Reconstructing Eric

random thought

2010-05-18T23:25:00.001+08:00

Life changes very fast. sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worst. but memories will always stay the same.

leaders - are they born or made?

2010-05-13T22:24:00.004+08:00

i once shrugged off PMR as childsplay and "as easy as kindergarten" to someone a few months back. i now regret it.

its easy to blurt out those words once you've overcome something, once you've crossed the hurdle, once you've finished the good fight and kept the good faith. but what about when you were facing it at that time? remember how you felt? not so easy kindgerfarten-like now eh?

i guess there's no such thing as chewing my words and spitting them back out. but i shall nevertheless learn from the aftertaste. *oh i'm gettin hungry*

lesson learned: i'm not gonna underestimate ppl or comment on what they might be going through from now on. and i guess that's the thin hairline that separates a leader from a douchebag.

why? when ppl come up to you and share their life with you, they want to be understood. not ridiculed and looked down upon. ppl include me.

Apart from the TV and what we hear, I get seniors tellin me how EASY first year in uni can be. heck, maybe i might one day look back and think it was a breeze too! but for now, FAR BE IT.

apart from God, thankfully i have peers and ppl goin through the same thing whom i can draw optimism, hope and encouragement from :) and i think some of them really make good leaders. and i believe a good leader isn't one who acts like a wise-ass and shoves advice down others' throats when they themselves cant take it but rather sees the potential in others and helps them develop it :) and i totally respect and plan to emulate these ppl!

On a side note, Hannah Yeoh (not the character Miley Cyrus plays) gave a talk at Monash CF last week. Yup, Hannah Yeoh as in the selected state assemblyman (or assemblywoman?) representing Subang Jaya and the opposition. I for one think she's a good leader :)

Basically her talk was on how God guided her through her life all the way, before,during and after she was elected to that position but I wont dwell much on that. What i really admired was her boldness and courage for standing up for what is right and living out her faith!
What i learned tht evening was that if you choose not to do anything about a certain issue, nothing will be done. if you choose not to fight injustice, it will carry on. and i guess in this sense, God helps those who help themselves. If I want that HD mark, I gotta work super hard at it. If I want that car, I gotta work super hard at coming up with the money for it. through gettin a job or something? hmmmm..

anyway is a leader born or made? what do you think? hmmmm...
PS: to M, contrary to my "childish" actions of creating snow out of popcorn in the cinema, i'm more mature than you think :P

wednesday night

2010-05-06T04:02:00.007+08:00

am i growing up too fast or what? i just got back safely and still a virgin from this sleazy joint...

which so happens to be...

Euphoria aka Ministry of Sound aka M.O.S. XD

made full use of the free pass for a trully EAR BLASTING helluva experience on the dancefloor "just dance"-ing away "till the party don't stop" and of course "without being disrespectfulllllll"!!! *music and ouch to my poor ears*

to make the night sweeter, it was my first ever time there! Dexter, Angela, Jia Gin and Yin Hui included =D a night not to forget? hmmm...

one thing i noticed compared to the other one was that M.O.S. is much bigger + more deafening environment + more bouncers.

I've always seen the outside but NEVER the inside. (of course it wasnt as crowded as this cuz it was a wednesday nite) but still my legs were already itching to check out the dancefloor the moment we caught our first glimpse of this!

Although it was supposed to be Ladies Night, i could have sworn there were more "competition" around. Though the girls outnumbered the guys in a 3:2 ratio among my friends, it seemed the other way round on the dancefloor :/

Nonetheless, temptation was lurking at every corner. Nonetheless, i resisted XD

Just kept to 1 bottle of Carlsberg. no more than that. And my thoughts while shaking off the stress out on the floor was always to be clear of my conscience all the time *awwww Eric is such a good boy now =.=*

Putting that aside, it was great fun just showing off my moves - no matter how sucky it may be - throughout the entire time. Thank God there was no butt-grabbing by anyone, which I've been hearing a lot of from those who shared their first experience there :)

Once, a guy tried to get on top of the podium and join the other ladies dancing up there. The bouncer immediately dragged him back down to earth. Good riddance!

Also, AS USUAL, one of my frenz seemed to catch the attention of many of the cheeky guys there. Yeah she played along but I could tell she knew her limits too *phew* lol. When we were bout to leave, one of those desporadoes couldnt bear to say goodbye to her. He ran all the way to the exit just to wave goodbye and hope something good might happen like say... her staying a little longer and maybe spending the night at his place? (random guess). *man what a pity he didnt get her number! douchebag!*

I guess me and Dexter did our job as babysitters and bodyguards for those 3 vulnerable creatures heh.

It took my ears a few mins to adjust to life in the real world again. If you're planning to get your hearing impaired for no better reason, MOS is the place to be! =.="

Conclusion
1. It will be QUITE A WHILE till i try clubbing again. behind all the hype aforementioned, it can be quite a waste of time :/
2. always, ALWAYS go clubbing with friends you can trust :)
3. if you think clubs are THE place to get numbers or find your potential soulmate? THINK AGAIN. It's a great place if you want a cheap trill, but heck I'd rather find my other half through youth camps, church camps or wat.. rather than at this sleazy joint :p
4. just TAKE IT EASY and HAVE FUN! I may not be very well-versed in my swaying-of-body department, but heck, who cares???

unlucky near misses

2010-04-26T17:09:00.003+08:00

it seems there will ALWAYS be a memorable moment every year of my life where something i so put a lot of effort in barely, barely, BY A FRACTURE OF A HAIRLINE, fails to pay off.

Last year, I was lining up for autographs from F1 drivers at Sepang. Up on stage was 4 DRIVERS! Button (2009 world champ), Barrichello, Trulli and Glock. Since only a selected few are chosen, based on who's ahead in line, i was DAMN unlucky to be the first of those being turned away. The next driver i got was.. guess who? Liuzzi. the current Force India driver.

THIS TIME ROUND, I've just been handed a 10% penalty (standard 1 day late penalty) for submitting my microeconomics assignment 1 MIN LATE. yup, your eyes arent playing tricks on you. it was that close. and it was that cruel too. Considering I took my sweet time as one would never assume a zero leeway allowance.

THANK GOD the beauty of His grace and mercy allows for second-chances.

**The world needs more merciful people. I vow to be one.

the stupidest trade-off in the history of mankind and machine

2010-04-25T01:52:00.003+08:00

Economics Principle #1: People face trade-offs

today, the AI made a move it wish it could "undo".

and so at this current moment the AI has the upper hand. 1 "mar" (knight) and 1 "cher" (castle) against my 1 "cher" and 4 "pings" (pawns)

However, the AI makes the dumbest of moves in Artificial Intelligence history by swapping "chers".. at first glace it may seem that 1 mar is capable of overpowering 4 pings.

Highly unlikely.

BOOYAAAA!!

rants

2010-04-23T17:40:00.002+08:00

as eu vin would quote from his game, THE CAKE IS A LIE.

Uni Life has its ups and downs. and now, i'm at the deepest pit where there's almost no point of return.

~ playin catch-up has NEVER been this hard. last min work wud cut it in ye' old jolly good days. now however, my days are numbered if i don't do a thing about IT.

*IT referring to the load of assignments, not to mention keeping up with weekly learning objectives, tutorial work............. the list goes on.

THE CAKE IS A LIE. Life in uni is far from rewarding. maybe its cuz i'm doing the core subjects now - not exactly what i wanna specialise in. maybe it's the lack of interest in numbers (accounting) , analysing graphs (biz and econ stats), understanding graphs (microecons) and memorising theories (management) that's pullin me down.

bottom line : DO OR DIE.

happy birthday to me!

2010-04-20T23:59:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to me,

Happy birthday to me,

Happy birthday to me-eeeeee-eeeeeee-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...............

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^.

it's out with the old and in with the new, goodbye clouds of grey hello skies of blue

2010-04-09T14:12:00.006+08:00

someone got a new haircut! i feel so light on top now :D *note: the messiness in this pic is natural. just woke up.

new toy cars to play with!! XD RM2.95 each for a set of VW Beetles, Nissan Fairlady Z, Ford Crown Victoria, Mercedes-Benz CLK Coupe and Porsche 911. vroooooom....

Rambo got a new car to play with.

whereas i got ~~something~~ someone much better to play with :P
PLS STOP FLYING. ITS REALLY ANNOYING.

looks like i'll hafta throw your advice out of the window for now, old man. :/

UPDATE 2:updates in pictures cuz i'm too lazy to blog

2010-04-07T03:03:00.006+08:00

FINALLY. 1 WEEK TERM BREAK. i'm back in jb - but i'll be heading back up to kl tomorrow :') i'm happy and sad about it. happy = get to focus on studies cuz my room's a distraction. sad = leaving home - again. :(

3 days ago i heard meowing while reading the papers. curiosity SAVED the cat as i went to the backyard to find out where the meowing was coming from. there came this ADORABLE black kitten. the moment we crossed paths, it came running to me ~~and i immediately picked it up and showered it with my tender love~~ this kitty is fortunate in a way not to be mauled by my doggies.
mommy wont let me keep it. see how sad it looks :( so daddy brought it to our unoccupied neighbours house. and i had fun feeding it (ok sounds wrong?) and frolicking with it (sounds wrong too).

this is a playful one. sadly it left the compound and thankfully i found it again yesterday evening. it was happy moments again - at least for tht 30 mins. today it again ran off. went to find it.. but it wasnt an easy task. spotted it at some1 else's backyard. oh well - looks like it went back to its owner. i guess you cant have everythin in life :( and i also guess kittens arent reli tht faithful. ~~puppy~~kitty love? hope it doesnt apply to me and my fresh from the oven girlfriend :p

went to cheras with eugene the other day to hang out with jack. isnt it gr8 to hav a fren who owns a car? we made use of him by havin him drive us round kl for a wild nite :p kiddin! FRENS DONT MAKE USE OF EACH OTHER. WE COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER :)

jack took us to cheras leisure mall.look at this cute heart-shaped jelly tht came with my jap meal set :p jack got the shapeless one. he's single. =.=

it was then followed by a trip to bukit bintang, then chow kit (we're still virgins), then kepong - to pay vincent a visit!

before tht, we popped by bram mall - where all the shops were closed. i took the liberty of turning on this weight and height machine and yea, this is our total weight combined. eugene + eric + jack. an awesome threesome! (poor choice of words?)

cross my heart, i was sober the whole nite! however it was VERY NICE of those "frens" of mine to observe me like some experimental lab rat when i gulped a quarter of a glass of whiskey down. bottoms up. BIG DEAL. lol. nice of vincent to invite us over. he has a pretty cool house and its only right to bring over pretty cool fwens over rite? haha =.=

random: enjoyed kl nightlife with my girl the nite before.

the last supper :P

Ancora Imparo - week 3 of uni life

2010-03-13T15:00:00.007+08:00

Greetings all you fellow faithful readers of my blog out there!! yes, it has been a WHILE. 3 weeks since my last post to be exact. Ever since the day i arrived here, life has been on the super fast lane with no signs of any stops in the near future. Busy, busy, busy :/ OK here goes..

