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Witness the evolution unfolds itself

2010-07-04T12:24:00.003+10:00

You know our future is in good hands when you can see you in them, but better. Technology savvy, independent, educated, strong arms that can lift themselves up in the air for a long period of time while they check out the latest app.

Yeah, I can't do that last bit.

Our future is in good hands.

Nobody

2010-02-02T23:23:00.002+11:00

It only takes one person to make you nobody.
And that's what you deserve.
Why bother if there's no love in it for you.
I do because I care but who cares.
No one.

Stealing from you each day

2010-02-02T18:58:00.006+11:00

Waking up beside you in the mornings, reaching you for a morning kiss.
Looking at your sleepy eyes lit up as your velvet eye lashes untangle, leaving the sweet dreams behind.
I love you, I whisper.
Promise to return you tonight where you left off, back to your dreams while I share it beside you.
Stealing a moment of your life from you each day secretly, hoping you won't mind.
It's my little secret I'm telling you now.
Hoping you won't mind.

I'm so hot

2010-01-11T22:05:00.003+11:00

It's 10PM and its 34 degrees Celsius..... in my room!
Oh wait, that's a whooping 4 degrees cooler than outside.
Yes!

Angel

2009-10-27T23:02:00.003+11:00

Peace in the place you rest above the clouds,
live within the angels pure and white,
far away from the mortal with the sins it bares.
Live in our hearts forever you will.
Love you forever I will.

Retirement Planning

2009-08-08T18:06:00.002+10:00

"If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00.

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00.

If you had purchased $1000.00 of WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left.

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of wine one year ago, drank all the wine, then turned in the bottles for the recycling REFUND, you would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to Drink heavily and recycle."
- By Josefine

Article stolen without permission from Boutique Wineries
http://www.boutiquewineries.com.au/blog/2008/12/retirenment-planning.cfm#links

Random photos from last week

2009-08-02T22:28:00.006+10:00

I like there's so much hidden in the photo where the light doesn't show.

Work filtered and shaded from the weekend to be revealed again on Monday...

A gritty dusk.

There is no journey without my LP

See food! Good seafood!

See me. One year older.

Me and lobster, only one will survive, apparently its me this time. Better luck next time lobsters! Thanks all for the dinner. Thanks Chef for the preparation. Thanks fishermen for doing the dirty work for our sinful meal.

My heart shape: take one

2009-06-06T11:43:00.005+10:00

Too much coffee I reckon. I think the beans needs to be grind a little bit finer. Lets see how it goes.

Heart shape Fail.

Love songs in the big whiskey

2009-06-03T22:29:00.006+10:00

I love love songs.

Love songs that are, well... lovely.
Love songs that seems too wrong to be a love song.
Love songs that gives you an embarrassing grin.
Love songs that written for your love and only her.
Thanks for sharing your love songs Dave Matthews.

I can't stop thinking about you
yeah yeah yeah
why would i want to
I like coffee with toast and jelly
But i'd rather be licking from your back to your belly
I think I'm going to

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I've been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
forever i'm yours
- Shake Me Like A Monkey

Mama told me boy
Someday that girls gonna steal your mind
And then you’ll know
I never knew what I do now
I never knew what I do now
I love you, love you, love you, love you
You, you, you, you, you, you, you

Sour as my fingers
Dirty pick pocket
I can still taste you
I won’t wash my hands
Red is the color
Of the sun with my eyes closed
I can still taste you
And I will again

Woman please I be your possession
You are my obsession
Let me go down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go
- Seven

And how about a love song for the daughter.

Remember how I feel in those days of the summertime
Then Stella smiled
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?
- Alligator Pie

Can't wait to get my hands on their new album Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King.

Listen to the Dave Matthews Band on MySpace here

Indulgence or addiction

2009-05-31T01:03:00.006+10:00

Writing again feels a bit strange and out of place, in my own blog space. It shouldn't feel this awkward. Something worth a bit of pondering. Some inspiration is needed.

Maybe I just need more coffee. Freshly brewed coffee. Freshly brewed coffee pulled at home on a weekend morning.
Freshly brewed coffee pulled at home on a weekend morning with freshly grind beans.

That's what I need. Oh yeah. An awesome coffee grinder.

And without looking to hard, a great bargain come by just when I was hunting for one.
My new addition to my domestic caffeine production line, Sunbeam Conical Burr Coffee Grinder. $160 from The Good Guys.

The lovely pair, side by side. How could I have waited for so long. Silly me.

My domestic caffeine production line.

Freshly roasted beans from Maling room.

The result, no turning back. No more stale coffee. Ever!
If you own a coffee machine and not a grinder, I strongly recommend to get one immediately.

Coffee for Connoisseurs helped me a lot with choosing the right grinder.

The Star - Fail

2009-03-29T09:56:00.003+11:00

Surely whoever that decided to put this up have to know what is Earth hour about before telling everyone to bugger off.

This is just dumb and rude.

Sometimes you just have to accept the stupidity and ignorance that comes along.

For the uninformed, Earth hour is about switching off our lights to raise awareness of global warming. Off to vote for Earth, on to vote for global warming.

Perth in a day

2009-02-07T15:39:00.003+11:00

A stroll around the city of Perth before I leave.

Hay street mall.

London Court arcade.

Down under, upside down, a penny for me to get me back up right.

Swan River, front of Bell Tower.

Bell Tower.

Cooling my feet in a hot hot summer day in Perth.

And I left the city where I spent my weekend the way I like it,
Wake up with you by my side.

年初一

2009-01-26T19:09:00.005+11:00

今年年初一还不错。。。

人家拜年去拿红包，我没红包拿，我去喝咖啡。
喝第一等咖啡，享受我泡不出的超好咖啡。。。跟西班牙塞拉诺火腿（google translate works!)
还有Corra吃不到的芝士蛋糕！

Maling Room's signature Barista latte.

爽！

还有，
不用做工的年初一 = 好。。难。。得！！！！

Tonight: Spiritualized

2009-01-20T05:50:00.005+11:00

08.01.09 The HiFi Bar

Simeon Coxe of Silver Apples

Silver Apples is the opening act. Don't know too much about the band except Simeon Coxe is touring solo and his band was formed in the 1960s (!!)
According to wiki they were one of the first groups to employ electronic music techniques extensively within a rock idiom.
Whatever that means, I'm pretty impressed to see a grandpa-grade touring artist...

Spiritualized walked on stage and started playing right away. No words, no wasting time, straight to the music. Soul of Fire. It was good. I miss their sound!

Jason 'Spaceman' Pierce

19 years strong, 6 albums. Too little, too precious.
The latest album is the work of The Devil... with a little guidance from me, says Jason Pierce.

Kevin Bales on the drum

A good experience watching them live for the first time. The first half is consist of some slower love and religious songs. It did took awhile to build up for the second half of the more, I think I can only refer their style as the spiritualized sounds. Layered, lavish sound of electronic mix of rock and gospel... The song title 'Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' tells a lot about what they are about. Anyway it was a good gig that ended a tad too late for me on a Thursday night.

Ladies and gentlemen, check it out.

Closer to me to you

2009-01-12T23:15:00.006+11:00

The search for something special brought you to me.

Been wanting to meet you for awhile, a long while.
Never knew who you are, who you will be.
Not knowing how much I will love you until I say our first hello.

By chance, our path crosses and it was nice.
Nice to say hi to you, nice to laugh with you, nice to be at your side.
Just nice to see your eyes close as I kiss you good night,
Holding on, staying close, feeling every bit of you, secretly...

Loving you for what you given me,
the reason to love and your smile in the morning.

Random quote

2008-12-14T15:20:00.000+11:00

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle.
Then I realised God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness.

- Emo Philips

What's in my fridge

2008-12-07T00:56:00.005+11:00

Dropped by Victoria Market to get some seafood, Googled and found out how to clean a squid, marinate them with a mix and match of dill, oregano, garlic, Himalayan salt, pepper, lime and some mirin. In the fridge they go for a quick barbie later come dinner time.

Food. From sea. In my fridge. To my mouth, into tummy, later.

Rockling fillet & Squid. Fish with garlic, dill, salt. Squid with mirin, salt, dill, oregano

Scallops with mirin, salt, butter, garlic.

Everything on the table going on to the barbie, then back on the table into my tummy.

Snapper on the left, scallops on the left, one was awesome, they other excellent. Which is which? Can't decide but I must say the scallop will be visiting the barbie many more times!

And photos of the cooked seafood? err..
I was busy eating...

What is in your fridge?

Sleep

2008-11-24T02:47:00.004+11:00

I wish there is a cure for sleep because I don't need it and I don't want it and I absolutely need it now. If there is cure for addiction surely there is cure for sleep too. I just need it to go away so I do not need to sleep again, ever.

I can die. Right now, and not sleep. But then I won't be awake to see the bastard world rot again will I.

Like everything else, my weekend ends like shit too.

Note to me self, time to stock up some valerian.

The Backseat

2008-11-23T22:30:00.003+11:00

Swing
Your arms into a ghost
That made us dead-alive
And I’d turn my heels and run
But they already ran away

I know you saw a smile
But you’ve been on the bench
By now the cover’s blown
And everyone is far away...

Somewhere on the line
I could have had the time
To be happier with you
What else could I do?

In the backseat
With no sun

I know we had awhile
And that was all I had
I drove all over town
But now the ghost wont go away

You sink into the sun
You left me by my plans
And you tell everyone,
Now that he is far away...

Dear I’m all alone
With my mind and what we’ve done
I was happier with you
What else could I do?

