That's Work?

Ok, here is why I absolutely adore what I do. As highlighted by Tom Peters (yes yes, I read your blog :o) about hating Dilbertology, the fun doesn’t end when you start work. In fact I look forward to work each day coz I get to do something different each day.

And that’s how last Monday started. I had just gotten back from F1 Sunday night. Had to pack coz I was on the very early flight to Sibu. Yes Sarawak. A beautiful place I tell you. I just loved how green the whole place was.

So we get off at Sibu airport, which looks like a huge longhouse by the way. (when you get out of the main building, look up…and look at the amount of fungus on the ceiling!!) but you cant help it I guess…just so much rain and humidity here.

Then the person we’re going to meet, my 2 bosses the Project manager and I, Ms Diana Rose appears. Actually she appeared from the toilet with a fairly large umbrella! After the pleasantries….I jump in her Ford Ranger…or more like squeeze into it…and head to Mukah, about 3 hours from Sibu. Of course the back is open and that’s where our bags are…albeit with a funky tarp covering them. And its raining. Non stop till we arrived at Mukah!

The roads were drivable…but water logged. Timber lorries carrying freshly butchered trunks up and down…we stop to eat at this small place where the owner is half Iban and hafy Dutch, Chinese, and some other races. Food was alright…but by this time I was beginning to get freaked out.

You see I’m a city boy. And while I love the occasional jungle trek in KKB up to a waterfall or Klang Gates or something…it’s nice to still find civilization when I get back.
Something told me civilization was not something I was heading too.

Finally reach Mukah…and almost there, we see the ‘fighter plane’ trying to land…tell yu more about this later. WE have a meeting with the resident of Mukah. He’s like the area supreme…one level higher than the District Officer. But since we took so long to arrive…here we are in our casual clothes going to meet a senior government official and talk about DiGi’s latest CSR programme. But he was such a nice guy…so laid back yet so knowledgeable…and he’s definitely a mover and shaker if need be!

You see he is Melanau. Or at least most of him is. So is Diana Rose. Almost the entire town of Mukah is Melanau. But there are only 200,000 of them left in the world. And they have married and inter married that a lot of them don’t even know what being Melanau is. And the language is so different. You really feel like you’re in a different country. But you’re not. You’re in Malaysia. But we semenanjung people can really learn a thing or two from these people. Racial and religious integration is amazing here. The Resident is Muslim. His brother is Christian. And there are so many cases like that and they all live, respectfully of each other under the same roof!

Diana is kinda eccentric. In the words of her ex headmaster (we met him coz he’s in the Education Minsitry there and what we’re doing involves them too) she’s a funny girl. And she does funny things.

Diana is actually an amazing person! This ex reported from the star…gave up her job here. Went back to Mukah where she was from and built this place called Lamin Dana. It’s a place with ten rooms for people to stay, but is also makes crafts and has a Melanau cultural troupe, which she trains. All this she has done with her own money. You should check it out…really beautiful place. Serene and just so one with nature. www.lamindana.com

She’s kinda like the mafia in Mukah. EVERYONE knows her…and she cant give two hoots about protocol. She just walks in and says she wants to meet this person if they are free and then brings us all and chats along…And we…we were like celebrities in Mukah. The whole town knew we were in town, who we are, where we were staying and what we were there for. People smiled. They stared. They looked at us funny. Don’t think they’ve seen too many Indians there…so I was quite a bit of an attraction there. (hmm…it’s a nice feeling for a while)

Anyway… we stayed at lamin dana…no tv…just basic necessities. I loved it for a day…and then is when I started freaking out…I mean…man there wasn’t anything to do here. Just sit there and enjoy nature…ok did that…next? But I guess I could do it for a few days….decided to take it by the horn and do some new stuff…so we headed into town and had amazing seafood. Ok that’s pretty nice. Food is always good.

