There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:
1) He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late !
2) He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3) He still lives in the same small 3 bedroom house in mid-town Omaha, that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4) He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5) He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6) His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEO's of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
7) He has given his CEO's only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any of your shareholder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
8) He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch television.
9) Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gatesbecame a devotee of Warren Buffet.
10) Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.
11) His advice to young people: Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself.
Friday, January 12, 2007
WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE ORGANIZATIONS ? - Azim Premji, CEO- Wipro
Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for betterpay or profile. Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from aprestigious international firm to work in its Indiaoperations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.
He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendlyhuman resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very besttechnology, even a canteen that served superb food. Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined. Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of thejob.
Why did this talented employee leave ?
Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away. The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the GallupOrganization. The study surveyed over a million employees and80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules". It came up with this surprising finding:
If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss. Immediate bossis the reason people stay and thrive in an organization.And he 's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge, experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.
"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckinghamand Curt Coffman.
Mostly manager drives people away? HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the mostintolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought getsstrengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.
When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passiveaggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing onlywhat they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basicallywant to get him into trouble. You don 't have your heart and soul in thejob."
Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, butthey forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. Whenthis goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue."Jack Welch of GE once said. A company's value lies "between the ears ofits employees".
Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't.
He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendlyhuman resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very besttechnology, even a canteen that served superb food. Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined. Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of thejob.
Why did this talented employee leave ?
Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away. The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the GallupOrganization. The study surveyed over a million employees and80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules". It came up with this surprising finding:
If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss. Immediate bossis the reason people stay and thrive in an organization.And he 's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge, experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.
"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckinghamand Curt Coffman.
Mostly manager drives people away? HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the mostintolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought getsstrengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.
When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passiveaggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing onlywhat they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basicallywant to get him into trouble. You don 't have your heart and soul in thejob."
Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious, too pushy, too critical, butthey forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. Whenthis goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue."Jack Welch of GE once said. A company's value lies "between the ears ofits employees".
Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Diary: I'm Back
Hi there,
It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve blogged. Why you ask? Why such a long big gap? Well I wasn’t busy working I was on holiday. I didn’t go any place particular but I just needed to rest myself and get things to perspective. This year as much as I want to excel in work I plan to make that my second priority now. Time to concentrate on other things. This year they should be more concerts and gigs that I would like to go. I’m thinking of going to MUSE.
Well I got to leave now loads of thing pending. 2 weeks of mail to revert back and a new project I’m working on. I catch u lovely people soon.
Love,
MArk
It’s been 2 weeks since I’ve blogged. Why you ask? Why such a long big gap? Well I wasn’t busy working I was on holiday. I didn’t go any place particular but I just needed to rest myself and get things to perspective. This year as much as I want to excel in work I plan to make that my second priority now. Time to concentrate on other things. This year they should be more concerts and gigs that I would like to go. I’m thinking of going to MUSE.
Well I got to leave now loads of thing pending. 2 weeks of mail to revert back and a new project I’m working on. I catch u lovely people soon.
Love,
MArk
Monday, December 18, 2006
Diary:
Story 1
The pas 4 days I’ve been leaving early just to have a quick bath and to take care of my neighbours kid. I must say there is nothing better having a 8 month year old kid in your arms in the teething stage where they just want to bite everything, doesn’t matter if your shoulder. Have you caught Rob-B-Hood, it stars Jackie Chan and Leo Ku as 2 burglars who kidnap a baby and have to take care of it for 2 weeks. I felt like them. It was nice to play daddy for a while…
Story 2
This week I headed to Ipoh to help a Hindu home orphanage. Many of you still think there is ‘udang sebalik batu’ when I tell you I’m doing charity work. Well there isn’t and if by now you still don’t believe me I don’t give a rat’s ass. Well the team met up at Menara Millennium at 8 and we left around 8.30. We loaded the cars with gifts and we headed to Ipoh. Fiona, Farah, Jo and Sue were in Halmy’s car where Sugar and me was in Padma’s roomy Sorrento.
We arrived at 11 at the orphanage. There was a clown cum magician there. Weird dude with raffia string as hair and with a weird multicolour pants. He was a funny man with some good magic trick. The kinds we vegetarian and we served lunch I honestly thought that were such a sin. How could you be a vegetarian in a place like Ipoh where food is haven. We didn’t get to mingle with the kids like how it was in Kajang. After lunch we headed to Ipoh town. I got some stuff like home made Jellbeas and Ompodi. We stopped by a café and had a white coffee and soft bun. The coffee was excellent. On our way home we stopped by at Tapah to get its famous jambu batu. I got that for mum. She loves it.
The pas 4 days I’ve been leaving early just to have a quick bath and to take care of my neighbours kid. I must say there is nothing better having a 8 month year old kid in your arms in the teething stage where they just want to bite everything, doesn’t matter if your shoulder. Have you caught Rob-B-Hood, it stars Jackie Chan and Leo Ku as 2 burglars who kidnap a baby and have to take care of it for 2 weeks. I felt like them. It was nice to play daddy for a while…
Story 2
This week I headed to Ipoh to help a Hindu home orphanage. Many of you still think there is ‘udang sebalik batu’ when I tell you I’m doing charity work. Well there isn’t and if by now you still don’t believe me I don’t give a rat’s ass. Well the team met up at Menara Millennium at 8 and we left around 8.30. We loaded the cars with gifts and we headed to Ipoh. Fiona, Farah, Jo and Sue were in Halmy’s car where Sugar and me was in Padma’s roomy Sorrento.
We arrived at 11 at the orphanage. There was a clown cum magician there. Weird dude with raffia string as hair and with a weird multicolour pants. He was a funny man with some good magic trick. The kinds we vegetarian and we served lunch I honestly thought that were such a sin. How could you be a vegetarian in a place like Ipoh where food is haven. We didn’t get to mingle with the kids like how it was in Kajang. After lunch we headed to Ipoh town. I got some stuff like home made Jellbeas and Ompodi. We stopped by a café and had a white coffee and soft bun. The coffee was excellent. On our way home we stopped by at Tapah to get its famous jambu batu. I got that for mum. She loves it.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Diary: Happy Birthday ol Friend
Last Friday was Yoges birthday, I wasn’t really dressed nor looked the part for a party but I meet him at Shrroms. Mel was there too. These are the person who holds strands to my past. Its been awhile since I’ve met them thus it was a lil awkward at first as they had conversation either I was not to know about or I had no clue about. This happes when you don’t meet them for a while I guess. Sharon and her friend just the dinner and gladly paid for it, Melman got Yoges a birthday gift and I absent minded forgot to get him one…. Terrible friend I am.
