A bid to keep to my 2010 new year's resolutions...

I found this two quotes interesting...

these things about 'attacks', the stronger they are, the more limited they are in their repetition... there is a maximum they can do and the vulnerable position is right after the last attack."

your sword seem to be filled with only fear. What's necessary in in a fight isn't fear. Nothing can be born from that. Your resolve will be reflected upon your sword (attack)"

Haiz...

My stamina has dropped real low. Just the first movements from ganda 'pancited' me!

Matric fair was lacklustred. Macam tak ramai orang pon... think its the way they arranged the stuffs and the shortcuts they made..(4 in total by request of the dean of nus).. Our silat booth was situated in the corner of the hall and to reach us, the kids will have to detour and make a U-turn. We are not allowed to venture away from our booth to solicit too so it makes publicity efforts bad. Haiz...

I found out that NUS has a Jazz Band too! Woaaah...but need to audition to join and i noe very little jazz stuffs to play. Why is there no flamenco club? Hahaha...

Since Chong is not going for AUG, i am not going la. Yayy! So i am going to focus all my time on finding out what i want to do for my future career as well as enjoy my last year here in NUS, both academically. Im gonna take Science of muzik! next sem...animal behaviour!! Yayyy...sounds soooo blardy fun la!

OK...my nerdy bucuk is here! POST ENDS!
May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Bought a new quilt and quilt cover. Jersey material, much like the tshirt quality from topman. SEDAPP!! Had such a nice sleep last nite. It's orange and red... doesnt match my bedroom flooring which is carpeted green but heck! Its so comfy and cooling! It costs only $20 for both the quilt and cover with 2 pillow covers altogether at IKEA.

Went to IKEA with mama yesterday night and coincidentally, we met Fazli and Daud (oooohh..that's so gay Faz!) there...HAHAHA! Apparently they were from Queensway.

A fight to defend life, a fight to defend pride...

Got this from Bleach...an anime that i finally caught up with. Wanted too since during last sem but got to prep for exams so i tangguh-kan (postponed) till just now. Caught 10 episodes in a shot! Hahaha... I used to watch it intermittently on tv3 at 11pm but missed quite a few episodes especially the starting few... so i dunno why this-is-that or why that-is-this... so now i KNOWWW.. Yayyy!

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Hmmm...

K2P had our winning streak halted when we lost 3-1 to RI Old Boys. We had 10 reserves to boast but many that played weren't our original K2People...it wasnt as fun. Most of them had something on, were overseas or had tests to prepare for. But still, that match, especially in the 2nd half showed the grit and fighting spirit, characteristic of K2P. Do or die, we wanted to end of the match in the second half fighting our own battle which is why we substituted out the non-K2Ps in the second half to field an all-that-we-have yellow-jerseyed battle against green.

It's not fun losing, but its great honour to lose fighting hard beside buddies.. for buddies..

That's what makes boys men..

That's what Beng and me had with each other. We had this phrase last time in chinese,

Brothers can betray, but buddies don't...

Being tied in bloodline does not necessarily mean that two people can be close to each other that they'd fight for each other. We have seen many siblings, family members the lives of one another be it for inheritence, out of jealousy or anger and even for the sheer sinister act of it. But rarely do we hear of buddies gunning for each other's blood, or else they'd have severed that buddy status. You have no choice when you're tied by blood but when you have a buddy, you made that choice.

Saying this, i never meant an inkling that buddies are closer than family. It depends on the relationship you have with your family too. If you come from an abusive family or a family bred in envy and evil, of course you might not want to have anything to do with each other and be closer to your buddies. But in most cases, family is the closest form of kinship. And in being so, in most cases, one tends to be very close to family members too.

Let's not dwelve too much on this, i'm not so much a literary person and i will lose out in ANY battle of words but im sure you get my point. No point arguing with me too cos i think we'd be arguing a different point. Hahaha...

Yesterday, my nenek and me had somewhat a talk on hantaran (dowry). The topic was brought up cos my nenek told me she asked my elder sister when she was gonna get married anytime soon. I told my nenek not to worry as people will get married when they feel they're ready. My nenek believes that girls should get married as soon as they start working but gys should wait till they pass 30 so they are stable financially.. WHAT?!! THIRTY?!!! I shrieked... Hahaha.. I dun want to wait till my physical-sexual state starts deteriorating before i start using it! I dun want to be an old father an not have a chance to meet my grandchildren even! I want to get married....ermmm... NOW! Hahaha...maybe not now. Maybe 1 or 2 years after i start working. I believe people should marry young.

