till die

My Valentine

2007-02-14T00:16:00.000+09:00

So...Happy Valentine.....
As the birds are singing, love is the air...Thank God, it's a wonderful day!
So I took off to a land far far away with my ride, Griffy the Gryphon.

Arriba, Arriba, Andele', Andele', yee-ha....

After crossing the continents and hovering over mountains...at last I arrived at the kingdom far far away to meet my true love of my life.

doki doki.

...confessed our love and then we live happily ever after....NOT!!!
Sorry, I got carried away per sec there....I never thought that World Of Warcraft (the game I bought 2 years ago and just played it 2 weeks ago) could be this addictive.
Anyway, about my Valentine...it's all about listening "CREEP" by Radiohead.

ecocoro...

2007-02-04T23:06:00.000+09:00

I'm not really an environmentally friendly person...well, I don't bring my own bag when shopping at the supermarket, I don't segregate my trash from the combustible ones and the incombustible ones, I don't turn off my TV when going to bed...I can go forever with this. But with the climatic aberrance which is on the global scale, since we already inhabit this planet since 200000 years ago, there's no doubt that we are the culprit of this meteorological disaster...cheeewahh!!!
You surely know the fact of global warming, the retreat of the glaciers, Katrina and even our own big floods. Too bad that the sense of environment consciousness will begin once the consequences effect directly on us...
Enough with all the eco crap...I went to Maiko Korakuen in Niigata, the nearest snowy frontier reachable by the bullet train during the weekend and to my suprise....

Same place a year before but minus 2/3 of the snow.

...THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SNOW!!! and I was sweating like hell. It was almost like spring and I'm still not in mood for sakuras yet.

IT guys away from their desk.

The lesson of the day is, the environmental issues that face Earth today are no longer the question of our times, they are the issue of our future. We can make a vital difference on Planet Earth and by lending a hand in reversing this decline. We can and must create a change. Please do your part....
Well, you can start by...recycli...no, better try carpool first...less pollution and less traffic jams...I think...

2nd and last...

2007-01-22T12:49:00.000+09:00

Last Joy...

It's hard for me to be a fan of a certain band/singer and frankly speaking, I ain't no trendy mainstream sucker...I only listen to what I like and not what everybody else does.
The story goes back 6 months ago, during my 6 month blog blackout period when Okamoto-sempai asked me to accompany him to Shimokitazawa Shelter and see this band I forget the name.
Eventually we missed the band because we were taking too much time at Mister Donuts eating our donuts since we didn't know that the band was an opening act for the whole event that night. Since I've paid 20 bucks and missed the band who hardly I know, I'd say we stay there till the end and see what other bands sound like.
So we waited...There were 4 bands playing that night, we missed the 1st one, the 2nd one sounded crapier than the 3rd one...which now leave us with the final band, JOY which I assumed the highlight of the day. As the crowd started to accumulate in the front of the stage, the screaming guitar sounded and so on...and to my suprise, they totally rocked me out, it's one of those love of at first sigh...no, love at first noise. No grumpy sound of Trombone nor Saxaphone and no screeching sound of the irritating techno...It was pure pounding ROCK!!!

- JOY -

A bit on the info, JOY is a 4 piece and from Niigata Prefecture - the place I usually go snowboarding, also well-known for it's Koshihikari variety of rice, which is widely thought of as the highest quality rice in Japan. Guess I need to eat more Koshihikari to be as rock as them.
MCAT on guitar/chorus, ELI on bass/chorus, TDNK2 on guitar/vocal and TD-K on drums/chorus.
For those who wants a taste of JOY's music, check this out...it's one of my fav track called yukuehumei.

See the difference?

Since then, due to the band's gigs mostly concentrated in Niigata, I didn't have the chance to see them performing again until last Friday when I received a shocking email from Okamoto-sempai saying that the band is breaking-up and the last gig in Tokyo was on Sunday at Earthdom in Shin Okubo.
Since Okamoto-sempai could not make it, I went to Earthdom in Shin Okubo by myself. After enduring the cold weather and the suprising long queue, I made it in to Earthdom at last. There were 4 bands playing that night, the third one suck big time.
As for JOY who came out last, although that was my second time watching them live, they were abolutely fabulous!!! too bad it was their last one. Just hope that I will encounter other bands as good or perhaps better than JOY in the future.

Eli-chan chachoiiii....

SKISKI

2007-01-15T12:50:00.000+09:00

I have a confession to make, I'm a Friendster 'friendster'...why? Because I log-on to my Friendster account almost every hour of the day. Don't get wrong but for me, Friendster is the only way for me to reach out with Malaysians out there since I'm in an environment where there are no known Malaysians living anywhere near 5km radius from where I live.
It's also fun to check people especially ones with the same age as I am, look thru their profile and compare who got the most hair or bigger beer belly. The other thing I noticed is, it seems very obvious that many of my young 'friends' who in Japan uploaded pictures of them on with rented ski/snowboard gear ready for a nice adventure on the snowy slopes...how cool is that!!!
So my advice as a sempai for the first timers out there, don't get overexcited and have a proper stretching exercise before going down that slope.

For me it's just the beginning of this year's snowboarding season, thanks for the warm winter. So me, Okamoto-sempai, Shino-chan and friends went to Tanbara Ski Park last Saturday.

We are excited...aren't we?

About this season, say goodbye to my old Rossignol board and hello to my new intermediate Salomon STORM. Since I already spent too much this month, plans to get the FLOW bindings probably will be postponed hopefully to next month's budget.

Same characters, different location...

As for our trip to to Tambara Ski Park, although it's one of the nearest ski parks from Tokyo, the weather was great with snow and strong crosswinds, a nice start for the new season. At least 3 more times to go before the end of the season.

Play Beyond

2007-01-04T13:58:00.000+09:00

Behold...

Let me get this thing straight...I got myself a PS3...yes, the PS3...hoho...
The coolest thing about it ,I didn't stand in an endless line nor camp outside a game store, I also didn't put in a bid for it in the internet from a price 2, 3 times than it should be...I got just for about 600 dollars for the 60GB console. To add to it, I didn't get myself mobbed, robbed or killed.

...and this ain't no mock ups...

I may say that my days with game consoles was over with my college years and since then I started to concentrate on PC games because they are fast and have better graphics.
But when I have my hands on the SIXAXIS wireless controller, it opens door to the new and wonderful world of next generation game console...I shit you not...
With cool interface, WI-FI capabilities and Hi Vision compatible, which runs superbly on my HD Bravia 40 inch tv, no wonder people dare to kill somebody to get one.

A guy in his thirties hooked on TV games.

My piece of advice, you better change to a new HD tv before thinking of buying PS3 because you won't get the best resolution on a normal tv.
CRT tv? Throw it to the trash pile!!!

Awesome!!!

Akeome...

2007-01-01T14:25:00.000+09:00

Welcoming the year of boar.

It's the last day of 2006, and again Mr and Mrs Fujishima invited me again to their house to celebrate the new year.

The last supper of 2006.

This year I celebrated the new year's eve in a Japanese way. We watched PRIDE. while having dinner, of course we had nabe for dinner. After that we watched Kohaku Uta Gassen ("Red vs white singing contest"), you know, one of the country's most-watched television programs. I hate explaining this but...popular singers (and singing groups) split into two teams, women in the red team and men in the white, which then alternate while competing for the audience's heart throughout the evening...bla, bla, bla.
At around 11:30 pm, the final singer (or group) sings, and the audience and a panel of judges are asked to cast their votes to decide which team sang better. The winning team gets a trophy and "the winner's flag"...the white team won this year but frankly speaking, WHO CARES!!!, it's either red or white.

Mr Fujishima is preparing the toshikoshi-soba.

And then it's Toshikoshi-soba time. It's a tradition based on people's association of eating the long noodles with "crossing over from one year to the next," the meaning of toshi-koshi. While the noodles are often eaten plain, or with only chopped scallions, in some localities people top them with tempura...we had it with kakiage tempura.

Me and Mr, Mrs Fujishima.

After we were full with soba, etc. We went for a stroll to the nearest temple to pray for the year's wish. I was quite a long stroll to the temple which later Mr. Fujishima explained that he intentionally circled Setagaya park 2 times because he needed a lot of walking since we had a humongous meal that night.

3am Eternal.

Since it was already 3 in the morning, after I said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Fujishima me and Okamoto-sempai walked to Shibuya station. When we arrived, to my suprise, JR line were still running. We took the 4:15am Yamanote line train and I eventually arrived home at 5:15...
Otsukaresamadesu...

Selamat Hari Natal.

2006-12-25T12:21:00.000+09:00

tree with lots of lights on...

Tokyo, Japan - It's Christmas Eve, a day for couples to date and groups to hold parties. Christmas Eve is a time for lovers to exchange gifts, have a special date and stroll under Christmas lights erected by companies and governments to enhance the romantic feel of the day...probably one day in a year where a large percentage of the Japanese population have sex with their spouse.

The lineup for today...plus da roasty chickie...

But the story is different with the 3 us....no *labu labu tonight.
One, is dating a stewardess-to-be who has a long distance relation with some Korean bloke somewhere in London, rejected 4 confessions but still having delutions of hope. The other one, almost the same case, was dating some girlie with a long distance relationship, gave up on her after that - according to him, a nice decent girl who looks nice with a pair of sneakers is hard to find. And the last one...well, the last date he had was with a she-male!!!

The 3 eligible bachelors..fine, young(?!!) and available.

But thanks to Mr and Mrs Fujishima who are kind enough to offer us salvation by inviting us to their house and have a warm Christmas nabe party with them rather than leaving the 3 us brain dead playing games or watching the porn flicks alone at our homes.

Pop!!! goes the party

As a return, the 3 of us pledged to Mr and Mrs Fujishima that same time next year, each of us should bring 1 'guest' to the party...or, or...or you know, hope that girl of our dreams will appear on the next year.

and there goes the chickie...

Finally,

Merry Christmas
and a happy new year.

*labu labu=love love

Third Chance.

2006-12-15T22:01:00.000+09:00

John,I really miss your face...

It's the second day after my boss left for his vacation and for the next 3 weeks hopes of having longer lunch hours or even leave for the day earlier went kaput due to the the constant flow of workload...seems that this won't make any difference except missing his face peeking from behind my monitor.

It was a week after the SONY service man came to my house and finally he came again and now with a replacement for Bravia. I already gave SONY a third chance and again if there's a next time....I'm changing to AQUOS.

this should be the last time they replace my Bravia.

It should not be a SONY...

2006-12-13T15:37:00.000+09:00

Hello again...
It's been long I haven't come up with any posts...sorry about that.
There few major events which happened since my last post which I assume significant enough to be up on this blog but due to the lack of time...sorry again.
and I try my best..I mean it...to be back active in this bloggy thing especially with you peeps support by putting your comment whatever...helloooo,anybody there?!!

about me,recently...the 40inch LCD Bravia which I bought 2 months ago did again for the 2nd time. 1st, there was 1 vertical red line appeared on the screen right after the Sony people installed it....absolutely a factory defect which they replaced the whole LCD panel 3 days later. Now, even with the newly replaced LCD panel, the LCD screen will go blackout after 60 mins I turned it on...and I tell you, it's not the simple power saving/management issue. The Sony repairman came later and now he said it's the LCD panel back light is disfunctional...Next week they'll replace me with another new LCD panel which left me with 1 week of limited 1 hour of tv per-day.
It's a SONY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!! I tell you, if there's a 3rd time, sorry Sony...you gonna lose another loyal costumer...and of course, that will happen after I get my hands on the PS3 from the new batch.

I should watch something rather than just listening to it...

Meet The Manager.

2006-06-26T13:38:00.000+09:00

It's Monday again and I woke up in the morning with a bad headache...A lousy start for a lousy week...and to make things worse, guess what, I gonna have my annual medical check-up on Friday, the least exciting day of the year for the hyper-anxious me...Just imagine the doctor say that he found out you are suffering from somekind of disease and you have another 3 months to live - What can you say about that?!!!

The Manager...

Anyway...My friend Masa just got a job as the floor manager in a newly-opened restaurant called Yu-banta. It serves a fusion dining which assembles something of a cross between Italian and Okinawan food. Due to it's opening, Masa invited us to his restaurant to taste the "Comfortable Resort Dining" (as advertised) on the balcony of the restaurant.

Cheers to the new Man.

I'm no spy for Zagat but I'll give full 30 points on everything (The Grilled Chicken with Shima Tofu is fabulous)...except for the view from the balcony, it's just in front of a Honda service center.
So if nice bod mechanics repairing a VTEC engine of a Civic turns you on, it the place for you to be....

Gambare!!! Okamoto sempai!!!

2006-06-12T22:41:00.000+09:00

Our own Outbacks joint...

Just another manic monday...oo..ooooo
It's monday today but who who cares, I wanna write about saturday....

Officially Tsuyu* will be all over Tokyo area starting on June 10th but amazingly it wasn't raining on saturday, so Okamoto sempai to take the oppotunity to proceed with his plans of doing the BBQ in Misato park which is some where between Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture which should had been canceled 3 days earlier.

Look how cute he is...

This time Okamoto sempai was, I can say 'armed to the teeth' for the BBQ. Not only the various food he prepared, just name it...we got beef ribs, beef sirloin, shrimps, heaps of vegies, scallops and even the grotesque looking sazae shellfish. He also bought the whole set of BBQ set including the foldable outdoor table and chairs as we were going to live there. According to him, it's a long term investment...ermmm....whatever....

nice meat yeah!!!

No matter what Okamoto sempai's intention that day, I might say that it was the most successful BBQ we ever had. It only took us about 10 minutes to light the fire a brand new record for us who usually took at least an hour just to get the charcoal smoking.

Tsuyu* : A meteorogical condition which describes the weather disturbance during spring(from month of June till the end of July) on the area that streches from the east China coast, across Taiwan and eastward into the Pacific south of Japan.
(in other words...it's the rainy season)

I think I said tsuyu already....

- got it tsuyu,to you...har har har....

Back From The Dead.

