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Budget 2011 Malaysia and how Abes view it...

2010-10-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

The recent Malaysia Budget 2011 has been tabled last Friday by our Prime Minister which i have compiled for my own personal reference and also to share my comments with you...Here are the videos:
By the way, i've removed the first 3 videos as i thought the commentators from the G-media just talked too much crap~

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Abes is Back Blogging again !

2010-10-16T17:35:00.000-07:00

Yeah that's great news for myself but is it for good this time or will this blog have the same old same old ending .... ? Who knows....? I've changed a little bit on my direction in life this time. So, let's see how far my blog will go this time ... =P

This is so Funny !

2009-11-03T08:07:00.000-08:00

Been very stressed lately... So, went to youtube and came across this video out of the blue... So hilarious!

ADV: " Dreams in November " Concert by Hands Percussion Team

2009-10-11T08:36:00.000-07:00

Yeah.... Just to let you guys know, my concert is coming up again with the title "Dreams in November". Support yeah...! =) i've attached some of the concert info in this post while i'll tell you more of the details in my next post yeah. If you guys dunno anything about my percussion team, well you're lucky today that i've also attached a youtube video of their recent performance in France (The video can be found at the bottom end of this post). Too bad i wasn't there...because my full time job Company will never approve my leave for 1.5 months !

Beat Box's origin is from the Chinese...?

2009-10-05T11:40:00.001-07:00

Well... That's what they claimed in this short clip . But of course it's only a joke ...

Short Note :

2009-09-29T14:37:00.000-07:00

Am Going to cut down my social outings in October for my November concert practices. Guess i 'll be missing october fest this year =( huhuhu...

Regina Spektor - Fidelity

2009-09-29T13:54:00.000-07:00

Was checking out on Kinky Blue Fairy's blog and came across with this video. Find it to be interesting and the way she sings it makes me fell in love with the song.
Just for the record, i'm not heart broken. ...=P

Abes is Back again !

2009-09-28T09:16:00.000-07:00

Long story short.... I'm back for blogging again. As you can see here, i've reconstructed my blog again for it to be more informative to both my reader(s) and me to continue feeding me with information leads so that i would at least have something to blog about next time. Hope this time is for real .... See ya !

Short Note :

2009-05-25T09:39:00.001-07:00

Does anyone know how to lose weight the fastest way in a week...? i really need to lose some weight to reveal my macho-ness on my show day !!!! haha...

Back to my Blog World...

2009-05-25T07:46:00.000-07:00

After being dormant for more than a year , all of the sudden this feeling of blogging comes back urging me to blog on something. Over the past year, many events took place in my life and it really was a roller coaster feeling . Regardless whether it has to do with my career or social life, there are always times when things won't get into the way you wanted it to be. But, nevertherless it still kept me going till this day and i hope that it would be better in the future times to come.

Looking back to 2008, there are a few things that i could say that i can be grateful of. Eg: Travel to Taiwan, Got promoted in my drum team and performed in many places, pick up new skills, making new friends and trying hard to keep in touch with existing ones, Enjoying the company of my new always-curious-about -something- female colleague, and having babies that i've never knew i had before.... ( Ooops ! the last 1 was a lie....). Recalling back makes me feel that it wasn't all that bad anyway. My Beloved Country Malaysia sufferred their biggest slumps than the slumdog millionaire when they lose their 2/3 majority which they had been enjoying ever since the May 13th 1969. Looks like their old trick in politics doesn't going to work that smooth anymore after all.

Now that it's already half way of 2009, I wonder what's God's plan for my so called "destiny". Although i'm a christian , i don't really buy this "destiny" thing but there's always a part of me that wants so badly to believe in it. In fact, i believe such question hits everyone in the head at least once huh?

This year for me, i would say that some plans are already known while others remained uncertained. Questions like..." when will my family be united as 1?" , " When will i reach the career level that i've always wanted to achieve?" , "Will i achieve my financial freedom in the next 10years ?" , " How long can i keep up with my drum team?" , "will the woman of my dreams answers my call this year?" , " Will i have to continue making tougher decisions just for the greater good...?" Truthfully, i do not have the answers...

Hope everything goes well for the both me and you in 2009!

Notice

2009-04-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

Please be informed that my blogspot address will be changed to abes83.blogspot.com
by end of april.
Thank you.

Notice ....

2008-11-28T18:41:00.000-08:00

Blog is still under construction for its new look in 2009....

Busy busy busy.....

2008-05-19T09:40:00.000-07:00

Haha.... those are the words that i could say for now....

Boss is giving me more responsibilities which indicates that i'll be playing key roles in the company in the future.... Practices in Hands percussions had also increased due to concert will be coming soon on this july.... Businesses is growing steadily everyday.... And i had also started a rebuilding programme for my old school in drums.... Sigh~ Been working 24/7 ever since...

Went back to Kuala Terengganu last labour day to see my mom and old school friends, another issue came up.... When i'm back to kt , we use to go chat together just to catch up what we've missed. Mom used to be the curious one .... she likes to dig everything out from me. Even when i somehow declined to answer to her questions, she will just change the topic a while and asked me back again..... Then, i would be like , " Oh , man....."

Back to the issue i mentioned, She finally popped up my "phobia" question - which i've expected to happen .... It all started when i was having lunch at home....

Mom : Where were you whole day yesterday....?

Hamkor: Told u liao ma.... today at school teaching drums....

