You can tell that it is coming to the end of the year, when you see them putting up Christmas decorations down at Orchard Road. I am not kidding, they are already in the process and I have already seen a couple of Santa-es and his reindeers making their annual guest appearance at certain traffic junctions.

Every year, I sort of meet up with different groups of friends for a Christmas get-together, though not on Christmas day itself. I'm afraid I'll not be able to meet anyone on Christmas day again this year. I just got word that I will need to work on the pre-dawn hours of Christmas albeit for a couple of hours. I will need to make my way back to work again in the evening time.
Perhaps, I will just have a couple of small gatherings with the people that matters.

I am happy.
I am happpy for a friend.
I am happy for a friend who is happy.

From what I have heard, the signs are promising and so I am happy.
You know something, it was a good thing that we did not go to the airport last night. By not going to the airport, we have confirmed certain things, and the things are good. Maybe you already know that, but to me, it is something a little new. For that, I am happy.

Seems like a happy day today.
What about you? How do you feel today?
Smile...

Photos... lots of them. I have no idea where they came from, but they are certainly mine.
My mum was cleaning up my closet and she came across a bunch of old photos from my Uni days. I laughed when I saw some of them. In one was a good friend of mine, lets call him Ed. He was sooo lean back then! I mean, he was really really slim, compared to what he looks like now. In fact, I had to do a double take before I recognized him in the photos. Then again, 'life has been pretty good' to us since back then.
Chocolate fondue anyone? ...


I have been coughing for the last week or more. I believed that I could have recovered long ago if not for my perpetual habit of snacking on chips and chocolate. Sigh...
Drink more water boys and girls and keep that Vit C + Zinc close by. You never know when you would need it.

Do you like murtabak?
I really like them. I tried one which was pretty good a month ago. It was at Shah Alam, the coffeeshop at the back of Boat Quay. You frequent pub crawlers along Boat Quay will know where it is.
Well now, it has good murtabak there. Bet you did not know that. Its quite a huge portion for one at an affordable price of $3.50. The special thing about it is that they actually fill the inside with a small quantity of curry. The curry is quite spicy, be warned. With the curry, the murtabak does not come across as 'too dry'.
Another recommendation is Shah Alam's Mee Goreng. It is jolly good too. Try the 2 and the portions are just nice for 2 person.

Another delicacy I discovered is the tissue prata. I will most definitely eat it at places that offer it. The one I had was thin and crispy and covered with sugar. Is that the way they are all made? Its good.... Let me say that again. Its good....


I think this makes me a really food freak, doesn't it?

Monday...
How is your Monday, the day after a long weekend. Well, at least for most of us we had a long weekend, but I do know of others who still had to work on Saturday...

Anyway, yes yes yes, I am a very kaypoh person. I will be the first to admit it.
What can i say, I am a sucker for gossiping. Next time, any of you out there want to know about news, well, come to me. Chances are I already know and I will be able to cue you in. Heh heh heh...


In the beginning, it was slow. After a while, you get used to the pace and then you speed up a little, but just a little because you don't want to cause pain. You know your limit.
Then you start to sweat but it feels good. You can feel the muscles as you pound away. The hardly worked muscles begin to itch a little, as the lactic acid builds up. Your breathing becomes easier as you ease into a rhythm. It feels good. From time to time, you speed up a little but just for a few minutes, then you ease off. You want to save the last bust for last. Then the finishing is in sight and you give it your all, a last sprint...
Aaaahhhh... it feels good when its all over, as you feel tingly all over. It was a good jog, long overdue.

Yep, I went for a jog, though short, but a good one. For those who know me, you will know that this is sort of a small achievement for me, since I have not jogged for months. I had time on saturday night, so I went for a short jog. It felt good and I hope that I can keep it up. Lets start with once a week and then we can move on from there. The muscles are aching just that slightly today but it feels really good.


I was able to catch up over the weekend with a few friends over the phone. It was good to be able to talk to them, one was an old friend since JC. I just realised that we were all waiting for each other to call. I thought that she was busy looking for a flat, she thought I was busy dating. But after we talked, we realised that we were just waiting... and assuming.

