Unconditional Love

First thing that came to my mind,when i saw the heart shape cloud,while I was driving back from work,was John 3:16."For God so Love the world,that He gave His one and only son,and whoever believes in him,shall not perish but have eternal life." Indeed,our Heavenly Father love us,his children so much that He gave His one and only Son.So,let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas : The birth of our Lord,Jesus Christ ! The unconditional act of love from our Father of Creation. Blessed Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year ! :)

Bail Me Out !

US Senate Rejects US$14 billion Auto Bailout

A US$14-bil emergency bailout for US automakers has being rejected by the Senate on Thursday night after the United Auto Workers union refused to accede to Republican demands for swift wage cuts. Without any financial funds for the US automakers, the world largest automakers General Motors and Chrysler LLC are expected to go bust in a matter of few weeks time.

This decision by the Senate is going to have a really big impact on the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average has already fell 196.33, or 2.24 percent, to 8,565.09 in its openings, as investors sentiment on the market worsen.

Yes, the free market law says, only the efficient firm can be left survive in the market. But, not at this moment. The Senate doesnt realise how big the impact would be if GM goes bust.

Millions would lose jobs.How long will this global economic meltdown would be, all entirely depends on how fast US is spending again.And with one million jobs due to be loss in a couple of weeks time, the outlook for 2009 and 2010 is set to be even gloomy than ever.This is because, a bigger unemployment rate will lead to a greater decline in overall GDP in the country. Life would be much tougher now for the President-Elect Obama, because he needs a even BIGGER stimulus package which includes creating EVEN more jobs since unemployment numbers are expected to increase.

Related Industry would be heavily hit as well. Earnings of related industries such as tyre manufacturer, US-car Service Shops, Spare-parts manufacturers will be also be badly hit as the demand for the end product or complement product has stopped. Thus, forcing these related industry to go bust as well, which in turn will create even more unemployment.

Weaker Consumer and Investor Sentiment. As investors and consumers starts to see how severe the problem has become, they would start selling off their shares to gain any possible profit they can get,which will cause the stock market to fall.

Final Words. The economy is in such a weakened state right now, that adding another possible loss of millions of jobs is not something that the US economy can sustain at this very moment point of time. But none the less, the US government would now have more reserves needed to bailout any potential companies who are in better conditions compared to the auto makers.

Thanks :)

Awesome Track.

A must listen track by the rising star Reggie Watts. Enjoy.

O.M.I #1

Last Saturday, went to bentong farm together with the Lees, jping family, bro and myself. As usual, we left around 7am and had breakfast in bentong town for some awesome wanton mee and dim sum. The char siew pau is a must try too. After a heavy stomach, we continued on with our journey. It was so cooling along the raub-bentong road..In fact, it was cooler than air-con. Along the way, we saw random kmpg people popping out of no way standing along the road..hmmm..o yes we saw lots of dogs too. Joel Lee had some fun too, whistling and flirting with kampung girls. Naughty chap.

Anywho, we finally reached the farm around an hours time and were greeted by jeffrey's dad. They were here the day before to do some hunting session. Andy kew-kew showed off his prize possession from the hunting session which was two eagles..Such powerful creatures the claws the wing..So majestic but covered with blood..which explains why i dint take any pictures of them.

Moving on to the fishing..My day couldnt get any worse, when my first cast got hit by a huge patin. I was so excited when i saw the fish swam infront of me, but thats when my nightmare started..I couldnt stop it from going into the wooden plank and the leviathan just entangled the line and snap the fish was gone..I was still in denial saying the fish was still there, but jeff told me its gone sonn and finally gave in and cut the entangled strings..geezz i think thats the last patin in the big pond due to the horrible management of a particular "someone" and hoping to get another one was just impossible.

Dejected, I went back to the pondok to do some TILAPIA fishing. I decided to do a huge Bomb bait and drop it just below the pondok and jeff was saying." wahlau so big ? how the fish eat ?!" and i said, just leave it lah can one..and what do you noe, this whooper came and took my strawberry pandan bait..hahaha everyone was jumping with joy when we finally landed it.

3kilo Rohuuuu, me and jeff posing with the fish.

Catch of the Day

Dont ask me,I oso dunno wat happen..

Like what my bro said, its not about the catches but the reunion with family members that truly makes it a good trip. Now that i know the way to bentong,anyone interested to go this place just leave me a message lah. Pricing can be negotiate.

Bountiful Harvest.

Mohd.jeffrey & voon posing for the cameras.

Playing with the late-" Siew Pang Yaos"

Sang-yee, best can drink opener.

Was this "charmaine" or "liyin" di ah ?

JL

She told me that she would rather fix her make up,
than trying to fix whats going wrong.
But her problems keeps on calling even when the cell phones gone.

She said her life was screwed from left to right, top to bottom.
The world she's living in keeps on crashing down like the KLCI or was it the Dow ?
Signs of global recession adds to the misery ;
but nothing could cloud the fact that her heart was empty.

Was it a relationship that never should have happen;
or was it a Casanova that has stolen her heart,Topsy turvey,head over heels.
Drowning her sorrows with beer & liquor; only to make more tears,burning her ailing heart.

Education wasn't her flair either. Up and down was her results like. Tho, visions of one day stepping into Cambridge still lingers.

Could life get anymore worse than an empty soul without any vision in life, she asked. "Whats the point of living in this forsaken world ?!"

A close friend once told me that, God Never Make Mistakes.
Your very existence on this earth was never an accident or a mistake my dear.

