The Wounded Gazelle

Last Saturday me and Fatness decided to test drive the Astra Turbo and take it out for some zoom-zoom! Ate our lunches, downed our tehs and kopis and off we go heading towards the show room for the zoom zoom!! But that was not to be coz Fatness forgot his licence and we need to take a little detour back to his bat cave to retrieve said licence.

Fatness moved with his usual swiftness, jumped out of the car and poof off he goes bouncing like a gazelle in the african plains to his apartment to get the danged licence.

5 mins passed and me was tweedling my thumbs in the car. Where was the swift bouncing gazelle that sped off so quickly awhile ago. Hmmm....It shouldn't take so long to complete the detour task.

Then I saw Fatness's roommate charging towards me in the car to relay the news that the bouncing gazelle had a little accident. It seems the light footed Fatness of a gazelle (contradictory no??) had bounced a little to high and knocked his poor head on the low ceiling ledge...and his kepala pecah (head broke)!!!! His head was attacked by the ceiling and it broke!!

I saw Fatness, like a poor gazelle kena maimed by the lions, lying helplessly on the stairs of his apartment with blood spurting out from his horrendous wound. It was a CSI moment for me as I study the blood spatter pattern on the floor and the walls and his wound to determine where exactly and how did the Fatness came to be in his condition.

After determining that he can be safely moved I got a few towels, gave it to him to cover his wound and to soak the blood and marched him to the car to take him the hospital!

I managed to zoom zoom alright that day but not in the Astra Turbo, but by sending the wounded Fatness Gazelle to the hospital to have him stitched up. In the end, the doctor determined that the wound is not that serious and all it needed was 5 stitches thats all.

The real problem was the dressing. The orderly looked at me while holding the dressing and asked "How to wrap his head ha??" I said, just make like Ninja la..so it wont come out...or wrap like mummy also can!

The Link : Day 2 Log

We moved past the high mountains with our equipment and rations and come across the City. We walk through the ruins of the City and thoughts came rushing into my mind of people and life that used to inhabit the city. We are heading north. Always heading north.

How can we, who were capable of such magnificence, come to what we are today? Half our clan are in cryo status as a means to conserve our valuable natural resources, which was brought on by the Life Suspension Act 2012, which was passed by the now defunct United Nations after the 3rd world war.

The 3rd World War was a meaningless war fought over trivial matters. Over the politics and arrogance of men, as survival as a race was never in question at the time. Now, the fruits of their arrogance brought us to our knees. To where we are today and the survival of the human race hang by a thread.

I adjusted my Enviro goggles to get a wide-spectrum scan of the ruins ahead to detect if any unwanted visitors will give us a nasty surprise. Scan shows none. For the time being.

Although all of us are packing the cannon each, minions from The Deep can be quite a handful.

We were 5. 5 of us were awakened for this journey. And lets hope that 5 of us will make it back in one piece. For the time being, I just want to get away from the City's cramp quarters to more open ground should any encounters take place.

End of Day 2 log.

Kena Played Out!!!! Pt II

Saturday came and I felt much better after whupping the Fatty's backside for playing me out. As I planned out my day, I was thinking of going to catch Beyond's farewell concert at night, but somehow it slipped my mind, I don't know why but it did. Probably because of the immense hurt, anger and disappointment from Friday night's betrayal from Fatness! Pundek kia.

In the end, I went for drinks with Fatness and Jin at night. In the middle of drinks, suddenly I realised that, the concert was going on now! I had forgotten about it!! DAMM! Diiuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!Tibai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Ah Faaaaark!!! I forgot about the concert!! diu!!!" I said

"What concert?" Jin asked

"Beyond's farewell, final, pre break-up concert!!! Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!" I replied

"Oh, that concert, I had tickets for them....and I gave it away." Jin replied.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOT TICKETS FOR BEYOND'S CONCERT AND YOU GAVE IT AWAY WITHOUT TELLING ME?????" anger came back..........anger came rushing back.......aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!

"Who u gave them too?????" I asked

"I gave them to the "I-WANT-FREE-STUFF-THAT-I-DONT-USE-BIATCH"....sorry...." answers her meekly

(THE I-WANT-FREE-STUFF-THAT-I-DONT-USE-BIATCH is an apt name that I bestow upon that thing because she is indeed one such biatch)

Aaaaarrgh, kena played out again!!!!!! basketball!!!! I asked Jin, how can she do this to a friend of more than 10 over years!! How can she gave them priceless tickets to a "fren" of less than 1 year without thinking about me first, why, why, why????

