This is a classic wooden bridge. I quite like the engineering and aesthetic bit.

The Master Chief helmet from Halo. I wonder if they’d allow me to wear my Optimus Prime helmet. Maybe next time.

The guns. Quite fortunate we had a brand new ones

The battle arena. Pretty decent, except the shields (or barricade) were pretty corroded, pellets could fly right through them.

Terrorists: Kang, Sharazain, Me (who doesn’t like to wear the helmet) and William

Counter Terrorist: Alvin, Shazli, Zhaffri and Peter.

The entire CP team (except Shaun) and Tse-Yi (the only girl on the team) didn’t play. If I’m not mistaken, I think she’s pregnant.

Strategizing, but never really worked. Hahaha

Usually the first round is the hardest. Adrenalines were rushing up and down.

After a few rounds, we decided to play against the Marshal. It was 8 against 3, but they were pretty heavy weight themselves, an ex-commando (green beret), National Junior Paintball Champion and one experienced league 1 paintballer.

We played save the hostage and we were the Counter Terrorist. We won by the way

My boss. He looks disturbed. Hahaha.

Raja Kecil yg selalu MIA tapi kerja jalan.

Peter, the loud brat. Zhaffri, the scape goat.

Alvin, no nicks yet, but I’ll call him Yogi Bear

Kang, the “You Dare aaaa?”.

Sharazain, the one that got away. (He never got shot)

Zhaffri was the only one who got hit on the left and right lower ribs. Unfortunately, those we were the areas that wasn’t covered and his shirt didn’t help much.

Underneath the shirt, 3 battle scar on the left. I knew had him the first time, but I just wanted to make sure he surrenders. Hahaha. Sorry pal.

Will try to update my visit to Petrosains this weekend.

I bought these fabrics at Nagoya and I’m never going back there. Why? The Chinese guy there are so stingy. I wanted canvas material, but the cloth was a bit dirty. Generally, textile stores will give you an additional 1/2 meter to compensate for the dirty part. This guy told me to go home and wash it. Fuck you man. So we walked away.

Anyway, I got the tiny polka dotted and some rough cotton. My advise, buy non-slippery fabric because you wouldn’t want to let your laptop slips off your hand.

1. Cutting the fabric. I prefer mine snugged so it’s a hard to slip off the sleeve. I left at least an inch for every side so it’ll be easier for beginners like me to sew. (That’s my wife’s hand btw)

2. Sew a “U” shape for both fabric, except one, sew double “L” shape leaving holes at the bottom, so you can flip it once you’re done.

3. Cut the edges so that it’ll form a sharp corner.

4. Flip “U” shape so that the right side faces each other.

5. Slip the flipped one into the other.

6. Sew the end together. Make sure you don’t overlap, otherwise you’ll have to do all over again. I assure you that can be frustrating.

7. Remember the hole of the “L” shape? Carefully pull the inside fabric out.

8. The last part, sew the holes using the ladder stitch. (Such manly arm! Hahhaa)

9. Flip the inside out to make sure the reversible sleeve works.

Now it fits well into my bag along with my other red stuff. The possibility of getting a scratch from keys is reduced. Job well done.

The story begins last night, I got home at 12 am and told my sleepy wife, “I want to learn to sew a laptop sleeve”. She helped me through the process and showed me how to operate a sewing machine. The rest was history. I made one complete sleeve in one hour. Not bad for a noob eh?

If you feel cheated by Apple or any other laptop accessories, share this post, we all might benefit from a thing or two

1. Get married. I know initially I wanted to get married to a doctor but God has better plan in store for me. I married a girl who’s ambition is to become an architect, something I’ve always wanted to be but never had the courage to pursue. My parents thought I’d be better off as an engineer.

Who would have thought I’d marry a blogger whom I followed. I guess it’s true what they say, follow your passion and the rest will fill in. I have to say, it was the best decision in 2011.

2. Have kids. Not yet. We think, the best way was to allow my wife to finish her study first. That will always be the priority, at least for now. But seeing her happy face while playing with A’zeem (my nephew) has kinda sped that up. At least after she gets her first job, inysa Allah it will be next year.

3. Financial freedom. Well, I still have a car to pay and my credit card debt is very manageable. I guess we’ll have to push this in years to come.

4. Finish what I started. Not there yet. I have a problem reading a book cover to cover. I got bored halfway through. Maybe I’m meant for this. As for projects,.. hmm still many pending at the moment. Got to get it done by this year! Puhleezzz ed!