Mom: No wonder you come back la... come back not visit me but play your drum only....

Hamkor: Don't say like that.... I only teach them for 1 day only....and after all i still have 3 more days of leave.... So, by coming back i can kill two birds with one stone ma....

Mom : oh ~

Hamkor: (phew~)

Mom: You so keng ar...? Stay at KL so long already still got people know you play drum in school ar....

Hamkor : Well, what can i say... ( sarcastically laughed for a while...) No la....i met them at KLPac , we chit chatted a little bit and they asked me if i was willing to teach them again... Looking at their eyes, i can't just abandon them like that.

Mom : Ai ~ always want to make yourself so busy dun know for what....

Hamkor : (could only smiled.....)

Mom : Wei ... you still haven't got girlfriend ar....? Ah girl (that's my sis) got 2nd bf liao lo ... u still haven't find 1 meh...?

Hamkor: (choked... chocked for a while ) Can we PLEASE skip this topic.....? I can handle myself.... And I'm so busy.....

Mom: ( Noded her head...) So, how's the food ...? I simply cook only .....

Hamkor: Everything is nice when you're hungry.

Mom: ( smiled and say...) You know ar....that day Godmother ask when she can be "nai nai" le...?

Hamkor : is it...? Ask ah girl to kahwin la....!

Mom : ( Laughed a little bit because she knows that i know what was she going to say...) Then , when is your turn...?

Hamkor: ( Need to say something that can conclude this topic) Dun worry la.... I'm going out with a lot of women and i just got them shortlisted only...

Mom: No wonder la no girlfriend ! Go out with so many girls how can have a serious girlfriend le... bla bla bla ( you don't have to know the rest .... it was a LONG speech even i also forgotten what she said...)

Hamkor: ( oh shit....!) Aiya.... I still haven't found the ONE la.... Even if i found her,but if she dislikes me, i also "bo bian" have to find another 1.... and 1 more thing your son not lengchai le...What happened ....?

Mom: Hey, your face kira okey already le... Not bad la... still got attraction ....

Hamkor: You just say that to console me che......

Mom: Hey, i got a friend now doing teacher training here and she's from KL le...

Hamkor: ( Oh God, Please help me....) Ohhhh .... So this your plan .....?!! But, I dun believe in distanced relationship le....

Mom: Tomoro when you come to church , i'll introduce you to her .... You guys be friends first lo....

Hamkor : ( want meh...? A while later, my phone rang) Aiyo... i need to go out liao.... Woody is wants to bring me out to Kenyir....

Mom: You better come to church tomoro ar .....

Hamkor: ahhh.... we'll see how it goes la.... Bye !

Mom: ( with a low tonned voice) Always like that ....

End of Another Hamkor's Secrets.....

I love my mom a lot for her being so over-caring and her try-to-be-cunning-but-cannot ways to put me into submission.... and guess what, the meeting didn't turned bad after all...

My first Concert show....

2008-03-07T08:21:00.000-08:00

Last February, went to experience Jay Chou's Asia tour concert with a few friends which was held in stadium merdeka. Knowing that he's a famous figure in the entertainment industry, i was already harbouring high anticipations on his concert upon entering the stadium that had 20,000 fans filling up the space.

Truthfully, the concert really started out with a bang where it began with some flashy digital video on the screen and combinations of spectacular fireworks with well choreographed lightings that gave the audience a great impact of of the Taiwan Pop Singer's aura.

During the concert, he performed new songs, new mv's and he also talked a lot with some sense of humour... Wow, that's a big change for him huh ....?

Apart from that, Jay also knows how to cater his audience's needs from having sexy girls and cool dances for the boys to playing various musical instruments to mesmerize the girls - not to left out some well-dressed-for-dinner-aunties on the front rows too !

That night Jay sang about 20 songs and even that amount of songs sang couldn't make the crowd stop echoing for encores and somehow had to reappear (or planned to do the encores) for like 3 times. Really enjoyed 1 of the encores as we were keep chorusing the "tofu" song and made the girls beside us got irritated by our singing. Hahaha ~

Overall, it was a splendid time of enjoyment eventhough only get to stand on the last row of the stadium - thanks to "Nicky" CWW.... =P

Gong Xi Fa Cai....

2008-02-12T20:59:00.000-08:00

oh no... how could i forget to publish this on my blog....
Anyway, wish you guys a very Happy Chinese new year .....
regardless where you are....

How would Edison react to this...?

2008-02-12T20:43:00.000-08:00

Recently, Edison Chen's nude pictures was circulated in the internet causing his career to drop down bottm and there even news saying his commiting suicide now....(thanks to the paparazzi who likes to stick their nose into other ppl's business....)

But , i dunno how he would react to this.....?

Probably he would just say.... " oh...so sweet...." or maybe he would just say..." Mom, please get me a rope now..... "

Enjoy~

The Star - Speaking our mind for the first time....

2008-02-10T09:25:00.000-08:00

Recently... an article titled "All for the sakes of winning votes" from the star caught my attention big time. This is because all media papers have been under the government's scrutinization. That is why certain news published in the dailies that even has the tiniest bit of connection with the government interest me a lot. Because that is how they want us to perceive it.... I however, tend to think what they wanted to achieve by publishing it to the people.

yeah.... About the article, i think it's really about time for somebody to write something that represent the people's views about the government, or the opposition. I mean although all that involve in politics are dirty, but how a reigning government of a country since independence that had served for the people so long has become a party that do not share the same visions of our forefathers...? I mean if you guys really had pay attention on the papers or tv news in the past or surfed the net in the past years, the government has been giving us nothing but s**t ! what ....? you don't know .... ? Let me refresh your mind then....

