What an embarrassment. So I decided to join one of my colleagues (Chiu Miew) and her friend for a jog today. No problem, piece of cake right? Wrong! I am in bad shape and should have did a few rounds of warm-up after my half-a-year vacation from running.
I kid you not, she and her friend must have been training for a marathon! We jogged around the office (TPM), and a complete round took around 30 minutes. I was out of breath by 25 minutes and the final 5 minutes felt like an eternity. Chiu Miew and her mate was well ahead and they even wanted to do a second round. As for me, 1 round is killing enough, and I decided to retire after that. C'mon guys, give me a couple more weeks and I'll try to catch up =)
Obviously I was pwned badly today. Hahaha, but hey, thats what you get for downing too much of chocolates and booze!
There will be a Charity Bazaar/Carnival held at the place where I work, and I sure as hell will not miss it. Now I know what many people will be thinking the moment I mention 'Charity Bazaar'. What? Do I have to make another donation when I can barely make ends meet? No no no... its nothing like that. You're not forced to donate or anything. Just come and have some fun, and if you do have some cash to spare, why not do a good deed by giving back to society?
One more day till the event, and the organizers are salivating us with all the teaser trailers and emails. There will be games, good food, song dedications, lucky draws, auctions, etc. Who says charity can't be fun?
Take a look at the promotional poster made by Hin Fai (at least I think it was he who made it). Cool eh? Big ass gun with a cuddly teddy to torment. My kind of childhood fantasy.
And there will be many games as well. Some of the games have really wacky names, and I'm praying that it will be as bizarre as it sounds. Nobody likes boring games after all.
Of course, good food will be served. Hilton doesn't skimp on the good stuffs, and I'll be having high expectations on their offerings.
Did I mentioned that there will be an auction? Ok here's how it goes. Basically there will be a lineup of individuals, and what they would be willing to do for you should you win the bid. I think it's a really great idea and I'm sure it will be a lot of fun.
The poster below to me is hands down the most hilarious. I mean, Johnny in a PINK hat and MATCHING PINK skirt extending his hand out? No wonder they were running away! Just kidding =P. Johnny is one of the department's head, and you can bid him to be your slave-for-a-day. This is definitely sweet revenge for some =P Ahhhh... what can I say? I have a bucket load of laundry and the toilet needs a new coat of paint. Revenge is a dish best served cold!
Seeing that this is going to be such a fun event, I have volunteered to be in the auction list to raise some $$ for charity. Ok, I'm hoping that someone would bid for me, even if it is at the starting bid of RM50. I honestly do not want to be embarrassing myself by standing on stage without a buyer =) Unfortunately, Angeline who I was hoping would bail me out in such times will not be attending the carnival. Argghhh!!! Just my luck!
*Disclaimer:- The auction posters were written by George glorifying us to pump up sales for charity =P
Anyway, I'll definitely talk more about the carnival tomorrow. Lets see, what do I need to bring? Wallet, check. Pajamas, check. 2-litter-reservoir (to booze up), check. Headache pills (for next morning in the event of excessive alcohol consumption), check.
Cheryl, who is my guru at my ex workplace, will be leaving Malaysia for Australia in a few days. We decided to have a farewell dinner with her at the infamous Look Out Point.
Now, why did I say that Look Out Point is ‘infamous’? Two reasons. Firstly, the food here sucks eggs and 9 out of 10 people would agree that it totally isn’t worth what you’re paying for. Secondly, if this is your first time going up, unless you live around Pandan Indah or have been to this place before, it is near impossible to arrive without getting lost. But hey, these two points aside, we’re here for the environment as well as magnificent view of KL city at night. What better way to have a nice cosy dinner than to have it with several close colleagues. We aren’t exactly colleagues anymore (I know, I’m he odd one here), but we do still constantly keep in touch.
Anyway, talk aside, here are both the lovely Cheryl and Jane (aka Ah Ngor) looking good and attractive as always.
And here we have Chze Siang (aka Lim Beh) in his paparazzi mode. Check out his huge flash. That thing weighs almost as much as the camera. Photography is definitely a rich man’s game. The small, white, plastic thingy alone cost him RM50.
Unfortunately Cheryl had a bad cough and she settled for something light (read: bread and salad). Here she is, the star of the night.
As I mentioned earlier, this place has a reputation for serving sucky food. Let’s look at the damage done. I ordered a cheese chicken chop and chicken mushroom soup. Both were actually acceptable. In fact, I finished all of my food and I thought they were pretty good. FYI, we ate at the middle restaurant called 加油站. I was half expecting the bill to be sky high, but it came out quite reasonable. Around RM25 per head. Not too bad eh?
Much to our disappointment, halfway during our meal, we noticed that the Twin Tower lights were getting dimmer. I’m not sure what why it was so, but we were guessing that electricity ain’t cheap these days, and therefore somebody had to pull some plugs on the tower.
