Day 17

Today is one of the most important day in Muslim Calendar. Today, 17 Ramadhan, is Nuzul Al-Quran. It was on this date(on the muslim calendar of course), that the first verse of the Al-Quran, Al-Iqra(means read), was brought down by Angel Gabriel to Muhammad, who was seeking enlightment in Hira' Cave. Well, i can tell you the whole story, but its better you find it out from the Net.

Brought the new Foo Fighters album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace today. The result was shocking. I thought the album was typical of Foo Fighters, full of hard rock, punk and grunge numbers. But this latest album shows the softer, balladier side of their songs. Some of them are acoustic, and some jazz(Foo Fighters plays jazz). It brings out the new side of Foo Fighters. I kinda like it and its to show that they are flexible in every music. But I prefer the hard side of Foo Fighters, during their Everlong days(Everlong is my favourite song of all time).

17 Ramadhan means 13 more days before Lebaran. This the the most laziest year i've been into cuz we have done nothing to anticipate the big day. Most of the things are nt being cleaned yet and my mum hasnt even start baking. Guess must buy kuih outside already...

Day 16

May i present to you..... Geylang is now known as World's Hell...

Apart from the Lorongs of Whores, the weather there is so unbearable. Me, bro and mum went there on Tuesday Afternoon and we just couldnt stand straight standing under the hot sun. Its so hot, even i cannot feel the fan and air con.

This year, the prices for baju kurong have been dropping greatly. And the best thing is most of the designs this year have improved, unlike last year, where i almost cried to look for a baju kurong that is cheap and nice. The ladies baju kurong however, are getting less clothes(what i found are mostly the old kebaya, the ones with corsets and sleeveless). Adding more sexuality to the baju kurong i think.

Im trying to avoid buka-ing in Geylang right now, but it seems there are more food courts in Geylang right now to cater to the many people who are shopping around Geylang now. But I prefer buka at Al-Majlis at Arab Street. Nice grilled chicken + rice and sheesha..... Think goin to buy the sheesha smoker right now...

Day 14

Sorry peeps. Have not been updating on my blog nowadays as i've lose a bit of interest to let you know the updates thats happening in my thoughts. Well, since u want to know let me update briefly on my thoughts nwadays.

Feeling proud as ever as a United fan nowadays, due to finding my fellow fans and where do they hang out. Its nice to know that whenever the team is down, there are always people who will share your sentiments( apart from my family members of cuz, they are fellow United die hard maniacs, including my mom). By the way, the Devils had their fifth str8 victory in all competition, beating the Rent Boys 2-0 at Old Trafford with Tevez making the headlines of the week( apart from Moan-rinho of cuz) and Saha on his second goal of the season. If they win Coventry today, it will be the sixth and it will kickstart my prediction of winning 23 straight league matches on the trot.

Just bought my Raya clothes today. This year it will be all silvery(paired with my bro). Wanted a sky blue shirt initially(nothing related to Citeh), but weirdly its hard to find the same thing as my bro as the baju kurung vendors often, and incidentally, would not like me and my bro to have the same colour. Just gave one vendor a cold shoulder just now.

Me: Bang, i want two sets of baju kurong, this blue one bang. One M and the other L...
Vendor: Ok, i see if its available....

After 10 mins waiting under the hot Geylang weather

Vendor: (Comes with one blue and one green) I have blue for the L one. The M one you take green.
Me: Dun want laa bang. Last year wear green already. Do u have stocks for the purple one? Or the silver one?
Vendor: No laa.... U take the green and ur bro take the blue.... Can have colourful Hari Raya. The rest no stock.
Me: No..... U dun have pair, i dun wanna buy. Why is it so difficult to tell you that i want the same colour (walks off)

Ended up buying a pair at the next shop and paying 90 bucks. But unluckily, Tanjong Katong Complex's bazaar offered one set for 25 bucks. Shite!!! If i know i should have gone there and save money... Goin to come back there to buy the Red baju kurung... Its so nice... Can wear for 2nd day raya and of cuz, for Friday Prayers.

