The last few days have been a mixture of joy and sadness... thankfully, the joy is much more than the sadness. Pretty happy week, with lots of laughs at work. Angi's also becoming more humorous. Everyone's becoming a joker at work nowadays... Also been eating alot lately. Have to cut back la... had Burger King one of those nights with Val (there was also some funny Malay movie with a person talking with her conscience, meaning bad and good side... so funny), that one is okay la. But the funnier thing was that we went to Sushi King on Thursday cos my mum ajak. Well, we originally thought we were going to the food court, but then changed plans. Unagi fever again and now I'm muak liao... Then on Friday went food court for lunch... ordered something which turned out nice, but I just couldn't finish it (according to Val, too much full meal isn't too good) and quite regretted it.
I've never said so many times in a week, "God must really love us"... There were many reasons, but somehow this week God was nice to me, and I'm glad... all praise to the Lord. Val said this is not coincidence... I guess this is one of the proof the Lord wants to show me. He has given so much to me, and lately I feel really blessed, with a job, a nice working environment, good contacts (mechanics, club members) and even someone who is so fun to be with in a time when my best friend is miles away (these people know who they are la, so smile more!). Must pray more, I hope I will get His blessing and guidance.
Despite all these joy, there was still setbacks, but thankfully I try to be patient, pray and bear in mind that things happen for a reason. Firstly, the 155's radiator blew up, with a large boom. This was caused by the thermostat. That set me back quite a bit, in addition to the aircond I did recently. But surprisingly my dad (which I hardly contact lately) was generous and sponsored it. Now praying that the new Magneti Marelli radiator (which is alumininum by the way, and that's the reason the old one couldn't be welded and repaired) will work fine and not cause problems.
This week some idiot on a motorcycle banged my passenger side mirror, shattering it to pieces. I was in a middle of a massive traffic jam... He stopped, looked at the mirror, then sped off. Bloody bugger... I was quite pissed off, and got out of the car, in the middle of the jam. But all I can see was him disappearing off to the horizon, and I picked up a piece of the mirror, got back into the car and continued my journey to work. Called my mum, she asked me to calm down, and it's ok. The good thing was I'm okay, and God protects us all. Amen. Hope to replace it soon, I'm driving with one side mirror now. The holder is there, but no glass. But thankfully I'm used to driving without side mirrors (last time when I first got my Bug, she had no side mirrors, I drove daily to college with no problems).
Met up with my club too... also see Subsonique to have a demo of the JL Audio components with Firadaniel... sounds good on his Punto, nicee.... Maybe end of the month or so... hee..hee...
Okla... this weekend hoping to meet up with a few friends I haven't met in quite a while, maybe just to catch up with old times... nowadays working life is threatening to pull us apart. So we musn't let it happen!
That's all for now, till next entry,
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
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
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
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Birthday Party, PC Fair, Initial D... What an Eventful Week...
Friday was real fun... It was going to be the result of a whole week's planning for Val's birthday. It was done in such secrecy that I didn't even put it my blog (she reads my posts...) and office plans were done through MSN Messenger... Ha..ha... I also did alot of hinting in order to find out what she wouldn't be interested in. The best part of the plan was laid out on Tuesday. Went shopping with her before our dinner and movie (The Island). Well, I told her I was looking for a 'friend' who was somewhat similar to her. And she was nice to suggest alot of things... But I didn't guess that she had no idea it was for her. Well, all was explained in her birthday card, hee..hee... Got her a cool t-shirt, and an Amy Mastura movie DVD (she must be jumping). ^-^
Anyway, on Friday when plans were suppose to run, all was set, her present was bought, the cake, pizza, KFC. All done. Then when I pushed the birthday gurl into the conference room, then I sendiri got a shock. On the birthday cake, there was "Happy Birthday Valerie & Aris". Oh my goodness... they all planned this all along, and yet followed my plan... Wahhhhh.... We both got presents from the office, and they were both watches. When I opened the present, in my mind was, "Goodness, dun tell me they bought us matching watches!". But nope, it was a more guyish Swatch, with a dragon motif. Val got a cute Hippo one. ^-^
Angi was there snapping all the photos, which made me think... earlier in the day, she asked to pinjam my DigiCam. It never occured to me that it was all part of the plan... So we sure had a great time. Calvin also joined in all the fun, despite not being well... I really hope he gets better soon... After all the blowing candles and cutting the cake together, it was makan time, and boy there sure was a lotta food... A real memorable birthday, and our 1st in our new working life. I really thank everyone for everything...
