"Don't Shoot ME!!"

Last Saturday, my team Yakuza and I met up for a round of training at Astaka Field, PJ in preparation for the upcoming National Paintball League in Melaka. It was quite a show!

We had the usual team - Eu Gene, Josh Lim, Uncle, -, -, Simon, me, Mojosh, -, Ashley, Evo, - -- and four new guns that day. Check them out, they're in my sidebar -->

Totally noobs first timers (at Astaka, or in a looong time) - and all bloggers!! XD

Bryan, Jason, Chia Wei, Jeremy

Instead of having them come and shoot aimlessly for fun, i had a crash course with them. And before we knew it, they were already playing like amatuers with the team. =)

I don't expect to repeat the story here, when many others have come up with a superb take of that day in their blogs. Check them out, sure tak menyesal wan! XD

The Paintball Blog Post - Jeremy
Paintball - Chia Wei
Tmn Negara Woohoo Here i come - Eu Gene (i know.. apparently titles DO deceive.)

One of the most memorable part of the day was when Jason, Jeremy, Mojosh and myself had a mini match in the small field. Mojosh was using an e-marker, everyone else, mekmarker (mechanical).

And right after Jason, who was on my side, got shot and made it 2 VS 1, my mekmarker had to run out gas!! Damn!

Imagine this okay. There is a cork on the top end of the mekmarker which resets everytime i pull the tirgger.

[sound of mekmarker firing]
*perrreeeeeeettttttttt*

(pulls cork back -- FIRE)

*perrreeeeeeettttttttt*

(pulls cork back -- FIRE)

repeat like another 20 times, trying to hit Mojosh and Jeremy on the other side.

@_@

Simon, who was watching the 'drama' with alot of other players outside the field, shouted that i should just give up and refill gas. "Give up la.. you no more gas edi larh..." were his exact words.. XD

"Simon, you've GOTTA be kidding, right? Yakuza captain? Pulling out because no gas?!! Not in a million years! And IF im going down, im taking these two with me!", i told myself. LOL

But by this time, i moved up to the center bunker.. I bet our friend Mojosh, holding his emarker, oredy confident to take me out. LOL. But i gave a fight. We had a go at each other while Jeremy hid behind the bunker. (No idea why. LOL)

Then when i realized Mojosh moving up on my left to bunker me, i moved around my bunker towards the right for cover, hence exposing my back to Jeremy. All this happened almost at the same time, so try to catch up:

- Mojosh run up left side of me, bunkering me with super alot of pallets from his borrowed emarker.
(bunkering -- shooting at the bunker so opponent doesn't come out and when the shooter comes in sight of the hiding opponent, he takes him out)
- I ran around my bunker, shooting back at Mojosh. He shot my leg, i jumped and evaded.
- As i came around my bunker, and Mojosh already in a bunker on the opposite side of the field, i stood up, took a pose, pointed and shouted at Jeremy, "You DON'T SHOOT ME!!"
- Jeremy diam diam hid back into his bunker.
- I continued to shoot at Mojosh.
- I got him at his visor. He's out! (subjected to arguments)
- I turn again now for Jeremy (who by now, is a little dumbfounded, because just now, i shouted athim don't shoot, then i shoot at him pulak! LOL)
- Jeremy also tried to bunker me. Only that this time, it worked. T_T

LOL

See?

And yet they ask me why i have this face after the match. @_@

$#%^&*!(*)@*&^#@$!!(*&%^$%%&^!!!!!!

So, all your poeple out there who wants to have a feel of what paintball is like, you know where to go... =D



Go Go Go!!!

Congratulations!!

The world is now at your feet!

Well, sort of.

XD

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A close friend of mine graduated from The One Academy recently.

After studying in Form 6 in St. John's Inst. KL for 2 years, he undertook an Advertising & Design Diploma course at The One Academy (TOA) after winning a RM30k scholarship from a Merdeka drawing competition.

