tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372Wed, 09 Oct 2024 07:53:50 +0000...et imprévisiblehttp://aewis.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (aewis)Blogger451125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-3777352992386590412Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:43:00 +00002016-05-23T23:31:29.670+08:00When in adversity or in a bind, one should watch Forrest Gump and remember that it is in your power to make the best of it in your life because to quote Forrest, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get" (Imagine now that the box contains chocolates from the Harry Potter series and not a random selection from Godiva... Now that's a whole lot of interesting unknownshttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2015/11/channeling-forrest-gump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-7965492509044536461Fri, 22 Aug 2014 05:28:00 +00002016-05-23T23:31:09.703+08:00Okay, so the theme of today is "Life and Death" since the Malaysian government has officially designated today as the National Day of Mourning in lieu of the first return of the remains of those who perished in the MH17 incident. May they rest in peace and the families of the people who were loss find solace. On a more personal note, there has been much that I have learned from the loss of a http://aewis.blogspot.com/2014/08/in-commemoration-of-national-day-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-4348978667812963644Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:30:00 +00002013-10-17T15:22:17.403+08:00Birthdays come and birthdays go... and in the light of social networks, getting a wall full of birthday greetings has become a norm. So what was the most memorable thing that happened for me this year?My lovely schoolmates had asked me to join them for an all-you-can-eat steamboat-BBQ buffet at Macalister Rd... and boy did we eat! When we've had our fill - the lovely Vicky brought the birthday http://aewis.blogspot.com/2013/10/being-in-spotlight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)1Jalan Macalister, Georgetown, George Town, Penang, Malaysia5.419294 100.317074000000055.4034865 100.29690400000005 5.4351015 100.33724400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-7743042363271639251Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:00:00 +00002012-04-20T19:00:04.835+08:00As follow up to the madness in the below episode, I thought that a follow up status message should sum up what I thought about what had just happened... and ended up getting a tail end from episode 1. Enjoy episode one and a half (1.5). The Status Update: Entertainment is... when your crazy friends hijack one of your status update thread and make it into a comedy episode of the bizarre kind. Thehttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2012/04/bizarre-comedy-of-status-update-thread_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-1321879463352451090Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:37:00 +00002012-04-20T14:37:21.504+08:00Ok, so we do this once a year. I don't enjoy it but I've completed this insanely annoying task nearly a month backHa, there you go!I now know that I'll get back enough moolah to (erm...) buy enough roti canai to make myself sick of it for the year.If you haven't already done so and wondering what I'm talking about... it's time to submit your income tax reports to LHDN.http://aewis.blogspot.com/2012/04/spare-cash-to-buy-myself-roti-canai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-6440759168666638543Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:00 +00002012-04-20T19:31:03.334+08:00Occasionally, we all have crazy friends who hijack our status threads and make it into a total bizarre laugh fest. The most recent one on mine is too good not to capture into a blog post. Please put on your helmets and try not to lose too many brain cells along the way. It's a long read but... hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Note: All names have been changed to protect the identity of the http://aewis.blogspot.com/2012/04/bizarre-comedy-of-status-update-thread.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-2780306914392678518Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:30:00 +00002011-07-14T17:56:09.016+08:00I realized recently that my emo bone has finally dissolved into nothingness. I can't be happier about that than I already am to have known that for myself.This means I've already forgiven myself for what I shouldn't blame myself for (because I wasn't the one at fault in a big way). I am glad... really, really glad about that! 