Buffalax Is My Hero

So there is this guy under the alias of Buffalax who puts in his own custom sub titles for Indian Music Video and they are just downright hilarious. These two videos were linked to me by Eric and I laughed so hard until tears streamed down my eyes. My stomach hurts too...

Dilbar Dilbar remix by woodbulb inspired by Buffalax



Buffalax doesn't know the title of this original...

Another Dream!

I really love it when I have nice dreams. Especially the kind where I never would have even thought about it in real life. Again this time it was about a girl. However not any girl that I have ever dreamt of before. The dream was pretty 'poorly edited', in a sense that one moment we were normal friends like how we are in real life, the next scene we were together. I will not go into details about the 'relationship' because thinking about it now, I get embarrassed. It is nothing obscene or promiscuous as my dreams are usually anyway, rather sweet and innocent. Why do I dream of such things? If you had read my previous blogs of my dreams then it would be of similar effect for this.

Needless to say, that it really was a good start to this day, which I hope will go well and end well.

Meuniere & Ice Cream

As mentioned, I went back to church to play the drums. This time around I felt as if the congregation was actually singing. Well that was a slight improvement I guess. I also intentionally made myself see tunnel vision, where I avoided from looking at people, people that were of no use to me. That way even if they were looking at me with judgmental eyes and whatnots, I would not notice or give a shit.

An ever so light poke on the back of my shoulder was enough warmth to feel sincerely welcomed again. Also some words of advise telling me that it was not worth not-going to church made me think that there actually may be one or two people in the church that actually have a slightest amount of concern for me. Imagine that. However seeing certain faces did darken my heart. Thankfully I mustered all the strength I had to suppress malicious thoughts resulting in an state of unease.

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Went to Swenson's for lunch with my godfather (yeah I said godfather) and some of my friends from church. Reason being that Lai Chin somewhat lost to a 'bet' with Enoch and the wager was an ice cream treat. Lai Chin also wanted to treat my godfather so why not kill two birds with one stone. I was never impressed with Swenson's menu. Now back in the day when I was still in primary school, Swenson's food was awesome and they were not really well known then. The one I used to visit often was the one in Damansara Jaya, behind Atria. That was the best ice cream you could get. This was way before names like Haagen Dazs and Baskin Robbins ever set foot in the country.

I ordered the Cheese Sticks, which were basically the deep fried breaded mozzarella. It was not done properly and according to Max, his piece was cold in the middle. My main course was meuniere chicken. Which was basically breaded chicken chop with a side of fries and coleslaw. I suspected the chicken may have been undercooked but we will see if I get food poisoning over the next few days. We all shared an earthquake; few ice cream flavors bunged in one big bowl. In terms of portion, I can say it was just enough. Not too little, not too much. I guess it was not so bad. However I do not expect to do these kind of dining on a regular basis. Do not get me wrong, I love food but I do not prioritize in spending my funds on food.

Lacklustre

Went to have dinner with some friends from church today. The dinner event itself was to celebrate one of their birthday's organized by its special flavor of the... moment?

I was stoned the entire dinner because of the lack of sleep the night before. Of course I felt like an alien in that group for many reasons. I never fit in with most groups anyway, its just that this time it felt even more awkward, like I was not really welcomed there or because I was there, everybody was not really at ease. Ah well... Guess that will not happen again, because I will not show my face for such events anymore. Do not say I did not try. I am sorry, I just do not fit in with the 'normal' people.

I have no idea why I keep going back to the church which I said I would not again and again. I guess I somewhat was hoping that the entire scene would change, for the better. When I came back, everything was the same. Just like when I left months ago, just when I left for Australia, two years ago. Will there be any significant change in the people and the church for the better? I see some people still retaining their same behavior, the same everything. I feel numb. I feel odd. The place I grew up in, the place I once was loyal to, is growing stagnant and it looks as if it is slowly withering.

