18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Gubra
For those people who haven't watched Gubra you can watch it now, starting with part 1 below:-
Mukhsin is there too.
You can also go into the user channel and watch Gerak Khas the movie... Hehe.. Also available are other good old stuff like Ali Setan. I like that movie.
Ooh, and Hati Bukan Kristal which is also really, really good.
PS: This guy also posted a lot of Malay movies. I think I wrote about watching Leftenan Adnan from his list.
Mukhsin is there too.
You can also go into the user channel and watch Gerak Khas the movie... Hehe.. Also available are other good old stuff like Ali Setan. I like that movie.
Ooh, and Hati Bukan Kristal which is also really, really good.
PS: This guy also posted a lot of Malay movies. I think I wrote about watching Leftenan Adnan from his list.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Ancient Music II
I've not heard this one in literally decades. Classic 80s style.. They don't make music like this anymore.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Life Seeps Back
I had a great time last weekend. It was really the best weekend I've had in a very long time. Considering that it was in fact a rather mild weekend by most people's standards would tell you how hard things have been before this.
The weekend was great because I felt free for the first time in a long time. It felt like I escaped from a trap and can finally have a life again. Feeling alive is great.
I went to this rather cosy place near Wisma Hopoh, called Ileq-Ileq. It was pretty cool what with the it's simple decor and seemingly random people coming up to this little stage to play songs. Apparently, anyone can come up and perform. A novel idea. I forgot to take pictures of the place. Even if I did I probably won't post them. I feel so lazy to break out the card reader when I'm at my PC at home. Only when I blog with my laptop would I be inclined to post pictures. Anyway...
The day before day I went to Zest again for dinner. Was out the whole day in fact. The night before that I was at Kopitiam No. 6 at Jalan Song. Another nice place.
While all this was happening, I had to try and repair a PC which I couldn't in the end due to a borked mainboard. No choice but to buy a new one. Talking about borked, my lappy battery is on it's last legs. A replacement will cost about 265 bucks. Maybe later this year.
This morning I woke up and felt really good. Like something good was going to happen. My flu being gone might have contributed to the general good feelings.
A lot of people got sick last week. It's been ridiculously hot recently.
In other news, Candy has a new album out. Being an independent outfit means that their new material is hard to find. If I do get around to getting it, it will be the first original CD I buy since forever. They deserve the money so I'm going to get it when I can.
That's it for today. Here's hoping for a nice week. And some rain.
The weekend was great because I felt free for the first time in a long time. It felt like I escaped from a trap and can finally have a life again. Feeling alive is great.
I went to this rather cosy place near Wisma Hopoh, called Ileq-Ileq. It was pretty cool what with the it's simple decor and seemingly random people coming up to this little stage to play songs. Apparently, anyone can come up and perform. A novel idea. I forgot to take pictures of the place. Even if I did I probably won't post them. I feel so lazy to break out the card reader when I'm at my PC at home. Only when I blog with my laptop would I be inclined to post pictures. Anyway...
The day before day I went to Zest again for dinner. Was out the whole day in fact. The night before that I was at Kopitiam No. 6 at Jalan Song. Another nice place.
While all this was happening, I had to try and repair a PC which I couldn't in the end due to a borked mainboard. No choice but to buy a new one. Talking about borked, my lappy battery is on it's last legs. A replacement will cost about 265 bucks. Maybe later this year.
This morning I woke up and felt really good. Like something good was going to happen. My flu being gone might have contributed to the general good feelings.
A lot of people got sick last week. It's been ridiculously hot recently.
In other news, Candy has a new album out. Being an independent outfit means that their new material is hard to find. If I do get around to getting it, it will be the first original CD I buy since forever. They deserve the money so I'm going to get it when I can.
That's it for today. Here's hoping for a nice week. And some rain.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Murphy
In my life thus far, I have learnt many lessons. Many of which run contrary to the cliches and axioms that we keep hearing.
One of these is the following:-
Plans do not survive contact with the enemy.
Some people might not see the point there. It's a military thing. A commander who makes plans for battle must be aware that more often than not, unexpected external factors come into play. A good plan must be flexible and have enough redundancy to survice last minute changes and unexpected developements else the commander may find himself caught out by them.
