tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57821222011-10-29T20:14:18.336+08:00My life. My work. My friends.geckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00785522278975857953noreply@blogger.comBlogger931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5782122.post-86030297071742643942007-07-30T10:46:00.000+08:002007-07-30T10:51:41.561+08:00

It has become a little bit of a pet peeve with me. Being referred to as Allan's brother is a little bit of a thorn in my side. As if I did not exist or defined by my own merit. Being defined as a person by the infamy of my brother's exploits. Its like I don't matter at all... well at least until I am inroduced as Allan's brother. Bloody hell.. even my client, inroduced me to her friends as

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At a friend's farewell dinner last friday, I had the pleasure of meeting a bunch of new people. They were mostly expats sitting on my table. Amongst them, Patrick is officially Malaysian, but I think he used to live abroad for most of his life. He is married to Debbie, who is British but born here in Malaysia and live the better part of her life here. They met at the Wimbledon tournament. Anyway.

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Just finished watching a 20 minute online demonstration of the iPhone. To say I want one is an understatement! Only problem is, it ain't here yet. The lucky fellas in the states have about 170 hours left to wait, but it will be at least 6 more months before I can claim one for my own. What I felt right after the demo video, was obvious, I want one now. But knowing I cannot get one yet, something

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You will first see the water churn, strange things are happening to the water you have just put to boil. The air trapped in the water starts to get agitated and form tiny bubbles which float quickly to the surface. The once lifeless water is not bursting with new found energy, it becomes more syrupy to the eye. Its funny, watching water boil because while a great many things are happening to the

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Back from Lembeh with many happy memories. Only problem is the getting there and back.To those who have never been to Manado to dive, I really recommend it as there is so much to see on every dive.Check out my piccies on my site: Lembeh

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I felt really good last week. Really good. I have always mantained that there is no such thing as an original idea. It is foolish and naive to even think we have an original idea, when we have more than 5 billion other people on this earth thinking and creating all the time. So why was I so happy last week?My "original" idea won a CANNES GOLDEN LION! The award is likened to winning a Grammy Award

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Ahh.. one finds the strangest muses. Things of exceptional beauty, of wonderful noise or of thrilling adventure. I found my muse in my hunger. Let me explain. Today is my inaugural day, starting a new diet. My objective is to lose at least 5 kilos, and take control of my body in a way I have never done before. All this Boot Camping I have been doing has raised my fitness levels and I feel my body

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Its been a while since Chui and I returned from Bali. Much has happened since our return both on work and personal fronts. The biggest change has been time. Or the severe lack of it. So much to do so little time.Ok, before I forget what I have been up to the last three months, here they are in point form:* Bootcamp has become very hard.* Siem Reap and Angkor Watt was a wonderful experience.* I

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The last time we were at Bali, some bloody terrorists blew themselves, some locals and some tourists up! They blew away more than a few lives that time, because they also destroyed the already delicate peace found on the tranquil island. With many tourists staying away because of this, Bali is suffering. My guess is that the island depends almost entirely on tourism. Almost all Balinese are

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Continued from hereThere is a guy named Chrisloves to take the pissHe's invisible on skypeAnd seems to have forgotten to typeWe can only assume he's gone a miss..

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She’s the ONE for me.Have you ever been lucky enough to have dated three gorgeous sisters? Salivate at this prospect for a second or two. First up is a feisty, rocker chick on speed. Beautiful and fire-breathing at the same time. Think Monica Bellucci and Courtney Love rolled into one and there you have her. Every time you see her, she is begging you to ride her – hard. With her, there never is a

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Inspired by Nigel.. I decided to go buy a bluetooth headset. Funny how I manage to resist the temptation of buying one much earlier considering the fact that I have been using bluetooth enabled phones for over 5 years now. Maybe it used to be because of the price, which kind of negated the must have versus value proposition for me, until now. Priced at only RM210 my newest gadget is way cool. I

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Validation. Why is it, we all need to be validated? I mean, we need to be reminded by our peers and loved ones on how much we mean to them. Or how well we do, or how good we are at something. Deep down I know what I am made off. I know my talents and I know my limitations. But yet, unless someone reminds me of my good or bad, I feel empty. Funny isn't it?I heard today that someone said that I was

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Months of intense preparation down the drain. We had to cancel the event we have been planning for a client because our government decided that we all have to mourn the loss of the PM's wife. Its all very good and all, mourning.. but sometimes it gets ridiculous. A whole month! For the PM's wife?We had to write off more than 800K because of the loss.. hmm.. sounds like we are also made to lose!

