Thinking of storm watching!!

Was in the dentists office the other day and saw an article about Storm Watching here in the NorthWest.....and then i got the bug to go see it.Maybe go to Oregon or more towards the west of Washington. So will be watching out for the weather report and keep an eye out for storms. Also was told that another good activity to do is after the storm, people comb the beach to see what the storm brought it. All this sure is exciting me. Well, will post pictures if i do get to do it.
:)

What the F is Ju-Ju-Be??

What the fuck is Ju-Ju-Be?? Thats my thought when i was in the asia store yesterday and saw a lot of people picking up this up. Ok...its a fruit but what is it? So anyway, i thought if so many people buying it, it must be good...so i bought it....at $1.49 a pound, i really can't go wrong. And when i got home, i quickly open up the package and pop one into my mouth.....damn.....its damn nice.....light and sweet....reminded me of jambu taste. Then i took another one out and it tasted familiar.....and then it finally hit on me...this is the fresh Chinese Red Dates. You know the one you put into peanut soup and such. So now i know how fresh chinese dates taste like and i like it. I am begining to suspect that jambu and this fruit are related.......

Blame Canada!! Blame Canada!!

Everytime someone mentions Canada, i am always reminded of South Park the Movie, Blame Canada song!! So that explains the title for today's blog. But it does not explain why i choose Canada today. Well, my attorney just informed me that my application for a Canadian PR has been approved and that i can land and work in Canada anytime after my passport is being stamped. This means that in any event that i get laid off or if anything should happen on the US side, i can always hope over the border and see how it is. I don't really intend to return home to Msia but then again, if i have enough money to pay off a house in Msia and car......may consider moving back. If the house and car is paid off, all your income is basically yours and life should be pretty good after that.......So YAY! i got my Canadian PR(backup plan) and that also puts me in a better position job wise....:)

Back to work tomorrow!!! Waaaaa!!

After 2 weeks of not dealing with any work related stuff, its with a heavy heart to say that it has all come to an end. Oh well, i had a good break and also kinda bored of not having much to do with my free time. But fear not....i will be having another week of vacation at the end of November for Thanksgiving. Definately looking foward to that one for sure. Oh well, all good things must come to and end. Also, you may also notice that i put ads in my blog now...i don't think i will get any money from it coz traffic quite slow but what the heck....just for the fun of it ok....:p

Got tickets to Def Leppard and Bryan Adams

Ever since 1987, i've always wanted to attend the concert by Def Leppard. I missed my opportunity when they came to Malaysia in 1994 because was a broke student then......so when i got back from vacation this week, was looking what's going on round where i live, to my surprise, i saw that Def Leppard is performing in a stadium less than 2 miles where i live. At first i hesitated because of the $59 dollar ticket price, but then again, i figure, when can i have a chance again to see these guys perform live. I also use to like Bryan Adams back then and he's performing with them. So basically 2 concerts for the price of one.....Sigh....only sad thing is that i will be going alone for this one because i don't think any of my friends would like them but who the heck cares, i am still going despite all of this.

Home sweet home!!

After 6-7 hours of plane ride, i am finally home. Sigh!!! So nice to be home with all my stuff and my realible broadband!!!! I still have one week to kill, so thats a good thing. Have not figure out what i want to do this week, was thinking about going downtown Seattle and do a little exploring but when i look at what is there to do....reality hits me....nothing to do.....all the sights i have been to is pratically boring as hell. Hmmm......but i'll figure out something!!!

Fog-get it!! I'm Leaving!!!

Ok.......make the decision today to cut short my vacation 3 days. Why? Look at the picture on top, rain,rain,rain and more rain. And it'd never did stop raining. I would put this vacation i had as a so-s0 one. First, fall colors like premature ejaculation, the coast of Maine like watching porn instead of having sex...... and the rest of the trip like impotency of old age. Weather will be like this in New England for the whole week and into next week!!! What can i do? I have to either stay in hotel or get wet visiting these places!! Sigh!!! So woke up this morning, cancel all my other reservations and heading off home to Seattle tomorrow. Dem fuck up i tell ya. Oh well, at least i've see a little fall foilage, tasted so much lobster till i am tired of it and saw a scenic lighthouse in Maine. Better than nothing.....but at the end of the day, my vacation could have been so much better. All George Bush's fault!!!