Then next day breakfast (I slept quite well thank you) we went to Erick’s Laksa…it’s like really really nice. Amazing laksa…not the penang style with fish in the gravy and all…but really nice. Then I tried the mee Kolok…ok I can’t explain it. It’s something like Wna tan mee but no wan tan and no dark sauce…but really really good…and the coffee there is just yumm…that night my bosses cooked and Diana made teh most delicious Umai ever!!

We did other stuff…but the highlight was the boatride up the river…yes yes…the whole village is related to Diana, they have outhouses which hover over the river and release into the river. But the river is actually brackish water which is dark brown…which comes from the tannin in the leaves…I got some really good shots…kampung houses on stilts..(everything is on stilts, even lamin dana) children swimming in the river…sago logs being floated down…(that’s the main industry there)…old men on cut out boats rowing…I could release a book on it!! Will put it up on my webshots soon…a lot of work on my plate now…I’m actually typing this before rushing for home group today…

But the quietness was good. I managed to sit with the Bible wihtou being rushed…did my devotion and prayed…it was quite nice.

Then did the boatride to the mangrove swamp and walked over it…really nice…all kinds of organisms…did a little fishing over the river (caught a prawn…huge one)slept…ate a bit more…had a few more meetings…did a lot of planning and budgeting and strategizing…and then it was Wednesday evening and time to leave….not to soon too…coz I realized it. I missed KL…I really missed KL…thank God there was maxis coverage there else I would have been quite bored-er.

Then it was time to leave…I saw the fighter plane. The plane we had to take from mukah air strip back to sibu airport. The Malaysian Airlines' Twin Otter. Only takes 18 pax. Two pilots who sit in front like a taxi driver. I made sure I had my compass and bearings in case we crashed. Prayed in the morning that we reached home safely.

But the plane ride was really nice…such an experience…flew really low about 3000 feet only…25 mins to Sibu. The trees below looked like broccoli. And the river snaked here and there…beautiful form the air.

Reached Sibu and hour 2 hour wait for the flight became 3.5 hours as the fligh in from kuching was delayed…flew to Kuching in a full flight…then the flight from Kuching to KL was practically empty…so nice to stretch your legs in Zoo class…(that’s what my boss calls economy) reached home at midnight. Even my PDA battery died coz of overuse. 8 hours from Mukah to KL…crazy. But boy was I glad to be back to civilization!

Speaking about civilization. The Melanau were there since the 13th century. In the 14th they had a civil war and 100,000 men died…just about where I was sleeping. And another thing about the melanau. They don’t bury the dead. They out them in coffins and place them on a platform about 6 feet of the ground. Just behind their houses. Thirty years later. They take the bones and build totem poles and place them in huge jars which sit on the totem poles. Diana showed me the back of lamin dana and said…"that’s my great, great grandmother and grandfather. They’ve been there for about 100 over years. Next year I’m gonna build a totem pole for them." All this on the first day we arrived. But I slept so peacefully. Oh yeah…remember in rained when we were on the 4WD. My quite expensive Overland backpack was drenched…almost all my clothes as well. Except my Bible :o)

All in all…I can’t wait to get back there. But just for a few days. Did I tell you I love my job? Well…. I do :o)

On the grassy knoll

Last Sunday I did the whole F1 thing. Got dressed in blue and black and went to Sepang to watch F1. Brought along my ex girlfriend and another mutual friend. Why? Don’t ask lah. Only the fact that they are F1 fans too…albeit of the struggling red horse type…great isn’t it? The Prancing horse is more like still back there at the stalls…he he

Ok I’m so torn. I’m a BMW Williams fan…mostly coz of Juan Pable Montoya. But now that he’s left to join McLaren Mercedes, I really don’t know what to do. I hated it that I was cheering on a McLaren. But When I cheered on a BMW, I was cheering Webber and Heidfeld… I mean like ok lah…they might be good for the future…but it’s Montoya’s skills that are absolutely mesmerizing…this is one driver with balls!

