Kampua Talk

Have you ever noticed that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year, around this time, we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, one of those very special times of the year when we share centuries-old traditions, such as review the year’s resolutions before welcoming the new year, make a list of impossible-to-achieve resolutions, stuck in jam and curse at other drivers while on the way to town/pubs/clubs to some countdown celebration, drive around trying to find a place to park, drink ourselves silly and woke up on the first day of new year with horrible hangover (what a way to start a year, eh?), etc.

On this day last year, I resolved to:

1. Discard bad elements - things, people and attitude
   Things - discarded, but new junks are piling up as well
   People - definitely, I only treasure people who matter to me. If I made an effort to meet/catch up with you and you do the same, then, yes, you’re still on my list. If I made an effort to meet/catch up with you and you agreed but canceled on me at the last minute because of some lame excuses like your dog ate your car key, then that’s the last you’ll hear from me.
   Attitude - oh yes, like sleeping late, eat too much, spend like no tomorrow, drive like suicidal banshee with tail on fire, …
2. Lose weight and that stubborn love handles
   After successfully failed to keep this resolution two years in a row, I managed to shed some 3-4kg off, since I started my workout regimen and control my food intake TWO months ago. Here’s a secret to keep to your lose-weight resolution: Eat like nobody’s business for 10 months and exercise like mad as well as control your food intake for the last 2 months. BAHAHAHA!!! If you’re unwilling to do that, make everyone else around you fat!
3. Refrain from catching too much snakes
   Ehem *cough* I think I catch even more snakes
4. Travel to a new place
   Nope!
5. Do something new
   I wrote for a column in a local paper. Bought a new ride. Joined a gym. Become broke ever since. That is 4 things new! *pat self on the shoulder*
6. Join a competition
   Joined a small sort-of competition on Lydia Teh’s blog (Yes! The writer, Lydia Teh!) and won her latest book, Stretching Your Dollar$ and $ense and RM50 cash voucher. The best thing of all was that Lydia personally attached a Belated Birthday Card on top of the prizes because she announced the winners on my birthday

The verdict? SUCCESS! *pumps fist in the air*

Stay tuned. New Year’s Resolution in the next post…

It is no secret that I love reading. I read anything interesting - novels, books, magazines, newspaper articles, columns, comics, dictionaries (you got a problem with that?), signs, notices, blogs, quotes on people’s shirt/pants, menus, bumper stickers, Facebook status updates, etc.

Last weekend, I saw this interesting book when I was browsing through local books at the MPH Bookstore. I did not buy it because I did not have its membership card. I went to Popular Bookstore just now and I saw the same book hiding somewhere at the bottom of the display shelf.

The Budget: How the Government is spending OUR money

This will be one of my new year’s resolutions - to understand finance/budget/anything that involves money. I realized that I am one of those ignorant people out there who do not understand much about the budget. Or rather, I am better than a lot of ignorant people out there who fall asleep in the midst of a budget discussion (Their motto: “Don’t know. Don’t care. Don’t want to know.“). This book might not paint a perfect picture of the budget but at least I can understand the gist of it.

Why want to strain your brain? Relax lah! Don’t worry, be happy!

Because it involves you and me and everyone else. And it affects you and me and everyone else in one way or another, whether you like it or not. Also to understand how you and me and everyone else will be anally screwed Unless, of course, you like being anally screwed which I am sure a lot of people do, especially those ignorant people who fall asleep in the midst of a budget discussion.

All these financial/budget talk is making me hungry. Now where shall I go for my kolo mee/laksa/popiah…

Tomorrow is a public holiday (Awal Muharam) and for some extraordinary reasons I am more productive (as in, work), energetic and happy on the day before a public holiday/weekend.

Anyway, here’s something for you before your long weekend :

Q: What’s Bruce Lee’s favourite drink?
A: WATAAAAR!!!

*frogs croaking*

In any case,

HAPPY HOLIDAY!

How can you not be in Christmas mood with decorations like this?

At the center of Pavilion in Bukit Bintang

There is the reindeer decoration greeting you at the lobby of Pavilion.

View from the top. Ish~ so nice!

Nearer to home, there is Christmas decorations at tHe Spring as well

Spoiled by bad English! Sigh~!

Try saying this fast!

Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch witch?

Thumbuddy thelp me unthangle my thung!