WHY?

My plan? Marry young, when i feel ready. Have a small ceremony. If dunnit sanding also can! Just nikah and small momentous ceremony cukup. Humble can still be memorable, plus no financial headache. Large, financial headaches yet it can still be forgettable. Den, dun have baby first. Enjoy legal-couplehood for a year or two. Go for overseas honeymoons and trips and candlelight dinner dates. Have baby before tension starts. Den get a home, dun need to furnish much, just whatever is needed. One bed, one sofa set, one eating table, stove ..dah. Other stuffs, can add bit-by-bit...time-after-time. You home can only get better! Plus...minimise loans! Vehicle? Depends on needs.. (Ain can donate Hitam to us too! Wahaha...GG said he wants to buy a BMW aperr..) Hahaha... Live humbly and happily. That's key. Why bother earning so much too when it brings more troubles, headaches, stress and less time with family? I just want to have a decent occupation, one that i love, that i'd love to bring home anytime too and allows me time to indulge in other activities.

I understand that i seem like a man who lacks ambition but heck.. i have ambitions, humble ones though. I do want to be rich. But if being presented with a choice of wealth and family-happiness, i choose family-happiness. I would prefer if i can have both though! But i would never want to compromise the latter.

So are you ready?

Me and Kamie ever thought this...

We are ready to get married, anytime, even NOW. But we think our parents are not ready for us to get married.

So who's getting married here? Hahaha.... I love you too Bubu.

Dah...enough on marriage..

Back to stroking the Black.

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

I got to formally apologise to my luva for falling asleep after sending her to school only to wake up right on time for Friday prayers and missing her presentation along the way... SORRY!!

"Maaf beribs!"

What led to that 'compensation sleep' was a night-morning full of activities at the rooftop of Kent Ridge Hall. We sang, played guitars and be merry. Nora, Fazli, subsequently Faatihah and me. There were others whom i dun recognise too... Hahaha... Later on, when Fazli concussed, Nora got busy and Faatihah went to sleep... There i was lying down on the fishnet-hammock (painfully pinching my flub-of-a-flesh) staring at the stardusted night sky waiting for shooting stars to flash across...deep in thought.. (the people at the table were kind of noisy though!) Hahaha...

"..the guitar survived the ages... it was the lonely man's instrument."

Yes.. Blackie was there with me. Light..made of cheap plywood, supposedly lousy and hard to press yet it was what i started of with or what i am starting out with.

I stumbled upon 'archtops guitars' whilst reading my current read by Tim Brookes. Apparently, the archtop guitars are like an evolution of the normal conventional guitars we see today; the ones with the sound-hole in the middle. These are also called flat-tops. Anyway, got this from wiki...

An archtop guitar is a steel-stringed guitar with a distinctive "arched" belly and a sound particularly suited to blues and jazz. For this reason, archtops have a reputation as jazz boxes....

The top (and often the back) of the archtop guitar is either carved out of a block of solid wood, or heat-pressed using laminations, and normally has f-holes. The arching of the top and the f-holes are similar to the violin family, on which they were originally based. Although any true archtop has a rich tone unamplified, most archtop guitars have some sort of pickup/microphone system, and many are intended primarily for this purpose and so are semi-acoustic electric guitars...

Its kinda cool right?

For conventional guitars, the strings pull pack on the bridge and presses on the top of the soundboard. However, if you look at the picture above of the archtop, the strings pass through the bridge and does not end there but end at the tail-piece, that brass piece below. So the sound produced by the guitar is actually caused by the soundboard 'bouncing' rather than vibrating. Apparently Tim Brookes describes playing the archtop as 'dipping in chocolate' rather than playing a guitar. So it must be damn good.. hahaha... would love to try one! (both dipping in chocolate as well as playing the archtop!)

yummmmy...

Haiz...i have to report for another round of reservist in a few hours time. Rabakkss...IPKT and TSR and IPPT... Luckily i can escape IPPT. Ishk3......

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Just found out something i have always wanted to know these days... What the hell is a dreadnought?!!