Ok but here’s the thing. We went to the C1 hillstands to watch this. Y’know…the curve with the huge Petronas Logo. But get this…we didn’t know what was going on! The last few years I had the luxury of free tickets at the grandstand with the race going on in the led screen…so at least we can see what’s going on on the other side of the track or who’s leading etc. But even then I missed the commentary. And I could see the start, the pit stop and the finish. But from here all I could see was the cars whiz by…and when I mean whiz by…I really mean whiz by…kinda like almost 200 km/h.

I found out they were selling headphones with the commentary going on…err kinda ugly red and black full ones! But get this…to listen to the commentary…it’s RM 150!! Yes yes…I know its catered for everyone one foreign and things are set in US dollars…but c’mon…man on the street ( me! me!) but the RM 100 tickets…the commentary more expensive than the tickets??

You should have heard us “…err…I think Rubens is in the pit. Err..no that was Michael. What happened to Webber? I hope there is an accident in front of us, at least we can see something. Hey…why are there so few cars on the track…? Why is everyone on the other hill gathering there? Was there an accident??”

Imagine this…here we are sitting at the circuit itself, but no…we’re calling some friend somewhere in front of TV and shouting….What’s going on in the race? Whose leading? Tsk tsk tsk….quite sad.

To top it all off …we had like 72.35 Million kids sponsored by telecoms in their ugly looking blue and orange t-shirts crawling all over the hillstands. All they were worried about is nak makan apa malam ine? Eh joe, itu kereta F1 ke? (when the Porsche race was on) Eh…awek itu cun lah…(pointing at a all I could see was a tudung girl)

Ok ok …it wasn’t that bad…but really they had no idea what being there was all about. The thrill, listening to the engines scream …and I mean scream like a banshee…down the track! It’s like a shot of adrenaline the size of a Milo tin! Woo hoo…even after all that …I still loved it! And the company was quite fun too :o) ex and Indy were excellent company and we managed to have quite a ball. Throw Wendy in, since we had to give her a lift to and fro…we didn’t even notice that it took us 2.5 hours just to get out of there! And I mean a freaky kinda crawl! We were having a real good time laughing and joking around! I mean that Indy boy can come up with some nice ones...and wendika was just crazy lah…as usual…and ex…well she made it a very nice experience…something about this girl lah :o)

Now next year…gotta plan it early…either put mobile TV on my phone or laptop or get much better seats! Even the crazy prices of drinks and frightfully expensive ‘hot dogs’ (yes…what used to be a bun…in what tasted like pig intestines mashed into a dog!) might not be able to stop me from going back!

F1 2006 …here I come…!! Oh yeah…Alonso won.

And I was to leave early in the morning for my Mukah (3 hrs from Sibu) ride. Now that was an experience!! The Mukah exeprience coming up soon! :o)

Through my Sepet eyes

Hmmm…. What can one say about this movie. Against a respected authority’s advice, I didn’t see this movie alone, but with some eager beavers in tow.

I must say this movie is commendable. It’s definitely a first for a local movie. Yasmin, the master storyteller she is, has been able to weave a tale that is very much close to the heart. If you read the article in MAS’ Going Places magazine about Yasmin (I’ve memorized it front to back with the amount of traveling I’ve been doing recently!!) She speaks about her parents who still bathe together, run around the house chasing each other in their sarongs etc. She is also Mrs Tan. Sound familiar?

SePeT is very much her autobiography. To the naked eye, many would be raving about how great this movie is. It did leave a very warm, feel good feeling, very much like an extra long Petronas festival ad. It did have very unique perspectives of how races in Malaysia view each other. It had the classic anti-hero who won the girl in the end.

Or is it? I must admire her for her creativity. She has used this wonderful little movie to preach to the world. Although sometimes it felt draggy and the acting quite fake, it harped on issues. Like poking fun at malay movies now. Like with tongue in cheek ridiculing the police force with those two guys in the alley. Like the father preaching about what’s best for his daughter. Like the hardships VCD sellers face.