Yes,your high school dreams are gone;
Yes,your childhood sweethearts might be gone.

But, Life is more than puppy love;
Life is still more than broken relationships;
Life was never about how many As you scored ;
Life was never about how much money you make.
No, Life is much much more than that.

God has His Great Plans,even before you were created.
Sure,things might not turn out what you've always wanted it to be;
Cause only the Spirit knows what's best for you.

Hey, I'm really glad you asked, my friend.
Life is still worth living, life is still worth living !
So, straighten up ye little souls, what's there to be sober bout.

Tiger Prawn Golf Academy

Had my first driving range session with Deric last Saturday. Before he gave me a call, i never knew he played golf. So, it was a great catch up session with the hardcore Arsenal fan.

I must say he played reasonably well, considering he just started and im sure he'll become a pro anytime next 2years. Haha dont give up dood. I took 4 years to reach this stage and yes practice makes perfection..So, anyone interested to pick up golf ? ( I would much prefer girls than guys tho heheh )..Just give me a call and in no time you will play like Tiger Prawn, oops i meant Tiger Wood. =p Deric gives a 110% focus and attention on his swing.

End Product : Enjoying the feeling of landing a perfect shot.

Myself (Tiger Prawn) in action.

oo yea,Tiger Woods likes what he's seeing.. =p

Lil.Reminder

Everyone has a limit, so don't take things for granted and don't test my patience.

LOL

Latest Christmas carol for 2008,

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:Recession is coming to town.

It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cashI'm telling you why:Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake,

OHYou'd better watch out
You'd better not cry

You'd better keep cash

I'm telling you why:Recession is coming to town.

TOH-MAN

TOMAN fish is the most talked about fish species in our family. Almost every family gathering, we would talk about our past experience with this freshwater Leviathan. And its no secret that the toman fish is my favourite type of fish too. So i thought why not write a post on this magnificient fish. 5kg whooper from T.Kenyir

In english, its called the Giant Snakehead or the Red Snakehead. In Malay and Indonesian it is called Toman Harimau ( it comes from the Tiger like stripes it has ) and 'Shado' in Thailand.But, in our family we would call it " Toh-MAN"

Toman fish is usually called red snakehead because during its juvenile stage it would show a striking red tone running across the body and as it grows the line u see will start to fade away and breaking into stripes.

Toman-ZHAI

toman fish is one of the most hardy and dangerous fish in the world and i'll show its awsome-ness on the video below


During the olden days, people actually use ducklings as baits to lure these beast.Just imagine a 10kilo toman attacking the duckling on the surface ! Wicked Cool..But i would much prefer to use catfish or keli as bait. Reason being they like to wiggle alot and they can last longer with a hook sticking on their tail longer than any other bait fish.

You wont wanna mess with this mouth.

toman would attack animals or even divers in Tasik Kenyir when they are in their territory. Just recently tomans in the national zoo lake have been attacking birds, injuring their legs and even devouring some of the ducks. And with the teeth like that, dun be surprise if you lose a finger or two if ur having one as your pet.

The fish is almost the same size as the kid.

So,you wanna experience the awsome-ness of this powerful fish ? Try TowFoo Sport fishing Centre, Kundang. Tasik Kenyir,Terengganu. Tasik Temenggor, Perak. All these places boast one of the largest catches of toman fish in the world.

STRESS.

Working is by all means Stressful.

It's exhausting. It drains your Mind; drains your Body Energy; and it drains your Soul.

AND I'M LOVING EVERY PART OF IT !

From Korea,with Love.

Do you catch a breath when I look at you? highly impossible

Are you holding back like the way I do? I doubt

Cause I'm trying and trying to walk away,

But I know this crush ain't goin' away ! almost definitely babeh

LEE HYORI, the 8th wonder of my world. ;)

God Bless America

US were open-minded enuf to have a first black presiden. Perhaps a chinese or an indian prime minister for malaysia for the next election ? *PAUSE* nah ! wont happen in my life time la.

Today was a very important day for the Americans and the world as well as history has been made.Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. I was really relief when i read that Obama won the election. You could see he's a man on a mission ; ready to take on the toughest job yet by taking over USA at such a turmoil conditions ; ready to do his job even though he knew some hill-billy out there were plotting to assassinate him. Yes, it was time for a change. People were fed-up with the republicans. Wars at Iraq, sub-prime loan, enough was enough.

I'm sure u must be asking, "why do I care bout USA ? Its got nothing to do with me !" Well, my friends, whether you like it or not, "whenever US sneezes, the whole World catches a cold ! " Just take the financial crisis for an example. US are the one who screwed their banking sector but the whole world is suffering with them as well. Americans are not all smart and rich. Almost 1/3 of the population have not even step out of their country before ! They just live in their own world and doesn't give a shit on whats gonna happen to the rest of the world. Bloody Yanks, i would say. But, just a minority of them tat is.

But nonetheless, credits to the whites for voting for Obama and overcoming the so called white syndrome ! Even Obama said the other day that victory cannot be 100% as you never know when the white syndrome would kick in.Im sure you dont want a vice president in Sarah Palin ,who has never set a foot out of america, do you ? :/

Strange but True.

"Gold get dug out of the ground in Africa, or somewhere else around the world. Then, we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be stracthing their head."- Warren Buffet

Doomsday

"Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank,Coming down with the Dow Jones"

Thats right, those are the lyrics from rihanna's umbrella.True enough the dowjones and the world markets are crashing down like rain drops..woooo global recession is coming soon. But the funny thing is most malaysian still do not know whats coming. Just a few days back, me and two of my fellow RA colleagues went to a few shopping malls to do consumer sentiment survey.

One of the question was "Has the recent economic situation affected ur spending habits ? "

And guess what, a number of people actually said our economy were still doin fine, and there is no reason to worry about. Besides malaysia depends alot on china what..so we wont be affected by america rite ?

Gosh, they are soooo wrong. The government aint telling the truth on our economic well being..the truth is our country's economic had never really experience any substantial growth ever since the boom in 1997. After that, things have been gloomy for malaysia.You could ask any of your parents who are in the business, they would tell you malaysia's market has never been good for a long long time. And now to the china part. Yes, we've been trading alot with china over the past few years. However, bear in mind that china is just a manufacturing country which produces goods. Thus,ultimately the end buyers are still the fellow yankees. So,if the americans dont buy,china dont get to manufacture and if china dont manufacture they wont trade with us.( still with me ? )

Nevertheless, we would be better prepared in this economic crisis compared to our neighbour, singapore. Reason being we are less depandant on our financial or service sector, but more to a commodity driven country, exporting steels and palm oil. Plus we are currently practising a 4% budget deficit compared to 1997 where we're at 5% budget deficit. Thus, making it possible for us to extent to an additional 1% budget deficit to boost the growth when times are bad. Besides that , Govt's decision to choose smaller projects thru out the country over major projects are also seen as a positive move to stabilise the market, as more contracts are being given out thus creating a bigger multiplier effect to boost growth.

One can expect a rise in crime rates,due to major unemployment in the near future as share market crash.Thus,we must be extra careful with everything. Cheaters and robbers are ready to pounce on any opportunity the've got,especially when times are so bad.. Tho, on the brighther note, in economic terms, theres always an opportunity to get rich when shares are low..So, to those potential share buyers out there, good luck and hope you get the right shares. And to us, people with no income, lets just hope the mega sale will be better this year. * DANG, should i get my mercurial vapor boots now,or wait for the prices to drop..zzzz

自尊心都可以出卖， 忘记我也是无坏

每次约亲戚朋友去喝茶，他们总回问一个。。。有不知道怎样回答想知道什么问题吗？？？
有了女朋友了没？ 还是单身啊？ 没有对象吗？ 你是GAY啊？

教会的朋友就会问： 我们的CHURCH没有美女吗？
这个女孩子不错哦，那个对你很好啊！
为什么不考虑呢？
看了这些问题，会不会想到。。。哦。。好熟哦。。。不知道那里听过的。。。或被人问过。。

大多数的人都回答：你都没有介绍美女给我认识？？
我现在很享受单身啊！！！
我都不靓仔 那会有美女喜欢啦！！

我的感想：

当朋友不好吗？不用麻烦，
若拍拖嘞，没有自由，没有时间。去哪里都要带着一的人，多么的麻烦啊！！
我认为事业为先，读书为次，家人也很重要啊，最后才考虑要不要找女友。。

其实我还有很多东西还没做，工作压力很大， 很多人又以为我这行业很轻松， 真得那么好做吗？你不妨来试一试 做我这行业！！

读书又辛苦又难，考试就快要到了, 还有很多很多科目还不会, 怎样办？谁可以来帮我教我？

站得太久， 分岔口怎麼去走， 我够胆孤注一掷， 完全没有颤抖。
爱你那段时侯， 简简单单经已足够， 到任何东西应有尽有， 谁还留力舐伤口。
人生太短 出手要更大，旁观者不需理解，赢得风光 豪得精彩，自己偏偏感觉失败。
自尊心都可以出卖， 忘记我也是无坏， 连幸福都输掉醉在长街， 依然是我最大。

奇跡太少， 这心癮更大， 受伤都不需慰解， 垂手可得全个世界，
自己的一生却失败 。

自尊心都可以出卖， 忘记我也是无坏， 连幸福都输掉醉在长街， 依然是我最大，
连梦想洒一地再任人踩 依然笑得爽快。。。

written by a good friend of mine.

The 40th Edition Merdeka Cup

"Free-scoring Malaysia could only fire blanks against Vietnam in the final of the 40th Merdeka Tournament at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.And, in the end, it was Vietnam who came out victorious, beating Malaysia 6-5 in sudden-death penalty shoot-out after both teams were tied 0-0 after extra-time. " sources : the star

Well that pretty much sums it all up for the final last night. What a disappointment..its like every time i watch Malaysia play, they will just lose..aiyo heart break la..The players gave all they got and some new players were exceptionally good, charging up the field continuosly but our winger, Mohd Ashaari Samsuddin was just plain horrendous..people attacking, the left flank winger still joging up. My gosh !! bloody bad substitution i would say.

vietnam players shouting " Hoo Chi Minh !! " after defeating mlysia.

Anyway, eventho malaysia lost.The man of the match award still goes to Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin. What a player la ! Defended well, had some shots at the goal , and cooly slotted in he's penalty..This is what we need for our national squad..hardworking players !

In DAUDSO We Trust.

I must say im gonna miss watching malaysia playing live when i gone furthering my studies..the atmosphere the crowd..Sure arsenal or Mu play better football than malaysia but the feeling of supporting ur own country is just price-less. Plus you can hear funny comments from the fans..such as " OKAY, come on babeh ! " " kasi sama dia kasi dia mati !" ooi bodoh sepak la !

But the best moment for the nite,was from this little girl who sat behind me. She was shouting "Malaysia, malaysia boleh" the whole time..then all of a sudden i heard her chanting "merah merah,merah ! cepat merah ! " then her dad quickly said "Eh, sayang, malaysia bukan merah la !" She then quickly hide in her dads arms..How Cute ! Laugh out Loud !!

Pet Owners.

We human-beings are getting weirder each day.A few months back, i remember seeing a lady sharing her drink with her dog with the same freaking straw !! My gosh, thats just plain disgusting.Dogs and cats actually use their tongues to groom themselves from fleas and excessive furs.I mean how could someone share eating utensil with their pets ?!! The idea of doing it just makes me wanna vomit. Dun get me wrong, i love pets but one must noe where to draw the line la.haha besides that, i heard stories where a man shared his son's paddle pop with their pet turtle..think thats mad ? wait till you hear this..a teenager in australia actually let a stray dog lick he's lips and then kisses her mom..ahha like wth ? talk about education well-spend ! So whats your amazingly disgusting experience with a fanatic pet-lover ?

Wahai Negaraku

Its really sad seeing our country who used to be among the top boys in asia region falling to such a low state..We used to compete with China , South Korea or even Japan in economy-wise but now we are struggling to attract foreign investors compared to under-developing countries like Vietnam or Cambodia who are way behind of us in well pretty much everything. Over the past few years, FDI have been moving out from our country due to political instability and not to mention various red-tapes involved. Furthermore, labour cost have been gradually increased compared to Vietnam. Malaysia is slowly becoming less-competitive compared to our neighbouring countries. But is our country and the govt really tat bad ? Not at all, in fact,we can capitalise in our oil palm and create more value added products compared to primary products.

Besides that, the iskandar project was a brilliant project, but due to poor infrastructure planning, it has lost its attractive-ness.So there's definetly room for improvement for Malaysia ! Well you can take our malaysia's football squad as an anology for our country's economy well being. Days where Mokhtar dribbling past Maradona are long gone..We'r now playing with lowly minnows such as SIERRA LEON , NEPAL & AFGHANISTAN in the merdeka tournament. Being the host and defending champion, our boys better give it all they have and make malaysia a country worth talking about,before the world recession creeps in or our country is all but over ! ( well for the football la, for our economic standing ? theres still hope =)

Definition of Faith

What is the definition of faith ? and im not talking bout faith rundii all right..im talking bout the FAITH that we humans hold on to. According to the dictionary it means a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny. True..but to me, faith in God is not just a leap in the dark but a reasonable trust. So, whats your definition of faith :)

PAWNED

Lol just look at the score !! Brazil 21 x 0 Solomon Island !! Owned !

Crocodile Dundee..

Australia trully is a land filled with many beautiful beaches..Sydney alone has a dozen of quality beaches..the famous being Bondi Beach..and along the way are Coogee, Marubaa and the list go on..and here are some of the shots i took during the sydney trip.

This is bondi beach..the land of beautiful people..hot hot very hot aussie girls everywhere :P tho i dun understand why most of them aussie girls has belly..must be the friday night drinking i guess.

...Maruba beach...

The surface sure look like the moon huh..hmm who noe's maybe the americans didnt even go to moon at all,but instead went to maruba beach to make the Apollo landing shots...hmm..conspiracy theory..

another shot of the beautiful scenery of maruba bay.( can u spot what the aussies are doing in the picture ? no ? )

oh yea..babeh.feel the love !

This is your captain speaking...

"Good friends we have, oh, good friends we have lost.Along the way.

In this great future called life, you can't forget your past;

So dry your tears, i say"- Bob Marley

Boohooo, soon everyone's leaving for their studies. Well not really the case for Noel la, since he's going over there to watch Manchester United play instead of study. Everyone is so separated at the moment.Some will be in the UKs , some in australia, some in singapore and some, well they just disappear *poof without saying a word to you. I guess in a month time, our class gathering would just be me, Boo and FAI.sad case. Anywho, all the best to whatever you guys are doing and do take care ! So dry your tears i say, cause we'll meet again in 4 years time at Asia Cafe. God Bless & see you guys soon !


PS : *Rianne please wear protection helmet when ur in uk pls, coz the chances of u gettin hit by any flyin objects is still extremely HIGH ! :P

Fifa-Day

Just got back from a 3hour PS2 "FIFA08 WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT" in the wong residence. A total of 9 were spilt into 4 teams. Team Spain was made out of Ju Yuan, me & thiszhiyong. Team Brazil is represented by jpiing & mokkies. Brandon & Joel were playing France ,and last but not least the "DOK SEK" ( DOK SEK-selfish;dont pass ball in footballing term ) team which was made out of Jwoh Wei & Jeffrey.

Match Report: Gameday 1

SPAIN 1-0 BRAZIL

It was a close match.But Fernando Torres's ( me lah.. ) predatory skills were good enough to secure 3 full points for the spaniards. So far so good for the only team with 3 players which is not necessary a gd thing in FIFA08.

ENGLAND 1-1 FRANCE

Jojo & Brandon were superb together, passing the ball around with authority. But, it was Jeff's solo effort that ruin the Les Blues day.

Gameday 2

FRANCE 2-1 SPAIN

Over confidence and lack of concentration.enuf said.

BRAZIL 2-1 ENGLAND

Sorry, wasnt in the room, was watching Disney Kids Channel with YanYan.

Gameday 3

SPAIN 2-1 ENGLAND

It was a must win for us to advance into the finals. 3 goals were scored in the 1st 30mins.wooo tension.But we still made it ! Thanks to thiszhiyong. RITE....

BRAZIL 2-0 FRANCE

France startd out brightly but joel just couldnt finish it nicely, wasting several one on one chances. At the end of the day the team that took their chances won. Setting up a final showdown with ESPANYOL. wooooo

lian juang : harh still got final ahh...sighh

FINAL

BRAZIL 4-1 SPAIN

From the start, lady luck wasnt on spain's side. It all started when Puyol got sent off for a handball which was utterly ridiculous..in ps2 la.Like what are the chances of that happening. A man down and 2 goals down, Spain continued to push on and manage to pull one back during the 1st half. We even force a goal line clearence which is FAKE lah.A bad blunder by me made it 3-1 at 47' and the game was all but over. Victory to the samba boys.

Credits to Mok & ping for the stunning come back in form and many thanks to those who attended this fifa08 gathering.This is Benjamin Khor from HFSB, i hope you had a great time and hope to see you again. Thanks for reading and good bye.

Quote of the day by Uncle Andy: Haiyah WENG, England cannot enter final one lah. hmmm...

BONUS QUOTE OF THE DAY* :

"Hey hey you you i wanna be your girlfriend~"

"Hi uncle!"

"Hello? Ah? Meh si?"

Finale

This is the mind-blowing finale-cum-epilogue that aired during the Talent Nite of the camp itself! ENJOY People !

No Apologies.

I know the camp is over, but damn the promo for the camp is just awsome la..ROCK ON YTU!ROCK ON ! ( i noe how most people dont even bother watching the videos that i load on the blog, but u haters out there must watch this video la..just this once ! thank you )

God never make mistakes

It feels only like yesterday, when i was still talking to you regarding the reply letter to UCL.The colourful haiwaii shirts, the white tuxedo in ah-yang's wedding , our " ben-liang " theories , lame jokes..The image of us walking up the sri petaling road after sunday worship still flashes by, when I walk down jalan sri petaling 2 to see you for the last time.

To be honest, the thought of you going so soon never crossed my mind not even once. I always thought you loved God soo much till you dont deserved death for being such a holly person. Like Daniel Mok, i felt cheated when i got the news..I couldnt understand WHY ?? WHY did He let you go ? Despite all our prayers for your speedy recovery ? And you still left us. Our hope were crushed.

But,after remembering what you once said that, " No matter what happens , God never make mistakes " and reading your posts again.

"Another thing I need to mentioned is that though this whole ordeal was tough, and I know not how long it will last, but I thank God that it did lead me back to a certain realization about the power of God once again and the purpose He has for my life, praying to God that I won’t lose this focus again and again."

-Ju Liang-

Only then, i finally realised why you have left us. It was so clear now.In philipians 1:21, "For to me,to live is Chirst and to die is gain" . You have done everything possible on this earth to glorify His great name, and it was time for you to be with our heavenly Father.Praising God through playing the guitar, helping out in VBS when you were feeling better and even Praising the Lord in the midst of your suffering. You have live the life according to God's plan & now you are in a better place, a place without suffering and pain..Endless praise and worshipping our Father above. Ahhh, you go and enjoy now liang !

Indeed, death has lost its sting 2000years ago, when Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and gave us LIVING HOPE. My fellow theorist, add-math tutor,ahliang zhai my cousin. It look likes we will have to change our plan of going to japan then. heheh. We will see you soon, mate.

- Ju Liang has left all of us with a challenge to love God even more , so, are you ready to face the challenges ahead ?-

Regenerated.

So finally my A-levels results are out. Well, to be honest im not too happy with. But even then, thank God for giving the results that Im having now. Cause hey it could be worst, who knows rite ? But like they always say, even the best result cant get you the best friends. How true. Thank you ET for being such a great friend and for lending me a hand when i was down..thanks for being there when i needed someone to comfort me..thank you ! :) ( hugss )

Dark Knight

Unseen deleted scene of Dark Knight- Joker Interrogation Scene from the movie "Dark Knight". A must watch !! Highly Recommended !

Good Italianno Times.

Finally, my days working at Italiannies are over..Well to be honest, my last day there wasnt as fun as i thought it would. For the first time I was given station 7 & 8 ( busiest station in the restaurant ) and boy i did mess things up..the stupid host kept one sending guest to my station, and everyone was acting busy when there's nothing to busy about anyways..yep i was on my own allright !

Then, SHIT (in the form of Cappucino Pie ) HAPPEN . So,this is what happen. Table 184 wanted their dessert C.pie so i went to the expo and left the dessert slip for the kitchen dude to prepare the job. After 10mins still dint come out. I mah go and check lo. They say its out de,so ok fine, and so i went back to key in orders for other tables. Well guess what, table 184 still havent got their dessert. So where the hell is it !! The guest were damn pissed all right. I quickly stormed back to the expo demanding for explanation, turns out the previous C.pie was for T92...ok...then wheres 184 ? They say they dint see it ! Honestly screw the kitchen people..never check properly which dessert are from the slip n which is from the monitor screen..and in the end, i got it from KaySze. " ITS TOO LATE, ITS TOO LATE ! WHY DINT U TELL ME EARLIER !!" Hello ? i would, if i had some help from other servers ryt ? ish ended up the pie was canceled n there goes an angry customer..

