the new old me.. the old new me

So it's about a week to Christmas! And I'll be going home in a matter of days! But still.. busy week ahead of me.. busy weekend ahead of me..

I'm sitting here pumped with anticipation of babi soup.. KY kolo mee.. Big Mouth chicken rice.. drinks at Junk Bar.. just chilling with everyone. and yet at this moment.. a wave of uncertainty sweeps me back to myself sitting on my couch..thinking..

I haven't been back since September. Not long ago if you think about it.. but long also if you think about it.

One concern.

Was back in Ipoh recently and my friend looked at me and said.. you know.. there's something about you that's different. Me prodding and poking about in his head ended with this conclusion: I don't know. just different. Could be JB.

Don't get me wrong. Good times bad times in Ipoh aplenty. Likewise with JB. I would say I'm enjoying my independence.. my having lots of time to contemplate and sometimes not enough time at all.

Work here is pretty much work. Bearable.. sometimes not so bearable.

Drinks after work help. Too many drinks leave me stoned and purging the next morning.

This is me having too much time to think:

So i was thinking.. I'm worried if I go back to Kuching.. it might seem even foreign (*gasps of gasps!) to me. There are so many new places and new faces.. and new old faces.. and faces.. I don't know if I can keep up.

Perhaps its the fact that everyone has moved on into their own routines and here I am hoping to come back to everything that I know.

I'm just someone who left.. and comes back occasionally.. but hopefully not forgotten.

At the same time, I can't help but feel that I will never again be the professional bum having 2 hour yum cha session(s), going for 11 hour happy hours and being able to do anything without a care in the world of my future worldly possessions and my accomplishments on planet Earth.

It was just me.. being.. me.

And now I'm me.. worrying about whether I should buy a car.. or property.. or my year-end appraisal and bonus.. or the endless projects I have to churn out.. and the limited days of leave that I have.. and having planning vacations in advance..

And I'm not sure if everyone can still picture that me as me.. now.

And I hope they won't be disappointed.

hmmm..

time for a cigarette.

A drink perhaps?

drinking.. yes.. the drinking..

comes with the job.

love it.

hate it (mostly the mornings after).

deal with it.

it pays my salary.

life goes on.

To Motivate:

1. All these things that I have done- The Killers

2. Do you want to- Franz Ferdinand

3. Monkey Wrench- The Foo Fighters

To Party!!:

1. Sing it back (Whatever remix also can)- Moloko

2. The Creeps- Camille Jones & Fedde Le Grande

3. Let me think about it- Ida Corr & Fedde Le Grande

4. Mr. Brightside- The Killers

5. Take me out- Franz Ferdinand

6. Who do you think you are?- The Spice Girls

7. Great DJ- The Ting Tings

8. Chelsea Dagger- The Fratellis

9. Bohemian Like You- The Dandy Warhols

10. Cream- Frederico Franchi

11. Beautiful Life- Ace of Base

12. Romeo- Basement Jaxx

13. Little L- Jamiroquai

14. It won't do (Without you)- Tim Deluxe

15. Everything- Kaskade

Our Song(s):

1. When you were young- The Killers (The K-Rock version )

2. The Look of Love- Nina Simone (Madison Park vs. Lenny B. Remix)

Ipoh:

1. Shivers- Armin Van Buuren

2. La Vie Boheme!- OST Rent

3. The Tango Maureen- OST Rent

4. My Oh My- Aqua

5. Tiada Lagi- Amy

6. Ku Katakan Dengan Indah- Peter Pan

7. Mercy - Duffy

8. Labels or Love- Fergie

JB:

TBD soon.

Who knows.. here goes!

The year 2008 has brought a lot of changes.

1. I'm no longer a bum. My professional status has been revoked.

2. Officially no longer a freelance Accounting student. And have got them pictures to prove it.

3. Have travelled throughout the North Region of Peninsular Malaysia in the last 5 months.

4. Picked up a smattering of cantonese from Ipoh.

5. Am currently trying to navigate my way around Johor Bahru without the aid of GPS.

6. My body clock has been adjusted to wake up at 6.30 am every working morning.

7. Massive weight gain from Ipoh- currently being rectified via futsal training 3 times a week.

Life is good.

Missing my family and friends from all over! =(

There seem to be more and more people to add to that list every time.

But, the future is NOW.

aka JB.

Armed with Gerald Woo Wai Keong, we're ready to invade Sg guns ablazing with our Pool Skills (ok.. Gerald.. not me), Massive Alcohol Intake (again.. Gerald nia) with our fellow army of MLS (Msians Living in Sg) and of course the HMs (Honorary Malaysians- a title we've bestowed to only an elite few) to annoy you with our casual constant incorporation of BM in our conversations and dissings of all sorts- anyone & anything.

Also, we have explored the lesser known nooks and crannys of JB for a decent hangout and to our delight, we've found a few keepers!

And I owe Rina bak kut teh. Which I've found ;)

So how liao?

Time to take JB by storm!

Who knows.. here goes!

A bonus treat!!

Congratulations Miss Ting!

..on forgetting your I.C., Driving License, ATM card and Credit Cards

Congratulations on reaching the Perak Stateline before realising what had happened.

Congratulations to me!

I fucking hate mondays.

Happy 2xth birthday Rina Lee!

So the weekend is over.. everyone has slumped back into their workday routines til Friday comes again.

As with here.. a five hour bus ride, dinner and another two hour drive later, here I am, back in Ipoh.. at my communial rep table.. scratching my head of how much paper work and presentations i'm expected to spew out for next week's regional cycle meeting..

BUT..

a weekend well worth it!

Rina Lee's birthday comes once a year. the drinking celebrations however, probably happen every week... like all birthdays.

cause it's always someone's birthday to celebrate with endless bottles, cocktails and shooters.

but i'm so glad i took time off the get my ass down to singapore this year (FINALLY!) to check out the hoo-hahs.. and you know what?

it was SO worth it.

I can see why Rina's so at home in singapore...

great friends and great colleagues!

not to mention the countless places to go that DON'T close by 2 a.m.

Happy 2xth (pantang ma say the number) birthday Jia Jia!

Thanks for having me down!

may you be blessed in all that you do and have a great year ahead!

may all your project senapangs be executed right on target and may the rides of shame home be forgotten cause it was so damn worth it..

right? right? =P

enjoy!

=)

*love*

the future is NOW

i finally have Wi-F

and YES its legitimate..

RM50 for 3 mths under Perak's statewide wireless thangy..

no more illegal stealing of my neighbours' connection by painfully holding my laptop out

of the window of my condo on the 7th floor.

we are in business people!

here's to the continuation of the dlding of The Reel McCoy, FunFactory, Pointbreak and etc.!