Had a great time today.

Finally, after much digusts, i had a good day.To my surprise, there is a lighthouse in Portland about 8 miles from my hotel, which had the most pretty lighthouse in US. I am glad i brought along my travel books. The sight of this lighthouse is fantastic and this makes up for all the fustration i had yesterday!!! Was so happy to have found this one!!

To add to a perfect day, i met up with Sila in New London. It was a surprise as i didn't know she was that close to the hotel i was staying at. She went out of her way to find me a great seafood place named Abbot's. This is probably the authentic seafood you get in New England. Glad i had it and the great hosts make it even better. Thanks Sila.

Holiday going down the drain!!!!

Shit....my holiday is going down the toilet. Why???
First of all, the fall colors not really there yet, today, wanted to see lighthouse and coast of Maine and guess what happen??? Fog!!! Fuck i tell you. Came all the way and can't see jack shit on the coast. The lighthouse also cannot see. Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Tomorrow, driving down to Connecticut to New London.....suppose to meet up with Sila but not sure if i can make it there on time or not. Anyway, also i am fed up of lobsters now. Had lobsters stew for lunch and then lobster rolls for tea time. I don't want to eat anymore lobsters......waaaaaa!!!!!

Finally seeing some real fall colors....

Went of a 5 hour train ride today and the views were pretty good. I can't imagine how nice it would look when fall is in full bloom. Maybe need to go back and visit this next year again. In any event, it was very relaxing.....no need to think of work or anything....nice!!! Anyway, here is a nice picture which i took today. Enjoy!! :)

Some stuff i kena tag by Lilian about.

See....i was reflecting on the trip today!!!

Where i was 10 years ago
Hmmmm....10 years ago, i was 21....that means i will be in APIIT first yeardoing my diploma in Business Apps right after i finish my Hotel and Catering Diploma.Yeah...a lot of changes, but so far, best damn move i make.


Where i was 5 years ago
After i finish up my Bachelor in UK, i decided to try my luck in getting a jobin the US. How i got it??? Long story short, i got into a programming courseand thus it provided me with the opportunity to work after i completed my course.Although its not the best paying job in my opinion, but i think my collegues and bosses have been supportive of my immigration status thus far. So i think i amfortunate to have what i have now. :)


Where i was 1 year ago.
In my cubicle working...not very exciting....
Where i was yesterdaySpend most of my time in the aircraft heading to the east coasts of the United States.Where will i be tomorrow.New Hampshire, hopefully riding the train and snapping nice pictures of the White Mountains.


Five snacks i enjoy
- Chex Mix
- Potato Chips.....ahhhh.....but not too often..
- Asian junk food...like the prawn crackers.....
- Dried sotong.....- Granola

Five singers (or bands) for whom I know the lyrics to most of their songs
- The Cranberries (Dreams is one of my fav tunes till today)
- Enya (Love her voice)
- The Eagles
- Natalie Imbruglia - only like one song Torn but i like her too...wink...wink
- Def Leppard.....


Five things I would do with $100,000,000
- But some nice properties worlwide....Europe Greek Islands sounds nice..
- Make sure family members and close friends are taken care of.
- Invest at least 1/2 of that money
- Would love to help out students with great potential but have financial problems to succeed in their dreams, coz i believe that its these people who would in turn able to help the others less fortunate than them.
- Buy toys for orphanages....love making kids happy. :)


Five locations i would like to run away to
- Japan
- Europe
- New Zealand
- Australia
- China


Five bad habits i have
- Lazy bastard i am
- Dirty bastard i am
- Eating too much bastard i am
- Compulsive buyer bastard i am
- Can't make up my mind in what i want to do bastard i am

5 TV shows i like
- The Daily Show with John Steward
- Frasier
- X-Files
- Carnivale
- Friends


5 famous people i'd like to meet
- Sammi Cheng....wink...wink....
- Jeniffer Aniston.....she's soooo pretty
- Anthony Hopkins
- Enya of course
- Sean Connery.....Don't tell me you don't like Bond when you were a kid...