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Sitting in front of my computer. Staring blankly at the screen. Thinking what to say or type. Blogging is hard when nothing really significant happens in your life. Sometimes things do happen, and you get lazy, putting off the task till it becomes too late or too passe to put down in bytes. So, what has been happening in my life lately? Besides the recent trip to Bali, not very much actually.

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Some friends have asked for some above water photos I took in Bali. So here they are.More can be found in Bali Above Water

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We returned from Bali with great memoriesof the people, the culture, the great diving and wonderful food. Bombings not withstanding. Will I return? I most certainly will. The sooner the better.I have posted some of the pictures that I took in and around Tulamben in case you are interested. Bali UnderwaterThe Balinese people need us now more than ever. They are a peaceful people, and they do not

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Time really flies.. just checked and I last posted at the start of June. In case you are wondering, the management relented after a bloody battle of wits and minds. We have our messaging back!I turned 35 yesterday. So yes.. to those who have already reached this milestone, you will readily agree with me that time indeed does seem to fly by seamingly without any resistance what so ever with linear

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My office suddely became quite sucky!Why? Well.. they have suddenly turned orwellian and decided to do a big brother on us. First, they blocked all access to any instant messenger. Yesterday evening we discovered they have even started to block access to certain sites. Geez. I can understand them blocking sex sites and stuff but they have blocked even yahoo. Sigh...Looks like the days in this

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To those who watched Liverpool's most magnificient Champion's League win yesterday, you'd understand. Trailing 3 nil at halftime, thoughts were ringing in my head. "You shouldn't have jinxed them!" "You should have gone to sleep and wake up to glory". Think about it really. It was an unsurmountable task of herculean proportions. Even the most adventurest Hollywood script writers would not have

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I recently went to Redang for the first time. Two firsts on this trip. As already stated, this was the first time I have ever been the Redang, having somehow missed numerous trips there because of one reason or the other. I must go on the record to say that Redang is almost everything they say it to be. Beautiful white sandy beaches and clear azure waters perfect for idling the day away. (Well..

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I did not watch Liverpool play last night against Chelsea in what was perhaps Liverpool's second most important match of their dismal season. The most important match will be the Champion's League finals against either PSV or AC Milan in a few weeks. They need to win it to even get a chance to get into the Champion's league next season. They certainly do not look like they will do it on their own

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Its been a few weeks since I last posted. And its been a hell of a couple weeks!To those who don't know, I have rejoined the advertising industry. Its 1.30 in the morning right now and I am sitting in Mission Control in the middle a big huge pitch. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but in all honesty, it is FUN.So, lets see how this goes with this new job, and when I have more time I

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They say that there is no better way of feeling older than to watch your children grow. Ben is 8 today. Incredible isn't it how time really flies by. It feels just like yesterday when I held him in my arms for the first time in the hospital, and just look at him now.. I wish he was by my side, so that I can wish him with a great big embarrassing kiss and great big bear hug. I guess I will just

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I have spent the better part of last week ripping all my CDs. And now that I have almost completed this project, I need somewhere to store all these songs. Lat count, I have approximately 1000 songs ready to be downloaded into an iPod. Grin. Yay!On a totally separate note, I have been interviewing with Dentsu (a rather big japanese advertising agency) in the past 2 weeks, meeting up first with

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I had a pretty good breakfast yesterday (in fact I am having the same right now). I thought I could at least skip lunch by having a bigger than usual breakfast. Must be all the walking and the cold, because I felt I needed to replenish my energies by about 3pm. Debated over having another fast food, but decided to do as most HKlites do and eat in a regular coffeeshop. So.. I wandered around till