Despite his 180 degrees turn from what he studied in Form 6, he persued a future in the arts; communcation design, to be exact. He excelled in this field which was his passion since young. He is extremely talented in figure drawing, marker rendering, and all stuff artsy, but eversince TOA, he developed a keen sense in advertising, illustration, web design and concept art.

He even helped me in my assignments during MY varsity years! Thanks to him, my team got the grades. :-P

(i believe, i took this picture.......... see? i have some sense in photography too, eh? LOL)

All was well during the graduation ceremony at Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Subang. All, short for a few minor computer glitches and the drowsy speeches. =S

The star of the day was gleaming from the very moment he put on his robes, till he returned them at the end of the event. Well, he very well should be.

He's graduating!

Here's one whit the family =)

What's next?

He's due to further his studies to obtain a degree the UK. Flying off mid August, i think. =P

So here's to you, Yoon Kiat, my dear friend,

May you excel in every part of your life from here on forth.
Go all out and see the world and widen your horizons.
Be bold and go where we may not be able to reach.
May you have a wonderful and safe experience in the UK learning and exploring and sharing.

Never let a moment slip by without making the best of it!

All the best!

Durians - its STILL a family affair

Yesterday, as i was driving home, i spotted a makeshift stall by the road selling the fruit that many people, especially the ang mohs, love to hate. XD

Durians.

*yum*

Haha. As i pulled up across the street, i saw the durians pilled up according to their "standards", all over the ground. Ever since the durian season hit KL, i made an observation on the durians stalls.

When the durians look like they are "displayed" in a manner which is time consuming, ie, tied up to hang one by one from top to toe**, or arrannged in such a manner where they wont be moved for a long time, these may not be good durians*.

**For illustration purposes:
__________(pole)____
-!- - !- !- -
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*) - durians (imagine the thornes k? =p)
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*)
-!- - !- !- - - rafia string
(*) (*) (*)
-!- - !- !- -
(*) (*) (*)


Why?

Because (i think) if you they take time to display them in this manner**, and after few days, STILL in the same manner, they probably haven't sold any at all. The durians are, like suggested, FOR DISPLAY ONLY. XD

Then when someone eventually buys, it would be fresh oredy. Well, at least not as fresh as other durians which are pilled up all over the ground lah. Those fresh from the lorry that kind. =P

Anyway, that's just me.

So i crossed the road and walked towards the stall, locking on sight on the durians which were on the ground. I prayed in my heart, "God, pls guide the fella to pick a good durian with nice flesh and no worms. And pls, before i forget, pls dun let them "cut" me..." Then i saw: D2, D24, no-D, and many more la.

Ayo. Buy durian also so many to choose from. @_@

I went up pointed to the pile with the sign that read: 2 biji RM10 asked the man to pick two nice nice wan ah.. *flashes a big, wide smile* That what i got the weeks ago. And it was a good buy.

But suddenly, he suggested, "Take this one la. Leng wan! RM 10 only! Very nice one..!"

I smiled. But at the back of my head, i thought, "Sei for lo, SURE kena "cut" wan this fella...!" @_@ LOL

But looking at the size of the durian that he was holding up, almost to my face, i figured, okay lah. Since its just three if us at home to eat anyway. (saja oni, self assuring myself. XD)

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After dinner, we had durian. Mixed feelings. Enough to eat or not? Fresh or not? GOT WORM OR NOT??!! @_@

When i opened it, jeng jeng jeng!

MAGGOTS!!

I instantly went @$%^&*&(*)(*&^%$#%^&*(&)*&!!! *jumped away in disgust action* LOL

Straight away wanted to boikot the stall ady! XD

But as it turned out, only those two were affected. The rest were fine. In fact, the rest were GOOOD! LOL

Sweet and bitter-ish. Just like Father Tan likes it. =)

Praise be to God.

