until whenever
taking my life offline
*** whenever
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we can make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me myself I got nothing to prove
from Fast Car - by Tracy Chapman
and with that I take my final bow.
Goodbye everyone, and have a wonderful day.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
sarawak trip - tips for all of yous
Day1 - Friday
Check in for flight from KLIA to Kuching on Air Asia. Tickets bought much earlier end of last year. Total cost for return tickets for 2 to Kuching was RM 235.00. I think you can't get any cheaper than this anywhere. So do book your flight as early as possible.
Flight took 1 hour 45 minutes at 29,000 feet. Magnificent view of kuantan cost lines. No complementary drinks from Air Asia but that's how they keep costs down and pass that saving to us the customers.
Arrived about 11:45am in Kuching International Airport. Proceeded to taxi counter at the airport. Taxi coupon from the airport to Kuching town is RM 17.50. Plenty of taxi waiting, no problem at all. Journey from the airport to town took about 30 minutes. We were greeted by traffic congestion, a clear sign that Kuching is no doubt a bustling city like cities here in the peninsular.
Checked in to Harbour View hotel. Managed to get good rates at RM125 per night including breakfast. We're planning to stay for 2 nights. No problem checking in to our rooms before 2pm checkin time. Excellent service at the reception counter and room is great, comparable to any 4 star hotels. We got ourselves into a room with a view of the Sarawak river. Wonderful :)
We're out of the hotel for our first tour of the Waterfront tourist strip at 4pm. The Waterfront strip is just across the street from our hotel. In fact Harbour view is the hotel closest to the tourist strip and main bazaar. Holiday inn, Hilton and Crown Plaza hotel are a good 500 - 1KM away from the main bazaar. Worst choice is the Intercontinental hotel which is so far away almost on the other side of town.
Keep an eye out for beautiful sculptures along the Waterfront strip as well as historical information engraved on metal plates on the pavements. They will introduce you to Sarawak history as you walk along the beautiful well kept strip. Check out those beautifully decorated water taxis ferrying people across the Sarawak river. They only cost 4o cents so go head give it a try. I guarantee that you'll like the experience.
I planned for us to go on a sunset cruise along the Sarawak river. We found the river boat and got ourselves tickets for the 5:30pm cruise. The cruise cost RM45 per person for a 90 minutes cruise along Sarawak river. By the time we headed back to dock, the sun was setting and the view itself from the river boat is worth the cruise fare.
Docked at 7pm and went back to hotel for bath (yes, room with bathtub, not shower) and we're out again for dinner in Taman kereta. Taman kereta is near Kuching Hilton. It is actually between UOB building and standard Chartered/ BCB building. It's Park with a seafood center on the top floor. Best seafood in Kuching town! Cheapest too. Less than 10 minutes walk from harbour view hotel.
Once in Taman kereta, shop around for stall with the freshest seafood that you can find ( or biggest lobster in our case). Don't worry they are halal because they serves nothing but seafood and veges. We had a big lobster ( a little over a kg at RM50/ kg) Big seafood dinner that cost a lot less then my trip to lobsterman PJ.
When in Taman Kereta, try the local veggie called Midin. They are absolutely delicious. But those who has asthma history should refrain. Learned that the hard way. Best way to have Midin is to be fried with belacan (goreng belacan). We had our lobster done in a butter fried, much like butter prawn. Big mistake, the butter just ruined the taste of the lobster flesh. Better opt for charbroiled or black pepper lobster.
We walked back to the hotel with full stomach and in my case a bad case of sesak nafas due to allergic reaction to the midin earlier. Oh sleep at last!
Day 2 - Saturday
Woke up and headed for breakfast at the hotel's cafe. Nothing to shout about, normal hotel buffet breakfast. We had a light breakfast because I planned for a Sarawak specialty lunch today. We went to the museum on a taxi ride (The museum opens daily at 9am). Taxi around the city from your hotel will cost RM6. Beside the museum is the warriors Memorial Park, a great place to learn about how Sarawak people struggled against the British/ Brooke family colonization.
