a walk in the garden
Posted onNovember 14, 2007
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i went back to penang last weekend during deepavali to give my mum a birthday surprise. when i reached the bus terminal in sungai nibong, i decided to call up my mum, just to make sure if she’s at home, and also if she’s cooking dinner. after talking on the phone for a while, i hung up and continue waiting for the bus to come. surprisingly, i waited for an hour or so, yet the bus didn’t show up. the route of the new bus, rapid penang, is kinda weird, as there are not much of bus passing by the main bus terminal in penang, and when i got onto the bus, i realise that the bus doesn’t passby my house, and i had to walk for about 20 minutes in order to reach home.
as i knocked onto the wooden door of my house, dad opened the door, and he showed me the "confused" face while unlocking the pad lock. well of course, he was happy to see me back home. then when i was putting my luggage back into my room, i heard my mum coming out from her room. i acted as if i didn’t know that she’s walking towards me. she was shocked to see me home, and asked why was i back. i told her that i was back to surprise her for her birthday. looks of joy were on her face, and we hugged each other. seriously, that was the 1st time we hugged each other, apart from when i was still a kiddo.
we had dinner together, mum cooked some simple yet delicious food. gosh, i haven’t eat at home for a long long time. after dinner, me and my parents watched TV programmes together in the living room. later that night, i went out to meet up my friends for tea and talk session.
the next morning, i woke up early for breakfast with my parents. after the early breakfast, me and my mum went to botanical garden for a walk. i don’t even remember my last time walking in the garden with my parents. we talked about stuffs that happened during older days when i was younger. time really flies.. i still remember that me and couple of my cousins went swimming in the river in botanical garden during my childhood time. that was like 15 years ago or more..
i got to express my feelings towards life to my mum, she has always been a good listener. she goes to botanical garden for walks quite often with my dad to breathe fresh air. while we were walking, we saw some of my dad’s friends, who were also photographers, taking pictured of humming birds, taking nectar from flowers in the garden. all these while i see humming birds through discovery channel and animal planet. that is the 1st time i see a humming bird in real life, and the size of it is not any bigger than my thumb. then as we walked down from the waterfall, i saw monkeys resting on top of a plant nursery. baby monkeys were holding tight onto their mother, as they make their way to another place in the garden.
after the walk in botanical garden, we stopped by the shops in front of the main entrance of botanical garden for refreshments. mum bought some fruits and i bought ice cream. the indian uncle can speak all sorts of dialects and languages. anything that i know, he knows. he was a friendly guy. i told mum that if he were to work in KL, he’s gonna make big money for his ability of speaking various dialects and languages.
after that, we drove over to youth park, which is just 10 minutes drive away from botanical garden. they refurbished the place and now, youth park is more lively than before. more families go there for walks, societies organises gatherings and events there.
i wish that i brought the cabel so that i can updoad photos of the waterfall that i took.. gosh how fast it is and now i’m back in the office working.. i seriously look forward to go back to penang again soon.. miss the food there.. oh yea, i grew fat after 4 days in penang, 1 breakfast session in penang is like 3 to 4 times of breakfast in KL..
technology rulez!
Posted onOctober 31, 2007
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here i am again, back in the cyber world, bloggin’ about things and thoughts. i have been looking out for mobile phones and notebooks as i’m planning to get both new mobile phone and notebook. the problem now is, there are too many choices in the market now, an they are absolutely confusing. this mobile phone has A but doesn’t have B, that mobile phone has B but doesn’t have A. there will never ever be a combination of both, will there? same thing goes to notebooks. even if there is such conbination, the price will be like high up the sky.
lately i’m looking at 2 mobile phones, one is NOKIA 6500 Slide, the other one is Sony Ericsson P1i. both mobile phones have similiar technical specifications, the only difference between the 2 is that Sony Ericsson P1i comes with WiFi, whereas the NOKIA 6500 Slide doesn’t have WiFi capability. the price are also par with each other. the biggest difference between the 2 mobile phones is that Sony Ericsson is a smart phone, when the NOKIA 6500 Slide is just a multimedia phone. both phone’s memory can be expanded up to 4GB, but then again, the price of their memory card varies. i have been surveying online for reviews and comments about the phones, but all those are just guidance for me to choose the right phone.
then there are thousands of notebooks to be choosen. again, the situation is exactly like when i’m looking at mobile phones. they all come in different technical specifications, that makes me wanna puke!! that’s because all have their pros and cons. the more i look at them, the more i hate myself.
