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Monday, June 7, 2010

Angthong National Marine Park, Thailand!

The next place I super wanna go that isn't too far away

Angthong National Marine Park, Thailand!
Picture shamelessly stolen from a friend

I quote her:
"Firefly has cheap bargains. My flight+accom to Koh Samui for 5D4N was slightly more than RM1000 per person"

Sounds alright to me

Bonus bonus please come quick
Coz I wanna take a dip
In the seas of Koh Samui
What else rhymes with Samui?

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sepak Takraw

Y'lnow,sepak takraw has always been one of the traditional sports played in Malaysia.And during the lead up to SPM,where stress and whatnot supposedly takes its toll, I joined my friends' in playing a few rounds of sepak takraw.
Now it ain't easy to play mind you.As the bottom picture depicts

WACHHAAAAAAAA!

We all wanted to do this,but sadly,the skills to "lipat" didn't really happen,but the attempts to do so were lotsa fun.
So instead,we mostly played amatuer volleyball,but with our feet.You know,where all we do is knock the ball back and forth and earn points off the mistakes of the other team.

I loved SPM time.The teachers won't bother you much with homework(but there were lotsa reviews,which thankfully were only confined to school hours,not after school.phew)

Airplanes Pt. 2

Well,I thought that Airplanes was quite a nice song,but the part 2 with Eminem in it just blows me away with its' lyrics.
I'm pretty sure lotsa people out there diss rapping as not being music.Maybe they're right,but they sure as hell can tell a great story with their lyrics.

Through their songs, you can get a glimpse into what they had to go through to make it big,and the path ain't easy at all.kudos

Lyrics:

(Hayley Williams)

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

(Dreamin’)
(Of fallin’)
(Dreamin’)
(Of fallin’)

(B.o.B)

Let’s pretend like it’s ’98
Like I’m eatin’ lunch off of Stryofoam trays
Tryna be the next rapper comin’ out the A (A-Town)
Hoping for a record deal to ignore my pain
Now let’s pretend like I’m on the stage
And when my beat drops, everybody goes insane
(Okay) And everybody know my name (B.o.B)
And everywhere I go, people wanna hear me sing
Oh, yeah, I just dropped my new album
On my first week, I did 500,000 (Yes)
Gold in the spring, and diamond in the fall
And then a world tour just to top it all off
And let’s pretend that they call me the greatest
Sellin’ out arenas with big-ass stages
And everybody loved me, and nobody hated
Just tryna use imagination

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)

(Okay) Let’s pretend like this never happened
Like I never had dreams of being a rapper
Like I didn’t write raps up in all of my classes
Like I never used to run away into the blackness
Now, let’s pretend like it was all good (Good)
Like I didn’t live starin’ in the notebook (Notebook)
Like I did the things that I prolly knew I should (Should)
But I ain’t have neighbors, that’s why they call it hood
(Yeah) Now let’s pretend like I ain’t got a name
Before they ever called me B.o.B or AKA Bobby Ray
I’m talkin’ back before the mixtapes
Before the videos and the deals and the fame
Before they ever once compared me to Andre (Three Stacks)
Before I ever got on MySpace
Before they ever noticed my face
So let’s just pretend
And make wishes out of airplanes

And it seems like yesterday
It was just a dream
But those days are gone
They’re just memories

And it seems like yesterday
It was just a dream
But those days are gone

(Eminem)

Let’s pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different
Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper-thin
They could blow ‘way with the wind
Marshall, you’re never gonna make it
Makes no sense to play the game, ain’t no way that you’ll win
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
And it wasn’t time to move and schools weren’t changin’ again
He wasn’t socially awkward and just strange as a kid
He had a father and his mother wasn’t crazy as shit
And he never dreamed that he could rip stadiums
And just lazy as shit
Fuck a talent show in a gymnasium, bitch
You won’t amount to shit, quit daydreamin’, kid
You need to get your cranium checked
You’re thinkin’ like an alien, it just ain’t realistic
Now pretend that they ain’t just make him angry with this shit
And there was no one he could even aim when he’s pissed at
And his alarm went off to wake him
But he didn’t make it to the Rap Olympics
Slept through his plane and he missed it
He’s gon’ have a hard time explaining to Hailie and Laney
These food stamps and this WIC shit
‘Cause he never risked shit, he hoped and he wished it
But it didn’t fall in his lap, so he ain’t even here
He pretends that

Airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now
Wish right now

Quotes of the day

Anytime you feel down,please remember this doggy and his quote

Perv it like Beckham:)

Haha,Beckham is an everyday man.
Evidence below:)
Vick's ain't too happy eh?

Friday, June 4, 2010

A&W - not so fast food

Gotta hand it to Ivan,my colleague, to come up with a quotable quote of the day.
While we were lining up to have us some A&W today for lunch,there was only ONE cash register open.
So you could imagine there was a bit of a line going on there and it wasn't moving along quite fast.

Since we were bored, we started talking nonsense, and I saw that they only had 1 pocket of fries left waiting for its' poor fate.

So Ivan,being the full of crap guy,says:

Do you know why it's called A&W? It's coz you Ask & Wait. When you Ask for your fries,you gotta Wait for it.

So now,A&W has got a tagline that the funny t-shirt guy in Central Market can use.
I guess I should share it with him and take a cut of the sales of the shirt.

Catching Up with Friends

It is great to catch up with a couple of friends' whom you haven't met in the last five years.
What makes it better is that they're from another country,and they were down here for a holiday.
Add to the fact that they called to tell me they're in town and would like to meet up after all these years is even better still!
Who are these friends' and where are they from?

Welp,they are Saad and Shahed, 2 great folks hailing all the way from Bangladesh(yes,you heard right people)
No,they aren't factory workers.Bangladesh does have other things going for them other than supplying factory workers/construction site workers to the world.

They were in fact some of my first friends' in college(when I started out at Taylor's)
And boy are they fun to hang out with!

So after all these years,the regular question pops up.Have they changed much?what are they doing now etc?
well,first question,not much changed in terms of appearance AND personality.They're still the fun loving guys,but with a grown up edge,now that they are responsible chaps running their own businesses.

I also got to meet Shahed's girlfriend,who hails from Nepal(yes,you read that right as well!) and she's quite a darling as well.better treat her well man
Now I know who to call when I decide to conquer Mt. Everest

Anyhow,it was interesting to catch up with how everyone's been, about work, joking about our college days (man did we have some great times then),talking about each others' countries etc.

Since I'm not marrying anytime soon,I'll be attending their weddings.
This is my promise to them.

So I look forward to that day guys.
Great meeting up with fellers today. Cheers!