Every Man Bleeds Just Like Me

this morning i have the urge to just sing out loud, 'Only God Knows Why' by Kid Rock, dunno why, don't ask why...

i was thinking whether or not it was a good idea to get my tattoo on my neck, i'm not doubting if it'll look good, i'm sure it will but how will change the way i look. already with both my wrist tattoed i have so many eyes going straight for the tattoo instead...

whoa, did i just gave shit about what others think?

back from DeepaRaya

i hope no one is drunk on rendang and murukus...

i hate long holidays, everyone comes back either completely not in the mood to work, or really hyped up to work. worst still, suddenly you have the office jerk, whom everyone hates becoming Mr. Friendly with everyone. not that any of this has happened as of today, just thought i had to state the obvious, hehahea

i'm still thinking if there is an office jerk (or is he reading my blog?!)

22 Oct - 22 Nov

a dangerous time for me. you know what i just realized, almost all the women i've ever dated in my life were Scorpios'. no shit...worst of all my best friend also scorpio, i wonder whether i'm the magnet for scorpios or is it that i'm the one who is more attracted to scorpios?

you know what this tells you la, i've one too many scorpion stings in my life, am i immune already? i doubt it though...

anyways,

today i thought of getting my tattoo done, wanna see if the place is open, i'll post the pictures tomorrow. unless ofcourse i pass out from the pain, heahehae...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

just had lunch at my boss' place, damn that was some really tasty lemang and rendang. did you know it takes 6 hours to make ketupat? i wonder if i get the recipy how to make rendang off mt boss, will my mom actually allow me to cook beef in the house? i guess i'll be the slaughtered cow.

damn, now that i'm all pigged out, just don't feel like doing any work.

celebrating the holidays in KL is a whole lot better that balik kampung eh? no crowd, more car parks and best of all the sales are still on in the malls! even better if your parents balik kampung and you get the whole house to yourself..wait, what am i saying, i live out already, heahehahe...

simply breath taking...

from 10th all the way up to 5th in 3 laps, then back to last and demolish everyone till 4th. once he has proven why he is still one of the best drivers on the track. we will defintely miss the Michael Magic moments.

well deepavali or diwali, call it what you want has come and gone, now wake me up when 2006 is over.

Who stole my Muruku?!

how do you tell someone you like them, without jeorpadising the relationship you already have with them?

WAIT ONE MINUTE?!

people used to come to me for advice like this, what has happened to the oldbastard. oh yeah, thats obvious, he became DeadMan Walking, sigh...

and yes Ric, the 'Don't shit and eat at the same place' phrase did cross my mind but thanks anyways.

Pixar's

i slept off really early last night but eventually got up somewhere around midnight and with nothing to do. lucky me i had 'The Incredibles' downloaded on my hardisk, so sat and watched.

sometimes you do ask yourself eh? i dunno about you guys, where is my Mr./Mrs. Incredible? i miss being held, the comfort of your partners loving gesture telling you she missed you....

Wooookay, time to focus on work.

piglet at it again...

remember how i was saying that living outside will actually help me lose weight, since my mom won't be there to stuff me and plus the food will never taste like mommy's cooking, i was WRONG....

last night a colleague of mine and myself went for dinner at this place in Subang, nice place but seriously, i pigged out, chee chong fun, dry chilly bah ku teh and a tall glass of lyche.

I'M A PIG, i have an eating disorder, help meeeee........

sunday blooms

so living by myself is not so bad, one week has gone and i have no complains. wait what the hell am i saying? i lived outide of the country for a year, then in melacca for another half a year, what's this reporting about how living alone?!

okay, so the holidays i'll be working..should be double pay right?! more money for Guinness, MUAHAHAHAHA....