In the backseat
With no sun

Now my love is spent
You were my best friend
It started in the car
And ended with my heart

In the backseat

The Backseat by Oh No! Oh My!
Video on Facebook here

Is it summer yet?

2008-11-22T14:38:00.004+11:00

My Saturday on a spring weekend.

Like everything else, is shit.

Yours

2008-10-12T17:25:00.005+11:00

Nok Nok.

Time goes by, never giving enough to remember, always taking away enough to be forgotten.
But sometimes a ray of light shine through the mess we in and bring us just what we need to hang in there.

Nok Nok.

Then come blossom after determination and commitment are offered fully and just that.
For one believe that the ray of life will shine through.

Nok Nok.

Our pass and unknown brings us together. Laughter and joy kept us coming back for each other. Curiosity and admiration drives us closer. The lust for simple satisfaction only understood by you and me. Nothing else matter when some sinful joy is all we need.
Love is all, and all is yours. I have only the best to offer.

This is yours too.
Nok Nok.

Post by demand

2008-07-14T00:35:00.003+10:00

Hello Corra that is having a bitter day, I'm your sugar daddy but I'm afraid no sugar for your bitter feelings.
I've got nothing to offer but a strawberry of a shape of heart. And a coffee. Take a pick or have them both.
A nice cup of coffee when you visit kay?

I miss my blog

2008-06-21T11:24:00.004+10:00

Dropped by Sydney for the weekend last week. Winter in Sydney is as cold as Melbourne... and I suspect sun sets earlier there. Or maybe it was just the lousy weather.

Will go there again in Spring, and perhaps again during Autumn. Then my full evaluation of 'Sydney better than Melbourne?' will be completed.

Or maybe I'll just go there again in any season with a reason.

Lazy sunday lunch

2008-01-20T22:03:00.000+11:00

I enjoy cooking but the idea of spending almost 90% of the time preparing and cleaning up is no fun to me. I've been trying and had some nice decent result recently to get something on the plate within 15 minutes time.

My Sunday is usually only begins when I drop by Prahran market for some bargain hunting. $1 for a big bunch of parsley and asparagus is a pretty darn good deal. Bought some freshly made pastas and prosciutto, a cut of parmesan cheese and a lemon.

Now let my Sunday begins..

Sometimes my Sunday begins with love too. But folks, that I can't do show and tell.

A new year

2008-01-13T23:28:00.000+11:00

A letter from my heart to you.

First day is always a mixed feeling of excitement with a little bit of anxious from the unknown and unfamiliar. Saying hello to almost everyone for the first time and making yourself comfortable at your new desk, the tingling feeling of nervous from the responsibility and trust given... But hopeful of a good start and better days ahead will keep you going, paving the way for the new challenges.

Like we promised, a new year, a new start. All things will go well for you, I know because I believe you made a right decision and you are capable to make it a good year for yourself.

Smile and take a deep breath. Take it easy, you'll do just fine. You have my blessing and you will do great in this new chapter of your career.
Take care, love you.
I just wish I could send you off to work on your first day.

Recap of spring

2007-12-02T23:02:00.001+11:00

It is official summer now.
It has been a rather muted spring for me.
Started a new job with depressingly little annual leave accumulated. 10hrs the last time I checked. A big long sigh won't get any sympathy from my new boss. So, Yeay!! I'll be happily working for at least the next 6 months without break... Yeaaayy~~
...
Sigh..

Anyway haven't been posting much. Here's some show and tell to my random visitors. Hello, by the way.

In my preferred order with no reason just because I can.

Took some photos for a friend's children piano concert. Some of them are really good. Some are not so, but hey they are kids so we always say they did really well.

New coffee machine at home. Now I can drink more coffee without blowing my wallet wide open.
She's a Breville Ikon espresso machine

New TV at home. Now I can watch TV without blowing my wallet wide open. OK hold on, my wallet is already empty now... It won't matter if it's blown or burn or gone. Forget my wallet, I don't have any annual leave anyway. That's the real tragedy.
She's a Panasonic Viera Plasma

New BBQ pit at home. Now I can have BBQ everyday until I get so fat that I cannot get through my balcony door.
She's a Jumbuck 2 burner.

Made a brilliant mushroom satay stick that I thought it's the best idea ever.

The best ever mushroom satay stick got replaced quickly by my garlic,rosmary and balsamic vinegar mushroom marinate.

Trial run, the debut of the BBQ at the balcony. Too bad fellow joggers. I have tasty food while you sweat your arse off. I bet you wish you stayed home and watch TV today.

How can I not end my post with a stupid face like this. Laughter is what I want to see on your face. Have a good day ya.

A summer day with me

2007-11-06T23:50:00.000+11:00

Don't remember the last time I used my camera.

A day off with a sunny weather without a plan is not a good sign. Left alone in my room so I started browsing for coffee machines online...

I'm pretty sure I'll buy one if I did not stop right then. Which I did. Can't promise I won't go back to where I left off. Just like Ikea and JB-hifi, damn eBay is evil too...

Strolling around the Dandenong mountains. And I saw me. Sitting under the sun. Minding my own thing. The world have left me alone.
And I felt relaxed and smiled.

Melbourne Cup day brought me some luck. A random pick given to me from cup sweep at work won the race. That means I'm taking 50% of the pot money. That means chances of me getting a coffee machine this weekend has just doubled. Guess Santa came early this year.
Told ya I've been good. Really good.

Counting down...

2007-10-23T23:10:00.000+10:00

I've been tearing off the days, one after another for the pass 14 days...
2 more working days and I shall start my new job on the following Monday.
New company, new environment, new colleagues, new boss.
Same shit better pay? I don't know.. At least that's the worst case scenario...

taken 6 days ago.

But I've been having zero-annual-leave-anxiety lately.. that's no good right?... right.. right.
Oh well, can't have everything can I...
So long suckers and goodbye the Thin Red Line*.

* Thin Red Line - Next to the team of contractors call The Thin Blue Line that gets paid much more than the Thin Red Line, in which a group of Dot Not developers practice document driven development** that decrease productivity and morale.

** Document driven development - for the full development cycle, 100% of the time should be devoted to documentations. Development is not part of the document driven development methodology. A new prototype tool DocumentSmith© has been proven to double documentation productivity by increasing documentation time to a stunning 200% of the development life cycle. DocumentSmith© features advanced technology available in development tools such as IntelliSpell, Support for XML Doc Services, Unicode BullshitCheck and more.

How about...

2007-10-02T23:44:00.000+10:00

How about a day where it starts with you and ends with you
How about a life where unhappiness never last
How about a smile is given when it's missing
How about a promise only given when it will be delivered with all I've got.
How about a soduku game with some help?

Why not me and you and nothing else.
How about a post for you for a glimpse of missing smile.

Tonight The Battles

2007-09-26T22:21:00.000+10:00

25.09.07 East Brunswick Club

Always great to discover a new band that have that fresh sound. The sound that just make me smile and go, wow! That was great! Wonder if I will have a chance to watch them live.

And sometimes, I really do get to watch them live!
Bought the ticket two months ago and nearly forgotten about the gig until the week before when I saw their EP on sale at local retail JB Hifi. Did a quick search at YouTube for their live show, wondering if they are just another dud recording band or a gem that could bring their music live on stage. Giving more than what we heard on the CD.

And boy I am impressed with The Battles after watching them live! Kicking up the show with so much energy, three members of the band have their hands switching around instruments, mixing up samples and loops live on stage using an array of delay and looping machines. I've seen bands use them, but never so damn many of them.. there must be at least 15 of them on the stage. Crazy and yet, brilliant!

Tyondai Braxton on the keyboard, guitar, vocal.

And the drummer... Hats off to the ex-Helmet drummer John Stanier. He works so hard it's just simply too hard to stand still. Too good. Really.

Check them out. THE BATTLES.
IT'S GOOD.

Ay Carambola!

2007-09-16T20:37:00.000+10:00

It's kinda sad that we live in a world with all sort of ugly truth covered behind thick layers of beautiful lies. Lies that are always around us and we 'kinda', 'sorta', 'maybe' aware of it but never bother doing anything about it.
Too naive or ignorance? blinded or stubborn? Should we feel better knowing than not?

But, it is not all bad... some truth are still presented right in my face to make me feel disgusted. Well, not really maybe horribly poor..

Example 1: Hey this is call star fruit but we will give you the real exotic name with a price that worth that name.

Star fruits are cheap, Carambola are exclusive!

Example 2: Hey we are going to rip you off but we will tell you first. We raise the price by 10% when you want to eat them.

My dinner just got out of budget at 5pm.

The ugly ones are the ones hidden from us...

Body shop's founder Anita Roddick passed away last week. In 2006, Anita Roddick sold her franchise that stood for her ethical believes to the anti-semitic L'Oreal empire. What's wrong with that? L'Oreal represents many things Anita campaign against, including animal testing. Hence the change of their products that used to carry the words "not tested on animals" to "against animal testing". Sold out, simple as that... Body Shop was sold for more than 1 billion, Anita received about 250 million USD.

How's that for a start for the ugly truth. There's more about the fascism founder of L'Oreal that is widely available on the net. And no, this is not like the Tommy Hilfiger hoax scandal.. but then again, who knows..

How often do we believe the truth because it's just, you know, a little more convenient for us?

snap snap snap

2007-08-26T22:41:00.000+10:00

snap

snap

snap

snap snap snap at Melbourne's lane way.

All my first snap turned out to be better than my second, third attempts.
Does that mean I function better when my brain work less?

Maybe, when you got it right the first time, do not second guess yourself.
Just do it differently perhaps, but don't doubt the effort.

