Fried Noodle with Cockroaches

One early morning, I bought a pack of fried noodle for breakfast. When I opened the newspaper packaging for the fried noodle, to my horror and funny bone I discovered something very offensive to the hygiene of the food. Guess what? SIX freakin' cockroaches just outside the other layer of the plastic packaging of my noodle!!!

See that?

No? Okay, zoom closer.

Very appetizing aye?

Goodness sake! I almost lost my appetite from that shocking discovery. This is how packaging using newspaper can go wrong because of the contents. It could deliver contradicting messages to people who are observant enough, like me.

Anyway, to get rid of the gross image, I flipped the newspaper for the other page and...

TADAA!!! Pictures of HB (Hot Babes)! LOLX

Increased appetite and satisfaction.

They say the grass is always greener on the other side. Right.

4D Training Course scam scheme?

I got some brochures today from my letter box and there's one which caught my attention. It's an advertisement for "4D Training Course". I'm sure most people in Miri and maybe as well as other places also received this. Very interesting you see. Most of the time I thought that buying lotteries or some sort wholly depends on luck and intuition. I didn't know that you could calculate the winning numbers out based on timing and calculations.

In fact, some people I know do not simply buy 4D numbers. They usually would do some observations first using various ways. One of the most common method is to take note of incidents or things which you think have special meaning. In other word, the "SIGN". For example car plate numbers (especially during accidents), birthdays, deathdays, the amount of money that you spent buying gifts for your lover, numbers that occur in your dream (I got 3058 in my head kekeke *grinning*), the day the bird shit on you, the day I broke my teeth, and etc. be it good or bad signs.

Weird thing is that, sometimes it worked though if you look at the big picture, there are more people who don't kena. Even if kena, won't win big also. The probability probably is like 1 in dunno how many millions to kena the head price. Just like what Fran LeBowitz said, "I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not."

Lets just play the lottery for the fun and thrill or maybe try your luck in earning a little bit of extra money. Don't do it excessively in hoping that one day you'll strike big and become rich instantly. If kena, then you are one hell of a lucky person lol.

Anyway, according to the brochure, the training consists of 2 courses. First the Foundation Course covered topics like:

1. Timing System - When to buy your 4D Car Number...? Why Timing is very important.
2. Timing Signal - Radar-4D Forecast Method: Signals that can alert you now.
3. Timing Scale - How much should you bet today?
4. Costing & Budget Management.
5. Accounting Made Easy.
6. Observation Skill.

I LOL-ed at the topics that they would teach. Kinda like what you learn from college or university but more concentrated on 4D. I thought that the universities could implement this kind of subject into their systems hahaha.

Next if you want to advance to Immediate Course, you need to take and pass 2 Exams (Compulsory to all students in Malaysia, Singapore & Hong Kong). The exams consists of:

Exam 1: Live 20 Trial Test Games.
Exam 2: Real Game for Real Result. Your winning is your results.

Requirement: You MUST at least win 2 numbers in a week just after the 1 hour training to qualify yourself to next Immediate Course.

Sooooo, meaning that if you FAIL, as in none of your numbers came out in the result and you lost your money buying it, you will not be able to advance to the next course. Probably you will have to pay fee again to retake the 1 hour training again or maybe keep buying numbers until you win at least 2. What a bummer. Sounds to me like a money cheating scheme or some kind of conspiracy designed by people who are trying to capitalize on the market of 4D.

What's next after qualifying for the Immediate Course? It's not stated on the brochure. I guess it's for you to find out yourself. Other details include the time of the classes from 10AM to 9PM everyday from Monday to Sunday. These so-called trainers got a lot of time on their hands huh? Also included are some contact numbers for you to call and reserve your seat.

There's no address for the training places but they do have their website address at "www.win4dtoday.com". I've visited the site, nothing special except some extra and detailed informations on the courses offered and testimonials from their students. From here I found that after Immediate Course, you'll be eligible for 4D Final Level Course.

Very freaking expensive I tell you! The Foundation Course costs RM380 (promotional price, origi-anal price is RM560) for only ONE FREAKING HOUR of training plus some CDs, formula books and one month of customer support by SMS or e-mail........ d-_-b

Almost the same goes for Immediate (promo: RM560, ori:RM720, 1 hour training) and Final Level (promo: 1480, ori: RM2280, 95% winning chance) courses. Come on everybody, say WTF.

