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BHAR Storm Thorgerson

Aug 9, 2008
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Going to have a great dinner. :)

rain.

Jun 26, 2008
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like the setting of the sun
and the darkness of the night
little do I notice now
the gentle hiss of rain upon my window

yet from somewhere deep inside
comes a longing for the sun
and as the waters rise around me I hold on

slowly but surely my strength fades away
inevitably drowning in the flood

i've seen a score of splendid summers
each more golden than the last
and yet the rain still falls upon my window

year after year, night after night
writhing in the vice-grip of despair

sung to sleep by the music of the rain
chasing sky-blue dreams around my head

like the changing of the seasons
and the turning of the tides
nothing can I do to stop
another drop from falling on my world

and from somewhere deep inside
comes a longing for the sun
and as the waters rise around me I hold on

slowly but surely my strength fades away
inevitably drowning in the flood

i've seen a score of splendid summers
each more golden than the last
and yet the rain still falls upon my window

year after year, night after night
writhing in the vice-grip of despair

sung to sleep by the music of the rain
chasing sky-blue dreams around my head

and with every clap of thunder that echoes through my world
and every bolt of lightning that rips apart my sky
i collect another tear to go with all before
and every day as rain they fall
swooping down to haunt me once again

uncle greg

Jun 22, 2008
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Looked up the calender, found out that it is his birthday today! So even though you wont be reading this, happy birthday to you, over there in Tasmania. I still can't forget the last time I visited you there, and it was the best. I miss you. =]

I found a picture I took when i was over there last time.

tasmania.

Gotta go now, laters.

boring day

Jun 15, 2008
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Title says it all. Really boring weekend, yet tiring. Been doing a lot of work on projects. TIREEED.

It's a Sunday today, so I decided to take the day off a bit. Walked around Mid Valley. Had some fun with my mates. (;

east atrium

Oh shit, I better get ready for school tomorrow. HOMEWORKKKK!

Laters! [;

save energy?

Jun 9, 2008
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As most people here in Malaysia would know, the oil price has just gone up. Not a little, a LOT. Now the stupid Malaysian citizens keep on complaining and going on about it like we could do something about it. And guess what? The price is STILL 30 cents cheaper than the actual price. Can't they still appreciate that already?

So when the petrol price goes up, it wouldn't be the only one. Electricity gets more expensive. So I mean, we all use electricity.

So now, I've noticed that the person living in a household who pays the electricity bills is the only one interested in turning off the lights when leaving a room. Given human nature, this is unlikely to change. According to research, lights make up 19% of the global energy consumption. That’s why I have two inventions to close the gap.

The first invention is the Whole House Light Switch. It’s located by the inner door to the garage. When you're heading towards the car with the rest of the family, and they have left on every light in every room in which they have entered in the past 24 hours, you just flip the one switch and all the lights in the house go dark. I suppose you could designate one light to be the exception, so it looks like you are home when you are away.

My other invention involves each person living in the house wearing a ring with an RFID sensor, so the lights only stay on if at least one ring is in the room. As you enter the room, and pass near the sensor, the lights come on by themselves. The light switch would need three settings in this case: 1) On, 2) Off, and 3) Sensor. If you have house guests, they simply use the on/off part of the switch. When only the family is there, everything is on auto.

I considered an Allowance Meter, which decreases the kids’ allowances based on light use, but that would have unintended consequences LOL. Yet, i'm still feeling evil right now.

Cheers.

work.

Jun 7, 2008
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cameras

I have been working these past few days in a hotel (Holiday Villa) putting in security stuff for my dad's company. It was heck tiring. Running the cables was the WORST part. Had 2 buildings (total 23 floors) to cover with 309 cameras. And I only had 3 engineers with me to do it. BLOODY HELL.

We used roughly 6.9 kilometers of CABLES for just this project. Hardest part was the fiber optic cable. It's the most expensive cable and the most hardest to install. It transfers data through light, so it is heck fast. It's used to connect the two buildings together on the network. And that cable EASILY breaks if you bend it slightly. It's like hair thin. The engineers broke it about 9 times, so then they gave up and told me to do it. I broke it twice, and almost gave up. I tried the third time and up to my surprise it didn't break. Super happy for the day and they got me drinks. =D

Naz has been supeer nice to me. I definitely owe you a drink too.