Dear visitor(s), if you like this then you just made my weekend felt more worthy than it was.

If not, bah I had nice Portuguese chicken soup and you didn't!

When I love you

2007-08-16T20:59:00.000+10:00

I hereby write you, Love, a use my door key anytime cheque with no limit on withdrawal. You may use it regardless the hour, the day, the situation, the location with no condition and question asked.
This will ensure my love is true and undisputed.
When I love you, I write cheques to you

Rock and rocks come closer

2007-08-06T19:42:00.001+10:00

For months and months that stretched through the years..
I've been haunted by invisible debt collector that I never met.
Every seventh of the month I log on to net banking and transfer my hard earned money to these bastards I summoned upon more than 3years ago.
Today, for long I waited to hear the great news. The voice that came far across the pacific ocean (India I think), through the phone he said,
"Yes, this will be your final installment of your car loan. Thanks for being with GE Money."

And Apu would say,
"Thank you come again."

WOoooohoooo~
I'm officially a debt free man and one step closer to my rock and rocks.

Little things in town of queens

2007-07-29T22:38:00.001+10:00

How often we do the same routine and came this one time, you did it with another person. Then things seems all so different and won't be the same any more.

I always enjoy a cup of coffee by myself during the weekends.
but now I don't know if I would enjoy as much. Because something is missing....

A tiny town surrounded by mountain is missing.
A small little corner shop cafe with a nice waitress can't be found elsewhere.
Having an afternoon, a cafe and a waitress by ourselves with no one else to disturb is hard to find.
A keen Sudoku player that needs a little help at the right time is missing.
A happy photo snapper with a new toy is no where to be seen.
Most importantly, the feeling of having the most comfortable time is lost.

The feeling that you know it's so good at the end of the day. You will smile and just look at the eyes beside you.
A silence thanks and a blink and a kiss.
Maybe more.

Then I realise... how incredibly difficult it is to have all these elements all come together by chance. Especially how the person I'm sharing the moment with there with me... funny how all things come together. It takes a little miracle I guess... and lots of effort.

Plans can have moments but moments can't be planned.

Have a good day love.

Reasons I heart you

2007-07-29T19:23:00.000+10:00

Hugging you to sleep gives me sweet dreams every night.
The perfectly ironed shirts for everyone to envy.
The appetite you give me for the best meal of the day everyday.
The pleasure of moisturising your tender body that you never be able to do yourself.
Enjoying a movie and feeling your heart and breath.
The comforting little talks and cuddle every day.
The every opportunity to make you smile and laugh to earn a hug from you.
Doing grocery with you is fun.
After every argument you make me a better man than I was yesterday.
I like kissing you.

With love

2007-06-30T18:21:00.000+10:00

back to where it all started...
by the fire at the mountain cottage...

with love,
I'm off.

Pull me through winter

2007-06-16T19:04:00.001+10:00

Pull me to last summer that seems so long ago...

I wish the four seasons rotate on a weekly basis so that I when it's cold theres always summer around the corner. The only way that I could see that happening is our earth spinning 13 times the current speed. Which shockingly, will be 1 million km/h. (Earth moves around the sun at approximately 100 thousand km/hour.)

I guess it's just easier to fly to somewhere warm...

Gee I'm hungry... silly idea comes out from my brain when I don't have enough sugar in my blood.

yesterday evening, Melbourne. COLD.

I need some new music to warm me up. Any good music out there that you know and I don't but I should?

I've got Clientele new album looping since morning...

My Door Key

2007-05-27T20:04:00.000+10:00

That day I saw you, I smiled.
That day I touched you, my heart skipped a beat...
That day we hold hands, you drained me dry with your beautiful self.
With the day turn night and the night turned ours,
With the joy of excitement turned certainty then determination,
I've found what I was looking for...
The comfort and companion I would love to carry on the path with.
The path I've paved and moving forward now.

No entry sign hung up. Big huge lock with thick huge chain. No one shall enter.
You have my Door Key dear. I'm all yours.

...
Im going to tie you up like a baby in a carriage car
Your legs wont work cause you want me so
You just lie spread to the wall
The love you got is surely
All the love that I would ever need
Im going to take you by my side
And love you tall, til the world ends
...
When the world ends

Tonight Dave Matthews Band

2007-05-04T23:17:00.000+10:00

01/05/2007 Vodafone Arena, Melbourne

My second chance to catch the Dave Matthews Band! The greatest live band in the world! hehe yeap, I am a big fan.

Show started around 7:10pm. Aussie one man band Xavier Rudd opened for the show and received a big warm welcome from the crowd. Some people came here just for Xavier Rudd..... *stares at my gig buddy Matt*

Xavier Rudd and his cockpit of instruments

8:30pm, lights off and the show began! Dave Matthews and his fellow band members walked on stage. Joining them are Butch Taylor (keyboard) and Rashawn Ross (trumpet) that had been touring with DMB for awhile.

Dave starts singing softly.. The opening will be.. Pantala Naga Pampa!

Come and relax now
Put your troubles down
No need to bear the weight of your worries
Just let them all fall away.

and segues right into Rapunzel

The Rapunzel that makes you blush

Jamming and having fun

New song Idea Of You was played and I hope this is a stayer.. it's solid and should evolved into a great tune with lots of space for improvised jams by the end of tour. Dave played another new tune Sister. Nice little song with a lot of heart and soul from Dave. Very nice.

Dave's solo for new song Sister during encore.

The rest of band came up and played 2 more songs for encore. Crush and Stay wrapped up the awesome night.
Couple new songs, couple of new covers, lots of jamming and great setlist and a big smile on my face.

If you want to try, get the whole show recording from any DMB fan site or just click here (Ants Marching.org). This is possible (legally) because DMB allows taper to trade live recordings, as long as you don't pay for it. Share the music you love!

I wish you were here with me.

Potatoes in my mind

2007-04-22T18:02:00.000+10:00

Noticing all the rough edges of you,
pick them up, give it a bit of scrubbing,
caught my eyes because I see you glowing.
Give you a good rub with pink ladies and loosen your shell,
for each rough edge shines the better of you from within.
I spotted it and I can't resist...
To take you home.
Wrap you up with my arms and let my hands do the work.
You so sweet I want to eat you.
Push you down to me, slip through my mouth, my chest, my stomach and down more
Sexy and Lovely baby potatoes in my mind.

The story of Autumn that no one cares

2007-04-09T02:41:00.000+10:00

Today, I welcome Autumn.

Mr. Squirrel, gather the seeds and nuts now or you won't survive the winter.
Mr. Bear, eat some squirrel if you can't find any fish.
Mr. Fish, swim away and avoid the bear and men that hunts you.
Mr. Human, stop killing the fish and the bears and the squirrels and the trees that bring the nuts.
Mr. Tree that is still there, plant your seeds now so our sons and daughters will not see any of you next summer.

Bread for the Spartans

2007-04-06T14:26:00.000+10:00

If the 300 Spartans beat the mardi gras march, they might be back for Easter to enjoy their Greek Easter bread. Like this one below.

Except it will be free and won't cost them bloody eight dollars. Eight dollars for plain dough and a red egg in the middle.. gee I guess I was expecting a little bit more..

Anyway, happy Easter break to those that are not working and those who are, take it easy. At least you'll never be a victim of over priced bread for the Gods.

*mumble mumble* Eight dollars... @#$A@H^%#*^

#135

2007-03-28T07:05:00.000+10:00

Going to work to work for the time to go home...
Start the week and make the weekend my own tomb.
Start the month to wait for the month to end with more in my savings...
Someone please remind me why I'm still breathing.

...

#134

2007-03-25T20:15:00.000+10:00

Some random thoughts on a lonely Sunday evening.

Why I'm feeling this horrible.
Why I felt like I've done something wrong when I've really done nothing.
Perhaps that is the reason.
But I thought I have done so so much...
Then, I know. What I think really matters not much...
All it takes is a change of tide and all is undone.
Maybe I'll try to build a wall...
a wall of love to hold the tide perhaps.

...

You can be happy even the worst of time,
because it does not mean all is gone,
it just means that the better times is further ahead.
It's hard to strive through it, it's even harder to carry it alone,
but it will be hopeless if we give up.

...

I haven't put up any silly pic of myself for awhile.
Maybe I should now when I'm feeling a bit crazy and going to be one soon.
Crazy is probably an understatement...
I'll do it just to make her smile.
I'm a fool jailed in the heart of a sinful corner.
But guilty I am not.

...

I miss you.

Formula One season kicks off

2007-03-18T17:16:00.000+11:00

Bought the ticket for the qualifying session with big hopes to snap some racing photos. And Formula 1 cars in action I saw and boy it's not easy snapping them. With a fences all along the circuit, cars zooming pass in a flash... auto focus is out of question.
After a bunch of trial and errors during the practice sessions, finally I'm comfortable with timing the speed and manual focus, quite happy with the end result. The photos and team McLarens qualifying result. Kimi taking the pole ( and won the race eventually), Fernando Alonso (finishing 2nd) came second and rookie Lewis Hamilton came forth on his first ever F1 qualifying (finishing 3rd).
Here's some photos I got with minor post processing, cropping and some sharpening.

Considering where I was the whole afternoon, I think I did alright. hehe..

taken with SE W880. Not bad huh..

New Toy: Sony Ericsson W880i

2007-03-10T19:53:00.000+11:00

Got a new mobile and like every new toy I got, I shall tell everyone how good it is and brag about it.

Here's the Sony Ericsson W880i.

nice touch for the presentation.

shinny and bling bling metallic finish. Would be a pimp phone if I'm a pimp.