Halfway through, Daddy rationalized that durians with worms shows that the fruit is "kinda" free of pestisides. So in a way, it was a good thing. And the maggots were still in egg-form. Luckily. Cause if not, id be barfing away oredy... XD XD XD

Just curious: How did they even end up INSIDE? There were no holes to indicate that the fruit was compromised by worms. =P

Still, to be safe, before every bite i took, I LOOKED. =P

All clear. Eat away. =)

And then i tell you, it was SO good, Daddy just ate and ate and ate, and didnt really care about the maggots. Hence the final outcome was as below:

He had NINE (9), i only managed SEVEN (7). *ahem* the tiny one on the right ALSO counted kay! XD

When i lamented that he ate too fast, therefore i couldnt catch up to make up the numbers, he suggest that there were two cloves of durian left.

Yes, the maggot infested ones. Pulak.

@_@

LOL

So yea, despite all the panik city about getting "cut", and maggots and all, durians STILL is a family affair! XD

Yesterday.

Yester-year.

*Disclaimer: this is based on personal observation, on which i base my personal opinion. I do not take responsibility for any ill effect cause by application of this information and should people buy less from durian stalls with the mentioned characteristics. I am not responsible if the durian stalls near my house don't profit from people who have read this post. Thank you.

ps. sorry low quality images, pics taken via camphone. =S

Saying Goodbye...

I just got off the phone with a few friends earlier, each on a different call.

We spoke on some current issues, some common interests, and some money talk.

But when it was time to hang up, i discovered that my friends have a very funny way of saying goodbye! Not that it was hillarious or anything, just funny.


*Pics from Corbis

Funny as in odd. More or less, with the lack for a better word, pecculiar. XD

I mean, what you do you understand when someone says, "Goodbye", "Bye", or "Ok, see ya!" ?

That indicates the conversation has come to an end point and it is time to hang up the phone right?

Apparently, not to a handful of the people i know (and most people out there, i'd reckon).

I, on the other hand, being one of them people who appreciates other peoples' time, i would just hang up after i've said bye! Fast fast liddat sumore. Sometime, its just, "By.. *click*" haha XD XD XD

My friends, i think they have a DHU Syndrome which stands for Delayed Hang Up Syndrome. OMG. After i say "BYE!!" in the most enthusiastic manner possible, they would STILL go:

#1. Ok lah. Ill see you. We'll talk later lah. Ok? Bye.

#2. (after ive said BYE) Em, sorry ha, im going in toilet, cant talk now. call you later k?

#3. Em, ok. Thanks! Ok la. See you. Bye.

I don't get it... what's with all the extra verbage?!! LOL

Just "BYE!" *click*

Kan senang gitu? XD XD XD

If you follow me, you'll realize this also happens on MSN. And the conversation can end only after 4-5 lines of more verbage... like..

maRCus says: like -- Ok, gtg. bye :] )
DHUS person says: oh. ok la
DHUS person says: bye bye
DHUS person says: take care man
DHUS person says: nitez...

Then comes the many many different kinds of silly/farnee/crazy emoticons!! @_@ haha

DHUS person says: and the like... LOL

Okay okay, i admit, i USED to have DHU Syndrome. But im getting more ruthless un-delayed now. Cut down to at most, K. gtg. cya [Alt-F4] LOL

But then again, so funny la these people. They make my life more colourful! *yay* Becasue of this, i got something to blog about. heee...

Its not wrong.. its just a personality profile of people thru mediated communication. =)

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Ok la. gtg now. cya.



[Alt - F4]

ps. the examples in this post are randomly fictional, not related to anyone or anything in real life. and similarities or occurances and purely coincidental and unintentional. =)

Happy Birthday Father Tan!

Hey peeps! We just celebrated my Daddy's birthday!! He is as old aged as Malaysia is... He's a Merdeka baby! XD

It was nothing fancy mancy, just dinner at home with some good family laughter!

