Happy Halloween!

Today was pretty fun apart from the fact that we had midterm exams. A group of us gathered to celebrate halloween by playing Risk and watching soccer. They were forewarned that the little black men on the board were like the cockroach that flys in your face when attacked. After conquering Europe and most of North America, the game was prematurely ended. We went on to watch a soccernet prediction gone wrong when Portsmouth beat Man Utd. In another horribly written script, Liverpool was held to a draw. A very unlikely situation if the club's record signing did not break his leg.

In drama news, the previous channel 8 drama has transformed into a reality show. A page was taken out of Please marry my Dad. Now, a panel of directors and scriptwriters have assumed the responsibility of choosing the most appropriate candidate for our bachelor. To explain with an analogy, it is like a programmer trying to choose between 2 types of programming languages. Namely SJL and ANZ.

Quote of the day : The prawn behind the rock. (simply means to have a hidden agenda)

BOO! Midterms

Can't sleep tonight because it's the damm midterms tomorrow. Worse still, theres one more next week. BOO............

Quote of the day : Hey officer is that your nightstick or are you just glad to see me?

Yahoo! I'm cured!

Not quite but I can feel it! Yippee! Gonna be as good as new soon. Only to face the dumb mid-term exams. Mat Rock 101 lesson today. Teacher had PMS, maybe due to fasting. He booted all the students who were eating in class. Focus is pronounced as 'fokus'. Darn funny. "Ah you! Yes you! Hard Roo-ck Kafee!."

Sad news ladies and gents. Seems that the nice drama that has been showing will be no more. The main guy character does not like the babe. Sadness to the core despite the romantic drive in the heavy rain. My bet is that it was due to the cruel twist of chinese drama fate. If only the tire of the van had given way that fateful night. It would have brought the couple out into the pouring rain and there would have been more interaction instead of a simple 5 miunte drive home. This can only be due to a poor director's interpretation of the already boring script. As you can see, this merely proves i'm getting better. How else would anybody be able to conjure up so much bullshit.

Quote of the day : I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there is no other car around, that's how far ahead of me they are.

Bah! The block lectures are here again

If you think time flys when you're having fun, you're probably right. Time flys when you sick too. Monday, tuesday and wednesday are gone. What a bummer.

Quote of the day : When leaving work late, you will go unnnoticed. When you leave early, you will meet the boss in the car park

If I coughed a lung out, what will it look like?

I'm guessing the cough mixture that i take is a suppressive one. You'll always know when it's time to take more when you're on this kinda cough mixture. It's when you start coughing again. And 6 hourly intervals ain't cool. Each dose only seems good for an hour or 2, then it's cough cough cough for 4 hours to next dose. Also, Mister Pan, can you explain why i'm doing research on your favourite topic? I was under the impression i got to do research on terrorism or racism.

Quote of the day : Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

Oh boy! look at the time

How time flys you might wonder. I, on the otherhand either can't sleep or can't sleep for long. After taking some medication which makes me drousy, i find myself waking up at odd times because i slept too early.

Quote of the day : The best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in your coat pocket.

Cough cough cough

Been coughing like a mad person so i had to see the Doctor. Lucky for me i saw her on time. I was warned that my condition might worsen and become Bronchitis. Aw man, the B word. For most of you who don't know what it really means, here is the explanation. Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi -- the main air passages to the lungs. Acute Bronchitis generally follows a viral respiratory infection. The viral infection produces bronchial inflammation, which sets the stage for bronchitis and secondary bacterial infection.

Symptoms

• cough that produces mucus (sputum), may be blood streaked (i got this without blood)
  
• shortness of breath aggravated by exertion or mild activity (i got this from shopping)
  
• frequent respiratory infections such as colds
  
• wheezing
  
• fatigue (i got this from shopping)
  
• ankle, feet, and leg swelling that affects both sides
  
• reddish face, palms, or mucous membranes
  
• reddish cheeks
  
• headaches (i got this from shopping too)
  
• vision abnormalities

Quote of the day : Old telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and address of people you don't know.

Liverpool 2 - Charlton 0

Still no clip-on lamp for Eric. Poor fella, must be feeling cold. Anyways, once again, Liverpool was up to 2nd half heroics. Thats all for today. Coughing like a mad person.

Quote of the day : The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.

The seach for a clip-on lamp continues

Eric has moved into his new home. Sadly, he has no lamp to heat up his home. His source of UV stays in the 20 dolla light bulb which lies unused. Today a dog fearing person came to my home. All along, I was under the impression that i had the friendliest dog and babe magnet. Today i was proven wrong. This 'babe' wasn't at all thrilled to see either of my dogs. What a bummer. The project on China begins. A powerpoint with a red background and some information is all we got now. If you guys wanna know about the significance of the 5 stars on the Chinese flag, i can be 'proud' to say that i call tell you about them. The big star represents.............