My plan was to get the SE W950 in the first place. Unfortunately, the provider don't carry them anymore. So K800 and W880 was next on my list. Played around with both phones, K800 have impressive features and performance, but... man.. it's a HUGE phone. Stack up 3 W880 and add another inch for the length.. that's how huge it is.
I'm not kidding.

from left to right: SE K750, SE W880, Logitech MX1000

So for the W880, good performance overall. Much faster compared to my old K750. Stainless steel finish, slim, solid and weights 71g. Feature wise, it's a fat free version of K800. Camera auto focus, anti-shake, flash, all dropped. Radio, gone. Instead, it has Walkman 2.0 with nice album cover art feature. Email push, web browsing from 3G provider. Good enough for me. I might write about its browsing capability later on after trying out a bit more. Hopefully MSN feature is available soon when service provider adds my phone to their supported phone list. Come on 3, chop chop!!
Camera is average compare to the K series with Cybershot feature.

Girly bag and Borders at Chadstone.

Photos are resized with no tweaking to the colours. As it appears, indoor is crap and focus is not sharp, white balance is off. Outdoor colour looks great but again, you don't always get sharp photos.

One last thing.. come on 3.. what's with the blue girly looking bag with blue ribbons!!!! I got to walk around the shopping mall with this girly bag. Bah!

Sunday afternoon mumbling

2007-03-04T13:15:00.000+11:00

Been on hiatus for awhile.
Yeah, quite a long one. It feels really long. Too long. Too too long.
Just over a week now since I left my former company. Not exactly a holiday but I guess what else can you say when I'm home and everyone else is working their ass off. Done nothing but some reading. Read two books and well finished two books.

Summer is still lingering around and won't go away. Bah.. It's March already, move on you bastard... hot weather makes me feisty. Bloody forecasted rain came 3 days later and lasted for 5 seconds. Did I mention hot weather makes me grumpy? Feisty and grumpy pythee is not funny.

March, the Formula One season starting soon. Yo La Tengo gig coming up next Tuesday. Starting with my new job tomorrow. Annual leave back to zero. How exciting...
I just feel like working my ass off and have nothing else but work for 12 months and off I go for a long holiday since I owe myself one.

I've decided where to go next. London and around. Now I just need my boss to pay me while I don't work. Counting my annual leaves from zero all over again... sigh
Friends aboard, you heard me. Start saving because I'm going to bludge on you. No worries, my honour.

Anything else to add? I won't try to interest anyone with my music interest but if you are, check out Menomena, Of Montreal, Lupe Fiasco are highly recommended. Built To Spill and Deerhoof good enough to fill in the gap until something else come by.

Tonight Kasabian

2007-02-02T21:27:00.000+11:00

Been awhile since the last gig. The wait is now over.
Me first gig of the year started with a gong at The Palace, St. Kilda. A big gong! Literally.

Show started 9:30-ish. Support band Temper Trap kicked start with some loud catchy warm up jams. Sounds good. It's going to be a good night. BIG SMILE.

Local band Temple Trap that toured with Kasabian.

Good music, unique vocal. not bad at all. Something different about Temper Trap is that the lead vocal is a Asian dude. Well done friend. Bought their 4 tracks EP. Not bad.

Time is 10:20.. Kasabian is next!
With a gong!

check out the huge gong behind the drum set..

If I remember correctly, the gig kicked off with 'Shoot the Runner'. Slick catchy beat paved way for the rest of night with their lush mix of electronic hooks, catchy riffs and addictive beats.

Shoot the runner
Shoot shoot the runner
I'm a King and she's my Queen, Bitch

Kings
Kings may come and then go
By this sword you must know
That all things will come and then pass
Live your days like the last
- From Shoot the Runner

Show time.

Kasabian

Gig lasted for about an hour. Never as long as I wish but tight set list and some extended jams through out the show did it for me. That's what I'm after, something different from studio album.
Was it good?
See for yourself.

So.. was it good?
Hell yeaaah!

I kept myself as far away as possible after noticing the humongous multiple speakers stack. But.. my ears are still ringing from the loud bombardment... can't imagine how the poor suckers beside the speakers doing today... I bet they answer the same thing if you ask them..

Hell yeaaah!
Who's next? Yo La Tengo.

Just a pic taken on the road

2007-01-28T14:52:00.000+11:00

I like this.
Took this on the way home from South Australia back to Melbourne.

The feeling of loneliness but not alone.
Waiting for the owner to come home and be fed with food and love..
Kinda sad but a lot of warmth and love hidden from the eyes.

Missing the cold mornings

2007-01-17T23:48:00.000+11:00

The horrible season of Summer is when is when my beer boils, body melts and the chics hide in air conditioned rooms and shopping malls.

A perfect summer is when I can read under the sun, by the beach with chilled alcohol and a nice view like above. 25-ish Celsius, NOT 39 degrees.

I miss the cold mornings under the blanket with the warmth of lovely bed. Miss it a lot...

Twenty O Seven

2007-01-02T00:25:00.001+11:00

2006 went by. The good and the bad came and left.

Plant a flower and let it grow
love and care make her glow.
Follow the road and grab hold
for all is worth my soul.
And let the little white flower be loved by the one she love.

A good health and peaceful year for you and all.
Happy New Year to me.

About time

2006-12-19T22:43:00.000+11:00

Been awhile since the last gig.
Heaps of music festival happening in coming months. Bringing in all the good bands to the land down under.
Time for some shopping. Gig shopping!

Picked up these today.

***Drum rolls***

**still rolling**

wonder who will be supporting Kasabian...

Kasabian 1st of Feb. Yo la Tengo 6th of March. Sweetness.
But.. The best of what's around yet to come.... April holds the big one I'm waiting for...

An unfortunate day of mr. squidbrain

2006-12-12T22:11:00.000+11:00

For the poor one that have to go.
Carry on a task that never worth the effort.
But a job is a job and you have my support.
A curse has been laid on the person who deserve it.

Squidbrain bitch, you have nothing but watery shit in your tiny brain.

Not my credit card

2006-12-03T20:55:00.000+11:00

Took this photo, posted on July 20th 2005.

Today, I saw it being published again. Printed actually. On my dear friend Olivia's ATM card.

WOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW. Big wow for me. I'm flattered. Seriously.

Too bad I have no access to the money at all. Heck, I wasn't even asked for permission to use my photo... I felt soooo been used. I need compensation. Royalty fee! Yeah, I'm desperate. Pay up Olivia, or wait for my lawyer letter!

If you are a law student and need a solid winning case in your pocket before your career even begun, come to me mate. I SEE your potential. And of course I won't be able to pay you. Just and Glory my friend worth more than gold. To start with, send me your CV and a standard lawyer letter template. If there's such thing at all.

I just need some money to buy some rocks dear. Nothing more, nothing less.

Keep it cool

2006-11-21T15:19:00.000+11:00

This is my second attempt.

Tuesday, 39 degrees max.
Sunny outside. Hell inside.

Made me self a glass of icy coffee.
Just about to upload a photo of it.

And then.. everything went silent.
Eyes widen, sweat surfacing, blood boiling.
Electric, gone!! Power, no more!!! Ice coffee, still here..

Then sound of working fan came back. Few minutes of power outage.
Got me thinking, power outage for a few minutes, I can smell myself fumed and frustrated. No wonder there's so many angry people in the middle east.
Move to Norway my fellow angry men. Or get an air conditioner. The world will be a better place without sweaty angry people.

Gee... If men are not happy, I don't even dare to imagine what damage fully covered sweaty hot frustrated angry women could cause. Gives me the shivers, wish it's from the weather..

Just a happy day

2006-11-16T23:14:00.000+11:00

Just a Friday.
On the seventeenth of November.
Just another day to be sexy.
Jas light my candles.
Jas be happy.
Sing the song and light the candles.
Just because it's your day.

Love sunday morning

2006-11-12T14:21:00.000+11:00

Lazy Sunday. After a cup of coffee. Rejuvenating. Recollecting. I smile.
Tinkering with something I have in mind.
Decided. Now, I need to get some material.

When a thought materialized, It's a good feeling. Even though it might be simple silly thought.

Movember Mo Bros

2006-11-02T20:01:00.000+11:00

I realised the aussies have some of the best excuses to celebrate or to embrace something they love. I think a holiday for horse racing is best excuse aussies can come out with to not work and drink a lot during the day, and even better, they make it fixed on the first TUESDAY of November each year. Which means a long weekend leave is pretty much approved by default. Paying higher whenever annual leave is taken is hard to top too.

And today, I discovered this..

To tackle this issue - Men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy for men is 6 years less than females.

The bright aussies come up with this
MOVEMBER

Movember (the month formally known as November) is a charity event held during November each year. As quoted from the official site:
"At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues as possible."
Click here to read on..

To grow a MO, I'm not sure if I could pull it off. I think I look like a drunk when I don't shave. A hopeless pimp sometimes.

I don't think this look in any way, could bring in money. Not even for charity!

Image for illustration purpose only. It does not necessary represents the actual person's facial hair growth or ability to make money with it.

Early birdie postie

2006-11-01T05:17:00.000+11:00

It's 5:17am now.
Haha this must be the earliest post ever and it's not funny and I don't even know why I'm laughing.
Valerian didn't work. Started calling friends around the globe that are not sleeping (yet)... or not sleeping because of me. hehe...
Well thanks to my UK mate and my best buddy which birthday is coming up, sorry for stealing your work/sleeping time. But don't feel bad because I'm still awake. Feel good because you kept me alive. I feel sorry for one person though. My boss at work. Tough luck for hiring me. haha.
Sleep deprive is not funny.

