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HAHA! I did it again. I've moved to wordpress @ punpunrider.wordpress.com. So yeah.

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KLIMS 2006

Helooo...

Duh.

Its' been an OK week. Met up with the gang, and it's nice to see how everyone's getting on with their lives. After a week of lazing in the office, it's about time the work starts flowing in. Got my source files, so yeah.. at least I wont be bored to death sitting infront of the PC and trolling forums :)

Anyways, been hanging out with the club guys allot recently. I've always found "internet" friends to be more genuine - they have less politics surrounding their meets. Sure, you're probably gonna call us a bunch of geeks, but at least they dont bring their personal agendas and perogatives out with them.

Went to KLIMS last week on the press preview day, under one of the few press priviledges i have left. It was pretty OK... OK only lah I guess... Girls looked pretty thrashy this time around, but it aint their fault their bosses want them to look that way huh? The Honda girls looked horrible... they had this Aeon Flux meets China Dolls hairstyle theme which, honestly, was an eye sore. The Mitsubishi girls were ok, but top points go to Volvo - classy and sexy. Mmm mmm good.

On a side note, I've been reading through a throng of anti-LB blogs. All I can say is get a life folks. Honestly, you fucked up in your venture and turning sour. Immature? Indeed. You blame it on brain washing? I blame it on personal greed and of course stupidity. It's like smoking your whole life and when you get cancer, you blame it on the ciggies. It's like speeding on a highway and when you get saman, you blame it on the highway's "low" speed limit. Take a hint guys, you aint helping no one by bitching about it - you're just making yourselves look like loosers. Complain to the govt. ? Why? It's a legal business entity. Make a police report? Why? Cos you're too stupid to distinguish a good opportunity and a stupid one? Oh, sure I might hate LB too, but it's not because of the money. See, I'm smarter than you guys, by saying NO when I had to.

Pfft.

Quotable quotes

Geek/IRC humor at its best...

(SPLURGE) bitch tells me i got a drinkin problem
(SPLURGE) i tell her she has an ugly problem and im tryin to make it less obvious
(SPLURGE) we dont get along so well after that

(andyroo) So, whats everyones new years resolution?
(AnimeMan) no more lacking sex
(AnimeMan) 2 times a day minimum
(AnimeMan) what about you andyroo?
(andyroo) With every passing moment, I want to type more gramatically.
(andyroo) I'm just practicing at the moment.
(andyroo) I want to believe that I'm smart, while others think I'm a d#8khead.
(andyroo) Hopefully, now and again an intelligent operator will ban me for this
(AnimeMan) hahah
(AnimeMan) you forgot a period
(AnimeMan) hopefully god doesn't forget to give my gf one

(brently) i want a girl
(enigmiac) me too
(brently) a good girl
(enigmiac) we'll see
(brently) a partner
(enigmiac) good girls are hard to fuck
(enigmiac) er,
(enigmiac) find FIND!
(enigmiac) I MEANT TO SAY FIND
(brently) mmhmm

(Auratus) I'm making fun of you because I can
(DeepSeaFishin) Well its thanksgiving
(DeepSeaFishin) and we should be giving thanks to each other
(Auratus) I give thanks for the fact that i can make fun of you over the internet

spE4Ce pREtZEL01: how do I end up being a therapist for all my old gfs
OMGIMJ4KE: comes with the territory
OMGIMJ4KE: same thing happened with mine
spE4Ce pREtZEL01: not that I mind, I love 'em all
spE4Ce pREtZEL01: collect 'em, trade 'em, show 'em to your friends
OMGIMJ4KE: gotta catch em all
spE4Ce pREtZEL01: Wendymon, I choose you! Bipolar attack!
OMGIMJ4KE: "Im happy! Now im sad!"
OMGIMJ4KE: Monster is confused!

(Robyn) then we realised that james had fucked with the bunsen burner
(Robyn) and set the lab on fire
(Robyn) penis ensued
(tempura) ...penis?
(Robyn) panic
(Robyn) PANIC
(Robyn) shit

