Rushing down office..

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This post was supposed to be up yesterday but somehow there was a trip and all my post were gone. *Note: must save work before posting


The time was showing 7.48AM and it meant i will be late for work. I had to be on time as according to one of my superiors in my office, late attendance equals NO SOCSO COVERAGE.

So, i drove down as fast as i could in my B18c-R, not keeping count on how fast i was, i reached the infamous traffic light around Hill Top. Dang... that's my real worry. As expected, the cars were pilling all over the place, it's like a scaled-down version of KL's highway jams.

( Base on fig ) Red Car belongs to me. Not intending to wait for the long traffic queue, i manoeuvred my vehicle down the left lane without even giving the signal, much to the dismay of the vehicle at the back. I knew how the driver's reaction would be but i was in a hurry.

To his/her astonishment, i carried on forward via the small pavement on the left and drivers from behind would easily intepret my move ( if they are smart enough ) as a dirty but efficient way of jumping queues.

If i had to follow thru with the traffic jams, i might had reached my office probably 10 - 20 minutes late, an event i ain't willing to experience, considering the said SOCSO coverage and i might had to miss out on the RM1.00 ea Nasi Lemak promotion the pakistani cafe ( opposite my office ) is giving out.

So, not satisfied by reaching the very front of the traffic light, of cause i did saw a few envious glances by the other drivers ( who understandbly waited for their turn ) at the traffic light, i probably did not do myself favours by revving my engines loud just to make sure they leave an empty space for me to drive through.

There's this young group of enthusiastic ah beng's inside a Kenari beside me blasting out The Fast & The Furious Tokyo Drift OST's supposely of one of the famous tracks from The Teppanyaki Gays Teriyaki Boyz which i could vaguely remember singing Dwift Dwift Dwift near the chorus. Sensing that they are just posers, i rev my engine even louder and as i figured, they all stop singing with fear lingering over their heads. ( Cause my car tinted ma... 75% dark, cannot see face ho )

I did myself no favours at all by choosing to drive into a one-way lane at the left and turn back into an oncoming road. You could imagine how many eyes were staring at me that moment. Basically, i just felt like time stood still and i was the only one driving around with every vehicle stationary which reminds me of the movie i watched few days ago. Remember CLick?

Anyways stop me from disgressing, so by the time i reached the lane where i wasn't suppose to be, a van from the opposing lane came straight at me without even noticing my vehicle. Ya i know, i am the one whose at fault but with too much doses of Initial D Dvds lately, i floored on the gas pedal and went straight ahead.

The poor blue-coloured van with few bumps and scratches at it's side screeched to a halt in the middle of the road. We both looked at each other and i was giving him the WTF look. Panic, would be an understatement. Scared sh*t, he drove to the side and let me through.

I took matters even further by applying on the handbrakes and sort-of drifted out from the lane leaving the losers behind. It was a stunt to be honest with you if you consider performing it under the watchful eye of a traffic car just a stone throws away from me is fun.

I swear that, if Michael Shumacher was there, he would have received a standing oviation or applause from the drivers. I on the other hand, were greeted by jeers and derision. There was this guy who witness everything who gave me the much-more polite mid finger salute but with his indignant stares.

What happened was just a one off. I would not had done this if my SOCSO coverage lasted longer than 8AM. Sometimes, certain things really does drive a person over the edge. To me, i wasn't over the edge really.... it was probably around the edge. :P

I really do not condone such acts of erratic driving skills around town as i am more concerned with the increasing fatality rate of roadkills than those of actual vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-hitchhikers accidents.

I reached my workplace at 8.00AM sharp and i am happy about it.



Note: I would still like to reiterate i am a designated driver myself.

Something Left Behind...?

I was late for work this morning and as i was rushing for the gates, something caught my eye. I noticed something of a thin wooden stick sticking on the rear side windows of my car. I didnt thought much about it at first but then i am always bothered by stuffs sticking on my windows that i decided to check it out.

















It was unusual that stuffs like this do actually appear once a while on my cars. They seem to have this kinda "thing" going on with my car. I went as close as i could to inspect it and the initial wooden-stick like item apparently belongs to some type of insect's ...... seeds. LOL. Under closer scrutiny, i found it to be some egg capsules formed in a line sticking onto my car's window.

















I was pissed. Not because it left an unwanted stain on my window, but by the fact the insect parents had left this poor egg capsules all alone. Sensing that no one was around, i quickly grab hold of my mum's favourite piece of cloth and wipe the egg capsules off my car's window.

