1. Corruption - Remember how our Zakaria friend built his mansion on a municipal owned land without spending a penny and not being penalised eventhough he was caught right handed. What happen if the culprit is only an ordinary civilian and not belong to politics...? i'm sure he's already behind bars by then.

2. Mismanaged Funds - Can you even believe the government could spent RM 1,200 on a screw box when you could get them at RM 50 in Careefour. I mean..... Which dumbo would approve such funds...?

3. Discrimination - Remember how Hishammudin yield his keris with anger saying "jangan cabar kami....!" what....? is it wrong to fight for what we deserve....? yet it was done in an open discussion , not come to fighting yet.... So, where is that so called power-sharing spirit huh...?and i can be even more racist in this issue.... but i chose not to....

4. Fuel hikes - We, as a citizen understands the governments pain paying subsidies. But bear in mind, other countries do not have to pay AP's and tolls. And because of that, automobiles in malaysia is the highest priced in the region yet our salary is one of the lowest among developed countries. Who's more sympathetic here....?

5. Justice malpractice - Never knew that such practice was a tradition all along untill Lingam's case was brought up. What's funny was when after Lingam Said " He looks like me, sounds like me and speaks like me. But , i would not say 100% it's me."; Surprisingly, the judge agreed to his statement. Seems like malaysia do have a lot of dumbos.... To me, whether Lingam will be convicted guilty or not; the case itself had already became a mockery joke to the world. Come to think of it, were all the perceived injusticed cases ruled in the previous court fights had been fixed by the higher grounds ....? Man.... who needs another court when you have a malfunction 1...?

Those are the big 5 reasons that i'm truly dissapointed with the present ruling party. From the way i see it, the overwhelming power they had all this time had made them "forgetful" of the people and letting them reaped all our taxes like no one's watching. As the election date March 8 approaches , candidates from all parties are playing their same old tricks again which is making empty promises for the sake of winning votes. To me, politics are always dirty. How i vote will based on 2 factors which is:

a.) his personal political contribution to his candidacy region, and

b.) the agenda of the party he's representing as a whole to determine how it would affect the future's economy.

So, how will you vote for your future....? Therefore, make your vote counts !!!!

Here's the link to the article i talked about....

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?fi le=/2008/2/10/focus/20287210&sec=focus

Hahahaha.... Fanta !

2008-02-10T04:21:00.001-08:00

My Nickname(s) Story….

2008-01-18T07:12:00.000-08:00

Sometimes, it is amazing to see how a name can be nicknamed to all sorts of names. Since I too have a lot of nicknames, I thought maybe it’s a good idea to write them into a blog. So, without further delay, I’ll just relate them to you in a story.

On the 22nd of December 1983, I was accidentally given the name Abraham Moses. I myself had a hard time pronouncing my name when I was young…. And because of that I accidentally made my own first nickname. How did it happen? Well, when I was a toddler my mom starts calling me by my name – which I’m still not aware of. Whenever she calls my name, I would give her a half confuse and half smile look….. ( I wonder how did I do that…?) . So when she could not get my attention, she would hold my arms and tell me, “ Abraham….follow mummy say Abraham…..” Then my face would be like “is it time for milk…?” and answered “ Yam… Yam…”. Since then, everyone in my family including my maternal relatives calls me “ Yamyam”. ( Damn…. I miss my mom’s Cook Home Rice - Translate that in cantonese). The nick yamyam was slowly transformed to yam, tomyam, Ayam, yang yang from the mouths of my maternal cousins.

However, my dad did not call me by that nick. I guess he thinks its gay and he wanted to instill some manliness into my growing being. So he called me “boy” instead. This nick was given to me when I started to had a Japanese-look-a-like-when-she-was-a-baby sister. This was to enable him to call the right child without messing with their names. (Pa, just kidding la….haha). As for my paternal relatives, they call me “boboy”, most probably that nick was influenced from my dad’s given nick.

So as I grew up, I get to understand the significance of my name. Where ever I go and whenever I say my name, people around me would say great people about this name. Among the malays, they say my name is nama nabi ( if my friend hear this, she might think of different thing. Eg: Midvalley --> KimGary or “ Three of my Friends cancel already" --> “ Three of your friends got Cancer already ?!!!! ( hehe… sorry lo… =P ) In English, we call them Prophet names. The name Abraham is famous for his faith to God while Moses was the man who wrote the ten commandments and also the one who stick his tongkat into earth and separated the sea into half in order to create an escaping route for the Hebrews to salvation. Some… would call me Abraham Lincoln – the President of the United States. I like one of the statement saying, “ with Great power, Comes with Great Responsibility…” ( Cho to Ma te ….! Isn’t that from Spiderman ???? Wth….)

