Cherish your partner

Love brought us together and love will keep us together!

The beauty in life is that each one of us is never alone and we get to share our life with a special someone. Happiness and sadness are part of this relationship that unites two individuals in body and soul. It is founded by a connection that is abstractly tied and that sometimes when there is a moment of silence, only the heart speaks and nothing else does! Very deep!

This connection should be irrespective of anything physical (sex, race, religion, wealth)but more towards feelings from the heart.

Always be honest with your partner. Tell them how you feel and why you are honest.The simple reason is that you do not want to hide anything or to see them get hurt. Honesty can sometimes come at a cost! People accept honesty in various ways. Some appreciate while others freak out. It may be difficult for your partner to accept the harshness in the truth, but deep inside you will feel good because when it came to honesty, you did your best to be honest. It is good to be honest because you really care for that someone and your partner should appreciate that and realize it.

When your partner is sad, be there and accompany your partner. You may not have the right thing to say but your presence and being a listener makes a difference during this difficult moment. Just listen and understand what your partner is going through and do emphatize. Be a source of support and a shoulder to cry on. If your partner ask you a question during that sad moment, answer it base on how you would approach it and from a general perspective. Not everyone thinks alike and may not accept your answer as a solution to the question.

When your partner is mad at you, listen as there may be something you did not realize or overlooked that has hurt your partner. Apologize if necessary, reason with logic and explain what you feel. Sometimes we accidentally make people mad without intention. However, if you explain your stand I am sure no one can be mad at you and will respect you for that. We are only human people! God never constructed two individuals to be perfectly equal in every way. Accept that there is a difference and give and take. When you give to your partner, make sure your partner knows how to give back if not speak up! Clear the air. We can never be blind followers. Encapsulationg how you feel in the long run is bad because bottled feelings may suddenly erupt out of no where someday leaving your partner confused and may impact the beauty in the relationship! :S Always work things out with the objective of improving the relationship and bringing each other closer. :D I like to see both partners putting in effort towards restoring the connection that unites them. Forgive and forget the past because your relationship is much more meaningful than that tiny inequality.

Love your partner and only your partner. When you tell someone you love them, mean it! Stop going telling ten other people you love them when you are actually confused about your love life or just too desperate of getting someone in your life. When you deal with people, you deal with feelings. Everyone has feelings and you should respect that. You must understand how others feel and are going to accept when you screw up. Also, when you love someone, say it to him/ her. :D Let them know you have feelings and how important they are to you for tommorrow may never come. :( Yes, it is a reality we have to face in this world as no one can predict our life tommorrow.

When both you and your partner are happy, tell it to them to let them know how you honestly feel and that you appreciate your moment with them. Happiness can never be bought or received with gifts but is a natural feeling that comes from satisfaction and inner gratitude towards the presence of each other.Sometimes the little things that you do can make that special someone really happy. To be honest this what matters to me. :P Buying an expensive diamond ring for your partner is not a sign of how much you love her but should be a sign of how much your partner means to you.

Having said all this, cherish these moments. There may come a time when your partner may not be around with you for some reason. That is the time you are gonna feel so upset and F up! You may realize that you could have done better but it is too late. You would have missed those moments that are lost forever and will never repeat in time. We only live life once! Cherish your moment with your partner. Ensure you did the best of your ability you could in that relationship. See the big picture in the relationship and not some minor argument; argument over who will win the next U.S. presidential elections? Lol!

Some people may have already realized this post in their lives while this could be eye-openers to the others to find meaning in their relationship. I am not an expert at this topic but as most people know me I take pride in seeing people happy.

See the big picture...

I can't deny the fact that humans, how intelligent we are in comparison to other animals in the animal kingdom, we tend to be very narrow at times about certain aspects of life. I mean these aspects of life are of course important to us, hence, our desire to worry and be concerned about them. It's only human to feel that way!

People worry about money, car, house, food, health, work, love, kids etc.

Yes, all these components are essential to us and we are dependable on them towards sustaining an equilibrium in our lives.

The fact that I mentioned food above is because of my recent awareness of the scarceness in food in countries like Ethiopia base on my old edition of Time magazine. It just shows how there are still people in this world who are dependant on simple things like clean food, water and proper health plans. They rely on dontations from richer nations to keep them and their kids alive. As you read this, try to imagine a 2 year old kid with a bloated belly(not fat) but as a result of malnutrition.

Back to the topic of seeing the big picture, we narrow our thoughts on this one aspect / component of life, that may squeeze the fun and self contentment in us. All we think about is the problem and how we gonna solve it, when and how. Like I said, we wouldn't worry for nothing if it was not important to us so but atleast we realized and are made aware that there is a problem.

But on seeing this as part of our life, look at the big picture.

There are so many things that we should be thankful and blessed about. For example in Malaysia, most of us have jobs(although we may not like them) but it helps to pay bills, care for loved ones and to reward ourselves as part of enjoying the beauty and goodness of life. We should be thankful for the achievements we have made like having one of the tallest towers in the world, make our own cars (although may not be comparable to international standards) etc. Take a look around.

Close an eye on that component of life that bothers you and kills the living life out of you.

A few days back, after dropping Ruby home, I took Sg Pinang to get home. I was forced to slow down my car as there was this moto roda tiga / moto org cacat. I followed the motorbike as I guess it was heading on the same path as me.

I noticed the pillion. She was a spestic lady riding behind either her husband, dad or brother. She was barely clinging on to the male rider and being a paranoia I was afraid she may just loose balance and fall to be rolled over by a Myvi.

I could not help but notice she and the partner were smiling and talking so nicely. It looked like they enjoyed the day, the moto ride or their company together. I realized that even though there are problems in life, seeing the bigger picture and the happiness that we are blessed with, life takes a whole different toll ; life looks brighter and we tend to look forward to it.

It can be difficult and stressful to have problems but we should see the other parts of our lives that we are comfortable with and be thankful. Atleast there is something in life that we should be happy about and be proud of.

Problems are inevitable but it depends how you accept it, work around it or try to avoid it.

We should not over-stress when facing problems but to accept them and not to run away from them. Running away from problems does not make us look any less macho. We are just lieing to ourselves that we are perfect and giving ourselves false expectations that there are no problems. Identify the problem from the root! Consult if lost and assure others when others are lost. Seek the truth not think the truth!