whatever it is, i still have to wait until next Chinese New Year, then only i’ll decide what to get.
so what’s the point looking at them now? that is to give myself a target, at least i know what i am aiming for.
questions
Posted onOctober 24, 2007
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asking a question in order to know something better and clearer, that’s not too much, it it? maybe its the way and also the words used which are misused, ended up in a terrible argument.
humans come from various background, different family, different education level, and that is why we have many many different kinds of characters and personalities living in this world. even twins have different characters and personalities.
getting together with other different peoples of different characters is not easy. it takes time, effort, and commitment. in order to get along with someone, you’ll need to really spend time to understand that person, especially when you are planning to be with that person for a long time. some people tend to take a very short period of time to understand someone, others tend to take longer period to do so, some even take ages to get to know a person. well i guess i’m the 3rd kind, rite?
is it really that hard to get along with a person? or is it really difficult to understand someone? i’ll say that both parties need to work together to make things happen. 1 side hand doesn’t clap.
there are people who try to know the others before getting along with them, there are also people who start understanding someone after they get along with them. i guess i’m both. it is okay if someone comes to me and tell me straight in my face that i’m a weirdo, i’ll accept that.
okay, how do we define tolerate? same meaning as give and take, right? dealing with people requires lots and lots of tolerance. without it, no chemistry will ever happen between 2 different individual. compromising is another crucial point to be taken note when one tries to get along with another. no body’s perfect, even god is not. if he is, there will never be gays and lesbians. if god is perfect, there will never be illness or war, there will never be murders and crimes happening.
we as human beings learn how to become someone who others look upon, someone who the others wants to learn from. i always admit that i’m not good at all, nothing better than a pile of shit that has just been disposed. seriously, i’m having problems, big ones, i can’t seem to grab hold onto dealing with people the right way. if there is one. i tend to get excited over small things that others thinks that its a joke. i tend to get over reacted over lil matters that others don’t even give a damn to it. i tend to be over protecting when i’m in a relationship, and i tend to ask lots and lots of stupid questions to the other half. i know it pisses her off, but that’s the only way for me to get the answer to the question in my head. i don’t wanna guess, i don’t wanna predict, and i don’t wanna assume.
if anyone out there who can somehow advice me on this matter, i would be very great full, otherwise i dun think that i can count on myself. not at all.
grievances? surrounded by them. failure? u’re reading one’s blog.
A Tribute to Segafredo Zanetti Espresso, where the wold’s finest Baristas and servers come alive!! oops, kitchen crews included..
Posted onOctober 5, 2007
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Before i start off with my blog, i would like to thank the following people, who has been there to support me over the years, making me who i am and what i am now. Mr Danny, my boss, Mrs Amy, who was my lady boss when i was working back there in Segafredo Zanetti Espresso KL, Kelvin a.k.a. Polar Bear a.k.a. Boon Keong a.k.a. Tai Si Hen(g), Bun Chung, my 2nd Si Heng, the core of Segafredo Zanetti Espresso KL, my macha Vicky a.k.a. Tua Pui Or Chi Bai a.k.a. Black Master son of a gun cockeral-cock fuckeral-fuck hip to ‘da hop to ‘da hip to ‘da hop (i seriously wonder how the heck did he came out with such name), the other macha Stephen a.k.a. Mamak Panjang a.k.a. Sega Stoner a.k.a. Bei Yau (given by Polar Boon Keong), my another macha Luke a.k.a. Pordutchi a.k.a. Lukee Boi, Suresh (as skinny as ever), Mala, Joe, Dellyn, my Tai Ka Jeh Apple a.k.a. Bee Bee, Leng Lui Nychole, Ah Fai, Ah Kiang a.k.a. Hamster, Aung the kung fu master from Burmah, Ah Hong a.k.a. Bear Bear Hung, Tai Kor Cheng, Dennis the Magician, Phoebe, Ling, Aiko, Craig, Azlan, Prabha the future rapper(currently studying in Limkokwing, saw him performing during an event, believe me, he’s good), Husni the weed man, Mr VJ who backed us up when we needed help, etc etc and the list goes on.. (for those who i missed out, thousands of apologies)
Caffe, in Italian, or better known as Coffee in English, is one of the best beverage that you can ever find in this world. Coffee, can be differ into various tastes and types. We have the most common coffee, which is the Fresh Brew Coffee, or Black Coffee in other words. We have other combination of coffee and milk which originated from Italy, which are Cappucino, Latte, Machiatto, Ristretto, and of course not forgetting the root of all types of coffee, the Espresso.