The Dinner Show s01e03

So last night was the usual dinner and talk with Marcus. On our way from my house our conversation went something like this...

M: So what do you feel like eating?
N: I know what I don't wanna eat!
M: ?
N: Noodles!
M: F***. Then uh we can go seik fan.
N: Yeah but where?
M: True also.
N: Do you feel like Japanese? We can go to the Curve, they have Sakae Sushi over there.
M: Ikemasu (or something like that, I can't remember what he said)

And so instead of our usual venue of One Utama, we headed to the Curve. I have to say, I am really a bad person. Diagonally opposite from our table, sat a lady dressed quite decently, formal and everything sitting alone for a long time. She looked pretty attractive from behind. I had no intention of trying to see what her face looked like. As time went on, I manage to deduce that she was waiting for someone. Now here is the thing. I was expecting that someone to be a guy, possibly her boyfriend. What I also expected was that perhaps he would dress in similar fashion in a sense, at least smart casual or something to match with her. Man I was wrong. He shows up pretty late in t-shirt and shorts. Those typical type of looking guys with the black plastic frame glasses and poorly attempted spiky hair style. Oh and with slippers. I was trying not to burst out in laughter until Marcus was asking me what was wrong with me. I then explain to him what I just wrote and he said that if he was in my position, he would have thought and reacted exactly the same way. Good that it is not just me!

From talking about that couple's relationship, it somehow led to our point of views in relationships where we think it is rare to find a girl (at least in this country) who have the criteria of somebody that we would go out with. One of it that I sure as hell will not need is the requirement where the guy has to do everything for the girl. Examples consists of having to drive the girl everywhere. Needing to call the girl every single day. Having to spend all my free time with her whether I want to or not. A relationship should not suddenly alter my lifestyle to her benefit. I should not be assimilated into her lifestyle. That is just being like a slave with no free will of my own, or say for that matter. A relationship should be a plus, or an addition to what we already have as our lifestyle.

I also talked about how certain people seem to have a same behavior of pattern when it comes to looking for a partner. I gave a few examples and here is one of them. Some guys would make it seem like his life is a tragedy and his life sucks but he tries to show that he is strong enough to endure it while looking pitiful in hopes of gaining sympathy and perhaps something a little more from his 'target'. You would think that people that come up with these kind of scheme would be a little more creative but they tend to reuse their stale tactics which I cannot fathom.

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We went to Baskin Robbins' for some ice cream after dinner because I was dying for the 'peanut butter & chocolate' flavor thingy which gave me an euphoric pleasure the last time I went. What a crap in a hat that it was not available anymore. Marcus suggested that I try the World Class Chocolate, which I did, and damn that was good stuff. Probably that will be my current new favorite should the peanut butter and chocolate flavor not return.

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Somehow our conversation manage to link to the differences or rather the similarities in the congregation of our respective beliefs. The summary of it was that the negative factors such as gossiping, slandering and other backstabbing methods originates from the 'culture' of the community which could have been due to their upbringing and surroundings. Oh it also includes being xenophobic where these people are afraid of changes or things which are not out of their ordinary. Whereby if a person is different from them, especially poses as a potential threat in terms of rivalry or perhaps a better replacement.

Humans are wonderful creatures.

Self Reflection

Hmm... I think... that it is time for me to get my hair colored again!
I wonder if I can pull it off by having people always remember my hair being orangey/blonde and not black?

Sigh my dad is going on a roadtrip with one of his buddies along the East Coast. Which means that I might just have to drive myself to and fro work while he is gone. Apart from being lazy to drive, reasons why I try not to drive is because of my temper. I become somebody else behind the wheel being unable to tolerate other motorists who drive like asses. It is really no good for my health as I can feel my blood pressure rising whenever I am behind the wheel. Also, my office although quite near from my house if you consider a straight line from point A to point B; has lots of obstacles in the middle. Parking space and location too is a pain at that place. If I were to drive, I would have to wake up extra early to prepare as well as find parking when I reach there. I would also reach home later than usual because I would have to get to the car park, start the car take a long an inconvenient route back home. To add more to it, my dad's car is what I call, a deathtrap. It is old, the previous owner had not the slightest idea on how to maintain it. It basically is falling apart while my dad is doing his best to prevent it from doing so.

