Saturday, May 24, 2008

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Sven, The Rouge Knight- My Favorurite Hero


A follower of the great God of Order, Paladine, Sven has sworn to uphold the rights of all.




Born of a Knight and a Night Elf and ostracized since birth, Sven has leaded a solitary existence of meditation and training. He has come out of his wanderings determined to guard the innocent against evil. Armed with his blessed cleaving blade Justice, and harnessing the power to strike down his enemies with the might of God's Strength, Sven's wrath toward the unjust is a sight to behold.


Trouble Is...

Trouble is... Trouble is... Trouble is... ... ... ... ... Trouble!!!

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How come
You never know what you got
Until it’s gone

Too bad
Cause I never felt so good with anyone
How fool was I
Into thinking I was gonna be alright
Okay, fine

So every day I try a little harder to forget her
Lie here convince myself tomorrow will be better

The trouble is I can’t get her out of my mind
When I close my eyes at night
Who’s gonna save me
Now she’s gone (yeah)
The trouble is there’s a part of me
That still can’t let go of her memory
And now I know what it is
Love is what the trouble is
Love is what the trouble is

How come she said you never wear your heart
Where I can see too bad
Cause now I’m the one who’s sorry, yeah

How stupid was I
Into thinking I was gonna be alright
Okay, fine

So everyday I find a little something to remind me
No matter how I try I can’t put the past behind me

The trouble is I can’t get her out of my mind
When I close my eyes at night
Who’s gonna save me
Now she’s gone (she’s gone)

The trouble is there’s a part of me
That still can’t let go of her memory
And now I know what it is
And now I know what it is love has let me

Love me
I’m alright, I’m okay
I’ll be fine, give it time
But the only

Trouble is I can’t get her out of my mind
When I close my eyes at night
Who’s gonna save me
Now she’s gone (she’s gone)

The trouble is there’s a part of me
That still can’t let go of her memory (I just can't)
And now I know what it is
And now I know what it is

Cause love is what the trouble is
The trouble
Love, love is what the trouble is
Hey, hey
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by The Backstreet Boys, Unbreakable 

Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon

Sunday has come again, tomorrow will be a holiday, so it's great !

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How come I was the last to know
Took the stage, then you stole the show
Another unsuspecting sunday afternoon

I was captured by that stare
Now I'm shattered, but I don't care
And the people walking by don't have a clue

That I kissed your face
Till the sun was in our eyes
Till the afternoon arrived

And I can't explain
Last night I saw the fireworks
The kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love is made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon

Monday is a funny thing
Still waiting for the phone to ring
Will my imagination take it slow
(Oh yeah...)

After Saturday, my life is changed
In a moment, it was rearranged
Strange how easy it is, letting go

And I miss your face
Like the sun was in my eyes
And now I'm running blind

And I can't explain
Last night I saw the fireworks
The kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love is made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon

(Oooh, ahhh, ooooh...)

This sweet relief, unexpected things
This is the end, of only the beginning

I miss your face,
Like the sun was in my eyes (Like the afternoon)
Now I'm running blind (running blind)

I can't explain
Last night I saw the fireworks,
The kind of pain that never hurts
The one you hate to love that's made for you
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon
Another unsuspecting Sunday afternoon
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by The Backstreet Boys, Unbreakable

Friday, May 16, 2008

Into "Social University"

So tired, a working life can be... Everyday waking up at 7.15 am and sleep before midnight every night. It has been two weeks since it had started...

My office is a “Social University”, as said by my very capable clerks in the office. These two still “pretty” aunties have been working for long time at the office. One has worked for 24 years and another has 16 years under her belt. Wow, I am 24 this year, the aunty started same year as I was born? Hmm... I am pretty impressed, very much indeed... Others colleagues too have been working for long time, 15 years, 8 years, 6 years respectively for those involved in the M & E engineering field. Considered this experiences, they will be a very much sought after assets. My colleagues have been pretty close, considering the ties that built over the years. During my 2 weeks there, they have been cracking jokes, although at first they seemed to be not letting it all out, as said by one of them, it might scare me off, then I would not be coming to work the next day. They even teased among themselves, of course in a lighter manner. But nobody took it to heart, so it was great. Today it was more fun, cracking all type of jokes, including some not so yellow jokes. Our trainee (my university junior), even laughed until he complained of stomach pain. I couldn’t help myself too, it was so funny. But soon, two of them will be leaving us, and the trainee will also be leaving us, it will not be that much of fun, I think... My office is considered small; it only has about 11 people working. It will further be reduced to 8 people when July comes. Hopefully it will have some new people joining it, as this will definitely help to ease some burden.

