To indulge, or not to indulge: THAT'S the question

Buffets.

Food Galore... Bask yourself in a variety of colourful food (...you'll soon regret)

How many of you have even been to a buffet? I'm sure at least 90% of you have been to at least one buffet in you're lifetime.

BUT: How many of you would eat like it's nobody's business, not think about the ACTUAL capacity of your stomach, and eat until its finally worth the price you're paying for? Hands up if you're one of them.

*raises hand up slowly, centimetre by centimetre*

I tell you... NEVER go there on an empty stomach, and NEVER E-V-E-R think that if you stuff yourself like a you want to send yourself to the oven like a stuffed pigeon or turkey, you'd come out of the restaurant feeling proud of yourself.

This is exactly how I felt. (A pic which isn't as disgusting as the ones I found off the net. Eww..)

It's the irony that's sad

SIX months... No, make that SEVEN months... of not using my brains, not doing anything productive, yet earning nuff money - just makes me a dull boy.

So I've decided be someone I've wanted to be all this while: a student! (yeah, as if.)

Welp, at least this time, I'll be doing something that I've always wanted to do. *insert idol-fan scream*

Guess what I've been wallowing myself in things I've never dreamed of doing when I'm all grown up in the corporate world for the past 7 months:
1. Facebook
2. MSN (though my place of whore-ship, I still can't let this go)
3. GCSE O' level / GCE A' level past year papers found off the internet
4. Language books that I was determined to finish, but never found time to
5. My music (can't live without them)
6. Sheet music site which a friend passed me, and grown addicted to to pass time.

Oh, and LOTS of luxuries that I had been dreaming of owning, which my measly salary (which I shall so forth call as my "allowance" or the more appropriate economic term, "wage") can't support:
1. iPhone

This fella needs no introduction

2. Digital SLR Camera

EOS 5D (high end SLR camera, not advisable for an amateur, such as me)

3. New clothes for the emperor (if it were nothing, I wouldn't have said it)

Just a pic to go with the item

SO, at the brink of being confirmed as a permanent staff, I've finally decided to set foot into the student (yet again), a world filled with uncertainties, opportunities, advancement... Uh... no wait.. that's not it.

Oh well, student life can't be that bad.

Earth Hour

It's been a while since I blogged about something.


And it's almost time for us in Malaysia to switch off our lights to vote for Earth: the Earth Hour.

Initially I thought this idea was peculiar. I've heard about it few years ago, but this year, it has been implemented in Malaysia, and this time, I thought it was a really good idea. Well, since a few years ago, I've already supported against Global Warming by the i'm campaign on MSN. And now, to take action is just simply great.

So yes, I will Vote Earth. If you're reading this (and I'm quite sure it'll be over by the time you do read this), I hope you have already voted Earth.



Edit: Turns out our city actually took part in the campaign:

Pictures of the Petronas Twin Towers and Kuala Lumpur City. - Reuters, AP Photo
Pictures taken from Yahoo! News.

Chinese New Year's ... pink?

The Chinese (or formally, the Lunar) New Year is almost over, and I've got my share of ang-pows after 3 years of not getting any.

And I usher my first day of work with a pleasant set of diarrhetic trips to the toilet, with a feverish dish on the side. I managed to sleep 10 hours that night, and wake up just in time for work the next day. You do the math.

Pink bunny balloon held in my hands

I have a 2 year old cousin, who is sooo adorable that the whole of the family loves her sooo much that she became the family favourite. The sight of that makes me quite sick sometimes, to the stomach (no reference to my earlier experience intended at all).

They bought her this balloon (I'm guessing they found a vendor on the streets then with his fabulous display of rainbow-coloured balloons, either soaring up high, or stuck on a stick), and just a few hours after purchase, I realised something...

Hmmm...

Isn't this the slightest suggestive? OK, maybe this is too much. To abolish these balloons is absurd. Look at the cute bunny face they drew on the balloon, the huge ears it has (ignoring what I just showed you), and... Such a popular choice among the kids! It's just harsh to take a balloon away from children, not to mention just only a child.

Children. Sure they are adorable little gifts sent by God. Sure they are cute things you see everywhere on the walkway in a shopping mall, so cute that you'd want to give them a huge sloppy kiss on their tiny little face, and give their puffy little cheeks a slight squeeze 'cause they are just TOO cute. But have given it a thought how it would be like to really raise these small devils sent from hell? I bet you didn't.

Enough about them. Sometimes it scares me to think I'd be having one (or even some) of them sometime along the way.

*shudders*

The Downs of the Crisis

A few days past the new year, and a few days left to the (Chinese) lunar new year; and yet, I am left not too much accomplished. Such a great way to start off the new year.

Speaking of which: I still haven't got my haircut yet, after getting it done the last time badly at a nearby saloon, by a junior hairstylist. That definitely explains it.

But anyway, I landed myself on a job, that isn't too satisfying on a personal level. Not too challenging, although requiring me to be really careful and precise on clerical work. Very boring indeed.

Yes, I look like that.

...Which is pushing me so hard to find a better job.

Luckily enough, it is better than doing nothing at the moment, at such a time to look for a job; better than being retrenched, or still having troubles finding a job. My course mate, who is working in a bank in UK tells me she may be cut off due to her lack of experience and qualifications. She'll just need to survive and perform well throughout this week to prove her worth.

Anyway, enough about the depression (no pun intended). What is your new year's resolution? I know I've already got a few ticked off my list. ;-)


Edit: Did I mention I spent the new year's at home? I know it isn't uncommon, but it's just sad...