5. Do wonders to Malaysia. Nil, but I do pay tax and zakat. That sure helps a bit, though not significant.

6. Solidify Existence. Hmm, still not taking up tertiary degree. It has a lot to do with finance. I have to free up something or get a scholar to pursue this dream of mine.

7. Be a good family member. I can control my temper now, except on the road. I try not to miss any family gathering. Maybe ought to pay extra attention to my in laws. I don’t talk to them often because I’m shy.. kot?

I guess that’s it

I got married! I don’t know how I managed to pull in the funds, anyway, I’m glad I did. It’s true what they say, God will help you in mysterious ways if you want to get married. Picture, thanks to FarisFakri. I got him on Groupon

Work wise, well, I did achieve my yearly quota by August. From there on, it was smooth sailing till year end. All I had to do was focused on 2012 items.

Part Time work. I managed to complete a few projects. Antaragrafik, TeddyTods, Toshiba and some internal dashboard for the company. It’s too bad I didn’t complete my company’s website. I have it in my head, just never threw them out in the open.

I’ve also learned what’s it like to be an Apple user. I got the iPad 2 and MacBook Air. I don’t really think they live up to their expectation. I’m more of a windows user, shortcut is my thing and on Mac, you just have to press an additional key. However, I doubt anyone can beat them at built quality. It’s an astonishing feat (provided you take good care of them)… and the love-hate relationship continues. But if I have to recommend, I’d definitely be against it.

This year (ahem, mind you that it’s already 2012), my deary wife will pursue her studies in Australia. After much contemplating, we decided that it’s best I remain here. After all, it’ll be really tough to find a job like mine in Aussie. A job like mine is best for locals. It’s like how mat salleh comes here and tell me that they understand this country’s economy better, yeah, doubt so.

Also, this year’s resolution, I guess I’ll have to revisit my 2011 and blog about it later. Till then

I wonder if these words still stands. Something to ponder huh?

Have a Happy Christmas.

ps: Did you know in UK, they say Happy Christmas instead of Merry Christmas?

pps: Did you also know the celebration of Christmas was to commemorate the birth of Jesus? Kinda like Maulud Nabi and Jesus is our prophet too. So is it HARAM to celebrate it?

So I bought a cheap alternative, the RAPOO 3200. It’s a fifth of my last Logitech mouse price, which has served me well (and still do). The biggest problem I had was, it does not support Mac. There goes another ‘meRAPOO’ investment. Yeah, Mac was a lousy bet but I’m kinda stuck to it. Anyway, all the buttons weren’t functioning, the back and the forward especially.

After ogling  the web, I found one app that could enhance the lightweight mouse, it’s called SteerMouse. After setting the app, I can configure what each button does (Windows is plug and play). Another one not to be missed, is the MagicPrefs, it’s specifically for Magic mouse but can also work for trackpad etc.

ps: Clearing up my holiday balance.. wee~

Aku pon tak paham la, kenapa korang nak kecoh pasal Ariff Alfian yg gay kahwin lelaki di geraja pakai baju Melayu. Apa yang sensasi sangat? Korang seronok nak mengutuk dan mengeji ke? Perlu ke semua ini? Asal cerita seks, perempuan-lelaki atau lelaki-lelaki, Melayu cepat je nak ambil port. Biarlah dia dengan hidup dia.

Aku taulah hangpa gila trafik, tapi tak payah la tulis omong kosong pasal benda yang kau sendiri pon tak tahu apa kejadah nate bewok tu. Kalau ko nak sangat duit, pergilah join MLM, jual gelang ke, sabun ke. Kan mudah!

Orang Melayu ni, pantang tok nenek kalau kena tegur. Ego besar paus biru, semangat tak nak kalah. Bila puji lebih-lebih dia reply “eh takde laah”, “eh mana ada, biasa-biasa je”. Pehal plak? Orang puji, ko tanak. Orang tegur, pon tanak. Mungkin penampar barangkali lebih digemari. Aduyai..

This is the naked version. Such beast can only be tamed by a MAN!

Presently, Yamaha Malaysia manufactures the XJ6 Diversion. This is the one with fairings and seriously it looks rather timid for a super bike. A super bike has to be aggressive looking. In a semi-crotch position waiting to attack, unfortunately, Diversion lacks that.

I wrote an email to Yamaha Malaysia, asking them to import the Naked model. Their reply was if they see a sizable market and demand, they will do it. So I’m doing everyone in Malaysia a favor by starting a list to register your interest. You can do so by filling in the form below.