Hostel - My living breathing space
this is how it first looked like when i got in. BARREN.. no sign of life form except for the other half of the room. he had the spot by the balcony. i was left by the wall.
and so, not to be outdone, i made some lets jus say exceptional changes :p
good positive energy, good feng shui.. not tht i believe in it (which i dun) but it makes a pretty sweet excuse :P

oh did i mention the miley cyrus poster? heh

IN COMPARISON with sun-u residence, this hostel is much shabbier though :/ no water dispenser, more dusty floors, no hostel frens to kacau, lack of life.. :/ but hey, the twin sharing room's much bigger and it comes at a lesser price. no complains :)

on a side note: my roommate is from langkawi. did you know tht ppl actually DO reside there? and i always thought ppl only go there for holiday.. ANCORA IMPARO

Life in Uni
while all my CIMP frens are scattered here and there, i chose monash.

in terms of social life, hell yeah it's the place to be! made so many frens and acquaintances and hopefully not enemies in the past 3 weeks here. so many till when some of 'em wave to me i cant even recognise em, let alone rmbr their name ==. but my close frens r beginning to take shape now. (not the ones who say hi or bye, not the ones who only are around u when they need ur help) They are the ones whom you hang out with for lunch, during free periods.. stuff like tht. and thank God for this wild bunch i've met :p

hello! =)

In terms of academic life.....
this is my timetable. 12 hours a week only???? :o no classes on friday and only 1 lecture on thurs????? :o ~~~!!!!

YES, YOU'RE EYES ARENT PLAYIN TRICKS ON U. that's ALL TRUE. but... BUTTT........
life aint a bed of sexy roses when you know tht you are piled with loads of assignments, conscience to self-study (lectures SERIOUSLY arent enough unlike pre-u, sec skool)... the pressure is on. it's like sec skool to pre-u only felt like one step higher. but pre-u to uni, 2 or 3 steps ahead! eeek.

u know wot they say is true.. u hafta be much much more independent in uni... everythin i heard bout uni, when i was a kid, when i was in pri, sec skool.. and even college.. everythin they said was/is right! i'm tryin to prove em wrong.. and i'm failing miserably. lol :'(

totally no spoonfeeding now. gotta somehow find an alternative way to lick the bowl clean MYSELF!!

ok i think i've scared u enough :P WORK HARD, PLAY HARD. thts my motto for now. as long as you work hard, you'll survive. *i guess... lawl* ANCORA IMPARO.

Unrelated
being human, especially an energetic 18 goin on 19 TEEN, it's only right that i learn to love life.

*note to self: never go past 120km/h in a kancil. things start to get scary with the whole dashboard vibrating like a sick alarm clock.

MARABAHAYA! life trully is in the fast lane for me, even if i'm in a rented 660cc kancil and not tht ferrari spotted @ bangsar. rented the car 2 weeks ago so tht i cud pass sum1 a bday present but tht didnt stop me from using it for other purposes :P

went to a few parties and celebrations with it (jasmine's baptism, acts church 10th anniversary..) .. sat was a fun night out in kl with jared. the scenary in some mystical places in KL is trully awesome!

oh and i got myself a new bb gun as well as a pet fighting fish last friday :p went to oldtown pj wit my cimp frens of yesteryear to get it.

i hafta say, i think i pamper Rambo too much :/ got it a corvette stingray, a few rocks and some leaves i plucked frm the garden as a homecoming present. and it seems to be eating more and more by the day =.= must train it properly now for fights to come hor?? stay strong Rambo!!
*it tried to "fight" the current when i changed the water recently ~.~* and the whole process took 1 hour cuz i was afraid it might jump out and suffocate to death :/ but hey, it was my first time. ANCORA IMPARO.

accounting is givin me the shits, so too is biz and econ stats :/

though its been a hectic month, thank you God for all the experiences i had - both good and bad.

i feel like a much different person now compared to the eric at the start of the year. hopefully a change for the better :)

*btw, ancora imparo is greek for "i am still learning"

Threesome - 17/2/2010 and more awesomeness before i leave for KL tomorrow

2010-02-20T01:56:00.007+08:00

2AM - moving to kl tomorrow - 60% packed - stops to update blog - here goes!

17/2/2010 was an awesome threesome day! i planned this mini get together with my jb frens to commemorate my sending off to KL tomorrow :) unfortunately, most bailed out at the last min. HECK, if the other lads couldn't make it for my farewell, at least there were these 2 i could count on!

MARC and YUYI (not in order obviously). the 2 friends i have had for years! true enough, i get many frens over the years tht come and go. but theyre the ones who have still remained through it all. ok you can stop rubbing it in now guys - its not often i say these kinda stuff ==

we booked good seats for Percy Jackson who ISN'T the lightning thief. haha for those of you who didnt watch, ur not gonna be pleased with the spoiler... uh oh..

we had lunch at the Pikachu japanese restaurant. cool place, where there're even game consoles and manga ~~and cute waitresses who brush off lame jokes with a smile~~ to keep u company! Marc recommended i try Katsu NABE. NABE, NABE, NABE!! ( i shall rub it in his face for tht)

i recommended he tried KANI Tama. KANI, KANI, KANI...

now what do you get when u fuse together Kani Tama and Katsu Nabe? *yuyi still doesnt get the joke*

boy, you really have to hand it over to the japanese when it comes to the profanities department ==.

*waitress comes with my food*
Eric: what is this?
Waitress: Katsu NABE
Eric: can u repeat it?
Waitress: Katsu NABEEEEEEEEE......

i think she was pissed after that.

oh and hey, if you need to make a really really ex international call or so, try out this Iphone at display at the maxis centre. they seriously put in a REAL SIM card! and out of nothing-better-to-do-ness, i called marc and it worked! haha.. we look so jakun in this pic.

after that, i cleared my "time capsule" drawer. stupid jusco plastic bag disintegrated. movie tickets i used to collect in the earlier days of my youth lost their print! :S kosong....

amid the mess was gifts, gifts and plenty of gifts from the people who mostly came and gone in my life. one similarity i noticed is that girls are VERY creative with their gift ideas (at least the ones i come across).. paper stars, cute drawings, decorated cards with decorated handwritten words.. they're one cute species alright! ==

just when i thought i was done, i found a pair of guitar picks - a gift from someone i kept in the past (my "time capsule" drawer). OMG GOOD QUALITY SUMMORE. doubt shes reading this haha but thanks again!

marcs cute dog. one snap of the finger will LITERALLY command it to paw on you. haha

Last Day.
Went cycling with marc just now to look for spongebob boxers.

and found them at the danga city mall :D now it'd look great with my low jeans and emo punky belt IF ANYONE NOTICES 'EM ==.

INDIRECTLY bumped into ***** at pelangi who was too shy to say hi to me but not too shy to miss call and text me and then say she misses me when its been 3 years since we last met. ==.

Final Word for Now
Amazing and unsurprising how time flies really fast. Last time i checked, i was celebrating the end of CIMP, then got embroiled in something.. then got out of it.. then had interesting and boring holidays.. and now, i'm leavin for KL and uni will start on monday. WOAHHHH... are you sure nobody pressed the fast forward button?

maybe since i'm startin off on a clean slate in Uni - new frens, life, environment.. etc, i oughta enjoy the presence of the fleeting present more :) *and also not screw up*

it's feeling more and more promising now. time to let go and move on with the new things in life God places in front of me and let Him direct me =)

"Through You, I can do anything.. I can do all things.. cuz it's You who gives me strength.. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!"
~ Nothing is Impossible - Planet Shakers

OH CRAP. IM STILL NOT DONE PACKING!!

CNY Raw-ring and boring moments Part II

2010-02-20T01:35:00.003+08:00

another one of those SICK chinese delicacies... (i love sharks fin soup fyi) this here my frens, is fungus. not only does it smell and look like fungus, it taste like fungus! oh wait, it is fungus.. what the fungus!!
3 bdays in a row - uncle joe, selene, uncle chak khin
MMHMMM...... in TOTAL contrast to the appalling "delicacy", this other APPEALING desert is bound to leave your mouth watering for more. ladies and gentlemen, i present.. the CHOC FUDGE CAKE. since u taste so sinfully yummy, im gonna shortlist u for my bday cake to get come this april!

CNY Raw-ring and boring moments

2010-02-20T01:22:00.002+08:00

i became emo and cut my finger ==. (its also possible that i could have just accidentally scrapped it on sum rough surface)
the prosperity that came this year, lets just say caught up with the rate of inflation.. or maybe surpassed it.. hehe :p
MY NEW YEAR SHIRT :) i jus love body glove shirts! they're as smooth as my future wife's skin.

remember my baby lil niece from cny last yr?? awwww sooo cute...

still cute too.. but one year on, the fact is that she has GROWN. yes upwards and sideways. and she has learned to be defiant (sth to be proud about?) lol. last yr, carryin her was lyk taking candy from a baby.. this year, all my attempts unsuccessfully FAILED. moment i lift her arms she starts squeeling. accordin to her mom whos less than 5 yrs older than me, she doesnt lyk to be carried by guys ==.... well i guess they start off young!
new year choc cookies - my fav of em all.

Pre-CNY Moments

2010-02-20T01:13:00.002+08:00

on the eve of CNY, i got up at 7 something in the morning just to jog.
the day before, tubby sneaked his way into the house without our knowledge. and guess where he hid? beside my bed =.= BAD BOY...
not to say i was any better of a "saint".. i accidentally TERpijak this snail :(

was cycling when i found this cat! (pic below).. and it reminded me of my cat (pic above) tht went missing months ago.. ahh well.. life can be cruel sometimes.
stupid look-alike.

How to Sincerely Wish Others

2010-02-14T23:22:00.001+08:00

Me: Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Other person: to you too.

very tragic...

2010-02-14T22:34:00.000+08:00

A Valentine's Day Special for those cant bear with the occasion this year: REMEMBERING OUR PAST AS A POSITIVE GATEWAY TO OUR FUTURE

2010-02-14T04:15:00.005+08:00

Simple Theory: In order to learn something about the future, look back into the past.

Coming to grips with the present and not being able to let go of the recent bitter past is something i've been wrestling with psychologically since the start of the year. December 2009 marked a fleeting moment in the sun for me. It was God who really showered me with an abundance of blessings during this month.

My CIMP Pre-U was over on the 1st.
I gladly achieved the results I targeted all semester long (above 85%). A joy to see all my hard work go rewarded.
I never felt lonely really. Friends just kept pouring in demanding much of my time :P the usual bunch of guys i hung out with - we went wild right after exams. movie, cybercafe, bak kut teh, swimming, ice skating.. i rmbr comin back from my hostel at 3 somethin in the morning after a few dota matches.
The end of Pre-U meant that I could go back HOME - where my family, pets and jb frens are. the life i left behind a year ago revisited.
BEST OF ALL, the girl i had a crush on exactly a year ago - who then liked me back.. who then ditched me.. who then became someone i just didnt wanna bother about anymore.. came back into my life again. TOTALLY UNEXPECTED. It was a time to stitch up old wounds and start afresh (like gettin attracted to each other again). And behind it all was the grace and favour of God upon me...