2006-05-29T13:40:00.000+09:00

Hey! After assumed dead, I'm back again...hopefully for long.
There are lots of stuff happened since my last post including I turned 29 about a month ago where I celebrated my birthday with my folks in awfully boring town of Kota Baru.

So last Saturday I went out for a couple of drinks celebrating the newly weds Mr & Mrs Yokota. We had a great time chatting about their wedding which was held in Las Vegas and enjoyed watching the pictures taken during the wedding ceremony, wondering how happy the couple are until one of my friend, 'N' came in with a rather oddly high spirit. 'N' who I've known long, never takes other than light cocktails suddenly ordered pints of beer for himself. Me and Okamoto sempai who is also one of his best friend were suprised of 'N' actions and asked him what happened. Out of a sudden, from a cheerful bright look on 'N''s face, he broke into tears....he just got rejected by the girl that he's been close for 8 years.

the happily wed

such a happy moment until...

From what 'N' explained, that was not the first time he confessed to the girl. The first he confested to the girl was about 4 years ago but he was rejected because she had a boyfriend that time but 'N' didn't give up for the girl and they remain good friends until recently 'N' finally realised that it was the best time(no bf,etc...) to reconfess.
So that day after they had dinner together, 'N' sent a SMS(we all know 'N' is not good at his word or probably he was shy) on their way back to the station. From the SMS 'N' showed to us, it looks like this :

According to 'N' again, right before they got separated at the station, 'N' asked the girl to check her SMS for the mail he sent just before and he requested her read the SMS then reply it back. 10 minutes later 'N' received a reply which looks like this.

From what I see, it seems that 'N' there is permanently trapped in the girl's 'Friendzone',just like a bad ending for that movie justfriends.
What I'm curious right now about 'N''s story, there are tonnes of 'hit n run' guys out there just intentionally want to rip a girl's heart to smithereens right after a short time relationship can just get away with it while in the other hand, guy like 'N' who's seriously in for a relationship got wasted by the girls just because of his sensivity and the feeling of comfort and security of being with him.
damn!!!...8 years of waiting and it wasn't his first confession, no ordinary guy could do that...neither do I.

I admire his persistence but sad...I feel bad for 'N'.

...sad loser.

* : The publication of 'N''s personal SMS is under the permission 'N' himself.

Cookout

2006-02-12T22:38:00.000+09:00

I had a cold last week...and a pretty bad one, home alone with a high fever, for second I thought I might gonna die and the police would find my bones on my bed 6 months later...I think I really need to get married ASAP.
Going forward with my life before what left on me are bones and artificial chemicals from all the bentos that I ate, me and couple of friends gathered at Okamoto sempai's apartment for the 2nd 'No Plan' cookout party.

Us, in you know, the kitchen

Compared to the last 1st cookout party, Okamoto sempai invited more people (mostly the familiar faces) than the one almost half a year ago. From last experience, I would expect this cookout party will eventually be a 'sleepout' party and with this amount of people coming and Okamoto-sempai will run out with futon* to accommodate all of us. So me, like in any other occation, always being prepared, brought my own electric blanket, spare pairs of clothes and toiletries...from 'cookout' to 'sleepout' to 'campout'.

A nice smile while doing the springrolls.

About the food, well, as it name was, 'No Plan' cookout party...Okamoto sempai as usual did prepare much on what he was going to cook but could say it was better than the last one because at least he didn't burn anything. As for other dishes, I finally could take the fact that 'too many cooks won't spoil the dishes'(sounds familiar?).

Too many cooks won't spoil the dishes.

Fun?...absolutely,totally and without a doubt, we had tonnes of fun.

With the traditional Japanese pose.

I think need a peaceful weekend for myself sometimes.

We seem to be having a good time...

*futon = bedding

Roppongi Hills Revisited...

2006-02-06T21:19:00.000+09:00

Which used to be the view from my working desk.

It's kinda odd for Okamoto-sempai who I know always have below 1000yen meal suddenly came out with an idea of going out to have something different, something classy like according to him : a gorgeous gourmet lunch. So we went to Roppongi Hills* which was used to be my place of work and among to the young Japanese - The center of gorgeousness, to have our lunch.

Among us, a terrorist.

After we had our 4000yen per-person Korean yakiniku lunch, we headed to Roponggi Hills observation floor, found a cosy spot to lay down...all the way till sundown.

The usual 'Gang'.

Probably we will see more of these kind of weird changes on Okamoto-sempai who will turn 30 this year.

till dusk....

* some may already know, on January 18, 2006, Japanese prosecutors raided the office of Livedoor (Mori Tower 32nd floor,R oppongi Hills) and home (Roppongi Hills Residence) of Japanese entrepreneur, Horie Takafumi on suspicion of securities fraud. Livedoor's share price fell 14.4 percent in one day, with sell orders so numerous that trading volume prompted the Tokyo Stock Exchange to close 20 minutes early for the first time in its history.

We Want Snow!!!

2006-02-04T20:04:00.000+09:00

Here I am again(of course, with guys from the office) near the mountain range in the middle of the Honshu(main island of Japan) which just a short 200km from Tokyo at one of the largest ski resorts in Japan.

The members of the tour.

Yuzawa of the Minamiuonuma District is always been my favourite place to do my winter activities every year since it's the closest place from Tokyo where I can get powder snow, cheap(1 day trip with Shinkansen return ticket and lift pass will only cost you about 13000 yen or about RM400) and it's convenient, with free shuttle buses from Echigo-Yuzawa station to almost 16 nearby ski resorts.

Hey!!!That's Mount Fuji

As for this year, with the heavy snowfall in the Minamiuonuma District, the snow coverage will go as high as 4.5 meters. Although our trip was blessed with first class powder snow, lessons learned:

Don't overjoy with the powder snow and overpass the sharp corners with intention to do some fancy tricks - or you'll find yourself in a deep loose snow and it will cause you about 30 minutes to dig yourself out.
Never misses an apportunity of waxing your board before hitting slopes - or you'll get stuck on your board facing 40 degrees down the slope.
Beware of cross manuevering oji-san* snowboarders - or you'll end up eating the snow followed by the alcohol breath faint voice appologizing sumimasen*.

While waiting for the shuttle bus.

All geared up!!!

Overall we had a great trip...as always, no injuries except for our Aussie tour leader who somehow accidentally twisted his knee. While waiting for the bullet train, we had enough time to have the locally famous Koshihikari rice ball and a hot dip on the Sake Iri hotspring inside the station....KIMOCHIIIIII....

Nice and warm after the hotspring...then food...

*oji-san = pakcik
*sumimasen = I'm sorry

tokyoto

2006-01-19T08:16:00.000+09:00

After all the hard work during new year's holiday, I think I deserve a break or perhaps a vacation...So I used up my 2 compersation days and went to Kyoto.

Kyoto was formerly the imperial capital of Japan until the transfer of the goverment to Tokyo in 1868. Kyoto is considered the cultural center of Japan...You can say it's the Japanese version of Malacca. The Kyoto area has some of the most famous temples, shrines, palaces and gardens in Japan.
I took the bullet train 'Hikari' service from Tokyo station and the 512km trip to Kyoto took 163 minutes.

TOKYOTO!!!

I would like to verify some info regarding the bullet train or the japs call it 'Shinkansen' to you non-Japanese out there who usually have these kind of misunderstanding:

People in Japan don't take the bullet train to work unless on business trips and long distance travel.
The fares for taking the bullet train is not as cheap as the normal commuter trains but as equivalent to the air ticket fare. Most people prefer taking the bullet train because the bullet train stations usually located very near to the city...or for people who has flying phobia.
Unlike the Express Rakyat, the bullet train is extremely punctual.In 2003, Japanese Railways reported that the bullet train's average arrival time was within 0.1 minutes or 6 seconds of the scheduled time. This includes all natural and human accidents and errors and is calculated from all of about 160,000 trips the bullet train made. The previous record was from 1997 and was 0.3 minutes or 18 seconds. So if my trip to Kyoto will take 163 minutes, I will arrive in Kyoto Station 163 minutes right after I departed from Tokyo Station.
There is no such thing as this bullet train is physically faster that bullet train. For example, there are 3 bullet train services running on the route to Kyoto. The services are 'Nozomi' means 'hope', 'Hikari' means 'light' and 'Kodama' means 'echo'. Taking the 'Nozomi' service is the fastest way to get to your destination because it stops only on 2 out of 16 stations between Tokyo and Kyoto. In the other hand, taking the 'Kodama' service is the slowest way because it stop at all stations. Presently, there are 2 types of bullet train running on the route to Kyoto; the 300 Series and the 700 Series. Although the 700 Series bullet train visually quite striking and look more like a supersonic plane than a conventional high speed train, 700 Series bullet trains also run the 'Kodama' service which is the 'slowest'.

300 Series and 700 Series bullet train

Enough about the bullet train, My 1 night trip to Kyoto was great. I met with my long college friend Kahoru who presently lives in Kyoto. She introduced me to Naoko who's from Tokyo and the 3 of us went sightseeing and shopping. It was fortunate for us because there was this Winter Bargain in Kyoto but it was rather unfortunate for me because I was with 2 Japanese girls who were crazy on sale shopping spree.

Souda! Kyoto Ikou...

Kahoru, Naoko and me near the famous Kyoumizu Temple.

I'm ringing the bell here...anybody?!!

again...the famous Ginkakuji

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To K, If you're reading this Blog....

translated by A

Almost 10....

2006-01-01T09:17:00.000+09:00

I would like to wish you a Happy New Year, may your wishes come true in 2006.

Greetings from amazingly snowy Japan from me and Jeff.

When a man meet his God.

2005-12-22T07:58:00.000+09:00

When a man meet his God.

The Offspring Japan Tour 2001 would be the greatest if I didn't almost suffercate to death in the awfully overcrowded Makuhari Messe.....The Final Smashing Pumpkins (right before their breakup) Japan tour 1999 would also be the greatest if it wasn't done in a fully seated Tokyo Kokusai Forum orchestrial concert hall...Alanis Moresette,RHCP,Linkin Park,etc. would be the great if I could know/like most of their singles/tracks....but Weezer in Studio Coast was truly exceptional....again, Weezer is GOD!!!

I've been along with the music of Weezer since their 1st album and I could relate almost every tracks of in their albums to a lot of memorial events in my life. Some are :

the blue album - It was during my SPM year, I could clearly remember I played the blue album over and over again while I was burning the midnight oil. "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here" is the most meaningful song for me in this album, check out the lyric you'll know and then you'll know me.

pinkerton - When I was having a hard time learning japanese but the story of Lieutenant Pinkerton and a geisha named Chou Chou-san (Madam Butterfly) inspired me to live as gaijin in the land of the rising sun. It took me about 3 years to figure out what "onnanotachi konichiwa" means. - which is the intro of the track no 9 (Falling For You) in the album.

the green album - After 5 long years of waiting (not mentioning the rumours of Weezer breakup) finally the new album was released. I was in the middle of finishing my thesis that time and it was a critical time for me to decide whether I should stay in Japan or work in some rice cooker plant in Shah Alam.

maladroit - Frankly speaking, not much memory in this album. Guess how I found out about the release of this album? - I was wasting time in Shibuya waiting for the next appointment with a client, strolled into Tower Record, and found it near the section of the artists with the W initial. First I thought it was some shitty Weezer remixed album but it's not - not Weezer's fan way to find a new Weezer album. Anyway the video "Dope Nose" is one cool one, a nice way to describe the "bosozoku" in japan.

make believe - Just right after signing my regretful letter of resignation from Goldman Sach. Since GS Tokyo office is in Roppongi Hills and the first single in album make believe is "Beverly Hills", whenever I go to a karaoke box to sing this song, instead of Beverly Hills, I'll sing it with Roppongi Hills - "Roppongi Hills, that's where I want to be, working in Roppongi Hills" .

I don't know who can withstand this song - I think I'm the only person who can't.

This is the first rock concert where I broke to tears while other people were jumping around...it's just the lyrics, the lyrics.

I really wanted to take pictures of what happened inside Studio Coast especially when Rivers suddenly appeared in the middle of the crowd with an acoustic guitar in his hands and "Hoot Hoot"...the acoustic version of "Island In The Sun" but since I don't want the stage staffs to confiscate my brand new T9(only still available in japan), I snatched the pics below taken by the 'authorized' staffs on that day from www.weezer.com

With one of the audience, Yumiko(introduced by Rivers). Played the guitar during the "Sweater Song".

You guys are the best. Till the next Japan tour...hopefully.

There is God...

2005-12-11T22:13:00.000+09:00

God will be in Studio Coast.

In spite of all the downers I had last week, finally....after 8 years of craving....I will meet God in Studio Coast.

With My Headphones, 02:10

2005-11-29T02:08:00.000+09:00

Candlize Track 5

With My Headphones, 01:30

2005-11-29T01:17:00.000+09:00

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Disk 2 Track 2

Okura kura-kura

2005-11-23T23:10:00.000+09:00

Prologue : Busy week. Tonight is my company's Year End Party and tomorrow is Japanese public holiday(Japanese labour day)....I'll be working tomorrow.
Here what happenend in a timely fashion:
10:00 - 19:30 : work...as usual,work.
19:35 - 19:55 : took a cab from my office(near Tokyo) to Hotel Okura(near Kamiyachou).

...as it is

20:00 - 21:30 : Attended the Year End Party at Hotel Okura.

Some party...

A ritual sacrifaction event done in public.

21:35 - 22:00 : Left the party right before the lucky draw(not feeling lucky to win a 32inch plasma TV nor a paid trip to Dubai) and took a cab to Dougenzaka,Shibuya.
22:05 - 22:30 : Arrive in Shubuya. Called Okamoto sempai but no answer so I went up and down Dougenzaka(...It's kinda a hill).
22:30 - 23:45 : Finally Okamoto sempai showed up and took me to where Rie's birthday party is - then the party.

Rie with her tiny birthday cake.

Some more party...

00:00 - 01:30 : First session of Karaoke with Rie and some unknown blokes.

Shibuya - All night.

