ah... i was telling my friends in Oz the other day, that after coming back from Melbourne, i started to have this "Coffee Depression"... like she used to have "Food Depression" everytime after she came to KL and back to Melbourne again... ^_^
after nearly 9 months of non-starbucks, non-coffee-bean type of coffee... i still don't have the urge to step into any Starbucks, or Coffee Bean over here, in the mean time (in the mean time only ^_^)
as i know, i'll not be able to get the same good and real type of quality of coffee... as well as, with a fair price..., therefore, i don't bother... for the time being... ^_^
however... while we're in Singapore... at least i've some other side choice... we went to TCC, we went to Pacific Coffee.. which is not so American... even though Pacific Coffee is also another near-American type of coffee... where you only find the typical common type of coffee... however... TCC (The Coffee Connoiseur) is slightly different... i'm not sure if i'd want to call it better.. as it's only an temporary "coffee depression" symptom of me, where i've lost all my usual and norm 'judgement' ^_^... but, at least, i find good decent Affogato in TCC ^_^...
back in KL... nothing....
today... i saw Chocz in KLCC.. (they've one in Singapore as well... but the one we saw, it didn't have seatings... however... why bother??? Singapore still have Max Brenner.. at least when i've chocky craving, i can go to Max Brenner.. but what am i going to do when i'm in KL??? so, i went on to try Chocz)
their menu wasn't THAT interesting or THAT norm to me... their range is too big and wide, they've almost everything, but lack of proof of their specialty in chocky products...
so, i order the bare minimum to see if they can do it right... "Madagascar Origine Rare"...
mm... surprisingly it's quite good... (ie. i'll go there more than once, in the future!!)
however.. besides this "Madagascar Origine Rare"... i didn't see other more varieties of chocky drinks or chocky products... (mm.. hopefully they'll improve one day!! or somebody please, franchise Max Brenner over!!)
mm.. ok... one reasonably good discovery for the day...
however.. my coffee depression is still not cured!!!! @_@
2006-11-30
Bondy Begins
Oooh!! i went to watch "Casino Royale" today... since i'm staying in the hotel.. didn't bring my notebook and whatever gears that're important to me... ie. nothing to do.. (and the TV channels in the hotel sucks... ya... goodness... why do we still have the superduper old Vision 4???? SHAME!!)
so, i pretended to be a tourist, took the hotel bus (while most of the hotels in other places, made this a 'service', but i gotta pay RM2 for this) to KLCC...
i knew i'll end up watching "Casino Royale", as at this moment, there's nothing much on show... (if they're still showing "The Prestige", i'll probably camp at the cinema!!!!!!!! but, too bad, this time, i'm not destined to be able to do that, while it was start to be shown in Oz, i left Oz, and as the whole world know that, Oz's movie schedule is slower than the rest of the world, so, when i'm back to m'sia now, it's already taken out of the cinemas... i managed to catched the LAST round, showing at 21:50 in Singapore!!!)
"Casino Royale", i didn't expect anything... just watch for entertainment... one thing with this type of film (at least to me) you'll never failed to be entertained, at least... at the same time, there's Denzel Washington's "De javu"... for this, i didn't know what to expect... "didn't know what to expect" and "didn't expect anything" is different... cos, i kinda expect to see something great out of Denzel Washington, therefore, i didn't dare to take the 'risk', as to walk in the cinema, without knowing a little bit what i'm watching!!! ^_^ anyway...
besides the FAMOUS Daniel Craig... i didn't know who else i'll get to see... in fact, i kinda didn't know what i would get to see either...
from the opening credit... ooh!! EVA GREEN, wait, this name sounded familiar... isn't that the girl from "The Dreamers"???? yummy!!! (oh!! if you wanna have a look at what "The Dreamers" is... come to me ^_^, it's Bertolucci's film..., but nothing too great!!!) so, i was wondering, hm... so, is EVA GREEN the bad or the good one????
one important thing to mention...i like the OP song... "You Know my Name", by Chris Cornell... mm... my type of song... ^_^
(ok, below will contains spoilers.. so, if you don't want to know the storyline at all, please don't read!!)
after nearly half of the show... then, only i realised... oh!!! it's another 're-installation' thing... ^_^ no wonder... no wonder this time James Bond fought more... i mean, real tough fight, rather than using all those fancy gadgets... no wonder, he was not so pro, and he sometimes, 'tripped and fail"... i see i see... then, i got the beginning lines, something like, he's promoted from 00 to 007!!! i see i see!!!!!!!!!!!
ok.. forget about Daniel Craig's head... ^_^ when i first saw him, i mean after seeing a few close-up shoot of his face... i thought.. ooh!!! a crumbled James Bond!!!! his face just somehow looked funny to me... mm... looked a little bit like one of the game's character, a monkey... can't remember the monkey's name, but i think, it's a game...
but in the begininng part, where he was chasing the guy with the bomb... there's this moment, this guy's gun ran out of bullet, so, he tossed it away... coincidently... he tossed it to Bond's direction, so, Bond picked it from the mid-air, and tossed it back to him, hit him... ie. the same bullet-less gun, one could do nothing but tossed it away, but with James Bond, he COULD DO something about it ^_^V...
after the first few fighting scenes and so on... i got it i got it... James Bond is a brainy person.. a more realistic brainy person, without all the fancy gadget... (but at that time, i still didn't get it as a re-installation of the 007 show)
mm... then... ooh... after i slightly figured out that, this is the "Bond Begins" type of show.. ah... i started to flow with the story... let's forget about Daniel Craig's head, for once, the 007 story actually is interesting.. by itself... usually, the limelight is on the James Bond.. however... i guess, this time, the story in a way, stole the limelight.. (or, am i wrong?? ^_^)
mm... for once... i kinda like the story of 007
for once... there wasn't a distinguishable one bad girl and one good girl where the bad girl always gotta sleep with Bond before the good girl... type of story...
and for once, James Bond is more serious about his relationship with a girl... (not that it bothers me too much, my favourite Pierce Brosnan also had already had an on-screen kiss with my disliked Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Halle Berry... i'm already used to 007's disappointment!!)
then... ah!!!! the part where Eva's Vesper and Daniel's James checked into the hotel.. trying to enter the poker game... where, James prepared a sexy dress for Vesper, and then, in return, Vesper prepared a tailored suit to James... and he complained... and so on...
Ooh!! i could see what's coming next... i could see!! i could see!!! well... i'm pretty excited about what i was going to see...
when James Bond finally put on his tailored suit... HAHA!!!! i know what the story-teller was trying to tell already... cos, when he finally put on the suit... i suddenly felt that, oh!!! now only it's JAMES BOND... and i know, why the future James Bond always wears tailored suit... it must be....
the girl he love, ie. Vesper who prepared/introduced him the tailored suit, died... and that, from then on... he always wears tailored suit and that, he'll never get serious with any girl anymore... mm... that explained... and of course, that's my type of story... cos, i was just too use to the Hong Kong's "God of Gambler" type of story... where Gou Jun liked to wax his hair, and he liked to eat chocolate and so on... mm... interesting... and ya, regardless if it's Daniel Graig or not Daniel Craig... i found this character more interesting...
ok... i don't have to mention about this story anymore... the story progress.. more or less a what i've guessed... and ya, Vesper died...
i've to say... Eva Green was cute... she looked a little bit like the japanese Nakashima Mika, especially with her make-up while she's in the casino... the same type of eyes make-up... however, i have to admit that, she's really quite a pretty girl, as.. after all those heavy make-up, when she was 'honey-mooning' with James Bond in Venice... without all those heavy make-up, she still looked fresh and pretty... ^_^ yummy!!! ^_^
too bad that, she'd to die in the show... ^_^ but that's what created the real James Bond right?? ^_^
lastly... i've to say, which i hate to say... "Casino Royale" is actually quite good... ^_^ (thinking of the fact that, i was one of those who criticised about Daniel Craig being Bond and that Pierce Brosnan was tossed out fo the show!!! and that i supported all other candidates while they're still auditing instead of Daniel Craig... well... however... i've to say, i still miss Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, but i don't reject Daniel Craig as one anymore, BUT... i still can't quite equate him as James Bond, thinking of his monkey head!!! HOWEVER... now i got it... now i know why they've to choose another person... as it's meant as Bond Begins, so, they can't really get the same Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, then, we'll all feel like we're watching "Back to the future" sort of movie... where James Bond travel through time and showed us how he met his real love, and how he was promoted to the famous 007...)
^_^;; then... i don't mind watching for the second time... with him!!!
so, i pretended to be a tourist, took the hotel bus (while most of the hotels in other places, made this a 'service', but i gotta pay RM2 for this) to KLCC...
i knew i'll end up watching "Casino Royale", as at this moment, there's nothing much on show... (if they're still showing "The Prestige", i'll probably camp at the cinema!!!!!!!! but, too bad, this time, i'm not destined to be able to do that, while it was start to be shown in Oz, i left Oz, and as the whole world know that, Oz's movie schedule is slower than the rest of the world, so, when i'm back to m'sia now, it's already taken out of the cinemas... i managed to catched the LAST round, showing at 21:50 in Singapore!!!)
"Casino Royale", i didn't expect anything... just watch for entertainment... one thing with this type of film (at least to me) you'll never failed to be entertained, at least... at the same time, there's Denzel Washington's "De javu"... for this, i didn't know what to expect... "didn't know what to expect" and "didn't expect anything" is different... cos, i kinda expect to see something great out of Denzel Washington, therefore, i didn't dare to take the 'risk', as to walk in the cinema, without knowing a little bit what i'm watching!!! ^_^ anyway...
besides the FAMOUS Daniel Craig... i didn't know who else i'll get to see... in fact, i kinda didn't know what i would get to see either...
from the opening credit... ooh!! EVA GREEN, wait, this name sounded familiar... isn't that the girl from "The Dreamers"???? yummy!!! (oh!! if you wanna have a look at what "The Dreamers" is... come to me ^_^, it's Bertolucci's film..., but nothing too great!!!) so, i was wondering, hm... so, is EVA GREEN the bad or the good one????
one important thing to mention...i like the OP song... "You Know my Name", by Chris Cornell... mm... my type of song... ^_^
(ok, below will contains spoilers.. so, if you don't want to know the storyline at all, please don't read!!)
after nearly half of the show... then, only i realised... oh!!! it's another 're-installation' thing... ^_^ no wonder... no wonder this time James Bond fought more... i mean, real tough fight, rather than using all those fancy gadgets... no wonder, he was not so pro, and he sometimes, 'tripped and fail"... i see i see... then, i got the beginning lines, something like, he's promoted from 00 to 007!!! i see i see!!!!!!!!!!!
ok.. forget about Daniel Craig's head... ^_^ when i first saw him, i mean after seeing a few close-up shoot of his face... i thought.. ooh!!! a crumbled James Bond!!!! his face just somehow looked funny to me... mm... looked a little bit like one of the game's character, a monkey... can't remember the monkey's name, but i think, it's a game...
but in the begininng part, where he was chasing the guy with the bomb... there's this moment, this guy's gun ran out of bullet, so, he tossed it away... coincidently... he tossed it to Bond's direction, so, Bond picked it from the mid-air, and tossed it back to him, hit him... ie. the same bullet-less gun, one could do nothing but tossed it away, but with James Bond, he COULD DO something about it ^_^V...
after the first few fighting scenes and so on... i got it i got it... James Bond is a brainy person.. a more realistic brainy person, without all the fancy gadget... (but at that time, i still didn't get it as a re-installation of the 007 show)
mm... then... ooh... after i slightly figured out that, this is the "Bond Begins" type of show.. ah... i started to flow with the story... let's forget about Daniel Craig's head, for once, the 007 story actually is interesting.. by itself... usually, the limelight is on the James Bond.. however... i guess, this time, the story in a way, stole the limelight.. (or, am i wrong?? ^_^)
mm... for once... i kinda like the story of 007
for once... there wasn't a distinguishable one bad girl and one good girl where the bad girl always gotta sleep with Bond before the good girl... type of story...
and for once, James Bond is more serious about his relationship with a girl... (not that it bothers me too much, my favourite Pierce Brosnan also had already had an on-screen kiss with my disliked Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Halle Berry... i'm already used to 007's disappointment!!)
then... ah!!!! the part where Eva's Vesper and Daniel's James checked into the hotel.. trying to enter the poker game... where, James prepared a sexy dress for Vesper, and then, in return, Vesper prepared a tailored suit to James... and he complained... and so on...