As I realize these names were famous and noble among the people who bear it, I then thought of somehow “creating” one myself. So, wherever I go when people ask me my name, I would always try to pronounce it the right way. However, this was problematic for my Chinese primary school mates. You know how common Chinese names are structured into 3 words or characters ( Starts with a Surname and followed by 3 characters). So, in order to join the pack and avoid being a total outcast; my name was chop into 3 words too… Ah Ba Ham ! ( Believe it or not, that nick still stays alive until now…) . Others… were like Ah Bla ham , Ah be Ra ham and etc. Well, can’t blame them as our English at that time was still not up to that level yet. When I was in high school, they started to go funny and really short with my name like Ah ham, bra bra ( What the…), Ham lou, Ham ye, Ham kor, Ham….. Luckily I was immune of this as I already had enough “training”. During my university studies, my nick was more of a masculine nick. Instead of having my friends calling me Abraham, I ask them to call me Abs – even though I didn’t really got my 6 packs yet. Some even call me “King” ( I got this nick when I did some comedy act during 1 of my induction… Damn proud that time for my Stephen chow’s inspirational acting skill….). As for during sports like football, guys back in the university would call me Nakata …… ( bangga nih…)

There’s this girl who gets creative with my nickname when I played with her “mood”. I started with some mild “pokes” to her mood…. Initially, she responded back by calling me ApaHam or Mr.A and she didn’t even bother to care after that; I assumed that her friends use to do the same and probably because of that she somehow got immune to such pokes. Then, I gradually increase the “pokeness” just to get her attention. When she felt she was challenged, she started to retaliate and nicknamed me Hamburger Hamishu, Hamster and bla bla ham. But, once she ate the bait ( which means she started to be moody) ….HAhaahaha…. My Nickname was never-ending…. Here, I present to you Hamkor’s Top 10 Nickname…
1.) Bra bra Ham = i wonder if that’s posible for me…. Hehe…
2.) See Ham = Only can call this when u see me...otherwise, u have to say SeeNoHam !
3.) Ham dan qiu yan = Salted Egg Superman. Wonder why the chinese like weird heroes…?
4.) Ham Chim Peng = Some Chinese delicacy. Can find it on the net du…..
5.) Ham Sam Seng = Confucious say, “ you go to jail , Bad boy !”
6.) Ham Mani Home = She even made some voodoo spell from my name….?
7. ) Ham Sap Ham = I am….
8.) Ham be lang = ham with stripes…..
9.) Ma – Har – Ba = My name spelt from behind… she really got me….
10.) Ham Ka Chan !!!!! = Hahaha…. Guess she’s Moody Hot !

Fanta...

2008-01-10T08:14:00.000-08:00

My new year resolution....

2008-01-03T06:41:00.000-08:00

The year of 2007 has been very unfortunate for me... They say it's a bad year for the "boars" regarless whatever you're doing. Going through the events really gave me a hard time especially during the frst half of the year. So, i'll just recap a bit about the events occured to me in the year of the boar.

Unfortunate Events :

a.) Got a serious acne problem

b.) Got accidents twice in 1 day on my convocation day

c.) Got accident again and almost got ass kicked by thug kor

d.) Uncle passed away….

e.) Car gave me a lot of problem and had to invest a lot of money on it…

f.) was done investing half way… Car (my nismo babe) got stolen……

g.) Office Yahoo messenger and websites got blocked by the management

However, in the middle of frustrations and dissapointments; some gave me hope to move on....

Fortunate Events:

a.) Got accepted as a Hands Trainee

b.) Got an incredible and fascinating job as a Data Consultant

c.) Get to travel to Holland ... ( my first Euro trip )

d.) Created my first blog - Hamkor's Secrets

d.) Having new friends and close friends that i can depend to whenever i'm in trouble.

So, as the unlucky year passes....A New year comes and My new year resolution for 2008 are:

a.)Able to perform in 1 major concert as a hands performer

b.)Make my first 50k

c.)Nurture the kids in drums from my old school through blogging

d.)Have a kick ass birthday party….

e.)Last but not least …. I want to live my life without regrets….and to the fullest….treasuring every second with my family, relatives and friends.....

Comedy of hamsapness

2008-01-01T22:27:00.001-08:00

Bottles Of Autumn

2007-12-24T00:31:00.001-08:00

A message from Ham Kor's Agent.....

Actually, this blog suppose to be publish after my client's holland trip blog. Unfortunately.... due to the management "wisdom" to block all chats messaging, "stress releasing" websites and BLOGS .... ( Mind if i'm asking.... what does entertainment has to do with blogs???? ) My Holland trip blog somehow got corrupted.... So, you guys have to wait for a few days again.... But i'll assure you, that blog will be enteraining with full of Ham-Sap-ness.... (hehe...)

Below is a press conference release made public by our beloved Hamkor....

Agent: Well well well.... Check this out.... Wat have Hamkor did this time....? Oh shit...... He got
romantic suddenly.... what...??? is love in the air....???

Hamkor : No...... (responsed while potraying a dull face ....)

Agent : ( a little blurred) ok...... Hamkor, why don't you explain to us what are these bottles
are then....?

Hamkor : ( saying it proudly...) My trip to Holland last November has inspired me to create this idea to share to the world. A piece that last temporarily in physical but lasts forever in memories. Ladies and gentlemen, i present to you.... My Bottles of Autumn....

Audience: wa~

Agent: There you go from the audience.... i see that every bottles are differently setup... Do they bring any meanings?

Hamkor: (saying it proudly again....) Yes, of course..... Let me tell you every each of them....

I named this bottle "Ressurection from stress". It reminds me that whenever i'm stress, i need to cut some plants and stuff it in the bottle !!!!

Agent and Audience : ( ' _ ' )"

Audience: wa~

Hamkor: Hehe... please forgive me.... have been quite stress since i didn't get to use my CHATS and.... BLOGS !!!

Agent : Rilek bro... rilek rilek.... So what's the next bottle
about....?

