SOME FUNNY QUOTES

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Men are like parking spots, the good ones are taken and the free ones are handicapped.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Girls are like phones. We love to be held, talked too but if you press the wrong button you'll be disconnected!

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.

What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere?
'Hold my purse.'

Men are like bank accounts.
Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest.

Men are like bank accounts.
Without a lot of money they don't generate a lot of interest.

Everyone has photographic memory; some just don't have the film.

The road to success is always under construction.

Why is it called 'after dark' when it really is 'after light'?

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates

You know the speed of light;so what is the speed of dark ?

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself -- like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.
-- Jean Kerr

Why did God create men? Because vibrators can't mow the lawn.
-- Madonna Dangerous Game (1993)

All men hear is blah, blah, blah, blah, SEX, blah, blah, blah, FOOD, blah, blah, blah, BEER.
-- Dennis Leary

There are only two kinds of men - the dead and the deadly.
-- Helen Rowland

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
-- Margaret Thatcher

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed."
-Anonymous.

Age to women is like Kryptonite to Superman.
-- Kathy Lette

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
-- Benjamin Disraeli

STUPID LYRICS SYNDROME

Aku pun biasa mengalami menda ni, antara lagu2 yg stuck dlm kepala spt. jingle "Paddle Pop", kebanyakannya lagu2 yg annoying. Tapi paling aku tak leh lupa, aku ada member sorang tu yg stuck bukan dengan lagu..tp dgn lori jual tilam.."Tilam...tilam.." Nasib baik dia tak stuck ngan motor jual Putu Mayam..hihihi...

Song Stuck In Your Head? You're Not Alone

By Alison McCook
2-26-3

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The vast majority of people say they have been mentally tortured at one point in their lives by a song that keeps repeating itself over and over in their heads.

And new research shows that people most frequently plagued by this phenomenon are those with slightly neurotic tendencies, and people who enjoy and listen to music often.

These mental broken records are also more likely to play the first or last song we hear in different situations, such as the first song that comes on in the morning alarm, or the last song playing before we turn off the car, study findings show.
Songs that topped the list as being most likely to stick around in someone's head included the Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?" and the Chili's restaurant jingle about Baby Back Ribs.

But the number one song rated most likely to cause this phenomenon, referred to as an "earworm" in Germany, is "other"--indicating that many different songs can become stuck in our heads.

"Just about anything can get stuck in people's heads," study author Dr. James Kellaris of the University of Cincinnati told Reuters Health.

"We each have our personal demonic tunes that get stuck in our heads, I guess," he added.

Kellaris presented results from his current study on Saturday at the Society for Consumer Psychology Winter Conference in New Orleans.

Kellaris's previous research into the phenomenon of earworms revealed that "sticky" songs are those that are relatively simple, repetitive, and contain an element that surprises the listener. This incongruous element can be an interrupted pattern, or something that violates expectations of what comes next.

During the current study, Kellaris distributed surveys to 559 people aged 18 to 49 asking them about their personalities, how often tunes got stuck in their heads, how long the episodes lasted, and when the phenomenon was most likely to happen.

Ninety-eight percent of respondents said they had experienced stuck songs. Most said the episodes occurred "frequently," and lasted an average of a few hours.
Songs with lyrics were most often the culprits, a trend that Kellaris said is not surprising. Often what gets sticky is not just a tune, but also lyrics, a trend he calls "stupid lyrics syndrome." Combining a tune and lyrics ups the chance of song snippets staying with the listener for hours, he said.

Episodes of earworms also tend to strike people with neurotic tendencies more often. These people are not seriously neurotic, Kellaris said, but may simply be more prone to worrying and anxiety, and may have neurotic habits like biting pencils or tapping fingernails.

Women were more likely than men to report feeling annoyed, frustrated, or irritated about having songs stuck in their heads--a trend Kellaris said he is hard pressed to explain.

In terms of how to protect yourself from earworms, Kellaris recommended that people not worry about a stuck song as soon as it appears, and perhaps avoid listening to music for a spell if it becomes too sticky.