Ooh!! i could see what's coming next... i could see!! i could see!!! well... i'm pretty excited about what i was going to see...
when James Bond finally put on his tailored suit... HAHA!!!! i know what the story-teller was trying to tell already... cos, when he finally put on the suit... i suddenly felt that, oh!!! now only it's JAMES BOND... and i know, why the future James Bond always wears tailored suit... it must be....
the girl he love, ie. Vesper who prepared/introduced him the tailored suit, died... and that, from then on... he always wears tailored suit and that, he'll never get serious with any girl anymore... mm... that explained... and of course, that's my type of story... cos, i was just too use to the Hong Kong's "God of Gambler" type of story... where Gou Jun liked to wax his hair, and he liked to eat chocolate and so on... mm... interesting... and ya, regardless if it's Daniel Graig or not Daniel Craig... i found this character more interesting...
ok... i don't have to mention about this story anymore... the story progress.. more or less a what i've guessed... and ya, Vesper died...
i've to say... Eva Green was cute... she looked a little bit like the japanese Nakashima Mika, especially with her make-up while she's in the casino... the same type of eyes make-up... however, i have to admit that, she's really quite a pretty girl, as.. after all those heavy make-up, when she was 'honey-mooning' with James Bond in Venice... without all those heavy make-up, she still looked fresh and pretty... ^_^ yummy!!! ^_^
too bad that, she'd to die in the show... ^_^ but that's what created the real James Bond right?? ^_^
lastly... i've to say, which i hate to say... "Casino Royale" is actually quite good... ^_^ (thinking of the fact that, i was one of those who criticised about Daniel Craig being Bond and that Pierce Brosnan was tossed out fo the show!!! and that i supported all other candidates while they're still auditing instead of Daniel Craig... well... however... i've to say, i still miss Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, but i don't reject Daniel Craig as one anymore, BUT... i still can't quite equate him as James Bond, thinking of his monkey head!!! HOWEVER... now i got it... now i know why they've to choose another person... as it's meant as Bond Begins, so, they can't really get the same Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, then, we'll all feel like we're watching "Back to the future" sort of movie... where James Bond travel through time and showed us how he met his real love, and how he was promoted to the famous 007...)
^_^;; then... i don't mind watching for the second time... with him!!!
Rapid KL but KL never Rapid
RapidKL but KL never 'Rapid'
Another painful story about m'sian ticketing system arises today!!!
Guess what happened???
mm... mm... the story starts from the beginning!!! (i've always liked to start my story from the very beginning... i know i know, some people don't like it)
so, why do i end up in Reinassance Hotel today? (oh!!! for your information, it's a Mormon hotel!! ^_^)
well, i was just tagging along... ^_^ and tried to act like a tourist...
nah... not really.. just that, i didn't bother to drive my car out from the carpark, then, go to KLCC Suria, looking for carpark, and pay the parking, and then, need to drive back, look for carpark again!!! see????
therefore... after some shopping and chocky drink, and movie... and etc... i took the LRT back to Reinassance Hotel... mm... in fact, it's not THAT far to walk from KLCC to Reinassance... but i was lazy... at the same time, wanna see if my Touch n Go card still work after a long break...
First thing, i went to the LRT customer service counter in KLCC... a SMALL notice board put there, in front of the desk, saying that, the Touch n Go system is down!!! ($#^$%^#%&%^&@ why is every system in KL DOWN!!!!! toss them to the drain please, somebody!!! i couldn't watch Astro for many days, even though i still pay while i was abroad, and when i called the customer service, they said, their servers were down, asked me to call the next day, after 3pm, so, i did, and it's still down, so, next day, and i did, and it's still down!!! #!$#%@^%$ then, we bought some IKEA stuff, one screw lack.. i called their customer service number, nobody ever picked up the phone, and after zillion time of trial, finally some girl called BLOODY SHEENA, picked up, explained to her, she said she'll check with the delivery guy... later i try to call back to double-check... never get through the line, call the delivery guy, he said, customer service never called him back... then, after another round of zillion of time of trying... another guy called Addy picked up the phone... i complained to him about this BLOODY SHEENA bitch... finally this Addy helped, now, i'll have to wait till Saturday to see if the whole customer service thing is working, and that not all of them are walking dead bodies!!! !@#$#%#$@^%#^&^%&Y)
back to the LRT story... so, fine, i tested the Touch n Go card, it worked... so, i arrived at Dang Wangi... which is nearer to Reinassance Hotel on the other side, compared to KLCC on the opposite end of Jalan Ampang... i went to the customer service desk, asked if i can refund my LRT ticket... ya, in case my Touch n Go didn't work, i bought a ticket as well... then... to my SHOCKING!!! the sit-there-and-doesn't-do-much-thing guy asked me where i bought the ticket from... i told him KLCC (ya, i bought the ticket from KLCC to travel to Dang Wangi) and he told me, if that's the case, then, i CAN ONLY REFUND IT IN KLCC STATION... i 'ha!' very loud, stared at him... thinking that it's a joke... i came from KLCC... now you're asking me to go back to the origin point just to refund the ticket?? "Can i refund at the ticket machine then?" he shook his head... then, i told him, "what a system!!" and left...
gosh gosh gosh!!!!!!!! %#@%$%&*^$&%$%#%#%$#^&#%&$%&#^#$%#$#
there's a (i guess) some middle-eastern guy who's beside me, saw my 'situation', he asked if i want to sell the ticket (he thought i want to sell the ticket??) i told him no, it's ok... and when i came up the escalator, he asked if i what i meant was to sell back the ticket... i told him, "don't bother, i guess, one would have to go back to KLCC to be able to use the ticket anyway!!!" then, he replied, "i thought they said it's SMART system??" (Yeh!!! even a foreigner can see the SMAAAAAAAAAAAAART-ness in our system!!!"... God save the malaysian!!!!
ha!! i can't be bothered about the RM1.30 ticket... for a lesson.. it's cheap!!!
but, goodness!!!!!! really... what a system..
talking about ticketing system... i haven't been to many places to really compare.. however... the smartest one that i have seen up till now, is the one in tokyo... their ticket, made of paper, very small in size.. probably it's just slightly bigger than the label tag at the collar of your shirt/blouse/etc... but yet... say.. you bought a daily pass... then, to the next day, there's some value left, not enough for you to do a full trip... then, you'll go buy a second daily pass right? for the second day??? however... if you put the 2 little mini ticket together, into the turnstile, it'll automatically finishes off the first ticket with the little bit of remaining value, and start deducting on the second one...
we're very impressed... by such small little ticket... serious!!! maybe the system is not THAT smart afterall... but the small little mini ticket is definitely smart... whichever!!!! ^_^
frankly, so far.. i haven't seen any other system as smart as this... most of them, are the bare basic good ones, like the ezlink, or the octopus card (where, octopus slightly superceeds ezlink, as, you can use it as cash card, purchase goods from grocery stores and 7-11, etc)
ok.. i'm not really comparing apple to apple...
however... in most of the places that i've been... AT LEAST, we can refund all the extra value on the daypass or tickets, IN ANY STATION that uses the same system... oops.. sorry, but not in my own home country!!! GREAT!!!!!...........
Another painful story about m'sian ticketing system arises today!!!
Guess what happened???
mm... mm... the story starts from the beginning!!! (i've always liked to start my story from the very beginning... i know i know, some people don't like it)
so, why do i end up in Reinassance Hotel today? (oh!!! for your information, it's a Mormon hotel!! ^_^)
well, i was just tagging along... ^_^ and tried to act like a tourist...
nah... not really.. just that, i didn't bother to drive my car out from the carpark, then, go to KLCC Suria, looking for carpark, and pay the parking, and then, need to drive back, look for carpark again!!! see????
therefore... after some shopping and chocky drink, and movie... and etc... i took the LRT back to Reinassance Hotel... mm... in fact, it's not THAT far to walk from KLCC to Reinassance... but i was lazy... at the same time, wanna see if my Touch n Go card still work after a long break...
First thing, i went to the LRT customer service counter in KLCC... a SMALL notice board put there, in front of the desk, saying that, the Touch n Go system is down!!! ($#^$%^#%&%^&@ why is every system in KL DOWN!!!!! toss them to the drain please, somebody!!! i couldn't watch Astro for many days, even though i still pay while i was abroad, and when i called the customer service, they said, their servers were down, asked me to call the next day, after 3pm, so, i did, and it's still down, so, next day, and i did, and it's still down!!! #!$#%@^%$ then, we bought some IKEA stuff, one screw lack.. i called their customer service number, nobody ever picked up the phone, and after zillion time of trial, finally some girl called BLOODY SHEENA, picked up, explained to her, she said she'll check with the delivery guy... later i try to call back to double-check... never get through the line, call the delivery guy, he said, customer service never called him back... then, after another round of zillion of time of trying... another guy called Addy picked up the phone... i complained to him about this BLOODY SHEENA bitch... finally this Addy helped, now, i'll have to wait till Saturday to see if the whole customer service thing is working, and that not all of them are walking dead bodies!!! !@#$#%#$@^%#^&^%&Y)
back to the LRT story... so, fine, i tested the Touch n Go card, it worked... so, i arrived at Dang Wangi... which is nearer to Reinassance Hotel on the other side, compared to KLCC on the opposite end of Jalan Ampang... i went to the customer service desk, asked if i can refund my LRT ticket... ya, in case my Touch n Go didn't work, i bought a ticket as well... then... to my SHOCKING!!! the sit-there-and-doesn't-do-much-thing guy asked me where i bought the ticket from... i told him KLCC (ya, i bought the ticket from KLCC to travel to Dang Wangi) and he told me, if that's the case, then, i CAN ONLY REFUND IT IN KLCC STATION... i 'ha!' very loud, stared at him... thinking that it's a joke... i came from KLCC... now you're asking me to go back to the origin point just to refund the ticket?? "Can i refund at the ticket machine then?" he shook his head... then, i told him, "what a system!!" and left...
gosh gosh gosh!!!!!!!! %#@%$%&*^$&%$%#%#%$#^&#%&$%&#^#$%#$#
there's a (i guess) some middle-eastern guy who's beside me, saw my 'situation', he asked if i want to sell the ticket (he thought i want to sell the ticket??) i told him no, it's ok... and when i came up the escalator, he asked if i what i meant was to sell back the ticket... i told him, "don't bother, i guess, one would have to go back to KLCC to be able to use the ticket anyway!!!" then, he replied, "i thought they said it's SMART system??" (Yeh!!! even a foreigner can see the SMAAAAAAAAAAAAART-ness in our system!!!"... God save the malaysian!!!!
ha!! i can't be bothered about the RM1.30 ticket... for a lesson.. it's cheap!!!
but, goodness!!!!!! really... what a system..
talking about ticketing system... i haven't been to many places to really compare.. however... the smartest one that i have seen up till now, is the one in tokyo... their ticket, made of paper, very small in size.. probably it's just slightly bigger than the label tag at the collar of your shirt/blouse/etc... but yet... say.. you bought a daily pass... then, to the next day, there's some value left, not enough for you to do a full trip... then, you'll go buy a second daily pass right? for the second day??? however... if you put the 2 little mini ticket together, into the turnstile, it'll automatically finishes off the first ticket with the little bit of remaining value, and start deducting on the second one...
we're very impressed... by such small little ticket... serious!!! maybe the system is not THAT smart afterall... but the small little mini ticket is definitely smart... whichever!!!! ^_^
frankly, so far.. i haven't seen any other system as smart as this... most of them, are the bare basic good ones, like the ezlink, or the octopus card (where, octopus slightly superceeds ezlink, as, you can use it as cash card, purchase goods from grocery stores and 7-11, etc)
ok.. i'm not really comparing apple to apple...
however... in most of the places that i've been... AT LEAST, we can refund all the extra value on the daypass or tickets, IN ANY STATION that uses the same system... oops.. sorry, but not in my own home country!!! GREAT!!!!!...........
