Kawabunga dude! It's me again. Just when you thought I'm gone fer good huh? Ah well I've been busy with re-stabilizin my life and there's none I can do with the blowout NIC in my laptop so my internet life has been reduced drastically. But I'm writin somethin now so you can be sure I'm not gone fer good.
Anyone went to Kreator's gig held recently? I didn't but the other Fractured's members had a blast time there. Fahmi said that over 3,000 Kreator fans was there. I saw the video he took and wow, it's so happenin! Sheesh. RM70 per person and 3,000 turn out is somethin man. Well it's Kreator!
Hear ye, hear ye. The Gegaran Metal 2005 gig might not be the last Fractured show fer this year. Talks with Fadzil from MusikBox exposed that we might be playin in November. Yeoowww. Am I happy? You can be damn sure I am. We've been practicin our new songs and we're plannin on doin a full-lenght album early next year. So, you guys can hear a few more of our new songs this November. This time, make sure you come! Yeah this goes to you too Isman.
I'm in the middle of the class right now so I better stop right here. Expect more rantings from me again. Later!
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
Howdy?
Dagnammit. I fergot to bring my diskette. Yeah that diskette which I always use to transfer my blog I wrote. Ah. So do you miss me? No? Ah well. I'm currently busy with preparin to study, my upcomin work, my new career path etc. New career path? Yup. I'm not goin to write it here because I wrote about it yesterday and it's quite a lengthy one too. So you'll have to wait fer a few more days.
How's my work? None currently. I have a job offer but the problem is, the job is in Ipoh and I have to travel every weekend if I took that job. Yeah I had to do the job on weekend because I'll be a student remember? Anyway, I won't write anythin long now and today I have quite a bunch of things to write. So, I'm goin. Later.
How's my work? None currently. I have a job offer but the problem is, the job is in Ipoh and I have to travel every weekend if I took that job. Yeah I had to do the job on weekend because I'll be a student remember? Anyway, I won't write anythin long now and today I have quite a bunch of things to write. So, I'm goin. Later.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Me & MLM
"There's no guarantee". At long last, I can now accept that word. Now I can surely accept that just by workin in other person's company, employed no matter how hardworkin I am, how smart I am, there's no guarantee that my position, my job in the company is secured. It's a bitter reality I'm willin to swallow now. To think of it, I'm kind of fed up with workin in someone else's company. Workin my arse off fer someone else. Ah! It's such a relief to spit that out. What got into me you might ask? Well, now I found a way to earn my own income without botherin meself to wake up dead early in the mornin, to make sure my punch card isn't red everyday, to hear any complaints from my peer whatsoever. Yeah it got somethin to do with my-own-business. Ironically, it was somethin that I hated fer 27 years. It's a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) and the company is Gano Excel.
Wait! Don't skip readin just yet. Like I've stated before, I used to hate all MLM companies. Even direct sellin companies. Not a "I want to kill them" kind of hate but the "I will never get meself involved in it" kind of hate. And now, a few month ago to be exact; I changed my perspective. Firstly, I'm more informed about MLM (MLM is not the same as Direct Selling.) and the main point is, I can see the way to achieve somethin in it. Beware, this post today will most probably get on your nerves like mosquitoes because I won't spare any biased (but factual) informations about my new money-makin path, the MLM and the company I'm gettin meself into, Gano Excel.
I'm just tired of goin fer interviews, workin 8++hours per day, gettin a so-so paycheck and bein dumped when I needed the cold hard cash the most. Like the state I'm in. It's a bitter experience and I've it's not my 1st time. To find a replacement job, quein to get an interview and hopin that the cycle will start again rollin at the same place. Pfft. Not to mention competin with the fresh graduates, SPM holders and such which is increasin every year unlike jobs opportunities which is, uhm, maybe 60++ people competin fer 1 job. Yeah not every person who left the unis, school, colleges will have a job. It's so true. That is reality. Even if you have a good job right now, who can guarantee that joy ride is reserved fer you fer as long as you want? It's just a matter of time fer your boss to give you the resignation letter and give your seat to someone fresh, energetic fer whatever reason he can think of. I'm experiencin that. Again and again. So, if I can help somebody else's business with such uncertainty why can't I make my own business and put the same effort and hope that the outcome will be better? The answer is yes, I can. And it's not impossible to receive more from the same effort!
Take this fer an example. I work in a company with a RM1000 pay per month. All the workin habits aside like punch card, long workin hours aside, I might be happy workin with a stable increment of my salary every year. Sounds good eh? It's a mixed feelin now considerin that the normal increment pay would be around RM50. Per year!. So I work my arse's off fer 5 years and all of the sudden, the company can't keep me anymore. So I got about RM1250 until I was told to 'make room fer changes' or 'make a career change fer the best' and boom!, I was left with zero. ZERO! It'll be great if I can have a new job, with the same workin preference and a startup pay the same amount as the last amount I got. But that'll be a modern fairy tales. In reality, I will have to accept any offer without any objection about the amount the new company are willin to pay me because, like what I've wrote earlier, it's either me grabbin that job no question asked or I can let another 59 eligible person to take it. So what if I took the job. How long will the company keep me this time? 1 year? 2?
Ah, I got the point. Workin fer somebody else is ok as long as I feel that I'm secured with it. As long as I feel that my future will be bright and all my financial problems will be at ease because my job will always be mine. Luckily, I don't that way anymore. Workin fer someone else and givin my all to it alone will never guarantee any secure financial solution fer me. Nu uh. So the solution is, make my own business.
As stated in hadith, business is one good duty. The outcome is based on your performance and there's no fixed limit on how much money one person can make out of it. It's because, I will be the one who'll set how much salary I can get and I'll be followin my protocol and mine alone. Sounds fun but the type of business and my capability on doin and runnin the business is the thing that counts. I won't say anythin about risk because if we look at things, everythin have their own risk. Not just in business. Even our love live have risks. It's just the matter of minimisin and cheatin it. So what business should I do? With the current financial situation I'm in, fer sure I can't just open up my own boutique or a resort can I? So I would have to choose a business with a low startup overhead, a business with good products, a business with a clear long term direction and a business which can guarantee my survivality. So fer me, that business is Gano Excel.
I'll not go in detail about the company as you can conveniently browse their website and read about them from there. From what I know, Gano Excel is based in Kedah, Malaysia. Yeah. They are our local MLM company. Fer some of people, the word 'local' is like reserved fer somethin with lack of quality or standard. Pfft. Now read this. This local company is currently havin a strong presence in 31 countries. 31 countries dude! With the latest 2 bein Korea and Japan in the final phase of startin the operation. Now tell me we shouldn't be proud of that. Fer those who live in Kedah or near the place. Go and see Gano Excel's Ganoderma farm fer yourself. It's huge! And currently the farm is expandin fer almost twice it current size. Because of what? Because of the strong demand lah.
I nearly fergot to say anythin about Ganoderma. In chinese, it's called Lingzhi. Yeah it's that red mushroom. Gano Excel, from that name we can be sure that the products will have somethin to do with that Ganoderma plant. That plant is one miracle herb. I'll not lengthen this post with the benefits of that product because you can read it from the official website. In short, it has a great medical value. And by choosin to get involved in medical business, I know I'm walkin in the right path. Why? Because people always neglect their health when they're healthy until they got sick. That's the other truth. And take this fer an example, no matter what, the need fer medical related stuff with continue to grow unlike other things. Have you seen any hospital got closed down, or smallen in size? No. Think about that.
My post is long enough. Heh. It's more like a shameless advertisement huh? Yeah well, like I've said earlier. I'll be biased (as usual). Oh I didn't even write anythin about Gano Excel's marketin plan, the most sought after information fer you MLM people out there. Fer that, you have to find out fer yourself. Gano Excel's seminar are frequent nowadays and it won't hurt anybody to go and listen to it. But from what I've learned so far. It's all about money. So it's good. I was goin to make this MLM as a backup plan and a side income but after I went to my team's meetin today, I'm choosin this as my main income plan. And if I can achieve my secret target, this will be my only source of income. Fer the record, a 19 years old girl got involved with Gano Excel and now she's doin her MLM business with a 5 digits income. Another thing to ponder, some people want health, some people want money, but if you're given a choice, why don't you choose both? Later then. MY205903 signin out ;).
p/s: You might read bout the 'batu karang' I experienced before. Yeah well I drank Gano Cafe and a few days after that I was shown the sign that I have batu karang. It's one the reason why I'm into this thingy now.
Wait! Don't skip readin just yet. Like I've stated before, I used to hate all MLM companies. Even direct sellin companies. Not a "I want to kill them" kind of hate but the "I will never get meself involved in it" kind of hate. And now, a few month ago to be exact; I changed my perspective. Firstly, I'm more informed about MLM (MLM is not the same as Direct Selling.) and the main point is, I can see the way to achieve somethin in it. Beware, this post today will most probably get on your nerves like mosquitoes because I won't spare any biased (but factual) informations about my new money-makin path, the MLM and the company I'm gettin meself into, Gano Excel.
I'm just tired of goin fer interviews, workin 8++hours per day, gettin a so-so paycheck and bein dumped when I needed the cold hard cash the most. Like the state I'm in. It's a bitter experience and I've it's not my 1st time. To find a replacement job, quein to get an interview and hopin that the cycle will start again rollin at the same place. Pfft. Not to mention competin with the fresh graduates, SPM holders and such which is increasin every year unlike jobs opportunities which is, uhm, maybe 60++ people competin fer 1 job. Yeah not every person who left the unis, school, colleges will have a job. It's so true. That is reality. Even if you have a good job right now, who can guarantee that joy ride is reserved fer you fer as long as you want? It's just a matter of time fer your boss to give you the resignation letter and give your seat to someone fresh, energetic fer whatever reason he can think of. I'm experiencin that. Again and again. So, if I can help somebody else's business with such uncertainty why can't I make my own business and put the same effort and hope that the outcome will be better? The answer is yes, I can. And it's not impossible to receive more from the same effort!
Take this fer an example. I work in a company with a RM1000 pay per month. All the workin habits aside like punch card, long workin hours aside, I might be happy workin with a stable increment of my salary every year. Sounds good eh? It's a mixed feelin now considerin that the normal increment pay would be around RM50. Per year!. So I work my arse's off fer 5 years and all of the sudden, the company can't keep me anymore. So I got about RM1250 until I was told to 'make room fer changes' or 'make a career change fer the best' and boom!, I was left with zero. ZERO! It'll be great if I can have a new job, with the same workin preference and a startup pay the same amount as the last amount I got. But that'll be a modern fairy tales. In reality, I will have to accept any offer without any objection about the amount the new company are willin to pay me because, like what I've wrote earlier, it's either me grabbin that job no question asked or I can let another 59 eligible person to take it. So what if I took the job. How long will the company keep me this time? 1 year? 2?
