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The Second Coming

In exactly 15 days from today. There will be a change. A drastic change. Time to get rid of the old and make way for the new. What is it? Well it's under wraps for now but stay tuned and mark August 15th 2007 on your calendar to find out. For now, that's all you are going to know.

Animosity

Does it hurt?
To know I'll never be there
Bet it sucks, to see my face everywhere
It was you who chose to end it like you did
I was the last to know
You knew exactly what you would do
And don't say you simply lost your way
They may believe you, but I never will

Never again
Never again will I hear you
Never again will I miss you
Never again will I fall to you
Never
Never again will I kiss you
Never again will I want to
Never again will I love you
Never!

Help Bring Norah Jones to Malaysia

I was chatting with Sue-Anne online a couple of days back, and she told me of this project where they want to try to get Norah Jones to perform in Malaysia. Immediately I told her I was interested to contribute as I would also like to see her perform here. Question is, why isn't she already here to begin with? Well anyway, I'm now part of this project together with some of her friends to setup a petition to gather enough signatures as well as online presence to make this project a success. So if you're a true blue Norah Jones' fan, visit: http://bringnorah.blogspot.com/ and sign the petition.

Please help spread the word around to everyone about this project, especially if you know any of Norah Jones' fans. Your contributions do count and will be most appreciated.

Bed KL

On Saturday, after a long week of work, me and some workmates decided to head down to Bed KL to unwind. Yes, it's fun to unwind after a long week's work. I brought Ashlin and Olivia along with me as my workmates Naveen & Gary will be bringing some friends there as well (the more the merrier right?). Ok, it was my first time there and I was pre-warned that the place isn't that good. Well, to me, apart from the cool DJ console that they have, the place was rather small, and also the music...err, although it's R&B, it didn't really have the "tempo" that I was hoping. It was like when you dance, then all of a sudden, the tempo is either faster or slower..it's an anti-climax thing. Do I make sense?? Those who were there with me would know what I mean..anyway, we did have fun. Plus it's sweet revenge to see Naveen get wasted as he got me wasted on my birthday few weeks back. Pay back's a bitch eh Naveen??

Ashlin, Me & Olivia

Naveen: "Look at meee..I'm so happeee...wasssuppp!!"

So would I go there again? Probably not! Not unless there is a special reason to. But overall, it was a fun night. =)

Malaysia Airlines, Shame On You!

This is with regards to this article on The Star newspaper on Sunday. I wouldn't thought this would happened to my sister who was suppose to be on a Sunday 10:20pm flight back to Melbourne, but guess what?? The flight wasn't only delayed, they didn't even issue a boarding pass to 60+ passengers who were suppose to be on that flight! Their reason??? Because they implemented a new visa checking system, and things got screwed up!! WTF??!! They can have the cheek to tell angry passengers that their tickets are not valid as their flights were already full, and they were part of a group that was taken out because the earlier flight had the same problem, and passengers from that eariler flight took their seats!

Needless to say, there were a "mini riot" that happened, until there were police around.

Upset passengers when they were told their names have be taken out from the flight

A "mini riot" in the making

I think MAS staff and especially the manager on duty that night were very unlucky because they manange to piss a few "big" people out of that 60+ passengers. One was a lawyer who literally shouted and cursed at the manager. He also threaten to sue MAS and take legal action on the manager who made the decision to not issue them a boarding pass, Another lady was journalist who swore to make complaints to all newspaper publications and even the media. I think you can imagine the commotion that time. The lawyer wanted MAS to compensate him because his son will miss classes on that day. Not only that, he demanded that MAS took care and arranged for transportation for his son from the airport to where ever college his son is in!

The good thing is, most of the 60+ people who were affected, came together to make a complaint. There was even one lecturer from Monash Uni, who needs to be in class the next day! Everyone came together and "joined forces" to demand a solution. But there is nothing the MAS staff can do about it. After nearly an hour on tongue-lashing, the manager couldn't even answer anymore. His eyes were a little red an he just stood there dumb founded. Then came the compensation. They were told to go to another counter to get the compensation. The thing is, the compensation is RM400, plus a free hotel accomodation. But guess where the accomodation is?? THE MINES HOTEL! Who in the right mind would book a hotel all the way there for only a few hours?!!. Their excuse? Pan Pacific hotel is fully booked!

Mother-Fs were heard everywhere, and accordingly, they were suppose to compensate each passenger USD 400 NOT RM 400, as the earlier batch got that amount! So what did everyone do? Well, they all decided NOT to take their stupid excuse for a compensation, and take this to court! NO I'm serious! All those who were affected exchanged name cards and did not take the compensation. They will take legal action on MAS for their screw up. Serves them right as they were pretty unlucky to be pissing a lawyer and a journalist. So if you see this on the newspapers or on the news, don't forget, you heard it from here first.

So in the end, my sister had to wait for the next flight which is on Monday 10:15am to be back in Melbourne. MAS SHAME ON YOU!

Yahoo Photos is Closing!

Did you know that I Yahoo Photos is closing on September 20th? I didn't know until I was told by a friend. Now I have to migrate all my photos to another service. Ya, this is not a prank.