2006-11-29
So much yet So Nothing... @%$#@%@$^%#&^@$#^@$
a few days ago, my PC went down the drain... ^_^ horror story to tell... ^_^
just 1.5 days before i came back to KL (for good, hopefully!!) i found out that my PC was infected by virus, or hacked by people... well.. i can't really differentiate, but it felt more like being hacked frankly... however, i guess the procedure went like that... first... i somehow got infected by some malware or spyware, or whatever stupid rubbishware... then, by having these XXX-wares, somebody hacked into my system...
i was in s'pore.. doing my 'usual business'... ie. having my PC one for 24 hours.. (well, not exactly but, long hours!!!) and the bandwidth there was SUPERB... i guess, it's tooooooo superb that, it's similar to the door of your house is wide-opened that, the thief is just too tempted to come in and get something ^_^... see??????
let me tell you this horror story in cronological order ^_^V
first... around 04:00, i was monitoring my 'usual business'... then, my intrusion detection system informed me that, some services were trying to run by itself..., those services looked like this 9gnqx.dll, and 5ctmon(something something).dll... then, i went to see my processes... it's this extra run32dll in it... which usually doesn't happen...
so, i felt fishy about the whole thing... and since it was late, i decided to shutdown the machine and went to bed...
the next day... still thinking that, everything will be OK after a good night sleep... (duh!)
i ON my PC and again, check the process list... hm... really!! some extra services were happily running by themselves... including another new service, called test3
i killed them all... and went to check the programme folder... WOO!! one extra new programme suddenly 'reside' in my programme folder... ie. TEST3
i tried to delete it, it's locked...
and then, i tried to search for those funny .dll files, and i found them, again, couldn't delete them...
after many trial-and-error and many rounds or rebooting... i finally managed to deleted the test3 folder, and those .dll files..
HOWEVER... they 'regenerated' themselves... and forced it through the processes to become one running process...
and more horror events came up...
1. i ran all the available anti-virus, anti-spyware programmes on my PC... none of them managed to catch anything... fine!!!
2. so i thought maybe all these programmes just couldn't catch them... i downloaded more of the others... and try to install... to my surprise... ie. HORROR STORY NO.1, (as compatible as Ju-On, or The Ring) i discovered that, i couldn't run any of them, .exe files... ie. i couldn't install ANYTHING!!! (it's this 'error' message popup, saying that, the .exe is not compatible with this win-32 OS)
so, i went online to surf for more information, after surfing (still dare to surf) for a while... i gathered (from all the information that i read) that, i need to have a look at my hosts file...
3. i nearly fainted when i saw it!!!! my hosts file WAS SEVERELY modified... @%@#^%#**^$@%$#%$ and it's all those super-suspicious redirected web addresses... gosh!!! and the worst thing is... i couldn't modify it to the original version, as, i couldn't save the file... it's locked by whatever $@#@%$ hacker out there!!!!!!! !@#$@#%@^#!^&$^%@&%$^@#$%
after another few more round of trial-and-error and reboots... i managed to run those .exe files... install more new anti-virus, anti-spyware programmes.. however, still!! none of them manage to detect those funny proccesses!!!!!!!
ya... i'd better reformat the whole thing, and give it a good spring cleaning!!!!!!!!!!
the next thing i decided to do... (even though i have been trying to avoid) was to make sure that all my files were backed up properly... then, i shut down my computer... and prepared to bring home to reformat the whole thing... i guess.. that's the only way out...
SO, i finally really really shut down my PC and bid goodbye to it!!
for a while... (without a PC... or with a PC that's basically considered 'dead' or 'unusable') i felt... mm... goodly-empty... ^_^ this suddenly reminded me of an article that i've read before...
there's this guy, his house caught fire... of course, at the first instance... one would feel lost and maybe panic, or whatsoever feeling that one would have, when one's house was on fire...
however... quite immediately later... he felt relieved... according to him... over these years... he had piled up too many stuff in his house... wanted and unwanted, needed and not-needed... usable and unusable... etc... many time, he felt like throwing them away, however.. due to sentimental value, or whatever reason.. he didn't do it eventually...
and this fire...
in a way, helped him to re-new his house, re-newed his 'attachment' to those worldly belongings... therefore, he was kinda 'thankful' to such event...
mm... i thought, this type of people, will always raise up again, regardless what downturn, what disaster hit them... (of course, my case is nothing comparable to this 'house-burning-down' case though!!)
and i suddenly feel that, all the data in my PC were so unreachable, untouchable... so much of data... yet, so... nothing!!!
it's all so virtual, so unreal, and so... unphysical!! ^_^...
just 1.5 days before i came back to KL (for good, hopefully!!) i found out that my PC was infected by virus, or hacked by people... well.. i can't really differentiate, but it felt more like being hacked frankly... however, i guess the procedure went like that... first... i somehow got infected by some malware or spyware, or whatever stupid rubbishware... then, by having these XXX-wares, somebody hacked into my system...
i was in s'pore.. doing my 'usual business'... ie. having my PC one for 24 hours.. (well, not exactly but, long hours!!!) and the bandwidth there was SUPERB... i guess, it's tooooooo superb that, it's similar to the door of your house is wide-opened that, the thief is just too tempted to come in and get something ^_^... see??????
let me tell you this horror story in cronological order ^_^V
first... around 04:00, i was monitoring my 'usual business'... then, my intrusion detection system informed me that, some services were trying to run by itself..., those services looked like this 9gnqx.dll, and 5ctmon(something something).dll... then, i went to see my processes... it's this extra run32dll in it... which usually doesn't happen...
so, i felt fishy about the whole thing... and since it was late, i decided to shutdown the machine and went to bed...
the next day... still thinking that, everything will be OK after a good night sleep... (duh!)
i ON my PC and again, check the process list... hm... really!! some extra services were happily running by themselves... including another new service, called test3
i killed them all... and went to check the programme folder... WOO!! one extra new programme suddenly 'reside' in my programme folder... ie. TEST3
i tried to delete it, it's locked...
and then, i tried to search for those funny .dll files, and i found them, again, couldn't delete them...
after many trial-and-error and many rounds or rebooting... i finally managed to deleted the test3 folder, and those .dll files..
HOWEVER... they 'regenerated' themselves... and forced it through the processes to become one running process...
and more horror events came up...
1. i ran all the available anti-virus, anti-spyware programmes on my PC... none of them managed to catch anything... fine!!!
2. so i thought maybe all these programmes just couldn't catch them... i downloaded more of the others... and try to install... to my surprise... ie. HORROR STORY NO.1, (as compatible as Ju-On, or The Ring) i discovered that, i couldn't run any of them, .exe files... ie. i couldn't install ANYTHING!!! (it's this 'error' message popup, saying that, the .exe is not compatible with this win-32 OS)
so, i went online to surf for more information, after surfing (still dare to surf) for a while... i gathered (from all the information that i read) that, i need to have a look at my hosts file...
3. i nearly fainted when i saw it!!!! my hosts file WAS SEVERELY modified... @%@#^%#**^$@%$#%$ and it's all those super-suspicious redirected web addresses... gosh!!! and the worst thing is... i couldn't modify it to the original version, as, i couldn't save the file... it's locked by whatever $@#@%$ hacker out there!!!!!!! !@#$@#%@^#!^&$^%@&%$^@#$%
after another few more round of trial-and-error and reboots... i managed to run those .exe files... install more new anti-virus, anti-spyware programmes.. however, still!! none of them manage to detect those funny proccesses!!!!!!!
ya... i'd better reformat the whole thing, and give it a good spring cleaning!!!!!!!!!!
the next thing i decided to do... (even though i have been trying to avoid) was to make sure that all my files were backed up properly... then, i shut down my computer... and prepared to bring home to reformat the whole thing... i guess.. that's the only way out...
SO, i finally really really shut down my PC and bid goodbye to it!!
for a while... (without a PC... or with a PC that's basically considered 'dead' or 'unusable') i felt... mm... goodly-empty... ^_^ this suddenly reminded me of an article that i've read before...
there's this guy, his house caught fire... of course, at the first instance... one would feel lost and maybe panic, or whatsoever feeling that one would have, when one's house was on fire...
however... quite immediately later... he felt relieved... according to him... over these years... he had piled up too many stuff in his house... wanted and unwanted, needed and not-needed... usable and unusable... etc... many time, he felt like throwing them away, however.. due to sentimental value, or whatever reason.. he didn't do it eventually...
and this fire...
in a way, helped him to re-new his house, re-newed his 'attachment' to those worldly belongings... therefore, he was kinda 'thankful' to such event...
mm... i thought, this type of people, will always raise up again, regardless what downturn, what disaster hit them... (of course, my case is nothing comparable to this 'house-burning-down' case though!!)
and i suddenly feel that, all the data in my PC were so unreachable, untouchable... so much of data... yet, so... nothing!!!
it's all so virtual, so unreal, and so... unphysical!! ^_^...
2006-11-26
Once Upon a time, BIMB
In reference to the previously mentioned micromanaging bitch……
Once upon a time…
There’s this company, and in the company, there’s a BIMB (Bossy-Intimidating-Micromanaging-Bitch)… and there’s also a super-duper mummy’s boy…
What happened was… one day, this mummy’s boy, voiced out to the management, that his daddy mummy has moved to another country wo!! (he’s an employee in country A, and daddy mummy moved to country B) so, he demanded that, he would be posted to a project site, which happened to be in country B… NO. 1 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
SHOCKINGLY… the BIMB, who never bother to listen to any humanly word, she entertained this stupid request!!! NO. 2 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
So, BIMB asked one of her subordinate, who’s more senior than mummy’s boy, of course, to try to arrange… and poor subordinate eventually ‘sacrificed’ her role… letting the know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy to take over her role, to go to country B for the project… upon request, and poor subordinate, even prepared to ‘wipe ass’ if anything goes wrong… (of course, how can you trust an important project in the hands of know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy, right??)
Then… poor subordinate went to see BIMB, told BIMB the arrangement… and guess what happened???
Apparently, it’s not enough, it’s not what’s intended by the know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy, what he wanted… WAS EVEN MORE!!!
He demanded to go to country B, to join his dear dear daddy mummy, on a more regular basis… ie. ONCE A MONTH!!! NO. 3 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
Oh!!! I bet whoever has read till this stage, will know what’s happened next right?? Or roughly have guess what’s happened…
So, after cracking her head off and so on… poor subordinate came to BIMB, told BIMB that, it’s basically not feasible… not feasible in the management point of view, not feasible in the project’s point of view, and not even feasible in their client’s point of view… (come on!! It’s not even feasible in any human’s point of view ok!!)
…… expectedly, she got scolded, and asked to be more innovative and creative!!! NO. 4 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
So… she went to another supervisor, hoped to get some advice…
Well… even though with much willingness to help… it’s just plain struggle and pointless to even deal with the situation or the BIMB…
Conclusion… is… ask her to F**K OFF!!!
(Ya, I wish!!)
Once upon a time…
There’s this company, and in the company, there’s a BIMB (Bossy-Intimidating-Micromanaging-Bitch)… and there’s also a super-duper mummy’s boy…
What happened was… one day, this mummy’s boy, voiced out to the management, that his daddy mummy has moved to another country wo!! (he’s an employee in country A, and daddy mummy moved to country B) so, he demanded that, he would be posted to a project site, which happened to be in country B… NO. 1 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
SHOCKINGLY… the BIMB, who never bother to listen to any humanly word, she entertained this stupid request!!! NO. 2 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
So, BIMB asked one of her subordinate, who’s more senior than mummy’s boy, of course, to try to arrange… and poor subordinate eventually ‘sacrificed’ her role… letting the know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy to take over her role, to go to country B for the project… upon request, and poor subordinate, even prepared to ‘wipe ass’ if anything goes wrong… (of course, how can you trust an important project in the hands of know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy, right??)
Then… poor subordinate went to see BIMB, told BIMB the arrangement… and guess what happened???
Apparently, it’s not enough, it’s not what’s intended by the know-nothing-but-only-daddy-mummy guy, what he wanted… WAS EVEN MORE!!!
He demanded to go to country B, to join his dear dear daddy mummy, on a more regular basis… ie. ONCE A MONTH!!! NO. 3 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
Oh!!! I bet whoever has read till this stage, will know what’s happened next right?? Or roughly have guess what’s happened…
So, after cracking her head off and so on… poor subordinate came to BIMB, told BIMB that, it’s basically not feasible… not feasible in the management point of view, not feasible in the project’s point of view, and not even feasible in their client’s point of view… (come on!! It’s not even feasible in any human’s point of view ok!!)
…… expectedly, she got scolded, and asked to be more innovative and creative!!! NO. 4 RIDICULOUS BRAINLESS THING TO HAPPEN THAT ONE FINE DAY!!!
So… she went to another supervisor, hoped to get some advice…
Well… even though with much willingness to help… it’s just plain struggle and pointless to even deal with the situation or the BIMB…
Conclusion… is… ask her to F**K OFF!!!
