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Changes Are Good

As you have noticed, this is the millionth time I have changed the template for my blog. You see, I get bored pretty easily and I have yet to find the template I really like, which explains why my blog is shedding its skin so frequently.

Sorry about that. I promise, if I ever get one template I like, I'll stick to it...until I get bored of it, that is.

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Google lah!

I don't mean to be mean, but sometimes hearing another person's voice through the phone cracks me up. The manner they answer the phone, their voices and the dumb things they say on the phone sometimes made me laugh out loud (like I said, I don't mean to be mean, but I can't help myself). But a year back, this phone conversation I had with an operator totally raised the bar for the ultimate phone conversation stupidity.

At that time, I was with this PR company and I needed to contact the editor of this magazine owned by a large local broadcasting company urgently. So I called the hotline and this girl, I presume it's the operator, picked up the phone. The conversation - which I swear is a true story - went something like this:

Dumb-ass Operator (DAO): Good morning! Thank you for calling XXX!

Me: Good morning. Could you pass me to the editor of ABC magazine please?

DAO: We don't have their number, so we can't pass you to her

Me: Ohhkayy! So can I have their number so I can personally call her?

DAO: We don't have her number, sir

Me: What about her e-mail? Can I have her e-mail please?

DAO: We don't have her e-mail too

Me: Then can I at least know the editor's name?

DAO: You Google lah!

At that very moment, I went speechless. And at that very moment, I felt the girl's hand crushing my nuts. I don't know what to say to that poor girl, so I quietly hung up the phone.

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The Story Of A Travelling Bean Bag

Hiya everyone! Meet Joe, the sometimes annoying laughing bean bag. Joe is almost two years old. Joe was 'adopted' by his owner when he was spotted looking outside the window with his sappy eyes, pleading for some kind soul to bring him home.

Just like Mary's little lamb, Joe follows his owner wherever he goes. He has been to a few places and occasionally follows his owner to work. But no thanks to his annoying laugh, Joe has been banned from visiting his owner's workplace. Too bad, Joe, too bad!

One of Joe's favourite past time is to annoy the hell out of everybody. Some might think he is cute, but to others, he is downright annoying. During a recent road trip with his owner, he never failed to annoy his owner, eventhough his owner needs to focus on the road:

Not only that, Joe has a knack of showing up unexpectedly and often unannounced, just to annoy people. Somehow, Joe finds pleasure in ruining other people's day for the heck of it. Sorry Doggie and Bear, knowing Joe's annoying habit, you two should really get a room if you wanna make Bearpups!

But at the end of the day, after a whole day of travelling and annoying the sh*t out of people, Joe would usually kick back and give himself a pat on the back for a job well done. Mission accomplished. Joe lives to annoy another day!

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That Evil Black Thing

Question: What is black, has buttons on each side and is known to cause some sort of finger injury?

Answer: This.

The mean, lean, black machine

I have been wanting to get one of these for the longest of time (yes, I know I'm three years overdue, so shut up!) but I haven't got the chance to, with money being the main reason why. Over the weekend, my brother got one and let me tell you, this black object is evil with a capital 'E'!

For anyone who loves gaming as much as I do, they would agree that the PSP is one hell of an entertainment device: you can play games, listen to music, watch movies and surf the web with this device.

When you have this device in your hands, hours pass by like minutes. On Sunday, I spent three hours playing this game:

Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes

Not only is the game addictive but it is sure tough as hell. It took me almost 30 minutes getting past one round, no thanks to this guy. My fingers literally went numb after the three-hour stint. Not because I suck at the game, but the difficulty of the level is hard and I have only less than a day of training OK?

Anyway, I think I’ll get one by the end of the year. But at the mean time, my bro’s poor PSP will suffer the wrath of my PSP-derived fingers.

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Stupid Technology Jargon

I hate technology jargon. Hateeeee!!! Don't get me wrong, I like gadgets and stuff - like I know what a PSP stands for and what TouchFlo is - but I seriously can't stand deeper technologial jargon. To me, they are like rocket science. Wait, it IS rocket science.

Today I was supposed to come up with a proposal for an IT client for work, so half of the time I was scratching my head wondering what some jargon means. Like for example: technological footprint! What the f*** is a technological footprint? The first thing that popped into my mind was this:

Stomp the yard!

I thought technological footprints are footprints left behind by Optimus Prime. But of course, I did not say that out loud to my boss cos he's gonna frigging rip my head off.

So anyway, technological footsteps are basically left overs of some technological stuff that you did not fully utilized. Like for example, you are using only 40GB of your 100GB hard disk space, and thus the remaining 60GB is a technological footstep. Or something like that

In simpler words, it means mechanical poop! And why can't they call it that? The term is more self-explanatory, don't you think?

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Things You Probably Didn't Know About Nicholas

Uttered his first word when he was only 2 months old
Won his first bet when he was only 2 months old, because his uncle did not believe his mom when she said Nicholas called her 'mama' when he was only 2 months old
Won a drawing competition when he was 10 years old
He is a Taekwondo black belt holder. He got the black belt when he was 12; the first 12-year-old to get a black belt in Negeri Sembilan
He was a member of the choir team way back when he was in high school
He was a member of the high school athletics team for for 5 years; the triple jump and long jump list among his favourite track events
First sprained his ankle when he accidentally stepped on a football
Wouldn't mind watching Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers all over again
He's a big fan of cartoons such as The Powerpuff Girls and Ben 10
Would definitely like to share a sandwich with Megan Fox and Jessica Alba
He is a total sucker for cute stuff like puppies
He cannot roll his tongue

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Waiting For Rain

"I. Need. Water. Now!"

Well, not literally.

You see, I woke up this morning and to my horror, all the taps were dry! Not a single drip of water. Thanks to some not-so-pleasant "graffiti" carefully crafted by some a-holes at the lifts to my apartment, I found out that the management has a knack of cutting the water supply for no apparent reasons.

They'd better gimme back my water supply when I get back from work tonight. If not, hell hath no fury like a dude scorned!

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Here I Go!

Yup, my first ever post in my new blog. Well, I had a blog before, but I sorta let it rot after awhile 'cos I was too lazy to update it. But hey, here I am - new blog, new me and definitely more things to say - and that's what matters, right?

So fasten your seatbelts, people! Here I go!