So i did some research... at first i thought that 'dreadnought' is just another term for an acoustic guitar. However, upon some itsy bit of research, i discovered more. There are actually many shapes to the guitar. The naive me thought that guitars are either big or small.

But there are more sizes than i thot there is out there.. here is an example....


And each of these sizes presents different options of sound for a guitarist. It settles different needs. My blackie is a Classic N i think... Anyway, these are what i quoted from a forum discussion at www.ultimate-guitar.com...

Parlour - Parlour guitars are narrow at the shoulders, narrow at the waist, and conspicuously smaller than the other styles of acoustic guitars.. Their diminutive size means the sound is "weaker" as well. However parlour guitars are often noted for their velvety tone, and many people find the size and shape easier to handle. Parlours were popular with many early blues players, and are still the axe of choice among many fingerstyle players.

Dreadnought- Dreadnoughts are probably the most popular style of acoustic guitars because of their versatility. Their big bodies and strong sound make them popular with everyone from "Kumbaya" strummers to unplugged rockers to flat-picking country kickers. Dreadnoughts have square shoulders on the upper and lower bouts, and are fairly wide at the waist. They project a loud, full sound when strummed or picked.

Jumbo- Jumbo acoustics have gained more fans in recent years, reviving a size popular in jazz's pre-electric days. Slope-shouldered and narrow-waisted, jumbos feature a lot of body behind the bridge, which gives these guitars a nice boost on the bottom end and a big, round tone. A well-made jumbo can project almost as strongly as a dreadnought and still have the warmth and evenness of a concert acoustic.

So i feel, what i need or want actually is the concert-jumbo guitars! Hahaha...Not too big and is somewhat in the middle.

Then, there is the issue of material. I thought i wanted the carbon-fibre made one that blogged about a few months ago... but wood, upon more research appealed to me. (i still want the carbon-fibre one though!!) I always liked the darker shade wood, grainy and heavy sort that lets you have an impression that it is hardy and durable.

BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD
A highly sought after tonewood for its beauty and sound. It is not noticably different tonally from Other Rosewoods, but is more expensive and rarer purely based on its look.

EAST INDIAN ROSEWOOD
A beautiful coffee colored tonewood, it is sought after for its color, which ranges from brown to purple to rose to black, and its tonal charactaristics include a strong bass response and long sustain. it is the most populer tonewood for acoustic guitars.

MAHOGANY
A readily available wood that is a populer wood to use to make necks. It produces a bright clear tone. It is similar to Koa in its ability to add snap and sparkle to the instrument.

HAWAIIAN KOA
A very rare amd expensive wood, it is only found between 300 and 7000 foot elevations on Hawaii's major islands. It is expensive mostly because of its scarcity (like precious metals) but it is also a very aestheticly good looking wood. The tone is a cross between maple and rosewood,

BIG LEAF MAPLE
Maple produces a clear, bright, compressed, balanced tone capable of cutting through the mix in an ensemble making it a favorite on stage and in the studio. It is one of the favored woods for jazz guitars, because of the bright, dry tone, very different from Rosewood.

CLARO WALNUT
Produces a deep, "compressed" tone and a lot of volume, similar in that respect to rosewood.

ENGELMANN SPRUCE
Because its stiffness and weight differ from that of Sitka spruce, Engelmann soundboards produce a smoother, slightly mellower tone, one that many players describe as "more mature."

SITKA SPRUCE
This dense, straight-grained wood has the highest strength and elasticity-to-weight ratio among available tonewoods, an attribute that makes it an ideal material not only for our soundboards, but for our internal bracing, as well. Sitka produces a slightly brighter tone than does Engelmann.

WESTERN RED CEDAR
Has been used for decades as a soundboard material on classical guitars, and it's becoming popular among steel-string enthusiasts, as well. Cedar is a "soft" wood known for producing a "warm," mellow tone. We use Cedar specifically for our fingerstyle instruments as it responds quickly and with good volume to a light attack. It is also very well suited to open or lowered tension tunings as they require the same qualitites for good separation and definition.

Darn...all this talk and i will not buy a new guitar when i can't yet play well (enough to busk around confidently!) and when i have no money in my pocket!! Arrrrrghhhh..... i should have read all these before i bought mine! Hahaha... however, they say

"the first investments are usually bad.."