Once I had to drive to work while doing my internship in Jalan Kuchai Lama years back while I was still in college. Whenever I speed around a curve on the highway, the car would tilt so badly that I had to put my right arm on the window to support myself. My dad also told me that he forgot to refill the brake fluids during the time I was driving the car. Though I schooled a rich man's kid in his white Perdana for tailgating me thinking he was bad ass. Yeah with my dad's junk car.

Red, Yellow, Black and White

I came across a thread in a local forum today. The title of the thread was about jokes, having posters contribute there. I was displeased to find almost all of the jokes consists about one race making fun of another race. Although it is supposed to be taken as a joke, I personally feel that certain things should not be made light of in respects to people of other races despite them being alright with it.

I brought this up with one of my friends on msn, telling him how disgusted I am with the local people's mentality. He admitted that he too was like them. He then proceeded to give his reasons why he disliked them the way he did. I responded saying that even people of the same race have the same problems as he stated, if not worse.

It does not matter what ethnic we are, there will be good and bad people. Just because we experienced more bad than good with members of a certain race does not mean they are all like that. What is worse is that people who look down upon others. When these people judge the others, it implies that they are better, superior than the people they criticize especially stereotyping them. If they were indeed 'better' than the others, they would not need to be so 'vocal' about it to begin with. Why stoop to their level, if not lower than their level, belittling them? Especially when they have nothing to do with them in the first place.

Those of you who blatantly criticize people of other races, should stop, for it is because of people like you that contribute to the nation's immaturity and stagnancy in the development of the country. Notice how other countries despite being multi-racial are able to progress together as a nation? Notice how they call themselves by their nationality and not their race? It is with tolerance and patience that help build their countries. Although we have a long way to go, if everybody makes the first move in changing for the better, I believe we will be able to get there sooner than we think.

The Internet

I always thought that when I first started my blog that nobody would read. Hence I became more open and as time went on, I sensed there were eyes or traces of other humans having come across my blog. So I wrote more stuff with a thought of people reading in mind. Who would have known that it even attracted negative critics? Well I did somewhat but never expected them to be somewhat vocal about it, in a figure of speech that is. Some say there is no such thing as bad publicity. While I reveal who I truly am on the internet speaking my mind on certain subjects in life people can really see me for who I am. I am not the least bit worried about my 'image' being tarnished. I admit that I am not perfect, I am not Mr. Nice guy. I am not here to please you. I do not need your approval. I do not wish to be a part of your group. I do not wish to be part of the cool kids. I never was and never will be. I like being a prick in the things I say, I truly feel. I rather be the devil people know rather than the devil that they do not. However, I must admit that as time goes by I am enjoying attracting readers. I especially enjoy it when I find out that they hate my guts. It is even more savory when they say stuff about me as if they know me. They have given me the capability to be whatever they want me to be, all at the power of their own minds without me even lifting a finger in making them do so. Cool huh? They have to be pretty perfect in order to say stuff about other people, but oh well what would I know? Yeah I know nothing about them except that they are quite amusing when they speak as if they have me all figured out. Go you! Keep it up!

Anime Overflow

Thanks to the fansubs for being slow, I cannot finish the previous season's anime and because of that I will not proceed with the new animes that already have begun. However I am still downloading the new ones in hopes I will actually have time to watch them all. So many new series this season all awaiting for me to review to determine which I will truly follow. My harddisk space is slowly maxing out again and rather messy with anime and manga here and there in different folders and partitions. There is just not enough hours in a day.