The next day, I went to PC Fair with my bro and Balloon (Sze Ching). Balloon bought a Wacom and a couple of stuff, while I was eyeing the Sony Network Walkman. It was sooo cool... I really wanted the blue one, but the price was simply astronomical. I mean, RM599 (then RM570) for a 256mb MP3 player is a bit too much right? I mean yeah, it had a full-fledged equalizer, ultra-super-duper-cool invisible display screen, solid feel, Sony brand and free speakers... but it was still too much of an asking price. Sigh... An equivalent from Creative or Samsung was in the region of Rm2xx to RM3xx... but well, the Walkman simply looked like serious business. Maybe I need to get a lower budget and look for something else.
Earlier in the day, I dropped by Brother Peter's shop in Damansara Uptown, and asked about tinting. Mr Peter recommended Conquerer, which was simply the best in the country now, even more than V-Kool and Sun-Cool (the Beetle's using that). To demonstrate, he took a 1000Watt light and put a newspaper on it. It BURNED! Cilaka... api everywhere, he was cool and tepped on it to put it off. Then he put it behind glass, asking me to test. Of course it was hot. But then he asked to test behind the Conqueror one, and it was cool... WOW... Well, something so advanced comes with a price of course... It costs RM550 for the front windscreen alone, and RM1800 (bargained to RM1600) for the whole car. To be honest, it was simply too high for me, so this has to wait...
Later in that day, went to watch Initial D (yeah, I'm one of the last remaining who hasn't watched... so what?!) with my bro. Bear in mind I read the manga, and although I hate the drawings of the people (they were just unpropotionate and UGLY), the drawings of the cars were really nice and accurate... Okay, the movie... after watching it, I found it to be quite good, despite me not being too fond of Jay Chou. The cast was quite good too, and played their roles well. Jay Chou did a good act on the 'Duh~ness' of Takumi. Of course there was alot of coverage of the Toyota Corolla AE-86, but I'm glad the RX-7 and Skyline GT-R were quite accurate representations... But where's the Sil-Eighty and RX-7 Mark III and their drivers? Well, I was looking forward to those two, but I guess it was too much to make into a movie. Here's hoping there'll be a sequel... The final race was awesome, and those tear-jerking scenes were just too much. And Takumi's dad simply stole the show la... 4 out of 5 for the movie, and 5 out of 5 for the cars and scenes alone (there were NO stunts, 20+ cars were totalled with only 3 remaining), which I must say rivals those of James Bond and the Fast and the Furious series... Simply awesome...
Okla, sorry for being extremely long, I could go on more about the other things in the week, but nah,...
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Anyway, on Friday when plans were suppose to run, all was set, her present was bought, the cake, pizza, KFC. All done. Then when I pushed the birthday gurl into the conference room, then I sendiri got a shock. On the birthday cake, there was "Happy Birthday Valerie & Aris". Oh my goodness... they all planned this all along, and yet followed my plan... Wahhhhh.... We both got presents from the office, and they were both watches. When I opened the present, in my mind was, "Goodness, dun tell me they bought us matching watches!". But nope, it was a more guyish Swatch, with a dragon motif. Val got a cute Hippo one. ^-^
Angi was there snapping all the photos, which made me think... earlier in the day, she asked to pinjam my DigiCam. It never occured to me that it was all part of the plan... So we sure had a great time. Calvin also joined in all the fun, despite not being well... I really hope he gets better soon... After all the blowing candles and cutting the cake together, it was makan time, and boy there sure was a lotta food... A real memorable birthday, and our 1st in our new working life. I really thank everyone for everything...