This is the few pieces of eggs left behind just in case their parents will come back at night to collect. I did something wrong so early in the morning. 1st, to rid off the eggs. 2nd, using my mum's fave cloth for cleaning. I don't know which one made me feel worse.


Note: The egg capsules does not belong to the cockroach family as cockroaches eggs are in mahogany brown colour.

I went to church...

This is the famous S.I.B Canada Hill Church which is situated on top of Miri's Canada Hill overlooking Miri City and i was once told that sailors treated the lightened up cross during the nite as a watchtower.
Every sunday, i will come to this place to pray, to seek God's forgiveness for all the numerous sins which i had done in those 6 days every week. I will also sing praises to the Lord. Okay, i might not be that active in it but i will be there whenever possible.

















Its the biggest church in Miri for your info and apparently one of the big boss from "3 links" aka a respected company comes here to pray too. ( after a nites out at Balcony though )

















It's just beside the Miri Gospel Chapel and not being mean, the Miri Gospel Chapel has not changed since i was 4 years old. The building is still as rigid as before. Pardon the *cough* explanation. I had always wanted to check out on the Chapel but then, my parents are life-long members of S.I.B so it would sorta like a life-long Man U fan's child joining Leeds United.

















Anyways, i parked my vehicle at the back so that the pastors/ushers/deacons/brothers & sisters in Christ would not go :" WHAT ON EARTH IS A HEAVILY TINTED CAR DOING IN OUR PREMISES??!??!?? " , so i won't send out the wrong message to the peaceful earthlings there. Brother, that's what i call jaga imej you know?

* Note: Must low profile, must low profile

















Looking down from above, i could slightly notice the glass-walled building. It is the still-vacant Chai Yu Lan building. My initial thought was the KLCC building. Blame it on those haze ok?

















That's Miri Town's roundabout. It's not as big as the one we have around the Airport or Pujut area and i always hate driving around it as i do tend to get dizzy after circling it for some time on a bumpy road. Talking about roundabouts, my friend once told me that if you are to circle any roundabout for 3 times, some negative entity would gladly follow you back to your home and haunt you. I don't know whether it's a fact or just an impressive bullsh*t .

















One could also noticed the first building in Miri, The Wisma Pelita. Those were the days when i was in form 1 - 3, which i used to hang around this building dress up in all hip-hop style impressing the folks there with my fake angmo accent. I remember being stucked inside this elevator once with my classmate and he went berserk thinking some spiritual forces were playing with the elevator. The lights went out and we couldn't go out, i stayed calm yet this friend of mine (which i refuse to name) banged on the lift and cried (I shit you not), " Help me mummyyyy....sob...hep me... " sorry, Bong Chek Voon, i couldn't resist.

















Ahh.... the place where i learn how to kick my first balls... i meant footballs. Padang MMC serves as a ground for all football enthusiasts to horn their football skills every evening. I started out earlier than most chinese guys, around transition. I had fond memories of it which i'll share in a later post.

















Let me bring you on a short tour of the church. S.I.B Canada Hill has so many seats available that if you were to compare it with the ones in Pustaka Miri, S.I.B Canada Hill will be the outright winner hands down. The speakers were hung from above making sure everyone inside will be able to listen to the sermon clearly. The yellow strings which were tied along the chairs serves as a barricade for those who ALWAYS choose to sit at the back. S.I.B Canada Hill encourages everyone ( especially the visitors ) to sit in the front so that we all feel like a big close family. I didn't really like the idea as more people gathering around a small enclosure does give the asthma-prone a hard time.

















This picture was taken from above while the brothers & sisters were praising the Lord. A normal worship session would take around prolly 20 mins, but at S.I.B Canada Hill, 30 mins is the minimum we can go. I'll say, they - love - to - sing .

















Fans being the temporary substitute for air-conds. Somehow, it does not make any difference at all. It's still all heaty.

















Nothing to write much about, anyone who decides to have a birds eye view of the pastor and the folks there can easily walk up the stairs and look down from the window pane. ( Leaning against the window is strictly prohibited , not because we care for your life, it's that we just had the 100% tinted on and we do not want to have it all tampered )

















The 2nd floor looks like this. It's where most teenagers do their biblical work and also some would even had time to engross themselves with their newly-bought handphone. I noticed a young boy behind me staring at my digital cam in a suspicious manner. I had been reading stuff about robbery cases as of late and this for sure could be a potential one. I got up hastily, ran down the hall as fast as i could and sat with my pals instead fearing the little kid my rob me off my precious.

















