Got free passes for MTV worldstage yesterday night courtesy of Lydia who was kind enough to give me 2 tickets to the show. I brought Sam along as she knew Lydia and I knew she would like the acts attending. If I had more tickets, perhaps more people could have joined.
Next is something I will always remember and regret for being blur. Me & Sam was walking out from the Hotel car park and saw a bunch of caucasians(who I thought was perhaps dancers for some act for the MTV event).They were good looking and one of the girls in the entourage caught my eye…she was pretty and as we were passing her both herself and myself were looking at each other,it was then i saw a tag around her neck and decided to perhaps look what was written on it.Then the word artist was written on it.
As we passed them by, it didnt strike me that she was Katy Perry as I wasnt very good at recognising ppl.So I caught up with Sam who was a few steps ahead and asked her, was the girl we just passed by Katy Perry? Then we looked at each other and realised…shit it is Katy Perry & we freaking missed a perfectly good opportunity for a photo moment.HAIZ….this is like gonna haunt me for sometime.
Back to the event, it took us an hour in line to get in and it was drizzling throughout the event.When we finally reach ground zero, Wonder Girls just started performing…so it was good we missed the whole bunkface gig in the heavier rain then.We didnt head to the moshpit area as it was wet and we would have to get our shoes and thread through water to get to the stage area…so we just freaking stayed at the sand area the whole entire time watching the big screen as well as seeing a 2/3 view of the stage.
Wonder girls were awesome & hot as always…the rain didnt dampen our spirit but Tokio Hotels next songs (yes it’s like they sang their whole freaking album there) after waiting for them to come out for like 15 minutes was a little too much for me. The wait inbetween acts were tiresome but I think the rain caused the problems so its just part an parcel.Katy Perry came out half hour after tokio’s act but she brought the roof down.
Her new song Peacock will be on my playlist and her liven rendition of thinking of you was great! The part when they released the inflatable balls to the moshpit was hillarious…Katy was like a ball magnet..the camera’s only got balls instead of her but she climbed up the skafolds on the stage while she was singing…damn cool!
For encore, we had Wonder Girls doing the nobody for the second time for the day at about 1am..Yes..I stayed till almost 1.30am to watch them in their glittery gold dresses once more…great way to end the show.Took the risk and taped some of the performances there, but visuals arent that good. Pics were horrible but I think the video was satisfactory. Overall a great night even when we’re Hot Wet and we’re cold =)
Getting home was an adventure altogether for me today. This would be the 2nd time I drove through flood waters. The first being my second last driving class which my instructor brought me (ok..basically I was behind the wheel) through a Kampung which was on low land and the outcome from that was that I floored the gas pedal for my very first time in my life and got the front car number plate washed away going through the water.
Back to today, the rain was pouring and water was overflowing from the drains. Mind you…SS2 never floods….the most is water ankle deep that would subside into the drains. Today…the rain water overflows from the drains to the road. I think I wasted quite some petrol moving through the water…just glad no water came through the door into the floor board but the rain made it hard to differentiate between whats road, grass or drain. here’s some pictures…..exposure looks pretty bad , mind you I was driving, but you should be able to make it out with my narration and if u travel along SS2. Yes…time to get a better phone.
Outside SS2 mobil (along the LDP Highway) which was flooded like a river
Along the road leading to my house where road & drain is indistinguishable.
When the road turns into a river...you get a disaster flick!
This is where the geek and music lover in me unite. Dont ask me what she was saying coz i didn’t get most of what she was explaining about but her voice and singing is really good. I heard some snarls and high hats…drum terms maybe…but she definitely have superb talent.
She’s got a website with even more videos.But my fav of her performances is irreplaceable.
When I first listened to this song, I was a big fan of Mayday during my final years in secondary. Today, revisiting this song with a different singer, brings back the wonderful memories of being young and free…..eventhough i dont un some of the hokkien verse being sung here, I still feel the power of this song. Till Stefanie’s new album…hopefully soon………
I woke up late for work today but surprisingly I reached on time. Brain is still partly asleep but sudden tune of white christmas plays in my head. Thats my favourite Christmas song. Probably the weather reminds me of christmas….oh well….here goes a sudden shot at inspiration.
