Bought a whole new outfit today
What I didn't buy is a tie, but then again if I did, I'd looked like a mortician. I'm going to the CCA's later this evening, and if anyone is going, gimme a buzz and we can meet.

I'm dressed to the nines, just because I thought it would be fun to try something totally different. Bought an outrageously priced Armani pants (really nice, with subtle stripes), a simple black shirt, a pair of black dress shoes (with heels! haha!), a shiny looking belt with a nice buckle and a pair of thin black socks (my first gentlemen ones) All I need now is a big fat cigar. They do come on black right? Heh. Damn I looked, I looked, I looked like the cursed account executives. Will post pix soon.

Don't you just hate it when you receive a call asking for help?
Not from your friends, but from someone who calls you only to ask for help. In my case, my NS friend, called asking for money to settle his medical bills. Hey man, I need to pay my own bills too. But being a nice guy (arrrgh how I hate that!) I said yes, I'll pass you $250 if you'll meet me near my office. After half an hour of thinking, I got into the right perspective and called him again to say, "Sorry, but I can't pass you the money. I need the money too. Sorry. ( see how nice I am? It's not my fault and I'm apologising.)

And his reply?
"It's OK if you can't help me. I understand. Bye."
What the fuck?

Bates, here's alt muzik at it's best!

Loved this article!

November 21, 1694
I share the same birthday as Voltaire...and Goldie Hawn.

Cute lil Pucca. I love the animations.
Pucca 1 | Pucca 2 | Pucca 3

As you get older, it is all too easy to get in a rut- with fixed viewpoints, stuck emotions, ways of being that others can see clearly but you just think are 'right'. A life full of safe solutions. But if you start to shut out new experiences, or if you take less interest in new things, so your capacity for enjoying life diminishes. You stay in your comfort zone, and as you get older, your comfort zone gets smaller and smaller. This is harmful because you not only stop doing things that scare you, but you also stop doing things that give you pleasure.

Rjd2 Live
If you like black music peppered with a lil bit of jazz, listen to them at Betalounge.

what is it with women wearing cute lil spaghetti tops and panties that will always turn me on?

If you are a Newstoday fan, you'll probably seen this ad. A spoof of Levis commercial. Nice.

New trailer for The Lord Of The RIngs. They used the music from the movie Requiem For A Dream.
Watch it. It's really good.

Totally bored with my work
But hey, I'm not complaining, just that sometimes working life can be such a bitch. We had a discussion over lunch over our pathetic state at this point in our working life. Someone came up with an idea of selling goreng pisang. Another wanted to be a security guard....and yet another bloke wanted to be inside a vending machine, dispensing drink. We all wanted something that require less...nono..we want to do something without ANY stress. I want to go to Thailand, partner with someone who owns a bar by the beach, and start selling shisha (tobacco mixed with molasses and fruit flavors and is smoked in a hookah). You can see the hookah in some turkish restaurants/cafes.

Am listening to coldplay, red hot chili peppers, cranberries, urban species, enigma, macy gray, moby. I bought the iPod 2 months back (can't resist! it's sooo beautiful) and at least it has keep me happy and sane making playlists and bugging colleagues for new music and mp3s. And I just came back from a trekking trip in Malaysia, where I took a pix of my iPod at the summit. See the pix here!

So in retrospect, life's not bad after all.