my birthday today

its my birthday today...

hahhaha!

no kidding!

yeah. happy birthday :)

don't ever get born on april fools day...

Earth Hour! switch off the lights..of your car!

kudos to those who supported Earth Hour. so how much energy did the whole world saved during that hour? anyway, its not about the megawatts, it never was in the first place, but the way the media reported the event by showing the numbers was/is clearly misleading...

anyway, what was the most bizarre thing i encountered during the hour?

i saw a car on the road... with lights off!

i'm not sure where to point my thumb really (roll eyes)...

lepak lepak si vegetarian

apa bikin lembu-lembu? awal-awal pagi bagi rosak benda. tunjuk muka kesian pulak. dah la tu berak dua ketul kat tepi tu. ish. tak sabar nak jadi rendang ke?





lembu, kau berak ada lap punggung ke? hmmmm... sedap kan? mentari pagi... aku nak bersenang macam korang jugak, takyah pi kerja... tapi korang kesian la, tarak internet, tak dapat main facebook, tak dapat chatting.

tangkap pakai nokia 5700 ;)

laughed like old times... OLD???!!!

those were the days. the old gang can just get together and just have fun like we are still half our current ages (ehem). the venue was ahu's house, cny'09. this was a spontaneous act. ahu, upon realizing the fact that he has hit another milestone in his life, suddenly can't take it anymore! but luckily a liverpool supporter was there. You'll Never Walk Alone ahu! errr... problem is, there's only one knife...

glad jimong was there to capture the moment. i still had the best fun with you bunch (you knoe who you are). too bad a few were missing on the day. reli fun stuff. :D hahahaha still laughing everytime i remember this moment. there are things money cant buy, and this is one of them :)

mum is not going to like this ;)

photo courtesy of jimong
in this photo: me and ahu

P today...

what do you see?



P?

Pecah?

or is it...?

Perang?

Palestin?

Plight?

Prayers?

Peace?

OMG!

when people utter the phrase "OH MY GOD!"

what will your response be?

mine would be...

OH YOUR GOD!

well...

redhat and bluepants

the next time you take your girl to the beach, make sure you think twice before sitting on that seemingly harmless log near the water... here is why...

redhat: dude the water is nice ho? cool cool de. eh! it go into my pants eh. tickles eh...
bluepants: got crab go in ma? if got better lo...

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redhat: crab go in ah? wan do wat?
bluepants: wat else le? go in snap ur lil' bro la


redhat: weh u so bad eh. weh weh dude the log is moving eh, i pa pa eh...
bluepants: wat la. a-neh little oso scare. so sissy! crab go in u no scare the log move u scare? u go back do ur sandcastle dun bother me enjoy here...


redhat: haiya dun so mean la. reli ma the log move. later we kena sapu to the ocean n die how ah? eh no crab in my shorts eh
bluepants: see the water go back liao. nothing happen!


redhat: yay the water come again! dunno got crab o not tis time. hope u kena the crab
bluepants: ya let the crab be amazed by my lil' bro


redhat: weh dude! help! the wave like a bit big eh!
bluepants: i t...old yo..u noth..ing to wor..ry about!!!


bluepants: dude there's a lobster...
redhat: dude help! i dun wanna die!


bluepants: where is tat lobster? so big eh! where where?
redhat: i'm still alive! T.T


bluepants: dude we just lost our dinner...
redhat: i wan do my sandcastle...

Andrew and Yvonne

been busy lately, have tonnes of things hanging, unattended. like what a close friend said: wish i can separate myself in 2. in my case, i'll need 3 or 4. then we'll make a great team... yummy. i have already started to imagine great things...

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last saturday on the 6th of Dec i attended Yvonne and Andrew's wonderful wedding dinner at G hotel, penang. perhaps embarrassingly, it was actually the first time that i stepped into the hippest hotel in penang and also the newly opened new wing of the Gurney Plaza mall (piko outdated). here are some pics that i have managed to 'steal' on that night (considering i'm just a guest and not an assigned photographer)

^ nice pool, with little lights in the tiles that glitter like stars and overlooking the new shopping pedestrian below


^ from right is visual, amon-ra and me


^ no need explanation what they are doing


^ dressed up so nicely must snap lots of pics until the camera burns ma right?


