The Conspiracy against Children Finally Revealed

[Caleuter] Earth, The greatest fraudulent scheme in history was finally uncovered today, there is indeed no Santa Claus nor any solid evidence of him ever existed, according to Dr Calp Ang, leading researcher of mythological studies in NUK. This is his second disclosure of similar global fraud in the year, as he has earlier revealed the non-existence of the Valentine's day Cupid.

Thorough satelite scans and years of examination in the North Pole did not support the presence of Santa Claus Industrious Limited Headquaters. No red nose reindeers, no cheap Elves labour, no ultra-efficient global logistics delivery on a flying sleigh and definitely no overweight, heart disease prone Santa Claus.

The children globally have been misguided to believe in a thousand year old scam which endure them to behave good throughout the year in order to receive presents from a bearded man dressed in red. "Letters to Santa in North Pole are gathered by parties who conspired the schemes. It is just another scam for data miners to get the mailing lists of children so that the information can be sold to marketing agents. It is also to a scheme to get into the minds of children so to launch new products based on children's demand," said Dr Calp.

He also mentioned, "Continued embracement of the mythological character has fueled growth in the children focused industries like entertainment products, toys and clothings." Parents and adults worldwide are obliged to purchase huge ammounts of Christmas presents annually, and even dressed up like Santa to keep the "Santa Dream" alive.

Dr Calp Ang himself has bought toys (as shown in the picture) for his niece, Ivy and nephew, Jonathan so that they would not be dissapointed. However, as he mentioned, the joy of the loved ones meant more than anything in the world.

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Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!

Last Friday I had my company year end party. Wonderful night but it took me sometime to have this posted because somehow it is an embarrassing experience (and also because I just received the photos).

The theme of the party is Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!. Everyone supposed to dressed up like sleek hispanic guys and dolls. I realised that there are more beautiful people in my company than I thought... I think at least 100 staff actually turned up. It was the night when all the guys and gals dressed up to their best, I am amazed of how some of them looked so charming in their appearance eventhough I see them everyday in the office.

I enjoyed myself, dancing with gals, cracking jokes, playing "cai mui" and drinking some beer, actually lots of them...
Most unwantedly, I was completely gone by the later part of the night and start talking "cock". The worst thing is a big chunk of the things I have said or done was not registered in my brain...whank! Some of them I got only to know when JW and JKo told me. And of course being laughed at for the rest of the week of the cocky things I have done.

For a great night, it is most regretful, I wanted to enjoy it to the fullest by being sober and also not wanting to be a burden to the others, I wanted my friends to enjoy with me not taking care of me...sigh... but nonetheless I would still say it is the best company party I have ever been to. :)

link to more ME Party Photos: http://mekl.fotopic.net/

The Gatherings

"Time it is not about the length, it is about how it is spent"

After our team year end dinner at Sri Hartamas today, I gave CC, NN and AB a ride home and went up to hangout at CC's place. Cozy as the place, we started chit chating and sharing, cuddling in big cushions on nice red sofas.

We talked about a lot of things about life, relationships, personal goals and problems. I found myself encouraged by and supporting the others. The conversations were sincere and not skin deep. The best is there were no bitchiness...pulling each others tails or proving who's right or wrong. Instead, it is filled with sense of constructive support. There were laughter mixed with deep thoughts. Unfortunately, these conversations come rare nowadays.

At one time the gals shared about "How gals are turned off by men's behaviour". Eating with mouth close, no dirty long fingernails, no nosepicking in public, burping and basically personal hygines. Things I am well aware of but never really pay attention to. It is right that it percepts how a person is brought up and in someway how a person is deep inside.
A man who takes care of his behaviour in front of a lady respects the lady and definitely know how to takes care of himself and others...
Points to ponder...

The gathering at CC's place was enjoyable, a quick visit turns to few hours of non stop conversations. Time and chance have brought us wonderful moments. A great Christmas gift. :)

Narnia

Recently there is a great deal of good huge productions. Usual trend of a Holiday Season, Christmas just around the corner!

Today I went to watch Narnia - The wardrobe, the lion and the Witch...or was it the other way round?? Anyway does not matter...

It is a great movie although not as captivating, deep and good in art/direction as King Kong. It is obvious that Digital Graphics have reached another new height as I was trilled by the creatures (a lot of them fully digitalized!). It is as if the children were walking to real life mythical creatures.

The storyline is simple and yet entertaining and delightful. Some movies (like Aeon Flux) tried too hard to be complicated and yet failed badly.

End Result: Felt young and hopeful again. This is the kind of movies that makes me see through the eyes of children, ever loving caring and hopeful. Makes me believe the goodness in life and feel the strength from within.

Narnia Official Site:http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/narnia/index.html

Skills forgotten

Ever not done something for sometime and completely forgotten how to do it?

I realise computing is one of them.

Unlike cycling or swimming which should follow someone for life, computing deteriotes, too much brain thingy I guess.

