Days of Delirium

Today, May 8, 2009 at precisely 9pm, will be the turning point in my whole life. My life will be completely different and things have to be adjusted to this new change. Yes, people can’t see what I see and obviously they won’t bear the pain that I’m in. All around, I see products of anti-aging. People undergoing surgeries and had different kinds of procedure just to look young. Those who are with illnesses took medicine not to cure but to prolong their lives. We applaud people who have been living for so long; they even get medals and presents for their ‘achievement’. Their names are written and updated annually in the Guinness World Book of Records, we read about them one too often in the media. Why? Why do people care so much about living so long? Does it matter how many years you spent on this Earth? What I know, the question should be how much have one contributed while he/she still alive? You don’t measure success of living by the number of years; you measure by their cont...

I went to last year’s AIM 15 because of the free tickets courtesy of fellow housemate, Jet (thanks, Jet!). It was surprisingly good and unexpectedly I had a great time there, though I had no clue who was nominated beforehand except Siti Nurhaliza (she was nominated every year for the past one decade, anyway). Thus, I certainly looked forward to going this year’s AIM 16. God certainly has a strange way of reaching you. Perhaps, it was indeed the power of attraction – when you wanted something so bad, you exuded a pulling force onto it toward you. Anyway, 3 days before the event, my good, wacky friend Aen called and asked if I would like two VIP passes to the awards ceremony. Of course, my reply would be affirmative. So, decked in skinny jeans and my most comfortable color – black, off I went to AIM with my plus one. And boy, it was even better than last year’s though it was one notch down in terms of its scale and grandeur. Blame the recession, perhaps. What made it so spe...

Lacoste Carnaby R sneakers in Nappa leather When you have spent more than a quarter of your life with someone, it became so hard to just ignore his presence or deny his significance to yours. Whether you have moved on or not, one leg will always be left behind, waiting for the past to tag along with you into the future, if not present. A couple of days back, I rekindled with my history - in a good way of course. It was so good to be there again with the one who first taught you about everything and the one who first saw you when nobody else didn't. He had been good to me and vice versa, although we have drifted apart due to the clinging nature of our lives, with me getting tied up to my student life while he ventured into new businesses. We have a full time career thus full-time relationship doesn't fit to the bill. It just happenned that I was wearing my favourite pair of sneakers, green Adidas superstar which he gave as my 21st birthday present over a year ago. He saw it and ...

Last weekend, I went down south to my sister's place to meet my newest sugar a.k.a nephew and for him to be acquainted personally with his loony uncle. Well, it was about time for him to know this one eccentric uncle (I prefer 'eccentric' than 'freak') as I had a week gap in between my examination papers. He looked just as same as his older brother when the latter was born, except much quieter and well-behave so far (a.k.a less troublesome). I could spent hours and hours just laying by his side and looked at him while he was sleeping or squirming, which both were fun, surprisingly. Just how blissful and innocent life for this one, when things aren't any complicated at all. Sigh. We finally meet, Mr Airy Anyway, the best part of being close to family again is to have my mom cooking and making all of my favorite dishes! It's like an ongoing automated cooking machine, only you don't have to put any coin into it. No kidding. Well, I've asked her for diff...

I have a week gap in between papers and I got bored staying indoor on Sunday. Thus, I texted my good buddy, Chong Jin for a cuppa and just to catch up with each other. It was around 4pm. We decided for San Francisco's or Dome's but neither had any available table. Thus, we had to settle for a lesser known cafe called The Lawn, located at the second level of KLCC. Clockwise from top left: Hot chocolate with chocolate cupcake (RM10), hot mocha (RM7) and brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream (RM8) I ordered a slice of brownie and a hot mocha while he had a chocolate cupcake and a hot chocolate to compliment it. And boy, it was so good. The food tasted as good as it looked. So yummy and my brownie was so fulling. The place itself was cosy enough for us to catch up with each other and talked about silly stuff in between, as usual. Yum-may Chong Jin and his cupcake. We stayed until 6pm, because he insisted that we waited for the 7 For All Mankind Jeans fashion show. The top that ...

Nike Sweet Classic AP sneakers I checked my blog again today and to my dismay, there are 3 new comments citing how 'inconsiderate' my blog post about my Malaysian Economics assignment groupmates and how they have all 'been there before and no need to disgrace them'. I mean, first of all, I didn't ask you to read my blog. Why should you (including your supporting minions) felt compelled to read my blog and tell me how 'insensitive' I was? What a nonsense. If you have been piggy-backed by underperforming groupmates like I did and chose not to bitch about it, then good for you. I chose the other way around to make them realized what they have done so they won't do it again for other assignments in the future - not with me, of course. I wonder what made it SO HARD for them to digest a blunt remark by me, including my response to their comments. I mean, I got offended with the way they carry their work but in real life, they are still my friends. I never let ...

I don't fall in love with songs easily. Songs that captured me usually have special connections with my present or past, or it may have a new thought or idea which I liked. This one is basically not very new. I came across it while watching Celine Dion's Live in Vegas DVD earlier tonight and somehow, it connected to me. A story about how strong a love can be. How you're willing to give up anything or do whatever it takes just to be with the person. Sounds familiar? I looked up the lyrics and translation and after more than 10 times singing it tonight, I can say that I had almost pronounced every word correctly. Phew. Long way to go. Have a listen to this song. Listen to it, not hear. Oh, and I am glad to receive an email from fellow blogger in Saudi Arabia, Susie Khalil. It was so nice to hear from you again, Susie and thanks for the warm wish on my new nephew :) Got to go now, have another paper for tomorrow. Can't wait for this examination to be over.