Nairud's AbandonEment of life

Bits and Pieces

2007-12-30T17:15:00.000+08:00

hello,
just a few more pictures from kev's camera. hahaha... from sand dune bashing to christmas eve dinner. excellent man. going to the burj today at 4pm for high tea, wonder what it'll be like from the inside after looking at it everyday from the outside. kakaka... the light effects still awes me every time.

Dubai - 19 Dec

2007-12-26T02:39:00.001+08:00

Hello,

Arrived on 19 Dec morning at 4.30am Dubai time. Reached home at bout 6 am after the nightmarish check-out at immigration. Weather was cold with strong wind. On went my new coat! Haha...
Saw some city lights and the sun was already rising by the time we reached home. Had breakfast of some sort and unpacked. Tried to settle down but was too tired to do anything else.
I don't remember much of the day but we went to our very first shopping spree at Mall of the Emirates (MOE) which is nothing compared to Pavillion. Humongous is the word we use a lot here. Nothing in moderation. Didn't concentrate on where we're going but it was a nice mall. Had lunch at Paul's. A very nice french restaurant cafe. Joined by Dev and Juliana; forgot to mentioned that they picked us up that morning from the airport. They have a Porsche Cayenne, super cool man! We
"just" have a BMW 3 Series. Haha.. planning to seat in both cars over the next few days.
They decided to stay up through the night as Jen and Kev will be arriving on 20 Dec morning, same time as us the previous day. All the best to them. Had a simple dinner, don't remember what though. Hehehe... Got a call from Dev and Juliana to meet them up for drinks.
We were just putting on our jeans when we were told to dress up. I mean, it's just drinks at a bar for goodness sake! Apparently, they do things differently here. They drive on the wrong side of the car and wrong side of the road for one thing already. Now for a 20 minutes drink we had to put on our best gear. We were already so tired by then as we didn't rest much during the day.
So, we changed to clubbing gear, all black with heels and dangly earrings and off we go. For one thing, the city lights are nice, all high rising buildings and all very bright. They light to play with lighting here. Burj is gorgeous at night by the way.
The club is called Bar 44, located at the 44th floor of Grovner House hotel. Super cool man as it's the highest floor.
By the way, we had Earl Grey tea! Hahaha... with tidbits of olives (super juicy and delicious) and mixed nuts. I have to tell you that the view from the top is great! The lounge singer is good too. It was Juliana's birthday the next day, so the lounge singer sang a very sexy birthday song. Never had that happening to me before.
We left about 1am, I think. I was already half dead with sleep by that time and they have to wake up to pick Jen and Kev up. We wanted to go too but couldn't wake up in time.
That's all till they arrive in 6 hours time. Tata...

It's christmas but i dont feel jolly

2007-12-25T19:16:00.000+08:00

Ho Ho Ho
Yeah rite... having hangover from it
I could say this is one of the most boring christmas ever
Downright boring

While I busied myself with a bottle of Heineken and a jug of Sangria and Mojito, I felt lonely out of the sudden. And why is that? Everyone I see at the place I'm hanging out has a partner of their own....

ppft! bah~

18 Dec - KL to Dubai

2007-12-25T04:20:00.000+08:00

Email?

2007-12-24T18:23:00.000+08:00

What has happened to the email "thang"? the updating-each-other-daily-of-what-you-did-today when we're apart?

What are you doing now?

2007-12-23T22:26:00.000+08:00

What are you doing now?
I have tried to call but
maybe you didn't hear the ringing

What are you doing now?
Are you enjoying yourself
until you forgot to reply my message?

What are you doing now?
All I did, was to asked you
to update me on your trip

What are you doing now?
Having another BBQ?
Enjoying the scenery?
Busy shopping?
Busy sight-seeing?
Drinking your heart out?

What are you doing now?
I'm still waiting for something
Tomorrow is Christmas eve
And the day after tomorrow is Christmas day

What are you doing now?
Will Santa drop by and give me a visit tomorrow night?
He would usually ask "Have you been a good boy?"
What should I tell him?

