Middle of Year 2009..Party Time!!

Hi chaps!

It’s been quite a while huh….

Workplace is pretty much ‘calm’ at the moment when there are only me and manager working….rotating shift although sometimes I kind of felt that I’m the victim to his role by swapping couple of shifts when he fells like doing it…thankfully I’m not much of a fussy person at this kind of responsibility…at least I knew I’ll get paid at the end of the month with ‘extra’…hehe..

My colleague who was supposed to get 3 weeks unpaid leave ended up with 6 weeks unpaid leave (will be back on 29th June)….I couldn’t blame her though after knowing the story behind all the problem she has to endure…at least at this moment, me and the manager are able to ‘neutralize’ couple of bad impressions towards Penang office…

My part time so called business is not good since last month….well, I’ve been busy swapping/rotating work shift without proper pattern of work to accommodate unattended shifts….I’m currently looking for a ‘runner’ and believe me when I say that I have problem with trust…I had couple of candidates but they were not quite right for the job….

Friends…couple of weeks ago, a shocking news hits me….I wasn’t surprised yet it wasn’t expected to be this soon when all seemed to work out pretty good for them…they were one of the known name in Penang music scene since years ago but hey…even world class musicians could have their own agenda…no more “I’m with the band”..ha.ha…

I might be a little too late to share this great news…close friends have finally making their way to the aisle in near time soon…they have been together for couple of years and had just brought their relationship to another level (engagement) on 24th May 2009...look forward to their wedding day next year!! Congratulation!!

Another great news…I’ve just bought flight tickets back to Sabah for this coming Christmas…I had not planned to buy this soon but a day before, I was thinking of another close friend who’s having her wedding ceremony at KDCA at the end 2009 and I don’t prefer to miss this one at all…. Having said that I decided to apply leave and got it approved on the same day!!! So…I’ll be around from 19th Dec 2009 – 3rd Jan 2010….

I’ve been looking and planning at a possibility of another holiday this year…Me, Mr. Jew and Mr. Brandon are planning to go ‘out’ for a short holiday in Italy but so many things have came up without notice...Italy?? You guys really believe that??? I wish I can afford to go there…haha….the truth is, we are planning somewhere around SEA…since Mr Jew has a new pangakosayo colleague…we might go Philippines kan Jew?? Ha.ha…options: Vietnam, Philippines and Singapore…harap-harap Mr Jew sponsor la (FYI: Mr Jew’s wedding budget is RM10 million as he wants to beat the big spender, Tom-Kate’s wedding of USD2.7 million)

Mr. Brandon is coming over to Penang today…Mr. Jew is coming home as well and he has arrived….I have not met Mr. Brandon since Christmas 2008 and Mr. Jew since middle of last month…we are going to have a very small Kaamatan-Gawai belated celebration this Saturday…the event is scheduled to kick off as early as 5:00pm and expected to finish the next morning…we’ll be having BBQ and of course beer...as an event organizer, hope there will be enough supply of beer (depending on how much we manage to collect for ‘dana kehausan’).....Have fun!

Cheers!

Jan-Feb transition dinner...

How was your weekend?

Today's the first day of the month of February..On satuday, me and Jew worked together replacing the 'dawai rambat' at the gate to a new set 'dawai rambat' (dawai rambat ba tu kan nama dia kalau di sabah...yang kadang-kadang kena guna untuk BBQ tu..)The previous one was badly damaged by dogs (From the mother; Tankerina until her son; Biggy) Husky (the Siberian Husky - now named Husky sebab kurang bengong sudah) is getting bigger and soon, he will need to start doing his job guarding the front yard and Biggy at backyard...I don't know what would happen if he sees any female dog...he's already a horny dog..making the 'anjakan' move to other people's leg...

The gate is looking good now...earlier that day when me and Jew went out looking for hardware shop to buy the 'dawai rambat'..Jew proposed to do a BBQ or BBQ-steamboat...So, we decided to do a BBQ-Steamboat..the last time we had BBQ-Steamboat was back in 2007 during Jew's birthday celebration...around 7pm, me and Jew went out again to the near by Tesco Hypermarket buying all the food as well as a pack of 16 cans beer....with 2 amateur cooks doing the preparation..it didn't take longer than 30 minutes for us to start enjoying the food...well I was the first because I prepared a boiled cockle....too bad that there was no 'sambal' because Tesco run out of chilies..huhu..Jew prepared Tom Yam soup and another frying pan was used for BBQ'ing.....hehe...we began enjoying the food and I tell you...It was a nice decent dinner and it causes us to forget that we have beers.....the first beer can we had was so delicious....haha...this was after several non-stop eating...perhaps due to the combination of hot-spicy Tom Yam soup and hot-crispy BBQ....the food we had were; chicken wings (fried), slice chicken, meat and chicken ball, sausage, cherry tomato, mushroom, mee-hoon and of course my cockle (Jew does not eat cockle..)