After dinner we headed to this new club called Aloha. It was Hawaiian themed club 4 storeys high. It also had a basement techno club with real good interior design. Most of the Thai club people are working now in so it was easy to get discounted drinks. The club had a crappy live band though; it was a Malay band that couldn’t pronounce the words properly. The in-house DJ was good though played upcoming beats. The party ended up at 3 in the morning. The guys had supper at Petaling Street and then all headed back. It was already 4 in the morning by the time I reached home. I took a quick shower and I drop myself into the world of slumber,
I expected only to wake up past afternoon but I was up by 8 in the morning. I just couldn’t sleep back, that didn’t mean I was off my bed I still lazed in my bed hoping I would fall back to slumber. I got up at 11; there was no one at home and nothing to eat. I was too lazy to go out to do my X’mas shopping but I finally dragged my feet out of the home. I started my shopping at Sg Wang. I got some PS2 gifts for my cousins and I had to go to the DVD shop ended up buying 10 DVD’s. God don’t I have the will to stop spending?
I had lunch at Lot 10; they had 3 Tenors singing carols. Nearly broke my heart, they sounded beautiful thought of home and my brother who I dearly miss. After lunch I headed to KLCC to major shopping. I got loads of stuff and I also sidetracked and got a shirt for myself. I headed to Kinokuniya to get a book that I lost. I lost My Best Friends Girl by Dorothy Koomson Cant remember where I left it. After shopping I headed to the barbers for lil trim, as I desperately needed one. It was already 6.30 by the time I reached home. I was dead tired; mum was busy sewing curtains for Christmas. Mum made an amazing dinner, which were buttered prawns and kangkung belacan. Yum Yum.
Sunday I attended mass at St John’s. Mass was as per usual… BORING. I headed to Lotus for breakfast. I was killing time, as I needed to pick up my shoes that I sent to be stitched and resoled. I ended up not picking up my shoes as they place was closed. Dam! ! !
After dinner we headed to this new club called Aloha. It was Hawaiian themed club 4 storeys high. It also had a basement techno club with real good interior design. Most of the Thai club people are working now in so it was easy to get discounted drinks. The club had a crappy live band though; it was a Malay band that couldn’t pronounce the words properly. The in-house DJ was good though played upcoming beats. The party ended up at 3 in the morning. The guys had supper at Petaling Street and then all headed back. It was already 4 in the morning by the time I reached home. I took a quick shower and I drop myself into the world of slumber,
I expected only to wake up past afternoon but I was up by 8 in the morning. I just couldn’t sleep back, that didn’t mean I was off my bed I still lazed in my bed hoping I would fall back to slumber. I got up at 11; there was no one at home and nothing to eat. I was too lazy to go out to do my X’mas shopping but I finally dragged my feet out of the home. I started my shopping at Sg Wang. I got some PS2 gifts for my cousins and I had to go to the DVD shop ended up buying 10 DVD’s. God don’t I have the will to stop spending?
I had lunch at Lot 10; they had 3 Tenors singing carols. Nearly broke my heart, they sounded beautiful thought of home and my brother who I dearly miss. After lunch I headed to KLCC to major shopping. I got loads of stuff and I also sidetracked and got a shirt for myself. I headed to Kinokuniya to get a book that I lost. I lost My Best Friends Girl by Dorothy Koomson Cant remember where I left it. After shopping I headed to the barbers for lil trim, as I desperately needed one. It was already 6.30 by the time I reached home. I was dead tired; mum was busy sewing curtains for Christmas. Mum made an amazing dinner, which were buttered prawns and kangkung belacan. Yum Yum.
Sunday I attended mass at St John’s. Mass was as per usual… BORING. I headed to Lotus for breakfast. I was killing time, as I needed to pick up my shoes that I sent to be stitched and resoled. I ended up not picking up my shoes as they place was closed. Dam! ! !
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Seasonal Security Announcement
With the holiday season almost upon us, now is a good time to remind ourselves to take steps to make sure Christmas isn't spoiled by criminals. Criminals take the opportunities afforded them by the extra shopping we do, the hustle and bustle of town centres as we rush around, and the value of the goods we buy as presents and store in our homes until the big day. We might also be more trusting and generous at Christmas when requests for charity are made, giving the unscrupulous a chance to collect for their own causes.So what can we do?
Out on the Town
With office parties and general Christmas celebrations, bars, restaurants and other venues are often crowded. Don't leave bags over the back of your chair and keep wallets and purses close to your body to make it more difficult for the pickpocket. Busy places make it easier for the sneak thief, so be alert at all times. Make prior arrangements as to how you will get home. Avoid any potential disturbances on the street. Stay with friends if you can. Make sure someone knows where you are going and what time you will be back. Don't drink too much - you could become a target for thieves.
Out Shopping
When the shops are crowed, the pickpocket has more chance to steal from you. If you can't arrange to shop during less busy times, make sure you stay alert and be extra careful with your wallet or purse. If you have too many bags you will be too busy trying to hold on to these to be aware of anyone stealing from you. You could try to make smaller shopping trips rather than do it all at once and carry too much. Have your purse/wallet close to your body and don't carry too much cash. The same applies to travelling on crowded buses or trains. If you travel by car, make sure you park in a well- lit area, lock all doors and windows and do not leave presents in view. Try not to return to your car to leave purchases in the boot before continuing with your shopping trip as thieves may well watch car parks for just such a chance. Arrange to collect heavy items from stores when you have finished all your shopping. Keep your chequebook and cheque card separately.
At Home
Having bought all those wonderful presents, don't make it easy for someone to steal from your home. Keep them out of sight until last thing on Christmas Eve and if you 'hide' or store larger items such as bicycles in the shed or outbuildings, make sure they are very secure. Now is a good time to check that you know what you have both normally (TV, Video etc) and with the extra presents you have bought. You may well find you need to check your insurance to make sure you are covered for the value of goods in your home. Take the frame numbers of new cycles and the serial numbers of new electrical equipment for future reference. Remember, empty boxes left outside advertise that you have new goods inside - dispose of packing carefully.
If you go out for the evening - make it look like someone is at home by turning on lights and the radio. Don't leave curtains open so people can see your decorations as potential thieves can see in. Be extra careful about locking doors and windows.
If you go away for the holiday period - use an automatic timer for lights and ask a trusted neighbour to watch your home. Don't forget to cancel newspapers and milk if you have them delivered and either redirect your mail through the Post Office or have your neighbour take mail into the house - unopened Christmas cards and mail are a sure sign that a house is empty.