01:45 - 04:45 : Second session(different Karaoke few blocks away) of Karaoke with Okamoto sempai and some intenational friends.
05:00 - 06:00 : Rendezvous with Rie at 109 and then went to a 24 hour restaurant for cups of hot tea.
06:10 - 06:30 : Took the early Yamanote line train to Tokyo - Slept in the train and almost missed Tokyo station.
06:45 - 07:25 : With a 3 Star Hangover, arrived at the office and had the day's sleep.

3 Star Hangover.

07:30 - 16:30 : Work, not as usual, because it was a public holiday in Japan.
Moral of the story : There are some certain limits when trying to impress your superiors...with only 30 minutes of sleep in one day is just too much.
I'll also be working on this weekend...cheers!!!

I'm Back...

2005-11-20T09:27:00.000+09:00

It's been a while....in fact it's almost 1 month since last post.
Frankly speaking I'm still not giving up on this blogging thing but the thing is...I even have several posts in my draft which eventually go unposted...well, I have to say - It's time.
I've been so busy with my work and I've came to this point where I can say I only work,eat and sleep for life. And also recently I found that I tend to sleep(even on weekends) at 21:00 and get up at 6:00...'mo ojichan jyannn...' like my japanese friends would say which means 'You've becoming an old chap...'.
Recent developments?...1)no credit card shopping for almost 2 months(impressive!!!) .2)started(hellooo!!!...we're in the 21st century here) online shopping and of course, cash on delivery. 3) check this out:

3 Buddies : Airport Express, 1 for my IBook and the other for my Ipod.

Wireless enough for my small dwelling.

Oh!As for the last Eidil Fitri, it was lucky for me here because it happened to be a public holiday on the 1st of Syawal. Anyway, I would like to say belated Eidil Fitri and 'Maaf Zahir Batin'.

The last remaining(7 out of 99) of my batch(JMC 3rd 1997) alive in Japan.

I eat resistance for breakfast

2005-10-23T14:08:00.000+09:00

Hello!!!

It's almost 3rd week of ramadan but it seems like fasting month just got started and i'm not 'ponteng' yet.
say,do you think i could finish playing these 3 games before eidil fitri?

are you serious?

p/s: I still haven't decided whether i should send my pic to 'salam perantauan'.emmm...should i,should i not,should i...

Aloha...

2005-10-03T16:00:00.000+09:00

See,i hardly can update my blog and where i can find time to change my layout like everyone else?!!!...guess y'all have to face that bloke(or sheila) with a pair of prestos on for quite some time.

let me wrap up all the things from last week....

1) Hanshin Tigers won the champion title of Japanese Central League Baseball.

Hanshin Yusyou!!!

2) I bought a new washing machine(used) to replace the old washing machine which i bought when i first came to japan 8 years ago.
by the way,is this ever happpened to your washing mashine?
you put your laundry in,put in the laundry detergent,push the start button,water comes in,wash wash,water drain then...peeeeeeeetttttttt(or whatever your washing machine buzzer sounds like).it stopped completely right before the spin.
how to handle this:
open the cover...and slam it to close.try it once or twice and then it will to start to spin.
so,on a normal washing course,there are 3 spining period which means that i need to open and slam to close my washing machine cover 3 times everytime i do my laundry.
4 months is long enough,so i bought a new one(used).

3) Yesterday I went to Wall in shinjuku to watch the final gig of EGOIST FOR MEN(I think i had introduced to you guys before...guitar...james iha...look-alike) with their vocal,Philo.It seems that Philo is leaving EGOIST FOR MEN for some other band...too bad.anyway,Cool(Guitar),Jinn(Drums) and Shohei(Bass) will still be in the band,playing their stuff,seeking a new vocals and probably changing the band's name.I'll give you guys the update once i get any.
Whatever it gonna be,the last gig was AWESOME!!!

EGOIST for your LIFE !!!

4) I got rid of my EMAC and get a new IBOOK - my second IBOOK within 8 years.

My new and improved workspace.

croissant a day

2005-09-23T21:09:00.000+09:00

As some of you have already known,it's already 2 weeks working in my new company.

Guillard,Jerome,Nicolas....

why are these french people always have those same names?!!!...not including the difficulty of understanding their accent...i'm having a pretty hard time here.probably a croissant a day might help.
anyway,since I've been ignoring this blog for a while,to keep this blog up and running again,here's an outdated post,from last week.

da peeps,at work.

haaaah....OK.Okamoto sempai organized a small party at his place last weekend.The rule is each people should should prepare a dish for everybody.There were 5 of us and below are the tasks:

me - kurma ayam
rie - croquette,fried shrimp,tohu salad
hott - pizza
okamoto sempai - sweet potato tart
anri - exception,she'll do the dishes..

me & dinner

rie's croquettes(begedil) were excellent,even the best french restaurant doesn't put mozarella cheese in croquettes but on the other hand,Okamoto sempai had his 1st ever tart curst in flames and hott forgot to put tomato sauce on the pizza before adding the toppings.Over all we had a great dinner.
after anri did her part on the dishes,we watched the digest of episode 1 to 10 plus,the final episode japanese drama jyoou no kyoushitu*,burst into tears(hehe... not incuding me),then past midnight,Masa(who joined the party later) managed to find a deck of UNO.What should be a game or two of UNO turned out to be an UNO endurance marathon which continued till morning...UNO!!!Do U NO!!!Kanda UNO!!!

*jyoou no kyoushitu=Mistress of the class; don't forget to check at your nearest pirated DVD dealer

Bonjour!!!

2005-09-16T22:57:00.000+09:00

i'll be here for a while,i tell you that...

I'm GS no more...

2005-09-02T12:45:00.000+09:00

Roponggi Hills,
Sayonara!!!

Tandoori Tigers

2005-08-21T20:59:00.000+09:00

Tandoori everything BBQ.

Whatever and whenever we will do something (especially when organizing a BBQ party)require planing in means of collecting info like is there going to be a firework show(!!!) near the place we about to do the BBQ...well,it happened to us,we walked about a mile and a half under the blazing sun with our BBQ gear from the BBQ area after being scrammed away due to the firework show at Tamagawa river.
With low on our spirits and the much leftover of my tandoori sauce,we decided put tandoori flavor on almost all the meat including all the sausages we bought and changed the whole BBQ thing to some tandoori festive...tandoori flavored sausage is not bad after all.

Pretended to be on high spirits with Okamoto sempai,Mike,Boogie and their kohais.

As the part of the day's plan,we dragged our Tandoori-smelled bodies to Meiji Jungu Baseball Stadium to watch the ball game between Hanshin Tigers and Yakult Swallows.

Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium - Home Stadium for Yakult Swallows.

When we arrived at the stadium, it was already the third inning and once we entered the stadium, Tigers scored a tie score to the Swallows which followed by the Tigers 'fight' song 'Rokko Oroshi' (Click play to listen):

Hanshin Tigers x Yakult Swallows.

Rokko Oroshi

Rokko Oroshi Rokko oroshi ni sasso to
Soten kakeru nichirin no
Seishun no haki uruwashiku
Kagayaku wagana zo Hanshin Taigasu
O-o-o-o
Hanshin Taigasu
Fure-fure-fure-fure
Toshi hatsuratsu tatsu ya ima
Nekketsu sude ni teki o tsuku
Ju-o no iki takaraka ni
Muteki no warera zo Hanshin Taigasu
O-o-o-o Hanshin Taigasu
Fure-fure-fure-fure
tetuwankyouciikuchitabi
kitaete kokoni koushienn
syouri ni moeyuru eikann ha
kagayaku wagazo Hanshin Taigasu
O-o-o-o
Hanshin Taigasu
Fure-fure-fure-fure

The Wind of Mount Rokko (An official English version, not a direct translation)

Dashing swiftly through the wind blowin' from Rokko
Like the big sun soaring in the clear blue sky
Mighty spirit of the youth shows the victor's grace
The name that shines in glory "Hanshin Tigers"
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Hanshin Tigers
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!
Now we are bursting with energy, we are full of fight.
Our hot blood and spirit has crushed enemies will already.
The king of animals has a mind to win the victory.
We are matchless Hanshin Tigers.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Hanshin Tigers
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!
Powerful hits and skillful pitch achieved a thousand times
Trained with every discipline here at Koshien Crowned with constant victory glorious, matchless feat Always proud, invincible "Hanshin Tigers"
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Hanshin Tigers
Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!

Jingu Stadium was almost painted in yellow and black.

Although Meiji Jingu Stadium is the home stadium for Yakult Swallows,stadium was jammed packed with Hanshin Tigers fans/supporters.
Okamoto-sempai and me also switched ourself to Hanshin Tigers supporters mode with Kanemoto Tomoaki's(Tigers 4th batter) number 6 baseball jersey and Tigers happi fully prepared for all out support/cheer for the Tigers.

A bunch of enthusiastic Tigers supporters.

When it was time for Kanemoto turn on the batter box at the 5th inning,the supporters started the Kanemoto's call which goes (Click play to listen):

kitaeta sono karada
ahureru kihaku
sa,kokomade (so-re muko he)
buchikome raitosatando he
(kattobase kanemoto)!!!

English translation

overwhelmed with spirit
now,slug the ball (far over there)
all the way to right standing
(go wallop the ball,kanemoto)!!!

and as the Tigers fans expected Kanemoto blasted a bases-loaded home run to highlight a six-run 5th inning as the Tigers rebounded Saturday night with an 9-3 win in the second game of a three-game set with the third-place Yakult Swallows.

On the lucky 7 inning where supporters blew off the balloons into the air at once....more than you think,it's whole lotsa fun!!!

It was a great game and hopefully Hanshin Tigers will stay at the top notch of the Central League and make it's way to the Japan Series this year.

Finally,a great pose from a loyal Hanshin Tigers fan.

urban heat island

2005-08-12T02:24:00.000+09:00

A nice time to talk about the environment.

Despite of the ambitious(huh?!!) development of M'sian cities especially Lembah Klang area,I strongly urged the Datok Bandar and all the filthy rich land developers to hold on to their greedy deeds to turn the 'Garden City of Lights' to some Bedrock filled 3 star hotels and 2nd class shopping malls here and there...or in a few years time,you people will get yourself some thing like Shinjuku,Shibuya and it's nearby places.
In Shinjuku for instances,hardly you can find trees.If you do and say "Oh!there's a tree", you need to walk for some distance till you can say "oh!there's another one".As a result Shinjuku is a nice example of city suffering from an urban heat island(UHI).Due to this UHI phenomenon,tempertures in Shinjuku is 2-6 degrees hotter than other Tokyo suburbs.
Since people in Tokyo district office consider this is a serious issue and should be treated with high priority,many efforts are being done to counter the UHI phenomenon.One of them is the redevelopment of Shinjuku area by rebuilding buildings with specified location so that wind tunnels will be easily formed to transfer heat away from the effected areas.Other than that,plans of planting grass on roofs and top of buildings for not only to battle UHI but also to reduce Carbon Dioxide.
Whatever hi-tech measures are being done in Tokyo,like in KL,it's still not too late for pervention.All i would like to say,let's plant trees for the sake of our future generation...chewaaah!!!
Enough with the environment stuff for now.Though how hot it can get in Shinjuku,it's still nice to go up the roof top and have couple of cold refreshments + fun with friends after work like i did yesterday.

My Ikemen* buddies.

Sure is HOT in Shinjuku.

Yoko-chan gets it from both sides

again,

Natsu,saikou!!!

*Ikemen=Hot blokes

Suikawari

2005-08-07T23:58:00.000+09:00

A watermelon about to be executed.

'Suikawari' translates roughly into SMASHING WATERMELONS (sounds like the name of a certain rock band I love).To simply explain the progression of the game; one person is blindfolded and spun around in his/her place three times.Then,he/she is given a stick.In front of the person,a JUICY watermelon is placed on the ground.The others around the person with the stick are to scream out the directions to the watermelon, and give him/her the signal to swing the stick at the watermelon in an attempt to SMASH the WATERMELON.It might sound like a waste of food/money,but,this is certainly a LOT of fun!The crowd screamed in Japanese "HIDARI!!!" (TO THE LEFT!),"MIGI!!!" (TO THE RIGHT!),"MASSUGU" (STRAIGHT AHEAD!),"UTTE!!!" (HIT THE WATERMELON!).
Wow,how fun!!!

We were enjoying SMASHING PUMK...no,WATERMELON

Another nice thing to do on hot weekend...BBQ near the Tamagawa River.
oh!...1 thing i noticed that most watermelons sold in Japan have a lot of those black seeds in it...why?...i just don't know.
And why watermelons sold in M'sia almost have not seeds in it?is it because the watermelon DNA in M'sia is genetically structured so they don't come up with seeds and Japanese watermelon market doesn't except genetically structured watermelons.
Are we M'sian consuming a lot of genetically structured food...if it is so...OMG!!!

These hot girls know what to do with the watermelon seeds...spit em out!

Normal scenes usually seen during BBQs.

Koichi is doing his stuff with the Yaki-soba.

up close:Kirari & ME

Somebody ruined the pose with a watergun.

Moment where Takky is throwned to the river.

All of US

we ended the day with sparklers and fire crackers.

Natsu,saikou!!!*

*Natsu,saiko!!!=Summer is the greatest!!!

FRF05

2005-07-31T23:35:00.000+09:00

SpongeBob managed to tag along...

It's mid-summer and It's that time of year again where people flocked to Naeba Ski Resort for the one of the year's greatest event...FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL(FRF05)
This year's FRF05 was held from August 29th till 31th.This 3 day event featured more than 200 artists/bands foreign and local including Foo Fighters,Cold Play,Simple Plan,Beck,Moby,etc.

some of the people who managed to get the tickets for FRF05

Our journey began on friday night at 23:30 in Akihabara where 3 of us(Yokota-san,Hirano-san and me)met.
We drove off Akihabara sometime at 0:30 took the Kanetsu highway and then arrived at Akagi Kougen R&R sometime at 2:30.There we could see people with thier convoys who are heading to FRF refueling their strength for the other half way of their journey.
We had a nap about 3 hours and started our journey again at 5:30 and arrived at Kanndatu Highland(FRF carpark) at 7:30 to park our car.
From there we took a shuttle bus to Naeba Ski Resort and the journey took about 30 minutes.

we came by car...then we took the bus...???