Hamkor : The second bottle is "Life Pressures" . In life, we always push ourselves to obtain wealth, power and reputation but at the same time these 3 things are also pushing at us....and make us work like ah kau ah te.... Due to this friction, we tend to forget what's life is about....

Audience: wa~

Agent : (with an awkward happy mood saying....) THANK YOU HamKor for being so good at playing with our feelings !!!

Hamkor : ( while looking at him sending an eye signal message:" Lu ai si si bo....?") Next.... is the bottle of "Death"...and today is a sad day for my agent if he's not careful with his mouth .....

Agent: why...?

Hamkor: Because if you don't .... i'm going to give you this bottle....

Audience: wa~

Agent :(a bit terrified) Hahaha... my client is a great joker !!!
erm... so, what's next boss...?

Hamkor: "Tension"

Agent: what...?

Hamkor: "Tension...."

Agent: Boss, don't get angry le....

Hamkor: The bottle is named "Tension" la you dick head....!
You see there are so many leaves stuffed inside the bottle, that's the feeling in your head when you get tension rite...?

Audience: wa~

Agent : Oh.....

Hamkor: Oh Han zhu ar oh....

Agent : and the last 1..... ?

Hamkor: What happens when you get pressures in life, tension in work and stress with management...?

Agent : ( Do the fei mao version saying...) i dong knou...

*** Did you shake your shoulders while saying it...? ***

Hamkor: I call this bottle "Mind Haywire" ... u see the petals flying around the bottle...? That's how a crazy mind looks like....

Audience: wa~

Hamkor: ( a little bit curious about the audience) What is your problem....?

Audience: wa wawa wa wawawa wawa wa....

***Translation: i was trying to tell you that i am deaf but you seem not to get the picture ***
Hamkor: AGENT !!!!! !@X123&&*

***fyi, Apparently there's only 1 audience ***

Actually the bottles were named as
1. Midst of Surviving
2. Leaves of Fragility
3. Lonely Piece
4. Winter's Coming
5. Colours of Autumn

note: I've thought of something new to do with the bottles this spring.... so first come first serve....

My Holland Trip....

2007-12-09T23:58:00.000-08:00

Sorry guys for the delay … but finally the long awaited blog of my trip to Holland is finally published !!!! Our journey to the Netherlands started off in two separate flights – one was delayed due to technical issues arose from the supposed-to-be carrier. Luckily for me and Simon ( my boss), we get to board the flight on time….( Luckily i'm not that ys..... haha... somebody "terasa" already....) It took us about 13 hours of flight to reach the Netherlands. Once we arrived Schippol Airport, we rented a 9 seated van to Amsterdam.

Okay.... some info about Holland.... Holland in general, is famous of its unique architectures, entertainment perks, space cakes, Sex and tulips ( it's a flower you idiot... just in case if you dunno ). Well, Heneiken beer was made there and probably that's why beers over there is cheaper than drinking water. Yeah...the people use to say, never say you've been to holland if you've not been to the red light district ( why red light...? should be green rite.... GO go go ! ). Too bad i can't take their pictures because i didn't dare to risk my camera to be snash by some guy who's patrolling the area.... Along the road, you'll get to see seductive young girls waiting for you to patron them ... (poor michelle.... she was suddenly an outcast at that time... ) . They are so attractive that 1 of my colleague almost bump face to face with an incoming stranger !!! However.... in some lonely alleys, you get to see some who are desperate and uglier than my grandma.... oh... may god have pity on them.... ( trying to be an angel now huh...? ). By the way, if you're in holland looking for red light district, Look for that road sign picture i caught below....

Apart from that, the locals there like to cycle as their preference of mobility around the town and there are about 300,000 people cycle in holland just to get to one place to another. They seldom use cars as public transport like trams ( a type of bus-like-train on the road), trains and busses are sufficent and much more convenient.

As Simon and i arrived earlier to Amsterdam, we decided to drive to the capital city and go for a stroll and breakfast.

During our stroll, we get to see some unique or probably weird things around such as ......
a kenari combo with smart-for -2 car, a shoe made as a boat, toyota felt that making cars for the netherlands was unwise...., Coca - cola thought that dwarfs were used to sent their goods, humans trying to remind God that they made CLOTHES !!! , a "slow" sign for cars that is ready to be knocked down for Asian drivers like us, i'll fail my spelling if you ask me to spell "toilet paper" in holland and you'll never see Hockien tourists around and you know why..... Those were just some of them i could get into my camera for viewing.... ( by the way, the cans of drinks ..... are just cans of drinks .... haha...)

So deducting all of the weird pics , the only normal picture remain........ is my picture. Why? i was only trying to mingle with the weirdos..... ( I know what you want to say .... but just keep it to yourself ok..... )

Then, once we reached the hotel, to my amaze... i had a great view from from my room.....
The river u look in that picture is not a river.It's the sea .... Actually, Holland is a below the sea level country... And you even can see ships passing in front of my room too....

A kiasu breakfast to kick start my day....

The Hotel itself is just within walking distance to my partner's office..... So, along the way get to see a lot of things too....

Once reaching the office ... that's the place that i worked for the week.... ( Sorry for being bored at my elaborations here....But at least you won't spent so much time on my crap )

Lunch was all bread .... and most of the time they are served stone-harded.... Almost got my jaws out just by eating them..... Nevertheless , they still taste tasty.....

