Talk about brain dead! Been squeezing my brain power to the max since yesterday! Guess what time I got home from work yesterday? 1 in the morning???!!! Arrgghh so stress... so many things to do in so little time!!! Haven’t got time to go shopping for the cruise… still need to get sandals and sun block… Darn! Hope to finish everything and leave work early tomorrow to go shopping. Oh yeah, I haven’t allocate time to pack! Nooooo…..

Found this in my office mailbox the other day. Don’t know whether anyone has blogged about it before. Whoever can resist???!!! Googled it up and true enough… Kenny Sia has done it. Well since I was so looking forward to post it, I think he won’t mind me putting this picture up for the enjoyment of those who missed the post earlier. This is really hilarious!

Picture courtesy of Kenny Cheah

I guess the picture says it all… little did this kawaii piggie knows what Shanghai Bank did to its repo. Definitely won’t be getting a job in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines :p It’s just soooooooo wrong. And guess what, they’ve even got a song for it…

Oh god, what have all the pigs becoming to these days~

*thought to self* if the piggie is called PUKI, wonder what do you call the mum? :p

Yooohooo… I’m back… Bet you don’t think I will… hehe… To everyone who has stopped by since the past 2 days, thank you. Sim Yian, we should really go out. Miss hanging out with you girls. Sue, will let you in on the details when we go yum char :p and Ant, thanks. I guess I’ll really keep this up this time. Plus, it helps to improve my English. It’s been going down-the-Melaka-river ever since I started working. Not that I don’t use it everyday, I do but no idea why.

Here’s something that I’ve found online today. I know it’s a tad too late to be posting this but who cares… hehehe it’s MY blog :p

So here goes nothing…

1) Was 2007 a good year for you?
Yeah, it was. My life took a different direction, be it for my career or my life. I've learnt to see things in a different angle and I kinda enjoyed it.

2) What was your favorite moment of the year?
When I decided to buy my first ever figurine with my first paycheck – I got myself the Kingdom Hearts, set of 6 character figurines. Really love it! And I guess when I started dating *teehee* Oh yeah, can't forget my convocation too!

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
The fact that I was not able to go on any vacation at all. I didn’t get to go anywhere after graduation. Missed 2 opportunities to go to Langkawi and Cameron Highlands because I couldn’t get any leaves. Bleh~

4) Where were you when 2007 began?
Partying at Geographers in Jonker… spraying tin foams at my friends and having a great time!

5) Who were you with?
Let’s see (hope I don’t miss anyone out)… Sb, Fx, Chin, Jeremy, Kh, and Tim.

6) Where were you when 2007 ends?
At my friend’s apartment in KL, hanging out with a bunch of friends, chatting and streaming funny videos from YouTube. Here’s some links I think you’d enjoy:

David Blaine Street Magic: YouTube Edition!

Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Hehehe… Silence! I kill you! :p So darn cute!

7) Did you keep your new year’s resolution of 2007?
Hmm… come to think of it, I’ve never had any resolution for 2007, wonder why. Maybe some random goals that I wanted to achieve but that’s another story for another day… hehe

8) Do you have a new year’s resolution for 2008?
Visit more places, meet more people, brush up on my technical skills, get a new PC system, save more money, lost more weight, watch more anime, do more model customizations…

9) Did you fall in love in 2007?
Hehe…

10) Did you break up with anyone in 2007?
Nah…

11) Did you make any new friends in 2007?
Yep, I sure did. In fact, there are quite a number of them.

12) Who are your new friends?
My new colleagues, Tim’s friends and Paik Lyn’s colleagues from Accenture Japan and Korea.

13) What was your favorite month of 2007?
February, March, April, June, August, November

14) Did you travel outside of Malaysia in 2007?
Nope. No vacation since graduation *sobs*

15) How many different countries did you travel to in 2007?
Zero different countries. (Oit these questions are getting on my nerves… Grrr…)

16) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2007?
Yes. A very good friend of mine who passed away due to lung cancer.

17) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yup. There’s Fifi (Q16), Kak Asma from my ex-company (She’s the cook there and I missed her cooking), my ex-colleagues (Carmen, CK, Alan, Yussuf, Gin, Rosa, Kelly, etc) and my Ah kor who's doing his Masters in UK right now (hehe... but he's back for the next few weeks though)

18) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2007?
TRANSFORMERS!!! Best movie ever! Watched it like more than 2 times in cinema and 3 times on DVD when it came out. Yeah, I got the 2-disc DVD special.

19) What was your favorite song you heard in 2007?
Bubbly by Colbie Calliat. Still is. Listens to it nearly everyday, even tried to play it on my guitar (Bad attempt, broke the strings :p)

20) What was your favorite record from 2007?
I guess that would be Hairspray soundtrack. I listened to it the most. And not to forget, Jay Chou’s On The Run album.

21) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2007?
Hehe... Yeah, I guess it’s the most I had in my life :p

22) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2007?
Hell no!

23) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Does an accident count? Well, slipped and fell from a chair in a bar. Malu suit. Thank goodness no one saw. But now everyone knows…

24) What was the worst lie someone told you in 2007?
Not that I have heard of, but then again I’ll never know *ponder*

25) Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?
Have had arguments with my mum. Really sorry :(

26) Did somebody treat you badly in 2007?
Yup, there’s “that somebody”.

27) How much money did you spend in 2007?
I guess a lot coz I’ve got a collection of figurines now.

28) What was your proudest moment of 2007?
Big scale: When my parents watched me go up the stage during my convocation.
Small scale: Winning best dressed during my dept’s Year End Party :p

29) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2007 and change something, what would it be?
I guess 2007 has been a great year for me and I wouldn’t want to change anything about it. Well maybe, just maybe, there’s “that somebody” that I wished I didn’t meet and the holidays that I wished I could’ve gone to. Hehe

30) What are your plans for 2008?
Live my life to the fullest, smile more, have fun and take one day at a time. Still has that resolutions thingy to fulfill :p

Hmm… Let’s see, where have I left off? Oh yeah, January 2007. *teehee*

A lot of things had happened since my last update which was like centuries ago. And guess what? I actually forgot my password to access blogger.com. Yep, it’s been THAT long. Now, let’s start with a proper reintroduction. I am the sole owner of .:::bLuePiG:::. It’s true that I’ve been MIA for the past 427 days. Been here and there but still here, rest assured. So, how’s everyone? Hope things are going great. Here’s a list of things that had happened to me for the past 427 days :p

April 2007

• Quitted my job in KL
• Left my so-called “KL life” and moved back to Old Malacca town.
• Got a job at a multinational company in Malacca, doing what I think I should be doing – an IT job (do note that I’ve mentioned the words “what I think I should” >_<)
• Found someone special :p Happy-ness… nyaaa~

May 2007

• Still under training at work.
• Routine has gone back to hanging out with friends on weekends and some weekdays.

June 2007

• Got myself a new car. Goodbye my beloved White SLK (small little Kancil) and hello Kuroi Myvi.
• Celebrated sayang’s birthday at Rock & Roll cafe
• Found out that one of my friends has lung-cancer and he only has 9 months to live.
• 19 June 2007 – Wafiyuddin aka Fifi (that’s what I used to call him) passed away at 11 in the morning due to lung cancer. Mourned for the lost of a good friend. Was going through my blog and I found a message that he’d left for me when I posted “Back with a huge emo”. He said: (he used to call me cinlin)

Cinlin ..im also coming off a bad weekend masked by some happy activities that i did. Still.. i remember days like these, the neverending rainy days[its still raining here!], but sooner or later u gonna feel good again.
Carpe Diem – it’s Latin for Enjoy life, seize the moment. Life is meant to be awesome :) – Wafi

Yes Fifi. I felt better. Thank you and I've missed you.

