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i came home one day, and i saw it laying at the corner of the living room. yes, its JUST a pair of shoes but it definitely put a smile on my face and a warm feeling in my heart. I don’t get to see him much everyday, but then again its okay.’

yes, its aqips’ shoes.. and makes me wonder how wonderful it is to have him around.

good night all.

i originally started this site in order to showcase my work. be it in progress (of which i have none) or my past works. and since i don’t have any idea what to write about lately (due to the fact that i’ve been confined to home and work most of the time) i guess its about time that i actually fulfill the objective of this site. so here it goes.

i’ve always liked the idea of keeping things as minimalist as possible. the simpler the better, after all, to some, less is actually more isn’t it? the whole design revolves around smaller living spaces which is becoming a trend (okay, perhaps not a trend but a reality since owning a bigger home needs such a big fat paycheck). what i actually wanted was a piece of living room furniture that wouldn’t be so dominating that it would actually be taking up majority of the floor space. imagine if you owned an apartment, and your living room only had a 10-12 foot wall. would you like to have a huge couch taking up that area? and once in place, the couch will take up probably 1/4 of the floor space (and this unusable space, i shall name it dead-space).

so what happens when you have too many guests around the house? a standard couch would only sit 3 people (imagine me, suanie and shaolintiger , and that would be like really cramped. where would all the other guests be sitting? my personal preference is that, we just get rid of the couch and all sit on floor cushions or something. and thats how i came up with this idea.

*see pictures below, yes they are 3d models. mind you there were done in 2005, and i still kinda sucked it in back then.. not that i’m any better now.

hmm okay.. maybe i got too carried away with the water-marking. haha..

*note to self don’t be over-zealous next time.

human figures on the hide

the hide folded-up

the hide with its leg used to act as a shelf

the hide in room setting.

*yeap the portrait on the wall is a stylized picture of me*

the idea was to build the hide from fibreglass, which i did (but failed, as i didn’t apply enough mould release agent on my mould). WHAT?? FIBREGLASS?? THAT’S TOO WEAK!! that’s probably what is running through your mind. but of course, i’ve taken this into consideration, and in the construction, a corrugated pattern was used to add strength.

so that was my take on living in limited spaces. do drop me any comments, be it negative or not. criticism is constructive after all. looking back at this project has made me feel like i want to explore this minimalism idea further. perhaps i just might……

was pretty shocked when i saw it this morning, i tried to think nothing of it. after all i’ve got nothing to do with you anymore especially many months has passed since then. when i saw it, i felt that you were sellign yourself short, i thought you were going through a rough time or something, hence you make a rash decision. but appears that it wasn’t an irrational move.

but then again, who am i to to approve or disapprove of it? i guess back then i actually had a say in things. and right now if i were to tell you what i felt about what i saw, you’d say its none of my business. which is true.  but in my defense, i would say that i would do the same for anyone i know. thats it.

i don’t know, maybe because, even thought time has passed, and whatever there was between us is gone, it doesn’t mean that i do not still care about how you are. and of course i still wish you all the best and that you succeed in all your undertakings. i still care deeply for you were once part of who i was. its simple as that.

but i’d like to offer a sincere apology for all the wrong things that i have said and done.

thanks.

 perhaps i’m just to critical when it comes to things like this. perhaps, its because i was trained to be critical when it comes to things like these, i find this picture weird. i’m not even that meticulous when it comes to my work. but like we malaysians say :

“Kuman diseberang laut nampak, gajah di depan mata tidak pula”

 ”you notice a germ across the sea, but an elephant dead ahead of you, you don’t.”

 ok i must admit once more that my powers of translation is horrible. but i hope you get my point.

Anyway there i was at the top most level of my office building have my lovely nicotine fix (i shall not reveal where i work for the sake of self-preservation), when i glanced down and set my gaze upon the newly constructed office block right opposite. My head tilted to the right, then the left. and i finally decided that what i saw didn’t justify itself. Like i mentioned above, it could just be my overly-critical mind that made me come to these conclusions, for all i know, it’s acceptable and a norm to have it made that way.

so, what i’m actually ranting about is the placement of the handicapped parking lot. I shall try my very best to record the chain of thoughts that ran through my mind at that moment, i’ll do it in point form so it’ll be easily understood.