Strangers at the door - genuine delivery personnel usually have identification, uniforms and liveried vehicles and should not need to come into your home. Charity collectors will have identification and will not be offended if you ask to see it. If you are not sure but want to make a donation, ask whether these can be made in other ways, perhaps through a bank.
Finally, have a happy and crime-free Christmas holiday....
Monday, December 04, 2006
Diary: Good Friends; Parting
Before I go ranting about my not so important life I would like to get off something on my chest. On Saturday 1.15am Mrs Inez Veronica McCoy passed away. She leaves behind 2 sons. I didn’t know the lady personally but I knew her fruits of her labour. She grew up 2 wonderful kind-hearted sons. I rise up a prayer for the lady…
I’m so not in the mood for work, I want to go on my X’mas holidays. Mindshare is having their company trip to Istanbul on the Eve of New Year. I’m so envious as they only had to pay RM500 for their trip. Padma and Halmy will be extending their trip to Greece as well. I plan to do my X’mas shopping this weekend I’ve mostly bought the things I need but there are few gifts I need to get. Times are bad with me so you guys wont receive as pricey gift as you guys normally do.
I meet up with Shari on Friday we had dinner at Decanter. We talked and we laughed I believe one of us laughed so much till our cheeks hurt so bad. Decanter was decorated with the Christmas feel I felt so comfortable in the restaurant. Shari & I had steak and we shared apple pie alamode. Yum yum.
On Saturday I got up early I headed to town to settle some of my bills, I headed to SFC for breakfast. I needed to get Uncle David a gift so I headed to Isetan, couldn’t find much so I headed to Kinokuniya and got him a real nice pen. I met Andrew at KL Sentral so we could head to Klang. Kelvin and I were throwing a dinner together for Aunt Ire and Uncle David. We got some local dishes like ying yong and hokkien mee, yong tau fu and some nyoya kuih’s. Lil Michael sat on my lap as he sat his meal and after all was done and over we sat down and watched the Grinch. He was a lil fidgety but he did enjoy the movie. Hats off to Jim Carrey for pulling out the Grinch perfectly. That’s my favourite Xmas movie.
I’m so not in the mood for work, I want to go on my X’mas holidays. Mindshare is having their company trip to Istanbul on the Eve of New Year. I’m so envious as they only had to pay RM500 for their trip. Padma and Halmy will be extending their trip to Greece as well. I plan to do my X’mas shopping this weekend I’ve mostly bought the things I need but there are few gifts I need to get. Times are bad with me so you guys wont receive as pricey gift as you guys normally do.
I meet up with Shari on Friday we had dinner at Decanter. We talked and we laughed I believe one of us laughed so much till our cheeks hurt so bad. Decanter was decorated with the Christmas feel I felt so comfortable in the restaurant. Shari & I had steak and we shared apple pie alamode. Yum yum.
On Saturday I got up early I headed to town to settle some of my bills, I headed to SFC for breakfast. I needed to get Uncle David a gift so I headed to Isetan, couldn’t find much so I headed to Kinokuniya and got him a real nice pen. I met Andrew at KL Sentral so we could head to Klang. Kelvin and I were throwing a dinner together for Aunt Ire and Uncle David. We got some local dishes like ying yong and hokkien mee, yong tau fu and some nyoya kuih’s. Lil Michael sat on my lap as he sat his meal and after all was done and over we sat down and watched the Grinch. He was a lil fidgety but he did enjoy the movie. Hats off to Jim Carrey for pulling out the Grinch perfectly. That’s my favourite Xmas movie.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Diary: Presentation, Red Carpet, High Tea
This week there are only 3 days worth mentioning, which is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You might have noticed that my blog now plays music. Thanks to Cavell for teaching how to do it and making me love My Chemical Romance. I’m so hooked to Mama. It had a little a mixture of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody in it. Thanks Cavell for the music link and for bringing back ROCK into my life.
Friday was the ‘D’ day for me. It was my BIG presentation with Disney. I was a nervous wreck couldn’t do much work the whole day as I just kept thinking about it. Padma and Halmy came over for lunch at Pelita and they course took a ‘mick’ at me as I was smartly dressed on a Friday. After lunch I headed to Isetan to get some Disney cookies, I’ve watched Apprentice and you will know that effort in presentation always carries some marks and I wanted to reflect it. I wanted the job. Lester began by giving the company profiles and I did the Disney presentation. I was nervous and I must say it did show in my presentation luckily Lester helped me out.
The lady I believe was quite impressed with the presentation as I provided her fact she didn’t know about Disney herself. She asked me if I wanted a job in Disney Japan? Exciting in it. I already can hear the beat to Teriyaki Boys already… Fast and Furiyooooo
Shahbaz was in town to present 2007 budget to the Directors. After his presentation we left to Kinokuniya. He wanted to buy his comic books and I wanted to pick my Harlem Coben Book, Fade Away. I had to special order the book, as it was no longer in their stock. After hanging out with Shahbaz I headed to Bangsar Shopping Centre Chillies to meet up with Anusha and Farah. We had a small meal and we talked for a while. BSC had already done their decorations for Christmas.
Saturday I attended EH! 20 Yang Anggun Party. I got an invite courtesy of Shari from the Blue Inc Group. The event was held at Espanda. It’s been a really long time since I entered Espanada or Emporioum for those who knew it back in the day. The interior decoration to me felt like it was a big living room with drapes hung from the ceiling and large comfy sofas. There were loads of local celebrities and fashion designers at the event. The whole place was swamped with HOT Malay chicks. It was like kryptonite to me. I had extra tickets so I brought Rahiza along with me. It was nice to see for a change Shari working hard. Hahahaha…
On Sunday I attended mass at Divine Mercy Shah Alam. The church was so beautiful. I loved the way they did the Mary’s grotto it felt so peaceful. They had no place to light candles, what they had was one of those mechanical ones. You put in a Ringgit and an electrical candle would light up. After mass we headed to Hotel Grand Blue Wave at Shah Alam for high tea. After high tea we headed home. I was too lazy to do any chores so I only ironed 2 shirts for work and I lazed about. I must get around to do it.
Friday was the ‘D’ day for me. It was my BIG presentation with Disney. I was a nervous wreck couldn’t do much work the whole day as I just kept thinking about it. Padma and Halmy came over for lunch at Pelita and they course took a ‘mick’ at me as I was smartly dressed on a Friday. After lunch I headed to Isetan to get some Disney cookies, I’ve watched Apprentice and you will know that effort in presentation always carries some marks and I wanted to reflect it. I wanted the job. Lester began by giving the company profiles and I did the Disney presentation. I was nervous and I must say it did show in my presentation luckily Lester helped me out.
