My 3 day weekend

Been a very busy weekend for me. Best part it was a public holiday on monday a 3 day weekend. Its the birthday of our prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) and i was stuck at the office thruout saturday till monday. Well after work some of my childhood buddies decided to give me a call just now saying that they wanna hang out in uptown. Been awhile since i last saw em so i decided to pack my stuff and rush back home, could pick up on things the next day.

Met up with Firhan, Syamael and Umar with his significant other Awin. I knew these guys since i was in primary, basically grew up with em. Chit-chatting, catching up, reminiscing, talking bout the good old days...But i was kinda stumped on the baby talk though. Which bottle with vents, no vents(they have that kinda bottle?), which remedy is good for colic, waking up at nite changing the diapers and feeding, well u get the picture.

But it was fun, took my mind away from the pressing matter at work today. U could say the shit hit the fan and we are left to clean up the mess in the room. Well c'est la vie...U gotta do what u gotta do till the next entry

p/s: i lost another day again damnit!!! the rate im going i'm gonna lose the challenge after all. Motherfather!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who watches the Watchmen

Finally!!! after all these years reading it, rereading it again...trying to get and understand the story behind the story, studying it panel by panel, i get to see it on film. Zack tried to stay true to the book but he can only do so much. Some things only work on printed matter and on another media is a whole story altogether, but i'd say he done right by fan boys or at least by me.

Its grim and dark, an alternate futuristic reality of the 1980's...watchmen is about what if superheroes really existed, caped vigilantes, masked crusaders, heroes and villains or what have you. How it would affect the sociology, politics, economy, science and technology, every aspect of human life. If you could change the world how would u shape it to be and what price would u pay?

Its not your average superhero movie...dont expect coming in u get to see famous playboy billionaire by day, crime fighter by night or parttime photographer/friendly neighbourhood caped crusader. U get flawed superheroes from this one. Broken, battered, sociopathic the works. They cross so many morally grey areas they cant differentiate which one is black or white.

Take away all of the shit, and u find at the core its basically is a whodunit with problematic heroes thrown in for a lil flavor. I loved the movie and i cant wait to get the DVD version of it. An extra 30-40 minutes, under the hood, the tales of the black frieghter (a story within a story). Now excuse me while i find the copy of watchmen and tick off the checklist whats in the movie and what wasnt ;)....

The name's Ban...JamBan

Was a pretty hectic day for me. I was out and about in KL and didnt even get to set foot in the office at all. I clocked in about 200km driving all around KL if i was driving to johore im 3 quarter of the way already. It was pretty hot at noon today, and didnt really help matters that I just had to get a ticket from DBKL for illegal parking. I left the car not more than 10 minutes and when i got out of the car i made certain there wasnt any ticketing officer nearby whatsoever. There were a couple of cars already parked by the side and i thought why the hell not i'd join them run in for a spell get out quick cos i needed to be elsewhere fast.

And sure as the sun comes up in the east and sets in the west they will come. I dont know why its always when u dont pay ur parking that one time, when u been paying all along they will get you. Like this one time i paid whatever coins i had in the coin compartment cause i know im gonna be there for quite sometime and i noticed the car next to me theres no parking stub displayed in his car. And what do u know there wasnt any ticket issued to the car next to me. Call me jealous call me dengki whatever but damnit when i do it i have the damnest luck.

As i got out of the site and walked to my car saw this lady DBKL officer walking away and there wasnt any car anymore next to my car. Lo and behold what do i see on my window, a 'love letter' from her. I mean COME ON!!! Think i might as well write back to her. (inspired by Lev)

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For Your Eyes Only
To The Spy Who "Loved" Me,

I am writing this letter to inform you i was On Her Majesty's Secret Service and had to leave my Moonraker for only 10 minutes. During that Quantum Of Solace you just had to give me a ticket. Couldnt have said Dr. No and Live And Let Die my car to Die Another Day?

Never Say Never Again am i so ticked off right now. If i ever get A View To A Kill of you, i'll use my Licence To Kill, take out my golden gun and im going to Thunderball the Living Daylights your Octopussy till your Goldeneye pop out.

You know The World Is Not Enough for you to hide from me, but dont gamble away all your Diamonds Are Forever at the Casino Royale just yet. Cause who knows, maybe You Only Live Twice and i just might decide to only give you the Goldfinger.