I went out to get the cake -- it was a Blackforest cake with fresh cream from Four Leaves bakery in Sogo, LG Floor. My late Mummy always buys this same cake from the very same bakery when i was growing up -- my birthday, Mother's or Father's Day, anniversaries, and the like. So i definitely want to continue the family tradition. =D

Mich was supposed to make some suppose to make some sorta Manggo Pie, but tak sempat. Guess that will have to wait. =P

Initially, Mich and i came up with a 'Surprise Daddy Mission' for his birthday. So we hid the cake and went about dinner as if nothing special was going to happen. So Daddy got back, and we had dinner. I think he was also wondering what were his two kids up to... XD

After dinner, we automatically went on and did our own things; Daddy read papers, i went to my pc, and Mich played the piano. Until. Daddy went to brush his teeth to get ready for bed.

We (but mostly me) so hurry the barry jumped into the kitchen, taking out the cake from the freezer, fixing and lighting the candle and getting ready to sing out loud 'Happy Birthday' -- all while holding back our urge to LOL!! I seriously can't recall what was so farnee, but all i remember was we giggled and tahan, giggled and tahan, then giggle became a laugh, and eventually beh tahan oredy, so ngam Daddy come out to the hall, we jumped out of the kitchen, bursting in laughter!! OMG... XD

(it was supposed to be jumping out and singing 'Happy Birthday'... haha!)

That instant, when we saw Daddy's jaw-clink-clang-waa-what-is-all-this look, we LAGI burst out in laughter!! My sister biasa la, laugh until her whole body can bounce up and down wan.. XD And i nearly dropped the candle lit cake!! LOL

Of late, my sister have developed an urging need to take alot alot alot of photos, which would loosely translate to cam-ho-ing, in blogging terms. She just loves to take photo, take photo, take photo -- with my not-so-able Nokia 6120, and then will say, "Aiyo! Not nice wan.. AGAIN!" XD

I shall illustrate:

Okay... okay... Customary birthday picture as below:

But i duno why Mich got a "2" and i got a "5"... LOL (*ahem* kindly pardon skinny legs. T_T)

Okay okay... may be a family pic wouldn't hurt:


And abit stealing the limelight:

Our birthday, wana take photo with cake; OTHER PPL'S BIRTHDAY, we also sibuk wana take pic with the cake! =D


But then, comes the pictures galore...







And it gets crazier:

Michele's idea.


Purely Michele's idea. (aaahhha, Daddy kena hempap! LOL)

And finally, the lil cake box:


All in a days work!

Mission Surprise Daddy: ACCOMPLISHED. XD

Happy Birthday Father Tan!

ps. Father Tan is our nickname that we give to Daddy... Kinda picked it up from an old neighbour, surnamed Lau, who calles his parents Lau Mami and Lau Dady. LOL

Back from PROMTAY 2009

I just got back from emceeing at PROMTAY 2009 - The Masquerade Party at Heritage Mansion, KL.

Event turned out to be a success, much to my surprise and delight!

Prayed alot lot before the event -- my first prom event and FIRST TIME IN A CLUB - and God saw to everything. Thank God...

More about this and pictures... later.

For now, im back home, away from loud music and tipsy young adults! =P

THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING.

Update (5.7.09) - I dreamt of my Mummy last night. She smiled at me, and i cried in my dream... Which actuatlly happened in real life too. I woke up with teary eyes. =S

Its official, im in love with Natatile !!

I don't know for sure ...

What cause the fuzzy wuzzy, lovey duvy feeling inside ...

But i feel it everytime i watch her ...

Watch watch watch ... XD



Could it be the song "No One" by Alicia Keys?

Or how she spoke with a cute, British accent, which i SO lurve!!

Or Simon's gleaming, ear-to-ear smile? @_@

Or how she ran backstage and gave everyone a big warm hug?

Or just being a little girl with a pretty big voice, like Pierre said?

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I mean, what's there not to love about lil Natalie, right?!! LOL

My fave part has gotta be when Simon said "Natalie, i think you are ... totallt andutterly, ADORABLE.. "

Young kids these days... so full of talent! Don't ya think so?

I *hearts* Natalie! =D



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ps. it's video clips like these that give you that "feel good feeling" to lift you up in whatever situation you are in. Just here to spread the cheer. =)

pps. also, i think the production team is very cleaver to brilliantly arrange the background music in such a way to build up and climax at the right instant when Natalie's expression is at her best to evoke the viewers' emotion to raise them up and creating that "feel good" factor! Kudos to them!! (it happend for Susan Boyle too!)