The lady I believe was quite impressed with the presentation as I provided her fact she didn’t know about Disney herself. She asked me if I wanted a job in Disney Japan? Exciting in it. I already can hear the beat to Teriyaki Boys already… Fast and Furiyooooo
Shahbaz was in town to present 2007 budget to the Directors. After his presentation we left to Kinokuniya. He wanted to buy his comic books and I wanted to pick my Harlem Coben Book, Fade Away. I had to special order the book, as it was no longer in their stock. After hanging out with Shahbaz I headed to Bangsar Shopping Centre Chillies to meet up with Anusha and Farah. We had a small meal and we talked for a while. BSC had already done their decorations for Christmas.
Saturday I attended EH! 20 Yang Anggun Party. I got an invite courtesy of Shari from the Blue Inc Group. The event was held at Espanda. It’s been a really long time since I entered Espanada or Emporioum for those who knew it back in the day. The interior decoration to me felt like it was a big living room with drapes hung from the ceiling and large comfy sofas. There were loads of local celebrities and fashion designers at the event. The whole place was swamped with HOT Malay chicks. It was like kryptonite to me. I had extra tickets so I brought Rahiza along with me. It was nice to see for a change Shari working hard. Hahahaha…
On Sunday I attended mass at Divine Mercy Shah Alam. The church was so beautiful. I loved the way they did the Mary’s grotto it felt so peaceful. They had no place to light candles, what they had was one of those mechanical ones. You put in a Ringgit and an electrical candle would light up. After mass we headed to Hotel Grand Blue Wave at Shah Alam for high tea. After high tea we headed home. I was too lazy to do any chores so I only ironed 2 shirts for work and I lazed about. I must get around to do it.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Diary: Bday, Bash, Arrival
We celebrated Padma’s birthday at Decanter on Wednesday. We had dinner and we started playing 7 diamonds. The gals came later they lit up the birthday cake and started to sing from the driveway to where we sat. Padma was definitely taken aback by this. After dinner we had to leave the gals abruptly as we had plans to go watch James Bond: Casino Royale. The movie was awesome. After the movie we had tea at Pelita before heading home.
On Thursday Farah came over for a presentation with Jo. We had tea after that and I found out the ladies weren’t happy to see us leave abruptly and they thought some of the guy’s behaviour were rude. I honestly think the whole incident was blown out of proposition. Luckily I was in clear as you guys knew how a gentlemen I am when it comes to the ladies… hahahaha.
On Friday I meet up with Padma for tea and we discuss the matter at hand. It was lil sad to hear the gals were quite upset about Padma’s party and we tried o come up with conclusion how this could happen. Besides that we talked about organizing another charity event at ‘Our Home’. We wanted to celebrate the joys of Christmas with them. We plan to take it one step further we plan to organize a X’mas party. This of course takes bit money. I thinking of collecting a secret bag. Those who would like to donate please contact me please every little helps.
On Saturday it was the hunt for my Disney tie, to no avail did I find any tie. In frustration I did something I’m not proud of. I went shopping. I got a new book some toiletries, contacts. Mum didn’t cook and Andrew was hungry at home so I ordered 2 Triple Plays from Chillies to go. We had a male bonding moment I think. Later in the evening we headed down to Klang to receive Aunt Irene and David from London. They will be down for 2 weeks. So I’ll definitely play tourist sometime this week… gosh there goes my weekends.
On Thursday Farah came over for a presentation with Jo. We had tea after that and I found out the ladies weren’t happy to see us leave abruptly and they thought some of the guy’s behaviour were rude. I honestly think the whole incident was blown out of proposition. Luckily I was in clear as you guys knew how a gentlemen I am when it comes to the ladies… hahahaha.
On Friday I meet up with Padma for tea and we discuss the matter at hand. It was lil sad to hear the gals were quite upset about Padma’s party and we tried o come up with conclusion how this could happen. Besides that we talked about organizing another charity event at ‘Our Home’. We wanted to celebrate the joys of Christmas with them. We plan to take it one step further we plan to organize a X’mas party. This of course takes bit money. I thinking of collecting a secret bag. Those who would like to donate please contact me please every little helps.
On Saturday it was the hunt for my Disney tie, to no avail did I find any tie. In frustration I did something I’m not proud of. I went shopping. I got a new book some toiletries, contacts. Mum didn’t cook and Andrew was hungry at home so I ordered 2 Triple Plays from Chillies to go. We had a male bonding moment I think. Later in the evening we headed down to Klang to receive Aunt Irene and David from London. They will be down for 2 weeks. So I’ll definitely play tourist sometime this week… gosh there goes my weekends.
Friday, November 17, 2006
James Bond: Casino Royale
The movie opened on Nov 16 but I and some of the privilege others got a chance to catch a private movie screening on Nov 15 before the whole world went to see it. The security for this was ridiculous all camera phones were to be confiscated and you had to undergo metal detection.
As for the movie the screenplay for the movie was EXCELLENT but the actor was no James Bond. He lacked the suaveness of Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan. I would definitely recommend to others to go and watch it. It’s worth your RM10. The lady in the movie was also lovely to look at. I always wondered where do they get them, you never hear about them at all and you will never hear about them again. Strange don’t you think? The actions in the movie were top class from the beginning of the movie to the very end. Hats off to the director. I must commend the director for successfully bringing out the raw essence of Bond to celluloid.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Diary: Its been a long time
Hi Guys,
It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. Many things have happen since the raya break. First I must say hitchhiking from Tanjung Malim to Ipoh & Melaka has been such a memorable thing for me and I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. The only thing I regret is that I didn’t take any pictures. My camera is not to par and I really need a new one. I went on the road to break out from my daily life routine. Its also amazing the people that let you ride on their transportation. They all have a story of their own that they would like to share. I’ve been contemplation hitchhiking to Penang. Now that would be an adventure don’t you think.
One of my closest office colleague Winnie recently tight the know with her long time beau. She had her reception at Pearl International Hotel. It was a very nice wedding I meet a lot of ex colleague’s and some old flings.
I’ve been keeping work a lil laid back due to lack of motivation but I guess the negativity has pilled up and it burst up on my face I’ve got some problem s now that I need to straighten out. Besides that the company has taken more stringent guidelines so there isn’t any room for hanky-panky anymore. I think its good but I also think it limits the creativity of the team.