Since FRF05 was a 3 day event,for people who cannot afford to rent a room at Naeba Ski Resort Prince Hotel where the room charge doubled the average charge and if you were some spoiled brat who can use your bapak's money to rent the most expensive suite,you have to reserve the room at least 6 months earlier...with 2500 yen(USD20) per-head,you can bring a long a tent and spend some nights there.

one of the largest camping jamboree around...

Briefly on FRF05,there were 6 main stages:green stage,white stage,red marquee,field of heaven,orange court and gypsy avalon.there was quite a distance between the stages and some you would need to walk thru some jungle tracking route to get there.There were no official statement of what differs a stage to another but if looking at the names of the performer or band who were playing on each stage,you probably notice that there were slight differences on the genres of which stage they were playing.

i made my own analysis:

green stage- the biggest stage.major bands/artist regardless of their genre.
white stage - up coming rock bands/artist(crowd diving compartable)
red marquee - smaller version/scale of white stage.
field of heaven - for music that keep you sky high,minus the weed and dope.
gypsy avalon - the smallest stage,for acoustic music...a bit of SKA won't hurt.
orange court - for artists like Lisa Loeb and Los Lobos should go.

it's the best time of year to visit Disneyland.

Since FRF entered it's 9th year this year,lessons learned from the past experience(including typhoons,congested parking lot,unauthorized re-entrance,food hygiene,drunkard bustards,etc)which made FRF this year less stressful,clean(if minus the rain) and friendly to all ages.The event once known as a japanese version of Woodstock is now more of a one big picnic event.There were families bringing their kids along and also sightings of middle-aged people picnicking next to a group of leather claded blokes with mohawk hairdos,sharing their beers...what a pleasant sight.

The toilet-anywhere + the endless queue.

About the usage of toilets,although hundreds of toilets were set inside the FRF area,but due to the overwhelming amount of people who came(about 40 thousand),long(i mean really queues) on every toilet area...I'm sure somebody made a real good mess inside their pants.I was glad that i had done mine before arriving.

The building crowd near the Green stage...2 hours before the 1st performance.

It was hot in the morning.According the weather forecast,it was 40% chances of raining but later at noon it started to rain.Guess the odds won't be on us.

rain...as usual...

and it continued to rain all day....

mud...also as usual...later,stinkin' sludge

say like this:

Fuji Rock = Music + Mud

in front of wet and muddy Field Of Heaven

We got Sherbets,lotsa people,Dachambo,lotsa people,SKA CUBANO,lotsa people,BECK,lotsa people,lotsa lotsa people,etc.

so,if you're looking forward to go to FRF in the future,please consider below:

Get rid of your day's crap before entering the FRF area.
If you try to pee at somewhere other than the toilet, make sure nobody sees you or it will cause everybody else will pee at the same place where you did and it will cause a major case of biohazard polution.
spend more on your rain gear.if possible,wear everything made of GORE-TEX.
wear rubber boots(the same one like the foreign pencuci tandas usually wear) if you don't want your feet to get stuck on the mud.
bring along a big(i mean real big ones) picnic sheet because i'm sure you'll need a rest during the intervals.i suggest that inflatable air mattress on smart-shop.
reserve a room the nearby hotel months before FRF unless you're able to drive back home wet,covered with mud and exhausted.
FRF is no place for dating.unless you bring your tent along...secret rendezvous,you know what i mean.

feel the vibes...

2005-07-24T22:07:00.000+09:00

OK...I fully understand and realised that i'm buncit...but what i don't understand is since they called it beer belly,why in the world i have although i don't drink beer?is it because i take a lot of nasi,carbohydrates especially right before i go to bed?it is the lack of exercise?...naaa,i go to the gym like twice every week.i also usually participate on gotong-royongs...clearing bushes,cutting the grass and swinging some scythes around...like i did yesterday.

spot the fat bastard

a mystery it is...why...buncit....

some of CTW 2005:Preserve our Kamakura project members

Later that day....

I was only with my bath towel and when i was about to open my shower tap,it suddenly happened...the magnatude 5.
for me earthquake is a normal thing.it's happening like everyweek and sometimes i could not distinct whether it's a magnatute 3 earthquake or just another dump truck passing next to my apartment until the earthquake warning notice pings out on the television.
but the 'coolest' thing about this earthquake not only the fact that the scale was quite big....it's centered on the the place where live!...just imagine you're living in kobe when the great kobe earthquake(magnitute 7+) in 1995 strucked.
back to my saturday evening + earthquake episode,the 1st quake lasted about a minute and during that moment i was totally in the moment of pause...trying to figure out whether was it due to my gotong-royong fatigue which resulted my brain to play tricks on my balance receptors or was it the ground was really shaking...until i could hear the sound of things falling,then i realised it was an earthquake.
...with my right left hand holding on the shower tap and the other holding to my towel.frankly speaking,if the quake were long than a minute,the first thing i could think of is to rush out from my apartment,jump 2 floors from the corridor to the next parking lot.the worst senario is i would be dead jumping off the 2nd floor,naked on the parking lot....well,better chance of surviving my rather than staying indoors and later being crushed under my 31 year old apartment.

(a big earthquake will usually be followed by several aftershocks.)

Right after the 1st quake,i went out from my bath room and tried to put on my boxer pants and again...quakes(aftershocks),continuous ones occured(fortunately the weaker ones) which eventually disappeared in few minutes.
me,that time who was still had my boxer pants put on only until my knees was rather relieved exspecially when the the earthquake warning notice pings out on the television which usually indicates the quake was completely over...THE END

Zekkyou Tuaa

2005-07-17T01:29:00.000+09:00

It's summer again here in japan...and it's freakin HOT!!!!
It's not as hot as in malaysia but it's still freakin HOT!!!!
So what most japanese people usually do during summer when it's weekend with a beautiful sunny weather(and freakin HOT)?....and the answer is they will try to clog every single roads,expressways and interstate highways with their cars.These casual drivers will only use the weekends for their recreation activity so called doraibinngu*.Say you have countless of these drivers driving their car for recreation....just imagine how many roadhogs you can get.

And so was I...I went to Fuji-Q Highland last saturday with Naoya and Satomi for our 1st zekkyou tuaa** of this year according to Naoya.
Fuji-Q Highland is located in Yamanashi Prefecture(not Shizouka) which is about 200km from Tokyo.The best way to get there is but car which will take about 3 hours(min) from Tokyo via the Tomei Expressway.Although i'm kinda person who enjoy having adrenaline being pumped all accoss my body and always thrilled by the extremes,due to the distance from where i live,It was still my second time for me to go there.

Naoya,me and Satomi...normal look

One of the coolest attractions which is a must for every visitor to Fuji-Q is Fujiyama.Although Fujiyama is not the longest,fastest nor the scariest roller coaster in the world,it's the nearest i could get.Check-out the record holders.The specs of Fujiyama is below:

sorry,no english translation.well,you can still agak2 what the data means.

I wonder who's crazy idea inventing this thing on the first place.

Naoya,me and Satomi...not so normal look

Overall...Yeah...we had a great time...

*Doraibinngu=recreation activity of driving an automobile.
(Related)Info on Japanese Culture:Since tokyo has one of the best network of public transport(especially trains and subways) in the world,many japanese people tend to use the public transport to work and traveling to one place to another.Due to the convienience of the public transport,having a personal automobile is virtually unnecessary moreover with it's expensive road tax,insurance and maintenance fee,it's also considered as a luxury.According to Goldman Sach Economic Research data,the number of automobile per-family(average of 4 people per family) in tokyo is 0.54 which is the lowest in japan and one of the lowest among the developed countries.For people who can afford an automobile,driving is no longer considered as a way to move from one place to another,it is more recognized as a recreation activity
**Zekkyou tuaa=thrilling and scary tour

MALAS

2005-07-13T11:14:00.000+09:00

The common MALAS is a mild infectious disease which effects the limbs,arms and especially the brain.Its symptom is the lack of desire to act or to work,to stretch one's forces:tendency to rest and do nothing(often these occur simultaneously) which will last from matter of moments(few micro seconds) or up to several years...Ha,ha,ha
I have to admit it that I'm suffering from this MALAS disease recently.Why?...as you can see,my blog is not being updated for more than a month!!!another new record there.
I know!!!The climate may affect the desease by some means.Some of you may already know that I just came back from my 2 weeks vacation in malaysia so...malaysian(bukit gambir,muar) climate vs japanese(adachi ward,tokyo) climate.
The obvious diffence between those 2 climates is the daily 4 scheduled free,instant and eat-all-u-want meals...which resulted a dramatic 5 kg increase on my weight.I've summarized a calculation below:

(My Life x daily 4 scheduled meals) / 14days = 5Kg

(My Life - daily 4 scheduled meals) x 0.15* = MALAS

*=personal hypoactivity variable

OK,I've exaggerated enough.

Bringing your attention away from my MALAS syndrome which is awfully contageous, I finally could find some time to go a photoshop near my apartment to get myself a batery for my APS camera.My APS camera had been dead for sometime due to it's flat lithium batery.
When I turned it on,it seemed to be in a good condition...the lense was not blurred,the flash was still working(far more brighter than my Sony T-1) and the optical zoom which goes 'zheeet...zheeet'.Then came the real test whether the film was still OK or already rot after 4,5 years of neglection.I still could not remember how many shots were take but I'm sure at least there is one.So I sent the APS film to the same photoshop for imaging and the result is below:

only 2/25 shots were taken...such a waste

This is rather a nostalgic shot,me with Mikey near SFMOMA(San Francisco Museum Of Modern Arts) in spring 2001.

The latest shot...5 years later - the less prettier side of my room...blurred,evidence of a deteriorating APS film.

Back to my MALAS issues...hey!I won't stop blogging like some peeps that I know...probably a little late on the updates but I'll go on.

Post scriptum : It's summer now in Japan with temperatures between 25-29 degrees celcious.So,it's not the weather.

Project Disneyland 2005

2005-06-07T15:13:00.000+09:00

Future Together.

It's the Kingdom of Magic...where wishes come true,it's a world of laughter,it's a world of hopes,there's so much that we share...it's a small world after all,it's a small bla,bla,bla...well,you know Disneyland.So i went there...again,my 16th time in 8 years.
nothing much changed...there is still the Cinderella Castle,Space Mountain,that over-reacted Jungle Cruise boat driver,etc.
But this time was different,i was on a volunteer work to spend a day in Tokyo Disneyland with mentally and physically challenged children.it was a nice experience for me and i'm sure other volunteers as well to spend time not for enjoying ourselves but accompanying these extraordinary kids while having fun with them in Disneyland.

my team.

Frankly speaking,i've been involved in many volunteering works and none of them is soo touching as this one,especially for a human being like me.i admit that i never satisfied nor grateful of what i have and what i am right now...well,i'm sure everybody else too....especially living in this materialistic world with the materialistic society on it.i may not satisfied because i'm not making 50k USD per-year and doesn't have privilege to use the company's cooperate credit card(!!!) like people around me although we are doing the same work,working in the same team and having the same rank....but on the second thought i should be grateful that i still have my brain functioning well(...except for my homicidal tendencies recently),with normal legs so can walk properly and a pair of working hands with fingers which come in handy especially showing the middle one on somebody's back....

In the Kingdom Of Magic we are

After a good satisfiying 6 hours of spending time with the kids,it was time to send them back to their parents.We exchanged presents and said goodbye to each other.Again,It was nice experience and i'm looking forward to do it again next year.

Since i still had my invisible infra-red re-entry seal stamped on my arm during my way out of Disneyland to send off the kids and didn't accidentally wash it off in the toilet like i did several years back, i rendezvous with Jay,Greg,Eric and other volunteers(office buddies) who got separated with their groups earlier,got in back to Disneyland.as expected,with these very 'young at heart' grown-ups on leashed in a theme park like Disneyland,things....(i'm skipping this part)...and ride all the attractions again twice....haaa...penat...

the always 'young at heart'

Let's go to the zoo....

2005-05-30T10:57:00.000+09:00

Fuji Safari Park Theme Song

Honto ni,honto ni,honto ni,honto ni raion da,
Chikasugichatte doushiyou,
Kawakute doushiyou,
Fuji Safari Park...

English Translation:

It's really,really,really,really a lion,
It's coming closer what should I do,
So cute what should I do,
Fuji Safari Park...

It's nice to celebrate somebody's birthday by taking him/her to interesting places like a zoo.So,just like the song goes,me,Okamoto sempai and the folks went to Fuji Safari Park as to celebrate Masa's 29th birthday...wohooo!!!

the birthday boy and the rest of the trip crew

The trip took about an hour and a half from Yokohama which we spent most of the time celebrating Masa's birthday in the car...too bad Masa had a hang-over all the way during the trip due to the prior celebration and hardly remembered anything at all.

There are bears,lions,cheetahs,elephants...

When we arrived at the safari park,paid the ticket...instead of taking the cage looking buses we drove straight in thru the park.We experienced some trafic jams in the tiger zone,lion zone,bear zone...well in every zones but he had our shutter chances with animals pretty nicely.

the final moments when we about to run over a deer.

tired of 4 legged mammals?here are some 2 legged mammals for change...

again there are giraffes,flamingoes,monkeys,sheeps...it's a zoo for crying out loud!!!...

The drive on the safari course was a short one,about an hour but it was a nice experience watching the animals in bigger cages plus we were inside it.After that we had our lunch and squable around with kids on the kid's playpark ignoring the fact that we are almost pakcik and makcik.

emus,kangarooes,...half-Masa half-kangaroo...

