Monday, March 31, 2008
Welcome Back
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A Disturbing Scene
Sunday, March 23, 2008
A Short Hiatus
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Bunny Hunt
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short talkHave Malaysians gone blind? I know Malaysians had made a right choice in the last general election, but now the opposite is happening yet again. If you follow Malaysian Dream Girl, you should know by now that Alisson got eliminated in the first week. WTF, right?Honestly, she has been one of my favourites and I had the feeling that she will go far in the competition before this. There are much undeserving girls (which I won't mention any names here) out there, who are more interested in bitching about other contestants and trying to gain sympathy votes with their tears, instead of working and improving themselves to be a decent model. However, they still remain in the competition just because they are popular among the viewers. This is pure nonsense. I hope if anyone staying in Malaysia and voting for the contestants, please vote wisely. We do not want another carbon copy of Daniel from Malaysian Idol in this competition. Vote based on merit, not popularity lah!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, March 21, 2008
Random Shots
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Gone Are Those Days
The sun has come out shining brightly to replace the snow;
Temperature is slowly rising;
Birds have come out from their hiding place and begun chirping happily away;
There is only one message from this change;
It marks another season change in the land of rising sun;
Sayonara winter, as we welcome the spring.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Surprise Gift
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Farewell Party 2008
Anyway, we finally got a shot WITHOUT the other buggers later afterwards.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Shall I Give Myself A Chance?
P/S/S: Kevin, thanks for sending me that header.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Earthquake Paranoid
Thankfully, I am still alive today to write this
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Would You Hire Me?
Monday, March 10, 2008
The "Undilah Saya" Test
undilah saya
Calvinsanity says:
mati la u
take my address dunno do wat sial
some more wan me to undi u
saya tawar rm100
no thanks you
lol
Wan Kok Hong says:
3. Calvin says:
undilah saya
4. Calvin says:
Jane says:
LOL
5. Calvin says:
undilah saya
=.=
6. Calvin says:
undilah saya
重杰cK says:
buat apa undi u??
Calvin says:
重杰cK says:
Calvin says:
DEAL!!
7. Calvin says:
undilah saya
michelleg says through SKYPE:
why undilah saya?
8. Calvin says:
undilah saya
?
Calvin says:
saya tawar rm100
nah
Reena says:
rm 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 also no deal
sekian terima kasih
9. Calvin says:
when u take part la
Calvin says:
saya tawar rm100
cl3m says:
haha
cl3m says:
tamat rundingan
10. Calvin says:
undilah saya
kAwAisOOnAnO says:
hah!
Calvin says:
saya tawar rm100
kAwAisOOnAnO says:
lol...
ns kalah banyak lo..
Calvin says:
naik harga rm200
kAwAisOOnAnO says:
lol... rasuah~
do u like the election's result?
Calvin says:
tamat rundingan
sekian terima kasih
11. Calvin says:
undilah saya
banana says:
lol... if u reli are a candidate i surely would
Calvin says:
DEAL!!
banana says:
lol...
Calvin says:
u are the only one so far who accepted straight away my demand
banana says:
12. Calvin says:
undilah saya
Calvin says:
saya tawar rm100
Chuan Wen says:
RM200
Calvin says:
naik harga rm200
Chuan Wen says:
Calvin says:
tamat rundingan
sekian terima kasih
Chuan Wen says:
Thank you RM350
sila bayar secara sms
dgn menghantar rm30 ke 38999
Calvin says:
last price rm200
take it or leave it
Chuan Wen says:
RM250
Calvin says:
no deal
ini bukan jalan petaling
Chuan Wen says:
sorry, ini petaling jaya
Calvin says:
rundingan tamat dengan rasminya
Chuan Wen says:
Tahniah! gandakan wang anda dgn RM500
undilah saya
jaecywong says:
=-='' ei boy i kinda trustrated now..
i'll get back to u soon ya
undilah saya
Ivan says:
haha
undi me better lar
Calvin says:
saya tawar rm100
Ivan says:
lol...
undilah saya
Szehuey says:
undi u for what?
Calvin says:
tak leh
=p 16. Calvin says:
undilah saya
Kevin says:
display picture izit?
aiyah havent load yet la
Calvin says:
* My laptop hanged and I have to restart my laptop after that. Here is a recap of all the responses that I got:
- Shi Han a.k.a calvinsanity gave me a death threat.
- Kok Hong refused to accept my RM200 bribe, unless I give a better offer.
- Stan got blurred.
- Jane didn't know what to do and therefore laughed.
- Lasilasi got tulan-ed with this expression =.=
- Chong Keat will vote for me with a RM100 bribe.
- Michelle answered me through Skype.
- Reena refused to my offer no matter how much I were to offer her.
- Clement will accept my offer if the amount is increased.
- Ah Tuck sensed that I was trying to bribe him, but later changed the topic.
- Li Xiang a.k.a banana will vote for me without any hesitation.
- Chuan Wen will vote if I bribe him with RM250.
- Jaecy was feeling unwell and didn't want to reply.
- Ivan asked to vote for him instead.
- Szehuey got blurred as well.
- Kevin appeared to be voting for me, until my laptop gave me some problems.
In conclusion, of the 16 respondents:
- Respondent(s) who will vote for me without bribery: 1
- Respondent(s) who are against bribery: 1
- Respondent(s) who are willing to condone bribery: 4
- Respondent(s) who gave didn't bother to bargain and gave unrelated replies: 8
- Respondent(s) who emo-ed: 1
- Respondent(s) who replied me through other medium (Skype): 1
Apparently, money politics still work to some extend if you are running in an election.