However, dinner was great and red/white wine was served to us almost every night untill i had to say ," just give me an orange juice please...." - i like the last desert... it was exquisite....

On our fourth night, Hans ( the white guy and the CEO of the company ) brought us around
to see the night life of Amsterdam.... That's when i was brought to the red light district ( i really wished i had four eyes at that time.... can let them do multi-tasking... hehe )

As the week of our training ends.....

Since we still had some time.... We went for a stroll again.... but i didn't managed to find the "I Am Sterdam" place to take picture.... damn.... ( my only regret i guess... only huh...? haha, i know what you're gonna say.... just keep it to yourself .... Keep it to yourself....)

As we boarded our flight back to Malaysia, we get to meet some new malaysian friends too ... and create the backbenchers team at the tail of the plane pissing a lot of stewardess and passengers.....

Finally.... get to get some rest after a whole week of tiring work.....

Oh.... So... So.... Soooo Gay man.....

Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Chinese Performing Arts & Culture

2007-10-31T00:11:00.000-07:00

Last week Friday, spent the whole weekend at Bukit Jalil Stadium performed a commercial show in conjunction with Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Chinese Performing Arts & Culture and parallel with the celebration of 50 years of independence in Malaysia. The show’s theme “zha gen” – meaning take root represents how the Chinese community has been taking root in Malaysia sharing 50 years of heritage and culture and independence with other ethnic groups sharing the same soil ground, riches, and prosperity. Besides that, it also shows their struggle in Malaysia for more than 50 years

Okay okay…. Let’s put aside political talks for a while and talk about what I did instead during the 3 – days weekend. Our rehearsal kicks off on Friday as early as 10 a.m.

Since we’ve came prepared and the piece for us was easy for the show, we usually get our things done quick and sleek – just to avoid from the hot afternoon’s burning sun. However for some people, it’s just a pity to look at… ( thanks to the director for her great planning….Anyway, I think she gets to be excused since that’s her first massive event as director ) . But, what makes me thrill as a Hands Trainee is because i get to try their latest costume with cool-warrior-like-make ups !!!

Besides that I get to catch my sight up close on “Guang Liang” ( Famous Malaysian Chinese singer throughout Asia) and listen to one of his new released song. I also had to walk to walk to the highest row of seats in the stadium just to get all the tables for the gala dinner to fit into my picture.

Yes…. Tables. Roughly about 1500 of them I guess….

So, the first show on Saturday was a show for politic speeches from high profiles such as our Prime Minister Pak Lah, and MCA president Datuk seri Ong Ka Ting together with a crowd audience of 10,000 people attending the gala dinner concert and 30,000 (maybe more…) attended the latter show held on Sunday and the view was spectacular.

After the show, more pictures were taken at the canopy site.

As usual, being a percussionist always attract public attention too. Haha....So, that's all from me guys.

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A narrow Escape...?