(JonJonB) Purely in the interests of science, I have replaced the word "wand" with "wang" in the first Harry Potter Book
(JonJonB) Let's see the results...
(JonJonB) "Why aren't you supposed to do magic?" asked Harry.
(JonJonB) "Oh, well -- I was at Hogwarts meself but I -- er -- got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth. In me third year. They snapped me wang in half an' everything
(JonJonB) A magic wang... this was what Harry had been really looking forward to.
(JonJonB) "Yes, yes. I thought I'd be seeing you soon. Harry Potter." It wasn't a question. "You have your mother's eyes. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wang. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wang for charm work."
(JonJonB) "Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wang. Eleven inches. "
(JonJonB) Harry took the wang. He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers. He raised the wang above his head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls
(JonJonB) "Oh, move over," Hermione snarled. She grabbed Harry's wang, tapped the lock, and whispered, 'Alohomora!"
(JonJonB) The troll couldn't feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you stick a long bit of wood up its nose, and Harry's wang had still been in his hand when he'd jumped - it had gone straight up one of the troll's nostrils.
(JonJonB) He bent down and pulled his wang out of the troll's nose. It was covered in what looked like lumpy gray glue.
(JonJonB) He ran onto the field as you fell, waved his wang, and you sort of slowed down before you hit the ground. Then he whirled his wang at the dementors. Shot silver stuff at them.
(JonJonB) Ok
(JonJonB) I have found, definitive proof
(JonJonB) that J.K Rowling is a dirty DIRTY woman, making a fool of us all
(JonJonB) "Yes," Harry said, gripping his wang very tightly, and moving into the middle of the deserted classroom. He tried to keep his mind on flying, but something else kept intruding.... Any second now, he might hear his mother again... but he shouldn't think that, or he would hear her again, and he didn't want to... or did he?
(melusine ) O_______O
(JonJonB) Something silver-white, something enormous, erupted from the end of his wang
(JonJonJonB) Then, with a sigh, he raised his wang and prodded the silvery substance with its tip.
(JonJonJonB) 'Get - off - me!' Harry gasped. For a few seconds they struggled, Harry pulling at his uncles sausage-like fingers with his left hand, his right maintaining a firm grip on his raised wang.

DragonflyBlade21: A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we're not going to hire you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to complain about the person that we hired.

(mage) what should I give sister for unzipping?
(Kevyn) Um. Ten bucks?
(mage) no I mean like, WinZip?

(kow`) "There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't."
(SpaceRain) That's only 2 types of people, kow.
(SpaceRain) STUPID

(VolteFace`) don't you hate it when you shit on the floor, and you can hear it fall but you have no idea where it actually landed, and spend like 5 minutes looking for it
(peng) ...
(peng) what?
(VolteFace`) oh shit
(VolteFace`) don't you hate it when you DROP shit

(ohm) damn
(ohm) FUCK
(ohm) DAMN
(ohm) i was just in an AIM convo with a chick, and my grandmother's window pops up
(ohm) FUCK
(ohm) i go like this to her
(ohm) "i want to suck on your clit"
(ohm) FUCK

(Locl-Yocl) I helped the EMTs at a car wreck and got blood all over my arms and shirt. It looked like I murdered 20 people with a fork... anyway, I walked into a convieniance store down the street and said my girlfriend needs a tampon. The guy at the counter was mortified.

(xxxGirlygirlxxx) Thank you for listening to me.
(xxxGirlygirlxxx) You know your a really good listener.
(xxxGirlygirlxxx) Sweety please say something.
(Sandaedar) Ok I'm back.

JAAAA!!!

OMFG!

Hahahah maybe not..

My blog has been dead for quite a while - but it's not like I've had NOTHING to write about... On the contrary, I have tons of shit to (write about), but it's just this nagging feeling that I have in me - OH YES! It's called laziness.

By golly me, I think the world is turning upside down. Someone actually asked me for advise - not just the pansy "I like her la... how ah" kind. No no my brethren, it's the "should I continue my studies or not" kind. Phew... what a dumb kid.

I proceeded to pwn him about what he should/shouldn't do, and that's that. One thing's for sure - these new aged kids are real pricks. Pricks in every sense of the word. They expect to be fed with all the experience and education they need from their uni. Well bollocks to that. They can bitch about how little practical experience they get from uni, but cant be bothered to work on getting it themselves. This particular guy, wants to work in the TV production line, and says that uni doesnt give him enough practical. I told him to STFU and go get it yourself. Jeez... make a short movie, and edit it, and viola - one piece of exprience. Go do your internship and viola, yet another piece of experience.

I don't want to sound like a bitch even though I am one, but yeah kid - use some of that stuff you call a brain. Dont expect everything to be given to you. Dont expect a big fat pay check upon graduation. Dont expect working life to be a walk in the park. Dont expect to go anywhere in your career without even a basic education. Dont expect pricks like me to talk to you with proper sentences, and not fucking you for asking stupid questions.

And what would I classify as a stupid question? "Which is better? 10 A's and no experience or 1 A and lots of experience?". Thats stupid. What's a stupid assumption? "If I work for the 2 years it takes me to complete my degree, I would get enough experience to cover it back". Thats just stupid.

From my view, especially in broadcasting, education IS essential. Just look at a mixer. As a production assistant with no experience and no degree, I seriously doubt that the company will let you fool around with the machine - just so you can get experience. You'll probably have to spend a year of discreet "spying" to understand the functions. You'll probably only need two months in uni to know the usages and maybe a few more years to perfect your skills. Get my drift?

But, tell you the truth, I'm not half fucked at what this kid is going to do. He could end up on the streets for all I care. Hah! Yes, I make fun of retards and pour salt on peoples wounds. I kick animals and slap babies. Im a mean guy. Thats what I do the best!

Hmmm...

Site's been pretty dead for a while... so here's a quick view on what's keeping me busy today :)

Guess what?

It's happened again! /gg

I'm made out to be the bad guy, the root of all evil, the cause of pain, the nemesis, the black sheep (not in a racist black kind of way), the instigator, the bastard, the (insert your snide remark here).

