-heaRt-feLt emOtiOns Of a 5′10″ gLuttOn-

Am I the only one in this whole wide world who actually noticed that the younger generation of males are getting softer?

Seriously, it kinda applies to all those who received the breath of life after me (it’s biased but it’s my post on my blog! muahaha). *sigh* I’ll be more diplomatic - let’s focus on the millennium generation a.k.a. the Y2K generation.

This whole observation thingy on the masculinity level of this younger generation really came to light recently during the launch of the much hyped-about Transformers movie. Many young boys i know have never heard of the great Optimus Prime. THE GREAT OPTIMUS PRIME.

When i tried to explain about THE MAN, like his ability to transform etc, among the questions thrown back at me include:

"You said he can transform, you mean like Sailormoon?"

"Can Obimus Lime shoot electric like Pikachu?"

"Transform into a trailer? What is that? A car ar? Pink colour wan ar?"

and the best:

"If fight with Shrek who win, goh goh? Sure Shrek right? I think the donkey also can win, the wife so geng, dragon oh, fire burn burn…"

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Gone are the days when G.I.Joe, Baja Hitam (or Black Fertilizer as my old friend Chris would translate it), He-Man and of course Transformers were shown regularly on TV. Nowadays most cartoons and kid shows are ‘Unisex’ to cater to both genders which ultimately equals to higher ratings and profits.

It’s no one’s fault i guess. That’s how the world is turning. Let’s not even go further back to our parents’ time. My dad hunted, caught, bred and dueled with live spiders. I shriek and squish them flat when I see one. Ha ha… how times have changed. My dad never used anything else but soap to wash his face. I know of a junior who gets manicures and pedicures & his eyebrows trimmed. ‘Nuff said.

On a positive note I hope this will create a new generation of gentlemen. Guys and men who understands and respects women on equal terms. Chivalry will no longer be said to be on the brink of being extinct. No more rape cases, advantage taking and sexist harrassments. Ahh… good eh?

No offence to anyone, with all due respect. It’s just a random thought and opinion. With the rate things are going, I’m looking forward to getting a brazillian wax with my son while slurping down a strawberry yogurt smoothie with tiny little umbrellas and all with a pinkish flowery straw.

-phiL-

SUBAHRYUT! It means hello in the Mokilit language, spoken by the Mokilites tribe who live on a tiny witsy little island in the middle of the pacific ocean. Yes, ladies and gents, i’m back from my salt-pouring expedition.

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So fast you might ask? Well, they did try to eat me. I didn’t stay on to see what side-dishes they were preparing to down along with me. Would you? Ha ha…

Can’t blame them for wanting to have a piece of me. I could’ve fed the entire village! I’m obese. I’m not proud of the fact that i’m declaring now I’ve gained more than a dozen kilos after graduating, less than 18 months ago. (works out a kilo a month, roughly)

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I had always taken to heart my dad’s motto in life: "Eat and be merry" - "Chew now worry later" -

My grandparents: "No such thing as too much food"

It shows when you look at a pic of my immediate family. Rounded Tans would be an understatement. =_=

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Ahh… and then there is true love. What can I do but eat and enjoy myself with more food when I have a lava hot, beautiful, stunning & caring partner who accepts me no matter what ’shape’ i’m in? In fact, the affection grows deeper with each ounce i gain!

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Ahhh.. eating is bliss! 

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But lately my weight has reached a stage where problems are starting to surface, proving the "too much of anything is bad" theory to be true.

I can hardly find anything in the closet now to wear that fits my ‘10 month-old baby-tummy’, who has replaced my 4-and-a-half-pack-abs-which-took-me-1-year-of-working-out-to-get. I don’t really like getting out of the house much, as that would require moving! Ha ha…

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My big head and face is getting bigger! Previously loose hip hop pants are now skin tight! I know it’s not a pretty sight, I’ll have to admit. I used to carry Joyee up 8 flight of stairs without much problems. Now i stop at the 3rd and pant as if my lungs were punctured.

• Here’s a public declaration: I will lose the excess weight! To health! To wielding to the pressures of this cruel world! To the future! You are all my witnesses!

I shall start on Sunday. Got a buffet dinner later tonight. ;p -

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Anyone wanna to join me? Watch this movie and you’ll probably want to

*warning, it’s 18PL and i really mean 18PL. Not for the faint hearted. You could puke. You’ll definately whinge. It might make you hate eating. It changed my life. It could change yours - notice the person in the background…..* 

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

.. You’LL Never WaLk aLone ..

When you walk through a storm
hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone,
You’ll never, ever walk alone.
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk alone,
You’ll never, ever walk alone.

You win some, you lose some - i’m off to an island in the pacific to fulfill my vow - expect the sea to be saltier - don’t even think of starting the taunts -

"5"

2 more hours - GOSH!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa Gonna hook up with Alvin later at SS2 for the BIG match - gonna convert him!

