twenty two

Well, my blogging have been getting less and less frequent... Not in the mood most of the time... Anyways, last week was my birthday, and it was real great. On birthday eve, me and Val were rushing to finish our work fast so that we could watch our office screening of Bewitched at 1Utama. Angi managed to finish 1st, so she left earlier... We were cringing as we had a big feeling that there was no way we could reach on time. Anyway, racing the bug at insane speeds in and out of traffic, along with faith, got us there, with 15 minutes to spare (which wasn't much, considering the size of the complex). We rushed asap up the escalators, and reached the cineplex on the dot. Sat down on the seats, and poof, the movie started. I guess the Lord must really love us. :-) Movie was okayla... got a number of really funny scenes...

That night went to supper with Val and her friend who wanted to introduce his girlfriend to her. Ha..ha... was fun, chit chat, and soon it was going back time. 11 plus, almost 12... (still early, tu la Val, ask you go pub next door dowan... ha..ha..) Me and Val stopped by a petrol station on the way back. All of a sudden this Val Val screamed at the top of her lungs "Happy Birthday Aris!"... I was quite shocked, but because it was so spontaneous it was so memorable. ha..ha... she even brought along a present, which she kept in a paper bag and carried all day in the office, with noone suspecting. A case of 'kena balik'... 1st time I've ever received a present at 12am... it was a pair of New Beetles, one had this radical planet airbrush paintjob... woo... I was soo happy!

The next day, birthday day, can best be described also as Sushi Day. I've never had sushi for 2 meals before! 1st was a case of planned sushi outing with Val, and ajak Calvin and Eliza along. We were all wearing masks and walking like Baja Hitam or some superhero group... Everywhere we went, people stared at us. We were like, "stare all you want, we just wanna be safe than sorry...". Yup, it was Thursday, the day the haze went on to it's highest peak (and emergency status)... (so glad it's clearer now, it was waaay scary when we reached the 3rd floor of 1Utama and there was haze there!) Went to Great Eastern Mall for sushi... Dinner was with the family, had Sushi King! There was "Unagi Fever" going on and it was excellent! Sad that Val couldn't join, well, my fault for telling so late also... Boon Boon and Chong all wishing they could join too... (Come visit laaa....). They sent a couple of presents all the way from Miri... a book on symbols, and a discovery bible... I'm so happy... Overall, it was an excellent birthday, a very memorable one...

Planning to get a set of component speakers to complete the 155's audio set-up. Amplifier and subwoofers are temporarily set back, because those are quite out of budget, no use going for some unknown brand. Was eyeing Soundstream, but changed my mind. I'm down to either Lightning Audio Bolt B1.65C or a set of JL Audio XR650csi that my Italia Auto buddy Subsonique's offering. The odds are on the latter, so... hee..hee...

Okla, better not talk too much, save the rest for next time,

PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee