about me A loner, although do enjoy the occasional companionship, if you can handle it. Enjoys long term friendships, sensitive, ponders a lot about life and people. Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ranting
[ 10:46 pm ] Pastor gave us a little love gift today for the Revo site. I wasn't really expecting anything, so this was a pleasant surprise. Thanks Pastor! Now, I have enough to pay for the car loan for another month. It's a small start, at least I don't have to worry about it till a month later. I'm still believing for more, and care not to accept that this is all there is. I know this time round, I really need to work on my presentation skills, people skills and really ... just conversing better with prospective clients. It's something that you have to do. You know, I think it's OK that you can really 'NOT' be yourself, because these people are strangers. They don't know you. Perhaps, it's time to be an actor? Come on, I don't think those big-time salesman are who they are at work right? Our Ipoh trip is this Friday. I'm not even excited about it. Can you blame me for feeling this way? Haih ... drats. I'll find that elusive 'excitement' along the way I hope. Now, for something a little more serious. *Removed. Did I tell you I love chocolate and strawberry ice-cream?* 1 comments Monday, April 27, 2009
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[ 3:33 pm ] So ... I got stopped by the police for speeding on the way home today, lol. Going 95km/h on a 80km/h stretch ... bleh. I couldn't be bothered making small talk with the cop. Took out my driving license before he asked for it, wound down my window and passed it to him. Polis: Macam mana? Nak bayar? Me: Bayarlah, apa nak buat? Polis: Sini ... 80km/h saje Me: So ... berapa laju eh saya pandu? Polis: 95km/h je. Me: 'Je'? Kalau 'je' tak payah saman la. Polis: Kami akan hantar saman dalam sebulan. Aiyah ... my dad taught me to own up to my own mistakes. In this case, it was a costly one. Oh well, doesn't matter, I made a mistake, so be it. I went online to check the rates for traffic compounds but ended up getting conflicting numbers. So I went to www.rilek.com.my instead. Btw, really STUPID name for a website, you think I can RILEK while going through my traffic offences? FWAAAAHHHHHH ... I didn't know I had another summon waiting for me, dated 31 Jan 2009, 10.17am. Where the HECK was I going?? RM300!? Take la ... goooooooo take my money! Use it for the good of the nation! Use it to fund your patrol cars! Use it catch Mat Rempits!! Bitter. 0 comments
Nothing changed.
[ 9:31 am ] Nothing changed. After 2 years of not being actively involved, it's still the same. No one wants to take ownership. Tsk. Great ideas, but no one wants to take ownership of it. Still the same working attitude, disappointing at best. Pbbbthh ... ministry. Sorry, just ranting. I'll deal with it myself. 0 comments Saturday, April 25, 2009
Food Foundry
[ 2:33 pm ] ... definitely not a factory. Went for dinner at Food Foundry, Section 17 ... only to realise that My Elephant is just at the next block. How did I missed this place? Anyways, I was expecting an air conditioned cafe, instead it was open air, with nice wooden table and chairs. I loved it, though it was a little stuffy (weird, right? Since it was open air). I read a comment from another blog to expect the place to be packed, but it wasn't that occupied. How was the food? There were too much garlic on my Chicken Chop ... and I was a little particular about that. Cannot be so fussy, right? The food presentation wasn't that great, I think Williams mamak does a better job HAHAHAHA ... ok ... cannot compare, since this place is way cheaper than Williams, seriously. YS's Salmon Pasta .. well, I can't comment on it, since I didn't try it except for a piece of Salmon ... that tasted quite fishy. Heh, it's a fish I know ... but, there is a strong fishy smell ... Ahh ... you know what I mean la. Now, dessert was something else. I read somewhere if you were to make a visit here, be sure to try out their Mille Crepe, and I did just that. This is so awesome. Seriously good. Made out of 20 over layers of crepe and cream. They have 3 flavours, chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. As for the food, I don't think it's anything to shout about la, I could photoshop to make it look better haha ... BUT, I would definitely come back here just for the Mille Crepe, because it's just THAT good. As a matter of fact, I noticed a few patrons ordered only that and a cup of coffee to go along with it. They should just convert the whole place to Dessert foundry or something and concentrate on making their Mille Crepe famous. 0 comments Friday, April 24, 2009
How dare you.
