My little place to talk cock sing song…

Something i found quite funny on a forum…

HER DIARY
Day night, I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a
cafe
to have some coffee. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I
thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no
comment.Conversation wasn’t flowing so I suggested that we go somewhere
quiet so we could talk, he agreed but he kept quiet and absent.I Asked
him what was wrong - he said, "Nothing."I asked him if it was my fault
that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and not to
worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply smiled
and kept driving. I can’t explain his behavior; I don’t know why he
didn’t say, "I love u, too."When we got home I felt as if I had lost
him, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there
and watched TV. He seemed distant and absent.Finally I decided to go to
bed. About 10 minutes later he came to bed. I decided that I could not
take it anymore, so I decided to confront him with the situation but he
had fallen asleep.I started crying and cried until I too fell asleep. I
don’t know what to do. I’m almost sure that his thoughts are with
someone else. My life is a disaster.

HIS DIARY
Today Man-U lost to Arsenal !! GOD DAMN IT.  !!

*Sometimes we think too much when actually its something trivial…

I obtained a copy of the new OASIS album called "Stop the clock" yesterday, its a retrospective (best of) album of old OASIS songs and it struck me… i miss the good old days of good music. How do i categorize "good music", its when a song comes on, you don’t turn to another station. Every single song on that album is top quality when it comes to lyrics, melodies and arrangement, and finish listening to the 2 CD makes you feel wiser, makes you wanna make the world a better place, want to stop wars and end poverty (exaggerating). Sad to say songs this days just make me feel cheap. "Singers" like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Hillary Duff and High School Musical… are kids this days listening to this crap? not to mention good singers like Gwen Stefani (post no-doubt days) are making songs that makes you wanna kill her, her new song "wind it up" with the yodeling is right up there with Paris’s "stars are blind" as my "irritating songs of the year" list. I look at my playlist on my winamp and see very few (like 2 -3) songs that are recent, what happen to songs like "the masterplan" or "champagne supernova" or "wonderwall" - probably drowned out by talentless singers.

Here’s the lyrics to "The Masterplan" by OASIS (could you believe its a B side track?)

The Masterplan

Take the time to make some sense
Of what you want to say
And cast your words away upon the waves
Bring them back with acquiesce
On a ship of hope today
And as they land upon the shore
Tell them not to fear no more
Say it loud and sing it proud
And they…

Will dance if they want to dance
Please brother take a chance
You know they’re gonna go
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don’t know –
What is gonna be
Please brother let it be
Life on the other hand won’t let you understand
Why we’re all part of the masterplan

I’m not saying right is wrong
It’s up to us to make
The best of all things that come our way
And all the things that came have past
The answer’s in the looking glass
There’s four and twenty million doors
Down life’s endless corridor
Say it loud and sing it proud
And they…

Will dance if they want to dance
Please brother take a chance
You know they’re gonna go
Which way they wanna go
All we know is that we don’t know –
What is gonna be
Please brother let it be
Life on the other hand won’t let you understand
Why we’re all part of the masterplan

Incidentally its the name of the movie i just saw and the status of my industrial training.

First off: - My Training
Well after numerous attempts at attending interviews, printing out resumes, and countless agonizing hours waiting for their replies… i got accepted and this time, i didn’t even have to go for an interview. Dr Sham called me yesterday morning saying that I’ve got accepted by Double Visions to undergo my training. He told me to come and take the offer letter they sent him, you couldn’t imagine how relief i felt. Most importantly the place is just near UTAR and they produce quality television shows…even Channel V which I’m extremely excited about.
Double Vision

Now on to the movie
The movie was actually released in August in the US but only came here 2 months after the release.
The story is basically about a graduating high school guy name Bartleby Gaines who is rejected by every single University he applied for. Facing the high expectations of his parents he decides to "set up" his own institution called "South Harmon Institute of Technology" - S.H.I.T for short. He and his rag-tag bunch of friends set up a website and turned an old abandoned mental institution into their "campus", The web page was done so well, that hundreds of students show up at the
front door, all of which were turned down by other colleges. Faced with
no choice, Bartleby decides to proceed with turning South Harmon into a
real college, and sets about figuring out what to teach and how to
teach it.
Nothing new here, its basically another underdog movie about "how society has set up a set of rules and those how does not fit in are considered rejects of society" type movie. Justin Long who plays Bartleby did a pretty decent job of portraying the underdog, he has this "boy next door" "loser" looks which fitted the role perfectly.
But the scene stealer in this movie has to belong to Uncle Ben played to brilliance by the ever so sarcastic Lewis Black of the Daily show fame - he "anti establishment" attitude is lifted directly off his own character in the daily show and it is in abundance in this movie.