Ah, I got the point. Workin fer somebody else is ok as long as I feel that I'm secured with it. As long as I feel that my future will be bright and all my financial problems will be at ease because my job will always be mine. Luckily, I don't that way anymore. Workin fer someone else and givin my all to it alone will never guarantee any secure financial solution fer me. Nu uh. So the solution is, make my own business.
As stated in hadith, business is one good duty. The outcome is based on your performance and there's no fixed limit on how much money one person can make out of it. It's because, I will be the one who'll set how much salary I can get and I'll be followin my protocol and mine alone. Sounds fun but the type of business and my capability on doin and runnin the business is the thing that counts. I won't say anythin about risk because if we look at things, everythin have their own risk. Not just in business. Even our love live have risks. It's just the matter of minimisin and cheatin it. So what business should I do? With the current financial situation I'm in, fer sure I can't just open up my own boutique or a resort can I? So I would have to choose a business with a low startup overhead, a business with good products, a business with a clear long term direction and a business which can guarantee my survivality. So fer me, that business is Gano Excel.
I'll not go in detail about the company as you can conveniently browse their website and read about them from there. From what I know, Gano Excel is based in Kedah, Malaysia. Yeah. They are our local MLM company. Fer some of people, the word 'local' is like reserved fer somethin with lack of quality or standard. Pfft. Now read this. This local company is currently havin a strong presence in 31 countries. 31 countries dude! With the latest 2 bein Korea and Japan in the final phase of startin the operation. Now tell me we shouldn't be proud of that. Fer those who live in Kedah or near the place. Go and see Gano Excel's Ganoderma farm fer yourself. It's huge! And currently the farm is expandin fer almost twice it current size. Because of what? Because of the strong demand lah.
I nearly fergot to say anythin about Ganoderma. In chinese, it's called Lingzhi. Yeah it's that red mushroom. Gano Excel, from that name we can be sure that the products will have somethin to do with that Ganoderma plant. That plant is one miracle herb. I'll not lengthen this post with the benefits of that product because you can read it from the official website. In short, it has a great medical value. And by choosin to get involved in medical business, I know I'm walkin in the right path. Why? Because people always neglect their health when they're healthy until they got sick. That's the other truth. And take this fer an example, no matter what, the need fer medical related stuff with continue to grow unlike other things. Have you seen any hospital got closed down, or smallen in size? No. Think about that.
My post is long enough. Heh. It's more like a shameless advertisement huh? Yeah well, like I've said earlier. I'll be biased (as usual). Oh I didn't even write anythin about Gano Excel's marketin plan, the most sought after information fer you MLM people out there. Fer that, you have to find out fer yourself. Gano Excel's seminar are frequent nowadays and it won't hurt anybody to go and listen to it. But from what I've learned so far. It's all about money. So it's good. I was goin to make this MLM as a backup plan and a side income but after I went to my team's meetin today, I'm choosin this as my main income plan. And if I can achieve my secret target, this will be my only source of income. Fer the record, a 19 years old girl got involved with Gano Excel and now she's doin her MLM business with a 5 digits income. Another thing to ponder, some people want health, some people want money, but if you're given a choice, why don't you choose both? Later then. MY205903 signin out ;).
p/s: You might read bout the 'batu karang' I experienced before. Yeah well I drank Gano Cafe and a few days after that I was shown the sign that I have batu karang. It's one the reason why I'm into this thingy now.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Me, Momoe and Pangkor. Unforgettable moments. (Plus a bit of a simple guide fer would-be tourist.)
Pangkor was great. Unspeakably magnificent. Well yes one of the main point of why it's so great is that I'm with someone that I love and that makes it even better. I'm at home right now and I'm missin the experiences so bad. Not to mention I miss Momoe too. 7 days of a total dream getaway. Pangkor is a romantic island. Beautiful and cozy. I feel so sad to leave the place. The sound of the wave is still resoundin in my head continuously. And now I'm back and the torture is unbearable. Such a sweet memories. I feel like the time cheated and jealous of that good moments I was havin back there in Pangkor.
Me and Momoe, we went to Pangkor on 17th of August, takin a direct bus trip from Seremban to Lumut which cost about RM24.00 per person. There's only 2 bus trip from Seremban to Pangkor, 9:45AM and 5:00PM so we took the early trip. The journey is about 6hours. The view isn't that great because it's highway almost all the way but heck Momoe is beside me so there's nothin more that I want. That's more than enough.
Lumut bus station is basically near the jetty area so it's not hard to find the place to get ferry. A ferry trip cost about RM5.00 per person and the trip is not more than 30 minutes. We didn't have time to go around Lumut but I guess the place is not that big. It's a lovely place fer sure. The sight of the open sea is very temptin. There's a TLDM (Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia, Malaysian Royal Navy) port there so seein a few navy is a common sight. From Lumut, the ferry will stop at 2 ports with the last port bein the place which common tourist will disembark. Followin Momoe's Pangkor travel guide, we went to Teluk Nipah by taxi (pink vans!) fer RM10.00 fer both of us.
The trip by taxi from Pangkor's jetty to Teluk Nipah is about 10 minutes with the road bein alongside the sea line so the sight is very beautiful. Simply gorgeous. Teluk Nipah is a popular spot fer beach lovers with many resorts from the luxury type to the budget traveller's choice. We opted fer Havana Beach Resort (the 1st resort after we arrive to Teluk Nipah.) which is located near the beach. We wanted to stay at Palma Beach Resort near the centre of Teluk Nipah, but after encounterin a few problems, Havana was the more suitable choice. Bein less than 20 metres from the beach, Havana is not a bad choice at all. The room is good with workin water heater and electric kettle is provided. Oh theres even a big TV with Astro inside. Simple but very cozy.
Although Havana didn't provide us with breakfast (except fer Saturday onward.) nor there's any cafe inside the resort, it's nothin to worry because there's many place to fill our stomach scattered around Teluk Nipah. It'll take only a brief walk to go to many restaurant. The Havana's receptionist recommended us TJ Restaurant, which is just a few minutes walk from our resort and the food is really good. There's another spot which is also our favourite near the center of the beach but I don't know the name of the restaurant. As fer the price, it's just like the normal price around Malaysia and most of the time, the seafood price is much more cheaper. There's cats at TJ so everytime me and Momoe was there, Momoe would go to the cats and play with them. Yeah Momoe, I think the cats is missin you too dear. As fer tea time, me and Momoe just stick to DIY tea (which she brought with her plus a few sachettes of tea with many flavors her friend gave to me as a present.) and snacks. The weather was fine all around and watchin the sea while sippin tea with the 2 of us is simply superb.
On the 1st day there, we're just fillin out the time with walkin around Teluk Nipah, havin dinner and restin in our room because we're practically tired of the journey. We wanted to go out later that night but the resort's gate was locked and the person in charge was sleepin so we're stuck inside and have to make do with another restin time in the room. Beware though, mosquito are a bunch so you might want to bring along a mosquito repellent or anythin if you don't like the air-conditioner to be too cold fer you. Fer us, Momoe brought a small (as small as a car perfume like Glide's.) mosquito repellent device which uses battery and fer a continuous use, it's a 3 days heaven fer us without mosquito.
The next day was the day of enjoyin the beach. The Teluk Nipah beach is beautiful. Because it's weekday, there's not that many people around and it's great. The beach spot infront of Havana is even better because its located on the side of Teluk Nipah and the popular spot was around the center so there's just a few of people who'll be there.
There's another beautiful beach nearby, the Coral Bay. Coral Bay is just a few minutes walk from Teluk Nipah and the people there is even fewer. The water is beautifully green and it's a romantic place to lay down with Momoe watchin the sea, hearin the wave and smellin the fresh saltwater air. Unlike Teluk Nipah, Coral Bay doesn't have any active shops so we bought all the snacks we needed from Teluk Nipah instead. We had to move our picnic mat a few times though because the water level got high in the evenin. I can remember seein a crab on Coral Bay, who's tryin to get an evenin food and Momoe tried to get near the crab but the crab was too fast fer her. The crab would go out of it's hole and everytime Momoe move, the crab would dash into the hole quickly. It's cute. Both of them ;).
There's 2 small island infront of Teluk Nipah, to the left is Mentangor Island and the other one is uhm.. I don't know. The other island is smaller than Mentangor and it's the favourite spot fer snorkelin. The only way to get there is by usin water transportation like boats (RM20 per person, may get hiked if it's weekend.) and kayak (I don't know the cost because Momoe wouldn't allow me to go kayak, wah! :P). If you take a boat, the boatman will take you to a brief tour around the area and give a bit of informations about the places nearby. Cool. The island is so small that it only have a burger stall on it. But the snorkelin experience there was heaven. We tried snorkelin there and we both fell in love with it. The view is gorgeous. The colorfull fishes just puts us in a trance spell. When we arrived to the snorkelin island, the boatman asked fer the duration of our stay there so he could pick us up and when the time is up, we extended the stay fer another 1 1/2 hour because it's so great to be there. It's recommended if you could bring your own set of snorkelin equipment like goggle, snorkel and others because some of the equipment provided by the boatman might not the in the optimum condition. We went to the small island again on the next day, this time we said that we wanted to stay fer 4 hours and again, we extended the stay to another 1 1/2 hour when the time is up because Ahhhhhhh! we love the place and the fishes so much! I had a few piece of bread and it's magnificent to see the fishes takin a bite at the bread I thrown. If you're at Teluk Nipah, go to the small island and experience that. It's an unspeakable pleasure.
