will i am's delayed diary

2007 Tzu-Chi Youth Group Summer Camp Group Photo , swiped from Stev!e on Flickr. On Saturday, mum and I went for the sunset mass on Saturday because I had to leave for Brunei on a 06:45 am flight on Sunday. Was supposed to go home for dinner, but a talk on recycling by the Tzu Chi Merit Society caught mum's eye. My church's RCIA group had invited them over to share their experience about their extensive recycling campaigns. Up at their booth, a very nice-looking lady approached us to explain things. She spoke very politely in Mandarin and English. She was extolling five simple steps to reducing one's carbon footprint: Go vegetarian Reduce the use of air-conditioning Reduce the use food packaging Carpool or use public transport Save water Simple enough? Next she showed us some instant rice and noodles that they manufacture for international relief efforts. Through DA.AI Technology , they managed to recycle PET bottles into clothing and blankets which are also used to provid...

Pixelated poinciana , swiped from judith511 on Flickr. Taken from JapanProbe.com . "Censorship is enough to completely turn off most Americans to Japanese porn. They are so used to seeing hardcore penetration shots that the fact that they can’t actually see the genitals make the porn useless to them. It’s a shame, since some out there think that Japanese pornography is often far superior to American adult videos. Japanese porn doesn’t focus on the penetration shot, instead using a variety of direction styles to create a sex scene. Without censorship, most Japanese directors would be as lazy as their American counterparts, who rely heavily on close-ups of penetration. It is possible that Japan’s wacky and innovative porn is a partial response to censorship." I for one am a fan of Japanese porn. The cencorship doesn't really bother me. I'm OK with pixelated dicks. I can put things into perspective by cranking up my imagination. It doesn't take much. But some porn c...

Halftone , swiped from I'm George on Flickr. I looked at my payslip today and found that my basic salary had been cut! WTF! I make MYRX400 a month and suddenly it was MYRX130!!! I quickly checked last month's payslip. Hmmm. Also MYRX130!!! The one before that also MYRX130!!! I went through twelve payslips before it me. I do make MYRX130 a month. LOL. Getting senile. For some reason I thought I make MYRX400 a month. Oh well. Drama over.

Vote One, Vote All , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Back in KL then to Singapore, we were suddenly VERY aware of the heat. Our skin seemed prickly the closer we got to the outside world. Quickly jumped into the cab and headed to Serangoon. Wasn't quite sleepy, so I did some unpacking and repacking for my trip back to KL. So much stuff! Had to leave some stuff with KH. For food, we had mixed rice, winter melon soup and wantan noodles ( the yucky variety with sweet chili sauce ) at the Serangoon Foodcourt. Some eye candy was at the nearby table. Hehe. After filling our bellies, we went home to sleep. Also met KH's new housemates. A gay couple. One's a cute-ish IT guy and the other's a twinky Taiwanese student who spends way too much time with male escorts. Dinner was with KH's landlord at Kimly Seafood . POD and Nic also joined us. Singapore was a buzz with the impending election. Lots of talk about "Ling Vs Ling", the government airhead against the feis...

Swiped from ewankojohn Football. Bah! Everytime there is a game at Bukit Jalil Stadium, things go haywire. Arsenal was there last Wednesday and I got a very 'pleasant' surprise when I got down at Bukit Jalil Station to collect my car from the parking lot. It was surrounded by loads of motorcycles! F*ck! Dragged a few motorcycles out of the way, but some were extremely hard to move ( learned that Kris is heavier than other brands! ). Decided to enlist the help of a stranger. Thank goodness he was strong and knew how to move the locked motorcycles. We moved more than ten and had to slowly adjust the rows of motorcycles for me to able to manoeuver out. Still, it was too tight and I scratched the car a bit. Crap! And that ordeal really took a toll on my spindly arms. Ouch. Ouch. Ache. Ache. The next day, while I was walking to KL Sentral, a trio of Thai girls stopped me to ask for directions. They wanted to get to My Hotel @ Brickfields. Those gung-ho girls only knew the name ...

King's Cross , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Took the EuroStar from Paris Gare du Nord back to London. Once again, the confusing signage nearly got the better of us. The departure was actually upstairs and we had to check-in ala air travel. Seeing that we were running late, the staff let us through the gates without filling out our immigration cards. Security was also a bitch to clear. Had another round of grilling from the British immigration. Once in train, we heaved a sigh of relief and went to get some drinks. Ordered a cafe au lait and ate some biscuits. The barista was cute! A whole bunch of midgety HK students were milling around the area too. Back at our seats, we had fun seeing a Malaysian couple discussing their holiday plans. Boy: I wanna go the staidum. The stadium. The stadium. Girl: Don't forget shopping. Shopping. and more shopping. Boy: OK. Stadium then shopping. Girl: How about shopping then stadium? Gotta love 'em. Arrived at King's ...

Auditorium-SJK-c-YUK-CHAI , swiped from ewinee on Flickr. Once again, brought my mum to VerSeS: A Journey Through Time And Ages (AJTTA), a charity concert featuring sacred music. Already part IV this year. Held at SRJK(C) Yuk Chai, Taman Megah. The venue was easy to find as the school was huge. Quite impressed with the facilities. Looked posh with its contemplation garden complete with fountain, timber benches and canteen with stainless steel chairs and tables. It also has an auditorium-- that's where the concert was held. The concert coincided with BERSIH 2.0's rally, so I was a bit concerned about getting there. Wanted to check out ITIS, but the website was down for maintenance. Good timing hor ? Conancat was kind enough to inform me that the LDP was free from roadblocks, so I chose that route. Upon arriving, I was shocked to see the enthusiam of its basketball teams. The coach carried his baby in one hand and shouted orders through his headset to keep the practice drill go...

Long Line To The Louvre , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. The drunken sex from the night before really left us very tired and unprepared for the next day. Forgot to charge my camera and we were supposed to spend the day at Musée du Louvre . *smacks forehead*. It was relatively easy to enter the famous museum. KH was very proud that we used the lesser-known side entrance and made use of the Paris Museum Pass. Truth be told, the Louvre is super big. One really doesn't have the time to finish every wing and every floor. Thirty thousand objects of art! So our objective was just to look at the highlights and absorb whatever goody that we might come across on the way. Started out at the main atrium, right under the glass pyramids. Beautiful geometry. The building itself was impressive-- the Palais du Louvre. Seeing signs of the impending crowds, we quickly started our tour. First was Chevaux de Marly , the Marly Horses. Then it was the opulent rooms of Napolean III . Extremely ornat...

It's been a long time since I had a decent entry for "LRT Celebrities". Yesterday, I was cursing STAR LRT for the lateness of their 9:00pm train and the arrival of not one but two trains not in service. But every cloud has a silver lining. If not for that, perhaps I would not have bumped into this delicious specimen of Train Twink. As he walked in, my heart gave an immediate "WAH" and started to fire up the spy cam on my iPhone. As you can see, i had a very clear view and he was very co-operative since he was busy on the phone. Hehe. Very lean. Very toned. Very tanned. Very gay also. The material of his tank top was similar to those underwear worn by Rick Day's models. Thin and looks like it can be torn off anytime to get to his nipples. Opps... Got off at Bukit Jalil... someone was waiting for him. Don't think he is local, so the chances of us meeting again is quite slim.

The Battle of the Envelopes ( coined by Finnegan ) has come to an end. Last week, I received a dozen business reply envelopes in an unmarked brown paper envelope. And they wrote my name wrongly. Omitted the "William". Ingat nama glamer ke? In my IC la...  So the battle has been won, but the war wages on. Until next year. Hehe.

Not to be compared to an MYR519 pair of Nikes! I'm not a shoe person. Such a break off from the gay stereotype hor ?. The last pair of shoes I bought was in May last year. And that was a pair of casual shoes. My last pair of sports shoes were purchased before I entered university a decade ago. Think it was from Bata. And so, I broke the drought last, last Sunday by purchasing a pair from New Balance at the Gardens. KH had been nagging me about it because I complain about ankle and hamstring aches every time I come back from my Sunday jog. The salesman was very helpful. Showed me all the ranges, checked out my feet and asked me about my requirements. "This range has the best cushioning and is suitable for someone like you with a high arch. This model is suitable for 20km. The one next to it 15km. How far would you be running?" "Erm, just show me the 10km." "How about the pair I am wearing? I ran in the KL Marathon before coming to work today."...

Kill Bill (2003) , swiped from YES, we like MOVIES ! on Flickr. "BERSIH 2.0 is stupid. You happy now that KL is locked down? Annoying. Irritating. My shopping plans are now ruined!" There are people who say that they have no business with politics and politics has no business with them. To them, nothing can be done to make things better. They think they are above it all. Just because they are content with their own inaction, they condemn those who support the cause or at least help to propagate the idea. And when things go down the crapper, they think they have sanctuary elsewhere. In my opinion, these are not fence-sitters, but rather the fence. As the Chinese proverb goes, "unless the needle pokes into your own flesh, you won't feel the pain". Let's hope that when the day comes, the needle won't be too big! Chaz Zye, Tulai and Grat who are currently marching in KL, keep safe and keep dry! And for EarlGrey who is preparing for his charity con...

Notre Dame , swiped from williamnyk on Flickr. Early the next morning, we headed to Notre Dame de Paris , the famous cathedral. An exquisite example of French Gothic architecture located on Île de la Cité, one of two natural islands in the Seine within Paris. No lines going in, so after taking a few photos at the plaza out front, we waltzed in. It was quite dark inside but all the more better to admire the magnificent stained glass. There were many vocation candles around, but at E15 a pop, we gave it a pass. Other than the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the real 'monster' to look out for at Notre Dame is the gargoyles. For that, we had to head out and queue in cold. KH and I took turns. While he waited in line, I went to the back of the cathedral to view the flying buttresses at the back and a beautiful garden by the Seine with box-shaped trees. When we finally ascended to the roof, we were greeted by the famous gargoyles. Monsters in all sorts of poses, looking contemplatively at...

Char Kuay Teow , swiped from Khor Hui Min on Flickr. Briyani recently changed his job and his new boss turned out to be quite a bitch, so SK and I asked him out for dinner one Saturday to let him blow off some steam. Brought CK along and we drove to his place in PJ. Dinner was at Restoran Say Huat . Near the place was a large square that was dotted with quite a few stalls. But he veto-ed most of them for hygiene violations. :S. So we ended up in the kopitiam instead. The whole area had a very 'new village' feel to it. As SK and I like to say, "a bit pengz ". Predominantly student clientele. Definitely a plus point. We ordered CKT from Robert's CKT stall and Thai and Tomyam fried rice from the stall beside it. Just recently read a foodie entry on that CKT and boy.... was I disappointed. For me, it was below average. Sweet ( as blasphemous as the Singaporean version ) and lacking in wok hei . And the cockles were so small and shrivelled. The only positive was t...

Mark Twain , swiped from sfjalar on Flickr. The Thais have decided. A Thaksin is back at the helm of Thailand's government. Lucky Yingluck, so to say. What's in store for Malaysia? "Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason." — Mark Twain