Of sushi and vampires

Saturday. The weekend. A day to be enjoyed outside with friends and loved ones.

But the morning usually starts off with some small chores. Chores such as laundry, cleaning, bathing the dogs, etc etc etc wth.

Then comes the afternoon and evening. Time to be heading out.

Picked Jinqyi up at about 3.40pm and we headed out to One Utama. Silly me forgot to retrieve my movie booking reservation number when I left the house. So, it took some time for me to call home and ask mum to turn on my laptop, sign in my MSN (which I don't know why the programme has been acting out on my Vista cuz it kept shutting the programme down over and over and over again yeesh babi bedebah jahanam wtf) and then open my email box and SMS me the reservation number.

Once that task was completed, we walked around for her to go do some window (and actual) shopping around.

There was a problem. I hadn't had anything to eat since morning til then. She kept asking me to get something to eat but I kept refusing. A little diet wouldn't hurt wtf gonna die of malnutrition. But then, we just continued shopping and I bought a pair of football shorts from Nike.

Then, we went for dinner (which was about 6.30pm) at Sushi Zanmai. We were surprised to see a queue to enter since it's still early for dinner for a lot of people. Apparently, we were wrong. So, lined up to get in and, after about half an hour, we finally got our places.

I have to say, the variety of sushi there is fantastic. I especially liked the mayonaise crabsticks which costs only RM3.80 for 4 pieces. We also ordered a plate of mini California Maki, a bowl of Salmon Don and a Beef Teppanyaki Don. Bill total wasn't too bad.

Then, we proceed up to watch Twilight.

Now, I know a lot of people (particularly girls) had read the novel and are highly anticipating this movie to be released. As much as they are interested in it, so was I. I was lazy to read the book so I opted to wait for the movie to be released and watch it from there instead.

And all I've got to say, in my honest opinion, for this movie is.......

It kinda sucked. No offence to those who liked the novel (not that I bloody care) but I find the plot of the movie really messy. Maybe it was intended to be this way, I don't know. From the moment Bella touched down on Forks and entered school, it just seemed like she's already waiting to fall in love with Edward (who doesn't even look hot, according to Jinqyi). Come on, wth. The way she stares at him on the first sight is like a whole sick puppy love.

Overall, I think the movie bombed. Sure there may be exciting parts to it but this looks like a work of an amateur director and producer combination. I came out of the cinema feeling lame all over. Should've opted to watch some other movie.....like Antoo Fighter, maybe. And I HATE malay movies.

After movies, we went over to McDonalds in Centrepoint for supper since I was still hungry. Forgot why but we started to chat about the comparison between football and basketball. She wouldn't let me force her to eat Sundae so cham feel rejected wtf. Then, fetched her home to Kepong and came home around 1something a.m.

And that was how a Saturday was spent. Kthxbai.

There's never a right time to say goodbye

But I gotta make the first move

'Cause if I don't you gonna start hating me

Cause I really don't feel the way I once felt about you

Girl it's not you, it's me

I kinda gotta figure out what I need

There's never a right time to say goodbye

But we know that we gotta go

Our separate ways

And I know it's hard but I gotta do it,

And it's killing me

Cause there's never a right time

Right time to say goodbye

What has to be done, has to be done. It cannot drag on. It may hurt for a while. But that would be much better than being continuously hurt.

Idiot's Guide To Channel Surfing

Love. It's that wonderful feeling almost everyone would like to have at least experienced it once in their lifetime.

But in reality, true love is getting harder and harder to find in our world nowadays. The only one true love that is always there is from God. But that's not the point. I'm talking about mortal love.

Some would associate finding true love as an almost-impossible task nowadays. Some would just relate being in a relationship to watching your favourite TV channel. Some....well, they just don't care.

But the point that catches me is the relation between "being in a relationship" and "watching a TV channel". The funny thing is, I can see the relation.

First, lets dissect a relationship and study it. If you find a suitable partner, you start spending your time and effort to keep up-to-date with that person. You'd give and do almost anything just to see that person. That suitable partner has to have something that relates or connects with you to keep the connection between the both of you. But if all these fails, you simply switch to someone else who you think could communicate better with you.

