Imagine this!

Happy New Year!

2012-12-31T13:29:00.001+00:00

Just cause I must so here goes:

Happy New Year. Ups and downs but want to have the courage and willpower to move forward.
Dislike uncertainties so need to come to terms with the difficulties and face them head on.

:) *gameface*

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Socially well

2012-11-04T06:04:00.000+00:00

The layers of people I connect with is seemingly more complex for me.

I have my colleagues, who I want to impress professionally and the same time be friendly so that they don't see me as a rude SOB who only speaks to them when it concerns work. This is a delicate area as I have to keep this professional image of mine up all the time.

Then there are my cousins and their friends, who I have to look "cool" or happening to a certain extent for them to actually engage in conversation with me. This is mainly due to the fact that I have just been inducted to this circle, and the latest honour being introduced to their Whatsapp group. Although the banter that goes on does not really concern me, but it is essential for me to maintain my "happening" levels at an above average level for them to notice me and want me to actually be there, and not just be a filler in this group of 15. The random gossip, or the tickets to the latest concert, all that from them.

Recently, I did manage to get myself noticed in ways least expected.
1. They found out about my girlfriend, and they wanted to know more about me. My girlfriend used to attend college with some of them. My girlfriend goes to the same uni as my cousin's girlfriend. :)

2. During our weekly football sessions, I tackled my cousin that he got pissed at me. A week later, he tackled me in return during futsal. And somehow everyone things we've got a tiff going on. (Hence, being noticed)

3. The occasional CS and table tennis sessions show my range of skills apart from being the geek.

There's family, like my immediate family, to whom I owe a lot more information, but at times rather keep things to the routine. Playing mediator at times, listener, preacher stuff like that. And I want them to think that everything is normal with me, and need not worry about me.

It is normal for me to keep some things to myself and only tell the close ones about such matters.
And these close ones are my best friends. They know pretty much everything about me, and we are very frank with each other, however painful that may sound. It helps just to speak your mind, and get everything out of the way, which is not as easy as it sounds.

Being frank, colleagues, cousins, family may judge you.

Best friends won't. Cause we've grown together. Laughed together. Cried together.

Feeling thankful for the different layers, so that I am able to manage all these circles which are equally important.

Being versatile is the key.

The toenail

2012-04-19T04:38:00.000+01:00

I've been suffering from an ingrown toenail for more than a year and finally got the whole nail removed surgically. Also, got a section of the root of the nail removed.

This is what an ingrown toenail looks like.

I would like to share my tips to get through this condition. It's a niggling one, and requires a lot of care.

Prevention tips (If you haven't had an ingrown toenail, make sure you follow these steps and you'll be fine!!)
Tip no.1
Avoid wearing dress shoes with narrow width on a regular basis. This was the cause of my ingrown toenail.

Tip no.2
Cut your nails horizontally and not curved.

Cure tips (If you're already suffering, you should feel better by following these steps)

Tip no.1
Soak your feet in warm water with a dash of salt (Epsom salt if you have it, but generic salt would do too). This should be done for about 15 minutes every evening. It soothes the swelling in the corner. For some people, soaking cures the toenail for good. It softens the nail and the skin around it, and eventually the nail grows out of the skin. Again, this works for some people.

Tip no.2
Wear Box shaped shoes (Read: Ronald McDonald shoes). This eases any pain from your infected toe. Enough space for it to wiggle.

Tip no.3
Have the nail surgically removed together with the root (a.k.a the matrix)

Seek help when you see your big toes swelling up.
There's nothing to worry about, just a little caring for and you should have it cured in no time at all.

Good luck!

Checklist over the weekend

2012-03-01T15:58:00.000+00:00

1. Pack for Mount K

2. Attend Dan's sis' wedding

3. Study

4. Watch a movie (an enlightening one preferably)

5. Workout

6. Not be in 2 minds (soon enough preferably)

Mismatch

2012-02-21T11:07:00.000+00:00

I want to help in every way

I want to do it right the first time

I just need some guidance

You want to help in every way

You know I want to do it right

You can't guide because literally you just can't find the time.

It's taking the toll on me and you.

Let's see who kicks the bladi!

I always mean well, and oblige.
Honestly.

Peace!

Just the 2 of us would do

2012-01-17T13:56:00.000+00:00

Forget China's 1 child policy
Forget family planning,
And lastly please forget about AIDS.

There's too much going on in this world,
That everyone has overlooked the matter which would decide our fate in the coming years.

The population of the world has to be controlled. Hello 7 billion????

Just too many of us draining the resources of mother Earth.
How long can she sustain us in the same greedy, unforgiving manner?

Work stress and inflation is helping delay child bearing in developed countries.
The developing countries are still glee and therefore supplying cheap labour to the rest of the world, thanks to their nocturnal hobby.