Hmmmm.. being someone who in nature prefers to keep a low-profile, what more could i have asked for from my social life?

*************FAST FORWARD*****************************************
14th February 2010

only today is the MAJOR EXCEPTION where i woke up before 8 to jog around the taman, work out and enjoy the morning sun for the first time in ages. The past few weeks with a few exceptions saw me stone at home, very little inspiration. totally uneventful (i get restless when it happens). Every night, I sleep way past 4am, wake up in the early afternoon, kill time and so forth.
WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS IN GENERAL? yup, they are either 300 over kilometers away, too busy with school, too busy with work, too busy with this and that.. in other words - they have forsaken me. (again, i'm generalising here) i'm sure some of you going through overly long holidays can vouch for this.
My daily schedule includes: newspapers, laptop, guitar, cycling, bath, sleep.... thats about it.
as for someone, she hates me. period.

*************MUSINGS**********************************
God, why, why, why?? i ask.

Only in the past few days or so did i decide to seek Him more. True enough, I got a consistent message:
"LET GO. take care of what you can control and leave the rest in God's hands."
also.. "an important part of prayer is a willingness to be part of the answer."

Then came this sudden trip back down memory lane - MUCH MUCH FURTHER INTO THE PAST.

I randomly came across my primary school facebook group, which randomly compelled me to look for some old class photos, which randomly compelled me to browse through the photos of my sec school life.

In it were friends - the ppl who come and go in my life. digging deeper... i found.. (ok she's gonna kill me for this) ... :

i found photos of me and my first true gf. i placed all of those supposedly bitter moments in a folder thats hard to retrieve cuz at that time, i felt the hurt everytime i glanced through them. but since its been donkey years ago - no, i wasnt filled with some kinda inner monstrous rage or jealousy or anger.. (not that i have a heart of stone). it was solid proof that given time, the benefit of hindsight and the grace of God.. HOPE IS POSSIBLE.

Learning from the past, i saw how everything unfolded. how i was one with myself, how i managed to attain that life, how i got her, how i lost her, how i still managed to remain my playful naughty self......

and YEARS ON, im repeating ALMOST THE EXACT SAME MISTAKES. OH MY...

A year ago, this same thing happened. but hey, i doubt this time i'd ever EVER get a shot to even be normal friends with her. then again, through God all things are possible. but my gut feeling begs to differ. cuz its the 2nd time it has happened.

i shall dwell on that no longer, i shall LET GO. i shall leave all of this uncontrollable things into God's hands.. of course, it's easier said than done. This is where i have to be part of my answer to the prayer.

As i head into my last teen year, i look back into the other teen years that went by. and what i'm going through right now is NOTHING NEW TO ME. REALLY, just different ppl but more or less the same setting and situation.

***************Epilogue*********************
I challenge you to do the same thing. Friends have come, friends have gone (only a handful stay). As much as i hate to say this as i for one believe in long term relationships - girls have come, girls have gone. of course, i still do hold that little bit of regret had things turned out for the better and i admit to doing stupid stuff that made her slip by..... and maybe i'll never meet someone with her "uniqueness" that attracted me, that could even cloud my judgement at times..
BUT LIFE GOES ON
the past has taught me that no matter how big of a ball of mess i get myself into (psychologically especially), no matter how badly i screwed up what could have potentially been "love forever".. i have been able to lick my wounds and pick myself back up, it is possible. with God who sees the bigger pic of my life, who loves me and only desires to do what's best for me, THERE IS HOPE.

uni will start next week. i sense a wonderful new beginning, i sense new friends in a new environment - friends i will carry on to the later stage of my life (that is if i live to see it =.=) and i sense that somewhere, that dream girl of mine will be there (i'm leaving this one in God's hands especially). the potential in me is there. i did it before and i will do it again.

IT'S TIME TO START RECONSTRUCTING ERIC. AGAIN. but better this time!

the irony of it all

2010-02-12T00:20:00.001+08:00

old news

2010-02-11T19:00:00.003+08:00

"We have closed down our services because there is no longer a usable network in SUN-U Residence.
Even if we do keep our services running, no one in SUN-U Residence will be able to connect to them.
Xsocam Webmail is still up for those who have accounts, new registration is no longer possible.
Xsocam Forum is left for reference, we do not know how long we will keep the forum alive, since there is nothing left to discuss.
Head over to Xsocam Store if you wish to purchase a souvenir."

OH MAN THIS SUCKS. :(

the exact month i left monash condo, it stopped working. thinkin it was the usual downtime from time to time, i left it at that.

but my curiosity was ignited this afternoon. and so, i decided to check their site. OMG.

farewell to the BEST BY FAR file sharing prog i ever used. (refer to: http://e--r--i--c.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html)

stupid monash condo took away our best source of entertainment :(

life's brief candle

2010-02-08T16:56:00.003+08:00

yet another road accident near my house. again, makes you wonder how fragile life can be.

i wonder what's goin through the victim's mind as she lies on the road, covered in her own blood (not shown)... her hands were still moving, but for how long? the crowd around her ironically seem to be calm. does that mean death is imminent for her?

maybe what they say is true, in your last moments on earth, your whole life will start flashing before you. reminiscence of the vivid sweet memories left behind perhaps? or maybe the sting of regret from the things unaccomplished, broken relationships unattended to?

what do you think? what wud u do if you know you've only a few mins of ur life left?

heading into unchartered waters

2010-02-07T01:25:00.003+08:00

MUSIC - it's one thing to have listening to music as one of your hobbies. it's another to convert what you hear into what you play. NEVER once in my life have i had a thing or two for musical instruments. NEVER. other areas in my life i may be awesome at are totally cancelled out by these 2 forces - Music and art, the 2 things that i dont specialise in. hence, learning how to strum the guitar is somewhat a stab in the dark. nevertheless, i'm still not givin up.
i learned this new chinese saying today: sian ku hou tian. it means "sour after sweet". suffer terribly now, endure the pain, go through torment..... and in the future, things will be much brighter, easier, simpler...... sian ku hou tian. believe in it. do it.

2nd event of the day, FUTSAL. i tumpang justin's car to city plaza and upon steppin in the car, i addressed the driver as "aunty" without realising that it was his SISTER. omg. i consider myself thankful to have made it out of the car alive. looks like that wil be the last time i'm hitchin a ride from him. lol
things weren't so bad after tht. my team played against the big boys - those seniors from high skool days. as usual, playin rough was a necessary evil. i scored 2 goals XD the first one was an awesome back-heel from a low cross. NICE :p the second one was cheap though. yet another incoming cross wit the keeper badly positioned and i volleyed in the ball into an empty net. cheap goals are not so gratifying :/
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT, i had my downs too....... towards the end, i played keeper. and yea, i got wacked right in the.........oooh lala....... oh well, shit happens =.=

3rd uneventful event saw me watch the first few mins of liverpool-everton. BORINGGGGGG......

4th scary event - final destination 3 - one of the scariest horror movies i've seen. im gonna have nightmares tonight. better start prayin =.=

epilogue: it seems that the massive clouds of doom and misery that swept my life n my close frens' lives are startin to clear. good fortune and blessing has come upon quite a number of them in recent days. and i feel my uprising shud come jus bout anytime soon...... probably when uni starts (i'm silently confident on this one). its like a cruel pattern of my life - i'm always building success up, only to destroy it and end up with failure all over again.. before building it back up yet again =.= SIEN KU HOU TIAN!!

ps: happy 19th bday nicole~~!!!!!!!!!

=(

2010-02-06T03:28:00.001+08:00

why cant paramore come to kl too? :(

trip to sg

2010-02-04T00:47:00.011+08:00

it was brief. left JB at 4.30pm, arrived back at 8.30pm.

went by bus with Gabriel Gan. my mission was to buy a future bday gift somewhere near the national library. his mission was to catch Muse live at the indoor stadium (he paid through his nose, mouth and any other outlet of his body jus to get the tix lol!) *this has nothin to do wit the recent anwar sodomy case*

the bus trip was frantic as usual. this time, a guy tagged along. that difference meant one crucial thing. we could sprint our way through the slowpokes at both checkpoints XD yup, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES RUNNING.

reached bugis pretty fast, after i got what i wanted, we headed to the indoor stadium. on the way, gabriel couldnt help but snap away with his dslr.

i took one for the fun of it. i may not be the best at appreciating art, but boy, this erected structure looks like a.... (figure out urself) *again, nothin to do wit the recent anwar sodomy case*

the sky was gorgeous when we reached there. plenty of white ppl. not a usual sight for me since college days. also not a usual sight for me in a long while was the score of pretty girls at every corner. oh come on, i'm a guy. we've all been wired up like that since birth! (or maybe since puberty. debatable.) to the band that performed live in KL recently: "boys" dont just "like girls". THEY LIKE PRETTY GIRLS! =.="

then again, its HIGHLY subjective. anywho, this is gabriel all set for the concert!

i went back to bugis after that, to meet up with my sis for dinner. but i was broke. it's possible that the gift may hav carved out a huge hole in my wallet. and so, my stomach's rumbling and churning fell on deaf ears.

went back by cab with sis during the peak hour. zzzzzzzzzz......... i rather blog about the time i spend lookin at the stars and the moon outside my window before i sleep than blog about this one.

*HOLD ON. LATEST UPDATE. 1.08AM theres an ending to it. gabriel just dropped by my house, to collect the keys to his car thts parked outside my house -o.o- sounds like he had a gr8 time musing away........... gosh, now i cant sleep. im thinkin of the last time i arrived back late after a helluva AAR concert (and mamak stall "afterparty") ..............

DARN U GABRIEL! lawl

ps: something to end this on a ~~stimulatingly~~ high note. grabbed this from marc's blog heh. study the pic carefully and spot something odd.

older dogs bark louder?

2010-02-04T00:21:00.006+08:00

Older dogs bark louder? i beg to differ.

Both my dogs are 91 years old (in doggy years that is). Tubby (pic above) has been emo-ing as of late. reason? he sneaked out for his usual stroll outside the house one morning while my mom was reversing the car out. next thing you know, a pack of stray dogs whom my dad feeds every nite starts ganging up on him. talk bout biting the hand that feeds it! this big black dog leader starts the fight when tubby enters its territory, the other blind followers follow suit.

my rage got the better of me when i heard about it the moment i woke up. i straight away loaded my BB gun, stormed outta the house searchin for those mafia cowards. they oughta be thankful not to be anyway near my sight then. i have since cooled down =.="

in his heydays, tubby was a fighter. he'd give the other dogs a run for their money (or fur). sadly, his energetic youthful days are over. now he's feeble...

he continued to remain like that (no mood to eat, drink..) until a few days went by. makes me think wot i'd be like when i'm advanced in my years, sittin in my rockin chair... ~.~

as for snowy,

he too has decreased in movement speed, agility, strength...... etc. the enthusiasm my dogs once had are gone. now its all about sleeping through retirement before finding peace in doggy heaven (i wish to believe that =.=)

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............................