The ones that I will watch and determine which would be worth me following will be:

Clannad
Myself; Yourself
Kodomo no Jikan
Shion no Ou
Dragonaut
Kimikiss
Da Capo 2
Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
ef
Bamboo Blade
Prism Ark
Minami-ke

The outstanding ones which I have yet to watch from the previous season are [updated!]:
Lucky Star [completed]
School Days [stupid fansubs still have not finished this yet went on to sub new ones]
Lovely Complex [I think its finished but I have not watched either]
Zero no Tsukaima 2 [completed]
Seto no Hanayome [ARGH WHY DID THEY NOT FINISH THIS AGES AGO!?]
Sayonara Zetsubuo Sensei [fansubs are being slow on this as well]
Doujin Work [slow on this too]
Moetan [I wonder what happened to this as well]
Umisho [refer to above comment]
Touka Gettan [this anime though pretty in drawings just did not attract my attention enough to finish it]

Read The Warning Label!

You know how some stuff have warning like "Keep Out of Reach of Children"? They are there for reasons. Yet some kids who may or may not understand simple instructions, still play with the stuff and then they get burnt or explode or whatever. They then cry and blame the stuff or the manufacture for their own stupidity. This is the reason why I have locked my other blog. People who bitch and cry about what I write when nobody told them to read it in the first place. So there.

Raya Mode

I love it when it gets nearer to Hari Raya. The clients of my company will not get anything done. Hence I have no work to do as my part have already been finished as early as last week and the next step is actually waiting for the clients to get back to me for changes. So until then I am on standby.

100th Post and 2 Phones

Yes I have managed to reach my one hundredth post without much difficulty or inconsistency. There is just so much to write about. So many thoughts, so many views, so many opinions. Yet so limited time, so limited options.

I have spotted two more technological devices that have won me over just by reading about their vague information and images. Introducing the Nokia N81 and N82. This time around it sort of fulfills my criteria mainly the first being a monoblock phone, none of that flippy, twisty, rotating shit.

This baby right here has a built in 8gb flash drive, probably the same type they used for the iPod touch. Has a 2 megapixel camera, which does not really matter to me because I do not believe in capturing full on photos with a phone camera. Oh it has a 3.5mm headphone port to it which means I can plug in my own headphones and have better sounds. Two of my concerns of the phone is that it slides, I am not sure if the mechanism on this phone will be sturdy and also I cannot really make out if this phone has a secondary camera, you know for 3G video calls.



This N82 is oh so beautiful... it is white! It offers a 5 megapixel camera with a bright flash this time around. However it does not give priority to music lovers whereby it has no mention of the availability of a 3.5mm port and no built in mass storage so I would have to get a micro SD which of course will not be able to compare in terms of storage size of N81. There will be people that comment on the N82 trying to look like the Sony Ericsson models but meh... Nokia also made the N76 similar to the Motorola RAZR. If they improve on the originals, I have no complains. People have speculated for these babies to be released sometime during the final quarter of this year. If it is going to cost a whole lot more than the current N95, I definitely will not be having it at the top of my wishlist.

Image Sources are from
http://www.ringnokia.com/images/
2007/05/10/051007_0310_nokian818gb1.jpg
and
http://www.ringnokia.com/images/
2007/05/10/051007_0330_nokian82ima1.jpg

"Looking for a Boyfriend"

... is the thread title I saw at a local online community. Me being a nosy bugger who just have to go scrutinize stuff in the name of analysis and research, had to check the scene. Apparently this person who claims that she is a girl much to others' belief, posted a simple sentence that she was looking for a boyfriend.