Then, we'll see how a TV channel works. If you like that particular show, you start planning your daily activites around it and would even time your toilet breaks and snack refills so it's within the commercial time. That show has to strongly relate or is able to grab your attention and interest to make you follow through. But if that particular programme starts to get boring or the station decided not to air them anymore, you simply change to another channel.

Well, is the relation clear? If it is, then we've clearly established the relation between watching your favourite TV show and being in a relationship.

For some people, we take the programmes we watch seriously. Of course we may channel surf for a moment, but when we find a programme we like, we would tune in to that station for a long period of time (or some, almost everyday like the WLT viewers or sports fans). But, if one day that channel fails in delivering to our expectations, we would sometimes resort to changing channels.

There are some people who are quite serious, but can't really decide on which channel he/she really wants to watch more than the other. So, sometimes, they prefer to keep it loose and not take a channel too seriously. They browse a few favourite channels and take their time in settling down with a certain channel or programme.

Then, we have our regular channel surfers. They hop from one channel to the next, without keeping in mind the channel they've just watched along the way. They do not stay faithful to any specific programme or station. But fate may just make them get tied down to a show that would strongly connect to them.

There are some who just own a TV but never switching it on, hiding themselves from the outside worlds.

In conclusion, there isn't much difference between a TV addict (or not) and a couple in a relationship. The only difference is that a TV provides you information and doesn't talk back to you while the other, does.

Well, who am I to judge the type? I've switched enough channels to yet to stay loyal to one.

And I've done it again last week.

Back to channel surfing for me.

What do you wish to happen by the end of today?

Consider this a tag, if you will. But I think this is a very worthwhile question to be asking.

What Do You Wish To Happen By The End Of Today?

Try taking this question seriously and tell everyone your wish

Rules:
1. Add your name, your blog's URL and your wish below. Also, number yourself above your name.
2. Make this like a baton pass. Pass to ONLY ONE (1) person after you've answered it and notify that person to take this tag.
3. Let's try to make it to 50 person. The fiftieth person has to go to the first person's blog and leave a comment on this post to mark that you're the fiftieth person.
4. Copy the WHOLE tag and everyone's wish when you receive the "baton", including the title "What do you wish to happen by the end of today?"


ONE
Chris Yuen (http://random-bore.blogspot.com/)
I wish for a change back to the industry I started my college education in. I want to go back to the advertising line.

What bugged you today?? A mosquito....

Tag tag tag. So many tags. Don't bug me with tags already.

Oh wait, this is a tag about things that bug me. That's not so bad.

Rules :
> Just list down 6 things that bugs you(that you're annoyed about) in life or recently happen.
> Tag the next 8 person for this topic
> NO TAGGING BACK!

Okay. Here goes.......

One
People who blocks the lane turning towards the old Subang Airport road. People constantly keep to that lane, jamming it up just to cut the queue back to the lane heading down to KL. Come on @$$ wipes, people are using that lane to get to somewhere and you're bloody blocking the way.

Two
The lonely HR lady who keeps bloody asking "why". Almost everybody in the office are bugged by her....even my CEO. And I'm also bugged by my CEO who expects the impossible.

Three
Myself and my love life. One way or another, I have my needs when it comes to choosing a life partner. Even when I find someone good, there's always something that I can't connect and I have the urge to let it go. I always expect better when I've achieved good.

Four
People who bloody turn spastic the moment the first drop of rain touches the road surface. What the effin' hell is wrong with people and driving in the rain? Does their spastic button automatically switch on the moment the rain starts falling? The ones in old, shitty looking cars I can understand. But those in their expensive RM100k plus cars? WTF. Car manufacturers DID NOT bloody spend so much money on research just to have your car NOT equipped for situations like road handling in slippery conditions and you sure didn't bloody pay tens of thousands for a car that can't handle raining situation. We live in Malaysia and all manufacturers know fucking well that cars have to handle well in raining situation. If it doesn't, here's some advice: 1. check your bloody tires for wear and tear 2. check your brakes once in a few months 3. modify any parts necessary for better stability and handling 4. if those do not apply, fucking throw your car away and take the bloody public transport. No one's asking you people to drive at 90 or 100kmh. Drive at a reasonable 70kmh or more. Your car can deal with that much. Don't fucking drive at 40-50kmh in the rain. People are trying to get to their destination fast as well to quickly get out of the rain.

