Days Go By

3 Years 2 Months And I Resigned

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Refugee Camp ( Bootleg Versions )
by The Fugees


Oct 7, 2002 : I remember this is the day when I told myself..that this is the place where I wanna spend the rest of my working life in. This is the place where I will build up my portfolio as a photographer, expand my networking and make an impact. This is the place where I would earn enough to live comfortably..I worked hard..of course got a little lazy as well..but hey...it's a deserving laziness...nevertheless..i still get my job done.

April - Dec, 2005 : Somewhere early this year, all sorts of events took place...and throughout the whole of last year it just gets worst and worst by the day. Half the staff gone, harrasments were made, shoutings and arguements happened too often in a week. Important stuff stolen, Company property damaged, salaries not paid and worst of all...the will to work is slowly and surely depreciating...

26 Jan, 2006 : My boss called for a meeting announcing that the company is winding up and he has plans for the future for all of us, but...!! the only set back is that he will reveal everything only on the 3rd of February. So when that time comes, all of us are suppose to hand in resignation letters and man..I have not got mine done yet...

Through my working years..from what I have seen.. I would like to say that having a partner or sharing the business with people is something which requires a lot a lot a lot of trust. Many of you I am sure have seen or heard about business crumbling because of partnership problems...take mine for instances....a company running its business for 20 plus years, considered one of the pioneers in the industry, and at one time the most busiest studio's in the industry..all gone because of a dispute among 2 people..I nearly saw some of my best mates almost loosing their friendship with each other because of a business venture they all wanted to go into....I've even seen family hating each other beacuse of the business they are in...so if any of you want to do business together with a few people....PLEASE OH.. PLEASE BE VERY VERY VERY CAREFUL... AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH TRUST AMONG EACH OTHER WHEN IT ESPECIALLY INVOLVES MONEY.

After going through how shall I say it...a downfall, I suppose it is a blessing in disguise ( though it is in disguise for a long time) Something good has happened afterall...finally we are on our way to recovery and now we will start the new year with a new company, new management hopefully new and improved salary range. With our spirits lifted a little higher, still there is some anticipation and waiting for the day everything will be revealed..but until then, I would have to work on a powerful resignation letter..Well here goes nothing...

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 5:29 PM | |

Being In The Family

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IsThere Love In Space?

By Joe Satriani

This years Chinese New Year is somewhat more different than any other CNY's I have ever been through. Instead of travelling all the way to Penang like any other year. Going through the jam and the heat on that island is simply a headache. So this year Penang and Singapore decided to come to KL and celebrate CNY. That is not the only thing this year, I was surprise to see Marcus in our house ( Marcus is working as a teacher in Sabah and to come back here for CNY is, well something not feasible) after a game of football. I was really overjoyed to see him and tears almost ran down my cheeks.

So we all prepared to have dinner and my oh my..there was just simply too much delicious food on the table...I think there would enough food for 3 days to feed everyone at home. At the same time, the folks from Singapore were on their way and too bad for them, dinne,r I suppose, will have to be on the bus. HeHeHe..As I eat my scrumptious food, My little cousin Avery,

Avery....Isn't he cute?

was walking around the house playing and crying then play some more and cry some more...he is just 2 years of age but very tiny..really tiny but got a big head...thinking whether he would be a child prodigy in the future I wonder...

Nevertheless...I now realise how important family is. I mean without family, one would be very very very lonely. I must admit there are time where I really dun like my family...but after doing some growing up...Thought to myself where would I be if I don't have them.

So this new year's resolution would be.. to be more involve with my family as much as possible because you may never know what will happen in the future. So I leave here for now wishing you a very Happy Chinese New Year and a picture of the family..well 75% of the family taken 3 years ago...

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 1:27 AM | |

Turning Back The Hands Of Time

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Acoustic Gestures
by Az Samad



There are plenty of times in my life where I wish I could just turn back the hands of time to undo the things I have done which has hurt others, unethical, or just plain wrong. Though now I live to regret the things that has been done, the decisions made, the sins committed, the anger, the lies. Nevertheless all these happened for a good reason I suppose, to make me a better, wiser and stronger person not forgetting even more patient man too.