After we had enough of the stench of manure at Fuji Safari Park,we decided to head off to Mount Fuji,yeah...Mount Fuji.
Mount Fuji is divided to 9 levels or stations and the highest level is the 9th station which is 3460 meters above sea level.From there it is possible to reach the highest peak which is Kengamine peak which is 3775 meters above sea level(Mount Kinabalu 4095 meters)...the top of Japan.
Since most of us only with gears which only good enough to nampa* chics in Shibuya and not for some vertical limit action stuff,we only drove to the 5th level which is about 2400 meters from sea level...the highest level of Mount Fuji which is reachable by car...higher than the 1st base camp of Mount Kinabalu which is only about 1200 meters from sea level.Too bad the weather was cloudy or we could get a bird's eye view of Shizouka Prefecture plus a nice up close and personal shot with Mount Fuji.

The highest we could get...by car...

Heuww...I guess that day it was the closest thing I could get to the marvelous nature.
OK,let's song the Fuji Safari Park theme song with me...1,2...honto ni, honto ni...

*nampa=flirt with

K.o.m design

2005-05-16T10:22:00.000+09:00

I went to my sempai's brother post wedding party last saturday at bottle cafe and as usual...me,and i'm sure everybody had a very pleasant time.

everybody who shared happiness with the newlyweds.

...and i just realized that i forgot to take shots of the coup...damn!!!...well,they know who they are and if you 2 are checking on this blog right now,i would like to say...

Happy,Happy Post Wedding day!

To Kosuke and Masako

one more thing...you might say i'm crazy or stuck in some kind of paranoia what so ever but swear to god that one of the staff/waiteress of bottle cafe looks exactly like hasekyo.yes,i tried but still i just couldn't take off my eyes of her that night...maji*

there should be me somewhere inside there...check,jangan tak check.

*:maji=this is serious/real,ain't shit'in you

daijob.com

2005-05-13T14:31:00.000+09:00

i'm about to go out on a journey...
in search for a brand new world of hope,brighter future....and more $ $ $
wish me good luck and i'll belanja you later..
- AMEN -

today...

2005-04-27T10:48:00.000+09:00

Sempai*'s 29th

2005-04-25T10:28:00.000+09:00

this is my Okamoto sempai.

My Okamoto sempai is a die-hard Hanshin fan.For most of you who doesn't know,here's some about Hanshin Tigers:

The Hanshin Tigers, one of the oldest professional clubs in Japan, was founded in 1935 with the team being formed in 1936. The team was first called the Osaka Tigers. In 1940, amid anti-foreign sentiment, the Tigers changed the name to Hanshin and in 1947 changed the name back to Osaka Tigers. The current team name was came in 1961.
The Tigers won four titles before the establishment of the two league system in 1950. Since the league was split into the Central League and the Pacific League, the Tigers have won the Central League pennant four times (1962, 1964, 1985, 2003) and the Japan Series once (1985).
When the 2004 Major League Baseball season opened in Japan, the Tigers played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees at the Tokyo Dome on March 29. The Tigers won 11-7.

There's a wacky fact about this Hanshin Tigers.It's about the 'Curse of the Colonel':

After their 1985 Japan Series win, fans celebrated by having people who looked like Tigers players jump into the Dotonbori*. According to legend, because none of the fans resembled first baseman Randy Bass(the pic on the left below), fans grabbed a life-sized statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot Colonel Sanders and threw it into the river (like Bass, the Colonel had a beard and was not Japanese). The statue was never recovered. The Tigers are therefore doomed to never win again until the Colonel is rescued from the river.

Can you spot the difference?

In 2003, when the Tigers returned to the Japan Series after 18 years with one of the worst records in the Central League, many KFC outlets in Kobe and Osaka moved their Colonel Sanders statues inside until the series was over to protect them from Tiger fans.

today(Saturday) was his 29th birthday.

Happy Birthday Okamoto Sempai!

these are the crazy yet lovely people who celebrates his birthday.

how crazy we are,we still a great fan of Hanshin Tigers.

*:Dotonbori=canal in Osaka, Japan, known for its surrounding theatres, shops, and restaurants; above all, the area is famous for the colourful signs advertising neons.
*:sempai=senior

Maledict is dead

2005-04-18T11:18:00.000+09:00

I love you...then you love me.
I miss you so much...and you miss me too.
BAM!!!BAM!!!

...eat this you hage* mother fxxker.

too bad the battle is over for me with Maledict is dead....leaving me thirst for more.

khatam lagi...

so what next?...the coming Area 51 or Pariah...or maybe I should finish my Chronicles Of Riddick first.
At least finally I could get a large partial of my brain back to figure out the long time problem of how to turn all my music in my MDs to MP3s so I can upload it to my Ipod.

any ideas?....

*:hage=botak

Hanami

2005-04-12T11:39:00.000+09:00

Ehemm...I'm gonna make this as informational as possible.

Hanami literally means "flower viewing", however, it commonly refers only to cherry blossom viewing. Cherry blossom viewing is easy: Simply enjoy the intensity of the many blossoms by looking at a single tree or a group of trees. From a distance, the trees appear as beautiful clouds, while the beauty of single blossoms can be enjoyed from a close distance.

Hanami can be just a stroll in the park, but it traditionally also involves a picnic party under the blooming trees. Hanami parties have been held in Japan for many centuries, and today are held in public and private gardens and parks across the country. Famous cherry blossom spots can get very crowded, and the best picnic spots are hardly fought after.

Hanami picnic would not be complete without entertaiment and sake. People will bring forms of entertaiment like games(mahjong, fresbee, etc.), karaoke boxes and some even bringing their own wacky party constumes.

Last Sunday I went to 2 Hanami picnics. The first one I went to my office buddies Hanami picnic in Tamagawadai Park near Tamagawa. The picnic which supposed to be casual seemed to be more semi-formal with families and children coming, left me a bit 'uncomfortable' for 2 hours.

Tamagawadai Park with some high society peeps

After shaking hands and listening to conversation from somebody I hardly remember until now, I went off to the next Hanami picnic in Kinuta Park near Yoga and finally I could feel at home with my homies around.Unlike in Tamagawadai Park, there were neither poshy liquors nor exquisite gourmets, just cheap beers, sodas and dust covered riceballs.

Happy shiney people...in the beginning

We played party games and as usual, things got out off hand...dirty...then ouuuw gross(I think I should not tell you about this part).As a result in the end we got 1 who was totally knocked out(we thought of calling the ambulance but we sent him home by cab instead), 1 ended up sleeping in the station platform, 1 almost got beat up by a yakuza and several others who had to spend sometime in the toilet.

in the end...one of the better examples

I took the last train, arrived home with a bad stomach ache which made me ponteng work on the next day.

ain't no traitor

2005-04-09T15:15:00.000+09:00

owned a PowerPC, 2 Ibooks, an Imac, an Emac and 2 Ipods,

I ain't no traitor...

my default browser is Safari,

I ain't no traitor...

Quicktime is making my future of video crystal clear,

I ain't no traitor...

two button mouse is a taboo,

I ain't no traitor...

The Oasis - Apple Store Ginza

believe the G5 processor is the number one of them all,

I ain't no traitor...

don't believe on "blue screen of death",

I ain't no traitor...

never believe in computer viruses either,

I ain't no traitor...

what the hell is spyware anyway...,

I ain't no traitor...

NON-MAC games

forgive me for this...I already died trying....

Boing!Boing!...

2005-04-03T20:10:00.000+09:00

Say goodbye to down jackets.
Say goodbye to heaters.
Say goodbye to long nights.

sleep tight,where you should be...under my bed.Till next season.
(my snowboard gear)

Welcome wet feet.
Welcome body odour.
Welcome mating season.
...hormones,get ready for a roller coaster ride...

Spring here I come!!!....

Nine good reasons....

2005-03-30T16:09:00.000+09:00

Nine good reasons why I don't buy CDs anymore:

Running out of storage space for all the CDs I bought just for 1 or 2 tracks each.
Never know what the store has in stock and what they don't and it's a pain to try and find specific CDs in some of these places where their alphabetical(even worst in katagana) tabs have all been moved around out of order.
MPeg 1 Audio Layer 3
It's easier to preview tracks online rather than go to the store and wait for an open listening station.
Since I found Tsutaya 8 years ago
Bit Torrent
WinMx,Winny...
Kazaa,Shareza,Limewire...
Ipod + ITunes

Exceptional for today when I bought Meltdown by ASH

And why Meltdown?...:

I'm a great fan of ASH who always miss their tour every year.
The single 'Clones' is the soundtrack of Republic Commando which I just finished playing last weekend.Worth checking the review.

Keeping the tracks coming because I need a reason to get an Ipod Photo

p/s:tengah sayu dengar lagu 'Akan Ku Kenang' from JUNCTION(1988)...terkenang episode cinta tak kesampaian(kes syok sendiri) masa darjah 6.

sama cantek,sama padan...

2005-03-18T23:59:00.000+09:00

A:dou mietemo,goukonn jyaneika kore....
B:....chigeiyo!!!

A:jya,goukonntte dore?
B:....kore

A:Uwak!!!...bimyou*

*:bimyou=iffy,not in perfect condition...camna nak explain ni?...ntah!

bakusouyarou*!!!

2005-03-14T16:29:00.000+09:00

I found this on the internet about a brief history of Michael Schumacher:
Schumacher was born in Hurth(close to Cologne.He started out his racing career in the same way as all the great drivers,in karting.He began racing karts at the age of four in a home-made kart built by his father,Rolf,who managed the local karting track(located in Kerpen,Schumacher's hometown).He obtained his first license,and began racing competitively,by age twelve.

and me...

Kriskross(me) was born in KLGH(in Kuala Lumpur).He started out his racing career in the same way as all the great drivers,in karting.He began racing karts at the age of twenty at the local karting track,F1 Dream(located in Hiratsuka,30 minutes drive from Kriskross's former college).He obtained his japanese car license in 2002 after failed twice,and started again racing competitively since last Sunday.

from starting formation to the pole position.

the next grandprix will be held on 11th April at KartOff,Kita-senjyu.

from left:Sato,Raikkonen,Monteiro,Schumacher R.,Webber,Barrichello,Montoya and Albers

*:bakusouyarou=speedy bastard/ass-hole/etc...whatever appropriate.

The Shelter

2005-03-06T11:54:00.000+09:00

I went to Shelter in Shimokitazawa last night to see some guys with their band Weather who I got acquaintance with during last raibu uchiage*.

For those who don't know,The Shelter is one of the famous populatiry breeding grounds for bands which started from humble beginnings of underground/indie backgrounds and later become some of Japanese major bands like Asian Kung-Fu Generation,GO!GO!7188 and more.I used to come down to Shimokitazawa until 4 years ago and I can call it as one of my playgrounds when I was a student....it's been a long time.

Weather + Pealout

About the live event I went that night,it was called 'Natsu wo matu pooru',means 'The pool's waiting for summer'....Hey!I'm waiting for summer,it's March and it still snowing....Anyway,there were 4 bands participated on that event:Table,Weather,Pealout and NAHT.Pealout was absolutely FANTASTIC!!!! but unfortunanely they gonna breakup this summer....too bad.

*:raibu uchiage=live 'well job done' party

Snow Jam 2005 Part 3...hopefully not the end....

2005-02-28T19:58:00.000+09:00

A week after Yuzawa Nakazato,me and the rest of GS ski/snowboard club headed off to Hakuba Happone in Nagano.The 2 days and 2 nights trip started from my office...yeah,my office.I was glad that i got the morning off so i could escape the morning rush and get my board and equipment thru the subway....or not,i would look like some weird gaijin with a body bag(...it's my board bag...it's long and black),traveling on a subway at 7AM morning rush to Roppongi.So we started our(60 of us) 6 hour bus journey right after office at 7:30PM and we arrived at our hotel,Marukin Ryokan sometime at midnight.The next whole day and the day after that,we spend most of the times on the slopes.

It's virtually office....near the slopes

About the weather condition of Hakuba Happone,on day 1,it was snowing all day and it was extremely fair on day 2...as a result,i got stripes on my face due to the sunburn.As for the slope condition,it was pure powder on the mountain tops until i 'devirginized' them all and it was ice plate almost everywhere on the lower part of the slopes...so if you're not be careful and without your pads on,you'll end up with bruises on your knees and butt.

me...minus the action

overall...the trip was not bad but i should reconsider about going snowboard with crowd of 60 next time.

some of us...

Snow Jam 2005 part 2

2005-02-21T00:31:00.000+09:00

wis da folks

It's time to hit the snow again on my 2nd Snow Jam of 2005.The location this time was Yuzawa Nakazato Ski Resort and the 1 night 2 days trip for 10 was proudly made possible by me...the official kanji*.
With a night stay at nice warm logde Villa Arieska which only took 5 minutes to the nearest lift, it was totally splendid place to stay.

YUZA MAN...

On the other hand, the weather on day 1 was rainy.Although it didin't stop us from our board run since the rain didn't turn all the snow to ice,it was not a perfect run.
On day 2,the rain stopped but soon followed by snow which eventually turned to a blizzard.With visibility almost reached a point of zero and on the deck was semi-powder,it was time to stay low and beware of the red flags because.....COWABANGA!!!!!

caught in action

Although the weather wasn't on our side all the way during trip, we had a great time especially with the warm hospitality of the ojisan and obasan of Villa Arieska plus...and last but not least,Collon-chan,always wagging her tail whenever we return from the slopes.

With Collon-chan

What do we do best during long trips...

*:kanji=party organizer

Arrrghhhh!!!!

2005-02-18T11:56:00.000+09:00

Underpaid, motivation 0, Gateway, HP, Valentine, jealousy, homocidal, DEATH...arrghhhhh!!!!....all out the fuckin' window when these guys are around...G.T.B is back in town.

a couple of Smirnoffs with a twist of this...it's heaven!!!

What the Dickens is the place to be....

Behold....

2005-02-11T22:09:00.000+09:00

after being sold out all over the country.......yeah,now i believe in miracles...

there goes my 300 bucks...

tat ta taaaaa....

tak tido la malam ni...

IT Nite Out...again...

2005-02-06T17:53:00.000+09:00

nite out at Tofuro with a new member of the team,John.

What the Nabe!!!

see the snail...now you don't

You saw them before..now plus 1

hisashiburi....

