Weekend Gateway

I’ve just got home after an hour flight from KL via Subang Airport..

The ‘sit-drink-talk’ was fun…we had 2 crates of Special Brew, 2.5 crates of Carlsberg and 16 cans of Chang beers….

There were me, Mr Jew, Mr Brandon, Mr Donald, Mr Guz and Mrs Guz, Mr Alex and Ms Eva (Brandon’s gf)…I arrived at the KTM station an hour early than expected and I had to wait for over an hour for mr Brandon and Mr Jew to come and fetch me up then we went to Carefore, Subang looking for stool+table as well as meeting up with Mr Donald…we started the ‘sit-drink-talk’ session at about 5pm that afternoon with 16 cans of Chang beer (Mr Guz had not arrived yet with 4.5 crates beer supply)….I think because of the tiring journey I had earlier from Penang to KL, it affected me as well as Mr Jew who came from JB….we were not up to the full potential of once being recognized as ‘dewa’ (ni serita muda-muda lah ni…all day long drinking-karaoke until ‘soilang’; emptied your wallet to buy more alcohol..haha..)

We managed to finish up all 16 cans and I fell asleep for about an hour waiting Mr Brandon and Mr Don to return from buying some dishes for dinner (Ikan and Pari panggang) Mr and Mrs Guz arrived hours after then followed by Mr Alex who came couple more hours late….It was a surprise and a happy moment to see Mrs Guz who’s currently 8 months pregnant…congratulation!!

The night was fun although it was just a decent ‘sit-drink-talk’ session…we had catch-up chat and non-stop drinking but it was a shame we didn’t even manage to finish 2.5 crates of carlsberg...imagine that!! We finally ‘kecundang’ at around 4am on Sunday (not drunk but tired)…..It’s been always a wonder to us, every time we had some kind of drinking session in KL we never really get to the level we’ve always had in Penang…4 crates of beer in Penang is just about nice for 4-6 people...Mr Brandon now has 2 crates of Special Brew at home…

I woke up at about 12pm noon then buzzed Mr Jew to wake up as well…me, Mr Jew and Mr Brandon drank couple more cans of beer (finally we managed to clear all 2.5 crates of Carlsberg) whilst doing a brief post-mortem of the ‘sit-drink-talk’ session…at about 1:30pm Mr Brandon drove me and Mr Jew to Subang Airport for a return journey…

* Thanks to Mr Alex for coming; a token for me who came all the way from Penang and Mr Jew from JB

Dogged

I finally decided to disobey the stubborn-will I made 5 years ago…..to be frank I had no obsolute reason to why I did that…but tragedies after another have brought the stubborn side of me stronger until now…I was kind of arrogant but it helps avoiding unnecessary trip when it matters the most…I had it 2 years ago but I guess it doesn't count if it occurred in another country (Thailand)… I could still remember the last trip from Johor Bahru to Penang in 2003 arriving early in the morning and thought I will not be doing this for a long period of time...I really did….

You might be asking what’s this about…it’s something silly yet doing it does makes me feel a little ‘in control’ of the ‘easy to be dealt with’ side of me….I could say the same to the ‘I dislike peanut’ yet I’m flexible when I were required to eat peanut (in a small amount tidak lah macam mereka yang suka makan peanut buli makan macam nasi..haha..)

Right! I’m about to take a bus ride from Penang to KL this morning (7:30am, 25th July 2009) for the sake of reuniting with my dearest friend Mr Brandon…Mr Jew who’s temporarily in JB for a 6 months intensive training to achieve his RM10 million wedding budget will be arriving via Subang Airport…me and Mr Jew will be Mr Brandon’s guests this weekend for a ‘sit-drink-talk’ session with Mr Guz who had just returned from UK last month…it’s just a catch-up kind of meeting with Mr Brandon, Mr Guz and others at Mr Brandon’s house….the last time I visited him was a year ago and he did come to Penang last month during Mr Jew’s first return journey from JB of which we had a small party…