I've seen this happen time and time again in recent weeks. And unlike some people, I'm not the least bit surprised when weird things happen.
One of these is the following:-
Plans do not survive contact with the enemy.
Some people might not see the point there. It's a military thing. A commander who makes plans for battle must be aware that more often than not, unexpected external factors come into play. A good plan must be flexible and have enough redundancy to survice last minute changes and unexpected developements else the commander may find himself caught out by them.
I've seen this happen time and time again in recent weeks. And unlike some people, I'm not the least bit surprised when weird things happen.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Safe and Sound
I should have posted something yesterday since it was my birthday and all that. But I couldn't since I got flu over the weekend and am still recovering from that.
Been busy all week too. It's been good so far. Careerwise I think working here at my new place will do me a lot of good in the long term. I'm enjoying the experience and there are new things every day. It's an entirely different industry from where I was from so it's going to be interesting to see what other things I might encounter in the future.
Things are looking up and I intend to keep it that way.
Personally, things have improved as well over the last few weeks. My confidence level is back up. I'm enjoying myself doing something I enjoy. I don't feel any more side effects from the last nine months.
I still have my finances to sort out so I won't be able to spend as much as I used to. I think it will take at least 6 months before that becomes normal again.
Hopefully this next year of life things will rebound from where they were before. So cheers to the future then.
Been busy all week too. It's been good so far. Careerwise I think working here at my new place will do me a lot of good in the long term. I'm enjoying the experience and there are new things every day. It's an entirely different industry from where I was from so it's going to be interesting to see what other things I might encounter in the future.
Things are looking up and I intend to keep it that way.
Personally, things have improved as well over the last few weeks. My confidence level is back up. I'm enjoying myself doing something I enjoy. I don't feel any more side effects from the last nine months.
I still have my finances to sort out so I won't be able to spend as much as I used to. I think it will take at least 6 months before that becomes normal again.
Hopefully this next year of life things will rebound from where they were before. So cheers to the future then.
Monday, July 06, 2009
Useful Link
Speedtest.net. Very cool.
I just got home and am a little tired. Need to fix the car this week.
Need to eat now.
I just got home and am a little tired. Need to fix the car this week.
Need to eat now.
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Short Post
Maybe I should get a Twitter account. I've had the urge to write things recently but they're all short things. Not enough to make a good sized post.
Anyway, it's been a tough but good week so far. I'm still trying to find my feet at work but things are beginning to settle and I feel more comfortable now. I'm learning new stuff at work. Some very interesting stuff about voip. Very interesting. I have absolutely no experience with it. I've never even seen an IP phone before this week.
Since I'm in the IT department, I'm going to have to learn fast since I'm going to help with maintaining and administrating the thingies and the underlying infrastructure. Which is completely alien to me at this point.
That's one of them prerequisites of being in IT. Learn fast(er). Especially newfangled technologies because users are going to expect you to know things when they come to you for help. It's not so bad really. If your theoretical knowledge is ok and your logic is sound it's not so hard to pick up new things in IT. Except in my case, programming. I still find it extremely mind boggling. I've never had the knack for it.
So that's the way things are going to be for the time being. There will be more unknown new stuff for me to handle soon.
So far so good.
Anyway, it's been a tough but good week so far. I'm still trying to find my feet at work but things are beginning to settle and I feel more comfortable now. I'm learning new stuff at work. Some very interesting stuff about voip. Very interesting. I have absolutely no experience with it. I've never even seen an IP phone before this week.
Since I'm in the IT department, I'm going to have to learn fast since I'm going to help with maintaining and administrating the thingies and the underlying infrastructure. Which is completely alien to me at this point.
That's one of them prerequisites of being in IT. Learn fast(er). Especially newfangled technologies because users are going to expect you to know things when they come to you for help. It's not so bad really. If your theoretical knowledge is ok and your logic is sound it's not so hard to pick up new things in IT. Except in my case, programming. I still find it extremely mind boggling. I've never had the knack for it.
So that's the way things are going to be for the time being. There will be more unknown new stuff for me to handle soon.
So far so good.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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