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Greetings from rather cold Hong Kong!This is my first ever visit to HK. I must say that I am in awe of this wonderful city! Its like Singapore meets Shanghai! Thousands of people rushing around and one gets the sense that all they ever do here is work, eat and shop! There is shopping just about everywhere.The only gripe I have is probably the food! What? Isn't Hong Kong famous for its cuisine. My

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We arrived home from watching National Treasure last night only to find that our electric gate would not open. Realising we were having another power outage was only slightly annoying. They will get it fixed in no time... afterall, they just had that major power cut only a couple of weeks ago, and TNB had promised that it would not happen again. Time to whip out my collection of flashlights!

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I can now almost say I have doen it all.. hee hee.. Was casted as Brian in an instructional video for Toyota. I played Brian through the course of his career, from the time he was a salesman to the point where he owned his own dealership. Which meant, making me look younger as well as much much older. It followed his relationship with Adam, a customer who became his friend. I was very nervous

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Happy New Year to you all. Be thankful that you are alive and well.. I know I am. Be weary only for the people who suffer, everywhere in the world due to disasters man-made and natural. Pray. Rejoice in the fellowship with those around you. Give generously and receive with a greatful heart. Saw this written on a wall in one of my fav restaurants. "When Alive. Live"

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The earthquake and its resulting tsunamis have taken many many lives and property. We mourn and pray for all those who have lost their families, homes and livelyhoods. You are in my heart and may God bring you comfort and peace. Looking at the TV reports and seeing the devastation, it brings tears to my eyes. I walked on those streets in Phuket, mingled with its people, bargained hard for their

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This must have been the most carollling I have ever done in one season. Lets see.. I must have sung White Christmas more than 10 times! It was quite good fun going to rehearsals again and then on to perform, albeit singing with a different group meant that I had to be slowly accepted by its members. I knew them, some of them very well, but as a group, barriers still needed to be overcome. I was

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IMG_2727 Originally uploaded by geckoyap. No.. don't ask me how old she is.. but all I can say is, she hasn't aged a bit to me since we've met. (Not to mention she is sitting right behind me as I write this). We had a little impromptu get together for cake and "candle" (ahem.. in this case lighter, since the person in charge didn't bring it.. strange considering they bake cakes for a

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I felt the blog needed a change in colour.. what do you think?

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La Residence Library Originally uploaded by geckoyap. Chui and I stayed in a neat little hotel in Bangkok, called LaResidence. Comprising of only 24 uniquely appointed rooms approximately 10 minutes walk to the BTS Skytrain near Patpong. Like a complete spaz am, I forgot to take pictures of the room itself, but here is a quick peek at their library.

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2004 is coming to a close, which leaves me to reflect a rather eventful year. I sit here in relative isolation. Working at home leaves me with many many hours all by myself, and it does sometimes leads to melancholy. So, I sit here and ponder the things that has happened in the past 12 months or so. And wow.. did I do and experience a lot, and it surprises even me. This year saw me becoming a

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We must have walked for hundreds of miles.. OK.. I exaggerate, but we sure put in quite a few hours a day on our feet. Bangkok is a shoppers paradise. Its retail industry is quite literally a few heads above ours in good ole' KL. It’s all there in Bangkok, from the very quaint and cheap, and the hyper expensive, lies many many shades of retail experiences that needs to be experienced to

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A friend sent me this link.. I found it a nice read! Fcuk The South Enjoy... And on a separate note: For all my Muslim friends... Selamat Hari Raya!!

