My most feared nightmare

Damn it... my worst nightmare has arrived.

Yesterday, my MIS guy has begun testing blocking all the sites and ports to the Internet. So now, that means, no more facebooking, mail reading, news reading or even blogging at work. And I can't even use MSN anymore.

Today, he opened the connection to the internet, but this won't be long. It's just a matter of time before such blockage becomes permanent.

I still wonder how I can do my online research once the Internet is gone? I heard they'll have common PCs for the Internet in front of the MD, but I still don't see anything being setup.

School Song

Just read my friend's blog and it was so happen a long delayed post about her gathering with her primary school friends and she posted our school song (we were from the same primary school but she's way my senior).

I then become 'semangat' to post my BB school song.
So here it is, the English version:

B-B-B-S ever,
We would pledge to thee,
All our high endeavour,
With all our loyalty,
May thy star grow brighter,
May thy fame increase,
May this glorious chorus never never cease,

Here we strive for honour,
Here we seek for truth,
Learn to help the weaker,
With the strength of our youth,
Of the highest wisdom,
Let our watch-word be,
Without God before us all is vanity.

I think I'll just skip the Malay version... haha
This post can perhaps be considered a continuation of this post - BB is 50.

And since the primary school lyrics was already posted, I'll just link this to her site.

Interesting facts

Came across an article on sleep disturbance and it gave various points.

At one of those points, it says:

The couple next door is copulating—loudly.
Take matters into your own hands—literally. Masturbation is a great stress reliever, says Mark Schwartz, director of the Masters and Johnson Institute. At orgasm, your brain releases chemicals that help you relax.


So conclusion?

Sea Urchin

When I was in Philippines having one of our Japanese dinner, my boss order one sushi with a special type of topping which I could not remember what the topping was called... until today.

In Cantonese, it was called 'hoi dam', while in English, it is known as sea urchin. If you like or able to accept raw food like Sashimi, then you'll love sea urchins. To me, it tasted a little slimmy and raw food has never been my kind of thing, so they say I'm wasting it when I eat because I am unable to enjoy such delicacy.

In Malaysia, such food is considered a luxury because of its price. It's so damn expensive. But its quite cheap in the Philippines and China. If I'd ever be able to taste it again, I'll probably be able to enjoy it more.

BB is 50

Yupz.. my secondary school, Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School (BBBSS), is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year. And last Sat (Aug 16, 2008) was the anniversary dinner held at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort to celebrate the occasion.

The Star article about the anniversary dinner.

Guest-of-honour was Dr. Alastair L. McGregor of Scotland, the school's first principal. The 2nd principal, Mr. David Boler (also from UK, can't remember if he's Engilsh or Scottish) unfortunately passed away just few months back.

I did not see the 3rd principal, Mr. Oh Kung Lam and the 4th, Pn. Ishah Sulaiman attending the ceremony but saw the 5th and current principal, Madam Quah Mooi Eng for the first time.

Saw many of my ex-teachers. All recognises me, some could even recall my name (though mostly partially) after some thoughts, but most were not around. Wonder if they're still teaching in BB.

The teachers could not believed that I left school 8 years ago. They thought I was still studying. They said I still looked the same... which means I'm still the young boy in their eyes. How depressing :(

All in all, I thought the occasion wasn't that grand despite being a golden jubilee celebration. After 50 years, with tens of thousands of students graduated, only around 500 people attended the dinner.

From the class of 2000, only 4 turned up. And that includes my brother and I. Was really looking forward to meet up more, especially those I've kind of lost contact with. Rather disappointed with the turn out actually.

Otherwise, it would have been more fun attending the event.

Wikipedia on BB.

"Nisi Dominus Frustra"
"Without God All Is Vanity"

14th day of the 7th month

Didn't actually realised it until I heard a colleague talking about it. Today is, in Chines Lunar calendar, the 14th day of the 7th month.

And what day is it?

It's the Hungry Ghost Festival, where according to the Chinese believes, it's the day where the souls and spirits are allowed to come out from the lower realm to roam earth.

Found some interesting facts when reading wikipedia. According to it, it's also a day where our deceased ancestors would pay us a visit.

hhmmm.... I never knew that.

Anyway, the older generations always advised us to stay indoor in these days fearing that we might 'bump' into one of 'them'. True or not, don't bother. Just listen to them... just stay at home tonight.

Personal Milestone

After months of procrastinating, I've finally completed the full settlement for my car loan yesterday, 26 months early. Having completed the payments last week, I was at JPJ yesterday for the final procedure. But despite settling it 2 years earlier, I barely saved a year's amount in interest fees.

Still, I was glad when I saw the word, "DIBATALKAN" stamped on my car grant. So the car's rightfully mine, and mine only.

March 8th, 2008

Voted for the first time. Was surprised how smooth the whole process went. My polling station was at SMK (P) Sri Aman. Was there for the first time, for barely 10 minutes. So I basically, went in, voted and then came out.

Busy week

Really, I've never been so occupied at work like the ones I had last week. I touched down from Bangkok on the night of Nov 17th, had a day rest and then attended a 4 day VB.NET training in the office.

Training was ok, but this means that my other work is thus delayed. Then, it became, training in the day, working in the night as I had a list of issues to look into.

Then, coming, on the 29th Nov, I'm scheduled to attend another training known as HORENSO (HOkoku-RENtaku-SOdan), a followup from the first training last 13th Nov.

I've been so busy, that I don't even get the chance to blog about my Bangkok trip. Damn it, why must my pace of life fluctuates like that.... like in the stocks.

Tagged!!!

Yo! peeps, yup it's been a while. And this has been long overdue. Being tagged once ain't funny, and being tagged twice ain't nice... but I'll do this anyhow

Rules:

1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog

Ok, here are my 8 random facts:

1. When I sleep, I have to be hugging something, either a bolster or another pillow.

2. I always have trouble sleeping for at least the first 3 nights away from home. It's not home sick, I just can't adapt to the bed so well.

3. I look boyish. So whenever I tell others I'm 18, 19 or 21 years of age, they actually believe me.

4. I'm not good at expressing myself. That's why I'm always misunderstood for alot of things.

5. I like creamy ice-creams, the ones where it's been slightly melted. And I like to mix it with something crunchy, like peanuts, crunched biscuits etc.... vanilla ice-cream mixed with milo powder taste great.

6. I can't stand bossy people. And I don't simply take instructions. I also don't always do things by the book... so this, in a way, makes me flexible with things.

7. When it comes to food, I like to experiment mixing various varieties and taste together. It's just like chemistry where I mix and match chemicals to get a result.

8. When I know my facts, I'm as loud as thunder. But when I don't know my facts, I'm as quiet as a mouse.

Considering the no. of people who actually reads this, and those who actually gonna bother doing this, I think I'm not going to tag anyone and let things end here.