End of March 07

It's been a while. I've been meaning to update a post during the past days when i get online but at the same time i dont feel like posting anything. Well, stupid excuses aside, there also a bit a of a problem accesing my account in the cyber cafe i usually go to. Sigh~

So what to update.. since i've been MIA for weeks :P
For starter, i still unemployed. Dunno why i still picky with the jobs these days. Maybe a part of me hate those graphic designer kinda jobs. Mostly long working hours with little pay. Still, i not sure what else i can do for a living. Sigh~

I recently sent an artwork for a local comic magazine, Gempak. It was actually a character design competition in conjunction of the Spiderman 3 movie. So obviously i have to create my own version of Spiderman. The grand prize is Sony Erricson handphone (forgot the model type) while the 2nd place's prize a PSP. Not too keen 'bout the third though- a 3 months free gym workout *sweats*
I dun have the drawing with me now but i'll be sure to load it up here soon. Wish me luck :D

On another related topic , I plan to join a major comic drawing contest (also by Gempak) in the coming months. Still, i have trouble drawing anything... Always end up erasing watever on the paper. Guess i loosing my touch here *cries*

Till next time then.

Marching Into 300

So it almost half way into March already.. and i'm still unemployed. I really not sure what job i need to seek actually, kinda picky like one of my friend said earlier. Well, just say the market didnt offer anything i'm interested nowadays. And i not sure wat i can really do in the meantime. Sucks to be clueless and pennyless at the same time *sob*

Anyway it didnt stop me from watching 300 at the cinema yesterday evening. Me and my two brothers went to Midvalley Megamall to catch the newly opened movie. And god, it was so worth the RM11 ticket we spent each.


The movie is based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller whose his other work- Sin City, also made into a live action movie of a same name a couple years back. It tells how King Leonidas, king of the infamous Spartan lead 300 Spartan soldiers to held off an invasion of Greece by the Persian army of incalculable size. While the story itself was rather straight forward, the execution of the story was a nothing short of amazing. The action scenes, the highlight of this movie was totally breath-talking. Even though it's gory but at the same time rather poetic- almost like a graceful dance lol. U gotta see this movie to believe me. As for the girls, 300 perfectly sculpted half naked hunks is enough reason to watch this movie too *winks* What's amazing too was how the local censor treated this movie. Glad they not over-zealous, cutting-happy nowadays though i cant help to be cynical lol. If i'm not short of cash, i go for a second helping. Sigh~

A Week Later..

Sigh~ what a celebration... kinda unmemorable.
This year, without grandpa who was the center of very gathering, was not very lively. Heck, i didnt even see some relatives who were always show up every CNY. Kinda dismay, really.
No ang pow this year too b'cos it was a taboo since we still in mourning period (i only know of this a couple of days b4 CNY)

Anyway, the only good thing this year so far is that we finally got ourself a PS2. Yeah, the console is dated since PS3 came out recently. Heck, who wanna fork out thousand + for console with limited games. Besides, PS2 still shines among the gaming world with hundred of games to choose from. A bargain too with just RM 500 ++. Well, actually my bro the one who brought it. Now he can play every Final Fantasy (his fav game) that came out on PS2, 'cept of course the online one- FF XI. Anyway, at least i got my share of playing too "snigger"

Um, as for me, i still jobless as usual. Actually i kinda lost at what i should do now. Sigh~

Post Valentine Post

Hey there. Sorry for being MIA for more than a week now, here is not really convenient to go out to a cyber cafe. Anyway yesterday was Valentine. And i was terribly bored, just like the days before in the past week. Lonely and bored. What a way to celebrate Valentine. Well, just like recent years.

Well, thanks god i have the the good old tv to keep me company. With added channels from Singapore and if the day's good i'll get 2 more from Indonesia- not that i'll watch anyway. My schedule went like this almost very day- Wake up at 2 pm, have lunch my mum made/tabou'ed before she goes to work. Read newspaper and watch tv till dinner. Then watch tv again, have bath and continue watching tv till 3-4 am before bed. And if the night still early, read something from my library of comics before i finally go meet Morpheus (aka God of Dream)
Haha, i know. Live like a pig. I even gained weight i'm sure.