TGIF

To Grief It's Friday part II

tomorrow gotta take my car to Toyota, getting my headlamps replaced. finally after so long i manage to get time to go change it, better late than never. my warranty is ending in a years time.

yaaaaayyy.....

tomorrow i get to eat home cooked food. actually this living by myself is a good way to lose weight. not that i don't eat but atleast i don't pig out like i do at home, breakfast, then brunch, then got lunch, then lunchen, then tea, the pre-dinner, then dinner, then post dinner, then supper, then late supper, then later supper, then latest supper...damn i have an eating disorder!

piglet signing out for the week.

damn, haven't even seen Ric & Shenn in ages...

snooze...

now that i live near by i actually get to sleep longer, figurative i don't have much to do at nights as well, so i turn in early as well...but i feel i have a harder time getting up for work now than before?!

i watched a program on Discovery once and it was about the greates inventions ever, at number one was the remote control, i think if they had a program of the worst inventions ever i'd have to go with the snooze function on our alarms. it's the devil i tell you, the DEVIL...

to work is constipating...

to play is devine

from one end of the world...

to the other end.

in case you were wondering what i'm talking about, i've moved out. yeah yeah, i guess it was about time to grow up and all, independent as Marshall puts it. reason behind me actualling moving out is the damn freaking petrol fare man, then there's the freaking toll fare!! and don't get me started on the traffic...

i know i'll miss my mom's cookings, her delicious breakfast which i am gonna pass up every morning, damn..well we all have to give up the things we love sometime. it sucks but it's all good..

i've moved to USJ 12, so even now i live far far far away from everyone, i guess i'm destined to be the outlander.

I Would Walk 500 Miles

by The Pet Shop Boys

When I wake up, yeah I know Im gonna be,
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out yeah I know Im gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
And If I get drunk, yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver whatever that means
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you

But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door

When I'm working yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money, comes in for the work I do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you

And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door

Surrender
Surrender

When I'm lonely yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you
When I'm dreaming yes I know I'm gonna dream
I gonna Dream about the time when I'm with you
And if I get drunk, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man that gets drunk next to you
And if I haver, whatever the fuck that means
I'm gonna be the man who havers next you

And I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door

Surrender
Surrender

When I'm lonely, yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man whos lonely without you
I'm gonna be the man whos coming home

Cuz I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
To be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door

Surrender
Surrender
Surrender

the reign is over

it had to come, was just expecting to end on a high note. Michael Schumacher, whether or not he wins the title this season will alwasy be undoubtedly the best driver to have stepped into the sport. like him or not, the 7time world champion has proven himself time and time again as to why he is capabale of so many things other are not. goodbye Schumi...

what will i do next spring?

TGIF

To Grief It's Friday.....

the skin head gang...

everyone seems to be facinated with my new hairstyle (not that i have any hair left). now we all have to shave our heads, Muahahaha, the botak gang.

so tonight is a friday night..whats there to do? lets go to the sleep club. aiyo what has happen to the hip and happening Rajesvaran Santhana..*a soft squeek from the corner, 'He dieded already...'

tomorrow is gonna be a hot hot hot suzuka man, i can't wait, wish today was saturday, i'd probably just go home, i'm so bored at work right now, i should just do that. If Schumacher wins tomorrow, there ain't nothing anyone can do to stop him, i bet you this is gonna be emotional. the man has already won what 6 or 7 japanese GP's.

i was thinking i should go get my barcode tattoo soon, the empty head would definetely make it stand out..just hope the gang doesn't scan and masterpack me to Vodafone.

later...

smoke clears, i still smell lager

so the dust has settled in the mezzaninne floor...

if you cought my drift we've shifted to our new crappy office, well actually besides the cramped up space, and just the way the office looks, all in all, (okay okay, i'm stalling) it's not so bad la. i think because my section manageed to secure the end of the office (thanks, Jason), we're secluded and free from morons.

jeeezzz,

i haven't been a very good blogger. either i got no time or i'm negleting my duties as a blogger, lets stick to no time, okay...

hey anyone realized it's already Oct, and there goes 2006.

My Cubical

A couple of days back I was listening to the radio on my way to work and there was this very good topic the DJ's were talking about, 'Invasion of Space'. Which got me thinking la, how important in my office cubical?