Friends with benefits

2007-05-29T09:44:00.000+08:00

Aku punya teman
Teman sepermainan
Dimana ada dia selalu ada aku

Dia memang manis
Dan juga baik hati
Dan dia slalu ada waktu
Untuk membantuku

Namun aku bingung
Ketika dia bilang cinta
Dan dia juga katakan
Tuk ingin jadi kekasihku

Cukuplah saja berteman denganku
Janganlah kau meminta lebih
Kutak mungkin mencintaimu
Kita berteman saja
Teman tapi mesra

Aku memang suka pada dirimu
Namun aku ada yang punya
Lebih baik kita berteman
Kita berteman saja
Teman tapi mesra

After a loonng hiatus

2007-05-22T09:15:00.000+08:00

Damn... it's been nine months since my last post. I just have nothing to blog or post about after the arrival of Dookie (Piper's son) and moving house to Bandar Utama in July. Everything is messed up from housemates and work. Lemme recall what had happened in the last 9 months.

After moving house from Puchong to Bandar Utama, the traffic from my house to KL Sentral is considerably shorter than of Puchong to KL Sentral. I even bought a Prosumer camera for my birthday, Canon S3IS. Not even two months down the road, I've sold it and opted for a DSLR because it can do what I want when the S3IS cant do it.

Nothing much happened apart from that. Been goin places and shooting portraits for people since then. And now I'm getting itchy to get a Macro lens after I get to play with a Tamron SP90 macro lens. You'll be amazed by the level of details when you get as near as possible to your subject.

That aside, I've attended to 3 marriages; Tim and MaryAnne, Ahleong and Shirley and then Colin and JooNa which was held earlier this month. Indirectly, me and another 2 more photographers became Ahleong's Cannon Fodder in his pursuit to get his wife and bring her home. Man... eating chilis spreaded on few loafs of bread is not a nice thing to eat and drinking beer through multiple straws is another thing. For Tim and MaryAnne's, I became their videographer and as a normal wedding attendee for Colin's wedding. My colleague is getting married this September and Yew Hang is getting married in January. Not to forget, Teddy is getting married at the end of August. So many weddings to attend and as usual, questions will be asked around; when are you getting married, who's hanging out with who now, etc.

That's all for now. I think I need a long vacation off to somewhere else, not in malaysia though. I'm thinking of France or Puerto Rico. LoL, yeah i'm dreaming about it

Dogathon 2006

2006-08-15T09:36:00.000+08:00

All these pictures are taken when Dookie is 4 months old around 4th of Aug.

Last Sunday, both of them attended Dogathon 2006 at UPM and man, it was tiring. Imagine you're under the constant sunlight with little shade and DOGS goin about their business. The event was quite fun albeit some misinformation from the OC. As usual, Groovy, Russell and Pacco are the main attractions there with their agility skills and tricks.

Pictures for the Dogathon are not available as I did not bring my camera.

Peekaboo again!!!

Awww~ dont like at me like that...

A lil' bit of TLC

Who you?

Dookie's new pics

2006-07-17T13:35:00.000+08:00

New live..circle of life

2006-04-23T10:34:00.000+08:00

YANSYCD (yet another nobody said you can't dream

2006-01-13T11:15:00.000+08:00

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New techie upgrade

2006-01-04T09:40:00.000+08:00

AMD 64 3000+ @ 2.1Ghz
512mb x 2 KVR DDR400 @ 466 MHZ
Asus A8N5X Mobo
MSI 6600GT Diamond
80GB WD SATA

I did overclocked it but not much; 300mhz extra from the proc and another 66 mhz for the DDR ram. Since Elderscroll Oblivion is around the corner, i might be getting another 1gb ram. there's a bulk for PQI ram at rm400 for 1gb :P

On the side note, I've left another few more pages to go to finish New Spring by Robert Jordan b4 I continue Book 9 of Wheel Of Time which I borrowed from Mah 2 years ago.

Bloody well don't bring your kids

2005-12-20T12:03:00.000+08:00

I guess everyone has a limit to their patience. And yes I have one too. Imagine while you're watching King Kong in TGV KLCC, the person next to you keep on looking onto your right side to check on his friends have already reached the cineplex or not. And when his girl friends are there. He walks pass you and sat at an empty seat and started talking to them. After 5 mins, he walked back to his own seat. In another 10 more minutes, he'll walk pass you again to greet another girlfriend of his and back to his seat.

That started boiling up my blood already. Nvm, I can live with that. Things got worse after that; both of his girlfriends started talking in the damn cineplex and you can hear what they're talking about whilst all the actions are happening on the silver screen where Kong was trashing about. 5 mins.....7 mins.... I can't stand any longer and perch over my girlfriend and told them "We're trying to watch a movie here". Whoa, they looked blur when I scolded them. Even the fella beside me started to signal to them to keep their tone down after that.

To make matters worse, from the beginning of the show until almost then end, one fuck-up, uncivilized, bad mannered and uncourteous teen was pushing his knee at the back of my chair, kicking it, moving about, etc. Imagine that! Just like Kong as he's reaching the top of Empire State Building as I've reached the raging point of my temper, I turned back and hit his knee and told him , "Sejak dari tadi nko tolak tolak kerusi nie. Nko ingat best sgt ke kalo org kacau ko dari blakang masa ko tgk wayang?" LOL. His parents was there and I don't give a damn about them. Darn kids nowadays.

If you can't behave in the freakin cineplex, don't come and watch the movie! There's this moment where a guy got a phone call and the whole cinema can hear when he's talking. It was about taking some cash and pass it to him later. And yes, the rest of the audiance did shhhshed him. Suck on that, sucka!!!

WNK 7418

2005-11-06T18:22:00.000+08:00

At Oct 19, I got a sms from my SA telling me that the roadtax is obtained and I can get my car on that day itself. Left my office exactly at 5.30pm sharp and took NPE highway just to reach Puchong fast and get a look at my new addition.

Of all times, it rained while I was on the way back to Puchong and it was getting dark. Besides, I was scrambling to get hold of anyone near my house to fetch me to Proton Edar because if I drive over there, my Saga will have to be left at PE until I find someone to drive the Saga back to my house.

Reached PE around 8 while my SA was fueling up my car. When he got over to PE and passed the car to me, did few checks on the car before I signed the handover documents. Well, here are 2 shots of the car. Will update more later when I have the time.

Minor additions will be done to the car. Until then, all plans are put on hold.

OMG OMG!!!

2005-10-13T16:58:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that they really approve my loan eventhough this is my first time applying for it. kinda jakun i must say. hehehe.

anyway, tonite i'll be meeting up with my SA and pass him the downpayment and see how it goes. If all goes right, I hope my new baby will arrive by Thursday but i'm not putting much hope in getting it earlier. Cheque do need 3 days to clear and this this coming sat is a non working sat.

Pressie for myself

2005-10-10T21:53:00.000+08:00

Finally, I've gotten myself, my very first pressie for birthday(last Sat) today. Was going thru much discussion and deliberation on which to get and finally I guess, this would suffice for the time being.

Placed a booking of RM500 and subject to loan approval, I hope I'll be able to get my hands on this baby in 2 weeks time. For more hint, read my previous post here

It's not the car in my previous post that I'm getting. Something cheaper. RM 20k diff. With it, I can use those 20k for some other things.

Hrm...should I name it just like what Sharni did?

My wishlist~

2005-09-26T10:15:00.000+08:00

1. Ipod Nano
2. A car of my own
3. A new PC

Ironic isn't it when I, myself posted that article below...sigh

It's all about money, ain't it

2005-09-26T09:50:00.000+08:00

Came across an article in TheStar paper yesterday. Very good way of intepreting what we do with our hard earned cash. The thing that really caught my attention in the article was "We will never be rich because we spend more than what we earn"

Pondering over it, kinda true rite? It just hit me hard what I read it. When you're earning your own salary, ya want this, ya want that, you wished for this and that and those and these.... so, it's NEVER enough to quench your thirst for more things especially when you're into techie stuffs like me.

Even if you earning big bucks, I'm pretty sure your wishlist will get longer and longer. Thus, it's never enough. Big cars, big house, l33t equipments, etc...

Well, the article did suggest few ways to save our money and one of it is to go dutch on the things we drink or eat *since we, malaysians' favourite past-time is to eat and shopping*. Imagine that you and your friends are at Starbucks and all of you, i mean ALL of you chip-in RM 1-2 each and buy a cup of Caramel Frappucino and with that single cuppa, you guys are sharing it. LOL.

Link to article

Pic courtesy of TheStar

Now where's my Rich Dad, Poor Dad book that I threw it somewhere when I moved my house four months ago...

Escape Artist

2005-09-06T15:01:00.000+08:00

Bandar Puteri - 4th Sept: Since there's been 3 escape attempts which succeeded in 27, Jalan Puteri 4/7 by Piper. Warden and Prison authorities has basically foolproof and escape-proof the whole house.

But on the 4th of September, while all the doors and windows are lock and all the wardens left for OU around 12 something and came back at 4.15pm. Warden Head Nairud has found an Inmate casually walking at the road side sniffing and smelling things as the inmate goes. Nairud pulled over and found out that Piper has managed to escape again.

