I was listening to the radio as usual, Hitz.fm on my way back from work. So happen the latest hit song "If I were a boy" by Beyonce, that I realized that something was amiss. I heard the song at one time with something "silent" out, and on the second time I heard it it confirmed my suspicion; they silented the word BEER!!!
It was something like " go out drinking ....... with the guys".
Gosh, are the sensors so protective that they assume ppl will drink beer after listening to beer? Its not like she sang that she will go drink Clasberg, Iceberg, Anchor, VB or Budweiser, it is just the word beer!!!
Another reason NOT to buy ORI or local version. Better download at this rate.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Year End Wedding (my cousin's)
Yesterday was my cousin's wedding whereby my cousin was the bride. So naturally my family was at her house to welcome her future husband when he come to collect her in the morning. The usual procedure is that the groom comes, tips the person to open the door, tip the house (parents, sisters, friends guarding the door), meets up with his bride, offer tea to the bride's relatives (unhygienic as they use the same cup for the tea ceremony, can't they use disposable colored cups), then off they are on their way to the groom's house.
But unfortunately for the groom, the bride's friends has a little bit too much time on their hands. Instead of asking the groom for more money and tips, they made him and his friends so some time wasteful stuff.
Basically it was like this:-
1) Groom arrives, unfortunately due to lack of coordination from the bride's friends, made him wait out in the car for a while so that they can get the stuff awaiting him ready. Booboo 1: They should let the groom in as soon as possible and not wait outside in his car.
2) They want the groom and his friends to do some "chores". They even came out with a list of stuff the groom have to do b4 he can enter. The chores are:-
a) Eating some food blind folded and with hands tied. Very bad since the groom is already dress up nicely and done his hair etc. Also you let him eat some food might cause him to have stomach upsets on his biggest day ever.
b) Brushing teeth with wasabi... which made him cry and his eyes red. YOU WANT HIM TO SEE THE BRIDE LIKE THIS?
c) One guy lie down on the floor, banana in the mouth, and the groom has to eat that banana. AGAIN, THE GROOM HAS DRESSED UP NICELY AND YOU WANT TO RUINED HIS SUIT?
d) Give big fat ang pow to the groom's torturer's, which was ok, till they counted EVERY FRICKING SEN INSIDE THE ANG POW. LADIES, THE ANG POW IS MEANT AS A SYMBOLIC GIFT, NOT YOUR INCOME!!! EVEN THEN IT IS TO THE BRIDE!!! THEY EVEN COMPLAINED IT HAS TOO MANY COINS (which the bridegroom mentioned, want it to be 8.88)
3) They ask him some questions like:-
a) when was their 1st date (wow, can remember, even I dunno when)
b) Time and location where they propose
c) How to write the bride's name in chinese (I will kalah teruk this one, as even I can't write my name in chinese)
d) How many molds does the bride have (errr..... what about areas I can only see AFTER the wedding night?)
So it took 1 hr from the car to the bride's room, at which point the groom is sweating a BIG river in his best suit of his life.
My parents were not amused at the bride's friends antics, as during their time it was short and simple and none of this nonsense, which I think it true since weddings are supposed to be simple and not to squeeze the groom dry. Ladies, the more you go on like this, the more we are reluctant to marry you (well, not that it matter anyway, since this is the age of the Alpha-female). This is one chinese custom I am willing to omit and let go.
It really did not help that during the wedding dinner the bride's friends jokingly said that the ang pow collected is enough to cover the wedding! Again in extremely bad taste. I know they did not count every sen, but certain things are better left not said. Well I guess such things are funny to accountants since my cousin is an accountant and her organizers are from the same university.
So all the guys out there, better negotiate with your future wife on how you gonna pick her up on your wedding day, otherwise you will kena tortured like the above!
But unfortunately for the groom, the bride's friends has a little bit too much time on their hands. Instead of asking the groom for more money and tips, they made him and his friends so some time wasteful stuff.