Strategies people report using to rid themselves of stuck tunes involved trying to listen to something else, distracting themselves with another activity, and trying to erase the repetition of one song snippet by singing the song all the way through.
"If they can't remember the lyrics, sometimes it helps for them to sing through the entire song, and then it will go away," Kellaris said.

Kellaris said he has also heard a "folkloric" recommendation of chewing on cinnamon sticks to rid the brain of a sticky song.

"Some people swear that will unstick a stuc tune," he said.

(Source: http://www.rense.com/general35/alone.htm)

Thumb Drive ku Rosak lagi...

Hmmm... aku tak tau la dah berapa kali aku beli thumb drive. Yg terbaru thumb drive aku Kingmax 8G yg nipis, aku baru beli 2 bulan kot, dah rosak. Aku tak tau la, aku rasa sebab aritu aku tertinggalkan kat dlm dashboard kereta 2-3 hari, agaknya sebab panas, abis rosak. Sayang space 8G tu, banyak movie boleh isi. Pastu aku beli baru, kali ni 4G cukuplah, aku beli brand Kingston, kat ebay je aku beli. Senang, terus dia antar ke office. Aku mana ada masa nak gi Low Yat tu... nak tunggu PC Fair, sama gak, ramai lak orang nanti, so beli online je, abis cerita. terus sampai ke office, tak yah keluar pun.




p/s ni thumbdrive impian aku.. Philips Swarovski..

Open House Dawama 2008

Waktu aku sampai pagi semalam, tengok2 banyak khemah yg dah hampir siap dihias. Makanan sampai dalam kul 9.00 pagi,semua staff kelihatan sibuk meng"arrange", menghias dan buat final touch up pada khemah masing2. Cuma Khemah Bahagian Percetakan nampaknya belum sampai lagi makanan diorang. Tapi Khemah diorang cantik la, siap macam ntah nak kata apa pun tak tau, tp pintu masuk macam ala2 pondok/pintu gerbang la..cantik & kreatif diorang ni..Semua pakai bahan terpakai je, contohnya kayu pallete. Kali ni aku lak rasa cam tergugat, cantik khemah diorang ni....

Semua department dibahagi-bahagikan menjadi 7 kumpulan. Kumpulan2 ini terdiri daripada :

1) Kumpulan Serambi Selatan

Gabungan IT, Percetakan Digital, Pengurusan Kualiti dan Komunikasi Korporat. Bertemakan Selatan dan menyajikan masakan dari Melaka & Johor, menunya adalah Briyani Gam, Rojak Petis dan Soto serta kerepek ubi dan pisang. Pengunjung yg datang turut dihiburkan dengan dendangan lagu-lagu Ghazal.

2) Kumpulan Selera Utara

Department Stor dan Edaran, menyajikan masakan utara tanah air seperti Laksa Penang & Sup Tulang.

3) Kumpulan Padang Pasir

Gabungan department Admin, Finance & HR..bertemakan Arab tetapi menyajikan hidangan seperti Ketupat Palas, Lemang & Nasi Himpit, Rendang Tuk & Ayam, Kuah Lodeh & Kacang dan juga Roti Arab. (mana ada arab makan lemang daaa....)

4) Kumpulan Masakan Timur

Department Kreatif & Multimedia menyajikan masakan dari Pantai Timur seperti Nasi Dagang, Nasi Kerabu & Sata (aku tak tau apa Sata ni..ingatkan Hard disk je ada Sata...tak sempat rasa)..

5) Kumpulan Kuih_Muih & Dessert

Terdiri dari Bahagian Pemasaran & Majalah, menyajikan aneka Bubur, kuih-muih tradisional, buah-buahan dan Jeruk.

6) Kumpulan Selera Borneo

Terdiri daripada cawangan Sabah & Sarawak yg menyajikan masakan dari Borneo seperti Ambuyat, Ayam Pansuh, Umai, beraneka Kek Lapis Sarawak dan Ikan Terubuk Bakar.

8) Kumpulan Masakan Panggang

Terdiri daripada Bahagian Percetakan dan menyediakan masakan panggang iaitu Kambing Panggang dan Satay. Oh ya, ada jugak teh tarik... nyaman tu..

