If you watch the above images from your seat in frontof the computer, Mr.Angry is on the left, and Mrs.Calmis on the right. Get up from your seat, and move back 12 feet, and PRESTO!! they switch places!! I believe this illusion was created by PhillippeG.Schyns and Aude Oliva of the Univ. of Glasgow. This proves that we may not be seeing what's actuallythere, all the time!!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Friday, November 25, 2005
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Love
She walks in beauty
Like the night of cloudless climes..
and starry skies..
And all that's best of dark and bright
meet in her aspect..
And her eyes..
By Byron ( my favourite love quote master)
Not in a good state of mind
Try to picture this situation. I was doing my work as usual, my boss walks out of his room and starts to talk to my collegue. Suddenly a fax came in and since the fax machine is at my reach, i took the fax and started reading it. It was a purchase order for nero7 from singapore. I showed it to my boss and he said WE need to bring it down to singapore. I was like, ok. Then he started discussing something with my collegue and he said, i have to make two trips then. I kept quiet didn't want to ask more. Then, he himself told me that they are (as in my collegue and my boss) have to go down to singapore for a meeting. The worst part is i have to go down with him to deliver goods and came back on the same day. They on the other hand, taking a flight down staying one night and then coming back! How nice.
I suddenly hate the job i am doing, hate my boss, hate everything!
The dialogue session is on 24th and my friend might come down on that day. I can't take off on that day! Ok, then thought can take off the next day but damn need to go singapore! What the fuck?!? The rest in the office can take off as they like and i can't? This sucks
I feel bad for my friend. I feel bad for myself. I need a fresh breath. My blood is upstairs and i don't know how long it is going to be there. Fuck fuck fuck.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Life is never fair
No man with the right set of mind would be happy with what he has. This includes me. Why everyone else in the world has all the fun and i don't? It is like a curse or something. Or maybe i just don't put much of an efford to change the situation.
I am caught up with work like almost every other day. I need money, no doubt but my sosial life is going down the drain. I thought and i tell it to myself everyday that i have the best life in the whole world but it has elapsed as i see, observe and read what is going on with other's life. I am trying my best to take it in a positive way.
I have the best job in the world, wonderful boss, great working enviroment,my family loves me, my friends are gems but there is something missing. I don't seem to be able to find that. Many may experience the same.
I love traveling, i really do. But i am not capable to do it regularly as for the amount of dough i have with me. Plus, all the company trips are bullshit when it comes to my company. So, when i got the oppurtunity to go to kota bahru, i was soooooo happy and i enjoyed, really i did.
I have this urge to get what i want which others have. But i am not just as lucky as others are i suppose. Everything seems to be moderate for me which is not good enough. I am not the kind of person who gets away with moderate stuff. I want the best.
I realise god s helping me but he is doing something which comes with the concequences that i don't want to face. Why can't he just be straight forward? Like give me something with nothing as after-effect. Life sucks!
To make things worst, i got a message yesterday from a friend who asked me to call back. I did, and got more depressing news. That really made my day suck the whole day yesterday. TOday morning it started rain when i was on my way to work and it is still rainning.
I realize that when you feel like crap, everything else in your sight looks like crap as well and i mean eveything. You just couldn't care about anything or anyone. Everything moves reaaaaalllllyyy slow and you just want to shout!
ok there you go, one depressing day in my life. Enjoy life while you can, tommorow is never certain.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Kelante part 2
Now lets go to the ceremony. It all started with all of us getting up to the temple. Then, the priest (ayer) started some prayers. Both parents had to do some things like putting flowers, yellow rice and both mothers had to make pillayar from the yellow stuff that they had( which i have no idea what the name is). The bride walked in with the bridesmaid. Ramesh's mother passed a new saree for her to wear and she went off. The prayers went on. After like 15 minutes, she came back. Then both the bride and groom had to go through the same process as what the parents did ( except the pillayar part). Then both the parents exchanged "dulang" filled with coconut,"sirih" and bitternut ( i guess). After that, the bride and groom exchanged rings. Abeautiful bouquet was given to them by ramesh's cousin after they got blessings from both side parents.They walked around the temple and sat in front of the alter. There, they had prayers for the god. End of ceremony. Photography session started!
As i was taking like hundreds of photographs, the rest of the people went down to have their dinner in the hall. I came across few really pretty girls! Never knew kelantan had pretty girls, actually never knew kelantan had indians in the first place!
