Mantra

My mantra in the office: : "Google it lar."

I mean seriously, it saves me time and saliva. I am a bummer whattodo. And in addition, it is the better way of getting information, rather than I misinform people.

I shall continue whatever I'm doing or risk sotong-fried.

Kickstart

Today will be the last of free weekdays. Come Monday, I am taking a new route life where wide varieties of unpredictable circumstances may put mind and body in chaos if the wrong choice is made. Purely practical. What I learn as student is to be strutted and paraded on the vital decisions that can change the course of the company, the rise and fall of it.
















The scene that I am going to look at every morning.

In the most simple translation of the cow dung I just presented, it means I'm going to embrace a working life liao. Gheez.

Can They Make It Five?

Come this Saturday, Liverpool is a demoralized and beaten bunch of misfits going to face the champions of England. Four defeats in a row ain't the best of situation to go into a crucial week against an arch rival.











Benitez: Should we sack him by now?

Somehow, when the club finished second last season, I got a bad uncomfortable feeling that they are not going to cut out this season. Its a psychological thing. Just look at the clubs fighting for promotion in the Championship and failed to do so. So many have suffered. Some even got relegated.

Ok, I digress.

I was at Anfield watching Liverpool vs. At. Madrid live. And I thought they played terrible. A team without drive and basically clueless. You may say its a friendly so what? But they bring such form into the actual season and suffered six defeats already. By the time they reach the Sunderland fixture, the team is totally utterly (honestly and hard to accept it) a pile of shite. Nevermind the beach ball scenario (which is comical according to Reina), they have a full 80 minutes to punch in a win. But nothing of such happened.















The oh-me-god-holly-cow scene.

And the overly cliched hype of Torres and Gerrard partnership. So, why is it a club vying for trophies is still a two-men team. Just look at the other elite teams, everybody can cover each other. Without Gerrard and Torres, as portrayed in the Sunderland and Lyon games, the first team looks like a Division One team. It makes me wonder that: (1)why rugby player Dirk Kuyt is still in team, (2) why Lucas is still paraded as a talent, (3) why Rafa spend 17mil for Johnson when they lacked a striker of Torres pedigree. They should have bought Darren Bent with that money. Two of him in fact, with that money. And by the way, Andriy who?

Such is the frustration of one Liverpool fan. Imagine the millions around the world. What is wrong and causes so many downsides everyone is wondering.

Which leads to a million dollar question somebody asked me....Are you going to watch the Man U match this week? My answer: Are you kiddin?!

Of Exploring and Gluttony

Sometimes you went to a foreign place and came back, realizing that what your hometown had been offering for all these years had been taken for granted. It may have been 2GB worth of pictures of a romanticized Paris or a magnificent Rome, but I find Penang still has its charms. Its own quiet way of charm.


























I had some tourist-like walks and food-hunting trips upon touching-down the island. Komtar brings back memories of me being dragged along by my parents while shopping. The first KFC that I ever been is still there. Although the current government tried to have revive the deadening shopping complex (just by setting up a few pitiful tents and a walkway), the historical and once glorious sections of the complex still stand in waiting for the promised refurbishment and makeover.

Certainly I have to speak something of the food. Oh yes the food. The I-had-been-dreadfully-missing-for-months food.


















Georgetown is of course the main focus point where mouthwatering food are available and spread among the streets and across the city. Ok, pretty much a cliche.

Its challenging and exciting because you have to treasure-hunt for it and get the directions right. Exhausting especially walking under the hot sun. But then....
















...this is worth the effort.

So its an all you can eat situation. Curry mee, hokkien mee, char hor fun, char koay teow, etc etc. Occasionally, even non-Penang food are also welcome...
















Sapu semua.

Then comes the chilling session. Seriously, its not because we have much to catch-up, even its old-time buddies. But we need more space for more food...
















...so just chill loh. Relax. Then go find some more...
















...then eat some more....













...then chill some more.

And it goes on routine for several cycles. That is until we announced enough is enough. Then its time to go back. And sleep.

I call this the true Penang spirit. And its the total opposite of living a healthy lifestyle.

Nonetheless, its the essential guide of routine to explore Penang.

Relief

I would be damned if my laptop decided to get cranky and died without any possible warning and all my data lost just like that.

Well, the first part did happen. Thank goodness the data lost part was not in its plan of destruction. Oh shit, touch wood.

After one week in the ICU, it finally came out fine. Data intact. Diagnosis: Mobo got fried. Deep fried.

The lesson learned: If you have an AMD processor, please use good air ventilation pad. That's all I'm going to say. Hack, it was even stated in my receipt. In bold capital Time News Roman letters. Totally appreciate that, although they spell ventilation as Vandilation.

The Soothing Effect

Piece of advice: If you feel pissed-off or angry or anything within that range of emotion, listen to LP.

Or at least this is my best remedy. The soothing effect is kinda guaranteed after an hour of Chester shouts. Sing along if you don't mind the neighbour shouts back at you. Freedom of expression what.

However, the catch is, only Hybrid Theory and Meteora helped. Other albums seem not to have the same impact as these two.

My two cents. Have better recommendation?