Have not been lucky in love nowadays. To tell you straightforwardly, i think i want to start a relationship again with a 17-year old girl. But im having 2nd thoughts as i think im not ready yet and sometimes she's not suitable for me. And i think she's beginning to think that im quite a difficult character for her... Shite... Maybe its not the time but let time tell........

Day 10

Finally, one of my dreams had been fulfiled

A Manchester United Fan Club in Singapore!!!

Been online since 11am.... Great to meet fellow Mancunians @ SG

Goin to aunt's house to break fast later..... Ciaoz!!!

Day 9

Last night, while getting the attention of one of my Net friends(a girl, coincidentally), i put up this wordy advertistment

"Come and help out Salihin Foundation. No money is needed. Just donate your love and care towards the organisation and help raise funds to keep the organisation happy. Donations are refundable. But if the organisation is happy, no donations are refundable"

Just a laugh for my bored mind. I dunno what is coming into me nowadays. It seems like day by day, my mood is getting worse. Adding to that is my empty stomach and the surprisingly toasting and glazing weather makes it worse.

Yesterday almost gave up fasting cause my body is so hot, u can even cook an egg on it. Luckily, i went to consume two bottles of air badak to keep my body cold.

Not looking forward to work today. I just wanna go out and shop!!!

Day 7

"Love is full of surprises but too much surprises will hurt you in a bad way"

Day 6

Its so ironic that i didnt spend any cash while buzzing around Geylang, Ct Hall and Bugis yesterday. Tot of spending some cash after selling my 15-watt Marshall amp(it was a white elephant in my room, gotta get rid of it to get rid of the dust), but then my spirit of shopping wasnt there. Many shopkeepers called out to me to check their shop for sales in Penin, but guess Ramadhan helped me to save my cash.

It was a toasted day yesterday. Went for simulation test at SCDF HQ yesterday. The place is so deserted and has no trees. And i thought it was 36 degrees Celcius yesterday!! But i managed 2 walk from Airport Road str8 to Comfort Delgro Driving Centre. And didnt even feel the hunger till the walk in Geylang. No wonder Geylang has lots of sins! (the shopping and the 'foreign workers'!!)

Had a craving for Pizza yesterday. Thought of ordering Canadian 2 for 1 pizza but since only the 4 of us ate pizzas(Dad has gout and Mum hates cheese), therefore ordered Pizza Hut yesterday. Ordered Rosemary Delight and an additional chicken wings( for mum). Felt full and made me very sleepy today.

Btw, met a new friend. A friend of an new friend. And how i love her!! hahaha.. (because she loves to talk!!)

Day 5

I just feel embarassed for those people who don't respect Ramadhan. I would look down at those who really didnt give effort in fasting or adding more ibadah during this holy months. Y? Issit because you think its uncool to make your body suffer just 14 hours to fast. Or issit because you are just too sissy??

Im deeply embarassed in serving those type of people uring Ramadhan. Cuz it might add more sins to myself. If that's not enough, they make me more angrier in scolding me just because they are impatient to eat. I just pray that one day they might suffer so bad than those who went without food.

Also, i would like to take an opportunity to advise most girls to wear smth appropriate during fasting month instead of dresses which reveals ur shape of boobs or showing ur best figure. Cuz u have to respect the people who are fasting and ogling at ur body doesnt add to the ibadah during fasting mth.

Day 3

I didnt know that during Ramadhan, everybody would get very creative on their food. Suddenly there would be diff colours of the Kathira drink. For ur info, the Kathira drink is a mixture of condensed milk and barley. But this time, they add different colours and flavours to it. I bought a blueberry flavour. Unfortunately, it tasted like cough syrup. So i omitted the blueberry flavour from my list.

The Woodlands Bazaar was so crowded today, i felt so many asses with my bare hands. There was the opening ceremony of the bazaar and all the Woodlands MPs were there for the opening ceremony. The reason being too many as before that there were shows put up by the Suria artistes and malay radio Djs. And there were so many queues from some stalls.

For the first time, i never really concentrated on breaking fast. Cuz the devils were playing Everton at the same time we break fast. Was really "full" while watching it cuz maybe we were too excited and United won 1-0 again. I would think we might be the "lucky" team this time around as we have won matches by one goal three times in a row now. So I would boldly predict United would be Champions with a bacth of 1-0 scorelines.