(Ya, I wish!!)
!!!Services Beyond Distinction!!!
last night, i finally set foot on malaysian soil again!!!!!!! while we're in still in the terminal, i didn't feel much that i'm back home yet... (felt like Tom Hanks in "The Terminal" ^_^)...
however... when we get out of the the baggage claim section, really really on OUR WAY HOME...
the first thing i saw, was the long queue, oh!! queues, each of them LONG, in front of the taxi ticket counter...
just another note, before we came out of the baggage claim section, we saw a signboard there, written "
the next thing, is the gist of the events that i want to mention about...
since we've no choice, i have to be one of the 'members' in the long queue... just picked either one of them, it won't be any faster anyway!!!
most of us, we were just standing there, waiting in the queue, without knowing what's actually going on in front, at the cashier counter...
i kept looking in front, trying to grasp what's happening... even handicapped person, probably would have already printed and issued many taxi tickets... but none of the queue was moving on with the supposed 'normal' speed... (i'd probably would have already eaten a dozen or maybe even more cup-noodles already!!!!!!!!!!)
i was really getting more and more impatient... i was thinking.. come on!! i haven't been home for nearly 9 months.. don't tell me, my country is still LIKE THAT... (oh!! i won't be bothered to describe what's "LIKE THAT!!")
and during that time, i happened to have this elastic band in my hand... i was very, i mean, really very very very tempted to snap one of the ticketing cashiers there, with my elastic band... well... i rehearsed that many time in my mind, but didn't really execute it!!! (shame on myself!!!)
anyway... finally, it's my turn... something 'interesting' happen…
i was already having an extremely black long face... i was actually contemplating, if i should show a smiling face to the lady in front, or i should just pull a long face… then, suddenly, an indian businessman came in, and started to scold, loudly… saying, “why are there so many budget taxi outside? And you told me there’s none? Is this the way, for you to cheat money??”… none of the cashiers there make a noise, and they quitely made sign to their supervisor to show face and helped tackle this situation…, so, the supervisor and the businessman went out…
the first thing the lady told me was, “wait for a while…”, then, she just stood there, like a stone, no movement, no expression!!! I was stunned!!!! Absolutely stunned!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then… a second noise came out… the man behind me, asked, loudly again!!! “can you tell me what are we waiting for??” (oh, he asked everybody’s question)
NOBODY CAME OUT TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THE ‘SITUATION’ (oh well… there’s a small placard there in front of the counter, that said something like, “due to the traffic in KL, we’re running short on taxis (or something like that) please bear with us (or please bear with the limitation or something…)” something like that… well… when I first read the ‘notice’, I thought fine, we’d have to have a long wait outside then, which is not the first time, in fact… but I didn’t know what WAS to come after this…)
The lady stared at me, and I stared at the board behind the counter, with the words, “Services beyond Distinction”
So, I asked the lady… “are all the machines dead or what?” (I spoke in mixture of English, and Malay, for eg. “machine mati ke??”)
The lady, looked like she’s offended or what, reluctantly said, “NO!! the machines are not dead, but I can’t print the ticket for you?” so, I opened my eyes even bigger…. Ie. Asking her WHY??
She said, “we can’t have more than 30 taxi ‘tickets’ waiting outside in the queue, so, you wait outside and you wait here is the same, you must as well wait here!!!!”
GOD SAVE THE MALAYSIAN!!!!!
I was speechless!!!!!!!!
And that businessman that was complaining came in… seemed like he won the ‘war’…
Cos, I saw the supervisor threw the ticket to the cashier, and asked her to re-issue one…
And then, the third wave came…
Somebody elses behind said loudly!!! “This is the worst airport in Asia!!”
Cool!!! Ya!!! I mean Cool!!!!! I was soooo agitated by the situation as well, but somebody elses scolded all the words before me… save me my job!!!
So… I tried to ‘speak’ to the lady cashier in front of me..
I asked her, “why can’t you just give us the ticket, if we see the queue is long, and if we don’t want to wait, then, we can at least go drink a cup of tea, or do some shopping, instead of keeping us here waiting?”
(what I actually mean was… instead of keeping people queuing up in front of you, pulling long faces, and start scolding people, including me!!!)
She said, “I’m just doing my job!!!” (what she meant was, “I’m just a brainless chick, who works without brain!!”
Finally, we got out ticket, and I tried to explain to him what really happened at the TAXI ticketing counter…
- the fact that, there’s actually still an airport that you need to buy ticket to get a taxi, that exists in the world!!!
- the fact that, there’s actually still an airport, where only THEIR taxis (which they shamelessly called it limo) are allowed to pick up passenger, and RUN WITHOUT METER, that exists in the world!!!
- the fact that, this brainless somebody actually gave instruction to this brainless bunch of workers, to ‘capture’ all the travellers in front of the taxi ticketing counters, whenever the number of people outside waiting in the queue, exceed 30, actually exists…
- and the fact that, there’s another bunch of hopeless and choiceless passengers/travellers, who need to queue up to face this type of nonsense, made exist…
- and the fact that, I’m soooo ashamed to tell any visitors, that “ya!!! You need to queue up here, buy expensive tickets, to be able to get onboard a taxi to go to your destination!!!”
- AND the fact that, the taxi vehicles that they used, are mostly DAEWOO (I thought they produce DVD/CD player??) which do not have big luggage compartment, ie. You can’t even put a huge piece of luggage behind!! Why? Cos, half of the compartment is occupied by the gas tank!!!
Conclusion?? Oh!!! Very simple!! PLAIN STUPIDITY!!
I wish I could have the guts to ask them to take down the writing, “Services beyond Disctinction”
The problem is… 20 years ago, our airports, or train stations, were mostly operated in this manner…
However… after 20 years, it’s still operated in this manner… while the whole world beside you is progressing…
Regardless how NO.1 you WERE before!!! If you only step at the original spot… eventually, the last will also overtake… isn’t that simple??? Even a 3-year-old kid will also know the story between the tortoise and the rabbit!!! And let me tell you!!! It’s only a THURSDAY night, where there aren’t that many commuters YET!!!
Ooh!! I’d like to see what’ll WILL HAPPEN on a Friday night… (where there’ll be many commuters between
Lastly!!! I felt that, KLIA that day, was very gloomy… it didn’t feel like a welcoming airport, where everywhere is supposed to be well lit!! however… maybe it’s because of the MAS ‘issue’ that left me the impression, that somebody or some place is going to close shop soon!!… I just felt that, the airport was gloomy… and the worst thing is, when you went to the domestic terminal… gosh!! Like a dead factory… cos, they kicked out AirAsia… and there’s no more domestic commuter (well… not absolutely NONE, but, you know what I mean right??)… SAD! SAD! SAD!
2006-11-22
Love is...
Most people who know me, know I like to sing, and I CAN SING!! ^_^ (well.. not quite... this is just self-praising!! ghee!!)
anyway... I used to be able to sing almost 90% of the songs of whoever or whichever singers that I liked, during that decade!!! (wow!! sounds like I am really old, as I speak about time, in terms of 'decade', not even 'year', or 'month', or 'day' ^_^)
for eg. I could recite, or wrote you the original copy of Samuel Hui's 90% songs' lyrics to you... by heart!!
Anyway.. one leads to another... what I am trying to say... ^_^ is not how well I can sing!! (faint!!)
it's about this song, with a tune I loved, and I still love... that I sang long time ago...
shame to say... I forgot almost half of the lyrics, or whenever I try to sing, I couldn't be sure of the all the lyrics...
The song that I love to sing, is in chinese...
(and obviously, if you know what type of song I mean, you'll know what I mean... ^_^;;)
"Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."
" 愛 是 恆 久 忍 耐 ， 又 有 恩 慈 ； 愛 是 不 嫉 妒 ； 愛是 不 自 誇 ， 不 張 狂 ， 不 作 害 羞 的 事 ， 不 求 自 己 的 益 處 ， 不 輕 易 發 怒 ， 不 計 算 人 的 惡， 不 喜 歡 不 義 ， 只 喜 歡 真 理 ； 凡 事 包 容 ， 凡 事 相 信 ， 凡 事 盼 望 ， 凡 事 忍 耐 。 愛 是 永不 止 息 。"
I like simple things... ^_^V
anyway... I used to be able to sing almost 90% of the songs of whoever or whichever singers that I liked, during that decade!!! (wow!! sounds like I am really old, as I speak about time, in terms of 'decade', not even 'year', or 'month', or 'day' ^_^)
for eg. I could recite, or wrote you the original copy of Samuel Hui's 90% songs' lyrics to you... by heart!!
Anyway.. one leads to another... what I am trying to say... ^_^ is not how well I can sing!! (faint!!)
it's about this song, with a tune I loved, and I still love... that I sang long time ago...
shame to say... I forgot almost half of the lyrics, or whenever I try to sing, I couldn't be sure of the all the lyrics...
The song that I love to sing, is in chinese...
(and obviously, if you know what type of song I mean, you'll know what I mean... ^_^;;)
"Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."
" 愛 是 恆 久 忍 耐 ， 又 有 恩 慈 ； 愛 是 不 嫉 妒 ； 愛是 不 自 誇 ， 不 張 狂 ， 不 作 害 羞 的 事 ， 不 求 自 己 的 益 處 ， 不 輕 易 發 怒 ， 不 計 算 人 的 惡， 不 喜 歡 不 義 ， 只 喜 歡 真 理 ； 凡 事 包 容 ， 凡 事 相 信 ， 凡 事 盼 望 ， 凡 事 忍 耐 。 愛 是 永不 止 息 。"
I like simple things... ^_^V
What did I see???
wow!!!! JUST got back from the cinema, alone, after having a full dose of Christian Bale,
what happened was... tonight, the 21:50 show, "The Prestige", will be the last showtime in this city... well... at least, among those 'approachable' cinemas around this area...
if you go on to the internet to see the showtime for this movie, tomorrow... NIL!!!!!!
therefore, by all means, I had to, walk, or crawl, or run, or whatever... to THAT particular cineplex, to see my first "The Prestige"!!!!!!!!!!!
ya... I will never be able to forgive myself, if I don't even spend a penny on Christian Bale's movie!!! ^_^
What can I say???
hm... ok... this will be the first run of me, trying to write something about "The Prestige"(or Christian Bale)
what I can say is...
too much to say, but nothing to say... (if you go watch the show, you'll know what I mean... ^_^)
can't say, can't say a thing... cos, the whole movie was basically full of twists and turns.. and it's past and present, interleaved with each others... and... every single word, or sentence that's said in this movie, meant something... arrgh...
see!!! can't say much... too much to say, but can't say a thing...!!!! you know how suffering I am at the moment?? ^_^ bittersweet suffering!!!! kakakakakaka!!!!
OK OK.. besides, the fact that, my eyes, and my specs were all LOCKED on Christian Bale..
what did I see???
next round, I'll tell you...
I don't think anybody will want to read a full passage of me, talking about purely, and solely on Christian Bale right??
mm.... just let me continue my sweet dream tonight...
will try to do a second 'run' ^_^
cheers...
what happened was... tonight, the 21:50 show, "The Prestige", will be the last showtime in this city... well... at least, among those 'approachable' cinemas around this area...
if you go on to the internet to see the showtime for this movie, tomorrow... NIL!!!!!!
therefore, by all means, I had to, walk, or crawl, or run, or whatever... to THAT particular cineplex, to see my first "The Prestige"!!!!!!!!!!!
ya... I will never be able to forgive myself, if I don't even spend a penny on Christian Bale's movie!!! ^_^
What can I say???
hm... ok... this will be the first run of me, trying to write something about "The Prestige"(or Christian Bale)
what I can say is...
too much to say, but nothing to say... (if you go watch the show, you'll know what I mean... ^_^)
can't say, can't say a thing... cos, the whole movie was basically full of twists and turns.. and it's past and present, interleaved with each others... and... every single word, or sentence that's said in this movie, meant something... arrgh...
see!!! can't say much... too much to say, but can't say a thing...!!!! you know how suffering I am at the moment?? ^_^ bittersweet suffering!!!! kakakakakaka!!!!
OK OK.. besides, the fact that, my eyes, and my specs were all LOCKED on Christian Bale..
what did I see???
next round, I'll tell you...
I don't think anybody will want to read a full passage of me, talking about purely, and solely on Christian Bale right??
mm.... just let me continue my sweet dream tonight...
will try to do a second 'run' ^_^
cheers...
