Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Perdik Falls, Selangor

Its been slightly more than 2 weeks since my last post and I wish to apologise to my dear loyal readers (if any :-p) for making you guys wait anxiously.

Well, its been a roller coaster of a past few weeks for me. Sometimes I have the time to blog, but i just run out of things to say. Other times, when i feel like blogging, i either dont have the time or I just prefer to keep those thoughts to myself. After all, not everything I put up here makes nice reading for people.

OK, back to today's post. Perdik Falls. Where is this place? Its located around the mountainous region of Hulu Langat. its one of the lesser known falls and harder to locate. Even with the GPS co-ordinates which I found online, the navigation system repeatedly tried to lead me to use a different route, the Ampang route rather than the straight-forward, Hulu Langat way. Moredetails about the falls can be found in this website. Please do note that while I encourage people to visit the falls, please keep the environment clean. Do not leave your rubbish everywhere in the forest reserve. Meanwhile, enjoy some pictures we took on that trip.























Interested to go? Remember to keep the place clean!
Its about 30-40 mins trek with a slight uphill trek just before the waterfall. You can hear the sounds of the waterfall and river along the trail.
SOrry about the pictures as they are disorganised. They are in reverse chronological order, but i hope you wont mind :-p
As for the GPS co-ordinates, this is the 1 I have using my own GPS machine (Nokia E52)
PArking at the start of the trail : N 03.12.415; E101.50.072
The waterfall itself: N 03.12. 747; E 101.49.561
Boodyboy, out!!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Change

I know most of us dream to achieve something in our lives, and hopefully stay at that moment for as long as we live. Some of us dream of owning a big house, some to be at the peak of their chosen career path, and others, eternal happiness with their loved ones.

And no matter what dreams they are, there are bound to be changes to the surroundings as well as to us that may not be in our control. And while we shall still strive to achieve that goal of ours, we maybe derailed. For those who have achieved it, they would want to stay in that comfort zone of theirs.

Who wouldn't want to stay in a comfort zone?

A place where we would just wake up everyday feeling contented with what we have and who we are in life. We feel satisfied and want nothing else.

But then again, nothing lasts forever. I'm sure for any1 who is in their comfort zone now, they wouldnt want to leave it for the world.

But what happens when change is forced upon us?

It is common for anyone in that situation to resist change. Why change when you are happy where you are? What could possibly be better than what I have now? And why do I have to go through all sorts of trouble just to find a place where I feel comfortable again?

Sometimes we ask too many questions, of ourselves and of others. It's human nature to be curious. And its also human nature to seek safety. When change happens, suddenly, we lose the feeling of being safe and secure. We feel lost, unwanted, directionless and we also feel frustrated.

Now, at this point, it is easy to be angry and find fault and find out the "why"s and "what went wrong?" and "how come?" of the situation. But even when we have found the answer after spending countless hours, we still are at the same spot. So now what?

After all these feeling and time wasted, we still are at the same spot after things have changed. And being in the same spot wont make things any better.

Then this is where different people will react differently.

Some would set off and find their safety and comfort zone again, moving along very soon [ the no hard feelings way].

Some would be still stuck at the same spot grumbling and complaining and hope that things will revert back to the way it was [the Emo way]. (I'm not saying which is right or wrong, after all in life, many things can happen).

Some are the combinations of both. But no matter which of the 3 steps you choose to use, the only thing different is that the time will not wait for you. You may move on, and there will still be a tomorrow. You may choose not to move at all and still, you will age. You may move reluctantly, and time will still go on.

No matter what, the situation which you felt safe and comfortable in and TIME will move on.
Now its your choice.

Will you try to stop the earth from moving?

OR

Will you move along with the Earth?



P.s. Even if you move reluctantly, slowly, painfully, regretfully, angrily and etc, you are still moving, and you must remember, even the Earth spins slowly. All you can do is hope, that as you move, you will still be able to find that dream of yours and hopefully stay there forever.


Boodyboy, out!!!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Burt Bacharach - What the World Needs Now is Love

Another emo post? Maybe, but I like this song.
And I believe in the lyrics. What we all could use in this world now is more caring and loving.
We already have more than enough worries and problems to last a few lifetimes.

A little info on the song before the lyrics:

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 popular song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. It was first recorded, and made popular by Jackie DeShannon. It was released on April 15, 1965 on the Imperial label after a release on sister label Liberty records the previous month was canceled . The song reached number 7 in the US charts May of that year.

The song was originally offered to Dionne Warwick, who turned it down at the time [1]; though she later recorded it for her album Here Where There Is Love. DeShannon's version was recorded on March 23, 1965 at New York's Bell Sound studios. [2]

"What the World Needs Now is Love" has been used in many film soundtracks, notably Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and For the Love of Fred (used as the film's closing theme song in both), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, My Best Friend's Wedding, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Hot Shots! and Forrest Gump.


Lyrics

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No not just for some but for everyone.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last till the end of time.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone.

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some, oh, but just for
Every, every, everyone.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

I'm sorry

I'm sorry

I'm sorry I made you smile
I'm sorry I made you cry

I'm sorry from time to time,
I try to blow your mind

I'm sorry for the times I stood by you,
I'm sorry for giving you strength, faith and courage,

I'm sorry for planning all our trips,
and the pictures you posted made you hip

I'm sorry for looking so far into the future,
I'm sorry I misled myself

I'm sorry you never showed me in your pictures,
and neither in your status

I'm sorry I'm not good looking, rich or atheletic,
I'm sorry you are embarassed of me,

I'm sorry you found it difficult to tell me the truth,
but its worse when its all for the world to see

I'm sorry I was there for you all the time,
I'm sorry I was just a float

I'm sorry you moved on to some1 else,
and all the while I thought of something else

I'm sorry I worried the whole weekend for you,
I'm sorry to disturb your wonderful trip

I'm sorry all I got from you
was a call from you to say you are sorry.

I have something new

When I was just about to graduate from university, one of the things i've always wanted to do is to ensure I can help people with what I have learnt.

And this was when i was studying for my Financial Planning course.

After 2 years of working, I've realised I have done much to work towards that goal.

Hence, last week, I started a new blog. Its called "My money, your money, our money". Here I will try to put up as many easy to understand topics about financial planning, how to go about saving or doing investments. Just the really simple and basic stuff. now from time to time I might put some economic or business or political news which may have an impact on our economy as a whole.

I should be posting something up by this weekend. Hehehe

But most of all, I hope this site is where people will get interested in starting to save and invest for their own future.And yes, I welcome email enquiries and stuff as well.

Do visit http://my-financialplanner.blogspot.com/ from time to time :-)



Boodyboy, out!!!