Bah, so are you guys happy now for slamming my station ? Well congrats, u guys suceeded..But who cares..So my frens, the lesson to be learned here : Is to never ever tell anyone its ur last day cause, oh yea they will try to make it as horrible as it can get..shitty people :b

But ya, there is still no love lost between us ( erhem, not in that gay-ish way of coz ). Thanks for being so patient with me. Thanks for teaching me how to handle stuck-up customers. Thanks for giving me knowledge on various italian food & various wine. But, most of all many thanks for the enjoyable working experience. Thank you!

Payday

Just got my First-EVER pay cheque today..woot, All right ! Whose ready for some shopping just give me a call. ( 012-23xxxxxx) benjamin.

尋找我自己..

Life is more than money, time was never money.Time was never cash, and life is definetly more than girls.. As much as i dream to be a " PUA " or a charming fellow who can attract every girl in sight, I just cant. Hey, that aint me man. I honestly dont find joy in doing that. I'm sorry if I ever hurt or offendend people in the past or even in the future. Trully am. Dont hate me, but try to accept me for who I really am. If not ? Then, just forget bout me cause thats just how Xianjin is.

Chelsea Chelsea.

CHELSEA FC vs MALAYSIA

6-0 or 7-o perhaps, considering the way they played the two previous games in china & macau. But we were all wrong. The final score was only 2-0.Disappointing aint it..Deco was superb in the 1st half before he was sub and Chelsea were always looking dangerous when he had the ball. However, the man of the match wasnt Anelka or A.Cole eventho they scored the winning goal. For me, our national keeper was superb through out the whole game. Stopping Deco's volley, punching the ball out of danger, damn he's actually good ! There was this moment, where Essein broke free from the kayu defence and he was one on one, but the malaysian lad manage to deny Chelsea a third goal of the night !! Well how bout that for a save !!

Anywhos, i dont really blame Chelsea for not taking this game too seriously cause they are gonna play in Moscow in two days time for the Moscow Cup. So yea, all the best for Terry and Co. and thanks for dropping by to KL. All in all, it was good game, as we manage to see Huge EPL stars like Frank, Deco, A.cole & P.Cech (he's damn tall ). Till then, God bless.

Deco taking corner

Malaysia defending.

Proof that i was there :b

Sunday Morning...

Well to start off, i dint really had enough sleep last night. Cause i was only fully asleep at 5am and i was already up by 8 to play football with some of my highschool mates at PJ OLD TOWN. However, we ended up playing "futsal" bside the main field with 3 a side cause the field were alreadybeing used by people for some football tournament. Anyway, still enjoyed it alot eventhough couldnt blast the ball but hey at least i did some exercise and some football to cure the "racun".

Anywho, I'm really starting to like my job at italiannies. The people there are all friendly and fun !! Yea, maybe sometimes we might be at loggerheads with our fellow staff, managers or rather GM. But for me.Its all cool, cause in the end we're still part of the team. So yea, my days at italiannies are already numbered. I really hope i can really enjoy my remaining days at work..SO HERE GOES ! Last week at italiannies, HERE I COME. ( lets rock n roll babeh :D )

Chao~

Friday Mayhem

Woot.Enjoyed working today !! There was a computer mal-function today at italiannies. Which oso means all the servers cant key in the order, so we were required to write on a papper and pass it to the kitchen for them to cook the meal. Sounds easy ?? Oh yea...haha but try to fo that when the restaurant is full and shot of staff..perfect recipe for disaster..We were like headless chicken. One minute the computer was back on, and then poof it shut down.

There were so many repeated orders, and even more missed orders but most of all ANGRY & HUNGRY customers..i guess its true when someone's hungry they can get equally grumpy too.

But ya, do we care ? Nope, sorry. In fact, we kinda enjoyed the chaotic-madness ! ( Haha terrible servers arent we ?) Everyone on the floor were shouting here and there, running around with tiramisu and asking table by table, " Excuse me, did u order any tiramisu ? " Slammed. Not one transaction was going smoothly. Drinks werent sent, orders being repeated, pizzas werent made, desserts were sent even before the main course..everything was in a state of chaos, madness & I LOVED EVERY BIT OF IT !!!

However, all "good" things must come to an end. By evening they manage to solve the technical problems and we're back online. Damn, talk about over depandance on technology. Yep, after surviving today's madness, i really admire how normal " Dai Chou" or chinese restaurant stalls can keep everything in such order eventhough they dont have computers or KDS system in the kitchen and all. But most of all, credits to everyone in italiannies, the guest, the servers (me too) , hosts,managers, BOH staffs who actually manage to overcome this technical problem. Good job !

Short One.

All right. From tmrw onwards, I must try to know all the kitchen & expo staff's name. DAEM, I cant keep on calling each of them "eh,bang / handsome / lengchai " forever rite ?

Anywho, today Business was fairly good compared to last week. I was only busy running up and down, from 1 till 3pm, cause i was in charge of station 1 to 4 plus table 60. and for some freaking reason all the tables asked for the bill at the same moment !! Lol !! SLAMM !! But yea, thank god i dint slam.

After work, went yumcha with some old friends at OldTown in sentosa.Yep, it sure was a good day indeed. WOOT, off to bed then. Chao~( MUST TRY TO WAKE UP EARLIER TMRW OR ELSE SURE KENA FROM JAMES DI. )

PS: Ri dont give up on the cookies ok :D

Screwed up day

For Fuck sake's, Italiannies please hire more workers !! Fuck everyone was busy like hell today. All the stations were basically slammed ! Whole bloody restaurant but with only one bar and one bartender...like okay....and 6 servers today including yours trully. Walao run up n down up n down..

And things get even "better" when the 25 pax reservation people arrived..so I was there preparing the olive oil for the guest to dip with their bread and there was this guest who said : " eh get some drinks for us ! Get a bucket of beer.." And i said : " okay, sir. " continued to pour my last plate. then he said " People so thirsty u still playing with ur thing."

Like what the fuck ?!! Hello im just doing my job. You dint tell me what beer u want and u dint order before hand and you expect things to pop up just like that ? F*&% YOU la ! ( ok maybe i shud have serve water for them first.)

Then nvrmind.Ordered beer di but the restaurant ran out of ice and all the beer are not chilled enuf. So, we put the beer at the bar first. Everyone was busy with the beer and ice and all. So, the food came out and we serve it first since its out di. Then,these zibai lady said "Dont serve food !! Bring us drinks la ! cannot understand ?!! "

Well.zibai.go FUCCK YOURSELF. Some more want free coffee and tea after meal.Fuck you poor bastard !! Lucky our manager is a good person. Smile smile smile zibai-kia..go die la !

But yea, on the lighter note. Seriously, i feel we are really understaff. So, all the top people up there,for crying outloud, dont keep questionin bout the sales figure only but think bout ways to improve efficiency of the restaurant and maintaining the number of employees at the moment is a definetly not a right move.

Ok, feel much better. Off to bed now.chao~

Ten Seconds Before Sunrise

An unbelievable powerful explosion boosting expansioning the universe 15 billion years ago.

The big bang left the foundations of the first atoms,first elements, first organisms, first life, the foundation of the world, our world.

We are done to develop plattery in the years that follow.

We progressed from the evolution organisms to the evolution of life and indeed, human kind.

As the human race developed, people discovered the world.The continents, divided them into countries, states, cities, streets.

They created infrastructures, energy sources, industries and of course,

A wide range of technology.These developments succeded each other and in even faster pace year after year.

Technology began to evolve more aggressively than people could handle physically.

But above all, mentally.

This evolution has created a world in which people are growing apart.

Rather than coming together.This path does not lead us to the true meaning in our existence.

So we have to traverse a force and make our way back to the essence of life.

There is only one way to discover the essence of our lives.

To gather knowledge about the core elements that make life possible.

That's why it's imparitive to learn about the existance and the function of the elements.

These components are better known as The Elements Of Life.

Indeed that's the direct proof that collision of the elements will be our guide of our journey. By using the specialized form of communication that he has involved himself.Music.

Get ready for a trip through the indefinable places and secrets that his world has installed for us.

Here he is...Tiësto.

Why increase ?

Besides the traditional " Not enough oil left in the world "reason , this is what i think that might have also contributed to the cause of high oil prices. ( Which, i might be wrong ) But, here goes. Enjoy.

First of all, we all know that USD is the most recognised currency in the world. And in the oil-trading market, it is no surprise why the USD is also being used. However, the US currency has been depreciating in this few years and this might just be one of the reasons why oil prices has been increasing dramaticly.

For example, in the past 1USD=RM3 and a barrel of petrol cost 1usd. Therefore our govt will pay 1usd which is equal to rm3. Now, 1USD=RM1.50. Thus, oil producer will have to increased the price level to 2usd to maitain rm3 per barrel to gain maximum profit.

Maybe in this case, Msians wont suffer that much since one barrel of petrol still cost the same, but for countries such as thailand which is not an oil exporting country will suffer badly.

Besides that, big time players who holds their cash in USD will start to realise that their assets in USD are dropping in value which make them look for other alternatives which can increase in value in the future, what else, but petrol. Therefore they will start pumping usd out which causes the depreciation but at the same time creating a demand pull for the oil prices ( Excessive demand over supply ).

Sigh,the global economic aint doing so well and the increased oil prices which will increase even more in the future will only cause more problems. Lets take a household for example. They originally earn 1000 a month but due to increased prices, their cost of living has gone up. What will the household do ? For starters they might wanna look for part time job, but what if Msia like US and the rest of the world falls into recession ? What will they do next ? What else, but to rob and steal out of desperation.

One might argue than how bout China ? Personally, i think China is growing so rapidly because of cheap labour and due to the olympic games. Once their labour cost starts to increase and the games are over, China would be just like any other Asean countries without anyother specialties to offer to the world.

Natural disasters, increase in oil prices, lack of food ,civil wars, corrupted governments,US economy falling apart. If you ask me, i would say its a perfect recipe for a World War 3 all right. * double gulp :/

Inflation Recession ?

Well based on my understandings , this is my review on Malaysia's economic. At the moment , Msia is having a different kind of economic problem, the one which we dont study in textbooks.( i hoped im right ! ) We are experiencing what i call an inflation, but with some characteristics of recession. Here are the points :

1) General price level of GnS are increasing. Seriously, the nasi lemak which cost 2bucks now cost 5bucks !!Which might be cause by increased in oil prices ( i'll comment on that later )
2) Malaysia currency is actually depreciating ( dont listen to our govt's nonsense ) which makes things worse as we all noe we're an importing country of many GnS, such as educations & high tech stuff. Thus, resulting cost push inflation.