I’m not one to complain but I guess she had to do that to get her message out. The Malaysian movie going market, save for a handful, would probably not be able to decipher these issues if they were implied. They had to be spoken out loud. To be put into words so that the guy who thought Gerak Khas 2 was the best movie ever would think again.

But I dare to dream. Could there be a different version. One where the issues are not spelt out but implied. Like the scene in the bus stop. Its raining, one malay girl and one Chinese guy sitting there. Speaks a million words being saying even one. The scene where mother and father are playing scrabble and she puts her head on her father’s lap. Beautiful. The Volvo 122s. Nice. The staircase combing hair scene. It said so much about the relationship of the family. Sepet boy’s mother whacking the wheelchair bound dad senseless and his frustration with the ‘chicken’. So deep. The fact that she ran back to her safe malay boyfriend when things got bad with the sepet boy. The fact that various languages were used in this movie.

My dream is that SePet is a new beginning. The end of the Yusoff Haslam era and the start of the Yasmins and the James Lees and the Jo Kukathas. It’s time Malaysian films stand out from the commercial crap and make a claim for itself. To take on the intelligent viewers of this country and beyond and challenge the norms! To be able to come to a point where we don’t have to be so literal but inferral!

Yes the cinematography was great sometimes (the glass door at the florist scene) but bad sometimes, the motorbike scene looked like a Filem Negara Malaysia Production. Yes, the script could have been better. Yes, the acting was a bit fake sometimes. Yes, a lot of things. But one thing is for sure. It’s revolutionary. If our lawmakers can argue that the LRT give your seat up advertisement campaign should be pulled because it’s a Malay boy who refuses to give his seat up because Malay boys are ‘usually very courteous’. What has this country become. Sepet is an eye opener. And I hope the start of a lot of good things to come. It’s about bloody time. I’ve been privy to the entries of the Malaysian Video awards for the last 5 years. There is talent out there. There are people like Yasmin who can think light years ahead of the box. All they need is the opportunity. The thing I liked best about this movie was the ending...or should I say, my version of the ending. That's just it. We all have our own version of what happened.

I only have one complain. Sepet was set in Ipoh. Where the heck were all the Indians? :o)

Hairy story

Ok I've recovered from my birthday 'season'. All in all a splendid one.

I love trying new things. Doing something for the first time is something i live for! I hate being a slave to routine. I hate driving the same route to and back from work. I hate having the same thing for lunch. I just doesn't challenge me, and I constantly need to be challenged. Only then do I feel like I'm taking this existence to the living stage!

I sat down and formulated a Stakeholders Positioning Map yesterday. Sounds like a yawn but it wasn't. To actually sit down adn translate theory into practical approaches that cen get my clients' key messgaes out there was amazing stuff. I had to look macro. Step back and look at the big picture and what I wanted to implement to meet the clients' objectives...err..whcih we had to formulate from the start! :o)

Based on that document, sitting down with Ayesha and Vim and Clare and Eens was an amazing session! I thought I looked macro but Ayesha's experience and know how just came to the fore. Inspiring woman she is. I am so glad I'm working for her. And Vim. Vim's knowledge base is astounding. Her economics and political structure platform on which she built her strategies were captivating to watch. And to think I contributed to this and helped shape this. It's what I believe it is : People in the communications line have a lot of power. We sit down adn think and formulate ideas that in time gets the whole nation going.

Think American Idol. It's just a talent show. But how they positioned it and got people to interact has got the whole world follwing and participating. Think about it. It all started in the mind of a few people who sat down and said hey, why don't we do this? And now, the whole world is under its spell!

Oh ya my title. I cut my hair. Ok it's like this. When I take my glasses off I can see really well close up...but for the life of me a I cant make out anything that;s more than 3 feet away! So there he goes chopping away, my usual barber this, and here am I just waiting. And I put on my glasses...then I go like whoa...if I wanted it bald I would have said so!! So its really short now. Will look ok in a week I guess.

