Some year 2003 turned out to be. So what's in store for me in 2004? Is it really gonna be this? Or this? They both crack me up as being amusing than anything else. I reckon I'm just gonna be playing it by ear for the coming 12 months.

Toldya I was gonna be a homeboy on New Year's Eve. Make it good in 2004, people.

Mixing and remixing some choonz for a party that I won't be attending. I'll prolly usher in the new year as a homeboy in front of the telly. New year parties are overrated, especially since Y2K. Anyways, here's a sneek peek from the overall 60-over minute megamix. Thank you Hammerhead Rhythm Station, Technics SL-1210 MK5, SBLive!, sample CDs and all ye artists in the mix.

Tens of thousands throng theatres all over to watch Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King. Yours truly braved it alone through the longs lines at a cinema to catch the earliest possible show with an available seat for one. For some reason, single seats are only available at the back row corner in all showings for the day. But I noticed that the center seats at the back row were empty when the show started. What gives?

Was thinking to get me a book (or two) at a bookstore too. But since they're priced rather steep, I wanted to have a quick glance on the inside to make sure it's gonna be worth parting my money for. Asked one of the shop attendants whether they could help me take the book out of the shrink wrap to which they (fortunately) politely say they can't. Funny. I thought we're taught not to judge a book by its cover. What gives?

Charles Dickens once said: "Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering." I guess I'm not appreciating home enough at the moment, therefore I need to go out travelling. Hahaa! How's that for a lame excuse to ask for timeout to go on a vacation eh?

Listening to: Bush - Machinehead

This is SO ABSOLUTELY TRUE that it's ridiculously funny! Twelve things that are stereotypical of our locally produced TV dramas.

Continue reading You Know Your Life Is A Malay TV Drama When...

When I was doing my preparatory studies at PPP/ITM, one of the English lecturers handed us this piece of write up for discussion (and I still have that handout kept till today!). It never fails to crack me up reading a fairy tale told in a very pretentious language!

Continue reading Little Red Riding Hood Revisited.

Dr. Nungsari and I share the same alumni that is Purdue University. I've never met him in person ever and the reason I'm putting this up isn't just because he's a fellow alumni but rather what he wrote rings true and that I can definitely relate to some of the things being mentioned in the article. As it is already, Malaysian youths are turning into mindless automotons who lack dynamism as a result of controls being put by the authorities.

Continue reading Our Students - Let Them Live, Let Them Learn

This article was written by someone whom I had the privilege to know via her boyfriend who was one of my juniors at uni. It appeared in one of the local dailies in 1999. Bogo and Fern are married to each other now which goes to show that relationships of this kind is very much acheivable.

Continue reading Long Distance - Can It Work?

Aren't they the cutest l'il tykes? It's Nafila's (the one on the left) birthday today. She turns 3. Happy birthday, Nafila!

To all you celebrating Christmas, have a good one! Go easy on them eggnogs, nahmsayin'?

January Friend (Goo Goo Dolls), February Stars (Foo Fighters), Winds Of March (Journey), Soft Rains of April (A-ha), First of May (Bee Gees), One Day In June (Heather Nova), Winter In July (Bomb The Bass), End Of August (This Day Forward), A Lonely September (Plain White T's), Tragedi Oktober (Awie), November Rain (Guns 'N Roses), Once Upon A December (Aaliyah).

Gonna be the new year soon...