...Jessica Alba.

Whoa.

She's a beaut ain't she? I just love to see her cos she has that very exotic look..kinda mixed...big eyes...pouty lips...and that very cutesy2 childish character to her that just makes me go "oooooooooo you're so adorable!!" and makes me wanna pinch her cheeks and rub her head! I mean literally do that...don't go on thinkin that I just did a double entendré back there..(although I could've..but that's just for me to think about before I go to sleep..LOL)

So I shall post a few pics of her before I go sleepy-time...

Ooh! I forgot..she's also in Sin City as Nancy Callahan...too bad she doesn't exactly re-enact the scenes in the novel...(*hint*: she's a stripper..)

Notty..notty me...

Whew..hot huh? Well...peace on earth...and may tomorrow be a better day than today...and to all I wish...Goodnight!!

Tremors..2nd coming..

2005-03-29T15:32:00.000+08:00

Latest news..there was a tremor felt in my office at around 2PM...the funny thing is...I was sitting at my desk..but I didn't feel a thing..hmm....I remember about 8 years ago..i think la..Nestlé Head Office also felt tremors caused by an earthquake in Indonesia..so guess my office will always feel the tremors then..

WTF does not stand for World Trade Federation

2005-03-29T13:33:00.000+08:00

Now..I'm really up to my boiling point...This is the THIRD f'n time I rewrote this f'n blog...and the whole f'n blog was supposed to be a f'n expression!!! AAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It all started in the train...I almost fell because of the damn door...then on the way up the escalator, I almost tripped on my own feet...reaaaaaly abso-f'n-lutely great..

Oh wait there's more...i waited for f'n 20 minutes in K.F'n F.C for a measly O.R Fillet burger..fast food indeed..it's more like fast food, slow workers..

Then I sped off to office..when again...yes...AGAIN...i almost tripped on the f'n road..

Oh..I left one more detail since I have been rewriting this f'n blog for f'n three times, when the f'n IE restarted because of a f'n error that blogspot.com f'n caused..

Just before lunch..I smiled at a female colleague...and yep...my f'n shoe...got f'n stuck..in a f'n hole...in the f'n carpet!!! Yipp-pie-f'n-doo-da-day!

Oh..my clothes feel f'n wrong..my boxers havin a grudge on my thighs...and this whole f'n shirt feel like crap!!!!

Yes ladies and gentlemen...today is offically a FUBAR day...except the part where it says BAR. So it's just FU. Yeah..today is FUday.

Work or something like it....(Part Deux)

2005-03-29T12:19:00.000+08:00

Done! Job's done! Now I just have to wait here on my chair..for other jobs to come. I want to ask my SV for any other jobs..but...I'll ask him later...yeah..wayy later..aargh..

I wanna go home-a! I wanna sleep-a! I wanna have a holiday...a loooooooooooong holiday...

Wonder when's the scholarship money comin' in...hurmm..

Work....or something like it..

2005-03-29T11:11:00.000+08:00

Hmm...looks like today's gonna be another slow day..with no work...aargh..don't get me wrong..I like being shoved with nothing but air..but if it goes on for a whole day...daymn..burnin' my ass off on the seat...nuthin to do...sometimes that sucks.

But well..that's the nature of my work..ongoing updates. If there's something to update..Job = true. Else Job = false. Nestlé doesn't have such a thing as system development as their systems are developed by other companies..so..I'm stuck with updating the intranet and a bit of design put in. So that's why my work flow is kinda extreme. When there is work..there'll be a steady flow. Once I finish the job and there is no more work left..wow. There truly is no work to do.

Heyyyyyy waittaminute...I do have work! I was supposed to do it this morning but..aah well..let's do some work!

Midnite shocker!