진짜!!!Deciding to disappear from the world of the person who had hurt mehttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-truly-and-fully-me-again-joy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-8343526870090832979Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:50:00 +00002011-04-06T19:02:33.689+08:00Intention x ZERO Action x ZERO Effort = Wishful thinkingWishful Thinking when made known to another person = NATOIntention x Action x WRONG Effort = Barking Up the Wrong TreeIntention x Action x SUITABLE Effort = Potential to Successfully Reach your GoalIn short:Having wishful thinking and NATO gets you nowhere near your goal.Barking up the wrong tree gets you nowhere too... but you might learn http://aewis.blogspot.com/2011/04/intention-vs-action-effort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-7449084697174175977Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:32:00 +00002011-02-02T14:56:46.636+08:00You had my trust and my heart yet you were immature and broke it allNow you tell me that you hope that we can mend the broken fencesWhen you have the dagger that wounded me still being held in your handsI can't let you be by my side when you are like poison to my open woundYou are like gangrene on a limb, that I need to live withoutLet me go, I may yet come backBut give it TWO years or more... http://aewis.blogspot.com/2011/02/let-me-go-release-me-from-this-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-8048496371318695197Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:36:00 +00002011-02-02T15:50:35.239+08:00God save me please, hear my plea. I trust in thy power.Let me heal from whatever pain that ills my soul.Let me stop crying because of it.Let me learn to open my heart to trust and love againAnd let me be loved by someone deserving.I want to be whole again.Amen.Sharing the song that keeps me saneVideo: 安室奈美恵 (Namie Amuro) Get Myself BackLyrics (in phonetics) | English translation of the lyricshttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-prayer-for-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-193485174778434459Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:02:00 +00002010-12-05T14:06:35.745+08:00On an ordinary day the air is:Naturally pleasant and gentle as a breezeits presence is sweet and welcomeas it caresses your face and very beingbringing you a light and cooling comfort;It lulls the water to move in calming wavesthat create a sound soothing and calming;Likewise it softly rustles the leaves of treesand create a sound equally enchanting.Yet when air is pushed beyond tipping point:It http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/12/air.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-2825303625474281367Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:38:00 +00002010-11-17T14:11:56.618+08:00Once upon a time, someone asked me, "What would it take for you to open yourself fully to another? As in no walls at all."I answered something to the likes of, "A great feeling of trust like no other."However, when you knowingly open yourself fully - you also open yourself to a possibly great amount of hurt.It's like allowing yourself to free-fall based on nothing but faith that you will land http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/11/because-i-am-stupid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-2737966768149808700Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:27:00 +00002010-10-29T01:55:00.769+08:00Our lives that lay ahead, in the future, are like an empty canvasIt beckons to be filled by you, the artistThe artist who wields the brush and paintwhich are none other but creations from the choices you makeWhat do you choose to paint on that canvas?Great sweeping meadows, beautiful beach holidaysa life filled with happiness and loveOr something like a dark, morbid, and lonely ghost http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/10/canvas-of-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-5152854297221254045Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:44:00 +00002010-10-17T21:00:58.728+08:00Everyone has a different need. Need for level of detail, level of support from others, etc. You name it. It's just different from one to another.I find it pretty rich that one of my closest pals recently told me that she's thankful that I'm always there to listen to her. Then a day or two later, she goes on to say that she needn't know all the details that everyone else seems obliged to explain http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/10/everyone-has-different-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-8664162265772017164Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:47:00 +00002010-08-07T15:05:59.819+08:00A few weeks back, I read an article regarding Interfaith relationships that got me thinking about what I told myself a long time back regarding - What if I am in a serious relationship with someone from a different faith from what I have grown up with and/or chosen to believe?Back then, I somehow came to the conclusion that I should just give equal respect to all religions as all the major http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/08/interfaith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-417563200654105379Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:20:00 +00002010-06-30T00:08:56.310+08:00I flipped the TV on, before I headed out to work this morning, out of curiosity on what would be the topics of discussion on the NTV7 Breakfast Show. What really caught my attention was a mention on what has been put into the International Bill of Human RightsIt got me thinking... and just to be sure, I Googled it up and found the Bill. This was the basis to what was mentioned on air (quote http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/06/hmm-and-so-i-learn-about-whats-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-1853980492129214451Fri, 28 May 2010 14:13:00 +00002010-05-28T22:25:53.747+08:00Today is Wesak Day. Today is also the day that Kavern had breathed his last and left this Earth.He will