Went over to Sarawak museum new wing across the road but found that they are in the midst of renovation. The souvenir shop was open though. :) Sarawak Islamic museum is just behind the new wing. Went back to Waterfront strip but this time we head for Cafe Katulistawa right beside Holiday Inn. I had Laksa Sarawak and Munchkins had Kolok Me for lunch. Both are Sarawak specialty of Malay (Laksa) and chinese (Kolok me) origin. These are a must try. I was told Cafe Khatulistiwa's Kolok me and Laksa Sarawak is about the best halal ones (for Kolok me) in town. Laksa Sarawak at Cafe Khatulistiwa cost RM13, Kolok me cost about the same. Go for beef Kolok me instead of chicken, they're tastier.
We proceed to the main bazaar, right across the road from the Waterfront strip for some window shopping. Planning things to buy before we go back to KL.
Later that evening we took a taxi to Pasar Satok in Jalan Satok. This is a big weekly pasar tani or they called pasar tamu in Sarawak & sabah. Pasar Satok starts on Saturday evening all the way to Sunday morning. It's a great place to observe locals on their daily fare. Don't forget to sample some of Sarawak exotic fruits when in Satok. There's a few stalls that sells Sarawak famous Ikan Terubuk Masin. They cost RM10 per fish for the bigger fishes and RM5 - 8 per fish for the smaller ones. Get the smaller one with spots on their body as this species is the tastier one. Don't worry the stall will pack those foul smelling preserved fish tightly in a nice box. They will last a week without refrigeration so no worries even if you're leaving on monday like myself.
We decided to hit Taman Kereta for more seafood dinner. This time we had 2 smaller lobsters less than half a kg and giant prawns just deep fried. Oh heavenly and I was very surprised to see the bill came a lot less than what we expected. You got to love kicking just for its' seafood.
Walk back to hotel, we definitely needed the exercise after 2 nights of seafood.
Day 3 - Sunday.
Woke up, breakfast at hotel's cafe. I've got tickets entrance tickets with return shuttle to Sarawak cultural village in Damai/ Santubong. We checked out of Harbour View and boarded the tour shuttle to Damai at 9am. Asked the driver to send us to Damai Lagoon resort which is 5 minutes walk from the Sarawak Cultural Village. Journey from Kuching to Damai took 45 minutes. Nothing much to see along the way unless you're interested in mangrove vegetation :P.
We arrived to Damai Lagoon Resort at 10am and found that they could not find our reservation. We left our luggage there and left for Cultural Village on a free shuttle from the Damai Lagoon Resort. We were hoping to get able to check in into our room by the time we get back from the Cultural Village. More on this later.
We had so much fun at the Cultural Village. We took our time visiting each traditional houses, listening to the guides there. There's a cultural show in the auditorium at 11:30am. A must see! The show ends at 1pm and it was time for lunch. We sampled Umai (raw fish cooked by juice of a kind of assam fruit) and also Manok Pansoh ( chicken cooked with ginger, garlic and tapioca leaves in bamboo, lemang style).
After lunch we continued visiting the rest of the village but sadly the guides were all on lunch break until 2pm. Tip here is to finish visiting all the traditional houses before the cultural show at 11:30. After the show you could take the 1pm shuttle back to Kuching town or in our case back to Damai Lagoon.
To be continued...
*** things to do - proof read this article, add links to pictures where appropriate
Check in for flight from KLIA to Kuching on Air Asia. Tickets bought much earlier end of last year. Total cost for return tickets for 2 to Kuching was RM 235.00. I think you can't get any cheaper than this anywhere. So do book your flight as early as possible.
Flight took 1 hour 45 minutes at 29,000 feet. Magnificent view of kuantan cost lines. No complementary drinks from Air Asia but that's how they keep costs down and pass that saving to us the customers.
Arrived about 11:45am in Kuching International Airport. Proceeded to taxi counter at the airport. Taxi coupon from the airport to Kuching town is RM 17.50. Plenty of taxi waiting, no problem at all. Journey from the airport to town took about 30 minutes. We were greeted by traffic congestion, a clear sign that Kuching is no doubt a bustling city like cities here in the peninsular.
