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“Remember those walls I built?” I am pretty sure that most of us had been in this position. We opened up ourselves to other people all the while thinking that that would make us happy. So, we bring ourselves to this whole new level only to be stabbed, crushed and broken. We then turned into this bitter person and push away everyone and everything that had the guts to come near us. “Baby, they’re tumbling down, they didn’t even put up a fight, they didn’t even make a sound.” Until someone came and somehow or rather, we forgot all the pain in the past and beginning to slowly open up ourselves again. “I swear I’d never le you in,” We keep telling ourselves that if we decide to give in, we will only ended up getting hurt again. “But I never really had a doubt, standing in the light of your halo, I got my angel now.” No matter how hard we tried to resist, this person keeps coming back into our life, proving how much we are worth to them. Until we finally realize that this person is actually...

Last Friday would be two weeks since I started working and I have to say that working life is not that bad at all. I mean, it is a hassle having to wake up early in the morning to go to work, but I have been doing that since I was 11 years old anyway. So, that was not really a problem to me. Since I just started working, I am still a Management Trainee and right now I am working in the International Fund Management Department (IFMD). PNB invests money in both Malaysia and abroad, so the main job of IFMD is to invest PNB’s money in overseas capital market. May I add here that the money that PNB uses for international investments are PNB’s money, which means, IFMD does not use the money from the unit trusts managed by ASNB. So what have I been doing for the past two weeks? I am currently working on a standardised economic fact sheet so that our portfolio managers would have all economic data readily available at the tip of their fingers. And yes, preparing fact sheets is tedious and real...

I think it is quite difficult nowadays to dine at an affordable restaurant with a character. Most cheap restaurants today are just there to do a business – to shove food down your throat. But this morning, I went to a small restaurant at Taman Melati and I think restaurants should be like this. A restaurant should be about service to customers. A restaurant should be about selling dining experience. This restaurant is called Kafe MU Pit Stop. Although the name has the word café in it, I don’t for one second think that that it was in fact a café. It is simply because it is really a restaurant. Why do I say that the restaurant has characters? Once you go inside the restaurant, you will notice that it is just like your typical restaurant but you will also notice the old advertisements of Coca Cola and cigarettes hanging on the wall. On the right side of the restaurant, there are three glass shelves that housed antique cameras and miniature cars. There are also two or three antique radios ...

I am currently in Newcastle and will only be back in Wye on Saturday. Why am I here? Well…I’m trying to spend some time with a few of my friends and actually waiting for my exam result to come out. It is hard actually, trying to enjoy your holiday while at the same time trying not to think about the results. But, just like one of my friends said, thinking about it will not change the results, so, I hope I will enjoy my two days in Newcastle. I guess, I’ll see you again on Saturday or Sunday.

A friend of mine introduced me to VideoJug and I have to say that this website is not that bad, to be honest. From the surface, it looks just like any other video sharing websites such as YouTube, Metacafe, Dailymotion and etc. But it is not in two ways, firstly most of the videos uploaded on the website are made by the company itself. Secondly, the videos on VideoJug have only one theme that is How-To videos. If you are familiar with HowStuffWorks, VideoJug is exactly like that but instead of in written articles it is in video form. So basically, to sum up, it is a more interesting version of HowStuffWorks. I spent few hours on VideoJug on Friday and I found that the website is very interesting because not just the videos are informative, some of them are actually very funny. You can get tips from how to tie a tie to how to tell if a girl is attracted to you. There are also videos on how to take a good photograph and how to be a perfect boyfriend. The videos on VideoJug covers a wide...

I hope you like this video as much as I did.

So, finally I am able to get this new template off the ground. It does look weird doesn't it? Do you like it? I, myself is not even sure whether I like this but I hope I will in the near future. My final exam is coming up pretty soon and I am going to have to work my ass off for that. Not that I haven't been studying for exam, but I wish I could bring up my pace a little bit. Wish me luck YA!!!

If you are wondering why this blog looks bare now, it is because I am currently in the middle of updating the blog template. I hope blogger will just let me do that.

Now it’s time for the second part of my Benelux Trip. After spending one night in Luxembourg and two nights in Brussels, we made our way to the Netherlands. There, we spent another two nights in Amsterdam. This, I personally think is the best part of the trip. And I think most people would know that any trip to the Netherlands would not be complete without seeing the famous tulips and the infamous Red Light District. On the first night that we were there, we took a stroll along the alleys in the Red Light District, which was helped by the fact that our hostel is within the parameter of the Red Light District itself. Red Light District, if you don’t already know is a centre for sex services. Basically, it is a one-stop sex centre. From young and very attractive prostitutes to live sex shows to normal sex shops, which sell sex video tapes and sex toys. Another feature of the Red Light District is the Coffeeshops. Coffeeshops are not your ordinary coffee shops because they sell drugs inst...