2010-01-30T02:19:00.001+08:00

say it a million times... say it a million more times.. and the word u wud hav said 2 million times is..:

YES

YES I DONT REGRET watchin YES MAN again.

and YES i've been too sucked in to the movie. i'm gonna start YESING to many YESes from now on.

i'm missin out on a little thing.. called LIFE. its time to say YES to every (reasonable)
opportunity that springs forth in life .

and these are the brand new things i've said YES to this year thus far:

1. YES to guitar lessons
2. YES to dying my hair maroon

after the movie, a sec school fren msn'd me, invitin me to futsal 2moro... and guess what
my answer was?

Y--E-----SSSSSSSSSSSSS~~!!!!!!!!!!!!

*since the beginning of the post, the viking has said YES 10 times. no make that 11 YES's.. now it's 12! =.="

yawn

2010-01-28T12:39:00.003+08:00

"For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" - Act 2, Scene 2 - Hamlet

nicole randomly shared this quote in our brief conversation last nite =.=" boy, i wonder whats wit shakespeare freaks these days!

GOOD MORNING BOYS AND GIRLS~!

progress check on goals (refer to previous post):
a. 0%
b. -5%
c. 15%
d. 11%
e. 10%
f. 1%
g. slight improvement

THIS IS ALSO IT.

Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

2010-01-27T03:20:00.004+08:00

a few exceptions aside, i've been pretty much stoning myself to death at home. life has been a drag, since the start of the year i last recall, or since devastation came upon me and my entire mental, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.

with the benefit of hindsight, it's painstakingly easy to realise, curse and perhaps regret one's shortcomings in the past once the storm has cleared (has it?). ignorance-is-bliss seems to be the only temporary solution at present mo although bouts of sweet and bitter memories we had together do creep up sporadically, something that can't be helped. human nature. sheesh.

i came across this article yesterday. success is indeed 99% failure. thomas edison failed 1092 times in his quest to invent the lightbulb. many others made it big in life, but they screwed up a hell load of times initially. so why the ranting, Eric?

perhaps its cuz i singlehandedly screwed my life up when things were goin gr8. or perhaps more importantly, by fate, chance, stupidity i lost someone special that trully meant a lot to me. perhaps its a reminder from God that this world ain't perfect, is constantly "subjected to frustration" (Romans 8:20) and its gonna make the afterlife much sweeter.

maybe all is not lost with that someone. maybe. one can only keep hoping silently.

NEVERTHELESS, IT'S ABOUT TIME i get back on my feet. it's ABOUT TIME i start pumping back the hope, meaning and purpose in me. IT'S ABOUT TIME I START REBUILDING THE WALLS of my life, one brick at a time. it's time to summon up the courage to carry on. that 1% isn't gonna just drop from the sky if i do nothing. i'm determined to find it. it's time to get up from my lazy ass and push myself like never before.

~GOALS BEFORE STARTIN UNI~
a. REBUILD AND REDESIGN my blog - friendly to both you and me :)
b. ~~increase sex appeal~~ Dye my hair, pump some iron, get a new look for a new me.
c. patch things up with some jb frenz before its too late.
d. psychological warfare. lose the emo n wussy attitude. start laying down the bricks in defining who i am and wat im capable of.
e. learn to play the guitar and simple songs (im startin lessons 2moro. and im all fired up!)
f. improve on my mandarin and cantonese
g. more time to God, both on the inside and the outside, for He controls everything and His power and grace is NEVER to be underestimated.

THIS IS IT.

sneak peak into the future

2010-01-20T03:27:00.002+08:00

the old has gone, the new has come. it's confirmed - goodbye to Sun-U Residence, my beloved (NOT!) hostel i'll miss.... and it's hello to palmville! :D even the name of the place sounds nicer for a start! hehe

disadvantage: its further from monash.
advantage: more daily exercise on my bike :D

disadvantage: no cafeteria inside like the hostel..
advantage: the hospital cafeteria is next door. healthy hospital foood for a change? =.="

disadvantage: what appears to be a smaller pool size :(
advantage: got jacuzzi! O-M-G

have you lost your marbles?

2010-01-16T22:52:00.004+08:00

you can never get any more absurd that this.....

i was innocently doing a random search for cheap stuff on mudah.my and look what i found:

some guy by the name of wong is sellin this "OH-SO-RARE" piece of RM1 note... FOR RM4!! http://www.mudah.my/Malaysia-RM1-ZA-1-4239727.htm you guys have to see it for yourselves!

this interesting find led me to yet another interesting find.....

this not-too-long-ago (10years max?) RM5 is going for... RM15!
o-M-g! and it's still legal tender till now! the weird thing is, whenever some1 hands it to me in change, it's like the first note i wanna get rid off. perhaps i oughta think twice now.. $.$ lawl.

time is money. chao for now!

embrace new things?

2010-01-15T05:44:00.003+08:00

its 5.44AM in the morning. and i'm still wide awake....... O-O.

watched Jeremy Clarkson - the good, the bad and the ugly on youtube. 9 parts in total lasting for over an hour =.="

it was then followed by disc2 of hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

and for the past 3 hours, letting my mind and fingers wander off in google - you know the useless searches you make to add up to your collection of useless knowledge. ancora imparo, the slogan for monash uni, the uni i'll be startin nxt month.. - it means "i'm still learning" ............... zzzzz......

did a few blog searches on orientation day for uni. mixed views - some made new frenz and loved it! some jus cudnt wait till it all ended........

better make good use of my holidays while i still can :)
gonna reunite with one of my close frenz i havent seen in ages 2moro - for yamcha and a talk.. on life =.="

new things

2010-01-13T16:12:00.002+08:00

and so begins my new life, today.

"forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
isaiah 43:18-19

"nevertheless not my will, but Yours be done."
Luke 22:42

thnx for being there for me God. thnx for being there for me my fellow frens.

its time to move on. i have done it before many times, and i will do it again. it's just part and parcel of life.

I'M GOIN TO MONASH IN FEB!! :) I'M GONNA HAVE A WHOLE NEW LIFE, NEW HOPE, NEW PROMISES. This is gonna be a year of tremendous change for me i forsee - although it has got off to a rocky start.

Lord lead the way. You put me through joy, you put me through sadness. you have your reasons for everything. i may question you and get angry at you during bad times. nevertheless, you know what you are doing. There can only be hope when I give my whole heart to you and stop fighting your will, although i may not see it now. I have this confidence, i will see it someday in the future. Lord, lead the way. I only wish to obey you all the way.

Auld Lang Syne 2oO9

2009-12-31T22:24:00.002+08:00

time is merely a persistent illusion - Einstein

like all of us, we realise what a year it has been - 2009 - for each one of our lives. the joy, the hurt, the fleeting moments that lie chained to our memory, we look back and remember...

As for me, 2009 has brought about one of the biggest change in my history book. It marked the year of an awful plentiful lot of first things... turning legal for a start :D , college, driving... u name it!

and here is a recollection of the 12 months that have gone by (as of what my phone camera, blog post and brain can rmbr).......

January 1st 2009
i woke up to this day... in prison.
alrite so maybe it wasnt that bad. but it was one heck of a short 11 day stint at NS! it ended prematurely due to an injury sustained in the previous month =.= but for what it's worth, NS was indeed an awakening experience to the months that would follow, to the imperitive need of being independent with no one to turn to but God.

Mid Jan - Mid March

since the early demise from NS, life became a lazy drag. yea i had fun goin out with friends, resting and stuff. but there wasnt much to look forward to, nothing to keep my hands preoccupied and it was mostly late nights and waking up in the afternoon most of the time :/ to make things worse, things tragically tore apart between me and some1 special i met in dec @ camp - probably one of the zaman jahiliah's of the year.

Mid March onwards

IMO, THIS was when my year REALLY got off to a start - college. It meant moving 300+ kilometers away from home, leaving (or running away from) that life in jb and startin afresh. The future looked promising. This really was the "1st Jan" of my life this year :)

life suddenly felt like it went from slow-mo mode to PLAY. friendships were forged (pic shows 3 of my closest college frenz), goals were set. a whole new life was about to unfold...

Cornerstone Doulos Church
lookin back, it was indeed a plan by God to lead me to this church. I fitted in quite nicely there. I met plenty of nice frens over there - namely nicole and kang zheng. they were frenz i look up to. and although this church may just be 2 shoplots in physical size, it was certainly a different case in terms of spiritual size :) plenty of memories there.

Sepang F1
oh this was sweet - hanging out with some of my new housemates - enjoyin the super reasonable rm100 student price grandstand seats - it was my first ever time there.

20th April - My 18th bday!!

I'm LEGAL!!!

TeenStreet South

after a grueling short stint of my first sem - it was time for a break - and to draw closer to God and of course, have lotsa fun!!! - and ts south injected a new lease of life in me once again :)

Gone like the wind..
tragedy struck again when i left for KL to begin my 2nd sem. kitty went missing, the symbol of joy that brought life to my family since it was found abandoned in a plastic bag in a drain the previous year - well went missing - allegedly died.... i never reli got to say goodbye. it was a heart wrenching lost. but life had to go on..

MTV World Stage

the first ever grand scale concert i attended!

Sept - Nov
i made new COOL hostel frenz - wonder why it only happened now =.= it marked a few moments of mischief here and there - which i shall not blog on :D

First Time renting a car + AAR Live in Msia
i wont forget this day too! XD jared and shi kay.

Final Days of College

cybercafe days, lunchtime and yamcha time wit frenz, and the run up to the final exam.. -.- CIMP only lasted 10 months - but the memories left behind are indeed astronomical.

December
touchdown! final exam has just ended - it's time to re-enjoy life once again hehe.

FUN, FUN times with the guys... , jb frens, christmas skits and concerts, doulos trip......

and i'll save the BEST FOR LAST.

RECONCILIATION.

Come what may, bring on 2010!!!!!

2009-12-17T15:20:00.000+08:00

Get This Quote - Find more at TVLoop

I Am A Rock - Simon And Garfunkel

2009-12-10T14:19:00.001+08:00

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

Life After CIMP

2009-12-06T01:24:00.003+08:00

CIMP Prom
tell Malaysians that prom's gonna start at 7, and they will assure you that they'll make it start at 8 :D

well, for me, it was more of a time to get to say your goodbyes, snap photos just for memories sake, have a blast of a time with ppl you most likely wont see again after this. ~~rather than hang out with your date, find a place to run away from the crowd and make out.~~

i for one got the chance to see even the most frivolous guy dress sooo dashing that any girl would fall for him upon first sight (from the back view). It was a case of suits and gowns that night. the other gender certainly did not short change us with their heavy make-up, not-so-everyday hairdo and dresses that will just blow your mind away (not your eyes though. lol ).

and now for the evidence...

though i did stupid things throughout the sem, i wud say i'd still miss college life. and i owe the reason to these people =)

music to your ears

2009-11-29T19:57:00.006+08:00

i just added a music player to my blog :) not sumtin new though, it was tried, tested and shelved a year ago when my blog used to look less professional:

anyway, its purpose is to play the music that is currently stuck in my head (at the time it's updated) =)

if you like it and want it on ur blog too, here's the code:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/9/7/1415503/code.txt

2 more days...

it's the final countdown....