It's best to handle them heads on and to not retreat to our comfort zones when there is a problem. Be there and fight it out! My dad always reminds me; when the going get tough, the tuff get going. Give your best and make a difference. Learn from problems as problems make life more interesting and we would have acquired the experience and wisdom to address them should they reoccur in the future, God forbid.

I know it's difficult to follow or to learn anything of substance from this post as we are only human. Atleast, with this sharing we may realize the bigger picture in life!

The cutest thing...

It was around 8 something PM last night when I had to tah pau food for my mom after movies.

She told me to tah pau food first for my mom so we could go out dinner on our own and take our time.

I double-parked in front of CIMB Pulau Tikus and she agreed to go down to buy mom char koay teow. I stood in front of the Myvi for a puff.

Tired, I took a look at my surroundings to absorb Pulau Tikus; the traffic, smell of food and litted signboards of business premises that were closed.

I could not help but gaze at CIMB bank and being a very deep thinker, I was lost thinking just how much security is put in a bank; the alarm, laser beam lights, security guards on duty, thick bullet proof doors etc.

"Money or life", a voice said approaching me from the back.

I got a shock of my life. It has been a long time since someone did that to me. As I turned back, stood an obviously shorter and smaller than me girl with a cheeky grin and with her finger right out in the shape of a gun. She laughed!

It was hillarious and cute!

Sometimes it's the little things in life that bring out the big smile in us and leave us touched for the day! ;)

My faith strengthens me

As I go to bed tonight, I go to bed with a peace of mine. I did miss church this weekend, but I prayed and uplifted my concerns. I felt better. I guess this is why I have returned back to God in prayer because I find strength and healing. The power of the holy spirit is so powerful and it works in mysterious ways. Thank you God.

I don't care what people think about me or would want to assume. This is just a waste of your time and energy. But it's ur loss rather than mine. If you would like to waste such a precious moment of your life thinking and worrying about these things, please proceed if it makes you happy.

If you would like to maturely speak to me to discuss, by all means feel free. I am open! Let's be honest and get it out in the open.

If you would want to make me to suffer mentally and physically, carry on. I am stronger and will see this as a weakness of your ability and your level of maturity and the perception of your life in general. Owhhhh... how sad if you do not realize it. But if you are happy that way carry on. I wish you all the best and hope you do find what you long to achieve.

I have so much to be thankful for in this world. I pray that this lost people will find their way and will be guided by God. I forgive you and also would like to apologise for any wrong doing. It comes sincerely from my heart if I have hurt anyone.

I just find it to be such a waste of this precious life that God has given us.

This post is not intended to target anyone but this is my view on how people are treating people.
If you would want to be treated nicely, treat others nicely first.

A mid week break... Come away with me...

It was a good day at work today. Good as in closed more cases, updated a few and a few happy customers. Had to rush to toilet 2x coz of the dinner at Baan Tai with Gan in Tg Bungah the night before. I seriously recommend this place coz cheap and good food. Ask me where it is if interested.

Left work around 5 pm and took a drive in the hot sun to Esplanade to chill. It was a long time since I last went to seek refuge from the hustle and bustle and worries of life. Lepak only there with the breeze and the cheer in everyone elses mind as it was public holiday except for me. Haha!

She called so went to fetch her to go dinner. We were looking at eating at this place at Beach Street but it was closed AGAIN. This time I told her it's closed for good lah as in the business failed so they ran away in disgrace! Haha!

Undecisive as always, took a drive down Campbell Street en-route to No Eye Dear, then she said char koay teow here good and we found a parking right before our eyes. Unfortunately, yours trully over-shot it and we had to round the block to only find it occupied by a van.

Calmly took another turning(to cover macho) and parked the Myvi. Paid the beggar (I really hope he stops doing drugs and does not save the RM 1 I gave him to buy more).

So off we went for Char Koay Teow. To be honest it was bladdy good! Only missing is the deep fried prawn(not sure what it's called but ate before :P). That is the specialty of that hawker.

I told her I was hungry as always during dinner so had to do justice by ordering a bowl of koay teow thng. Complimented by Leng Chee Kang.

Got into a great conversation with her as always that we decided to take it to Esplanade. Haha! 2x in a day to Esplanade I must be really happy! I guess thats why I love spending time with her coz we really get into intense conversations that we forget the reality of the world around us.

Then went HSBC before sending her home. Had to take the not so congested roads as it was Thaipusam in Penang. She complimented me for my cleverness in avoiding traffic@ she really needed to sleep.

I had a good evening because the conversations were really interesting that it's hard to say good bye.
Oh well, I hate good byes but the Hellos are what I look forward to! :D

I am back... more to come for 2008!

Hi friends,

It has been a while since I last posted. Well, soal hati? Maybe... Muahahahha. Keep speculating.

I shall restart my official blogging again for this year, 2008 on the next post @ after my bath. Lol!

I just want to thank all my friends especially at work for their concern, care and curiosity as to why Trevor's Blog has been inactive for quite some time now. I am happy my friends enjoy the Blog and I hope that it creates awareness on what is going on in Trevor's world!

Stay tuned... ;)

Baby Love...

I remember like it was yesterdayFirst kiss and I knew you changed the gameYou had me, exactly, where you wantedAnd i'm on it, and I aint ever gon let you get awayHolding hands never made me feel this waySo special, boy its your..Your smile, we so in Love (lalalalaaa)Yeeeah we so in Love (Lalalalalaaa)

And I just can't get enough of yourLalala LoveeYeeah we so in love LOVEI want you to know...