• POINT NUMBER ONE : the handicapped parking spot, is built (layed) on a gradient. and by gradient, i mean the lot is not level whereby one end is actually higher then the other end of the lot. So how would this help the user with things? would it make it more difficult for a handicapped person to get in and out of the vehicle? Perhaps the developer could argue that the sloping parking lot will assist the user in exiting the vehicle, as gravity would assist him pulling him out of the car. but i highly doubt it.
• POINT NUMBER TWO : there is a drain right beside the lot. i don’t know if they noticed this, but after so many years of living in malaysia, we have always been driving right hand drive vehicles. WHICH MEANS THE DRIVER IS SITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE. with the drain in that location, this would hinder the driver to disembark and get on the pavement smoothly. okay, so they can cover the drain up… but what will they cover it up with? steel drain grating made from welded rebar? or prefabricated concrete slabs? i don’t think a wheel chair can move with ease on such surfaces.

Okay, thats just two points that my mind can come up with at the moment. and regarding point number two, perhaps the parking lot was intended to be reversed in to. which i really feel is the best way to park a car. but even if the parking lot was to be used in such a manor, i feel that ample space should be provided, as wheelchair widths should be taken in consideration.

perhaps one day, given a chance, i can dwell in studying about this subject. my heart cringes every time i see something like this. just a couple of weeks ago, i witness a lady pushing her wheel chair bound mother on the streets of kl, going against traffic, because the sidewalks just wasn’t very accessible.  handicapped commuters are not a new occurrence to this country, and even though many voices has tried to be heard, there are things that have yet to be changed.

i’ll sign off here, with my heart going out to those whom has to face such situations everyday.

good night.

it just gets to me every time i decide to drive home early. i get stuck in a jam that i feel is TOTALLY unnecessary. everyday during my commute back home i see this and it adds angst in my already full heart. jeez, why can’t people drive properly???

this is a drawing of the intersection turning off the Federal Highway into Subang Jaya.

*note that the green boxes represent cars that HAVE BEEN QUEUING UP PORPERLY. (i’m in the red box).. then idiots make a third lane right before the junction and try to cut in to make the turn (THE PURPLE BOXES).. WHAT THE HELL MAN… QUEUE UP LAHHHHHH!!!! we already have people who drive on the bloody emergency lane, AS IF THAT’S NOT ENOUGH.. YOU HAVE TO GO MAKE THE JAM EVEN WORSE BY MAKING A THIRD LANE, YOU FRIGGING WANKERS !!!!…..

What pisses me off the most is, I often see people driving expansive cars  doing it… CLEARLY MONEY DOESN’T BUY YOU SOME COMMON DECENCY NOR COURTESY NOW DOES IT? Ohhh I PAID MORE FOR MY CAR, THEREFORE I OWN MORE RIGHTS ON THE ROAD.

 this is where it begins

oooo i drive a CLK 230.. i can drive here and cut in front of el cheapo car.. haha.. i pay more for my roadtax… i can do what i want!!!

I’M BIGGER THAN YOU.. GET OUT THE WAY MOTHERF&^KER

writer : ok this guy was pissing me off all the way from PJ, swerving here and there, MCB..

#@%$^%&*

WANKERS.

Sunday was going to be another boring day, just lazing around the house waiting for time to pass by. but fortunately i was proven wrong. ky called me up at around 1300hrs to go visit the KL Bird Park ! I think i’ve never been there before, or perhaps i did, probably when Carls Junior was still there, which is like what 12-15 years ago? Anyway, i didn’t expect much, after all its just another one of Malaysia’s tourist attraction, how great could it be?

but delightfully i was proven wrong, seems i’m just wrong about everything this sunday, and frankly speaking, i’d gladly accept that. the entree fee of RM15 was worth every cent, even thought i was attacked by a bird that started pecking away at my neck (AND YES, I DID SHOWER OK!)

Pictures above courtesy of Kelvin Tan

Anyway there i was with my nikon d40x with its kit lens. i was wondering what i could shoot. since i had such limited focal lengths, but i tried the best i could. there were subject that i could not get pictures of, the closer i sneaked up the further the stepped backwards. BAH!!! Anyway here’s my shots, I must remind you, that this is probably the FOURTH time i actually used the camera.

kelvin warned me to NOT turn the pictures to B&W. And i said i wouldn’t. WHY WOULD I, the birds look so nice in colour!!! but heck, just to piss him off, here’s one.

hehe…

Partners in Crime on that Sunday afternoon.