The start of the remaining half

It's the 1st of July 2009!

Officialy, its 6 months down and 6 months to go!

Time flies when you're having fun or doing nothing at all -- time just flies. T_T

And when with so much to do with so little time (iknow.. so cliche-ish kan...? LOL)

I feel ancient.

Gotta catch up.

Start with the lappy.

Then with the self.

wootz!

Michael Jackson dies at 50

This just in: The King of Pop is believed to have died from a fatal cardiac arrest in Los Angeles today (2.26pm LA time). He was pronounced dead upon arrival to the LA Hospital.

His death is very sudden and came as a shock to everyone, includeing his parents; Michael Jackson was scheduled to perform in his worldwide comeback tour from next week till March 2010.

Only God knows when you will go. I guess Wacko Jacko wasn't supposed to make a comeback after his famed drama from child related charges and you-know-the-rest-of-the-story.

=(

His songs will linger on, reminding us, of what an astounding performing artiste and singer that he once was...

Man In The Mirror, They Don't Even Care About Us, Black or White, You Are Not Alone, were just some of his songs which have enlightened me and thousands of others around the globe, not to mention his hit singles like Thriller and Billy Jean.

We will miss you Wacko Jacko!

Read what's on the NEWS

ps. its weird, the internet is okay when ever i have some intersting filler video to upload to the blog, or a shocking news like this to blog about. other times, when i actually have something nice to blog about, internet sux! HAIH. so weird lah...

Back after haitus

Heyya peeps! How ya been? Hope you missed me though. =D

Sorry been MIA for a while. I was rather busy. OR lazy.

Or perhaps abit of both. =)

No, actually, it doesn't really matter what the host of problems were for the past week; i'm back!
(and i hope i can stay back... LOL)

For starters after a long period of hibernation, here's something to impress as well as tickle your funny bone.

This is the World's COOLEST Flight Attendant!

You can bet you'll never see one on MAS Airlines or Air Asia! XD

I need to blog more!!! Gaaah!

Thank you very much.

Hey peeps! I just got back from my church's Annual Gospel and Healing Convention at HGH Convention Centre in Sentul. It was a four day event and i took charge mainly on waste disposal management while serving, being a runner, and a chef (actually, just cut vegetables only.. LOL) were among my other tasks.

Throughout the four days for prayers and services, we catered for some 1000+ believers. We had help from some believers to cook and serve food after the services at lunch, tea, and supper (9.30pm). Cooking for 1000+ people for four days is NO JOKE man, i tell you. Hats off to the sisters and believers who toiled diligently to put food on the table for the congregation.

On the other end of it, there was me, and a bunch of dedicated youths managing waste disposal. Like previous years, we served food on styrofoam plates and cups with plastic cutleries. We began separating the garbage since 2 years ago. I suddenly had an urge to save the planet. The idea of a church event that effects the environment? Just kenot lah. XD

Read about it here.

L-R: (Shy) Chee Heng, Navin, Joel (i htink) LOLx

Its difficult to inculcate something into people, especially if it something GOOD. That's why poeple go to school. And thats also why even some people who go to school, come out as screw ups. Anyway, back to the point, although there were signs with images of plates and cups, forks and spoons, and rubbish, people didnt seem to get it that they have to separate their food waste. We even set up a chain to direct traffic along the two bins so that people could #1. throw their food waste, #2. separate their cutleries, and finally #3. put the styrofoam into the respective bins.

No.

They walked up to the bin, looking like they actually know what they have to do, and the next thing we see is a plate full of food waste and cutleries dropped into the either of the bins. *CLANG!*

By this time, most of us will just say, "Oh, its okay auntie, nevermind. *smiles*" and dive alomst half our bodies into the bin to retrieve and separate waste from the plate while some others wasted no time cursing in their hearts. XD

We went on the four days doing just that: separating the garbage and managing our waste effectively.