Compact Discs (music included)

2006-10-29T23:04:00.000+11:00

Mmm my babies. You see anything you like, I love you. You have no clue at all, I don't hate you either.

Been looking around for a new cd wallet. A decent one that will last my frequent chucking to my car's back seat abuse, occasionally crash landing underneath the seat due to my timely breakings, extreme summer heat, and would come back with me in one piece when I bring it travelling.

It's hard. Really, not easy at all to find a good CD wallet. Well, so far I haven't gone to the desperate measure of searching online for designer branded camel skin wallet with anti-fungus protection and I'm lucky to find one before I did, because I know... I would!

Leather and simple. That's what I'm after.

Alright so now I've got that sorted out. Summer is near and a road trip has been planned. All I need is to hunt down a few CDs I've been looking around. Singers and bands, release more quality records! Work harder for my money!!

On a side note, have you discovered or heard of an album this year that you love so much that made you forget all the crap around you? And share it with another person?
I did, it's call 'Birdie ass and the manly chicken's Doing Nothing for The Holiday'.

After the job

2006-10-23T01:48:00.000+10:00

Sleepy. But not asleep yet.
Not because I can't sleep and no, this is not another sleepless nocturnal mumbling that got leaked from the brain to the net. No. This is a post delight and joy, pre-sweet dreams sharing.

Tonight, I'm going to be with a big smile. And I just want to tell you so.
Life is good if one can go to bed, sleep and get up, with a big grin on the face without reason, or with reason... it doesn't matter because I know it won't go away, the joy of waking up and going to bed again. Smelling the smell and filling lovely.

A fine cut

2006-10-13T21:29:00.000+10:00

I'm bored. But I'm happily enjoying my dinner..

A thin crispy layer of roasted skin, a fine perfect portion of soft slipery fat followed by fine juicy meat and finish with a nice chewy chunk with salt and spice.

Siew Yuk, or roasted pork. A fine cut of meat perfectly done, the Chinese way, the way it should be.

Enjoy the rest of the photos while I indulge myself.

Crispy roasted skin makes me happy.

Sinfully good.

To my fellow muslim friends, I'm sure chicken taste as nice.
Oh.. and by the way, of course I had more than 2 pieces.
Could have been much better if I could bring this to 1705, right now.

New Toy: Pixma iP5200

2006-10-04T23:34:00.000+10:00

Wanted to get a photo printer for some time. But I can't think of any reason to print out my photos. I got one now. So I got the Canon Pixma iP5200.

Oh boy, I'm impressed. Say no more. Show off time.

First to come out. WOW!

Wooo.

Let's try B&W. sweetness!

Corra will be smiling middle of night for this.

I don't know how close the photos of photos represent the quality of the photos (why do I have a feeling this will confuse my visitors? Sigh.. technology and evolution confuses everyone)... anyway where was I, oh pretty prints.

I've got nothing to more to add or print. If you are looking for a cheap solution to print photos and can't be bothered paying someone else to click on print button, this is it. Photo lab quality prints.

All prints from the 5 free pieces of 6x4" high gloss photo pro paper. Can't wait to try out some A4 size prints. Want to print my gig photos!!! Weeee
Anyway, now I can start putting together a portfolio book. Hopefully that will come into use one day.

cycle of my head.

2006-09-28T22:55:00.000+10:00

When we are young and dumb, or the more politically correct term,
when we were young and innocent.
We follow our heart because we are just, dumb. Brain undeveloped and all.

When we were taught and learned, our heart rabels.
Reminding us what's fun and good. The brain in our developing head been advised otherwise. We rabel. We have fun. We cause chaos. We laugh. We cry. You are who we are. For better or worse.

And now. Matured as we represent ourselves, Adult now we are.. Foolish mind taken over our heart. We do not do what we like. We do not do what we want. Doubt what we want. Second guess everything.
Ironically, everything goes backwards before we die. When our mind gives up. Our heart gains control of our soul again. Think about it, how often we laugh about elder folks about their thoughts, doings. We laugh. They do. They folow their heart. We don't. That's why.

But, when we do, we are happy. I think so.
The cycle of the heart and mind.

I wish I have 2 hearts and no brain.

A possible sleepless night ahead

2006-09-19T23:24:00.000+10:00

I've got nothing to write.
I hope I the big glass of wine will put me to sleep.
I wish I'm back home now.
Is life better when there's nothing to worry or there's something you care?
I think the latter.
But what if it doesn't matter because it really doesn't matter after all.
you live and you die and everything else moves on.
Perhaps all is matter is you've done something about it.
I came back to look for her but she's not around.
At least I did it. But it doesn't matter to anyone but me.
Ok alchohol is kicking in.

I look so good when I'm tipsy.

I hope i remember to take this down tomorrow morning....

The odd cockles post

2006-09-18T22:39:00.000+10:00

Feeling awkwardly odd.
First starting posting September 2 years ago. I remember was Valarie from chiqspace that introduced me the word blog. Thought it was rather interesting and I like seeing things I miss from home. Then I registered at blogspot just to see how it works. More interested in the tech bit than blogging.

Two years later, I'm still posting regularly. I enjoy writting silly stuff to entertain myself and others if any reads at all. I stick to a format. A picture I took and write something about it or some thoughts it gave me. Sometimes more pics if there's more interesting photos than things to say. Ocasionally, a silly photo of myself to laugh at. If I can't laugh at myself, I lost half the fun of being me.

They say one is more productive when one is stressed. More creative when one is pushed to the limit. Express better when suffering. It's only on the extreme side when the mind works on it's best.

I am happy. But not extremely happy because I know where my happiness lies.
I'm not bored but I'm not having too much fun either.
I've got things to look forward to but I do not know how to start.
Maybe soon I'll be on the extreme again and my mind will go amok. Then I'll have more silly ideas.

However, my post does not explain why I am feeling awkward and do not explain the photo of a basket of cockles. It is a bit awkward now that I've forgoten why I was feeling odd.

I can explain the cockles though. I love them.
I like to see them being eaten more. And I love the person that eats cockles more than the cockles. Because I don't eat cockles.
In the mean time, I will need to get a basket of cockles and eat one daily.

Now, this is an extreme odd post about cockles that does not make too much sense to you. But, It sounds perfectly lovely and sexy to me.

Remedy for the working mind

2006-09-12T22:02:00.000+10:00

Work. Probably only best associated with another word. Highly-over-paid.

Just for a few hours, on Monday, I thought, hey work isn't too bad. Foolish of me to think that. Not because I've forgotten how good holiday was. No. Because I had such a lovely good two weeks that everything else did not matter.
My body was at work, my mind was no where around.
Staring at the monitor for 8hrs. Reading tiny lines of endless letters that might or might not make sense fixed me up good.

I HATE WORK AGAIN.
I need a cure. A remedy. And the smell of flower in the morning.

My remedy:
Drive 120kmh on a 60kmh limit road. You are not on the way back from work but enjoying the ride.
Spoonful of Nutella. It's not something to spread on bread but straight into the mouth.
Don't work. But turn up at work and pretend to work and see how long until something comes up that needs your attention.
Reply all back dated emails. Not answering queries but asking if you are still required to comment further.
Cook dinner using as many pot and pans and plates and bowls as if you own a high tech dishwasher.
Eat roasted duck with bare hands and a glass of red and........

Okay hold on.. my mind is starting to make sense. THERE IS NO REMEDY FOR WORK!! All the above have serious side effects or might cause more damage to my fragile mind.

I think I need to watch Indiana Jones three times..

Potion of lovely sexy holiday

2006-09-09T20:40:00.000+10:00

0. NOT working & get paid 17.5% more!!!!!
1. no plans, no guide books only SEXY LOVELY companion
2. 'Not-so-feminine' Melbourne early spring weather
3. Greco's Lamb, Squire's Steak, Ripple's SIEW YUK (Chinese Roast Pork) & roast duck, Vietnamese + Spanish + Italian GOURMET SALAMI, Dandenong Granny Marple's Pumpkin Soup, J's Fried Rice (with loadddddssss of bacons bits), Niko's coffee and SINFUL cakes, Ying Thai's wicked crispy pork skin crackers, yum cha two days in a roll .................
4. Drinking bottles and bottles of fermented grape juice and wheats from Dan Murphy + drive thru BWS
5. NUTELLA = all day snack
6. Blockbuster's endless supply of cultured + entertaining + amusing movies
7. Getttting LAID all day
8. Imaginary Monte Carlo circuit RIDE on GREAT OCEAN ROAD + *wink wink*
9. Ocean view MOTEL
10. Practicing long forgotten culinary skills
11. ALCOHOL FLAVOURED choco + yogurt
12. Splurge all you can @ JB HIFI (rated as evil blood sucking retail of the yeear!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
13. Eye opening Gomez's gig in a cozy pub (inclusive of great supporting bands, buy 1 get 2 free !!!)
14. Browsing little boutique bookshops and Borders and Borders AND borders....
15. Hours of pamperY late morning shower (got rid of all unnecessary hair, a couple of MASKss in one go, experimenting different hairdo, etc)
16. Window shopping for 3hrs in COLES!
17. Gooogling every fucking queries that comes in mind
18. Online 'WINDOW shoppping' for every DAMN thing under the sun
19. Securing tooools to extend long deprived PAINTING talent from OFFICEWORKS

Lessons Learned:
Avoid Lamb FRYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
No fireflies & strong english accent-ED classics

Joyride

2006-08-27T11:53:00.000+10:00

My holiday starts tonight. Adios work and 7am alarm. See you in two weeks time.

Don't scare the kids

2006-08-23T22:38:00.000+10:00

Place yourself in a foreign place.
Another time-space continuum.
Forget everything you know about our world.
Now, imagine you are hungry.
You found source of food at this place they call restaurant.
You see picture of food all around you.
And you wonder if the food is good. They sure looks good.

Then you see this horror graphic object in front of you.
A human-like person like you holding a handful of young suckling life. Mouth bloodied. Psychotic smile. The most terrifying thing is, it looks like the clown like human is going to consume what's in it's hand. And the young ones don't look like they know what's going to happen. One of them even have a smile on it's pale snowy white face.

Insane.

Nah I'm just kidding. It's just another display of a popular fast food mascot. They make sure your food are dead and cooked before serving them.

I think humans are creepy. And we are used to all the insanity that is going on around us that we are not aware of them anymore. Numbed we are. Selfish we are. Doomed we all are.

But hey, winter is nearly over. That's great. Mating season soon.

#107

2006-08-21T00:39:00.000+10:00

Lover come here, I want you.
Touch me and you will become like my last lover.
Come here lover. You don't want me?
You are not willing to die for me?

This is what I think the artist had in mind when he or she did the sculture. I like it. I like the presence of evil is right in your face. Perhaps not evil, but the consequence is not a pleasent one if you take what the fallen one is offering.
How many must die before peace is reached? There will never be peace and peaople will still die. But give them a chance to live first.
Documentries are brutel. I better stick to my Simpsons.

Lovely holiday is on the way. Sexy lovely holiday in the bed is all I want. Beats getting up for work at least.

Your time is mine when I'm sleepless

2006-08-15T02:44:00.000+10:00

The flame and the lady in red scarf.
No matter how strong the wind is, the flame will never leave.
No matter how warm the heat is, the girl will never leap into the fire.
The flame won't want a burning lady. The lady wants the heat, not a burn.
It is now, that it's perfect.
She is blocking the wind. The steady flame is warming her.
Let's just hope the gas keep pumping and the weather stays the same.
Or else it will be quite pointless to stare at an empty plate on a hot summer day.

Yeah.. you are right, It's another of my sleepless night and my mind is a mess.
I regreted what I said. But it's too late. I just hope you understand why I say it.
I don't do backspace. I will only say sorry for wasting another 5 minutes of your time reading my pointless crap that do no harm. I can go on and on and on typing crap like this whole night till' the birds start chipping. Then I would crave for quial and tea. A flower scented tea will be good. Tiny white flower perhaps.

Sorry again. You may continue on with you day better than mine. But my life ain't too bad either. Maybe I just need some more crap at work.
Like I said, I can go on and on and on... As long as you keep reading.

Longing for it

2006-08-12T20:31:00.000+10:00

Such a lovely morning. Such a lovely day.
A summer day on a winter month. Oh summer, I longed you so much.
I think, you are like..

Like an erected one wanting for the push.
Waiting for days and weeks for your time to shine.

And summer when you are here, you are ..

Like an ignited flame that never goes away.
So hot and giving me a hard time.
Finding ways to cool down.

Hot summer to come sooner on a winter day? Or cold winter wind to cool down the summer? I don't know.

I just want a good time everytime, no matter what the season is.
Yeah, that's what I want.
A summer every winter night. Every single day till' the day I die.

Really really

2006-08-02T17:30:00.000+10:00

Even a old big lady in bikini can look beautiful.

Beautiful. Really.

Sometimes I wonder, how much of ourself today is the person we were.
The daily dose of reality and constant exposure to cruelty. The heart breaking disappointments.
The things that accumulates and never really go away.
Then there's the unexpected happiness and moments of enlightments. The heart melting love and joy that surfaces with no signs telling when and how.
Things that stays forever in our memories.

One that destroy us and drag us down the bottom of the ocean and another that brings us hope and smile.
What's left of us after going through all these?

I think we know it when we have nothing to hide. No fear of revealing even the deepest secrets of ourselves. The good, the ugly, they are simply part of us that builds up who we are now.
Not what's left. It's what we became that matters.

The beauty of you is the most beautiful thing that matters. The one that last. Really really.

Painful left hand's fingers

2006-07-27T23:20:00.000+10:00

Playing with my few weeks old guitar.
Not surprisingly, I confirmed a long established fact, I have no talent in playing it. Actually, there is a high chance that I'm pretty hopeless as well.

But I also like the fact that, I'm so bad at it, any small improvement is a big accomplishment for me. So laugh all you can my fellow neighbours... tough luck buddy, I'm enjoying it and you are not.

The day I can play like I can play will be so far away.

So so far.

But When I can play Crash Into Me, you better pray I don't start singing.
Until then, try this out if you play a bit of guitar. Crash into me Tab on DMBTabs.com. Awesome site. There's even video clips there.

Blistered strong fingers with rhythm must be good for cooking, or gardening perhaps. Maybe foreplay. I think I'll plant Lilium and Jessamine.

Listen Oh No! Oh My! - Skip the Foreplay

Staying around for awhile more

2006-07-24T22:54:00.000+10:00

Looks like, life is fading away for poor old tired tree.
Looks like it can't stay up for any longer.
But then, when the source of life comes,
It's alive again. All the tired tree need is, some sun, some rain, some love, and a chance to make it through. This chilly winter.

But the tree knows too well. When all the leaves are gone, there's still the root to hold him up, sitting still. Lovely season is on it's way.

Simple things

2006-07-17T00:08:00.000+10:00

It's amazing how things works sometimes.
A flip of a switch you get light in the dark.
A glass with tiny film and gas is all you need for it to work.
A trip to the store is all you need to do when a replacement is needed.

But, simple things do not work just that easily.
Much effort had been put in. Much patient is required. So much to overcome beforehand.
But, it's all worth it he say. It's all worth it. The return, is all worth it.
What's not worth it if a future is what we are building.
Well simple... Nothing.

sexy beds

2006-07-11T00:04:00.000+10:00

To lovely bed I spend the night with:

Tonight, you shall please me.
Tonight, you shall comfort me.
Tonight, you are mine.
me and you, we collapsed into one.

lovely.
09.07.06

I have no picture of my love bed.

Tired but not retired

2006-06-27T00:09:00.000+10:00

Ignore the frustration, it's just work.
Forget the anger, it's just work.
Push forward, it's my job.
Keep the focus, it's my job.
Kick the ball, let it roll, take control, I'm the game of the field.

I'm trying, I think I'll survive. I should I suppose.
Why not? Better things await me. I'm sure.
I hope I'm sure.
lovely sexily, we shall cook and drive. Then take on the world.

For now, let's just enjoy the game. The world game.
Good luck socceroos. Go ruin some Italian tifossi night.

You green and gold dudes probably need better self motivation crap than mine.

A healthy meal

2006-06-06T23:03:00.000+10:00

Woke up not feeling too well today.
Call in sick. Back to bed.

Got up noon. Log on to work as I promised in the morning.
2 cups of freshly brewed coffee got me through the day.

Dinner time came. Should eat something healthy I say to me self.
So...

Not too long ago I discovered avacado. It's is the second best thing ever. You don't need butter when you have avacado.

The best thing is of course is men's best friend. Yeast. But that's another story.

Poured a big glass of fresh green apple juice to go with my sandwich.

But, that is not the sandwich I had for dinner.
No. Of course not.

This is.

Now I've fed myself with a hearty but not healthy meal, I'm having second thought. No, not the meal.. was I actually sick in the morning? Bah who cares.

New CD: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

2006-06-01T21:36:00.000+10:00

Independent debut album from the Brooklyn band. Nice album art!!

Ladies and gentlemen, the best alternative rock album of 2005. First I had doubt with their sound. Heard them first on local radio station. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah sounded very fresh with some really cool tune in their pocket. But, there is something weird about them. Not weird, something not right, not wrong, but.. the closest I could relate them to is the King of Leons. That's because they have 2 things in common, good music, great songs, but damn you have to get used to the vocals. If they speak like how they sing, they sound like your horrible housemate singing in the bathroom with the soap in his mouth under cold shower, during winter.

But once you accepted it, you hear the brilliance of the band coming through track after track. Then you might just agree with me, it's a perfectly beautiful flaw that gives them the edge, the character, the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah sound.

Track #3 Sunshine And Clouds (And Everything Proud) is my current mobile ringtone. Toyota used few seconds of it for their short running aussie tv ads! Because it's an independent release, the album is a tough one to get hold. Finally got a copy yesterday.

Give it a go if you only listen to mainstream music or would like to try out some smaller indie band. Just don't blame me if your parents try to get rid of you. It's about time to move out anyway you baby!

Check out sample tunes here myspace.com/clapyourhandssayyeah

Dropped by clapyourhandssayyeah.com and just found out they touring Melbourne next month!!!!!!!!! WEEEeeeeeeeeeee~~

A funny story

2006-06-01T00:49:00.000+10:00

I got a question that I don't really care what the answer is. Or should I? I don't know.
How do we know when we should care when we ought to mind our own business? I don't know.
Why is that we have to know what's best for us when I don't even know what's good for me? I don't know.
When do you draw the line when you are creatively different or you have no sense of creativity? I don't know.
When are we suppose to start panic and not to be too optimistic? I don't know.

So many answers to endless questions which make me realised one thing.
I forgot what was my question that I don't really care about the answer. Why the question in the first place?

That's when I know the best for you is to mind your own business and don't ask too much.

Just kidding, it's not suppose to be a rude comment in anyway. If you find it so, it means our mind works in a creatively different path. It tells me that you are a focused person but sometimes missing the big picture.

This big picture, is my new rug. But you don't see the new rug because I'm not showing the whole rug. And you won't even know it's a new rug by looking it.

By now, you should be rolling your eyes, kicking yourself for wasted your time reading this post I started off with wanting to write a funny story (which I don't have in the first place but the title remains). Sorry but I like my new rug and I hope you don't mind it either.
Talking about a new rug and showing a picture without the whole rug is an good example of lame arse post.

I probably delete this post the next day. I don't even know what's going on in my brain at this moment. Maybe I should just leave it and revisit this post when I'm on the right working mindset as the rest of the fellow sane people.

Must be the songs I'm listening to from His Name Is Alive. I blame them. Click on link on the side to listen my song list at multiply.

Tonight Youth Group

2006-05-28T23:17:00.000+10:00

27th May 2006, Youth Group at Northcote Social Club. Gin Club supporting.

Nice little gig at a small intimate pub setting. Show started around 10pm with Gin Club opening. An eight piece country/folk band with dark and fun tunes on their set list. First time hearing their name but Gin Club sounded pretty solid. With eight person cramped on a tiny stage and if that's not enough, the guitarist plays the drum, the drummer plays a guitar, the guitarist plays the harmonica, everyone is a lead vocal! Yeap.. lot's of swapping around on the tiny stage.

Pass 11pm. Youth Group is up!

Youth Group is Toby Martin on the vocals/guitar; Danny Allen on the drums; Cameron Emerson-Elliott on guitar; Patrick Matthews on the bass.

Got the ticket 2 months ago, before my holiday. 2 sold out gigs. Youth Group been more popular than the first time I seen them at Magic Numbers gig early this year! I notice quite a fair number of teens chics showed up. Guess lilttle bit of commercial success does help a band. Their Forever Young cover had been quite popular.

Gig kicked off with an song unfamiliar to me, not sure whether it's a new song or their handful of earlier limited release EPs, but sounded good. Follow by more songs that's not on their debut album. With new album releasing soon, a good indication the follow up album will be pretty good, if not better than the top class Skeleton Jar album.

Good thing about these small intimate gig is that I get to take photos! Up close!

A short run of only an hour or so, the band wrapped it up pretty smoothly. Short but sweet. Would had been great if they played just a bit longer but oh well.. I din't even pay more than 20bucks for it.. so no complain there. Looking forward for their coming untitled album.

visit Youth Group

Wonder who's coming next. Gomez I hope. I can only dream of Dave Matthews Band visiting again...

If I'm a monkey

2006-05-17T23:31:00.000+10:00

How would it be if I'm born a monkey, raised by monkeys, lived with monkeys.
I wonder.

I would wake up by sunrise with the cold morning breeze.
Hanging by the tree top, swinging around.
I would wonder into the human city.
Staring at the animals in disguise at their carnival.
Wondering at the other animals that are enslaved by the animals in the carnival.
But they look happy. Most do.

At dusk, I would leave the crazy town and head back to the trees.
But I would need some food before I sleep. Before I leave the city.
A banana maybe. What else.
I would go in to the light castle where people comes out with food in their hands. Bananas I've seen.
I would found the bananas with ease.
End of left isle, by the corner. "Fresh fruits" it reads.

Then I would be in shock and awe.
I would hold a protest. I would start a riot.
I would never give in. Eat meat if I have to.
Eat meat if I have to after I saw this.

This.

I'm just glad I ain't no monkey.

One month and a day later

2006-05-11T22:26:00.000+10:00

Left on the 5th of April,
back on the 7th of the May.
A holiday back to where I was born but not April,
but work still I must do much to my dismay.

Still I had a plenty,
considering I was suppose to be back on the thirtieth.
Although I fell sick when I finish my duty,
Flu did not stop me from eating around marking my turf.

It might sounds like a big ordeal
To work and fall sick during holiday
But it wasn't a big deal,
Much surprises during my stay.

Meeting up family and buddies brings life back to my live.
Seeing school friends and lost friends brings memories back to my memory.

Spoiled by cheap and authentic food,
survived the heat and traffic.
Crabs and Lala always taste so good,
but drinks and chats are the most terific.

Much I shall miss after this thrill,
even more if I stayed the more.
So I guess it is good that I left before I feel,
the feeling I shall bury in my core.

The feeling of missing you and all. The love to you and all.
The peoples invited I shall wait. The ladies in pink I shall claim.

A week into work and I'm sure I'll forget I ever had a holiday.

my oxymoron time

2006-04-13T01:19:00.000+10:00

I'm having my holiday.

I'm back in KL, away from work.
I'm logged on to work, far away in KL.
I'm waking up late in the morning doing nothing but having a good breakfast.
I'm staying up late working but nothing so far requires my involvment.
So..

Am I working hard or hardly working?
If there's such thing as working holiday then I'm enjoying one now. Or I'm suffering one now. Whichever, I'm stuffed.

I hate how revolution giving us options when I don't really need one.

photo from Hyperhex.com taken by the man Jon Low himself or Kahmun.

Anyway, here's a link to more photos of 2 days of total freedom from work and I am showing it eagerly.
hyperhex.com . Yet to have chances to upload mine... not that I've taken many.. too busy having fun!

[Updated] More pics of the trip here pythee.multiply.com

New Toy: Samsung YH-J70

2006-03-29T20:32:00.000+11:00

I had a problem. A problem must be dealt with quickly. Time was running out.

Problem:
Away for 25 days with only 1GB of memory for photos.

Requirement:
Mass storage.
Transferring files on the fly.

Specifications:
USB host.
20GB or more.
portable.

Solution:

Samsung YH-J70.

Like every other problem. Money is always the solution.
And like every other people, WHY DON'T I HAVE ENOUGH MONEY?!

Anyway, after looking around, looks like with my budget and time, I don't really have much options. Millions offer 20GB, few offers USB Host. It was down to iRiver and Samsung. I choosed the latter because iRiver's H320 is showing it's age now.

Now, I have another problem. No one is going to pay for my credit card bill....

6 more days to go.

Out of focus

2006-03-20T16:14:00.000+11:00

I must reluctantly admit that one of my major weaknesses, among the bucket full of weaknesses, disabilities, subnormal functioning brain, is.. the lack of focus. Having a very short attention span on things I'm doing. Sometimes, totally not focusing at all. I've gotten better recently trying really hard to focus and have full attention from my mind and body. But, this is really bothering me a lot. What's the big deal?

During meeting, often enough my mind drifted away during a conference call. No good.
Driving, everyone knows how bad is my sense of direction. I think it's partly because I'm not focusing where the hell I'm going. Very bad.
Conversation, if you talk more than 2 minutes, and my eyes widen and my mouth half open.. haha you probably lost me long time ago. Sorry.

So yeah, this really concerns me a bit but I suppose I can't replace me brain or add more memory to it can I. Live goes on, with or without me living it.

Anyway, I took a sickie today. FYI, sickie means everything but being sick, yeap, the aussie way. Had a busy, tiring yet fun weekend. Lots of sports and drinks and shooting friends with paintball. On a lazy Monday, I thought of taking some pics of my new house and room. But as usual, things end up quite different from what I set out to do. I end up experimenting around with manual focusing and attempt to take some abstract shots of lights and colours.
Below are a few and the rest at my Multiply site.

15 days to go.

longer weekend for labours

2006-03-13T01:04:00.000+11:00

March marks the start of a series of close together public holidays. Kicks off with Labour day Monday and follows up with Good Friday & Easter Monday on April. With anzac day to finish it off before the long holiday drought.

The aussie BBQ.

Saturday. Temperature 33°C. Sunny.
What does this mean in aussie land? A PERFECT day for BBQ! For a country filled with sun-loving folks, it's a chance to eat, drink, drink, and.. drink more alcohol. Don't get me wrong, It's a culture thing. Nothing wrong with it. And I love every bit about it. Chicken wings and steak on the barbie, cold beer on one hand, Snags(sausages, hotdogs, snags, they all the same) wrapped in a slice of white bread with ketchup... That's BBQ the aussie way. Not to forget every park must have a bbq stove ready to serve or else it won't even qualify as one.

BBQ under the sun, this would be the silliest idea ever from where I'm borned, back in KL. And if you are ignorance enough to attempt, You'll probably be dead before the food is ready. With endless of reason to be so. Really.
If the heat don't kill, the polutions will. If the sun don't knock you down, the next person that walks by probably will.

For now, I'm just lucky to be enjoying the sun. I never realise how sad it is that one never had a chance to enjoy the sun. Yeah the sun is always there, more or less. But, how often you are enjoying it? I never did in KL that's for sure.

Summer is coming to an end. And here is me after food and beer.

Been awhile since I posted a stupid pic of myself.

Guess what? 22 days to go. I is getting excited.

Another week

2006-02-27T22:28:00.000+11:00

Like every hard working folks out there, I hate Mondays. Although I hate Tuesdays more, but that doesn't mean I hate Monday any much less than everyone else.

I dislike the beginning of this week more than usual. A lot more than usual. But, I'm not hating Monday more today. Oh no, I'm pissed angry with the starting of my third week on dialup.

The long story short, I moved. I applied for relocation of my ADSL service. I've been told it is in process and should receive an email when there's an update. That was more than 2 weeks ago. My guts feeling is telling me I've got myself a big screw up by my service provider that I shall not name.