The next day, I went to PC Fair with my bro and Balloon (Sze Ching). Balloon bought a Wacom and a couple of stuff, while I was eyeing the Sony Network Walkman. It was sooo cool... I really wanted the blue one, but the price was simply astronomical. I mean, RM599 (then RM570) for a 256mb MP3 player is a bit too much right? I mean yeah, it had a full-fledged equalizer, ultra-super-duper-cool invisible display screen, solid feel, Sony brand and free speakers... but it was still too much of an asking price. Sigh... An equivalent from Creative or Samsung was in the region of Rm2xx to RM3xx... but well, the Walkman simply looked like serious business. Maybe I need to get a lower budget and look for something else.
Earlier in the day, I dropped by Brother Peter's shop in Damansara Uptown, and asked about tinting. Mr Peter recommended Conquerer, which was simply the best in the country now, even more than V-Kool and Sun-Cool (the Beetle's using that). To demonstrate, he took a 1000Watt light and put a newspaper on it. It BURNED! Cilaka... api everywhere, he was cool and tepped on it to put it off. Then he put it behind glass, asking me to test. Of course it was hot. But then he asked to test behind the Conqueror one, and it was cool... WOW... Well, something so advanced comes with a price of course... It costs RM550 for the front windscreen alone, and RM1800 (bargained to RM1600) for the whole car. To be honest, it was simply too high for me, so this has to wait...
Later in that day, went to watch Initial D (yeah, I'm one of the last remaining who hasn't watched... so what?!) with my bro. Bear in mind I read the manga, and although I hate the drawings of the people (they were just unpropotionate and UGLY), the drawings of the cars were really nice and accurate... Okay, the movie... after watching it, I found it to be quite good, despite me not being too fond of Jay Chou. The cast was quite good too, and played their roles well. Jay Chou did a good act on the 'Duh~ness' of Takumi. Of course there was alot of coverage of the Toyota Corolla AE-86, but I'm glad the RX-7 and Skyline GT-R were quite accurate representations... But where's the Sil-Eighty and RX-7 Mark III and their drivers? Well, I was looking forward to those two, but I guess it was too much to make into a movie. Here's hoping there'll be a sequel... The final race was awesome, and those tear-jerking scenes were just too much. And Takumi's dad simply stole the show la... 4 out of 5 for the movie, and 5 out of 5 for the cars and scenes alone (there were NO stunts, 20+ cars were totalled with only 3 remaining), which I must say rivals those of James Bond and the Fast and the Furious series... Simply awesome...
Okla, sorry for being extremely long, I could go on more about the other things in the week, but nah,...
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Not Enough Sleep and Having Fun...
Boy, I sure haven't blogged much lately... well, maybe because I'm either malas, or tired beacuse of late nights. Well, late nights alternate between work and... well, fun! Been going out often lately, and I quite like it... hee..hee... Val's pretty sporting, so it's cool. Went to a couple of places last week, and this week too. Been looking around town for birthday presents (well, got birthdays coming soon, so...) and Val's also buying some stuff, so okay lar... KLCC to Ampang Park and 1 Utama... so many places in a short span of days, but well, it's kinda fun. She's quite helpful in suggestions too. We were chatting, and we were thinking, something that's funny is that we think so similarly and have lots of similarities. Must be a Leo thing. lol... God's been really nice to her this year, because really good things have been happening and I know she thinks I'm jealous, but I just wanna say I'm happy for her. It's good to be blessed by the Lord. God must love her (God loves everyone) hee..hee... She also admits we've been eating much lately. Well, quite true... after last week's Chinese restaurant, this week got Pizza Hut and Genki Sushi... yum, but have to tone down a bit already. But you just can't help but have fun right? That's what enjoying life is about... There are also lotsa good movies lately... Stealth, The Island, Seven Swords, Romasanta... and of course Herbie! I'm SOOOOO clad Imran's giving me a chance to meet Herbie himself in the metal. By the way, Stealth looks super stylish. And I think Edi is way cool...