Checked in to Harbour View hotel. Managed to get good rates at RM125 per night including breakfast. We're planning to stay for 2 nights. No problem checking in to our rooms before 2pm checkin time. Excellent service at the reception counter and room is great, comparable to any 4 star hotels. We got ourselves into a room with a view of the Sarawak river. Wonderful :)
We're out of the hotel for our first tour of the Waterfront tourist strip at 4pm. The Waterfront strip is just across the street from our hotel. In fact Harbour view is the hotel closest to the tourist strip and main bazaar. Holiday inn, Hilton and Crown Plaza hotel are a good 500 - 1KM away from the main bazaar. Worst choice is the Intercontinental hotel which is so far away almost on the other side of town.
Keep an eye out for beautiful sculptures along the Waterfront strip as well as historical information engraved on metal plates on the pavements. They will introduce you to Sarawak history as you walk along the beautiful well kept strip. Check out those beautifully decorated water taxis ferrying people across the Sarawak river. They only cost 4o cents so go head give it a try. I guarantee that you'll like the experience.
I planned for us to go on a sunset cruise along the Sarawak river. We found the river boat and got ourselves tickets for the 5:30pm cruise. The cruise cost RM45 per person for a 90 minutes cruise along Sarawak river. By the time we headed back to dock, the sun was setting and the view itself from the river boat is worth the cruise fare.
Docked at 7pm and went back to hotel for bath (yes, room with bathtub, not shower) and we're out again for dinner in Taman kereta. Taman kereta is near Kuching Hilton. It is actually between UOB building and standard Chartered/ BCB building. It's Park with a seafood center on the top floor. Best seafood in Kuching town! Cheapest too. Less than 10 minutes walk from harbour view hotel.
Once in Taman kereta, shop around for stall with the freshest seafood that you can find ( or biggest lobster in our case). Don't worry they are halal because they serves nothing but seafood and veges. We had a big lobster ( a little over a kg at RM50/ kg) Big seafood dinner that cost a lot less then my trip to lobsterman PJ.
When in Taman Kereta, try the local veggie called Midin. They are absolutely delicious. But those who has asthma history should refrain. Learned that the hard way. Best way to have Midin is to be fried with belacan (goreng belacan). We had our lobster done in a butter fried, much like butter prawn. Big mistake, the butter just ruined the taste of the lobster flesh. Better opt for charbroiled or black pepper lobster.
We walked back to the hotel with full stomach and in my case a bad case of sesak nafas due to allergic reaction to the midin earlier. Oh sleep at last!
Day 2 - Saturday
Woke up and headed for breakfast at the hotel's cafe. Nothing to shout about, normal hotel buffet breakfast. We had a light breakfast because I planned for a Sarawak specialty lunch today. We went to the museum on a taxi ride (The museum opens daily at 9am). Taxi around the city from your hotel will cost RM6. Beside the museum is the warriors Memorial Park, a great place to learn about how Sarawak people struggled against the British/ Brooke family colonization.
Went over to Sarawak museum new wing across the road but found that they are in the midst of renovation. The souvenir shop was open though. :) Sarawak Islamic museum is just behind the new wing. Went back to Waterfront strip but this time we head for Cafe Katulistawa right beside Holiday Inn. I had Laksa Sarawak and Munchkins had Kolok Me for lunch. Both are Sarawak specialty of Malay (Laksa) and chinese (Kolok me) origin. These are a must try. I was told Cafe Khatulistiwa's Kolok me and Laksa Sarawak is about the best halal ones (for Kolok me) in town. Laksa Sarawak at Cafe Khatulistiwa cost RM13, Kolok me cost about the same. Go for beef Kolok me instead of chicken, they're tastier.
We proceed to the main bazaar, right across the road from the Waterfront strip for some window shopping. Planning things to buy before we go back to KL.
