BJ Thoughts

Ad Free, Yes & No

2007-08-18T23:15:00.000+08:00

This is a choice that was tough to on an active blog but with one active blog in Wordpress and another collecting dust in cyberspace, I decided to try with ad "experiment" in the one that was collecting dust. .But of, course I need to make sure that this blog remains "active" as well - perhaps with some "pay per post" posts. Turning to the dark side maybe but the thing is it does not affect my

Reconstruction

2007-08-17T19:46:00.000+08:00

I may be turning to the dark side but I have nothing to lose. More when I recollected my thoughts on this.

BJ Thoughts has moved!

2006-04-15T09:37:00.000+08:00

.I could be rushing on things but here it goes...By now, some of you may have seen the other side of BJ Thoughts using Wordpress. After an almost a year at Blogger and several days of “parallel” run, time has come to migrate from the old house at Blogger to a new one at Wordpress.I got involved with Wordpress by accident. Yes, I have heard of Wordpress before and there have been a number of posts

Lucky Number Slevin – a short review

2006-04-14T07:40:00.000+08:00

.(Warning: Spoilers ahead!).My advice to those who have not watched this movie yet, drop whatever you are doing now and go and see the movie.The story, although nothing new (the story of a son growing up to avenge the death of his parents – you can find plenty of such stories in Tamil & Hindi movies), is beautifully crafted with witty dialogues thrown in. To add the icing on the cake, the acting

Real men don’t ask for directions

2006-04-13T07:41:00.000+08:00

.Q: Why did Moses wander in the desert for 40 years?A: He wouldn't ask for directions.In case you are wondering about the above question, it’s all about being a man…I and my wife decided to watch a late night movie in Sunway Pyramid. It was a time out for us as a couple without having our son tagging along. We went to watch the 9.10 pm show. After watching the movie (more about it later), we

How fast you can go on a bike?

2006-04-12T08:04:00.000+08:00

.Well, on a big Kawasaki Ninja…that’s about 300 km/h within a couple of seconds! .I have done up to 120 km/h on a Yamaha RXZ before but doing a 300 km/h on a public road is one crazy act. .Watch out for the slowing down of the bike from almost 300 km/h to 120 km/h when there was traffic on the fast lane – that’s what I will call cool riding.Read also: Art of Motorcycling.Del.icio.us Tag: Driving

Birthday Party, Clown and Tailgating

2006-04-10T13:57:00.000+08:00

.The title basically sums up things happen on my weekend…I went to a friend’s son’s first birthday party last weekend with my wife and my son. The journey to the party was bad – it was raining heavily and there was an accident at Sunway exit. This was not a good sign at all. The traffic was so bad – I thought of making a U-turn and coming back home. Luckily I did not do that – the road was clear

Bumiputera This, Bumiputera That

2006-04-07T13:03:00.000+08:00

.If you have been watching the news lately, this is getting out of hand…If you have noticed in the past few days on the Parliamentary session over TV3, there has not been anything except debates on Bumiputera and it’s relation to GLC and 9MP. Bumiputera this, bumiputera that and it is getting on my nerves. The issue is nothing new and at least it was not as bad as the time when one fanatic was

Which is more important - Substance or Form?

2006-04-06T18:47:00.000+08:00

.If someone asked you, which one is more important - substance or form, what will be your answer?It is a tough choice to make sometimes, isn’t it? Someone asked me today and I was kind of not sure what to answer. Not sure because both looked important.I always believed that the substance is more important than the form. Take a blog for example. There is no point to have a flashy & a comprehensive

Word Meme

2006-04-05T13:19:00.000+08:00

.When I did the School Meme, somehow I knew it will come back to haunt me.Got this from Yvy at the time I was busy crunching figures from my client. I took a quick glance at the words and said to myself “Gosh! The first word in the list is already seem too bombastic – Actinide”. This was the indication that I need to sit down when I am free and do it slow and steady.Before that, the rules (all

Sweet Revenge on a Queue Jumper

2006-04-04T12:49:00.000+08:00

.This made my day yesterday…I usually take the back lane from the Sunway to my office every day – this is to avoid the mad traffic jam along the LDP leading up to the Federal Highway. The road that I use only has 2 lanes – for to and fro traffic and it passes through some residential area. Unfortunately, everyone else also uses the road to exit out to the Federal Highway – so I still go through a

Used Car Tire Anyone?

2006-04-03T12:57:00.000+08:00

.It is a hard to survive these days.The fuel price had gone up and immediately this caused the price of daily items to go up too. At times, things seem to be so bad that people are opting for used items to cut down on cost. Some of the more popular used items are used clothes or used car.But will you rather risk your life by using used tire?..I was waiting for my wife in the car when I noticed an

Now isn’t this seems too obvious?

