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Confused :S

23 Aug

Recently, I’ve been having some  lingering thoughts. It’s been there for weeks. Is this what people call mid-life crisis? or quarter-life crisis?

It’s like whatever I do, I’m lacking of something–some passion.  There’s no feeling… I don’t feel extremely, happy, sad or whatever. I’m just like a robot doing routine work day-in and day-out. Just feel like my life has come to a stagnant point. I do go out and hang out with friends and colleagues, but it’s just missing something. Work, meetings, gakkai activities, movie, sing k, hang-out with friends,   back to work, meetings etc etc….

There’s no excitement, it’s like a horizontal line all the way. No ups and downs like the share market. It lacks of some kind of a ‘spark’ for life. It’s like, I feel bored with almost everything. I can even feel bored with the everyday lunch place/food I used to go to (sunshine, batu maung etc). When I expressed some of this feeling to close friends, they advise me to go for a holiday. Sad to say, I just had a short trip and it didn’t help much.

I feel like I wanted something more out of life. Need to do something more. I need to do something meaningful (at least to me), different and is also memorable. Why am i talking like an old-aunty?? I think i’m fast becoming one now… :(

The feeling I have now is like a boat swinging back & forth on the seabed, not knowing where to go or what to do next. It’s like there’s no direction in life for me. I don’t have any specific objectives/things which I want to achieve right now. I don’t know where I’m heading in life. Is this what they call  spiritual death before physical death? What’s wrong with me?? Am I being too contented for what I’m having now??  Sometimes I really feel it’s really not good to have most of your dreams fulfilled. Because you won’t know what to do next.

I guess I need to find a new hobby or achievable objectives to spice up my life. Need to do something different and crazy a bit. Am I asking too much of myself? or asking too much out of my life?  I think i’m  just  tooooo free . Just ignore my crappy post .

 
 

Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

07 Aug

As usual, I was busy LOOTING other people’s resources in [Backyard Monsters] and upgrading all the buildings in Facebook.

Then I stumbled on a link which is shared by a friend. Boy, was it an inspiring speech!!

It was a speech by Dr. Randy Pausch. Who is he?(You may ask.)  He’s a professor in Carnegie Melon University, one of the top 25 Univerisites in US and the School of Computer Science is one of the top schools. When he was giving this series of his speech called ‘The Last Lecture’ or some called it  ’Achieving Your Childhood Dreams’, he was in his last stage of pancreatic cancer. Doctors gave him only about 3-6 months to live. But he certainly doesn’t look like a terminal cancer patient. He later died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.

Some points that I will like to share & keep here:

1) The brick walls that are in our way are not there to keep us out. They are there to show us how much we want it !!
2) When you’re screwing up, and nobody is saying anything to you anymore, that means they gave up!
3) Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted !
4) Wait long enough, and people will surprise & impress you.
When you’re pissed off with somebody and you’re angry at them, you just haven’t given them enough time.
Just give them a little more time and they’ll almost always impress you.
5) No one is pure evil. If you wait long enough, they will show you their good side.

6) I’m sorry. It was my fault. How do I make it right.

Going to hunt for his book ‘The Last Lecture’ in MPH soon. ^_^

 
 

Inception

22 Jul

If you find the meaning of Inception in google, you will get this answer:

‘The beginning of something, such as an undertaking; a commencement’.


As this movie is highly recommended, I went to watch with my colleague at 6pm. [Inception] is a movie written and directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight’s director). The movie talks about our subconscious mind and how we can bend our dreams. There are also multi levels(or multi-tiers) of which we can dream of. Basically, if we die in our dream, we just wake-up. ^_^

This is a truly thought provoking movie. It let’s you think about what is real and what is dreamland. I think the final message that the movie wants to tell us is, we need to let go of things and free our mind. Don’t be too stubborn and lock ourself in our own dreams.

Some memorable quotes from the film:

-In dreams, you won’t remember the beginning of it.

-5 minutes in the real world is 1 hour in dreamland.

-You’re waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You can’t be sure where it will take you. But it doesn’t matter – because we’ll be together.

-I miss you more than I can bear, but we had our time together. I have to let you go.

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Something good/weird happened after I watched the movie. As I was walking down to get my car in the basement alone, somewhere around Level1, suddenly there pops-up a guy. He’s quite decent looking and polite. he asked, “Would you like to watch a  movie together with me? It’s free.” and showed me the extra movie ticket he’s holding. It’s [The Socerrer's Apperentise] at 9pm.

I was purely surprised and flattered by his action. Nonetheless, I declined nicely as I was pretty hungry and was rushing back to have dinner at home and was a bit tired. I guess he just couldn’t find any other ladies walking around alone to catch the movie with him. :p

 
 

kul piano page

15 Jun

Was surfing through youtube and i accidentally stumbled upon this ultra cool piano blog.

Ray Mak has a collection of pop songs which he played by ear and a simple tutorial on how to play the songs + mp3 downloads on his page.