Verdict:
3/5 - Funny and inspiring movie, though there are some non-sense here and there but i find it charming… it adds character to the feel of the movie. A fun movie to say the least.

I end this post with one of Uncle Ben’s Quote near the end of the movie.
"and do me a favor and enjoy your time here, you’ve got four years and those are the best years of your lives… and then… you’re FUCKED!"

Fuckin’ AYE !

Well… for the 3 of us (Me, GKK and Kang) that is. Wei Keong was in a very foul mood after that…lol.
The 4 of us took a day trip to Port Dickson yesterday… no, not for Sun, Sea and Sand. We went to Port Dickson for Go Carting !!!. A rather strange association, its like going to Pizzahut to eat burgers, Port Dickson and Go Carting just sounds strange.
We took off from PJ at around 9.30am after a short stop for breakfast at SS3, the entire journey from PJ to the Go Kart circuit took us around 1 and a half hours at 120 KM /H. The place looks exactly the same as the Xtreme Park in Sunway… but at a cheaper rate (8 laps - Rm15). We all did 24 laps around the small circuit, it was a barrel of fun and then some. Those little Go Karts, 1 look at them and 1 can assume that it won’t go fast, but can those little fellas go! on the straight you could feel the speed, and when you turn into a sharp turn… there is actually G-forces! It kindda felt like a miniature F1 car (to me at least). The steering on the little fellas were hard, really hard…turning was a real problem at first, but after all that you get used to it. Everyone was apprehensive to take corners at first, but after the first few laps… everybody was doing power slides on the hairpin… WE WERE DRIFTING !!!
At the end of the day, everyone was sweating, hair smelly from the helmets (which i doubt they’ve ever washed it), arms aching from the steering and having no real sense of reality anymore (Wei Keong: Wah, my car’s steering is suddenly so light !). But we had a hell of a time, and thats the most important thing… something we haven’t done for a while now.
However, the journey back is when Wei Keong’s nightmare started, there was traffic jams all the way back… everyone was hungry, thirsty and tired, you could understand Wei Keong’s mood after we were held up by jams in KL (everyone beside Wei Keong had a nap). After a 3 hour journey back, we stopped over at Harts Chicken buffet and stuffed ourselves.
Overall, it was a very very enjoyable holiday road trip.

Thanks Mr. Beh and Pik Gan for the comments. I was probably feeling really down that day, normally this kind of things won’t get me all worked up for nothing. Its true what my friends from high school said to me last week - "Don’t care whether you know how to write chinese or not… just tell them yes, then after you’ve secure the job… they won’t give a shit". I think sometimes i wear my pride on my sleeves, probably because i keep telling them i don’t know any mandarin, this phrase keep poping out from my mouth and the moment i utter those exact words… i could see the reaction from them… like if there was a button for "next please", they would have pressed that button right after i said it. I don’t want them to accept me for something whom i am not, and that in turn will have me thinking "if they don’t accept me for who i am, then fine" type of attitude.
I probably will have to bluff my way into interviews now, "but do it in a smart way" like my friend said - saying something like "my mandarin is kindda slow but i will try" - instead of a straight "my mandarin is poor" answer i usually give.
I guess saying "no" is a taboo in interviews, you’ll have to say no in the most indirect way possible… i’ve got to look for my thesaurus now.
Anyways, thanks for the comments, i’ll treat it as a form of positive criticism.

Well, 4 interviews gone, none wanted to accept me as a trainee. You could imagine the state of mind i’m in right now… confused, depressed, low on self esteem…etc.
It wasn’t suppose to end up like this, Dr. Sham called me yesterday telling me "Chi Keong, Mystic entertainment called me and they said they will be taking the 3 of you", my eyes lit up as i was hoping to undergo my training there, with or without those 2. It was a better choice for me as they deal in television program rather than that SMS crap the other company was offering me.
Guess what? Dr.Sham called me today, my heart nearly sank to the bottom, "Chi Keong, i’m sorry to tell you that Mystic doesn’t want you as they were going towards hiring the 2 girl BUT they thought might as well take you in as well, now that the 2 girls got other offers, they rejected you."
Now i don’t mind getting rejected, as i’ve said tons of times… that particular phrase "Mystic doesn’t want you as they were going towards hiring the 2 girl BUT they thought might as well take you in as well" shred every single ounce of my ego, pride and dignity to piece… i lay on the bed thinking about whether i’ve made any mistakes in not securing a place, what i might have said that might belittle my chances, still i can’t get my head around it.
I’m hoping this week goes by fast, i just want to go out and enjoy myself and get my mind off it. Mind you i’m not always this bitchy.