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Just bought meself a spanking new.. well.. spanking almost new digital SLR. I know.. I know.. I can already see eyes rolling. But heck, I love taking photographs, and I am pretty decent at it, so this digital camera is going to be an investment. I mean, I love music, have loads of CDs and such.. but I cannot say that an iPod I so greatly lust for, is an investment. Maybe I have not found an angle

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Here is my unabashed plug for an internet telephony service called Skype. Here is a really cool way to stay connected. Skpe offers the user telephony over the internet across platfoms. In the past, mac user for instance could talk to one another using Apple's proprietory iChat software. Cool and as revolutionary as it is, only Mac users can use it. Skpe, allows you to talk to one another

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Touching down in Pudong International Airport in Shanghai did not really make much of an impression on me. It a normal airport, with basic facilities, nothing to grand about it. My impression of Shanghai really started to develop between the airport and the hotel. Arriving smack into rush hour, we had lots of time to experience first hand what a traffic jam is like in a mega city of 17 million

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What does it mean to be thirty four? Not much really. Life as I know it has not really changed very much to be honest. The birthday was a really pleasant affair. Chui woke me up... we had a lovely breakfast, and went for a nice walk. We bought grocheries for dinner. Allan, Nigel and Chris came over. They whipped up a sumptious meal, we had good fellowship, my son called from SA, sang me happy

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Last weekend a good friend contributed our home with a working DVD player! Finally! A working DVD player besides my laptop that reads all discs fed to it without temperament. My old DVD player was a temperamental beast! At first, it would only play original DVDs and only a few "pasar-malam" editions. It got progressively worse, when it would reject even my original discs. The

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Being ousted from my company may not be such a bad thing. A little dented pride perhaps, but I vowed very early on in my life that I will not be detered by such set-backs! Funny how things work out actually. I have set up office at home. I have new clients and new projects to do. And I am also looking forward to new challenges in a new industry. I actually feel the outlook to be really good!

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You are walking down a street, minding your own business, wary of what is going around you. But all of a sudden, you are broadsided by a bus! This did not really happen to me, but I very recently suffered a similar fate. No broken bones, but I definately feel the pain. Let me explain. It began only last Friday. I had basically just started to get back into the groove after a brilliant break

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We just returned from another glorious dive trip to Sipadan Water Village. This time around, i managed to get a lot more aquanted with the people there. Made new friends in Leonard and Alex, both work with SWV and are genuinely nice fellows. Leonard is a bit of a sportsman, and invited me to a friendly game of badminton. It was great fun, especially since Richard and I beat the local boys!

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My first nephew. About time to! He is very adorable and by the time he is old enough, Benjamin will be able to teach him a thing or three! Go check out Darell.

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Today is a great day. Firstly, I am officially an uncle. Little Colmart (not his real name), arrived this evening weighing in at 6.2lbs. Both mother and son are well. I also went for a job interview today and it went really well. Interviewed over a nice Japanese lunch and impressed the interviewer enough for him to make a call to his MD to meet with me immediately after lunch. The MD and I also

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..on the way! My sister experienced the first signs of childbirth yesterday afternoon and she has since checked into the Chinese Maternity hospital. Her doctor expects my new nephew sometime tonight. I pray both mother and child to be in good health and that God looks over them.

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Ahhh.. a blink of an eye and another fabulous trip to Mabul and Sipadan is looming. Yay! Besides the regular suspects, we have a few uniniated Sipadan divers! A friend has even signed up to do her Open Water course there. I pray for better visibility. For some reason or another, I have not experienced the crystal clear vis, Sipadan is fabled for despite having logged around 30 dives there. So

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Last night was a super night for sport fans and almost a perfect night for me! Rossi won a another incredibly close contest with Sete Gibernau in the MotoGP race, followed by Schumi's perfectly judged strategy, winning the Canadian GP from 6th place on the grid and a perfect 90 minutes for England in their battle against France in Portugal. Until.. they somehow slipped up. Sigh.. Time for me to

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Business has been rather slow lately, which has left me to ponder upon the merits of looking for another job. The biggest dillema is that I will lose the freedom and autonomy that i have grown rather accustomed to. I guess the biggest question is if this freedom and autonomy worth almost double the current salary I pay myself (that is when I can, that is..)?? Losing the freedom is not that bad

