65 See Red
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Was glancing through a book a good friend gave sometime back "Happy, 100 tips to feel great".
65 : See red
Red is the most vivid, vibrant color in the spectrum and is also one of the best mood-boosters - its no coincidence that the phrase "painting the town red" is connected with wild celebrations. Try it ourself : put on a red shirt, wear a red hat, try a bright red lipstick, paint your nails scarlet, buy a bunch of red roses, or throw a bright red cushion onto your favorite chair, and watch your spirits soar.
PS : im color blind, red and brown
posted by ikaira @ 10:28 PM,
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Left Right or Center
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Recently i've gotten summoned for illegal parking, 3 in total, all within the span of 2 short weeks, the cny week to be exact.
1. $120 holland v - where i park along the road outside paris silk for a mere 5 mins where i went in to get my beloved s90.
2. $8 hougang plaza - in a parking lot without coupon, was playing mahjong with the gang
3. $70 fullterton - on pavement with all the other delivery personals, my usual parking place while at hsbc office
its damn angry when hard earned money just gets eroded away like that, all because the law says this that yada yada, btw i grade myself as quite a considerate driver, i try my best not to trouble other road users.
at one point of time i was even thinking wtf do ppl create these laws and do the enforcers use a lil digression before they create a dent in ppl's financial lives? (no wonder everybody hopes the traffic summon bike buang or langa) once dawn upon the uniform, seems like power is bestowed just like that, from where? heaven - definitely not, by public - nar, they couldnt give a shit. sometimes i really wonder will the individual gain my respect without the uniform on?
i was thinking to myself, should i :
1. blame myself for parking at illegal places for the first place (i know this sounds the most logical, i illegal park wat, so i should bear the consequences)
2. blame the ninja parking attendent (who are just doing their job to get paid to carry on with their lives)
3. blame myself for not earning enough money that a mere $200 creates a emotional disturbance (cos money problems are not really a problem if you have tons to spare)
Im sick of being poor! with this i guess u've known the route i'd took.
PS : 人是犯溅
posted by ikaira @ 3:26 PM,
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Love is all around
Monday, February 22, 2010
Caught Valentine and true to its title its your typical love-is-all-around kind of movie, no complains though, i fact i enjoyed it so much i think i was making the most noise in the whole theatre.
if you know me, im the kind thats relatively quiet so its either the show was damn good or theres no one watching. well, both were correct
the film was filled with a star studded cast in the mould of love actually with interconnected lifes and of cos their romances and love lifes. there were so many different background and scenarios that its so easy to relate to, and to be frank some really portrayed some of my most heartfelt feelings. no to mention the dialogs, they were the most captivating, very much cheesy and heartfelt.
Btw theres Taylor Swift starring as a bimbotic college teenager, very different from the love-songstress that she portrays, truth be told, the more i see her, the more talented she gets!
One line that caught me.
Guy : " when you love someone, you love the person whole, not only the easy to love part"
PS : It further strengthens my belief of not changing person to who you want her to be, because that might just kill it - individuality.
posted by ikaira @ 2:34 AM,
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5 days to the north and back
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Its the annual ass-breaking-8-hour-coach-sitting-event aka cny where the family travels up north, back to the hometown of sitiawan, perak.
Away from the bustling city lights and back to traditional kampung life of internetless days where ppl talk face to face instead of facebook, twitter or msn, wooden planks ceiling and sidewalls instead of 13 storey high concrete hdb housing, durian, cocoa, ranbutan trees surrounding the one storey house instead of multi-story carpark and sheltered walkways.
Argh... if only simple life was everywhere.
I even witnessed a 2 hr electricity breakdown where the family just sat around the candle chilling. But decided to upload this photo due to the lighting effect. Thats the dinning table btw.
Its great to see the extended family after 1 whole year and rekindle some of the love lost. Every year I tell myself i should treasure this relationship becos its god-given not by choice but fate, but every year things happen the same as the year before - hes the whose whose son, nothing more than just a yearly meet up extended family member, I guess we've all grown too used to seeing each other once a year. maybe this means i should try harder in this aspect simply becos they are family, bounded by blood.
On the same note i have a vision of how my future family will be like, not too independent, very traditional with lotsa communication and noise.
posted by ikaira @ 2:48 AM,
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Learning to love myself more each day
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Got my hands on the much awaited S90! i've always wanted to capture all thats happening before the got forgotten and so i finally took the plunge on the four third.
took it out to chinatown wanting to get familiar to it but it sure felt weird carrying a cam around. I guess im just not "the guy with the camera" or maybe im living too "inside" this environment that i dun see something worthwhile on digital. anyway the main aim was to embark on a learning process where by come vietnam in july, i'll be ready to shoot some decent pics. so theres still 5 more mths!
P/S:Other than my bike, this is the next most expensive thing i've gotten for myself. I guess im learning to love myself more each day
posted by ikaira @ 7:19 PM,
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Blood of Age Quod Agis
One thing widely acclaimed about us montfortians, highly agreed among my close friends are that montfortian guys always treat others better then they treat themselves, this is especially true if the matter is the adored. As we know adored is rather subjective.
I myself have been exactly one where i would spend literally peanuts on myself while perceiving that what the adored need is more important / much more worthy of me parting with hard-earned moolah. strangely we dun even blink an eye spending relatively disgusting amount of money for the adored but for a $30 shoe, i made 2 trips to the same place to get that same shoe!
No wonder we all have a middle name "菜头"
posted by ikaira @ 1:22 AM,
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Angry
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Am doing my father's yearly financial review. Damn angry to realize some of the policies hes gotten are crap. I cant possibly blame him as he knows nuts about insurance, investment, saving plans. He just took the best possible choice at then (everyone does that dont we). we dun really realize its the wrong step until we've took it or someone enlightened came along and explained everything. the severity of the choices are like a few years of extra working before he can retire!
so my friends! please please please approach me because i really know my stuff! we're all young start ups where additional cash to put aside is very limited, make sure it put it to the right area!
posted by ikaira @ 12:46 PM,
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A glimpse
Friday, February 05, 2010
I went an took a glimpse mainly out of curiosity, i was actually smiling to myself thinking all was undone. not totally undone as in it-never-happened but more to able to take everything in my stride and smile.
Our path once crossed, but now we tread our different paths.
I wish you all the best.
posted by ikaira @ 3:29 AM,
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