The dinner was fantastic (all vegetarian though :( ) After dinner as usual i had to smoke! But don't know where to go! So, i walked around and went to the back alley of the temple. There, i light up a ciggie. Few malay fellows were walikng by looking at me one kind. Scary though. Then, these two indian guys from the engagement walked towards me and stood right behind me and started discussing this. " You don't cause any problem here, listen to me hey listen to me" one guy said to the other. The other one said " no, no , no i have to do it!" and they had an argument and they settled down after that and walked off. I had no idea what the hell they were talking.
One by one people started to leave. I, ramesh and two of his cousins went up to the temple again to collect back the "dulangs". Then we left as well.
Thats all short and sweet huh? heheehhe .I really enjoyed the trip. i think i am a travelling person. anybody knows anyone who does charity by sending others to travel, call me ya. hehehehe
chao guys!
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Kelante
It was the third day of Deepavali, the first of raya. Pukul 5.15 pagi, i was awaken by a sms from jimpack(ramesh). I will be there by 5.45a.m. Kelam kabut i got up and went to take my shower and prepared myself for the journey to kota bahru. Oh, it was jimpack's brother's engagement and i was suppose to be the "official photographer". Yeah yeah i know, half of you are laughing your heads off. Went to kepong first to meet all the others who gonna join the few hours journey to kota bahru. Jimpack came with his mom and brother(who was getting engaged) to fetch me.
So, we all met up in kepong first in jimpack's aunty's house. I realised that i was the only one who was not a relative there but all of them were so sporting and fun that somehow, they got me fittin' in. There,they had idli for breakfast, which i don't eat so i was happy with just a cup of teh 'o. Then everyone were busy packing stuff and arranging who is going in which car. There were one kia carnival, one honda cr-v, one waja and one perdana. I had the oppurtunity to go on the carnival which happens to be my first time getiin' into this mpv. It was soo spacious and comfy. I sat at the back with jimpack,the driver was his cousin,his dad(jimpack's uncle) sat next to him and his mother(jimpack's aunty) sat at the second row with jimpack's uncle. It was a very tiring jouney, these three cars were basically racing each other on the road. no one went below 120km/j except for carnival as we stopped few times.
We stopped at gua musang for lunch. It was a chinese shop and had lil' bit of food just to cover the hunger. I realised i didn't eat much the whole jouney. THen, we left gua musang to hit the roads. It tooks us two more hours to reach kota bahru. But this time, i was in the cr-v. Jimpack drove the cr-v, with his cousin next to him. i sat at the back with two of his other cousins.Jimpack was driving at 140km/j all the way! When we reached Kota Bahru, two cars were lost ( including ours.hahaha) Met the perdana and waja in front of the kota bahru hospital. Oh, i forgot, a harrier joined us after lunch.It was jimpack's brother's boss. We took the perdana with us as the waja wanted to wait for someone in front of the hospital.As jimpack is familiar with kota bahru, he led the way to the renaisance where the harrier who was lost too waittin. Still no sign of the Carnival. After few minutes, they came.Then we all convoyed to the place where we were suppose to stay, kenchana inn. To our suprise, waja was waitting for us there!
Checked in and i got a room with jimpack and his uncle. Just one night i will adjust. Did i mentioned, it was dreadful, i coulnd't smoke the whole journey as i left my ciggarattes in the beg and it was in the perdana! As everyone checked in, time to smoke! i couldn't take it.So i left the room quietly to the chinese shop below the inn to get a puff. Ahhh..... relieve. it didnt stop there though. It was almost 5.30 and everyone was going down for tea when i was going up to the room! Ok, what the hell, i went for tea as well. After tea, everyone went to their room back. I went to the stairs to have another ciggie. After that, went to the room and hit the bed! I almost close my eyes when jimpack's unle woke us up saying it is time to get ready! *sigh*
Got ready and went down to see the others are still dressing up. Somehow, i had the feeling as though it was my brother or cousin who was getting engaged. That is how they treated me there, as one of their family. :)
I started my work to take photographs when jimpack's aunty came to me and said, ok come here carry this. I was carying a "dulang" which had bananas on them. Hehehe..i felt honoured, i don't know why.Reached the temple to find the groom and the car jimpack was driving went missing! It was 7.30 and everyone started panicking. We all suppose to be at the temple by 7.30.
Calls going there and here and finally they made it! I just left the "dulang" on one of the cars and one girl just came and carried it into the hall.
Let me tell you about the temple. It was like a goverment's building with 'koburam' on top! You know like a office block but this dome on top of it. It was so high tech. The temple was on the first floor. The hall was on the ground where people come to eat after ceremonies.Sorry, didnt get the chance to take pictures of the magnificent temple.
I will continue with the engagement ceremony on my next post. Stay tuned! :)