——————————————————————– My desktop has been giving me lots of problems lately. It’s been 6 months since i re-formated the bugger and it’s been running since without any anti-virus/spyware/etc protection. So i decided to install AVG and update it and did a scan.

YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS: 1000+ infections! 95% of them trojan horses! hahaha Amazing my comp can still function and i can still DOTA!

(i have a screen shot to prove the 1000+ infections but Friendster won’t let me upload it for now - show ya all in the next entry!) Or if you really wanna see it now CLICK HERE

———————————————————————- I’m part of a minority of Malaysians that aren’t as happy as we should be with the growth of our economy lately. The exchange rate against the USD is only 3.38815 !!!!

NOOOOoooooOOOoooooo….

I’m being paid in USD and if this continues I will have to work part time at the Kota Damansara McD….

It’s crazy!! The final is still only 24 hours away but i’m so pumped up and anxious I can’t sleep!

I’ve been looking at my beloved and precious LFC Champions League home strip the whole night. It’s the best birthday present ever! No wonder I’m dating you Joyee!

Ahhhhh.. i wish the final can be played now! I can’t concentrate on anything else! i have 2 tickets to the Pirates 3 movie tomorrow midnight. But the running time is stated to be 2 hours and 50 mins, which means i only have 10 mins to get out of the cinema and zoom to a nearby place with coverage of the match…

No prizes for guessing which one i’ll be sacrificing

*SmS, email or get me in whatever way you can to get the 2 tickets; better not waste it - first come first serve

Since my early teens I had a slight worry at the back of my head. Am I normal? I was confused. Yes, because I loved cooking when other dudes wrestled in the mud. I read comics while peers secretly drove their parent’s cars. Sure, I played basketball a lot - but it’s hardly the epitome of a hetero sport, at least not in this part of the world.

U think it’s not freaky enough? Top this: My first kiss went to a guy. We went *smooch* head on during a ridiculous dare when i was 10 years old. Both of us had balls beyond our age and neither of us swerved after daring each other to see who would back out first. Neither of us did. It was hilarious i tell you. I don’t know if he still remembers but boy my mum was wondering where 3 tubes of Colgate went that day.

It was not until much later that I was relieved to find out that this confusion was caused naturally by hormones during puberty. Some guys find their passion in machines. Cars. Aeroplanes. Booze even for those with strong livers. Me? I’m straight, darn hetero due to only 1 fact: FOOTBALL.

It’s funny. It doesn’t run in my family. My grand-dad calls the game "22 fools running after a ball" while my dad only knew the game in general due to his time in Oxford when he was pursuing his Masters.

So how on earth did I get attached to this sport? Manchester United. They @#^$*^#* and they are !@#&#*$% and will forever be $%&$%&#*%&*(*disclaimer: i will try my best not to say anything bad about opposing teams, God help me)

Yes, the team I hate the most made me a football fan. Ironic huh? I hated them so much I supported the 1 team that will forever be ahead of them. History wise of course :).

It was towards the end of the 96/97 season when MU were going to be champions. I still remember the whole episode clearly. Guys who were MU supporters in the class were taunting everyone else. I said fine, i will support the next team they’re up against and the rest is history. MU thrashed Liverpool 3-1 that day but it didn’t matter. The Kop had a new adopted Scouser in Malaysia. Robbie Fowler scored the consolation goal. It’ll be his last game in the red of Merseyside this Thursday morning. Time flies.

But why is this sport THE hetero sport? Simple. Find the toughest, most disciplined and meanest men in the world and put them together to watch a game of football. Sweat, tears, hugs, screams you name it. All the emotions a guy would never show to another person let alone in public will be on display. Ever seen straight men - middle -aged hugging and kissing each other? Crying in front of a camera? A shy introverted person screaming and greeting everyone he sees?

It’s almost like all these men are normal people but when in a football match they rip off their clothes and all of them become superheroes. Alter-egos will be on display. You’ll see a real man. Passion. Commitment. Abusive language (lolz). etc.

It’s almost 2 years since I blogged about 25.5.05. (click here to go down memory lane). The incredible comeback. The 5th Euro cup. Liverpool were champions of Europe and will have a chance too add another this Thursday.

Let’s get the record straight here. Stop saying Sir Alex is the greatest British manager and that MU are the best team of all time (give me a sec to puke…urghhh). Please get the facts right. We have 18 league titles. Yes MU dearest, congrats on the recent title which only takes you to 16. Still behind. I don’t care, you’re still behind. We have won the greatest title in Europe 5 times. 5 TIMES. with the possibility of a 6th this Thursday. You only have 2. Believe it.

Oh and the London teams, Arsenal and Chelsea, where do I begin? I’m afraid I won’t even start. You guys have a combined tally of 0+0=0. Give us respect, the credit we’re due.

If we lose this Thursday and my girlfriend calls you up to ask where I am, tell her i’m pouring salt into the sea somewhere in the Pacific ocean. If we get the 6th, the next time you see me you wouldn’t be able to recognize me. I’ll be dis-figured with a permanent grin from ear to ear.