Basically it was like this:-
1) Groom arrives, unfortunately due to lack of coordination from the bride's friends, made him wait out in the car for a while so that they can get the stuff awaiting him ready. Booboo 1: They should let the groom in as soon as possible and not wait outside in his car.
2) They want the groom and his friends to do some "chores". They even came out with a list of stuff the groom have to do b4 he can enter. The chores are:-
a) Eating some food blind folded and with hands tied. Very bad since the groom is already dress up nicely and done his hair etc. Also you let him eat some food might cause him to have stomach upsets on his biggest day ever.
b) Brushing teeth with wasabi... which made him cry and his eyes red. YOU WANT HIM TO SEE THE BRIDE LIKE THIS?
c) One guy lie down on the floor, banana in the mouth, and the groom has to eat that banana. AGAIN, THE GROOM HAS DRESSED UP NICELY AND YOU WANT TO RUINED HIS SUIT?
d) Give big fat ang pow to the groom's torturer's, which was ok, till they counted EVERY FRICKING SEN INSIDE THE ANG POW. LADIES, THE ANG POW IS MEANT AS A SYMBOLIC GIFT, NOT YOUR INCOME!!! EVEN THEN IT IS TO THE BRIDE!!! THEY EVEN COMPLAINED IT HAS TOO MANY COINS (which the bridegroom mentioned, want it to be 8.88)
3) They ask him some questions like:-
a) when was their 1st date (wow, can remember, even I dunno when)
b) Time and location where they propose
c) How to write the bride's name in chinese (I will kalah teruk this one, as even I can't write my name in chinese)
d) How many molds does the bride have (errr..... what about areas I can only see AFTER the wedding night?)
So it took 1 hr from the car to the bride's room, at which point the groom is sweating a BIG river in his best suit of his life.
My parents were not amused at the bride's friends antics, as during their time it was short and simple and none of this nonsense, which I think it true since weddings are supposed to be simple and not to squeeze the groom dry. Ladies, the more you go on like this, the more we are reluctant to marry you (well, not that it matter anyway, since this is the age of the Alpha-female). This is one chinese custom I am willing to omit and let go.
It really did not help that during the wedding dinner the bride's friends jokingly said that the ang pow collected is enough to cover the wedding! Again in extremely bad taste. I know they did not count every sen, but certain things are better left not said. Well I guess such things are funny to accountants since my cousin is an accountant and her organizers are from the same university.
So all the guys out there, better negotiate with your future wife on how you gonna pick her up on your wedding day, otherwise you will kena tortured like the above!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Merry Christmas!!
Its time of the year again! Where there are Christmas trees decorated and carols blasting from the speakers everywhere!Merry Christmas EVERYONE!!
Yes, that is Santa sitting next to the Christmas tree!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Arrgh!
Ever encounter a situation like this?
You spent the entire morning preparing your materials to meet your client, only at the last minute your senior comes in, have a look at have you have prepared, only to say that you should add in this and that or you miss out something?
Well when you are new this always kinda happens since you dun know what is required or simply dun know what you ought to do (which unfortunately this can only be learned by experience lol). However when you realized what's lacking it really makes you wanna scream "AARRRGGHHHHHH~!!!!!"
Other than that, had the usual lazing and digging up the store during Hari Raya Haji weekend. Miss those days where I had more toys in better condition that it is now. Among the toys I used to have:
Lego sets, ranging from Airport to Parking Garage with elevator
Matchbox cars, lots of it with some HoT wheels, Tomicas and Majorettes and Corgis as well as Cap Ayam brands.
Micro Machines playset, got toolbox, carwash, bridge, motel, quarry, train and aircraft carrier
and basically those were the big 3 types of toys which I remembered having the most nostalgic value. They simply DUN MAKE TOYS LIKE THEY USED TO.
Micro machines> small and easily chokable. Lawyers today are too free. Or many too labor intensive.
Lego> Not as detailed as last time, and alot of unique pieces. Look at the airport set of today against the one from the 1980s, the old one is WAY BETTER.