Later that evening we took a taxi to Pasar Satok in Jalan Satok. This is a big weekly pasar tani or they called pasar tamu in Sarawak & sabah. Pasar Satok starts on Saturday evening all the way to Sunday morning. It's a great place to observe locals on their daily fare. Don't forget to sample some of Sarawak exotic fruits when in Satok. There's a few stalls that sells Sarawak famous Ikan Terubuk Masin. They cost RM10 per fish for the bigger fishes and RM5 - 8 per fish for the smaller ones. Get the smaller one with spots on their body as this species is the tastier one. Don't worry the stall will pack those foul smelling preserved fish tightly in a nice box. They will last a week without refrigeration so no worries even if you're leaving on monday like myself.
We decided to hit Taman Kereta for more seafood dinner. This time we had 2 smaller lobsters less than half a kg and giant prawns just deep fried. Oh heavenly and I was very surprised to see the bill came a lot less than what we expected. You got to love kicking just for its' seafood.
Walk back to hotel, we definitely needed the exercise after 2 nights of seafood.
Day 3 - Sunday.
Woke up, breakfast at hotel's cafe. I've got tickets entrance tickets with return shuttle to Sarawak cultural village in Damai/ Santubong. We checked out of Harbour View and boarded the tour shuttle to Damai at 9am. Asked the driver to send us to Damai Lagoon resort which is 5 minutes walk from the Sarawak Cultural Village. Journey from Kuching to Damai took 45 minutes. Nothing much to see along the way unless you're interested in mangrove vegetation :P.
We arrived to Damai Lagoon Resort at 10am and found that they could not find our reservation. We left our luggage there and left for Cultural Village on a free shuttle from the Damai Lagoon Resort. We were hoping to get able to check in into our room by the time we get back from the Cultural Village. More on this later.
We had so much fun at the Cultural Village. We took our time visiting each traditional houses, listening to the guides there. There's a cultural show in the auditorium at 11:30am. A must see! The show ends at 1pm and it was time for lunch. We sampled Umai (raw fish cooked by juice of a kind of assam fruit) and also Manok Pansoh ( chicken cooked with ginger, garlic and tapioca leaves in bamboo, lemang style).
After lunch we continued visiting the rest of the village but sadly the guides were all on lunch break until 2pm. Tip here is to finish visiting all the traditional houses before the cultural show at 11:30. After the show you could take the 1pm shuttle back to Kuching town or in our case back to Damai Lagoon.
To be continued...
*** things to do - proof read this article, add links to pictures where appropriate
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
pictures are up
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
We're back!
Pictures soon. Could not find my SD card reader this morning to download pics to my desktop.
Sarawak was absolutely awesome! but I'm glad to be home :)
Have a good day today.
Sarawak was absolutely awesome! but I'm glad to be home :)
Have a good day today.
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
router woes
I got my linksys router yesterday! excited. Plug it in and it works like a charm. Except for my silly laptop could not find any available network at all.. Turned out on HP nc6000 you need to push a button to enable the wifi & bluetooth device. Silly me actually.
Been playing around with the router a bit and I find that my streamyx is somehow faster with the router.. I guess PPPoE implementation on Linksys router is somewhat superior than in Windows XP. And I get good range too for the wifi even through walls to the next room.. Aahh.. now I can work right in front of the telly, sweet!
I went through the configuration, trying to secure down my wireless network but found that the router is running an arcane version of the firmware. Totally unsecured. Wireless SSID broadcasted freely, WEP (yeah rite, like that's even secured.. not to mention too slowwww) no MAC address access list. ok some MAC address filtering but instead of maintaining a list to allow access to the wireless network, it maintains a list of MAC address to deny internet access to. What about local network I say, totally unacceptable!.
Went over to linksys site to find firmware upgrade. Downloaded it but somehow it doesn't work for me. Something I'm doing wrong?. Looks like it will have to wait till next week.
Meanwhile I'm excited about tomorrow's trip! yay! just have few things to do in the office before leaving for kuching.
Been playing around with the router a bit and I find that my streamyx is somehow faster with the router.. I guess PPPoE implementation on Linksys router is somewhat superior than in Windows XP. And I get good range too for the wifi even through walls to the next room.. Aahh.. now I can work right in front of the telly, sweet!