[ 9:54 am ] I had a dream, better to write it down before I forget. In this dream, I was walking with a group of pedestrian (pedestrians because I don't know them and we were walking the same direction). The funny thing was, we were walking on the main road and not on the side walk. I remembered clearly speaking in tongues in that dream, while a few of them did the same. Moving onwards, I was stopped by a specky dude at the divider, and he said. "You are speaking in tongues, do you know who I am? I am ... HAHAHAHAHA" <-- evil laugh ..... he pushed me onto the oncoming traffic on the other side of the road. He tried to kill me. Bastard. How dare him. I woke up with my legs kicking in the air, that really shook me from my sleep. What an idiot. I am seriously pissed. Someone tried to kill me in my dreams. That is MY domain. 0 comments Thursday, April 23, 2009
Brilliant!
[ 7:38 pm ] Alright! I'm done for the day! I should be packing up my stuff and leave the office soon, but I don't think I'll do that until much later. It won't matter much since regardless of what time I leave, it's still gonna be congested outside. I went off after 7:30 yesterday, and it was still congested ... waste of petrol, hmmph. I had a brilliant idea popped into my head yesterday while I was in the toilet ... ah yes, the place everyone puts on a thinking cap. My idea is brilliant! Ok, maybe I'm getting a little too ahead of myself but, what the heck, it's brilliant! So as long I keep on telling myself it's brilliant, it got to be brilliant, right? Talk about self motivation, lol. Anyways, won't be sharing about it here ... 'coz I really see a potential in this idea. Now, the only thing I'm not sure is ... how to develop it. Hmmm ... more thinking required. Gonna be attempting the 3rd visit to My Elephant this Saturday evening with Kanmani, the bangla and I'm hoping YS could join us. Will we finally succeed in having a meal there? It certainly won't be funny if we fail again ... then it's just not meant to be. I don't really fancy Thai food like Kanmani, but the food in My Elephant is just that good. You have to give it a try :) I've decided to make TheGroundFloor my base of operation starting next month ... and, I wouldn't mind the company of the guys on first floor. Tak tahu malu right? Ok what ... got wifi, table & chairs, and a conducive environment to work in AND if we ever need to meet clients, we could just direct them here :) The only potential problem is finding a parking space. Erwin sent me an SMS after he knew about my situation from Janet, and wanted to intro me to a Christian Ad Agency, since they are looking for someone, preferably a believer as well. I said, why not set us a meeting and see if we can work something out on a freelance basis with Nerd Attack. Talk about being an opportunist, hor? You see opportunity coming your way, you have to seize it right? I'm trying not to be too passive already. It can be a little difficult when it's outside of your comfort zone, but I guess when it's about putting food on your table ... you just gotta move. Sometimes when things are going great in our life, we say, "God is good". But when things don't goes awry, can we still say "God is good"? Honestly, won't you be disappointed and blame God for your predicament? I haven't blamed Him yet, nor do I see the need to (because it's stupid and doesn't make sense to me to put the blame on Him), all I've done was to keep on asking, "Why?" and probably making Him sick by asking the same thing over and over again every night. BUT, God is good all the time. We have to remember that, I have to remember that. I know there are many things my mortal eyes can't see yet, because He has kept it hidden from me, but I know at the end of the day, He is Faithful to His promises, so ... just gotta keep on believing then. Actually, if you think about it, all that is required of us, is just believe. Such a simple and difficult thing to do. How can something be so simple and yet difficult? I find it fascinating? A simple concept, and yet ... hard. Hmm ... Dream I had a dream a couple of nights back. In this dream I was standing before a city... probably a couple of miles away, you could see the city skyline from right to left. It was around twilight ... you could see the city's dim lights, and above it were millions of beautiful stars. Suddenly I felt a strong wind ... and as I