^ of course quality control applies


^ you dun mess with the big sisters


^ its rare that i'm in a pic so... :)


^ santa must be busier this time of the year

i was enlightened by visual that the photographer was tee-too (sorry i'm a bit katak di bawah tempurung on certain things). more pics at my flickr album

and honestly i really hate to attend functions like this alone...

bokeh and noise and probably... orgasm

i have updated my flickr album for the recent Asian Beat competition (as mentioned in my last post). do visit the flickr album here

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here are just a small few of my (other) fav shots of that night:

i covered the event with a 50mm prime lens, or fixed focal length lens or in layman terms: no zoom. it was going to be very difficult having no zooming convenience and it turned out exactly like i thought. instead of moving around on my feet, i found myself doing yoga poses near the stage. i wonder whether my 'show' was more interesting than the one on stage :P

back in front of the pc i then find myself falling in love with the noise generated from the high ISO i used on the night. i finally can accept how noise can actually contribute to the beauty and artistry of digital pictures...

now that's another tips to get orgasm ;)

Zero Origin: KL here we come!

3 days late but better late than never. i would like to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to the band Zero Origin for coming up 1st Runner Up at the recent Asian Beat Band Competition Northern Region finals that was held last Sunday 2nd November 2008 at the Bukit Jambul Complex, Penang.

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my good friend Wee aka Visual is the lead guitarist for the band Zero Origin. Zero Origin is a foursome comprises of lead vocal and rhythm guitarist Kevin, bassist Crispin and drummer Ken. more about the band here.

here are some pics covering the band's lively performance that night. this was before the performance. Zero Origin was third in the queue.

^small stage but a big moment

^Zero Origin (from left) ken, crispin, visual, kevin

^the warrior unsheathing his blade

^kevin declaring Zero Origin's intention with authority

^Zero Origin is performing their original song "Lost"

^the heat is rising with every note

^as Crispin put it: the battle between Cris and Wee

^visual and his blackie

^he's on fire! nothing can stop him now!

^can you feel the energy?

^the stage is set...

^the energy level is rising the crowd feels it...

^getting ready for the climax

^oh Cris is having an orgasm on stage!

^tears came out from a highly emotional performance... it was a tremendous personal and collective achievement nonetheless...

^Zero Origin has reached a new heights, regardless the resutls...

^waiting for the moment of truth

^we've won right?!!!

^yes you have... congrats again and well done!

the Malaysian Finals of the Asian Beat Band Competition 2008 will be held on the 30th November at the Beach Club, KL. good luck and my best wishes to you guys...

nuts drove me nuts

i got out for work today, the sunshine was bright. it gently touched my tanned skin, it was warm and i liked it...

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haven't been updating this for quite some time. should i be worried? i have no idea how many actually read this blog anyway. have you been waiting? just to update everybody, its been 2 weeks. too many, and too few things happened.

so, i'm just curious and wanted to ask, especially the ladies. who doesn't like milk choc balls? how about with nuts? it's been real long since i had some back in the days when they all came in square tin containers and only during chinese new years.

i was hunting at a supermarket the other day and found that this may be one of the best value for money choc you can get from the shelves. cadbury dairy milk milk choc balls in plastic container packaging that reminds me of mariah carey's oversized and cho-lo boobs. do ignore the fact that i have already indulged half of them as i write this but it looks something like this:

and ok, basically we have 3 type of nuts here. almond, hazel and ground nuts. my dear friend told me she dislikes 'mixed nuts' because it drives her nuts. she doesn't like the ground nuts. hehehe. i figure that i might be able to help her (and maybe some of you) to still be able to enjoy the contents of this wonderful bottle so here goes: a simple experiment to distinguish what you may get from that choc ball you are holding. look at the pic below.

ok my guess: the biggest one will be almond. no need to be too smart to figure this out. now, the more challenging part, hazel and ground nut. which is which? mu guess: left is hazel, right is ground nut. hazel is round thus should 'produce' a round choc ball, while ground nut is a bit oblong thus an oblong (duh!) choc ball. lets see... nobody mess with the piko...

ok i am humiliated by a nut. the "almond" turned out to be a stupid big ground nut. i have been humiliated by a nut. take that you nut! (swallowed the nut whole without chewing) uhuk uhuk cough cough. (from this moment on i had a grudge on ground nuts except against the ngan yin brand ones)

but piko is not to be denied! this is the largest choc ball i find and am sure the rest of the 2 will be what i think they are. here goes!

no need to be amazed by my brilliance. its an almond! heh heh heh *grins. now the second one will be a hazel. dont believe me?

you were warned. its a hazel. hmmmph. don't mess with the piko. next up! lets reveal the ground nut!

as you can see it looks like a hazel nut shaped ground nut. yes. yes. as you can see. yup.

so there you have it folks. i have just educated you on how to distinguish various kinds of nuts that hide in your milk choc balls. big big is almond, small got two shapes: round is hazel, slightly oblong is ground nut. good? good...

the conclusion: nuts drives me nuts (swallow all nuts without chewing!) cough cough!!!!