I present to you the cure for population control, for a better tomorrow.
Antibiotic resistant TB!

Where are you Dr Evil when I need you most?

Burping

2012-01-17T12:11:00.001+00:00

As oblivious as you could be to your surroundings,

How on earth could you not come to realise

The fact that burping in public is simply unacceptable

Especially when you could wake a sleeping baby

And it beats the toads croaking hands down!

Serial burpers, the school of etiquette awaits you

Apply here :)

Anything at all?

2012-01-11T15:21:00.000+00:00

I don't know whether this

Is in fact a problem at all

Or something I should highlight here

In there first place

But here goes

I think I can do anything at all

With enough research and knowledge gathered

No second thoughts

No motivation needed

No prompting

I'll just do it

Like tonight

I think I may have cured an ingrown toenail

Like last November

Where I grew a moustache for charity

Where I went on national TV on a gameshow

What next?

Mount K,yo!

7 years of my life

2012-01-08T15:25:00.002+00:00

Gone in one hangout session.

Out of a game I love to play

Called, guess my age.

And I was 33 (guess again!)

This has never happened before.

There I was, trying to explain to myself.

Do I look that old?

Hmmph

Diplomacy or being a smart-ass?

2012-01-07T00:39:00.000+00:00

Stated: Individual X is hard of hearing and might not respond to all your remarks.
Interpreted: Individual X is an obnoxious, self-centre (bleep) that he would not be interested in responding, no matter who you are.

Stated:         You are vertically challenged.
Interpreted: You are short.

Stated:         He is being nice, but she's truthful.
Interpreted: He is a liar, but she's truthful.

Stated:         What goes around, comes around.
Interpreted: Always look on the bright side of life.

Focus babeh!

2011-12-14T12:06:00.000+00:00

Focus 1: Workout
Short term Schedule: Run every alternate day, and lift weights the whole of December!
Mid term Schedule: Maintain Short term Schedule and add pushups to routine!
Long term Schedule: Be damn fit and participate in Stanchart Run 2012!

Focus 2: Read
Short term Schedule: Read the daily papers!
Mid term Schedule: Read a book every 2 weeks!
Long term Schedule: Reading becomes second nature!

Congrats to one and sorry to the other!

December, december?

2011-12-07T11:42:00.000+00:00

It's finally here.

The final month of the year

Marks my first anniversary in KL, oh dear

I'm still a kampung boy

Still looking for yuchakuai

And the simple simple stuff in life

Happy December & Happy Holidays!

P.s. I think I need a girlfriend

Growing a Mo!

2011-11-12T05:05:00.000+00:00

Wondering how to judge a person? Everyone's got their own pointers, but I could share with you how not to judge a person at first sight.

This show called Take Me Out, currently playing on ntv7, shows us the variety of guys out there, and how the ladies go about judging them. Basically the guys are judged in 3 rounds, the first impression, a profile video and a talent round.

What the ladies saw:
This one guy is about himdressing up at home and trying out all sorts of clothes and withi his skincare products and the ilk.

What the ladies concluded:
1. he's metrosexual
2. he's gay
3. he's too full of himself

What actually happenned:
1. It wasn't his house to begin with
2. He likes dressing up, but it's not ALL he does
3. He couldn't shoot elsewhere, i.e. work place due to restrictions by his employers

P.S.
The show is FIXED every Friday 8.30pm! FIXED on ntv7! FIXED for 30th December? (what?)

Support the Mo-ustache and visit http://mobro.co/DeepakG

The privileged few

2011-10-14T16:41:00.000+01:00

If something happened at work, I'd share it with my colleagues and possibly my parents.
A small circle of trusted people would know about my stuff.
The ones who I would want to share this with, and I expect they would want to also, willingly.

When social media comes in, everyone is there listening, peeking, eavesdropping.
Privacy settings tweaked every now and then, till I have personally given up reading the updates where it apparently gives me more control over what I do on the net.
(I don't even know what's out there about me on the net)

The point is, people tend to share everything through social media.
Where they've been,
What they've eaten,
What they'd like to do,
What they dislike.
Among other things.

The privileged few would know almost everything about me.

The social network would know the outer layer.

I, me and myself - (in one word) - Deepak.

*Home- I've missed you!

Chicken Day

2011-09-25T06:50:00.000+01:00

I think chicken has been my favourite meat all along,
It took me a while to realise this.

I use to have chicken on Tuesdays and Fridays when I was at home,
A routine my mom set up as part of our weekly diet.

And from there, I've had chicken rice, chicken feet,
Chicken chop, ayam penyet, KFC and so forth.