Inside the hall, visitors are greeted by a huge bible hanging against the wall. The sheer size of it will instill fear into the ones who have fear of reading books surely. It certainly did made me dizzy for quite a while.

















There's always a moment, that one of the leaders would go up to the pulpit introducing the new visitors and i always enjoy every moment of it. The visitors would be taken aback when their names were mentioned and the facial expression which they display were usually if not mostly hillarious. Some would rose slowly.... looking to the side and give a slight nod. Some would just sit down looking around clueless or just plain shy.

















One of the bouncer usher guarding welcoming the doorway visitors. This usher happens to be my dad. He had been in this ushering ministry for sometime and its time to let the younger ones serve the Lord.

















An usher's job consist of handling out paraphernalias - bulletins, welcoming guests, assist in prayer, etc. Who wants this job?

















This is Aaron Bong's brother. He was the one who told me Tiesto will be in KL next march. I hope he ain't lying. Anyway, i think he has some feeling towards one of the girls in my church. Her name is Charlene Wong.

















Sepp looking all cool and clueless. He is my football mate as well. This 2 peeps were telling me of something which they had been taking attention of lately;

















It's about this plus-sized lady in black attire sitting at the very end of the hall, every sunday, preying on the delicious delicacies on offer after the service. She was that mysterious that none of the members actually recognised her assistance except for the 2 busybodies.

















According to my mates, she will be the only person sitting at the back and once the pastor ends the service with a prayer, she will be the first person to stand up, and grab all she could with both hands and swallow everything down as fast as she possibly could before the members all jostled towards the dining table. No wonder, my popiah finish so fast every sunday ler...

















1st step: Grab the biggest popiah

Guilty of coveting food! Guilty of not resisting temptation!

















2nd step: Ease the popiah into your mouth without hesitation

Guilty of eating without consent!!!!

















3rd step: Wipe your hands by shaking hands with the church members.

Guilty of being cunning!!!!!!!!!!




Note: Next time, i bring boiled eggs, see how fast she could peel off the egg shell eh?

Ocean Creatures Cracker

It was raining cats and dogs today, i took refuge inside my office. As i didnt had my breakfast today, i felt extremely hungry, what more to say with the combination of the air-cond blowing downon me.

















I scrounge around looking for available snacks to fill up my churning tummy. I noticed a bottle of Ribena, a full packet of instant noodles and a variety of tit bits shoved inside Yen's cupboard. It was that tempting..

















I contemplated on "borrowing" few packets of her instant noodle for my breakfast, but then, the ardous work of boiling water, cooking the instant noodles and cleaning up the dishes put me off instantly. There was a poster of Pizza Hut promoting their latest pizzas. Whoever that put it up must be a total jerk joke.

















I was on the verge of breaking down til something caught my eye. Lying gloriously beside the phone was a golden-yellow coloured packet of Ocean Creatures. It looked so inviting that i really had to try it out.

















Sensing it belongs to someone, the thoughts of "borrowing" it did circled in my mind for sometime. What would be the consequences if the owner came back and find out that her/his beloved packet of Ocean Creatures had suddenly vanished into thin air my stomach?? The words Butter Cheese Flavour certainly proved too much that i couldn't ignore my inhibitions. Making sure nobody was around, i grab hold of the packet and went straight into another vacant room delighted yet filled with guilt.

















Behold!!!! Ocean Creatures!! My life support and my breakfast. Ocean Creature certainly has a cartoon-liked name and from the drawings on it's packet, it shows crackers which are made into the likenesses of ocean creatures. Just in case you don't know, ocean creatures contains, fish, squid, starfish, dolphin etc.

















I felt even that more guilty for the owner of this packet when i turned over the packet and noticed the words : " Do The Right Thing " . Heck, my tummy were grumbling like crazy that the only rasional / right thing to do was to tear the packet apart and consume everything inside.

















The packet opens to reveal crackers from the deep blue sea. I never tried having starfish or dolphins so this would be the best opportunity to feast on them. *cough*

















I picked the dolphin-shaped cracker and ...... ( Oh ya, my nails grow pretty fast , i just cut it on Monday ).

















..took a nib at the poor little dophin's head. I was considerate enough to leave it's fin behind. It tasted like another version of twisties to be honest. There's a strong cheesy flavour once the crackers disolved inside your mouth. However, there wasn't much butter flavour or prolly theres something wrong with my tongue but the cracker is crunchy and crispy for your info though.

