There is saying that " If you love something or someone so much, it's better to let he/she/it go for their happiness sake ". True..it will hurt..cuts through the heart like a sharp jagged sword, but in order for it/person to be happy you simply just gotta set them free. I must admit that I am quite an idiot and a fool for wishful thinking and dreams. That I have a lot of flaws in me that makes me who I am. No matter how hard I try to be better..sometimes it's just natural that I do fail..most times in fact, but I still do not give up trying.

Of late my mood has changed drastically, I find that I get irritated easily which resulted to lashing out my anger at anyone who is just annoying and that includes love ones. Man... it ain't a pretty sight when I am angry. A friend of mine told me that he has never seen me this angry before till there's no point of forgiveness, and he actually was really afraid of my anger. He told me this in his exact words "Man.. you are a really patient person..in fact the most patient person I have ever met. But when you are angry...all hell breaks loose and you remain that for a while.Dude.. you are extreme at both ends" exact words I tell you..in his exact words. I used to be angry when I was young. Angry at everything that goes through my path. Angry, even at the smallest issues. Angry at everyone but after some growing up, I thought to myself there is no point being this angry for eternity and vowed never to loose my anger. Little did I know that vow was broken recently.

I wish I could turn back the hands of time to undo all the anger I have ever felt in my life, all the pain and hurt I felt and I have caused. Probably that would have changed the course of my life. I wish I could turn back the hands of time to be hard working in my studies so that I could have a better career option. I wish I could turn back the hands of time to have a better relationship with my family so that I can be a better grandson, son, nephew, older brother and cousin. I wish I could turn back the hands of time so that I could be a better lover, a better best friend, a better listener and a lousy heartbreaker.

Don't you wish you too could turn back the hands of time? but I guess that is just wishful thinking. At one point in time I was so down and I got a 'telling off' by a friend (which I deserved it). All this while I was told that thing happens for a reason and at the end of the day something good will happen out of it. I was just too self-indulgent in my pityful sorrows which actually is annoying people. Did a lot of thinking and well realized that it's just right about me being self-indulgent.

So now here I am writing about what has passed and after so much telling offs, now I'm beginning to get out of my pityful sorrows and start looking at the brighter side of life and carry on with my life with lots of challenges lying ahead for me to tackle. Though there are certains pressing issues which requires much needed saving but if it can't be saved I guess I just have to let it go and the worst thing is I don't know what else to do to save it. Oh heck..!!

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 10:14 AM | |

My Football Inspirations

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G3 : Live In Concert
by Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai


I am the kind of guy who just simply loves the outdoors. I can't really stand one bit being indoors for too long unless I am down with the infamous tri-combination virus consisting the ever famous flu, the irritating cough and the good old high fever. Other than that I just somehow find my way to get out, smell some poluted air, have a drink with some buddies or just play some footie ball.

The most favourite thing I love doing is football..and everything that has got to do with the game.. I have been playing football since I was 8 and year after year the skills developed, the passion grew and the addiction gets worst. Every decade of my life there is bound to be some pro footballer I adored. There are people like :




Pele. A living legend who was the first footballer I admire. He had skills, he had flare he is like considered The King Of All Time






Then there is :



Diego Maradona. This Argentinian maestro has got all it takes to be a legend in the 80's and with the title "Hand Of God" it is surely heavenly just to watch him play.




but as football transitions into the 90's and the 21st century, there are more footballers who has inspired me and taught me their skills. For example :









Zinedine Zidane


















Luis Figo









Both playing calm and collective football as well as skillfull play








Ryan Giggs. I love watching him play. He got swift and fast moves









and my current favourite :




Thierry Henry. He is one player who dances on the fieild while playing his football. The skill, the twist and turns, the pace makes him one of the most lethal striker the world can ever see.