Speaking of pig, CNY is just a few days away and my two bros will be back tomorrow for the holidays. Good for them anyway since they dun have to help out spring cleaning this year which i did the whole last weekend. Anyway things will be much merrier later then. Looking forward to it :)

Happy Chinese New Year 2007

So here is the time again. Time sure run fast considered i still remember clearly the same time last year. Yeap, another reason to spent money after Christmas after a couple of months of saving and celebrate (not that i have any *sob*) So, in less than 2 weeks from now, we will celebrate Chinese New Year, again. But still i may have to go back hometown 2morrow hence this early post.

Forgive me for not in a joyful mood. For me, Chinese New Year had lost its appeal as i grow older and when things changed. Plus i dun fancy people parade in from of me in their new clothes when i still wearing the same t shirt/jeans for years. Hey, dun get me wrong, i like to wear unfashionable old clothes and i rather spent the money on something else (like a new motherboard or camera). Unless i have a family of my own, CNY will be just the same like any other holiday as well. And yeah, dun even get me started on all those CNY songs blaring from everywhere. They even more annoying than listening My Heart Will Go On a thousand times straight...

But then again, it a special occasion nonetheless, and i made a resolution to do an artwork for every big celebration especially CNY. Hey, there's something to look to after all.

Rendered in Photoshop CS

Anyway dun let my problem damp the mood. To everyone else who's celebrating CNY, enjoy it to the fullest. Maybe i will too. Gong Xi Fatt Choy~

Gempak Manga Review

Yeah~ some books reviews. It's been a long time since. Well, obviously whatever i review are usually either graphic novels, manga, anime or movie.. lol. Okay, here I got 2 new lovely graphic novels done by 2 local-grown talents respectively.

The 1st one up is "The Plague" by Puppeteer. This is his third graphic novel after "Evolusi Identiti" (2003) and "Velositi" (2005). The story sets in a post-aplocalypse city (like most his previous works) which seem to be ruled by military power. A young mechanic, Troy was worried for his girlfriend who works in a air naval base nearby when a plague (hence the title) of winged half-human creatures suddenly appeared and killing cityfolks. As the young man investigate deeper, Troy found out that there's a connection between the creatures and the air naval base where his lover works at.

I can say Puppeteer's artwork has improved greatly especially his coloring skill (used a lot of earth tone) and his mechanical design (though the some aircraft designs looks like ones from Last Exile anime). Storywise, it have lots of action and some gore with a decent plot. Too bad bout its main villian who looks promising at the start. He can be given more depth. Anyway, his great artwork alone is enough reason for you to get The Plague.

To those who are saturated with all the action and gore and in need for something sweet and funny, look no further than "Kaoru's Cake House". With a number of graphic novels under her belt, this Kedah lass is the local Princess of Manga. Like her previous works, her stroke and style is very much like her far-eastern counterpart (even the sound effect is in japanese O.o) but with her very own flavour. Clean, simple and sweet :)

"Kaoru's Cake House" is divided into 2 main parts. One is the story of the title's cake house run by 3 guys and the owner (all are pretty boys) and their funny ways of handling and helping their respective customers' problem with love and hope. And another part is the collection of Kaoru's recent love stories from Gempak comic magazine. All sweet and funny, lol. What's great here is her comic timing and the variety of her love story and the characters within. Nice. I have a good time reading. Too bad in my copy some of the pages are damaged (i think from the printing process) when i brought it a few days ago *cries*

So for those who love comic and manga, i really suggest you buy these two books even though the books only come in Malay language. Nice artwork and good story. What's more reason to support the local comic industry.