Cheers. :]

life?

Jun 2, 2008
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Over the past few months, i've noticed how much the way you see life shapes it.

I might see life as a drama. Sure, you are the main character. The people you met are the people who completes the play, and yeah there's the good people and the villains; but everyone has their own purpose in the play. It's to make the whole play a complete, good one.

I've met really really nice people over the year. Some, too good to be true. There was this one saying, "When something seems too good to be true, it usually is". I think I shouldn't expect much from people anymore. They're just all the same. Expect nothing, live frugally on surprise.

A good life is a main argument I guess. Thing is, I'm sick of arguing all the way about things.

Anyways, I was watching this movie, called "The Bucket List". And that movie really got me thinking. There were these two questions that Morgan Freeman asked that had to do with something about questions the Egyptian god would ask before letting people enter the gates of heaven or something; one of them were - "Have you found joy in your life?". And the other was "Have you brought joy to others?". I thought those were two great questions. It really got me thinking. And in my opinion, I think that you get joy in your life by bringing joy into the lives of others. I've always gotten the most joy from bringing joy to others. It makes me indescribably happy. And I think that I should preserve the joy in my life. I should.

In the end, I don't know what life really has to offer. I would never expect much. How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. I think I should make the best of this. Should I?

insisting on innocence

May 31, 2008
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My sophomore attempt at poetry. This is more of a song than a poem.

It's terribly emo, but it was something that needed to get out of my head about someone.

I am me for my sake; and though I do make mistakes, I accept the full load of my acts. Nothing happens by fate. I'm free to love and to hate. I simply fail to believe without facts.

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And when the fire's dim,
The moths stole to the morning,
I still won't have told her,
I still won't know how.
Not one to see the signs,
She'll just stare at the embers,
Playing games with her friends.
Insisting on innocence.

And when the sea is ink,
The cranes sent to the ocean,
I still won't have told her,
I still won't know how.
She's a complication, she's
Better off not knowing, she's
Playing games with her friends.

She's playing games with her friends,
Passing judgment, done easily.
Thinking irrationally, who do you think you're fooling?
I know you hate me, go away?

chilling out.

May 30, 2008
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Boring day really, went to Daniel's place and chilled out. He is actually a really funny fellow haha. We joked around a bit and then I got to play some guitar with him while I was there.

jamming.

Had some fun, spent most of my day there. Got back, and here I am. I've been relaxing too much over this holiday I reckon. Gotta get back on my feet tomorrow and start getting occupied on something. Laters. (;

looking for inspiration.

Also had a funny convo with him and Joyi this morning!

(2:54 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	ok dude
(2:54 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	say silk 5 times
(2:54 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	edi
(2:54 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	now spell silk
(2:54 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	silk silk silk silk silk
(2:55 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	spell silk
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	slearck ?
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	lol
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	slik
(2:55 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	what do cows drink?
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	they eat GRASS !
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	they dont drink ?
(2:55 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	LOLOLOL
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	right ?
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:
(2:55 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:
(2:55 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	hahaha
(2:55 AM) *∂nashahid. =]:	this is ridiculous
(2:56 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	lol
(2:56 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	cows drink milk
(2:56 AM) DanieL (: βэтa:	duh?
(2:56 AM) Joyi is a monste:	THEY DO?
(2:56 AM) Joyi is a monste:	i thought they produce milk leh!

lakeview.

May 28, 2008
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Did some walking around the lake today, well as usual really. But this time, I brought my camera along with me and took some random shots. Most of them turned out quite nice actually. I'm happy. :)

keeping it real, clean // shahidrogers

It's nice to actually see people volunteering, to keep the lake clean. This guy there for hours under the hot sun just sweeping away, I had respect for him. As soon as I took a shot, he looked at me and smiled. Then we had a short convo and I got to help him out a bit. It was pretty fun!

powerline // shahidrogers

This one was definitely a cool shot. I had the camera set up perfectly for this one, and it really came out well. Since when did powerline towers look this good?

I'm too lazy to talk about the other shots, but you could check them out if you want to at my photo gallery (it's at my links section on the right side of this page).

Cheers.