It has begun!

Yes. I have send in my notice and will put in a formal very soon. Although I may not detail it into this blog, yet I believe I can word it as discreetly as possible. Do not want to get into trouble. Seriously, it's not easy because over the years, I have not really improve anything. Only knowledge for certain technicality yes, but still that doesn't mean I am marketable outside.

Worst still, leaving with nothing in hand is the scariest attempt. Nevertheless, it will be something I am anxious and afraid at the same time. However, the comfortness of current endeavour undesirable. When questions like "what are you going to do next?" is still not very concrete.

It's kinda ironic sometimes when friends lend their advice. I noticed that those who used to freelance tend to advice caution because of past experiences whereas those who never freelance are encouraging my action. I guess it doesn't really matter to anyone because it isn't really their problem. Besides, it is easy to give advice but listening and taking it into practise is totally different. Therefore, I urge those who give advice please reserve some.

All I can say is, it has already begun! Times of change has arrive.

Factalogy or mythology?

Mobile Phone Battery Myth
It all started when I got home at 4pm today and noticed my Moto's battery was still fully charge. Somehow I think the battery performance of my RAZR v3 may represent my productivity for the day. Assuming by evening, the batteries go flat means no work done due to too many distractions of phone calls. Nevertheless it doesn’t mean any good if my phone’s battery is still fully charged at the end of the day, such as today. This is the 4th week owning this Motorola RAZR and I am no longer modding it like the first few days.

Actually productivity to me is quite subjective for my line of work unless I want to measure with total net profit.

Boxer shorts benefit.
Research has shown that men can produce more sperm if they wear boxer shorts instead. According to some scientific study, men wearing boxer shorts maintains ideal temperature for their testicles. Such stimulation may increases sperm count. I wonder how many specimens are required to prove this claim? Would not be surprise if some telesales marketing company taking advantage of this fact to introduce the ultimate sperm count enhancement boxers. Yours for only RM99.89 and if you order now, we will award buyers with not one but two bottles of all natural penis enlargement cream. Oops! I got carried away a bit.

Sneeze thrice continuously.
Some say that if you sneeze thrice at once means someone or something is talking bad behind your back.

One eye lash on cheek.
They say that if one eye lash lands on your cheek means someone misses you dearly. Hence that’s what people say.

Thumb-sized dick
It is believe that a person can guess a guy’s non erected penis size by just glancing at the size of his right or left thumb. Some claimed right and others claimed left. Worst of all some also says the side depends on his writing hand. Well to prove this is true, guys, who are curious drop your pants, hold your thumb up and measure. No offence but you may try a mirror because it eases some who may have difficulty of a blocked view.

How should I salute you?

My mum phoned this afternoon to inform me about Leonnie’s grandfather passing. Leonnie is my 11 years old cousin born under the supervision and OCD father whom by virtue of fate is my uncle. My uncle who is my mom’s younger brother, is salute as “Ah Kiew” in hakka. Oh! Hakka is a Chinese dialect, in case you don’t know.

When my uncle married Leonnie’s mum, we called her as “Kum Mow” in hakka salutation. Prior to their marriage in 1989, whenever I see her, I acknowledged her as Aunty Kim. At first it was quite unnatural because prior to their marriage there were Alison and Susan. Anyway, I am not going to elaborate on them.

Sadly or shall I say ‘happily’ to Leonnie’s mum, they divorced. Nevertheless, there were no clear instructions from my mum in regards to how we should address Leonnie’s mum.

By the way my mom is our walking Hakka/Cantonese/TeowChew salutation reference guide. Sometimes during visits to relative’s house, I may stumble upon some lady who maybe my mom’s dad’s (grandfather), youngest brother’s eldest daughter’s niece. Now when such situation arises, my mom would be the most important person to call upon to settle the dispute on salutation.

Therefore, in conclusion, I am in a situation where I do not know how to address her properly because her relation to me is through Leonnie only. Would it be “Kum Mow” or back to “Kim Aunty”!

Some say “Kum Mow” because she is still my aunty because of Leonnie’s existence unless otherwise. In fact “Kum Mow” was derived as uncle’s wife but she is not. Some may even say, no bigga-deal man just call her by name. Kim? If you are ang-mo I forgive you.

I can fail again.

I can’t sleep on a Saturday morning which can be caused by one or more reasons. I cannot help but think of the possible alternative twist I am about to embark myself into. It can happen now or later which does not matter but it will spark an outcome that I may need to be even more hardworking. On one hand the fear of the unknown of you fail you fail but on the other the excitement of freedom and personal control.