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The house is essentially finished. Now for the hardest part of all. The BIG MOVE! Been trying to find the inspiration to start the process by packing up some stuff. A week later, all I have managed is 3 boxes full. One box containing CDs. One of full of books. And the last one some misc items. I think I have hardly even dented the stuff that needs to be moved. Sigh... So, the question many have

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The best testimony of a job well done is when it inspires others into following in your footsteps. I remember when i first saw Baldesh's home, and how much I loved it and how it made me dream of finding my own house and to personalise it. A few friends came by for a flash visit to our new home yesterday. And I happily report that I think it had left them with similar reactions. This is the best

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Ahhh.. Finally drove a car over 250kph. And in a Bentley Continental GT no less! When I was asked if I wanted to test drive the new Continental GT, I almost drooled at the prospect even though I think I managed to hide my excitement well enough not to change his mind. What's the big deal you might say.. well.. The thing is, the Continental GT is one of those cars which is just a little special.

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Bloody potholes! They are everywhere. It won't be long before they swallow whole cars. Driving into Sec 16 yesterday, I drove into another one of those blastid holes. Normally, I would try and avoid them, but the hole I encountered yesterday was unavoidable. Actually, a pothole is a misnomer, as it should more appropriately be called a trenchhole. The bloody thing covered almost the entire lane,

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Its been almost 3 months now since Chui and I embarked on our ambitious house renovations and I am very glad to announce that we are almost done. We have just to finish the floors, painting, the instalation of doors and touch-ups to do, and we should be done. Oops.. actually, we will still need to do the cabinets and lights, but they are relatively simple, if not expensive excersises. So here we

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I had an opportunity to test drive a Hybrid Honda Civic late last night. The car was on loan to a journalist friend who will be conducting a review of the car. Truth is. Its an excellent car. The car is dual powered by a regular engine which is coupled with an electric motor which assists the small engine in the go faster department. Its quite a complicated bit of engineering and the people at

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We had a very-very goodtime in Perhentian. The company was good, the room was ok, the food was yummy, the divemasters professional and also quite yummy if you were in a skirt, and best of all, the diving was excellent. Visibility on the most part, was not too bad, but the life under Perhentian waters is wonderful! Loads and loads of anemone, and the fish seemed even friendlier than Sipadan!

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We are off to Perhentian to kick off our dive season tomorrow morning. Yay! Truth is, I am totally clueless about this trip, as my beloved has made all the reservations and is the main organisor. So I shall just tag along and see what is in store. You all have a great weekend now..

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Benjamin is 7. A big boy now and he very recently welcomed a brand new brother! James. I hope they are all doing well in SA and that they are all adjusting well to being a new older brother, being a mother for the second time after 7 years, and being a brand new father! Congratulations to Asha and Martin and Benjamin.

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Was at my house yesterday, when one of my new neighbours popped in to say hello. She was quite impressed with what she saw, and enquired about who designed the plans. I had serious doubts if she new Kevin at all, but as it turned out, she did! It did not stop there. We went over to her place to check out her lovely garden, when we discovered we had a ton of mutual friends. Maybe more, if we had

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Chui asked me to upload the latest pictures. Comparing this new set to what I posted a couple of weeks ago, I must say we have made quite a bit of progress. So go.. see for your self. pictures

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Most of you will know by now that I am a Liverpool FC fan. And if you have been following the Red's fortunes for the last 3 years you will understand this rant! LIVERPOOL FC SUCKS. They cannot string ten passes together. The midfield is almost non-exsistant. The forwards lack decent feed, and when they do, lack the first touch. The defence have to do more work then they ought to do. Gerard

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Pictures speak a thousand words. The truth is I am too lazy writing a thousand words, so pictures will just have to do. Go check the pictures out.

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Gave Just Heavenly cakes to two of my immediate neighbours who must tolerate our renovation work and the noise. Call it being neighbourly, a trick which has helped an architect friend of ours build beyond legislations. As long as our neighbours don't make a complaint, we should be fine with the authorities. Hope they enjoyed the cake.