2009-11-28T19:55:00.004+08:00

the future is constantly being transformed into the past with the present only lasting for a fleeting moment. - The past.

http://e--r--i--c.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

The magic thing about blogging is that every now and then when you find yourself at a standstill, searching for what it means to be you while the world around you moves at lightning speed, you get to trace back your steps, see the choices and decisions, paths you took in life to get where you are. and from there, use it as an anchor to reassure yourself that you still know who you are.

makes sense? =.="

my point is that it feels like only yesterday that i left home to find a new life in bandar sunway. a lot has changed since then. i made new friends. i lost friends. i lost kitty. i made new friends again.. only to lose a few other ones all over again.

and now, its time to move back home again - at least for a couple of months before uni. its time to leave this "short lived" life up here - wondering what might have been, could have been.

it's time to say sayonara. to the good, bad and ugly of this 10 month stint. it's funny how only right at the very end you start gettin epiphanies here and there, especially regarding the ppl around you. you start to see their true colours more clearly, both good and bad. but it's a little too late to say or do anything is there?

do you hear that? no, only i can hear it. it's destiny calling. i have a plan, i know what to do now. i just haven't thought of it yet... lol

farewell :(

2009-11-24T17:01:00.002+08:00

goodbye King David, ma fellow housemate and cuntri-man
goodbye to a church i finally found my groove in.
goodbye parties... :(

and HELLO EXAMS. :'(

just 4 exam days only. it'll be over in the blink of an eye :)

it's 2moro. wish me luck~~!! God bless ya all!

why....

2009-11-22T19:37:00.002+08:00

oh why, oh why does the pieces start to fall in place at the very end of my semester? o.0
it all started yesterday. i was invited to go for this acts church campus party. food was gr8, won prizes, overall an awesome event.

on the way back in the free provided transport, i got to know many of those "other ones out there" in my shoes. they too were from other parts of malaysia. they too found their groove right there. and all along i've been made to belief there were few of us "kl outsiders" out there.

anyways, can't dwell too much on that. my focus is greatly, in a last minute order, shifted to this wed's final exam. it's the final countdown!

too little too late.

malaysian studies project

2009-11-19T00:02:00.004+08:00

greetings my fellow readers of probably less than 10. this is what i've been up to the past few days.. :S 3 hour sleeps, caffeine, overload of info, mindjolt games, hard work? .... hell yeah, i completed an econs 15 page thesis on the current global financial crisis, as well as a presentation on it in the span of 2 days (and long nights). we were given 3 months to do it.

FOOD FOOD FOOD. For the first time in ages, i woke up at 7.45AM just to prepare for this. an event to rmbr?
well yea, it was probably the busiest 40mins of my life when business commenced. manpower was limited to 2 guys and 3 girls.
we were faced with the task of clearing off kuihs from the 3 races in our country. indian candies and sweets, karipap, buah melaka, some green coloured malay kuih and tong yin all in the name of charity. customers came. customers went. generally ppl were receptive :D

our first customer: our beloved econs teacher Mr. Wong. felt bad for not returning his change and he was in a hurry and stuff..
my idea. which got trampled upon by many plenty of FOOT. oh i mean feet.

girls, dont take it literally hehe
IMPORTANT DATES:
my farewell party: 28th nov. be there.
final exam: 25th,26th,30th,1st
graduation: 8th dec
coming back to jb: 9th
goin back up for youth concert: 19th

update.

2009-11-15T01:53:00.002+08:00

final exam in 2 weeks time.
i almost MOSed yesterday (clubbing). But it wasn't meant to be. no worries, i'm still on target to do it before the end of the year ;D
i have a 5 page econs essay due on monday and i havent started.

i started wearing specs... NOT~!! i still have perfect vision thankfully XD
wei shen forgot where he parked his car at summit and it took us like 15mins to find it.

it wud be better to watch this on dvd instead of cinema.

and i got a hair cut however with lukewarm response. but i still never regret it. XD

3 "misses"

2009-11-03T20:48:00.006+08:00

1. "Miss" Woi in her halloween outfit! now this is something you don't see in a lecturer

everyday!
2. The car i rented. Wira Manual. Pretty awesome to get behind the wheel.. WITHOUT
PARENTAL SUPERVISION :D
3. AAR, AAR, AAR!
31st oct will certainly go down in eric's history books as one of the memorable occasions!
and so this is the brief account of how things went..

trip to klang to pick up jared. picked up shikay before that.

waving goodbye to Princess, Jared's woof woof.
thank Heavens it was clear traffic all the way to bukit jalil. reached@5.20 . these

are the moments before it all began... sad to say, there'll always be a few rotten apples
in the basket of people queing up :S

thank Heavens too for we managed to get a close spot to the stage. now just to exercise
patience...
the hitz fm crew were there.. local bands didnt get the full support of the crowd,
maybe with the exception of pop shuvit!

aar were cruel.. they made us wanting more.. we waited 45mins after the second last
band jus to watch em play! but hey it was ALL WORTH IT in the end! they were there for over
and hour.. first came their classic hits: move along, dirty little secret, swing swing....

then came the ones from their latest album. GOSH tyson was you're average lame American
alright! he'd purposely stretch the last word of every song reli reli long.. and he'd go..
"hey ladies" in a seductive tone of voice from time to time.. and yea you know wat comes
after that.

then during I wanna... my phone batt went flat. dang~!

Oh well i wasnt to be outdone. it was time to have a blast of a time and i did just that!

we left prior to their last song, gives u hell to avoid the jam. heck what a wise move,
rumour has it u can get stuck there for 1 hour+ if u leave late!

next destination was a mamak stall in klang again where the 3 of us spent time gettin to grips
with the day and yeaaaa =) I should do this again! :D

PS: I DID 160KM ON KESAS!! YES AND I'M STILL ALIVE~!!!!
PPS: I trully believe God sent a guardian angel to protect me, my frens and the car. yea there
were a few close calls, but nothing serious. kudos to me for keeping it in one piece too heh
considering the fact my driving style is somewhat questionable :P
PPPS: Do great minds think alike? though separated geograpically, do i have this special
connection with my sis? she too rented a car on the same day as me! ;O

wedding makan part II

2009-10-29T00:13:00.002+08:00

and so it happened next door to my ongoin econs class. it was all over when i went out :( however the food was still there! :D typical Malay wedding, typical nasi bryani, typical natural instincts of goin for what's free.

*congratz to Amirah on her "wedding" hehe

weddings galore

2009-10-27T21:26:00.004+08:00

if you're planning to do CIMP and you got no other course better to do, i'd suggest u try Families and Society.

Why? so you guys can splash extravagantly on fake weddings and have party crashers aka freeloaders like me, eugene, eugene again, mark, jack and co. to wallop your food! and hey, learning about other cultures is a bonus!

3 weddings occured simultaneously. first up was the mayan wedding. sadly, the bride and groom did not kiss, but once it came to the food part... ;)

i wud give them an 11/10 for the food. did you know that the mayans invented choc? heck the only thing filling my mind was gettin it all into me mouth! heh

then came this part. aiyoyoyoyo SOME PPL AHHHH... can really get the wrong meaning when this happened. hahaha

after we were satisfied, we went over to the next class, arman and mun yee's wedding. oh and i had some cake over there.

made it in time for this wedding thankfully! thai buddhist wedding. jack said the narrator's robe might catch fire if the flames at the bottom so happen to lick it. ;P sicko.

there came this part where the couple were bout to offer "alms" to the "monks" present at the wedding. moment that was announced they immediately reached out their two hands. epic joke of the day.
food was little here but still awesome :) tomyam, fried rice and sweets.
shhh.. dun tell any1 i stepped on the candle!
yup. all 3 weddings side by side by side :D a feast worth remembering, considerin it was all FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~!!!!!!!

cheapskate..

THANK GOD

2009-10-26T23:44:00.002+08:00

was carryin bike up the stairs, wallet dropped. i panicked when i cudnt find it in my pocket at the top. thank GOD it was still fresh on the steps! sum1 came and picked it up. i was quick to ensure it returned to its rightful owner!

what have i been doing?

2009-10-26T23:35:00.002+08:00

rehearsing for skitssaving money on food attending "indian" weddings.

gettin high on sugar.

saving money again..

and the list goes on..

the weekend

2009-10-21T02:53:00.004+08:00

theres nothing much to do at tropicana mall
apartments over here are LUXURIOUS
you can NEVER order to few meatballs at ikea
i got some COOL shirts
the stuff @ 1U are darn ex!
it was nice of mom and sis to spend the weekend here.
i resurrected my fifa online 2 account and reached lvl 26.
jenson button is world champ :(

pencuri

2009-10-21T02:12:00.005+08:00

Q: What do you do when your hangin out on a friday night wit a bunch of wacko thrill seeking frendz?
A: you go to the highest floor or ur hostel (floor 26), u break into a "friends" unit and u scare the shit out of them when u get caught @ 1 in the morning.

Basically... this is how it went.

Step 1: Climb in through window and forget to clean the evidence (footprints).

Step 2: once ur in, make sure the coast is clear. Then slowly tiptoe ur way to the door and let ur fellow brothers in crime in.

Step 3: open the fridge and help urselves to refreshments for ur hard work (skip this step if you feel guilty)

Step 4: run away when your cover is blown (or when one of your fellow accomplices bursts out in laughter!)

Step 5: throw insults at him. then make another attempt at breaking in..

Step 6: when your cover is blown again, "accidentally" abandon one of your men and save yourselves!

Step 7: apologise

Step 8: retreat back to base and laugh at our foolishness!

Conclusion: boys will ALWAYS be boys.

2009-10-16T17:24:00.003+08:00

yesterday, i saw many things. i saw how funny some indonesian classmates i know can be in the hostel.

A: Eh look, it's Akon on MTV *points upwards*
B: Aircon?
C: Econ? (another term for economics)

after that, it was time with my other frens.

ever seen one of these before?

nope, its not that scene from bruno. and i did NOT smoke no shisha :) thankfully. sum1 who tried it for the first time didnt feel too good after that :S

then it was dota at RockCafe till 2 sumtin in the morning. bath and milk, then bed.

sushi king bonanza

2009-10-14T22:20:00.006+08:00

they say when your hungry, your angry. they were right. and so began my search of physical fulfillment in the span of 1 hour @ sushi king this afternoon.

all plates regardless of colour and race, rm2 only!! :O

though my favourite seaweed wrapped sushis temptingly went by the conveyor belt, i refrained from taking it, choosing to save my tummy capacity only for the expensive rm6-at-normal-price plates.

salmon, octopus, tuna, shrimp.. you name it! it was a feast worthy of a japanese viking, an opportunity not to be missed!

from an economics point of view, marginal utility naturally decreased as the pile of plates grew taller. the only thing that kept me from goin is the i-wanna-puke feeling.

the end result?
Eric 9 - 9 Leang

and so we decided to call it a draw, after a grand total of rm41 point something something.

sayonara for now!

lesson learned at the summit.

