Archive for September, 2005

30
Sep

::: damn the IT department :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: Complaints and work

Ok, this is getting ridiculous! The IT department came to “fix” the damn network the other day and finally setup my laptop, and guess what? Now I cannot make post to the blog due to limitation by the damn fucking firewall! Instead of fixing things, they actually managed to fuck things up! So much so for spending so much in the damn IT department.

That’s the general problems in Malaysia. Those so-called IT personnel are not so IT-ed. They claimed to manage the network but instead, they fuck things up and install more things hoping to solve the problems. Everything is done by software and they have no idea how to do the real network-settings to make things work conjunctionally. Imagine giving them some Linux boxes and ask them to set-up a network, and I can imagine they toast everything and then claim that Linux is no good for networking.

Oh well, now I have to rely on Starbucks solely to get my blog published. Damn Telekom, damn company network, and damn stupid IT personnel.

30
Sep

::: yet another world record :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: Complaints and traffic

This blog was due on September 24, 2005

Judging from the “Malaysia Boleh” (translation: Malaysia Can!) spirit, I believe Malaysia is on the way to break yet another world record; The Country with the Most Speed Bump. Yes, you heard it right, a country with the most speed bump, and the wonderful thing is that it comes with different size and color!

If you drive to the Curve shopping mall, one can’t help but notice that the surrounding road has more than 30 speed bumps of various size and shape. If you add up the speed bumps you can find around Bangsar, Mon’t Kiara, KL, and etc, I just can’t imagine why Malaysia hasn’t set the world record already.

A lot of my friends from oversea are amazed (annoyed) by the amount of speed bumps we have in Malaysia and they even declared that if they are being kidnapped, they sure can tell if they are in Malaysia even if they are blind folded. If that happens, I can visualize the headline as “Aussie Saved By Speed Bump” or “The Mighty Hero: Speed Bump”, or use your imagination for more creative headline.

Well, does it really warrant us to speed so much until they must install/build those speed bumps every 5 meters? The whole road itself is like a rollercoaster so how can we drive ultra fast? I mean, speed bumps are suppose to slow us down in order to create a safe driving environment, but we have so much speed bumps until we can’t even upshift to 3rd gear anymore! Furthermore, it seems like speed bumps are actually creating more accident than make the driving environment safe.

Another milestone of the record breaking is the various size and shape of those speed bumjps. It looks like we have problem with a STANDARD because it seems like they are just installing/build whatever they like, and some of those speed bump is so damn high that they can scratch the bottom of a 4×4.

Maybe one of the vision for Malaysia by year 2020 is to build speed bump on the highway and the aeroplane landing strip at the KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport). Then we will be the country with the most (ridiculous) speed bump in the whole universe!

22
Sep

::: updates! not really… :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: Complaints, life and work

Well, its my wish to update this blog as often as I can. Unfortunately, office life is busy and I didn’t even have much time to reply any emails. Furthermore, I don’t have internet access at home because *mimic Telekom operator* “There’s no line at your housing area yet. Please register your HOME phone number with us and when the line is available, we will give you a call.”

This is just fucking great. I am trying to get a home phone line and they ask for my home phone number so they can call me when my home phone line around my housing area is available. Genius! Simply genius!

If I have a fucking home phone number, why would I ask when will the phone line be available for registration? Those fuckheads really need a hard knock on their heads to think.

It’s just like those old relatives that asked me “Oh! So you came back?” when I first came back from the States. Hmmm. Isn’t that a bit too obvious? If I didn’t come back, I wouldn’t be standing in front of them and talk to them, would I?

Or some people who see their friends at a restaurant/mamak, and ask, “Eating ah?” when the friend is just about to put his fork-full of mee goreng (translation: fried noodle) into their mouth. The friend will just answer, “No lah, I was just giving the mee goreng a blowjob.”