Momoe wanted to see around the island so we rented a motorbike. Yeah you can rent bicycle too fer less cost. A standard 4-stroke cub motorbike is RM30.00 fer 24 hours with scooter bein more expensive. Bein a holiday island, you can ride the motorbike without wearin helmet nearby but it's better to be safe. The road there is not that wide and many of the places have a pretty hilly track so it's better to check if the brakes are workin. Fillin up a RM2 worth of petrol, we travelled around the island and have a few more kilometre's worth of petrol to go. It's good. There's many resorts scattered around Pangkor and the small Pangkor town is nice. There's many seafood-snack shops and souveniers too. There's a police station near the town and firestation there too, but I rarely see any policeman at Teluk Nipah. I guess the island is so safe. And from our experiences, the island is safe. The only bad things there is just mosquitos. While ridin the bike, me and Momoe found many other good beaches and I even had the chance to find some nice seashells fer my present to Momoe. While it's quite hard to get lost in Pangkor, it's good to have a map or a guide book. As fer me, I have Momoe. She have a great sense of direction, even way better than me. It's funny because she's the one who'll tell me which direction to go etc. and I am the one who's a Malaysian. Sheesh.
There's 2 lookout points nearby Teluk Nipah if you wanted to see sunset. We haven't had the chance to see sunset but we went to one of the lookout points and the view is splendid. The view when the sun sets must be even way gorgeous. We can see a few fisherman's village on our bike journey and it's cool. Fer me, the bike journey with Momoe is one of the romantic thing. If you're there, rent a bike and go on a bike trip around the island with your loved one. It's an experience.
After extendin our stay in Pangkor fer another day, we left Pangkor on Monday 22nd. I wouldn't go to the details because it's somewhat emotional fer both of us. We fell in love with Pangkor and it's sad to be leavin. Pangkor have all the things we needed fer a nice beach vacation. Boat ride, snorkelin, fishin, kayakin, sun tannin etc. If it's not because of Momoe, I don't know if I'll ever go to Pangkor. And now I've experienced it, I know what Pangkor is truly a nice dream getaway. All made complete with my loved one, Momoe by my side. Such an unforgettable memories. Later.
Me and Momoe, we went to Pangkor on 17th of August, takin a direct bus trip from Seremban to Lumut which cost about RM24.00 per person. There's only 2 bus trip from Seremban to Pangkor, 9:45AM and 5:00PM so we took the early trip. The journey is about 6hours. The view isn't that great because it's highway almost all the way but heck Momoe is beside me so there's nothin more that I want. That's more than enough.
Lumut bus station is basically near the jetty area so it's not hard to find the place to get ferry. A ferry trip cost about RM5.00 per person and the trip is not more than 30 minutes. We didn't have time to go around Lumut but I guess the place is not that big. It's a lovely place fer sure. The sight of the open sea is very temptin. There's a TLDM (Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia, Malaysian Royal Navy) port there so seein a few navy is a common sight. From Lumut, the ferry will stop at 2 ports with the last port bein the place which common tourist will disembark. Followin Momoe's Pangkor travel guide, we went to Teluk Nipah by taxi (pink vans!) fer RM10.00 fer both of us.
The trip by taxi from Pangkor's jetty to Teluk Nipah is about 10 minutes with the road bein alongside the sea line so the sight is very beautiful. Simply gorgeous. Teluk Nipah is a popular spot fer beach lovers with many resorts from the luxury type to the budget traveller's choice. We opted fer Havana Beach Resort (the 1st resort after we arrive to Teluk Nipah.) which is located near the beach. We wanted to stay at Palma Beach Resort near the centre of Teluk Nipah, but after encounterin a few problems, Havana was the more suitable choice. Bein less than 20 metres from the beach, Havana is not a bad choice at all. The room is good with workin water heater and electric kettle is provided. Oh theres even a big TV with Astro inside. Simple but very cozy.
Although Havana didn't provide us with breakfast (except fer Saturday onward.) nor there's any cafe inside the resort, it's nothin to worry because there's many place to fill our stomach scattered around Teluk Nipah. It'll take only a brief walk to go to many restaurant. The Havana's receptionist recommended us TJ Restaurant, which is just a few minutes walk from our resort and the food is really good. There's another spot which is also our favourite near the center of the beach but I don't know the name of the restaurant. As fer the price, it's just like the normal price around Malaysia and most of the time, the seafood price is much more cheaper. There's cats at TJ so everytime me and Momoe was there, Momoe would go to the cats and play with them. Yeah Momoe, I think the cats is missin you too dear. As fer tea time, me and Momoe just stick to DIY tea (which she brought with her plus a few sachettes of tea with many flavors her friend gave to me as a present.) and snacks. The weather was fine all around and watchin the sea while sippin tea with the 2 of us is simply superb.
On the 1st day there, we're just fillin out the time with walkin around Teluk Nipah, havin dinner and restin in our room because we're practically tired of the journey. We wanted to go out later that night but the resort's gate was locked and the person in charge was sleepin so we're stuck inside and have to make do with another restin time in the room. Beware though, mosquito are a bunch so you might want to bring along a mosquito repellent or anythin if you don't like the air-conditioner to be too cold fer you. Fer us, Momoe brought a small (as small as a car perfume like Glide's.) mosquito repellent device which uses battery and fer a continuous use, it's a 3 days heaven fer us without mosquito.
The next day was the day of enjoyin the beach. The Teluk Nipah beach is beautiful. Because it's weekday, there's not that many people around and it's great. The beach spot infront of Havana is even better because its located on the side of Teluk Nipah and the popular spot was around the center so there's just a few of people who'll be there.
There's another beautiful beach nearby, the Coral Bay. Coral Bay is just a few minutes walk from Teluk Nipah and the people there is even fewer. The water is beautifully green and it's a romantic place to lay down with Momoe watchin the sea, hearin the wave and smellin the fresh saltwater air. Unlike Teluk Nipah, Coral Bay doesn't have any active shops so we bought all the snacks we needed from Teluk Nipah instead. We had to move our picnic mat a few times though because the water level got high in the evenin. I can remember seein a crab on Coral Bay, who's tryin to get an evenin food and Momoe tried to get near the crab but the crab was too fast fer her. The crab would go out of it's hole and everytime Momoe move, the crab would dash into the hole quickly. It's cute. Both of them ;).
There's 2 small island infront of Teluk Nipah, to the left is Mentangor Island and the other one is uhm.. I don't know. The other island is smaller than Mentangor and it's the favourite spot fer snorkelin. The only way to get there is by usin water transportation like boats (RM20 per person, may get hiked if it's weekend.) and kayak (I don't know the cost because Momoe wouldn't allow me to go kayak, wah! :P). If you take a boat, the boatman will take you to a brief tour around the area and give a bit of informations about the places nearby. Cool. The island is so small that it only have a burger stall on it. But the snorkelin experience there was heaven. We tried snorkelin there and we both fell in love with it. The view is gorgeous. The colorfull fishes just puts us in a trance spell. When we arrived to the snorkelin island, the boatman asked fer the duration of our stay there so he could pick us up and when the time is up, we extended the stay fer another 1 1/2 hour because it's so great to be there. It's recommended if you could bring your own set of snorkelin equipment like goggle, snorkel and others because some of the equipment provided by the boatman might not the in the optimum condition. We went to the small island again on the next day, this time we said that we wanted to stay fer 4 hours and again, we extended the stay to another 1 1/2 hour when the time is up because Ahhhhhhh! we love the place and the fishes so much! I had a few piece of bread and it's magnificent to see the fishes takin a bite at the bread I thrown. If you're at Teluk Nipah, go to the small island and experience that. It's an unspeakable pleasure.
Momoe wanted to see around the island so we rented a motorbike. Yeah you can rent bicycle too fer less cost. A standard 4-stroke cub motorbike is RM30.00 fer 24 hours with scooter bein more expensive. Bein a holiday island, you can ride the motorbike without wearin helmet nearby but it's better to be safe. The road there is not that wide and many of the places have a pretty hilly track so it's better to check if the brakes are workin. Fillin up a RM2 worth of petrol, we travelled around the island and have a few more kilometre's worth of petrol to go. It's good. There's many resorts scattered around Pangkor and the small Pangkor town is nice. There's many seafood-snack shops and souveniers too. There's a police station near the town and firestation there too, but I rarely see any policeman at Teluk Nipah. I guess the island is so safe. And from our experiences, the island is safe. The only bad things there is just mosquitos. While ridin the bike, me and Momoe found many other good beaches and I even had the chance to find some nice seashells fer my present to Momoe. While it's quite hard to get lost in Pangkor, it's good to have a map or a guide book. As fer me, I have Momoe. She have a great sense of direction, even way better than me. It's funny because she's the one who'll tell me which direction to go etc. and I am the one who's a Malaysian. Sheesh.
There's 2 lookout points nearby Teluk Nipah if you wanted to see sunset. We haven't had the chance to see sunset but we went to one of the lookout points and the view is splendid. The view when the sun sets must be even way gorgeous. We can see a few fisherman's village on our bike journey and it's cool. Fer me, the bike journey with Momoe is one of the romantic thing. If you're there, rent a bike and go on a bike trip around the island with your loved one. It's an experience.
After extendin our stay in Pangkor fer another day, we left Pangkor on Monday 22nd. I wouldn't go to the details because it's somewhat emotional fer both of us. We fell in love with Pangkor and it's sad to be leavin. Pangkor have all the things we needed fer a nice beach vacation. Boat ride, snorkelin, fishin, kayakin, sun tannin etc. If it's not because of Momoe, I don't know if I'll ever go to Pangkor. And now I've experienced it, I know what Pangkor is truly a nice dream getaway. All made complete with my loved one, Momoe by my side. Such an unforgettable memories. Later.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
I'm back & studyin startin from 12th September
Hey. I'm back and sweet dreams are over. Pangkor was absolutely great, me and Momoe had a great time. I'll tell you more bout it later (because I wrote a blog bout it and left it in a diskette at home.) and all I can say is, 8 days date with Momoe felt so fast. I can still hear waves in my head. I can still smell the salty air and I keep on thinkin that everytime I wake up, I'll see Momoe's sweet face again. *sigh*. Now, everythin is empty. I missed Pangkor. And most of all, I miss Momoe.
Looks like I'll be studyin after all. Startin from 12th September, I'll be meltin my braincells again after all this years. It's a good thing and the only thing left fer me to do now is to find a job with a flexible workin hour so that I can focus on my studies while workin at the same time. Well, not literary 'at the same time' but you know what I mean. I'll just be studyin fer 2 hours per day so I might get a deal with the car company I told you before. The company's boss said that he'll ring me after his vacation soon, before September arrive.
I got no more to write now. The Pangkor experience will be posted soon I hope. Ah, I remember that at this hour, me and Momoe will be walkin near the seashore after takin dinner at TJ's. Yeah Momoe, I miss TJ's cats too. Later.