However, heres the catch. Alot of ppl are actually losing jobs all over the world including Msia. For example, starbucks has been shutting down outlets, thus creating unemployment. Usually inflation happens when there is a excessive demand in the market which pushes the price level up. But the thing is, ppl are losing their jobs bt at the same time experiencing increase in price levels. So imagine this,we are unemployed & jobless but the same time we still must bear the higher cost of living, bcause as we noe it we cant live without food and fuel right ? WHAT SHOULD WE DO !! EXPANSIONARY FISCAL & MONETARY POLICY ? no it would just make things worse. SS side policy perhaps.But with cheaper alternatives in China & India, who wants to invest here ?! Plus with the poltical instability in our country, I am afraid its just not possible.

Doomed.I hoped not.All those US economists better think of something fast to cure the recession in US cause Msia is very much depandant on America & I sure dont like the way our country's economic is going. Dont play-play, this is just the begining.*gulp

Holidayzzz..

Besides the usual " wake up at 12 in the noon , eat ,watch tv, sleep, play then sleep again " routine , I got a chance to watch " Beauty and the Beast " musical with Noel & Suwei. Damn, i even scarificed my cousin's wedding in Penang just to watch my first musical. But it was all worth it, and the korean dinner Noel belanja was not bad at all ( it freaking cost 600 something of course nice lah, right ? ).

Yes, anyways, back to "B&B" musical . The candle dude and the clock was really hilarious and entertaining and the whole crew sang very well. Which is why,Im giving it a 4 out of 5. However, there was only one problem with the show. The girl who acted Bel in the musical was too short la.No offence, but the Bel I remembered from the cartoon was taller and prettier ! ( heheh )

Centre seat.

Besides the musical, i also did some fishing at my area just to kill time. Dint really catch anything big but yea for more detailed story of the fishing trip you can always go to my other fishing blog ," Fishinglog " under my links.

Anywho, im really loving this " i dont know what else to do cause im too free " feeling. WOOT !! What time is it ? Its "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL" on ICE time baby !! O boy, I cant wait for it man !! Its gonna be great !! RITE........

RED FURY

Whoever wins, football is the biggest winner. This euro was way better & more entertaining compared to the last one.Teams like Turkey, Croatia & Russia has proven that they deserve to be in the finals. It was actually a good thing for England to not qualify for the finals, or else they might just be humiliated by other superior teams. For example,like France & Italy being hammered by the dutch. Anyway, i was rather disappointed that the Oranje dint enter the semis,Wesley & Robben were superb in the group stages ( which is excellent news for REAL MADRID ).Players who worth mentioning are Ashavin, Villa, Altintop, Schweinsteiger, Ramos and of course Torres. Not a big fan of him, but credit to him for working hard upfront as a lone striker in the final against the germans. All in all, EURO08 was attacking football at its best. ( Damn no more football for one whole month )

NO ONE CAN STOP THE RED FURY

Blindman See.

We all know that Apples are RED and the skies are BLUE .But have you ever wondered how red or blue would actually look or even means to a blind dude ? I mean in the 1st place how do u even start to describe red or any colour to a person who has never seen colour in their whole entire life ! How does it feels and how does the world looks like through a blindman eyes ? How is our world through their perspective ? Just think bout it, maybe the apple or the skies that they know of is very much different than the real thing..maybe the apple they know is more "blue-ish" rather than red ? hmm..Interesting aint it .

Special Agents, HULK & Mcdreamy..

Had a 3 movie marathon at MidValley last monday,with the usuals, ri ,charles n xiaw.

First movie was "Get Smart" . Reli enjoyed it. And i totally disagree with what ri said, it wasnt that obvious la the plot and gosh who would have thought Agent23 was a double-agent ? Anywho,gotta say The Rock's acting skill is improving & Anne is smoking hot..woooo feel the heat.

Looking good Rocky

Next was The Incredible Hulk. Not a big fan of hulk. I just cant feel the alter-ego thing btween bruce & hulk compared to lets say pete & spidey. Maybe it was just too animated and CGI

"HULK SMASH !!!" I wonder why his pants wont rip off when he turns into hulk.

Had dinner at ALEXIS in Gardens.Enjoyed the $13buck per piece tiramisu cake and we're off to our last film of the day."Made of Honour''. Great. (-.-)

Din't really enjoyed it that much.Maybe cause im a GUY & romantic comedy aint my cup of tea & yea it certainly is a movie for couples so yea it sucks.But im sayin that just bcoz im single =b Anyway,its a good film, the plot's interesting and the glow in the dark thunder beads is awsome. So yea overall its a successful movie outing compared to the few films we watched thus far.GREAT SUCCESS.

Oh yea, Britain's Got Talent !!

Mj brings a Baghra friend to UK..enjoy.

WTF?!!!

Seriously like what in the world is our govt doing ? It makes me wonder which govt in the world actually protects thugs..Yes im talking bout our home-grown thugs with honda bikes, the notorious "MAT REMPIT" . WHY IN THE WORLD are they still out in the street roaming freely causing accidents and causing havoc for road-users ?? Shhh imagine what they will do next with all the freedom and authority they are having now..Well, this is what they are going to do next..since even the police couldnt be bothered to do a thing bout it , they will start to rob ppl , then they will start to rape any girl they like !! Yea thats what they r going to do..Bloody hell its been 50years of independence and you still have thugs roaming freely terrorising everyone !! SEERIOUSLY WHAT THE FISH MANN !!! SAVE THOSE TEAR GAS & WATER CANNON for those mat-rempit la & not use it against innocent citizen in Cheras..Shhh, i could still remember what the police man told my dad after our house got broken in." Tak pa la, mereka takda duitkan biarkan sajalah"..O.0 WELL F#$% YOU ( oh look wantan )