Plants Update- Nephentes Veitchii Hose Mountain

The top photo shows the whole plant. The lower one shows a diformed pitcher... Only lower half, top half dono gone where ... Wahlau.... Phua Chu Kang english oso got ah?

A Point to Ponder

Have you ever feel like this? When you're here, you wish that you're somewhere else, when you're somewhere else, you wish that you're else where. Like you hated yourself right now, wishing that you'd feel like when you're younger, but then again, if you think really hard, you'll remember that back then, you hated yourself just the same.

Life is a journey indeed!

mmm... oral story of the day- you cant do it in real life- photoshop it...

People say a picture worth a thousand words... I'm so good in MATHS that I know for sure if Mr. Atan and Mr. Jan Travolta ever see the pictures, the above pictures will worth 4,000 words, consisting only 4 letters, repeated many, many, many many many many times.

Yesterdays' Pose is todays' Laughing Stock

Olympus secondhand camera- RM600

Breakfast of Hacks Sweet-RM0.50

Coffee-Free (Bancuh Sendiri)

Time spent infront of the PC (free time lo)

the look on Ms. Leos' face= PRICELESS!!!!

Seriously, she did look like "KAK NITA" in a scary way. Imagine both Anita Sarawak and Angelina Jolie having a front-to-front accident, the result would look pretty much like the above pix.

yesterdays' story is todays' memory

What happened to me yesterday was like a drama with bad script and bad director, not forgetting the bad cameraman and bad casting also, bad post-production, bad promotion, bad ju ju, bad, bad, bad.

I woke up early as usual, hit the snooze button more than once as usual. Had my coffee extra sweet with extra creamer and took my sweet time burning CD. Then I hit the shower as usual and dressed as usual when I was about to leave I received a text message from Ms. Leo. It says "someone important is here in Langkawi and He might be dropping by at the office." FINE.
Then another one came in saying "office wear would be great". FINE!!!!Undress, press the shirt and get dress. Again.

So I drove to the office and the moment I stepped in, the guys at the office said "You have to interview him, here's the script". Looking at the scribbles, I almost got a heart attack there and then. Felt like I wanted to crawl into someones' locker and sob and cry. I asked the guys to observe silence for 1 minute so that something like am iracle would happen and the surprise visit would be cancelled. Well me being me, I can't shut up for more than 10 seconds.

To make a long boring story short an interesting, I was saved by a combination of factors and I didn't have to do the interview that might be costing me my job.

Riiiiigggghhhtttt.....

Well anyway, the photo is a photographic evidence that I don't panic for nothing (meaning when I panic, other people should start panicking)!

reflection time

Some people were born rich. Some were not. Some people were brought up in a happy family. Some struggled through neglect and abuse. Some people were spoon-fed with education, some had to drop out of school because of variety of reasons.

Some people have a lot of everything, while some scrape for scraps because they didn't have anything. Some people are happy by nature, others pretend that they are happy when they're not. Some people don't even bother.

Some people got a lot of friends. Some people only have one. Some have none. Some people are thin. Some, not so. Some trying to and some, just let it go. Some people have secrets, some people doesn't, but most; do.

Some people are happy with their life. Some people try to make it better while some don't even want to save themselves. Some people wanna settle down and have children, while some people can't mate in captivity.

Some people want to live until they reached a very ripe old age. Some people live fast and die young, hoping to leave a goodlooking corpse behind. Some people doesn't even have the chance, they were stabbed by someone in a fit of jealousy, or have taken their own lives in a fit of jealousy or by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. While some are still here, wondering, how and when would the end be.

Some people show love by being there, while others don't. Some people even love unconditionally.

Some people need the company of other people. while some don't. Some even pretend that they like the company of people when in reality they don't. Some people barely tolerate it. Some people like to hurt themselves, while some people like to hurt other people, some people doesn't care who they hurt.

Life is short indeed, but, it is wide enough that some got lost along the way.

Erk?

In conjuction with "my new look", I think it's best for me to share the lyric of my favorite song in my own style.