STALKED!!
I guess, this is the problem with girls... only girls.. (well... if this happen to a guys... then, please pass my message to them... tell them, "YOU FAGOTS!!")
Anyway...
when we were still in school... ie. teenage, while we're still cute small little school girls... ie. hadn't really grown up...
we girls liked to stick to each other all days... shared everything, ate the same food... probably admired the same guy, etc...
girls... tend to get intimate with each others...
... time passed... we grew up... our relationship/friendship... luckily, had evolved to a more mature type...
we still remember each other, even though we maybe separated aparted, in different countries, different corners of the world... different time zone... we still give each other a ring, once in a while...
with this "once-in-a-while" type of contact... I guess, it doesn't mean that, our relationship is harmed, or jeapordized...
At the same time, we made other new friends... each separation, each year we grew up, we give our friends, each other, more space to grow and learn to be more mature, more independent, and knowing more new friends... learning more new stuff in life... and so on...
HOWEVER...
sometimes... we still hear, or come across those articles, posted by 'victimized' female, to the local magazines, about them, being stalked by their very own friends...
Friendship... especially between girls... tend to get funny sometimes...
I once read an article... about poisonous friendship... it mentioned about some of our friends, who only care about themselves, want more attention... or, rather, want your full attention and always act like a cry-baby... etc... simply, because they call you their friends, this type of relationship/friendship, has been crowned to be 'poisonous'... (details, I can't really remember!!.. but I bet, you can find tonnes of these type of real-life stories on the internet)
Recently, I also heard another story... which I personally have experienced the similar situation before...
we (the person in the story, and I) both have a friend, who expects you to babysit them, include them in whatever you're doing, wherever you're going... whoever you're meeting...
ya, you're just like a twin to them... maybe because of simple reason, either, they're too lonely, or, they haven't really grown up to learn to develope a more mature relationship with others, or they simply think that, they're part of your life...
by saying this, I'm not denying our friendship, or the fact that, I am part of your life (being a friend)
however... I guess... everybody should have a space for himself/herself... and everybody elses should try to grow up... and be independent, or at least, to act like an adult so others are not expected to babysit them!!
The difference between me and the person in the story... is that... well.. I managed to pull myself out of this relationship... even though, I do wish I don't have to...
however, until the day, we both agree on the same terms about 'friends', I may as well... enjoy, my lonely but full of freedom, do things based on my own freewill days...
The difference???
this other person, is somehow being STALKED by that friend...
the friend, will call on different phones, to make sure he/she will get the person...
house phones, office phones, handphones, friends' phones, and etc......
when I knew about the story, I thought, gosh!!! "You're obviously being stalked!!"
Sometimes, we may end up stalking some people we love and care about... sometimes... without knowing it...
cos, we're just too obsessed with the idea that, we need to get involved in the other person's life, we need to be seen, we need to be heard... that, we start to stalk...
friends, siblings, spouse, parents, colleagues, bosses!!!!!!!
from level 1 on the scale, to level 10... who knows??
The simplest thing to do, is pick up the phone, keep asking the person, "where are you?", "what are you doing now??"
The toughest?? I don't know... cos, I'm not a stalker... I wouldn't be able to share with you all the tactics, on how to stalk others...
Wife simply calls the husband thousand time a day...
or your admirer simply sms you thousand time a day...
or your over-protecting, or overly-micromanaging parents simply call you thousand time a day...
or your boss, simply call you, sometimes in the middle of the night, to stalk on your work, million time a day...
gosh!!!!!!!!
when enough is enough, when we feel awful, or uncomfortable, it's stalking...
we feel like we're being watched, we feel like A CELEBRITY (oh!! isn't that good?? ya, maybe that's one consolation that you can give to yourself!!)
The worst thing that I can think of... is somebody who stalks others... call the person and ask where he/she is... to wait to catch if he/she lies about whereabout he/she is... cos, this stalker is just right in front of the person, or somewhere behind the person, the next thing the stalker will tell you is, "look in front!!", or "look behind!!" then, the stalker will give you this successful evil look and smile!!! gosh!!!!! cliche!!!!
May I ask... "What do you get in the end??", it's either, thrill of catching you lie, right in front of you... or the thrill of proving that you don't dare to lie to them!!!
PLEASE!! SOMEBODY, GIVE ME A KITKAT!!
Please!!! give the person we care, or we love, a break... don't stalk!!!
Anyway...
when we were still in school... ie. teenage, while we're still cute small little school girls... ie. hadn't really grown up...
we girls liked to stick to each other all days... shared everything, ate the same food... probably admired the same guy, etc...
girls... tend to get intimate with each others...
... time passed... we grew up... our relationship/friendship... luckily, had evolved to a more mature type...
we still remember each other, even though we maybe separated aparted, in different countries, different corners of the world... different time zone... we still give each other a ring, once in a while...
with this "once-in-a-while" type of contact... I guess, it doesn't mean that, our relationship is harmed, or jeapordized...
At the same time, we made other new friends... each separation, each year we grew up, we give our friends, each other, more space to grow and learn to be more mature, more independent, and knowing more new friends... learning more new stuff in life... and so on...
HOWEVER...
sometimes... we still hear, or come across those articles, posted by 'victimized' female, to the local magazines, about them, being stalked by their very own friends...
Friendship... especially between girls... tend to get funny sometimes...
I once read an article... about poisonous friendship... it mentioned about some of our friends, who only care about themselves, want more attention... or, rather, want your full attention and always act like a cry-baby... etc... simply, because they call you their friends, this type of relationship/friendship, has been crowned to be 'poisonous'... (details, I can't really remember!!.. but I bet, you can find tonnes of these type of real-life stories on the internet)
Recently, I also heard another story... which I personally have experienced the similar situation before...
we (the person in the story, and I) both have a friend, who expects you to babysit them, include them in whatever you're doing, wherever you're going... whoever you're meeting...
ya, you're just like a twin to them... maybe because of simple reason, either, they're too lonely, or, they haven't really grown up to learn to develope a more mature relationship with others, or they simply think that, they're part of your life...
by saying this, I'm not denying our friendship, or the fact that, I am part of your life (being a friend)
however... I guess... everybody should have a space for himself/herself... and everybody elses should try to grow up... and be independent, or at least, to act like an adult so others are not expected to babysit them!!
The difference between me and the person in the story... is that... well.. I managed to pull myself out of this relationship... even though, I do wish I don't have to...
however, until the day, we both agree on the same terms about 'friends', I may as well... enjoy, my lonely but full of freedom, do things based on my own freewill days...
The difference???
this other person, is somehow being STALKED by that friend...
the friend, will call on different phones, to make sure he/she will get the person...
house phones, office phones, handphones, friends' phones, and etc......
when I knew about the story, I thought, gosh!!! "You're obviously being stalked!!"
Sometimes, we may end up stalking some people we love and care about... sometimes... without knowing it...
cos, we're just too obsessed with the idea that, we need to get involved in the other person's life, we need to be seen, we need to be heard... that, we start to stalk...
friends, siblings, spouse, parents, colleagues, bosses!!!!!!!
from level 1 on the scale, to level 10... who knows??
The simplest thing to do, is pick up the phone, keep asking the person, "where are you?", "what are you doing now??"
The toughest?? I don't know... cos, I'm not a stalker... I wouldn't be able to share with you all the tactics, on how to stalk others...
Wife simply calls the husband thousand time a day...
or your admirer simply sms you thousand time a day...
or your over-protecting, or overly-micromanaging parents simply call you thousand time a day...
or your boss, simply call you, sometimes in the middle of the night, to stalk on your work, million time a day...
gosh!!!!!!!!
when enough is enough, when we feel awful, or uncomfortable, it's stalking...
we feel like we're being watched, we feel like A CELEBRITY (oh!! isn't that good?? ya, maybe that's one consolation that you can give to yourself!!)
The worst thing that I can think of... is somebody who stalks others... call the person and ask where he/she is... to wait to catch if he/she lies about whereabout he/she is... cos, this stalker is just right in front of the person, or somewhere behind the person, the next thing the stalker will tell you is, "look in front!!", or "look behind!!" then, the stalker will give you this successful evil look and smile!!! gosh!!!!! cliche!!!!
May I ask... "What do you get in the end??", it's either, thrill of catching you lie, right in front of you... or the thrill of proving that you don't dare to lie to them!!!
PLEASE!! SOMEBODY, GIVE ME A KITKAT!!
Please!!! give the person we care, or we love, a break... don't stalk!!!
Action or Patience??
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace."
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace."
2006-11-13
Brunetti's Sweets
After Lemon Grass in Lygon, we're trying to find a place to sit down for a coffee and cakes...
since it's Melbourne Cup day, and since everybody was in this festive and pig-out mood... ^_^
We walked up and down Lygon Street twice... couldn't really find a place that we could decide on... we wanted to go to Koko Black, as I wanted to have more sinful chocolate drinks before we go home..., but at early hour like 21:00, Koko Black was closed... (cheh!!)
He suddenly thought about Brunetti, which we used to like... (before we found out that there's one Brunetti on Swanston, we came to this place twice... as there's no tram line along Lygon, that's the reason we actually seldom came around Lygon)
So, we went to Brunetti, in one of the small road crosses Lygon Street... (can't remember the name now, but I believe, I have mentioned about it, in another entry of my blog... m-.-m) it was near the quieter end of Lygon...
As this end was the quieter end of Lygon, we didn't expect to see a huge crowd there... however, there're still quite a number of people in this cafe... and most of the nice cakes and other desserts were sold-out... >_< I went to order coffees... and he stood at the sweets counter to decide what to take... at first, we both saw a tiramisu and a scone-looking, or puff-looking thing with some interesting topping and before I went to order our coffee... we decided on these two... However... later when we met up at the table... there's only one tiramisu in his hand.. >_< he said, when he turned around.. that cute puff-looking thing was gone!!!! (ahhh!!!! Da-me! Da-me!! だめだめ！！） Since I had longed for a chocky drink... I got myself a hot italian dark chocolate... mm... it's definitely a totally different version from either Max Brenner or Koko Black... (as Max Brenner's chocolate, actually has slightly less chocolate, that's why, lately I fell in love with Max Brenner's Mocha instead.. cos, MB's mocha, as compared to the rest of the cafes' it's more chocolate but not compromising the coffee taste... and for Koko Black's chocolate drinks... mm... it's actually richer, but we both felt that, it's a little bit too rich, that it's heaty... after we had our share of cocoa one time... we both told each other, for the next 2 months, we're not going to touch any cocoa thing!!) this Brunetti's Italian Hot Choc... mm... was one real hot choc... I guess... besides hot melted choc, there's nothing much left inside... not even much milk!!(I saw how the MB's barrister made the drink before... for normal hot choc, it's chocolate+full cream milk, if you order the thick choc, then, they use some full thick cream+choc... rather than add in extra dosage of chocky!!) I guess... it's really full cup of melted chocolate... ^o^ hurray!!! not very sweet.. but very chocky!!! good one!! and the tiramisu that we took... also, was not too sweet afterall.. but just nice, the err... liqeuer that they used with the sponge cake at the base, was also just nice, not too bitter, not too strong the liquor taste and smell... :-d
since it's Melbourne Cup day, and since everybody was in this festive and pig-out mood... ^_^
We walked up and down Lygon Street twice... couldn't really find a place that we could decide on... we wanted to go to Koko Black, as I wanted to have more sinful chocolate drinks before we go home..., but at early hour like 21:00, Koko Black was closed... (cheh!!)
He suddenly thought about Brunetti, which we used to like... (before we found out that there's one Brunetti on Swanston, we came to this place twice... as there's no tram line along Lygon, that's the reason we actually seldom came around Lygon)
So, we went to Brunetti, in one of the small road crosses Lygon Street... (can't remember the name now, but I believe, I have mentioned about it, in another entry of my blog... m-.-m) it was near the quieter end of Lygon...