Come on you reds! You’ll Never Walk Alone!

It’s dark…

*knock* *knock*

"Go away! I know it’s you! Leave me alone! No, wait! I don’t want to be alone! But i don’t want you here either! NooOOOoooooooo……."

Familiar snip from a horror flick? That’s how life has been lately. Friends. THE FRIENDS. Again. Back to haunt me.

I thought i got rid of you guys completely. Guess it’s my foolish nature holding on to the pathetic motto of friends for life. Bah! Real friends for life? YES. Friends like you guys? Thanks, but a BIG NO THANKS.

I had a vision. I will make it big one day. How? I have no idea yet. Maybe i’ll invent cars that run with water as fuel. Maybe I’ll get a cameo role as a chinese dude drinking tea at one corner for 2 seconds in a Hollywood blockbuster. Or maybe I’ll be the first to cross-breed dogs and cats. Maybe, just maybe, I will wake up with millions of moolah beside me.

Something, somehow, sometime, somewhere. I will make it.

And then i see you guys being the first to congratulate me, act as if I was your BEST friend since you were born. The acting of wanting to be close - forgetting all those doubts & back-stabbings & hurts you guys caused. Those de-grading and discriminating looks. Telling everyone u know that you’re my friend. Zzzz

Now u guys want me to be at your parties, functions, gatherings etc. Guest of honour huh? Remember those times I was forgotten like an invisible nobody? That it didn’t matter if i was there or not?

I know who my real friends are. You can continue the acting. My time will come. Thank you by the way, it fuels my desire and determination to go the extra mile.

I forgive, but it’s hard to forget. I will still be there for you guys when you have no one to turn to - but i know you guys will never be here for me…

Omigosh you’re reading this?    *pats on ya back*

THANK YOU!

The prodigal son has returned; or the prodigal father since this blog is a creation of mine. 2 and a half months without a single post - I’ve always had at least a post in a month since blogging for the past couple of years.

Life has been busy. Hectic. Outrageous. Ironic. You name it.

It’s in the wee hours of the morning now when I suddenly realised about this part of my life which I’ve completely forgotten about. Sharing.

I’ll do what I do best and summarize into key phrases and points of some shoutouts that are way overdue as well as some happenings these past 2-3 months. (meaning i’m a lazy glutton with the workrate of a snail)

Shoutouts:

• Congrats EE WEN!!! (>.<) ^
• Congrats Su Teng! Welcome to the working world All the best
• Ian! Finals are white peanuts!
• The Gr8 Gang: for MIA : Sorry! you guys will see me and Joyee soon. Promise!
• Joanna! Don’t fly yet! I will keep my promise to buy you roti canai!
• Vincent & Eric - dim sum time!
• Friends of Joyee: thanks for dropping by; never expected you guys to read my crappings
• Alvin: My drumsticks!
• Pauline & Wei Jan; I’m still reading ur blogs!
• To all: Thank you! Really appreciate your presence!

Happenings:

• I got promoted! Yea! (gwailo bosses are much easier to please haha)
• I’m still broke
• I’m still addicted to DOTA
• I’ve gained 12.5 kg since graduating (I’ve never been heavier!)
• I went through a personal crisis
• And I’m still very much in love. Only deeper. With the same girl… ^_~
• It’s OUR 1st year anniversary next week!

Hello & apologies for taking a philernity to post an update. I did try a couple of weeks ago after the Bangkok trip but Friendster (yet again) decided to make my life a little bit more miserable by churning out an error when i submitted the entry.

A picture speaks forth a phillion words the cliche goes, and here is a sequential manual slide show of events and occurances in the past couple of months that i managed to capture digitally.

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Alvin (on my bed) is back from the city where Benjani Mwaruwari plys his trade. No wonder i had nightmares that night ;o Nice having you back mate.

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An obviously happy birthday girl showing off her gift

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Personal encounter with Mat Rempits

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BTL is back~!! (i missed the performance, but we’re back!!)

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Some crazy activity by Chee Chiaw. Get the video from me. Scary. Unbelievable. 4 girls lifting a guy with juz their index fingers!

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Christmas dinner / Dad’s Birthday - my mum can cook~!!

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Outing on Christmas Day with da HLLC gang - missed you guys - thanx Aaron for getting us to tag along

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Guy’s night out - Velocity (don’t worry, i’ll still be alive after posting this, but the guy on the right? Peace man, RIP lolz no harm intended)

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New Year’s Eve, GRANDMA’s Birthday~!!!

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OFF to BANGKOK

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Cousin Danny’s wedding

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And finally, fresh from yesterday night, a new look —

                        

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Will post details of the new job on the next entry, take care all

I’M A COMPLETE FOOL ~!!!!!

I’m back, in one piece, and filled with crap from Thailand. Thanx guys, really appreiate it all. I’m a dionk. FULL STOP. Haha

A detailed post on the trip to follow….