Five
Hipocrits. Ass-kissers. Shoe polishers. Attention cravers.

Six
The fact that I did not put enough effort when I studied Mechanical Engineering last time. And also the fact that I probably should have chose to start off my career in an advertising agency instead of my current company.

I hereby tag:

1. Lionel

2. James

3. Lai Yee

4. Ityra

5. Chui Mei

6 & 7. Anybody else

Immigration Irritation

I am seriously gonna rant today. Oh boy do I have complains.

First up, I took leave off today to devote my time to finally go renew my passport at the Subang Immigration Department. And thinking that the government finally improved its systems to make passport renewal more efficient, I thought I could get in and get out by noon, then run around doing my own other stuffs wth.

Wait, does coming back home and taking a nap considered other stuffs??

Nebermind dat.

Well, I left my house "bright and early" at 8am, headed for the Immigration Department. I made sure I brought the essential things I need to ensure I survive the time stalling there.I packed my PSP, recharged my phone, made sure I had my IC, plastered my hair down like a jackass and made sure I had the RM300 to pay for the renewal. I then happily left my house and flew down to the Immigration Department so fast, I broke my personal speed record on that stretch. I happily turned towards the entrance of the parking lot only to discover one thing.

My passport was still at home, happily sitting on my bed's side table, laughing its ass off at me.

Then I broke another personal speed record, only this time was for my journey back home to passport-nap my old passport from my table. I gagged its mouth, tied it to a chair, whipped it with a metal rod.....................

Oops, sorry, wrong story.

Anyway, then I went all the way back again. After obtaining a parking spot, I immediately waltzed into the Immigration office to begin a gruelling task: renew my passport and get the eff out of there.

So I walked over to the booth to get my IC photocopied and then lined up to have my Heaven forbade passport photo taken. There was a whole Malay village....I mean, family in front of me waiting to get their photos taken as well, They had a problem with one of their young daughters who kept crying when asked to go into the photo booth. I wanted to shout "Oi, just shove her into the booth and click snap only lah." But seeing that I am a *cough*considerate*cough* citizen, I just stood there quietly watching. After that, I headed over to the Immigration kiosk.

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Ahem. As I was saying, I headed over there, waited for about 10 minutes for my turn and nicely put all my documents in proper order, all the while telling myself "Cool, this is over pretty quick. Just wait for about 2 hours, collect the damn thing and I can be on my way home"

Then comes my turn. I followed all the instructions of the guiding officer there and placed my passport and IC to be scanned by the computer for verification. Something caught me by surprise.

MY BLOODY PASSPORT AND MY I.C. INFO DO NOT....I REPEAT, DO NOT BLOODY EFFIN' MATCH!!!

And the computer's nice advise is to proceed to the counters instead wtf. Can't that bloody machine, like, go www and search my info from its database??

So I went over to counter 1 and lined for 20 minutes to get a form to fill up. They provided me with a waiting number. At that point of time, the running number is at 1109. My ticket was for dumbass #1275. THAT'S A BLOODY 166 DUMBASSES AWAY!!!

Fine. I kept my cool and prayed that the idiots work extra hard to speed up the processes. But that did not keep them from delaying my time for another few hours. I got the number at 11.10am and it was FINALLY called at 3.30pm. Such a great way to spend time off from the office. I left the Immigration Department at around 3.50pm after making payments and what bloody nots.

If you renew your passport and made payments by 3pm, your passport can be ready by the evening. Not applicable for first timers.

I had such a good time staring at the numbers running, people walking around, me walking around and my PSP to help me kill time.

NOT!!

It practically bloody wasted a whole day just being there. They still need to improve on efficiency although the ol' tin can kiosk is a small step towards that. But the whole hassle of going through the counters is still frustrating and irritating. One lady who sat next to me when I was waiting for payments expressed, and I quote "Can die standing in here." Now, there's only one question in my mind:

WHY THE HECK WOULDN'T MY I.C. AND PASSPORT INFO TALLY???