Looks like I'll be studyin after all. Startin from 12th September, I'll be meltin my braincells again after all this years. It's a good thing and the only thing left fer me to do now is to find a job with a flexible workin hour so that I can focus on my studies while workin at the same time. Well, not literary 'at the same time' but you know what I mean. I'll just be studyin fer 2 hours per day so I might get a deal with the car company I told you before. The company's boss said that he'll ring me after his vacation soon, before September arrive.
I got no more to write now. The Pangkor experience will be posted soon I hope. Ah, I remember that at this hour, me and Momoe will be walkin near the seashore after takin dinner at TJ's. Yeah Momoe, I miss TJ's cats too. Later.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Bad API
How's you API? Yeah it's the "Air Pollution Index". Here it's about 200 somethin I guess. Not quite sure. Klang is lookin pretty bad on the news. Why the heck is Indonesian aren't doin anythin to put out their forest fires? Is it because the wind is blowin to our shore so they won't suffer as bad as us? Sheesh. It's gettin worst everyday. In fact it's gettin so dangerous that some of the worst affected areas will be on 'darurat'. I don't know what 'darurat' in english so don't ask.
I went to the bank and the cheque is not yet cleared. Sheesh. So I can't pay the car yet. I hope tomorrow will bring a good news.
This bad air pollution is makin me coughin. Now where the heck is my ciggy? Ciow!
I went to the bank and the cheque is not yet cleared. Sheesh. So I can't pay the car yet. I hope tomorrow will bring a good news.
This bad air pollution is makin me coughin. Now where the heck is my ciggy? Ciow!
Monday, August 08, 2005
Kreator in KL! Preparin fer recordin & foggy days.
Yeah I know I'm a bit late on this. But I don't care so I'll write bout it anyhow. Yeah dudes and dudettes, Kreator is comin to town!. This Concert List says that they'll be comin to Kuala Lumpur on 25th September. Fractured will be the openin act. Ok I was jokin bout us bein the openin act. The guys (Fractured) will all be there except fer me. I will most probably be nowhere near that place because I'm broke. :D. But it might change so who knows. Maybe you'll see me on the front row of the headbangers.
Speakin bout music stuff, I guess our (Fractured) last show in KL was the end of our 2005 schedule (pffttt. Sounds like we're on tour or somethin.. 'schedule'. pfftt.). Seems like there's no more offer fer us this year so we might as well concentrate on our new songs and gettin ready to go fer recordin. We currently have 3 new songs (We played 1 of our new songs at the Gegaran Metal gig. So that makes you 'rugi sebab tak datang :P'!). This time around, we've up-the-ante on our recordin budget. Time time we're focusin more on quality sound because that's the most critics we heard from our demo album. Hopefully our next full length album will be released next year.
Foggy. Such a foggy day. The only good thing I can think bout it is that it's not as sunny as most of the hot days. That's where the good things end. Damn it's so hot instead! It's like livin in a microwave. Not to mention that it's bad fer the lungs. Oh yeah ciggy do that too but let's just stick to the fog issue aye? It's worsened by the fact that rain is not that frequent anymore. Includin the ever-goin water ration, it's bloody hot. I miss the time I can just let the tab water runnin and bath meself fer hours. Ever my car didn't get its required shower fer quite a long time. Ah well. Just live it.
Can't wait fer PANGKOR! Later then
Speakin bout music stuff, I guess our (Fractured) last show in KL was the end of our 2005 schedule (pffttt. Sounds like we're on tour or somethin.. 'schedule'. pfftt.). Seems like there's no more offer fer us this year so we might as well concentrate on our new songs and gettin ready to go fer recordin. We currently have 3 new songs (We played 1 of our new songs at the Gegaran Metal gig. So that makes you 'rugi sebab tak datang :P'!). This time around, we've up-the-ante on our recordin budget. Time time we're focusin more on quality sound because that's the most critics we heard from our demo album. Hopefully our next full length album will be released next year.
Foggy. Such a foggy day. The only good thing I can think bout it is that it's not as sunny as most of the hot days. That's where the good things end. Damn it's so hot instead! It's like livin in a microwave. Not to mention that it's bad fer the lungs. Oh yeah ciggy do that too but let's just stick to the fog issue aye? It's worsened by the fact that rain is not that frequent anymore. Includin the ever-goin water ration, it's bloody hot. I miss the time I can just let the tab water runnin and bath meself fer hours. Ever my car didn't get its required shower fer quite a long time. Ah well. Just live it.
Can't wait fer PANGKOR! Later then
Friday, August 05, 2005
Ex-school memories, will PTPTN accept me? & darn, it's a 'AC-Payee Only' cheque...
I went to my ex-school today. Haha. It was funny. I saw 1 of my old teacher. He's still the same like 10 years ago and seems like he haven't aged a bit. The 'text-book' issue was settled because the person incharge fer if started teachin there on 2000 and all the text-book I lost is history. Nobody knows the price or if it's ever will be published anymore and usin her persuasive approach, Kak Ayu won the jackpot and I don't have to pay a penny. Hehe. Still, there's somethin that's botherin me. There's only 1 certificate fer SPVM so the missin 3 subjects is mind bogglin. I still remember I took the 'Lukisan Geometri & Pendawaian' (Geometry & Wiring Plan) test because I took 9/10 of the test time drawin a bungalow house and left me with not enough time to do the wirin plan. Hahaha. Okay funny stories behind. Where the heck is the other 3 subjects? It's stated that any subject with 9 aggregate will not be listed in the certificate but hell I don't think I flunked all 3 Electrical subjects! I passed the Electrical MLVK Level 1 test with flyin colors and it was harder than that. Drats.
But it's somehow very hard to trace back now because the school is no longer a Vokasional (Vokasional was replaced with Teknik now.) and almost all of the old teachers, administration staff and even the Principal is gone now. My bad, I didn't take the result's slip when it was released a few weeks after SPVM exam which list all the details about all the subjects I took so I'm clueless (my ex-teacher, the un-aged guy I told you before was dragged into the issue too. Thanks to me. And his mind boggled too. :D) to what had happen with all the 3 Electrical subjects. I can accept it if I blew the Geometry bla bla test but the other two? Electrical Theory and Wiring? Ho no I don't think I blew that too. But hey, it's a 10 years old stuff, the school is different now and it's not easy to find a decent solution. Fer now, I'm hopin that the certificate I took is enough fer me to get me a seat in Informatic. It's the only chance I get fer studyin again.
Talkin bout studyin. Kak Ayu will call PTPTN soon to ask bout my status. Can PTPTN accept my application? The answer will be known soon. Still, I'll most probably start my studies this September. With or without a study loan. Ah well, PTPTN is not the only loan provider there is. Oh Kak Ayu said that to me so I'm just repeatin it. :D. Ah, such a happy face aye. It's a rarity.
I haven't paid the car yet because I got a cheque which has to be credited into my bank account and not a cash-cheque. *sigh*. So next Monday, BCF staff from KL, the same consistent lady who called me every month to remind me of the car's payment will surely be glad to dial my number again. Ouch. But hey no worries. I have the money but it's not with me right now. Sounds like a good answer? I sure hope so. It sounded more like a drug dealin movie script though. Later then.
But it's somehow very hard to trace back now because the school is no longer a Vokasional (Vokasional was replaced with Teknik now.) and almost all of the old teachers, administration staff and even the Principal is gone now. My bad, I didn't take the result's slip when it was released a few weeks after SPVM exam which list all the details about all the subjects I took so I'm clueless (my ex-teacher, the un-aged guy I told you before was dragged into the issue too. Thanks to me. And his mind boggled too. :D) to what had happen with all the 3 Electrical subjects. I can accept it if I blew the Geometry bla bla test but the other two? Electrical Theory and Wiring? Ho no I don't think I blew that too. But hey, it's a 10 years old stuff, the school is different now and it's not easy to find a decent solution. Fer now, I'm hopin that the certificate I took is enough fer me to get me a seat in Informatic. It's the only chance I get fer studyin again.
Talkin bout studyin. Kak Ayu will call PTPTN soon to ask bout my status. Can PTPTN accept my application? The answer will be known soon. Still, I'll most probably start my studies this September. With or without a study loan. Ah well, PTPTN is not the only loan provider there is. Oh Kak Ayu said that to me so I'm just repeatin it. :D. Ah, such a happy face aye. It's a rarity.
I haven't paid the car yet because I got a cheque which has to be credited into my bank account and not a cash-cheque. *sigh*. So next Monday, BCF staff from KL, the same consistent lady who called me every month to remind me of the car's payment will surely be glad to dial my number again. Ouch. But hey no worries. I have the money but it's not with me right now. Sounds like a good answer? I sure hope so. It sounded more like a drug dealin movie script though. Later then.
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Car saved, study again & job that wants me.
Ah. Today is somewhat one of the happiest day of my live. Out of the ordinary, I finally managed to get my car's monthly instalment secured without even borrowin a penny from anybody. The freelance computer job I'm currently doin saved my day. Phew. I need to get a few more bucks and then I can smile in my sleep. The time is quite hard right now but heck, everyone will experience it at least once in their lifetime right?. I'll go and pay the instalment tomorrow.
I had a study opportunity this week. My ex-boss's wife (when I was workin in a computer company a few years ago.) who's a marketin officer fer Informatic called and asked if I could bring my SPVM result and she (along with my ex-boss) will pay the required RM200 fee up-front and apply a PTPTN loan fer me. It's an IT Administration course fer 2 years and 4 months. It's like a dream come true. The problem is that, since I left the Vokasional School and till now, which is 10 years already; I never went to the school to get all my certificates. I lost all the text-book that was lend to me on the final day of school. Somebody stole it. So I never bothered to get the result. So how did I managed to get any jobs you asked? I used the MLVK slip I get. I was an Electrical course student. Not to mention that my 1st real job (in the computer company, the ex-boss's company I mentioned earlier.) opened up a chain of another good job opportunities. I never bothered to get the SPVM result because the result wasn't that great anyway. It's a long and pain story so there's no use fer me to tell it. So, after this whole years of evadin any topics bout my result, I was now forced to get it or suffer the loss of the study opportunity. How?