As of now, first loves are always the most memorable... this is mine. Blackie son of Jon Bon Black. And this is my smallest cousin Alfian playing around with it on my bed (cos weirdly enough, i sleep with the Blackie like it is my bantal peluk!) cos i'd strum before i sleep and right when i wake up. It's quite therapeutic actually! Hahaha... and i am learning A LOT from it.. i give myself a target of late-2008 for my new guitar...


I love u too Bubu....Hahaha... right now ur in front of me looking at jobs. Good luck!!

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Yayy!! Now i have 3 items on my driver's license.....Wahaha...1 more year to sportster!

I feel so good...

and Bubu got new specs! Nice.............

Im hungry...i feel like eating 1 mushroom swiss double, 1 rendang double and 2 double cheeseburger.....

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

I just read this just now at Mercu while waiting for the kids to come back from break... Its from the book, "Your First Job"....i forgot the author... I'll summarise it in my own words...

If possible, find a job that you'd pay to do when you can't get paid doing it...

What does it mean? ..one should try to find a job that you'd want to do so much that you wouldn't mind doing it for free, or even pay to do it if you won't get paid for it... It sounds kind of bizarre thinking that instead of getting a job to earn, you'd have to pay. But i dun think that is what the author wants to present. I think he is aiming at that drive...that passion. That one should do an occupation that he or she really loves to do that he really really wants to do it with all his heart.

Its like old chinese saying,

Find a job that you like and you wouldn't be working your whole life..

Is it that easy to do that in life?

Now that i approach my last year in NUS, i begin to feel the need to rework my plans and goals.

What am i doing now?
What do i want to be doing in the end?
How do i want to get there?
What do i want to do?
What can i do?

These are the questions in my mind now. I don't want a job that i will suffer doing... I'm blardy sure no one out there wants to suffer doing a job. Yet...i don't want to just have a dream to be rich. Prayers sometimes end up the wrong way that's why i never just pray to be rich.... I've heard of this story wak bon told me last time...about his friend who prayed to be rich. Soon after...his daughter, an air stewardess died in an air crash. He got to claim huge reimbursements and insurance...he got rich. But did he end up happy? Im sure that there are some people out there who prayed to be rid of worries and be happy and they ended up in IMH or tanjong rambutan.... Haiz.... as they all say...

Nawaitu kena suci and ikhlas..

Bottomline... always be sincere and know that He loves you and wants the best for you even though you'd not know what's best for you. Like Nanny McPhee said...

There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go. It's rather sad, really, but there it is.

But i dun think that's how god works. He's always around unlike Nanny McPhee... I just like the line..thats all! Hahaha... So now, its back to the drawing boad, answering the questions i posted to myself above.

In retrovision...

I actually like, and still wish i can be like Debbie Travis or some great interior designer and home builders.... Things to do with design....and what am i doing now? Shhhhhiiiiiiiiitttttt...

There are dreams that change with time, experience and knowledge. There are dreams that hold fast, rooted with passion. There are dreams that linger only in your sleep... There are those so vivid you'd want to live it. Dreams and reality are but think divides......how do you cross that line?

-vzoj in thot

Bubu is sick today...down with flu again. I need to feed that sweet chum more and more nutritious food. Poor girl...her hingus keeps stickin to her nose hair! hehehe....so cute...

Get well soon luvah! Luvs u muchos....

Finally....I feel a tad bit of progress babeh!!

Sad songs though...only one happy song up the belt.

Silat AGM tomorrow...

Got a street soccer competition on Sunday. With the silat people and some of the k2p people. Hopefully can win some money...

4 more days to my TP and i finally renewed my membership and got a lesson the day before so at least i'd not fail.. hehehe...

Is making marriage work that difficult? (nothing to do with us mama!)

I miss u too mama...

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

It feels so hard to leave silat now..

Haiz....................................................looks like its a year more to go for silat and for my studies. Sort of decided that i'll end it with a bachelors, a merit if i could. Strategies have shifted.

AUG? I also dunno.... But tunggal? NEVER!! Hahaha...

It's not that i lost heart or something.. It's just that i dun think im ever gonna be good enough to win realistically. Hahaha... (it quite similar to losing heart anyway...)

I need to start back on recovery already. Not that i haven't but i dun think sitting back and playing the guitar or sleeping or watching tv or doing laundry or going to the market or driving or singing or talking on the fone helps in recovery anyway...

