Somehow, I'm pretty sure i posted this sometime ago. Maybe a year or 2 before. But then I saw a friend on FB reposted this video.
I rewatched it, and realised i still love this short film. and here I am sharing it here with you guys =)
I'm Jason. My cubicle is right beside the window.
Unfortunately for me, my office wiondow is facing my company's factory =(
Maybe I'm destined not to meet her by looking thru a window (ala this video as well as "You belong with me" MTV by Taylor Swift)
Boodyboy, out!!!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Is Travelling my hobby? It's the money can't buy feeling that I enjoy
To me it isn't. Never said that travelling is a hobby to me.
And why is that so? Cause i travel back and forth from work everyday. The distance is quite big since i live in Kajang. Everywhere is far from my place.
yeah yeah, I'm sure all of us mean travelling in terms of going on holidays. Who doesn't enjoy going for holidays anyway? But a hobby? Not for me either.
Those whom have noticed would be thinking, this guys must be nuts when he says travelling is not his hobby. look at the frequency of his travels!!
I actually started travelling (locally and overseas) since I graduated and started making my own money. Since then, I've been to Pangkor / Lumut (4 times), Gem island, China (twice), Krabi (twice), Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore (twice), Malacca (a couple of times), Ipoh (daytrips), Cameron Highlands, Bali.
Most of them have been short trips: either 1 nighter's or at most 3 nights. My longest trips in this list would have been both my China trips as well as Krabi (all 1 week :-D)
Okay... so now I've just looked back at the list of places above and realised I've only started working in May 2007. And its just May 2010. No wonder my bank account savings have almost vanished into thin air!!
But then again, how many of these places I went is a place I really want to go myself? Only Beijing, Singapore, Phuket, Bangkok and Ipoh. Contrary to what most people believe, I actually plan my holiday destinations based on who is going. Then I'll base my destination on where they would like to go and suggest it to them, hence, a higher likelihood of them saying yes.
If you really ask me where i would like to go, I'd prolly wouldn't have many places, but I'd like great company. With the right person, even a day trip is fun, let alone a long holiday. Heck, I'd even enjoy getting stuck in the traffic jams with them!
Maybe, I just enjoy the company of people who enjoy travelling (if the sentance makes sense to you). As much as I'd love to follow some of my friends halfway across the globe (what could be better than having great company with Stonehenge or Eiffel Tower as the backdrop?)
At the moment, I'm just happy with the quantity of trips rather than blowing most of my money on 1 holiday (partly cause i get to go with different friends :-D)
And the conclusion is that travelling is still not a hobby of mine. Seeing my friends happy when they go on holiday and be with them when that moment occurs, I guess is more valuable than whatever amount we pay in cash.
Boodyboy, out!!!
And why is that so? Cause i travel back and forth from work everyday. The distance is quite big since i live in Kajang. Everywhere is far from my place.
yeah yeah, I'm sure all of us mean travelling in terms of going on holidays. Who doesn't enjoy going for holidays anyway? But a hobby? Not for me either.
Those whom have noticed would be thinking, this guys must be nuts when he says travelling is not his hobby. look at the frequency of his travels!!
I actually started travelling (locally and overseas) since I graduated and started making my own money. Since then, I've been to Pangkor / Lumut (4 times), Gem island, China (twice), Krabi (twice), Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore (twice), Malacca (a couple of times), Ipoh (daytrips), Cameron Highlands, Bali.
Most of them have been short trips: either 1 nighter's or at most 3 nights. My longest trips in this list would have been both my China trips as well as Krabi (all 1 week :-D)
Okay... so now I've just looked back at the list of places above and realised I've only started working in May 2007. And its just May 2010. No wonder my bank account savings have almost vanished into thin air!!
But then again, how many of these places I went is a place I really want to go myself? Only Beijing, Singapore, Phuket, Bangkok and Ipoh. Contrary to what most people believe, I actually plan my holiday destinations based on who is going. Then I'll base my destination on where they would like to go and suggest it to them, hence, a higher likelihood of them saying yes.
If you really ask me where i would like to go, I'd prolly wouldn't have many places, but I'd like great company. With the right person, even a day trip is fun, let alone a long holiday. Heck, I'd even enjoy getting stuck in the traffic jams with them!
Maybe, I just enjoy the company of people who enjoy travelling (if the sentance makes sense to you). As much as I'd love to follow some of my friends halfway across the globe (what could be better than having great company with Stonehenge or Eiffel Tower as the backdrop?)
