Entries for October, 2006
October 1st, 2006
yes, i've been slacking... POSTED AT 05:44 PM The past week has been busy-crazy. Crazy busy. Whatever. Ive been at a client's place doing a SOX audit for the past whole week, and will be there for the next week as well. What's a SOX audit? SOX stands for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is this stupid-crazy accounting act in the USA which requires us to do crazy detail work on the company's controls alone, even before we actually audit the company. *sigh* (Notice the liberal use of the word crazy. It is crazy. Stupid Americans) We've got a team of 7 people up in this MNC (multinational company) in Bayan Lepas, and what we've been (mainly) doing the whole past week was read narratives on their processes and controls, do interviews with the clients to make sure that the design of these processes and controls are logical and meets their objectives, and then go through crazy amounts of paperwork to ensure that the controls that they say they have actually are being practiced. I'll only be in that company for the next week, then I'm off (with another team) to another company for another audit! The others will be staying on for another two weeks to do an interim audit (an audit before the closing of the accounts so that when the accounts are finalised there will be less work to do). That makes one month (for them) in the same company! Woah! And that's not counting going back in January to do the "final" audit. ANYWAYS, this has meant that I leave home at about 8am and come home at about 8pm (car-pooling with colleagues). What else have I been doing? Monday: dinner with Fran. Tuesday: I think I attempted to study Wednesday: I don't know what I did (I updated anyways ahha) Thursday: dinner with Wen Ping, Sarah Sim and Pam Choo! (whee) Friday: OCOV Creative team meeting. Okay, so that accounts for disappearance. I think. Haha. I miss my blog. I think next week is also going to be crazy-busy. Oosh. And I started reading Eldest. I was going to do a piece on Haggai last Sunday, but I slept most of the day away. I'm rather too distracted to do it now but I'll get round to doing it soon. I hope. Things I need to get done:
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October 1st, 2006
you POSTED AT 10:16 PM in thoughts I could never be I could never reach I’m sorry I am frailty wrapped Breathe life in Hold me together --- Kids these days are just too smart for their boots. Haha. Don't mind me, I'm being jealous. If I were smart enough, passionate enough, willful enough, hardened enough, strong enough, I would have pursued this with all my might, and I would have gotten it. But I am so distracted. I have multiple loves of writing, dancing, acting, singing, and I cannot decide which I love the most. Indecision. Fear. I have not passion enough nor will enough to pursue what I would. Most of all, I have decided not to pursue art for the sake of art itself, but for the sake of the Creator. Paradoxical. If I have decided to pursue art for the glory of the greatest artist of all, should I not be passionately delving into the best that I can do? I stand at a crossroad. Not really a crossroad. I know the direction I must take. That I want to take. That would lead me to what I want the most, but not only that, to what I believe to be my purpose in life. But I stand at the beginning of the road, and am afraid by how daunting it seems. I am small, I am weak, and I don't know how or where to start. I have been standing here for the past few months, willing myself to move. Tentative steps, baby steps taken don't seem to amount to much. All the same, they still overwhelm, and I don't know when they will stop overwhelming me. I need You now, but I find myself still attempting to run. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. I need an Anchor, but I keep searching amongst men who cannot be strong enough. I admit it: I need a pillar of strength. The flesh cries for companionship. But even if I were to find him, he would not be enough. No, never enough. At the most, he would be a conduit to You. --- find me here my hands are weak i cannot reach so far away and yet so near i’m sorry i am frailty held together breathe life in as you led eve --- I would that I could see You more clearly. Reading: Eldest - Christopher Paolini Listening to: david crowder band |
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October 2nd, 2006
nano POSTED AT 11:16 PM Registration for NaNoWriMo is open now. *fiddles* I can't join this year. SIGH. I shall just try to finish off that last fictionpress one, since I'm almost done. Just can't get the final chapter right. |
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I have to study. And I'm so busy. October 4th, 2006
of songs... POSTED AT 09:57 PM *stares at blank page* hahha I'm on level 10 of KOL. My previous accounts were deleted because I stopped playing for almost half a year. Hehe. I've been listening to chinese songs on MYFM every morning on the way to work. Conclusion: I don't like them. Not because it's in another language (I don't mind that), but they're not... soul-tugging enough. They don't swell. They don't build. They don't make you want to sing along. I listen to Il Divo and I want to sing along, even though I don't know what it means! Sheesh. It's all so... so... bubble-gum pop. Happy happy, bouncy, bouncy. Bleh. Build. Draw me in. *rolls eyes* Listened to India Arie today. Nice. Nice. Big Tent Revival is... uhm. Weird. Poor Dih Haw is homesick. Hehe. |
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October 5th, 2006
JAZZ! POSTED AT 11:49 PM *ahem*
But it's so expensive. *sigh*
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October 7th, 2006
shorts POSTED AT 02:42 PM ah, Saturday. I cut my hair. No piccies for now. Maybe later at dinner. --- It always happens that I can think about a lot of things to say, and then forget them just as I'm about to blog. --- I went for the drop zone at Pearl Hill this morning (morning prayer). It was a new experience. Listening to: the fray |
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October 8th, 2006
piccies!! POSTED AT 05:50 PM We had dinner.