Before i entered the bartending line, i was working in a small 3 stars hotel bar. I didn’t get to learn much from there, thus i decided to get out of the hotel and venture into real bartending scene. I tried applying as a bartender in Segafredo Penang, twice, but nothing seemed to happen. Then, i told my parents that i would love to go find a job in KL, the city that never sleeps. Both of my parents are really supportive on that, they didn’t think much and approved my request.
I reached KL with a only bag full of clothes, as i assumed that i can still go back to Penang to pack up more clothes before i really move down to KL. The 1st shop that i went in for my interview was Segafredo Zanetti Espresso, which was then located at KL Plaza’s side walk, facing directly to Star Hill shopping centre. How’d i know about that place? Well, i had a tea and talk session with my college mates while i was still studying in KL, which was my final year.
Mrs Amy was there, i still can recognize her as i saw her the other time when i was there for the tea and talk session. I approached her and ask if there were any vacancies for a bartender. Her reply was positive, i was like standing on top of the world at that moment. Then there comes Kelvin to interview me. After some questions and answers i finally passed the interview, and Mrs Amy wanted me to start working the following week. That is how i got myself into the real bartending scene. Well, i won’t address myself as a bartender, i would prefer a Barista. In European countries, a Barista is treated equally as doctors and other professionals. Cool huh?
I learnt all the skills that i need to brew a fine cup of coffee (in general) in Segafredo Zanetti Espresso KL. Throughout the whole year which is 365days, take out all my off days and public holidays, the other working days will involve at least ONE scolding session form Mrs Amy. Yup, at that time i was really frustrated as she scolds even over small tiny matters, i don’t know what were all the scoldings for, until i left and moved on, i found out that all those scolding sessions are freakin’ useful and built my character up.
There was this time when me, Kelvin, Vicky and Stephen were so crazy over flair bartending, and we went practicing every single night after work, till like 5 or 6 in the morning. Then we went jamming with Luke, by a pond.. Come to think of it, it was kinda gay as there were only 3 dudes, sitting on a bench, jamming, gosh..
I did planned to go back to work, joining the crew. But unforseen circumstances occur, and Mrs Amy had no choice but to end the business. All staffs went back on the last night of the operation and everyone was so touched when Mrs Amy thanked us for our contribution.
Will there be a new Segafredo Zanetti Espresso outlet in KL? We’ll find out soon enough, i hope..
the unfairness of life
Posted onOctober 4, 2007
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is life fair? how do we define the fairness of life? nothing is fair in this bloody world, and believe me, when we put our precious life in other’s hand, who also cant guarantee that they can help us, i just feel like they are treating us like lab mice, testing this testing that..
how can they take other’s life as an experiment? well yeah i know that "trying their best" is what they have in mind, but instead of trying, why not MAKE THINGS HAPPEN??
life seems meaningless at this very moment, whatever we do, towards the end, is still nothing. i’m feeling frustrated of life, frustrated in the sense that we do things to make life better, but it still comes back to the same point where we started. we just waste our time making one BIG round back to the same old starting point. oh no, wait, we don’t waste time, time is worthless too..
this is what i’ve always mentioned of, "life is like a vacuum cleaner, it SUCKS!"
happy thoughts
Posted onSeptember 11, 2007
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friends are starting to tell me that i need to blog about happy things rather than unhappy things, now how should i start?
ermm, i’m feeling happy now..
i got a new 2GB thumby, cool looking black colour thumby..
i was considering between the SanDisk 2GB with U3 or the Kingston 2GB DataTraveler100, and finally i made up my mind to get the Kingston thumby as its Windows Vista ready.. hehe, planning to get a laptop soon, but dunno when and what brand and model to buy..
i saw this BenQ JoyBook, looks really cool, pearl white colour, with a build in 1.3 megapixel webcam.. but it costs RM4k
hmm.. i think i’ll only go hunt for it when i’m ready to get one.
i’m also thinking of getting a 3G mobile phone, and also still considering between Nokia 6500 Slide, Samsung U700, or Sonyericsson K850i.. too many choices, too little cash.. how how how???
eh, i’m suppose to think of happy things right? why am i getting upset again??
happy
happy
happy
hehehehehe
hahahahaha
hohohohoho
huhuhuhuhu
hihihihihihi
wahaha
wakaka
wohoho
god now i really feel that i’m ABNORMAL
passing time..
