Bottled in Extreme Clarity

…was awake fairly early….the whole family was gone.
No food in the house, no stove of any kind to even make drinks, no form of entertainment and no way of escape… i was stuck in a luxurious prison of sorts. ARRGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I live in the kind of community where families go out all at once, cramming in their 4WDs to have excursions to town (for entertainment, to replenish sustenance or to renew contact with society). Anyone unlucky enough to be stuck behind (ie. me) are left to hunger and thirst. I KNOW my family…..they arent big on stocking up on food or drinks. I remember days of yore when a tiny fridge about 4 feet high was all that was needed to keep a family of 7 going for about a month…. well, mom always got fresh poultry, veggies, fish daily from the wet market but thats beside the point!

What about if i want to munch on something, or crack a kuaci, or crunch on fries or even open a fizzy soft drink??? Will McDonald’s deliver to this part of the world????????????????????

And while this house rocks…its huge. Filled wit barebones of furniture… my brother’s MP3s echo thorugh the quite empty house. More furniture are to arrive from hometown of Melaka…guess the parents are moving in for sure now.

And I dont get the alarm system. It auto controls opening and closing of the front gate which anyone could easily climb over. Either that or just climb over the low iron grill to the right, or even just mosey in via the rubbish chute…take your pick!!

Was my sis really so considerate at to overlook it, thinking that could me points of entry whenever i come home late after a night on the town?

On the plus side of this imprisonment, I get to get a lot of work done (courtesy of broadband, thank god that was set up in advance)…. if i dont perish from starvation first.

And so begins my love-hate relationship with my new home.

.. Was estranged from a buddy and hadn’t been talking for some time.For past few months we however started to see each other again… Probably due to manipulations of mutual fren who wanted see us talk and sort things out, bless her soul.
She use to say “all I wanna do is go out and be happy happy, I can’t stand it if this one masam and that one masam too… Howlar to enjoy??” The smart vixen knew that I’m a softie, I very easily forget grudges and am the chin-chaiest person there is.

She somehow foresaw all of us getting blitzedly drunk, pouring our souls out and end up crying and forgiving each other amidst hugging. Watches too many movies methinks…

All this patch up catalysed yesterday when me and bud had dinner.. After initial small talk we got to talk abt what that drove us apart. And I knew I had to say the words otherwise it would all juzt be a farce. Even though she somehow sensed it in me, it was smtg tat had to be said.

Saying sorry is so easy to do. The tough is knowing wat u saying sorry for, really meaning it and not make a mockery of it. Its not time for hangups about losing face or what you THINK is going against you in life. Otherwise…. just dont bother….apology gets thrown back in your face and deservingly so.
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And some words abt discrimination. I of all people know the meaning of that word and being the sometimes anal person that I am decided to be all politically correct about the whole thing. Why just talk abt physical attributes?

My definition started to coverthe whole spectrum of the human race, not just colour of skin and beliefs, but also lifestyles, the way people live and so on and so forth.
Discrimination in its purest form is being conscious abd aware that someone and something is different. Its not all bad and mostly its been ingrained in us by how we were brought up and the surroundings we are in.

I dun encourage cliques. Its nice to be among familiar faces and in the company of warm camraderie.. I enjoy talking cock with friends, but sometimes also I realise that to the person on the outside..they hesitate joining in for fear of being left out… U know the feeling? Being among people, but not quite there yet.. This is just theory of course… But I have been in same situations before and nobody’s perfect.

So back to discrimination and how I saw it. After being anal abt the whole thing I just got tired of keeping track of the whole correct thing to do and say. Sometimes differences are meant to be celebrated.. For example when my friends slag off the ozs and they good humoredly slag back (welsh are best at this) and so I thought, “screw this, this is too tiring!!”

So nowadys I do the lazy thing of treating all the same as much as I can and trying not to look too stunned if they hv shocking lifestyles and beliefs. To each, his or her own and in celebration of that.

At last on way to puchong.
Have already habded over old apt keys and am off to the new place which I have never seen before.. Can u believe it haha

Woke up wit a hangover, had to have a last big bash before the “solitary confinement” and friend had gotten tequila which sealed my fate effectively. Was so fantastically drunk and even met a nice black american… They shure know how to boogie! Friend snuck away to be wit hubby and group so after polite name exchanging i declared my feller’s name is same as his and ran away. Me was too drunk and had to sit or topple over, and as good a dancer he was twas too uncomfortable for me to dance in my mucky old slippers.