2007-10-16T05:36:00.000-07:00

This blog i'm about to tell you is about my experience on dealing with thugs when you're involved in accidents and makes me recall back movies like the "Young and Dangerous" ( Acted by Ekin Cheng ) where you get to see how is it like to be in the other world works actively as the moon rises in the hustle city of KL, where illegal becomes legal under the jurisdiction of the one-eye-close-as-long-i-get-my-money authorities, and you'll often get to hear from your mums calling these people as bad guys or should we say thugs which is a more familiar term used in the daily papers we read.... Without further a due.... the story all started on last wednesday (end of August) nite 45 mins before midnite as i was on my way driving home, a jeep came in from a U-turn junction rammed into my car....So, i came out from my car and tried to settle with him....
Note: to make the story much more juicy... i intend not to tell you the story but type the whole of our conversation. By the way the conversation was in mandarin and cantonese.....
Me: Wa..... How you drive ar....? u didn't see i was coming meh...?
Thug Ko : i switched my signal light already ma......
Me: You cannot say like that.... even if you switched signal light also can't simply go in to people's lane 1... must see first....
Thug ko: i'm not at fault here.....
(At this point , my brain tells me this guy wants to bully me already....)
Me: u came in from the U-turn junction and i was from the main road....By law, you are at fault.....
Thug Ko : i dun care.... i'm not at fault.....you are....
( This guy really want to bully me..... ok ....)
Me: Fine, there are 2 ways of solving this, 1 is to settle it here and the other is to lodge a police report.... Since, i'm not wrong and you're not admitting that you're at fault, we'll let the police decide loo.....
Thug ko: No no no no ...... we settle it here..... what the h**l you say me wrong here... you mailto:!@#$@!!#
Me: Then what you want me to do...? you rammed into my car and now you're trying it's my fault....
Thug ko : oh .... i'm wrong now .... ok....
( then, thug ko took out his phone calling his friend....)
Thug Ko : CALL ALL OUR FRIENDS OUT AND BRING TOOLS ( KA CHANG)... SOME BAGGAR HIT MY CAR AND DON'T WANT TO PAY ME....HIS CAR IS ******, I'M NOW IN YULEK..... U CALL ALL OUR FRIENDS NOW.....
(after listening to that phone conversation, i was a little scared already but try not to reveal it to him)
Me : wei..... you don't have to do this....
Thug ko: WHAT ? YOU THINK I CARE..... ONCE MY FRIENDS COME I'LL SETTLE WITH YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL.... BLAH BLAH BLAH.....
(when he was blah blah blah + ing.... i went to take my keys )
Thug Ko : YOU DON'T TRY TO RUN I TELL YOU......
Me: (blurred for a while...) why should i run?
( After that,Thug ko was making some calls again.... i pulled back a distance and called my sis not to come over and try to call my cousin who is staying near by)
Thug Ko : ( still on the phone) 1!~`<>#$^&*
( Then, make a turn let my back facing him.... and made a 999 phone call)
999 women: Hello....
Me: Polis ke...? Saya sekarang dekat bulatan yulek, ada orang tadi langgar saya sekarang tak mahu settle. Lepas itu, dia call kawan kawan dia suruh bawa parang la, pisau la, spana la nak pukul saya, nak BUNUH saya....Boleh cepat hantar bantuan tak.....? cepat ye...
999 women: Nama kamu siapa?
Me : Abraham Moses, You boleh cepat hantar orang tak.....saya tak boleh cakap lama ni.... nanti dia tahu....
( then she made me crazy by saying....)
999 women : okok .... saya suruh pegawai bertugas cakap dengan kamu..... you tunggu kejap ye....
(the phone played some background music... and my life is at stake here....OMG !!!! but a few seconds later)
999 Man: Siapa call nih...?
Me: ( what the f**k !) Saya ialah Abraham ... tadi dah cakap semua dekat perempuan tadi..... U BOLEH HANTAR ORANG DULU TAK !!!? NANTI SAYA BAGI SEMUA MAKLUMAT SAYA LAH.... NYAWA SAYA TENGAH DIPERTARUHKAN NI.....
(then the 999 Man was saying something but i didn't catch it.... because i was looking back at Thug Ko)
Me: Cepat cepat hantar polis sini yer.....
999 Man: okok, you kat mana lagi....
Me: ( ai .... pengsan...i'll die lo when you come...) yulek.... dekat bulatan cheras MRR2 tu....CEPAT !
(Switched off the phone and walked back to the site... but kept a few steps from him... Thug Ko was still on the phone at that time... At the end of his call.....)
Thug Ko: ..... where are you now? faster la... i want to kick his a** already....
(after finishing his call...)
Thug Ko:(spoke with arrogant) HUH.... YOU BETTER CALL THE POLICE ...?
(kept my worry look in front of him while my heart saying: Called already loo smart a** .... )
Me : wei.... Why you want to settle it like this ? If anything happen to me.... you will be in a bigger trouble you know....?
Thug Ko : So whose fault now...?
Me: (that's a weird response... guessed he want to know whether he had put me into submission....) Of course you la........
Thug Ko: Oh my fault ar..... You die .... i'll tell you.... die....
Me: Abo then? How can i say it's my fault when you're the one whose raming into me... ?
Thug Ko : So, whose fault now....?
Me: ( not again.....) Brother, if you say it's my fault.... how can my door hit your front part of your jeep ar...?
Thug Ko : So my fault la.... ok ok.... my fault.....u wait....
(so, along the conversation he kept push me to admit that it was my fault.... The questions u see that was repeating.... was what he kept saying for 15 mins while me trying to defend myself...the responses i made above was the 1 that i remembered....)
( Then, his friends came first....3 person with 2 cars... 1 parked behind Thug ko's car the other in front of mine....going to be surrounded by them)
Me: ( Holy S**T ! i was preparing to run to the road facing my back if Thug Ko comes and attack) I only want to settle this the right way........
Thug Ko : what settle settle..... ? i'll settle with you now ......
(As i was about to run when Thug ko was about to come at me.... his two friends came from the back stopped him and calm him down... )
Friend 1: wei.... sorry la bro... my friend here is like that 1 when he's drunk....
Me: (phew..... that was a relieve....now, it's my turn to be the loud guy....) AIYO, YOUR FRIEND AR.... HIT MY CAR WANT ME TO PAY.... WHEN I HEARD HE CALL YOU ALL BRING TOOLS , HE MADE ME SCARED LE....
friend 1: Really sorry la... nvm.... i help you kaotim everything....what is your num?
Me: 013*******
( then he called me...after that another friend of his approached me... he was a big size indian like a bouncer...)
Friend2 : What happen?
Me: This guy hit me on the side then dun want to settle and threatens to kill me.....
Me: are you a police?
Friend 2: no la....i'm his friend..... he's a little high today.... we'd just finish our anniversary only.....
Me:( you expect me to believe that? but, nvm you guys saved me anyway...) Wa.... why your friend like that 1 ar..... sikit sikit mahu pukul ....
( While Thog Ko was on the other side with his friend tried to control him...)
Thog Ko: You say what ??? you come here.... ( and some broken english that i dun understand...)
Me: (why should i ...? ) So how now....?
Friend 2: I'll give you my phone no. I'll settle all of this for you....
( a while later, the police came....knew it already... wait for them will die.... )
Police1: Siapa yang call 999 tadi..?
Me : Saya. Nama saya Abraham....( and took the opportunity to hit back on Thug Ko) dan laki itu yang cakap nak panggil kawan pukul saya.... tapi nasib baik kawan dia bukan macam itu..... (haha, must bodek sikit.... because i think their background was at least similar if they were friends......)
Friend2 : Tak ada hal punya la.... hari ini dia high high sikit.....ada anniversary tadi...
Police1 : har...? high high ar...? kalau macam tu.... kena tiup lo....
(FYI, not tipu belon ar.... it's a tool to measure alcohol levels)
>>Then, i was asked to get his plat no and lodge a report.... but after lodging the report i was approached by the indian friend to asked me to cancel the report and he'll settle all the damages and loss charges for me... then, i agreed to not follow up with the police report (since i only made it as a record) if they're willing to settle everything for me..... The next day when i met him after sending my car, i asked him to give me a lift home and did some digging.... Apparently , i found out this indian guy is a middle man of his boss in settling "problems" ( mine would be 1 of them) and loan sharking was part of their business.... ( How did i know that? Actually he was reluctant to tell me when i ask what sort of business they're doing.... He instead answered "security" as his profession. So, i then said... " wa, security also can drive merz ar....? u must be a big security guy..." and laughed together with him...." When i was about to reach my house, he said if you need loan can call me la..." And i replied " oh.... Ah long la.... " And he responsed " and now i look like a pimp to you also la" and we laughed again.....
These type of people sometimes helps a lot when you're in trouble with people from their world... And as i collected my car today, he ended his call by saying " keep in touch la.... if you have any problem and need my help can call me...." Don't know whether he was sincere about that......?