P.S. Really wish to replace my copy.. Huhu T.T

New Household Additions

Woot! Third bro Ah J. had brought himself a Pc recently using his study loan. Reason: he need a pc to do his university homework. Well, that not reason enough to buy a powerhouse. Why I say powerhouse? That's b'cos his pc is way better than mine currently even comes with a LCD monitor, dual core processor and a DVD burner. Why one who dun really play pc games and only use microsoft office for homework need a pc this high end. Hell, i kinda envious since i really need to upgrade my old "sayang" to todays pc standard. Being jobless doesnt help *sob*

Anyway, he not the only only one on a spending spree. Second bro Mark brought himself a nice cheap 21" TV and an entertainment rack plus an indoor anteanna yesterday night. We went to Subang Carrefour (look around) then to Courts Mammoth (cheap TV), near PJ State and back to Subang (rack and anteanna) again. Phew~Sigh~ so envious of people that have money to spent. At least i have free TV to watch *grin*

Since i'm the only one free this afternoon, i clean the living room up, making way for the new Tv. Too bad the reception here is quite bad, i can only have a decent (below average =.=") viewing of 3 channels out of 6 (useless anteanna). Maybe later we should move the Tv to a new corner. Now if only we have a PS2....

Into Damansara Perdana and Back

I went for a job interview at Damansara Perdana yesterday. Ya, again at that place. Still remember I went there for the 1st time last year..... also on a job interview.

So I went there again. And got ripped off by a taxi. This guy demanded extra RM3 on top the price showed on the meter (suspected also been tampered with) . Sigh~ no choice then. I run out of time.Well, the place now is more livelier than last time since most of the shops are up and running.

So I sent straight for the interview. After some time searching for the shoplot (stupid developers cant even place the road's name right) I finally found the company *sweats* OK, it another advertising company specialize in doing television commercials and other related stuffs. Small company big clients like TV3, NTV7 and even BMG (if i not mistaken, lol) Anyway, i been interviewed by a lady producer who have no qualms smoking in front of me.... Err, i was like do you mind but i rather keep my mouth shut. lol

Well, after the interview, i felt i was not really keen about the job since it require for me to work long hours for almost every day (that included weekends) and rather inconvenient public transportation to the place. Sigh~ guess no work this month.

Since it have no public bus going into this place (hell, no taxi ever again) i had to hike a good 10 minutes or so to Ikano. Wow, that place is decorated to the brim with CNY stuff especially in The Curve... All pink and full of plum blossom trees along the walking path ( so like sakura trees). Best to took some nice pics with.. ( too bad i have no camera *sob*) Brought some books and had lunch there (A&W, Ikano LG floor, yum~)

Got back home later in the evening... tired but gain some insight of things *grin*

Another Mundane Week

I just had dinner with my brothers at Asia Cafe, Subang Jaya. A rather nice place.. much more lively than SS2 i think. Why not. The place is surrounded by Taylor Uni Collage, Metropolitian College and Damansara College (i think) You can say it the place full of young adults (like us) hanging out.. lol. Pity i dun have any pics to show :P

Well, another week passed by without anything worthwhile happening. Hm, my life is getting cheap. Other than playing guild war on Ragnarok Online twice aweek, there's nothing to look forward to. Sigh~

Mundane Week of January

Sigh~ the week passed by without anything interesting.
Spent most of my time playing pc games and doing some artwork... Begining to think whether it will be the same cycle next week.. hope not.

By now i shud got my result from an interview last monday... They say they will answer by yesterday. Coincidently yesterday was a public holiday lol. Maybe i shud wait till tomorrow. Just be hopeful and optimis as always.

Well, that all for this post... Cant think much to write about.

Konohaians Mini Gathering 2007

Haha, I shud post this yesterday with some pics. Too bad my friends havent send me those nice pics yet. Shud take some time though.. wish i have a digital cam. Then it will be convenient to post some pics sooner too.

Back to the event, the Konohains (RO players who was a member of the guild Konoha b4 it disbanded 2 years ago) have a mini gathering at Midvalley Mall on 13th Jan, Saturday. Well, it was actually super mini gathering since only 8 of us managed to show up thou we expected 2 more (konoha big shots, Tipah and Mahata). Those who present were Sakura (organiser), Anakin (myself), Eishi (happens to be in KL that day, from Sabah), Nik and his friends, Dannz and Bizkin. Anyway, we went on with our plan of watching a movie marathon (2 movies back to back).