They better not screw it up again the next time around or I'll shove that kiosk machine up their arse.

Rant complete. kthxbai.

XOXO Gossip Girl WTF

I really don't know what got into me.

Blaming it on my boss' niece for getting me hooked onto this show.

High society. Drama. Limos. WTF.

But surprisingly, I find the show interesting. So interesting that, after trying one episode to see how gay it was, I find myself hooked to it and eventually finished an entire first season within 2 days. Not really a commendable achievement but I only started watching them at nights.

I find the concept quite interesting. Gossips travelling in the form of an anonymous blogger named Gossip Girl. And the powerful and wealthy buy into the gossips that're spread through live feeds wtf. But the fashion that can be seen is really nice since, well, mostly expensive and branded apparels.

Blake Lively. Such a hot body on that girl. One of the reasons why I kept watching. She plays Serena van der Woodsen in the show.

The main male character, Dan Humphrey, is played by Penn Badgley, who played Scott Tucker in John Tucker Must Die.

My boss' niece Claudia likes Chuck Bass, played by Ed Westwick. Said he's cool wth. But I gotta admit that he is, sometimes.

Whoever thought kids with wealthy parents could have so much drama.

Updates from the weekend

Was an exciting weekend.

Not much of an interesting intro, isn't it?

No, seriously, it was an interesting weekend. Lots of money spent though but it was fun.

1st up.....

I GOT MY GT-R (R35)

Finally, though. Was pondering left and right whether I should get it. Standing inside Tamiya Underground, One Utama and in front of the product, I still had to keep asking SY and Lionel (all the way in Aus) whether I should purchase it now or wait for later. But, since I'm gonna go through the same bloody thought process even though I delay it, I might as well get that car right now.....on charge, of course.

A credit card has a binding power. Everytime I see it, I'm drawn into using it. Well, not that I can't afford to pay by cash though...but it'll be nicer to collect some points and pay for this only at the end of the month on the expense of next month's budget.

Is it weird that I could get a scale 1:18 model for about RM130 but I just paid RM180 to assemble myself a 1:24 scale model? Not to mention that the factory-produced models are nicely painted, sticker-ed and mounted in nice plastic cases.

Let's see how it all came down.........

Tamiya 1:24 scale model = RM180
3 spray paint cans @ RM25 per can = RM75
4 acrylic paints @ RM15 per bottle = RM60
1 Tamiya Plastic cement = RM18
Frustrations and disasters = Priceless

I dunno. Maybe I'm just more fond of the idea of getting to build the car myself instead of just walking into a car shop, getting a car model, going home and just displaying in for kicks. And I did spend a grand total of RM333 for the model. Nice final figure though. I pity my wallet and my bank account. They're gonna be anorexic anytime soon if I don't start earning more.

It's a challenge. I love certain challenges.

On another note.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TIMOTHY WONG LIANG YOONG!!

(Now your post looks like it's dedicated to Christmas)

Half the youth church members went over to Tim's house to give him a surprise birthday party. We all hid inside a store room and waited for the birthday boy to get home. When he did and we came out with the surprise, birthday boy was just nicely relaxing on his sofa without a single hint of being surprised. Probably it was due to the fact that he discovered all our shoes and sandals hidden under his parents' Mercedes. Either that or he noticed our cars parked further down the road.

Had fun with his dogs, had snacks, drinks (the girls were making Sangria, I think), cake, red eggs and fruits. Kevin threw a red egg on Tim's head to see whether it's fully hard boiled. But, to no one's surprise, it's still half boiled. 'Humpty Dumpty' there broke on top of Tim's head and went splat all over the dining table. Yolk were all over the body of the dead Humpty Dumpty. The criminal responsible is still at large.

Humpty Dumpty went splat on Tim's head,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
All the church members and all the busybodies,
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again
I wonder why they named an egg 'Humpty Dumpty'. Did the author always get humped and then dumped?

For more breaking news, I finally made myself a spray booth to do my spraying works indoors without jeopardizing the cleanliness of my modelling area a.k.a. my room.

Well, that's all for the weekend. It's back to work again. *groans*