Anyway, that’s the reason why I haven’t been able to update this site as often as I’d wish. I was busy being a ghost to talk to people when I am still physically in the States, and I have been busy giving mee goreng blowjob. So I will try to update as often as possible. *Look at Starbucks to make sure their hotspot access is available*

22
Sep

::: traffic accident :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: traffic

Alright! Finally my office network is being fixed and I can get online again! It’s about time someone do something about this screw up network!

This morning I finally woke up earlier to avoid the traffic jam in the PJ and Federal Highway area. Guess what? I was still stuck in the fucking jam! I mean, this is just ridiculous! Some of my friends from oversea are amazed by our traffic condition, and sometimes they were amused at how we got the jam.

When there’s an accident. Jam.

When it rains. Jam.

When there’s a beautiful girl driving. Jam (guys all look at her and BANG!)

When motorbike driver fart. Jam.

When a mosquito flies by. Jam.

Oh come on! Can’t those fucking drivers just practice more sense? Do you ever experience that when you were driving, suddenly there was this huge jam right before you climb the uphill. But when you are on top and you have a look, the coast up front is so fucking clear that you can go 180kph and it’s still safe! Same thing goes to some turns. I mean, come on! This is not the F1 type of turn, just a long rounded turn, so you don’t have step on the fucking break as if it was a fucking emergency!

Well, this morning a Civic lady driver cut into my lane and almost collide with my front bumper, so I honked at her non-stop since it was just stupid of her to drive like a madman (I wonder if it was Rambling of a Madman? Hahaha). She looked at me and gave me the international recognized finger sign. I mean, I was just ½ second late for showing her the finger! Damn it! She got the advantage and I was so upset.

I overtook her when I got a chance, rolled down the window, and found a 3 months old Coke can underneath my seat. I think it was half empty because I dropped it few months ago and I forgot about it. Anyway, after I found the can, I just threw the can into her windscreen. Next time I know, her tyres locked, screeching sound can be heard miles away, and her windscreen cracked! The bus behind her just ramped into her backend, and all the cars behind just rampaged into her car….

Anyway, it was just my wishful thinking. I overtook her later and gave her the international sign. That’s all…

19
Sep

::: phantom friends :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: about me


On Saturday I went to 1 Utama for lunch and some banking stuff. After that, I went to Wong Kok Restaurant for lunch and Starbucks for coffee. *yummy*

Basically there’s nothing to do besides doing the banking stuff. So I was spending the Saturday afternoon procrastinating and just surfed the net. Then I realized something… I have been out of touch for far too long. After all these months, I have lost touch to my friends, and sitting at Starbucks alone, I noticed how much I missed some close friends of mine. We certainly fell apart ever since they found a girlfriend or when I was busy with my stuff.

Some people might say that it is inevitable that people fall apart, but the problem is that a lot of us do not take the effort to ensure that the friendship will not fall apart easily. When a friend finds a girlfriend (or boyfriend), they tend to stick to the girlfriend (or boyfriend) and forgot about the friends because in his world, the girlfriend is the most important person in the whole world.

And then, when the relationship went wrong, only then the so-called friend will call us up for conversation, outing, dinner, and such. That’s always the case. Sad, but it’s the truth.

I still remember how often Ting and I go out, but after he found his girlfriend, it has been months since he called me. I made a lot of effort in calling him and stuff, but it’s just different. Last time he’ll call me out for clubbing or dinner, but now? Whenever I call him for outing, he’ll tell me that he needs to company the girlfriend. Well, obviously Ting is not the only person, just one of the thousands whom give this kind of treatment to their friends.