Day 2 of Ramadhan

I pledge alleigiance to my body that i will not eat neither sniff the contents of a nasi briyani during Ramadhan.

I puked out the whole meal out yesterday.

And i came to work late just to queue up for briyani.

One 2nd thoughts i missed nasi lemak nowadays.

How the smell of coconut rice with kacang and ikan bilis.

With a class of ice milo.

Ouh....

But so far so good....

My aims of saving stash is improving, just spending 5 dollars so far.

But the new Great Spy Experiment album is itching me to depart 2o bucks frm my pocket.

So support local artists...

And any punk bands around?

The first day

Feeling very shagged on the first day of fasting.

Developed mild gastiris and mild diarrhoea.

Didnt sleep on the first day as international football was on since 2am

Worked at 8am till 4pm and half asleep.

After buka, went to sleep and didnt wake up till sahur.

Today feeling shagged again, luckily work starts at 6pm.

Planning to eat briyani dam today yum2.

Plans for tml(off day!!)
Do a draft on my hari raya song
Meet up with some friends.

Fasting Month is coming to TOWN!!!

To all my muslim peeps, ladies and gentleman of all ages

just to wish u a happy ramadhan ahead....

may all of you fast to the fullest and semoga penuhkan bulan mulia ini dengan ibadah...

List to fulfil during fasting month
- Lose weight
- Save up $$ enough to buy a new bass set
- Quit Smoking
- Be a firefighter
- Find Love (eh?)
- Be active always
- Beribadah byk byk...

Insya'allah.....

To Quit Smoking or Not to Be

If u guys have been chatting with me online or have been meeting me outside to have a chat, u guys realised my plans of quitting smoking. Yes, quit smoking, for me as a moderately heavy smoker, to quit smoking is a shock, not only to my body, but most of my peer's minds. Cuz most of the time, you might have caught me chain smoking plenty of my Marlboro Menthol Lights.

But what is the main reason for the sudden decision to stop smoking?? Issit to have a powerful lung so that you can run aroundlike a headless chicken?? Or issit my principle of finding a lover(partner or wife if u want to call it) who doesnt smoke?? Or issit due to peer pressure??

The reason is: My nose. I dunno if its funny or its a joke but somehow my nose could not inhale cigarette smoke. I can smell and inhale it thru my throat but nt my nose. Cuz if i managed to inhale the hell of all farts, i will sneeze so strong, it would create a mini breeze. Thats y i do not like to smoke in a group. I rather smoke alone and nt risk myself being Sneezy the rest of the day.

But today i did turn back on my promise. Did smoke a stick cuz i just feel stressed a bit these days. Maybe because of fatigue. Whatever it is, im goin to aim "Free Sal from Cigarettes" Day on October 1. If Taufik Batisah can do it, so do I....

Ni ai wo, ai shi ha?

Nowadays, my dating life is so active. Just three weeks alone and i've been out with 3 diff girls (excluding Yatie). Im beginning to feel myself as a flirt and i find all the gals i went out with all quite attractive. Its not that i want to show my collection of gal frens but i hope people wont misjudge me for what im not. Many people said since we have a single life, we ought to go out and flirt and go out with as many people as you can, but i have aconservative mind about this. I just hope that one day, i will be able to find the right one, instead of continuing to wander around, looking at who is the right one for us.

England won yesterday but who cares? United till i die!!!!

Love is not perfect

Love can be beautiful if everything goes as planned. Falling in love, hugs and kisses, marriage(s), kids and finally a beautiful home. But love can be a manipulating disease if its not followed to plan. Depression, cheated, bigamy etc etc. And the list goes on.

Love can be hurting if u fall in love with the wrong person. Especially overposessive and jealous lover. These kind of lovers are the biggest hurters in the love industry. They can hurt you, emotionally and physically and it can even lead you to insanity. Sometimes if we have the luck, they might drive themselves to insanity.

Another kind of poisoned love are the "let-me-try-you" lovers. Especially those with video cams and camera phones. Most of them prayed on curious teens in chat rooms. When they have the chance, these "lovers" will invite you to their homes and have sex with you, with camera on. After the sinful acts, they will threaten with "do not leave me" promises and will spread your videos if you done so.