2005-03-29T10:13:00.000+08:00

Man..There must be a reason why..of all the days..I had to go online and finish up my first blog and got so engrossed with it until midnite. I know it was already late for sleep..and I sure know as hell I'm gonna be damn sleepy at work tomorrow. But WHY did I finish up everything at midnite? Here's why:

I was lying down on my 'bed' (which basically is a thin, rollout mattress on the floor) and suddenly, I felt my whole body swaying. For the first half second my mind was telling me I was sleepy and I kinda dozed off. But no. I was wide awake and the swaying continued for a few seconds. I just lay still to see if I get any reactions from my brother who was lying beside me, but nuthin.

I alerted my mom and bro but they said they didn't feel anything. So I guess I must be imagining things.....well...not until this morning when I saw the headlines:

"Quake
Shock"

wow. Sumatra was hit by an Earthquake..8.5 magnitude on the Richter scale...and this time..on land. Oh My God. I actually felt a bit of the tremors so that's VERY bad..my condolences to the people who suffered...

Is this it folks? Is this the beginning of an end? You know what I mean.

Earthquakes are setting off like your bath time schedule. People are getting killed mercilessly by other people. The stupids rule the world.

I have a bad feeling about this...

There's always a starting point somewhere....

2005-03-28T20:27:00.000+08:00

Hello...hello!! I am your beloved Count Olaf....
Naah just kidding! Welcome to the very first edition of...MY BLOG!! Hooray for me!!! Thanks to mah fren bet, I finally discovered the phenomenon that is blogging. Hmm...kinda kewl..kinda kewl....So what now? On with the blogging!

I'm not gonna blabber about today cos basically...there's nuthin much during the work days. Just the same ol' same ol'. Sheesh..anyhoo..

My latest love: Frank Miller. If you clowns have started thinking about any gay or homosexual jokes then you clowns obviously don't know who the hell is Frank Miller.

"Who is Frank Miller?"

Well kids, let papa teach a new lesson. Frank Miller is a G.E.N.I.U.S. What does that spell? Good!

No doubt bout it, Frank Miller is a good story teller..and a superb artist as well. He's not shy with the gore and nudity and he still maintains a consistent flow with his story telling. I'm starting to love graphic novels...

Last Saturday, two great things happened to me (well 3 if you count gettin a new router).

I got to enter book heaven a.k.a Kinokuniya, and
I got hold of my very first copy of Sin City.

Yeah..now about Kinokuniya...man...that place is seriously the place to be for book lovers. No shit. Kinokuniya is like the Toys R' Us of books. Books R' Us if you may. 2 levels of pure book heaven. Name it; cookbooks, health books, magazines, novels, and especially the hard to get comics.

There's one section of comics and damn..they were selling all the latest shiznit like Gempak in the mamak bookstore man!! Wow..trust me on this...if you love books/comics..go to Kinokuniya. 'Nuff said.

Okay so now on to my main story...Sin City. If it wasn't for the slick-ass trailer for the movie translation, I wouldn't even know about the graphic novels. Basically, Sin City is the place of crime and psychos wandering about the city making havoc and shit. All the stories center in on some of the citizens and their stories.

Now the one I chose to buy was the first in the series: The Hard Goodbye

"There's no settling down. It's blood for blood by the gallons. It's the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They're back."

Marv

Dude, Marv is one of a kind. The Hard Goodbye is all about this 7-foot monster named Marv. He's rough and scary as they come.

It starts off with Marv and Goldie, the 'angel' who is the only woman besides Marv's mother to go near Marv and love him like a normal human being. So on one hot, sticky night they made sweet, sweet love.

"She smells like Angels ought to smell. The perfect woman. The goddess. Goldie. She said her name was Goldie."

Instead of waking up in the morning and having pancakes with his newfound love, Goldie just laid naked...and dead beside Marv. Who killed her? The police are definitely pointing to Marv, but Marv would prove them wrong. Nothing is what it seems. No one can be trusted.

There. Classic storytelling. Superb. That RM 57.97 I shelled out was worth it. Now I can't wait to catch the movie and continue buying the rest of the series!!

Mickey Rourke as Marv

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