School's about to start and i just missed the Module Preference exercise by 3 minutes!! Blardy hell....haiz. Such is the inconveniences of not being internet-ready.

I wanna watch harry potter with mama...

So many things i dun wanna do...

My life suck but i love it.

Hahaha... missed that line!

Debbie Travis is over...now replaced by 3 wishes..a tear jerker. But at least there's Extreme makeover home edition at 2pm. When can i realise my dream in interior design and home building?? Are academic grades that important that they decide the outcome of your life? I never believed that...and i am yet to succumb to it... passion and drive are more important and yes, hardwork and ability too. But since im in the system and my parents put money into it.... might as well try to succeed and at least do my best in it.

Dream all you want.. but face reality when you do so.

That's what Cik Khidir said to me...

Here's what i sing to myself when im down too... people who know me know this is my all time favourite pick-me-uppie song... Its 'Yakin' by Art Fazil...one of my favourite singers.

Biar menitis asal tak putus
Kata ibu padaku
Biar sedikit asal tak pupus
Biar perlahan jangan berhenti

Kehidupan ini hanya sekejap
Semua kan kau tinggalkan
Di dalam perlumbaan mengejar
Apa yang material
Jangan tinggal solat
Selamat dunia akhirat

Mungkin
Segalanya mungkin
Apa kan terjadi pasti terjadi
Yakin
Hati terus yakin
Dengan harapan
Pada ketentuan Tuhan

Tak bisa berlari aku berjalan
Tak bisa berjalan aku merangkak
Tak bisa merangkak aku mengesot
Perlahan-lahan aku kan sampai jua

Kembara ini kurasakan jauh
Di manakah penghujungnya
Berat mata memandang
Berat lagi bahu memikul
Doamu ibu azimat hatiku

I want to eat with Kamie at BK....

shall continue later...

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Yayy!! Another great news!!!

I now have a superstar-to-be sugar mommy...(dah upgrade!) Hahaha...check out Nora's blog for the news...

CONGRATS!

A cherry to the ice-cream...(ice-cream = Henry's move to barcelona!)

Now go practise depan mirror!!

My first good news!!

Hahaha....me..being always slow and oblivious. I just found out from the dad himself that he has become a dad! Ilham dah jadik bapakk yay yay... Harith Amani was born on the 13th of June this year... Hahaha..apparently i was hard to be contacted, as usual..hahaha... and i missed out this cutie.. haiz.

Congrats to Ilham!



2nd good news!


K2p recorded our second win-in-arow!! 8-1 was the unbelievable scoreline against an opponent that thrashed us in a similar scoreline months ago...comnination of drive, passion, determination, grit, great players, small narrow field, goodluck and badluck...all in one!

Hehehe..i managed to score one too! The equaliser late in the first half! hehe..first half ended 1-1..

Second half..i took over keeper's role..our supersubs enter..and BANG! 7 goals came in thick and fast... lucky or not, they all count! A comment i heard midway in the first half got me further riled on...

Go ajerrr!...diorang takleh last lama..

..from one of the players whom i do not recognise.. Haiz. We replied in the most stylistic of fashions. 2 each from Lat, Naufal and Rudy and one each from Suhaimi and me.

It was a great match! I hope taht Hafiz Ciner is alrite too..suspect him of fracturing his bone right above the ankle... haiz. That was the bad thing that happened early in the match.



Recap..

Just came back from kampung too the night before...you can read my lil sister's part of her story in her blog. She's Aisyah btw...

My version. I was co-driver cum reserve-driver. Sat faithfully committed to keeping my elder sis in good morale to last the journey driving so i wun have to. Part of my job includes changing radio channels to have morale boostings songs.. best if there are songs we can motormouth to! My job also includes feeding her the coke, passing the passports and the 'touch n go' card, filling the car with petrol and watch the beautiful starry night for her. Hahaha...lucky me! The night was beautiful...

We reached kampung at around 11.30pm... Wan (my grandaunt) was ready to welcome our arrival with open gates and kampung food! As usual, cik khidir was first to the food... Then, we chatted for some time. Aisyah and Sufia were already concussed on the mattress... Then, me and cik khidir decided that we wanted to sleep outside..though it's cold and mozzies vulturing around!