2005-01-31T08:11:00.000+09:00

Ignoring the fact that my calf muscles were suffering from a terrible ache due to the lack of stretching prior to my 1st round of 2005 snowboard JAM at Kagura Mitsumata ski resort on saturday,I was able to pop-up at the dickens for AsiAid last night.

What the dickens!!!

clockwise:Ben Kemp,Beautiful Losers,Eden Rogue

Da crowdies

on the high side...better the devil you know

pasera 1/19 18:00

2005-01-19T20:32:00.000+09:00

1st:824B13

2nd:kyoku soushin

3rd:"peeeett..."

finally:"kyaaaaaaa!!!!!...."

extraordinary

2005-01-17T09:08:00.000+09:00

You think that I go home at night.Take off my clothes,turn out the lights.But I burn letters that I write.To you,to make you love me.
Yeah,I drive naked through the park and run the stop sign in the dark.Stand in the street,yell out my heart.To make,to make you love me.
You may not believe in me but I believe in you.So I still take the trash out.Does that make me too normal for you?
So dig a little deeper because you still don't get it yet.See me lickin' my lips,need a primitive fix and I'll make,I'll make you love me.
See me jump through hoops for you.You stand there watching me performing.
What exactly do you do?Have you ever thought it's you that's boring?
Who the hell are you?

I am extraordinary, if you'd ever get to know me.
I am extraordinary, I am just your ordinary
average every day sane psycho...

u busy,i busy....

2005-01-14T18:48:00.000+09:00

The question is often asked why we never have any spare time in modern life, in spite of a glut of "labor-saving" inventions and the growth of production efficiencies. Here are a few thoughts about why we are so busy:

1. Poor Choice Management. Much has been written about proper time management, but sometimes the advice focuses merely on making more efficient use of time: do two tasks at once,get up earlier,delegate everything.Such advice does not really effectively address the problem of too many tasks.In fact,too much emphasis on time management makes one obsessive, always watching the clock and thinking about what task is scheduled next.So perhaps the nervousness over time management should give way to a more thoughtful care about choice management.Manage your life,not your time.Modern society suffers from an unwillingness to say, "No." Faced with too many options and too much pressure,we respond with too many yesses.We are afraid to deny to others or to ourselves the many opportunities,the many options,we face daily.But everything we choose requires Use Time.We have PS2, a computer with broadband connection,a GUNDAM model kit set(for those GUNDAM maniacs out there),YM,MSM--and all cry out to be used and use requires time.There is an old proverb somewhere that says,"To accomplish more, do less."

2. Inefficient Learning. We rush through things,learn them partially, and must repeat the work.Or what was learned gets pushed out by too much other new information.We have yet to accommodate our ideas of education to the information age.With the aggregate of knowledge doubling annually(someone has guessed),we can no longer expect to cover everything.Yet we try.The fabric of learning that is a hundred miles wide and about as deep as a sheet of paper is not going to be useful.shift down your gear,and learn a few lasting things.

3. Fewer Support Structures.....do acquire HELP.

4. Higher Expectations. Rather than having more leisure time, we have less because we expect to do more and others expect us to do more.We try to match the pace of a fast society.This is related to poor choice management,since we want it all and want to do everything,thus raising our expectations for activity."Ouuuu, tomorrow is Saturday,a day for leisure.Let's wake up late in the morning, a movie in the afternoon, and to dinner then KARAOKE with our friends until the last train.Then we will still have time to see that video,check our mail,and watch the news before bed."....try that!!!

5. Maintenance Time Costs. The products we buy require maintenance time.Computers,cars,IPODS,all need attention...I'm sure that you don't want to listen to the same playlists in your IPOD.The more items we have,the more time we spend maintaining or taking care of them--not using them.Every nifty computer program or add-on we buy requires substantial time to learn and to use.Like the new TV tuner card that i just bought for my PC.I just wanted to see TV from my PC and see what i got:

TV capture of Arakawa Shizuka during the last Japan Ice skating Grand Prix

6. The Change Effect. We live in constant change. The psychological stress of change can be dealt with, but the main effect of change is a time expenditure for a learning curve.New software,new games(ouu...i just finished playing LOTR:The Battle For Middle Earth...what?!!!i'm outdated???),a detour to work,new rules to follow, all require time to learn.

7. Figuring out what to write in my Blog. In fact,nobody's reading....ZANNENNN!!!....kriskross kireeahhhhh!!!!!!

plastic...

2005-01-08T21:42:00.000+09:00

teringin lak nak makan mee bandung.

1 point Nihonggo:
"nyanya nya nyai"...it's the lesser non-polite version of "ariemasen" (non-polite is "arienai"),means "that's impossible" or "this/that is not happening". usually used by young women with intention to attract and impress or in other word,to flirt men.example:

situation:2 couples went out for a gokon in a private room at an izakaya.several hours later 1 of the couples got a little bit too drunk and suddenly started to make out with each other in front of the other couple.

Boy1:look at Girl2...hey!way to go Boy2.
Girl1:that's "nyanya nya nyai"...

ok,try it.

hatsu shigoto...

2005-01-04T10:53:00.000+09:00

akemashite omedeto gozaimasu

it's 2005 and it's still another beginning of a new working week.
since the japs treat the New Year like their own Raya,I had quite a long holiday(from 30th till 4th)and today is my first day of work in 2005.
and as usual,on the year's first day of work,japs in the same company(some with kimono) will come to you,bow and say "kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu" means something like "looking forward for your kind cooperation this year"...or in melayu,"kalau ader apa2 tahun ni,mintak tolong yer"...not only that,in fact,whenever i come across with some japs on my way to the toilet,etc. they'll do the same thing,they'll stop by,bow and again "kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu" well,i have to reply them the same thing.
i tell you...i did a lot of bowings today.

1 point Nihonggo(i gonna start this new column):
the japs usually say "hatsu(something)" whenever they do something for the first time in that particular year and it's used especially during few weeks after the 1st of january....let me give an example sentence:

today i went to my office for my "hatushigoto"(first work of this year) and during lunch,i "hatsuogori"(first treat of this year)my co-worker,Mayumi.After that,i think that i'm having my "hatsukataomoi"(first crush of this year)on my co-worker,Mayumi.

you may practice this usage of japanese language with japs near you and they will surely say....SUGOIIII!!!!

malas...

2004-12-31T14:26:00.000+09:00

malas pulak nak pegi velfarre malam ni...

the new year's resolution

2004-12-29T13:57:00.000+09:00

new year's resolution,resolution....
so,did you successfully achieve this years's resolution?
me,yeah!i did it...in fact i did better than i expected...i started to save more,send more money to folks back home and the best thing is(actually my this year's resolution)'my hutang' almost 'langsai'.yippie!!!!
...if you really put your minds to it(plus extra days of puasa and starbucks banning),hey!you can achieve anything financial.
for the new year's(2005) resolution,other than i will spend more hours in the gym,'saya berazam untuk membeli Z4'.ok,remember everybody,Z4.
let's see...Z4 2.2i,with GS employee discount,i will get it for 4,179,000yen plus if i pay 105,000yen more,i will get a panasonic made car navigation system worth 240,870yen...emmmm....

i will stop bragging about my resolution for now...hopefully resolution will not be just a resolution...or worst,'angan2 mat jenin'.

Jacob's Cream Crackers

2004-12-26T11:23:00.000+09:00

sometime i wonder what would happen if i take that plane home for good 4 years ago...let's see,probably now i would be some production engineer working in a japanese electrical appliance assembly plant in Shah Alam...with 3.5k a month and 2nd hand Wira....annnndd,with my age right now...a wifey(most probably a fulltime housewife),a kid plus a double storey terrace house in Sungai Buloh....a typical middle class Malaysian family,a typical Malaysian happiness....boooring!!!
so i didn't take that plane after all and now 4 years later it's me,enjoying my Sunday afternoon tea with my fav Jacob's cream crackers(specially ordered from M'sia,thanks to my mum)with only myself...what can I say to that?!!!
i will just say the same thing i said before to my mum,auntie,pak ngah,mak long,etc.:
"takde,belum jumpa lagi."

untitiled

2004-12-23T23:07:00.000+09:00

Emperor's Birthday,
Sunny,
laundry,i've been doing my own laundry since i was 13.
is it time to ask somebody else to do it for me....?

sayonaraaaa....

2004-12-20T16:14:00.000+09:00

finally my rough week was over...hardly to recall what had happened though...and now it's the beginning of another week...so what we have this week?...pay day and jingle all the way.
ouuu...i forgot to mention that my manager,Peter will be transfered to London next week and we had these farewell stuff for him last thursday and friday...the formal way and the not soo formal way....yeah,like u guys care...anyway,

i cannot remember this event,most probably somewhere in roppongi

with some of tokyo GIR folks

i gotta say,i luv this pic...peter's last shot with tokyo GSAM/GIR IT

2004 Technology Year End Party

2004-12-16T10:52:00.000+09:00

some shots from our GS Technology Year End Party at Club Xross
last night.

koji,daisuke,amemiya-san & me

Neo Vitamin EX

We borrowed this guy from Slipknot

daisuke,miki,yuko & me

shima-san,her BF,Brett,his GF,me & no GF

gadget freak

2004-12-14T16:12:00.000+09:00

Check out my new toy...it's SO506IC

i'm totally crazy with the "kachinnn" sound when it slides open.

the same personality complex,am i a camera or a phone?

compared to my old SO505,other than i can do more karaoke with it's 64 poly stereo tones,the coolest feature of this new gadget is,it has a build-in FELICA function which means sayonara to my train passes and probably my wallet too...

ito-san,yoroshiku...

2004-12-11T23:52:00.000+09:00

Woke up in the morning and realized that i have these symptoms:

nasal congestion with stuffiness and a runny nose.
having quite some cough since last night.
not feeling like having my breakfast.
....do I feel fever???

and what worst,i found that

my eyes are irritating.
starting to hate bright light.
Itchiness or a gritty sensation in my eye.
my eyelids are swollen.
i'm tearing and have a lot of eye discharge(taik mata) when i woke up.
my eyes are RED!!!

either a vampire bit me last night(still cannot find the bite marks) and i'm turning to a vampire myself or this might another case caused by spending too much time pretending to be a man armed with his crowbar especially on my new 19" FPD,i'm quite certain that i'm suffering from a common cold and conjunctivitis.now i need to do what i hate the most,pay a visit to a doctor and take medicine.

Ito-san,2005 nenn ni iii koto arimasu youni...

wat da heck!!!

2004-12-08T08:40:00.000+09:00

hey!!!!....wake up dude!!!
8:40a.m.,office,in front my PC,my boss is behind me and I'M DAYDREAMING!!!
well,who cares about my boss anyway.
yes,i admit recently i have a lot of these wishful creations of my imagination in the morning,right after having a hot tea on my desk...especially during this time of season,several weeks after raya and few weeks till christmas.
being single and nearly 28 is one of those tough times.
arrrghhh!!!...wat da heck

oh!,some snaps of one of the year-end parties(gladly in a well-controlled environment).

Tokyo office would be chaos without them...The IT guys

got stirred up a bit

the other half of the party...

Egoist for men

2004-12-05T01:26:00.000+09:00

one wet nite in shibuya

Shibuya is 1 of the nice places to visit in tokyo during weekdays and when the weather is fine but in my case,i was in shibuya on saturday night and it was f**k'in raining....it was....was just terrible.

not so gigantic place for gigantic noises

Me & Okamoto sempai went to this live house called GIGANTIC to see a gig.there were 7 bands performed that night including my friends,Jolie and Kawasaki 'Iha'(i tell you,i'm sure i'm not the only one who had mistaken him as the real James Iha when i first met him)with their band called EGOIST FOR MEN.
nothing much to comment about the other 6 bands,except for this one which is conservatively japanese,awfully boring 5 piece band called mule...like,they wear make-ups and all 5 of them wear the same outfit...they suck,totally.

few more bands like mule and i'll...

as for EGOIST FOR MEN,they are truly exceptional.

EFM,they rocks!!!

let's party yaall!!!

2004-12-02T11:27:00.000+09:00

boys and girls,don't forget your waterproof puke bag and hangover relief pills because it's december....yeeehaaaaa!!!!
OK,let's see what i have for my schedule this month...i have Christmas parties,end-year parties,birthday parties,farewell parties,a countdown party and not forgetting several gocons.the reports on those parties will be up next week...hopefully,if i remember...as for your viewing pleasure:

along Keyakizaka.

I want yaall to meet MAMAN.

by the way,it's soo uncool of me that i just found out that Liz Phair already released her 4th album 'Liz Phair' last year...i'm totally katak bawah tin can.

princess of indie rock.

boo me...

2004-11-29T11:24:00.000+09:00

my first monday morning after i had my vacation...it's the same rowdy morning rush in the hibiya line.
when i arrived at the office,the first thing people will say to me after the unappealing ohayo gozaimasu is 'sappari shite imasu ne...' means something like 'hey!you look cool with your shaved face and short hair'...yeah,a had a haircuit.
yesterday,i went to this retro looking barber shop after realizing that my hair salon which i used to go is closed for renovation.as i sat on the barber chair,the barber asked me like 'what can i do for you today?' and i only answered 'not too short,just repair'.the barber said 'kashiko marimashita' means like 'got your order sir'.just like in any barber or hair salon i go,i always close my eyes until the barber or hair stylish will put on my glasses for me and show me to the mirror the finished hairdo.when i looked to the mirror,to my suprise...my hair is short....i mean short.now i end up like some underheight poor-sighted american navy GI from Yokosuka camp...oh,well.
on the other updates...i found out that the girl i'm having a crush with is engaged to her BF during the weekend....cincin belah rotan?i would rather give one from Tiffany's...hahaha....boo who.
lastly,during my stay in KL,i bought this cool t-shirt which i found useful on my nanpa practice other than tokyo maps and my tourist impression.

after i gave up on the other one

Dual Layer

2004-11-26T09:05:00.000+09:00

before i heard about DVD-9,it always had been DUAL LAYER but when i went back to malaysia weeks before,went to LOW YAT,it seems that that DUAL LAYER vocab doen't apply anymore to the ah peks who sell them at RM12 a piece.either it's DVD-9 or DUAL LAYER,technically they are the same(IT outdated me...).
DVD-9(DUAL LAYER) refers to the approximately 9 gigabytes of data that the two layers on one side of a DVD contain. No DVD burner can make these things. They have to be stamped out by machines. With DVD-9, the entire package is so slick, you cannot look at it without wondering who, or what, is behind it. You immediately think of the Asian Triads-organized crime. If that's the power behind DVD-9, then some dangerous genius is running the operation, since the brand, which is synonymous with quality, now rules all of Asia. In fact, there is nothing to indicate that these disks are anything other than Hollywood products fronted by Hollywood to eke whatever it can from Asian markets, where buyers are used to paying nothing for the stuff.You have to wonder who is really behind all this.