looked up, I saw a brightly lit ball of fire hurling through the sky with a long fiery trail. It was headed on a collision course towards the city, and when it impacted, there was a BRIGHT flash of light and an eerie calm soon followed. A few seconds later, I felt strong winds and towering smoke began to head towards my direction ... funny thing was, I wasn't afraid that it would swallow me up. I just stood there ... not moving. I wasn't even running for my live ... I just stood there ... haha ... What a weird dream. Anyhooooo ... I wanna develop more on my BRILLIANT IDEA! It's brilliant, because I SAID SO, and I'm thick skinned about it. It's brilliant!! 0 comments Wednesday, April 22, 2009
We're solid
[ 6:59 pm ] [12:11:23 PM] Rachel Chew says: but um, hate to break it to you but guys are sometimes just dense [12:11:42 PM] Rayman says: that's why we're solid ppl! [12:11:53 PM] Rachel Chew says: hahaha [12:12:03 PM] Rachel Chew says: solid like kayu? [12:12:15 PM] Rayman says: it's the wood that makes it good [12:12:18 PM] Rayman says: :D [12:12:37 PM] Rachel Chew says: hahha ----------------------------------------- Ow and I finally completed the new Revolution site, check it out here www.urtherevolution.com I'm quite pleased with the final result, well, we did cut down on some functionality of the site ... but this is sufficient for the time being. There's still some things to be done, but we're occupied with a project that has a really tight deadline now. I'll continue to spruce up the site a little more. I think Ow and I work pretty well together, though granted we both have our own little quirks ... I brought YS to 2015 yesterday ... she's getting way too many comments that she looks a little like Ling. Hmm ... actually, maybe tak macam la. Anyways, I was glad I attended this time round. I didn't know what to expect from the 2 speakers, but I was pleasantly suprised they shared on business owner perspective as well. I was encouraged. God doesn't call us to start a business just to bankrupt us :D I know God will prosper AND multiply our talents, so as long we stay faithful. Going out dinner with my bangla friend later. He didn't pick up my call earlier, apparently he was busy polishing his coffee table. Hello? Who polishes coffee tables?? Haih ... 3 comments
Last week
[ 6:41 pm ] Ok ... this post has been on draft since Monday ... haih ... busy. ---------------------------------------------------- Ahh ... I've been pretty busy lately, hence I haven't been blogging much, though I really wanted to write some of my thoughts down. Hence, being the brilliant young man that I am, I 'penned' my thoughts on my phone instead so that I won't forget the important thoughts that I want to share with the WHOLE WIDE WORLD ON MY BLOG~ btw, a short Internet acronym lesson, WWW is not Whole Wide World, it's World Wide Web. About time someone called Mr. Chang called last week :D It's good to hear his voice again ... ok ... this sounds a little gay. Anyways, you know what I meant. They seem to be settling down well in London. I'm still aiming for a visit, but I haven't ask God to provide for it yet. Well, money isn't gonna drop from the sky, but I'm sure He has more than a million creative :D It was a good catchup, though I don't think I'll be making the calls hahaha ... it's cheaper for him to call!! Hah! Yeah ... I'm cheap. Can email what ... Rakuzen My officemate (because, technically we're not working in the same company), belanja us lunch at Rakuzen. It's just downstairs. What do I think of the food? Well, check the photos out :) I think it's nice of her to spent us lunch ... and you know what's sad, I didn't know that day was my colleague's last day at work, I thought it was going to be today. Haih ... I can't tell you what the names are for each, just look at picture la ... no need to know the name. Sushi. Obviously. Mr. Ow's plate of raw flesh ... Udon thingy ... My lunch! Something chicken. Note: I know if I ever start a food blog, I'll fail miserably :D I wouldn't mind another visit here, since the set lunch aren't really that pricey as I had imagined it to be. I've yet to visit Tenji, but I'm getting all sorts of opinions about that place. When it comes to food, it's really hard to please everyone, eh? Nerdy logo I got Alex Lim to helped me with a part of our logo, since I'm really bad at drawing :P And I'm really thankful for his