Mr Ky

Mr Kelvin Tan

Nearing the end, i found some birds that wouldn’t scare of no matter how close i got. I must say that they were wonderful subjects, hell, you can even reach out and pat their heads and they wouldn’t even flinch. I’ve definately found the perfect subject to shoot with my limited 18-55mm nikon kit lens.

LOL. :p

anyway, i believe they did a wonderful job at the KL Bird Park, definately worth wasting a sunday there. At least it beats staying at home.

chinese new year just isn’t the same anymore. no firecrackers, no chances to a lion dance at the shoplots in taiping, no more relatives that flock back to my grandmothers home to have a brilliantly cooked meal. finally after years of not going back to taiping, my parents decided that we should head back there. We left on new years eve so that we could have the reunion dinner. as usual, i slept through the whole journey. I’m a nervous passenger you see, so i’d normally just choose to fall asleep. woke up a couple of times in the car, and heard my mom saying, ‘wah, don’t know why poh poh keep calling and ask us where we are’

i guess she was just happy that someone’s going back to visit her. after all, she’s living in that home all alone.

arrived in taiping at about 1500hrs. drove past an empty plot of land where my moms’ old house used to be. ahh… i have some memories of that place. it was a wooden home, with one of those arches in front. i wish i had a picture. maybe i do. i’m not sure. i remember once, i was running around in that old house, and i accidentally kicked a chinese alter kinda thing on the floor. my mom asked me to go say sorry. and i was confused. because i didn’t know to whom i should apologize. hehe.

anyway that home is gone now, land sold off, and i guess thats part of our history lost too. arrived at my grandma’s ‘newer’ home, and she greeted us with all smiles. a few minutes later, my sister and her husband arrived with the two kids.

That’s my nephew aqip. and thats my dad’s legs :/

another shot of aqip.

anyway, we sat a little, chit chat a little. my grandma remarked on how we’ve grown (in Cantonese), yes she speaks to use in cantonese, sometimes in malay (i must say that this is the first time that i actually heard her speak quite a lot of malay) and one more thing i’m a little proud of is that, she almost got my name right!!! she called me adlee!! A few years back i remember hearing her say “Uglee, eat cikin” whilst having our dinner. hehe i think adlee sounds WAY WAY WAY better then Uglee.

anyway we had our reunion dinner out, because she can’t stand too long to cook, her legs hurt.

here’s a shot of my mom and her mom, and my dad at the corner.

and here’s how my grandma looked when she was younger (it was from pictures hanging on the wall, and at least i think thats my grandma’s pic la)

so the food came,we all yelled “por por sek fannnnnn!!” we had to yell it cause she’s a little hard of hearing now… and we whacked some awesome steamed siakap, choytam with salted fish, some deep fried sotong and i forgot what else. and after dinner we headed back and i slept al the way again. after all… i was sick..

Next morning, we woke up early, and headed to the temple where my grandad’s urn is located at. i was wondering why the urn was at a thai budhist temple tho. my ‘kau gong’ led the way as we didn’t know where it was at. (yes i kno, normally people don’t visit the urns (or whatever u call those sites one the first day, but we don’t come back often so we just went and see.. after all for hari raya, my family visits my grandad’s grave in batu gajah on the first day of raya. so i guess bending the rules is okay rite)

i wanted to take a picture of each and every one of the urns (my grandad’s first wife, the first wife’s mother, my grandad, her my uncle *i think*). i asked my mom if it was okay. she in turn asked my ‘kau gong’.. he in turn said

“you can take pictures.. but i don’t know if they (pointing at the urns) would like to have their picture taken”

so i took a more obscure picture instead.

i don’t know what other people would say about seeing a malay family (read : part malay) going to a temple to visit the dead, but i don’t see whats wrong in doing so. after all, you’re doing this out of respect. Belief is belief, but respect shouldn’t be held back by the difference of colour nor religion. at least that’s how i think.

after that morning, we had lunch, then cabuted to kampar to visit my uncle and headed home.

chinese new year isn’t what it used to be. but i guess i kinda have to accept it for what it is now.

finally after years of wanting this.. i got it. well its not like its a big deal or anything.. not like anyone reads me but.. hey its mine! woo hoo..

