Of Smell of New Shirts

Is it just me or do you guys love the smell of a new shirt too?
I just got two new shirts from Charles Tyrwhitt. A friend brought it back from UK. I know .. all the way right?

Mmm .. the smell is great. Unfortunately, it's going to have my "manly" smell soon ..

Of Freestyle

Can't stop laughing listening to this song.
Think his songs is an acquired taste.

Of Good Weekend Make Up for a Pissy Week

Good weekend make up for pissy week. Yup. That's right. Genesis 2:2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Technically, I rested on Saturday.

Had a good talk with SK on life and our ideal. The gap between our philosophies and realities, and how are we working towards closing the gap. Too much deep stuffs to be written here. Maybe I will come back to those thoughts and post it up some day.

Attended Silly Gal's orchestra concert. An absolute delight. SK was touched at the purpose of the concert, which was to provide a platform of inspiration to the jaded working-class to once again pick up their instrument and find back the passion they had for music. It inspired her to take up an instrument too .. and she asked, "Doesn't it make you want to play piano again?" I just laughed at the question and said "I will stick to enjoying the performance of others"

Some interesting thoughts I had during the concert .. for the first part of it, I was very consciously trying to be present at the concert and had to catch myself a few times when my mind wandered elsewhere. It was kind of a task .. I mean, if you think about it, what do you mean by "enjoying" the music. I still can't really understand the notion .. but towards the middle part, there was this particular performance by 4 person.I forgot the piece they played, but the way they smiled at each other and seemingly enjoyed playing that piece will be hard to forget.
It was at that point that my mind was more settled at the concert and I was much more present at the concert. As I said, absolute delight.

Silly gal, you gotta keep performing ok?

Watched Detective Dee, one of the more recent movie by Andy Lau. Kind of disappointed. I have always been a fan of detective films and novels. (Sherlock Holmes!) I appreciate the novelty put into the film, and the characters are rather interesting, but CG ruined a big part of the fun. Overall, wouldn't recommend it except for a lazy Saturday night.

Picked up Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman again after it had been left collecting dust for so long. I lost interest in fictions since .. I don't know .. after Drake? But it was a refreshing break from all those books I have been reading these days.
But I still really can't stand fiction .. it somehow bores me now.
Probably not till I find something that really gets me turning the pages will I finish a fiction in a day or two anymore.

That's about the stuffs I have done. Not much, but that's really the point, isn't it?
Have you had a good weekend to make up for a pissy week?

Of Reality Check

Guy Kawasaki, in Reality Check {The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition};
Success takes crazy, passionate people who believe they can change the world. Success doesn't take "professional" and "proven" people.

And nope, Guy doesn't sell motorcycles.
I know. What a name right?
I wish my name is that cool.Hmmm ...yeah, maybe instead of A.C., I should have people call me Mitsubishi next time.

Cheers to all you crazy, passionate people out there who believe you can change the world.

Of Rebuilding

It is time to rebuild. From ground up. From scratch. From zero.
As Eminem puts it ... "Back to the lab again yo"

Time to revisit the past.Set the records straight.Rebuild.Move on.
So many things to do.So little time.
So many thoughts to pen down.So little energy.
Bear with my nonsense a little bit more.I think I am nearing the other side of that metaphorical tunnel.

Of Drafts And Some Other Stuffs

I realized I had a few draft posts lying around and went ahead and posted them.
Been some time since I have written anything ..
I think I will be visiting here more often now.
Will definitely work around my schedule.
All it takes is a little discipline.

I will also be starting a few projects on my own.
Some DIY projects. Something that I feel will be interesting and will give me lots to learn and think about .. Will be putting up more updates soon.

Of Simple Man

Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say
And if you do this it'll help you some sunny day

Oh, take your time don't live too fast
Troubles will come and they will pass
Go find a woman you'll find love
And don't forget son there is someone up above

And be a simple kind of man
Be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son if you can?

Forget your lust for the rich man's gold
All that you need is in your soul
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied

And be a simple kind of man
Be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son if you can? Oh yes, I will

Boy, don't you worry you'll find yourself
Follow your heart and nothing else
And you can do this, oh baby, if you try
All that I want for you my son is to be satisfied

And be a simple kind of man
Be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man
Oh, won't you do this for me son if you can?

Baby be a simple, be a simple man
Be something you love and understand
Baby be a simple kind of man

Of Simple Things In Life

First thing first. I know I haven't update this blog for eon. Probably up to a year in fact.
Anyway, busy sounds like an excuse. Lazy is more like it.
Either way ... lets see how far I can go.

I am sitting on my couch at my rented place. 245am right now.
And somehow, the phrase "Simple Things In Life" just keep flashing into my head.
I have no idea why ... and so I thought I would just jot it down quickly here.