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Why we do what we do?

We get that alot when we separate the garbage. Some will ask further, but most will just look at us with a smile and say nice things to us for the work we are doing. Truly, all glory be to God -- for without His grace to be humble, no one would be doing this s**t.

If you have read my previous post, you will understand why we are highly encouraged to separate our garbage.

Yes, to recycle.

Now, its not like the usual recycle you always hear: paper, tin, plastic, or aluminium. This is styrofoam. And very very few palces in Malaysia accept styrofoam for recycling. Yet, the irony is, Malaysia uses a helluva lot of styrofoams where tonnes and tonnes of them are ending up in our land fields, waiting like for eternity to biodegrade. And thats a LONG time.

So, what we are doing is really part recycling (the plastic cutleries) and part effective waste management. An event of this scale and cooking for 1000 odd people for four days will create ALOT of garbage. The least we can do is to seperate the garbage on site, and when it gets to the land fields, it will be properly disposed of.

But in essence and matter of practicality, we separate the plastic cutleries to prevent the garbage bags laden with food waste at the end of the day, to be accidentally punctured when we tie up and move the garbage bag. It has happened before and it was havoc i tell you! And separating the styrofoams are for a more proper disposal.

At the very least, we wont be contributing to mini torned sized styrofoam pieces "bersepah" all over the landfield. The general idea is, its better to pick you a whole styrofoam plate than the millions other sums of its parts in the landfield. Pay a worker $$$ ka-ching! also they will think twice. =S

It's time we take the environment and our actions more seriously.

If we dont, the calls to protect and preserve the environment from movies like 11th Hour, Inconvenient Truth and global events like Earth Hour (however overrated it was) may have fallen on super deaf pekak ears. Even if you don't care about your lives today, at least think of the future generations. Its always the smarter choice. =D

FYI, Alam Flora have been notified about it and they are well aware that we have separated the garbage. Get in touch with them for your waste disposal needs, click here.

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Before i continue rambling and eventually bored you to stop breathing, i wana say it was a privilage getting to serve along side the youths who came by to help me out throughout the convention. God has truly raised them up to labor for love. And i thank God for giving each and everyone of them the grace to be humble and the willingness to help out, although it may not have been their task.

I wouldn't dare imagine what i would do without them. =D

You know, it is not easy to bring yourself down and manage waste and digging through the garbage bin and through the leftover food itself. It is really a humbling experience, and for those of them who have experienced it WITHOUT murmuring and complain, they are truly blessed and will be rewarded "up there" when the time comes.

I would also like to mention something that i have observed. When people come to dispose their waste, we tell them what to do. And when they do it, regardless correctly or not, we make it a point to say, "Thank you very much."

Most poeple will smile back with a sheepish reply, but others have a feeling like they have done something good. Take for example the anology of kindy children. teachers instructs to do something. Child does it. Teacher offers compliments as a form of encouragement. And the child is affirmed that he/she is doing something right, and therefore must do it again. Well, something to that effect happend here too. =)

A senior believer separating his leftovers. Yay!

After a few times, most actually separated their waste. And seeing that, was like the bestest thing ever!! We felt a small sense of achievement. Nevertheless, it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, thus we will continue to create awareness and inculcate the habit of proper waste management until it sinks in, eventually. =D

We may not be able to change the whole world, but we should always do what we can to change our very own 'world', the environment that we are most found in, for the better.

Most volunteered to help out with the garbage, and i was surprised myself. Mostly girls, and boys too, who wore nice punjabi suits and clothes offered to help me separate the garbage. They have truly been a blessing, i can't emphasize that anymore with words than i already have! =)

To all of you youths; friends: Philip, Liviana, Hilda, Jennifer, Sanjeeta, Navin, Chee Heng, Krishanti, Michele (my monkey sister), Joyce, Joel, Joash, Annie, Rebecca, and the many othersn parents and believers,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ps. sorry not much nice pics, was busy separating the garbage, remember? =D