The ‘sit-drink-talk’ session had been scheduled to be held on 7th July but it’s impossible for Mr Brandon ‘s schedule at the moment (I really don’t have an idea what he’s up to for being busy until the end of September and that’s something we’re going to catch up with.he.he..) Since the session has been rescheduled to this weekend and was just been informed about it 3 days ago, at first thought I’m definitely not going to make it…instead, Mr Bandon and Mr Jew made it inevitable for me to decline (you know lah when your closest friends combine their pujuk rayu kan..) I then thought of coming by flight…checking up my financial status, accounts, credit cards and living expenses…I was certain that’s possible and achievable but deep down inside, I have this another thing I have been trying to achieve….I’ve been trying to reduce ‘unnecessary expenses’ for couple of months already (buying DVDs is not included in my unnecessary expenses tau..hehe..) thinking at the end of the year I will have more credits than debits….It becomes easier for me to achieve it at the moment because of my working hours which can also be translated into ‘less activities better expenditure’…..thinking of keeping the current spirit, I then decided yesterday after so much of thinking to save as much money possible for this trip by going by bus and return via Subang Airport on Sunday afternoon…..Did I choose happiness over satisfaction?? I know it’s all worth because money is not everything ba…and I love my friends…haha..

Next week…our Deployment Manager and happen to be the Support Team Manager will be in the Penang Office for the first time for a week period… I’ve met him when I was in UK...

* Masih belum packing and belum tidur lagi??!! Macam mana mau beraksi ni nanti 4 crates Special Brew sponsored by Carlsberg's QA Engineer??!!

Cheers and have a great weekend!

Addiction or Satisfaction

Whilst I was responding to Ms.Kuai question and advice, I thought I should share this.... sometimes I wonder if this would eventually affect my body or would it be any benefit..what say you..

Kuai wah.. kalo telampau 100plus pun inda ngam 2.. mau ada plain water juga.. utk buah pinggang.. normal advice ja bha wel..

I've been drinking drinks that have at least some flavour or taste in it..be the flavour of.. sweet and sour..ha.ha...bitter sweet..(macam tapai pula tau yg ni)..sour and spicy....what so ever...I'd go for it.. it all started since 3 years ago..back in 2005..It doesn't mean that I can't drink "air boning"(ni istilah urang ranau ni kan)..or sky-juice..its just that I can't enjoy these tasteless drink anymore.... How it all started... in 2005, there was a time Penang was badly hit by the drought season..drought mean really kering la..the main water damn in Penang..located in Balik Pulau..was almost dry..hot sunny day almost all day long and limited rain drops to refill the damn...since the water level was going lower and lower...the cleanliness and purity of water supplied to my house became deteriorated..it smells so bad and brownish......you know when you tap a water from a dried well kan..all you can get is muddy water..not to mention its smell..I've lived hard enough when I was a child...I knew all the pain in the ars etc..I've never complaint though..I did probably but that's inevitable sometimes..that was how my beloved mother taught me about life..."what can you get if you complaint..cry or...sad..." she taught us to be brave..fear no evil..and I've lived with the same philosophy since then..

Due to the water problem we had..I opted to buy drinks from shop..Ice-milo..ice-tea..etc..because of the hardship I had to endure to go buy a drink at nearby coffee shop....I started buying..cordial drink..syrups..or more accurately any savoury drink....yang dalam butul mau campur air ba...since then I've tasted and drank many kind of flavour as well as brand ..if you ask, I perhaps able to recommend some good cordial drink..Ribenna tastes good..(publisity pula..) To cut the story short...we're now in 2008...I can count how much water I've drank in a month..not the exact amount but of course roughly less than 2 liters of plain water..how many glasses can you get from that amount..I don't know..I do know that I can drink mineral water without hesitation and without bad face expression..in our office we have a purified water..9 liters a gallon..and sometimes I do actually buy mineral water if I need to but very little..10 bottle a year? Sounds overrated to you but that's a fact..

With the facility I have around me..the Tesco hyper market..I'd usually go there and buy a big bottle of cordial drink (1 liter) I keep on sampling and testing other brand or flavour whenever I go buy for another supply..(am not going to buy the same as I had previously)...this is just another way of me changing the mood..If I don't like it..it will be made as public properties.....anybody can enjoy and have it freely...recently I've just bought a liter of orange cordial..

Back to my main issue earlier...am I an addict? would I be healthy after 10 years of doing so? Frankly speaking, I do worry if this habit would affects my kidney (kencing manis) but I've been maintaining the sweetness of drink I'd drink day and day as I began to realise this has no end..and I can't seem to find a solution to this habit... so far I've had no health issue..no major illnesses or operation made in history..I might have one but I can't find any that so obvious..I watch the TV series of House..everytime Dr. Gregory House debates his theory of patient and sickness, it helps me to evaluate my own health ...So..what say you? Is this an addiction or just a satisfaction issue?