I took of my goatee. Which I've had mostly since I was 19. And I have to stick to my diet coz my chin is kinda lost in its doubleness. But its a nice airy feeling to have a smooth chin for a change. Lets see how long it lasts.

My mind has been tired over the last few days with all this strategizing. But looking forward to the evtn tomorrow in Cyberjaya. All the planning done. Going later to do the set up. Straight forward one but will be nice to do.

Sent AJ a mail. Just my thoughts over the last 6 months. And wishing her all the best at the new place. Dont expect much out of it. But let it be I guess. Her last day trow and I just heard she will be there at the event trow. Well que sera sera.

Last night's home group was nice. I know they will be fine without me. I'm going to Bukit Indah on Friday. I know its God's will. It's a whole new challenge. But that's what I thrive on.

Meeting the GC gang today. It's beena while. One week actually! Ha ha....ok ok...and I must do some more exercise...have to start shedding the pounds.

Looking forward to playing the guitar in church this Sunday...I want guitar effects!! But gotta buy slowly I guess. Plan out the payments. Can't wait to play lah...its so nice that God uses people to bring out such beautiful music. Not Because I am playing...but how we complement each other. and How the holy Spirit leads us as we play. It's not how we want it to go...but how the Holy Spirit leads it. I am the instrument. Play me Lord!! Woo hoo!

4 cakes and a plum

Man...I didn't know turning 29 would be so fun! It's not like a had a birthday...feels more like a brithweek!

Thursday, my actual birthday I ran out of the office at 5.10pm! Yep...half day..he he...met NJ for tea. She had this whole thing planned. Well it was supposed to be in a park somewhere but it rained so we ended up in A&W car park. First was the card...which was quite nice...then mocha nescafe in a can, then i had to blow out a candle ...stuck in a plum...supposedly coz I'm on a diet...then came the chocolate brownie from secret recipe...yes..another one! She definitely put a lot of planning into this...if only it was in King's Park in Perth...would have been perfect!

Picked up debs and went to strawberries for what I thought was going to be a simple dinner sith some friends. You see, I made deb promise that she wouldnt do anything funny for my bday...lo and behold she had delegated the funny business to Anu!So here we are haven dinner...yes she was there too...adn then outta the blue comes this huge box...with CK's Eternity in it and some other Eternity stuff...man am I gonna be smelling good for a while!! So I thought ok that's it...but nope half an hour later...and this really got me by surspise...something I really didnt expect. In walks panjang and biggy and the taiping gang and rach singing...yep you guessed it, the birthday song, each in a different key! he he ...but the two separate groups I hang out with merging was a bit overwhelming...but all in all the night was fabulous, ended at about 4 am after nasi lemak in bangsar...these guys are such darlings lah! Deb and Anu...masterminds!

Friday was a struggle at waking up but ran into work...did some stuff and then the whole office takes zai and I for our brithday lunch at Fridays. His bday on the 5th. Man the bbq ribs was amazing! and I had to stand on the chair and undergo the friday experience! Cool...

Evening went home and slept for 1/2 hr when SC is at my door with FeeCh. So we go buy her dad's tix then pickup BroJ then Sang then head to Phileo Daman for Rach's surpirse bday. Hers is on the 5th too. And yeah...it was ok...biggyand panjang came later. Rach And Reg got sloshed. thank God i didnt see the puking! SC did most of the hair holding and cleaning! But Reg looks really funny drunk!! ha ha...she'll kill me if she reads this! Tipsy mamee!

Then we go pick up the parents and head to lotus for supper. send them back and i hit the sack. Next morning we pick up the parents take them for lunch send them off...adn buy panjang's bass guitar. Ha ha....woh fatt never saw me coming!! Cleaned them and bargained a whole lot! Then I saw it...the zoom 707II...nice effects baybe...got him down to 580. But just payed three insurances int he card and road tax too...don't wanna blow it. So I'll head back to woh fatt in a month I think.

