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The Dark Side

“Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side… If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan’s apprentice.” – Yoda

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I can almost imagine Jia Wern, Yuin-Y, Terry, Kelvin people saying to me Yoda-ly, “The dark side, you have come”. For months and year(s), I resisted registering a Facebook account for a few simple reasons: 1) My Friendster contacts are still alive and serving its purpose well, 2) What for add the same bunch of people again? 3) Facebook IS the “dark side”. A black hole. Once you’re in, you can’t get out. (Coincidentally, Friendster has been growing less “dark side” ever since it started allowing people to use it as a blog dumpster, spam songs, glittering animation on testimonials. It’s repulsive, and makes me not go there often, so, less evil…)

My reasons are still valid, although I have now got myself into this Facebook baloney, didn’t I? Maybe I can bypass #1 and #2 with some lame justification but, I can almost 1001% prove to you why #3 is definitely TRUE. Haha.

In just an hour after registering a Facebook account,

17 confirmed me as friend
3 wrote some stuff on my wall (since when I ask for a wall to be erected on Facebook?)
2 tagged a photo of me (hey, how can I trust you to tag me correctly? maybe it’s not me…)
1 edited details on how we know each other (oh my….)

And, 1 particular friend participated in all of the above, which makes me wonder whether he’s working or playing Facebook on a Monday afternoon.

See, how many people are “actively” fiddling around with Facebook at any given hour? Someone please save this world from time wastage. So evil.

And, I WILL remember to turn off this stupid email-me-to-tell-me-what-happen-in-Facebook feature so that I don’t get bombarded with so much spam. I will check it myself at my own pace. What bother!

Those who want to add me, use the search to find-lah. At least get to practice your search skills, make good use of your time instead of throwing sheep at people.

So, somehow, I have gone to the dark side. Let’s see whether I can convert some people out of it, by participating in it. Macam hero-lah. People say, resistance is futile. But strangely, it’s even more futile to make sense of why resistance is futile. :-)

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Auf Wiedersehen for now

It’s second round this year! The time has come, sooner than expected.

I thought using auf Wiedersehen would actually be more like a “farewell” kind of goodbye than a “goodbye” kind of goodbye. But, it can be literally translated as “Until we see each other again”, so I think it sounds OK in this context. Moreover, it sounds more elegant than servus or tschüs (sounds like ‘just’).

Most of you would have known about this, that I’ll be flying off to Vienna to see my dearest, and then off to an enormous tour round Europe (in counter-clockwise fashion), starting from Vienna to Prague, Dresden, Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Basel, Zurich, Salzburg, then back to Vienna. After that, we’ll also be making a trip to Budapest for a night. :-) At least this clarifies to some of you who thought I would be going to Italy again?!? Wait a minute, that’s not the best part. The best part is, she will be back FOR GOOD this time! No more running away! No more! No!

I can’t write more than this for now, since time is precious, and I have been rushing lots of stuff whole day, and I need to be going off soon for dinner with papa and mama, follow by final packing before heading to KLIA. More details when I have time later…

In 8 hours, I’ll be off. I’ll try get some line over there when I can.

Auf Wiedersehen.

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Happy 6th Anniversary

Remember these steps by the Ligurian Sea? A wedding must have just taken place a few days ago at this very spot, by the peace of the sea, accompanied by the sound of waves crashing upon the rocks.

I like this picture. There’s something wonderful about it which I can’t seem to tell.

I know you’re waiting for me too.

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Panic button

Well well, what can I say??

When people start panicking, they do all sorts of things. Some try and find shortcuts, some borrow money from ah longs, while some attempt to keep their desperation at bay. Strangely still, some even resort to believing in things they normally don’t....Read More...

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The New Republic of Barisan Rakyat

I’m in PKR-DAP country! ...

Sunday was a new day. I woke up to The New Republic of Barisan Rakyat. Nothing seemed to have changed, election-spammed roads, the buildings, the sky still enshrouded with a thin film of haze. But to many of us, we know what has changed.

Well, I would not want to flood you further with the latest developments on the political front since Malaysiakini and many other blogs have been doing an excellent job on that. But, I can’t resist mentioning one of the latest — that for the first time, an Indian has been appointed a Deputy CM, and that’s in Penang. ...Read More...

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