Quote of the day on Italian restaurants : Our goal is to portray ourselves as an authentic Italian restaurant where you are 'family', even though we're owned by an American conglomerate and we've never even met you.

20 bucks for a light bulb?

Pretty mad it seems. We need the ozone to protect ourselves from UV rays. Specifically UVA and UVB but i go and blow 20 bucks on a light bulb that emits UV rays. Strange as it seems, i attained the bulb and now i have no lamp to hold it. So off i went to IKEA. The shitty place only had lamps which used IKEA bulbs. What a scam. Buy our lamps = buy our bulbs. So of i go to the nice little DIY store outside and guess what, the guy refers me to IKEA?!?!? WTF man, it's gotta make you wonder who's paying his salary.

Quote of the day : May your life be like toilet paper--long and useful.

Local Baywatch

Another show has made it on to television with a message that is unknown to us for the moment. The last drama series was apparently promoting the making of wills. Everyone make a will before you die was the message. I wonder what the new show promotes. It could be competition, it could be swimming or it could even be swim wear. After 1 episode however, it seems like a local version of baywatch.

Quote of the day : A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well

KL fashion

Interesting KL styles

While waiting to cross the roads, I happened to sneek in a shot of this 'hottie'. Whassup with the fashion statement. But he was style sikit as they call it. Pretty good shopping although i'm not much of a shopper.

Interesting name

Would you eat here?

Wonder who hangs out here. This is in the shopping district of KL. We had too take a monorail here. Nuthing compared to the MRT. Much like the one in the bird park. Small, shaky and no EZ link.

First photo taken in KL

KL towers

Quite a sight to see after surviving the crap traffic on the way to the hotel. Traffic lights don't mean a thing to any road users. KL was a big walk. We walked everywhere. Some of us even chatted up cab drivers claiming we were from ShangHai. Only to find out the cabby was from China too. ROFL. BUSTED!

covered 273km in record time

covered 273km. missed by 48km

This sign can be found in the middle of a roundabout. Points in every major direction and tells you how far away they are. Notice the sneeky little hand pointing upwards. This photo was specially taken for a good friend. There will be more to come i hope.

Dutch area

walkin down to the 'river'

After parking behind some misleading street. We hopped out of the car to walk down to the river/canal/big drain with boats. Wasn't much going on except for some school outing which was taking place while we were there. People are generally polite. They return waves and greetings.

Streetside stall in Malacca

Mothballs at RM 1.20

Stuff is really cheap in Malacca if you can find your way through a maze of 1 way streets. I was 'fortunate' enough to get a free 'tour' of a nearby temple and it's 'mysterious' waters. The tour guide was going on and on about the water which was drawn from the well behind the temple.

What did they dump into the river

Big ass mudskipper
Seeing this freak of nature makes me wanna ask what the hell went into that river. This thing is huge! It even jumped up onto the dock to let me take a photo.

Fulham 2 - Liverpool 4

After a really drab boring first half, i was pleased to enjoy a 4 goal second half while being intoxicated with Barcardi Limon which i think is a really crap drink. While the game wore on, 2 of my friends celebrated their birthdays. Took the car to new limits on the Malaysian highway and also experienced the uselessness of traffic lights in KL. Stay tuned for the next post as it will have pictures.

Quote of the day : "Easy" only equals "better" for crack addicts and web developers.

Ramadan - month of fasting

The time of each year where some people have to take daytime diets. (This is when food is also more abundant in the daytime.) Nevertheless, we should understand a little of what is goin on at least. To start with, The Muslim population in 2003 is 1484.71 million. Thats 23.52% of the WORLD! (Please be careful as to where you direct those racist remarks next time) It's growing at a rate of 2% to 2.9% per year. Below are some countries where you should not spew racist remarks about muslims for your own safety.

Country : Indonesia
Population : 231,328,092
Percentage of Muslims : 88.0%
Muslim Population : 203,568,721

• Pakistan
  147,663,429
  97.0%
  143,233,526
  
• Bangladesh
  133,376,684
  83.0%
  110,702,648
  
• Turkey
  67,308,928
  99.8%
  67,174,310
  
• Egypt
  70,712,345
  94.0%
  66,469,604
  
• Iran
  66,622,704
  99.0%
  65,956,477
  
• Morocco
  31,167,783
  98.7%
  30,762,602

Quote of the day on church : The "bishop" came to our church today. He was a fucken impostor. He never once moved diagonally

Bloody hackers

It's good sometimes when games are hacked. We might gain an unfair advantage over the game. The line is drawn when hacks are used against each other. Trading in online games are filled with uncertainty. So i'm better off finding my own stuff despite the time and effort taken.

