Okie... this entry's gonna be long... I haven't been blogging much lately (if at all...) so this is going to be a whole mash-up of events... hehe... If you see the post date on this post, then you'll get an idea of how long it took me to get this started, written, pictures posted and finished...
For added convenience, this is the summary of this entry:
- Delicious Food
- MT Leaves Jalan Ampang
- More Food
- MT Lands at Plaza Berjaya
- Trip to Miri
- Fun in the Office
- Even More Food...
- Transformers Character Time!
- Transformers Posters
- Transformers Stills
- Transformers Trailers
- Fifi's Wedding
- My Self-Made CPU Ventilation System
- Shell's Ferrari Promotion
- No Kidding... More Food!!!
- MT's New Uniforms
OK, I better start the ball rolling, if not I won't be able to blog on...
Delicious Food
I shall start the post with lovely photos of lovely food, what a way to begin... This is from Cititel's food promotion sometime back...
MT Leaves Jalan Ampang
Yeah, Malaysian Today finally decided to move after a few false delays... The packing of stuff was actually tougher than expected, as we already were used to working there. But surprisingly the bulk of my moving was done over a period of 3 days. Backing up of the computer, emptying of drawers, packing of stuff (including mugs, items collected over the years and CDs) and dismantling of computers. But I admit moving was loads of fun~! We had to bring our cpus home in because we were held responsible for our own computers and it would be better than risking them damaged by the movers. Leaving the old office was sad though, because of it's homely atmosphere and open air (free) parking... But moving has both it's pros and cons... Anyway here are some pics from our move... The complete photo album can be viewed at http://raptorclans.multiply.com/photos/album/64
Cutting photos to make new office IDs...
Kamaruzaman waiting for Imran's freebies...
Irene hunting...
My cpu finally wears some clothing...
Messiness...
Part of the fun...
An empty office...
Everything in boxes...
My table... cleared...
Muks' computer...
Final packing up of stuff...
More mess...
More Food
Went to Batu Pahat that night to do some stuff... yeah, I know it was such a rush right after packing stuff at work, but it was important... Went to try something new that night... Sup Gearbox! It was a pretty interesting dish, not to mention yummy!
Sup Gearbox
Ligament Soup
MT Lands at Plaza Berjaya
We move into our new office at Plaza Berjaya the following day. Yup, one day I was in Johor, the next I was rushing back and straight into the new place. And before you get confused, Plaza Berjaya is not:
Berjaya Times Square
but the building opposite it. The Imbi Monorail station connects these two buildings (which are owned by the same company). The moving in was quite fast, we carried our cpus up the lift (they weigh a ton!) and started unpacking stuff right away. CK would have a bad time connecting systems and stuff, so I lessen the work by installing the computer myself (also fixed some of my colleagues' too). The new office looked really cool... the orange accents, the layout, the glass, the pantry... it was more office-like, but it lacked the space of the old office (not to mention no makan table to place food). But I had a wonderful tall grey wall (perfect for posters) which had a lil window...
and I tried placing the cpu on the floor but it overheated right away (as usual) so I decided to place it on the desk, hence reducing the already limited space available... All's well after a few hours, and those who were done went back home 1st (those who stayed had some chit chat 1st before doing the same thing). It was noisy and full of excitement... Even our boss came to help out. It was quite fun~! The new place had it's share of pros and cons (RM90 parking!), but overall it should be a good place to work... easier to get to work (but not when getting back), lotsa places to makan, shopping places nearby, bank around the corner... Anyway here are some pics from the move-in... The complete photo album can be viewed at http://raptorclans.multiply.com/photos/album/65
Zali's table patah...
Muks and Suba seem excited...
Relaxing session...
Malaysian Today's new office...
New Reception Counter...
Miss bossus :)
Vivian checking her computer...
Boss helping out with the move...
All the buzz!
Incoming stuff!
Boss ordered pizza for us!
Pizza Man : Oi! Ambik gambar aku?!
Computer components out of the box...
Cheryl looking cute...
Farah and Mia makan-ing...
Cheryl : Yum :)
Vivian : What else is on the menu ar...
Vivian looks cute with her glasses up her hair...
We finally got ourselves a CABINET!!! No more SEPAH!!!
Trying to place the cpu on the floor...
(yeah, I finally got a Herbie hat... yippie!)
My new workplace...