Fear in the removal of comfort in form of benefits and security. The fear that scares every one of us that is about to make that leap. The very fear I once had in Melbourne where I sat in this café in Box Hill, thinking about what to do. Certainly I didn’t think very far and that was why I ended up where I am right now. It is hard though without the mentor to plant the options for me to choose. Even that so, no one would have walked up to me then and said;

“You are about to fuck it up if you decide to step into the fire. It will bring you to disillusionment for the next 8 years where you leave yourself little choice but to take it all on your own. After graduate, you will get a job. Java is going to be hot, web also. Google is going to be very famous and so goes for yahoo. MP3 is a common thing. Buy Maybank & Tenaga shares and treat it like your savings. Don’t worry about the IBM Sydney job interview because you will get to work with IBM one day. You will drive a continental car. Noriko was there for you to score, just take it. Despite health problems, smoking isn’t bad but not to worry you will quit one day.”

I guess it was never meant to be like this but it is. Reality is that no one can tell me the future. Even though someone had, the decision may have created a whole new different reality.

However, in that same café, I had this mixed feeling of excitement because of the very thought that anything is possible. I was free to choose at 20 and was not bogged down by weight. I promised then that I would return there to live and work and I sure hope I make it up to the promise. Evidently, I am already late. In fact 3 years delayed.

Guess this is it and time to move on. As I once said to this girl Ginny in Brisbane, “The cycle continues. Who knows one day our path may meet again?” Just in case of misunderstanding, the subject I am mentioning in this entry is not about MondayBluer

No travel no thoughts.

It seems my thoughts-generator has not been productive. An entry a week seems to be too little by MondayBluer's expectation. Not like during those days when I am away in Brunei. The land where little can be done and even less to do but with nights so quiet that helps myself to vomit blog entries. I guess those award winning blog sites must have very discipline authors.

JK Rowling has sold many more millions of Harry Potter sixth installment The Half -Blood Prince. It was a very synchronized sales released, I must say. If I am not mistaken , the book was on sale at 7.02am July 16th.

Last week also see myself attending company's team building event in Seremban. Although I visited this town many times, in fact it was one of MB's infamous declaration of origin, this 3 days 2 nights program was in a hotel I have never been before. Greeted by staff in animal costume and a zorro repelling from top floor of the hotel was certainly unexpected astonishment. In fact we were expect less class but harsher treatment.

My first week not working at my regular customer's location. Feels strange and uncomfortable because I felt I have lost the sense of direction. Every where I turn seems to just point me back to my old role and not making me any richer.

Ooh! Astro is back with the new decoder and stuff. No picture because MB's bro borrowed her camera to Beijing. Sometimes I have the urge to purchase another camera for my natural born creative close up shots but finances normally wouldn't permit. In fact I guess the most urgent few things to purchase is a decent notebook or desktop replacement.

I guess it all sums up that without much travelling, my blog entry becomes less juicy. My life in KL is reinstating itself to be exceptionally routine bound with the capital B for Boring.

A day in Starbucks Ikano

Wednesday afternoon at Starbucks Ikano. Awaiting for tomorrow's team building program which starts at 7am. Anyway, from my seating right now, I can see that Starbucks cafe's patron are kinda hostile looking because most people sits by themselves. Some in office attire in which I have some level of doubt if they are playing truant like myself. Some in T-Shirts and shorts like myself as well.

Now it comes to my attention when I want to go to the loo. What should a solo-cafe-cyber-surfer would do? Here are some usable tips knowing that laptop computer theft in this region thrives because of the economic gap between rich and poor in Malaysia.

1) Lock it with Kensington lock with the table. It would be very awkward for a thief to carry the table and laptop with him/her. A person cannot run very fast with the weight too.

2) Pass it to the starbucks employee but would you want to trust them with your expensive equipment? Depends and varies from case to case basis.

3) Pack your stuff and take it along to the loo. Leave your drink and a written note. For example "Take my drink away and you shall die" or "Will be back in 5 minutes time".

Good luck.

Top 5 lamest way to propose marriage.

5) A phone call from your latest mobile phone.
4) In a letter written with souvenier gift pen.
3) Voice mail.
2.5) MMS, real time capture face framed in a template written with Hello Kitty fonts - "Wil U M'ree Me?"
2) SMS, speed type challenge.
1) In a blog and leave clues in your conversation to persuade your other half to read your web log.

Marriage – part of our lifecycle?

Yesterday’s bottom half of blog entry was voicing my almost frustration towards parents wishes and threats. Here I am going to note down a thought I had during breakfast regarding marriage and poverty. Some may think how nuptial has anything to do with poverty?