I went through the configuration, trying to secure down my wireless network but found that the router is running an arcane version of the firmware. Totally unsecured. Wireless SSID broadcasted freely, WEP (yeah rite, like that's even secured.. not to mention too slowwww) no MAC address access list. ok some MAC address filtering but instead of maintaining a list to allow access to the wireless network, it maintains a list of MAC address to deny internet access to. What about local network I say, totally unacceptable!.
Went over to linksys site to find firmware upgrade. Downloaded it but somehow it doesn't work for me. Something I'm doing wrong?. Looks like it will have to wait till next week.
Meanwhile I'm excited about tomorrow's trip! yay! just have few things to do in the office before leaving for kuching.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
2 more days
I'm picking up this guy after work today at midvalley.. excited with my new toy but my mind is already in kuching.. yes we're going to kuching as planned and we're both very excited. Before going on trips I like to do a little check list of things for the trip.
1. Air tickets - to claim at air asia counter before flight
2. Kuching lodging - reservation at Kuching holiday inn
3. Bako National Park lodging - reservation at bako park chalet
3. Backpack - bought deuter quantum 70 + 10 litre backpack
4. First aid kit - panadol, anticeptic, iodine, bandage, pill chi kit teck aun, tigerbalm, lighter, (will I be needing oral salt?)
5. Travel Shoes - new traveling shoes for both me and munchkins
6. Trekking Shoes - old & new shoes.
7. Camera - borrowed tia's new nikon digital cam with 256mb SD, good for 200 pics
8. Fishing - fishing line, small tackle box, pocket multi tool
9. Raincoats - 1 each for both me and munchkins
10. List of things to do, places to go and when to do and go over the vacation
11. Map of kuching town & trekking trail at bako national park
Anything else I left out? hmm maybe I should go through it one more time...
1. Air tickets - to claim at air asia counter before flight
2. Kuching lodgi...
hehe I better stop before I make all of you menyampah :P
*** added 1:38pm after gongkapas times disappeared
Dina Zaman's Gong Kapas Times has disappeared. An early visit to the site this morning found the last entry was a one line post from dina. "Goodbye", that;s all that she wrote and my visit at 1:35pm just now was redirected to blogspot invalid url page.
Sad really, coz I find her rantings amusing, entertaining. A big loss to malaysian blogging scene. Hmm I wonder if Sunshine Raz has a blog out there.
1. Air tickets - to claim at air asia counter before flight
2. Kuching lodging - reservation at Kuching holiday inn
3. Bako National Park lodging - reservation at bako park chalet
3. Backpack - bought deuter quantum 70 + 10 litre backpack
4. First aid kit - panadol, anticeptic, iodine, bandage, pill chi kit teck aun, tigerbalm, lighter, (will I be needing oral salt?)
5. Travel Shoes - new traveling shoes for both me and munchkins
6. Trekking Shoes - old & new shoes.
7. Camera - borrowed tia's new nikon digital cam with 256mb SD, good for 200 pics
8. Fishing - fishing line, small tackle box, pocket multi tool
9. Raincoats - 1 each for both me and munchkins
10. List of things to do, places to go and when to do and go over the vacation
11. Map of kuching town & trekking trail at bako national park
Anything else I left out? hmm maybe I should go through it one more time...
1. Air tickets - to claim at air asia counter before flight
2. Kuching lodgi...
hehe I better stop before I make all of you menyampah :P
*** added 1:38pm after gongkapas times disappeared
Dina Zaman's Gong Kapas Times has disappeared. An early visit to the site this morning found the last entry was a one line post from dina. "Goodbye", that;s all that she wrote and my visit at 1:35pm just now was redirected to blogspot invalid url page.
Sad really, coz I find her rantings amusing, entertaining. A big loss to malaysian blogging scene. Hmm I wonder if Sunshine Raz has a blog out there.
Monday, February 14, 2005
I should have been a gyno la..
Hilarious.. go read dina zaman's entry and most importantly read her readers comments..