What was hilarious is that the thread reached up to 34 pages, of course with local forums people tend to have difficulties collecting their thoughts and putting it down in one single post. So they have to split up sentences in a few different posts but that was not the point. The point is there are actually people responding to the request of that person. I then navigated to the forum section where that thread was created. I was amused to find other threads with titles having to do with finding out about if a person is spending too much on their girlfriends or even like a girlfriend asking the ex boyfriend to return the items she bought for him or vice versa. Authors would make a fortune writing guide for numbnuts regarding relationships. On second thought the locals would be either too cheap to buy a book and also probably have difficulty reading. If only life was so convenient whereby looking for a partner was as easy as going online searching for one, trying it out and hit it off. Well it is actually possible especially in western countries and the great usage of MySpace or even f***book, or facef**k. I know of people who actually got laid via MySpace but that is not for me to detail.

The Dinner Show s01e02

While being bored at work I got an sms from Marcus wanting to hang out tonight so yeah why not since I suspected there was a server maintenance for a new patch anyway. We went again to the usual nearby and convenient (for me at least) 1 Utama for dinner and a movie. We ate at Carl's Jr. It has been a long while since I had my fix from there. They definitely are beginning on the downsizing of the portions of food. I believe that they did not include a full cheese spread in the burgers this time around and also the portion is somewhat less. Thankfully I do not go there often.

God never fails to amaze me. Everytime I give and give I still find that I have more than I expected in my savings. Of course I do not give with the thought of a reward in return. However I do remember that God will not forsake those that bless others, one way or the other. Conveniently the method which I can do best at the moment is to give people things that they need/require or maybe things they truly want through whatever meager earnings I have.

Anyways back to the main story. We watched Chuck & Larry. It is about two best of friends willing to sacrifice their lives for each other. They go beyond ordinary boundaries to help each other out putting their reputation and image on the line while using it to help others'. What I like about the movie was that they made it funny and yet not offensive to the gay community. They manage to veer of areas which may have proven to be sensitive or questionable. Kudos to Adam Sandler in developing his mad skills in film over time. Kevin James was also great in this movie. If only he could do more movies in the future I am sure he will only get better. I did not get a chance to enjoy his previous film Hitch where he was co-starring alongside Will Smith.

I Got Your Facebook Right "Here" !!!

Do not invite me to join facebook. Do not invite me to join similar kind of nonsense. Why? Because most of you have already butchered it to give it a bad image. Just like what I have always been harping about what happened to friendster.

I will put you in my facebook. I will put your face in two slabs of stone and slam it real hard, Moses style. Oh look! A dumb sandwich!

Reading is Good for Who?

I remember back in school days, adults and teachers always encouraged the younger ones like myself to read more. Especially newspapers. Supposedly to keep with the times, being aware of what goes on in the world in order to be more prepared I guess. I am not sure how it was back then but these days, the newspapers and other 'sources' of information are rigged. Not in a sense that the news are made up, but the source providers determine the information which are to be provided to the readers. In a way they control the masses. They decide what to tell the people, changing the way they perceive the world and also averting their attention to certain issues possibly to distract them while trying to avoid other matters which may be more pressing.

I have noticed a similar pattern in the making of the news since 10 years ago when I decided to read newspapers seriously. Whenever there is a dangerous issue regarding the way how the country is being run, it all seems to dissipate rather nicely followed by a barrage of other type of news. I will take sexual assault as an instance. Every now and then there will be a flurry of sexual assault related news in the newspapers that would last for an amount of time. Of course this makes everybody more careful. I guess the current 'trend' now are paedophiles. You will notice that after a major and brutal incident that similar news have been appearing all over the news.

I am not condemning what is being published but rather would prefer it if they did not just fixate on one particular type of criminal activity like a seasonal thing. Publishing lots of articles regarding one particular type of criminal activity does not necessarily mean that it is the in thing in the country that potential criminals are doing. It especially does not mean that there are not other crimes happening, like murder and corruption.

I get irritated when people speak as if they are so well informed of what goes on in the world. They say things like "Nowadays, there are a lot of rape going on ohh..." As if it does not happen every other time it is not published in the news? Hence I reiterate that reading does not make a person better or refined. A person can be given things to help make things better, but also he can use it for his own selfish purposes and even at the cost of others.