As this end was the quieter end of Lygon, we didn't expect to see a huge crowd there... however, there're still quite a number of people in this cafe... and most of the nice cakes and other desserts were sold-out... >_< I went to order coffees... and he stood at the sweets counter to decide what to take... at first, we both saw a tiramisu and a scone-looking, or puff-looking thing with some interesting topping and before I went to order our coffee... we decided on these two... However... later when we met up at the table... there's only one tiramisu in his hand.. >_< he said, when he turned around.. that cute puff-looking thing was gone!!!! (ahhh!!!! Da-me! Da-me!! だめだめ！！） Since I had longed for a chocky drink... I got myself a hot italian dark chocolate... mm... it's definitely a totally different version from either Max Brenner or Koko Black... (as Max Brenner's chocolate, actually has slightly less chocolate, that's why, lately I fell in love with Max Brenner's Mocha instead.. cos, MB's mocha, as compared to the rest of the cafes' it's more chocolate but not compromising the coffee taste... and for Koko Black's chocolate drinks... mm... it's actually richer, but we both felt that, it's a little bit too rich, that it's heaty... after we had our share of cocoa one time... we both told each other, for the next 2 months, we're not going to touch any cocoa thing!!) this Brunetti's Italian Hot Choc... mm... was one real hot choc... I guess... besides hot melted choc, there's nothing much left inside... not even much milk!!(I saw how the MB's barrister made the drink before... for normal hot choc, it's chocolate+full cream milk, if you order the thick choc, then, they use some full thick cream+choc... rather than add in extra dosage of chocky!!) I guess... it's really full cup of melted chocolate... ^o^ hurray!!! not very sweet.. but very chocky!!! good one!! and the tiramisu that we took... also, was not too sweet afterall.. but just nice, the err... liqeuer that they used with the sponge cake at the base, was also just nice, not too bitter, not too strong the liquor taste and smell... :-d
Lemon Grass@Lygon Street
OK!!!!!!! The purpose of me having to write about Lemon Grass... is that... hm...
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How it all started was, 2 of his colleagues... mentioned to us that, this Lemon Grass in Lygon Street... Thai food... was great...
the price was GREAT too.... roughly AUD50 per head... for what?? a glass of alcohol, some satays, some pineapple rice (I really don't know why people like to order pineapple rice in Thai restaurant, instead of real good thai curries and other great dishes) and some other mini-minor small things... and it came out to AUD50 per person... I asked them... why?? why so expensive, cos, the thai restaurants that we've both gone to... no matter how expensive they were, it wouldn't come out to AUD50 per person...
however... they insisted the food was SUPERB... and the way they said and described about this place, was like... the food is just super-duper EXCELLENT!!!!!!!
2 of them said so..
so, on the Melbourne Cup day itself... we decided to try.. since it's festive, since we've waived off the AUD100 entrance fee...
The menu was simple, all the standard stuff was mostly in... however... all the main dishes (for eg. curries) cost AUD25 and above... (now I know why it would come out to AUD50 per person)
We told ourselves... since we came all the way here, in purpose... to see the real truth about Lemon Grass... we must give it a go... even though it's really expensive...
so, we ordered the standard dishes, to try... Green Curry Beef, Tomyam, and one seafood stir-fried... plus one Pad Thai...
Conclusion???????
Green Curry Beef... he took the first bite, and he told me, it's tasteless... (really!! we didn't expect it to be like that) and I tried, to make sure that, he's not being prejudice... however... really... it's a little bit lack of taste... it's SALTY... that's all I can say... cos, when he mentioned tasteless... I thought, it's not salty... ^_^ but, he said, it didn't taste like thai green curry... which was true... this Green Curry Beef didn't taste like any normal green curry that we had ever had before... it just didn't have any curry taste... towards to the end of the meal, I called it beef stew... if it's a beef stew... then, I'd say, the taste is not THAT bad after all... >_<
Stirfried Seafood... mm... just like any normal hawker style stirfried seafood... some hawkers may actually do it better...
Tomyam... of all, I've to say, the Tomyam WAS superb... ONLY THE TOMYAM... it's the best that I have eaten in this town... if not compared to KL's "Jimmy and Nong", or "Ayuthia"
and I told him... next time we should come again, and ONLY order the tomyam, and if the waiter asks us "is that all? not anything else?" then we should say, "ya, that's all... cos, the rest is no good!!"
Then, there's the Pad Thai... OK.. pass... but the portion was really really small... for... like AUD18.90??? it's really day-light-robbery!! ^_^
And the bill is??? ahh... really... just like what his colleagues said!!! >_<
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How it all started was, 2 of his colleagues... mentioned to us that, this Lemon Grass in Lygon Street... Thai food... was great...
the price was GREAT too.... roughly AUD50 per head... for what?? a glass of alcohol, some satays, some pineapple rice (I really don't know why people like to order pineapple rice in Thai restaurant, instead of real good thai curries and other great dishes) and some other mini-minor small things... and it came out to AUD50 per person... I asked them... why?? why so expensive, cos, the thai restaurants that we've both gone to... no matter how expensive they were, it wouldn't come out to AUD50 per person...
however... they insisted the food was SUPERB... and the way they said and described about this place, was like... the food is just super-duper EXCELLENT!!!!!!!
2 of them said so..
so, on the Melbourne Cup day itself... we decided to try.. since it's festive, since we've waived off the AUD100 entrance fee...
The menu was simple, all the standard stuff was mostly in... however... all the main dishes (for eg. curries) cost AUD25 and above... (now I know why it would come out to AUD50 per person)
We told ourselves... since we came all the way here, in purpose... to see the real truth about Lemon Grass... we must give it a go... even though it's really expensive...
so, we ordered the standard dishes, to try... Green Curry Beef, Tomyam, and one seafood stir-fried... plus one Pad Thai...
Conclusion???????
Green Curry Beef... he took the first bite, and he told me, it's tasteless... (really!! we didn't expect it to be like that) and I tried, to make sure that, he's not being prejudice... however... really... it's a little bit lack of taste... it's SALTY... that's all I can say... cos, when he mentioned tasteless... I thought, it's not salty... ^_^ but, he said, it didn't taste like thai green curry... which was true... this Green Curry Beef didn't taste like any normal green curry that we had ever had before... it just didn't have any curry taste... towards to the end of the meal, I called it beef stew... if it's a beef stew... then, I'd say, the taste is not THAT bad after all... >_<
Stirfried Seafood... mm... just like any normal hawker style stirfried seafood... some hawkers may actually do it better...
Tomyam... of all, I've to say, the Tomyam WAS superb... ONLY THE TOMYAM... it's the best that I have eaten in this town... if not compared to KL's "Jimmy and Nong", or "Ayuthia"
and I told him... next time we should come again, and ONLY order the tomyam, and if the waiter asks us "is that all? not anything else?" then we should say, "ya, that's all... cos, the rest is no good!!"
Then, there's the Pad Thai... OK.. pass... but the portion was really really small... for... like AUD18.90??? it's really day-light-robbery!! ^_^
And the bill is??? ahh... really... just like what his colleagues said!!! >_<
Demo of the day
Right after the dimsum session in KingBo, we went around town centre...
then, we saw a troup of people walking down the Swanston Street, and around Bourke Street...
Took a closer look.... it's demonstration, against the Chinese government!!! (I wish I could join!!)
all sorts of people, women, teenage girls, children, walk along with the members, or their family in the group, holding banners... or gears that would aid to their demonstration...
Basically, it's about how the Chinese government torture their people... I saw a hospital operation desk, with a dummy dead body, covered with blood on it...
and another guy who's tied to some beams, hanging there... looked all tortured and beaten up... (didn't get the chance to snap the photos) and many many other banners with different messages, for eg. asking those governmental chinese leaders to pull-off their asses from their seats now (oh! that's my own language, not from the banner... banner only said "please quit!"... and so on... meant for the Chinese government... interesting huh!!!
The most interesting thing was, there's a police car following them... ie. escorting them...
I like the idea... cos, back in my home country... once as long as there's any demonstration, picketing... there'll be police... to try to arrest you and later detain you...
they call our act as an act of threatening the national security...
ooh... which I guess, it's not much difference from the great China!!! (duh!!)
(sometimes, I do feel that, my country is in a way, very similar to the China... the mindset of the people... ie. thinking that people are stupid, and people are slaves, and people are nothing... and they themselves, who're in the authority... worth everything...
No wonder, our relationship is quite close, cos, we're like brothers!! : )
However... one true thing was... the demonstration happened in a faraway land, in Melbourne, Australia... I wonder how much effect it would have...
and maybe the effect was not that much, and therefore... the 'backfire' was not too much on them as well... that's why, they could have A police car following them... JUST IN CASE there're anybody who's against it, wanted to have some trouble with the people... and I also wondered, if this all happened in China... oh!!! if the idea of having it, could actually be initiated in China... @_@
then, we saw a troup of people walking down the Swanston Street, and around Bourke Street...
Took a closer look.... it's demonstration, against the Chinese government!!! (I wish I could join!!)
all sorts of people, women, teenage girls, children, walk along with the members, or their family in the group, holding banners... or gears that would aid to their demonstration...
Basically, it's about how the Chinese government torture their people... I saw a hospital operation desk, with a dummy dead body, covered with blood on it...
and another guy who's tied to some beams, hanging there... looked all tortured and beaten up... (didn't get the chance to snap the photos) and many many other banners with different messages, for eg. asking those governmental chinese leaders to pull-off their asses from their seats now (oh! that's my own language, not from the banner... banner only said "please quit!"... and so on... meant for the Chinese government... interesting huh!!!
The most interesting thing was, there's a police car following them... ie. escorting them...
I like the idea... cos, back in my home country... once as long as there's any demonstration, picketing... there'll be police... to try to arrest you and later detain you...
they call our act as an act of threatening the national security...
ooh... which I guess, it's not much difference from the great China!!! (duh!!)
(sometimes, I do feel that, my country is in a way, very similar to the China... the mindset of the people... ie. thinking that people are stupid, and people are slaves, and people are nothing... and they themselves, who're in the authority... worth everything...
No wonder, our relationship is quite close, cos, we're like brothers!! : )
However... one true thing was... the demonstration happened in a faraway land, in Melbourne, Australia... I wonder how much effect it would have...
and maybe the effect was not that much, and therefore... the 'backfire' was not too much on them as well... that's why, they could have A police car following them... JUST IN CASE there're anybody who's against it, wanted to have some trouble with the people... and I also wondered, if this all happened in China... oh!!! if the idea of having it, could actually be initiated in China... @_@
DimSum@KingBo@Russell Street
One weekend, instead of our usual Sharkfin House along Little Bourke Street, we decided to go to KingBo, another DimSum place that's just a little bit of distance from Sharkfin House... in fact, before you see Sharkfin House, you'll see KingBo first, it's along the main road, Russell Street... while Sharkfin House is in the small lane.
We got to know about this place, from one of his colleagues, who claimed that, the DimSum there is better than the one in Sharkfin House, so, we went to do our 'job' ^_^ ie. to 'evaluate' the food there : )
The place is pretty big and the main dining hall, after the entrance is definitely bigger and looks more spacious than Sharkfin House... Sharkfin House always looks very congested and crowded during the weekends, and it's not THAT spacious afterall...
We ordered our usual favourite dimsums... 'siew mai'(pork and prawn dumpling), 'har kao'(prawn dumpling), 'char siew sou'(BBQ pastry), 'pai kuat'(spare rib), 'lor mai fan'(sticky rice, the aussie called it that way)...
mm... the 'siew mai' was a little bit not fresh (a very polite way of saying ^_^), the 'har kao' was OK, 'char siew sou' WAS GOOD!! 'pai kuat' WAS GOOD...
overall... err... I won't say KingBo food is NO good, but Sharkfin House definitely is much better!! ^_^ (ghee!!)
Besides that, I guess, there's another reason why the crowd here is not compatible at all with Sharkfin House, is that, this place is catered for tour... when we were there, around lunch time, there was a tour bus coming by and a whole group of tourists came inside... well... I guess, this is one other reason, besides the food... : )
We got to know about this place, from one of his colleagues, who claimed that, the DimSum there is better than the one in Sharkfin House, so, we went to do our 'job' ^_^ ie. to 'evaluate' the food there : )
The place is pretty big and the main dining hall, after the entrance is definitely bigger and looks more spacious than Sharkfin House... Sharkfin House always looks very congested and crowded during the weekends, and it's not THAT spacious afterall...
We ordered our usual favourite dimsums... 'siew mai'(pork and prawn dumpling), 'har kao'(prawn dumpling), 'char siew sou'(BBQ pastry), 'pai kuat'(spare rib), 'lor mai fan'(sticky rice, the aussie called it that way)...
mm... the 'siew mai' was a little bit not fresh (a very polite way of saying ^_^), the 'har kao' was OK, 'char siew sou' WAS GOOD!! 'pai kuat' WAS GOOD...
overall... err... I won't say KingBo food is NO good, but Sharkfin House definitely is much better!! ^_^ (ghee!!)