• Released of the long awaited movie – Transformers 2007
• KL Toy Hunt
  

July 2007

• Went ga-ga over Transformers figurines
• Bought my 1^st transformers figure - Ironhide

August 2007

• Officially graduated from MMU!!! Woohoo…. Had my graduation in Cyberjaya but too bad it rained heavily

• Still going ga-ga over Transformers figurines.
• Pentium 4 PC went kaput - Now running on Pentium III. Must get a newer and more canggih PC soon!

October 2007

1. Went to Yong Peng for the weekend. Had barbecue and tanii session.
2. Released of The Orange Box
   
3. My first customization project - Scorponok

Repainted Scorponok (Dry-brushed in silver and copper)

November 2007

• Celebrated my birthday with sayang at Raffles
• Completed my Transformers figurine collection

December 2007

• Organized a Year-End Party celebration with my colleagues themed “Hawaiian Luau” which I won best-dressed :p
• Had pot-luck party on Christmas eve at Kiwi’s place

January 2008

• Went to Munich and Klagenfurt for a week on a business trip

City Hall at Marienplatz, Munich

• Chinese New Year 2008!!!

March 2008

• GACC 2008!!!
• Malaysia’s 12^th General Election 2008 – BN won federal government but lost 5 states to the oppositions. Malaysia Kini webpage is still down. By the way, congratulations to Jeff Ooi, a fellow blogger who’ll be on his way to Parliament
• Coming soon – Cruise to Penang, Krabi, Phuket and Langkawi for a whole week!

So there you have it! A summary of what has been happening in my life so far. I bet, you can more or less guess what my next post will be about, if I’m not too lazy. If not, you’ll be hearing about it in the next 427 days to come :p

My company held a Christmas Charity Get-Together Party last 15th of December 2006 (Friday). The purpose is to have fun while collecting donations for the disabled children of Taman Megah, Cheras. The preparation for the event started in early November and went on throughout the whole month into December. Few days before the event, everyone in the office helped out in decorating the whole office with beautiful ornaments and cute Christmas decorations. Our pantry was transformed into a stage with all the band equipments and not to forget, tents were set-up in the backyard filled with dinner tables and chairs.

On the day of the party, everyone was busy finishing up their work and getting ready for the guests to arrive. The food division started their preparation earlier, making lots and lots of sushi, toasting garlic bread and helping the cook (Kak Asma) with the dishes for the buffet. We had quite a menu, from chicken lasagnas to chicken chop, to potato salad, spaghetti and down right to our very own Blue Karipaps.


Sushi anyone?


Cracking ice... Gakkoi~~~ hehe



Setting up the screen in the backyard...


The guests started pouring in at about 7pm. They comprises of people from other agencies, production houses, audio houses, celebrities and friends and families of the staff. Yeah… you heard me… Celebrities~~~



Rubbing shoulders with Ariana Teoh *teehee*


and Alex Yoong.... Cute~


There were lots of events lined up for the night such as Art Auction (artwork from some of the staff and they’re really good), music from live band and Christmas songs sung by choir, performances by our boss and other producers. There were even songs auction going on. (Songs auction is when a person is requested to perform a song; in this case a Christmas carol, and everyone will keep auctioning for the person to sing and in the end, the person with the highest bid gets the song. In other words, the person who were required to sing earlier will have to sing no matter what-la… Un?) Hehe…







Sing choirs of angels... *psst... check out da girl in a middle... ain't she cute? ^o^





Wishing on a wish tree~~~


The party went on till the wee hours in the morning. All of the hard work put in to make this event a success finally paid off when our accountant who had spent the last few hours counting out the collection announced that we’ve collected over RM 25,000 worth of donations! Woohoo~~~



Finale... Yuuuuuuuuummmmm Seeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnng!!!!!!!!

Ramblings:
Everything is so screwed up that my first day back to blogging, i accidentally deleted the template...sigh... so bear with me a while with the default template... The new bluepig will be out and about probably next week... shessh... Things just keeps going wrong... so wrong... >_<

Hate it to be so emo on my first day back to the blogging world... but i just can't help it. Things have been going down the Masjid Jamek river lately.

I felt as if something is missing inside. You know, that very empty feeling you have inside... been thinking a lot about my life too and where it's heading. And to wrap it all up, it's more like it's NOT heading anywhere at all. Sigh... and you know how whenever you feel terrible about yourself, everything around just tips you off easily. Like today, I snapped at a colleague during lunch just because she talks too much. Now, anything that sounds like a nag simply pisses me off. Damn I hate this feeling. I bet people around me hates it even more.

Sometimes everything, every thought, every ounce of the body hurt so bad that you just feel like breaking down and start crying like a baby but nothing's coming out... Geez... I know, I sound like someone who had just hit puberty. Bleh...

Blogging does help to ease it sometimes, well I'm trying out ways to get it over with. So I've come up with a great plan. whenever i'm going to have my "emo-blog" entry, i'll put this icon up so that you guys can just skip that part or the whole entry. Like as if there's anyone reading... Boohoo... i'm so sour i make the lemons squirmed.

Yeah, not to forget, different sizes means different level of emo too. Take for example:

This means i'm just teasing




This means i'm sooo gonna bitch about it for a loooooong time






This means i'm totally crying my heart out










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To those who aren't over their monday blues and felt like it's gonna be a triple combo jumbo loooooooooong screwed up week, you are welcome to share your load of misery.

The LRT door opens and two teenage girls ran in. Dressed in their full school uniform - blue pinafore and white shirt, they were giggling happily and pushing themselves through the crowd. Few seconds later, two boys about the same age followed suit. They waved frantically at a friend somewhere down the aisle while the rest of the crowd stared. Probably lost in their own world, they laughed and joked loudly while the crowd continued to stare.

Some stations later, the boys left, they said their goodbyes and the girls continued on their journey. And soon, as each station passed, each one of them said their goodbyes as they leave for their home, promising to meet each other again the next day at school.

Whether it’s envious or annoyed, I believe that part of the crowd had wished they were them. No worries, less responsibility, simply carefree – 青春(Seishun) or Youth. That is when I realized I have grown, so very much. I’ve never thought I’d say this but I felt older, very much older. So old that you don’t feel the need to party or join in any celebration. You’re just looking forward to the holidays so that you can rest more. (Sleep more, to be honest…Haha). But even if you do feel like partying, there’s no one you can call coz everyone’s grown out of it as well… some are outstation, some are busy with their own life, some are just plain lazy… Well, this is the first time I was so reluctant to go home after work. But hell…

Sunset at Merdeka Square - courtesy of Travelblog

12.00a.m. - 31^st August 2006. Shouts of Merdeka and the sounds of fireworks from a distant can be heard from my room. The country has aged another year, but how mature are we? How much have we learned from our past mistakes? How far have we grown? How far has the apple fall from the tree?

Happy 49^th Independence Day, Malaysia…

Have you ever wonder how fast your brain’s processing speed is?

Here’s an interesting website. The Posit Science brain speed test here measures auditory processing (listening) speed which is one of the many measures of our brain functions. The auditory processing is considered important as the much information we receive each day is by communicating through sound especially speech. The faster we can take in those information accurately, the better we can keep up and response, and also remember what we hear.

Well, my score in auditory processing speed is 49 milliseconds. According to the explanation given, a lower score will represent a faster brain. As shown in the graph below, if you’ve actually scored 30ms and below, you brain is probably capable of capturing most of what it hears even when the speech is very rapid or takes place in a noisy environment—such as a crowded restaurant.



If you’ve scored 120 ms or more, chances are that your brain has trouble catching the details of everything you hear. That doesn’t mean you can’t understand what you hear when you hear it. What it means is that your brain makes less clear or “fuzzier” imprints. As a result, it’s harder for your brain to recall exactly what you heard when you try to remember it later.

*sobs* Guess, I need to start exercising my brain now. Yosh!!! 1, 2, 1, 2, Need more speed~~~ Need more speed~~~