I never regretted playing football and I don't think I will ever. Everyday the passion to play, the drive to kick has always been there and is still growing. It's true what they say about football "Makan Bola...Minum Bola...Tidur Bola" I would not know what I would do if the privilege of playing football has been taken away from me. As it is I am starting to play less due to daily routines.Everytime I get to play, I will cherish the moment, have loads of fun and show some trickery I have learnt

I really would like to Thank God for :

1. My Dad and my late Grand Papa for the encouragement and support that they have given and shown to me as well as some cool boots they got me when I was young
2. My ever loving girlfriend for getting me the Nike Mercurial Vapor II
3. My primary school teacher for giving me the opportunity to play for school and also teach me valuable lessons on being a young footballer
4. My secondary school mates for the fun times we had during friendlies and our daily 5pm - 7pm sessions where laughter is the one thing that drove us mad and skillful
5. The Malay Brothers that plays nearby my house everyday without fail. I would not know where else I could go for some fun, skilled football
6. My Tuesday night Futsal kaki's. With them I got into serious futsal playing
7. Interface Advertising for making me their star-studded import futsal player and giving me the opportunity to score goals for them against ad agencies in town as well as their client

My fear now is that I am getting older and my body is not as tough as it used to be. With an ankle injury hitting me like a hammer after every session, I begin to realise that I really need to take extra precautions not to break my leg...and with daily routines I am also playing less..and i hate that ..not playing as much I used to play

I will never forsake and give up football..Not ever..It's just a part of me everyone has got to accept..

LONG LIVE FOOTBALL!!!

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 2:08 PM | |

About Music And Singing

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dp
by Daniel Powter



Ever since I was a very young boy singing just came into my blood naturally...coming from a very musically inclined family dating back from my great grand papa...but the most unfortunate thing is I never got to learn to play music at my young and innocent years as a boy...but that did not stop me from singing...I still remember when I was at the tender age of seven I was singing in a Sunday School Party back when I was in Penang...going for practise three times a week and all...then as I grew older the pop culture sipped into my blood singing song from the then


Man... they were the hottest boy band back in the 80's....I remember I sang their songs everywhere and all time and I couldn't care what others was thinking bout me...How innocent and how silly I was hehehe...I remember I could every song they ever made a hit with...

Then when I moved to KL, my taste in music seems to grow bigger in terms of genre...I was into rap..and artist like Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer was really the inspiration for me back in the 90's. Everyday without fail I would memorize the infamous Ice Ice Baby and Hammertime (or whatever it is titled)...I remember I could even do the dance Vanilla Ice did...well learnt a little freestyle dancing as well...self taught that is..

I remember my dad came up to me asked me whether Ii wanted to learn to play music and finally my wish came through..though wish it would come much much earlier...so my dad enrolled me to music class once a week..but it felt kinda weird learning music at the age of 15..I'm talking bout Grade 1 Piano okie...this is something which well not a very pretty sight...I remember going to the Grade 1 exam...I was the only big buffalo there sitting with the kids doing the exam...I remember the look on the face of the examiner..well you would figured it yourself by now...and I passed...which really got a morale boost and prompt me to practise more and more... and my teacher was really really patient with me...of course being a lazy person back then practise was like rare...and when I told her I did not practise, she did not jump just asked why and that's just it...

So every week as I go for piano class, somehow the power of the drumset pulled me to play some which i sucked at first, then slowly but surely after listening to a lot of rock music and a lot of air drumming which I enjoyed most with some friends in school..I finally managed to play some basic self taught drumming..and everyweek from then on I practised my drumming..even more comparing to the piano..and soon I found myself playing drums for church ( was the only person who can the drums back then, amateur level)...so now at the same time, as my love for drumming grew stronger, a new love was blossoming, yeap...the love for guitars...again self taught and soon found myself playing a lot a lot of songs...

Finally my wish of playing music came through and I am still playing, though not as muchas it is suppose to be..haven't had that drive to play regularly for a long time. Maybe I should start getting back that 'fire' to play and prolly look for people to jam with...

