20080131

Boy

I ain't no innocent
Never been shy
When I hurt myself
Don't pity me cause boys don't cry

You want a little love
I need it closer to the bone
I tell you here and now
I run my life as if it was my own

I can't think with my heart
I've got to throw away my toys
I guess I'll be your man
Remember this - I remain a boy

I get so cynical
I never have to try
You need to know where & when
I need to know why

Am I this man you really love
It's to the girl I made the pledge
You think I let you down
So bite your tongue
When I play along the edge

I can't think with my heart
I've got to throw away my toys
I guess I'll be your man
Remember this - I remain a boy

You're pushing me
It's still a man's world

I can't think with my heart
I'll never throw away my toys
I guess I'll be your man
I remain a boy

I can't think with my heart
I'll never throw away my toys
I guess I'll be your man
Comes down to this
I remain a boy

20080129

Probably Hidden Somewhere...

Being slimmer than in the past is not really easy on me.

I find myself having to adjust my pants regularly, cause it don't fit. Even with belt.

But it may be good news too.

As I was runmaging through old photos from my pre-matrimonial days (read: slim days) I came to realize that I might still have some slim sized pants hidden somewhere.

Now that all my post-matrimonial long pants have almost become redundant due to my shrunken size, and only saved by me wearing a belt, I feel I must find them.

But how? The store is yet to be fully arranged, and I always forgot it.

I will find them trousers. Maybe then I will get over having to adjust my very loose current pants .

I think I am now 59kg. Feels way light.

20080127

11 Became 10

Mini STELLAR's 11 turn electric motor is now conked. 1 strand of wire stood out.

And now, I am one hobby less. No more RC for now.

Lelong Dot Com may be my frequent stopover to find used units for the moment, or should I go to Ampang Park for a new unit?

Money money money.

And I have got an idea, but it involves more money, that is, putting wireless camera in his windshield, for the in car view experience.

20080121

My Playlist

Currently I listen mostly to these few...

Shadow King on songs What Would It Take, Don't Even Know I'm Alive, Boy, I Want You, No Man's Land and Russia. This is the shortlived band featuring Lou Gramm and Viv Campbell.

Riot on songs Dance Of Death, Flight Of The Warrior, Johnny's Back and On Your Knees. This are the earliest speed metal version of Riot.

And I listen to the duet between Peter Cetera and Amy Grant on the song The Next Time I Fall countless times. It's that magical..

See Pete and Amy live on YouTube. Search for "Peter Amy Live 2005" for the live version, which is great too, though they are older by 20 years since then.

20080115

Small Fortune

Tomorrow is D-Day. The dreaded cleanliness checkup which we at this department probably will fail.

So off we go, cleaning, throwing, arranging everything here and upstairs at the store.

Nothing is considered for recycling anymore, all are thrown in a common place.

The people at the center receiving the trash will do it, if I may guess, so let them.

While scavenging for possible treasure, I came upon a remote control car and accessories, probably thrown away for storage by a fellow worker from another department.

I promptly saved it, and asked anybody to get in touch with him, since he is at site working.

I got his green light to keep it, since he gave up the hobby.

And there I was, with an extra car. But the main thing I will keep are the internals, the car will be Muzaffar's.

20080112

Birth Day

Today is Muzzammil's birthday.

So we had a small party to celebrate his and his brother's as well, a combo party.

We are so happy that everything went well, though I feel the house doesn't have much room to accommodate everybody.

And the rain doesn't stop the torrential guests.



Big brother loves him so much, but he still won't share most toys.


Big brother won't pose for pictures. He's on the right side.

20080107

Money?

I was pondering about economics while waiting for the bus today.

Where does money come from?

That's a good question no doubt.

Let's see, was it from the banks? Or the government? Or the paymaster of projects?

I can see that money comes from offices that pay salaries. Customers to traders. But big money? Where from?

It's not really clear cut for the layman, but banks are the provider for large sums of money.

People who borrow money will use it as a salary, or to buy stuffs. And the receiver will then get the money.

Normal people like you and me. Be it an entrepreneur, an employer, or another, smaller banking institution.

The entrepreneur will use the money to set up a business, and buy materials. And then he sells product to break even and pay back the loan. Part of the profit goes to the government as tax.

To the employer, he pays the salaries of workers and buy materials for projects. The profit obtained from paymasters are payable as tax.

The smaller bank will use the loan money to issue more loans to get more profit, while money saved by depositors or investors will be used to finance investments to get even more profit.

Now where does money go?

Probably from the taxpayers to the government. From savers to banks. From employers to employees.

Now the main question is, where does money originate?

I would say that, based on pure logic, that money is what banks advises the normal people to use as a medium of trade, and it usually is given in the form of loan.

The loan will be paid back, with parts of salaries or parts of profit from business.

So money are the banks' tool. And we have to use it as well, coz the banks said so.

Errr story continues at a non-predetermined date.

20080103

Got Conned!

I got conned big time!

Our refrigerator timer cost 48rm. But I was charge by this "Pakar Pembaiki" for my faulty unit for 370rm.

And the fridge section is still not cool enough.

Suffice to say, I will take action.

I give him multiple SMSes, since he doesn't answer the phone anymore, asking him to come to my house, and settle the matter, failing which, I will seriously file a report.

So much lesson learnt in this. Go to the right channel for your repairs. In my case, it should be LG themselves. I should have known better.