First movie was Sinking of Japan, a japanese sci-fi blockbuster which by now the biggest opening of foreign movie in Malaysia to date. It tells of the destruction of Japan due some mega fault on the Earth's tetonic plate the nation sitting on. Full of rather dramatic shots of special effect with earthquake, volcano eruption and tsunami bring destruction on many of the Japan places of interest (destruction on otaku's haven T.T). While the story was a little like a what-ifs docu-drama (plenty of geografical jargons) with rather predicable plot, it still interesting to watch.

But same cant be said to the next movie in line- Pathfinder. The movie got, perhaps the coolest movie promotional poster ever to fest my eye on which the reason why the movie might looks interesting. The movie got a world premier opening in Malaysia (April 2007 on the rest of the world). It tells of an abandoned Viking child on a north America coast 400 years before Christ Columbus even set foot on it. The child taken in and grew up by a local indian tribe which at that time lives in fear of Viking raids. Even watching the trailer you know what the story about.... Though it boosts some rather notable gory action scenes but the story's pace was rather dull and predictable. You even questions how a lone youngster who practice swordfight by himself on a peaceful village manage to fight and kills hordes of battle-harden Viking warriors... Even Conan have a gladiator slave background to fall back on... Better wait for 300.

Soon after the movie, we head to Wangsa Maju to play RO (guild war) in Tbun. Even our guild have a good member attendance that evening, we fails to get a castle. lol. So after the war, we had dinner at the nearby mamak. We even manage to ask Yanyan , a fellow Konohain who lives nearby to join us. Time running out for public transport, we called it a day.

Next day, some of us meet up for lunch at KL Central. Bizkin even brought a chocolate cake (planned to be brought the day b4) with Konoha Gathering 2007 written on it.. How nice. We chatted for a few hours before we warpped up the gathering.

Hope there will be a bigger and better gathering later this year.

Fun Activities to Start the Year

Yo, it been days since i last update the blog. Kinda inconvenient to blog these days. Spent most of the time doing some thing else. As you can see, i have customized the whole layout design of my blog.. more like put on a new skin.. lol. Anyway, rather satisfied with the outcome :)

Okay, some recap of what i been doing the past days:
As you all know, i went back to hometown for a quick refresh of the year. I came back to PJ a few days later, bringing my youngest brother, Chee Keit for his first visit to Klang Valley in many years. So, basically we have a siblings bonding of sorts, lol.

Last Saturday, we (except my 2nd bro, he's working) went 1 Utama to catch a movie, Erogorn. It was an okay movie story-wise but the special effect alone worth the ticket price. Before that, we went for a little sight seeing around the shopping center. Well, sight seeing has an alternate meaning for my late teen little bro... lol. Almost missed the movie btw...

The following day, the four of us went Sungai Wang Plaza, KL for some shopping. Actually, my little bro was the one who have a shopping spree that day. Manage the spent almost RM 300 worth of clothing on that day alone *sweats* Well, he the vainest of the family, by the looks of his appearance. As for me, an otaku, i only spent RM 30 on a couple of collectible anime figurines (i'll will post some pics later) We cut short of our plan to walk around Times Square since my bro spent too much time shopping.

On Monday evening, we went to a weekly night market at SS2 nearby. Well, it been ages since i last walk through a nite market. Lots of people especially young adults like us, since there are a few colleges and university around. Had our dinner there too.

Alas, Chee Keit had to get back to Pontian on Tuesday morning especially he skipped school for the past few days (new school term started on the 3rd Jan.) lol.

So there. And not to mention i played Ragnarok Online during the guild war yesterday. Heh. Oh ya, looking forward this Saturday for a gathering of my online friends. Plans to watch a movie together. I'll will update on that then.