Trip to Miri
Went to Miri to visit my 2 best buddies Chong and Boonie~ It was quite an experience, my 3rd time going there, this time with Air Asia's free ticket promotion... yeah, free air tickets! Well, you stull have to pay for the fuel and airport tax. My 1st time flying in an Airbus, the newly-purchased Airbus A320... big, comfy... I was so super-hyped for it, especially after hoping I'd get into one. But I must say that in comparison, the Boeing 737 still rocks... In terms of sound and gravity-producing speed, it's a lot more fun in a 737. Anyway, spent 3 days there, did a lot of sightseeing, makan, fishing, makan, shopping, makan and going to the beach... Did I mention makan? LoL... so many choices, I loved the local food especially. Laksa Sarawak and Kway Teow Tomato were the bomb. It was really wonderful to meet Chong and Boon again after so long, we ended up talking soooo much... It was like we never got separated after graduation. Met up with Jill too, but didn't take any pix with her. Went to a lotta places like the Miri Oil Well, the beach (oooohh... gotta love the beach, the water and the sun!), fishing by the sea, sightseeing... Wish the trip was longer, but it was worth every second of it... Took tons of photos too! The complete photo album can be viewed at http://www.blogger.com/The%20complete%20photo%20album%20can%20be%20viewed%20at%20http://raptorclans.multiply.com/photos/album/66
Yups, it's an Airbus... :D
Interior of the A320...
Ice formed out of droplets on my window at high altitude...
Landing gear in action... woohoo...
Chong and Boon!
Macaroni and Cheese!!! XD
The first oil well in Malaysia... in Miri!
"Kerja kuat-kuat ya!"
Nice weather~
Clear water...
Meow-Meow...
Sotong Kangkung delight!
Ooooohhh.... the water!!!!
Making shadows...
The sea and the sun...
Crabby...
A bridge...
A man fishing...
This dude caught a stingray...
"Eh eh... nampak tu ada macam orang lah..."
Me and Chong...
Me at sunset...
A girl taking a risky crossing... worrying...
Bridge at sunset...
Cute tortoise...
Kway teow tomato...
Sarawak laksa...
Chong & Boon's dad setting up the bait...
Fishing...
This chap ATE my bait and swam away... WITH it!
The bait... ikan bilis!
Boon with her catch...
The catch...
Catfish...
Sushi!
Dinner at a seafood restaurant... nice...
Manchester United plane!
Complete with autographs...
Back home in KL...
Fun in the Office
Okay, back to the Malaysian Today office... the next day itself I was working by the way... so I drove to the new office in my car for the first time (Saturday's moving-in didn't count) next to the lift... hehe...
and upon entering the office I saw that there was this new masthead sign thingy greeting the entrance...
"Good morning, Malaysian Today, how may I assist you?"
Oh... and there were some biscuits sponsored by Jessie in the pantry... yums...
Yeah it looks like a handphone~
A few days later we had to work on May day (3rd time since I've started working) and surprise, surprise... the aircond was OFF... apparently Berjaya don't switch them on during weekends and public holidays unless they were given a formal letter by the boss (well, I informed Jessie on the next "normal" working day)... so we sweated it out... my goodness it was so hot and stuffy!!! But we had a great time fooling around and I went about shooting photos too...
Having fun~
Computer was facing serious overheating problems (and loud-as-hell beeping) so it calls for desperate measures... a d.i.y fan...
Assembled it myself from unused computer fans at home...
Ballz...
Zoom out...
Suba's plant...
Vivian's kitties...
Even More Food...
Okay, had a trip to Ipoh a couple of days later for a top secret project... and had some time to eat the famous Kway Teow there... yum yum...
Normal one...
With egg on top...
Yummy deliciousness...
Transformers Character Time!
Okla, as you all have known, Michael Bay revealed some of the Transformers characters... (well, this IS a back-dated entry...) and they look pretty interesting...
Blackout... Formerly known as Vortex (and at one point of time, Soundwave)
(would have been the character with the most accurate alt mode as the cartoon)
Bumblebee... he's not a Beetle (darn, dammit!) but a Camaro...
(Doesn't look too bad, but means he'll be too BIG)
Frenzy... possibly the most screwed-up character in the movie...
(He's supposed to be red & black and cute)
Ironhide... looking mean like he should :)
(He looks okay, but should have been red like in the cartoon)
Jazz... he looks sleek...
(He's supposed to be a Porsche dammit! And what's with the whole idea of making him smaller than Bumblebee???)
Megatron...
(Megs looks mean and all, and a lil messy... not that bad compared to Frenzy... although I do wish he had an earth mode...)
Optimus Prime... a red truck like he should be...
(EXCEPT... he's actually a BLUE truck with RED flames... er... okla I guess, the mouthpiece could've been improved)
Starscream... looking mean but VERY different from the cartoon
(Well, his personality's the same, should be ok I guess...)