No worries. It's solved this evenin. My ex-boss's wife (I call her Kak Ayu.) and me went to my ex-school to get my result. It was a very nervous thing because of some wild imagination I had bout me bein scolded in front of everybody fer losin all my text-books. So what happened? I was spared from the humiliation of bein scolded but they (the school administration) have the receipt of all my lost text-books. Drats. I still have to pay fer the loss. Ouch. But I got my SPM result. They have to hold my school certificate until I cleared the debts. Fer now, that's enough. Anyway, as I thought, my English result was way better than my Bahasa Malaysia's. Sigh. My math in the other hand, is pure thrash. Ah well, I was thrown out from my 'kampung' 6 month before SPVM (all I did was standin up fer my big sister. We're both thrown out.), livin in a new house (which took the whole day fer me and my big to find a suitable place to make our new home.) which got electricity only after 3 months we moved in, workin as a trailer co-pilot with my late brother-in-law (who was the driver.) when I should be preparin fer my exam. Ah, the memories. Such pain. Anyway, with all the discouragement I experienced, I'm pretty proud of the SPM result. Below par, but with the state I was when I'm in form 5, it makes me smile. Not because of the result, but because of the story behind it.
I fergot to ask bout my MLVK certificate. The SPM result only have 5 subjects written in it with the other 3 (all electrical subjects) missin. So I think there's another certificate that I fergot to take. So tomorrow, I have to go to the school again, with Kak Ayu (she said she'll sort the text-book thingy fer me. Phew.) and ask bout it. I do hope my PTPTN loan will get approval so I can start the studies in early September.
A car company called me a few days ago, askin me if I'm interested in doin general insurance work (like my last company). The boss was a friend of my last boss, he knew how I work and he have faith in me. If I accept the offer, I will start in September too. I'm still thinkin bout it because I'm puttin priority in my study application. Only if I can demand a flexible workin hour. Still, I still have a few weeks to think it over. If I don't get a spot fer studyin, I'll probably take the job. Didn't ask bout the salary though. I hope it'll be better than the last job.
Oh, the pain I wrote earlier was a false alarm. Phew. I'm still bein cautious bout it.
I'll be goin to Pangkor this month. With Momoe! Now that's somethin to look forward to. Later then.
I had a study opportunity this week. My ex-boss's wife (when I was workin in a computer company a few years ago.) who's a marketin officer fer Informatic called and asked if I could bring my SPVM result and she (along with my ex-boss) will pay the required RM200 fee up-front and apply a PTPTN loan fer me. It's an IT Administration course fer 2 years and 4 months. It's like a dream come true. The problem is that, since I left the Vokasional School and till now, which is 10 years already; I never went to the school to get all my certificates. I lost all the text-book that was lend to me on the final day of school. Somebody stole it. So I never bothered to get the result. So how did I managed to get any jobs you asked? I used the MLVK slip I get. I was an Electrical course student. Not to mention that my 1st real job (in the computer company, the ex-boss's company I mentioned earlier.) opened up a chain of another good job opportunities. I never bothered to get the SPVM result because the result wasn't that great anyway. It's a long and pain story so there's no use fer me to tell it. So, after this whole years of evadin any topics bout my result, I was now forced to get it or suffer the loss of the study opportunity. How?
No worries. It's solved this evenin. My ex-boss's wife (I call her Kak Ayu.) and me went to my ex-school to get my result. It was a very nervous thing because of some wild imagination I had bout me bein scolded in front of everybody fer losin all my text-books. So what happened? I was spared from the humiliation of bein scolded but they (the school administration) have the receipt of all my lost text-books. Drats. I still have to pay fer the loss. Ouch. But I got my SPM result. They have to hold my school certificate until I cleared the debts. Fer now, that's enough. Anyway, as I thought, my English result was way better than my Bahasa Malaysia's. Sigh. My math in the other hand, is pure thrash. Ah well, I was thrown out from my 'kampung' 6 month before SPVM (all I did was standin up fer my big sister. We're both thrown out.), livin in a new house (which took the whole day fer me and my big to find a suitable place to make our new home.) which got electricity only after 3 months we moved in, workin as a trailer co-pilot with my late brother-in-law (who was the driver.) when I should be preparin fer my exam. Ah, the memories. Such pain. Anyway, with all the discouragement I experienced, I'm pretty proud of the SPM result. Below par, but with the state I was when I'm in form 5, it makes me smile. Not because of the result, but because of the story behind it.
I fergot to ask bout my MLVK certificate. The SPM result only have 5 subjects written in it with the other 3 (all electrical subjects) missin. So I think there's another certificate that I fergot to take. So tomorrow, I have to go to the school again, with Kak Ayu (she said she'll sort the text-book thingy fer me. Phew.) and ask bout it. I do hope my PTPTN loan will get approval so I can start the studies in early September.
A car company called me a few days ago, askin me if I'm interested in doin general insurance work (like my last company). The boss was a friend of my last boss, he knew how I work and he have faith in me. If I accept the offer, I will start in September too. I'm still thinkin bout it because I'm puttin priority in my study application. Only if I can demand a flexible workin hour. Still, I still have a few weeks to think it over. If I don't get a spot fer studyin, I'll probably take the job. Didn't ask bout the salary though. I hope it'll be better than the last job.
Oh, the pain I wrote earlier was a false alarm. Phew. I'm still bein cautious bout it.
I'll be goin to Pangkor this month. With Momoe! Now that's somethin to look forward to. Later then.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Can't think of any decent title fer this..
Howdy folks. It's me here, tryin to write some more blog from an internet cafe. It still sucks but hey, had to do what I had to do. Sheesh now this pc's keyboard has a sticky keys so I have to correct almost everythin I wrote. Darn.
I still have no job. Ah, such a short word to describe it. But it's enough.
My sister still haven't cut off my Streamyx so it'll be another month of waste fer my RM88 bucks. Drats. I can't cut it because it's registered usin her name (my name is blacklisted because my old old company use it and had more then a thousand ringgit worth of debt. Drats). I dunno when she'll go to the Telekom and cut it though but I hope it'll be soon. Can't use the darn Streamyx though so what's the use anyway?
I wrote a blog but I left the diskette at home. So here's a brief blog I guess. I wanna write more but this is an internet cafe so it sucks to blog from here. I guess I'll paste the blog later and adjust the date because I blog about yesterday. Heh, it's almost an hour so I better stop. Can't do like what I used to at home. Yeah I kinda love to stare at the internet. Later then.
I still have no job. Ah, such a short word to describe it. But it's enough.
My sister still haven't cut off my Streamyx so it'll be another month of waste fer my RM88 bucks. Drats. I can't cut it because it's registered usin her name (my name is blacklisted because my old old company use it and had more then a thousand ringgit worth of debt. Drats). I dunno when she'll go to the Telekom and cut it though but I hope it'll be soon. Can't use the darn Streamyx though so what's the use anyway?
I wrote a blog but I left the diskette at home. So here's a brief blog I guess. I wanna write more but this is an internet cafe so it sucks to blog from here. I guess I'll paste the blog later and adjust the date because I blog about yesterday. Heh, it's almost an hour so I better stop. Can't do like what I used to at home. Yeah I kinda love to stare at the internet. Later then.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
No Singapore job fer me, new blog? & the pain is back?
I still have no new job. Jobless. *sigh*. What a way to survive. My sister still haven't cut the Streamyx so I'll burn RM88 fer another month. What a waste. My daily-pay jobs aren't doin so well either. Sometime I have somethin to do and most of the time, there's just nothin left fer me to work on. And when there's no work, there's no pay. I was plannin to go to Singapore this August. Got a friend who's workin there and he was back here tryin to settle some required documents. The plan was good. But then he got a job here, workin as a driver fer a VIP and he got a good pay. In fact, much better than what he get in Singapore so I have this feelin that he won't be leavin to Singapore anymore. You see, I was plannin to stay at this guy's place in Johor Bharu because he got his relative there. So then, if he ain't goin back to JB and work in Singapore after the required documents are settled, how am I goin to bump in? Such a dilemma. As fer me, I'm the kind of guy who'll try to focus at 1 thing instead of thinkin bout a few backup plans so I'm now without any other choice. I don't know if I can clear up any of my bills fer this month and it's already the end of the month.
I have this scattered ideas of a new blog. The idea seems to be a cool one. It's still a hush fer now. I don't wanna spoil the element of surprise so I'll spill no more. It'll might or might not be materialised because my current internet connectivity state aren't actually somethin to be proud of.
I'm kinda scared right now. It seems that the mysterious pain I rarely get is comin back. It's my 'Batu Karang' thingy. I hate it. It'll always make me almost break in tears just thinkin bout it. It's a hell of a pain when I'm tryin to pee when it happens. The doctor said before that I got no trace of any infection in my urine but there's a trace of blood in it so it's presumably caused by 'Batu Karang'. Trust me, it's a lot of pain when you're tryin to urinate. It's such a pain that all of the time when I'm sufferin from the effect, I can't bear it at all. It's somewhat, half my fault because I don't drink enough water. My kid sister said that the peein difficulty was probably because my body doesn't have enough fluid. I tried to make drinkin plain water a habit, in fact I even have a bottle of plain water in my room fer my convenience but it just slips off me most of the time. I hate to say it but I sense that the effect is comin again. And if that happens, I will be in a hell of a pain when I'm tryin to pee tomorrow. I pray that the feelin I get is just a false alarm. It's unbearable just to think about it. Later.
I have this scattered ideas of a new blog. The idea seems to be a cool one. It's still a hush fer now. I don't wanna spoil the element of surprise so I'll spill no more. It'll might or might not be materialised because my current internet connectivity state aren't actually somethin to be proud of.
I'm kinda scared right now. It seems that the mysterious pain I rarely get is comin back. It's my 'Batu Karang' thingy. I hate it. It'll always make me almost break in tears just thinkin bout it. It's a hell of a pain when I'm tryin to pee when it happens. The doctor said before that I got no trace of any infection in my urine but there's a trace of blood in it so it's presumably caused by 'Batu Karang'. Trust me, it's a lot of pain when you're tryin to urinate. It's such a pain that all of the time when I'm sufferin from the effect, I can't bear it at all. It's somewhat, half my fault because I don't drink enough water. My kid sister said that the peein difficulty was probably because my body doesn't have enough fluid. I tried to make drinkin plain water a habit, in fact I even have a bottle of plain water in my room fer my convenience but it just slips off me most of the time. I hate to say it but I sense that the effect is comin again. And if that happens, I will be in a hell of a pain when I'm tryin to pee tomorrow. I pray that the feelin I get is just a false alarm. It's unbearable just to think about it. Later.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Blog from outside, daily-pay jobs & Nintendo DS
Ah. Hello world! This is my 1st time bloggin from an internet cafe. And all I can say is: IT SUCKS. Bloggin fer me is time consumin process. It'll not be a problem if my Streamyx is usable. I'm used to open up the quick blog window and let it open fer a while until I finish up my blog. Now, I have to blog quickly or else it'll burn a hole in my pocket. No don't get me wrong, I can blog quickly. So I'm provin it right now. Oh yeah I have another 32 minutes to blog here *smirk*.
I still don't have a new job yet. Job are pretty hard to find nowadays. I believe there's a job openin somewhere but to find it is somethin that requires a lotsa patient. Hehe. Oh mind me. I just remembered that me and Bobby went to the market to find a job. Bobby's still workin though. But we're both tryin to find a daily-pay job which is the best way to support ourselves in this situation. And fer added info, most daily-pay jobs are mostly works that's pretty much require you to do jobs that most educated people won't bother be doin. Like the market, agricultural sector, car wash etc. As fer meself, I don't mind what job I'm doin as long as it's 'halal'. Still, I have to look at the 'workin hour - amount paid' ratio. It'll be almost useless if I'm gettin 20 bucks workin my ass off fer 12 hours. There's a few promisin daily-pay jobs I'm tryin to get and no I won't tell you before I know I can get the work. Hah! :P
Fahmi bought a Nintendo DS 2 days ago. He was thinkin bout buyin between a Sony PSP or the Nintendo DS and the result was, Nintendo DS win. I had the chance to try it out and all I can say is. I was never wrong! Nintendo DS will always be the stuff I want in my wish list! I envy him. Drats.
Yeow. This internet cafe's staff have already startin to close this place up. Huh? It's still 11:10?! Man this sucks. This is what I can expect from doin my internet stuff from outside my cozy place. Sheesh. Ah well. My bloggin was fast anyway. Chow.
p/s: Momoe is plannin to come here again on the middle of August! Yeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!
I still don't have a new job yet. Job are pretty hard to find nowadays. I believe there's a job openin somewhere but to find it is somethin that requires a lotsa patient. Hehe. Oh mind me. I just remembered that me and Bobby went to the market to find a job. Bobby's still workin though. But we're both tryin to find a daily-pay job which is the best way to support ourselves in this situation. And fer added info, most daily-pay jobs are mostly works that's pretty much require you to do jobs that most educated people won't bother be doin. Like the market, agricultural sector, car wash etc. As fer meself, I don't mind what job I'm doin as long as it's 'halal'. Still, I have to look at the 'workin hour - amount paid' ratio. It'll be almost useless if I'm gettin 20 bucks workin my ass off fer 12 hours. There's a few promisin daily-pay jobs I'm tryin to get and no I won't tell you before I know I can get the work. Hah! :P
Fahmi bought a Nintendo DS 2 days ago. He was thinkin bout buyin between a Sony PSP or the Nintendo DS and the result was, Nintendo DS win. I had the chance to try it out and all I can say is. I was never wrong! Nintendo DS will always be the stuff I want in my wish list! I envy him. Drats.
Yeow. This internet cafe's staff have already startin to close this place up. Huh? It's still 11:10?! Man this sucks. This is what I can expect from doin my internet stuff from outside my cozy place. Sheesh. Ah well. My bloggin was fast anyway. Chow.
p/s: Momoe is plannin to come here again on the middle of August! Yeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!
Thursday, July 14, 2005
A letter from afar
Dear me,
Sorry if I wrote this a little bit late. It's not that I don't want to get online, it's just that I can't anymore. No my Streamyx didn't get cut off. It's my laptop's built-in network adapter. I fergot to detach the telephone line from my ADSL modem and I think it was rainin quite heavily while I was in KL fer Gegaran Metal 2005 gigs and lightin zapped my network adapter. How did I know my network adapter is kaput? Because it's no longer present in the System Information (Win XP) AND ifconfig (FreeBSD). So, I had to write this from an internet cafe. I can safely assume that my internet life is over now. Why the hell do I want to keep the Streamyx if I can't use it anymore? It's no use tellin me to repair the darn built-in network adapter because financially, that's the least important thing I want to consider doin right now.
But I'll log in once in a while from an internet cafe or whatever because somehow, my life grew around the internet. I consider you guys, the people I can't see, the people I don't know as my friends. While others prefer to go out and face the real life, I live in this tiny room, roamin the big internet life. Someday I'll get my Streamyx back. I do hope so. Someday, probably after I bought a better desktop computer. Who knows. Or perhaps, I'll try to live in the real life. Back to reality.
I also want to tell you about the gigs. How was it? Well, it was great! The crowd was very supportive and the bands playin with us are all great. Symphonic Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Thrash Metal; you name it and it was all in it. We did good and my throat did make it till the last song. Whew. I was afraid that I'll cough in the middle of a song or somethin and thankfully, I didn't. We got our performance on video and Fahmi already burnt in to DVD. Well, my laptop doesnt have a DVD-Rom so I can just drool and hope that Udin will convert it to VCD. We played 5 songs that evenin.
1) The Bodybag - our own
2) Once Stabbed - our own
3) Let The World Burns - our own (new song!)
4) Tresspass - The Haunted
5) Blinded By Fear - At The Gates
The new song went great! Unfortunately, one of Hangah's strings snapped in the middle of the new song but another band lend him a guitar and the show managed to go on without any other glitches. Like I've told you earlier, the crowd was very supportive and someone actually shouted "Orang kampung den" at me. That's cool. Hopefully there'll be another gig fer us soon because I'm sure as heck can't wait fer another one to come.
I didn't find a new job yet and yeah I know it's the middle of the month now. I still don't quite know what I'm gonna do but I'll figure out somethin soon. It's good thing that I'm havin a rest because Momoe was here so I can just go out on dates with her and never have to worry bout goin to work. I'll find some kind of work later after she went back to Japan.
How's Momoe? I sent her to KLIA on 14th July in the mornin fer her flight back to Japan. She came on 9th July and I thought I was late to pick her up at KLIA when nearly and hour after that, she called and said that MAS was late. I managed to avoid usin PLUS highway on my way to KLIA but I kinda lost in my way back to Seremban and was tricked to choose the highway. Damn PLUS is sure smart. In quite a short trip, we managed to do many memorable things. We went to the amusement park in Seremban, goin to a ghost house (which later I saw a teddy bear hung inside among the other ghosts and she said it scared her. I hope she's not scared of that teddy bear) and I almost spewed my guts out when we ride a rift ride which I swore that will be the last time Ill ever get on that ride again.
Oh, she came with us to the Gegaran Metal 2005 gig. When it was time fer me to perform, I saw her near the front of the stage. It's not that hard to find her because while everybody else is wearin black shirts and a few white one, she wore a kawaii (yes kawaii, not hawaii. kawaii means cute) floral shirt. She kept buyin bottle after bottle of mineral water and I do feel guilty because we kept gettin the newly bought mineral water lost somewhere. Deep down inside me, Im very glad that I see her again; even when she said that the trip was the last one. Yes, she came here fer the last time. I avoided to talk with her bout that when she came because I just want her to enjoy her visit. And I wanted to enjoy her visit too.
Before I sent her to KLIA fer her flight to Japan, she gave me a bottle of honey and said, "it's a honey fer my honey, eat it so that you can sing better". That's sweet. Both her and the honey. I didn't get her anythin, a typical stupid behavior-o-mine. I should've bought her somethin at least. Damn. I'm feelin mushy. Why can't I? To know that after this it'll be hard fer me to see her again makes me feel empty. I don't know what I'll do to see her again. She's special, very special to me and I'm not afraid to tell you that. And yes most of the time, reality is so cruel. It's somethin special to me, that in a short period of her trip, we're close. In fact, we're so close that I still wonder why was I born Malaysian and she, Japanese. It's saddenin fer me to see her go back and instead of kidnappin her and make her stay, I was the one who sent her away. It breaks me even more to realise that this was the last time I'll see her in real life and the time to look at her was never enough. "It's a honey fer my honey..". I'll never forget that phrase.
Ah, this is gettin more like an anti-hero love story. Forgive me if the emotion was overflowin but I just feels like writin bout it. It's rare fer me to show some emotion but this time, it's somewhat different. I feel like I want to show how I feel to somebody. All this time I kept all the emotion inside and now I can't take it anymore. Yeah, I'm gettin soft nowadays. But I know it's a right feelin. I'm gonna go now and take another spoon of that honey she bought. Later then.
Yours(elf),
Zul.
Sorry if I wrote this a little bit late. It's not that I don't want to get online, it's just that I can't anymore. No my Streamyx didn't get cut off. It's my laptop's built-in network adapter. I fergot to detach the telephone line from my ADSL modem and I think it was rainin quite heavily while I was in KL fer Gegaran Metal 2005 gigs and lightin zapped my network adapter. How did I know my network adapter is kaput? Because it's no longer present in the System Information (Win XP) AND ifconfig (FreeBSD). So, I had to write this from an internet cafe. I can safely assume that my internet life is over now. Why the hell do I want to keep the Streamyx if I can't use it anymore? It's no use tellin me to repair the darn built-in network adapter because financially, that's the least important thing I want to consider doin right now.
But I'll log in once in a while from an internet cafe or whatever because somehow, my life grew around the internet. I consider you guys, the people I can't see, the people I don't know as my friends. While others prefer to go out and face the real life, I live in this tiny room, roamin the big internet life. Someday I'll get my Streamyx back. I do hope so. Someday, probably after I bought a better desktop computer. Who knows. Or perhaps, I'll try to live in the real life. Back to reality.
I also want to tell you about the gigs. How was it? Well, it was great! The crowd was very supportive and the bands playin with us are all great. Symphonic Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Thrash Metal; you name it and it was all in it. We did good and my throat did make it till the last song. Whew. I was afraid that I'll cough in the middle of a song or somethin and thankfully, I didn't. We got our performance on video and Fahmi already burnt in to DVD. Well, my laptop doesnt have a DVD-Rom so I can just drool and hope that Udin will convert it to VCD. We played 5 songs that evenin.
1) The Bodybag - our own
2) Once Stabbed - our own
3) Let The World Burns - our own (new song!)
4) Tresspass - The Haunted
5) Blinded By Fear - At The Gates
The new song went great! Unfortunately, one of Hangah's strings snapped in the middle of the new song but another band lend him a guitar and the show managed to go on without any other glitches. Like I've told you earlier, the crowd was very supportive and someone actually shouted "Orang kampung den" at me. That's cool. Hopefully there'll be another gig fer us soon because I'm sure as heck can't wait fer another one to come.