There is a new project that I’m quite hyped about I’m bidding for Disney’s mobile in Malaysia. I really do hope I can get it but I don’t think management is quite too keen on it. Last week I had two different lives. On Friday I was at Shang-ri La Hotel. I was a guest of AMP and Mindshare at the Perodua Radio Air Show. It was a star-studded event. I sat with Mindshare people, which consist of Sheila, Vicky, Jo Yau, Anusha, Sue and Fiona… Yes they were all ladies. We had flowing Moet through the night with a so-so Chinese cuisine. There were performances from Reshmonu, Lo, Fauziah Latif, Pop Shuvit & Yogi B and Nachitra. I got my album signed by Yogi and the Gang. After the award show we headed to Rum Jungle and we danced till 3 in the morning. Felt like a celebrity
The next day I woke up at 8am to get ready to go to the orphanage. I was fresh I had breakfast at SFC and I meet Padma at his office. His lovely wife was there as well. The gang meet up and we left to Kajang at about 11. I sat at the same car with Jo, Sue & Anusha. I spent the journey speaking to Anusha. She was quite insightful.
Our Home was the name of the place it had 35 kids with mixture of boys and girls we came with KFC. They were lovely kids all wanting attention. The moment I stepped in a 4 year old boy hold my hand and smiled at me. It could be because I was carrying the chicken or he just wanted the attention. The kids sat on the floor to eat their meal. The said their prayers before they ate. Something I used to do as well when I was a child, now I think it’s embarrassing. I sat on the floor with them and I shared a meal with them. They were smart kids.
After lunch with the kids we headed back to Menara Millennium. The journey back again I picked Anusha’s brain, we exchanged stories, ex.’s it felt good. The four of us, (Jo, Sue Anusha & myself) later went for team at Ali Maju. We talked more then we left. I took a short nap, which turned to deep slumber. I only woke up the next day for mass.
Lunch I had it at Sharul’s open house. It was in a secluded place in Ampang. It had the best view of KL I had ever seen. After lunch I headed home to do my basic Sunday chores. In the evening I headed to Maxis Sports TV launch at the Legends Bar. I mingled till about 11pm where Lester and I headed to Finnegan’s to see Liverpool get their assed kicked by Arsenal. Sorry guys. Liverpool Sucks
It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged. Many things have happen since the raya break. First I must say hitchhiking from Tanjung Malim to Ipoh & Melaka has been such a memorable thing for me and I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. The only thing I regret is that I didn’t take any pictures. My camera is not to par and I really need a new one. I went on the road to break out from my daily life routine. Its also amazing the people that let you ride on their transportation. They all have a story of their own that they would like to share. I’ve been contemplation hitchhiking to Penang. Now that would be an adventure don’t you think.
One of my closest office colleague Winnie recently tight the know with her long time beau. She had her reception at Pearl International Hotel. It was a very nice wedding I meet a lot of ex colleague’s and some old flings.
I’ve been keeping work a lil laid back due to lack of motivation but I guess the negativity has pilled up and it burst up on my face I’ve got some problem s now that I need to straighten out. Besides that the company has taken more stringent guidelines so there isn’t any room for hanky-panky anymore. I think its good but I also think it limits the creativity of the team.
There is a new project that I’m quite hyped about I’m bidding for Disney’s mobile in Malaysia. I really do hope I can get it but I don’t think management is quite too keen on it. Last week I had two different lives. On Friday I was at Shang-ri La Hotel. I was a guest of AMP and Mindshare at the Perodua Radio Air Show. It was a star-studded event. I sat with Mindshare people, which consist of Sheila, Vicky, Jo Yau, Anusha, Sue and Fiona… Yes they were all ladies. We had flowing Moet through the night with a so-so Chinese cuisine. There were performances from Reshmonu, Lo, Fauziah Latif, Pop Shuvit & Yogi B and Nachitra. I got my album signed by Yogi and the Gang. After the award show we headed to Rum Jungle and we danced till 3 in the morning. Felt like a celebrity
The next day I woke up at 8am to get ready to go to the orphanage. I was fresh I had breakfast at SFC and I meet Padma at his office. His lovely wife was there as well. The gang meet up and we left to Kajang at about 11. I sat at the same car with Jo, Sue & Anusha. I spent the journey speaking to Anusha. She was quite insightful.
Our Home was the name of the place it had 35 kids with mixture of boys and girls we came with KFC. They were lovely kids all wanting attention. The moment I stepped in a 4 year old boy hold my hand and smiled at me. It could be because I was carrying the chicken or he just wanted the attention. The kids sat on the floor to eat their meal. The said their prayers before they ate. Something I used to do as well when I was a child, now I think it’s embarrassing. I sat on the floor with them and I shared a meal with them. They were smart kids.
After lunch with the kids we headed back to Menara Millennium. The journey back again I picked Anusha’s brain, we exchanged stories, ex.’s it felt good. The four of us, (Jo, Sue Anusha & myself) later went for team at Ali Maju. We talked more then we left. I took a short nap, which turned to deep slumber. I only woke up the next day for mass.
Lunch I had it at Sharul’s open house. It was in a secluded place in Ampang. It had the best view of KL I had ever seen. After lunch I headed home to do my basic Sunday chores. In the evening I headed to Maxis Sports TV launch at the Legends Bar. I mingled till about 11pm where Lester and I headed to Finnegan’s to see Liverpool get their assed kicked by Arsenal. Sorry guys. Liverpool Sucks
Friday, October 20, 2006
CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS & MAYBE FOR A SHORT STORY
Happy Holidays Guys,
Happy Deepavali & Selamat Hari Raya to those who celebrate it. I'll be away to find my own adventure and solace. I'll tell you about it once I'm back (hopefully....hehehe). Please dont bother reaching me as I plan to leave my HP Number behind. I'll have a new one while I'm on the road.
Till we meet again my dear friends....
God Be With You,
MArk
Happy Deepavali & Selamat Hari Raya to those who celebrate it. I'll be away to find my own adventure and solace. I'll tell you about it once I'm back (hopefully....hehehe). Please dont bother reaching me as I plan to leave my HP Number behind. I'll have a new one while I'm on the road.
Till we meet again my dear friends....
God Be With You,
MArk
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Diary: Buka Puasa
This year I didn’t enjoy any ‘Buka Puasa’ buffet function. I had more fun with the Bazaar. At the fraction of the buffet price there was soo much for one to choose from. This week so me doing the buffet thing as well. It began on Tuesday when we entertained Maxis at Shrooms. It was soo packed and congested that at the end of the day by the time u get in line u kind of lost of your appetite.
