"Hectic days!"

After coming back from Melaka, was bombarded with work and more work. Thankfully, the weekend is here, but tomorrow I will be attending a colleague's wedding at Pantai Remis! Really hectic days~~

And I'm sure the Gang are anticipating the next big gathering on 18 Dec: it's Suwei's wedding!! Already bought the bus tickets back to Melaka... gosh, so excited!! I've known her since the Parkson working days way back in 1998/99, so she's like a sister to me. Very happy to see that she's getting married (finally) ^_^ I'll be bringing my whole camera equipment back; hope to get some memorable shots for the event :)

Talking about pictures... the photos from the Beijing 2010 trip are currently being posted in Facebook first, before posting them in this blog; no, it doesn't mean the blog has become less important. There are lots of 'side stories' and commentaries I wish to add to the pics, and that can only be done effectively in the blog! ;)

Also, I'm gearing up for the purchase of the desktop after the old one broke down nearly 2 years ago! Budget around RM3K for it, hopefully can do as 0% installment for a year :D

The year is drawing to a close and 2011 is coming. How did the year go by? I have lots to say, so lets leave the analysis for the next post...

"Happy Birthday~~"

... and it had to fall on a Monday!

For lunch, I dragged my colleagues to Kim Gary, since I had a 50% discount voucher for my birthday :D I wanted to pay, but they said, "Hey, where got birthday boy pay one??" Oh well~~!

I didn't feel like going home that day, so I dropped by QB after work. Looking for toys, chatting with Toys R' Us workers (!), then decided, might as well have dinner here. Decided to go to Dragon-i, enjoy their sofa and there was free Wi-fi too, so I can surf while eating. That makes it feel less lonely.



No kidding, PAX: 1

When I reached home, it was rather late already. Had a shower, then go to sleep~~ tomorrow's another day!

"Going back home!"

Driving back tomorrow, settle more wedding stuff before the big day. Back to Penang on Tues~~ signing off ;)

"Selamat Hari Raya"

Gf will be coming up tomorrow to see the arrangement of the photo album. Then either Monday or Tuesday will be going back to Melaka. This time going back to settle more wedding stuff. Lemahhhh~~~ :-S Will be back in Penang on Monday 28/9. Back to work on 29/9. I can forsee the ultimate BLUE feeling then :D

On another note, a close fren will be leaving Modo soon :( Lemah dy. Lost another buddy. Although this year still has 3 months to go, I already label it as a terrible. Work sucks. The only nice thing is that the project has many frens from my old team, which sort of makes things a bit better. But the project is close to finishing and they will go back to their teams.. omg.. canot imagine. Will feel really empty. That's another problem. Within the last year, so many buddies have left and I find myself struggling to find people who *click* with me.

Yesterday the boss came over and ask, "What would you guys like to do next year?" At that moment, all I thought was... err, do I still wanna stay here?? :P I think next year would be a good time to freshen things up. This year is kinda stuck; once the wedding thing is out of the way, probably can look forward to change things about. Sometimes you get caught in the web of complacency. Comfort zone mar. Just do the work and get the pay then buy more toys. But once things get to this stage, I believe you have to shake yourself out of the slumber and get a new perspective.

Ok guys, enough complaining from me. Wishing everyone Selamat Hari Raya. Have a safe trip if you are travelling and enjoy the holidays!!

"Chit-chat"

What a long and stressful week. This morning it was raining non stop, causing massive jams everywhere. The coastal highway was flooded, making it worse. I left home at 9AM, reached office at 9.50AM, and still the Modo carpark was rather empty. A lot of people were late for work. What a day, huh..

Work has been stressful lately, and I've only been getting a couple of hours sleep everyday. Like yesterday, I slept at 12.30AM, woke up at 5.30AM. Gosh, I feel really 'steam'.... Well, this usually happens when there's something bothering me. Especially like right now, I'm always thinking how to solve the problem (at work). I enjoy this feeling sometimes. It keeps me alert and focused.