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Today is the day we start our renovations to our new home. With some Fung Shui advice from Chui's parents, we started the day working on some bits in the North West positions of the house followed by some more work on the South West before the real work of demolishing the rear extension. When I visited the site this morning, things were progressing nicely, the workmen had already started the

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Funny how time just flies by. I have been meaning to update my blog for sometime now, and have been a little tardy in this regard. Oh well.. its never too late I guess. Firstly let me tell you about Daddy Martin. (Well.. that is what my son calls him.) I had a chance to have a proper conversation with him this time around when they were back for Christmas and it was a relevation. Martin is my ex

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This happened last Saturday. Whilst waiting at the lights past Merdeka Square, a proton with three arseholes in it decided to ignore the double lines and tried to squeeze into my lane. A quick toot with my horn to voice my displeasure, gained a rather unpleasant result. Whilst they were right by my drivers side window, they strated hurling insults and were very angry. Their mothers must have not

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You know how you say.. "those radio voice-overs.. always the same people.. (like Joe Hasham and company..) can't they find newer talent?" No? hahaha.. oh well.. I did my first Voice Over work last Wednesday. It all started innocently enough when I was at a studio for a Christmas jingle recording for Ritz Carlton. We had to sing or rather hum "I'll be home for Christmas" which was easy enough.

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Funny how you don't eat something for a long time, and then all of a sudden all you seem to do is eating it all the time. Grin.. It all started in Semporna, where we had a sumptious seafood dinner there, with crabs as the highlight. It was good, getting your hands dirty again. Then wham! We have crabs again a few weeks later in Klang, then more crab at home, and then this weekend we were

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My Cousin Andrew has started his own blog. He lives in Seattle. Go check his site out. The link is on the sidebar.

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This is the most rain i have encountered in recent memory. It has been raining without fail for weeks! The worse part of rain is it makes my car really dirty! And washing it is just a perverse way of wasting money. But like any good car owner, I continue to keep it clean. I even sent my car for a thorough clean on Monday. Had the guys at my regular car grooming shop give it a good polish and a

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My son called me up the other day at 6am his local time, making his half asleep mother dial the numbers and all. He was very excited as he had learnt a new song. Now, my son has until recently been half deaf due to damage to his ear drums caused by a serious illness a few years ago. He had recently undergone surgery to repair his damaged ear drums and has since recovered most of his hearing. He

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Either the Waichowski brothers operate on a higher plane or they simply cannot resolve their own mumbo jumbo, that is the Matrix universe. I expected resolve from the final instalment of the Matrix trilogy, but I was sorely disappointed as many questions remain unanswered and in fact, they introduced even more unanswered questions into the mix, such as Agent Smith calling the Oracle "Mother"

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Arghhh.. I just read that Google and Microsoft are planning to merge! All I can say is this.. ITS THE END of another era. i can see it now.. Announcing Microgooglesoft A super duper enhanced search engine forund directly on your Windows XP and its free! Get up to 10 searched items a day. You wanna go deeper? Register today for the enhanced version Microgooglesoft XP for only $29.99 and enjoy

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The dreadful feeling started early yesterday morning. I felt it.. and experience told me that it was the start of a full blown stiff neck. Pain number one. My darling gave me a back rub last night, but helped little in abating the pain in the neck I feel right now. My actions have become robotic again, only 3 to 4 days after recovering from my last back ache! Looks like another visit to my

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I propose a new name for Bangsar. As I was driving down Bangsar today, I noticed that they have just constructed three new speed breakers along my favorite route. This is on top of the 500 breakers found here. As though the many road irregularities and the constant road work scars are not enough to make a rather unpleasant journey into and out of bangsar, they have to put up more of these really

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Just spent 20 minutes catching up with another cousin of mine who resides in Seattle using Apple's incredible iChat AV. Pity I did not have iSight (av cam) but we still managed to do a voice chat. The quality was excellent, we both had no problems hearing each other. I must say it sounded almost as good as a normal telephone call. Great thing about this set-up? Its FREE! Now.. I will make it my