Wednesday was Celcom, I was not initially on the guest list but there was some cancellation on Celcom side and I was back on. But I choose not to go on the count of pride and principle. If I wasn’t good enough to be on the list initially I wasn’t good enough now. Thursday was my favourite of them lot. It was dinner with Primes Sports Padma and Halmy at Decanter. Our new gateway from town. Great ambience, Great food and a Great cup of Joe. Friday was AKN’s ‘Buka Puasa’ at Armada it was the same ol same ol, was really disappointed though very less choice and the place an again too crowded. Talk about commercialising the Ramadhan month.
Wednesday was Celcom, I was not initially on the guest list but there was some cancellation on Celcom side and I was back on. But I choose not to go on the count of pride and principle. If I wasn’t good enough to be on the list initially I wasn’t good enough now. Thursday was my favourite of them lot. It was dinner with Primes Sports Padma and Halmy at Decanter. Our new gateway from town. Great ambience, Great food and a Great cup of Joe. Friday was AKN’s ‘Buka Puasa’ at Armada it was the same ol same ol, was really disappointed though very less choice and the place an again too crowded. Talk about commercialising the Ramadhan month.
Work wise has been getting the heat from Lester. He wants us all to buck up and not to be complacent. Well I’m transferring some of the heat to my team and some of them don’t like it well too bad. Well that’s the part of growing up in it. I’ve been contemplating another line of job but I wonder what. Maybe join ESPN…. Let see what next year brings me. Got to consult my Feng Shui…..
Monday, October 09, 2006
Diary: Boring Weekend
The week was ok tremendous amount of meeting but nothing much happening at the work front. I need a break from work. Away from it all. But due to financial reasons I’m stuck in KL. It amazes me that people in debt can still have a holiday, why don’t you pay my money back. Don’t miss use my courtesy I have extended to you. I’m honestly sick to hear your excuses on how you don’t have any money but in reality week after week you go to the clubs to drown yourself in liquor. Where is this money coming from?
The weekend I had the lazy bug in me, I slept half the day away and I watched Miami Vice. Boy was that a crappy movie. The quality of it was like watching Cops on TV. I guess the director wanted to go with a reality kind of feel but the outcome was horrendous. Gong Li was sexy though the only good thing about the movie. Bad Boys 2 was still much better.
It was mums birthday on Saturday she didn’t want a big fuss on it so we just had a mini celebration at home. After mass we got a bucket of KFC and a litre of coke. Mum and dad drank my Dewars while I had Tequila Rose. For those who had not tried it’s like baileys but its strawberry flavour. I was surprised to get a call from Yoges; he wanted me to join him at a club near Bar Savaghn and by the looks of it Melman and the gang were there. Sadly I couldn’t meet up with them.
I was at Fiona’s house warming party there was loads of people there and Fiona didn’t want us to leave. It was bad enough that we showed up only 10. They had liquor of course but I wasn’t really in the mood for drinks. We played charade and that was soo much fun. I must say I meet some nice ladies there and there is one that caught my eye… We only left at 1.30 in the morning. Kawan Lama’s Corner to have a meal, we watched how England struggle with Macedonia. We headed home; I wasn’t in a sleeping mode so I was channel surfing when I noticed that RTM 2 was showing Arul. I stayed to watch it till 3 in the morning. Sunday in not worth mentioning…..
The weekend I had the lazy bug in me, I slept half the day away and I watched Miami Vice. Boy was that a crappy movie. The quality of it was like watching Cops on TV. I guess the director wanted to go with a reality kind of feel but the outcome was horrendous. Gong Li was sexy though the only good thing about the movie. Bad Boys 2 was still much better.
It was mums birthday on Saturday she didn’t want a big fuss on it so we just had a mini celebration at home. After mass we got a bucket of KFC and a litre of coke. Mum and dad drank my Dewars while I had Tequila Rose. For those who had not tried it’s like baileys but its strawberry flavour. I was surprised to get a call from Yoges; he wanted me to join him at a club near Bar Savaghn and by the looks of it Melman and the gang were there. Sadly I couldn’t meet up with them.
I was at Fiona’s house warming party there was loads of people there and Fiona didn’t want us to leave. It was bad enough that we showed up only 10. They had liquor of course but I wasn’t really in the mood for drinks. We played charade and that was soo much fun. I must say I meet some nice ladies there and there is one that caught my eye… We only left at 1.30 in the morning. Kawan Lama’s Corner to have a meal, we watched how England struggle with Macedonia. We headed home; I wasn’t in a sleeping mode so I was channel surfing when I noticed that RTM 2 was showing Arul. I stayed to watch it till 3 in the morning. Sunday in not worth mentioning…..
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Diary:....
The week has been very kind to me, not much work just loads of meeting. Now I have 3 Assistant Managers, Logen Daryl and Eiena. Most of my jobs have been delegated to them now I know how it field to be the boss... hehehehe. But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to do I have so much of legal things to work out which is quite tedious. To top it all off I have a jerk from Universal Music who wants to sue my company for infringement of content. That is a very touch and I’m working closely with Lester for his guidance.
This month I’m also quite low on finance as its both my mum and my brothers birthday. Gifts to buy… Sigh how will I manage X’mas this year. I was supposed to take Padma and Halmy out for a bukak puasa function on Friday but it got cancelled. Since pay had already kicked in I decide to head to my DVD man to pass my list to him. He as always was very much happy to see. I headed to ‘pasar malam’, I guess it was about 8 when I went there all the food was gone there was nothing to buy must be because of the ramadhan month.
I had a restless sleep my mattress needs to be changed, was thinking of the Dunlop mattress I saw in Midvalley. I wonder if I should get it? I woke up at 10 and like normal I was watching my routine cartoons and about 1 I left home to collect my DVD’s I did side track to Citibank to pay my bills. When will I be rid of the curse of Credit Card? After collecting My DVD’s I headed to Best Denki to get my mum her birthday present. She wanted a blender for her birthday. So I got one that did everything. It was juice, it was a blender and a grinder and it also came with an additional jug just in case my mum broke the other one. Near best Denki, Isetan was having a pillow sale I got one. I noticed that u couldn’t test pillow if it fits your head fine. You just have to buy then blindly.
