It seems my blog went down a couple of weeks ago and two of my posts got wiped out when the server got reverted from a backup… and I was pretty fond of the posts too.

One was about the really cool art installation i did for Seksualiti Merdeka, a sexual rights event organized by The central market annex, and the other was musings by me essentially about how Kuala Lumpur is such a sad place for lovers.

I won’t really try and rewrite them, mainly because they won’t really be a true reflection of those posts but i’ll leave this note here to remember them.

“Who knows? We might be thirty and still single…”

I wish I had the courage to say, even hidden in jest, how much I would give if I could, so that would never happen.

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Smile
Though your heart is aching
Smile
Even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds
In the sky,
You’ll get by
If you smile
Through your fear and sorrow
Smile
And maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun
Come shining through
For you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear
May be ever so near
That’s the time
You must keep on trying
Smile
What’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life
Is still worth-while
If you just smile
Smile

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear
May be ever so near
That’s the time
You must keep on trying
Smile,
What’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life
Is still worth-while
If you just smile
Keep on smiling
Oh yeah
Smile
Never, never, never stop smile
Smile

… should all be like this. Today I had

Lex and

Michelle over for an afternoon of Baking and Cooking peppered with Drinking and smothered in generous helping of chitchat and laughter.

After a morning of geeking out and shopping for ingredients at Ampang Grocers, while the girls baked, I made drinks.

Seen here is Crushed seedless grapes, simple syrup and Malibu

the entire first batch of which Lex downed…

… along with the bottle while i wasn’t looking. Kidding! XD

And I also made lunch…

… Chicken Alfredo with Yellow Bell Peppers, mushrooms and Capers.

The ladies on the otherhand made the most awesome carrot cake I’ve eaten in a long time… maybe even ever. (In the back is Midori and Melon Milk over Ice)

Seen here is a slice, with icing and pecans. How awesome was it?

Well heres Lex busy stuffing herself with it…

… and yea, this picture speaks for itself. :D

So yea, it was a really fun day…

Good food, good drinks…

… and awesome company. :D Cheers! and happy week ahead.

I’ll be off to Sabah on Tuesday, will post when i can.

(note: As most people might realize, YouTube videos have a 10 minute limit and most shows longer than that get chopped up in 10 minute segments which can be a pain to load. To get around it, most popular shows can be found on Google video as well, and despite YouTube and G.Video being both owned by google, there is not time limit on Google Video.) :D

After so so long, I finally have an oven! :D Well, I’ve always had an oven, but not a proper dedicated oven cum grill. Behold:

So what does one do when one gets a new oven? Grill a 330g slab of bovine goodness, obviously.

Ain’t she a beauty? Admittedly it’s a little too well done for what I’m used to, but this is my first attempt at steak with this oven. So now I know to cut back a minute on each side and a nice medium steak should result.

I know it’s been quite a while since I’ve posted anything new about food, just that I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had the time. Heres to more to come! :D

well not quite… it’s more like 370… and kilometers.

So here I am, posting from the fourth hotel romm i’ve spent the night in this past month, courtasy of my company and this photography assignment I’m on.

For those curious, i’m on a speed trip to visit all 20 public universities in Malaysia and photograph all their facilities. It’s a speed trip because I have less than 1 month to do it.

So far, aside from the Klang Valley area universities, i’ve visited Unis in the northern states of Perak, Penang, Kedah and Perlis, and currently i’m on the southern leg, which has brought me to Malacca and Johore. (which makes me wonder why doesn’t Negeri Sembilan have a Uni?) I’mm be back on thursday night, and after a rest on friday, i’ll be off on a gruelling 7 hour drive to the east coast where i’ll visit Pahang, Trengganu, and Kelantan. Following that I’ll be on a plane to Sabah and Sarawak.

So yes, after this trip is over there will be no state in Malaysia left that I haven’t visited.

Things that have struck me so far these trips:

1. Malaysians are really nice people. Seriously. Being out in the country and interacting with people from all sorts of different backgrounds just makes you wonder WTF the goverment is up about “racial tensions”.

2. OMG KL IS SO EXPENDSIVE! For example I saw Satay go for 35 sen the other day. It hasn’t been 35sen in KL since… 1996?

3. Piracy is well and alive. It’s just that because they cleaned up KL so well that you think piracy is dead, but let me assure you the latest movies, TV shows and software are still up for sale just like the good old days. Just not in KL.

4. It seems the more famous the hotel, the more expendsive the internet. For example, in the Bayview penang, internet is rm20/day. Here in the Crystle Crown JB, it’s rm10/hr or rm30/day. Where as in this cute and cozy B&B in Malacca, it’s free.

5. Living alone in a hotel room is sad. Hotel rooms are either double beds, or single queens… like how a heart is always made for two.

Anyway, runnign out of time so i’ll stop here. Will write more when I get back to KL.

… I’ll find you.

I’ve never really talked about the header you see above this site, which is the most prominent object on the site design wise and it’s what imparts a great deal of the experience of my blog.

I made it in school, my final year of university, from scraps taken from my final year project. The logo represents me, you see it used on my personal card as well as watermarked on my work. The weather reflects my state of mind.

Often sunny and bright, or sometimes sad, dark and gloomy, but none the less always alone in a vast open field. The vastness because there’s really so much in my life, so much to enjoy, so much to cherish, so much to share… the loneliness because despite all I have it’s something I tend to feel.

There is a button. You can make my day, with your company and kindness take the rain away… (or push my buttons and make it stay) but one thing remains the same… it’s still a vast open field.

I hope to change the header one day. It’s long overdue.

Last night was fun… The movie turned out to be (not unexpectedly) so-so… but the company was epic.

Just feeling depressed at the moment… Maybe it’s just over due, after keeping myself busy for so long, distracting myself from that which haunts me from within…
It’s just everything, the deadlines, expectations, the unfinished business, the obligations… […]