And if you have any comments on the design, pls do. I'll appreciated it :)

Back for The New Year 2007

Yowza~!!
First post of the year, lol.
Meant to post some (lots, more likely) earlier but due to some unforseen circumstances- taiwan earthquake, going back hometown etc etc, i unable to do so.

Anyway, a quick update.

• New House- we pretty much settled in. Up till now, everything seems ok. There some stuffs that still in the boxes... not sure where to unpack to. And we still not familiar with its exact address. Need to memorize it soon.

• Work- I've been laid off last month. So i back to being unemployed status lol. Actually i have expected it since i literaly gave up on the job on the 3rd month... only to held on it longer due to the the money :P Anyway, hope i will have a better job sooner or i will repeat last year's problem again T.T

• Friends- Nothing much to write about. Only hope to arrange a supper with those who live at where i lived previously soon. And to make up with a misunderstood friend i mention last time.. :)

• Family- I went back hometown for a few days. Still not much to talk with my mum openly though. As with my siblings, still ok. Well, life goes on since the passing of my grandpa, everything seems going back to normal. And I seems to gotten older looking how my baby cousin grow. Still as kawaii as ever lol.
  

• Others- Life without constant connection to the net was hard this past few days. So i make myself busy playing pc games and watching anime :P Aih, gotto look for work too. Really getting bored.

I think thats about it, i think :P Hard to think what to write about with all the noise around me (in a cybercafe now). Still, i try to update as often as possible this year. Even with all the things happened at the start of the new year, I still believe 2007 will be a far better year. To all, Happy Belated New Year~~!
Cheers :)

New Makeover

Strange, of all the days, the internet service choose this day to breakdown, when i finally have my old blogger account able to switched to the new one.... dem ironic.

Still, since the net today is kinda unstable, i'll post a short one even i have a lot of to blog especially concerning an friendship issue i encounter yesteday evening.... Anyway, i'll leave that for tomorrow... that is if the net is up and going.

Merry Christmas 2006

So it finally christmas already. Looking back, it been 1 tough year.

Anyway, since yesterday.. i been pretty much alone. Everyone else seems to have their own fun things to do.. My bros went to Genting wif his own friends and in hometown respectively. My friends... same thing. I even called one up whos in KL for the holidays.. Cant get thru though... So this year's christmas is the same as last year- playing with myself alone.. lol. Regreting not going back to howntown.. at least i'll be spending the time wif family over there.

Went to KLCC yesterday... tons of people. Buy myself a PC Gamer mag and treat myself a McFillet o Fish extra. Went to section 14 on my way back to buy myself a dvd to watch later. Played Dawn of War before ended the nite. So was Chrismas eve.

And now, back at section 14 again.. for lunch and my internet fix. Later maybe go shopping for tonite's dinner and a few dvds for entertainment of the day. So thats how i plan for the day.

Anyway, to everyone else, have the best fun this holiday. Wish u all a joyous merry christmas.

New Home New Begining

There, we finally moved house.

After spending the whole weekend organizing, packing, throwing, load up the lorry, reloading and unpack we able to finally move out of wanga maju into our new home (kinda old apartment) in sec 17, PJ. As life has it, things dun went as smoothly as planned especially concerning the old landlord (ex now)...

Anyway, yesterday was really busy... working our ass off from morning to evening. Things made worst, when after we finished moving our stuffs and practically moved out, the landlord asked (when phoned) to clear every single items, ours or not, out of his house. Since he got a leverage over us, we have no choice.And he cant even come to give us back our deposits even i informed him before we moved yesterday.. Fuming mad.

Without a choice, we just have to throw everything which we dun need. Mostly leftover books, clothes and stuffs from previous housemates which are still in mint condition. Not to mention a hill of old newspapers and books. And a still functional fridge.

In the end, we manage to get help from a couple of guys who manage a charity recycle event (lucky i noticed it earlier when we moved out) nearby. We cleared the newspapers and sorted out clothes and stuff to give to the charity. There, the house was cleared. Well, apart from the lone fridge in a corner which we have to leave it there.

