The question now is, whether I need another hobby.
I have quite a busy life now.
Night times, usually are time for kids.
Even later at night, are usually for reading. Or attending to the you know who...
So I have time only when I am at site, after hours.
This hobby I have been interested for quite some time, is amateur radio.
Whatever it is, I am looking forward to attending the RAE come November. Hopefully.
And then I'll join the bandwagon, small-timingly.
What interests me most, is the unlimited communication possibilities with such. And doing service for the community especially in times of disasters.
20070826
20070820
Public Nuisance
Just back from Langkawi.
I am wondering, are we able to do something about the widespread smokers among us?
My point is, is legal action possible?
I am beginning to lose my patience in public. Especially thinking about my sons wellbeing, and having the smokers puffing away without care.
I feel like suing them.
Can we do that?
If not, I'll just think vigilante justice.
I am wondering, are we able to do something about the widespread smokers among us?
My point is, is legal action possible?
I am beginning to lose my patience in public. Especially thinking about my sons wellbeing, and having the smokers puffing away without care.
I feel like suing them.
Can we do that?
If not, I'll just think vigilante justice.
20070813
Investing In People
I thought I bought the last child seat. NOT!
I bought another one today. A Britax, yeah, sounds expensive. The previous one was a Graco.
But I got 30 percent discount for it. So 969 becomes 678. Good and fair enough. Lucky we dropped by.
It is a "grow with your child" seat, just like the Recaro Start child seat I once fantasized not long ago, but never found, and probably won't, anticipating the price shocker.
The Britax is for Muzzammil, and the Graco Muzaffar. The old seats they once used, I'll have to think of how to still utilize them. Probably for my Mini...
Hope the kids can really use it until they are 12 years old. And more importantly, hope they like it, like I am concerned with their safety.
And yes, I shopped for myself too. A Walkman (can't get enough of tapes), three Maisto Ferraris (still lovin' die-cast model cars) and a white satin cloth, to make the rock shirt I thought I saw Steve Clark wore.
Don't tell Muzaffar I still have those Ferraris at home, as he will treat it like it's his at once!
I bought another one today. A Britax, yeah, sounds expensive. The previous one was a Graco.
But I got 30 percent discount for it. So 969 becomes 678. Good and fair enough. Lucky we dropped by.
It is a "grow with your child" seat, just like the Recaro Start child seat I once fantasized not long ago, but never found, and probably won't, anticipating the price shocker.
The Britax is for Muzzammil, and the Graco Muzaffar. The old seats they once used, I'll have to think of how to still utilize them. Probably for my Mini...
Hope the kids can really use it until they are 12 years old. And more importantly, hope they like it, like I am concerned with their safety.
And yes, I shopped for myself too. A Walkman (can't get enough of tapes), three Maisto Ferraris (still lovin' die-cast model cars) and a white satin cloth, to make the rock shirt I thought I saw Steve Clark wore.
Don't tell Muzaffar I still have those Ferraris at home, as he will treat it like it's his at once!
20070808
Van Halen - Dreams
World turns black and white
Pictures in an empty room
Your love starts fallin' down
Better change your tune
Reach for the golden ring
Reach for the sky
Baby just spread your wings
Well get higher and higher straight up well climb
Well get higher and higher leave it all behind
Run, run, run, away
Like a train runnin' off the track
The truth gets left behind
And falls between the cracks
Standing on broken dreams
But never losing sight
Spread your wings
So baby dry your eyes, save all the tears you've cried
Ohh thats what dreams are made of
Oh baby we belong in a world that must be strong
Ohh thats what dreams are made of
Higher and higher who knows what well find
And in the end on dreams we will depend
Cause thats what love is made of
PS: Suddenly I'm in love with the chorus, I just can't stop humming it.
Pictures in an empty room
Your love starts fallin' down
Better change your tune
Reach for the golden ring
Reach for the sky
Baby just spread your wings
Well get higher and higher straight up well climb
Well get higher and higher leave it all behind
Run, run, run, away
Like a train runnin' off the track
The truth gets left behind
And falls between the cracks
Standing on broken dreams
But never losing sight
Spread your wings
So baby dry your eyes, save all the tears you've cried
Ohh thats what dreams are made of
Oh baby we belong in a world that must be strong
Ohh thats what dreams are made of
Higher and higher who knows what well find
And in the end on dreams we will depend
Cause thats what love is made of
PS: Suddenly I'm in love with the chorus, I just can't stop humming it.
20070805
Five Hundred Reasons
Bought new car seat for our kids.
This one will probably be the last one.
It can handle up to 36 kilos of kid weight, or in age term, 12 years old.
It's basically an essential investment for any children.
And I can never understand why most people don't bother buckling up their kids.
In a 40 kph collision, those 12 kilos kids are as good as a 500 kilos missile hitting VERY HARD anything in its path.
Not something your hands can handle anytime.
This one will probably be the last one.
It can handle up to 36 kilos of kid weight, or in age term, 12 years old.
It's basically an essential investment for any children.
And I can never understand why most people don't bother buckling up their kids.
In a 40 kph collision, those 12 kilos kids are as good as a 500 kilos missile hitting VERY HARD anything in its path.
Not something your hands can handle anytime.
20070802
Just Like The Olden Days
Not so long ago, people used ships to go to Hajj.
Even longer than that, horses.
So I have had this crazy thought of going to Hajj by car.
Yes, by driving STELLAR, to Makkah.
But, my Iraqi friend immediately ask me to refrain.
Said, the Middle East was too hostile.
I tell him, the Americans made it hostile.
He said, Americans are our friend now.
Obviously he's converted.
But the fact remains, probably I might not make it when I reached Middle East. Especially those "hot" areas like Afghanistan.
So for now, there it remains, just a dream.
Probably if I did, the only few things I'd bring, are oil filters, hoses, and belts. And change the tyres first. And overhauled the engine. Etc etc (the list could never end) before I even start.
It'll be so exciting. Just thinking about it doesn't do it justice.
Even longer than that, horses.
So I have had this crazy thought of going to Hajj by car.
Yes, by driving STELLAR, to Makkah.
But, my Iraqi friend immediately ask me to refrain.
Said, the Middle East was too hostile.
I tell him, the Americans made it hostile.
He said, Americans are our friend now.
Obviously he's converted.
But the fact remains, probably I might not make it when I reached Middle East. Especially those "hot" areas like Afghanistan.
So for now, there it remains, just a dream.
Probably if I did, the only few things I'd bring, are oil filters, hoses, and belts. And change the tyres first. And overhauled the engine. Etc etc (the list could never end) before I even start.
It'll be so exciting. Just thinking about it doesn't do it justice.
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