Besides that, I guess, there's another reason why the crowd here is not compatible at all with Sharkfin House, is that, this place is catered for tour... when we were there, around lunch time, there was a tour bus coming by and a whole group of tourists came inside... well... I guess, this is one other reason, besides the food... : )
2006-11-08
人靠衣裝, Beautiful Look, we need!
Yesterday was "the race that stops the nation", ie. Melbourne Cup day... ya, Melbourne Cup = Horse Racing = Holiday!!
Since we're still in this city, around this time, so, we thought we should really go for a look, cos, even as a tourist, or other time, we may not bump into such a great day, and such a happening event...
Partying and tonnes of partying, drinking session, feasting, have been going on since 2-3 weeks ago, in fact... the first time (ie. 3 weeks ago) we didn't even know it's because of this Melbourne Cup thing... in Toorak Road, we saw some men with suit, all of them suddenly look so smart and good looking (AH!!!! Men!! the Suits need you!!!) and all the girls (though not beautiful, the opposite scenario when Men put on their Suits) in thin and skimpy dress, colourful and a funny, or LOUD hat on their heads!!!!!! Later, we found out that, it's ALL because of this Melbourne Cup thing...
Finally, yesterday, I managed to dig out something to wear, and luckily, he brought his pair of suits over here, so, we both kinda dressed up (except that, I didn't bring my hat over) and went to Flemington Race Course...
I checked online, there's dress code (all men gotta put on their suits) and girls, need to be decent, formal dinner clothing... that was what's mentioned on the website, and entrance fee... AUD50 per person... it's expensive, I know, but anyway, as I said, we don't have many such chances, right time, right place, right event... so, we really decided to give it a go... (and apparently, this is the world biggest racing event)
When we got on the tram, we saw some other people, who didn't really dress fully as according to the dress code (it said, "no zipper jacket, no drizabone, etc., no snickers, no waist length jackets, no cardigan") but we know all of us are heading towards the same destination, as we overhead them, upon coming onboard, asked the driver if this tram (no. 57) will go to Flemington Race Course...
So, we're whispering between 2 of us... "ah!! we actually don't need to dress according to the dress code so strictly, see!!! others are just wearing normally, some even with their jeans", "oh, we maybe overdressed, and that, we may look stupid afterwards"... "but then, I'm sure a lot of other 'ang mor' will take the chance and dress up!"......
When we finally got down the tram, there's still quite a bit of distance to walk, to the entrance...
in my uncomfortable heels (which are already not THAT high, but luckily I brought them here, however, I have not walk long enough in heels for nearly a year... so, I was already not used to it anymore, unlike when I was working) we walked down the pedestrian path...
then suddenly a mini van passed by, stopped beside us, the kind-old-man driver asked if we want to take a lift... oh!!! both of us happily hopped onto the van, I saw a "staff shuttle" in front of the van... wow!!! this 'behbeh' is really kind!!! ^_^... but I suspect, it's because we dressed up ourselves... in the van, there're another 2 smart-looking young men... and he didn't like... pick every single person on the pedestiran path on the way to the entrance... after us, it's just another couple that he picked up...
Well... finally at the entrance... as we didn't buy any ticket before we went, we're just taking our chance..., ie. buy those last minute available tickets...
then, we discovered that, the ticketing booth had been shut!!! wow!!! what an event!!! huh!! I read the online info, saying that, the tickets will be available there, since 07:30 on that day itself... and yesterday, the weather was not too pleasant, there wasn't a big crowd queueing in front of the ticket booth at all... just 2 of us idiots, trying to knock on the ticket booth window, and trying to buy tickets, at the very last minute (1/2 hour before the race)...
he went to the entrance and asked those guard... about the ticketing booth, about where those ticketing people are...
the man, asked his colleague... the man, ah... another nice old man... after asking his colleagues... getting no response, everybody there who guarded the entrance didn't know anything about the ticketing, about what to do in this situation (as almost everybody who went there, have already pre-purchased the tickets), he let us in... so, we went in FREE!!! ^_^V (yeh!!)... again, I suspect, it's because we bothered to dress up... imagine, if it's a guy who wears fleece jacket and a pair of snickers, or the girl who wears a pair of jeans, with a bumper jacket or something...
So, we went in to join the crowd, it's really like a big festival, just like the newyear festival we saw in Japan, near the Meiji Shrine... lots of foodstalls being set up... lots people people walking around with a tray of fish and chips in their hands, or bottle of wine, glass of wine in their hands... everybody dresses up, most girls with decorated hats on top of them.. guys with nice pair of suits and so on...
and the betting counters, all fully crowded with queues and queues...
we gave up immediately when we saw the queue... (but then we regretted for not even try to queue, to put bet on my japanese horse... apparently there're japanese horses in the race, and being such a big japanese fan, you know that, I'll just bet to show my support to the japanese, even though I know they may loose, I didn't read anything about those horses prior to coming to this event)
About 15 minutes before the race(15:00), the guards closed the gates temporaritly, to let those horses passed by, then, they re-opened the gates to let the crowd go nearer to the race course...
Woo!! finally the race was started... everybody was very excitedly shouting... (I guess, most of them shouted because they bet!)
I was excited because of the ambience, and also when the whole troop of horses went pass in front of me... (I took a short video of that)
All the fuss, for just this 1-2 minutes of race... finally... guess who's the winner? No.1 = Delta Blue, No.2 = Pop Rock... most importantly, both ARE japanese horses!!!!!!!!!!!!! (>_<) Wah~~~~~!!!!!!!!!! should have queued up and put my bet huh!!?????? but later, we consoled ourselves, as we've already been 'waived' with the AUD100 fee, so, we, in a way, have "won" AUD100 ^_^
Anyway... later we just went around the race course for a little while just to see how the whole thing is (there WERE really A LOT of people!!.. most of them already occupied a good spot, laid their picnic mat, laid out their food, and already many empty wine bottles on the ground!!)
Then, around 16:00 we decided to go back to our apartment, as there's nothing much for us to do... and since it's a holiday, we decided to go back, get change, to something that both of us feel comfortable and cosy... and head to Lygon Street to try out the so-called famous Thai Food, LEMON GRASS... Famous, as it being very expensive, ie. AUD50 per person estimatedly... however, we must go to 'evaluate' if it's really THAT good!! @_@
...... to be continued...
Since we're still in this city, around this time, so, we thought we should really go for a look, cos, even as a tourist, or other time, we may not bump into such a great day, and such a happening event...
Partying and tonnes of partying, drinking session, feasting, have been going on since 2-3 weeks ago, in fact... the first time (ie. 3 weeks ago) we didn't even know it's because of this Melbourne Cup thing... in Toorak Road, we saw some men with suit, all of them suddenly look so smart and good looking (AH!!!! Men!! the Suits need you!!!) and all the girls (though not beautiful, the opposite scenario when Men put on their Suits) in thin and skimpy dress, colourful and a funny, or LOUD hat on their heads!!!!!! Later, we found out that, it's ALL because of this Melbourne Cup thing...
Finally, yesterday, I managed to dig out something to wear, and luckily, he brought his pair of suits over here, so, we both kinda dressed up (except that, I didn't bring my hat over) and went to Flemington Race Course...
I checked online, there's dress code (all men gotta put on their suits) and girls, need to be decent, formal dinner clothing... that was what's mentioned on the website, and entrance fee... AUD50 per person... it's expensive, I know, but anyway, as I said, we don't have many such chances, right time, right place, right event... so, we really decided to give it a go... (and apparently, this is the world biggest racing event)
When we got on the tram, we saw some other people, who didn't really dress fully as according to the dress code (it said, "no zipper jacket, no drizabone, etc., no snickers, no waist length jackets, no cardigan") but we know all of us are heading towards the same destination, as we overhead them, upon coming onboard, asked the driver if this tram (no. 57) will go to Flemington Race Course...
So, we're whispering between 2 of us... "ah!! we actually don't need to dress according to the dress code so strictly, see!!! others are just wearing normally, some even with their jeans", "oh, we maybe overdressed, and that, we may look stupid afterwards"... "but then, I'm sure a lot of other 'ang mor' will take the chance and dress up!"......
When we finally got down the tram, there's still quite a bit of distance to walk, to the entrance...
in my uncomfortable heels (which are already not THAT high, but luckily I brought them here, however, I have not walk long enough in heels for nearly a year... so, I was already not used to it anymore, unlike when I was working) we walked down the pedestrian path...
then suddenly a mini van passed by, stopped beside us, the kind-old-man driver asked if we want to take a lift... oh!!! both of us happily hopped onto the van, I saw a "staff shuttle" in front of the van... wow!!! this 'behbeh' is really kind!!! ^_^... but I suspect, it's because we dressed up ourselves... in the van, there're another 2 smart-looking young men... and he didn't like... pick every single person on the pedestiran path on the way to the entrance... after us, it's just another couple that he picked up...
Well... finally at the entrance... as we didn't buy any ticket before we went, we're just taking our chance..., ie. buy those last minute available tickets...
then, we discovered that, the ticketing booth had been shut!!! wow!!! what an event!!! huh!! I read the online info, saying that, the tickets will be available there, since 07:30 on that day itself... and yesterday, the weather was not too pleasant, there wasn't a big crowd queueing in front of the ticket booth at all... just 2 of us idiots, trying to knock on the ticket booth window, and trying to buy tickets, at the very last minute (1/2 hour before the race)...
he went to the entrance and asked those guard... about the ticketing booth, about where those ticketing people are...
the man, asked his colleague... the man, ah... another nice old man... after asking his colleagues... getting no response, everybody there who guarded the entrance didn't know anything about the ticketing, about what to do in this situation (as almost everybody who went there, have already pre-purchased the tickets), he let us in... so, we went in FREE!!! ^_^V (yeh!!)... again, I suspect, it's because we bothered to dress up... imagine, if it's a guy who wears fleece jacket and a pair of snickers, or the girl who wears a pair of jeans, with a bumper jacket or something...
So, we went in to join the crowd, it's really like a big festival, just like the newyear festival we saw in Japan, near the Meiji Shrine... lots of foodstalls being set up... lots people people walking around with a tray of fish and chips in their hands, or bottle of wine, glass of wine in their hands... everybody dresses up, most girls with decorated hats on top of them.. guys with nice pair of suits and so on...
and the betting counters, all fully crowded with queues and queues...
we gave up immediately when we saw the queue... (but then we regretted for not even try to queue, to put bet on my japanese horse... apparently there're japanese horses in the race, and being such a big japanese fan, you know that, I'll just bet to show my support to the japanese, even though I know they may loose, I didn't read anything about those horses prior to coming to this event)
About 15 minutes before the race(15:00), the guards closed the gates temporaritly, to let those horses passed by, then, they re-opened the gates to let the crowd go nearer to the race course...
Woo!! finally the race was started... everybody was very excitedly shouting... (I guess, most of them shouted because they bet!)
I was excited because of the ambience, and also when the whole troop of horses went pass in front of me... (I took a short video of that)
All the fuss, for just this 1-2 minutes of race... finally... guess who's the winner? No.1 = Delta Blue, No.2 = Pop Rock... most importantly, both ARE japanese horses!!!!!!!!!!!!! (>_<) Wah~~~~~!!!!!!!!!! should have queued up and put my bet huh!!?????? but later, we consoled ourselves, as we've already been 'waived' with the AUD100 fee, so, we, in a way, have "won" AUD100 ^_^
Anyway... later we just went around the race course for a little while just to see how the whole thing is (there WERE really A LOT of people!!.. most of them already occupied a good spot, laid their picnic mat, laid out their food, and already many empty wine bottles on the ground!!)
Then, around 16:00 we decided to go back to our apartment, as there's nothing much for us to do... and since it's a holiday, we decided to go back, get change, to something that both of us feel comfortable and cosy... and head to Lygon Street to try out the so-called famous Thai Food, LEMON GRASS... Famous, as it being very expensive, ie. AUD50 per person estimatedly... however, we must go to 'evaluate' if it's really THAT good!! @_@
...... to be continued...
2006-11-02
To the other side of the Wall
I have another 'theory' ^_^
WE... if not the absolute opposite, but are definitely different to some extent, from the real person deep inside us...
WE all ARE!!
again, due to my natural instinctive protective system in each of us...
