will i am's delayed diary

London, Tate Gallery, Anna Lea Merritt: Love Locked Out, 1889 Swiped from groenling . For years and years I had been using the same old e-mail password. It originated from the address of my old industrial training site in Cyberjaya. That was like a decade ago! However, that password is no more. For some reason, I could not log into my GMail account the other day and I had to reset my password. I tried the SMS method and I got the reset code on my phone 5 times faster than an m2u TAC. Impressive. Quickly changed my password and went through the account activity. Found nothing suspicious. I still don't know what happened. In the midst of all this, Kidz could not access my blog and immediately got KH to ask me. He thought that I closed my blog down. Later on, I found that my GTalk auto sign-on failed with an "Account locked" message. Hmmm, I really wonder...

Colour Rabbit Swiped from ssoosay . Last Sunday, SK, mum and I ventured to Michael & Guys , One Utama to get our hair done. The senior stylist there was clever enough to call SK and entice her with some CNY promotions. Cut + Dye + Treatment for only MYR168. For longer hair, just add MYR30. SK and I opted for colour, whereas my mum just did a hair treatment for MYR60. This time round, I did not go for anything too obvious. Chose a more subdued and natural hue. So subdued that none of my colleagues noticed! @&^%$#$#. But I guess that was the desired effect. The shampoo guy was most talkative. Typical beng -ish type from JB with super-blonde, straightened hair. At first I thought that he was the curly type, but later on, he kept asking about girlfriends and how after a certain age one should be quite ashamed of receiving red packets. Goodness. Even after my chemical treatment was done, he kept chatting with me and even let me play with his new Nokia N8. Tak faham betul! ...

Anuar Zain for MStar Caught sight of this full page item on MStar , The Star's weekly Malay pullout. It featured Ziana Zain's kid brother ( still applicable now that he's over 40? ), Anuar Zain. For the benefit of my beh hiau Bahasa Melayu readers, the caption reads: "Anuar Zain: Selesa Tanpa Wanita" Yes folks, he's forty. Unmarried. Not bad looking. And most importantly, comfortable without women . If I were him and if I was straight ( choi, choi, choi! ), I would definitely feel uncomfortable with that statement emblazoned on a tabloid. Sounds too ghey kan ?

Puppets! Swiped from cgines . Celebrated Janvier's 30th birthday at E42T: 42 East Restaurant and Bar , TTDI on Thaipusam. The name of the restaurant is a bit of a word play. In the logo, the "42" in "E42T" is manipulated to look like "AS", hence giving you "EAST". SK and I did not easily find the place although it was facing the main road. Got cheated by Google Maps. Somehow Lorong Rahim Kajai 14 does not show properly in it. The Chief managed to secure a private party at the venue. Most of us pre-ordered the pork ribs set. At just 40++, one gets mushroom soup ( watered down ) with garlic bread, grilled pork ribs ( tender, but had a weird citrus rind taste ) and fruits to close. And you get a pint of Carlsberg too! The table was split into two, so Janvier sat in the middle with a swivel chair so that no one would feel left out. Nah, it didn't happen like that. He chose the boring way and just moved around. This time round, Leggy ...

connection Swiped from rent-a-moose . If you're reading this, you most probably live two lives. One~ flesh and bone. Blood and sweat. The other~ 1s and 0s. IE and Firefox. Truth be told, we feed quite a lot of our REAL lives into our digital lives. Much time invested into uploading our lives onto the WWW. Not quite Tron, but I'm sure we can get there some day. For me, both lives are important. Imagine IM-ing about everything under the sun, but clam up when meeting each other Imagine having animated discussions in person, but ignore each other in social networking sites and blogs Scenario 1 is definitely disastrous, but to me scenario 2 is also bad. In my opinion, we should try to connect with each other in all possible channels, not just stick to one. But I guess there are many people who are Cyberspace lurkers . They read and read and read. Stalk and stalk and stalk. But never make their presence known and never leave their thoughts. Or, there are people who rely...

Chirashi-don Swiped from williamnyk . Ever since I put up my Contact Me feature I have made some interesting interactions with my readers. Some normal. Some abnormal ( definitely something for another post ). Enjoyed some e-mail conversations, perhaps some FB and IM interaction. If things click, we may end up meeting face to face. So far I've met Lun, a youngn' who works near my office. And recently, Finnegan, an Irishman based in HK. He was in town for a couple of days, so we arranged a lunch date on Saturday. Picked him up from the Gardens Hotel ( the traffic was exceptionally smooth. I was expecting Hell from CNY shoppers! ) and drove over to nearby Nihon-kai . Had their Chirashi-don accompanied by a nice chat. More often than not, the topic veered towards food and travel. Found him to be quite a shy person. Likes to think before he speaks ( So unlike me. Should I tone down my laser? Haha, I think not ). Can tell that he loves having intellectual discourses but I do...

Another crazy Doc Swiped from Erik K Veland . Mum complained about a mysterious itch on her right thigh for more than a week. On and off with a wave of numbness now and then. How weird right? No marks on her skin whatsoever. Must be some kind of nerve problem I thought. Quite at a lost on which specialist to consult. Then on Thursday, she complained of body ache, sore throat and rashes started coming out on her thigh. Aha! That's something to go on. I actually thought it was shingles, but she reported no pain. Advised her to see the nearby doctor. A big clinic franchise~ MedivXXXX. The doctor said that it was viral, but it was not shingles. "Aunty, very serious already, need to give you a jab. It costs $150." After paying the fees of MYR190, her sore throat and body ache did go away, but the itchy rashes stayed. I told her to get a second opinion. SK recommended Alam Medic in OUG. I was quite surprised at what the doctor there said. "Aunty, don't wor...