All of this shopping and I was feeling a lil peckish, I looked at my watch and it was 4pm, where the time go. I headed home, mum; dad and Andrew were heading to mass followed with some church dinner. I would have at least 4 hours of alone time. I was starving by 5 so I headed to Bazaar Ramdhan. I bought nasi briyani johor with ‘ayam masak merah’. Boy was that good. I also got this ‘kuih’, which was like white on top and green at the bottom. It was like jelly but not. I took an extra long hot shower. Cleaned the house a bit and pretended I was staying alone and started to watch some DVD. I watched 3 movies back to back. X-Men: The Last Stand, 16 Blocks and Edison Force. All good movies in each way.
Sunday was as usual, I headed to St John’s, did my weekly chores. Watched Schuey beat the crap out of Alonso and Fisichella. It was an amazing race but now I wonder if it was rigged. It’s too good to be true. Alonso and Shuey are tied in points and there are just 2 races to go. But I must say I’m excited to see the next race in Suzuka, Japan.
This month I’m also quite low on finance as its both my mum and my brothers birthday. Gifts to buy… Sigh how will I manage X’mas this year. I was supposed to take Padma and Halmy out for a bukak puasa function on Friday but it got cancelled. Since pay had already kicked in I decide to head to my DVD man to pass my list to him. He as always was very much happy to see. I headed to ‘pasar malam’, I guess it was about 8 when I went there all the food was gone there was nothing to buy must be because of the ramadhan month.
I had a restless sleep my mattress needs to be changed, was thinking of the Dunlop mattress I saw in Midvalley. I wonder if I should get it? I woke up at 10 and like normal I was watching my routine cartoons and about 1 I left home to collect my DVD’s I did side track to Citibank to pay my bills. When will I be rid of the curse of Credit Card? After collecting My DVD’s I headed to Best Denki to get my mum her birthday present. She wanted a blender for her birthday. So I got one that did everything. It was juice, it was a blender and a grinder and it also came with an additional jug just in case my mum broke the other one. Near best Denki, Isetan was having a pillow sale I got one. I noticed that u couldn’t test pillow if it fits your head fine. You just have to buy then blindly.
All of this shopping and I was feeling a lil peckish, I looked at my watch and it was 4pm, where the time go. I headed home, mum; dad and Andrew were heading to mass followed with some church dinner. I would have at least 4 hours of alone time. I was starving by 5 so I headed to Bazaar Ramdhan. I bought nasi briyani johor with ‘ayam masak merah’. Boy was that good. I also got this ‘kuih’, which was like white on top and green at the bottom. It was like jelly but not. I took an extra long hot shower. Cleaned the house a bit and pretended I was staying alone and started to watch some DVD. I watched 3 movies back to back. X-Men: The Last Stand, 16 Blocks and Edison Force. All good movies in each way.
Sunday was as usual, I headed to St John’s, did my weekly chores. Watched Schuey beat the crap out of Alonso and Fisichella. It was an amazing race but now I wonder if it was rigged. It’s too good to be true. Alonso and Shuey are tied in points and there are just 2 races to go. But I must say I’m excited to see the next race in Suzuka, Japan.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Superwoman
All the woman friends I know love this song. Some know it by heart. Some swear by it. The songs made famous by Karyn White. One of my dear ex-girlfriend loves this song and can sing it anywhere. Recently I was given Jaclyn Victors new album and the 1st song of the track was Superwoman. She brought her rendition to it, which was quite lovely. I do wonder is this an anthem for all ladies? Anyway thought I would share with you the lyrics to the song for those who still are un familiar to it.
Early in the morning
I put breakfast at your table
And make sure that your coffee
Has its sugar and cream
Your eggs are over easy
Your toast done lightly
All that's missing is your morning kiss
That used to greet me
Now you say the juice is sour
It used to be so sweet
And I can't help but to wonder
If you're talking 'bout me
We don't talk the way we used to talk
It's hurtin' so deep
I've got my pride,
I will not cry
But it's makin' me weak
I'm not your superwoman
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down
And think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human
This girl needs more than occasional
Hugs as a token of love from you to me, ooh, baby
I fought my way through the rush hour
Trying to make it home just for you
I want to make sure that your dinner
Will be waiting for you
But when you get there you just tell me
You're not hungry at all
You said you'd rather read the paper
And you don't want to talk
You like to think that I'm just crazy
When I say that you changed
I'm convinced I know the problem
You don't love me the same
You're just going through the motions
And you're not being fairI've got my pride,
I will not cry
Still I can't help but care
I'm not your superwoman (Oh, no, no)
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down
And think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional
Hugs as a token of love from you to me
I'm not your superwoman (Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo)
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down (Hey)
And think that everything's okay (Don't let me down, don't you let me down)
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human, yeah)
This girl needs more than occasional
Hugs as a token (Ooh, ooh) of love from you to me
Oh, baby, look into the corners of your mind
I'll always be there for you through good and bad times
But I can't be that superwoman that you want me to be
I'll give my everlasting love if you'll return love to me
I'm not your superwoman (Oh, no, oh, no)
I'm not your superwoman (Oh, no, oh, no)
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down
And think that everything's okay
Boy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional
Hugs as a token of love from you to me (Oh, no)
If you feel it in your heart
And you understand me
Stop right where you are
Everybody sing along with me
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
I'm the kind of girl that can treat you so sweet
But you got to realize that you got to be sweeter to me, oh, ho, ho
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hoo
Hoo, hoo, hoo, ooh, ooh, hooI need love
I need just your love
I'm not your superwoman (Oh, no)
I'm not the kind of girl that you can let down (You can let down)
And think that everything's okayBoy, I am only human (I'm only human)
This girl needs more than occasional (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Hugs as a token of love from you to me
I'm not your superwoman
I'm not your superwoman
Monday, September 25, 2006
Diary: This Weeks Update
I celebrate Christmas twice a year? How and why you ask? Well simple, you know that the actual Christmas Day is the 25th of December? So when do I celebrate the next one. Well I celebrate it when all the TV channels start showing Christmas programmes in September. That’s ok compared when it used to be in June. Don’t u think its weird that the television programming people cant schedule their programmes properly? Just the other day I watched 2 Christmas movies on HBO.
The week has been quite boring, why? Cause I’m quite low on cash so I had to stay at home and watch TV/DVD’s. Besides that I had the urge to make myself drunk but I firmly said no on the grounds I was doing it for the wrong reasons.
As you know Monday was I was busy playing foosball, well on Tuesday It was back too futsal. I didn’t play too much in fear of injury again. The gals from Mindshare were around so I was mucking about with them. Wednesday I attended ESPN and Start Sports convention at Hilton. Astro also jointly advertised it as well. Padma was giving a speech, which was about sponsorship and sports content. I made a lot of potential clients. Through up the whole presentation was wondering if I could apply for a job in ESPN. Did you know Walt Disney own EPSN and Star Sports? Bet you didn’t know that.