always remain as an inspiration for me to always remember to be brave and strong through any adversity. He did everything he wanted to do from the moment he knew for sure that he had cancer (heck, he did whatever he felt like doing even before he knew he had it).He never assumed the identity ofhttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/05/farewell-kavern-youll-always-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-7242855668414361086Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:55:00 +00002010-04-04T15:07:21.451+08:00It's that time of the year again. And I'm done with mine. How about you?I know many people love doing stuff like this at the last minute. Don't.Why?If you do it manually: You'll be in a long queue at the counters during the last few days of submissions... or fear that your mailed copy does not reach its destination on time.If you do it the digital way (via the e-hasil website): Well... we all http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/04/have-you-completed-your-income-tax.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-3689953119242142366Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:02:00 +00002010-04-04T15:07:56.231+08:00Too skinnyNote: I asked if a super mutated overnight burger would end up eating me instead of me eating it.Friend X: Ur too skinny. Won't eat ya but maybe use u as a tooth pick.Me: What? Like, for real? Don't want to be tooth-pick thin tho'...p/s: Does this mean I shud fatten up a bit? Hmm...SmartColleague A: You are really smart, maybe even the smartest in the team because you catch on real fasthttp://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/03/words-used-to-describe-me-in-last-24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-3639383501921108419Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:59:00 +00002010-03-29T23:09:20.897+08:00F1 is boring. It's almost like watching A1. All the rules put in to restrict the creativity of the car engineers over the years have made it the way it is now in F1. It all started going downwards in the late 1990s/early 2000s.But why did I mention F1 is sad? That's because when I said that only the rain races are worth watching in the last few years... my bro said it's just sad that F1 had come http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-f1-is-now-sad-sport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-2169294111816477516Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:56:00 +00002010-03-21T17:36:36.053+08:00When I get caught up in work... the last thing I'd remember to do is to eat. So thanks to the wonderful people around me... I do have constant snacks to eat from about lunch time.A Nutty LunchIt doesn't get any nuttier than a large handful of roasted chestnuts from my most loyal customer for tissues (from the tissue box on my desk); and a doughnut from the "tai kar cheh" of the team I am in.The http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-free-food-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-2356963517894979651Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:27:00 +00002010-03-07T17:29:56.709+08:00This is not good... it is one of those times where I know I can go into a bookshop and buy up to 7-8 books in one go...Must resist the urge to splurge on books... the will must not be weak... I shall not succumb... not now!http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-bookworm-needs-more-books-eeps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-4686604771054407603Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:27:00 +00002010-03-01T10:34:49.373+08:00Sometimes, when you know you have learnt way too much about something in a short time (as in Speedy Gonzalez fast!) - it can put you in quite a perplexing situation.Do you keep it to yourself? Or do you tell it like it is even if you know it will hurt yourself or another person like hell when you do so?Oh God, help me get through this. I really don't wanna do something that may bring about a http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/03/too-much-info-what-to-do-with-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-8695270818861189195Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:54:00 +00002010-02-25T22:18:09.233+08:00I felt truly tired out at work even before lunch today. The only thing in my head as it was nearing time to go home was I should really get a good dose of ZzzzzZzzz.Then while stuck in the superb traffic jam (forgot tomorrow is a public holiday in Penang)... I just stared up blankly to the sky.Then something caught my eye.It was a sweet little girl waving at me from inside of the car in front of http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613372.post-8147218429518703113Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:31:00 +00002010-02-21T11:47:08.319+08:00No matter how tough or wearying the journey beIts knowing that getting to the destinationis something absolutely and definitely possibleI can see ever cheerful and colorful rainbowsat the end of the deepest and longest tunneland feel that all will be well sooner or laterI see the sun and daffodils ahead of meand sprinkle pixie dust in the darkest hoursto see the sparkles light up the gloomAnd http://aewis.blogspot.com/2010/02/blind-faith-and-optimism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aewis)0