Looking at the foods on the table, we were thinking...the food we had were actually enough for atleast 5 persons...now there only me and Jew....earlier at the Tesco, I was like....looking at the items inside the basket, I thought macam inda cukup kenen...thankfully several of the foods we were looking for already finished...Jew phoned his cousin and invited him to come to the house (We thought his cousin were in KL) he came and joined us...chatting, cooking and drinking....several hours then, me and Jew went out again buying another 9 bottles of beer....then Joel returned home as he had just finished his jamming session with his band....even with 4 persons, still there have several more foods being kept in the refrigerator...and today Jew cooked a fried mee-hoon+slice chicken+sausage+meet & chicken ball+vegetable....the only food that we managed to finish last night were the Tom Yam soup and my cockle..apparently, I'm the only person who eats cockle..not even Joel nor Jew's cousin, John...John is actually looking after his cholesterol level and cockle has a high level of cholesterol indeed....

Woke up today..nothing to do other than cleaning the space we had BBQ-Steamboat last night...and now resting...tomorrow is Monday already..hope you guys had a great weekend..the CNY mood is still on the air I believe....

Back to work...

I (we) had a great weekend....

Friday as scheduled, we left home at around 7pm heading to the Penang Bridge was a total failure...it was a massive jam! imagine cars were lining up at the bridge's entry...so we decided to have dinner and for about an hour after we then managed to enter the bridge with lots of patience..by almost 9pm we then exited the bridge and began our real journey to Key Hell...we were kind of late as the bash party was scheduled at 10pm...I was driving Jew's Neo 1.3 and maintaining 140 kph (although sometime I went over 150 kph for couple of times) was not really hard..moreover, it has a good-strong-solid engine as well as body for smooth handling especially tackling corners..we managed to reach Key Hell less than 3 hours then stopped some where around the Curve (Damansara) waiting for Mr Brandon to come..he came with another friend of us then went to join others at Bambo9 (TTDI building)....the party was alright, well..the place was packed with people and I was not really in a good shape....eyes were kind of tired due to head lights from oncoming cars from earlier journey to KL.....before we went home, we headed to Kayu Nasi Kandar for a meal/supper...

Baru sahaja bermimpi...

Saturday at Mr Brandon's house..we had a small reunion party (me, Mr Jew, Mr Joel, Mr Brandon, Mr Alex, Mr Rayner, Mr Cero, Mr Guz, Ms Cheryle a.k.a Mrs Guz in near time soon) Ms Eva and Ms Mandy)..just to catch up with each others...we had a BBQ..4 crates of beer (2 carls and 2 special brew)..few bottles of liquor..but we only managed to finish 3 crates of beer...most of us were tired that day..Mr Guz was badly poisoned by the "Graveyard" on the night before....earlier that evening, we (me, Mr Jew, Mr Joel and Mr Brandon) were waiting for almost 3 hours at a workshop in Puchong to service Ms Eva and Mr Jew's cars...whilst waiting, we met 3 sabahans (Penampang) waiting for their car to be serviced..coincidentally, 2 of them knew Mr Brandon through their cousin...overall, the party went smooth and it was a great small party...

Sedang di buai mimpi indah...

Sunday....we went to Lumut, Perak for the Paku's show at 3pm...it was held at the TLDM village, opposite the Bernama complex..other than Paku, there was another band called "Beat the system" coming all the way from KL...so they started the show and followed by Paku..done with that, we then headed home......arrived at home around 8:30pm....when I switched on my pc, "service.exe" error came up causing failure to boot...tried several times but to no avail..tried without internet connection, the pc was able to login to windows but after couple of minutes..it restarted itself...I then ran the recovery application from the bootable Windows installer CD and it fixed the problem...thank god..if not I have to reformat my pc again and I don't think I can manage to do that right now...I really need a rest, yet I stayed up watching the final F1 race in Brazil..haha..no worries as I'm on UK Shift tomorrow (this week) which allow me to sleep up to 3pm if I need to...OK, now I want to get some good sleep and dreams...Good Night...

Updated on 4th November 2008

Mr Jew has requested me to show the pics of me sleeping+drunk+dreaming....well I was the unlucky guy in the house as I had to sleep outside...on a cushion...Mr Joel and Mr Jew were enjoying the air conditioned room+queen size bed....combining the size of Mr Joel and Mr Jew together, no wonder that even the queen size bed looked smaller....I just wonder why on earth la my tummy kana kasi nampak sana..haha..mentang-mentang seksi..haha...

2 of us

Yesterday evening, as I've already planned..at 6:00 pm..me and Mr. Jew went to collect the beer (1 crate) then went to Giant Hyper Market to buy 10 chicken wings, I bought some "kerang" myself, Mr. Jew suggested we buy some brinjal for his new recipe..I kinda knew what he was planning to cook actually..once we reached home, we knew what we have to do...well, we don't need nobody to organise the work when it comes to BBQ...we've probably done it over 100 times...when I was going to light up the fire...I just found out that we run out of fire starter! with all the life-surviving skills that I've obtained all my life..as a scout..as a hunter..as a village boy...it was not really a problem and I successfully lit up the fire..