Lets see now, in an organization where everything is all about money, how important is the human capital? How does an organization say; 'hey, good job, thank you...' just by throwing a lump of money into our bank accounts? giving us additional few words to add to our designation, such as 'Section' Manager, 'Senior' Engineer, 'Managing' Director, 'Head' of Department? Is that it, is that all? Years ago, I can't remember but I think it was Henry Fayol, one of the fathers of management said a simple pat on the back saying thanks, goes further than cash.

So back to my question how important is my Cubical? It is a form of recognition that the organization gives you. Hey, this is your space, you've earned it, and this 5 square feet is yours. your personal belongings, your pictures, your inspirations, your lunch time run-away spot, a place you can sit and call the wife or girlfriend and say 'I love you' without morons listening over, it is yours to do whatever (within the labor law, of course) you want. It is a place to call home away from home. We bring stuff from home just to make our cubicles some what homely and to have that taken away from us is unjust. Don’t you feel you wanna come back to your cubical from a crappy day in the production floor, and see your poster of your favorite football team on your cubical wall, or the pictures of your family and your dogs on it, don’t you think we deserve to indulge this simple human spirit during the spare time we have. Have I not performed enough to be entitled for this space, which we call My Cubical?

Then again there is the question of favoritism. Some employees get this space and some of us don’t, we just get a desk with 3 dumb drawers? I wanna know who is the guy sitting up there, who is saying, that the Planners, the Program Management, the Accounts people the IT department get to sit in a nice square cubical, a space for them to call their own. What farce is this? They get to come in to a nice beautiful office, but we have to sit in place which looks like a warehouse for where people store drywall?

So what is it? People in accounts have earned their 5 square feet space? Why? Just cause he manages the numbers? The Program Management people get the 5 square feet space because they are so good at taking our data and presenting to upper level management? Or the Planners, just because they’re planning when the shipment goes out, they get a space of their own? So what, we engineers who spend the whole damn day sometimes in the production floor, sweating and bleeding for the organization don’t deserve to come back to nice space we call our own? Wasn’t it us who spend our times doing Kaizen (Continuous Improvements, for those of you who don’t know) trying to save space and money and process improvements for the company to achieve its goals? Aren’t we the ones trying to reduce to reduce headcount which the company is paying for? Aren’t we the ones sitting down all day at times analyzing our process just to fool prove it. You walk down to the production floor, you can see us sitting on the floor trying to hook up stuff for production to run, testing and simulating our lines. Spend hours trying to re-layout the floor so the company can save money in space, and there they go by taking OUR SPACE AWAY!!! I don’t call this a farce anymore; this is an outrageous act of selfishness! If they guy sitting in Finance deserves a 5 square feet space, so do we, by all mean we deserve it more, because we are Direct Departments of this organization.

You don’t just give an engineer a chair and a desk with drawers and say, this is your cubical, now bring my yield down, improve my process, increase capacity and reduce cost. Ingenuity at its best, sits on a desk, a data entry clerk in Finance gets a cubical?!

Ohhh…the hits just keep ooooon coming;

If I gave the organization cavemen methods to solve their engineering problems, they’d probably fire me but here we are, in the age where technology has surpassed mankind, they give us squatting toilet bowls?! Have we Engineers really under performed for the organization to deprive us the simple comfort of sitting our asses down EVEN WHEN WE TAKE A DUMP??!!! I don’t get this and you know why I love Central Europe? Cause over there people with the hand skill, the Engineers in particular are the most highly respected people, we are the ones with the skill and talent to solve your problems, and yes in Europe if you are an engineer, you are not only highly paid, you are also kept well. I can guaran’damn’tee that there is not going to be a fridge or a microwave in this so call new sitting office for the Engineers? What we now don’t even deserve a cool drink? Then again there probably is a fridge or microwave somewhere in a corner, I wouldn’t know, haven’t really gone through this god forsaken place.

You know, just by giving us a free lunch, doesn’t make it all better!

Michael Schumacher - End of An Era

well it had to end some time or rather.

Michael Schumacher. hate him or love him, undoubtedly the most successful driver in the history Formula One. i hope he ends his last season in style.

cheers mate, for 16 years of my life's greatest moments, i shared with him.