Unfortunately, sometimes after falling apart, it’s difficult to patch up the relationship again. If one day when they are coming back to you after feeling bored with the girlfriends (or boyfriends), or broke up with them, and you have a girlfriend (or boyfriend), will you be free to entertain them all the time? So they deserve to be lonely *evil smile*

How about me, I heard you ask? I am not that kind of person, but I tend to company my girlfriend more because of some good reasons. First of all, she just came from Singapore so she’s not familiar with KL/Malaysia, and she doesn’t have a car yet. Furthermore, she also doesn’t have many friends at the moment so I spend more time with her. But I do ask my friends out and inviting my girlfriend to join us, so she knows my friends. But most importantly, I have been really busy doing my own things so whenever I am done at the end of the day, I was really exhausted and all I wanted to do was to rest. Am I saying that I didn’t make effort to contact my friends? Certainly not. I made the effort but sometimes when they are busy with their love lives, I just forgo any plan and just go home to rest.

Oh! Just in case if you wonder if I contracted LSD (Lazy Syndrome Disease), please rests assure that I am not and I am perfectly healthy! *grinz*

Luckily, the “being alone at Starbucks” didn’t last long because I found out a friend of mine, J, was in 1 Utama as well and she was attending the Grand Lucky Draw thing. So we went for tea while waiting for the lucky draw to start. We had a great time talking, catching up, and then when the time came, her sister, S, and a friend, E, and I went to give her moral support.

She didn’t win, but we had great time and we went for dinner at Sri Damansara. We just spent the whole evening talking about nonsense, joking about nothing in particular, and most importantly, we were just enjoying the company.

PS: Dear friends, if I haven’t been in touch with ya’ll, please rest assures that I didn’t mean to do it but I had been busy with a lot of things, and I hope you would understand and heard about the things that I had been doing. I will be contacting you guys real soon :P

16
Sep

::: are you bored? :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: about me and life

Last night a few of the young chemist invited me out for dinner as a farewell party since today will be my last day of training in Kluang. Well, the participation wasn’t that well mainly because the people here are not used to this kind of farewell party. They prefer to take lunch since its between office hour. After work? Dinner? Sorry, that’s their personal time and they won’t entertain colleagues. Maybe it’s the small town mentality?

Lately I stumble upon Blinkymummy’s weblog, and she is really good in writing. She may appear philosophical and such, and her pictures are showing a happy face, but I have a feeling that she is using all that as a cover-up for her troubled and depressed state. Maybe I am wrong, but I don’t think I am way off in guessing. Check it out, it’s a pretty interesting read. (Oi Jason, she’s in Singapore, and she’s very sweet looking plus she looks really tall. So, go Zouk and look for her! I think she’s always there!)

After looking at numerous websites like dee’s The Ramblings of the Madman, Rockson’s Talk Rock, and etc, I find my blog is boring to read. I think the visitors are basically feel ontop of their keyboard when they start reading. Sorry guys, I wish I am a better writer, but you guys should know I am better in other thing than writing. Furthermore, Kluang is a small place so there’s nothing for me to write. If there’s something call Writer’s Block, I think I am being blocked all the time. Haha!

15
Sep

::: i think it’s important … :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: about me and life

Well, I won’t get my iPod Nano this week *cries*, and won’t know when I will get it due to some minor hiccup. Oh well, I can wait, no big deal. If you were ask me if I am a bit disappointed, I will tell you, “Hell yeah!” But sometimes things cannot be forced, so there is nothing I can do about it.

Today the HR director and I went out for lunch and we shared a lot of stories together, and it was fun. He’s a senior and he is willing to teach me a lot of things, to share his info and wisdom, so it was a great experience. From there, I actually learn a few things, so thanks! Mr. F!

When I was talking to people, a lot of my friends or colleagues stress about communication. Unfortunately, how many people can really communicate really well? No matter what we do, be it in relationship, marriage, work, friends, colleagues, teaching, learning, and etc, communication plays a vital role. I remember in one of the episode in Desperate Housewives, this so-called perfect couple, Bree and Rex, were looking at divorce because there is a communication break-down. Bree is always seeking for cover when confronted with real problems, and she always put up the perfect smile and face and pretend that nothing happened. So is this healthy? Not, I have to disagree that this is not the way to work things out. Oh, the reason why I remember that episode is because I remember Bree blurted out that Rex cries whenever he ejaculates, and Rex just stormed out the house. That scene is one of the classics, I would say.