Barricade, Brawl, Scorponok and Ratchet were not shown, maybe they'll appear later... The characters look very different, but are cool in their own way. Just think to yourself that this is not G1, but a new alternate universe and this movie WILL rock!
Transformers Posters
There are so many posters for the movie... here are some...
Bumblebee Poster
Megatron Poster
Optimus Prime Poster... can be seen along Federal Highway and along the LDP near Tesco...
International Poster
Taiwan Poster
Surprise, surprise... the Malaysia Poster looks like the Taiwan one...
Latest Poster
Transformers Stills
Here are some stills that were released and some are in the press kit for the movie...
Ironhide being the badass good guy he is...
Prime and Spike...
Bumblebee in rosak mode...
Starscream making a mess...
Mikaela, Spike and Prime...
Megatron pretending to be King Kong...
Ironhide in a friendlier mood...
Megatron frozen in stasis mode...
Transformers Trailers
There have been loads of new trailers for Transformers... to avoid confusion, I'm only adding a few stills from the trailers instead. Apparently this is only the tip of the iceberg...
Starscream in mid-transformation...
Megatron making a mean entrance...
Optimus Prime drifting while transforming...
Optimus Prime ready for battle...
Prime and Bonecrusher duke it out on the freeway...
Prime in mid-transformation...
Bonecrusher smashing through a bus...
Bumblebee showing his macho-ness...
Barricade charging...
Prime, Jazz (hidden), Ratchet, Ironhide...
The gang again...
"Shhh!"
Jazz in mid-transformation...
Prime and Jazz drifting...
Ironhide in mid-transformation...
Spike running with the Allspark while Ratchet and Ironhide cover him...
Barricade looking really mad...
Scorponok bursting out of Blackout...
Bumblebee Type A...
Bumblebee Type B...
Bumblebee handing over the Allspark...
Brawl getting shot...
It's Prime with no facemask!
Here he is again with the facemask...
You can find most of the trailers on YouTube :D
Fifi's Wedding
Yup... that special day has come, when dearest Fifi finally decided to tie the knot with fiancee Faris. It was an amazing night (kinda hot, but it was ok) and even if you've seen gloriously extravagant weddings, you haven't seen one of this scale... it was HUGE, the road in front of 3 houses had to give way for the seating area of the wedding. The 3-way junction in front of the school was made into a 2-way one... hehe... Fifi looked really pretty that night, like a princess... Anyways, went with my bros and Jill. Jill brought along and introduced me to a new friend, Cheryl (she's fun and cute) and we got along pretty well (I guess) and we met Ulee, LeOn, the other Farah, Ahuey, Joosing, Rio, etc... basically there were tons of people there... friends, relatives, fans, media... it was so packed with excitement. Fifi's bro Chal sang a few songs too... what a night it was... (There are TONS of photos... might upload them later)
The Farahnatics...
Look at the amount of media attention...
Bride and Groom...
Having fun taking photos at the tempat bersanding...
Jill, Myn and Cheryl...
How romantic~
Streamyx Super-Duper Deal! (jk)
Mike, Adnan, Rizal, Jill, Fifi, Faris, Cheryl and me...
A very happy bride~ God bless your marriage Fifi :)
My Self-Made CPU Ventilation System
My office computer is in pretty bad shape, with the annoying beeping (Zali solved it by disconnecting the buzzer) and overheating (no fan!) making it really, really lagging... add to the fact that the motherboard was slowly dying (it even lost all sound capabilities) and you have a really unpleasant working experience... so I decided to attach fans and create my own ventilation system for the cpu...
My office system...
Connected wires to the fans I brought...
Twin-fan cooling power!
Another view...
It works pretty fine...
Shell's Ferrari Promotion
Yeah... it was fun collecting these Ferrari cars. they're quite realistic (except the F50... something's definitely wrong with the sculpt or dimensions) I have 2 sets now, one's displayed on my office desk...
No Kidding... More Food!!!
Here are some interesting snacks I've tried lately... XD
Dings! Beef Jerky Snack, also available in chicken...
Tao Kae Noi Seaweed Snack, available in various flavors like original, tomato, tom yam, etc...
No kidding... Spiderman Ice Cream!
Complete with Spidey colors and chocolate webbing XD
MT's New Uniforms
To finish this post, I give you Malaysian Today's new uniforms... Well, we had a lil unofficial photoshoot (there's a proper official one coming, dunno when) in the office...
Top row: Val, Suba, Irene, Jessie, Muks, Vivian, Farah
Bottom row: Zali, CK, Justin, me, Subra
Now, is that a long entry or WHAT? Hehehe... but at least it leaves the door open for me to blog as usual again... need to get back-dated posts out of the way first... Will blog about good news tommorrow I hope :)
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris
