The Reason

I am currently listening to Hoobastank's The Reason. Am liking to hear it very much, at the moment. Although I still like to hear Three Doors Down's Here Without You. My next door cubicle mate is currently happily listening to Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Vallie. Went to the clinic this morning. My blood pressure is normal, Alhamdulillah. And I got my blood result today as well. The doctor said everything was ok, so I didn't need to go there anymore. Alhamdulillah. So that's that. My mum will be relieved to hear that. So will my beloved. She said she was worried when I told her that my blood pressure was high the first time around.   

After seeing the doctor this morning, rushed back to the office since I had to attend a training. The training was for Oracle's Recovery Manager or RMAN for short. Nothing much to write about that. I mean, it wasn't that interesting or anything. Just your normal everyday training. So tomorrow we'll be implementing the RMAN on the Sun E3500 server. Now, that should prove interesting, and successful, I hope. After that, we need to implement RMAN on a production server. That will be done while everyone's asleep. We might start at midnight. Because the ritual needs to be performed with the blood of a living chicken. I mean, you can't get blood from a dead chicken, can you. Duh! Hehehehe...   Just kidding.

Saw Shrek2 again last night. My sister bought my niece the DVD. So after the credits, I asked my parents to keep watching, because I heard that there was an extension to the movie. And lo and behold, there was! But I'm not gonna write it here, since it would spoil everything. So, go watch it yourself! Hehehe. I've watched Shrek2 over and over and it's still funny. Seriously! I seriously need to watch other movies, huh. Can't depend on Shrek2 can I. Well, I might watch Van Helsing tonight.    

The Body of A Man

My body is aching at the moment. To be precise, my arms. To be even more precise, my biceps. Yesterday it was worst. It felt like my whole body was aching. Took a couple of Panadols to alleviate the pain. It all started on Friday night. A very good friend of mine gave me the chance to get a free trial of a gym somewhere in KL. So I went with my best buddy. The place was seriously huge and full of equipments, and with lots of sweating bodies. Male and female. Went on the treadmill for 20 minutes, then went on to try the upper body workout. Must have exerted myself. That was the reason for the pain. But it was the good kind of pain. The kind where you feel you can't move, but after a while you develop some serious mucles. Hehehe... I wish!!
 
Am currently reading Haruki Murakami's Dance Dance Dance and Iain Banks' Whit. I've read these two books before. A couple of times. But I still love to read these books, over and over again. And besides, I don't have anything else to read. Well, actually, I do, but I don't feel like reading non-fiction at the moment. I don't think I'll ever get bored with Dance Dance Dance. Although I have to get Murakami's other books. Maybe I'll go to Kinokuniya this coming Saturday or Sunday to get it. I think I've written about Murakami's books, but I have to say something here as well. His books are surreal. Seriously. I really can't explain it any better than that. When I read his books, I can actually feel the atmosphere of the place he is describing. I mean, it's seriously fantastic. I know I sound like a bludee nerd, but that's the truth (not the nerd part, the surreal part).
 
Am planning to watch King Arthur this weekend. But I heard it isn't as good as I thought it would be. I heard they took the epic straight from the history books. So none of those magical folks or heroic deeds that blows the mind. Just your factual epic brought to life on the silver screen. Nothing much to look forward to. If I'm in the mood, I might want to see Spiderman2 again. Yup, I really enjoyed the movie the first time I saw it. Or, what else is playing? I'm not sure. Hmmm, have to check the local listing.

Under The Weather Am I

Am not feeling well at the moment. Flu with a pinch of headache. Had a discussion just now. And it was seriously uninteresting, but it had to be done. As a formality, so to speak. A colleague of mine actually fell asleep in the meeting room. Me, I asked questions. That was the only way I could think of to keep myself from falling asleep. And it worked, for a while. After that, I started feeling sleepy. Luckily for me, another colleague of mine passed me a note, although we were sitting side by side. Hehehe. So that perked me up quite a bit. After the note passing, we managed to chat with each other without actually using our voices. Isn't that amazing! Hehehe. A few minutes after that, the discussion ended. Much to our delight. Hehehe...

The Way It Was

I was deep in slumber when I heard my name being called. I chose to ignore the voice, since I was too deep in slumber, and anyway I couldn't find my way back to the land of the living. So I kept on sleeping. Only to be called again. This time is was more persistent. I tried to wake up but to no avail. I struggled against the dark cold place I was in. Finally, I managed to be the victor. And as I shaded my eyes against the sun light, I heard my mother's voice saying, "It's almost 8 o'clock, aren't you going to the office?". What!? 8 o'clock?! I start work at 8 o'clock!!!

That was how I started my day on Saturday. But it went well enough, since I managed to get to the office by 8.20am. Amazing, huh! And none of the bosses were asking for me. Hehehe. The big boss did a short presentation on CVS. Don't even ask. Anyway, after that, went for the department's bowling tournament. It was a fun activity for us to get to know one another better. After that, went to TTDI for a wedding. I was the pengapit. I wonder what they call pengapit in english. Hmmm.... Well, anyway. Yup! Me! Pengapit! Hahahah!!! But I was. Seriously! Anyway, it was the second time for me. And my brother was the MC. It was the umpteenth time for him. And he's getting better at it.