Why it is said to be a “Social University”? “It teaches us all those things that we couldn’t learn, even from university”, proudly said by them. The trainee, who has been with them even before the training period, was said by them to be a “white cloth”, now it has been “tainted”. He will leave in July to continue study, don’t know whether he will join the office after he graduated, but he seems to like the job. So, been in a “Social University” means learning all those things not yet and cannot be learned in University. It included many things, apart from some technical knowledge. Now the two newbies, including me are the “white cloth”, which will be “tainted” really soon.

Yesterday, one of the clerks said: “Learn from other people’s mistake, it is for your gain.” Wow, I like that phrase she said very much. Today I also heard my boss saying it, so I will always remember it. They said so because now since I am a newbie, I have to continue what others had let off. They jokingly said those “shit”, I have to clean it since I will take over the job from them. I know what they meant, and thinking that this is the chance for me to learn from the “Social University”. Later, I will not be able to learn from other people’s mistake, I will be on my own, but I still can learn from my own mistake, so I have to take the chance now, or never...

Friday, May 9, 2008

Primary School Friends Gathering...

Yester night was the gathering of some of my primary school’s friends. Wow, come to think about it, some of us didn’t even meet for like 12 years or so since our graduation from Primary Sixth. Although not all of them attended, only 9 out of 30+/-, we had much fun. Couldn’t believe it would be that way as we were not really close when in the primary school (see how things can change).

Most of them still have the same face as in their younger days, except me? Why me (most agreed it was me)? Our class monitor, 淑芬didn’t even recognize me, asked me who I was, haha... Faces still familiar, but most have changed the way of carrying themselves. The change is good, I wonder if people will change when they came to a certain stage, so this may prove the point. Haha, may be just like my colleagues said today, all came out of “Social University”.

Surely it was fun last night, so I am looking forward to the next gathering, scheduled on next Saturday at Juru Autocity. Till’ the time we meet again...

Yet Another Death...

Here comes yet another death of a NS trainee. It’s sad to read about those stories every time even I don’t know the deceased. Can you imagine? Last year’s had about 12 or so trainees reported died during the training. What about those unreported? This year has been quite a few of deaths, but I not sure how many it is. It seems like NS has not been well managed by their respective camp commandos (they like to be called that way).

My brother and my cousin (they were in the same camp) just came back from theirs, but opted to be exempted from returning after the one week holiday is over. They obtained the exemption because they have been offered to study in College and Sixth Form. Can you believe when he told me that there was no water to bathe sometimes? Then they had to stand under the sun for about 2 hours, in the evening! The commando (head of camp or whatever) was considered “wise”, judging by the way that he was standing under some shade. Just try yourself, standing under the sun in the afternoon, I bet for 10 minutes maximum you cannot stay still already. Two hours? We are human, we can die from dehydration, cant we? This particular camp, some where in the neighboring state, is quite isolated from the urban area. It used to be associated with some sort of vampire story where it got its name from, if I’ not mistaken.

My mother and my aunt were worried; especially they called home to say that they wanted to come back on the next day after they reported themselves! My brother had his share of sickness during that time also; I think mostly due to deprivation of sleep, lowered immunity due to the insufficient nutrition taken but lots of Vitamin D, I am judging it based on his skin color. Wow, he was already not that fair before he went for training, now he looks like he did an entire season for the Prison Break series. I guessed if I had been there, I would be like a snake; my skin would be changing so often until I has some sort of skin disease. Now he’s back, so thank God he’s still ok. The hair will grow back, the tanned skin will become fairer and he will not be going back for NS, not risking the probability, quite a high probability if calculated (call a kid to do it, you will be surprised).

Our beloved Batu Gajah MP, Fong Po Kuan has called for the review of the program, submitting an emergency motion to the parliament. She’s done a great job, it is emergency and it should be paid attention. In my opinion, the implementers saw the big picture, thought that they would be able to have it their ways. But can they ensure all the camps around this country behave the same ideal way that they thought he camps would be? If the answer is negative, it’s time to put an end to it; no question will be asked, people will be happy, but not those who lost their loved one previously in the program. Hopefully they would be able to come to term with what had happened and move on with life.

We cannot change the past, but we can change the future...