Archive for August, 2006

(me)

Saturday, August 12th, 2006
See those brackets on the title ?

That’s my isolation bubble. Seems I’ve been socially retarded of late( as you can see from last week’s blog entries) A colleague of mine said something the other day which I found quite absurd:

… in our discussions, we usually imagine you have a life outside of work …

Well, he might be wrong there.

I realise that when I started this blog, it was about a month after I broke up with my girlfriend. I made it a concious decision to be more open and break out of my bubble. You see, it used to be like this :

(me+girlfriend)

I built this world around me that only revolved her. We observe the crazy world outside from the safety of our own bubble. It was very comfortable but it was also very silly of me. So after the breakup, I kinda forced myself to be a little more outgoing. A little more friendly. A little less socially retarded.

It’s been more than a year now. Seems like things are reverting back to this:

(me)

Kinda like before I met her. In my own world.

busy days

Friday, August 11th, 2006

The past few days I’ve been working on a game. Game programming is really tough. Okay , but that doesn’t fully explain the social and blogging hiatus. I guess I’ve been a little hermit like, watching movies and sketching by myself. I drew a tribal random pattern the other day ( promise to post up later ).

Well, an older project’s finished and launched, I can at least post the URL:

http://www.angkasa.gov.my

That’s the website of our national space agency, Angkasa. It’s one of the websites I’ve been working on at (if ). Actually right, couldn’t they have come up with a more imaginative name for a space agency ? ( Angkasa is ’space’ in the malay language). Unless it’s actually an acronym for something else ? Not that I know of anyways.

Another one ( actually it’s been launched a while already ) is :

http://www.heinekenmusic.com.my
(the webserver seems to be down at the moment)

Thats the website for heineken music malaysia. Maybe I should go to some of their events. Then at least I can have a life.

Well, there are some other projects but I can’t reveal them yet. Or I’ll have to kill all of you. Just kidding. Like I can actually trace all your IP adresses and hunt all of you in your homes/cybercafes. I don’t think so.

I need a holiday.

i watch too many movies

Monday, August 7th, 2006

By looking at the blog entries the past few weeks, one can be mistaken that all I do is work, look at stupid stuff online and draw stupid stuff.

I watch movies too you know.

Last weekend:

Friday I watched A History of Violence . Wow is that movie really violent. I cringed when I saw Viggo Mortensen’s skinny ass though. Urgh. But really, the movie is quite good. Action movie + family drama + mistaken identity = good combination.

I watched two Jennifer Aniston movies ( most of her movies are crap ). The Break Up was quite pointless. A bit true to life though. But still lame.

Rumor Has It was actually quite decent. It is some sorta pseudo sequel to the The Graduate (1967) (I actually saw the end of that film) It’s not a direct sequel but it’s a sorta what-if retelling of the characters that supposedly inspired the 1967 movie itself. It can’t get any more postmodern than that folks.

Earlier today I watched Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) (thanks Shi Ying). I was pretty much blown away by how unpredictable and unsettling the film was. Am going to watch Psycho next.

Watched Harry Potter with my parents at night. I feel asleep cause I was kinda tired. I don’t think my parents understand time travel.

a sunday

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

On a Sunday I’ll think it through.
On the drive back I’ll think it through.
What you wish for won’t come true.
Live with that.

On a Sunday she thought it through.
Now as I drive back, there’s thirty-six less hours
I have to change the course I send myself.
Live with that.

The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday

(sketches)

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Kogepan

“I am a burnt bread and certainly, nobody wants to buy me. I felt lonely and upset. I thought to myself that my life as a bread was very meaningless. I was so disillusion that my eyes turned white. ”

“I spent most of my time smoking and drinking milk as beer. I became very depressed and pessimistic. After a few days, I finally came to my senses, and decided not to live my life like this anymore. The bakery is still my home after all”

Kogepan
(For Su Yin, cheer up :P)

(sketches)

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Behold ! The man from Lego

>_

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

I took a panadol this morning. I didn’t drink coffee either. Then I walked to work, which took me about 11 minutes.

Feel much better already, that crazy headaches gone.

I somehow feel refreshed, maybe I should walk to work more often ? Or take more panadol.

You guys might have noticed that I havent been online much. I figure I’d have to take a break from the internets for a while. I’ve been online everyday for the past few months. Especially at work, doing research and all. Plus when I’m doing work, my MSN friends probably notice my zombie like responses. Heck, I’d probably even fail a Turing test.

The challenge this weekend is:

  • no coffee
  • no internets

So what am I going to do ? I think I’ll spend time with nature and meet my monkey friends at the Kiara Park.

I’ll have to bring my mp3 player though. Can’t leave home without Devendra Banhart.