(yaaa sekian lama menunggu detik dimana saya boleh memiliki nama tersendiri di ruangan siber, akhirnya saya dapat juga! bukanya apa, ia bukan lah sesuatu berita yang mengemparkan, bukanya ramai yang membaca halaman ini. pokoknya, halaman ini adalah hak milik saya. gembiranya! jom makan happy meal.. wakakakaka)

anyway, that you MR KY Teoh , for helping me out. your help is very much appreciated, and will not go unforgotten.

(terima kasih bebanyak saya ucapkan kepada saudara saya daripada ibubapa yang lain, encik KY Teoh , kerana menolong saya dalam proses mengusahakan halaman ini, walaupun anda hanya *klik* sana *klik* sini dan menggunakan kad kredit saya .. ‘apasal hang tak bayar untuk saya.. hadiah maaaaa’)

anyway, seriously.. i’m very greatful for this thanks mate.

la la la.. ok lah, i need to go tinker around with this.. i’ll post my chinese new year weekend up soon..

till then..

ta

hello, i don’t think people read this blog much, but i’d like to say that i’ll continue posting some stuff as soon as i have some free time to do so. i’ve been up and about taking some pictures. some with ky and lanatir , some whilst i was out with a colleague of mine and some on my own at home. venturing into digital photography is something really new to me, for previously i’ve only had chances shooting with a yashica and a zenit film slr, and some other point and shoot digital cameras. i suppose i’d start posting pictures here when i can, and hopefully by the time of my next post, i’d be posting from a url with my own namesake on it. its not that i’m taking blogging serious or anything. i just would like to own a piece of cyber real estate which bears my name.

anyway, i don’t really have much to write at this moment, except to express my worries about the huge workload i have at the office, but i think what i’m distracted most by is the excited feeling i’m getting from my baby steps in to the world of photography. and yes.. i don’t know nuts yet, and probably will never know enough. after all, the more you know, the more you realize there’s more to learn about. the journey begins…

until my next post.. i hope everyone’s having a good time.

the following story involves alcohol… girls from china …. a sturdy pole… and a nissan murano.

imaginative minds could definitely concoct a steamy and saucy story involving the above key phrases, but not me. i will speak of the events that took place on that tuesday/wednesday night.

i had just left ky’s place that evening, and i was heading home. and lately a bunch of ex classmates from high school have been hanging out together on a regular basis since most of them were back for holidays. so i got home at about 9 pm and i got a call from a my ex classmate Kevin (should be a pilot in a couple of months.. and ladies, he’s definitely a looker..) i agreed to pick him up at 10pm to go out for a drink and later on have a game of Risk (yes we still play board games even though we’re like 25 but i think it’s pretty fun.. and yes i might come off as a total geek/loser for saying that)…anyway, 10pm came and i text-ed Kevin that i’ll be 10 minutes late cause i was gonna have some food first (but in actual fact, i was lazing on bed and almost fell asleep). and about 10.10pm i got a reply, dude come not got some ‘happening’ accident in front of my house, police all coming now..

so on i rushed there, and this is what i saw.

i was totally amused by what i saw. The pole was totally detached from its footing. the base has shattered and was not even held down by anything. is the car were to be moved the whole pole would just fall.

anyway, to make a long story short, what we found out later was the the driver and passengers were both from china, i believe they were escorts of some sort, thought the originally claimed that they were air stewardesses ( and no..i didn’t find them attractive one bit..) they were drunk when they got into the accident. but check out this next picture..

The car didn’t even have a DENT… well maybe a tiny one.. BUT MAN it looked like it had such a MINOR accident. everyone at the scene were commenting how their next car would be a murano, coz its frigging solid..

so, after the whole excitement died down, i go to thinking.. if i were to be on time to my friends house to pick him up. i would have been there to see it, or if i were to be on time, my car would have been that electricity pole. i don’t think my tin can of a car can stand up to a murano. i could have been injured for gods sake!

the moral of the story is,

*buy a murano, if you’re a bad driver… at least it saves you on expansive fix ups

*be lazy if you feel like it.. i felt lazy and lazed on bed and was late.. hence i avoided an accident.. haha.