I didn't find a new job yet and yeah I know it's the middle of the month now. I still don't quite know what I'm gonna do but I'll figure out somethin soon. It's good thing that I'm havin a rest because Momoe was here so I can just go out on dates with her and never have to worry bout goin to work. I'll find some kind of work later after she went back to Japan.
How's Momoe? I sent her to KLIA on 14th July in the mornin fer her flight back to Japan. She came on 9th July and I thought I was late to pick her up at KLIA when nearly and hour after that, she called and said that MAS was late. I managed to avoid usin PLUS highway on my way to KLIA but I kinda lost in my way back to Seremban and was tricked to choose the highway. Damn PLUS is sure smart. In quite a short trip, we managed to do many memorable things. We went to the amusement park in Seremban, goin to a ghost house (which later I saw a teddy bear hung inside among the other ghosts and she said it scared her. I hope she's not scared of that teddy bear) and I almost spewed my guts out when we ride a rift ride which I swore that will be the last time Ill ever get on that ride again.
Oh, she came with us to the Gegaran Metal 2005 gig. When it was time fer me to perform, I saw her near the front of the stage. It's not that hard to find her because while everybody else is wearin black shirts and a few white one, she wore a kawaii (yes kawaii, not hawaii. kawaii means cute) floral shirt. She kept buyin bottle after bottle of mineral water and I do feel guilty because we kept gettin the newly bought mineral water lost somewhere. Deep down inside me, Im very glad that I see her again; even when she said that the trip was the last one. Yes, she came here fer the last time. I avoided to talk with her bout that when she came because I just want her to enjoy her visit. And I wanted to enjoy her visit too.
Before I sent her to KLIA fer her flight to Japan, she gave me a bottle of honey and said, "it's a honey fer my honey, eat it so that you can sing better". That's sweet. Both her and the honey. I didn't get her anythin, a typical stupid behavior-o-mine. I should've bought her somethin at least. Damn. I'm feelin mushy. Why can't I? To know that after this it'll be hard fer me to see her again makes me feel empty. I don't know what I'll do to see her again. She's special, very special to me and I'm not afraid to tell you that. And yes most of the time, reality is so cruel. It's somethin special to me, that in a short period of her trip, we're close. In fact, we're so close that I still wonder why was I born Malaysian and she, Japanese. It's saddenin fer me to see her go back and instead of kidnappin her and make her stay, I was the one who sent her away. It breaks me even more to realise that this was the last time I'll see her in real life and the time to look at her was never enough. "It's a honey fer my honey..". I'll never forget that phrase.
Ah, this is gettin more like an anti-hero love story. Forgive me if the emotion was overflowin but I just feels like writin bout it. It's rare fer me to show some emotion but this time, it's somewhat different. I feel like I want to show how I feel to somebody. All this time I kept all the emotion inside and now I can't take it anymore. Yeah, I'm gettin soft nowadays. But I know it's a right feelin. I'm gonna go now and take another spoon of that honey she bought. Later then.
Yours(elf),
Zul.
Friday, July 08, 2005
My bass string snapped... Arghhhh!
Arrghhhhhh! Damn! Why it has to be this time? When the gigs is just around the corner. Drats!! #$@%!! Why? I'm goin frenzy because the 4th string of my bass has retired last night. It snapped just after we're playin 2 songs in our practice session. Heck. Anyway, Kayser Strings was the best ever! I bought it a few years ago (more than 2 years! It's true!) and nothin I tried can beat its performance. The only catch is that I bought it in KL and I never saw it bein sold here in Seremban. Damn! Imagine that the biggest string snapped just like that (well it's rusty a bit, like the other 3 strings). Now I'm worried that the other strings will snapped too. The complete set cost me bout RM98 and that is a hell lot of money. I don't know if they sell it seperately. I guess I'll have to make do with another brand of string to replace the old Kayser. It's temporary fer the gigs. Yeow this is very troublesome.
Speakin bout the gigs, it'll be another 2 days. I finally finished writin the new song's lyric! Yeah! But I still didn't memorise it to the max so it'll be yet another hard task fer me. Still doin a bit of a revision of the new lyrics though. Nuff said. Later.
p/s: Momoe will arrive tomorrow. Hurrah! Err, how to get to KLIA?
Speakin bout the gigs, it'll be another 2 days. I finally finished writin the new song's lyric! Yeah! But I still didn't memorise it to the max so it'll be yet another hard task fer me. Still doin a bit of a revision of the new lyrics though. Nuff said. Later.
p/s: Momoe will arrive tomorrow. Hurrah! Err, how to get to KLIA?
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Countdown to Gegaran Metal 2005, new song & Momoe's visitin.
3 more days till the Gegaran Metal 2005 gigs! Me and Fractured are havin a rest yesterday from any practice so today we will go fer a jam session again. Friday too. However Saturday will be another big break fer us as we don't want to waste energy before the gigs. My throat is still a bit sore and the darn cough is still here to stay. Drats. I better get meself a bottle of 'Air Asam Jawa' or else my (not so good) singin will be a disaster.
Hangah seems to memorised his parts fer our new song. That's great considerin that he had a strict time to practice it. How bout my lyrics? Well, it's 90% done and I'm thinkin of finishin it today. Got a few more days to memorise it though so I'm still crossin my fingers. It's funny that I nearly lost my breath while singin the new song because my lyrics is quite lengthy so I had to sing it a bit fast. Haha. So, revision is a must. I'm a singer AND the bassist remember? So the stamina is drained quite extensively in a brief. Oh yeah and I would like to take this opportunity to blame this problem from the effect of constant smokin of tobacco, thank you.
Momoe is comin to town just a day before the gigs because she wanted to see the show. So her visit is another event I'm lookin forward to. Unfortunately, because I'm no longer workin now, the activities while she's here will be a bit dull. Ah heck. Just enjoy it. Later.
Hangah seems to memorised his parts fer our new song. That's great considerin that he had a strict time to practice it. How bout my lyrics? Well, it's 90% done and I'm thinkin of finishin it today. Got a few more days to memorise it though so I'm still crossin my fingers. It's funny that I nearly lost my breath while singin the new song because my lyrics is quite lengthy so I had to sing it a bit fast. Haha. So, revision is a must. I'm a singer AND the bassist remember? So the stamina is drained quite extensively in a brief. Oh yeah and I would like to take this opportunity to blame this problem from the effect of constant smokin of tobacco, thank you.
Momoe is comin to town just a day before the gigs because she wanted to see the show. So her visit is another event I'm lookin forward to. Unfortunately, because I'm no longer workin now, the activities while she's here will be a bit dull. Ah heck. Just enjoy it. Later.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Bands list fer MetalTerus compilation announced, workin fer meself now & no LTD fer Hangah yet.
Looks like the final band list fer the upcomin MetalTerus Compilation has been announced and sadly we (Fractured) didn't manage to get a slot in it. *Sigh*. Ah well there will be next time. All the best and congratulation to the bands that made it and hopefully this compilation will be a blast! The announcement can be read here -=> Metal To Metals :: View topic - Pengumuman: Band List!.
Today is my 1st day workin as a freelance. No more goin to the office. Enjoyable and a bit borin if you ask me. You can say 1st day workin by meself sucks a bit. I'm still not 100% well too. Still got this annoyin cough, my head is achin and my temperature is a bit hot. Ah the water ration is here again. Looks like we're in a long dry season fer quite a while.
Unfortunately, Hangah said that he can't bring his LTD guitar to the gigs because his salary will be a bit late. So he'll end up borrowin yet another Ibanez guitar (RG I guess) fer the upcomin Gegaran Metal 2005 show. I hope my condition will be ok by then because I don't want my current health condition to affect Fractured's performance. I need a soup. Later.
Today is my 1st day workin as a freelance. No more goin to the office. Enjoyable and a bit borin if you ask me. You can say 1st day workin by meself sucks a bit. I'm still not 100% well too. Still got this annoyin cough, my head is achin and my temperature is a bit hot. Ah the water ration is here again. Looks like we're in a long dry season fer quite a while.
Unfortunately, Hangah said that he can't bring his LTD guitar to the gigs because his salary will be a bit late. So he'll end up borrowin yet another Ibanez guitar (RG I guess) fer the upcomin Gegaran Metal 2005 show. I hope my condition will be ok by then because I don't want my current health condition to affect Fractured's performance. I need a soup. Later.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Here's the new design of Gegaran Metal 2005 flyer. Kinda cool huh? Yeah there's a TGM guitar to be won fer visitors so remember to save your ticket(s). I heard that Gegaran Metal 2005 poster will be handed out durin the gig. The poster will be, well, bigger and they'll have picture of bands that's listed. I want that poster! Later.
Tabloid drama, ready fer the upcomin gigs & tomorrow = last day at the office.
Read any tabloid lately? One of the well known, the "Hairan Metro" wrote bout a group called "JIT" (means "Jangan Ikut Tuhan") which is currently terrorizin the public in secret. The so-called group is brainwashin teenagers to join this anti-religion cult and they have some sort of ritual fer new members includin some bizarre acts. The Hairan Metro, as usual, will put the blame on metalheads once again. I bet the last issue on black metal thingy boosted their sale and this propaganda will at least do the same fer them. It's funny to read their "exposure", such detailed infos like the ritual involved, where the JIT gang meet up, what they wear (of course black..) even some "inside testimonies" because they said that the news bout this JIT is "from trusted emails".
FROM TRUSTED EMAILS?!! What the f*ck?! Aww come on. We can never expect some sort of professionalism from their writins but this is way lower than lame. You see that? Just an email or 2 and that's enough to make it to the masses. If the news contains:-
1) Somethin to do with teenagers (except disco, clubbin, teen celebs even if they do drugs/was featured in DIY porn and everythin else as long as it's not metal. Remembers, metalheads will always be the easiest scapegoat.). To blame metalheads is a must.
2) Bizarre occult rituals. People dig taboo stuff. It doesn't matter if it's real as long as it sells.
3) Some sort of weird and dangerous stuff bout metalheads.