This is me showing my more....creative side. The fish are placed in such a way that it seems they are copulating swimming under the stars.

















An obligatory shot of me with my breakfast. Someone please accompany me for breakfast.

JPJ Roadblock @ Miri Indoor Stadium - 16 - 08 - 2006

Last night whilst i was cruising downtown with my usually-stoned friends, i came across a JPJ roadblock. The roadblock stretches along the traffic light from the Miri Sports Complex to the Miri Indoor Stadium. My friend, a regular traffic offender hastily drove his vehicle to the side and decided to play spectator for a while.

















Consider me lucky as i did not drive my 75% tinted, 2.5" direct stainless steel piping ride around town at that very moment else i'll be sending my car for some rigurous check at Desa Senadin. The roadblocks are held ocassionally to ensure that drivers abide by the rules & regulations set forth by JPJ. Yes, before you ask, JPJ stands for Jalan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia and their balls are bigger than the traffic policemen in town.

















Their ( JPJ ) modus operandi differs slightly from the ones performed by our local men-in-white attires ( Traffic Policemen - PDRM ). JPJ roadblocks are done normally at night, done in a large group of enforcers and they normally set up a barricade along the two-way lane with bright colourful safety cones placed in the middle of the road. The reason - Look professional ma...

















The said barricade placed in the middle or on a suggested lane to ensure that every car is thoroughly check of any tiny , little wrongdoings. I was told by one of the JPJ officers that last night roadblock was OPS TINTED or some sh*t. They were supposed to catch any vehicles which are heavily tinted and which does not have a legal roadtax etc.

















Apologize for the fuzzy image as i did not want to attract the officers attention by flashing my digital cams at them. The two notorious deep blue coloured vehicle which serves as every traffic offenders nightmare ( including me, but since i had some "contacts" i aint quite scared of them anymore ). :P

















I cheekily asked Benjamin to walked all the way to the vehicles and pose it exclusively for my blog. Our laughters and jokes were noticed by the officers which point their fingers at us supposingly asking us not to disturb them. We left for home right after Patrick pee-ed his pants.


JPJ's info are accesible at http://www.jpj.gov.my



Note: Do not attempt to bribe offer incentives or bonus to JPJ officers once caught. The consequences are damaging to your car, you, and your dignity.

Cheesy Bites @ My Office

This post is surprisingly late to my standards. I'm supposed to write about this few weeks back but something caught up and .... *cough* yeah so, this is a cardbox of Cheesy Bites , the latest product from Pizza Hut.

















I had been meaning to check it out , but somehow, i can't spare some time out to my nearest Pizza Hut establishment. So, my colleagues decided to call up their hotline and try out the CHESSY BITES... cheesy name for a cheesy product.

















By the time i open the box, a quarter of it was left for me. How considerate of my colleagues for thinking about me. I might had miss out on the chessy bites because my friends were opposite my office having a cup of tea so i had to multitask myself by attending to their burdensome needs and doing my work in the office. My friends were eating Roti Canai. Stop me from digressing.
The Cheesy Bites which were being heavily advertise in the media comes in round shape not exceeding 9" in dia. It consisted of bits & pieces of pineapples, tunas, mayos and also shredded onions. It's specialty lies on it's presentation of the pizza itelf. Instead of having a usual triangular shape, it comes in a toe-like shape base on my questionable describing skills.

















The Cheesy Bites pizza comes with the tagline " Pick It, Pull It , Pop It " . What did you think i would do? I chosed the biggest toe-shaped like bun and pull it from it's main body and somehow i didn't quite understand the meaning of POP IT. What the heck did they meant by pop it? I SWALLOWED IT instead. It tasted surprisingly good , better than what i expected. There's a generous amount of cheesy fluids inside the bun itself and any cheese lovers would love this dish.

















There were other types of pizza on offer, but i did not try it out as the Cheesy Bites were my main priority. It had always come to my mind that pizzas represent delicacies for NINJA TURTLES.

















Left to Right: Ah Yen & Runie .

My colleagues were making fun of the pizzas, i did not understand the hand sign L posed up by Ah Yen though.

















Left to Right: Christine, Ah Yen & Mdm Liu? Liew?

They wanted to have a piece of me Cheesy Bites too.

















Left to Right: Emilia & Ah Yen

Nothing to write about, i found out that Ah Yen was in most of the pictures i took. Hmm...

















Emilia

She had been barracking me everytime to send her pic. So here goes.