help! He's an artist I tell ya! And I'm just a designer :D See, there's a difference! I need to work on the logo soon, a lot of different things are bunching up together ... just need to make time for it. Anyways, he's da man ... and I'll gladly offer up my help if he needs it in the future. This tax, that tax We got to know that we have to register with Customs for service tax. What in the world ... didn't even realise that we have to pay/charge 5% service tax for our business. We're still trying to find out if we really need to do this, and whether it's only limited to Sdn. Bhd only. I wish it is! Ok la ... it's only 5% and we can lump it together with our charges ... but knowing that we're forking 5% tax that does absolutely nothing ... doesn't sit well with me. What do they do with the money?? What does customs do with all the service tax money!? Matthew 22:21Tsk :\ Ipoh Mali ... I'll be heading to Ipoh for a night with some of my ex-schoolmates ... since I think I've been ffk-ing them for a few events already. Besides, it's labour day ... and I could use a little break before going head on into survival mode lol. Haih ... might as well enjoy this time and not let worries weigh you down. I'm not sure how much I can eat, but I am looking forward to Foh San Dim Sum :) I don't really want to overnight in Ipoh. Gaaaahhhhhhh ... I want my own bed. Catching up Last Friday, while I was busy in front of the computer, I had this thought that I should catch up with Vincent since I haven't been seeing him for quite a while now. So I sent him an SMS asking if he's free for yamcha :D Maybe I'm a little too self-conscious la ... just didn't want the whole thing to look like, "oh, checking up on me like a church leader". Ok ... wrong thought. Erase that. Oh wait, it's still there, hahahhaa. Crap la, if I wanna meet up then I meet up la. There's a few other people that I haven't seen for a while, I think I'll catch up with them when I'm free. It was good catching up with him. Apparently he's been around, just that I've been ... umm ... less observant lately. I have no idea what I've been looking at. Can't help it I guess, we have 700 plus people in church now, I see new faces everyday. So, I had a conversation with someone after prayer service last week, "Hi, never seen you before ... how long you've been in Acts?" "Since last November..." Sometimes one or two ushers will think I'm a new comer :D Ini muka tak famous ni ... I was spending some time having dinner with YS yesterday and bumped into Albert & Rachel ... and parents, just when I mentioned to YS that we're bound to bump into someone from Acts here. I mean, come on, everyone goes to 'Williams' right? Hey, at least they came over to say hi when they spotted us. I appreciated that. I really hate those that, you know, "Eh, I saw you that day with blah blah blah at blah blah blah", and most of the time I'll just snap at them and say, if you saw me, you could had just gimme a shout or just say hi or something. I mean, if I bump into you, I would ... ok, I won't shout, but I would wave my hands frantically what ... not like I curi ayam or anything. I think it's common courtesy. Geez. Granny We went out for dim sum together with mom, aunties and my cousin. Mom and I drove to pick her up. Under the hot afternoon sun, I could see my grandma's face clearly as we walks slowly towards the car. She aged alot ... like ... old ... I mean, she's my grandma, but ... she aged alot. I just never realised it. Anyways, granny was smilling ... with wrinkles and all :D You know, I was asking God to preserve her life a little longer ... maybe another 10 years or more?? I don't think I wanna see her go anytime soon. Not yet. Selfish? Anyways, on the way home, she was asking me about the Holy Spirit and about tongues ... and why we are able to speak in tongues. Mind you, that this conversation was in Hakka. I couldn't explain anything to her .... ARGHHH ... I wanted to tell her that you have to ask for the gift of tongues, but I can't seem to find the words for it. My dialect is limited at best, sigh .. and I can't explain in any other languages ... I suck at Mandarin, Cantonese so-so, but can't explain anything either, English? She doesn't understand English, Malay? Even worse ... so how!? I'll get someone else to explain then. I'll try to blog more when I have the time. 1 comments Friday, April 17, 2009
Dei!