My biggest joys
- Being in the US
- Having a job that have flexible hours
- Being single...yeah...can pretty much do whatever i want with my time

My fav. toys
- My Sony PSP....can't live without it
- My personal computer
- My Ipod


Five people to tag
None...coz those i want to tag kena tag also...:(

New England vacation.

My first vacation for the year. Was hoping to see the fall foilage in New England but i think i came too early and trees were pretty damn green. Sigh!!! Nevermind....live and learn.
Anyway, i hope to blog more on this trip but shall see how it is. Got lost while trying to find the hotel today. Boston International Airport is very,very confusing. I landed at about 6.00pm and somehow got to my hotel at 8.00pm coz the dem road has so many bloody turns. Anyway, enjoy the view from the Harbor....from a further distance than the pic in the forum. ;p

Holy Crap....Kansas has the best damn BBQ!!!!

Ok....back from my trip......did not sleep well for 2 days or so.......eyes a little bit burning.
Anyway, yesterday, one of the managers took us out on a BBQ at a place called Fiorella's Jack Stack BBQ......shit.....that has got to be the best damn BBQ i have ever tasted. Also, the baked beans that they have.....i almost crap in my pants to as how good it was. If all beans can be prepared that way.....i can be vegeterian already.
And yes, for all those of you who has the nagging thought of, what about your diet.....for your infomation, i have lost about 10pounds since i started it a month ago. So i am still doing fine on my diet. I actually had a great time in Kansas with other people from my company and although, i will have to recover from my lack of sleep,i should be ok. I am heading out to the East Coast again on Sunday to New England for my vacation, so have to go thru the plane ride all over again. Sigh!! So its great to be back.

Going to Kansas City this week.

Going to Kansas City tomorrow for trainning. Feeling really shitty about it. Why? Because i dislike going to any company function and have to go thru the formality of introducing yourself to the rest of the people and am a representative of my program. Sigh!! Dem tu lan feeling i tell you!! Also, i dislike going thru security in the airport these days. Have to be there early and have to wait and wait and wait!!! Sheesh..........

P.Ramlee??

Recently, i've have an interests to watch old P.Ramlee movies. I still think that he's the best director Malaysia ever had. I think its pathetic that Malaysia has not release a single DVD of good quality from this director. I am sure these will sell well. A lot of us grew up watching his Ali Baba and Do-Re-Mi stories and the "Cubaaa-an" shows....LOL.....i have vague memories of his show, but would love to have all his movies in my DVD collection. I think instead of wasting time censoring all 18sx crap.....the entertainment industry should keep P.Ramlee's work alive. Now, if the DVD of his movies exists, let me know ya.....but in the meantime, i can only think back to wheni was a kid watching his shows with my family and laughing together!!!

Thinking of retiring Gloomville!!!

Keeping up with the blog is not easy. So i am thinking of retiring this blog. Sometimes dunno what to write about. Most of the time i feel shy to talk about things. For a short time, while doing this, it did give you readers an idea about who i am. I shall see if i have more stories to tell, but for now, retiring is an option. But i shall see what happens.

BBQ Cancelled!! :(

Was suppose to have a company BBQ today but was cancelled because of rain!! Sniff! Sniff! Was actually looking foward to the beef thats dropping off the bone,slow cooked chicken and endless magarita's!!! Sigh!!! But weather today is bad, raining so kena cancelled. :( Also i was curious what kinda lucky draw prizes they had. But nevermind...be strong....its only food!!! :(

Anyway, to make up for it, i went to an italian restauraunt and had Chicken with White Wine sauce and to top it off, Cold Stone Creamery ice cream to have Banana Caramel Crunch(See below). If you don't know, Cold Stone is a new trend of ice cream stores in the US whereby they mix ice-cream with the topping of your choice on a cold slab of stone. Yup, they put the ice-cream on a stone and mix it there and then. Sure taste bloody good. Tomorrow have to go back to dieting again!! Oh well, life goes on!!!

Diet update!!

Ok...its been 2 weeks since i started my diet. Lost about 5 pounds already!!! Pants already fitting me better!!Shit, its dem difficult i tell you. Secret of success(if you can call it success!!! Muahahahhaha!!!), eat more vege and fruits and cut down on meats and carbs.

First week, dem susah....always hungry....but after a while, your body just gets used to it.
Right now, if a little hungry, its a good thing. Important note, breakfast is very crucial. You have to at least eat something for breakfast, i had cereal with soy milk. Love it! Lunch and dinner.....pile my plate with about 85% vege and 15% meats. Its not too bad.
Went to asian store today and bought more vege for the week. Onwards to the 3rd week!!!

Bahagian kedua cerita babi betina butuh!!

Sekarang hari minggu, saya nak cerita pasal babi di tempat kerja saya. Sebenarnya, babi ini ialah seorang lelaki. Dia gemuk, gigi macam tahi anjing dan muka macam berang punya punggung!
Saya tak suka dia kerana perangai dia betul-betul uji saya punya perasaan. Setiap kali kalau saya ada masalah dengan network, bila saya tanya dia, dia cakap "Apa Mahu??" Babi celaka, sudah 5 tahun kerja dengan babi ini, dia lagi bagi perangai macam butuh!! Bukan itu saja, dia selalu cakap, "Senang saja, hari ini saya betulkan masa-alah itu" tapi sampai sebulan dia semua pun tarak buat!! Selalu kata dia tahu, tapi otak macam tempoyak tahi!!! Bodoh sungguh babi butuh ini!!

Lu orang tengok gambat babi di atas...nah...itulah dia kalau saya guna anak panah kat dia.
Sejak kawan saya di syarikat tinggalkan syarikat, dia ambil separuh punya kerja kawan saya. Itulah kerana kawan saya kerja kat network, saya takut nanti babi ini nampak tulisan ini dan buat kacau kat saya!!! Nasib baik, Isnin ini tak ada kerja. Saya tak nak tengok muka babi ini!!

I am tired of listening about Katrina and God on TV!

Well, i still see people on TV that talks about God saving their lives and Katrina, i get annoyed!! But my collegue today showed me a link to James Randi site and i thought what he mentioned about this subject is exactly what was on my mind when i hear such things.

Quote from James Randi:

"I felt badly when I discovered that hurricane Katrina, in brushing by us on her way to Louisiana, had brought down two beautiful and very old trees here at the JREF. Losing electric power – both here and at my home – for a few days, was a nuisance. However, the subsequent wide-scale devastation of other parts of our country makes us at the JREF feel fortunate. This page was turned out with some difficulty, but here it is.

In passing, I have to ask if our President has seen fit to blame God for the thousands of dead innocents, the loss of property that made millions homeless, the displacement and separation of families, the destruction of fine buildings and the general damage to our way of life – which took place and continues to take place despite his assurance that he’d prayed to God – begged for mercy – about the situation. One Reverend on TV thanked God for diverting Katrina slightly east so that New Orleans didn’t receive it directly; what it did to Mississippi as a result of that divine response, wasn’t mentioned. The governor of Louisiana declared a Day of Prayer, with no noticeable effect.

I suggest that we might want to depose this incumbent God and start dealing with The Real World. He’s proven – time and again – to be cruel, capricious, and vindictive. He drowns, crushes, burns, and starves millions of us every day. He created cancer, viruses, and germs to invade and destroy our bodies as He sees fit, and uses them very effectively. In His wisdom, He directed those in charge to impede stem cell research so that such a powerful approach would not be available to us and He wouldn’t have to strain the Divine Intellect to disarm that defense. We amuse Him as we flail about vainly trying to appease Him. I vote that we dump Him."

www.randi.org/jr/200509/090205alley.html