A Streak of Colour in the Sky

There Will Be Train. Its a new movie.

I took this picture as I was waiting at the Ipoh KTM station just Monday. A story to tell for another day, is Ipoh. It isn't as dark as it looks -I used my 'sunset' function to bring out the twilight look. I find it somewhat romantic.

I just took this, a few hours ago, in the car. Amazing streak of vermillion in the sky. Couldn't help but freak out my bro as I frantically whipped out my camera.

Better view of the sky. I just wish I weren't in the car! Couldn't set off my flash so the pic is not as crisp as it is supposed to be.

Dude, Where's My Food?

A funny pic of a cat. I saw it washing itself and took out my camera for fun. It gave me such weird poses! This one had such an expression to its' face I couldn't help posting it up. Its like saying: "Yeah homey. What up."

The Calm Before the Storm.. and I am Blogging

I've got Catch-22 sitting rather forlornly on my desk, next to a book that gave me eyebrow cramps and another on an illicit, torrid affair. The last book being the raunchiest ever written by the author.

Considering the author is the man behind the brilliant, twisted, moving, baffling and memorable 'Sons and Lovers', Lady Chatterley's Lover has to be the most erotic, if not the best.

I ain't got the time to finish it yet, but I will. Just maybe not so conspicuously. But its literature okay?

Nonetheless.

I am a-waiting for an editorial meeting (there is a neatly printed chart of sorts beside me, my pen resting just by my left wrist) and for now, there is calm and quiet in the office.

Until, of course, the bosses descend once again upon Planet Office and we have the usual frenzy of activity.

I have traveled far to Ipoh and come back on the very same day; spending 6 hours on travelling to stay for a 2 hour interview. I feel like I have learnt something here, but I am still trying to fogure out what the main lesson is (there were a lot of lessons I learnt on Monday that I am sure, in the future, will warn me how to deal with similiar situations).

I had a stranger cry on my shoulder.

I suppose the tale is for another day (pre-karaoke perhaps?) and maybe by then i would have figured out what I've learnt.

Speaking of k-oke, we've got to brush up our vocal chords.

Or else we're gonna have Bra-man take us to a whole new level of funny. I've got my camera ready boys. Muahaha.

This is a quick update, seeing that my last update was nearly two weeks ago. More details later, I guess.


See ya guys.

Books and Other Stuff

Books.


Have been doing a lot of reading lately. Its strange. I never used to have the time to do it when I was a student but now, as I join the workforce, I find, to my eternal astonishment, I have more time to do the things I love.

Reading is just one of the things I can do more of -despite the bedtimes of 10pm, and the load of work. I have finished, in 3 weeks, 6 books. Its quite an achievement.

Here are the six books I finished:

1. Dragons of Dwarven Depths and Dragons of Highlord Skies.

The Lost Chronicles of Dragonlance, featuring my favourite heroes of the Lance. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman never disappoints, but I had a strange, eerie sense that the first 30 pages of the first book was not written by them but by some dimwit 16 year old with a musty typewriter.

But altogether an interesting read for a fan of the series, though not exactly groundbreaking.

Bought for a disgustingly cheap 15 buckeroos each.

2. The Painted Man

It is a new debut fantasy novel by a guy called Peter V. Brett. Excellent. Fast-paced, interesting, well-written and a good read for fantasy fans. Courtesy of Borders bookstores, who have graciously supplied me with a few books for my reading and reviewing pleasure.

3. Blue-Eyed Devil

A rom-chick-lit fluff book by Lisa Kleypas. Surprisingly delicious read, nicely paced and written, but pretty much standard fare. Also courtesy of Borders.

4. The entire His Dark Materials trilogy

A re-read, for I found the 3-in-1 volume going for an irrisistable RM 24. It was sinful not to buy it. Still as good as I remembered, albeit a little limp at the end and somewhere halfway through.

5. And, the piece de resistance -The Messenger, by Markus Zusak.

You may remember my praise for The Book Thief, also by Mr Zusak, and I found his other books stuck at the bottom shelf at Kinokuniya. Was delighted to see he had 3 other titles (which I have yet to find, and hopefully I will at Borders) and I bought The Messenger for a whopping RM 59.90. Broke my wallet, but worth it, because it is a story of life, love, and a loser cab driver.

Immensely likeable, and possesing a depth that, at first glance, may not seem like much, but eventually all makes sense. It was extremely well-written, you feel for the characters, and guess what? If I were to write I wanna write like a cross between Gaiman and Zusak. Zusak is the one worthy of praise given to over-rated authors like Mitch Albom. If toss up between Albom and Zusak, go for the Zusak. he is a far better writer with less pretension.

Zusak also has a book called 'When Dogs Cry' and another called 'Getting the Girl', so if any of you spot the book on shelves please give me a heads up.



Other Stuff.


Where was I? Oh, free time. Right. I have more now. I find myself going home to cold dinners and nothing on my agenda except to maybe check my mail (but I do that all day at work so its pointless) and then go to bed.

Its weird. I thought students had more free time, but they don't. Well, at least not MY studenthood days anyway. Lol.

But yeah.

I am trying to drop a couple of kilos too. Well, maybe not a couple. Like, a whole load. Like 30kg kinda load.

I am also trying to get healthy -eat more veggies, less sugar, keep my weight down and health up. And I know some of you are secretly agreeing that weight loss is a good thing for me and if anyone needs it its me. (Don't deny it. Lol. You guys are snorting and going, yeah, DUH.)

I know you guys think there is nothing wrong with me (at least you tell me that, and I heart you for that, yes) but there is. I cannot stand the sight of myself in the mirror anymore, and I have decided to take charge of my weight and what I put inside my mouth.

So if we go out and I don't eat anything but a lettuce leaf, please don't point it out or try to make me eat more. I know what I am doing, not gonna starve myself or nothing. SO don't worry, just support me by not making a big deal out of it. I am serious about dropping the weight.

And I need all the help I can get. I need you guys to support me. :)

Other stuff also in life. Still trying to manage expenses, and trying to adjust to work life. I dreamt of work a few times these past weeks, so thats kind of weird.

Woke up on a Sunday and panicked -OMG I AM LATE FOR WORK.

Before I told myself - YOU DUMBASS ITS SUNDAY.

Then I fall straight back to sleep. Its scary.

But yeah. Work goes well, and I am happy. Very happy. I think I have made that so obvious that some of you have even applied for a job here. It IS a good place to work, and I love what I do.

Its not something a lotta people can say, but I can, and for that, I am eternally grateful to the Big Man Way Up in The Sky. God, yeah, thats him. Good job, God. After years of torture and being the biggest (literally) loser in class and having people hate me for the sheer fact that I was weird, poor and fat, I think I found my happy place. For real.

Now if only I can bloody stop dreaming of work!