seem to be really busy lately. but anyway here comes another one.
about a month back, i came home from work at about 930pm, all tired and just wanting to get home and get some rest.
i opened the gate walked into the driveway and then i saw something from the corner of my eye.
i turned right and this is what i saw.
i mean what the hell!
this isn't the first one of these cars that he has. he has 2 of them. the other one is in orange! this car has those windshield flaps, super cool seats, and yes, even curtains!
here are a few pictures of the hippie bus in the daylight.
besides the 2 hippie buses, he has like 4 hondas, 3 mercedes, 1 posche, 2 mini coopers (the old ones), a freaking huge 4 wheel drive which he keeps parked outside the house all the time, and god knows how many more cars which he keeps in his main house.
for your information, the house beside mine is one of my neighbour's spare houses.
but among all the cars that he has, the hippie bus is still the best.
oh mannnn.... its been like so freaking long since i last made a damn post here.
want to know why i have't been updating?
it's alittle stupid, but the answer is becuase i've been spending most of my time on the computer looking at reviews on dSLR cameras.
ITS SO FREAKING HARD TO DECIDE WHICH CAMERA TO GET!!! ARGH!! i feel like pulling my hair out!
so here is an update on what has happened recently.
recently i've finally got off my crutches. recently i've been super busy with work recently i've not had enough sleep recently i've changed my mind like 5 thousand times on which camera i wanna get. recently i am starting to get really itchy as i am not able to climb
ok, so yesterday was the lentern festival. quite a boring festival if you just sit at home and not do anything. but if you do go out, you could have some fun.
just incase you guys didn't know, carroling practice also started yesterday. so for those of you who should be coming **cough** sandra** cough**, you better come.
practice times are as bellow.
hope you guys like me very beautiful handwriting. btw, i purposely spelled caroling with a double 'r'.
so yeah, yesterday i went for caroling practice last night. it was really nice to be able to sing the christmas carols again. always loved singing, especially during christmas.
so anyway, after all that singing, and stuff, me and ted went over to meet sandra and slim at some park in BU. it was supposed to be a lantern festival, but we had no lanterns, only candles and sparklets and firecrackers that scared the hell outa me.
so here are some stuff that we did with the sparklets (stolen from sandra's blog)
a star!
ok, you know girls, them and their hearts and stuff. this are all such unmanly stuff to be posting on my blog.
are you starting to get hypnotised?
ok, after all that we dropped slim back home, then the rest of us headed over to TTDI Plaza. its actually quite a cool place. i think i'm going to start hanging around there more often.
so anyway, we went to this place called
and you know what? it's actually being ran by an old classmate of mine.
SHALINA!!
so anyway, it was a good chill out place. only bad thing was that they only sell beer from bottles. urgh...
here is a really interesting question that i came across recently.
when was the last time you enjoyed the little things in life?
when i see a question like this, i start to think, what exactly are the little things in my life?
the little things that matters to one person might not be the same compared to others. thats because everyone has their own life experiences and different point of views.
next time some a-hole cuts you off while driving and you feel like it's your duty to run him off the road and end his miserable existence... pause; take a breath; realize "ya know, i'm alive, and in good health" ... resume driving responsibly, because small twits on the road aren't worth big hassles.
when you're sitting on a bench with your friends or family and one of them can't keep from twitching their leg non-stop (restless leg syndrome), instead of fussing at them, just smile to yourself and think that it's damn good to have friends like them around even if their annoying habits piss you off once in a while.
ever looked up at the sky at night and think about how small we are in the vastness of space? have you ever just looked up and stared at the clouds for a few minutes just to enjoy the view and relax? when was the last time that you just sat down in front of a busy street, with people walking by, and thinking to your self "how lucky i am to be able to just sit and watch people and time go by" ... when was the last time you sat at the dinner table with your family and was just thankfull that everyone is safe and just enjoying the time together?
so when was the last time YOU enjoyed the little things in life?
well just recently, there have been 2 friends of mine that are leaving for the uk to further their studies.
jasmine just left for the uk 2 days ago, and caroline, whose flight leaves in about an hours time.
for jasmine.
its been really great knowing you. for all the times you hung out with me when everyone else was way to busy to go out with me. for all the lame jokes that you come up with. for all the times you did things that were so freaking lame and funny. for all the times we went to hartamas for shisha. for all the times you got angry at me for being too irritating. for inviting me to your prom when my social life was practically dead. for the times you brightened up my day by doing something really random. most of all for being a really great friend.
i would like to sayTHANK YOU!
have a great time in the uk. study hard, play hard, and most of all have the time of your life.
i'm going to miss having you around.
for caroline.
ok that was the closest picture i had with almost only the 2 of us in it.
again, it has been really great knowing you. i remember when you were climbing at camp5, one day you walked in with a freaking mohawk! i mean that was freaking cool!
for all the times that we went waltzing over to baskin robins for an ice cream. for the times when we would argue over me not allowing you to go for breaks, and you saying that you don't have to listen because you are a duty marshall too. for the time we went for cosmic funk expresses last performance. for recommending me the world class chocolate flavour. for the times when you would correct my grammar mistakes. for the ice cream that you got for me when i was stuck at home with a sprained foot. for those random drawings that you would make when you were bored. most of all for bring a friend.