They are closing down so that Yahoo does not have to maintain 2 concurrent photo services (they own Flickr too!). For that trouble, Yahoo will allow you to migrate all your photos to another service. There are a list of services to where you can migrate your photos to, so I chose Shutterfly.

Ok anyhoo, what can I say, It's not as user friendly as Yahoo Photos but it will do for now. So for those who didn't know, now you know....go migrate your photos (if you're using Yahoo Photos) before its lost forever.

Rude Phone Calls

Finally get to update my blog again. I was really busy for the past week till the point that I was considering checking into a mental institution! No seriously, it was that bad. For the past 11 days or so, I was working till about 9-11-ish averagely and even on Saturdays and Sundays! Yeah, most of it was backlog work from the office but also I was busy helping out a friend on a project during the weekends. So yeah, my home is now officially a hotel. Of course there were 1 or 2 days that I manage to get off by 8pm, but usually it's later than that.

Oh well..back to the main point, I received 2 really rude and annoying phone calls yesterday. The first was from this "Ah Lian" telemarketer who just simply annoyed me. For those who don't know, I do not like telemarketers who call and speak to me in Chinese (in any dialect) or in any other language other than English, even though I understand them. To me I think it's really unprofessional because English should be the main language for all telemarketing communication. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to condemn or stereotype "non-Engerish" speaking people, but at least first have the courtesy to ask if I understand the language to begin with! Here's how the first conversation went:

*Phone rings*
Me: "Hello?"
Ah Lian: "Ni hao?" (Hello)
Me: "Yes? Who do you want to speak to?"
AL: "Ni ser pu ser chiang hwa yi ma?" (Do you know how to speak in Mandarin?)
Me: "Sorry, what?" (I actually don't know Mandarin but I want to see if she gets me..)
AL: "Ni ser pu ser chiang hwa yi ma?"
Me: "Sorry I don't understand. Can you speak in English please?"
AL: @$#%$!!! (mumbles something in Mandarin) *SLAM!*
Me: @$#%$!!! ????????

I think you get why I was so annoyed. Then as if that wasn't enough, in the evening, this happened:

*Phone rings*
Me: "Hello?"
Some Malay Dude: "Selamat petang Encik. Encik ada masa tak? Saya nak beritau pasal satu offer dari Hotel xxx" (Good evening Sir. Can you spare a few minutes? I want to let you know about this offer from Hotel xxx)
Me: "Errr..sorry I'm not free at the moment, and not interested"
SMD: "Tapi Encik, kenapa tak mau offer ini? You boleh bawa you punya family semua enjoy kat sini untuk harga rendah" (But why sir? You can bring your family to enjoy a stay at such a low price)
Me: "Sorry! NOT INTERESTED!!!"
SMD: "Tapi kenapa Encik? Offer ini tak boleh dapat mana mana" (But why Sir? You can't get this offer anywhere else)
Me: I'm sorry, I'm busy right now, and I'm NOT INTERESTED!
SMD: Ok lah! Kalau macam tu, tak apa lah Encik, Terima kasih. (Ok then, if that's the case, then nevermind. Thanks a lot)
Me: .........

WTF?? I mean, I was already busy and agitated, yet I have to result to such incompetency! Some people just don't get it when you say you're not interested or that you're busy at the moment. Perhaps the company who hire these people deserve to be shot. Maybe they have such low budget, they cannot afford to hire a proper professional and just got someone from off the street to do their work! Well you know what they say, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys!

My Birthday Gathering @ Cavell

I had gathering at Cavell on Saturday night to celebrate my birthday. It was a really last minute thing as some of you know (you only got the SMS in the morning/noon), so I didn't expect much to turn up. Honestly, I texted about 30 - 40 people, but seeing it was a "Transformers" weekend, a lot couldn't make it because of that! Well like I said, it was really last minute. Anyway to those who came, I'm sure you had fun making me become a piece of furniture by the end of the night..which I did!

I was so pissed drunk, they had to drag me out of the bar and my pet sister had to drive my car back to my house! Yup, it was that bad. The best part is, I do not remember anything after a certain period. Everything just went blank! Ok, I shall share some of the photos of the gathering, although I didn't put up some due to certain disturbing reasons...hehe!

Hansen, Karen & Doug

Selina & I

One of many shots. I had beers, a Flaming Lamborghini, Round the World, Graveyard, Sambuca + others I can't even remember!

Hansen + Doug Making fun of the "furniture"

Olivia wants a piece of the "furniture" too!

EVERYBODY wants a picture of the "furniture"

The aftermath!

Almost everyone..

Well, to sum things up, I had a blast although I couldn't remember the last few minutes. You guys really made it a birthday to remember. To those who turned out...THANK YOU! To those who couldn't make it...TOO BAD, you missed a good time. To those I didn't call...DON'T feel left out, it was a last minute thing and I didn't have time to call you one by one and will try to make it up to you.

P.S.: Naveen, special thanks for recommending the place.

Happy Birthday...

To all the great people below:

The late Princess Diana

Pamela Anderson

Liv Tyler

Claire Forlani

Missy Elliot

Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Carl Lewis

Nicholas Goh

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!