Watched The Island yesterday when we went to 1 Utama after buying a present. It's pretty good, long movie with complex plot and interesting twists (and a couple of shocks, car accidents and laughs...), there's the cute couple, plus there's TONS of product placements... Puma, Nokia, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, Dodge, MSN (yup, MSN), XBox and etc... The Cadillac Cien ROCKS!!! The car, which is still a concept, gets considerable screentime and the specs were all read out. Woohoo... Gotta love those auto-opening doors... The futuristic bits were really really cool... and the concept of cloning, though is nothing new (seen VERY similar storyline in Vandread) is really good, and well made into a movie. Hopefully this will make people think before actions are taken. How far do we go to stay alive on this Earth... well, true, we appreciate the life God gave us, but all things God created will die, and then there's the afterlife. So Earth is not everything, or where it all ends. Some things to ponder upon...
Well, of course I pray to the Lord that I'll get a good, fulfilling life, and pray that I'll be able to fully find Him and serve Him. A friend once said, "Seek Him, and He shall seek you". Well, I'm learning, and glad to be on this journey. I'm also very glad to have a good pal (which I really believe is a gift sent by God) that is able to share with me and also help me along the way. I do pray that I head the right way. And I hope God understands... Amen.
Can't think of what I wanted to write next... Cos I'm tired from last night's Island outing with Val (balik 12 somthing, sent her home by 12.20 and I reached home at around 12.50... which was fast) so I can't think straight liao, got a bit of headache and there's TV Guide and Picture Gallery to do. So I'll get going I guess... Till next time,
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Watched The Island yesterday when we went to 1 Utama after buying a present. It's pretty good, long movie with complex plot and interesting twists (and a couple of shocks, car accidents and laughs...), there's the cute couple, plus there's TONS of product placements... Puma, Nokia, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, Dodge, MSN (yup, MSN), XBox and etc... The Cadillac Cien ROCKS!!! The car, which is still a concept, gets considerable screentime and the specs were all read out. Woohoo... Gotta love those auto-opening doors... The futuristic bits were really really cool... and the concept of cloning, though is nothing new (seen VERY similar storyline in Vandread) is really good, and well made into a movie. Hopefully this will make people think before actions are taken. How far do we go to stay alive on this Earth... well, true, we appreciate the life God gave us, but all things God created will die, and then there's the afterlife. So Earth is not everything, or where it all ends. Some things to ponder upon...
Well, of course I pray to the Lord that I'll get a good, fulfilling life, and pray that I'll be able to fully find Him and serve Him. A friend once said, "Seek Him, and He shall seek you". Well, I'm learning, and glad to be on this journey. I'm also very glad to have a good pal (which I really believe is a gift sent by God) that is able to share with me and also help me along the way. I do pray that I head the right way. And I hope God understands... Amen.
Can't think of what I wanted to write next... Cos I'm tired from last night's Island outing with Val (balik 12 somthing, sent her home by 12.20 and I reached home at around 12.50... which was fast) so I can't think straight liao, got a bit of headache and there's TV Guide and Picture Gallery to do. So I'll get going I guess... Till next time,
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Gokusen Fever...
Well, first day of my new chapter... ha..ha.. sounds corny. Feels not much different, and I kinda feel guilty for not yet studying what has been given upon me. Will do, will do, and it has to be done sincerely, and one has to do so as God knows one's sincerity. Hope to discuss with Val when we have free time (it's so hard to get free time...). May God's grace guide me and lead me to the path He has set upon us. Amen.