I'm aiming for the 4th week on dialup now. Why not since it's a free backup connection provided by my service provider iiNet, which I'm paying fully even I'm not connected. So, if iiNet is happy to send me another invoice yesterday for the awesome ADSL2+ network iiNet is so proud of but kicked me out off it because my port was 'given away'. Since I'm not using it now anyway, why waste it. I just need to wait for my chance to be allocated on iiNet DSLAM again when another poor bastard get kicks out.

Did I mention I won't name my service provider? Screw that, if you missed it, iiNet used to be great, now I felt foolish to had recommended it to friends.
I do hope I will need to return to this post and update it with how iiNet quickly apologised and completed my relocation immediately after reading both of my emails to them which I expressed how grateful I am to have this awesome free dialup connection. Oh wait, It's not free. It's the most expensive dialup in the world.

Back in the 90's

2006-02-15T22:56:00.000+11:00

Why you ask.. read on.

Remember the 90's?
When Michael Jackson is the king.
When James Cameron is the king.
When Mc Hammer is the billboard #1.
When every Jacky Chan movie is a blockbuster #1.
When record means pressing more than one button at once.
When Apple is the thing of the pass.

But, much have not change, or rather, more important matters that we human concerns remains as it is, after two decades. War for oil, war againts religion, global warming, welfare for the poverties, virus with no cure... Still here. Still same.

But who could have guessed Apple's Empire Strikes Back come back of overwhelming dominance.. and George Lucas 3 attempts to destroy 99% population of men's fond proud memory of their first Starwar experience (and made my starwar reference sounds un-cool).. and nearly half of the world richest men are computer geeks.. and a console gaming machine sitting by your Tv set is capable of launching a nucler bomb.

Ironically, the hyper pace of IT technology moving forward did not help me at all today.
In the 90's a cheap dialup modem made it possible for everyone to have access to the vast Internet. Tonight, technology allowed 4 more person to access the mind-bogglingly big Internet on MY dial-up bandwidth.

I shall stay optimistic and babel on while waiting for my email to load. Until I get back my adsl connection, I is doomed.

Thanks for reading and goodnight.

Relocating

2006-02-11T00:58:00.000+11:00

I'll be moving during the weekend and probably won't have Internet access for a couple of weeks or so.

2006 has not been good so far. I've got some topflight bad luck spree going and I think it's not going away. Perhaps my new place will have better Feng-sui.. if not, my post here will most likely be like endless re-runs of F.r.i.e.n.d.s. that will not stop and jokes replaced by my cursing. And I'm not very creative with curses so it won't be in anyway entertaining.

Advices of how to improve my luck or money donation are most welcomed. Cheers and may the luck be with you.

Tonight The Magic Numbers

2006-02-02T20:05:00.000+11:00

1st Feb 2006, The Magic Numbers at The Corner Hotel. Riff Random, Youth Group supporting.

An awesome night at Corner Hotel. The night kicked off at 8:30pm with local band Riff Random. First time hearing them. Music was pretty good but wasn't impressed by the vocal. Perhaps they sound better in the studio.

Next up, Youth Group!! Had only heard their cover song 'Forever Young' on radio. After listening them live, I bought their CD Skeleton Jar today. Nice songs, good music. Check out this Sydney band's homepage for some sample tunes.

And finally.. The Magic Numbers from UK! Formed by 2 pairs of brothers and sisters and handful of happy happy loving tunes. They were amazing live.. puts a silly grin on everyone's face if you look around. Haha really.. their retro-ish pop rock and good chemistry on stage really one of a kind.
A funny note was when they came out for encore, first song they did was a accustic cover of Beyonce's 'Crazy in Love'. That, was totally unexpected! Everyone nearly burst out when they go 'ooh oo~ ooh oo~ ooh ooo~~'. Funny moment.
The gig ended with a dragged out country song that sounds awfully familiar but I have no idea what's the title. A children song perhaps. It went on for 10 minutes or so. Show couldn't possibly end any better.

From front left: Amgela Gannon, Romeo Stodart, Michele Stodart and Sean Gannon on the drums. Yeap, 2 paris of brothers and sisters. So much loveeeeee.

Romeo Stodart & sister Michele

Very happy with some of the photos I got too. We were right beside the stage! Will upload the rest of photos to my multiply account later on. In the mean time, here's some useful links for the music lovers.

Riff Random - Shut up & Dance (mp3 file, save target)
Youth Group - Forever Young (click on small mp3 icon to download)
Magic Numbers - official site (all their singles can be heard there)

Love them like me.

农历新年

2006-01-30T23:15:00.000+11:00

Chinese New Year falls on the 28th of January this year. And yet another year far away from home for me. What's Chinese New Year without good food, without ang pao (red packets), without reunion dinners, without gambling with cousins and friends, without acrobatic lion dance, and goes to work on second day of CNY.

I did not expect CNY here in Melbourne to be any different from any other day. But boy o' boy I was wrong. Went down city to check out CNY festival celebration in China town for the first time. And I was very surprised. The huge crowd was expected, but the number of lion dance roaming around, visiting shops that hung fire crackers high up. Yes folks, fire crackers!!!! I can't remember when's the last time I see one of those. Probably more than 10 years! And here, they are everywhere!! Haha I nearly went deaf when I stood to close to the fire crackers, thinking this would be a nice shot.. I've forgoten how loud they were.

As I was saying, lion dances, dragon parade, traditional/modern performances, food stalls, loud drums and fire cracker sound.... geez this is even more Chinese New Year than the Chinese New Year I remembered. If that makes sense at all.

I'm lucky to have experience these as a boy back in my grand's hometown back in Johor, Malaysia. Home of the once world champion lion dance group(not sure if they still are). Kids nowadays probably not as lucky. And the worst is, they don't even know they missed something.

Today, I remember again.

恭喜发财！新年快乐！

Photos taken from the festival. Not sure how many I've knocked out with my heavy long lens.. but they say if it's a loud 'Kong!' on ya head, it's good luck.
Sorry again hehe. The rest of photos here pythee.multiply

New Book: Anansi Boys

2006-01-26T19:36:00.000+11:00

I've got much unpleasent, disappointing, unsatisfying, helpless and eye burning angry things happening lately. I won't count them one by one here. I will most likely sweat and burn in flame by doing so. And besides, it's 38 degrees today, as if I'm not melting already.
Something optimistic is much needed. Something like a good story from master storyteller Neil Gaiman.

Went over Chadstone, grab a copy of Anansi Boys at Borders. Went up to the Cafe just above. Grab an Ice Latte and enjoyed the first chapter with the nice cooling air condition.

God is dead. Meet the Kids. Neil Gaiman's latest. Anansi Boys.

There must be a hundred thousand respectable ways to die. Leaping off a bridge into a river to save a small child from drowning, for example, or being mown down in hail of bullets while single-handedly storming a nest of criminals. Perfectly respectable ways to die.
Truth to tell, there were even some less-than-respectable ways to die that wouldn't have been so bad. Spontaneous human combustion, for example: it's medically dodgy and scientifically unlikely, but even so, people persist in going up in smoke, leaving nothing behind but a charred hand still clutching an unfinished cigarette. Fat Charlie had read about it in a magazine: he wouldn't have minded if his father had gone like that. Or even if he'd had a heart attack running down the street after a man who had stolen his beer money.
This is how Fat Charlie's father died.
...

..and Neil Gaiman goes on with why Fat Charlie is embarrass with his dad's way of passing..

For Fat Charlie, the main character of the story who is not at all fat, his dad was an embarrassment. His dad's total and invincible ignorance about current affair and believes that sitcoms were half-hour-long insights into the lives and struggles of real people. And, Fat Charlie Nancy was blisfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider god and he has a brother called Spider, who is also a god wanting to take over his life.

I think Gaiman won't disappoint me with this one. He never does.

Second thought

2006-01-23T23:46:00.000+11:00

...
Bright sunny days. Beautiful weather. Summer have plenty of those.
But, I'm having second thought about how much I like summer.

Yes, I do miss it a lot when it's autumn. I crave for the sun during winter. I can't wait for summer to come when spring arrive.

When summer arrive. I hate it.

40 degrees for the entire weekend. And another to come on Thursday. Australia Day. A public holiday for crying out loud! I'd swear to the weatherman if I see one. Thanks for bringing us the good news mate!

Pardon me. Half my brain melted yesterday. Unfortunately, it's my funnier side of it.

New Toy: Speedlite 430EX

2006-01-12T18:45:00.000+11:00

Canon Speedlite 430EX. Thanks Evangeline for bringing it over.

My baby travelled a long way to me. Now I've got to find out what is high-speed-sync and what does second-curtain sync does and when do I use the wide panel. Techie.

Have been using it during my holidays and glad I've got it with me. And now, I'm broke.

Out there and back

2006-01-08T22:56:00.000+11:00

Meow.

I is back.
Back to work.
Found out that I actually hate work more than I thought I hated work.
I think.. What I need is a holiday. A holiday will be great now. Not too much to ask for.
I've only been away for 17 days. Not much at all.

A cat's life beats mine anytime any day. Except when they are feeding. Cat food sucks I reckon.

More kitty pics at pythee.muliply.com

Eve of a new year

2006-01-01T14:13:00.000+11:00

Happy New Year ya'all!!!

Have me some free relaxing time today and here's couple of photos taken from Sky High at Mnt. Dandenong, where I spent my new year eve, with view of Melbourne city and south eastern Victoria.

Sun is setting. Melbourne city is the tiny fortress on the bottom right.

Fireworks are nice. Fireworks are tiny.

Some photos of my trip to Wilsons Promontory at pythee.multiply.com
I'll be off to Queensland on the 3rd and back on the 8th. 'Till then, have fun and hope everyone have a good year ahead!!!

Holiday is good.