Went ot the tamil concert thingy at FGA. Good effort, but presentation wise needed a lot of help. Why is it that they can't put things together properly. In no way are we inferior its just a lack of technical and proper presentation know how. I mean write an MC script for God's sake. Do a proper sound check. Make sure there is no dead spots. Come on man. We need to raise the standards! Eva's voice is still good. But she's blimped...he he..so have I actually. Panjang and biggy did their rounds. Saw parents there. dad was funky as usual.

Now Sunday church was amazing! It was definitely God's will that I don't play the guitar this week! The worship was amazing. the sermon was so real and the altar call...God was fixing my motives my attitude towards so manythings. I went up and was crying my eyes out at God's feet. It's amazing how exact and specific God is when addressing areas in our life that is not right. I felt so alive, so loved, so special that the King of Kings would want to spend that time with me and guide me along the way. I live for Him! That's my cry. That's my goal. That's my destiny. My Jesus ...my bestest friend!

Took the family out for lunch after. Nice seeing all of them together. MArk and PRiya were the normal riot. Nice to see Joel blossoming. He needs some guidance. Must try and get himto come for the Friday home group...hey...maybe that's why I'm being sent there! BUt lunch was good, manoka nd jeevs covered some. nice to see amachi happy wiwth everyone. She vut her cake and family was nice nice ...quite the interesting.

Sun night met the 2 for din. Love kaki corner lah. came back and slept. Found out that TT has a blog too! he he...wonder where he drew his inspiration from ...he he...nice to see him active in cyber space....

so as a reasult of this brithday season..i cut 4 cakes and a plum! and even more so ... didn't do much exercise too. Ok ok...must get back into the joggin and cycling...today got prayer meeting...tomorrow morning I hope. O man...getting up at 6.30 has to be a bummer. ut I have to doit...started my 200 crunches in the morning today. i feel the abs working..now much just get rid of the flab!!

It's been a nice birthday. Thanks God.

It's here again.

Man, what a day its turning out to be!

Actually it started yesterday. The clowns I hang out with arranged to meet at our normal hang out. But there was something very vividly missing. All those emails back and forth when we do meet. But I just TT was away( he should be, he's in sales right??) and not sending out any one of his intellectually provocative mails.

But lo and behold, there was a larger crows than normal. And everyone had this interesting smile on their face. When FFK turned up, I knew it had to be something special! I mean this girl appears like when the Trilinski crater on the moon turns blue. Ok ok...I saw Apollo 13 the other day.

Well it was nice. TT finally showed up witha chocolate brownie and a weird blue Vodkatic beverage. Its sitting in my fridge. And they did the unthinkable. Yep right there in Grand City, they sang and made me blow out candles, some on the brownie and some on a vadai! Now that was definitely a first! Then I had to devour the brownie. 400 calories. That's about 40 minutes on the exercise bike.

Crowd gradually thinned and I got NR's wedding card. Nice card.... The folwers a bit heavy though. But nice. Can't believe this little girl is getting married! Kinda feel like we drifted apart NR and I. I mean yeah, we;re still close, but there were those times when she used to tell me everything...and I think I was the last to know about this wedding thing. But I'm really happy for her. At least her mum will be able to sleep peacefully now. :o) Looking forward to it. I'm sure it will be an experience by itself! Its definitely gonna be grand. A wedding at PWTC...hmmm says a lot. Good for her though. Wonder if TT has any regrets about losing his Boo. All I can think about is that damn Something Stupid song. He played it over and over when he was trying to get over her!...Must get him to listen to more songs...oh yeah...recently is was...the reason...yep...a whole new meaning for him!!

Went to homegroup after. Was nice. But something is on JH's mind. Was so distracted over the whole thing. Then they brought out the marble cheesecake and did the whole songy thingy. wasnice. Jeevs had a piece when I brought it back. overall a nice pre birthday birthday. Could hardly keep my eyes open at midnight. Must have been all that exercise in the morning. But it felt good! Next round on Friday morning! yee hah.