HEAVEN!!!

no malaysians should be proud if our country is considered by many to be the nexus, or vortex, of all international piracy.but in reality,who will spend RM100 for a single original DVD instead you can get 9 good DVDs(i consider the other 3 DVDs are defected) for the same price?

see ya again next year...perhaps

whatever it is,we should be proud of malaysia,KL,this is no lightweight town, but an intense rough-and-tumble metropolis, with its incredible skyscrapers.The place,kind of a cross between Shanghai modern and New Orleans funky with an energy level that contrasts with both that of boring ultramodern neighbor Singapore and the nearby wild and disorganized Jakarta in Indonesia. The place is an eye-opener for everybody else in the world.
i'm getting homesick,gotta stop now.

first in 8 years

2004-11-24T08:39:00.000+09:00

after 10 days of raya vacation(my first raya vacation in malaysia in 8 years),now i'm back to my particular,sort of...living hell.
again,get up at 6:30,take the 7:15 train packed with salaryman ossan and be in the office surrounded with single-middle-aged-GUCCI,Louis Vuitton-clad women.
my last 10 days were OK except for my schedule.now i think i know how does a celebrity feels like and why he could not handle his schedule by himself,with the national tour(in my case,pergi beraya),public appearances(meet my kampung friends and relatives)and fan club meetings(fan club meetings too...).but what's so cool of being a celebrity is you're always gonna be in the limelight and of course,you're the most eligible bloke around...not mentioning you're showered with all those personal questions like 'when you gonna get married?','how's your relation with bla,bla,bla',etc....it was a whole lot of fun.
between those tight schedules,i spent most of it with baby sitting my only nephew,lukman AKA 'lukmansaurus',taking care of my dad's fish pond and contributing a lot amount of wealth for the continuity of pirated DVDs and softwares in malaysia.

lukmansaurus rex with his uncle

in spite of my tight schedule and the only internet connection i could get was in Pan Pacific Business Center which costed me 1RM per-min after internet at my home,my aunt's and even my sis's were down(that's one of the reasons why this blog is not being updated for quite sometime),overall,i would give my 10 days raya vacation :

B-

Ferris girls vs Waseda boys

2004-11-06T23:19:00.000+09:00

I started the day by turning on the tv and checking the weather forecast...emm,today sunny sometimes cloudy with max temp 21 degrees....so I think I should wear more than a long sleeve shirt,so I wore a blazer,in fact I want to look a little bit intellectual because I was going to be one of the official judges of a debate in a well known college of Waseda.So I went out at 8 in the morning and feeling satisfied with the wear I chose because it was quite chilly that time.When I arrived at Waseda an hour later,Chris was waiting for me in front of the debate stage then I met the other 2 judges.20 minutes later the debate started and so as the judging.During that 1 hour of debate,it was so cold,rather than concentrating on the debate I was trying to keep my cool not to go to the men's room to piss.After all the debate stuff finished at 2pm,I was on my was back home on a train,I was sweating all over...Well folks,this what happens if you have 27% of body fat percentage.So boys and girls out there,beware of that flabby parts of yours or you'll end-up like me...lost of body temperature control and over-sweat.
Oh!About the debate,it was between Ferris Girls University and Waseda and the resolution was "The legal age of drinking alcohol should be lowered from 20 years old to 18 years old" .Frankly speaking,I was a little bit disappointed...or perhaps,I just expected too much...as a former debater myself,I have this perception on how a good debate should go...you know things like that fierce verbal battle from the proposition side to the opposition side and back again,strong body language and of course one of the basics, the debaters must nicely dressed,but the one I judged today was too casual and the debate turned to be more to a questioning session than a debating session...well anyway,again,I'm always on the girls side and we gave the Ferris girls to win(I have to keep my reputation high among the Ferris girls).After the debate ended,me,Chris and the Ferris girls enjoyed ourselves at Waseda's art gallery...it was amazing how an unfinished homework could be a very nice piece of art.

Chris and me are pretending to enjoy art.

addicted

2004-11-03T19:58:00.000+09:00

addicted 1 unable to stop taking harmful drugs,or using or doing sth as a habit: to become addicted to drugs/alcohol/gambling 2 spending all your free time doing sth because you are so interested in it: This guy here is addicted to all the tracks on his playlist.

Ocean/Bonnie Pink
5 more minutes/Bonnie Pink
The Answer-hitotu ni naru...-/Bonnie Pink
I just want you to be happy-/Bonnie Pink
Desire/Double
Jump/Kris Kross
Tadashi Michi/Sheena Ringgo
Mienai Hikari/yaiko
Ring My Bell/yaiko
Everybody needs somebody/LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
Silver dust lane/LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
Bara iro no hibi/THE YELLOW MONKEY

Bonnie Pink takes the majority of my playlist recently,in fact i could have all of her tracks in my playlist but i just want to give some of my 2545 tracks in my ipod a chance.

11/2 nampa nite out with okamoto sempai

trick or treat???

2004-10-31T02:13:00.000+09:00

pumpkins,skeletons,orange & black M&M's...it's halloween folks!!!

rich,ran,jeff,me,chie,paul

dependable me

2004-10-26T13:59:00.000+09:00

tuesday 2:26 a.m.,where i should be...my bed,sleeping,until that irritating sound of my phone.
who in the hell would ring me in the middle of the night??!!!!
hopefully it's not some emergency call from m'sia...oh well,guess i have to take the call.
"hello,i'm diane from CMG london.may i know who's speaking?"
aarrghhhhh!!!!one of those rare trouble calls which means WORK!!!!!
of all the SAs and USGs in London,NY and Tokyo why in world is this call comes to me????
hey!i can tell her that she got the wrong number....naaaa,i met this diane several times when she paid a visit to tokyo office.
"hi diane,this is kadir,k.a.d.i.r"
"hey apsa,sorry to wake you up in the middle of the night.we have a situation here..bla,bla,bla"
with my eyes were half closed,i turned on my PC and remote connect to my office network from home,did a little of this and changed a little bit of that,in the end the problem is solved.
"hey apsa thanks a lot for your help in this time of hour"
"no prob,i'm just doing my job"
the conversation ended and so as the issue,2 extra hours of work and minus 3 hours of today's bedtime.
it's me again who saves the day.

the next morning...i'm off today...went to shinagawa to do my deed as a legal gaijin,to get my re-entry visa,in other means,to avoid from being like that Viktor Navorski in the movie "Terminal",stuck in Narita Airport when i return from m'sia on 22nd next month.

Pejabat Imigresen Tokyo

with all my gaijin bros and sistas

GSAM/GIR IT Nite Out

2004-10-22T17:42:00.001+09:00

Thursday nite ,tukinoutage,11 of us

5 eligible blokes

other half of the crowd

...Money for nothin' and your chicks for free...

that celeb on a dinner show

yeah,that's our boss

me & my hayashi omrice

2004-10-21T22:42:00.000+09:00

Ramadan 7th 17:26p.m. 66diNinG me,me,me..

old skool....

2004-10-20T08:46:00.000+09:00

it is one of those days where i have this mixed feeling of curiosity,anxiousness on wondering what kind of stuff are hidden deep inside my old backup image CDs which i took from my old macs before i traded for my new one.
so i started to have a look on my backup CD libraries.i thought it would be short but once i scanned deeper on one folder to another,i got stuck totally on my zubuton and later i realized that i was in front of my mac for 5 hours straight,only with my boxer pants on and have no feelings of my legs because they are all so kebas.
what i had there...i got several hundreds of old emails,good old skool sounds of KRIS KROSS and EN VOGUE from NAPSTER,older versions FLASH,DREAMWEAVER,SIM TOWER,other illegal softwares from HOTLINE which took a week or so to download on my 56K that time and a whole lot of naked pics of celebraties.
other than all the trash,several items i found proved to be exceptional including this one:

1 BH 4th from left,2nd row

i cannot really recall when and why in the world i scanned the pic,but whatever it is just brings back old memories,15 years back is a long time.if somebody would ask me,give 5 words which describe those 5 golden years and i would say:

JAMBU
1000 tok ketampi
TKC
RAiden
Napalm Death

like i always say on those days 'once a sdarian always a sdarian'...emmmm,i'm not sure whether it still applies on me or not.

the countdown

2004-10-16T14:36:00.000+09:00

i forget when was the last time i bought baju raya.
i forget the chaos of getting a ticket for the raya hols.
i forget how to beraya at somebody else's house.
i forget the frustration of not finding an open shop/supermarket during 1st day of raya.
i still don't know how to mengayam ketupat.
i don't remember when was the last time i listened to lagu raya.
i don't know if i still can get duit raya.
i don't know if it's my time to give duit raya to kids.
i still think 1st syawal is the same day as any other day else except there is lunch.

those are the things which will happen if you don't come back to malaysia for aidilfitri for 8 years(dare to challenge my record?) and it all gonna change 4 weeks from now.

29 more days to that flight bye2

all hands full.

2004-10-15T13:38:00.000+09:00

here with a fresh new start

it's the brand new me.in a new department,all new users,new partner and not so brand new desk.
i thought that was all it but later on the day my boss called and ordered me to support my previous dept,GIR again.like japanese would say kore arieneee....(this is not happenin!!!).this wasn't on the deal,especially after all the goodbye speeches and that bouquet of flowers last friday.anyway order is an order,i have GSAM on my hand and GIR on the other.somebody should give me a raise.

45th to 44th part2

2004-10-10T13:39:00.000+09:00

...moving time...

last bento on GIR desk

all set to go

sayonari...

GSAM desk welcomes

here we go again,another brand new start

royal rumble

2004-10-07T11:26:00.000+09:00

one of the coolest thing about living in japan is you can experience it's rumble tumble.japan has over 1500 earthquakes every year,most of them are small but someone who live in somewhere in japan will experience big and disturbing earthquakes at least 20 times a year.the magnitude of the earthquake itself varies from a normal 2 to a destructive 6++.being in a country with too many earthquakes,i'm just too used to earthquakes and sometimes i cannot recognize whether it's an earthquake or just another truck passing nearby.
i remember there was a time when a visitor from NY came to my office.physically,she not that fat but a little chubby,chubbier than everybody else,and it was quite unfortunate on her first time visit to tokyo office where there was a scale 2 earthquake had happened during office hours.
out of sudden,she shouted 'earthquake!!! take cover!!!' and then she hid under her desk while others were ignoring her and continue doing work.right after the earthquake was over,she rushed to my cubicle and said 'what in hell you guys were doing?!!!,don't you all know there was an earthquake just now?!!!'.coincidently,our MD(asia pacific managing director)passed us by and he replied 'oh really,i thought it was you.'.after that she silently went back to her cubicle and spent the rest of the day calling her all her folks back in the states and tell them about the terrifying experience she had.
speaking about earthquakes,there was a 5 pointer(kobe earthquake 1995 was 7) earthquake hit the area i live last night,my second 5 pointer in this year.to make things more interesting,the place that i'm living right now(adachi-ward) is being labelled by japanese earthquake department as one of the top 5 places in tokyo with high casualities if an earthquake with magnitude 5 and above occurs...that's one of the reasons the price of real estate here in adachi-ward is considered as one of the cheapest among other places in tokyo.so if you desires a not so costly poshy life and have that thrill on one of nature's worst phenomenons,adachi-ward welcomes you to the neighbourhood.

don't be around without em

nihongo ha ikaga desuka?

2004-10-03T09:00:00.000+09:00

went to shinjuku with paul.helped him finding an electronic japanese dictionary.after 13 years in japan finally he got that motivation of learning japanese seriously...all the 'kanji's and stuff.
i remember when i started learning japanese 10 years ago,it was a pain in the ass.first i had to learn and remember all 47 basic letters called of the japanese called 'Hiragana'.next another 47 letters called 'Katagana' specialized for japanese words adopted from foreign languages...after consuming most of your brains cells remembering all 100 cacing looking letters finally the shit of em all,the 'kanji' characters.
'kanji' characters are actually chinese characters,yeah...like those you see up on kedai runcit ah beng's signboard.and what is so fuckin hard about these 'kanji' characters is each character is represented a combination of several 'hiragana's or 'katagana's and there endless 'kanji' characters in the japanese language but you only need to remember about 5000 of em for you to be alright living a japanese life...this is the point where anybody to think twice...or more,whether it's worth continue torturing oneself learning japanese or quit,and learn something else.
i can say that i picked the right choice.i'm not gonna be what i am right and where i am right now if select the other choice which was quiting learning japanese.
anyway,my piece of advice...you better learn french.

saturday night,shinjuku station

45th to 44th

2004-10-01T11:59:00.000+09:00

went to my future new department(a floor away) today,introduced myself,did lots of bowing to my future boses and this,that admins.a little sad though,after a year in research,met new people,made lot of friends...well,that how life goes,hellos and goodbyes,new guy come in,another guy being kicked out.
anyway i still have another 12 more days to go in research...still have enough time to ask somebody to organize my farewell party(free party,that's the idea...with presents would be nicer...hehehe.)

12 more days to sayonara

fallin....