P/S: To those who missed out on this, please do not feel small gas/heart, okay? You were e ither offline/away when I was looking at my MSN list. You may not appear here, but certainly not forgotten. I still love every single of you.Sunday, March 9, 2008
A New Beginning
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Rice Cake Pounding
Doing this, you can deliberately use the kine and hit whichever part of that person, only to apologise later and say that it was not intended. See, you can take revenge while getting to eat mochi at the same time. A good return for all the energy that you had put into pounding on the mochi.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Kisah Seorang Jurubasikal Yang Terlampau
Talking about bicycle reminds me of some experiences I have had before this. When I was still a little kid, my parents got me a bicycle, which used to have two supportive extra wheels to balance me up. That was the most important asset as I would have paid countless visits to the doctor's house if my bicycle wasn't equipped with that extra wheels. Later when I grew up, I dumped that red bicycle aside and I turned into a bigger one, the one without the supportive wheels. Being someone who doesn't really have problems in balancing myself, I didn't find it an impossible task to ride on the bike on my first few attempts. However, that was possible after some failures, of course. One of the major one was when I was riding behind the lane of my house when, I lost my control and ended up in a drain. Luckily for me, the drain that day was dry unlike the usual days when all the chicken and fish water will be released into the drain by my irresponsible neighbours. The first accident I ever had in my life didn't inflicted me with any cuts or bruise on my body, but just a scolding from my mum. So sad, right?
Nonetheless, I reckon there will not be many stories that will beat the story of a friend of mine not very long ago. Having grown up without being exposed to riding on a bicycle, he insisted on riding on a bicycle and joining us one day. We told him not to do so until the day he could cycle properly, but he didn't want to take our advice. Not wanting to make him unhappy and crying at one corner of the classroom, we unwillingly let him cycle with us to the kiosk to get some snacks during our lunch break. We were worried and know it would be just a matter of time before he either cycle himself into the drain, or simply hit a tree trunk as our university has its fair share of greens in the surroundings. In the first few seconds, it turned out to be okay. So, the two of us overtook him and continued our ride, while he was tailing just behind us. Just when our worries for this friend had begun to ease down, we heard a big bang. Just like a car hitting onto a steel signboard.
My first thought is "OMFG, I hope it is a car hitting onto a steel signboard and not onto my friend".
We looked behind and it turned out to be otherwise. No cars were involved in the accident. The sound came from this friend who lost his balance totally and resorted to taking his own version of emergency break by riding himself onto a steel signboard. Both of us didn't rush to give him a helping hand. Instead, we were laughing at him. It was not because we failed our Pendidikan Moral but our pity friend, of all the things which were available there for him to choose to hit onto, chose to hit a signboard bearing a four-letter word, "AWAS".
What an ironic accident, isn't it?
P/S: I don’t think I have to mention who is the one I mentioned above, as I’m quite sure most of you would know who I was referring to, as well as to protect the privacy of this friend. However, that is a history by today as he can cycle as good and as fast as Lance Armstrong already these days.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Hinamatsuri
It was the 3rd of March two days ago.
While it would probably be just another day for most of us, it was something different for the Japanese. On the third day of the third month every year, 雛祭り (Hinamatsuri) or Doll Festival is celebrated here. This is a day families pray for happiness and prosperity of their young girls and to help ensure that they grow up healthy and beautiful. It is also called 桃の節句 (Momo-no sekku) or Peach Festival because of the peach blossom season on the old lunar calendar. May 5th is 子供の日 (Kodomo-no hi) or Children's Day, and it is also called Boy's Festival. Children's Day is a national holiday in Japan but on the other hand, Hinamatsuri is not.
So, it seems that sexism can be found in Japan too.
Also known as Girls' Day, it is during this day that sets of ornamental dolls called 雛人形 (Hina-ningyou) representing the Emperor, Emperess, attendants and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period are displayed on platforms with a red carpet called 日毛氈 (hi-mousen). Most families take out this display of dolls around mid-February and put it away immediately after Hina Matsuri is over.
There is a superstition that says that families slow to put away the dolls will have trouble marrying off their daughters. Interesting.
The custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period. Formerly, people believed the dolls possessed the power to contain bad spirits. Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called 雛流し (hina-nagashi) or literally doll floating, in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them. The Shimogamo Shrine (part of the Kamo Shrine complex) in Kyoto celebrates the 流し雛 (Nagashibina) by floating these dolls between the Takano and Kamo Rivers to pray for the safety of children.
Also people have stopped doing this now because of fishermen catching the dolls in their nets. They now send them out in to the sea, and when the spectators are gone they take the boats out of the water and bring them back to the temple and burn them.
Those explained above are the some information about the festival, which I am assume and quite sure that nobody who bother to read it, yet alone make themselves understand it. Anyway, it so happened that I was out shopping two days ago and I dropped by the Nagaoka Civic Centre here. There was one section displaying all the dolls in conjunction with this festival and I took some time to have a look on them. One unique thing about all these dolls is the fact that they are hand-made using materials like cloth, papers and ribbons.
First up was the Emperor and the Emperess.
Next are his super mega long mistresses.
Ice-cream wrappers and ice-cream sticks were recycled to make these dolls.
And all his super extra low girlfriends.
As you might notice it, every single doll above doesn't have the complete set of eyes, nose and ears or in other words, they are all impaired. However, I do come across normal dolls with all five senses. And they are really cute.
Although some looks normal, others suggest otherwise. Take this Siamese-twins doll for example.
Here are the rest of the dolls that I managed to capture and bring home.
A couple in a nest.
Oversized eggs who sit on a hard paper.
A sumo wrestler with two candys as his bodyguards in the background.
Twin bunnies with missing whiskers.
These are seashells, not dolls.
I was lucky enough to be able to join in the doll making session that was opened for public on that day and guess what I came out with?
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