The Misadventure in BullehLand

Sorry for the MIA (Missing in Action) for the past weeks, weekends has been quite hectic when it comes to party?  

Well, just a quick recap what happened two weekend ago. Black Eyes Peas was in town(just to meet me) for the St. Arthur's Day celebration (I think the German Shepherd a.k.a Pope should consider declaring Arthur a Saint lah).  Anyway, overall we only enjoyed the BEP performance and of course the fireworks display at the end of the party. As usual, we had our rounds of Guiness Stout and came back totally exhausted like dead meat. Cheers Arthur!

                                                                Me, Skan, FM, Cheng Yee, Jon and Endee

Over the last weekend, I attended my first CS Gathering! Celebrating Kaisa's birthday in Kuala Lumpur with a bunch of happening travelers. Kaisa herself from Estonia, her boyfriend Ciro from Portugal (which he was quite amused with my Portuguese name,haha), Carlos,Paolo and Velaria from Italy and of cos there were others too. We had great feast of drinks and food, some even passed out at the pool side. Great knowing more people. Anyway, couldn't join them tonight. My car is with the doctor, it need a healing hand. Of course, my savings are drying up as well...anyone willing to give me a sponsor? Sigh.

I watched the movie Know1ng few days ago, I do not agreethat Know1ng is a very good movie but the story really catches my attention. Tomake it short, I dissect the plot from wikipedia

“In 2009, the time capsule is opened and the drawings aregiven to the current students. A boy named Caleb receives Lucinda's envelope.

His father John Koestler, a widower and professor of astrophysics at MIT takesnotice in the paper, and further examination makes him realize that part ofthese digits form dates and death tolls of every major disaster over the pastfifty years, in chronological order, and suggests three disasters yet to come.”(Souce: Wikipedia)

Well, just as the movie ended something caught my mind andit kept pondering about it. Are we living fragile on earth, not knowing whatwill happen tomorrow or day after that. Coincidence on that day I saw themovie, it was the 2nd year that something major happened to myfamily. There were unexpected events that put me on a major shocked andsetback, does not know what to do being the pillar of the family together withmy sister. All the while, we have been hoping that our parents will do somethingwhen we have encountered a problem. Things got worst when dad passed away twomonths later; we were all unprepared to take over the charge from our latedaddy. Unprepared – that’s the word.

Back to the plot and reconnecting it with our daily life,what will it be if we can read or predict the future. Are we going to fully makeuse of the supremacy and change the history? Thence I don’t need to worry aboutthe future, just like working on something by knowing the root cause andpermanent solution prior fixing it. Simple, even kids can do it.  

On the other hand, I think God himself is a real joker…therecould be no such thing as a person to predict the future. Even a fortune tellerdoes not guarantee anything about that. God just want us to encounter and learnfrom the torment moments. It is our human nature to learn from the hardship, asnothing comes like just a spur-of-the-moment of your finger. I am not sure ifyou do believe that but I’ve learnt life hardest lesson in lieu of the hardshipthat I’ve been through.

Yesterday early morning, I got a call from Mary “John’sheartbeat stopped” and it just made my life stopped for a moment not knowinghow to responds to such news. Although I personally don’t know much about Johnbut being Mary’s brother I felt like losing someone close to us. Like the wholeposting is all about…things happen unprepared. May his departed soul rest inpeace. Amen.

"I think that, with age, people come to realize thatdeath is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom andresignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings."  Paulo Coelho (TheDevil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation)

         Been a long weekend, I felt like a week long actually!Anyway, weekend was fun, great and full of crazy ad hoc activities. Couldn’tbelieve myself it was the beery good activities, bet it wasn’t at first! NumeroUno, the Happy Hour at Modesto,Capsquare where we spotted a big staple bullet in the pizza and the little deadcockroach on the beer jug. Five jugs, 2 pizzas and we called it a night.

         The next morning, I and the good ol’ usual suspects hit theroad jaunt down Malacca for food-ball and BBQ at Tim’s pod.  We roamed the city, crashed the Taming Sari Tower, the PortugueseSettlement (kampong-ku), Assam Pedas, Jonker Street and last but ever un-forgettable Pure Barfor the ManUtd match. Reached home freaking early at 4am, woke up 5 hours laterin a state of daze.

Okay, counting down for another long weekend! Amen.

           Of late, I have been having aconstant conversation with a dear friend of mine ? we talked about life, careerand crossroads. With mind filled with doubts, we ended up with constant worryand emotionally unstable.

            I used tothink a lot, even now! From the moment I wake up in the morning, I have to makedecision from what to wear to work, what I should have for breakfast and itcouldn?t stop just there. Maybe I do think a lot, once a friend suggested Ishould write a novel. Back to the topic about life and crossroads, which we arepredisposed them when lives treating us like a bed of roses ? we don?t carewhat life is all about. I was once having a big crossroad myself; my mindfilled with doubts and does not even know how I shall start. Countless nightsof awake in between, asked for guidance from the Almighty and of courseopinions from precious friends do helped me a lot. Eventually I?d decided totake things flow as it is; God would have probably moulded my life even beforethat! I think that?s the mystery of our perpetual life.

            My dear friend, life has many waysof testing a person?s will, either by having nothing happen at all or havingeverything happen at once. Don?t you worry so much, be like a child. Imagine ifwe live each day like a child, I am sure our daily life in this world would befull of happiness. Yes, we have endeavor but while we are trying to reach forthe peak of the mountain ? we must also enjoy the climb.

I would like to state a quote from Dalai Lama; he said that the purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life(from Monty Python) 

Some things in life are bad

They can really make you mad

Other things just make you swear and curse.

When you're chewing on life's gristle

Don't grumble, give a whistle

And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on thebright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten

There's something you've forgotten

And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.

When you're feeling in the dumps

Don't be silly chumps

Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on thebright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd

And death's the final word

You must always face the curtain with a bow.

Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin

Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on thebright side of death

Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of shit

When you look at it

Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.

You'll see it's all a show

Keep 'em laughing as you go

Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on thebright side of life...

Always look on the right side of life...

(Come on guys, cheer up!)

Always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the bright side of life...

(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)

Always look on the bright side of life...

(I mean - what have you got to lose?)

(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.

What have you lost? Nothing!)

Always look on the right side of life...