Sounds too good for me but doesn't look that good for me. I doubt it 100%. I reckon that you can spend all that money on something better. Don't get fooled by them fools. Don't be a fool. You've been warned.

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I don't know why but I'm feeling very under the weather today. Heck even the weather isn't good today. It's raining heavily and the skies are roaring. I feel anger, I feel the rage and I feel like inflicting pain on myself to stop the hate feeling. I hate! Hate! Hate! Hate! Hate!

Monsterism in Me.

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Guys Talk Cock

( ^-^)/ STARRING AFRO FRIENDS \(゜▽゜)

bERIC: The population of guys is catching up with the number of girls. So probably in the future generation the ratio is not 2:1.

ciTANG: What?! I thought I can do a threesome.

bERIC: Mr. Ng said threesome can, fivesome can, couplesome and foursome cannot.

ciTANG: LOL, man, Mr. Ng said some of the most memorable stuffs back then during the school assembly.

bERIC: “Ada pelajar merogol…saya tahu siapa”…that is the quote of the century by him…during assembly lagi!

ciTANG: Damn, I can’t stop laughing.

Franch: Nani?! What?! He did say something like that?! During assembly?!

bERIC: He also said this, “Ada pelajar yang pakai cermin mata hitam (paused for a bit)…beli dari kedai RM2 itu.”

Franch: Rofl, wtf, he is DA man. He can be hilarious when he’s trying to be serious. Lol really....that kind of ‘funny’. That guy is simply amazing.

bERIC: Another quote by him is, “Kalau ada pelajar buat salah, saya rotan. Tapi tak ada orang boleh rotan saya.”

Franch: Lolololololol. Oh man, I wish he could be our principal. I would have look forward to assembly everyday!

bERIC: Well he did but only for awhile.

Franch: Hamik?! I didn’t know that.

bERIC: -_- Were you skipping classes back then?

Franch: No, no. I was a good kid la. I like going to school. (´～`；)>

bERIC: Okay, does anyone remember Mr. Lobak? In the class he shouted, “QUIET!!! WHAT’S SO FUNNY?! WHAT’S SO FUNNY?! D=<”

Franch: I only remember his salivas. He was spitting like heck. You can see foam of saliva at both sides of his mouth when he’s speaking.

ciTANG: Lol. Me too. He’s well known for that. I feel bad for that dude for not getting any I think. I kena his ultimate Saliva-mander Bash attack. Instant death.

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P.S. click the image for better viewing.

P. P. S. sorry my drawing skill using the mouse sucks buntut XP

My friend Dr Mario

I had this very very weird dream. It's a really sad dream. It felt so real and too much for me. I couldn't take it any longer so I woke up feeling quite shocked this morning as in a couple of hours ago.

It's so otherworldly kind of experience. I got to record this down before I forget. No shit, I'm not kidding and not ghey.

Let me begin.

The beginning part that I remember started like this. I was driving my mom back from shopping using a manual car for some reason. Which is strange for me because I'm a noob in driving manually. Heck, I would give a bunch of lame excuses not to drive manual car. Nevertheless I felt nervous and insecure while driving back home especially during the journey on the very steep hill. For some strange reason I thought that this would be one of the last things that I would do before I die....that is to properly drive a manual car and bring my mom for shopping (which is something regrettably, I seldom do). However as time goes by I gained more confidence and handling the car became like cake for me.

When I reached the destination, I realized that it was not my house. We actually arrived at the hospital. I was then escorted to my ward and ended up on a bed. From the bed I saw some serious conversation between mom and some people. I presumed they were nurses and doctors based on the white coats and uniforms they wore. I heard things like, 'He's still got a week to live'. I started to wonder whether they were talking about me.

Among the professional look-alike people, there was one man who stood out. He's plain-clothed, looked like 50-something and didn't seem to have any business standing there. He looked at me and smiled. He got a mesmerizing glow and I felt a relaxing warmth coming from him. I thought that he resembled somebody a lot. He looked a lot like a real life version of Mario, the legendary game character.