again, i would like to say THANK YOU!
have fun learning about where we came from and what people believe in. get wasted, make loads of friends, and most of all enjoy yourself.
going to miss having you around. see you next year in KRABI!!!
this competition comprised of 4 main challenges, with an additional 3-6 mini challenges within each main challenge.
this was no easy task. i would elaborate more on what was in each challenge, but i seem to be too addicted to watching the history channel about rome. it is really cool to watch. they had documentaries of the great architectural structures of rome, and who built them. you guys should watch it some time, its really good to know.
anyway back to the challenges. what i will tell you is that the challenges involved a lot of running, pulling, team work and brains. the last challenge was an obstacle course.
so we headed over to the saujana, for our 2 night complimentary stay. when we arrived at the hotel, there was this banner to greet us.
after settling in, we sat in for the briefing of the challenges that we were about to undertake the next day. it was real long, full of questions and quite boring actually, because everyone wanted to be absolutely sure about what was supposed to happen. if the main prize wasn't 20k, i probably would have just nodded off.
next up was some welcome dinner. as there were people from all around malaysia, namely KL, kuantan, penang, johor, and miri, they had to make us all feel comfortable. so there were loads of food, games and lucky draws.
one this irritating about the dinner, was that the MC was this real emo lady. i mean i wouldn't really mind if she was hot, but she was quite fat and shitty looking. the jokes she came up with were also really dumb and lame.
one example of a really emo moment was when they had this game, which each table competes with another. the challenge was to blow up a balloon until it bursts. once all the balloons on the table bursts, the table wins. thing is, she said that we have to use team work! so what we did was we blew it a little and just used our hands to burst the balloons. when we did this, she got so red like a tomato and really emo. so our table got disqualified for doing that. but i mean WTH?! she said use team work. how can it be team work if everyone blows their own balloon?
after all that drama, had some lucky draws and i won a bum watch which i gave to my brother. next we drew lots to see which team would go first etc. our team was number 9. so out of 10 teams, we were the last group to compete. the 10th team was the other team from KL. good for us, as we can watch other teams perform the tasks.
so anyway, after dinner we went back, planned our strategy. on our way back, we stumbled upon this huge poster in the next room.
i find it really cool, cuase its actually a 60th birthday party poster from this family to their dad. seems that their dad used to be a pilot. its all in those little pictures around that big picture. its like a big poster that tells the life story of the birthday boy.
after all that, we planned out strategy and went to bed as we would need our strength.
so anyway, our team name was elite 4, and the team comprised of me, dhayang, jonathan, and primo.
the next day we were transported to padang timur, which was the field opposite amcorp mall, by bus. there, we were joined by our supporters megan, sandra, sheyna, kristy, shery mae. these girls braved the hot burning sun and stayed practically the whole day from morning till evening to support us. thanks girls. oh, chee seng was there too.
so we had to wait super long for our turn to come up, as we were the last group. in the mean time, we had some warm up session by some dance instructor lady, there were the dynamites from DJ which were there to perform and liven up the event.
here are a few pictures of the event. the camera was mostly with sandra, so there was loads of cam whoring. be warned!
a cool morning shot of the skyline at the field.
a big TV!!
sheyna and sandra
sandra and megan
mae posing. well no idea if she is actually. could be some random candid shot.
picture of the field from ground level.
picture of field on paper. F1, F2, F3, F4 represents the different areas each challenges are taking place. the whole length of the field is about 200m
all the teams lined up.
the dancing/warm up part.
primo and jonathan after we finished all the challenges.
me with my retarded hair.
me and primo. we were not so in love that we were walking around like that. i had an injured foot. more on that later.
a picture with all the participants. spot me!
the winners of the competition. i've got a retarded look here.
so here are a 2 videos of one of the challenges.
i'm kinda lazy to explain whats going on in the videos. but one thing is for certain, the girls were cheering really loudly!
so yeah, we came in second and won 12k. so thats 3k each. really depressing tho. second place is so close to first place. first place prize was 20k. that would equal to 5k a person!
now here is the story for the last challenge. in all the previous challenges, we ran and ran so much that my legs couldn't take it anymore that they started cramping up. it was so bad that i totally couldn't walk. if i straightened my legs, it would just lock up, stiff and straight. so the remedy was to use loads and loads of deep heat. i think i probably finished up like 2 whole tubes of deep heat.
so anyway, i had to push myself and actually wanted to die from the cramps. but still, had to push on man!
so on the last obstacle in the obstacle course, we had this 2 meter high vertical wall with a platform at the top. we had to get everyone on it by pushing, pulling or throwing. after we got on it, we had to swing from a trapeze and land on freaking lousy mattresses. when i swung, i didn't land properly and hurt my ankle. had to crawl to the finishing line so they could stop the timer.
bear in mind, that i did the obstacle course while i had real bad cramps. that means i could hardly walk at all. thanks to the team, i made it through.
all in all it was not bad. we only paid 20 ringgit and we got repaid back like 2000 X more that what we paid. the 20 ringgit paid for all the free buffet food in the hotel, 2 night stay in a 5 star hotel, transportation costs, and some other stuff which i can't remember.