You are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every everything that I could ever dream ofYou are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every every every everything

In a minute now we're still holding it downButterflies everytime he come aroundYou make me, so crazy, its crazy, ohh babyI don't ever wanna be with no one elseYou're the only one that ever made me madYou're special, boy it's your, your styleWe so in Love (lalalalalaaa)Yeeeah we so in love LalalalalalaaAnd I just can't get enoughOf your lalala LoveYeah thats all i'm thinking ofLOVE, I want you to know

You are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every everything that I could ever dream ofYou are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every everything that I could ever dream ofYou are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every everything that I could ever dream ofYou are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come up

[ Baby Love lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]Ohh boy (ohh boy)You're my every every every everything

Everything everything ohhEverything everything ohh(Guy)You always and forever you my sunshineOn my mind constantThink about you all the time (you're my everything)(Nicole)Everything everything ohhEverything everything ohh(Guy)You ma new school (love)You ma old school (love)And it's so true you're the one i'm thinking of(Nicole)You are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every everything that I could ever dream ofYou are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come upOhh boy (ohh boy)You're my every every every everything

You are my baby love my baby loveYou make the sun come up(you make the sun come up on a cloudy day, you're my number one, you're my special thing)Ohh boy (ohh boy)You're my every every every everythingEverything everything ohhEverything everything ohhYou are my baby baby baby babe loveEverything everything ohhEverything everything ohhYou're my everythingYou are my baby baby baby baby love

/*The latest most listened song on my notebook*/

What a day to begin a Saturday...

I had barely 3 hours of sleep and woke up to online. Headed down to table for coffee with my mum. Mum was catching up with me on what's been happening lately and where I went last night bla bla bla.

Suddenly out of no where, she hands me my old love letter which I thought I threw away loooooooooong time ago in KL. I was speechless and left the table. I seriously did not know what to say but it was an awkward situation. She said it was ok but I know what she was thinking.

I could not know how to explain to her or how the freaking letter got mixed with her papers / photos.

It was years back but I really don't wanna talk about the content of that particular letter.
I am cool with the past but somethings should just have remained untold forever.
It's the moment of life when it happenned and you just do not wanna go back there again.

TGIF 0n 2nd Day Deepavali

It was a Friday that I felt like leaving early to avoid the unforgivable jams that ussually happen on a Friday after work.

I left around 2.30pm and headed to Kapitan Keling for nasi kandar. Had the ussual chicken and fish egg.

Went home later and slept. Seriously knocked out. Woke-up to the call of Daryl who ask me go with him to "punch- card" @ makan at ussual hang-out place. I was in a daze. I told him I will fetch him later and go to work together to punch-card. I felt like I had awaken to a Saturday morning and it was time to go to work. It was actually still Friday around 6.30 pm and Daryl had invited me for the ussual pork spare-parts soup in town. He was laughing on the phone as he knew I was really blur and told me to call him later. Jeez man. I was so blur when he called. Haha!

Viran (ex-St Xavier ) called me and told me wanted to meet up at night after dinner. Made a few calls and managed to round up a couple of the boys for beer at Torch. It had been ages since I last went to Torch. We had a good solid 2 buckets!

It was nice catching up with all and reminiscing on the past and talking about the plans for the future. We still cannot imagine who Gary went out with back then those days... Hahha! Hot chick from CGL back then. Well mostly the memories and the things that we found to be important to us at that time were rekindered.

Gary then suggested go to Tari Cafe for supper around 2 am. Surprisingly it was not cheap. Burger ayam special cost RM 5.50 which was kinda expensive. Gary said the prices have risen since he last went.

Everyone was feeling high or am I speaking for myself??? Haha! Yeah I am high right now but took the trouble to key this down as it was a milestone in this years social gatherings.

Nice catching up with old friends and talking about the history that led us to who we are today.

God bless St Xaviers!

P.S. I still think the teachers and principal suck big time!

Tuesday 6/11/2007 runaway from office plan...

Working has been hectic ever since I started working at Dell. Just can't wait for the dawn of a Friday; the last day of the working day. Reaching Wednesday would be fun as it would be mid-week and of course a time to have a beer. Haha!

However, the eve of Wednesday this week, Tuesday, duhhhh... Ruby had organized for a get together with me and Alex. We have been old friends for quite some time now but never had the opportunity to hang-out together. Btw, all from Dell. I guess our lives started with Dell. Hehe! Kak Suzie was suppose to join tapi maklumlah kakak sibuk dgn tugasan2 back-end dier... Tugasan2 back-end sounds a bit speculative but it is clean Dell work related tasks. Haha!

Anyhow, we planned to watch this vampire movie. God, I am so bad with names and too malas to go Google it. I sincerely thought it would be another round of epic horror with me hiding in my t-shirt like Ju-On but the movie was partially horrific and action packed just as Alex mentioned prior to watching.

Then Rubz wanted go shopping so Alex and I stood my the balcony in front of the shops chatting about life, family, work and cars!!!

Alex suggested pizza which I didnt really mind as it has been a while. Rubz mentioned that he has been talking about eating pizza for weeks and he was really hoping that all of us would agree with him.

Went to Pizza Hut and Alex was busy ordering and we were like nodding with whatever he ordered. The food was great and the choice of pizza was good. We had a great time.

Also, Alex thought us Monster House, I think that was the name of the arcade game. Basically, the goal is simple that is too shoot the zombies as much as we can. Alex was the champion as predicted and you should see the dude shooting two guns at a time one in each hand.

It was a great time as it has been a while since went out of the house to do something so cool!

Sorry I had to censor the jokes and hillarious events that happen during this outing due to viewer discretion. But if you heard it you would wish you were with us! Haha!

The end of October...

Work has been interesting with the ultimate goal to hit 90% customer satisfaction for end of this year. I am proud to be a member of the new ANZ Deliveries team. This is not easy to achieve but I can certainly see the team spirit and the undying effort to make the best of it. Way to go team! No use in being negative and moving forward look at how we can positively turn our efforts into results!

With the busyness of work, nothing much done lately. Just hanging out at Old town, Coffee Bean and Starbucks to chill!

It was great meeting up with Joni and Carie at McD GreenLane on Friday night. Can see everyone is happy though we all not working together. It was good catching up with Joni after so long. Vote for her in One-In-A-Million! A lot of new things to talk about including the topic of Trevor's love life! :P Jeezz... So kay po! But I know ppl care for me.... Thanks! Muakz!

Took leave for Friday to go for Douglas(my nepwhew) first birthday. It has been ages since I met up with my bro in KL. Going down with dad in the Myvi. Just chill and hang as it has been a while. When I moved to Penang, I pictured myself going back to KL often but seems like hanging out more in Penang. Well Trev in the end what does Penang have to offer you??? Sigh...

Ok enough of feeling emo as it's Sunday night and tommorrows work...

Christmas is coming up so starting to think of presents.

All I want for Christmas is a tool set including wranch! Hahah! I really hope can get this from parents!!! A 1-ton jack would be kinda nice too...