I’m back from my spring trip. Actually, calling it a spring trip would be an overstatement. The weather was not nice at all. I was hoping for a nice sunny weather, but was greeted by rain and snow. But, thank God for the sunny weather on the last day of the trip when I visited Keukenhof Botanical Garden . Now, let me tell you few highlights of the Benelux Trip. First of all, for this trip, I flew for the first time on a propeller airplane (Fokker 50) on an airline that I have never flown before – VLM Airlines. Another thing about the trip is the fact that I flew from London City Airport for the first time. I have been waiting for so long to fly from London City Ai rport and last Monday, I got my chance. Secondly, the unique thing about this trip is that my friends and I did not gather in London and flew together to Luxembourg . What happened was, all of us went at different times on different mode of transport and met at the Luxembourg Central Station. I flew from Lo...

I’ll be off to my Spring break today. I’ll be spending 6 days in Luxembourg , Brussels and Amsterdam . I’ll see you again hopefully on Sunday! Adios.

It’s that time of the year again where we all go out and watch the fireworks while hoping that the New Year will bring more joy and happiness. It’s that time of the year again where we all come out with a very long list of resolutions – things that we want to be sure that we will get them done by the time we watch the next set of fireworks. The sad fact remains that the next day will be just like another day. The sun will still rise from the same side of the earth. The moon will still shine like any other night and we will still be the same person we was a year ago. But that does not stop us from cheering and hoping for a better year every year does it? I guess that is what we – human – do. We constantly need to have hope even if deep down inside us, we know that hope is just another word for denial. I know that it is a bit weird to start the New Year with a very negative tone, so, I will stop there. Ha-ha. Albeit too late, I would still like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2008...

I think, the most popular question at this moment will be, “How’s exam?” So, I will begin my first post after so many weeks by saying, “Exam was fine.” What else should I say? Ha-ha. I answered all the questions the way I think they should be answered. So, the only thing now is to see whether my lecturers actually see the way I think. At this point, there is not much I can do except praying and hoping for the best. So, what have been happening since I last wrote an entry in this blog? Well, before my exam started three weeks ago, I spent a weekend in Oxford. Thank you to Khalid, the trip was very enjoyable to me. The weather was nice, the food was great (thanks to Khalid, Hizami and Juanis), everything was just perfect. What else? I went to watch Spiderman 3 a week before my Accounting exam and I must say that I felt quite disappointed with the 3rd instalment of the series. First of all, the whole movie was a bit too long. Secondly, it tried to be like Pirates of the Caribbean, humour-...

So, how was Turkey? I cannot really answer that question because my holiday in Turkey was only in Istanbul. But what I can say is, Istanbul is GREAT! I think, my holiday in Istanbul is one of the best holidays so far. Firstly, my vacation in Istanbul is not like my any other vacation in a way that I did not stay in hotels or hostels, but I stayed with the Turkish themselves. In a way, it was more like a home stay programme rather than a normal holiday. Secondly, I went to Istanbul ALONE. I was supposed to go to Turkey with my Turkish friend who is in the same course with me, but he cancelled his plan at the last minute. So, I flew to Istanbul alone and spent my four days with his friends, who are totally strangers to me. Below is a picture of the Bosporus with the Europe on the left and Asia on the right. At first, I was a bit worried about the prospect of going to a foreign country and staying with people whom I had never met. I shared my concern with my friends like Fatih, Cheeno, Fr...

Spring is here baby! "In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours." - Mark Twain.

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If you ask me how was the Imperial College Malaysian Night last Saturday, I will only give one word – superb! I really enjoyed myself throughout the entire performance and I have to say ‘Great Job’ to everyone involved in the production of ‘A Silent Cacophony’. Hats off to the production team, the cast, the ensemble for putting up a very commendable show. Another Malaysian Night hosted by the Nottingham University will be held this Saturday but sadly, I will not be able to attend the event because of the PNB meeting the following day in London. I think I’ll leave you with one of my favourite parts of the last Saturday’s performance – the remake of ‘Stomp’. (Sorry Ijah for not making the Dikir Barat as my favourite performance Ha-ha). “Malaysian Night is a show that filled with the passion and spirit of the unique Malaysian culture. It is a show that is usually done by a Malaysia-related society within many tertiary-education institutions outside of Malaysia, to promote and introduce th...

The O.C. officially ended last night. Personally, I feel sad that the show has to end in a very abrupt manner. Although I am glad that it is now over, I still feel that The O.C. should be given a chance to finish up the entire season four. But hey, I am no FOX, so I really cannot say anything can I? I’ll leave you with the most memorable quote in the show, “Welcome to O.C. b****h!” Ha-Ha. “I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There’s a knob called ‘brightness’ but that doesn’t work.” – Anonymous.

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I saw this video on Husna’s Friendster page. So I searched it on YouTube and here it is – Cuppycake by Amy Castle.