At the moment, I'm just happy with the quantity of trips rather than blowing most of my money on 1 holiday (partly cause i get to go with different friends :-D)
And the conclusion is that travelling is still not a hobby of mine. Seeing my friends happy when they go on holiday and be with them when that moment occurs, I guess is more valuable than whatever amount we pay in cash.
Boodyboy, out!!!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Around the world in 30 minutes
I was feeling kinda bored at work today reading all the stuff i was required to read. And I do have a lot to read, almost everyday i spend about 75% of my time reading and trying to absorb as much as I can before I hit the ground running.
And guess what i did when i decided to take a break?
Yes. Read some more.
I visited one of my favourite travel websites Wikitravel.com and wanted to look at some articles of tourist destinations.
But as I was thinking which pages I should visit, I realized that I’ve already read all about the places I wanted to see on this site.
Then on the left side navigation bar, there is a random page link. I was curious where the site would take me and I was off too explore a random spot in the world.
Some of the random pages didn’t contain any information at all, except for its location. But here are 2 that caught my eye as it has a pretty complete travel guide.
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The 1st place of interest was the island of Zealand. No not part of New Zealand (that was my initial thought as well). The island of Zealand is actually one of the islands that make up Denmark. It is the largest island in Denmark and is home to its capital, Copenhagen.
This island of Zealand is one of the 100 largest islands in the world, and fable has it that it was carved out of Sweden. While is it a large island, it is pretty flat with plenty of rolling hills. The highest point of the island is only 126m.
What caught my eye was there are the sights in Zealand. One could visit old Castles, tall white cliffs by the sea, discovering the world of Vikings and also canoeing or kayaking along. Canoeing there sounds like a very interesting proposition thanks to its cool weather and the Susaen river, which cuts right thru the middle of the island. Sounds like a good way to spend quality time with friends
Seems like a great place to visit in April / May, hehehe
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The 2nd place random place that had a decent travel guide was the village of Merzouga. Merzouga is a village in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, on the edge of Erg Chebbi, a 50km long and 5km wide set of sand dunes that reach up to 350m. Most people are here to take a camel safari into the dunes, and to get a taste of remote (tourism-influenced) Berber life.
From Marrakech, the biggest city in Morocco, it will take about 2 days journey to reach Merzouga. And once you are there, its Sahara Desert wonderland! The beautiful sight of the sun rising and setting in dunes is great!
As mentioned earlier, the must do thing over there is camel safaris, where they take you on a camel ride into the sand dunes and live in tents for a night or two. Then when you are there, you blend with some of the locals, and maybe get to see the local performances and etc.
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Although I’ve never heard of these places before, but being brought there by Wikitravel made me more knowledgeable and also piqued my interest for these 2 places. I guess the wealth of information available at our fingertips is just not used to its fullest potential.
Now I’m looking forward to the next time I visit Wikitravel when I’m bored.
I could be transported halfway around the world again!
Boodyboy, out!!!
And guess what i did when i decided to take a break?
Yes. Read some more.
I visited one of my favourite travel websites Wikitravel.com and wanted to look at some articles of tourist destinations.
But as I was thinking which pages I should visit, I realized that I’ve already read all about the places I wanted to see on this site.
Then on the left side navigation bar, there is a random page link. I was curious where the site would take me and I was off too explore a random spot in the world.
Some of the random pages didn’t contain any information at all, except for its location. But here are 2 that caught my eye as it has a pretty complete travel guide.
*****************************
The 1st place of interest was the island of Zealand. No not part of New Zealand (that was my initial thought as well). The island of Zealand is actually one of the islands that make up Denmark. It is the largest island in Denmark and is home to its capital, Copenhagen.
This island of Zealand is one of the 100 largest islands in the world, and fable has it that it was carved out of Sweden. While is it a large island, it is pretty flat with plenty of rolling hills. The highest point of the island is only 126m.
What caught my eye was there are the sights in Zealand. One could visit old Castles, tall white cliffs by the sea, discovering the world of Vikings and also canoeing or kayaking along. Canoeing there sounds like a very interesting proposition thanks to its cool weather and the Susaen river, which cuts right thru the middle of the island. Sounds like a good way to spend quality time with friends
Seems like a great place to visit in April / May, hehehe
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The 2nd place random place that had a decent travel guide was the village of Merzouga. Merzouga is a village in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, on the edge of Erg Chebbi, a 50km long and 5km wide set of sand dunes that reach up to 350m. Most people are here to take a camel safari into the dunes, and to get a taste of remote (tourism-influenced) Berber life.