[ 2:25 pm ] [2:24:02 PM] charlene anita says: dei! [2:24:29 PM] Rayman says: yen da porengeh? :X 2 comments Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter
[ 11:08 pm ] What a week… … and looking forward to another week with expectations. U-turn is finally over, though it didn’t really felt like 21 days. I can’t really say that truly miss sinking my teeth into a pound of grilled red meat … it’s just different. I can’t honestly say that I miss it. I don’t know … I still feel a little ‘empty’, if you know what I mean? Good Friday at church was an eye opener for me. We didn’t have any big time production like previous years, but the attendance was still mind boggling. Church was packed to the brim. I wonder if people came knowingly we didn’t have anything on? I can only wonder. There were plenty of new faces, and frankly, I felt more like a new comer ‘coz the familiar faces seems to disappear in the sea of crowd lol. Easter service today was amazing. I liked how Datuk Tony Tiah preached the gospel on prosperity … in a different light, of course. These couple of weeks, I’ve been struggling in my mind about a few things, particularly in the area of finance and understanding the Kingdom principle of, well, claiming God’s blessing in the area of prosperity. I visited a … certain church *cough*, I’ve been trying not to judge, but there were a few things that I wasn’t comfortable about, particularly with regards to how the Word was preach about prosperity. To be honest, my impression hasn’t been that great. I just felt it was wrong. I didn’t like how the Word was preached … it just felt wrong. I didn’t have any peace listening to the promo snippets of these 2 preachers they were inviting to church. I don’t think I’ll be making a visit when they are around. This is just my personal stand. ANYWAYS … I had dim sum at Sri Petaling yesterday! It’s been such a long time since I had dim sum for breakfast. I think the last time was when my bro started working a couple of years back and treated the family to a dim sum breakfast from his first paycheck. Ok, I don’t think I would want to wake up that early for breakfast anymore. I spent the evening at CHC’s Easter play, iMing. The play was pretty ok :) I like the storyline, except that it was too short. I think the story could had develop more, like focusing more on the strained relationship between Lenard and Stephanie (I think it's Stephanie?) and the things that went wrong. What made her slept with his best friend? Develop more on things that are prior to that. But hey, I’m not a theater critique … just a viewer’s opinion :P Overall, I love the play la. I brought YS along for morning service today, and she was pretty comfortable the whole morning. I guess I shouldn’t have worried too much; she’s capable of taking care of herself :) You wouldn’t have realise it until you bring a newcomer to church, that people in our church are quite warm to newcomers. It makes me appreciate what Pastors have been teaching us, the Actsperience. Anyhooo … different things were happening the same time. We had to rush for a lunch appointment with Leong, Weng, Be Lun and Siew Li, since it was about time I caught up with them. We’ve been meeting a lot more regularly now compared to previous years. It’s one of those friendships that’s developed and strengthen over the years. They are one of the few precious people in my life. I think it’s amazing how we kept in contact after all these years and still maintain a close relationship. Simple people, with nothing to hide. I love them. I can’t wait to get back to work tomorrow. My mind is on work mode now, even as I’m typing this, I’m actually thinking about work. I’m not a workaholic la … just that I’m easily excited over new things. I like how Datuk Tony Tiah said that, a lot of us expect God to just ‘drop money from the sky’, when what He’ll usually do is influence people to your favour and you’d still need to work hard for it. Hey, I’m already seeing some things move, but it’s still too early. There’s more to come, I believe it. 0 comments Monday, April 06, 2009
ideas...
[ 11:51 pm ] Every idea I could think of, someone else at some obscure corner of the globe thought about it first. WHAT IS THIS!? So hard to think of something original. 0 comments Sunday, April 05, 2009
:)
[ 11:03 pm ] Thanks ... now I'll smell fruity, which I don't really mind :D I could have sworn there's a candy with a similar name. Oh wait, that's Fruitella. 0 comments Thursday, April 02, 2009
Midvalley
[ 5:50 pm ] To be human, is to be emotional? Guess I was then. Someone once said, it's ok to be in the valley once in a while, so that we might experience the depth of life. Such a simple phrase but that was enough to wake me up. You can't have a mountain top experience all the time, eh? 0 comments Wednesday, April 01, 2009
What the ...
[ 11:00 pm ] I was going through my monthly bills … time to cut … hang on, there’s nothing much to reduce anymore. I’ve frozen my gym membership, and … that’s about it, unless I cut my phone and Internet line. There’s nothing much I can save on either. I can’t afford to give my mom money this month, which I’m pretty sure she’s upset and disappointed about but I can afford to tithe for another month. She casually asked how I’m going to settle my bills since I’ve not been looking for a job. Which part of the, “Mom, Ow and I are starting something on our own” that she doesn’t understand? Or has she ever been listening to what I’ve been saying for the past month? As it is, I feel severely glum about things but I try not to let it show, instead I cling on to whatever God has promised. Sometimes the only question that is running through my mind is, “God, why?” and eventually it becomes, “GOD, why?” and then “GOD,WHY?!?!” and then “GOD!!!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????” I feel heavy and I don’t like this feeling very much. Is God disciplining me because there’s something really important for me to learn from all of this? I don’t understand. It’s really hard to stay positive sometimes. Really, in times like these I really wish my dad was around to talk to. I can’t talk to my mom. What’s even MORE frustrating is that I’m finding it hard to translate my thoughts into words now? I can’t even recollect my thoughts efficiently anymore. Is this a sign of aging? Sigh. 0 comments Archives nothing |
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