Below is one of the songs he played.

His blog page with all the songs in YouTube -> http://redefiningpiano.blogspot.com/

His tutorial & Main Page                               ->http://www.makhonkit.com/2/previous/3.html

 
 

mirror….

10 Jun

mirror mirror on the wall……..

This morning while i was dressing up and getting ready to go to work, suddenly, i heard ‘ping-piang’.  My mirror suddenly dropped onto the floor and was broken in pieces.

After work, went to QB to search for a replacement mirror. Can’t find a suitable one as all the sizes in Jusco is toooooo big.

When i came home, was i surprised to see a newly bought mirror, which is about the same as the old mirror, still wrap in the plastic sheet, left on my desk !!  Never expected them to buy it for me so fast within the day without me asking. ^_^

Thanks mom & dad ;D

 
 

siapa mahu tau fu far?

03 Jun

Nice poem for tau-fu-far…

Read the below in Cantonese :P

豆腐花

吃到口花花

鸡婆报Ma-ta

鸡公Bit-ca-ra

Bit到Semua没salah

The romanize version in english:

dou fu far

sek dou hao far far

gai po bou Ma-Ta

gai gong Bit-ca-ra

Bit dou semua mou salah

 
 

Enzo the dog

23 May

Just finished this book and will like to write a book review. This book is now published in 23 languages, The Art of Racing in the Rain was the #1 BookSense selection for June, 2008, the Starbucks spring/summer 2008 book selection, and has been on the IndieBound™ bestseller list since its publication.

Title: The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Author: Garth Stein.

Enzo

The excerpt from the book:

Have you ever looked at a dog and wondered whether there might be more to him than meets the eye?

Enzo knows he’s different from other dogs. True, he hasn’t got opposable thumbs, and yes, he still thinks you can’t beat chasing birds once in a while, but Enzo is almost human. He has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.

Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn’t simply about going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race track, one can successfully navigate all of life’s ordeals.

On the eve of his death, Enzo takes stock of his life, recalling all that he and his family have been through: the sacrifices Denny has made to succeed professionally and winning in life. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family, holding in his heart the dream that Denny will become a racing champion with Zoë(Denny’s daughter) at his side. Having learned what it takes to be a compassionate and successful person, the wise canine can barely wait until his next lifetime, when he is sure he will return as a man.

I find that [The Art of Racing in the Rain] is a beautifully crafted and captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life . . . through the eyes and view of a dog. Towards the ending of the story, Enzo believes that after a dog dies, his soul will return as a human and reunite with his master. And I like the ending for the book ^_^

After reading this book, makes you wonder, does my dog understands me more than what i’m conveying? And do they have their own thinking and reasoning? That will always be the unsolved mystery. Anyway, time to feed some treats to the doggies :D

 
 

Dream on

18 May

Went to watch Freddy Kruger last weekend.

Had been wanting very badly to watch this film when i first heard there’s a remake of the 1984 film. Though i can’t really recall what the storyline is for the 1984 version, i did remember few things: I remembers that when i was small, i wouldn’t dare to sleep after watching the show. But i still want to watch it very much and in a way ‘torture’ myself for it…hahahaha

This remake is quite ok. There are a few scenes which shocked me when i suddenly see Freddy jumping out and shouted in the cinema. hahaha… But freddy didn’t scare me anymore. I’m able to sleep soundly at night and no nightmares ^_^ I especially like the last quote from this film when Nancy is killing Freddy: ”  It hurts doesn’t it? Feel the pain B*tch and welcome to MY world!! ”

But I feel that they can improve by putting more killing scenes and make it more GORY. hahahaha…. I will like to see more blood gushing and spilling scenes !!!

Freddy Krueger

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you.

Three, four, better lock your door.

Five, six, grab your crucifix.

Seven, eight, gonna stay up late.

Nine, ten, never sleep again.

Don’t let Freddy finds you in your dream….sssshhh………

 
 

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14 May

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New game ^_^

10 May

Last weekend, Lionel discovered a new game -> [PlantsVsZombies]. So, he downloaded the crack version in mom's notebook.

Lio, Dan & me took turns to play the game. Turns out, it's quite addictive. It's something like the 'Tower Defence' game. Just found out from Lio that the almighty DOTA actually originated from 'Tower Defence'.

 

This  morning, he received a sms from Mom.

"Tkvm 4 such an exciting, interesting game. Had 2 crack my head n think fast 2 kp zombies fm entering my HSE. Forced 2 stop @ 3.30am otherwise addicted.

Managed 2 reach level 2-…. Now getting d hang of it. Must Hv time table otherwise playing will take up most of my time.

Never had so much FUN killing zombies. DON’T tell pa. If got some more games like this, do install inside my NB."  

 

I had a good laugh when i saw this from Lion. 

 

In case you want to try the game: 

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CUTLKX1 

 
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