I just received a forwarded junk mail from William (again), and there’s a paragraph which I find meaningful so I would like to share with ya’ll.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
今天無意在電視上聽到陶子說的一段話，
她說無論我們在外如何的廣結善緣認識了許多不同的朋友
接觸了許多有趣的事，
到最後回到自己的房間裡回到自己的窩又發現，
其實我們最後也只有自己而已 就像我們當初來到這個世界上一樣
只有自己而已
原來，人是孤單的

Translation:
Today I overheard a comment made by Tao Tze
She said no matter how well network we are outside
No matter how many people we know
No matter how much we have gone through funny or great stories
At the end when we go back to our room, we will discover that
All we have is ourselves
Just like when we first come to this world
Just ourselves only
Human being is a lonely species
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Today someone was trying to call me Tai Kor (means Big Brother, or commonly known as head of gang), and I have to quickly stop her. I remember the blog I read on Rockson so I don’t think I want to end-up being “another guy boyfriend” So please don’t call me Tai Kor ok?
PS: Rockson blog is really funny, hillarious, and he has a point in many things. But the profanity is heavyweight so please be prepared :P

14
Sep

::: puppy love :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: life

Today my MD asked me out for lunch. She sounded so serious on the phone so I was thinking something bad will come up. Surprisingly, it wasn’t the case and we spent almost 2 hours on lunch and she was telling me a lot of things about the company, and we spent 95% of the time talking about personal things. So at the end, I know a lot about her secrets *grinz*

I finally managed to tag the phone into the laptop to download some pictures. I have promised to upload some of my boyboy’s pic so here you are! Enjoy!




His name is Fluffy, and he’s an 11 month-old Shih Tzu. He’s the precious of our life and he is a very sweet, smart, and good tempered boy. I toilet trained him in less than 3 days when he was only 3 months old. Can you imagine that? A Shih Tzu, house broken in 3 days! That’s very rare because normally Shih Tzu is very difficult to train. We pamper him like mad and now he’s like a sweet little furkid, always seeking our attention and wants us to pamper him, give him tummy rub, and scratches his ears.

Sometimes when I see Fluffy, I think of my other furkid, a Golden Retriever mixed female named Bubu (don’t ask me where I got that name). She was a little precious that I got when I was in the states, and I love her devotedly. Unfortunately, due to some circumstances, I was forced to give her away to SPCA. By the time I was coming back, I wanted to bring her back to Malaysia but unfortunately, someone apparently fell in love with her and adopted her. A lot of time, I wonder how she’s doing now, and if she has a good family that love her unconditionally, if she’s happy, if she has a big garden to run around, chasing after the squirrel, and etc. I miss her so much and it saddens me to give her away.

One day, when I am more capable, I will spend a fortune trying to find her. I am not sure if she will remember me, and I just want to make sure she’s happy. If she has a happy family, I will just look at her from far away, and if she’s unhappy, I will do all I can to bring her back.

I miss you, Bubu…

14
Sep

::: Mindless Rants & Raves :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: General, common sense and life

:: Listening “Otherside” by Red Hot Chilli Peppers ::

Well, this week will be my last week at Kluang, and somehow, I feel at lost. I believe it’s because after spending 2 months in Kluang, I am used to the quiet and peaceful life offered by such a small town. Can you imagine that there’s not even a traffic jam in this area! Of course, I missed the life in KL, like the things we are so used to doing; Starbucks, movies, shopping malls, clubbing, and my friends of course. This is just temporarily because I have been here for so long so I am just used to the life here. No matter what, I am still a city boy (From a distance, I can hear Sharil puked and he exclaimed, “Boy? My ass!”)