Some of the food...
Uhm, the opening dish.. the poor little piggie that got lost (probably on the way to the market) and some unknown "maggot" in the soup. It's supposed to be some herb, apparently? Reason for the canggih-ted dinner?
My a-ma's 80th birthday (Mom's side)
Isn't she pretty?
Hehe.... ohs, and RAY, now you get the pics.
This is uncommon. Enjoy it. |
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October 9th, 2006
of cds and randomness POSTED AT 11:16 PM Just as a random observation, I was wondering if Danish people take offence when people quote Shakespeare's "there's something rotten in the state of Denmark." --- I bought A Greater Song (Paul Baloche) on Saturday. It was an impulse buy because we were in Salvation, and I wanted to buy something. Heh. I like it. =) Next, I want to buy that new Steven Curtis Chapman CD I saw in MPH. Which I can't remember the name of, except that I haven't seen it before. LOL. A few weeks back, I was in Baptist bookstore and I thought I'd get the new Mercy Me. (I think it was Mercy Me la, I forgot dy) I asked if it was possible to buy using ATM card like I did before there and in Canaanland. They said yes. So I happily waited while they were serving some other customer, and then they tell me that the ATM card thing only works with purchases above RM50. Sheesh. So I didn't get anything. I love CDs. --- Do you say "Ouch, I stubbed my toe!" or "Ouch, my toe was stubbed?" I think most of us would say the former... only DAVID uses the latter! Haha... Which goes to show why we don't understand him most of the time. --- Wells it's beddie-bye time. I think. Maybe. *yawn* This has been another random episode of logorrhea from your not-so-friendly blogger, Natz. (happy, josh?) Listening to: the fray (again!) hehe |
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October 10th, 2006
multitasking POSTED AT 11:26 PM I am sitting with my textbook on my lap, with two blinking IMs on the screen, a Word Document up, and this. Mmph. I should be concentrating on one thing at a time, no? But life (for me, anyway) always ends up like this, with multiple tasks, multiple activities all crowding into the same short time span. What if we didn't have the concept of time? What if we didn't have that constant ticking of the clock, the flow of seconds that tell us that life is passing us by? What if we could transcend the past, the present and the future, and never have to worry about not being able to complete something because we can "stop" time until we have done it? What if we could go back and redo the things in our past? We wouldn't treasure life. We wouldn't treasure love. There would be no pride and honour in achievements. Just a thought. |
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October 11th, 2006
taggo! POSTED AT 10:20 PM
Four people I tag...