Now about me being the pengapit, we started the procession from outside the hall. There were 10 of us. The married couple, both the pengapits, the two flower girls, and the bride's 3 brothers and a cousin. So there we were walking towards the hall, with the kompang group right behind us. Right before we started moving, one of the flower girls asked me, "What are we suppose to be doing now? I didn't go for the rehearsal!" Well, neither did I! So, there we were, moving slowly towards the hall, not knowing what to do next. Hehehe. But it turned out ok, in the end. The flower girls were safely at their respective places, which was in front of us pengapits, and we were doing pretty ok, if anyone was paying any attention to us, that is.

I thought I would be nervous, but I wasn't. Because I knew people were there to see the bride and groom, and not the pengapits, although, who can resist hairy face. Heheheh. Just kidding. Anyway, after the ceremony, we stayed back to chat with the relatives. Me, I was chatting with my brother and his wife for a while, then I went on to chat with my brother's sister-in-laws's friend. After that, I took my parents for supper at NZ, the place I hang out with my friends. We had char kuey teow, satay, ais kacang, and carrot juice. Slept around 1 o'clock.

On Sunday, woke up early to wake my beloved up, since it was her first day at the new school. Then continued sleeping, only to be woken up by a phonecall from my beloved around 9 am. Then continued sleeping till 12 in the afternoon. Woke up, had lunch in Kl with my parents, then went straight to KLCC with my best buddy. Believe it or not, everytime we go out to KLCC, it's for my buddy to get phone numbers from girls. And he has managed to get a couple of them. But on that fateful Sunday, it was not meant to be, since he picked a fiesty young lass. Hehehe. He told me later, he was taken aback by her response, because she wasn't responding to his charms. And in the end, the girl got his number, but he didn't get hers.

By the way, I saw Shrek 2 the other day. And it was hilarious. I mean, it's actually better then the first one. And I love the first Shrek! It's about how Shrek adapts to Fiona's parents and vice versa. Throw in another cute talking animal, a couple of bad guys, a funny dialogue, and you get a fantastic movie. I love Puss in Boots. He's so cute when he does his googly eyes routine. And donkey, he's still the annoying ass from the first movie. Well, if you haven't seen it, then go watch it!

Bladerunner

I haven't much time to write what I'm about to write. They are coming after me. They said they'll be here by 9.00 am, and now it's 8.47 am. Another 13 minutes to go. Only 13 minutes for me to tell the world about the things they need to know. It all started on Thursday night. I went to see Spiderman 2 with a bunch of my uni friends. There were 10 of us. Had a snack at Burger King before entering the cinema. The movie was excellent, seriously. I recommend it highly for anyone who loves action-packed movies. The fight scenes between Spidey and Doc Oct are simply amazing. It seriously takes your breath away. During the movie, I would find myself holding my breath till the end of one of the many amazing fight scenes. Fantastic! Go watch it!

Oh no! It's 8.51! Another 9 minutes to go! Have to continue. Then, on Friday evening, went to the Wilayah Mosque to attend my cousin's akad nikah. It was quite a big affair, actually. The akad nikah took place after the Asar prayer. It went smoothly enough. Although the groom had to say his line twice before it was given the thumbs-up! Met up with some of my long lost relatives. It was good to see them. My cousins mostly. The mosque itself is huge. Actually, it would be an understatement to say that, because the mosque is extremely huge! It was a chore just to walk from one end to the other. Besides that, the insides of the mosque is beautiful. Don't take my word for it. You ought to go and check it out yourself.

The wedding reception was on the following day, Saturday. Now, that was a grand affair. I enjoyed myself there. The reason being, I met lots of cousins and nieces whom I haven't seen in ages. They looked good. Very mature looking. Very very mature looking. Well anyway, we had to rush through that one since my parents had to attend their friend's birthday party. I was invited as well, although I didn't feel like going since it'll be full of old people and kids. No many people my age will be there. But since I had nothing better to do, I followed. It was in Ulu Langat. Quite far, by my standards. We were late, but luckily we came just before they were about to sing the birthday song. So, after the song, we had something to eat (yet again!), and I was introduced to a very charming tourist guide which they met while they were on holiday in Sabah.

We started talking, but once they started the karaoke session, she invited me to go to someplace quiet where we can talk in peace. So, we went to the dining room which was on the first floor. But still the noise from downstairs managed to be heard. So we had to sort of shout to listen to each other. She turned out to be very adventurous and very independent. I'm glad I went to the birthday party. At least I made a new aquaintance. :) What time is it now? Oh goodness! It's 8.59 am! They'll be here any minute now! I don't think I have much time to continue with today's blog. I hope you have understood what I wanted to convey to you.

This is the last few seconds, but I need to tell you what the significant of Bladerunner is to today's blog. Well, I have just gotten a Sun server named SunBlade 1500. And I named it Bladerunner. Oh no! They are here. I can see the door to my room opening slowly. I can see one of their heads peering into the room looking for me. I have no choice but to submit to them. Because if it weren't for me asking them out for breakfast this morning, they wouldn't have come looking for me now. Well, ladies and gentleman. I bid you farewell for now, for I have a breakfast appointment with my colleagues.