2009-10-13T23:18:00.004+08:00

i spent 1 HOUR AT THE GAME SHOP. only to be told both games couldnt be fixed. and so i had to settle for a rm38 4gb pendrive.

i've been told by myself that thinking positive is the only solution to cure emoness. lol

hence, looking at this time consuming, gastric churning (it was during dinner time) experience in a new light, i'd say..

i got to observe how business is done in the black market economy which would be able to help me with my econs thesis.
it was good exercise cycling all the way to and fro.
my other pendrive will not feel lonely now that it has a companion

btw, don't simply buy pc games at The Summit next time

NFS Shift

2009-10-12T23:42:00.002+08:00

Dang, the graphics requirement is awfully demanding for the game. it could play and all but it crashes @ the start. NoOoOoOOOOooooo............................... :(

my poor baby lappy. it's all heated up to the max now. and its burning my lap too. LITERALLY. :(

nfs II was the first pc game i ever bought and could play. now nfs shift is the last game i bought so far and cant play. :(

opportunity cost - a thought provoking post that will bore u to death

2009-10-12T19:49:00.004+08:00

a man cannot eat his cake and haue it stil. - J. Davies, Scourge of Folly
no.271, 1611

studies VS playtime. it seems to be the match of the year pretty much the whole time up here! in case you didnt know, life ain't a bed of roses. allow me to digress.

the nature of CIMP (my pre-u course) is such that a lofty 70% of your overall score is derived from coursework, i.e. quizzes, assignments, homework, chapter test.. just when you think you've cleared one hurdle, you see a line of neverending hurdles coming your way. every week, there's bound to be a quiz, test to study for, be it international business, econs, m'sian studies or management. big projects coming my way.

you then have campus life, which demands a lot of time too. hey, no one wants to be a social pariah right? then again, straying too far towards this tempting side will pull down your grades if your not careful enough.

so what's the big deal about workin extra hard to maintain that above 80 or 90 stats? there are those who work less hard, pull off a 60 or 70 and in the end, both ways lead to uni. why bother when i could be losing out on the "fun" side of life?

it was a trully a mind gripping thought i couldn't contain the past week, but i know the answer now (or think i do lol). yeah, you'll always have those "frenz" in ur life. but true frenz are the ones who stay. and perhaps a real life experience is/was the right thing i need to trully understand it.

looking at things through a new light, i take these as a learning experience, one step closer towards manhood :D

we take chances, we take risks, we go through pain, we sacrifice lots of
things in life just for the plesure to get P1.
The main thing is to be yourself and not allow people to disturb you, to be
different because they want you to be different.
- Ayrton Senna

that quote sums up what i learned. also, i'm thankful to God for blessing me with the encouraging frenz i can count on :)

less than 2 months till graduation!!

could this be the reason why my bike tyre punctured?

2009-10-11T01:22:00.000+08:00

what the frog

2009-10-06T21:59:00.001+08:00

35 class days left! :O

2009 could probably be my busiest year yet! :S

sunday thoughts

2009-09-30T13:44:00.001+08:00

A1

Eric: window seat pls..
Person @ check-in counter: ok :)
Mom: oh and make it in front, my son has motion sickness......
eRIC: @#$@#$@#$@!!!!!!!!

and THAT is how i got seat A1. RIGHT in front of the plane. there was no bright side to this.
so i sulked. i whined. i ordered the mot exp drink avaliable @ lavendar. RM10.90 for cafe
mocha. heck, there r plenty of reasons to justify my action.
my mom did wat any son would fear the most: make a decision on HIS behalf.

it was only after being chilled by that oh-so-rage-quenching latte that i realised wat
a dufus i can be. it was like 0020 before take-off, in which i wud nvr see my family for
a long while that i realised i cud hav made the biggest regret of the day - not keeping it
in and ending my 1 week return home on a high.

and so it was too little too late to make amends, 5 mins later, the prodigal son saw himself bidding
farewell to mom, dad and co.

the thought of the absence of my family physically around me began sinkin into my heart as
my phone went through the x-ray machine. on hindsight, i shud hav listened to the voice in my
head - the right thing to do - wat one of my close frens was tryin to tell me in her sms.
however all fell on deaf stubborn viking ears. it was all too late.
there was no turning back. it was time to get goin with my journey to Gate 1.

*leans back and sips on firefly refreshments*

to add insult to injury, on my way up the plane, i bumped into eu chuan, he was sittin way
further behind. a missed opportunity to catch up with an old fren perhaps? make that TWO. 2 rows
behind me lies a pretty cute chick say.. AROUND MY AGE., say.. where i would have IDEALLY loved to seat.

oh well i said to myself. then there was this glimmer of hope, the row behind me was empty.
if only... IF ONLY it was not taken.. few secs went by... still empty.. life is full
of good surprises right?

WRONG. moments later some malay couple came and "WHAM!" came the sound of destiny slammin its door
in my face, followed by sounds of bolting.. double bolting.. i was fated for seat A1.

**30 mins later**

looking on the BRIGHT side, seat A1 aint that bad.. heh. extra leg room XD, whole seat to
myself wit the prerogative of leaving the window open or closed.. and hey, if something
untoward were to happen (not tryin to curse or anythin), the emergency exit lies just beside
my left knee as i type. :D

LESSON: sometimes i fail to see the positive side of life really.. heck for all you know,
that cutie cud be taken.. or tht fren i mentioned cud be an ass. lol (probably not) or the
plane cud...

ANYWAY, enough ranting for now. time to sit back and watch the world from the top :)

attention crew, this is ur pilot speaking.. next stop: FREEDOM

i'm theoretically RM13450 richer!

2009-09-24T16:31:00.003+08:00

on the 15th of august, as part of an economics assignment, i was required to invest rm100000 in the stock market.
2 weeks after tht.. i lost rm1700.. :(

but NOW....... more than a month after... i'm RM13450 richer thanks to a rise in proton share prices...

yup, you got that right.. i must be tellin myself now... DANG! if only it were real!

meow..

2009-09-24T15:49:00.002+08:00

20-09-09

that date would have marked her 1 year anniversary of being found by us.

losing a cat happens in a heartbeat. one day she's meowing meow meow, next day she's gone. but the memories of her stay with you for the long haul.

Kitty, you will always be remembered.

2009-09-24T00:55:00.001+08:00

the holidays so far

2009-09-23T23:25:00.002+08:00

saturday was nice. ate at pasta zanmai. a fancy jap restaurant with fancy prices but it was a fancy nite so heck i suppose. i ordered this :)

ever heard of sugar gliders before? this is joleen's one.

btw, this is my hostel address. if you must know.

me and marc during futsal two days ago.

in a nutshell, my day today really is kinda IN A NUTSHELL. didnt do anything special today.. except the driving part.

selamat hari raya!!

2009-09-21T00:16:00.007+08:00

in light of news of kids gettin their fingers blown off and fireworks goin on all over my neighbourhood, i decided to have a go at it myself.

slow-mo. notice how the powerful impact of the explosion managed to rip the plastic bottle's head off.

also, when played X3 slower, the light appears first before the big bang!
a new scientific discovery has been made known to mankind tonight: light travels faster than sound.

2009-09-15T20:57:00.000+08:00

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

lightning strikes twice

2009-09-14T22:20:00.002+08:00

1: aku tengah mandi. roommate enters room. roommate leaves room. roommate LOCKS room. door fails to open. only thing i got is me towel and pants. GREAT.

2: classmate tells me of an RM8/RM10 per hour job from 4-12mn this weekend. SADLY, i will be leaving for jb on saturday.

the busy 4 days

2009-09-13T21:26:00.010+08:00

THURSDAY
i had a fun time hit by occasional bad luck as i went for a night out with a fren. took the ktm, lrt and star line (the long way) jus to get to times square but it was worth it :)

i'd love to say we knew where we were goin but it wud be a lie cuz it was my first time there and the mall is jusss oh-so-gigantic o.0

however, it did not stop us from havin kryspe kreme :D

oh if u go there, i wud highly advice u NOT to even consider dining at station kopitiam, some stupid restaurant beside it and wendy's. the first 2 failed to layan us for 5 mins even when i called the bugger he jus kept pointin it here and there.
at wendy's, some rough unfriendly pondan lookin fella served us. food was so-so.

but hey, a few rotten apples aint gonna spoil our night! and i was certain things wud get better. and it did.

up, up and away we went to the cinema to watch UP. reli touching, i tink my fren cried -.- i think not.

times square became quiet after 11. destiny led us to goin back by bus. and i cycled back to the hostel @ 12mn :)

FRIDAY
the shadow of the day began right from the point i woke up cuz i was late for this job shadow prog (get to follow around assigned sunway employees and see what their job is like in one day). THANK GOD for my bike for i reached there 2 mins before the doors closed! *phew*

i was assigned to the IT department with amelia while my other lucky toot frens got assigned to the hotel resort, pyramid, lagoon jobs... =.= so the only thing i cud do was make the most of it. met this intern there, he earns RM500 for answering it technical calls. o.o

oh then we went to the penthouse and wow the outside of tan sri jeffrey cheah's office is jus so classy. like donald trump's boardroom kind of atmosphere. chandeliers, wooden walls, chairs..

we got to see a model of the whole bandar sunway too. doesnt the lion on pyramid look cute? awwwww...........

SATURDAY
a fun day under the sun while doing msian studies independence day filming with group mates. will post vid here once its completed ;)

message presented at youth fellowship was interesting :) it was also an occasion to bid yee lian whos leaving for london on mon farewell..

i dun reli know her but hey i guess i wud want everyone to turn up for my farewell dinner if i had one. so i did ;)
oh and i hung out wit this "freak" and her frens at pyramid tht nite. haha

i guess it was reli timely for the lift to break down that nite. so it was 15 floors up the stairs midnight exercise for me :) the guy beside me who stays on the 14th wanted to give up but i encouraged him haha. so much for the try, when i finally got there after 7mins, the lift startin workin again.

SUNDAY
went for 2 church service events where on both occasions it meant free lunch and dinner :P the msg preached at acts church was inspiring ^^.

on the way to acts church at summit, the malay taxi driver started goin from traffic jamms to politics lol about how teo boon hock's death is covered up.. taxpayers money kena sapu by the current gov.. and wow words of wisdom from the old guy.

oh and yet another farewell occasion for yee lian.

CHECK OUT THIS UNIQUE "work of art" ! lol

09/09/09

2009-09-09T22:09:00.001+08:00

in loving memory of..

no la she's still alive. happy bday christine! XD

no time to blog :( big test 2moro

Of coffee, furniture, arcade, sinderella and sillyness

2009-09-06T21:28:00.004+08:00

*psst* Guess what that is Joanne :P

ANYWAY, BACK TO MY DAY.