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October 12th, 2006
of being lost POSTED AT 11:34 PM I'm a terrible one for directions, I am. (Yes Edrian, don't laugh) As I was saying to Dih Haw yesterday, if I know the way from point A to point B and then the way from point A to point C, to get from point B to point C I will detour all the way down to A (even if it's out of the way) because I most probably cannot connect point B to point C. Unless someone has taught me how to drive there using a specific road. SIGH. This was how I got lost trying to get to Giant near Melawati the first time. This is why I don't like to drive far. Because I hate that feeling of not knowing where I'm going, or being unsure of how to get somewhere. Because I hate feeling lost. Where am I going with this? I feel lost. I see the goal, somewhat vaguely, somewhat ill-defined. I can't see the road. I don't know what I'm supposed to do next, I don't even know how I'm supposed to do the things I'm supposed to do now. I feel like I'm facing a brick wall. And facing brick walls make me want to sit down and cry. And give up. And not do anything any more. Ever. Again. I want to tear things up and smash things. I. Want. To. SULK. I hate this feeling. I was born grumpy. I guess I shall die grumpy. *grumps* |
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October 15th, 2006
gems... POSTED AT 12:17 AM
This is a gem of a song. A gem because it's rare - a hard find! You would never believe where it's from. It's by Santana & Steve Tyler. o.O Amazing huh? I heard it on the radio, and I was thinking, hey, those lyrics are really nice. I couldn't catch the title, or artiste... and I thought it was U2. Hahaha... So I googled whatever I could remember of the lyrics... and... I found it. Hm. Another interesting gem for the day: Andy Yeoh of Altered Frequency is into apologetics. How cool is that? I should've asked him if we could expect more apologetically / theologically themed songs in the near future. Hehe! OH. And that interesting gem led to another interesting gem: Ravi Zacharias was in KL doing a forum on Spirituality at UM! |
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October 15th, 2006
Ian Rankin POSTED AT 07:14 PM in book review I wanted to blog, but I got blocker's blog, or blogger's block or something, so I'll just talk about one of the things I love best: books. Ian Rankin writes an enthralling detective series with grouchy Inspector Rebus fighting against the established cop hierarchy and practices, as he fights doggedly to solve his cases. What I really like about Rankin though, that really sets him apart (I mean, there are lots of brilliant detective stories, like those by Agatha Christie, Jeffrey Deaver, etc. -brains not working, can't think) is the way he interweaves songs, and song titles into his stories. I love it. I don't always know the songs (way oldies, man) but they're cool. Haha. --- For posterity's sake... David ate up my maggi mee!!!! hehe. Oohs, and I just borrowed Bourne Ultimatum for my coming weekend getaway! Whee. Listening to: switchfoot |
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October 20th, 2006
AWAY!! POSTED AT 12:13 AM Okies. While I'm on holiday, you'll get bored. (hahahah, perasannya) So I've finally finished uploading the last few chapters of Would You Just Listen? It probably sucks, because I've been stuck at it for ages, but it seems as finished as it will probably ever be. So there. Have fun reading it. Space it out. Haha. Well.. I'll also leave you with some pictures from Unc Geoff's birthday dinner last Tuesday.
The birthday man making funny faces / gestures. (HAHA)
Okie. Have fun. And happy DeepaRaya. LOL
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October 28th, 2006
back, but not back POSTED AT 02:46 PM I'm LAZY. 'Nuff said. You'll get pix soon. I suppose. What I'm dreaming of now is the new Farid Ali / Roger Wang album. I'll get my fingers on them soon. I hope. Heh. Who wants Jazz fest? Tix available from Unc LP. Which was a surprise. Haha. Soon, soon, soon. |
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October 31st, 2006
of glass doors POSTED AT 11:18 PM I have this funny feeling that the malay lady sitting in front of the glass door at our client's think that auditors are nuts. See, this morning, I was going from the conference room that we're using during the audit, into the office proper to find one of the accounts people. And I nearly walked into the glass door. The lady looked up and said "Jaga yah..." Laughingly, I told my colleague about it later. She said "You too? I walked into the door also!" They left the door wide open after that. |
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October 31st, 2006
the photos come now. POSTED AT 11:18 PM Part 1: Pictures from Clearwater... Miscellaneous roadsign. I was bored. Long way to go! Look, we keep to the speed limit! (110 km/h) Trees. In rows. Someone once asked, "how do they get the trees to grow in straight lines?" Erm. Plant them in straight lines? The Ipoh jam. Wow. Dad's favourite gnoulam etc. stall was closed. So we ate somewhere else. Oh look. What on earth is "Royyal"? YAY! Almost at Clearwater... The shock of my life. They do have showers lah. The view outside the balcony. I get a cosy little bed! Awwss... aren't they sweet? Part of the group.
And we try to golf. Hey, we had 50 free balls per chalet! And when we left, we passed by Kellie's Castle. That's all for now! More later... =) OH And I received my free CD today, thanks to All Dat Jazz and Sony BMG!!
Listening to: Jazz in the City |
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