You see? To these tabloids, fact doesn't sell. At least not as good. So that's why they need refreshin stories (fiction or fact is irrelevant) which will make the youth look terribly dangerous. They don't care if the story was true or not. They don't give a fart if they look stupid fer makin such a fuss from unknown emails. They'll drag every teenage, youth even if you don't listen to any music or if you have a black dress somewhere in your wardrobe and they won't stop until they succeed in makin your everyday life miserable again. Do you remember how miserable it was a few years back? When the "Black Metal" case was the national phenomenan it was like hell. I guess it's somethin like a sadistic fetish fer them to see youth are attacked like that. What in the hell do they think we are anyway? Stupid like them? This is why I never bought any of them tabloids. Anybody seen those tv program where a few people debates bout the local Underground scene? I didn't see it but my friend did. He said there was Hairan Metro's dude in it and unsurprisinly, his comments (all negative towards the scene) was all lack of research (metalheads do drugs, metalheads hate God and all those pathetic dogma) and full of unfounded hatred towards the ug community. Heck that is expected from guys like that. It's a shame I didn't get to see him make a fool out of himself on national television. People are not that stupid anymore to believe everythin you feed them. If there's a Hairan Metro dude readin this, I won't be writin this if my flamesuit ain't on.
Still haven't finish writin the lyrics. Don't have the mood fer it yet. I don't know if I can finish it (and memorise it) before the upcomin gig. I'll probably just mumbles on the parts which I haven't wrote yet. Heh. Hangah will not buy a new Jackson guitar, but he booked an LTD guitar instead. Looks like it's a great choice considerin the name. I don't know which guitar though. All I know is that the guitar will come with Seymour-Duncan pickup as standard. Damn! Hmmm. To think bout it, the Ltd 30th Anniversary Bass is pretty interestin too. Might be my 3rd bass after an Ibanez EDA. :D.
Am I ready fer Gegaran Metal? Yup I am. Still have this annoyin cough tho. This is bad. Hope I won't lose my voice or somethin. No more cold/icy drinks from now on until the end of the gig. That sucks but a man gotta do what a man gotta do. I'll post the pictue of the gig's newest flyer in a while.
Tomorrow will be my last day workin in the company. After that, I'll do most of the despatchin work but as a freelance. Me as my own boss. No more sittin at the office. No more early mornin wakeup calls (like I ever wake up early anyway..). I'm still thinkin of somethin else that'll generate a steady income without requirin me to lose more than a handfull amount of my free time. Later then.
FROM TRUSTED EMAILS?!! What the f*ck?! Aww come on. We can never expect some sort of professionalism from their writins but this is way lower than lame. You see that? Just an email or 2 and that's enough to make it to the masses. If the news contains:-
1) Somethin to do with teenagers (except disco, clubbin, teen celebs even if they do drugs/was featured in DIY porn and everythin else as long as it's not metal. Remembers, metalheads will always be the easiest scapegoat.). To blame metalheads is a must.
2) Bizarre occult rituals. People dig taboo stuff. It doesn't matter if it's real as long as it sells.
3) Some sort of weird and dangerous stuff bout metalheads.
You see? To these tabloids, fact doesn't sell. At least not as good. So that's why they need refreshin stories (fiction or fact is irrelevant) which will make the youth look terribly dangerous. They don't care if the story was true or not. They don't give a fart if they look stupid fer makin such a fuss from unknown emails. They'll drag every teenage, youth even if you don't listen to any music or if you have a black dress somewhere in your wardrobe and they won't stop until they succeed in makin your everyday life miserable again. Do you remember how miserable it was a few years back? When the "Black Metal" case was the national phenomenan it was like hell. I guess it's somethin like a sadistic fetish fer them to see youth are attacked like that. What in the hell do they think we are anyway? Stupid like them? This is why I never bought any of them tabloids. Anybody seen those tv program where a few people debates bout the local Underground scene? I didn't see it but my friend did. He said there was Hairan Metro's dude in it and unsurprisinly, his comments (all negative towards the scene) was all lack of research (metalheads do drugs, metalheads hate God and all those pathetic dogma) and full of unfounded hatred towards the ug community. Heck that is expected from guys like that. It's a shame I didn't get to see him make a fool out of himself on national television. People are not that stupid anymore to believe everythin you feed them. If there's a Hairan Metro dude readin this, I won't be writin this if my flamesuit ain't on.
Still haven't finish writin the lyrics. Don't have the mood fer it yet. I don't know if I can finish it (and memorise it) before the upcomin gig. I'll probably just mumbles on the parts which I haven't wrote yet. Heh. Hangah will not buy a new Jackson guitar, but he booked an LTD guitar instead. Looks like it's a great choice considerin the name. I don't know which guitar though. All I know is that the guitar will come with Seymour-Duncan pickup as standard. Damn! Hmmm. To think bout it, the Ltd 30th Anniversary Bass is pretty interestin too. Might be my 3rd bass after an Ibanez EDA. :D.
Am I ready fer Gegaran Metal? Yup I am. Still have this annoyin cough tho. This is bad. Hope I won't lose my voice or somethin. No more cold/icy drinks from now on until the end of the gig. That sucks but a man gotta do what a man gotta do. I'll post the pictue of the gig's newest flyer in a while.
Tomorrow will be my last day workin in the company. After that, I'll do most of the despatchin work but as a freelance. Me as my own boss. No more sittin at the office. No more early mornin wakeup calls (like I ever wake up early anyway..). I'm still thinkin of somethin else that'll generate a steady income without requirin me to lose more than a handfull amount of my free time. Later then.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Fever & Fractured in Konsert magazine
Next week will be my last week workin at the company and another week after that will be the long awaited Gegaran Metal 2005 gigs. I haven't done writin the lyrics fer the new song yet because I got a fever. The fever started 3 days ago and although it can be considered gone, I'm still havin this annoyin flu and miserable headache. Pity me huh? Now go make me a soup.
There's a picture of Fractured in Konsert magazine (Vol 74, 15th June 2005 issue) in the "New Sound" section. To tell you the truth, we didn't know we're goin to be put in a magazine because nobody told us and after readin the section, I can see that Fractured's info was taken from our I-Bands.net page. Ah well, there's no article bout us so I won't waste your time. It was salivatin fer me to see the band's name printed on the front cover (I guess Fahmi fell fer that, heck he bought this magazine.) but like I've said, there's not much of an info, no review etc. and I wonder if the editor even bother to download the mp3s in I-Bands.net and listen to our songs.
I might be typin another few hundreds of words in here but this headache is makin my typographical error go rampant. So I'll leave fer now.
Misc rant: If bein sad, dark and hopeless-romantic is what Goth is to metal, am I not goth too?. No I don't listen to goth stuff. It's just that my mood is goth right now. Ok off to bed, again.
There's a picture of Fractured in Konsert magazine (Vol 74, 15th June 2005 issue) in the "New Sound" section. To tell you the truth, we didn't know we're goin to be put in a magazine because nobody told us and after readin the section, I can see that Fractured's info was taken from our I-Bands.net page. Ah well, there's no article bout us so I won't waste your time. It was salivatin fer me to see the band's name printed on the front cover (I guess Fahmi fell fer that, heck he bought this magazine.) but like I've said, there's not much of an info, no review etc. and I wonder if the editor even bother to download the mp3s in I-Bands.net and listen to our songs.
I might be typin another few hundreds of words in here but this headache is makin my typographical error go rampant. So I'll leave fer now.
Misc rant: If bein sad, dark and hopeless-romantic is what Goth is to metal, am I not goth too?. No I don't listen to goth stuff. It's just that my mood is goth right now. Ok off to bed, again.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Creepy song, jammed new song & new flyer.
Ah. Creepy stuff. My kid sister is buggin me with this same song everyday. It's an Indo-Rock kinda stuff. I dunno what band had the song though. No don't get me wrong. I got nothin against Indo-Rock, mind you. But when the song have lyrics like:
"Aku menunggumu, menunggumu, menunggumu,
mati di depanku, di depanku, didepanku.."
Translation: "I'm waitin fer you, waitin fer you, waitin fer you,
to die infront of me, infront of me, infront of me,"
Now there's where it gets creepy. My kid sister said that the song was about a guy singin to his unloyal girlfriend. Whoa. And people blame Metal fer all the evil things. :P. Still, to hear it almost everyday now, eeps. it's still creepy. (=.=#)
Me and Fractured went fer a jam session last night and we practiced our new song. Damn it was great, but the song need more polishin and Hangah can't make it last night so the sound is rather, incomplete. Hangah said that he'll come back to Seremban just 1 week before the gigs because he's savin money to buy an electric guitar. He's aimin fer a Jackson. Uuuu. Don't know what model though. I hopes he'll get what he wants. Got me thinkin bout the moment I was savin my money fer my Ibanez TR Series. Ah, sweet memories, and pain in the arse. Anyway it's really worth it. Every penny. Currently Hangah is the only one who doesn't own an instrument so if he gets it, we don't have to borrow any from other bands.
1 of the 2 new design of Gegaran Metal 2005 gig's flyer is out. Currently I have a few of the small handout flyer so if anyone wants it, just say so. Chicks only. :D. Ok I'm no good at jokin. Anyway, if you want it, say so. I just need 1 copy fer my possession.
Ah. The Indo-Rock song have stop because my sis is goin to work. Yeehaww! I'm spared. Later then.
"Aku menunggumu, menunggumu, menunggumu,
mati di depanku, di depanku, didepanku.."
Translation: "I'm waitin fer you, waitin fer you, waitin fer you,
to die infront of me, infront of me, infront of me,"
Now there's where it gets creepy. My kid sister said that the song was about a guy singin to his unloyal girlfriend. Whoa. And people blame Metal fer all the evil things. :P. Still, to hear it almost everyday now, eeps. it's still creepy. (=.=#)
Me and Fractured went fer a jam session last night and we practiced our new song. Damn it was great, but the song need more polishin and Hangah can't make it last night so the sound is rather, incomplete. Hangah said that he'll come back to Seremban just 1 week before the gigs because he's savin money to buy an electric guitar. He's aimin fer a Jackson. Uuuu. Don't know what model though. I hopes he'll get what he wants. Got me thinkin bout the moment I was savin my money fer my Ibanez TR Series. Ah, sweet memories, and pain in the arse. Anyway it's really worth it. Every penny. Currently Hangah is the only one who doesn't own an instrument so if he gets it, we don't have to borrow any from other bands.
1 of the 2 new design of Gegaran Metal 2005 gig's flyer is out. Currently I have a few of the small handout flyer so if anyone wants it, just say so. Chicks only. :D. Ok I'm no good at jokin. Anyway, if you want it, say so. I just need 1 copy fer my possession.
Ah. The Indo-Rock song have stop because my sis is goin to work. Yeehaww! I'm spared. Later then.
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