Which brings me to what I'm having for lunch today,
Chicken curry and rice. (Prepared by your truly, of course)

I hereby declare the 25th of September as Chicken Day!

Temple wedding

2011-09-02T01:43:00.000+01:00

Attended a wedding ceremony recently at a temple.

The usual routine for me would be,

1.attend ceremony,
2.go for a break,
3.return when the ceremony is almost over,
4.grab some lunch,
5.photo session with the newly-weds and
6.off I go.

The couple seemed rather cheerful after all the rituals were over, affording a warm smile.

As for me, apart from exchanging EPL transfer gossip and diving spots, it was a lazy event.
It was what I found out after which made it intriguing.

A match-maker had his eyes on me?

Hair-lo please

2011-08-21T16:07:00.000+01:00

Ads are meant to provoke a response,
A response to consume
A response to spend
A response that a problem may be solved

But to abandon a loved one due to something completely natural?
Seriously?

I may be bald,
But I'm still the same inside,
Just lighter on this side,
Still the same inside.

I'm gonna be bald someday,
I'm sure of that
Grandfathers' bald? Check!
Father bald? Check!
Me bald in 30 years? Check!

Counting gone wrong...I hope

2011-08-21T01:41:00.000+01:00

Slightly more than a million illegals
Slightly less than a million legals

Immigration dudes
Where have you been?

ACA
Where have you been?

Mr 1 finger
Where have you been?

Me?
I've been busy auditioning babeh!

To me

2011-07-09T07:24:00.001+01:00

Happy birthday to me!

When good news is due

2011-06-30T16:03:00.001+01:00

Off to Shah Alam to run an errand
But before hand let's ask him the question
So is it on?
Is what on?
You know...
I know?
What we saw on the beach...
Beach?
Yea you and her...
Erm...we're just friends
Hush hush...Good luck!

Flow to me, oh tauge chicken!
Flow to me like the river Ganges!
Flow to me like life!
Flow to me like Heineken from a keg!

The frog

2011-06-26T13:29:00.000+01:00

The frog croaks
The frog switches off the internet
The frog brought water
The frog loves moats

I still need to get used to the frog
Call him Kermit?

Off with the nail

2011-06-24T23:59:00.000+01:00

The nail came off
After squeezing into the skin
Causing months of discomfort
The balding man ripped it clean
The turban-clad toe says thank you.

As the dog battles bladder stones
And pees blood,
Op is due soon I hope.

Everything's gonna be alright
Rock-a-bye.

The beach and the shirt

2011-06-21T14:09:00.000+01:00

As I took my t shirt heading towards the sea, I threw it aside Baywatch style.
A few minutes later it was gone. The sea had swallowed it whole as I dipped into the cool sea water.

The stroll by the beach.
The crappy hotel.
The warm beer.

And there was the beach.

May I not be Malay or Chinese or Indian?

2011-06-16T15:24:00.001+01:00

I wrote a letter to The Sun, reacting to a letter regarding Hannah Yeoh's kid's registration problem with the NRD.

This was the letter I wrote.

(Pardon the quality, w890 is not equipped with the "auto-focus" feature)

And this was NRD's response.

(Ignore the grammatical errors, the quality of English in Malaysia puts me off.)

Anyway, back to the point of this post.
Based on the response of the officer, the child's race can either be Indian or Chinese if the parents are such.

The child cries:
Can I be what I really am?
A Malaysian and stop naming me what you want me to be,
Just let me be, what I really am!
My mom is Chinese and my dad is Indian,
And yet, I gotta choose one of them?
I'm half and half,
I'll always be half and half.
To ignore either side,
Would make me incomplete.
The law needs to be changed.
I doubt my neighbour who's mom is Chinese,
And dad is Malay,
Got a choice to make.
She was simply Malay.

Now, now, the law doesn't apply to everyone does it?
Just the ones who're not Malay?

Apekah salahnye kalau kesemuanya dilayan seperti satu?
Itulah sebab utama hamba gelak sinis apabila mendengar konsep 1Malaysia.
Mana kebenarannya?
Setakat menggunakan konsep yang kurang dari original,
Diambil gambar seorang Melayu, seorang India and seorang Cina,
Dan ketiganya bergurau senda?

Hello? Gambarnya menarik di poster,
Realitinya, jauh berbeza.
Dukanya, menggunakan konsep itu semata-mata nama politik,
Tapi perbuatan-Nya yang lain, semua anti-1Malaysia.

I love my country, but we need nationalists to keep us united, not opportunists.

Adsense-d

2011-06-09T13:13:00.000+01:00

Adsense came to it's senses
Realising the fake clicks on the ads
And therefore suspending the account

$10.00+ refunded to the advertisers,
Oh well.

That's charity on my part.
Am I assured of a place in heaven now?