Love can kill you after all, if you dont know how to control your feelings, passions and of course your partner. Cuz in the end, love might haunt you. Guess love is not beautiful after all

A date..... With our ancestors

Had a nice outing with Yatie just now.
Its been a long time since i had went out with her.
So long, it was just our second date together since knowing her in June 2005.
Hw fast time goes.
Went to Secret Receipe @ VivoCity and had quite a sumptous meal. Especially like the banana split.
After that we went around. Feeling bored, I suggested goin to Sentosa.
Did got lost for a moment esp surprise2!! It was my first time stepping into Sentosa since 1997.
Its been 10 years and Sentosa had changed. No more nice ferry terminal. No more Volcano Land and Fantasy Island.
Did went to Images of Singapore (courtesy of a "complimentary" ticket). It was a great experience learning about Singapore the interactive way. I would recommend tourists to go there to learn more abt SG.
But after the date, I felt a feeling that I never felt.
Cuz it made me felt that i dun wanna date anyone else.
Cuz i felt very2 comfortable goin' out with her.
I also think that off most girls that i know, i seem to have the same thoughts as her...
Maybe coincidental.... Hmm... Stay tuned....
Hopefully more o the hangouts, Yatie...
Next time, Taufik's hangout k??

Play with hair...

To me, of all the girls seen features, i always like to look at their hair. I dunno y but whenever i met with any girls, i seem to like touching and playing ard with their hair. It is not being obsessed with hairs but i think a girl's hairstyle can change their look totally and see whether it can match their faces or not.

I like girls who used clariol herbal essences, esp the pink coloured solution. I used the shampoo before and the fragrance of the shampoo really sticks onto ur hair for long. But I just dont go around smellin' people's hair. I am not a sicko. I'm just "curious".

Other than hair, what attracts their features is their eyes cuz when u talk to them, u feel the tinge while staring at their eyes. To me, it makes myself really concentrate on what they are talking so that ppl would nt misjudge me for taking other chances. For others, it might mean second base(watch american pie for the answer). But what i do not like is eyes with tinted lenses, especially asians cuz it makes them look like ghosts.

ok then, enough for the infatuation of girls. Might come back later to enter somemore thoughts...

i seem not lovin' it anymore

Nowadays, i dun feel the enthusiasm while working cuz all my good friends had gone and im not working as often as i wanted.

When i first started out, the store has so many youngsters and all of them made me look forward to work. We had so much fun while working especially me and a few former workmates always take turns to prank unsuspecting colleagues (esp letting ppl drink pickled or onion water), smoke breaks, talking cock in the kitchen and the best thing is, since my store used to have lots of malay colleagues, we often break fast together.

Nwadays, most of them had gone. The guys had gone to NS while the gals had outgrown the job and had look elsewhere to find a job with better pay. Only few of us left and they also arent there often. Furthermore, what infuriates me more as i'm often cut off the schedule last minute and being replaced by someone new. What happened to the more experienced crew? And if i'm working, they also cut of my hours and that will of affect my pay. I often complained to them abt this but what i get is that they told me they dun have enuf money to pay me. Right now, im just hoping that either my NS letter or the SCDF letter will come sooner than expected. If not, i will resign right after the Crew Rally.

I'm beginning to be addicted to the Thrills. Their latest album, Teenager reminds me of Suede, but their sound is more like the emotive expression of the 80's. Even their music video and what they sing about looks like the 80's. Btw, they are one of the more successful band to come out from Ireland. My fave song frm them? Whatever happened to Corey Haim?

Nagging round the clock..... hate it...

I hate staying at hm during off days. Cuz i'll be either forced to do hsework or do errands that i totally hate. I rather go somewhere to relax with my guitar or just relaxing by the beach.

I totally hate ppl nagging at me. Cuz it really adds frustration to my lame life(since June) and also makes me feel agitated.

Sometimes i do think ppl nag to me unnecessarily. Esp my dad. If he's at hm, we cannot do anything esp watching the TV. Esp on Sensasi. I hate the Sensasi free preview cuz my dad will hog on the preview channel to watch Indo sinetrons and watching them really hurts ur conscience. Cuz indo sinetrons are really stupid. Its always....