From Marrakech, the biggest city in Morocco, it will take about 2 days journey to reach Merzouga. And once you are there, its Sahara Desert wonderland! The beautiful sight of the sun rising and setting in dunes is great!
As mentioned earlier, the must do thing over there is camel safaris, where they take you on a camel ride into the sand dunes and live in tents for a night or two. Then when you are there, you blend with some of the locals, and maybe get to see the local performances and etc.
**********************
Although I’ve never heard of these places before, but being brought there by Wikitravel made me more knowledgeable and also piqued my interest for these 2 places. I guess the wealth of information available at our fingertips is just not used to its fullest potential.
Now I’m looking forward to the next time I visit Wikitravel when I’m bored.
I could be transported halfway around the world again!
Boodyboy, out!!!
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Early morning thoughts
Its 2am on a Thursday morning. I should be asleep now, but I'm not.
Was talking to a friend earlier about the past. As much as I would always complain about the past, and why I am where I am today.
I believe most of the time we will complain as if we were the innocent party when things dont go our way. I'm one of them. No doubt sometimes I feel upset when things don't work out right. I always wonder if it some1 else's fault. More often than not, we tend to blame other ppl for our failings (eventhough its really their fault!).
What we need to do sometimes, is to take a step back. Think about the whole situation. Do you think that what you did on your part is 100% the right thing? Or do you think that there was somehow a better way for you to have gotten things done?
We always tend to do a self evaluation, we complain to the world like we are the victims. Are we really that perfect?
I believe that I am not perfect. I agree that I made some mistakes of my own in the past. And I am where I am today because of it. I may complain but sometimes i just tend to forget that I may have a hand in my own failings.
So I'm not perfect. I made mistakes. But I know what I've done in the past maybe downright selfish, and sometimes just plain brash (maybe due to my lack of maturity ;-p). I may behave like a big baby when I don't get what I want.
But the great thing about it is that I know I made mistakes. Now all I gotta do is remind myself not to repeat them again, or else, if history were to repeat itself, I would have no1 else to blame; but myself!
So yes, if you are one of my victims which I used to complain (you of course, may not know it) I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. You may have your own reasons for acting in the manner which you did. I'm highly critical of others, and I should apply the same standards to myself.
There, got this off my chest.
Boodyboy, out!!
Was talking to a friend earlier about the past. As much as I would always complain about the past, and why I am where I am today.
I believe most of the time we will complain as if we were the innocent party when things dont go our way. I'm one of them. No doubt sometimes I feel upset when things don't work out right. I always wonder if it some1 else's fault. More often than not, we tend to blame other ppl for our failings (eventhough its really their fault!).
What we need to do sometimes, is to take a step back. Think about the whole situation. Do you think that what you did on your part is 100% the right thing? Or do you think that there was somehow a better way for you to have gotten things done?
We always tend to do a self evaluation, we complain to the world like we are the victims. Are we really that perfect?
I believe that I am not perfect. I agree that I made some mistakes of my own in the past. And I am where I am today because of it. I may complain but sometimes i just tend to forget that I may have a hand in my own failings.
So I'm not perfect. I made mistakes. But I know what I've done in the past maybe downright selfish, and sometimes just plain brash (maybe due to my lack of maturity ;-p). I may behave like a big baby when I don't get what I want.
But the great thing about it is that I know I made mistakes. Now all I gotta do is remind myself not to repeat them again, or else, if history were to repeat itself, I would have no1 else to blame; but myself!
So yes, if you are one of my victims which I used to complain (you of course, may not know it) I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. You may have your own reasons for acting in the manner which you did. I'm highly critical of others, and I should apply the same standards to myself.
There, got this off my chest.
Boodyboy, out!!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
I feel like writing fiction
Yes, a short story or a novel.
A great idea struck me when I was in the shower earlier. And I was thinking, wondering if i could develop enough characters and storyline for this angle I had. I even thought about the ending and how i should end the story assuming i attempt to write this piece of fiction.
Time constraint is the 1st thing on my mind as I'm afraid that I could not commit so much time towards it. I may not even have enough literary juice in me to keep it going.
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To keep it short: the story will revovle around a young man, A, who makes friend with an elderly person in the steam room at his nearby clubhouse.