I'll not assume that you are not free from now. I'll just call to find out. I hope that you don't think I'm busy either, call me and find out. Come age, I have learnt what are the important things and who are the people that matters to me. So I'll make time when I don't have time. Thats a promise from me.
Lets not assume...

Another rainy morning, but yet, no excuse to stay put in bed.
Its such a pity really, to waste a morning such as this.


Just saw the movie 'Seabiscuit' over the weekend. Its a feel good movie which really inspires. A tab long, at well over 2 1/4 hours, but it does not feel draggy at all. The main theme of the movie was to 'get up when you fall'. Simple enough, but really hard to do.
We have all been through it, but we know that it ain't as simple as it seemed.
Watch this movie, to be inspired and moved.

Body Kong! Muhahahaha...
It had been sometime since anyone addressed me that and it was rather amusing when I heard it again. My body is far from kong nowadays. Had been this way for the last 3 years at least.
I'll be the first to admit that my I am not exactly in the prime of my life right now. I am lacking exercise, eating far too much, sleeping too little and basically just plain unheathly. How I look is secondary to how I feel and right now, I just feel plain lazy. Sigh...


I definitely feel alive at work these couple of weeks because it had been pretty much work piling up on top of work. There should be more to just work, of course, but hey, many of us are pretty much 'sold' to our company.
It really helps that I like what I am doing and who I am working with. I must be really lucky. Obviously, I must have done something right when I was young to deserve my good luck.

Its been a ridiculously hectic day for me. There don't seem to be an end to all the work that is coming in. Not that I am complaining, just that sometimes, when too many things are all happening at the same time, I feel pretty hard-pressed. But its all right. I have learnt to chill a little and just get a detached when things are too pushy. But 1 bad habit I have is to snack, which I must say, has contributed to my every growing girth.


1 of my colleagues came up to me and commented that my white hair count is on the raise again. I told her that it was because I'm not a bright person and thats why I needed to think a lot to overcome all my project requirement constraints. Quite true, don't you think so? If I were a really smart person, I would not need to squeeze my brain so much to re-solve these. She went away laughing.

Aaaahhh, the sounds of laughter do make my day.
I just realise how satisfying it can be to actually make a person laugh. It gives me a little tingle everytime I know that a person is laughing be it, at me or with me.

By all means, bitch about me not updating my blog more often. No no no, seriously, do it, because I deserve it.
Well, just don't ask me why because I myself am not able to give you the reason. 2 of those weeks were probably because I was not in town.
1 month since...

An email to a friend of mine, that was what I had been reminding myself since the weekend. Just a pretty good friend whom I met up with. The friend was able to give a very frank and self-opinionated take on certain matters. I appreciate that and realised that my views were different. Different and not necessarily right. Then again right and wrong are often subjective. Real life matters always comes in shades of grey, don't they?


My letter to a friend, only this letter will remind here, on this site, in words and never sent out. Subjected to the availability of the host server, this letter should be here long enough for a few to read...

Dear Friend,

It had been a very interesting 6 years. That is the amount of time we have known each other. If you want to be exact, probably it all started on 8 July 1996 (as provided by you). It had been one hell of a roller coaster journey with many lessons learnt. Along the way, we have had lots of laughs, numerous at the expense of each other. Then there was the testy period when we had to endure each other's idiosyncrasies, which admittedly was really trying. But I have gone on and learnt to appreciate you more and more as a friend of mine, a very close friend, of mine.

You would be a year older in a couple of days time. We are not what people will call 'old men', instead we are in the prime of our lives, but we have grown quite a bit, both physically, mentally and emotional. I am very happy to know that I have grown, with you.
By saying 'Thank You' again would be repeating myself for the countless time. So I guess I would dispense with that.
Looking forward, I can feel that things are looking brighter (no pun intended) and and better for you. Its good and I am very happy for you. I guess its high time.

I am blessed to have a friend such as you. Happy Birthday...

wings...