As, those who appear to be weak, need protection, they're in fact much stronger and tougher in personality... even though they portray themselves to be the little one who need protection
whilst, those who appear to be tough and stong, and maybe sometimes even fierce, most of them are just 'chicken' and timid deep inside...
those who appear to be extremely friendly may not be able to be made best friends afterall... as well as, those who appear to be cold, maybe made your best best friends...
those who appear to be bossy in front of you, I guess, simply because they can't be bossy elsewhere...
those who appear to be listeners, in fact, are making themselves to be quiet, to collect 'information' and then slowly looking for their listeners... (come on, we all are givers and takers at the same time, no matter what... it just that, what we give and what we take, maybe in absolutely different forms)
those who appear to be big talkers, fun and confident, in fact, they are scared, talking, is just to deviate attention... : ) (I'm not talking about those who're good at making presentation and etc)
Thomas Wayne: You know why they attacked you, don't you? They were afraid of you.
Bruce Wayne: Afraid of me?
Thomas Wayne: All creatures feel fear.
Bruce Wayne: Even the scary ones?
Thomas Wayne: Especially the scary ones.
those who appear to be funny and like to entertain others, in fact, they may not smile or laugh when they are alone, most of the time...
while those who appear to be so uninteresting and boring... in fact, if you know more about them, you may find their life being interesting... (as for me, everybody's life is unique and have a story to tell... it's all about 'connection' with the others, rather than being interesting or boring...)
OK... there're too many different type (zillion!!) for me to describe, or even for me to think about and mention it here... first, I don't know, second, I wouldn't know how as well...
however... I tend to have this idea that, as all of us have a ruler in our heart, all of us, do build a wall in front of us as well...
some of us do, some of us don't try to climb over that wall... that's why, we're always changing, and evolving and trying to be more truthful, honest to ourselves and to others... however, most of the time, it's either we've climbed the wall half way, then slide down, or we've manage to put our heads over the top of the wall... and let others see the real true us, but yet, we fall down again...
There's always a Wall, and that we're always trying to get to the other side of the Wall...
and we'll always try to overcome it, however from time to time... we do fall back behind the wall...
It's difficult for us to get inside the others' walls, but it's even more difficult for us to get outside of our own walls...
WE... if not the absolute opposite, but are definitely different to some extent, from the real person deep inside us...
WE all ARE!!
again, due to my natural instinctive protective system in each of us...
As, those who appear to be weak, need protection, they're in fact much stronger and tougher in personality... even though they portray themselves to be the little one who need protection
whilst, those who appear to be tough and stong, and maybe sometimes even fierce, most of them are just 'chicken' and timid deep inside...
those who appear to be extremely friendly may not be able to be made best friends afterall... as well as, those who appear to be cold, maybe made your best best friends...
those who appear to be bossy in front of you, I guess, simply because they can't be bossy elsewhere...
those who appear to be listeners, in fact, are making themselves to be quiet, to collect 'information' and then slowly looking for their listeners... (come on, we all are givers and takers at the same time, no matter what... it just that, what we give and what we take, maybe in absolutely different forms)
those who appear to be big talkers, fun and confident, in fact, they are scared, talking, is just to deviate attention... : ) (I'm not talking about those who're good at making presentation and etc)
Thomas Wayne: You know why they attacked you, don't you? They were afraid of you.
Bruce Wayne: Afraid of me?
Thomas Wayne: All creatures feel fear.
Bruce Wayne: Even the scary ones?
Thomas Wayne: Especially the scary ones.
those who appear to be funny and like to entertain others, in fact, they may not smile or laugh when they are alone, most of the time...
while those who appear to be so uninteresting and boring... in fact, if you know more about them, you may find their life being interesting... (as for me, everybody's life is unique and have a story to tell... it's all about 'connection' with the others, rather than being interesting or boring...)
OK... there're too many different type (zillion!!) for me to describe, or even for me to think about and mention it here... first, I don't know, second, I wouldn't know how as well...
however... I tend to have this idea that, as all of us have a ruler in our heart, all of us, do build a wall in front of us as well...
some of us do, some of us don't try to climb over that wall... that's why, we're always changing, and evolving and trying to be more truthful, honest to ourselves and to others... however, most of the time, it's either we've climbed the wall half way, then slide down, or we've manage to put our heads over the top of the wall... and let others see the real true us, but yet, we fall down again...
There's always a Wall, and that we're always trying to get to the other side of the Wall...
and we'll always try to overcome it, however from time to time... we do fall back behind the wall...
It's difficult for us to get inside the others' walls, but it's even more difficult for us to get outside of our own walls...
PAIN or GAIN???
ah... I'm not trying to say the old saying "no pain no gain"... (even though I personally do agree with it, very much!!... just like "the law of conservation" in Fullmetal Alchemist, everything comes with a price)
however... I start to wonder... hm... how many people will remember the pain, or gain, aftermath??
I suppose, again, this come to a tie to being a optimist, or being a pessimist... again, I'm not going to repeat that..
and I suppose also, this is a chicken-and-egg story...
a painful experience makes a person more pessimistic, thus the person will remember more pain, than gain (or, there's no gain at all for this person?? well... I suppose this really depends on the individuals and it really will not be the same for each individual...)
or, rather, a pessimistic person will only remember more pain in the past experience???
hm... I'm interested to see...
However... I do like to think that, the majority people do remember the gain, while the pain slowly fade away... : )
due to the instinctive protective system in ourselves... don't we???
yet, lately, I also tend to doubt that, maybe there is a new generation of people who're more prone to be destructive in their own system/mind.. that makes them remember more pain than gain... @_@ and that slowly lead them to develope a destructive behaviour then a destructive ending...
mm... which one are you? which one are us??
however... I start to wonder... hm... how many people will remember the pain, or gain, aftermath??
I suppose, again, this come to a tie to being a optimist, or being a pessimist... again, I'm not going to repeat that..
and I suppose also, this is a chicken-and-egg story...
a painful experience makes a person more pessimistic, thus the person will remember more pain, than gain (or, there's no gain at all for this person?? well... I suppose this really depends on the individuals and it really will not be the same for each individual...)
or, rather, a pessimistic person will only remember more pain in the past experience???
hm... I'm interested to see...
However... I do like to think that, the majority people do remember the gain, while the pain slowly fade away... : )
due to the instinctive protective system in ourselves... don't we???
yet, lately, I also tend to doubt that, maybe there is a new generation of people who're more prone to be destructive in their own system/mind.. that makes them remember more pain than gain... @_@ and that slowly lead them to develope a destructive behaviour then a destructive ending...
mm... which one are you? which one are us??
Why do you try to be nice, while YOU DON'T REALLY MEAN IT???
What's the first thing our parents teach us?? Now.. let me recall... ^_^ nah!! I can't really remember, frankly...
but now, I am interested to know... really!! what's the first thing we were taught, when we could understand human interaction better...
to be honest, to yourself and to others???
or to be good, to be nice???
Ha!! both are equally positive attributes to a personality right??
However...
I keep thinking that, our parents really, rarely taught us to be honest, to ourselves and to the others...
That's why, we see so many people around us, are trying so hard, to be nice, to be a good guy, to please the others...
I wouldn't want to put judgement on which supercede the other, however...
I do have my own preference and examples to be told..
First example, "Desperate Housewives" (Oh!! for your information, I am really not a big fan of this series... but when there's nothing much to watch on TV, I do 'peep' into this series, once in a while)
of all housewives, I only kinda like Gabriel, why? cos, she's more real!! the rest, one is just too obsessive, which I hate, and another one, Susan, I have even more, cos, she's just plain stupid and try to be nice... while she simply just can't accomplish anytyhing... don't like her, and never like her...
as for Gabriel... well... not the best example for a housewife, or even woman, but then, I simply like how she's being so bitchy and 'truthful' about her needs and dislikes... very simple!!!
Second example, "Sex and the City", (Oh!! I'm again, not a big fan, but while late at night, nothing on TV, again, I sill somehow watch it, however, I somehow prefer this one than "Desperate Housewives", simply because, there isn't A stupid Susan jumping around and showing off her stupidity!!)
Of all four of them, I prefer to see, can't remember her name, basically the nymphomaniac... (oh! I checked, her name is Samantha) again, cos, she's truthful about her likes and dislikes, and her 'needs' and her preference... while Carrie and Miranda, are just desperate (I actually think they're more desperate than the bunch of desperate housewives in "Desperate Housewives") just that, one is more of a 'feeling lost' personality and the other is scared of commitment and wants the best of both 'world' (committed and non-committed)
What I am saying is... I'll rather teach my kid to be an honest person... ie. "Let no thought linger in your mind that you would be ashamed to let out of your mouth!"
As, there're just too many people around, trying too hard to be nice, while they don't really mean it!!!!!!! Hey!! we are not stupid, we can differentiate between real nice, and faked nice!!! OK????!!!!
Why do people play the "I'm fine with anything" role, and then they show off their 'distaste' and launch their complaint-machine-gun when they're really not that pleased with the choice/decision??
Why do people never say the first "NO", but later come up to you with many zillion of "NO"s and worsen the whole situation for you???
Why do people never tell what they actually want, or simply say "OH! I am simple, I don't want anything!" while you know very well deep down in their heart, they're plotting and planning on how to get things out from you???
Why do people never tell how the feel about you, right in front of you, as they TRY TO BE NICE, then, they start all the bad-mouth session with the others???
so, THESE ARE what you call, NICE PEOPLE??? Huh!! -.-
well... for those who're trying to be nice, while they don't really mean it...
then I want to tell them (and tell them for me), "People won't like you, just because you're TRYING to be nice!!"
but now, I am interested to know... really!! what's the first thing we were taught, when we could understand human interaction better...
to be honest, to yourself and to others???
or to be good, to be nice???
Ha!! both are equally positive attributes to a personality right??
However...
I keep thinking that, our parents really, rarely taught us to be honest, to ourselves and to the others...
That's why, we see so many people around us, are trying so hard, to be nice, to be a good guy, to please the others...
I wouldn't want to put judgement on which supercede the other, however...
I do have my own preference and examples to be told..
First example, "Desperate Housewives" (Oh!! for your information, I am really not a big fan of this series... but when there's nothing much to watch on TV, I do 'peep' into this series, once in a while)
of all housewives, I only kinda like Gabriel, why? cos, she's more real!! the rest, one is just too obsessive, which I hate, and another one, Susan, I have even more, cos, she's just plain stupid and try to be nice... while she simply just can't accomplish anytyhing... don't like her, and never like her...
as for Gabriel... well... not the best example for a housewife, or even woman, but then, I simply like how she's being so bitchy and 'truthful' about her needs and dislikes... very simple!!!
Second example, "Sex and the City", (Oh!! I'm again, not a big fan, but while late at night, nothing on TV, again, I sill somehow watch it, however, I somehow prefer this one than "Desperate Housewives", simply because, there isn't A stupid Susan jumping around and showing off her stupidity!!)
Of all four of them, I prefer to see, can't remember her name, basically the nymphomaniac... (oh! I checked, her name is Samantha) again, cos, she's truthful about her likes and dislikes, and her 'needs' and her preference... while Carrie and Miranda, are just desperate (I actually think they're more desperate than the bunch of desperate housewives in "Desperate Housewives") just that, one is more of a 'feeling lost' personality and the other is scared of commitment and wants the best of both 'world' (committed and non-committed)
What I am saying is... I'll rather teach my kid to be an honest person... ie. "Let no thought linger in your mind that you would be ashamed to let out of your mouth!"
As, there're just too many people around, trying too hard to be nice, while they don't really mean it!!!!!!! Hey!! we are not stupid, we can differentiate between real nice, and faked nice!!! OK????!!!!
Why do people play the "I'm fine with anything" role, and then they show off their 'distaste' and launch their complaint-machine-gun when they're really not that pleased with the choice/decision??
Why do people never say the first "NO", but later come up to you with many zillion of "NO"s and worsen the whole situation for you???
Why do people never tell what they actually want, or simply say "OH! I am simple, I don't want anything!" while you know very well deep down in their heart, they're plotting and planning on how to get things out from you???
Why do people never tell how the feel about you, right in front of you, as they TRY TO BE NICE, then, they start all the bad-mouth session with the others???
so, THESE ARE what you call, NICE PEOPLE??? Huh!! -.-
well... for those who're trying to be nice, while they don't really mean it...
then I want to tell them (and tell them for me), "People won't like you, just because you're TRYING to be nice!!"
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