Dim towers aside, it was a very enjoyable night and we did a lot of chatting, just like the good old days. My best wishes to Cheryl in her future undertakings and hope we could meet up again one fine day. Goodbye Chui Yun, do keep in touch.
UPDATES ON 9 DECEMBER 2008:
Chze Siang aka. Lim Beh was kind to send some of the pictures he took using his camera. And he's sending it all the ay from Taiwan! It would be a crime not to post it up. Lets have a look at the imports, shall we?
Obviously, we would want to leave our mark at Look Out Point. But carving names, sticking gum under tables and vandalizing isn't something we do. So we decided to write our names in thin air using only our handphones. Voila!
In case you are wondering what the picture below represents, it's not an ice cream. Far from it in fact...
Pretty creative stuff from Lim Beh huh? Now this is what I call guilt-free-vandalism.
I have a confession to make. I have not updated my blog for months and I have shamelessly given infinite excuses to my friends who were curious. Anyway, this is my first real write-up in 2 months and what better way to commemorate it then to write about a recent activity held at my work place.
“Dancing 101”.
For my fellow colleagues, no prize for guessing. For others, kudos for your effort =)
Ok, I’ll bet everyone is thinking, dancing 101? What exactly is that? George has been most kind to organize a dance class after work every Thursday to accommodate us. I have to admit that I was initially sceptical in joining. After all, I have never actually did any serious (or amateur for that matter) dancing before. What the hell I thought, I’m going to give it a go. Turned out to be, it was great fun every class and I totally have no regrets signing up. I would continue attending the weekly classes, assuming of course if George will still be offering it =P.
Since the dance is held in a conference room, space is scarce and we could only accommodate 5 pairs max. No complaints there, as it leaves room for more personal attention from the Guru himself.
George has been most patient with us, as most of us were new to dancing and I myself couldn’t dance to save my @$$ if it was on fire. Among some of the main dance type taught were:
a) Rhumba b) Foxtrot c) Waltz
On top of that, there were many other interesting and fancy moves such as doing a twinkle, underarm spin, etc… These are more advance steps and definitely it will take some practice to perfect it.
Some useful hints which I grasped during the course of the lessons were:-
a) Try not to look at your partner’s and your own feet. b) Do not be too technical when dancing. It will come naturally. c) Know which dance suits a particular music. d) Get into the rhythm and beat of the music. e) Don’t tense up too much. Guys, apply some pressure with your right arm pulling your woman towards you, and girls, apply some pressure on your left arm pushing the guy from you. f) Guy always leads, NO EXCEPTION.
Here we have George giving showing us the moves with Stella. Both of them can really dance gracefully and effortlessly!
If you asked me, I would definitely say that dancing is great fun. I mean, its much more fn comparatively to say... watching television. I would and I am sure everybody who attended the dance session would like to thank George for his excellent lessons and getting us exposed to dancing. Not only that, but we actually got to socialize with colleagues from different departments. Hats off to you George!
Wow, it's been ages since I last updated my blog. 1 month to be exact. Phew... I know I need to manage my time better, but sometimes I just feel so tired and sleepy to write up a post. Anyway, no excuse on my part! I plead guilty for having empty posts for 1 month, and Angeline is coming after my head with an axe. For those who needs enlightenment, Angeline used to sit next to me in our office before she got deported to another cubicle. Hehehe... ok I'm being mean here. She was not exactly deported, but rather shifted so that she could sit closer with her team mates.
Anyway back to the meaty part of our story. Where were we? Oh yeah, PD! We had a team trip to PD and it was great! Apparently everybody said I drank too much. Gasp! Is it true? All I remembered was going to bed slightly past midnight. I have no recollection of being drunk or anything remotely related to being drunk.
I would really like to post some photos and do a more thorough write up, but the photos are in the office! Oh well, patience is virtue and I will post them up once I have my hands on them =P
*Gasp*, I just found out that two of my colleagues were in the running for Tuborg's 'Shining Girls Search'! And one of them even sits right behind me in the office. Aiyo... how could I have been so blind not to notice?
I came across the Red Box website below, and started thinking... hmmm... two of these girls really look very familiar. Jesus, their KK and Venese! Actually it's not surprising. I mean both of them are really very very pretty and leng lui, and rightfully deserve to be nominated as one of Tuborg's Shining Girls. Take a look at the picture below... Ok, all of them are pretty, but if you ask me, definitely I'll root for my friends. Ya I know... I'm pilih kasih... ahem. Hey, but they're my friends!
Here we have Venese, she looks really pretty and atractive right? Jeezz.... I wonder if she'll come after me for blood or not for writting this blog post. Aiya, I doubt it la, since my blog is so unpopular.