This is one touching movie. Jet Li brought out a great performance as the father of an Autistic son who’s got to get his son independent before his death. The performance by the Autistic son is magnificent too…a search on IMDB seems to point to his profession as a sound engineer. I highly recommend to anyone there who would like to watch Jet Li in a non martial arts flick. And the thing is, I started off watching this film only coz theres Kwei Lun Mei in it…..How wrong was I.
Yes…I should be working now. But heck no…I’m reading the group chat from soulmates about all the reminicents of childhood dreams and experiences. Suddenly, it striked me how far off I am now away from those dreams and aspirations I had when I was younger.
My mom thought I would have been a cop since I enjoyed showing some self DIY-ed ID and telling any visitors in my house that “I’m CID”. Imagine me in diapers saying that with my pacifier in my mouth….too much TVB already >.<
When I was 5 or 6, I had the dream of being a radio DJ. It’s funny how I’d record myself introducing the songs and recording them into the cassette tapes my mom gave me to record over. I think my mom still keeps one or two of these tapes somewhere in the store room…I think I had like 5 or 6 cassettes worth of childish yammering…LOL
Then when I was in primary school, my parents and myself would have the weekend of family time watching TV3’s majalah 3. So there comes my second ambition of being a reporter…I even thought about taking up Mass comm for that…but then thinking deeper, I knew I was’t very suitable for that line.
As I grew older these dreams and aspirations fade with time. I didnt have any idea on what I wanted to be upon graduation. And so, I took up IT which was just because I spend alot of my time on the computer and now I’m in a totally diferent line of job. I believe no matter what task you can throw me, I’ll attempt and challenge myself to it…I do hope this is whats keeping me going through the many more years to come =)
Came across this rather interesting formula just now while reading through some write ups. The concept is to break down an hour to 5 portions of 12 minutes. (10 minutes for work and 2 minutes rest). Translation below :
懶人方程式事半功倍 Lazy Persons Formula.
“(10+2)*5”的概念是美國作家梅林曼恩(Merlin Maan)構想出來的。
Merlin Maan invented the “(10+2)*5 concept.
它是針對懶惰者、容易分心者、網路成癮者設計的一套做事方法，不需旁人或任何工具的輔助，步驟十分簡單易懂。
It is specially created for lazy people, people who are easily distracted and internet addicts. It doesn’t require any special tools or people to help you with and the steps are pretty easy to follow and understand.
1.先找個鬧鐘，計時10分鐘。 First get a clock and set a 10 minute times.
2.在這10分鐘內，全心全意的投入于你必須要做的事，不能分心。Within the 10 minutes, give full attention to what you would like to do and don’t get distracted.
3.10分鐘后，停止手上的工作，休息2分鐘，做任何你想做的事。After 10 minutes, stop the task at hand and rest 2 minutes by doing things you like to do.
4.休息后，再次投入于工作中。After resting, get back to the task on hand.
5.重複以上步驟5次。repeat the steps for 5 times.
6.一小時后，你會發現，自己共花了50分鐘在工作上，完成了不少的工作。In an hour, you will discover you had used 50 minutes to work and completed a number of tasks.
I got to practise my EQ over lunch today. I was slightly offended by a small little thing that sparked off from a comment. Let’s just call this person A for anonymity, who is the 2nd biggest ruler of the kingdom asking me to ask B (one level below A but up above me) to appeal to his royal Highness(number 1 of course) for an incentive that the neighboring state got.
Well, seriously I’d like to thank A for the thoughtfullness but then dont you think A would have a better say than pushing B to do the dirty work? I was not offended by that but I felt offended by the word appeal. I mean if his royal highness doesnt think I’m deserving enough, then let it be la…I have accepted the fact that I am not up to par yet. It’s called an incentive for a reason..if in their eyes I’m not deserving enough, then A asking me to ask B to appeal to his royal highness is like begging.
If something given to me rightfully I’ll be glad, but if I need to appeal and somemore need someone else(who needs to clown it out for my sake) to demonstrate my rightfulness on my behalf, I feel that this should not be neccesary. If it’s mine its mine, if need appeal and get other ppl involve,then its ok that I dont get it. I can always save up to earn my very own incentive.
Till the day I qualify for such incentive rightfully and automatically, I decided to keep my thoughts to myself , kept quiet and my mouth shut when probed over lunch. Just hope this topic doesnt come out anymore. I dont wish to explain the meaning of the word Appeal to A.
You dont need to understand what is typed above. It’s just a rant I needed to let out.