Friday was a sad day, that’s the day I broke up with Isma, We had lunch we talked stuff over. After lunch I just wanted to get out of the office immediately but I had to work so I went to Bangsar to meet up with Padma and Halmy. The urge of having something strong was there but I suppressed the feeling. We ended up at Coffee Bean drinking and watching the ladies. I felt empty
The week has been quite boring, why? Cause I’m quite low on cash so I had to stay at home and watch TV/DVD’s. Besides that I had the urge to make myself drunk but I firmly said no on the grounds I was doing it for the wrong reasons.
As you know Monday was I was busy playing foosball, well on Tuesday It was back too futsal. I didn’t play too much in fear of injury again. The gals from Mindshare were around so I was mucking about with them. Wednesday I attended ESPN and Start Sports convention at Hilton. Astro also jointly advertised it as well. Padma was giving a speech, which was about sponsorship and sports content. I made a lot of potential clients. Through up the whole presentation was wondering if I could apply for a job in ESPN. Did you know Walt Disney own EPSN and Star Sports? Bet you didn’t know that.
Friday was a sad day, that’s the day I broke up with Isma, We had lunch we talked stuff over. After lunch I just wanted to get out of the office immediately but I had to work so I went to Bangsar to meet up with Padma and Halmy. The urge of having something strong was there but I suppressed the feeling. We ended up at Coffee Bean drinking and watching the ladies. I felt empty
Diary: Ramblings of a Broken Heart
There is a Frank Sinatra Song that I relate to this topic. Its called I wish her love. My girlfriend wanted me to marry her, overlooking the fact that she is Malay how could I marry her. What do I have to offer? How do I make a lady happy when i myself am not stable in life?
She went back to her hometown and when she came back she asked me where our relationship was heading too. Well what could I say? I told her the truth it would go as far as it could go. She couldn’t accept that answer. There is a man apparently eager to marry her back to her hometown and her mum is persisting that she considers him. I must say I was taken quite a back with the proposal. Made me step out of my norm box and take a look at my life from a different perspective.
Eiena had a fit when she knew about Isma and me, she said I 'mempermainkan' her. Well did I? To my defence I did explain how the relationship would be and we both agreed that we would just enjoy each other’s company. Deep down I kind of knew that the relationship would head nowhere. Shari had a migraine when I told her about it. So where do I go from here? I’m not too sure back in the day, this would have been a good excuse to get sloshed and drown the problems away. But as you get older you know to well that doesn’t do squat. I feel I need to break out, shout or scream. Or there is another therapy, which I’m thinking about which is a lil girlish, but who the hell cares… What I’m talking about? Shopping.
As in love live I’m not going to say I lost my faith in love and I’ll NEVER love again. That would be ridiculous, as those who know me know I’m made to love somebody. I’m planning to take the dating game into a whole new way. I would like some privacy in the matter as I’m unsure how I’d be doing this yet. But it’ll happen. Best of luck to Isma may she prosper always. God Bless.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Diary: Mourning
The week was bad, as I had to attend 2 funerals to attend. One was my neighbour who passed away because of heart attack. He leaves behind a widow and 3 children. The other wan also a heart attack was a church member He leaves behind a widow and a daughter. Since two of them died of heart attack my mum took the opportunity to drill how I need to take care of myself.
Sunday was Aunt B, Birthday and we celebrated in Klang at this new Chinese restaurant. Food was good too bad the portions were just too small. Andrew, mum & I was still left famished but we didn’t have anything else cause we just weren’t in the mood. I’d like to say I went to bed but I stayed awake I witnessed to much misery for a week so I thought I would treat myself with something uplifting. I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again. I drifted off on the couch for sometime till much later I dragged my feet back to bed. I know its going to be a tiring Monday.
On Monday morning I had a plan, I would endure the tiring meeting Monday leave sharp 6 and by 9 I’d be in my bed. But whenever I plan stuff like this it never works out like you want it too. Padma and Halmy came over for tea as usual on Monday, we had our normal discussion. Lester was the 1st to leave but I stayed back. Padma invited me to his office in Menara Millennium and I agreed. They shared an office with Mindshare and some of the people I knew there like Jo and Fiona. Been long time since I saw them. But what caught my eye was this beautiful Malay girl called Farah. Nice sweet gal whom you know you can have a conversation with. Something I really look for in a girl these days.
Padma’s place had a foosball so we were playing with it for sometime and I must say we had such fun. We played till 10-ish when Padma said he was hungry and we headed to Decanter a restaurant located near Medan Damansara. It was a restaurant secluded in a housing area. It was a very nice quite chill out place. Which I recommend to those who wants to spend time chilling out to talk with friends or that special one. The restaurant has many signature dishes like their homemade pies and homemade cheesecakes. By the time we finished dinner and I headed home it was already midnight. Took a quick bath and I headed to bed as in 5 hours I need to wake up…..
Sunday was Aunt B, Birthday and we celebrated in Klang at this new Chinese restaurant. Food was good too bad the portions were just too small. Andrew, mum & I was still left famished but we didn’t have anything else cause we just weren’t in the mood. I’d like to say I went to bed but I stayed awake I witnessed to much misery for a week so I thought I would treat myself with something uplifting. I watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again. I drifted off on the couch for sometime till much later I dragged my feet back to bed. I know its going to be a tiring Monday.
On Monday morning I had a plan, I would endure the tiring meeting Monday leave sharp 6 and by 9 I’d be in my bed. But whenever I plan stuff like this it never works out like you want it too. Padma and Halmy came over for tea as usual on Monday, we had our normal discussion. Lester was the 1st to leave but I stayed back. Padma invited me to his office in Menara Millennium and I agreed. They shared an office with Mindshare and some of the people I knew there like Jo and Fiona. Been long time since I saw them. But what caught my eye was this beautiful Malay girl called Farah. Nice sweet gal whom you know you can have a conversation with. Something I really look for in a girl these days.
Padma’s place had a foosball so we were playing with it for sometime and I must say we had such fun. We played till 10-ish when Padma said he was hungry and we headed to Decanter a restaurant located near Medan Damansara. It was a restaurant secluded in a housing area. It was a very nice quite chill out place. Which I recommend to those who wants to spend time chilling out to talk with friends or that special one. The restaurant has many signature dishes like their homemade pies and homemade cheesecakes. By the time we finished dinner and I headed home it was already midnight. Took a quick bath and I headed to bed as in 5 hours I need to wake up…..
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