Friendship at the brink of Destruction....

2007-10-16T05:19:00.000-07:00

To Avoid or not to avoid….
I’m sure every one of you do have friends and everyone of them is ranked differently to you as you prioritize them differently in your life. This sort of friend thing ranges from a “hi hi” friend to best friends, heng dai, ji mui, sei dong or whatever u may call it. All of these ranks are usually easy to be differentiated. However, as it comes to best friends or good friends, you tend to walk unconsciously in “grey spots” especially when your good friend is an opposite sex. The word “grey spots” that I’m referring to are actions that both of you are doing might resemble the actions of what a stereotype couple would do. These so called “actions” are like going out for movies, hang out in a restaurant or shopping malls, or just keep calling or sms each other as if tomorrow is the end of the world……Although I do agree these actions are normal but such would translate a different meaning as it prolongs even further.….
Recently, I was approached by a friend ( let’s call her Apple…) who consulted me on this best friend issue that troubles her a lot as she was out of ideas to solve it. This story that I’m about to relate to you is upon the owner’s permission and has been tailored for public viewing and meant for entertainment only ( just for laughs… Owner, you won’t mind rite…?) and of course after some proper discretion from the Censorship Board of Malaysia also. But I’ll assure you, it’s still juicy…..
Once upon a time…. A girl by the name of Apple had a male friend called Gaga Binks ( as if I know the guy’s name …. Duh~ ) . Initially they find both of them understand each other very close from personality, moods, hobbies and likes to dislikes - you name it…. Since they find themselves clicked a lot, they started to go out often for 6-7 hours in restaurants talking to each other ( talk to each other for that long….? That would just make my saliva reserve to go dry in my body system…Only God knows what you’ve done between that hours girl….. and please dun think of something perverted although I seem to be encouraging you to do so….) . So, as chemistry between them built up, Gaga Binks start to show his intimate side by showing his affection. Making calls twice a week, text messages frequently and talk like a radio at restaurants for hours ( and annoys a lot of mamak because they only ordered 2 drinks !!!!) . Since Apple is an apple, Gaga Binks went a little step further by calling her with cute names in her sms like D**ling, my L**y and etc….. However, Apple is still an apple and she didn’t even bother of how he would call her….( because all girls like it…..no wonder we have a lot of cases relating to Casanovas lately in the country) .
Suddenly, when it came to a point where Gaga Binks had a relationship with another girl, Apple felt she should play a smaller role and try to slowly fade away from Gaga Binks’s life. Gaga Binks then found something odd is happening in the midst of their friendship and took drastic actions to solve it but the actions taken backfired him and caused Apple to get freaked out and look for an exit to end this by avoiding him from all of his calls, messages and other forms of communication. This is where she consulted me for help…… End.
My Assumptions and Conclusion
My theory on this story is that Gaga Binks might have developed his fond for Apple for quite some time but chose to be patient because Apple is yet to be available for “auction”. (haha…) Nevertheless, he gave out some signals and tested her limits to gauge how far the line drawn could be bent. Apple might have sense the signals but “pretended” unconsciously to be still just friends as she had drew the line earlier and expected him to understood. Gaga Binks may find himself special in this particular relationship as they would spent their time talking together. Besides just sharing their common interest or personalities, my guess is they share lots of their darkest secrets which they would not even reveal to their common friends, parents, or love ones. However, as Gaga Binks starts his love life with another girl, Apple’s dark experience made her felt it is better to avoid so that she wouldn’t be seen as the “third party” and cause any havoc in between them.
The reason why their friendship only remains at that level is because Apple is no longer available ( which means she’s either happy with her current bf or she is just a girl who plays by the book in serious relationship ) and she draws the line clearly in the early stages of their friendship. But all guys perceive that rules, lines, limits or boundaries are meant to be broken if it’s not to be bent. And the worse thing a guy needs from a girl who is unavailable is a false hope. A false hope that makes him works harder to get the girls approval. And if it’s at the point he could not bear it and throw all out but resulted into rejection would be just even more overwhelming. I believed that if it’s really for the sake of friendship it’s appropriate for Apple to lay low for a while but she has to confront Gaga Binks on why she had to play low profile and how to remain that precious friendship and not resort to avoidance. As for Gaga Binks, I can only hope that he would look into this maturely with his head and not with his heart. Because a man’s tears is much more painful than bleed……..
So, u there….. do you think Apple should avoid or not to avoid this friend of hers …?