If you read my previous post somewhere in July, there was actually another picture (casual) of her. Ya wei, I'm really rooting for her! Go Venese go! Add oil!!!!!
Of course, how can we forget about KK? She sits right behind me at work and she's a really friendly person. I'll be rooting for her as well!!! Sigh... why can't I vote twice?
Here's a picture of a few of us last year. She's right at the bottom right. Leng lui right? She has eyes with electricity, no kiddin! C'mon, vote for her as well!
Look at the current results. Venese is in 2nd place, and I really do hope she bags at least the top 3 places. Wait, I mean she should bag the first prize! I mean of course KK should be in the top 3 as well. Damn.. I know I'm being unfair to the others apart from KK and Venese.
Hopefully one of them, or better yet, both of them will be in the top 3. They really do deserve it if you ask me. Attractive, friendly, smart and down-to-earth!
Arrgghhh... going to work on the first day of work after a long weekend is always difficult! Talking about work, quite a number of ppl have been asking me about what exactly do I do. Well... I'm a software engineer (aka programmer, but SE sounds much better :)), writing and maintaining computer programs. Sounds like a boring job right? Emmm... it can be la sometimes I guess.
Oh yeah, might I add that one thing I really BEH TAHAN is the stereotyping of computer programmers. There's a lot of stereotyping about computer programmers being geeks, nerds, socially inept individuals spending > 12 hours stuck on a screen... Totally untrue! We're fun people! Ok... maybe not as fun as say... a radio DeeJay, but still fun nonetheless!
Hahaha ok, I know I'm a little late (1 year late actually!) to post this up, but since I'm quite free today, I'll talk a little about our team's trip, to Genting.
First thing to do after arriving, trekking! Ya wei, how often do you hear about ppl trekking in Genting Highlands? Okla, it's not a tought trek, the whole trek would take around 1 - 1.5 hours. Of course, what is trekking without some flaura and fauna? Here it is... the only intersting fauna which caught our attention -> a @#$*%?# load of huge worms! This looks like a mass migration, easily close to a 100 worms! And this is not your typical innocent 'cacing rumah' in the garden. It's fat, grey, scally, shinny and long!
Take a look...
And now, at the end of the trek. What to do at the end? Camwhore la of course! Ishhh... why woudln't blogspot allow our pictures to be bigger? My head is already small, and having a smaller picture only further emphasizes how minute it is @__@
Next plan -> Bowling! Ok, since my bowling skills really sux @$$, I'm going to cut this short. Why can't we have some more physical activities like a swimming competition or iron man challenge by jogging up instead of using the cable car? KC (the one with 'ditto') is the most senior among us. I'm not going to burst his bubble by revealing his age, but I think that when he graduated, I still have not taken my UPSR. I know, I know... I'm mean! But he is a gentlemen.
From left to right, myself, Kee Hoong, KC.
Okla, since I intro a little on KC, it's time for Kee Hoong's turn to have the spotlight. Kee Hoong is a very funny and fun guy with a good sense of humour *ahem* (If he reads this I hope I'll get a treat.. hehehe... just kidding). Don't believe me that he is a fun guy?
Ladies and gentlemen...
DO
NOT
MAKE
ME
ANGRY
OR
I'LL
STARE
DAGGERS
Again... I admit I'm evil for doing this. Again, I would like to add that Kee Hoong is a very good friend with a good heart.
So everybody's tired from the trekking and bowling. Time to head back to our apartments for a rest. Ok, we are putting up in some apartment behind First World. Can't be that bad right? WRONG! Even the road to it is DAMN SCARY wei! For you people who loves to drink, drive and show-off your gung-ho-ness, don't do this here! This is not a place for Initial-D stunts! I kid you not, skid of the road, down into the valley, and you'll be pushing up daisies!
I'm sure plenty of you have heard about haunted apartments in Genting. And the apartment with the most stories would normally be -> Ria Apartments. Jeeezzz, compared to ours, Ria would be a god-bless! It looks damn promising and nice loh on the Internet, but in real life, this place looks like a set right out of the movie Frankenstein! The entire outside of the building is filled with fungus and mould.... *gasp*
This place was so scary, half of us did not even want to stay overnight. Since I was quite tired from driving up and trekking, I thought I might as well have a good night's rest first. Ok, apart from me, I would not want to risk my friend's life by driving through that valley of death in the night.
Ok... now it's time for the SS section of the post again! Today's song will be....
Wonderful Tonight!
Ok this song is a difficuuuuuuuuuuuuuult song to play... at least for me lar... haih... still need to further improve my skills ma. Ummm, for those who has a music background, you'll know that this song is normally played in the key of G. This time I'm trying it (first time some more ) in the key of D... which makes it... d@mn... bla-dee... hard... and... difficult to play... with mistakes here and there... @__@
But he is a gentlemen.
) in the key of D... which makes it... 