From Russia With Love,

The Man With The Golden Gun

Found this lil gem while broswing in youtube. Its 12 mins long mind you but worth every min.


**ok everyone on 3...1, 2, 3, awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww**

Love finding these kinda vids on youtube. The kinda videps that gives impact, that teaches u something new, that makes u laugh or just simply by making u smile a lil. Makes me believe in humanity. what they got to offer, their raw talents, their culture u learn online or the antics ppl go thru just to get a few laughs.

Hehe i know im cutting corners by embedding a vid for an entry but im dead tired its almost 3 and i've got an early day tomorrow. Been trying to think of something to write but im drawing blanks here. Till the next entry eh ;)

The legendary Chun Li

Went out with my cuz and a few frens to watch Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li tonite. Didnt put much hope on seeing a good movie anyway and i wasnt disappointed with my assessment. It reeked and badly. Not even halfway thru i was restless, wishing the end wud come quickly and swiftly. But the movie is not gonna make things easy for me as i suspected. It dragged its miserable self slowly, oozing feces-like from what ever depth of the lowest level of hell that it came out off. It was so bad it made Van Damme's street fighter seemed good.

If i knew its gonna be bad why watch it in the 1st place u might ask. Well thats a very good question indeed. In anticipation for Watchmen, we tot of watching filler movies before we get to see it this coming thursday and Street Fighter was available. I believe since audience nowadays are getting smarter and smarter, we wont be served with the kinda shit that we watched in the 80's and 90's. The likes of Mario Bros, Double Dragons to name a few. But NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! We still get stuff like SF and Uwe Boll's In The Name Of The King.

Granted adaptation of video games into movies hasnt been really successful. Unlike its cousin comicbook movie. Although Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil i wud call a success not a great one, but still it works. How many ways can u make a good movie from a fighting video game. Are u gonna go down the path of DOA just show lots and lots of booty and hope everybody doesnt notice how bad the movie was, or you gonna do it like Mortal Kombat staying true to the storyline like in the game which leaves nothing much to the plot but making fan boys of the series happy.

SF tried to do an original story, which doesnt stay true to the SF universe. U got an Irish Bison who is a bad ass...He is so bad ass that in his youth he steals a basket full of fish from fisherman becos he can. The Movie is shot mainly in bangkok and do we get to see Sagat, NO. Vega is a wuss, u get to see him in a coupla times and in when u get to see him in action he gets his ass kick so very easily by Chun Li. Theres so many unrequired scenes, no continuity, well the more u disect the movie the more it crumbles and thus list goes on and on.

Still am wondering whats so legendary about Chun Li. Well like they say u can only move on up from here. Heres hoping to an awesome movie this coming thursday. Who watches the watchmen? We definitely are with great anticipation.

The 1 year challenge

I was challenged by a fren to start back blogging. Its been awhile since i last did anything with the blog. The condition though is quite challenging i must say. I hafta write at least a minimum one entry a day for the next 365 days and with valid reason i could slack off a maximum of 20 days. So hopefully by the end of this year i have 365 entries or at least a minimum of 345. Whats in it for me u might ask, well if im successful I'd get a choice of half a dozen book and if i dont make it i have to eat a tube of toothpaste...heres hoping that my stomach after the year has ended doesnt taste fresh and minty eh

Hows about a cuppa joe

My close friend sham is a walking talking sitcom. Apparent by his recent trip to beijing, china, he recounted a few of his many incidents while he was there. There was one that is still memorable and still tickle my funny bones was his story with the barista in a Starbucks at the airport.

Encountering too many difficulties with the locals, language-wise he can't speak mandarin to save his life even though the wanker is a cibai (as explained in my previous post) so he used english at a bare minimum. He ordered a cuppa coffee and a sandwich and when he got them the sandwich wasn't hot anymore. Off he went to the counter with the plate of sandwich.

At the counter he called the barista, held up that plate with his left hand, tapping the sandwich with his right and said "hot". The barista took the plate from him touched, yes he actually touched the sandwich with his hand and with an incredulous stare at my friend saying " no...cold" giving back the plate to him. Again hoping against hope that the barista would understand the second time around what he wanted, he repeated the same action giving a reason to the barista to have this look on his face wondering whether the idiot in front of him is a retard or what and is he for real. And surprise surprise, he got the same response from the barista which is in the negative with an emphasive on the its cold you moron(minus the moron off course).