10:15PM - Woke up in an awkward position. Turns out I fell asleep while watchin stuff on my laptop till 4 sumtin. and it hibernated -.-" Was running late for church so i rushed like mad.

destiny called me to pyramid to get some project work done. check out this weird lookin juice.

desperate times called for desperate measures. by faith and miracle, we got a neat interview from Lorenzo.

then it was off to gloria jeans for another interview with the manager and boy, their coffee is way cheaper than starbucks!
all the hard work took its toll on us. especially cinderella's slipper which gave way long before midnight!

after all the hard work, it was only right that we rewarded ourselves with the arcade.

i'm broke :(life seems to be goin at a windy speed for me now. moments are here today, gone tomorrow, just like the wind. the only thing that's left is memories i jot down in this blog. some day, a more mature version of me will look back at this and laugh at the stupid things i do now :D

2009-09-05T16:55:00.008+08:00

college was college yesterday. dota was fun cuz my team won. 11 kills were gratifying for me :P night time was fun too ;)

today however........
woke up late. procrastinated. went vegan for the first time in years.

where all the kings horses and all the kings men have failed before, i conquered the kitchen! breaD, baked beans, egg, curry mee. they say lightning doesnt strike twice and yea they were right! not a single strand of mee wasted, no beans spilled, no eggs ~~unfertilised~~ ruptured.. suffice to say, i can give myself a pat on the back for that :D

big thanks to shikay for some cookin tips ^^.

---omegle chat log---

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You: i have a feeling ur a fake

Stranger: you horny girl ?

You: yea

You: in ur dreams!

You have disconnected.

food for thought

2009-09-03T21:32:00.004+08:00

in life, i sometimes question the things i do. One of them is cooking. cooking up a helluva storm!

ok so it was bad enough that i poured down 1/4 of the mee into the sink without realising it. however, that was only the beginning of more shit to come.

dunno how my 2 experimental hard boiled eggs turned into a big mushy egg-saster!!

somehow one minor crack in it caused the thing to rupture and ooze out its slimy contents. and i suppose we cant blame galz for being moody during pms huuh? (unrelated)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
i guess it can be said that cookin aint my niche. it was fun though making a laughin stock out of myself heh

in the end, i had fun washin the dishes. lesson learned: my BETTER half in the future certainly oughta have culinary skills!

eric spent 1 hour preparing dinner, eating, cleaning up

hostel life

2009-09-03T03:01:00.000+08:00

2:48AM

the uncanniness of hostel life.

housemate 1 stays up till 5 laughin his head off over endless
movies/comedies/tvseries.

housemate 2 blasts his tribal african music out loud throughout the night
(till 9 sumtin). in the meantime, this nocturnal creature displays his culinary
skills by cookin super late night supper dishes (meat, macroni, etc) at 2 in the
morning, making sure the wiff of his "fine cousine" does not go unsmelled.

housemates 3 and 4 find solace in lockin themselves up in their rooms quitely
minding their own business.

roommate 1 falls asleep while watchin *yawn* korean dramas on his laptop and its
left playing till the next morning. (he must have looped it)

Last but not least, the only sane one here (you guessed it). Studying for econs
test after procrastinating with "stuff" just now.

GOSH and whoever said we need our parents to run our lives for us!

3:00AM

omegle

2009-09-01T23:55:00.001+08:00

You: hi
Stranger: hey
You: i'm a hot italian guy. i got abs, the looks, you name it! but i only date girls with pretty faces and who have straight teeth and cute feet. are you mrs. right? :p
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

hehe i got bored of it after a while... www.omegle.com

merdeka!

2009-08-30T17:36:00.003+08:00

yawnnn..... slept at 5 and woke up at 1 again. (it seems i'm not the only nocturnal creature in my dorm!)

i guess i've been too caught up with life the past week till i forgot to enjoy it. oh well,
today is all about enjoyin time with myself after the busyness of the past week ^^.

i just made this :D
the more we get together, the happier we'll be! ain't perfect though, the red guys leg got separated.

time for more movies/junk food/exploring pj on my bike and gettin lost/movies again and before bed, worrying about my 2 chapter tests on tues. hehe.btw, rmbr this yuyi? XD

uh-ohh

2009-08-28T00:43:00.001+08:00

took lrt to kl today.. surrounded by loads and loads and loads of ppl.. got slight fever now.. :O

*may this not be my last documented words.

2009-08-26T23:42:00.000+08:00

some moments in life are like a passing stormy shower... (like an hour ago)

one minute, you're happily soaking up the windy breeze in cloudy conditions on
your bike, oh life couldn't be any better..... :)

NEXT MINUTE, all your lack of fears turn to tears from heaven. the world comes
pouring down on you, you are left speeding for refuge, only to find obstacles
in your way like bodoh taxis stoppin halfway suddenly by the side while ur at
max peddle, leaving you with the only option of clutching hard on the brakes and
begging at the mercy of the slippery road for things to turn out alright....

THANKFULLY HOWEVER, once you ride out the storm, the skies will eventually clear
and you are left hair drying every part of your shivering body. life goes on.

*lessons i learned today:
- buy an umbrella
- dont do last min proj work with pals at college until 5.30am

Day 5 closure

2009-08-21T23:14:00.005+08:00

today i shot some goals, balls, butts and any possible spot you can think of. fun, sweaty and "bloody" lol at least i did some manly stuff today XD (i do manly stuff everyday fyi)

marc: shooting session turned into massacre

btw, you might wanna check out the view from sunway college rooftop. man, mtvws cud be enjoyed from up there too! all that is needed is a pair of binoculars ~~and a girl beside u~~

early Day 5

2009-08-21T00:34:00.003+08:00

Eric has nutin better to do
Eric magically strikes two emails after two 3 min "dates" on speeddate
However, no gratification to it. one has a name i'm startin to get sick of the past few days
the other goes by the name of a fruit
Candidate 1 uses caps on msn cuz she doesnt want the "cartoons" to come out. hmmm INTERESTING way of putting it i must say. LOL
oh well, you gotta kiss many frogs before you find your princess, or so they say.
NEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

Day 4 in JB - AUDIOSTORM

2009-08-20T17:44:00.004+08:00

today's outing got cancelled, parents wont let me take the ride out for a spin. so what have i been doing the whole morning? hmmmm...

Mom: "jaga rumah"
Eric: *thinks to himself: oh right. something to look forward to.*

well like they say, if the fun doesn't come to you, you gotta go to the fun! (i made that up)

hmmmm and yet another problem. i still miss the mtvws concert. so what shall we do master? i only wish to please you.....

and please me you may!

oh this ain't no ordinary baby. its been with me for like 4 years now. alright, so maybe at first there was some minor problem with the wiring and all..

BUT once i got this baby started and cranked to the max, it was ROCK 'N ROLL!

Current favourites like I Wanna, Dirty Little Secret, Love Drunk as well as Oldies like I Wanna Hold Your Hand, I Get Around, I'm A Believer, Good Vibrations will NEVER sound the same again!

It was a concert with an audience of one, drowning myself in mad loud ferocious music and well, not such a bad day after all eh?

*my poor eardrums..

i wanna hold your hand..

2009-08-20T02:54:00.003+08:00

i wanna hold your hand - the beatles. cant believe i got this song stuck in my head!

ohh ERIC CHIA WEI XIANG, WOT DA HELL ARE YOU DOING???!!! 3am in the mornin. havent done not a single holiday homework.. watched 10 episodes or so of wonder years today.......

SNAP OUT OF IT! :( this happened when u were addicted to heroes... or reaper... simpsons.... GAH!

wots more.. there's 115 episodes of wonder years and ur only at episode 29 o.0

michelle is right! (u probably wudnt know which 1 cuz i know 5 michys) south east asia aint generally aint as open as other countries.. like america! woot even Kevin Arnold, the star in the show has already made out with 3 gals and he's only 13 and it was 1969!

OK not that i didnt beat his score lol.

note to self before i doze off: gotta spend more time with MY OWN LIFE AROUND ME :)

3:02am - good nite.

Day 3 in JB

2009-08-19T13:26:00.001+08:00

it was just my imagination, running away with me... - the temptations.

i feel like i've been taking 1 step forward and 1000 steps backwards upon arrival in JB. i mean yeah it felt good to be home and all.. but somehow something inside me just wants to rekindle the past. i spent my evening 2 days ago cycling around the neighbourhood.. something inside me wishing kitty would appear out of nowhere.

and then i spent my night watchin the wonder years.

a VERY meaningful dramedy created in the late 80's in which a future Kevin narrates his life as a 12 year old 20 years ago (1969).

I seem to be very fond of songs of that time now. Just my imagination, i'm a believer, the tears of a clown... now i'm startin to wish i was born in our parents' generation! (i'll retract this statement in a few secs).

Life has been running into complication for me the past few days prior to this. And i suppose this momentary pause oughta do me some good before i get back onto my feet.

Time to unwind, time to untangle myself from this ball of wax... time to.... do my holiday homework. *_* crap.

sweet and sweat

2009-08-16T00:29:00.011+08:00

if there's one thing that brings out the good, bad, ugly and fugly in malaysians, it's gotta be concerts!

i seee my hostel!
it being my first time going for a real life concert, i would say it was awesome! (well for the most of it)

It was also an unregrettable decision bringing Jared along ^^. We arrived at Lagoon at 4 something and boy, big crowd but no queue :)

Before it started, i caught up with a few frenz who skipped youth today. and then the party began....

with some no name local band called Equal. hmmmm i'll probably forget that after this sentence ends.

oh yea i met miss gaw. nope sara, i did not stalk her. i called her to take a candid shot. unfortunately, this is the result of her quick reaction. -.-

the one in the middle is Utt. exp mosh tickets wud get u the super nice spots right in front.

Then came Boys like Girls~~!!!!!!! during then, Jared managed to score one by exchanging contacts with a decently cute gal he met. lucky b*stard. lol.

it suddenly occurred to me that i should have martin johnson's hairstyle!

ANYWAY, i couldnt really enjoy their performance. was very close to the front and these uncivilized kampung boys came from no where and started pushin their way through! they jus kept nudging us forward. me and jared built a defence wall :P

Eric: ehh kamu dari kampung mana?
Jared: zoo negara

i didnt notice my lip was bleeding till jared told me. then i started playin dirty, strategically placing my elbow when the jumping part came. managed to elbow a few stomachs and undesirable parts ;P

indeed, "i feel like a hero.........." hehehe

pixie lott is hot. then stomach started beggin for food, so had to leave my good spot :(

milo - rm5, kfc wedges - rm5.

in between, these 2 cute malay girls jus out of nowhere said hi to me! lol in my head, i was like.. "how much?" lol but on the outside, i smiled like a dufus.

came back in time for hoobastank that gave me the reason to stay on.

Praise God for a really good spot (sittin on the metal divider right at the back). No more piggy back rides from Jared hehe.

then the moment EVERYONE was waiting for... THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS!!!!!!!!

boy they certainly weren't rejected in m'sia. the crowd was at its most lively point when they performed. watchin 'em perform, absorbing the atmosphere..... trully memorable.

thumbs up to my adidas shoes for not a single grain of sand entered inside! XD nxt time, i'll come prepared with super duper high frens, my future gf and stilts.

Me lying in my bed crying. feet and legs hurt so bad. but worth it man. night. - Jared

oh btw, i got to drive jared's kancil to the 7-eleven for some refreshments :P wot a nite!

hair raising issue

2009-08-15T01:14:00.004+08:00

and so the viking may not know the number of strands of hair on his head, but boy he sure does know how to feel it!

here is where i hope to see your opinions pour in. your feedback is much appreciated.

to help you out with it, this is the journey "it" went through since the start of the year....