2004-09-28T14:48:00.000+09:00

it's that time of year again...autumn.
i just hate autumn and why i hate autumn so much:

The interchangeable names.fall and autumn.autumn is kinda cool but fall?..."Hey!Have a nice trip!See ya next fall"...corny huh?!!!
Autumn=Sweater.I hate sweaters.
I hate mushrooms.
That autumn smell.
The falling leaves will rot and then turn slimy....YUCK!!!
Dunno when I should shut down my cooler and turn on my heater.
Have to come up with excuses to skip puasa(Ramadan).
It's also hard to deal with knowing that i'm in for a LONG 6-7 months before good ol' spring to return.

see that sad lookin autumn sky...

good time boys..

2004-09-26T01:44:00.000+09:00

another saturday nite out in Ebisu.

met up with Megumi and Kayoko and went to this bar called 'MILK' to see Megumi's friend Danny performing with his band 'Good Time Boys'.It's been quite a while i haven't gone to see any copy bands...in fact i enjoy going to copy band gigs rather than bands who perform their own original songs.
about 'Good Time Boys',they played some tunes from Stone Temple Pilots,RHCP & Rage Against The Machine and their perfomance was superb!!!...just too superb for a bunch of IT engineers who spend most of their normal life tapping keyboards.

The good time boys and gals

ma joggy...

2004-09-23T15:52:00.000+09:00

engineer 3 years working in japan and this is my ride

hangat-hangat taik...

2004-09-21T10:45:00.000+09:00

there's a saying in japanese called mikkabouzu that means never stick or not persistent on doing something.there's also a saying in malay which holds the same meaning as 'mikkabouzu' which is 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam'.i asked my japanese friends about how they got up with this saying mikkabouzu but none of them can came up with the answer (direct translation=3 days bald).
about our 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam',it's meaning and how it applies to the saying is simple(from my translation) 'hangat-hangat'='as hot as','tahi ayam'='chicken's dung'.biologically,when a chicken discharges a dung,the dung will have the same temperature as the chicken's body which is between 39.8-43.6 degrees celsius which is considered warm.when the dung is exposed to the room temperture,the dung will loose the heat energy and eventually it's temperture will go down.
in the philosophical aspect,the heat of the dung symbolizes someone's persistency on doing something which eventually loses it's heat,in this case enthusiasm or passion in a short time period.
from this explaination comes another question which is why 'tahi ayam'(chicken dung) is prefered to be the subject?why not 'tahi lembu'(cow dung...bull shit,hehehe) or 'tahi babi'(pig dung)?there's a possiblity that the image of 'tahi ayam' is less YUCKier than the other 2.
by the way,things on me which are 'hangat-hangat tahi ayam':

apple diet on dinner.
taking the stairs than the escalator.

nothing more appealing that an escalator next to the stairs

third eye blind...

2004-09-19T10:07:00.000+09:00

i'm already an 'ojisan'(pakcik).
it's just recently i've restarted my messenger and my web conferencing(i was really addicted to those about 4,5 years back).after a hard work of digging my 'oshiire'(almari).finally i found what was to be my old faithful webcam.when i connected it to my PC it i realized that it wasn't working...simple PC troubleshoot...the driver was not installed.so i went to the webcam's support page and tried to download the driver...and to my suprise,my old faithful only supports NT,98 and Mac9.0...nobody to blame,it's just a device from those good old days.
oh well,guess i have to move on with it.so the next day,i went to akiba and got myself the orbit.

no left behinds....

2004-09-17T20:14:00.000+09:00

a familiar sign near my apartment.
it means something like,'don't leave your dog's droppings behind,take it home with you and then throw it to a proper place'....cool,huh?
hey!we should encourage m'sians who has a pet dog to do the same thing too then we don't really need to be so cautious on our steps so we're not gonna step on that 'taik anjing'.
oh,one more thing,you should not mess around with a japanese who is taking his/her dog for a stroll because he/she has that 'taik anjing' ready to splatter it on ur face.

kena pau...

2004-09-16T08:42:00.000+09:00

i still remember when i was in highschool in seremban,whenever i send a love letter to my 'awek'(that time),i have to do this kind of calculation:

1 day for the letter to be inside the postbox.
5 days for to the letter to be tranferred from seremban post office->some freight train->taiping post office(my 'awek' was studying in taiping that time).
1 day from taiping post office to my 'awek''s school.
1 day for the letter to go thru the student admin screening->school prefect,'pengawas','badan pelajar',etc->finally to the hands of my 'awek'.

so it took about 8 days to get my letter to my 'awek' in taiping.in my case,my 'awek' that time like replying my letters and it took about 2 days for her to reply.
from all that,8 days for that letter to arrive at her school,2 days to reply and another 8 days to get that reply letter back to my school finally to me,over all 18 days.
now after 12 years,do boys still send letters to their 'awek's?i don't think so,i'm sure they are now relying on emails...why not?it's easy,free,instant and of all,no way they gonna be 'pau'ed by any 'pengawas' for their emails.

keitai no hanashi....

2004-09-14T10:08:00.000+09:00

I'm sure u guys have mobile phones and....wait...what?!!!,u have one of the latest NOKIA....u rich bastard...then i'm sure u gonna 'tayang' it to ur friends...yeah,u can ask ur friends to hang out at some 'warong' and when your friends started to 'line-up' their mobiles on the table,u just steathily reach for ur brand new NOKIA mobile from ur pocket and put it a little away from the others,hopefully to get an attention.Finally somebody suddenly comes up with that 'cepu emas' question,"hey!is that the brand new NOKIA?" and deep inside,u will go like "YESSSS!!!!".spontaniously u will pick-up ur mobile so everybody can see and answer "ohh,u mean this?".
just another typical example of a m'sian is showing off his brand new mobile.is mobile phone is considered as a symbol of status among m'sia?or is it a necessity(not mentioning it's 'vase' area of coverage)?what will happen if a guy doesn't have a mobile phone(other than being un 'cool')?
in japan,according to the statics,there are 92 milion mobile phone subscibers and if compared to it's population,it's gonna be 2 out of 3 people in japan will have a mobile phone(keitai denwa...or keitai for short). It seems like almost everyone, whether they are standing in line, in a bar or restaurant, in the subway or even walking down the street is looking at or talking into their mobile phone. And why not? japan had indisputably the best cellular service and cell phones in the world.
Cellular coverage is exceptional,nearly every square inch of urban japan, including places guaranteed to be out of service in most other cities in the world including tunnels, underground malls and subways.coverage also available on rural areas,mountains and offshore islands.
japanese mobile phones are more technologically advanced and versatile than their american or european counterparts and as a result, are utilized in aspects that most mobile phone users in the western hemisphere would only expect in Sci-Fi movies.other than functions like download games,video mail and banking services,mobile phone user can use mobile phones as the subsitution for their purse,GPS(comes very handy when i'm lost in the middle of 'kampung'),sing karaoke(i like this one)and join an online dating service.Oh yes - you can also make and receive phone calls.

my karaoke partner

the price of a mobile phone is shockingly cheap.i checked in Akiba last week,u can get a mobile phone(in this case sony ericsson SO505is) with a colored LCD plus a 1.2megapixel ccd camera on it for only 1 yen(that's 3 sen)...but u have to pay a basic charge about RM150 on ur next bill.
due to this,culturally, japan relies heavily on cellular communication. from primary school boys and girls to 70 year old 'datok' and 'nenek' in the 'kampung'.In fact, it is unusual for an individual not to own mobile phone.
what i'm trying to here is,there's a place in the world(i'm living in now) where mobile phone is a necessity...somebody can die if he/she looses his mobile.since m'sia is not up to that level yet,it's not un'cool' for not having a mobile phone.it's still just a subsitute for the good old public phone.

P.T

2004-09-13T09:00:00.000+09:00

i take the public transport to work,i take the public transport to go shopping and i also take the public tranport on dates.public transportion is the way to move.in a public transport,i'll be in the same ride with the cleaning makcik,some FOREX broker,Starbucks part-timer staff,the homeless(i hate smelly ones),guardman,etc...we change trains on the same station,we rush on the same train and we are crammed ourselves together(i mean really crammed ourselves) to our destination.what i'm trying to say that taking the public transport makes me humble...hey!!!even whenever i'm back,i'm still taking transnational back and forth from KL to muar and of course,in KL,LRT and putra is my choice of mobility...i just love public transportion(P.T).

so many things to do so little time...

2004-09-12T18:47:00.000+09:00

Sunday,raining,
have you ever experienced this feeling where you have a lot of things to do(other than work) on weekend but you don't have enough time for all of it?....nope?...ooh,if you don't probably you're still not a part of a working society yet...you'll know it sooner or later.
anyway things to do today:
1)finish watching all the DVDs i rent yesterday.
2)study for MCP 70-270.
3)start playing DOOM3 which i bought a month ago.

oh!...another thing today,while i was doing (1),mysara popped up in YM and we chatted for a while.nice to chat with you mysara!!!

shallow hal

2004-09-11T01:49:00.000+09:00

do you remember Hal Larson? that guy who was being hypnotized by Tony Robbins as a result hal can only see the inner beauty of a person rather than the outer appearance....is that true that people with "defected" outer appearance has A++ class quality personality?
in related issue,today i was with paul in a thai restaurant in shinjuku,we were sitting at a round table with other 4 people(2 japanese young couples).i told paul to check one of the young japanese couples...the girl was...holy shit!!! absolutely top the line,totally model class babe....but his boyfriend...hehehe...a pug faced,cherry boy looking dude....why is this happenin???are those 2 were the only sole survivor of a sinking ship who were just being rescued from a deserted island after trapped there for more than 10 years or that girl just "rabun".the same thing with the other couple where the guy is totally "kimtaku" class while his GF is looks like a....u know,the other way around....i've seen this a lot in jap or back home in m'sia.
i dunno shit about human psychology but i like making theories on human behaviour by simply observing them and i came up with one which is:

"the outer appearance of a person is in inversely proportional to his/her spouse."

from the theory up there,i think i can categorize myself....emmmm,i'm not good looking soooo... there's a big chance that i may go out with some supermodel class chic real soon....so all lonely and not so good looking guys out there,don't give up,your future GF is gonna be some TV idol looking babe....and for u nice looking blokes....hahaha....too bad.
oh!back to the story with Hal Larson,Tony Robbins says something like "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"....can we apply this in reality?...i prefer something like "good lookingness(beauty) is in the eye of the golddigger(...u know what i mean)".

today i met with paul,chris,rich and her GF,ran.last time we met each other was last halloween...paul is getting married next year,chris gonna get another Z4 to replace his old one and nothing new with rich and ran....

me,paul,chris,rich and ran

YAHOOOOoooo.....it's friday...again

2004-09-10T13:35:00.000+09:00

"otukaresamadesu,see ya on monday"

YAHOOOOoooo.....it's friday.so tomorrow is saturday
....emmm,what i'm gonna do?OK...i'll go for my 1000yen(cheapskate!!!) haircut,check out the new IMAC G5 at akiba,try to finish DOOM3(...just started last sunday and that was last),a bit of study....emmm,YIKES!!!!i haven't finished watching all the DVDs i rent last saturday....i hope the DVDs are not copy protected,think of copying them all to my HD...then i wanna tido,tido and tido.

Friday I'm In Love
The Cure

I don't care if monday's blue
tuesday's grey and wednesday too
thursday I don't care about you
it's friday I'm in love

monday you can fall apart
tuesday wednesday break my heart
thursday doesn't even start
it's friday I'm in love

saturday wait
and sunday always comes too late
but friday never hesitate...

I don't care if monday's black
tuesday wednesday heart attack
thursday never looking back
it's friday I'm in love

monday you can hold your head
tuesday wednesday stay in bed
or thursday watch the walls instead
it's friday I'm in love

saturday wait
and sunday always comes too late
but friday never hesitate...

dressed up to the eyes
it's a wonderful surprise
to see your shoes and your spirits rise
throwing out your frown
and just smiling at the sound
and as sleek as a shriek
spinning round and round
always take a big bite
it's such a gorgeous sight
to see you in the middle of the night
you can never get enough
enough of this stuff
it's friday
I'm in love

busy busy me...

2004-09-09T09:12:00.000+09:00

sooo busy today...tututu...tututu..."ohayougozaimasu apusa desu"..."ah!konichiwa..."....bla bla bla....
tututu...tututu..."ohayougozaimasu apusa desu..."...."genki desuka..."....bla bla bla....from 10 to 1.after that during lunch time....

again,tututu....tututu...."hait! apusa desu"..

till die

My Valentine

ecocoro...

2nd and last...

SKISKI

Play Beyond

Akeome...

Selamat Hari Natal.

Third Chance.

It should not be a SONY...

Meet The Manager.

Gambare!!! Okamoto sempai!!!

Back From The Dead.

Cookout

Roppongi Hills Revisited...

We Want Snow!!!

tokyoto

Almost 10....

When a man meet his God.

There is God...

With My Headphones, 02:10

With My Headphones, 01:30

Okura kura-kura

I'm Back...

I eat resistance for breakfast

Aloha...

croissant a day

Bonjour!!!

I'm GS no more...

Tandoori Tigers

urban heat island

Suikawari

FRF05

feel the vibes...

Zekkyou Tuaa

MALAS

Project Disneyland 2005

Let's go to the zoo....

K.o.m design

daijob.com

today...

Sempai*'s 29th

Maledict is dead

Hanami

ain't no traitor

Boing!Boing!...

Nine good reasons....

sama cantek,sama padan...

bakusouyarou*!!!

The Shelter

Snow Jam 2005 Part 3...hopefully not the end....

Snow Jam 2005 part 2

Arrrghhhh!!!!

Behold....

IT Nite Out...again...

hisashiburi....

pasera 1/19 18:00

extraordinary

u busy,i busy....

plastic...

hatsu shigoto...

malas...

the new year's resolution

Jacob's Cream Crackers

untitiled

sayonaraaaa....

** 2004 Technology Year End Party **

gadget freak

ito-san,yoroshiku...

wat da heck!!!

Egoist for men

let's party yaall!!!

boo me...

Dual Layer

first in 8 years

Ferris girls vs Waseda boys

addicted

trick or treat???

dependable me

GSAM/GIR IT Nite Out

2004 Technology Year End Party