This has left all the wardens puzzled as how did she manage to go out. Doors are locked, windows on the ground floor are locked and the kitchen door are locked too.

After much investigation, the a CSI team have concluded that there's only 2 way that she can use to escape the house. One, thru the kitchen window sills. But there are no traces of disturbancies below the window as there is a dustbin and a small bowl of used ciggarettes water. Secondly, the escape route would be on the first floor's window. DNA swabs on blood traces on the wall indicate that it is Piper's blood as her hind leg is injured too.

Witnesses reported yesterday that on Sunday, her kids saw Piper's body is halfway out at that window and was preparing to jump. They did not notice the jump but so far the CSI team confirmed that the window is the most likely place for her to jump out. The rest of the wardens also agree on it and now, preventive measure are taken where the mentioned window is always locked and also a fence has been erected below the window.

So far, up till yesterday, there's no escape.

Notice how high is it from Piper's owner?

Piper's size compared to the height that she jumped from

Nobody say you can't dream rite?

2005-09-01T14:46:00.000+08:00

Dreaming..can it it true...

New work, new place

2005-08-15T12:00:00.000+08:00

Hello hello,

Reporting in from my new office in Wisma UOA.
Nothing is interesting here. At least my office pc is way better than my home pc. The only downside of it is the 15 inch monitor with dim display.

Saw few fellas using MSN and also YM. Suprisingly, after having to format my office pc, I have nothing to do yet. I'm still waiting for my domain login which i have to wait for my superior to do that and my QA lead is doing nothing to get me involve yet.

Starting work soon

2005-08-10T19:56:00.000+08:00

Just got my offer letter from Wisma UOA.

I'm starting work on the 15th August. Luckily my working hours is from 9am to 5.30pm but i guess it wouldn't do much since I'm around KLCC anyway.

Oh yeah, IRjacking is fun. Did that in Giant Puchong with my PSP. And Teddy, for the record, there's no memory card on that PS2. So we can't create a profile to start the game ;p.

That video shop lady was like WTF?? hahaha. Nice one. Wanna go to Sony Store to try it out? Let me know ya~

Thank You for the effing haze

2005-08-10T19:47:00.000+08:00

I can't even see the apartment infront of my house.

I can't even see Midvalley and Le Meridien from Old Klang Road.

I can't even see Teddy's house from my house.

It's hazey in my room. It's like I'm in Genting.

And all you think you can do is just a public appology of "You're sorry"

damnit

Wild Zebra

2005-08-03T09:19:00.000+08:00

Wild Zebra... Truly an amazing dance performance by a troupe of dancers from Shanghai Oriental City Dance Troupe with 80 strong cast of dancers. This was my first time attending this kind of thing in Istana Budaya and it was an eye opener attending an "Opera House".

Suprisingly, the attendees all made it into the auditorium around 8.30pm where the show supposed to start and it started around 8.45pm. Well, at least it's not starting at 9pm because of the attendees. At least this time they made the effort to come earlier instead of our normal malaysian "Time"

"A murderous desire for immortality
leads to the ultimate sacrifice
in the name of love ..."
That's the main theme for the show. Since today is the last day for the show, I guess I can indulge you all on what's the story about.

It all started when the Fox spirit told the Queen Bear that she will be able to live a long and happy life ruling other animals under her kingdom. But, to be able to do that, she needs to create or rather make a mantle using 100 wild zebras' skins and the last wild zebra is being readied to be skinned. And yet, one of the Queen Bear's beloved friend/animal is the Princess Zebra that freed the Wild Zebra from captivity; so this means that the mantle cannot be completed. Both of them fled to the "Plains of forever" where all wild zebras live and they had quite a good time there.

While they were "enjoying" in the Plains of forever, Queen Bear got ill and the Spirit Fox managed to convince every other animals in the kingdom to hunt for Wild Zebra and Princess Zebra heard the rumours fled to warn Wild Zebra about it. While searching for Wild Zebra, she was caught by an arrow and decided to sacrifice herself in the name of love to free Wild Zebra from its predicament.

"You must get the last zebra skin... animals, to war!!!", Spirit Fox said

"No!!! Please dont die, my love"

With the last zebra skinned obtained, the Queen Bear healed herself and set to rule the animal kingdom again~

Videos can be obtained here