"Blardy hell! I bet you that biatch did not go to the conert!!!! If that's the case I will be even more pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I said

"No la, I am sure she is at the concert now enjoying herself." answered Jin

Waah, angerness when I hear that! " Ok fine, sms her abt the concert" I said

"Err, no la, probably it will be too loud for her to get the sms" Jin said sheepishly.....

"SMS her NOOW!!!!!!!" demanded I and she proceeded to sms her as fast as her fingers can press the tiny buttons on her mobile.

A few minutes later.

"Beep Beep". An sms came back. I saw the look on her face and the grin of Fatness's face I knew the answer.

THE I-WANT-FREE-STUFF-THAT-I-DON'T-USE-BIATCH really didn't go. Nia Seng!!!!

Now my anger quadrupled, not so much at Jin now, but at that BIATCH!!!! I can't understand why some people take free stuff with no intention to use it. Fark, if you don't want it, don't take it!!!

And you know what her reason for not able to go??? It was her MOTHER's BIRTHDAY!!!
Diu Nia Seng!! Fa Lat!! Double Diu!!! Why then did she take the tickets earlier?? Coz she forgot about the mother's birthday???? Then she is indeed a BIATCH!! If not then what was her reason? I tell you what, it's because she is a FREE SHITE hogging selfish BIATCH!!!!!!!!! CHEAPSKATE!!!!!

Basket, last nite one time, tonite another time!!! Kena played out twice!!!! actually thrice, I also play myself out by forgetting about the friggin concert!! And I already set aside the money to pay for the concert...took it out from my account now and nothing to spend on....Diu! Guess I will go to my favourite game shop later and buy something to help CHILL my angerness!!

DIU!!!!!!

Kena Played Out!! Pt 1

As usual, Friday came and I was planning of something to do for the night. Hence, I messaged Fatness to see what he's up to. I then suggested to go watch the new Jacky Chan movie, The Myth, as I was planning to watch it earlier but Fatness warned me vehemently to wait for him as well to watch it. The tibai fella farked me upside down and said that he'll kill me until I die from it if i watch it without him. In the end, I waited till Friday.

We agreed to watch the 1030pm show. I asked Fatness to book the ticket but Fatness said confidently " No need, sure got one!".

I asked " But what if don't have, then how?"

Fatness replied " Sure have one!!. So long already showing, nobody will watch it one"

I asked again " You didn't answer my question, what if DON'T HAVE"

Fatness, confidently replied " Sure HAVE ONE!"

We left it at that, and 10pm came I made my way to the cinema. As I was progressing towards the cinema I got a call frm Mel, (she was also watching with us).

And she said " Errr...there's no more tickets!, and Fatness is now hiding behind me saying that u will kill him"

Fark, the movie really turned out to be just a MYTH!! Diiiiiu!!!!

I was seething inside!! That tibai pundek, knnccb fella played me out!!! Furthermore, to add salt to the wound, Mel had volunteered earlier to go pick up the tickets as she was around the area but this tibai pundek fella Fatness answered " No need la...".

Fa lat bugger!!!

I made my way up to the cinema, most wanting to stick my foot into the pundeks backside and tears its apart!!! but I couldn't see him!! All I saw was Mel, then out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly noticed a strange sight as somehow, Mel's hip seems to have grown wider! how come suddenly her backside become so big??

Which cant be coz Mel's got a great figure!

Took 2 more steps forward and I realise it was the Fatness's gut sticking out as he hid behind her!

Fatness Hurt

D says: have been damn busy man

Grouch says: oki

D says: not yet eat lunch evens

Grouch says: good u get skinny faster

D says: farker

Grouch says: but but but is true wat

D says: hurtness lah

Grouch says: why la

D says: becos u say me fatness

Grouch says: but u are wat, but now u losing the tummy though. Can see improvement

Grouch contnued to say : love and accept who and wat u are n u will be happy

Grouch says: nver read my blog ha?

D says: i read ur bloig already but still sadness..........

The Link : Day 1

Day 1 : 13 Oct 2055

The missing link has been located by Agent 171 from Unit Azzeqial. The crucial piece of the puzzle that has been haunting us for so long. It's almost within our grasp. Our unit has been given "awake" orders and we are now making preparations to proceed to the sacred point to retrieve the link which will eventually help us solve the puzzle of our existence.

Like fire was to prehistoric men and how it was supposed to change the evolution of mankind. We are on the verge of another leap in human evolution. Hopefully.

According to Agent 171, we are to proceed towards a coordinate given pointing towards the north pole. Which exact location, I am not at liberty to divulge for now.

But one thing is clear, play time is over. Mission orders will be given shortly. Meanwhile, preparations have to be made.