I think I am a simple man. Who wants simple things in my life.
Love a woman deeply. Care my family passionately. Never stop learning. Never stop growing.
Sometimes, it is the simple things in life that moves us the most.
Perhaps, there really is no need to make things so complicated. But hey, this is a mad mad world we are in. Just remember to not get sucked into it.
Focus focus focus.

And no. I am not drunk.

Of Ninja

My dog.Ninja.

Of Photo Diarrhea for Charine's Weekend Stopover

Charine visited for the weekend.When I picked her up ... she said this to me "Finally.I have someone to help me take a better picture of me."
Funny.Because just before she came, I told Shie Meng, "Finally.We have someone to help us take a better picture of us."

It was a relaxing weekend.Nothing much.After a rather tiring first day, we just bummed around on Sunday.But it was definitely a good weekend.We talked a lot.And on a variety of things.But that might be for some other posts. For now ... I am too tired to write a lot. Here starts my photo diarrhea;

Bak kut teh in the morning.

Look at how focused Shie Meng is. Must be hunting for meat.

Damn Ah Beng.I like.Can feel the murderous intent?

When shutterbugs meet.

I love this photo. I think it portrays rightly the cheekiness in the two of us.

Ice skating in the afternoon.

We love posing.

Skaters in a cage.

I hope this a "good" photo of you?

Kisses and smooch

Perfect angle

But I prefer this.

Guess what happened?

Still in pain.

Skates worn on hand not counted.

Poster boy material. And girlfriends should be supportive.Not covering their face.

There are actually a lot more.We took like 1.73GB of photos.Although that is mainly due to the file in RAW format, it is still like almost 200 photos.In a day!
Discounting those that don't make sense ... it still comes up to like 150 photos.

A lot of the photos above are hastily Photoshopped. Don't complain too much ok?

Of Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosion

Found this while browsing randomly ... again.

MTV Shows

This one is funny!
Just by looking at Will Ferrell and the nerdy JJ Abrams.Hahaha
Andy Samberg looks kinda cool actually.

Of Did You Know This?

So I was browsing randomly when I stumbled upon this song - "Rhythm Divine"

Have you guys heard of it before?

Listen to the first 3 lines of the lyrics

(Not including the Spanish phrase he was whispering)

Did you hear it?

No?

Here is the lyrics

From the coast of Ipanema

To the Island of Capri

All the way to KUALA LUMPUR

Yes.Kuala Lumpur!

Ok.I sound like a jakun now.

But I was like ... "WHOA!What??"

Hahahaha ... I guess I just never expect someone writing songs for Enrique Iglesias to actually know Kuala Lumpur.

And yes.For the skeptics out there (I don't blame you), he did sang Kuala Lumpur.I double-checked by Google-ing for the lyrics.

Malaysia Boleh?

Of Grace Kelly

I could be wholesome

I could be loathsome

I guess I am a little shy

Why don't you like me?

Why don't you like me without making me try?

I tried to be like Grace Kelly

But all her looks were too sad

So I tried a little Freddie

I've gone identity mad!

I could be brown

I could be blue

I could be violet sky

I could be hurtful

I could be purple

I could be anything you like

Gotta be green

Gotta be mean

Gotta be everything more

Why don't you like me?

Why don't you like me?

Of Word

So what is that word you use to describe a pushy someone who tells you what to do and think she has the best idea in the whole wide world and that you are just another dumb ass so why don't you just shut up and follow her lead? And heck ... you can't even argue even though she is lowest on the totem pole because somehow ... she got your balls.

Hmmm ...
Oh.
Wait.

BITCH.

Yeah.
That's the word.

Of Coldplay

As a Thank You to their fans, Coldplay is giving out free downloads of their songs!
If I am not wrong, these are live cover of their songs from their Viva la Vida tour.

If you are a fan, you would love it.

I am not sure how long this last though.

Of Whoa

So I read this news and I was like ... WOW.

Some people actually have that much time?

Heh heh.

Just joking.My actual response was ... WOW.

*Amazed*

Of Friends And Being Dumb

This clip is quite funny.Hahahaha.

Feel so nerdy.Goodness.

The lyrics are somewhat funny too.

"If you cross the road and a truck struck you,

I'll scrape you up and reconstruct you"

And then there are those that makes you go ... wtf 

Have a good laugh people.

Of Asian Vs. American

This is pure evidence that Asians and Americans just can't mix.

So.Who still think that it is such a foul word after all?

Next time I am being thrown that word ... I am going to ask ... "Wait ... are you referring to the "generic static analyzer based on abstract interpretation for the modular analysis and verification of Java classes" or you just mean ... you know ... in local terms."

Boys and girls.

You have to read it to believe it.

Of The Internet is for Porn

This song is HILARIOUS!

Hahahaha

Apparently it is from this musical by "Avenue Q"

Heh heh

Of Validation

Very interesting short clip that I found accidentally while browsing randomly.

Smile people. =)