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Allan and Nigel hosted the inaugaral meeting of the cousins. We have family meets/dinners/parties all the time but we have never had one that was just for the "next generation". It was actually really nice, as it was a lot more comfortable for all of us to speak our minds and chit chat about stuff that would be taboo if the adults were around. We must do this again. Nigel cooked up a storm,

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My back is still killing me. Its not as bad to be sure as it was on Sunday, but its still bugging me. Still walking around like I have something stuck up my arse. Highly irritating. Just got me self a spanking new Hard Drive and spent the better part of yesterday evening moving files and old documents and backing them up. Maybe its just me.. but my computer seems to work a little faster after

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Played Footsal on Saturday. Was invited to this rather last minute game by my uncle who arranged a friendly match between some very old farts versus some friends of his young son. I remember the time when i was younger, and how we had trashed the hell out of our older uncles in soccer. I know know exactly how my uncles must have felt to be run around in circles by the younger set! To my dismay,

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Its been a while since my last post. Many many things have happened since. We went Diving in Mabul/Sipadan. I caught the flu bug. Michael Schumacher became World Champion for the 6th time! England scraped through a scrappy match against Turkey. Sipadan was wonderful. The resort that we were staying at was first class, with all the amenities any diver would ask for. The service was excellent also

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Liverpool lost to Charlton. Sigh.. But.. The Ferrari in the capable hands of Michael Schumacher won a thrilling race in Indianapolis, in a wet then dry then wet again race which saw Montoya lose the championship race. At least Kimi is still in it finishing second, but will need a minor miracle to secure his first drivers crown, as Schumi only needs one more point to become the most successful F1

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Just finished playing a round of golf! First time I played a round since 2001! It was fun. Wish I had a better tee off, otherwise I would have played to a much lower score. I beat Freddie though.. which was cool, since he plays all the time and is much more consistant.. hmm.. maybe it was the handicap (he gave me a stroke a hole except par 3s). Hahaha.. guess I will lose strokes the next time I

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Not the regular curvy kind mind you, though it cannot be said that I do not like the feminine touches, like any red blooded man. Just launched is the Apple Powerbook G4 15" Aluminiumbook! Ma-ma mia.. its fully loaded and I declare it my latest object of lust, right next to my desire to bed Rachel Weisz. Go check it out for yourselves at www.apple.com. Question is now what do I do with my former

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Had a presentation to do today. A pitch for an advertising campaign for a new housing development which I have been working all week on. Cannot really say if I will get the account or not as we were competing against 3 other agencies. Here is to hoping. Will be good for next years bottomline. Also completed printing the KLSE Market Review document. This was a rather painful exercise taking too

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My son who has been back for the past 4 weeks will be going back to South Africa with his mother tomorrow night. He has grown and matured so much since he was last in KL a year ago. I will miss him dearly. I have not spent as much time as I would have liked to while he was in KL due to many reasons, some work, and others personal. Let me tell you that it is extremely difficult to understand the

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Heh heh... blog expert am I --- NOT!

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Whats the point of just reading when you can post your comments. Its human nature afterall to have opinions. So, by all means, comment away! It will be great to hear from you.

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Darn. Just tried watching the film. Guess what. Its a pay site! Not that I am totally adverse to paying or anything, but I have to be a citizen of the UK. And unfortunately, being a Mac user, unable to view the film anyway as I need to be on a WINTEL platform. Sigh.. To bad.

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Whilst many potray me correctly or in-correctly as a tech savvy person, I am indeed not. I love toys and such, many of which are quite high tech. However, when it comes to things like this blog for instance, I am but a infant in a strange world. Luckily for me this blogging is quite easy. Chui, my girlfriend, has just alerted me to http://www.thisisnotalovesong.co.uk/ an online film developed

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Blogging? What's this? Why bother? I have always wanted to keep a diary of the goings on in my life. Maybe this is the avenue I have been looking for. I guess doing so will keep friends and relatives far and near updated. Something I am desperately lousy at doing and hope I will be able to keep this up.

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