Sepanjang Majlis berlangsung, aku rasa aku tak sempat nak ke Bahagian Utara dan Timur sebab perut dah sebu.. tp yg bahagian2 lain aku rasa sikit2 je lah..cukup syarat... tapi Nasi Briyani kami tu memang sedapppppp sangat2..

Kumpulan kami tak menang, dapat no. 4 je, (ceh...tak adil betul...hihihi...) Yg Menang kumpulan Arab...(Walaupun kok dikira tema, patut dah disqualified tu...Arab mana makan lemang daa...) Tp props mereka memang lawa la, siap ada Shisha.. Tapi kumpulan Masakan Panggang pun cantik juga khemah mereka, tp x tau lah penilaian juri melalui apa...mungkin layanan ke, Food Presentation ke, Props ke...Tak tau lah...

Pemenang pada hari itu adalah:
1) Kumpulan Arab,
2) Kumpulan Borneo dan Kumpulan Selera Utara (berkongsi tempat ke-2)
4) Kumpulan Selera Selatan
5) Kumpulan Masakan Utara
6) Kumpulan Kuih-Muih
7) Kumpulan Masakan Panggang (ada ahli kumpulan mereka yg spt tak percaya.. hehehe)

Seronok juga pada hari tu sebab tak yah keje..hehehe.. pas tu dapat merasa masakan dari seluruh Malaysia pada 1 hari.... tak larat beb.. Semua orang berpakaian Baju Kurung dan Baju Melayu...tapi yg tak syoknya, ada juga yg pakai Baju Melayu tak complete...sebab aku teringat masa keje kat Brunei dulu, diorang kalau pakai Baju Melayu, mesti complete bersongkok dan Sinjang (samping), even kanak2 pun mesti complete. Kita kat Malaysia ni macam dah tak mengambil berat menda2 camni.. Konon macam tak nak beriya2 la kot, tapi kita tak bangga ke ngan Pakaian Tradisional kita? Jangan satu hari nanti semua ini akan pupus sudah...

...to be continued

PERSIAPAN RUMAH TERBUKA DAWAMA 2008

Pagi ni aku sampai office, cam biasa la, tiap2 hari awal... Aku sampai je tadi dalam 7.10 pagi, tengok2 Khemah dah siap terpasang... Kami cuma ada petang ni je masa utk menghias khemah masing2.. Group aku plan nak buat macam gambaran dalam rumah kampung la... Disebabkan tema kumpulan kami adalah Masakan Selatan (Melaka & Johor), so En. Naim dah siap2 kan layout gambaran dalam umah untuk di printkan pada Tarpaulin sebagai dinding rumah.. Tapi masa hari Jumaat itu hari, layout rumah ni masih belum ada texture..plain je, so dah dekat nak tengahari tu, En. Naim suruh aku carikan texture kayu...aku dah panic, mananya tak, aku tak suka buat keja dalam keadaan rushing ni, nanti output dia jadi ntah apa2.. aku pun cari je kat internet wood effect ngan batu bata..alhamdulillah sempat gak... so petang tadi diorang pun start memasang "dinding" rumah kayu ni...

Bila dah siap print tu, nampak ok gak background kayu & batu bata tu, at least bila dah di besarkan image tak jagged...hehehe.. aku tak tau la, tapi rasa macam group lain rasa tergugat je...hihihi... Aku tak kisah kalau tak menang pun tak pe lah, yg penting jgn kalah dan kena booo... sudah...hehehe... kelakar lak rasanya.. Tapi aku rasa ok gak lah, sebab sebelum ni masa keje kat Brunei, rasa cam tak bercampur masyarakat...tp bila dah balik keje kat sini, rasa seronok gak sbb Company aku keje ni banyak aktiviti... at least staff tak de la bosan..

KL Photo Festival 2008

KUALA LUMPUR PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL 2008, 18-19 OCT, BERJAYA TIMES SQUARE.

Aku dah ter'miss' pegi ke KLPF ni..(heheh...macam la sebelum ni pernah pegi pun..) Menurut kata officemate aku, ...pergh... ramai betul orang. Tak berenti2 flash berkelip2. Aku nak gi sebenarnya tu hari, saja nak survey2 la..aku minat nak beli Nikon D40x atau D60.. Walaupun D60 sebenarnya Version D40x yg diupgradekan je.. tapi, D40x murah sikit la berbanding D60. Yang penting Body Camera kena bagus dah boleh masuk 3rd Party Lense (eg.Tamron & Sigma).