2006-04-01T11:26:00.000+08:00

.This is not exactly like the question of why did the chicken cross the road but when I reading The Star today, I asked myself the question: Why did Pak Lah was overcome with emotion when tabling the Ninth Malaysia Plan?I also looked at the “goody-goody” reactions from UMNO, MCA and MIC. It caused me to have diarrhea on a Saturday morning. Look at these comments.UMNO: “HAVE a thirst for knowledge

The prelude to April Fools Joke

2006-03-31T08:03:00.000+08:00

.I know this is one day early but…Jamshed gave an early warning yesterday on the “thing” that happens on 1st April every yearBasically, for me the April Fools jokes was pretty much alive during my school days, because by the time I start to work, 1st April was just another working day. Any attempt to joke around on that day was futile because whoever tried to “funny” ended up being called “

Announcement – Change of RSS URL

2006-03-30T08:10:00.000+08:00

.With a new template, other things are changing too…For those of you who have linked me via RSS Feed, I would appreciate it if you could change your feed URL from:-. http://balajoe27.blogspot.com/atom.xml .to .http://feeds.feedburner.com/balajoe27 .The new URL can also be found at my side bar under the RSS Logo. For those of you who do not understand how to use the RSS, click here for a simple

When you are down & tired, think of SEX

2006-03-29T18:23:00.000+08:00

.I know what you are thinking about me right now.I thought of this as I was typing a draft training guide and there I was, feeling sleeping and slowly drifting away into other thoughts. Then I recalled of a time (I think it was in 1996) when I attended a “positive change” workshop. At end of the day session, we were introduced to the word “endorphin” - at first I thought it was another species of

Clash of the Titans Part 2

2006-03-28T18:45:00.000+08:00

.You know the issue with Tamil Serials is not going to go away that easily and in case you are not sure what I am talking about, read the so-called “Part 1” here.Right, with “intro” all done, now take a deep breath and imagine this…You have started your work early at 7.30 am. The time now shows 7.00 pm. You have been working for almost 12 straight hours. The day has not gone well – there were

How to be cool!

2006-03-27T18:48:00.000+08:00

.My definition of being cool - Neo of Matrix (both the character & the movie) .Only once (or twice I think), I have been called as being very cool. Yes, it sounds strange to me too. It is rare to find someone who sees me as one cool guy. Rare occasion indeed! Just ask my wife and she readily will be a “state witness” on how many times I have lost my temper whilst being on road - I guess she would

Tired and out of idea!

2006-03-24T13:09:00.000+08:00

.Got this from my MSN conversation with a colleague this morning after she has just finished talking to a customer…Colleague says: penantColleague says: penantColleague says: penatColleague says: typed 3 times only get the correct wordingColleague says: really very, very penat alreadyIt’s Friday and most of us are looking forward to the weekend break tomorrow. As you can see, it has been a hectic

Clash of the “Titans”

2006-03-23T13:04:00.000+08:00

.Update 1: I thought I was alone with this Tamil Serial problem. I hopped to Visithra's blog and find that she is doing her own "battle" with her mom on the Tamil Serials. May the force be with her on this.It has nothing to do with the movie. This is tougher than that…I have found a stiff competitor for the Astro remote control at home.In the past, I was pretty much the master of the house,

When a holiday is not a holiday

2006-03-21T13:13:00.000+08:00

.I don’t think God wants me to take a holiday, He rather have me to continue to be a workaholic. I guess so because every time I decide to go on leave, something will come up.I took the day off yesterday, not because I had something urgent to do or a function to attend to but rather because I needed to finish my leave for the month. Having nothing to do on that day (other than play games, watch

School Meme

2006-03-17T18:14:00.000+08:00

.This was a surprise…I was happily reading on Nilesh’s smoking days during class and once I reached at the bottom, there it was – a tag for me. Talking about the school days however inspired me to “just do it”. Here it goes…one before the weekendHow many schools did I go to?What do you know; I followed almost the same path with SashiStarted in SRK La Salle Brickfields in 1980 (I remembered the

With 30 cents up, it’s time to do a budget

2006-03-17T13:11:00.000+08:00

.Is this sound very familiar to you?You received your salary on the dot and based on a rough calculation (some use only their 10 fingers), deducting estimated expenses for the month (it was food, beer and transportation for me), you gather that there is a surplus of almost RM1,000 (I know RM1,000 is bloody lot for some. This is just an example ok?). However, come middle of the month and you are

What Malaysian Astronauts Can Do in Space?

2006-03-15T18:53:00.000+08:00

.This is great.We finally have short listed couple of Malaysians to be blasted off to space. They were celebrated in big way yesterday. The DPM out of the blue assured the Malaysians that the Government is not spending a single cent on the space programme as it is part of the package when we bought the Sukhoi jet fighters (those who can think may ask DPM whether this meant the Government paid

Changing Clothes Again

2006-03-15T12:42:00.000+08:00

. Update: The new template is great but there are some bugs to the code and as Yvy mentioned in the comments, the side bar need to be trimmed. So, the old template is back until I have the time to check the codes and change the background picture..There comes a time when you open your blog early in the morning, stare at the screen for 5 minutes and then tell yourself “Man, this blog template is