CNY

SepangF1 trip

Birthday celebration (pic courtesy of Joanne Gaw)

Last last week at kang zheng's place.

stock market challenge

2009-08-15T00:19:00.002+08:00

and so this is part of our econs hw. investing in the stock market and after two weeks, seeing whether we have made a lost or a profit. theoratically speaking of course! ;)

and soo i have 100000 to invest. 5000 units in Genting, 10000 in IOI and 10000 in Proton.

after carefully analysing various companies, i chose them randomly.

HMMMM... if i've a talent for this, i wouldn't mind it being my future job XD *kaching kaching*

mtv world stage

2009-08-12T22:54:00.003+08:00

it gives me gr8 pleasure to say that i managed to achieve all A's for business management, international business, msian studies and econs for my interim progress report for cimp :P

doesnt give me gr8 pleasure to announce i hav bundles of hw, two presentations to do and a quiz to study for on fri... :(

ANYWAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...........

i noticed frm my condo that they hav started settin up the stage for this sat! so soon?

i also noticed that my fren who won "2 mosh pit" tickets from his vid entry is sellin 'em for rm180 each! MAN THAT GUY REALLY DOES KNOW HOW TO MAKE FAST CASH!

....
*while i'm gonna hafta enjoy my not-so-special tickets..... lol

oh by the way, check out the facebook crazy taxi game all time records. look for "eric hamilton chia" :P

another heart calls - aar

2009-08-09T00:14:00.003+08:00

i just cant get this song outta my head.

Did you know by reading this message you have wasted 14 seconds of your life?

2009-08-05T21:44:00.003+08:00

the viking ponders.....

KEEPING LONG HAIR: look more manly.

opportunity cost (a new term i learned in econs): no hassle of fringe tickling the eye or the nose.

MAN, now i know why gals wit long hair get moody sumtimes. must be due to zeee "annoying long hair"!

about time i got to see this movie! watched it last sat at ioi mall. yup, the old wing part gives the impression of that holiday plaza or angsana look (equivalent malls in jb).

after sayin goodbye to nicole and shaun (whos mom is against watchin the movie lol), me and kz and his family ate at MIZI....

a restaurant where not only u hafta pay for ur food, but also cook it urself! :O but thankfully i didnt pay for it :p

in the morning we khang zheng's mom prepared this... to be sold at the church fund raiser. thats me tryin to attract customers while nicole seems to be scared? o.0

ps: i can finally master the backhand and hammer! XD

pariah set

2009-07-30T22:16:00.005+08:00

lesson 1: never try the ikan pari set meal at jusco. more like pariah set. it taste like crap!

lesson 2: never try to be overly ambitious when ur doing ur ib project.

.... estimated time of "layering" the plasticine: 2 hours.

mtv world stage 09

2009-07-28T00:39:00.003+08:00

it's all joanne's fault!

i was unhappily enjoyin my sunday evening brushing up on last min homework when ah gaw nudges me and tells me bout this...

and now.. because of her, i don't know what to do with rm50 in my xpax simcard! :S

** HMMMM... i wonder who i'm gonna take with me since i have a pair of tix.. :P

punchline of the day

2009-07-24T00:10:00.002+08:00

was at CF earlier on. the speaker referred to this girl named Angena as "an-gina".

ROFLMAO!!! sounds so wrong!!! it was soo hard to suppress my laughter after that! HAHAHA!

the writer was unaware that name existed before this.

o.o

2009-07-20T22:00:00.004+08:00

the busyness of college life now can be akin to this:

my vain attempt to modernise the sushi......

and guess who i spotted DOWN there a few days ago..... (target circled in pink)

a closer look will tell you it's elyssa! haha she looks so small down there. cute.

busy busy busy

2009-07-15T23:53:00.004+08:00

college life is super busy.

haze is gettin teruk here.

on the first day of econs class we were asked to name this guy (Xenophon, father of economics).

and guess wat.. someone said it was mr KFC.

hahaha!

k back to my life here.

--- WE HAD JOY, WE HAD FUN, WE HAD SEASONS IN THE SUN. 20/09/08 - 04/07/09 ---

2009-07-11T00:59:00.010+08:00

about the cat. a few days ago, dad smsed me, sayin neighbour recalled seeing a dead cat on the road the nite i left for kl.

i thought about it, mourned over it and yeaa i gotta get on with the rest of my life now.

lookin on the bright side, i'm sure she had a helluva time living an overly manja-ed pampered cat :) a feeline who cud only be appeased with one specific brand of cat biscuit, crunchy stuff like keropok and chocolates.

you injected a breath of new life into me and my family. you always knew how to cheer me up with ur cute catwalk, meows and oh those purrss when i lift you up.

it's sad you have to depart so early. but for wat its worth, i'll always rmbr the happy memories we had together.

20/9/08 - Day you were found in the drain with your sister. too bad ur sister left early.

you were all wet and meowing for mommy..we bottlefed you, gave you a home, showered you with love and you just kept cryin for attention
almost everyday during my spm month, me and mom wud bring u to the park to play in the sand. u looked forward to those moments..it was impossible to get angry at u with ur cute look.i dont blame you for chewing the antenna until it came off.or cr8ting a mess of urself.or stubbornly not lookin at the camerathis was just days before i left for kl.
and just before gettin in the car, this was the last time i saw you - 4/7/09

Kitty, we'll deeply miss you.

Ecclesiastes 3 : 1-7
There is a time for everything,
...
a time to born and a time to die,
...
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
...
a time to search and a time to give up,
...
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak.

KITTY IS MISSING

2009-07-06T23:13:00.002+08:00

Ever since my family got back home yesterday, kitty has been missing! these were the last 2 pics i took of it before leaving...

My heart is in grief.

sudah datang!

2009-07-06T00:06:00.002+08:00

i was peacefully reading my papers when suddenly the door knob shook.. uh oh... terrorist?

ney, in came my new roommate! i shall not speculate much about him, just that he's into dota, speaks chinese and you can complete the picture for me.

well, at least i must thank God cuz it could have been worse.. much, MUCH worse :S

i learned hw to cut a cucumber today :)

day 1 - i'm back!

2009-07-05T00:51:00.005+08:00

did you know that when highway travellers on the other side flash their headlights repeatedly, it means there's a police roadblock ahead? hmmmm.... there really are a number of kind souls out there!

okk.. moment of suspense now. knocked on my room door, takda org.. when i entered, i found...

nobody... just some new items in my room belonging to my roommate-to-be! but up till now (1AM), he's still not here yet o.0 *hope he's not mr invisible*

if there's one thing that can be envied about, it's his spruceness! (or lack of stuff). Already he's not here and he's leaving his mark! lol

IIIIIIII... on the other hand, or should i say other end of the room, need lotsa stuff to make me feel at home and at one with this room. lol

which reminds me.. MY MOM CONFISCATED MY BB GUN. crap we were all set to go when i CARELESSLY left my bag open cuz of last min packing.. oh well :(

chilled out at pyramid after that for grocery shoppin..

i wonder how the pets are doing back at home...

she must miss me! :(

:O what is this? a weird lookin ghost? :O neyy it's my finger taken in total darkness with colour tone set to negative.

CONCLUSION: says who i cant be MR NEAT as well huuh??!! hehe. SOLID PROOF that i'm TOTALLY INDEPENDENT* :)

*the author would like to thank his mom for doing most of the packing and cleaning up his hostel room.

A HAPPY FINAL DAY

2009-07-04T00:35:00.004+08:00

certainly one to rmbr for the weeks to come :)

cycled to marc's place. met sarah at holiday plaza along the way to pass her the sims3.

yup this girl. :P i SUDDENLY rmbred i hav a vid of her and chuan yang chattin @ tuition 2 yrs ago. this is the screenshot :P

Sarah's Mom: oh u cycled here? wow have a nugget.
Eric: Yumm yumm..
Sarah's Mom: would u like a drink?
Eric: *nods* sure :D
Sarah's Mom: ah girl ah, go get him a drink!
Sarah: Yes mommy..

it was SOMETHING like tt. LOL *hope sarah doesnt read this* anyway it was nice of her to do tt :) it's not everyday i meet up with friends from the days of yore.

PART II

met up with marc. went to plaza pelangi and to make the day MORE MEMORABLE (and also appease our stomachs), we took LOTSA food samples.. LOL it started off wit marc sampling some orange juice.. then it went to other flavours.. some no name brand. then he even requested for ANOTHER flavour! =.= that was when i sarcastically said, "sir.. how many more shots do you want?" haha the aunty wasnt too pleased..
then it was the health biscuits..
then it was shreds off french ham or woteva u call it at the meat section

then it was dunkin donuts! not too pleased wit payin rm2.30 JUS FOR A DONUT, i took the initiative this time round to finish up a few of the samples which amounted to another donut :P
then it was the usual football followed by the tradition of buyin 100plus after that and i reached home at 7.40PM =.=

GOODBYE JB FOR NOW :)

son of a "gan"

2009-07-04T00:31:00.002+08:00

- hung out wit gab at teb city

- shot some hoops. awww look at the kid.. his performance i wud say wud be a 100! out of 1000000..... :p

- notice the machine. there was NO BARRIER. haha so we kept playin and playin and playin :D

- later.. gab pressed the "stop" button at the escalator, indirectly framing me. it got me pissed. the first thing i said when ppl started staring was son of a "GAN"! lol

my final week here..

2009-07-02T02:15:00.002+08:00

went to ikea at sg on tues.. the food wasnt too bad. though i still don't know why every1 loves those sweedish meatballs... hmmm

Me: *meatball in mouth* wots so gr8 about these meatballs?
Mom: ur s'pose to dip it in the (i forgot what) sauce..
Me: ohhh ok *slurps a spoonful of it*
Me again: eeeeeks......

went out again today to watch transformers
sum1 was tellin me hw in her tuition class, when the teacher asked them to name a transformer.. one answered, "bumblebee" .. =.= the usual lameness.....
movie was long. went mcd drink coke while waitin for my mom.
went back home, dogs eyes were starring. so i put some coke in their bowl to appease them.
they didnt even bother to go near it! =.=
the perfect explanation i guess wud be that they are super loyal pepsi fans..

a forwarded email i got a few months ago..

2009-06-30T03:47:00.001+08:00

insomnia - Part II

2009-06-30T03:35:00.002+08:00

insomnia

2009-06-28T04:18:00.010+08:00

Sunday, June 28 - 4.40AM

I can't sleep. LOL

bounce bounce

2009-06-27T21:24:00.002+08:00

went to tesco kulai today
place was crap
masuk adidas store
this bouncy shoe caught my eye
even every sen in my tabung babi cudnt afford it
after much persuasion, managed to convince mom to get it
now i get the chance to finally blog about somethin envious -.-

Should Eric have a hair cut?
	Yes, he looks more handsome that way.
	No, he looks more handsome that way.
	I dunno. He looks handsome both ways.
	Botak!!!!!!!!

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