After those people left the room, another group of people came in. They were friends of mine coming to visit me. Everybody had a sad face. I received a card from them which had a message inside. Maybe it was a Get Well Soon kind of card. I couldn't remember what the message was again but it's a short one and the handwriting looked like it belong to a child. Upon seeing that, someone special and important came into my mind. Strange. I got this desperate feeling that I wanted to see her again for the last time before I'm gone from this world.

Soon, a nurse came in with a wheelchair. I rose up from the bed and went to sit on it. I was then brought to a room. There I met the plain-clothed person again. The nurse said that he wanted to meet me. The guy then welcomed me and asked for me to sit on a chair which he presented in front of him. He seemed very friendly. I sat down on the chair and then he dressed me up from the neck below with the hairdressing gown. At this point I knew I'm getting a hair cut I wonder why. He then took out some hairdressing tools and began cutting my hair.

We chatted with each other and soon I knew that this person can be a very good friend to me. I started calling him Dr. Mario instead of finding out his real name. I really felt at peace and had a lot of fun talking to him. At one point while cutting hair on the back of my head, I was asked to bend my head down. He then pointed his finger and directed me to look that way to my right. At the lowest part of the wall just right beside me there was a hole. I looked into it and saw a very weird snail. It so weird and special in an alien kind of way. The snail could shift the shape of its soft body (called mollusks) in indescribable ways and the shell looked kinda funky cool. Dr. Mario told me the snail is called Dr. Wario and it is a long time friend of the hospital.


Having finished cutting my hair, I then thanked him. I looked at the mirror and thought what a stupid haircut he gave me LOL. I thought he was a barber working for the hospital. However, soon I heard door knocks and a doctor came into the room. After the doctor, there were many people who followed in. They were all staffs of the hospital, doctors and nurses. I wondered why. Then the doctor who first came in looked at Dr. Mario and said, 'Dr. Johnny Ong. It's time.' From that I knew his real name was Johnny Ong.

'Time for what?', I asked. Dr. Mario told me that his time has come and today will be the last one for him. He revealed to me that he was dying from cancer. I started to cry and went to hugged him. I was then held back and restrained by a few people as I struggled to try and break free. The doctor showed Dr. Mario some documents which he has to sign. He was the director of the hospital.

I looked around and saw the sollem faces on everybody in the room but for some reason I felt that the staffs were actually glad that he will be gone. WTH. Sigh I thought maybe previously he was mean to everyone here but now that he had changed during the last moments of his life people should show some respect. The doctor asked him to sign this and that which I found out was to permit leaves for the staffs. I don't whether it was an insult or as a tribute for him to carry out his duty for the last time. Finally, on his way out of the door he turned back, looked at me and bid farewell. That was the last time I saw him.

Soon after I found out I have cancer. The hospital that I stayed in was for patients with cancer. I knew that my time is running up. One day I was given free time to do whatever I want. The first thing I did was rush to the cemetery. Once I reached there, I met an old lady who was sweeping the ground of dried leafs. She told me that I just missed the burial for Dr. Mario. I broke down and cried.

I went home, sat in front of the computer and reminiscesed about the life that I lived. I thought about Dr. Mario. The moment before he died, he did not show any sadness or regret. He knew this day would come. Everyone will die eventually. It is just the matter of how you want your life to end. I bet the last thing he did was to do some good like giving a haircut and making friends.

Knowing that my life would end soon, I figured that I should leave this world with grace. I thought about the things I must do before I die. I stepped out from home and off I went to do my thang.

By then I woke up and tears rolled down my cheeks.

In Memory of Dr Mario

you were a good friend in my dream

How it went

On the day of the interview, I woke up feeling like a zombie. I felt like crap. That’s what you get for sleeping late and woke up early in the morning.

You know what? Everything that I had prepared for the interview went to waste.

I did some research about the company’s background, googled up some interview tips and practiced ‘promoting’ myself by answering to some common questions that might arise during the interview like ‘What can you tell me about yourself?’ and ‘Why should I hire you?’. All for nothing man.

The interview was not like anything that I expected. Actually it’s not really an interview but more like an introduction about the company’s structure and background, ongoing and future plans, and about what am I going to do. The interviewer spoke more than me. Most of the time I nodded my head, answered and reinforced in agreement to anything that came out from his mouth.

I guess that what it was like being interviewed by your own relative lol.

One of the things that I remembered was him telling me that my demand for expected salary is too high considering that I don’t have real working experiences in the administration and marketing field. I did not know what the usual salary range is for fresh graduates so I just assumed the figure. Heck I even thought my demand was pretty average.

He revealed some of the things to me about working life. Eff-uck~ it’s nothing like what you learn in school. I felt like the things that I learned are not applicable in real practical work until you reach a certain stage maybe. I need hands-on experience.

My cousin, the boss told me there would be another applicant coming in for interview. That person had 5 years of experience in administration and this guy ONLY demand for a salary of RM1200. WTF?! I thought this person must be out of his mind. 5 YEARS of experience and he’s only asking for peanuts?! If that’s the case then my salary would be around in the hundreds??? Unless this person is still young or has weak educational background then I don’t know what’s wrong with him.

Anyway, the boss introduced me all of the business ventures that he has under his companies. He got fast food and fine dining franchises, a convenience store, a coffee shop and an advertising and promotions company. Wow, I didn’t how successful he was until I met him.

Fortunately he’s willing to give me a chance to work. He’s planning to let me start from the bottom to gain some fundamental experiences. I got more than I expected, he’s actually letting me to manage one of his stores! Actually it’s just a convenience store because it’s the simplest one to manage as a start. He told me it’s only temporary as he doesn’t want me to be stuck in the same place doing the same thing for long term. Who knows if I do well, he would let me manage his other bigger businesses.

I thought this is a great opportunity. Not many people especially a fresh graduate like me can have this kind of chance. It’s what my degree is all about so that I can put it to good use and it could be a platform for me to learn some things that might come in handy to maybe be my own boss in the future.

The rest of the afternoon, I was given the opportunity follow one of his managers, Ami to receive some insights into the kind of work that she’s doing. Probably the work that she’s doing is somewhat similar to mine only that hers is hundred times more complicated. I tell you man, it’s like she always on call every 15 minutes average OMG.

Luckily for me and thankfully for her, she had some time to teach and share with me about her working experiences. It’s like a never-ending story and more complicated than listening to lectures in university. My head felt like it’s going to explode anytime. One day cannot tell all as everyday is a learning experience. We never stop learning in our lifetime you know?

That afternoon I learned a whole lot like my mind is going to overload. Stressful yet kinda excited at the same time. I can actually begin to work but…………………….

Just Hi

Hi all, nothing interesting to blog about today except about my life these days.

When I opened the page to my page, the first thought that came to my mind was, "If only my PC is okay... I would have been able to update my blog and work with photoshop as often as I want." Seems like my blog is coming to a stale huh? I hope not. Sad face. As of now, my PC is still in the computer shop. Sigh~ I may have to get a new one. I still visit her from time to time though to see if she is getting any better haha. Ah~ damn I totally miss you PC.

These days I've been away from home a lot. Find as much opportunities that I can to hang out with my friends. Staying at home just gives me the feeling of emptiness. You know the feeling of staring at all four sides of the walls in your room. So blank, so empty. No computer screen for me stare anymore. I don't usually watch TV at home because nothing interesting except for Channel [V] and Fashion TV lol. If there is really no other choice, then I would be tuning in to TV2 on Wednesday every night starting from 10pm. Surprisingly they are showing some nice drama series like Dexter (not from Cartoon Network), The Great Chapparel and the good old 3 Stooges (used to be my favorite when I was a kid) lol.

Aside from that to kill my boredom and emptiness, I started to play Monopoly with my brothers (one game can continue on for three days check that) and drawing some sketches on the walls of my room muahaha. Yes, I got some creative ideas but it would only work out if I am able to convince my mom to let me 'decorate' my room or to let me 'explore' my interest in arts lol. IF.

Alright, yesterday I got a good news. I got a phone call from the company which I am eyeing to get into for employment. I've been waiting for their call for more than two weeks already since I gave the admin staff my resume. As time went by I lost hope and actually planned to try Marriot Hotel which is another option but then most probably I would be working at the check-in counter or as a bellboy lol. If not then maybe Imperial, Boulevard or banks. Last resort would be going somewhere else outside Miri. This economy crisis really biting me hard.

Anyway, the lady on the other end told me to come for an interview today at 2PM. This will be my first job interview ever! I don feel nervous at all thinking about it. Instead I feel 'Oh shiat! What should I do?!' kind of... other than feeling excited. To tackle this problem, I went and looked for some of my more experienced friends to seek their advices. Other than that, I just finished doing my own research about the company and some of the questions that the interviewer might ask during the interview.

You heard me. I JUST finished preparation for the interview not long ago and it's already late in the AM. Dammit I hope I don't look like a zombie tomorrow. I shall chiao now. Good night and Good morning.

A Hero's Tragedy

I want to feel like a person who walks away a victorious hero.

But even so, I’m like a hero who lost his precious sidekick in the battle.

The sidekick has been crime-fighting alongside with him for many years to keep the city in order.

Losing the sidekick means a big part of him is gone.

The sidekick is more than a sidekick.

A great lost to the city and the man.

How about that for an ending?

Pretty sad because not everybody wins.

It’s inevitable that sometimes sacrifices have to be made in order to gain something.

If not then ‘may the best man win’.

At least the hero can console himself by thinking that the sidekick can now find peace in a better place.

The sidekick’s death will not be a waste.

Life would not be the same anymore yet everyone still has to move on.

In life, you will win and you will lose.

Regardless of the outcome, you just have to eat it up like a man.

From now on, the hero has to be stronger than ever.

Change is the way.

Charge forward.

Keep fighting.

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Quote from Batman Begins:

“Alfred: Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.”

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Hey yo! Hishashi Buri Da Na! (Long time no see in japanese lol)

Happening of the day: I found that I gained 5 kilos this morning! WTH, and it's only in a week time! It's no wonder though since last night I had dinner THREE times. I ate mom's cooking at home, went to Tanjung stall no. 7 and ate seafoods, drank beers at Al Fresco and lastly went to AOne eating one bowl of noodle. OH SHIT! SCREW ME!

Latest update on the condition of my PC. I've been hanging around at my friends' computer shop these few days to kill time and to 'accompany' my PC haha. Sad news. There's a big chance that the PC couldn't detect my monitor is because the graphic card ate the dust or maybe it has finally reached the end of the road. The technician had tried several methods to determine and to fix the problem but to no avail :(

About this post: Actually I planned to post 'A Hero's Tragedy' up a long time ago like around the beginning of this blog. But I kept it delayed over and over again to make room for other posts. I don't want to post up too many emo posts at one go. Yes, I was feeling emo when I was creating 'A Hero's Tragedy' back then.

Sigh....now I'm feeling that this year is not going to be a good year for me. I experienced some big losses...and I miss them. Come back~~!!! gargh~~ sniff sniff sob sob

*The Robin's death illustration I got from Titans Tower's website. All you fans of American comics should check it out.

Under Construction

Sorry. I said that I would update my blog with something new either yesterday or today. Unfortunately when I got home last night and turned on my computer, to my horror, shit like this happened. Instead of a nice scenary wallpaper on my desktop screen, I got this:

WARNING!
Your system has been infected by spywares.
Documents may be manipulated and controlled by a "third person".

Wtf. I was damn mad and had no idea on what to do. It was lagging like heck besides the annoying hoax pop-up 'anti-virus scanner' web sites. The only thing I did was to backup my important files as much as I can and pulled out the LAN cable in order to prevent further damage.

As of now, I'm blogging from my friend's computer at the computer shop.

Until my computer is fixed, please entertain yourself while you are here with this video >.<

Awwww~ So freakin' cute rite?! Ultra kawaii!!!!!!!!! =3

It's a Scottish Fold which is my favorite cat breed. I hope to get one when I can afford it in the future hehe. Taking care of them would be like taking care children I think. I would treat it like one of my children for sure haha. Love them to death.

Gomenasai! m(_ _)m

Stay tune yo as I'll be right back on track. I promise that I would post something kickasstic worthy soon lol.

Thank you and XOXO

*Besides the problem with my computer, I've been staying at my friends' place for a couple of days during the weekend so no time to blog lol.

**Update 11/03/09: Got my computer back but somehow the system unit won't recognize my eff-ing monitor! WTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTF

***Seriously you all should be careful when surfing the net even around sites that you think are safe. Malicious users like malware authors have been working very hard to find all sort of ways to attack innocent netizens. This is a recent tech article which I read from Yahoo! a few days ago. In case you missed it, here you go. Koobface, Other Worms Target Facebook Friends.