MB> Bought over by MATTEL, heresy to the MB brand
And dun get me started on cartoons (good old days where ppl shoot each other with guns are long gone).
Of course during the whole weekend I was thinking, I really ought to be going out with someone :(
You spent the entire morning preparing your materials to meet your client, only at the last minute your senior comes in, have a look at have you have prepared, only to say that you should add in this and that or you miss out something?
Well when you are new this always kinda happens since you dun know what is required or simply dun know what you ought to do (which unfortunately this can only be learned by experience lol). However when you realized what's lacking it really makes you wanna scream "AARRRGGHHHHHH~!!!!!"
Other than that, had the usual lazing and digging up the store during Hari Raya Haji weekend. Miss those days where I had more toys in better condition that it is now. Among the toys I used to have:
Lego sets, ranging from Airport to Parking Garage with elevator
Matchbox cars, lots of it with some HoT wheels, Tomicas and Majorettes and Corgis as well as Cap Ayam brands.
Micro Machines playset, got toolbox, carwash, bridge, motel, quarry, train and aircraft carrier
and basically those were the big 3 types of toys which I remembered having the most nostalgic value. They simply DUN MAKE TOYS LIKE THEY USED TO.
Micro machines> small and easily chokable. Lawyers today are too free. Or many too labor intensive.
Lego> Not as detailed as last time, and alot of unique pieces. Look at the airport set of today against the one from the 1980s, the old one is WAY BETTER.
MB> Bought over by MATTEL, heresy to the MB brand
And dun get me started on cartoons (good old days where ppl shoot each other with guns are long gone).
Of course during the whole weekend I was thinking, I really ought to be going out with someone :(
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Vintage Tomica Tomy Die-cast car
Taking advantage of the slightly long holiday, I decided to dig up my store to see my die-cast cars which I used to play years ago (and extinguish the nagging feeling of "where the heck is everything?").
What I found brought back some nostalgia to me, but I was surprised that even back in the 1984-1990, I had a few Tomicas in my collection!
But unfortunately they were bought back then, I used to PLAY with them instead of collecting them. Play = treat them like toys. Collecting = treat them like collectables, keeping the paint mint, the box intact etc.
Anyway, these toys have come a long way since then and somehow it is still playable, although they are paint is worn off and some parts are missing :)
There are 5 tomicas I have here:-
Toyota Celica
Nissan Ambulance
Nissan Diesel Crane
Big Rig Racer
Moon Craft Special
So will these toys live up till the day my cucu-cicik be able to play/collect it? Well judging from how intact it is (except the paintwork), I believe it could tahan until then.
The best part was that I DID NOT EVEN KNOW I HAD VINTAGE TOMICAS UNTIL TODAY!! Hey as a kid I only know Matchbox and Hot Wheels, but never in my mind it occur to me it there were Tomicas!!!
What I found brought back some nostalgia to me, but I was surprised that even back in the 1984-1990, I had a few Tomicas in my collection!
But unfortunately they were bought back then, I used to PLAY with them instead of collecting them. Play = treat them like toys. Collecting = treat them like collectables, keeping the paint mint, the box intact etc.
Anyway, these toys have come a long way since then and somehow it is still playable, although they are paint is worn off and some parts are missing :)
There are 5 tomicas I have here:-
- Toyota Celica XX 2800GT
- Nissan Caravan Ambulance
- Nissan Diesel Truck Crane
- Big Rig Racer
- Moon Craft Special
Toyota Celica
Nissan Ambulance
Nissan Diesel Crane
Big Rig Racer
Moon Craft Special
So will these toys live up till the day my cucu-cicik be able to play/collect it? Well judging from how intact it is (except the paintwork), I believe it could tahan until then.
The best part was that I DID NOT EVEN KNOW I HAD VINTAGE TOMICAS UNTIL TODAY!! Hey as a kid I only know Matchbox and Hot Wheels, but never in my mind it occur to me it there were Tomicas!!!
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