Today’s 29th December, the last Friday of the year. The Internet here in Malaysia is still pretty slow, apparently it has affect Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. Frankly, it’s times like these people start to evaluate their dependency and / or addiction to the ‘Net. With the overload of newsfeed, blogs, online content, P2P downloads, i suppose some people can’t remember how life was pre 1995, when we actually had to do things the ‘slow’ and ‘hard’ way. Some things I learnt in 2006… Coke and mentos is volatile mixture. A website for people to broadcast their pets (or themselves) doing silly things for voyeurs to see is…

No.1 No.2 (That’s a 2-toed sloth, if you’re wondering…) No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 The internet today. Things that are slow. (Internet is freaking slow today, maybe something to do with the Taiwan quake.) The last picture was supposed to be “watching grass grow”. I couldn’t find “watching paint dry“. [tags]internet, Taiwan, earthquake[/tags]

Santa sleigh getting hit by the AirAsia KL-Bangkok midnight flight. George W. Bush actually spreading some peace on earth and goodwill to mankind. A Nintendo Wii under my Christmas tree. Bill Gates getting pwned at World of Warcraft by a 13-year-old pimply Japanese kid. CNN showing live footage elves staging a protest against low wages and discriminatory working hours outside the North Pole. Donald Duck, after all these years, comes out of the closet. A white Christmas, for once (and I don’t mean fake cotton wool, either.) No petrol price or toll price increase next year. The new Neon Genesis Evangelion movie is released. Rudolph with his nose so bright…

December stands for a lot of things for many different people, year-end bonus, Christmas parties, a time for reflection, or even clearing of annual leave. I somehow love year ends. I dunno, maybe it’s a carry over from the old schooling days, when December (and November) usually meant the long 6-week holidays, and of course Christmas. Being from a Christian family, I always looked forward to Yuletide, even if we didn’t really celebrate it in any big way. But from a young age I had already understood the significance of the event from a spiritually point of view. Forget about the snow and Santa and stuff from TV, being in…

And the Word of the Day for today, Wednesday, December 20th, is: Manipulative (adj) Comes from the word manipulate, or the noun manipulation, which, wikipedia explains: In a psychological context, manipulation means to influence a person or a group of people in such a way that the manipulator tries to get what he or she wants or makes a person believe something in a calculating, indirect and somewhat dishonest way. Like indoctrination, it is a form of psychological abuse. For example, a manipulator will use arguments that the manipulator does not believe in himself use of false reasoning as with fallacies and paralogisms withhold or distort relevant information, provide false…

My office has a spanking new espresso machine, and boy, is it a lot of fun. I’ve never liked all these designer coffee with their fancy names (espresso? Latte? Cappuccino? Apa binatang ini semua?), except for one or two I usually order at [tag]Starbucks[/tag] or [tag]Coffee Bean[/tag]. You see ah, I like my coffee sweet, like the ones you get at the old town kopitiam. Nescafe is okay la, but getting a right brew is like Mission Impossible. Either too bitter or too sweet or too undrinkable. Plus drinking too much Nescafe will result in one of the following: Yeet hei (heatiness) My pee smelling, um, Nescafe. Any other condition…

Been listening to My Chemical Romance’s new album for the past few days. Good stuff. Looks like they’ve going for the rock opera thematic Queen-esque album here, with the phantom marching band and their Black Sgt. Pepper styled coats. (pic from wikipedia.) When I was A young boy, My father Took me into the city To see a marching band. He said, “Son when You grow up, Would you be The saviour of the broken, The beaten and the damned?” He said “Will you Defeat them, Your demons, And all the non believers, The plans that they have made? Because one day I leave you, A phantom To lead you…

For Your Boyfriend: Any pansy stuff like moisturizer, lotion or scented bath candles. You might as well flush your money down the drain. A necktie – if he’s never worn one. He’ll probably won’t wear it either. Gift vouchers. Try harder, woman. A book, any book. Especially if the last book he read had something to do with ‘Peter’ and ‘Jane’. Any kinds of tea. That includes green tea, oolong tea, fruity tea or any derivation of that healthy crap. Stick to coffee. For Your Girlfriend: Membership to any fitness club, slimming centre or any of that sort. Even if she’s slim or fit. You’ll die faster compared to swallowing…

It’s the Sultan of Selangor’s birthday today. It’s also one of those days that makes me hate working in KL… ***-*** My office is virtually empty today, although it’s a working day. The accounts girls are still on exam leave. But wasn’t the last paper on Friday? I guess hangover Monday (from too much partying Friday-Saturday-Sunday) still counts as exam leave. The other guys in the office are ‘out for meeting’. I bet some of them are still sleeping at home. ***-*** I saw my Senior Manager somewhere in Cheras yesterday bringing his family out for a Sunday brunch in his company car. Hah! And he has the nerve to…

From Your Girlfriend (if you’re a boy) – a box of Kleenex tissues, and a book entitled, “Being Dumped: Dummies Guide to Dealing with Break-ups”. There’s also a small letter attached… From Your Boyfriend (if you’re a girl) – He forgot a gift. From Your Kids (if you’re a dad) – A framed photo of your kids. Behind it, they wrote, “Remember us?” From Your Kids (if you’re a mom) – A cookbook. For beginners. From Your Parents (if you’re below ten) – Brand new PlayStation… One. From Your Parents (if you’re… never mind) – Free 2-week holiday. At Lose-That-Flab Fat Camp and Fitness Spa. From Your Boss (if you’re…