So now in avanza for the long drive to my new home. After customary initial bickering between mom and dad, I threatened to separate the two and they at last settled down - dad happily driving and mom at the back beading the rosary.

Head still hurts, almost din want to wake up this morn, but there was junk to be sorted thru and packed…. There’s just so much!!! Now I’m thirsty, cranky and extremely hungy… I crave carbo and chicken rice would be awfully good!Yummmmyummmm mmm mmmmmmm

Just realised I’m moblogging now.. Well whaddaya know… One day, one day.. I will try to capture slosh thoughts while partying.

Can’t wait for drink bud to come back, I foresee an ultra big slosh bash come august end..

Almst there. Two bad new. One, this place is not just isolated but an isolated desert. Two, network indicator is unwaveringly gprs with no signs of edge.

We know which is which, and that’s all that matters in the non-virtual world. And without meaning any offence to those who have their feet firmly planted in reality and the physical world, let me further finetune that definition to “Especially in that non-virtual world called the office ”

…found out few days ago that there was a WIBRO seminar in KL…..the koreans want to attack our airwaves!
A handset vendor admits that they also have more knowhow and expertise in the DMB standard of mobile TV and would like to get that going in Malaysia.

Suffice to say, I panicked.

DVB-H so far has been the popular Mobile TV transport technology of choice… there are more DVB-H trials than any other standards around the globe, and even in Malaysia.

Why do handset vendors want to confuse us with so many standards to choose? Nothing wrong with differentiation, but before investing millions of dollars in the tech that MAY take them there, why cant they think FIRST about what consumers themselves, really want and really need, and take it from there?

One nice example is AMD buying ATI… colleague who’s been following the scene long enough only has this to say, “Consumers are in big trouble.”

http://themediaslut.com/2006/07/403

…. some weeks ago, was having a nice vendor dinner at some nice resort on Sentosa… to my left were fellow Malaysians and to my right were folks from Japan…. twas fantastic opportunity to check out their high-tech gadgetry, no?

This particular phone is Vodafone’s Sharp and is able to buy retail goods….simply wave the front of phone in front of a receiver and you are done!

This particular had a high-megapixel camera and was also a Sharp from Vodafone.

Interestingly, was at an event in BKK before that event, hosted by Japanese vendors as well….. they had similar phones from Vodafone Sharp and also attested to not having PDA phones in Japan.

The HP exec from Japan however says there is…. but himself was carrying a large-screened Sharp mobile phone. Needless to say, he utilised phone’s Bluetooth for the very first time that night (he was an elderly gent) during dinner… to send me a pic on my Moto PEBL because MMS wasnt supported on the 8700g - had to go to a link to view pic….which by now is already expired.

Nice to know that at least Bluetooth is almost universal on most mobile devices…even ones from the Land of the Rising Sun.

Ahhhh nice. Having some downtime at the lobby of a resort in desaru. Event is successfully over and my nokia batteries died, so thank god for my trusty blackberry….. Beats tippity tapping on a touchscreen with a teeny stylus too.

Most of the other journos and vendors have left already…twas funny… A nice lady from lenovo bought all the tokens to play pool and come departure time pool table became a place of congregation to say last goodbyes and make hasty intros too.
Some took turns to shoot pool too, one from china was playing pool for the very first time.

Which reminds me of last nite where we had a way cool time… The last dregs of party animals hung around in front of the band, dancing..somehow knowing its the first last nite so wanting to squeeze them dry till the very last song.

After that we were turned away from the karaoke bar only to find out..noooooooo, it was actually reserved for us we only needed to say the magic words.

Screamed our lungs out. Bleedy good time. Period.

….as i write this.
met a bunch of new faces n even an old familiar one…
things dun look good… bro had taken my last pack of ciggies…so i will b going full head on to a stresscenter without any stress busters…

laters….

…. i honestly believe that they were made for one and only one purpose - for all the times between leg shaving/waxing periods when legs are all stubbly and unsightly.

All them fairy tales about guys being turned on by stockings of all manner of designs and colours… is probably just them obssessing if the gel’s legs are gonna compete with the stubble on his chin etc.

Almos the end of the month……havent had chance to properly blog much about going-ons in my life. I only know I have a lot of deadlines (arrrghhhh!!!!) and a trip to Johor Bahru later this week. Its gonna be swell, I think.

Have been in explosive moods lately. The move to Puchong is still full steam ahead. Sis will be gone to Korea later this month, so things are speeded up. Life is so frustrating at times…esp. when it does not turn out the way you want it to and is added to with other factors. Taking a step back, I know it cannot be this way forever.