Can't stop laughing...
hmm on second thought, I don't wanna spend all day looking at it.. I heard that Price Charles however, in a talk show, did blurted out that he would like to be reincarnated as a panty.. hehehe damn brits :P
*** meanwhile, careful not to park your car under a tree coz now we have metal eating plants
*** I know he's been around on the telly for quite a while but I've just started to watch Jamie Oliver alot. Definately one of my fav alongside Nigella Lawson, Merrilees Parker and even old man Floyd. Maybe someday my name will be there as well with the best of them.
Can't stop laughing...
hmm on second thought, I don't wanna spend all day looking at it.. I heard that Price Charles however, in a talk show, did blurted out that he would like to be reincarnated as a panty.. hehehe damn brits :P
*** meanwhile, careful not to park your car under a tree coz now we have metal eating plants
*** I know he's been around on the telly for quite a while but I've just started to watch Jamie Oliver alot. Definately one of my fav alongside Nigella Lawson, Merrilees Parker and even old man Floyd. Maybe someday my name will be there as well with the best of them.
Sunday, February 13, 2005
de mae wi de goldae gae
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mustapa Mohamed is upset. here's why
This had far-reaching consequences as the students were unable to communicate properly and were severely handicapped in institutions of higher learning, he said.
From experience in college, the kids from kelantan not only were unable to communicate properly in english but also in bahasa melayu!. mu tengok gapo aku tey mu karang mampuih is not bahasa melayu taught in smk and no we don't understand you!
This had far-reaching consequences as the students were unable to communicate properly and were severely handicapped in institutions of higher learning, he said.
From experience in college, the kids from kelantan not only were unable to communicate properly in english but also in bahasa melayu!. mu tengok gapo aku tey mu karang mampuih is not bahasa melayu taught in smk and no we don't understand you!
Monday, February 7, 2005
interesting read, no doubt
Like that Xp desktop you're using?. check out GUI time line of how graphical user interface get to where it is today. You can see that Microsoft may not be the first but currently they are the best only after Apple in user interface. Not everyone of us could afford a mac now rite? check it out here..
I remember that I hated windows 3.11.. prefer the "Direct Access" menu running on my DOS 6.2.2. Funny reason behind it was the first computer that I saw and used belongs to a lefty (I think) because after I get my own computer (age 17), I was using the mouse with my left hand. No wonder I always had to change the mouse button preference in windows 3.11.
*** added 11:19am after 100000000 seconds of boredom
Check out this video link of Steve Balmer (Current Microsoft CEO) selling Microsoft Windows 1.0 in a TV commercial. Apparently there was a need to integrate Lotus 1-2-3 with Miami Vice back then.."
I remember that I hated windows 3.11.. prefer the "Direct Access" menu running on my DOS 6.2.2. Funny reason behind it was the first computer that I saw and used belongs to a lefty (I think) because after I get my own computer (age 17), I was using the mouse with my left hand. No wonder I always had to change the mouse button preference in windows 3.11.
*** added 11:19am after 100000000 seconds of boredom
Check out this video link of Steve Balmer (Current Microsoft CEO) selling Microsoft Windows 1.0 in a TV commercial. Apparently there was a need to integrate Lotus 1-2-3 with Miami Vice back then.."
Sunday, February 6, 2005
counting days
It's going to be my nay our big day soon. Big number 1. First wedding anniversary. Maal Hijrah is coming up in a few days time which means it will be exectly 1 year hijri since I gotten married. Gregorian date says it's going to be next week but I prefer the hijri date (30th Zulhid'ja, last day of the last month of the year).
The first year went so fast for us. Munchkins have since quit her job and moved to KL with me. She has started her masters studies in UPM and things has been great for the both of us. A lot of patience as we start our new life with each other. I realized that if n = largest number, you can always add 1 to n (n +1). That's how much I love my munchkins.
We're anxiously waiting for our trip to sarawak. I've fotgotten to buy first aid supplies for the trip while we were at midvalley on saturday. Must remember to do it this week. we'll be needing cheap canvas shoes for the hike in Bako National park as well. Everything else is set, I think.
I've setup vmware on the house computer and installed fedora FC2 as guest operating system. vmware rocks I have to say. Tho I need to tweak the fedora installation alittle bit because of the limited cpu and memory resource on the old pc. It's amazing that vmware allows me to create a virtual machine and install linux/ any os on top of my current os. Complete linux installation that runs in a window on my XP desktop. It's a virtual machine but feels as if I'm interacting with another machine in my network. Now I have native linux environment for my development work, without dual booting. I feel that I should pay the good people at vmware for their good job. :)
Ummi is coming back home this sunday. We misses her so much. We're thinking what to cook to welcome her back. I'm sure ummi is missing noodles while she's away in mecca.
ops.. off to change tapes...
The first year went so fast for us. Munchkins have since quit her job and moved to KL with me. She has started her masters studies in UPM and things has been great for the both of us. A lot of patience as we start our new life with each other. I realized that if n = largest number, you can always add 1 to n (n +1). That's how much I love my munchkins.
We're anxiously waiting for our trip to sarawak. I've fotgotten to buy first aid supplies for the trip while we were at midvalley on saturday. Must remember to do it this week. we'll be needing cheap canvas shoes for the hike in Bako National park as well. Everything else is set, I think.
I've setup vmware on the house computer and installed fedora FC2 as guest operating system. vmware rocks I have to say. Tho I need to tweak the fedora installation alittle bit because of the limited cpu and memory resource on the old pc. It's amazing that vmware allows me to create a virtual machine and install linux/ any os on top of my current os. Complete linux installation that runs in a window on my XP desktop. It's a virtual machine but feels as if I'm interacting with another machine in my network. Now I have native linux environment for my development work, without dual booting. I feel that I should pay the good people at vmware for their good job. :)
Ummi is coming back home this sunday. We misses her so much. We're thinking what to cook to welcome her back. I'm sure ummi is missing noodles while she's away in mecca.
ops.. off to change tapes...
Saturday, February 5, 2005
almost sunday
In the glorious US you'll get sued for even when trying to be nice. for all you too busy to click and read, two teenage girls baked some cookies, wrap them nicely and left them to their neighbours as surprise treat. A neighbour in return decided to sue them for making her scared.
I had absolutely delicious assam laksa today at midvalley jusco. They're nyonya variant of laksa utara. Interesting coz I swear I can taste sardines in there. Munchkins had them few days ago and absolutely loved i hence the recommendation. So next time you lots at the midvalley megamall, drop by jaya juso and sample their assam laksa yeah?
Saw bridget jones diary. hilarious.. but the erm wierdly worrying thing was that sitting a row infront of us were a bunch of 14 -16 year old boys clearly enjoying the movie. Oh man, you'll have to be gay to watch bridget jones diary without a girl by your side. Are those faggots in the making? I'm worried. My kids going to climb trees and lastik girls and not watch chick movies until they are forced to by their girlfriends or wives. (To guys reading this :what? you went to watch bridget jones with your buddies too? you fag!) hehehe :p
I had absolutely delicious assam laksa today at midvalley jusco. They're nyonya variant of laksa utara. Interesting coz I swear I can taste sardines in there. Munchkins had them few days ago and absolutely loved i hence the recommendation. So next time you lots at the midvalley megamall, drop by jaya juso and sample their assam laksa yeah?
Saw bridget jones diary. hilarious.. but the erm wierdly worrying thing was that sitting a row infront of us were a bunch of 14 -16 year old boys clearly enjoying the movie. Oh man, you'll have to be gay to watch bridget jones diary without a girl by your side. Are those faggots in the making? I'm worried. My kids going to climb trees and lastik girls and not watch chick movies until they are forced to by their girlfriends or wives. (To guys reading this :what? you went to watch bridget jones with your buddies too? you fag!) hehehe :p
Thursday, February 3, 2005
friday
I seriously need to stop dreaming la.. and get my priorities right. Earlier this year I went in to boss room and asked for feedback of my performance last year. Boss has good words, ranked me one of his top staffs. But he also told me that he feels that I was out of my prime for a few months. Not my best performance coming to end of last year. Guilty.. taking too much time off and not getting work done. I had to agree, I feels that my love for this job is going away fast. Heck, somedays I just hang around in the office, reading blogs and occasionally check on stuff. Complecent as wa would say.