Whilst waiting for the charcoal, I then marinade those 10 chicken wings..Mr. Jew was preparing his brinjal recipe..what exactly Mr. Jew was trying to cook? I love this recipe and considered one of my favourite type of recipe..so let me talk you through the process..firstly, you'll need to cook the brinjal on top of a fire..as if you're going to BBQ the brinjal and leave it half cooked...then we need a sauce..I was hoping for a spicy sauce but this time Mr. Jew wanted to use sardin mixed with couple slices of apple...Once the sauce is cooked you'll then need to cook the brinjal into the pan with the sauce..cook and stir them together and that's it...simple huh and I can assure you it's quite delicious...what happened to my "kerang"..he.he..this is one of my favourite as well...boiled them and that's it..just ensure you have the "pengeras"..he.he..pengeras dia sambal lada la...he.he..punya sedap tu..sya menaip pasal ni pun telan air liur ingat rasa dia..hu.huu...karaoke session was great...I sang couple of dusun and english songs...I'm not a good singer myself but I really can't perform up to the pace I used to....roughly we sang 30 songs last night..2 CDs only!!! compared to last time..we were able to sing all night long..ha.ha..until some of the neighbours complained then called Police to check on us...some of them even shouted at us.."hoi orang sebelah tak nak tidoq ka?!"...would you complain if your neighbour having a karaoke session from 6pm in the evening until 5am on the next day?..at around 10pm I called Mr. Joel and told him to come to the house...me and Mr. Jew were on the verge of giving up to drink more beer...1 crate for 2 of us? well..we are now older than 4 years ago..when 1 crate of beer was considered good enough for 1 person boost his devil...he.he..NOW 10 cans of beer pun belum tahu lagi dapat kasi habis...Mr. Joel came at around 11pm straight from his jamming practice..we drank but still couldn't finish the other 2 cans...so I kept the 2 cans for my sleep-enhancer tonight...

2 guys at home having BBQ and dinner, drinking beer and karaoke...it was kinda sad when I think more of it..4 years ago, we were 4 in that house..1 year ago, we were 3...then in 1 more month, there only 2 left....yesterday plan was purposely planned..I was wondering how would it be if me and Mr. Jew were having a small BBQ session during weekend...the feeling to have BBQ is great but the feeling to know that there only me and Mr. Jew is unbearable....of course we can invite some other friends but still...sometimes you'd prefer to have a moment with your house mate only and it would be a lot more easier to handle especially when it comes to collect fund for the party as well as punctuality........really sad that we are getting older and we have to go separate ways to find our own objective in life...we have to depart to our own courses in life......and I could be the last of all to stay in Penang...how sad is that?

Mr. No Name

As expected, we had a BBQ last night! I missed BBQ and it was great that we did it last night..again I was filled and bloated with chicken wings, some hot dog..and beers! I was totally weak last night..the fact that we started BBQ at 7 pm didn't really able to help my mood..I wanted to eat more and drink but my body didn't respond well to that...So once I finished BBQ'ing few chicken wings (2 to 4 batches of BBQ'ing..solely for QA'ing the taste and heat)..I then started enjoying those chicken wings I've just BBQ'ed...eat and eat..I think I ate around 5 pieces then stop...couple of minutes later...start your engine! Nuh....we started drinking..it was around 10 minutes before 8 pm... so from that time onwards..me, Mr. Jew, Mr. Jabian and girlfriend were sitting under the house's porch chatting, BBQ'ing and drinking..after few cans of beers and finished BBQ'ing those foods..we moved inside...chat and drink..I was a little bit quiet and passive last night..as I mentioned earlier..my body didn't respond well enough to my request....I just sat there, ate another few wings alternately and drank my beer... because I sat opposite the main door..which was opened...I saw a dog sniffing and wandering..I thought a stray dog..but his ears caught my attention..so I went out la...just to check out..Nice and cute dog!!..his ears caught me again and I was so tempted to touch him..I'm an animal lover ba..he.he..the dog's fur and skin were clean and his ears were big..but where was his tag???I called him and he approached me without hesitation..wow....so I touched and checked..perhaps he has any injuries..none..I saw a tag's mark on his neck..you know la kan..ada bekas ba di leher anjing kalu yang pakai atau ada tag (license)..presumably, the dog was lost..but again he may be left behind by somebody..by his own owner ka....because it is not easy for the tag to be opened by himself..or to be broken..because he was quite clean..I took him inside..and gave him food..wings and hot dogs..played with him..he was kind enough though..he saw me eating but he didn't try to reach for my food..instead he sat there and waited for me....so because of his well behaviour..I granted him few more of hot dogs...me and Mr.Jew thought of taking him into our care....and we decided to let him make his decision by letting the gate's door open..so if he comes again and stay in..we might have a reason to assume he needs us...so we left him wandering around the house..played with Biggy..(this was hilarious..both of them trying to rape each other...male and male?..waahaha...)..after couple of hours..he was still wandering outside...inside the house then after that we didn't see his presence anymore...as for me..I pity the dog..because it looked like he cried earlier..his eyes were red..there was a wet spot just under his eyes...he seemed lost..and am really hope he managed to go home..or somebody else can take him into their care..before real owner (if exist) looking for him...sorry dog..we have to let you go...pics were taken using my mobile...

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