Nothing Compares (to My Hair)

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took my hair away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took my hair away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can soap my scalp if I choose
I can use facial cleanser all over my scalp
But nothing
I said nothing can take away these blues
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to the lost of hair blues

It's been so cold up here (pointing at my head) without you (reffering to my hair) here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong
I could go shop for wigs but I can't afford the real looking expensive ones
But they'd only remind me of my real hair
I went to the doctor n'guess what he told me
Guess what he told me
He said boy being bald can be fun
You'll have to love your new (lack of) hair-do
But he's a fool
`Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to my hair

all the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away (cos I'm too busy staring at the mirror looking for new hair growth and didn't have the time to water them, ok, I lied, I poisoned your plants and pluck'em one by one and chop them and burn them)
I know that living with no hair can be sometimes hard (imagine scratching mosquito bites on top of your head, or trying to smack that darn mosquitoes when they land on your bald head)
But I'm willing to give it another try (if you pay me a gadzillion, in US Dollars)
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to my hair
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to my hair
Nothing compares
Nothing compares to my hair

Nothing Compares to You, Originally Sung by my idol and inspiration, Sinead O'connor.

What Do Ya Say?

The world is full of baldies. Take the chicken above for example. It's bald and blushing. The reason behind this lack of feather is simple- easier for us humans to prepare the chicken for cooking. Expect walking chicken body parts in the near future and fried chicken and chicken chops fresh from the eggs.

Or the Bald Parrot (Pionopsitta aurantiocephala), it have all the colorful feather of a parrot, with a bald head and again, the "blush".

Or the chiseled facial features of Sinead O'connor, minus the blush.

Or the drama behind the dramatic decision of Britney Spears. No blush, tho I imagine K-Fed would blush like boiled coconut crab in tom yam soup. A classic case of "suddenly-I-feel-like-shaving-my-head-and-be-the-talk-of-the-world".

GASPS! CHOKE! COUGHS!

Should I, or should I not go "Britney"? I know I look good, with or without hair but Am I brave enough? I dont think so.

This'll give me nightmares for 7 working days.

Local Langkawi Nephentes at Mount Mat Chinchang

These pix were taken by Mr. Nazir somewhere on Mount Mat Chinchang a.k.a. Gunung Cable Car in Langkawi. Many thanks to him for giving me the pix and for not telling me the exact location of the plants for conservation reasons. Can anyone I.D. what species is this? T.Q.

Brunfelsia Americana a.k.a. The Lady of the Night

OK, interesting thing about this one:

1. It first blooms white.

2. Turns yellow the next day.

3. Turns white again the next days' night.

4. Turns yellow again the day after the next days' night. (I know it sounds confusing but the flower last three days, blooming white, then turns yellow during the day and white again during the night and yellow and white and wilt.)

5. It blooms at night.

6. It smells nice at night.

7. Doesn't have any smell during the day.

Plants Update- Nephentes Ampullaria Green

I got this one almost a year ago and it's growing nicely. Pitchers are about 2 inches tall. Second pix from the top shows a snail living inside of the pitcher.

I'm Here

1. Pantai Kok / Telaga Harbour Park at sunset

(edited by Tukangtaip)

2. Pantai Kok / Telaga Harbour Park at sunset

(edited by some crazy dude that looks me)

3. Sunset at an unnamed island (actually the island have a name, but I forgot la)

taken by a dude named Nazir who works upstairs at my office.

(edited by me)


4. Lagenda Apartments (right view from my balcony at sunset)

(edited by me)

5. Pantai Kok / Telaga Harbour Park at sunset

edited by me

Ok, last night I went to a jap restaurant with Ms. Halina & Ms. Mirinda. Got a bag full of little bags of high Q coffee and the makan was good, considering Ms. Halina got a complimentary lobster from the chef and the lobster was good. As last night was my first time to actually eat a lobster (I wont order anything that would cost more than 1 day pay) so ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to confirm what I read on the net, that lobster tastes like crab, with a prawn texture, slightly abit chewier is true, but that's not my point.

