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June 30, 2003
Cramming in
Erh, what else can I say? The last few weeks was more than just busy - strenuous! Without going into much detail, the demo was fruitful (2 tier firewall with remote vpn site!), but so 11th hour. Glad that's all over with now.
Lesse... oh yeah, songwriters' 9! :P
Typical Malaysian scenario; the show started a couple of hours from the intended time! At least the good seats made up for it. I'm lazy, so let's just skip to the highlights eh? :)
As I recall, the only thing I could relate to Julian Mokhtar is that little dream catcher hanging off his ax and that wah-yanking jingle from (the now defunct) WowFM. Here's a little flashback :P
"WowFM, according to Julian Mokhtar - waaaaaauuuu wakk wouuuuuuuuuoo...", okay so that was a really bad impression.
Aye, but to listen to his stuff live? Let's just say I wasn't the only one who was blown away that night. Not to take credit away from the other two performers, but from the word go Jamie and Julian could well had brought the house down with riff exchanges of country and blues. What a feast that was! Open mic, hmm well it wasn't as fun as the one they had last, but there were these couple of guys who played and sang brilliantly. Think Zwan and Ah Niu on crack :D Edwin and Albert I believe their names were.
I've been listening to a lot of bossa nova lately, especially on the road after work. Takes alot off my mind. Gosh, am I always in the blue? One of the elements I find appealing about this genre is the visual stimulation it projects from each record. Just close your eyes, and listen. By then, your mind takes flight and wallah! The fusion of samba and jazz has never been this beautiful. Personal recommendations include:
Aiiee Doomi More is hot! You guys should catch the latest Charlie's Angels in all its semi blonde glory :)
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June 13, 2003
Dude, what's with that hockey mask? *BRRRNNNGGG!!!*
Woohoo, no personal horror stories to tell today.
The Actor's Studio in Plaza Putra is no more. Such a pity, after all that is the place for most theatre and musical afficionados alike. On top of that though, you really have to feel for the staff there. Imagine having all of your personal memorabilia destroyed in front of your very own eyes. Well, at least they have a branch in Bangsar.
Come to think about it, it's a blessing I don't work in the city - it's so damn prone to flash floods!
Called up NBT a while ago but the damn answering machine kept picking up my call. Hope they got my reservation message for Songwriters' tomorrow night. According to the newsletter there ought to be a guitar duel between Julian Mokhtar and Jamie Wilson :) Coo. Jamie Wilson? Buhwhodat??? Think i'll find out soon enough.
*update* Hah they called up! Table for three it is then.
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June 11, 2003
Woncha' be my neighbour...
Remember that water issue a few entries ago? Well nothing has changed, but he situation sort of took a turn for the worse last night, at least to the folks next door.
I wasn't at home then, but Jon and Eddy were at the receiving end of a hair drying lecture from a very cross neighbour. So what was that all about? Apparently water that welled up inside the wall between our houses gave way into his living room, damaging whatever that was in its way. Tough luck.
IMHO he should've reserved all that screaming for the owner. What an asshole.
"Wah if I was in a bad mood I would've smashed his fukkin' face", good thing Jon didn't lose it.
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Scary Upgrades
Coo, the upgrade finished without any problems... yet. Let's see if saving this entry works. No 500 messages please!
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June 06, 2003
fake plastic fountains
There's a sudden craze for miniature waterfalls lately in the office. Check it out:
I was hesitant in buying one at first when the order list came in last Tuesday. Like, how traquil can this get compared to the real thing?
Alas, giving in to peer pressure made me rm20 poorer this morning when the stock arrived :P I think there were 13 of these things purchased today alone! Stay tuned for complaints or praises.
One the reasons i'm always looking forward in meeting up with my former apiitian classmates is because of the food involved :D It's going to be steamboat tonight in Kepong. The last time we had dinner together we ended up going to Genting - twice. For some reason we were determined to get our expresso shots that night.
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Furballs in my washing machine
It's official. Kittens in my alley have turned the washer into their clubhouse.
Most of the time i'd find all four of them nestled in the base. Mmm I wonder where the rest went.
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June 03, 2003
Strange Tales #101
For once, I am starting to notice a pattern of freak accidents unfold around me.
Let's back up, last Friday would probably be the worst of the lot. The air conditioner in my room hasn't been turned on in a while, so naturally Hock made a quick check on the filter. A tad quick...
Climbing onto the window grill, he made his way up, studied the filter, and leapt down, but guess what, onwards to the ceiling fan at full blast!!!
*THUNKKK!!!*
That happened while I was in the room next door. Hearing that at first wasn't bad. I thought, oh well he might have knocked my cd tower over. But that idea quickly dissolved when mom cried out hysterically. I rushed to the room.
All I recalled upon getting there was the swaying ceiling fan, and Hock clutching his bloodied forehead.
"Oh god...", blood was everywhere.
"How the hell?!", questions-later-just-stop-the-goddamn-bleed!
Everything happened so quickly. While I grabbed a towel to bandage the gash Fiona and Kae had already prepared an ice wrap downstairs. Good thinking. Within minutes we were already at the hospital... there was no time to lose, the towel was getting soaked by the minute.
Hock was calm and composed during the whole ordeal. Can't say the same for myself though :P Then it finally happened. The nurse unwrapped the towel, revealing a 2 inch gash, probably half a cm deep... and a badly cut right ear. Ugh.
13 stitches and many worrying moments later we were outta there. Glad to say he's fine now.
So anyway here is the edition for today at work. Edmond, my programmer had the underside of his tongue pierced while eating... an ubi kentang (fried 'tatoes) would you believe it. 5 tissue papers were needed to stop the bleeding. And as for me, well this happened simultaneously while Edmond was waving frantically in panic.
Feeling this sharp pain on my right toe, I removed my shoes and socks to have a look. Nothing at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it looked as if someone had performed acupuncture using a strand of hair on my toe!
"What the fark?!", and I thought Edmond's case was bizarre!
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