There is nothing much in Kluang, so I am watching The Desperate Housewives, again. The system admin won’t let me have Administrative access to this company laptop so I can’t install Diablo 2 to waste my time in Kluang! Dammit! I guess I will just spend my time killing Baal this weekend since I will be all alone, and of course spend a lot of time playing with my iPod Nano! But Diablo 2 is just so yesterday, so I guess its time for me to search for something new. Suggestions, anyone?

Come to think of it, it has been ages since I went clubbing, like Ice Age ago! It has been more than a year and last time I went was actually when Alicia and co. came to Malaysia. So I took them to Rush. Man, I couldn’t believe that it has been so long. The fact is, I am so tired of clubbing that I find that a quiet and peaceful dinner is more appealing than noisy jam-pack ambience. I guess that’s the result of spending much of my younger time clubbing, and I am not young anymore. I will hit the huge 30 next January *hints* *hints* so I guess now I am becoming a naggy-grumpy old man?

Yesterday marked the end of 2 days meeting. During the meeting, I was so tired due to the fact that I started my drive from KL at 4:30am, and when they were discussing about the dry stuff, I couldn’t open my eyes even if I prop them with toothpick. So I took a very short nap (at least I hope it was a short nap). Unfortunately, to my dismay, I found out that actually a lot of people saw my sweet and angelic nappy-look during the meeting! Oh gosh! That’s one big blunder because all the Senior Managers and the M.D. were in the meeting as well! Now I have to wonder if I snore during the napping session!

Something happened yesterday that prompted me to wonder why some people can be so successful in life while others just struggle to keep the end meets. Last Thursday a friend of mine, W, called me and asked me for some properties list. My list ran out so I called up a friend of mine, K, to provide me his list. Well, one would assume that K provided me the list, and I gave it to W, and case close. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I called K few times and I didn’t get the list until yesterday evening, and W has been waiting patiently for the list. I mean, come on! W is a buyer, and as a seller, K should be more interested to provide us the list so W can choose the properties that he wanted. The list is very short so it could’ve been done within 2 minutes. This is K’s own business and yet it seems like he didn’t really care.

13
Sep

::: meeting :::

By Adrian 0 Comments
Categories: Complaints and work

This post was due on September 12, 2005

Okay, so today I went through a long, and dry meeting that lasted from 9am till 7pm! It felt like a really long day and I felt so suffocated. After the meeting, everyone changed. I mean, those senior managers, managers and etc, took off their stiff mask and joked with all of us, and we had a blast during dinner. Well, this is a side that I had never seen before. Unfortunately, there’s another meeting tomorrow. I wish there’s someone out there who can save me from all these dry talk.

During the weekend, I wasn’t really doing anything, just spending some time with my gf and also my cutie monster. The wonderful weekend is spoiled by the contractor because at first, they promised that it will take 2 days to fix up the toilet. Unfortunately, when they started work on Friday morning, they took longer than usual to get things done. And finally, they came back on Sunday to install the toilet bowl, and informed us that we cannot use the bathroom until today! Well, screw all that and I just install a shower curtain, and duct tape the sides so the water won’t leak to the toilet bowl area!

Because right now we are renting, the landlord was bullying my gf as well. She was the coordinator with the contractors since I am outstation, and when she was calling the landlord, he basically interfere her and don’t really allow her to talk. When I went back, I asked the landlord to go to our apartment, and when I was talking to him, he just changed. He listened to what I got to say and he agreed to compensate us on the hotel fee. Well, of course he won’t compensate 100%, but he’s taking more than half of the hotel fee.

We have been looking at buying our own house, but right now we are still pondering which area to buy because we want some place that is as peaceful as possible. We are still on the lookout, and hopefully can find some place. Our top priority now is actually Damansara and Kota Kemuning.

Anyway, I have already ordered an iPod Nano! The unit should arrive this week but I still have no idea when will it arrive. Hopefully it will arrive soon because I just can’t wait to get my hands on it!

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