Through the weeks, they get to know each other better, and A begins to wonder why the elderly person leads such a sad life. He wonders why this seemingly simple and friendly man doesn't lead a happy life.
He begins to unravel the background of this person little by little. Taking an interest and becoming such close friends with him makes it easier. He hopes that he would be able to help the old man if he can find out exactly what has happened in the past.
However, would A's morals be compromised once he has such a close bond with him after learning the awful truth?
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Sounds interesting ah?
Boodyboy, out!!
A great idea struck me when I was in the shower earlier. And I was thinking, wondering if i could develop enough characters and storyline for this angle I had. I even thought about the ending and how i should end the story assuming i attempt to write this piece of fiction.
Time constraint is the 1st thing on my mind as I'm afraid that I could not commit so much time towards it. I may not even have enough literary juice in me to keep it going.
****
To keep it short: the story will revovle around a young man, A, who makes friend with an elderly person in the steam room at his nearby clubhouse.
Through the weeks, they get to know each other better, and A begins to wonder why the elderly person leads such a sad life. He wonders why this seemingly simple and friendly man doesn't lead a happy life.
He begins to unravel the background of this person little by little. Taking an interest and becoming such close friends with him makes it easier. He hopes that he would be able to help the old man if he can find out exactly what has happened in the past.
However, would A's morals be compromised once he has such a close bond with him after learning the awful truth?
*****
Sounds interesting ah?
Boodyboy, out!!
My sister says...
...I'm like the gay best friend a girl could have.
I feel so offended. I don't want to be the gay best friend.
Well, maybe I should be happy that ppl actually think of me as a good friend, good enough to tell me about their troubles and stories in life.
But what if I want more than that? Wouldn't it be difficult once I'm casted as the "gay best friend"? After all, women have the ability to be able to distinguish between "friends" and "more than friends" while men just lump that all together.
Oh well, I guess at the moment I should be happy people think of me as some1 they can rely on.
Why shouldn't I be happy? I love to have friends. and what is even better if I know I can be counted upon to help them with whatever it is they want. I've said this once before: I'm in the business of making people happy, and I very well enjoy doing it! =)
*This is such a self-absorbed post. The number of "I"s used here is crazy for a post of this length*
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Oh, earlier when i was driving back home from dinner, we were listening to some mp3s in the car when songs from a singer, CC was being played. My sister asked, so do the songs played actually reminds you of the times before?
I must say that CC's debut album was exceptional. Listening to it again now, the songs are still great, but i think the impact isn so great now. Maybe because i have other favourite songs now.
I told my sister, songs that are our favourites usually is a song that we can relate to. It has something we have attached ourselves to. Listening to her song, sure it does gives me mories, but there isn't any reason for me to be emo about it. Its undeniable that sometimes you cannot just erase memories, especially with things that may occur in our everyday lives. I'll just listen to the songs as it is, with or without memories. But maybe today, this song would mean less to me than it used to. It doesn't mean the song is worse than when i listened to it last time.
Boodyboy, out!!
I feel so offended. I don't want to be the gay best friend.
Well, maybe I should be happy that ppl actually think of me as a good friend, good enough to tell me about their troubles and stories in life.
But what if I want more than that? Wouldn't it be difficult once I'm casted as the "gay best friend"? After all, women have the ability to be able to distinguish between "friends" and "more than friends" while men just lump that all together.
Oh well, I guess at the moment I should be happy people think of me as some1 they can rely on.
Why shouldn't I be happy? I love to have friends. and what is even better if I know I can be counted upon to help them with whatever it is they want. I've said this once before: I'm in the business of making people happy, and I very well enjoy doing it! =)
*This is such a self-absorbed post. The number of "I"s used here is crazy for a post of this length*
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Oh, earlier when i was driving back home from dinner, we were listening to some mp3s in the car when songs from a singer, CC was being played. My sister asked, so do the songs played actually reminds you of the times before?
I must say that CC's debut album was exceptional. Listening to it again now, the songs are still great, but i think the impact isn so great now. Maybe because i have other favourite songs now.
I told my sister, songs that are our favourites usually is a song that we can relate to. It has something we have attached ourselves to. Listening to her song, sure it does gives me mories, but there isn't any reason for me to be emo about it. Its undeniable that sometimes you cannot just erase memories, especially with things that may occur in our everyday lives. I'll just listen to the songs as it is, with or without memories. But maybe today, this song would mean less to me than it used to. It doesn't mean the song is worse than when i listened to it last time.
Boodyboy, out!!
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