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First off, let me start by wishing everyone a very happy new year. May we all have a smashing year ahead of us.

I know I haven’t been updating much here (even though I said I would), but hopefully it will change. So as a welcome back gift from me, allow me to reminiscence a little bit, as well as indulge about the past decade.

A decade ago, I was just reaching towards the end of my teenage years. I just finished high school and about to step into the young adult life. At that time, it was pretty scary. I mean, I was really happy that school was officialy over, but at the same time, I also felt lost as I didn’t know what I should do. College was the only option then so I was heading there. The question was, what should I do?

A decision was made as to what I should do. I won’t go into details about it, but it’s safe to say that I’ve made a lot of bad calls here and there over the past decade. I still do it now, and I’m not proud of it

The past ten years have taught me a lot, and it’s made me who I am and put me where I am today. Ten years ago, I was still a kid stepping into the real world. Today, I’m no longer the same kid, but a not so young-ish man still going through life as it is, hoping to make it big someday.

Will I get there? I don’t know. No one knows really. We’ll just have to wait and see

Happy new year everyone, and have a good one!

Some of you may think this thing is for kids, but I don’t. Did my first ever sand art on Friday, with some help from Soph. Before this, my encounter with sand arts was with helping my cousin and niece, so this is considered a first for me.

This thing is really fun to do, and if you’re not worried about the occasional stares from on lookers, feel free to try it one day. It’ll seriously bring out the kid in you.

Before I go, allow me to show you my ‘masterpiece’

Giroro

Let’s face it, we all love a good commercial every now and then. From the Budweiser ads to…your food ads, you name it. Recently I found another commercial that I quite like. Watched it in the cinema a few times ad it never gets old.

The commercial that I’m talking about is the Heineken ad. It starts off with the lady of the house showing her girlfriends around the house. Eventually they stumbled on the wardrobe, and everyone of them were screaming and shouting with delight. Then, they heard an even louder screams and shouts, and the camera switched the scene to the guys, in a refrigerator-like room full of Heinekens. Those guys were really screaming with ecstasy and joy-gasm and you can’t help but to laugh at it.

Watch the ad here

I know I made a post about this previously, but I feel a need to rant more about people who don’t seem to know how to use the toilet properly. Also, since I haven’t been writing much for the past few months, I feel this post will be a good ‘warm up’ for me, to get my creative juice flowing again.

Now, where was I? Ah yes, toilets. Why, oh why do people have to be so bloody ignorant when using public toilets? From shopping malls to offices, it’s all the same. You go inside the cubicle, hoping to do whatever business you have to do, but lo and behold, it’s so dirty you don’t even dare stepping in.

We’ve all been there before. And let’s face it, we don’t like stepping in dirty toilets. You expect a clean toilet when you enter, well, so does everybody else. It’s meant to be shared, so please people, do your bit to keep it clean. I’m sure the person who goes in after you will be very pleased and thankful.

Oh yes, before I forget, please remember that the flush is there for a reason. It’s not a decoration to ‘liven’ up the place. So, DO NOT be afraid to use it!

The first one was good, but the sequel is even better (although not all episodes are nice). Still, I say this is a must watch anime, even if you’re not into the whole drama / slice of life anime genres.

Give it a try, and you won’t regret it.

I know I haven’t been updating this blog of mine for a very long time, but hopefully, it’ll change. For now, I, on behalf of Kanryu.org, would just like to take this opportunity to wish my faithful readers a very Happy New Year. May you have a smashing and great year ahead

First off, I would just like to inform everyone of you here that I’m still well and truly alive. As you might have noticed, I haven’t been writing much here, but rest assured, I’m going to start writing again from now on. Especially after the magnificent result we had last night. Talk about motivation to write

As the title says, we beat them Manures at the Grove. Oh and what a result it is. I’m still basking in the glory of defeating them, and I’m very sure that all Gooners around the world are feeling the same thing. The game itself was very enjoyable, except for the last 6 minutes of extra time. We don’t want a repeat of Sp*rs now do we?

All in all, it was a great performance from the boys, and I think everyone stood up to be counted for. Gallas in particular had a very good game, so hat’s off to him. The referee however, was a complete wanker. Some of his decisions and calls were really poor, and I can remember clearly 3 incidents which involved Walcott, Diaby and Nasri that would warranted a yellow card for the offenders. But alas, don’t think we’re getting any support from him, that bloody wanker.

Anyways, why spoil the mood when we can celebrate (more) our team’s victory? Here’s to the Gooners around the world, now, watch us go!

On the way to get dinner with my brother earlier, I realized the increase in the number of cars on the road, compared to a few days ago. A sense of dread came over me. People have started coming back from their break, school, colleges, universities are open again, and it’s back to the usual hectic-and-busy-everyday-life that we go through. I know that it has started today, but since I had the day off today, I’m only going to experience it starting tomorrow

The break I had wasn’t much of a break anyways. I was in and out of the hospital, driving here and there for my parents, taking care of my nephew and nieces, I hardly have time on my own. Except for that particular night out with a friend of mine. Sometimes I think it would be better if I was at work, that way I wouldn’t have to be a slave to everyone

Anyways, it’s back to work for me tomorrow. Back to being stuck in traffic, back to my cubicle, back to my daily routine, back to normality really.  Bleh!

I first stumbled upon this comic about 3 years ago while going through the “Preview” edition of comics. After reading the summary of it, I knew I just had to get this comic. So I asked my comic shop to reserve it under my account. Now after 3 years, it’s finally finished.

It starts with Superman saving this group of scientists who were exploring the sun (yes, you read it right). Their exploration was sabotaged by Lex Luthor (who else?), who planned this whole scenario out in his bid to destroy Superman. Anyways, Superman managed to save those scientists, but at a price. Being exposed to the sun at a close distance messed up Superman’s cells which literally triples his strength, but at the same time, giving him one year left to live. So the whole 12 issues of All Star Superman is about that 12 months that he has left, which is a pretty interesting read. You can check out the wiki page of it for a summary of all 12 issues.

Personally, I think the last issue could have been better, but I won’t complain much. With the completion of All Star Superman, I have less comics to collect now. I am still trying to find more comics to collect, but there are not many new ones to collect

Had a rather interesting experience on my way back from work this afternoon. The company allowed the Muslim staff to leave at 1PM today, hence my reason for leaving early today. After finishing up my work and saying my goodbyes to my colleagues, I headed out from the office. The ride down the elevator was the usual one, until I felt it jerked a few seconds before reaching one of the stops it was supposed to make. 2 people entered the lift, and we then waited for it to go down to the ground floor. Once there, the doors won’t open, and we were stuck in the bloody elevator for an hour.

There were 5 people in the elevator including, and 3 of them kinda panicked. I had my iPod on so I didn’t really bother much about being stuck there, except for the fact that I really wanted to piss. I was reminded of this song by The Darkness called ‘Stuck in a Rut‘, and it just kept on playing in my head while we waited for the doors to open. When it did though, we found ourselves on the 48th floor. So we had to take another elevator down and thankfully, there were no problems with the ride down.

I don’t think I would ever want to get caught inside the elevator if it malfunctions again though. Once is more than enough.