Posted onSeptember 10, 2007
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just got a new network card for my girlfriend’s PC. the price is unbelievably LOW.. yup, all these while i thought that a piece of network card should cost roughly about a hundred plus, but guess what? it cost me only 20 bucks!! yup, its that cheap now.. n i finally got myself a cool looking black colored thumb drive.. hehehe…
my girlfriend is sick.. i’m kinda worried for her as she’s like a jelly fish now… fragile and weak.. i kinda forced her to go to the doctor last night about 1am or so. she was kinda reluctant to go but in the end she still agreed to pay the doc a visit.
after all the huhas from the 24 hours clinic along jalan pudu, i brought her back to her place, made sure that she took her meditation, then only i left her place and head home. she kept complaining that she ain’t feeling any better after taking the meditation. event until now, she still feels weak and unenergetic. i really pray that she will get well and recover as soon as possible. the sooner the better, so that i won’t need to see her suffering like that.
god bless everyone.. please. thank you!
Finally..
Posted onSeptember 8, 2007
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the exhibition has ended, finally.. nothing feels better than tearing down, but the thing is that during tearing down, i have to be here all the time, and tonight is even worse as i need to make sure everything is completely torn down, all dismantled flat, then only i can leave the venue, it sounds terrible huh? well, it does, sometimes.. at this very moment, i kinda feel that my stomach is growling, i need food, i think.. all my other colleagues has gone over to KL Convention Center as there is another gala dinner event happening there. good food, great performances, without my attendance, how sad.. me, and another colleague has to be stationed here in order to make sure that everything is done, therefore we can hand-over the exhibition hall to the management. yup, that’s also why i’m blogging here.. ermmm, that’s the whole thing about blogging right? when u’re free, when u wanna spend ur free time, when u feel like telling the others about u, but u don’t have anyone to talk to at this very moment, this is when u blog, am i right?
sigh, i think i’m starting to bull poo-ing again.. well, take care to y’all whoever is reading this, bye, and in italiano, ciao..
Screwing things up again.. what a day?!
Posted onAugust 27, 2007
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Yup, i only blog when i’m not happy.. and i’m not happy for the whole day. i screwed things up again. i tend to mess things up when they are suppose to get better. there’s just something not right about me.
over reacting, extremely over sensitive, over petty, unreasonable, making big big fuss out of small little matters, what other things that i can tell about myself?
my friend once told me that i’m an EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE person, and i totally agree with what he said. whenever people starts to build trust on me, when people starts to believe in me, i tend to do something that will piss them off, or somehow screw the whole "beautiful day" situation up. i just don’t know why am i always doin this. i tried very hard not to.. i will somehow success at the begining, but somehow in the later part, i’ll twist it up again and again.
is being a sensitive person not a good thing? well, i guess that the trend now days is that keep things cool, stay down low, don’t even bother about what others do, just MYOB = mind your own business.
sigh, keep apologizing and asking for forgiveness seems not working at all. more and more people are hating me, i don’t know how to NOT BE A LOSER in life. gosh..
if only i could wake up one day, losing my memories, taking in new things, be someone that people won’t hate, sigh… stop dreaming man…
Incident
Posted onJuly 12, 2007
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There’s something that will always happen whenever i start to feel that things are getting better. I am not sure whether is that consider an obstacle in my life which requires me to breakthrough whenever it happens, or am i suppose to just let it be. The thing is that i feel strange when it happens. it is always to accurate that it always happen just at the right moment. And, it’s occurrence always costs me to lost my valuables. How am i suppose to avoid this to happen and not allowing it to repeat again and again? It has been so often that i’ve got tired of it. Whenever it happens, i tend to get frustrated and my frustration affects my emotion. Whenever i get emotional, i somehow tend to lose control on my emotions and that will affect the people around me. I don’t want things to be like that. Why cant my life just be smoother than what it is now? I’m pointing at the the obstacles that i will have to face each time.
Or is this the way to make me grow and be a better person? Is this what i’m suppose to go through in order or achieve my goal in my walks of life? If that’s the way that things should be and until the end of the day i’ll become a successful person, than i shall do whatever i can to face all these obstacles which are coming my way. One lucky thing that i do wanna confess here is that, thank God that i have someone who has been supporting me and cheering me up when i face these problems. Yes, she is the one. She is the only one who i can turn to whenever i am facing screwed ups. Well of course, I have my parents to be there for me, but still they are not here with me in Muddy Confluences, and the only one that i have with me here is her. I made lots of promises to her but nothing seems to be happening yet. I will never ever let her down and i will do whatever i can with whatever that i’m capable of. Peace.