Giving up, he decided to switch to sign language. Pointed to the barista with his index finger then to his plate of sandwich and then he pointed to the microwave. He then made the action of putting the plate into the microwave closed the imaginary door, did the "tit-tit-tit" sound as he is punching the timer, followed by making a "whrrrrrr" sound while twirling his index finger in a circular motion and finishing it all off with a loud "Ting!!!". To which the barista then said "Oh you mean reheat?"

Wish i was there to see his face when that happened. Solid gold.

My karma ran over ur dogma

Well the good news is i dont have dengue, at least i think i dont. Didnt feel the need to go to a doctor again today as i was fever free the whole day. Today was spent sleeping my ass off and watching tv.

When i was awake at dinner time msged sham and asked him for a round of gaming in rasta, told him to set it up. Missed playing puerto rico, nah miss the company actually.

Didnt get to spend time with em after the movie "the awesomeness that is the dark knight" yesterday at some arabic restaurant in changkat bukit bintang. I had to go home straight as i felt feverishly tired.

I was mr sniffles at the table and a lil cough now and again. Was sweating profusely even though its not that hot. Cold sweat i guess. But at the end of it all, mission acomplished hehe got arai sniffling as well. Got to spread the love (or the disease...sharing is caring right?)

Back at home since i been sleeping alot the whole day, not really that sleepy and as the illustration above im back to swallowing my own snot yet again. And i thought the darned leaking problem is fixed already. Guess good ol' karma at work. What goes around comes around. Here's to you arai...

Sneezing my brains out thru my nose and coughing my lungs out thru my throat

Welcoming the month of august with a possible dengue infection.

Damn!

And i was so looking forward to august. All started with my nose that thinks its a leaky faucet. All the travel back and forth to the bathroom just to blow everything out were in vain cos in mere seconds its dripping all over my hands and clothes. Oozing and dripping down my lips and chin.


Day 1
Usually when i have the flu i'd take clarinase, pop in a pill, rest and sleep a few hours and ur nose'll be dry like the kalahari desert when u wake up. Well at least thats how it works for me. And it did work for a few hours, was dry thruout the day. As i laid down to sleep that nite, its like that leaky faucet drip drip dripping away in the toilet, annoying the heck out of u cos u can hear it. Well suffice to say everytime i breathe in thru my nose that nite, i'll be swallowing my own snot.

Day 2
Cant breathe, cant sleep, when i did eventually go to sleep it was already morning. The sneezing and blowing my nose thruout the day really drained me and taking clarinase doesnt help either. Tried something stronger did knocked me out and it helps for awhile but come nite same thing happened. Cant really sleep when u cant breathe.

Day 3
Guessing the lack of sleep and the amount of phlegm i've collected in my throat, coughing and fever is inevitable. Joints aching and i'd have this headache when i cough too hard, feels like it pulls the side of my forehead. Sleep was lacking again that nite. Wud be awake every half hour, either from a cough, a sneeze and at one time i was shaking even though there wasnt any fan pointing at me.

Day 4
Dad offered to bring me to the clinic, but was feeling ok by morning so i declined. Spend the day either sleeping or watching the tube. Was good and a much needed R&R and i even went to see the awesomeness that is the dark knight on imax theatre at 9pm. But when i drove back just now, had to close the aircon cos the cold is making my joints ache. And later I feel my body getting warmer and i get cold feet. Had to change into thicker and clothing and wear a sock.

Day 5
Its close to 5am in the morning cant sleep, coughing and slurping my snot. Been reading the symptoms of dengue online, well if i dont get well soon i guess i've got to go to the clinic get my blood checked makes sure everything is everything. But keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best

A long constipation

Dusting off the cobwebs on the wall, sweeping the dust under the rug, dusting the windows and wiping the fan off. Getting the board off from the doors and windows. Boarding up some holes in the wall. Some boards and some hammering...some wall fillers, sandpaper and a new coat of paint. Taking out the junks and hanging some new curtains and furnitures.

Making ready for some shit to hit the fan, cos this place is gonna be full of it...