Don't get me wrong, it made me feels guilty like hell seeing so much that the rest of the team does and I get away with as little work possible. And sitting beside star employee does not help either. JH is a true asset to the company and it kills me to see he work while I lazy around doing god knows what.Berlakon busy
Munchkins said that I hate my work. hmm maybe I just hate working. I have a freelance job overdue so much that munchkins have gave up nagging about it. I feel bad about the whole thing. Pemalas..
*** added 3:14pm after prayers & 2 oranges
shit, where's my band of brothers VCD collection?hmmm... anyway Dina Zaman is in trouble of her blog leaking to her less net savvy parents/ relatives. I'm not worried of this blog leaking coz it seems that everyone know of my so called secret blog. Damn! you guys (and gals) are good.
Apparently TV Pendidikan in US is teaching kids to be lesbians and villaga people. Hmm I'm not too concern about more US people becoming lesbians.. maybe someday them lesbos would save enough money and come melancong - melencong here.. those village people on the other hand, keep away!
hmm I always kinda knew sesame street's bert and ernie were more than housemates..
Don't get me wrong, it made me feels guilty like hell seeing so much that the rest of the team does and I get away with as little work possible. And sitting beside star employee does not help either. JH is a true asset to the company and it kills me to see he work while I lazy around doing god knows what.Berlakon busy
Munchkins said that I hate my work. hmm maybe I just hate working. I have a freelance job overdue so much that munchkins have gave up nagging about it. I feel bad about the whole thing. Pemalas..
*** added 3:14pm after prayers & 2 oranges
shit, where's my band of brothers VCD collection?hmmm... anyway Dina Zaman is in trouble of her blog leaking to her less net savvy parents/ relatives. I'm not worried of this blog leaking coz it seems that everyone know of my so called secret blog. Damn! you guys (and gals) are good.
Apparently TV Pendidikan in US is teaching kids to be lesbians and villaga people. Hmm I'm not too concern about more US people becoming lesbians.. maybe someday them lesbos would save enough money and come melancong - melencong here.. those village people on the other hand, keep away!
hmm I always kinda knew sesame street's bert and ernie were more than housemates..
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
office seduction?
my boss told me that I have sexy voice today.. heheh must be the nasty cough :P
*** updated 11:44am, after much blushing
shit now I know la why the sexy voice compliment from boss! He wants me to work on CNY next week..
bugger! luckily I'm booked and set for Kuching trip the week after CNY. Sarawak here we come.
*** updated 11:44am, after much blushing
shit now I know la why the sexy voice compliment from boss! He wants me to work on CNY next week..
bugger! luckily I'm booked and set for Kuching trip the week after CNY. Sarawak here we come.
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
hello freaky darlings..
Back from bad bad fever that took me out since friday. Feeling a tad better today but not much really.. The whole time was horrible, stuffed nose, high fever.. I'm just glad it's not dangue. So been laying in bed, plenty of water and downloaded 6 movies from P2P.
1. League of Extraordinary Gentlemens
2. Super Size Me
3. Shrek 2
4. Hellboy
5. Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease Workout
6. Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Yes Et. I'll burn LS2SB for you. :)
Munchkins is down with same fever/ flu today after spending past few days taking care of me. I love you so much dear.
* forgot to mention that the movies are all DVD rips.. oh yeah I'm loving P2P right now..
1. League of Extraordinary Gentlemens
2. Super Size Me
3. Shrek 2
4. Hellboy
5. Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease Workout
6. Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Yes Et. I'll burn LS2SB for you. :)
Munchkins is down with same fever/ flu today after spending past few days taking care of me. I love you so much dear.
* forgot to mention that the movies are all DVD rips.. oh yeah I'm loving P2P right now..
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