I am sure our enemy from The Deep will also discover soon what we have learn thus far. They too will be making their way north. We should move fast and swift to retrieve it before they do. If we fail. The consequences will be dire.

Nightfall will be upon us soon. Preparations need to be made now.

End of day 1 log.

You and I

Have you ever stared at the mirror and wondered who that person staring back at you really is? Have you ever wondered if there were no mirrors in the world, would you be able to "see" or tell how you really look like or recognise yourself if you happen to chance upon one?

When you stare at the mirror, the person staring back at you is actually, you. And this is the face that you carry around and this is the same face that you use to express your emotions. This is also the face that people either love or hate.

However, when we look at the world through our very own eyes, we see everyone else but ourselves. Why is this so? Why cant we see ourselves and find out who we really are without mirrors?

You and I, the person in the mirror, are basically the same.

Regardless of race, culture, religion, ideology, we are the same. We walk around this Earth with our self indulgent needs and wants stepping on the small people, licking the balls of the big people but at the end of the day, look at ourself in the mirror, are we happy?

What is our true reflection? Is it the person we see in the mirror everyday when we wake up?

Do you like who you see? Are you happy with what you see?

Our true reflection is through the faces of others as seen through our eyes towards our action and deeds. Hate or love, they will show us how they feel.

Your true happiness is shown the moment you look at yourself in the mirror. If you are or not, you will know and your face will tell you, as all the deeds that you do, will show on your face.

The face that you carry around for others to see.

To reach the heavens....

Bali II

The streets of Bali...

Bali

This is the Bali that I know, peaceful and serene.

Evening crowd

BEST CONSUMERS!!!

You know who are the best consumers in the world? If you are in marketing, you should target these blokes because they will believe everything that you tell them and buys it with no second thoughts.

If you tell them that your toaster is actually a DVD player, they will believe you. Really! And if you tell them that the new XBOX can play PS2 games as well as Nintendo games, they will also believe you!! They will buy it and goes home feeling happy about it!!

And the best thing is, these blokes wont even have the chance to use them to find out the truth because, as part of their day job, once their job is finished, they would have been dead already. These fellas are the suicide bombers. They will believe anything you tell them and they even believe that killing innocents will buy their way to heaven...since when?

GODZILLA 2005!!! Finale

As I walked through the maze of alleys in the streets of Tokyo, something finally caught my attention as my atomic radar homes in on the signal.

I thought I saw it! Finally, the creature itself, GOJIRA!!! cast in stone and shrunken from its original size to hobbit size!! Diiuuuu...what a letdown!

No wonder these days we don't hear about GODZILLA terrorising the city of Tokyo no more. The Japanese have somehow managed to contain this threat by casting it in stone, while borrowing techniques from the headhunters to shrink it down to hobbit size and turning it into a tourist attraction instead.

No wonder the Japanese have such national pride these days because they manage to defeat the ultimate threat to their society!

They have somehow managed to harness the powers of either Ultraman, Astro Boy or the Masked Riders to defeat its greatest threat! An Abomination that was created by the evils of Atomic weapons - Godzilla!!!

Err ERP!

Just got back from India and the latest news I hear was that ERP will now be applied even on Saturdays from 12pm to 8pm on Saturday on Orchard road (correct me if I am wrong)! The reason from the relevant authority was to ease traffic flow during the weekends and hence additional ERP gantries were put up.

I wonder if the authorities ever wondered that the people, actually like the traffic on the weekends in and around Orchard Road. Because it does make the city feel more "ALIVE", buzzing, exciting and more like any other big cities around the world. Like New York, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo etc.etc. And it should be the perogative of the individual to WANT to get stuck in traffic in Orchard road on a Saturday.

Who wants to go to Orchard road on a Saturday when it looks like a dead city?? We want the city buzz! We want the traffic and we want a break from PAYING ERP on a weekend to help ease the already heavy cost of living in the Lion City!! An empty Orchard road make one feel very depressed....add on to that, the ERP....sighs

And If the authorities really want to ease traffic flow in Orchard road, what about the human traffic?? Maybe they should start a human ERP kind of thing along Orchard road and make the pedastrian pay as well!!

That will really ease the traffic in and around Orchard road and yes, it will then be very good business for all the shops in and around Orchard road........Lower traffic equals higher return (somehow!)....to compensate for the sky rocketing rentals in that area.

But then what do you think will happen to the traffic around Orchard road once these gantries are up? They will be congested somewhere else la, (like a balloon u squeeze one end the other end will balloon)......and a year or two down the road...ERP gantries will pop up in those areas as well...and then, what do you think will happen to the traffic in these areas?? They will all be in Malaysia....spending money there instead of paying ERP in the Lion City....