So, we went back our new home, unpack and organize the place. The 1st thing i set up is my beloved PC.. lol. Till now, there still some boxes waiting to be unpack. And the floor need a good sweep and mop.

Later in the evening, i still have to rush to wangsa maju to meet up with the old landlord.... if he turn up this time. Sigh~

On The Move Out

Just took my dinner at BRJ... gonna miss eating there.

Anyway, now taking a break from packing since morning.... browsing all my comic mags and stuffs.. deciding what to keep and which to feed the garbage. Feeling a little "sayang" at all those "Gempak" and "Star" local mags, PC Games and other misc mags which i keep since 2002.. lol. But then again, even i keep them, they just lying somewhere collecting dust and become bug food. And talk about paper, i have more than 1 year worth of old newspaper to throw later =.="

Yeah, yeah, they worth some money if i sell them to the old newspaper collector but i have to clear things out by tommorow when i move out.... or else the landlord wont be happy bout it.....
Wonder if he mind if i give them to him.......

Well, thats wat i get for always doing things in the last minute *sweats*

So as i said, i'll be moving out tomorrow morning by 10 am... if the lorry i rent makes it on time.

Anyway, i bid good bye for this area which i been living for 6 years, gonna miss this place *sobs* And for those friends who live nearby , thanks a lots for taking care of me all this years, directly or not :) Sorry if i didnt make any kind of farewell party or yumcha even though i wish there's one... Maybe next time :) Miss you all too...

Here's to the next chapter of my life.

What Card Are You?

Stumbled on this interesting who-am-i-quiz when i browsed some friends' blogs. I'm a hermit? *sweats*

You are The Hermit

Prudence, Caution, Deliberation.

The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.

The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, ruminate, take stock. There may be feelings of frustration and discontent but these feelings eventually lead to enlightenment, illumination, clarity.

The Hermit represents a wise, inspirational person, friend, teacher, therapist. This a person who can shine a light on things that were previously mysterious and confusing.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Unfun Busy Holiday

Yeah, a holiday today- birthday of the Selangor Sultan. But then again, spent the whole day paying bills and canceling my telephone and streamyx line. Spent a lot of money too, transportation fees for going to and fro the nearest Telekom center which not very near at all (about RM 5.80 ride by taxi) *sob*

Then again finally I got rid all the fees that been tying me down since. Hopefully with all the fees cleared, the landlord can give our deposits back as promised. And now to focus on the next problem- house moving. The question is how?

As of now, the current house is kinda in the mess right now. Tons to pack and even more to throw. I planned to pack some up today but kinda tired from the ordeal earlier today... Never thought I spent the whole day already =.=" Guess i have to pack a bit when i get home....

Now, i still got 1 bill to pay- the maintainence fee, but have to wait cos the paying station only open on 6pm *sweats*

And tomorrow i have to go back to work. Sigh~

p.s: owh, almost forgot... today is the 1st birthday of this blog :P Happy Birthday to orangeho.blogspot.com ~

Begining of an End

In about a few weeks from now, we'll bid good bye to 2006. And from this final month onwards there gonna be some changes going on. Some good, some bad but hopefully they are for the best.

So in coming week, if all goes well, i will move from Setapak, KL to Section 17, PJ along with my bros. Well, kinda heavy-hearted to move away from the area where i have been living for about 6 years. Gonna miss some friends there, the cybercafes, the BRJ mamak restaurant, the Hartini malay stall..... well, pretty much everything there.

So i gonna be quite busy this and the coming weeks. Tie up all the loose ends, pack things up, throw things away, clean up the current house etc etc *sweats* As for the apartment which i'll be moving in, well, i will go have a look this Sat. LoL, yeah.. i havent see the house yet but my bro did and he said not bad actually.... Well, at least the rent is the cheapest of all we looked in that area and pretty much near my work place and Utar :)

Work-wise, i now in my 4th month and things pretty much settled in. Though there still some problems but then i dun really bother anymore. As long i do my job and there's cash coming in, i pretty much satisfied.

So the coming 2007, i believe, will gonna be a better year.