Quote of the day on programming : Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders

Counter or stat counter

Searched for a counter today. Couldn't decide so i checked out Blogger's help section. Tah dah. A couple of links they recommend. So i chose one. I wouldn't know if you can see it. Looks pretty bad but on the upside, it tells me how many people came and when they came. No big deal i reckon, because i don't know who came anyway. So i'll let it run for a while and see how it goes.

Quote of the day on saving money : A loaf of bread and a pot of curry lasts a whole week

The reason why i stick to cable channels

Pardon me for watching the local chinese channel. I saw a couple on tv where the girl had to go for a makeover. I'm totally for the makeover as i thought she needed one pretty badly. The results were pretty decent if not good. The major turn off of that show was how the boy was acting. After spewing lots of mushy stuff, he decorated a small part of the beach and proposed to her at the end of the show. This was where i drew the line. What happened to the good old dramas with inaccurate subtitles?

Quote of the day on pegnancy tests : Blue line means your pregnant, yellow socks mean you missed.

Simple math

My day could be summed up in a line of simple math. If school equals work, then discussion after school equals more work.

Interesting stuff which i saw or heard today

• a friend telling me how unfair life was when he saw an indian guy drive by in a Bentley Continental GT
• A flustered teacher
• A presentation on terrorist using the internet and the chocolates that were given out during the presentation.

Quote of the day : 1 low flying bird + 1,000,000,000 square feet of open air space to choose from = your car's windshield

Can you remember wot da lecturor said bout Metatags?

Since i actually bother to update this thing, i might as well fix it up. If anyone has ideas bout metatags or a counter, please say something.

Quote of the day : i love funk music so much... that sometimes i wish i was black and then i remember that i might want to get a job some day

How much can you really say?

The newspapers today had an article on some blogger that got in trouble for posting his 'thoughts and feelings'. Jeff Ooi, Malaysia's most controversial blogger is the man under fire from Malaysian officials. (While all this is happening, I think I should just keep my thoughts to myself.) When i created this blog, i was told that i could say anything. Then of course i read the terms and conditions. Seems that Blogger just ain't responsible for your actions. So how much can you really say?

Quote of the day : "A train station is where a train stops. A bus station is where a bus stops. On my desk I have a workstation..."

Brooke Burns as Jessica 'Jessie' Owens

I was flipping channels on telly and was pleasantly surprised to catch Baywatch Hawaii on a saturday. Feelin bummed after missing the first half, i settled in to enjoy the 2nd half of the show.

Babe of the moment

Dougsworld

I did a search to see who else has my page title or who else has my address or whatchamacallit. Typed dougzworld into google search. Got asked 'did you mean dougsworld?' so i continued on. These are my findings:

Doug's world http://www.myranting.freehosting.net/

Doug's world 2.0 http://dougsworld.tripod.com/index.htm

Another Doug's world http://www.dougsworld.com/

Good god, a Doug that writes poetry http://members.shaw.ca/dougsworld/ (51yrs old, single, canadian, not married. I wonder why)

Quote of the day : Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."

Time test

This ridiculous thing always has the wrong time and date

ok fixed.

After many failed attempts to post a pic

Scientific Name: JASMINUM
Description of Foliage: The jasmine plant produces flowers that are yellow or white with wonderfully distinct aromas.
Indigenous Area: Tropics of Asia
Various Uses: Jasmine variations are wonderful accents to home gardens or garden borders. (Also used to make garlands which are popular on the darkside)

In case you're wondering, i didn't ask Jeeves

the seach for jasmine

aite, so you suggested some pics. Pics of jasmine in particular. So i went lookin. Guess what i found.

Re: jasmine,cut flower seller
Posted By: muthuDate: Wednesday, 20 November 2002, at 4:40 a.m.
In Response To: jasmine,cut flower seller (TEH)
We can offer Jasmine flower on a daily basis from Trivandrum. Can you please indicate the the price range that you can offer per Kg. of Jasmine.
Muthu.c

perhaps i should ask him for a picture. the search continues

Ok, that was a success

Aite, now i gotta figure out how ta fix up the darn page. Outstanding colour to start off with. How appropriate some of you might think. Well laugh it up, coz there's more to come. Any comments would be hugely appreciated.

First ever post

this bloody thing takes it's own bloody sweet time to load doesn't it? Oh well, this is my first ever post just to try this thing out and familarise myself to this stuff. Totally new and everytime i click on view blog, i go to this buggers page, Douglas Kendall. WTF man. So here goes. I wanna see my own words! As it is now, this damm page ain't done loading. So there isn't a freaking button to confirm my post whatsoever. Jeez, and people do this stuff daily.