After a holiday in Bali/Jakarta, Ms. Sufina and Ms. Mirinda acted strange. When I say both of them acting strange... I mean they're acting stranger than normal. Ms. Sufina got a "serious case of jet-lag", and Ms. Mirinda "suffered from a combination of things". She said, "no matter where you go, Langkawi is such a beautiful place, I dont know why people travel outside" among many other things.

That's weird.

But then again, I suspected that maybe it's something else. Something to avoid THE QUESTION.

and the QUESTION is where's my souvenir?

How smart?

Magneto Cat VS Magneto Me

Yes... I am so very the free to have this much time editing pix and posting. I'm BHORED! I'm HUNGRY! That cat looks yummy... Masak Lemak Cili Api pun sodap... Tskx5

The Magneto Cat can manipulate steel knives to peel pomeloes while Magneto Me loves to eat pomeloes. Who will win? I have no idea but who ever wins- the pemelo lost!

3 Cs' for breakfast at noon

My breakfast for today - Coffee+Ciggies+Camera = Creativity (or it could be "craziness")

Last night Madonna texted me at 1++am saying "1 June 2007 10.00am mesyuarat Hari Bertemu Pelanggan di bilik mesyuarat. Be there or be square..."

In case you're wondering who's this Madonna, well she's not THE Madonna, but simply Madonna John. She's such a sweet girl. infact, she's so sweet that I couldn't help myself from posting her SMS here. Keh, keh, keh.

Earlier today, she sent me another one saying " Guess what? Puk*ma* tol la boss ko tu datang at 1130 and kata takde meeting. He just ask us to come and meet it seems. Ciba* betul. Next time takde surat jangan harap I pegi apa2 meeting!"

To which I replied "Hello? My boss is your boss too, OK?"

Still waiting for her reply until now.

P/S: I know this is so lame, but I could not resist... Oh! No! The lights... It's beautiful... I... I... I cannot feel the second joint of my pinky finger...

Right! The drama!

Arghhhhhhhhhh... Ohhhhh.... Nooooooo.....

Yesterdays' phone conversation is making me paranoid! Read on...

Me: Hello, pejabat XXXXXXX ka ni?

Clerk: Ya, encik... Boleh saya bantu?

Me: Boleh tolong check tak package dari Sarawak?

Clerk: Errrr... Tunggu sat, tunggu sat...

Waiting.

Waiting.

Getting tired of waiting.

Still waiting.

Tired of waiting and about to hang up.

Still waiting because I know I'm a very patient person and I just reloaded my phone.

Other Clerk: Halo encik?

Me: Boleh tolong check package dari Sarawak, nombor XX XXX XXX XXX XX?

Other Clerk: Oh... Kita ada terima, tapi dia ada di Aloq Setaq, dalam pukul 5 sampai la kot.

Me: Takpa, takpa, nanti saya call balik, terima kasih.

1700 hrs

Me: Hello? XXXXXXX ka?

Clerk: Ya, boleh saya bantu?

Me: Minta tolong check package dari Sarawak, parcel no...

Clerk: Sat, sat...

Waiting.

Waiting again.

Darn, they still make me wait???

Still waiting.

Clerk: Hello?

Me: Ye, boleh-mintak-tolong-check-bungkusan-dari-Sarawak no.. XX XXX XXX XXX XX?

Clerk: Errr... Kita ada terima satu bungkusan dari Sarawak, tapi sepatutnya ada dua... Satu

masih lagi dekat Aloq Setaq...

Me: Habis macamana?

Clerk: Dalam bungkusan tu ada apa?

Me: Ada pokok...

Clerk: (feigning worry) Ye ke? abis tu sekarang macamana?

Me: (In my head- Right, as if you can do anything now... Like swimming to fetch my package, or full refund, or treat me for a very expensive dinner!) Bila boleh sampai ni?

Clerk: Esok pagi-pagi... Mungkin lewat sikit... Tengahari kot...

Me: Ok. Terima Kasih (Imagines hanging up as brutal as possible that it could be call phone abuse tho I'm using my mobile)

Moral of the story, there's no moral in this one...

Colors of Caladium and Alocasia and Colocasia...

Colourful eh?