Val got to see her idol Amy Mastura! YAY! So happy for her. And she summore wan to say dowan to go, saying got work. Haih... so I just pushed her to go, and did the rest of her work for her. Well, it's not everyday you get to have an interview with your idol. We're conducting an interview for the paper's Lifestyle section. Just wanted her to be happy, so just kelam kabut abit lar... so funny me and Angi and Calvin all rushing. But the good part is that we did well (entah how many times redo la, rearrange la, re-export la), and as soon as the stuff finished we cabut-ed!
Went MidValley Mega Mall last night, for a ramen dinner, renewing of Anime Tech membership and a CompactFlash card ... then I dropped by Tower Records to see if BoA's Girls on Top has arrived. But no, it just wasn't there... maybe not yet imported. I saw "My Name" special edition, with an extra disk of music videos. I seriously dunno why I didn't get it at that moment. Maybe because I spent quite a bit lately, so I'm saving up for now...
Watched a couple of episodes of Gokusen (the live action version). Man it's so damn cool... I've watched a few episodes of the anime, liked it alot... but when it comes to this live action, it's something different... it's faithful to the anime, they even found a girl who looks like Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi), the lead character! (well, she looks kinda cuter btw, but who cares? she's awesome for the role...). Miss Fujiyama, the sexy English teacher is played by... Misaki Itoh!!!!!! YAAAYYYYY.... I sooo like this actress... but she's overshadowed by Yakumi (well, Yankumi IS the main character). Hmm... I saw a perfume poster in KLCC Isetan with her as the model. But I forgot what perfume it was! Anyway, back to Gokusen. Yankumi's way cool, especially how they portray her Yakuza influences. Her instinct also allows her to catch a baseball thrown to her from one of her hopeless students at her back. And that awesome ending to the first episode, holding a sledgehammer and smashing down a large steel door. WOWEEE.... she's hot! The cinematography is also excellent in this drama... I'd definitely recommend anyone to watch this series, although I've only downloaded the first 2 episodes...
Oh well, not much to talk basically... so that's all for now.
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
Val got to see her idol Amy Mastura! YAY! So happy for her. And she summore wan to say dowan to go, saying got work. Haih... so I just pushed her to go, and did the rest of her work for her. Well, it's not everyday you get to have an interview with your idol. We're conducting an interview for the paper's Lifestyle section. Just wanted her to be happy, so just kelam kabut abit lar... so funny me and Angi and Calvin all rushing. But the good part is that we did well (entah how many times redo la, rearrange la, re-export la), and as soon as the stuff finished we cabut-ed!
Went MidValley Mega Mall last night, for a ramen dinner, renewing of Anime Tech membership and a CompactFlash card ... then I dropped by Tower Records to see if BoA's Girls on Top has arrived. But no, it just wasn't there... maybe not yet imported. I saw "My Name" special edition, with an extra disk of music videos. I seriously dunno why I didn't get it at that moment. Maybe because I spent quite a bit lately, so I'm saving up for now...
Watched a couple of episodes of Gokusen (the live action version). Man it's so damn cool... I've watched a few episodes of the anime, liked it alot... but when it comes to this live action, it's something different... it's faithful to the anime, they even found a girl who looks like Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi), the lead character! (well, she looks kinda cuter btw, but who cares? she's awesome for the role...). Miss Fujiyama, the sexy English teacher is played by... Misaki Itoh!!!!!! YAAAYYYYY.... I sooo like this actress... but she's overshadowed by Yakumi (well, Yankumi IS the main character). Hmm... I saw a perfume poster in KLCC Isetan with her as the model. But I forgot what perfume it was! Anyway, back to Gokusen. Yankumi's way cool, especially how they portray her Yakuza influences. Her instinct also allows her to catch a baseball thrown to her from one of her hopeless students at her back. And that awesome ending to the first episode, holding a sledgehammer and smashing down a large steel door. WOWEEE.... she's hot! The cinematography is also excellent in this drama... I'd definitely recommend anyone to watch this series, although I've only downloaded the first 2 episodes...
Oh well, not much to talk basically... so that's all for now.
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
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