Survivor

It was a long week. Tough decisions on the job with cust and dealing with various tricky delivery issues.

I had 2 trainings to attend which ended on Friday after 2 weeks. It was valuable as I learnt a lot about speaking skills and handling deliveries with a breeze(or should I say let's hope! ).

Nonetheless come weekend, I did nothing but chill. Took the Volvo to change the bulb. Ended testing the mechanics 240 Volvo which he intends to sell. He asked me to offer price which I am still considering. He said cheap cheap lah coz he already got 5 and gonna buy another one. His wife and neighbours screwing him as his exact words. Surprisingly after seeing me grow up as a kid, he just let me take the car out for a spin. It was great behind the wheel of a Volvo. The feeling of solidness and security was there. It was a great car though already 27 years old! It had that nostalgia feeling while on the road. I basically grew up with Volvos, hence the temptation of owning one. I only go for 80s and 90s models coz reminds me of the time dad had them and drove me in.

Yes! I finally went to dentist for scaling after 3 years! I could not remember having a record with the clinic in Gelugor but they managed to locate my details. I had this fear of going dentist. Dad was like why never go so long and advised me to take these health things more seriously. The last visit was in 2004.

Reached home just in time to wash my car which was not washed for 2 weeks. Went to church and followed by dinner with the folks and my aunts and uncles from KL and England. The Myvi is just great and I happy with it. We have bonded and have this attachment. Typical of single ppl. Get a life Trev! Haha!

Later that night, met my Volkswagon buddy at Esplanade. We chatted for almost 2 hours about cars and his family life. Tommorrow, have plans to meet up with him at Pantai Robina as they having monthly VW gathering. I am just going for fun and see what is all the fuss about the Beatle!

Interestingly enough, I learnt something kinda true from the VW guy.
People can never have enough in life. The things missing they want the most but the things they already have they don't take time to realize and appreciate.

Still in my chill mode and may watch some series of the OC. Suba my colleague always thought that OC is Orphan Child. It's actually Orange County for those who don't know.

Btw, Astro sux. They revamped all the channels and I don't know where the channels are now. Dad was like you didnt know of the change. Please explain to me when have I last watched the telly! Haha!

Frozen in time and money!

(The picture above is used as representation only and the brand is trademark of the respective companies)

Working so far has been an enjoying adventure filled with ups and downs. But I cannot deny the glitter in me when it's the end of the month; pay day!

Yes we do deserve what we earn and we have to reward ourselves with the efforts we put in!

However, it also would be wise to save money! I know this sounds like advise coming from some senior but this did strike me where I am heading to in terms of financial stability.

As ussual, I started Googling tips on how to save money. Save money and earn money is different!

What certainly striked me was a rather unussual but somewhat interesting tip. Most of my finding on Google blame credit cards for the reason why people over-spend.

The tip was to place your credit card into a tupper -ware and fill the tupper- ware (yes and the card with safe water) and cover the tupper-ware with the lid.

Once done, put the tupper-ware in the freezer!!!

Leave for 3 hours and then look at it. Frozen credit card!

The reason for this is to disable the use of the card, hence, saving money!

Alternatively, maybe we can train the mine to save and spend wisely.
The credit card is still useful no doubt in emergency situations.

From this to that...

The week began with my introduction to the delivery team the ETA team. ETA @ estimated time of arrival for Dell orders to Australia and New Zealand.

Thursday was badminton and Bukit Dumbar. I hadn't played badminton in like 1 year plus. Was really tiring and really sweated. I don't think I have sweat like that in a long time.

Friday was dinner / tea time appointment with Daryl and Hazel. Agenda : Pigs spare parts soup at Penang Road. RM 6.50 per bowl would get you bee hoon soup with pigs brains, liver, intestine and other scrumptous "spare parts". It was good. Went to fetch my Operations Manager and headed to Northam Cafe for ikan bakar, dim sum, rojak and sausages. Basically tit-bits. Then went to Screwball to play foose ball with Michelle, Hazel's sister. It was really good coz get to practice with beginner as well. Then pool with Daryl. Lucky you Daryl. There is always next time! :P

Then dropped everyone home before proceed to Church Street cafe for Carie's bday beer session.

The next day woke up to my mom complaining to me for 2 hours about my bro's new baby-sitter who left. Skip the details! :)

Went online and chilled until 12.30 pm before heading to Gurney with Steven Lo for lunch and then went window shopping. Nothing much also lah coz sale finish mah. Btw, I haven't been to Gurney in 3 months. I am becoming the average guy who only goes shopping when there is a need. Haha!

Then hung out at Coffee Bean with my couz as Steven had to go home. Lepak at the new Coffee Bean at G-hotel.

Went home , ON notebook then slept. Woke up, mandi, went to church with mom and aunt.

Came home and online again with me and my mom figuring out on Google Earth which part of Gibraltar my aunt is staying. Lost and inaccurate description.

11pm tampal my Myvi stickers and went for the TT in greenlane. Agenda: Round the island tour at midnight. It was kinda like Initial D the movie with dark bending roads and dangerous corners. Said a little prayer and safely reached Teluk Bahang Dam. Lepak there 1 hour and then came home at 2.45 am to update you guys. :P

Gwen in Malaysia... for real?

Would you seriously think that the likes and looks of this gorgeous woman would turn the average Malaysian guy into a sexual predator hunting for girls to have his way with?

Or would her good looks make the highly cultural girls here become destroyed?

Can we also say that we appreciate God's beautiful creations and vocal talents that God has given certain people?

I have read this many times in books and many people would agree; the mind controls what we do. If you think negative, you will end negative and vice-versa.

Simply by looking at the way someone appears is not going to do much to entice someone to go out and rape. It is all in the mind if that person who has strong faith and wisdom to control your actions. Knowledge is powerful but wisdom is powerful in knowing what to do with knowledge.

If you are trying to say that your mind can be so easily influenced by appearance, then I feel it would be advisable to look into the values that you believe in.

In regards to seeing an internationally acclaimed artist present in your homeland, that would be a big thing and it would deffinitely be appreciated. Would she be willing to come back again?

But can we control her? Is she a citizen, a follower of the same faith, does she believe in the values or are we trying to force her to follow our values?

The unique thing about the world is that everyone is different for so many reasons. It should be something we should accept and respect. No point making others follow-us just because we say so. Each person should have their own opinion on what they want to get the most out of life.

Who to blame?

Recalling the fatal bus tragedy killing 20 innocent lives.

I dun normally write this kinda things but this news has certainly touched me.

Talk a little bit about how things are run over here is wrong and is considered sensitive.

But when tragedies like this happen, who do we look at?

Deffinitely the driver is not fit to drive. But the bus company could not care less and is more concerned about profiting. Who controls the bus companies in Malaysia?

What saddens me is that innocent lives of Malaysians lost because of a human error. U think about it; someones father, mother, brother, sister, wife, husband, child, friend etc. , lost because of a mistake by someone. Lives parished just like that. The passengers (now victims) who had plans to return home to loved ones and spend good times together, now shattered forever by carelessness. NOTHING anyone can do for the victims families as compensation for what has happened. Life is just priceless!

If indeed the bus had been inspected thoroughly in the right manner and abiding by the rules and policies of the local authorities, it would be clear it was human error.

Deffinitely the steps taken in the past to eliminate such catastrophies is not working. Let's get up and brain-storn how we can solve this before it becomes an even worse national tragedy in the near future, God forbid.

Human error = driver error = unfit = 13 summons and 2 arrest warranties!

Solution: Interlink each and every citizens personal information with records of goverment agencies in one database. For an IT savvy nation, it is not a problem. We talk so much about how good we are, well it's time to put our talents to good use. I mean we have high end identity cards. Why cant the data be linked and incorporated together. Come on... just a little more work. Why not outsourcing if it is too hard to create something like this? Atleast it will be of bennefit and of good use back to the government.

On a more spiritual note, I pray that the lives lost will rest in peace and will find eternal peace in God's kingdom.
Not forgetting the lives of the families impacted by this gruesome human massacre.

An escappe to KL

It was Friday and I finalized a few important matters with Mandy and Melody. Left for home to pack up to go to KL on a Sat morning. Gave a call to a friend Chris to tell her I'll becoming to hang-out with her and Damian on a Sat. I bet ur sis will be so jealous! Lol!

Supposedly to wake up at 3.45 am but in the end woke up at 7.30 am thanks to my new pillow.

Left at 9 a.m. and reach Subang at around 1 pm. It was a good drive in the Volvo considering after being serviced.

Hanged out at my bro place. My bro and nephew went out for my nephew's friends bday. I was so bored at home. Dad wanted me to download the guy who recreated his own Negaraku, hence, did it. Oh dad transfered pics of his Euro trip with mom to my laptop. He gave me a run down on his trip.

Bro came back late that day and went to Carrefour. Came home to makan.

Left for my outing with Chris and Damian. Went to Starbucks at Taipan to test my wireless but unfortunately no connection to server that day. We wondering wat else can do. So went to Club 7 to play pool with Damian over some beers while Chris watched. Sent them home and returned back to my bro place to come online here.

Sunday would be time spent with family. Visiting my couz at TTDI and maybe PJ.

Monday morning have to wake up early for my sis convo. It should be over around 1 p.m. Dad got arrangements for party at bro place.

Tuesday, off back to Penang. Dad kinda home-sick and talking about home. Both a bit jet-lag.

The family doctor...

I was ill again today. Went to Dr Bala's in Pulau Tikus opposite 7 E.

Waited for a stinking 1 hour for the dude to come. Was kinda crowded with ppl sneezing and coughing.

My fever went up and felt really uncomfortable. Went in for the check-up and came out ensuring that it was paid by the company. :P

Crossed of to the car where I met my family doctor just about to close his clinic. I said hie and we started to talk about the past when I was younger, fatter and you could say a boy. Haha!

This dude is so relaxed and easy to talk to. He has aged obviously but still remembers the family. Actually they still go to him. But he can remember where I was missing for the past 6 years.

The good thing I learnt from him is his positive attitude and always kind. One of the best doctors I've met so far compared to that grumpy arse from Burmah C.

By the way, the nice doctor is Dr Teong from Klinik Teong Burmah Road.

Ignorance can sometimes be a mistake...

Yesterday, I went with my aunt to church, doing the ussual family thingy on behalf of my parents who are abroad.

I was in a real rush that evening so I hoped that church would be fast and the Australian priest will be saying mass. He clocks a good 50 mins for a mass! Turned out it was another priest, this old but full of wisdom guy. Lots to talk. I was in a rush for time.

So I thought hear he goes at his homily. I just took a deep breath and kept an open-mind.

He was referring to one of our parishners who may have made a big mistake in life. So as ussual, gossip of this person had gone around the church a week ago. Peoples opinion were mixed; some offered to help, some said she deserved to be punished!

What I learnt was, this sh*t could have happen to anyone. Would someone be there to help you the next time you are in a problem? The problems we face in our lives vary depending on the complexity and severity.

Think about it. We are all not perfect here in this world. There may be a point-in-time where we need support. Offer your help to a friend in need. Maybe someday it will be vice-versa.

The second lesson I learnt; listen to the priest during mass! Haha!

Dad was right... hehe!

Last week, I had been working at the office till really late. Sometimes 8 something, sometimes 9 someting. Go home sleep and next day repeat the whole process.

My dad asked me few times during the week if I had enough rest or not. Seriously I dunno how I did it.

Friday night was the end of my week as not coming in on Saturday. I have been coming in on Sat for like the past 3 weeks. Talk about having a life! Haha!

Suppose to meet up with the boss for some "Happy hour" that night but the boss cancelled suddenly. Pretty last minute. No worries. He promised me this week we'll go. Haha!

I parked at Snake Temple after work that night and gave a call to my friend on the mainland. Ask her what she doing and if got plans. So in the end went out with the gang for beers! Her sis just came down so I also long time never met her. So meet sekali gus! Venue : Sega Fredo @ Autocity (need to take Penang bridge or ferry as on mainland).

Had my dinner there at Sega (first solid meal of the day). Followed by beers! Muahah! It was really a nice time catching up and reminising on the past. Loads of laughs and fun! Well, what can I say, great company! It was such a relief for me as it was a busy week.

Actually wasn't bad lah going all the way there. Coz these friends also come over to Pulau Tikus sometimes for beers. Now I know what it feels like to drive all the way home after few rounds of beer! Haha! This what they call give and take mah!

Woke up on Saturday and felt like head spinning. Took a bath and drove to Alor Setar. Took the ferry accross. It was so nice and relaxing to see Penang in the background, waves coz of the ferry, the Penang bridge and of course the mainland approaching. I saw jelly fish!

Drove all the way to Alor Setar. Reached my aunt's boutique, she ask me follow my couz run some errands. So this 18 year old guy who just got license decided to drive me in his Gen-2.

We reached a one-way road and he had to go opposite. He ask me how so I said should be ok lah. Heck I am not from Alor Setar mah. So he decides to zoom by, came to a junction and did not stop.

The car had been hit on it's side wheel by a silver Kancil. Two of us got out and apologise to the aunt. Being the older and mature couz I talked to the lady and kind of cooled her down. Me and couz were like speaking broken Hokkien with her but thank God it worked!

I was a bit annoyed coz I came all the way and got stuck in an accident. I told that to my couz. It is a darn waste of my time. He called his uncle, uncle came and kautim the whole thing. Took the lady's car to repair.

Couz was feeling in a state of shock. I grabbed the keys from him and drove the car. His legs were like shaking. Fetched my lil couz from his drum lessons and went to their house to fetch their sis.

Basically had lunch with aunt and family, drive around and drove back to Penang.

But wait, there was this classic car exhibition so went to Autocity , AGAIN! Hahah! I just learnt there is a difference in cars; vintage is like Henry Ford era, classic is like 1960's and modern classic is like the age of the Volvo 240 (my era, well almost)... Haha! I dun really dig most of the cars that were vintage.

Went home, mandi, went out dinner with dad, uncle and aunt.

10 p.m. left home for clubbing. Clubbing was ok lah. Met up with friends from another department. Really crowded that day at Momo and the place we sat was like the highway of Momo. So keep getting ppl bumping into u.

Sunday, as promised, had to fetch my aunt for church. Then it's the ussual shopping time where I have to drive her.

Told her I was in a bit of a rush. Went home had lunch and out the door again.

Myvi gathering at Bagan Ajam mainland. This weekend was the most I used the bridge. 3 days in a row! A lot of members came so something like 40 ppl.

RS autos organized the gathering at their shop. Mostly a promotional thingy so that we buy there stuff. Had a very interesting conversation with the guys about cars and how to improve the little machine. Hehe.

This was my third time and beginning to feel part of the group. Everyone becomes a little dramatic when about to leave. Some went to Pacific to play bowling. I had to shoot back to Penang again as had appointment with dad.

I told myself I am not leaving the house for the rest of the evening. Right now I am getting ready for bed. Tiring week indeed but it was great! I can't believe I did so many things. Hehe!

Can I be honest?

Honesty sometimes can be risky. This with regards to friendship can test the strength and closeness of the friendship. It is never easy.

You know a friend like too well and fear that being honest is gonna create a confrontation in a friendship. The friend may just like freak-out or even be offended just because you tried to be honest.

So there are ppl who keep it to themselves in fear that it would complicate things with their best friend. Sorry... I dun think it is a pro-active approach(yeah, only now I can say it... lol).

The best is to get it out in the open. The good, the bad and the ugly. Sometimes friends surpress how they feel to someone and in the end the other friend dunno sh*t what's going on.

If your not happy about something with the person, just say it. But say it nicely. Be open! That would be the best way rather than to keep anger and frustration inside. No one knows how you feel until you actually tell that person.


People often say that they can take honesty at no extra cost but in the end feel offended and upset with the person who spoke to them.

Could it be the way the message is conveyed? Feeling a little "understanding" to the situation, empathatic and the feeling of "I really wanna help you" should be applied.

They say that only your friends will tell u the truth because they care and they want to help you. Ur enemy could not be bothered and would like to see u in the pitts.

Being a listener of a friend being honest, interpretating the message can be a subjective thingy; no right or wrong.

It all depends how a friend can take it. Sometimes if interpreted, the message could have been sent by someone who cares or means something to you. Otherwise, it could be seen as your invading my privacy----> tension ----- > piss off.

I sometimes have been told by my friends and somehow get upset at what they say. Haven't we all? But I guess they care and it may sound like just human-nature to yell. But there intention could be quite clear in helping you. It may be some sought of advise to improve or just their way of conveying the message.

I guess in life, it's good to look at things in general positively. If everything was bad, life would be so demotivating and nothing to look forward to. But in the end, it's all human nature. Everyone has growing feelings and personalities.

Can you believe it's already March?

It has become a routine, that a few of my colleagues and I to get together on Friday for a hike up Bukit Jambul. The trek up there is pretty rocky and quite scary. Up there, one can view the scene of Penang bridge, Pulau Jerjak and also Queensbay mall. For me, it's good exercise where I can sweat it out. Lately, I don't have the time to go jogging at Botanical Gardens. But this is an exception to keep fit and stay healthy.

My new sub-department asked me to organize a get together on Friday night. We had it at none other than Torch at Tg Bungah. Lots of people came. Lots of beer leaving us happy. Had a game of pool and foose-ball. Haha! Bullying the girls at Foose Ball. No. Seems that one of my friends has the experience after learning from me and she's busy scoring now. The lesson, never ever teach a girl how to play. Haha!

Saturday was spent reviewing my car loan and getting to know how to pay and where to pay.
The first and last payment has to be done at the bank. Subsequent payments can be made online thanks to the innovation of mobile banking. Woo hoo!

Saturday night had my Myvi Club get together at Jeti Merbok in Sungai Petani. Penang people gathered at Makro Sg Dua and went to Sg Dua toll on the mainland. Around 36 cars made it that day coming from Penang, Kedah and Perlis. It's a good time to share our experience with our beloved Myvi and of course meeting new people. Our next gathering will be in Jitra, Kedah to pool in new Myvi members from Kedah.

I woke up on Sunday morning at 9.20 a.m. thinking what should I do first. What struck my mind was hey, let's start the week in church. Made it in time for the 10 a.m. mass. Kinda crowded as people like it short and sweet.

Went to meet up with my uncle who manages the car park in front of Soho in town to catch up on the latest news. Then came home to meet his brother who just came down from Subang.

We went for Pitt Street Nasi Kandar which was awesome. However, I find that adding dried onions tends to make you thirsty which may have left me now with a sore throat. Still contemplating if I should go to work on Monday. I hate to skip work but I am considering the inconvenience of sitting in the office with this condition.

So what's next? It's my birthday of course! Yup this Saturday. 24/3/2007! Coincidently I am 24 this year and it's the year of the pig.

Hoping for more money, good health and of course trying my luck in the love boat!

Can you believe it's March? I can imagine the coming of Christmas again pretty soon. Haha!

Ok guys. All the best and take care. Live life to the fullest! Aim high and strive to achieve it! :D

My New Car!

As some may know I was planning to buy a new car since early Dec 2006. I am very interested in small cars these days. The micro-car like the Smart for Two would be cool. But not so practical.

I was looking in the range of Myvi, Getz, Jazz, Yaris and Picanto.

Key features I am interested in; cheap to buy, maintain, good after sales, good looking, save petrol, safe(has ABS, airbags) and nippy to drive in town.

I am not so into Korean cars so ruled out the Getz and Picanto.

Value for money, Jazz and Yariz ruled out coz too expensive for what u actually getting.

So I decided on the Myvi.

What it has? Looks?

It's a Glittering Silver colour, 1.3 litre DVVT 16Valve DOHC engine, Dual SRS, ABS with EBD and immobiliser.

I admit it has the modern features of most of the latest cars on the road today. I compared it with my 6 year old Wira and significantly see the difference. Wira has been around since the early 1990s and is almost the same. As ussual the "big boys" up there not bothered about coming out with new models. So screw you as I have absolutely no loyalty for your brand!

On a happier note, I am happy with the Myvi. It's nice to drive and importantly a breeze to park on the narrow roads of Penang! Today coincidently, I fetched Carienna, Siew Yean, Joyce and Pam in the Myvi for lunch. 5 ppl in the car but it was ok. Not bad. And I didn't even need to use over-drive.

Rear shot. Car plate number is BJJ 8600. I wanted 8 coz means wealth, 6 is career and 00 coz can trail nicely with JJ. I dunno but I sourced this info from the net and just used my creativity to create a 4 digit number. Reason B plate coz my bro got connection in KL. One of the first non-black 2007 registered Myvi in Malaysia!

The end of January 2007

I woke up to a beautiful Sunday morning!

I went straight to the TV and flipped through the channels with my favourite section of NST, Cars, Bikes and Trucks! Haha!

Took a shower and headed off to my natural haven, Botanical Gardens. It was beautiful sunny day. So perfect. Greenery, blue skies, birds flying, butterflies flying... simply relaxing. Kinda out of the ordinary ordeal compared to the ussual process of going to work. Haha!

Here are some shots taken trying to max out the camera feature of my V3i:

Simply beautiful background. Can you notice the different shades of green?

Scenic view of the river from Waterfall.

Simple gorgeous.

It certainly took my mind of things that keep me busy thinking. I felt so much happier. I felt that I had gone for some revival course. Brought me back to reality and calmness. I feel so much better.

This Tuesday and Wednesday, I am off to KL for a holiday. Just to relax and take my mind off things. Hopefully I get to bring back something new. Long time never go shopping d.

Thaipusam is on Thursday but still got work. I deffinitely have to avoid going to my other house in Jalan Utama this week. I hate jams! Seriously it's gonna be crowded like every year. But amidst the crowd, I certainly admire the devotees with their 'kavadi'. I can see a strong believe in their religion. I admire that. I wish I can go take a quick peep of what's going on. Certainly would "bedazzle" me. Hahah! That word sounds so sexy!

This Saturday my parents are having some party for their new grandson in P. Tikus. I hope to get some photos to put up here. Just a big family event with family friends over. Mostly old ppl and it's not gonna be any happening then Torch! Haha!

God, I really pray to get through this week with patience and ease. Please give me the courage to let her know that... :X

New Year 2007!

Wow... So happy to be in 2007! Glad I have a job and happy with life. I hated being a student. Haha!

The last whole week of 2006 was spent busy in the office. Yes, I did return from my trip to KL to celebrate Christmas with my family at my bro's place in Subang.

Friends and colleagues did asks me about my plans for New Year. I was so uncertain. Never really thought of it. They were like organizing a week in advance. I was like more go with the flow.

I did promise Lisa that I would join her, Azmy and Suzie but I just had no mood to go Upper Penang Road for New Year. That is like the centre of the celebrations here in Penang so can imagine the crowd. I hate crowded places.

On the 31st of Dec. around 3 p.m. I gave a call to Gan to arrange plans for the New Year celebration. I spent the last day of 2006 on the beach in Penang. Munching on 'kacang' and having a fag. It was a beautiful sunny day. Gan was like sun-bathing and practicing his karate. I was more like contemplating on what happen in 2006 and how I can do better in 2007.

So back to the New Year plan, I called him and Jega and we decided to meet up at Torch Tg. Bungah. I normally hang out there coz I think it's happening and kinda cool. Not so rowdy crowd! Haha!

Beyond my expectation I met soooo many old friends. Wow! It certainly brought back good childhood memories of friends whom I had grown up with but lost contact over the years.

Got to catch up with them and buy some beer. I was so happy that night I was so freaking drunk. Cheers-ing around and laughing and talking crap... haha! It kinda felt like the happiest moment in a long time seeing everyone after so long. People you grew up with, laughed with and maybe even faught with. But those were the days. Nice to see everyone happy in life and doing well.

Me and Andrea

Gan, Jega and me.

My bro called me up to wish me and advised me to becareful as I was kinda high. I managed to get Jega to drive me back in the end to my place with my car as he parked his bike there.

I got home slowly into the house. Climbed upstairs. Took a shower and went to bed. I like totally K.O. on my bed.

U obviously can imagine how I felt the next morning on 1/1/2007! Haha! Happy New Year!

MYVI

Since the Myvi came out I kinda liked it. People said it was economical with the DVVT engine(fuel saving engine). It comes it like so many colours.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about this car. I really have fallen in love with it.

Hopefully, in a few years time, I can finally afford to get one. Wish me luck!

It's around 49k. The good thing to me are the dual air-bags, ABS and the DVVT. These are the hot aspects of the car that has attracted my attention and wet my mouth. Haha!