What is the point of marriage by having a divorce? As I understand, divorce is an annulment of a marriage. Now marriage, as defined in many web dictionaries, is;

a) “The state-recognized, voluntary and exclusive contract for the lifelong union of two persons”, from www.duhaime.org

b) “Precise definitions vary historically and between and within cultures, but it has been an important concept as a socially sanctioned bond in a sexual relationship.”, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage

c) “Historically, a relationship between a male, a female and their families whose primary purpose is to raise offspring. Today many people use the word to describe a committed, loving relationship with or without children.”, www.familysynergy.org/art-poly.html

d) “is the act, ceremony or process by which the legal relationship of husband and wife is constituted. The legality of the union may be established by civil, religious, or other means as recognized by the laws of each country.”, from twig.sdsu.edu/demoybk/technote/english/glossary.htm

It means the relationships recognized legally by society. This legality ensures that a couple can fuck all their lives with the law backing from behind. Have your heard of a case where a husband was convicted for raping his legally married wife?

Therefore, if you are having a girlfriend boyfriend relationship, that may actually be considered ‘illegal’.

Marriage then to me sounds very subjective due to the variation of meaning to different level of society, religion, culture and race. The law defines the legality of a case in which helps govern a society intermix with religion, culture and different races fused. A human society thriving to persists to increase human population. Undeniably, an increase population has an effect on the social structure of the economy in which deteoriates the environment. This social structure supported by the medium of currency tips the balance of the poor and rich manifested by greed and lust.

To the rich mostly, marriage is a convenient legality to union recognized to have publicity and stature effect. To the working class, it can mean the above or subject to many means of survival. To the poor, marriage is meaningless because the primary focus is to survive.

The following statement may or may not be the summary of an average wage earning person from birth till death.

1) Birth.

2) Education.

3) Employment + (2)

4) Marriage + (3)

5) Children. + (4)

6) Death.

The (+) means it can include the above summary. A person may go through the cycle of employment while continuing to study or may be a married person who works and studies as well. By the time we reach life summary number 6, how are we remembered as?

Probably I am starting to understand the life cycle’s purpose…to be continued.

The Four Floors Elevator.

Voices of thoughts were excitingly sounding themselves in my head while I was walking towards an elevator. Absurdly speaking, the elevator only ferries between four floors. That was beside my point. In fact then, there was another fella in front of me who got in and selected a floor. Naturally I too will look at the floors selection and press the number I need to go to which was two (2) evidently. I couldn’t help but noticed he has selected third (3). As the lift slowly progresses upwards, all the voices in my mind stopped except for one question.

“Wouldn’t I be pissed if I am going to third and someone pressed to go second instead?”

No, if I am not in a hurry. Yes if I am in a hurry to jot down notes of ideas or something similar but fudging hell yes, if I am in a hurry to shit or pee.

The Week Has Passed

Sitting here with so much noise in the room. Alarms ringing, Hi Fi blasting and the sound of my latest addition to my mobile phone list. My very first Motorola RAZR V3, used and not more than RM1K. Believe it, people! I still uphold my motto as explained here in March 2005.

Weekend was snappy. Friday night was excited with old new phone and could not take it out to Bar Savanh for show show coz need to recharge. Saturday entertained friends (Trudy, Eileen & a bloke) from Singh-Jia-Po. Treated them lunch to the best Char Siew in town and they agreed too after some doubtful statements. The rest of the Saturday was modding RAZR V3 and mahjong. Sunday worked and now Monday morning!

One interesting SMS popped up regarding marriage again. Somehow I find parents are subjected to the pressure from society to in turn put the demand on their own offsprings to create more offsprings. In fact that was how I understand the logic for such request from both sides of the party. My folks are pretty less demanding because of me.

Anyway my point is the idea of extending the family tree in which the Wong now currently lies with this lil' fella.


Question is, whatz the fuss about all these? I am sure it is a meaningful humanic gesture to seed, populate and work the earth here. Aren't we are over populated and talk about the poverty level suffered throughout the world. Although I am looking from a macro level of things, it is simply too unbearable to bring up a child the way my parents and hers did.

Therefore I urge parents, especially Chinese in my case, should quit pressuring their children to marriage unless they are prepare to forego all kinds of benefits and not see them again as often. In fact I believe parents should let/assist their children seek who they are rather than steering them to what they should be.

Sadly mine and her folks failed and even more so I will not want that to happen to my own. Not just steer towards how society dictates. Wise parents provide their child education needed, fed them till their able and nurture their mindly thoughts. Smart parents will shwerdly con their kids to do things they want without asking. A child's gratitude to the sacrifice of their parents would be obedience, loyalty, care and love. I don't see how union with another is anyhow necessary unless I am convince otherwise.

My thoughts already scrambled by a phone call from customer's moronic fickly minded requests and the barkings from those "tak da baca anjings" (uneducated dogs). Ok wrapping up for last week..... au revoir people!