Anu, FLS, and called me at midnight. Oops. I gotta run for a status meeting now. Damn. I'll be back ala swcharznegger.

Openly Private

Ok now here's the question. I started this with no particular agenda. Its just happenings in my life, things I want to jot down. It's only when I write I formulate my opinions and thoughts best.

So my budding blog has been discovered by a few people. Some of them whom I've written about. Yes Sham, I know you're reading this :o) But its just my thoughts. Well its open to the world, but how many in the world would want to stop by and find out what igterism is all about? Obviously quite a few...but still, its just my thoughts.

To quote the insightful MayaKirana, "Being on the Net has its benefits. I learn so many new things daily just by reading other people's blogs and going to other people's websites. And I am still amazed."

So I guess I shouldn't be ceonsoring stuff...after all, its just what I think and I'm not ruining anyone's life with this...so I guees I'll let this continue and see where it goes? Maybe I'll be a bit discreet with the names ok Sham? :o)



I wasn't voted in as a deacon on Sunday. Needed 63 votes. I got 62. Am relieved in a way. But got me asking some questions. It shouldn't matter wether I'm a deacon or not. I'm still a Christian. And that should be the be it and end it of it all. How I behave, what I say, even my thoughts, should be reflective of that very thing. It's not just a Sunday thing, its every step I take, He;s there with me. Its about never feeling alone. It's about the constant knowledge that my creator is so concerned even about the littlest things in my life! It's kinda nice.

Did something I've never done before. I got up this morning...ok brace yourself. And jogged!! Yep, did 2 rounds around the apartment, burnt on the bike for 20 mins and did some weight training, just for my upper body. Ever since I heard Ayesha's words on our wetlands recce "He used to be slim when we knew him in 97!" yeah yeah...I told myslef I'm gonna do something about this! And I am. Alvin and Yee Huey in home group are alos inspirational...but how in the world do they burn 1200 calories a day?? Freaky...but ok...have to get there. But the amazing thing is I'm feeling better!! Woo hoo! Partyman is definitely in the mood to parteee!!

Oh yeah...speaking of the partyman...he's turning 29 tomorrow. Mixed feelings lah. Its just another day, another number. But hey almost all my goals i set by the time I hit 30 are met. Got my MBA, happy with my car...make that very happy!! now all that's pending is getting my own place. But I'm looking at Debbie's mum's place in Old Klang Road soon. If that's a go and I'm happy, then I'll get it...now just gotta work out the loan thingy!

So 29....think it's life's way of saying...your last 20something year...maek it count! and oh yeah...the woman thingy. Well, that will happen when it happens...hmmm speaking of that...AJ...so cute! Man...what's with me and slightly plump women who can speak well? And a journalist...a bit blurr..but so nice...Dinner and movie tomorrow night with the anu & Debbie gang...and her. See lah where this goes.

oh yeah...Anu. celebrated her birthday on Sunday night. Fridays in 14. Surprised her with the works lah...cake candles...was a nice time. got her to drink a flaming...and all I could think was...man, I'm the oldest here! THose two..Anu & Debbie...such angels lah...I know they would do anything for me...and vice versa! But amazing that God put them in my life. Had tea with Deb last night...just altked about stuff...must say they are too good for my ego lah. THey just love me to bits!

ok....guess the countdown to my brithday is coming...so what psycho thing shall i do this year...not the bald thing...maybe I'll go colour my hair...err..though the credit card bill is sharply on the increase...geez. Come back to you soon.

But I think I need to fix things with JA. its just bugging me. that I let this happen and let it go on for so long. but how...come back to you on that too...

ok...chappati for lucnh today again! But hey...i am going to toneup and that's something I can't afford to let go off!

Terence. Shut up about this ok. Don't forget...I have those pictures!! :o)