God, please help me get a new car. Santa Claus, can I still write to you? I haven't writen to you in like over 10 years. Haha!

The weekend that was...

This week was a rather interesting week at the office. Was really looking forward to the weekend. Wanted to just chill and hang out. Boss call me in at 12.15 p.m. Saturday for some reason, I said "no go".

It was a long week so I decided to go Gurney Plaza on Friday night after work. Wanted to go shopping for some stuff. Was a bit rush coz had promised Azmy that I will meet him for dinner with Carienna and Ben.

He suggested to us to try this Korean restaurant. I was like quite open to the idea but was pretty shocked by the bill! But it was once in a while so ok loh... It's buffet Korean style where you get to pick what u want and cook in on hot pan or in boiling Abalone soup.

Various meats from chicken to beef.

My new style of taking photo... hehe... make ur own conclusion! By the way that's Azmy.

Saturday was a day spent relaxing at home. Cleaning my room and the house as mom was over in KL.

Dad's car has a gearbox problem which he is super-pissed so I had to drive him around. Kinda cool coz we never spent time in a long time. He asked me how I am doing at work so showed him my compliment letters while he was sitting in the co-drivers seat while I was the driver. Lol!

Dropped him off later at 1 p.m. for his meeting before I went to mechanic. Just thought of getting the guy to check my car but he ended up getting me to change the engine mountings. The car feel more nicer to drive now and less vibration.

It was the smoothness of Melody's car that prompted me to consider making my car less jerky. Haha! I know ur gonna read my blog Mel!

Si Mun's idea for Saturday night was to have a get together for all the colleagues. Turn out me, Lisa, Si Mun, Joni and Danny Ooi (our buddy from TS) to come.The rest of the team decided to spend time at home with their families or hang out with other friends kot.

It was nice. We had dinner together followed by "Happy hour".

I enjoyed this weekend coz it was fun! I really anticipated it was going to turn out fun and fulfilling it did! Lol!

Let's hope this week at the office is going to be better!

Deepavali 2006!

Last Friday, I was invited to my Team Manager's house for Deepavali. We wanted to begin the celebration early coz I had to work on Saturday(Deepavali).

I decided to leave the office at 6.10 pm and head home for a bath and freshen up before coming for his party at 9 p.m.

That day it rained heavily, can say the whole Penang also kena lah. It was extremely heavy downpour which did coz floods in some areas around Penang. The heavy rain reminded me of the old days driving on the Seremban highway from Malacca to KL when the rain was bad and I was all alone in the car in the storm.

Traffic on that day was pretty hectic. To be honest I dunno why. Could be the Deepa-Raya celebration lah. People all going out last minute shopping.

So anyway, I was on the way back home using the Green Lane Road. I was stuck on that road for 2 1/2 hours! Normally it takes like 7 minutes to clear but took me so long! There was a jam coz of a flood near the Ramakrishna Centre. I was expecting a flood near the PFS as what my friend told me but I passed by with ease.

Cars were overheating and short-circuiting coz of the flood. Breaking down like dead antelop crossing the Sahara to greener pastures! Haha! I was careful though. But my patience was fading! I never expected to be stuck till like that! I can imagine what the Coastal Highway would be like.

When I got to Pulau Tikus was so late that I decided to turn the car around and go to my friend's house (I never went home). Driving back to Bayan Lepas was no problem. Wanted to enter into coastal highway but there was another jam. So use Gelugor Road. It was slow but deffinitely faster than the Coastal Highway lah.

Reached Allan's house and there was no food at 10 pm! He thought I and my other friend Mark were not coming. So he took me to Pelita nearby and bought me dinner.

We headed back to his place for beer! He had one whole bucket full of cold chilled beer. It was great drinking. Mark then came from the office coz he was too hardworking that day finishing up cases. All of us left at around 2 a.m. coz of work the next day on Deepavali Day! It was a great "Tani Session".

I woke up on Deepavali feeling I could be free. Had a quick play with my dogs. Having dogs can be so fun and relaxing. They really brightened up my day! My parents were like do u wanna join us go visiting but I had to decline coz of work.

Left home around 10.30 a.m. to start my shift of 11- 6 p.m. Allan promised to bring food in for us that his aunt had cooked around 12 p.m. Lisa, Siew Yean, Afny and me were the only ones in the office. Afny puasa so just left 3 of us with the food that Allan brought. Allan did not join coz he had to get back home to continue the celebration.
This was what Allan brought. Briani rice, chicken curry, mutton curry, sotong curry, prawn curry and vege. Not forgetting the sweets which we gave Afny to buka puasa later that day.

Lisa and Siew Yean insisted we take pictures of our lunch!

Wow, look at Siew Yean bz taking the food! Dun kill me for this pic! Haha!


This was what I took! It was really nice food! Thanks Allan! Had a great lunch! I never expected that Saturday at work to be so fun! U certainly "Wow-ed" those that came in. Sorry to Carienna for not getting any share of the food. Hahah!

It was a great Deepavali this year, shared with new friends at Dell! :D

Makan x 3... Last Sunday... not today...

After going to Gurney Plaza with Gan last Sunday, was pretty much bored being a Sunday. I look forward to Sunday's coz that's when I get to do my own thing rather than work. Plz ignore I just said bored but actually I kinda look forward to do nothing 0n Sunday!

Suggested go to Swattow Lane. So off we went in the lil blue Aveo.

Before we went there, we went to the pet shop Chew Thean Yeang to take a look at the new dogs and fish. I dun have any pics of that though I saw a huge cat fish. I wonder what happen to the big black labrador?

Then go makan at Swattow Lane! Yippie! Get to order my favourite mee goreng Sultan. It was great. I had the crave for it. Also ordered coconut water. Yeah, rather rare for me to order that but just felt like it. :P




I couldn't help but notice that Penang people like to eat in their free time. I mean it was like 4.30 p.m. and people were out eating. Sure not dinner lah at 4.30! Wanna say tea-time also cannot. Include me lah. We just felt so bored so nothing to do we go eat that day.

Gan loves to eat! :P Gan topped up his ice-kacang with papaya and ice-cream.


I tell u this is so lame updating my blog base on what happen last Sunday. But what the heck it was a great Sunday just hanging around! :D