Woke up to the irritating call of Mr Rooster yang tinggal-atas-pokok! At one moment..it stood beside me and screamed (illetarally!) Haiz...started at 5.30am and finally i got out of the floor at 6.15am! Decided to join Wan looking for durians...hehehe.. Walked around with Wan through her 'garden' and then later on..my mom joined in to llok at the fruits ripening. There were mangosteens, rambutans, durians, petais and bachang (as in the proverb bau-bau bachang)..

So fun!

Toilet is your standard outdoor claustrophobic single celled squatting no lights cubicle that has no flush and no pipe piped in so you bring your own water and pail along...we call that, 'The Bank'. Quite fun actually...

Breakfast was roti chanai.. ok ok..in Singapore, we call those Roti Prata! Ordered 23 of them in total... malaysian roti prata tastes great..really! Light and fluffy and soft...ummm...still hot right from the pan! We are regulars at that shop in Rembau. Its beside the 7-11 at the post office area... We had breakfast at the veranda and took turns to bathe and wait for Pak Itam to join us from Shah Alam to go to the wedding together.

Wedding was ok..Wan and Cik Khidir presenting me with options of kampung girls for me to settle down with! Hahaha...Cik Khidir even presented me with the pros and cons! But i'm sticking with my mama...she's a kampung spirited bandar girl so i have the best of both worlds! There was Dato' Aziz Singah who is our relative by the way..the guy who is Hetty Sarlene's dad in Sembilu. Watched the wedding procession... nearly got forced to perform silat but i managed to squirm my way out...and especially so when the people did not perform silat but instead they performed some sort of dance...seated with glass plates in each of their hands. Saw a dead bird under our car and eggs nearby after that...poor eggs. But we did not kill the bird!! It was already bones and feathers. Slightly greenish...so it must have been dead for more than 2 days!

Then we visited a relative's house..and proceeded back to Wan's place. I drove that day cos Ain dun like small-road city driving...Ate more fruits and practically had picnic outside in the garden. It was sunny yet it was cooling due to the ample breeze. Then my mummy and me as well as pak itam picked rambutans to bring home. Ain hated the idea of having durians in her car but it went it still..now the car still reeks of durian. Now, i even fart durian, pee durian..i dun smell durian in my faeces though.. Hahaha!! Too much durian in my blood...need to curb!! Durian packs lots of sugar content!

Went home that night...managed to have A&W before we headed back...

What can i say...going back to kampung is always fun! Hidup anak Negri Sembilan! In NUS, suprisingly there's quite a few... There's Chong, Raiyan and Zahdan... Fazli (duuhh..) Anyone else wants to declare their Negri9 heritage?? Hollaa yah!!

Despite all this fun... I miss my mama...wish she was around with me through all these times. We're having a slight dilemma now on our studies.. after the clause we've discovered in doing honours. So two choice...get out with degree OR change major and go for honours..

Life is a never ending junctions of choices...

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...

Mama and I went to the National Day Ceremonial Rehearsal on Saturday.. at the new Marina Bay Floating Platform..the largest in the world so far..

But i think this year's show is more catered towards the artistic Singaporeans.. very opera and classical. Hmm.. in short, not very exciting. The fire simmered after the total defence display by the Chinooks, Apaches and other vehicles from the police and civil defence.

(Which again made me think whether i should sign on! But that's the thing with the uniformed groups... so visually pleasing but experientially suck-ing!)

Ahhh...the helicopters!! Made me recall one of my dreams...to be a helicopter pilot. So agile, so stylish.. Haiz.. and the assault boats... ahhhh...made me think of making full use of my Powerboating license!! Ahhhh...a boy's dream yet, a man's nightmare! Hahaha..the paradox of age. The more you know, the less you enjoy.



The next day.. i brought the kids to the zoo! Which was a confusion cos i didn't know the k2p match was on the same day too!!! Arrrrghhhh!! Darn...

Anwaes.. the objective was to expose Alfian, my soon-to-be 3yr old cousin to the different types of animals...besides the same few he sees everyday. He developed a liking for monkeys and started calling Rakin, the boy in red Monkey! Hahaha...


Haiz...
ok ok..that's all i can update now with the lack of time available..

May Allah guide us all..bless us with happiness and health n protect us from the dangers of this world, physically or mentally. Help us become successful people in the world and after...