The Dinner Show

I just came back from dinner with Marcus. I hope you all should know by now which Marcus I am referring to. Now see here is a guy I can talk on hours end with about stuff that is not mindless jock talk about cars or sports or chick banging.

I treated him to dinner this time around for sort of like a congratulations to him who just came back from Perth (again) for his graduation ceremony as well as appreciation for the magazines he imports for me from over the Aussieland. Yeah I know I am a cheap bastard. However my generosity tends to scale with my income. So yeah I bless others when I am blessed. At dinner, there was a couple who looked younger than me sitting one table away on my left. I did not get a good look at them because I was looking from the corner of my eye. I could make out their gestures but not the details. The guy was like stroking either the girl's arm or side of the head downwards. I was like "what on earth is this guy doing? It's hilarious!" later on they were quiet holding each other's hand. Yes one hand for one hand, saying nothing. You might think that is so cute or romantic. I thought it was pretty funny. I thought it was kind of unnatural. I think it is pretty weird and awkward to just suddenly do stuff like that especially when the guy had to reach over the table to show affection. It looked like he was trying too hard. Marcus said he was 'spreading it thick'. Oh well... kids. I was holding my head blocking my face from letting anybody see me laughing. I am that kind of person when I see something peculiar, my mind tends to bring things to the next level exacerbating the situation in my head which eventually makes me laugh.

So after dinner we had coffee...'ish drinks. Marcus then asked me why I was laughing at the couple. I then explained, which led us to talk about relationships the situations and how to react to them and also the reasonings behind them. It was more of a discussion and analysis based on the basic human behavior in whatever experience I have at least. I am sure most of you know that communication is important in a relationship. However if either sides cannot be open to each other, it means that they do not trust each other well enough which means that they do not know each other well. If they do not know each other well, then the relationship is in for a 'fun' time. Lack of communication leads to miscommunication which leads to misunderstanding. Blablabla the so on and so forth with fries on the side. Which means they are not ready for a relationship. Kind of like saving up money to buy the car, but not taking into consideration the cost of maintaining the car.

I speak as if I know so much about relationships. If so, why am I still single? It is because of such knowledge that I am still single. I will not rush into just any relationship for the sake of having one. It has to be a person who can really understand me and accept me for who I truly am, not who they want me to be. It is really difficult to find that kind of person, especially a person such as myself who tends not to hide my true personality in hopes of not tarnishing my image with the opposite gender. Perfect or near perfect people are the ones you should be suspicious . Nobody is perfect. So before you go falling for that ideal person, you should observe and get to know that person more, what is that person like when he/she is not trying to impress people and trying to make a good impression. Can you really live with a person who is not all that? I may be boring some readers with stuff they already may already know so I will stop here. If they wish to find out more about my opinions, do feel free to send me an email.

God, I love You!

So after ranting about the fansubbers being active for whatever reason and talking about it to my friend Bee Lee over lunch today. I come home to see one episode of one of my favorable anime from a fansub has been uploaded! YAAAARGH!

Oh yeah about lunch, I went to have lunch with Bee Lee today. He came by and picked me up and we went to Atria to eat. The original plan was to go SS2 but that place is jam-fucked with cars during lunch hour and I never liked that place due to that being one of the many reasons. We did not really had much time to talk but yeah it was still great to see he was still alive after a long while.

We talked about animes of course and he told me some rather... I do not know if I should call it good news. You know the anime I mentioned in a previous post regarding some guy who liked a girl, got his close girl friend to get her for him and then when he had her, he cheated on her with his close girl friend? Yeah well... apparently there is a good ending where he got what was coming to him. Not so good for other people who were not him though... oh well... You cannot have everything I guess. More over I am glad that it has finally ended thus ending the agony of having to follow such a sad story. Although I wish the fansub would hurry the hell up in subbing them already.