"How's the wedding preparation?" is a question I get pretty often these days. Well, nothing much has changed since the registration day :P Gf is stressed out at the Institut Perguruan, overloaded with assignments. I guess one of the upcoming holidays we'll probably get back to Melaka to take the bridal pics. Whatever... :P

Yeah, I haven't gone back to Melaka since Feb. The only part that sucks with staying alone, is eating alone. Other than that, I'm pretty ok. The house is quiet, that's for sure, since my bro also no longer stays here. But I get the whole place to myself ;) So what to do everyday? Practice meditation! See what's going on inside your head. You'll be surprised to see how much chatter actually goes up there.

Gf's sister ask whether I would like to go for a 10-day meditation retreat in Pahang. I'm still considering. I heard about this place some time ago, but kind of hesitate to go. 10 days is a long time and the schedule is very punishing: wake up at 4AM, meditate (with breaks, meals and lectures) till lights off at 9.30PM.

Ok, that's it for now. I have some backlog items which I have been waiting to get the time to post. Till next time!

"Chit chat"

The blog stories are moving rather slow as can be seen from the posting dates. Things got rather hectic after the holidays. Need the motivation to write, but there's so many things going on at once...

Gf got the offer for the KPLI (Kursus Perguruan Lepas Ijazah) and is now in studying in Seremban. On Monday sent her to Seremban from Melaka. Man, Seremban is one big mess with the one way streets. Maybe need some getting used to, but we got lost for quite while trying to find the institut perguruan! And the place sucked big time. Poor condition, hostel also crappy. Well, sort of expected la. For me at least. She was already having second thoughts about studying there after seeing the place! Another thing is the sloppyness of the workers there. The queue in the registration hall for girl candidates was so long and yet they only allocate 1 person there. I wasn't allowed into the hall anyways, so I slept in the car!

After lunch, I continued my journey back to Penang. Driving alone sucks. I almost got into an accident though. After the tunnel in Ipoh is the most dangerous stretch of the entire North South Highway: the winding downhill slope. And it was raining like mad. As I was overtaking a lorry, this stubborn Waja followed me very very closely. We call it 'cucuk' la. I was driving at the speed limit already (80km/h) and visibility was poor, some more I was overtaking this slow moving lorry. Come on la, no need to cucuk me. Ok la, you wanna speed, the risk it yours. As I move to the side, downhill, the Waja sped away... and right in front was a pool of water....

The Waja totally lost control of his car. He rammed the side railing (the gorge side) and then awkwardly rammed the middle divider. And the cars behind were fast approaching! I was in the slow lane but the cars behind, in wanting to avoid hitting him, swerved to my lane!! Omg, luckily I went more to the emergency lane so that they got more space! The Waja seemed stunned and moved to the side. I guess he was safe, but so often, there is such a thin line between safe and fatal accident. Hopefully he will really look into this incident and think about driving so recklessly again...

Back at Modo. Work sucks. It's been sucky for quite some time now, just that the holidays and vacation took my mind of it. Seems to have lost the motivation and passion for work. Maybe it's the blatant favouritism. Maybe it's the lack of recognition. Maybe it's the aimless project direction. I think it's the favouritism. When someone who's not doing real work and scamming around gets so lavishly praised as if he's the saviour of the world, then it's really demotivating. Well, such is the political game in this group. The team doesn't feel like a team. Time and effort is spent in tactical maneuver to protect your interest. Crap, what a whole load of crap. Sigh...

Buuut, we can't quit yet. The economy is gloomy. Recession hangs like a dark cloud over us. Also... this year, I'm finally getting MARRIED. Haha... about time eh? Well, I did say "Next year, next year" and now this is THAT year. No more delaying :-S Anyways, we already submitted the forms for registration and if all goes well, Feb 1st will be the registration ceremony. Cool, except that I haven't got the ring yet. Hah! Omg, so many things happening at once it makes me feel headache thinking about it. Anyway, it's not so much of a surprise thing. We've been together like 8 years already I think. See, I can't even remember. Thankfully she doesn't read this blog! :P Oh ya, and the actual ceremony will be in Melaka, either Nov/Dec. Lay Koon was telling me why not have one in Penang since many frens and colleagues are there. Good idea I think. We'll see...

Ok, that's all from me. Next up should be Day 1 of Langkawi trip. Stay tuned!