The Tree of Wealth

Ever wonder how a tree with a huge bloom of leaves stemming out from a few branches and a tiny trunk withstand the forces of nature? The answer is that it cant. One big huff and puff the tree will break at the trunk and left to rot!

And this is exactly what a sick economy feels like where you have major imbalance across the demographic in terms of wealth distribution. You have a few fellas on the top who are sitting on tons of money and a tiny bunch of fellas at the middle and everybody else is at the bottom who can barely scrape a living.

One big shock externally, the poor tree of wealth will come crumbling down. When that happens the plume of rich leaves will wither and die but the masses at the bottom may grow back in time depending on the kind of tree it is in the first place.

GODZILLA 2005!!! Part Deux

Finally I am now walking amongst the people who have seen and ran from the creature -GOJIRA!! I look to my left and look to my right, everyone seems to the their usual self. Men in suit despite the sweltering heat and humidity of summer and the women in their high heels with skirts or dressees, trudge through the human sardine pack as if nothing had happened.

It seems as if the trauma from the creature's attack had never existed!!! Amazing!!! The resilience of these people who have been through hell and back when GOJIRA attacked Japan and plucked the Tokyo Tower of its foundation as if it were a toothpick is amazing!!!

I noticed one thing about Japan, they now have an extensive network of subways, trains and even the Shinkansen!! (Bullet-O Train-O!). As I tried my very best to stare at and study the colorful spaghetti of a metro/subway chart, all I can make out of in the end is the picture of a naked Mr Miyagi from Karate Kid!! Eeeeeeeew!!!!!!

I also think the reason why the urban transportation and underground system is so extensive, is because to facilitate the evacuation of the people during an attack by Monsters. As they have learnt from film records in the past, the running and the screaming don't really save lives..... STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! EEEEKSSSS! "KER-PLASH".....dead......

Besides the Typhoon, Japan always faced monster attacks which you will never see or hear mentioned of course in the travel brochure...but trust me, the monsters love to hantam (whack) Japan somehow...And speaking again of the Typhoon, my Japanese friend told me that Typhoon No.14 does not denote the strength of the typhoon but the number of typhoon Japan encountered thus far....whew.....

My eyeballs by the time are seeing a lot of Little TwinStars hence I decided I need to stare at some really refreshing greenery and I saw the above nice green patches...untouched and un-destroyed by Ultraman or GOJIRA.

Speaking of Ultraman, I didn't really get to see him coz maybe it was raining most of the time
when I was there and U know Ultraman-la, he needs the power of the sun to charge him up to stay on Earth. Furthermore, even he appears, he cannot last being on Earth for more than 5 mins so.....sheeesh....moral of the story, u gotta be at the right place at the right time...!!

As I continued on my journey, I can see a lot of signs and where it could have been either caused by GOJIRA or by some other being on the building walls and structure of the buildings. There seem to be a lot of band aids with colorful pictures and ads plastered on the walls of the buildings. This is probably done to hide the battle scars of the monster attacks!! My nose tells me to follow them and follow them I did and then all of a sudden round the corner of my eye.....

To be continued....

GODZILLA 2005!!! - Pt I

The plane rattled as we sped head on towards Typhoon No.14 (NABI) for the island of Honshu where reported sightings of the creature GODZILLA or GOJIRA has been reported! I braced myself as the turbulence pounded onto our 747 as if we were a cessna single prop plane. I prayed for it to be over soon and land would then greet us instead of the fury of Typhoon No.14. I am at the same time excited and anxious as I am now on a great journey to discover for myself, the mythical creature called GOJIRA and many more mythical beings such as Ultraman, Kamen Riders as well as Power Rangers where legend has said somehow they congregate in the Island Nation of Japan!

I peeked out of the window and hoped to see some calm blue skies but all I could see was a thick mist of grey as we were now in the insides of Typhoon No.14. I had hoped maybe the Japanese airforce will send either some Valkyrie fighters from SDF-1 or some Gundam Robots (ZAKUS or Earth Defence Force I don't care as long as they come!!) to help escort our poor embattled plane to safety but to my disappointment there was none! Sighs!.....Damm, I should have taken JAL (tibai basketball!!) instead of SQ at least them planes can hopefully transform or sumthing if the going gets too tough into a GIANT ROBOT!!

All of a sudden the rocking and shaking seemed to subside and through the PA system I heard the Captain announced that we are going to land soon at Narita! A great sense of relief came over me as we will soon be out of the belly of the beast and descend into the land of great mystery! The land of GODZILLA!!!! YA!!! and sushi, ramen, soba, sashimi, toro and fugu!!!!

Finally the plane landed and I managed to make my way to my hotel. The wind was blowing and the rain kept pelting the land of the rising sun. Which of course for the moment, the sun, is nowhere to be seen. If I remembered correctly, Typhoon No.11 just struck Japan about 2 weeks ago or something, and now, Typhoon No. 14??? I am so gonna get it from my friend this time as this is my first trip to Japan, and the Typhoon was there to welcome my arrival!!! Bet your last Yen he gonna say :-

"Ah so, Grouch-san, welcome to Japan! Told you to come over alone but no... you have to bring with you the typhoon!!!...Ah so, arigato-gozaimashta Grouch-san!"

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit....some more no.14!! Stronger than 11!!! DIE!!...this one should be called Typhoon Nabei rather than Nabi....but on second thought, better not make fun of it after seeing the destruction of the lady Katrina of New Orleans...."hell hath no fury like a woman scorned???" What the heck did Bush do this time??

To be continued.....

Fear and Loss

What do we fear? Why do we fear? Some fear the dark, some fear the unknown and some are afraid of heights, closed spaces and so on and so forth. These to me are lesser fears. But inherently, what we fear most is of loss. As we start out in life, we have our family with us and we have all to look forward to as we progress through the trials and tribulations called Life.

We work hard to gain what we wanted and worked doubly hard to keep what we gained. But loss is inevitable. As we age, we will lose the people we love, either through to age or through sickness. Loss is inevitable and loss is painful.

The reason why loss is painful is because of love. It is because we loved. If one had never loved, one will not know loss and what more, fear it. But do we want to live without Love? To me, the answer is a clear no.

What is more important is that we should embrace loss instead of fear it, as it is after all apart of our life. This is what I have learned. Remember the dearly departed always and never forget how they have touched your life.

After having worked many years in Singapore, I have not had the privilege of being with my family all the time and in the course of my stay here I have lost 3 very dear persons in my life. My grandparents. Through their departure, they thought me how to cherish the people who come across our path and touched our life.

What I have ultimately learn is that, the people that we love, although we have the fear of losing them one day, is never far away from us even though they may leave us. All we need to do is to find a silent space of our own, close our eyes and look deep within our hearts and we will see them and have them bless our life again with all the memories that they have blessed us with.

Always remember them and they will forever be with us....always.

Life

I came across the postings of an utter arsehole in a forum I visit once in awhile. Someone basically started a new thread which basically spoke of his reflections and thoughts of a friend of his, who decided to take his own life.

The arsehole basically posted and voiced his strong view of how wrong suicide is and that the person who decides to take his life is a coward who has no regard at all to the feelings of the people who loves him.

Who gave him the right to judge? Whatever the reason maybe, we as third parties should not judge. No man can and no one is above another fellow man on this earth who can pass judgement on one's life except God. What we can do instead of voicing our judgemental views is to mourn the loss of a young life.

Don't let that person's life pass on in vain.

Remember the better things in life and take it as a lesson and instead of being bitter, learn to cherish the short time we have on this earth no matter how tough the going can get, there will always be a silver lining.

And to the arsehole who still rant on to justify his statements made in the post, may you find contentment within yourself.

Following is an excerpt of the post.

Loss of a friend...
A friend of mine passed away last week. I have felt the loss of loved ones and friends before but this loss was made a lot more painful because he chose to take his own life.No one of us would ever know why he did it. He told no one his troubles, except for the fact that he was thinking of changing his major in university because it was too hard. He was very active in Uni, among our group or friends and greatly appreciated by those who knew him.Whatever his reason, his decision has robbed his parents of their eldest son, his siblings of an older brother and for the rest of us, a cherished friend.I just wanted to shout out here to point out that taking one's own life doesn't resolve anything. Regardless the kind of trouble or dilemma you are in, it can always be resolved. Family and friends are there for a reason. Use them. They will help even if it hurts or inconveniences them. Just stay alive. The alternative is too painful for others.

The post of that arsehole :-

Sorry to say so, but your frn deserves no pity for his choice of suicide simply shows how selfish and cowardly he is... I only feel sorry for your frn's family and friends who are left behind to suffer the agony of the loss of their loved one...However no point crying over split milk, juz pray that your frn's soul will rest in peace like what XXX had said...

Dumbass!

To the arsehole who posted the site to his dumbass blog which I dont bother to read, faking as a comment to my posts. If you wanna advertise go take it elsewhere and don't do it on my blog site!!!! Tibai!! Your comment is now thrashed!!!!!!!!!!!