"Boy saw girl. Fall in love at first sight. Girl is either disabled or poor. Boy's parents against the reunion of their son with the misfortunate girl. One of the boy's companion totally hates the girl to the core and hatches plan to make her disappear. Boy will tell bad things abt the girl to the mom. Boy is reluctant to leave girl. Boy's companion will find another girl to hatch plan. The other girl says the boy makes her preggers. Boy have to marry the other girl due to status and also to cover the girl's sins. Girl leaves boy and run away, often dancing and crying all the way
and the rest is like well, typical indo love story....."

My dad has a weird character too. Sometimes when he ask abt smth, we will answer. And he asked the same thing 10 mins later. And 10 mins later. And 10 mins later. He also dun like us watching football, cuz he say its a waste of money subscribing to cable to watch football. And whatever things we do, he will also object. Sometimes i do sympathise him cuz nwadays he's nt hving the best health now, but its irritating for someone to object u in everything he does. And my mum will rub salt into my wounds, asking me to give in to his complaints.

Abt wasting money to watch football, thats the no. 1 reason y we subscribe to cable. Cuz my family are a bunch of Devils fans. We often watch football 24/7. Even if United plays at 3 am, everyone would wake up, even my mum. Often we would nt wake her up, but sometimes she would just take a peek outside and sometimes join in the match fun too.. I rather watch football 24/7 than to endure 2 hours of indo sinetrons, which would be mind bugging on why the leading actors in each sinetrons are so foolish and stupid and have no balls. Serious.....

Out of Nothing Part II

Devils won again. 2 out of 2. Another 1-0 victory. Means finally i will break out of the United "fast" as for now( Unless they lose another 2 matches, then i will fast again).

This time, the devils did show their flair and attacking pace. For thefirst half, they cant seem to penetrate the black cats' defence, who has Craig Gordon guarding in between the posts. Anderson and Tevez are nt out and out strikers who can easily be the target man. Hargreaves seems to do all the dirty work behind. Evra wa terrific at the left flank but they cant seem to have the best of touches in the final 3rd of the attack.

Finally, out comes Saha. Out of the teatment table after 6 mths out. After not scoring since against Citeh on Dec 9 last year. Finally, attacks can be seen as wat united done last season. Crosses into deep into the box. Chances after chances created by Hargreaves,Tevez and Vidic. At 71 mins, the floodgates opened up. Nani's deep cross from the corner kick let a heavily marked Saha headed the ball into an open net, which Gordon had left it cuz he thought Saha wasnt able to head the corner.

What I was not happy was, United seems to be content after taking the lead. What if Ross Wallace or Michael Chopra had scored from the subsequent free kicks after that? What if Brown or Vidic done another stupid mistake again? All along i felt this season, United will be winning the next 23 games with a 1-0 win. Cuz they seemed to be out of ideas to score more. Bring back Roon and Ron. And buy a new targetman in January.

7Inches

I'm a wannabe musician. The reason is because i'm still new at the scene, maybe thats y i called myself that.Started off as a vocalist, then formed 7Inches with hree other guys, first as a guitarist but when brandon left, i became the bassist with the band.

7Inches had only one gig together, that is a gig at the PhunkBar On Feb 3rd this year. A good turnout, maybe because its due to our songs and also our friends, whom we hv invited to watch the gig. We also appeared in Danielle, a Suria series about a band.( It was during a fight scene on episode 6, where one of the guys stole the song and played at Wee Lee studio in Geylang. Yes, i was the bassist wearing a Lost Prophets tee.). We even had 4 original songs in the works but unfortunately due to time constraints, we didnt have time to record them down.

Nwadays, 7Inches is in hiatus. My own sweat and project, stopped due to NS and work commitments. Drummer Haridass is serving the country in Eagle Company,Tekong, while Khai is currently working in Sentosa as a ?????(I forgot). While me and lead shredder Kamal is free and around, we currently trying to find a side project but unfortunately, cant find a suitable one to work with.. hmm.. maybe we can practise new songs while waiting the other two to be available.

Also kinda frustrated when many considered me a beginner when i could play the bass by ear. Maybe its because i played it only for a year.

Currently listening to: 1973 by James Blunt(Nice song)