Through the years.. I listen to practically all sorts of music you can ever find..from heavy metal to classic rock, to classical music, to hip hop, to alternative, R&B, jazz, even the evergreens...You can pratically find the many genres of music in my home alone...My influence on music I would say would have to come from home. There is just simply too many types you can hear under one roof

I really thank my family for bringing music into my life. They have been a big inspiration for me by bringing people like Deep Purple, The Beatles, Vivaldi, Mozart, The Carpentars, Jay Chou, David Tao, and the many more singers out there that have some how made my family a musical family. I would never trade this for anything else in the music world.

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 9:23 AM | |

Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming

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Purpendicular
by Deep Purple




Here I am in the office doing absolutely nothing but surfing our infamous world wide web looking out for travelling tips to Koh Samui, Thailand (estimated month of travel: August), well managed to get some info on where to go, where to visit, what to do and what not to do...finally got almost everything i wanted even information of The Full Moon Party . Now I got nothing much to do anymore...well I did take the trip down LALA Land for a while..so here I am with nothing to do but babbling over nothing then this song came about and the lyrics ( some of it) really prompt me to post it here..sung by the legendary Deep Purple.

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 3:47 PM | |

Trust Betrayed..Friends No More

The start of the year for me has not been very pretty so far....First, I got to know that my best mate went to a loan shark out of desperation and lack of patience...and a while ago we were talking about it and the impression I get from him is that he will never go there unless he really has no choice...of course he had a tough time last year career and relationship wise..but I was really sad to hear things from him that was so child like..and when he revealed to me that he went to pay a visit to the loan sharks..well that made me even more angry..Many advise and warnings has been given to him about the consequences of taking money from these "Legalised Money Lenders" and before going to them he sought help but due to his lack of patience he cannot wait a little while longer and went...WHAT AN IDIOT!!! but nevertheless my anger cooled down and I had a man to man chat with him and express my disappointments to him and well we sort of sorted things out and we were cool...

Then one night he came to me for help.. he needed to borrow my car and I told I needed back by a certain time...I trusted him all these while...but he screwed it up...reason he wanted to use my car was to "Pick His Sister From KL Sentral" so I happily let him use my car and to my dismay he didn't come back at the certain time I told him to and the worst thing is I had to find out from his sister that he is not with her and she is in Shah Alam...That really pisses me off till today and gave him one hell of a shelling soon after....we never talked and see each other since then...What an ASS!!!

Sometimes I wonder why does he need to lie to me...we've been friends for so long and trust was gained, friendship grew stronger...but in a moment of desperation all is lost..till today none of us (me and 2 other mates) figured out why..and that is shitty...it has been a long time that I have not felt this much anger....I asked my friends why...they are as speechless as I am....why? oh why? can anyone tell me why?

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 10:25 AM | |

Its Just Another Quiet Sunday In Mid Valley

A Morning Yoga Session At The Westin Resort,Nusa Dua, Bali

or prolly just sit by the beach with a strong breeze blowing in your face and with a magnificent view of peace and the horizon seperating the sea and the sky....

A Look Out Point At The Westin Resort,Nusa Dua, Bali

Private Beach For 4 Hotels In Nusa Dua, Bali

Ah....thinking of it just keeps me calm sometimes....when I look back and with these pictures with me...sometimes I just feel at peace...but I guess that is just not enough at times...with all the nonsense I get at work, a feud with one of my best mate or make it ex-best mate (long story on that one..will tell another day) and the hustle and the bustle of weekend life for Kay Ell citizens....something needs to be done....but what..I'm just clueless...confused at times, angry a little but frustrated most times...can anyone tell me?

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 10:51 PM | |

Been A Long Time

This is the first ramble for the year and I've not been blogging since June 2005...now there will a lot to talk about since there are too many things happening in my life right now...anyways some pics while i was in Bali...September last year...enjoy self potraits of me

Ding Dong of the East Keding Donged at 10:36 AM | |