I have used the past 2 days figuring out how to program again and make adjustment to my page. Having not done any syntaxes, codings and HTMLs for ages now, I find myself a complete amateur again to graphic design and programming. (It took me a day just to even understand the CSS Systax for this blog).

Hmmm... frustrating and yet interesting

Kong is the King

Chased by one creatures after another, all ready to grab and eat her, how unlucky can Ann be? No wonder she is sad...

Last night, I watched King Kong, the new remake by Peter Jackson.

A movie with it's own touch, successfully creating a dark, down and gloomy mood throughout the movie with an occasionally glee.
I noticed that the movie is "dark" and gloomy because no one ever actually smile, at least not whole heartedly. The leads only smile are when they look into their lover's eyes.
Set in the 1920-30, the gloominess is a good portrayal of the Great Depression era when Americans are living in poverty.

Is Kong in love with Ann? Did the Beauty kill the Beast? This is some questions that linger...
Kong is the last of its species, with several of his breathens' bone still up in his lair. Would he fall in love with Ann, a fragile living species so small and delicate.
I do not think he is in love at all. A companion, a special soul but definitley not a lover.

Kong is in depression with no one to turn to, no family and no friends. He lives in a harsh environment, having to fight off other creatures everyday to survive
Ann is in depression after losing her job, no food to eat, no friends and do not believe in good things anymore because they are not forever. She lives in a "man eats man" world and strives to make a living.

The two character though in a different place, suprisingly have similar background and emotions. In a lot of ways,

Kong is Ann and Ann is Kong.

Overall, great show with fast paced actions, touching moments and thought evoking. Definitely worth sitting 3 hours in the cinema...

To be Me?

Again quotes from my favourite movie:

Jenny: Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you're gonna be?
Forrest: Who I'm gonna be? Aren't, aren't I going to be me?

Today CC said that I sounded negative recently. My sentences always ended with "but" "however", etc. This has not been helpful in our tense working environment and it has in someway affected people around me. CC wanted to see me the old me, someone who inspires not someone who drag people to their grave.

It is true that me being down has affected me unknowingly. A transition period for me for the past few months have left me quite a bit of self doubt. Somewhere somehow I washed my confidence down the drain somewhere.

I have lost somebody and thought being somebody else would let me be me but in the end I am nobody.

Having the talk with CC was good. Self doubt has no place in me. Me is me and forever will be. Positively put words into action and just do it. Create values and results is what I want.

In my jobscope, negativity is the last thing I will need. I want to go all out and create the high attitude then performance will follow.

Worst Jam in ages

East Asia Summit today means only one thing to common citizen like me...terrible jam! Especially when my office is in the middle of the Golden Triangle. Smooth traffic from Cheras until suddenly WHAM! Stuck in traffic with no where to run. Have to make a big detour, park further than usual.

Hit me with this stupid thought, what gave these international leaders rights to get thousands of us stuck in a jam? But then...on a second thought their meeting here do means a lot to Malaysians... to everyone of us, even for us stuck in the jam for hours...investments and international cooperations are something common folks like us may not understand... (eventhough on paper it may seems it is just a venue for people to play their political games and strategic practices: Australia refuse to sign non aggresive treaty against the other countries so that they could continue to wage war against terrorist in SEA; US pretend they are still in the game eventhough they are not invited; Japan wanna show face to prove they are still around and not want China to overshadow them, etc)

sigh...political shit...could something be done without affecting us? like having it in a not so populated place like Langkawi instead? If the leaders wanna see KL why not just send them a "Malaysia truly Asia" video.

I know I am being irresponsible with my arrogant comments, but what the heck, I am but a common folk...not a politician...(chinese attitude with a smile)

Well, thought that was over....then came rush hour after work...since I have been through it in the morning, well what can be worst? Then worst came with a drizzle then a pour...sucks I have never felt so ridiculous on a what would seems "everyday stuck in traffic routine"...no wonder most my foreign friends hate KL two times a day.

PS: They are showing Miss World on TV at night...now that is a international cooperation I enjoy Haha...(Duh...SHALLOW!)

Beginning of a Journey

Flipping Through Pages of Blogs makes me wanted more than just browsing...

My decision to have a blog is greatly influenced by my childhood buddy. The idea of expressing myself on the web seems rewarding... sometimes I just wanna write something for myself and could share my thought with my friends...

Funny it may seems...I used to do it quite often during sleepover with my friends, and talk ourselves to sleep...not that I do not do it anymore...just that now it is done mostly over a cup of "teh tarik" and conversations are often half heartedly or ended as a joke.

I started the blog with the idea I got from my favourite movie . The movie makes me feels life...

As Forrest quoted:

"Sometimes it would stop raining long enough for the stars to come out and then it was nice.

It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou.

There was always a million sparkles on the water like that mountain lake,

it was so clear, it looked like there were two skies one on top of the other.

And then in the desert, when the sun comes up...

I couldn't tell where the heaven stopped and
the earth began. It was so beautiful."

Life is beautiful...