Alternatively, you can share the form by using this link: http://bit.ly/xj6naked

Don’t worry about getting pushed to buy, and I will definitely not solicit your email.

ps: Good news is, my wife allowed me to get the bike

You all know that starting from next year, the expiry of your license falls on your birthday. In some ways, I do think that’s a bad birthday present, but in many, it surely helps you to remember when your license will expire.

As far as I know, the charge incurred to renew your driving license is RM 30 per year. Since they need to contra the remaining days to your birthday, I was slapped with RM 70 plus for 2 years. Now my driving license will expire on my 31st birthday (Damn I’m old!), and that’s 2014. Long way to go.

Note: Did you know you can get locked up if your license expires?

Mesiniaga Bowling Tournament 2011.

Then it evolved as we discussed about the layout etc.

It evolved to many series actually, but unfortunately, I forgot to screen capture the various versions of the design.

When we arrived the day before the official launch, we had to agree on something. By then, it was too late to vet through the design and other impending tasks were already lined up; porting server, migrate db etc . Either way, they had to stick their necks and pray that it wouldn’t be a mess. They just had to trust me.

Thank God everything went well. Now to do UAT.. so boring!

ps: Web design used to be my work, now my hobby

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH…

HAHAHAHAHAHAH…

Ok stop, anymore I’ll probably burst my guts.

You know UMNO had an assembly at PWTC last week, so in one of their speech was wanting CEO’s seat of GLC. He said this will help boost the Malays economy!

What a lot of bulls!

First, how do you think by giving to UMNO it will boost Malay economy? They’ll probably give money to their cronies and practice of cronyism is really bad for any developing nation. This is bullshit.

Second, qualifications. Do you think law graduates (most politicians are lawyers) can do sales, manage people, understand business needs etc? Not that they can’t, but probably wouldn’t be as efficient. There are many pre-requisite qualities needed to become CEOs, even the present ones are having problems. MAS is having problem, TNB making further loss, Proton is still stuck on their windscreen. It’s about know how, not know who.

Third, ini bukan main masak-masak ok!

Sources: MalaysiaKini

Samsung Galaxy S II is the way to go. I believe the spec and buzz word around it speaks for itself. I’m pretty sure most tech geek would agree with me (excuse the Apple fans of course). It has large screen display, thin and light, most importantly very durable as I have the tendency to throw my phone when anger strikes (not really).

Watch the video for some of the features.

If you travel a lot, surely Samsung Galaxy SII with meet you lifestyle.

This is one funny video depicting the winner of a deal using Russian Roulette. Pretty sure I’ve played with the app before, but never stored them for long. Anyway, it as hell it’ll be helpful to kill boredom or when having get togethers.

For more video go to official micro site http://bit.ly/tswIEW

I could make my trip to 45 minutes trip to Keramat, but I’ll probably have mama in my face telling me to go back and bring my wife with me. If I did that, I’ll probably be a cold husband who leaves his wife alone, my in laws went to Sabah for 2 weeks vacation. So right now, I’m kinda trapped in this house.

From the looks of it, I think we won’t be able to make it back Keramat. I guess we’ll be spending the long weekend here in Shah Alam. She promised she’d complete it by tomorrow, although she has been changing the deadline from yesterday to today then tomorrow, so I doubt she’ll hold on to it.

So I guess I have to surpress my disappointment and maybe find something constructive to do rather than dwelling the thought of my old room, playing with my nephews and niece or spending quality time with my blood. Maybe I’m just sappy and hate when people dictates my timing.

Oh well, that’s marriage 101 for you.

There is something magical about warm water.

First, it never arrives. Go to any dining place and order it. It’ll probably be last order to arrive on the table. It’s as if we were being punished for having bad taste in drinks. The process of boiling water and serving it is a very tedious if not perplexing task. It’s actually easier to make Caramel Macchiato than warm water.

Second, perceived as cheap. Every time you say the magic word, they’ll look deeply in your eyes, begging you to change your mind. I’m pretty dead sure  their commission for the night depends on what their customer ordered or maybe penalized by taking any orders of warm water.

Third, not served everywhere. I’ve been told off by many fast food franchise when I ordered warm water including KFC, McDonalds and Old Town (now they charge you for it). “I’m sorry sir, we only have mineral water.” Like hell I’m going to pay RM3 for a small bottle of mineral water.

I guess I have to live with this stupidity over an insipid drink, oh well..

ps: My batchmate got stabbed twice yesterday, he’s alive and kicking. It wasn’t a robbery, just some psychopath. Live well and prosper Amin!