I won't go preaching on how I'm supposed to be the victim here, cos I don't like the word victim.

victim

n
1: an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
2: a person who is tricked or swindled

Well, even though you could call this whole situation an "adverse circumstance", I'm thinking of it more as a SNAFU...

SNAFU

adj
: snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up"

n
: an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up

v
: cause to be in a state of complete confusion

Oh yeah.. SNAFU indeed! :)

Anyways, what I do find weird, is how I was the one supposed to be angry at the situation, but in turn, I'm on the receiving end? Really weird stuff - less than 48 hours ago I get an alcohol laced SMS, and now I'm looking at a REALLY angry status message on MSN. Wow.

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Gosh, things have just been going wrong all over the place - I got into a fight with a stranger at Hartamas, my PC's HDD died, my notebook's LCD monitor died, I gimped my leg and got stuck at home with a high fever, and more shit keeps pouring in.

I really, REALLY feel like I'm working for Alam Flora now - I work all day long trying to do my job, I work under the hot sun and pouring rain, go through all the hardships of work, and at the end of the day when I look at my loot, all I get is a big fat stinkin pile 'o shit.

Died

My 20.4G HDD just died :(

Bye bye MP3s....

The Calling?

Let's face it - everyone want's to be famous. The only thing that defers, is the way we do it.

Some people have it easy - they're either rich, good looking, or in extreme cases, both.

Rich people can buy their way into stardom, or rather, get stardom knocking on their front door. Without even lifting a finger, people come knocking on their doors - inviting them to charity galas, calling them up for sponsorship, or in most cases, plain sucking up in hopes of leeching off some riches.

Now, before I sound like sour grapes, let me tell you this - if the said rich person got rich off his/her own effort (i.e. working their asses/brains off), then hats off to them. They definately deserve the lime light. What I can't take is their offspring / groupies, who just plain leech off their riches while reaping off the benefits of being rich - they get all the chicks, all the fame, all the exclusivity and all the groupies. But then again, fuck that. I wouldn't be happy basking off some one elses glory.

Good looking people get their fair share of free pub - i.e. commercials, acting roles, modeling assignments etc... but technically, it isn't their fault they don't have to work for it. They were born with good looking genes, so yeah... bravo to you.

Now, before I start sounding like a headless chicken (i.e. I'm not making a point), or a rabid bitch barking madly (i.e. I'm just cussing everyone else), I want to point out that I am not bitter with:

a. The world
b. The rich people
c. The good looking people
d. People in general
e. Myself
f. My situation
g. The human race
h. Did I mention the world?

p.s. I'm not drunk either, bitch.

So since I'm not bitter (for fucken once) you might be wondering to yourself, "what the FUCK are you going on and on about then?". Well, I guess this post stemmed from a question some one asked me recently.

Q: How do you enjoy working in the media industry so far?
A: So far so good lor...
Q: Good... So do you think you'll stay in your line for a long time?
A: Don't know leh... I guess so...
Q: Ah, don't want to try other things meh?
A: Want!
Q: Like what?
A: *confidence* LIKE *end confidence* ... I ... don't know leh...
Q: Tiu.

Well, I spent a few sleepless nights pondering over that question, and after projecting my possible career tree, I think I've finally come up with the answer.

Career Tree
(Ok, so it's not really a tree...)

Writer -> Senior Writer -> Assistant/Deputy Editor -> Editor -> Editor-in-Chief

Time Line

1 YR -> 1.5-2 YR -> 2.5 YR -> 3 YR -> *insert date current EIC resigns* YR


At first glance, the career path might seem pretty straight forward - even more so as my editorial team consists of a whopping 3 (THREE) staff. So much for healthy competition eh?

I like what I do - and I think I can do it pretty well too. I enjoy my job; or rather I enjoy the environment in which I do my job. It's not exactly the boiling pot people make it out to be, nor is it the stroll in the park some friends think it is. There's a good balance of challenge, freedom, stress and creativity involved, but on the flipside, there's a massive amount of responsibility, multi tasking and occasional pressure resting on my shoulders.

I don't wish to fuck up in my job, even though I have already made some major fuck ups to date. I have a good team and a good mentor, and I really appreciate them, but somehow I did realize that maybe my true calling isn't in the magazine industry.

You guys probably know me best as a sarcastic loud mouthed joker, and I'm thinking that since I'm neither rich, good looking, overly talented, unboundedly creative and uberly hard working, I might stand a good chance at making money through the only thing I'm good at - making an ass out of other people.

Posting about my future plans on a blog that's openly accessable to the world (i.e. colleagues), I might not post much juicy juicy here. For the record, I am not saying that I'm going to/planning to quit my job any time soon, but rather, I'd like to state that I'm going to do more and more research/look for more and more jalan to get my arse into the road I want to travel.

Wish me luck peeps, I'm going to need it!

p.s. I've shamelessly added a donation button on the right hand bar. Heh heh heh. Come on guys, help me finance my dreams!!


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