Tapi aku tak pergi disebabkan takde geng nak gi... lagipun Hujan, nanti jalan mesti jam punya lah...tu sumer yg malas tu.. Jadi weekend baru ni aku menghabiskan masa duduk di rumah saja... (nak gi umah Molek, Molek balik Seremban lak)..Tengok la weekend depan camana, gi umah Molek and lepak ngan Apai ke...

.(Photos courtesy of dwaynefoong.com, soohk and g88's Photography from photomalaysia.com/forum)

Storm Rider II

Aku dah lama dengar pasal menda ni dan tak sabar gak nak tunggu siap movie ni. Cerita ni lah yg buatkan aku suka kat Aaron Kwok...masa dulu2 aku tak suka Aaron Kwok sebab dia tak macho lah. Tapi watak Cloud yg dia bawak dalam part 1, memang sesuai betul lah..pemilihan pelakon yg tepat..aku memang baca komik ni masa kat sekolah dulu, dan part yg paling aku suka masa Cloud duduk kat atas bumbung sambil kain superman dia ditiup angin..Macho giler.

Dulu aku pernah terjumpa patung Cloud duduk kat atas bumbung tu..tp masa tu masih belajar, duit pun tak de nak beli. Tp lepas ni, aku tak kira, kalau aku jumpa lg, aku nak beli.

'Storm Riders 2' is coming

Universe Entertainment has just announced the production of their latest big-budget fantasy sequel 'Storm Riders 2', featuring the return of Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng as Cloud and Wind in the comic-book adaptation. The $12 million sequel to the 1998 smash hit will start next month. Directors Danny and Oxide Pang ('The Eye') are spending big on post-production to get a '300' kind of feel to the movie. The film is slated for release by the end of 2009 in Hong Kong, China and Asia. 'Storm Riders 2' will be the first Hong Kong movie that is filmed exclusively on blue screen and custom-made sets. Frankly I was not impressed with the visual effects in the first movie. I thought it was too fake-looking. Hopefully, after 10 years, the technology has improved. The movie also stars Simon Yam as Lord Godless, Nicholas Tse as Heart, Charlene Choias Second Dream and rising star , Tiffany T, will play Chu Chu. 'Storm Riders 2' is an adaptation of comic master Ma Wing Shing's 1990s best-selling 'Fung Wan'.

(taken from http://the-moviebuff.blogspot.com/2008/03/storm-riders-2-is-coming.html)

Molek's Open House

Sebenarnya masa Molek call aku aritu cakap nak buat small Open House utk ajak kawan2 makan memang dah last minute..tapi aku on je lah sebab rasa cam dah lama tak jumpa kawan2 sekolah ni.. Aku ngan Molek selalu jumpa la, kok tak jumpa pun at least calling2..Molek plan kali ni nak ajak kawan2 yg jarang kami jumpa sejak abis sekolah dulu..so aku kata ajak la batch kita yg ada dalam facebook..so mana yg sempat je dapat diajak sebab masa tu Molek tengah busy pindah office, aku lak memang sentiasa busy... so aku ada gak la ajak by phone je sesapa yg aku teringat..

So, disebabkan masa dah suntuk, menu pun tak pikir lagi, jam berapa pun belam diconfirmkan lagi, last2 decide jam 2ptg lah...tapi kawan2 Bush (husband Molek) datang start kul 12.00 t/hari so, bagus lah tu, kawan2 STJ belah petang..

Hari Jumaat malam tu dah dekat jam 12.00t/mlm Molek jemput aku ke rumah dia dan aku pun tolong2 la apa yg patut sampai kul 4.00pagi. Letih gak. Nasib baik gak aku ada beli pes rendang dari Ayie (officemate aku....sila lawat blog wife Ayie)..memang senang dan menjimatkan masa dan sedap.. jadi aku syorkan kepada sesapa yg nak masak rendang instant, cam nak gi berkelah ke apa ke, belilah pes rendang instant ini..

So, menu di rumah Molek ari tu adalah:
1) Nasi Himpit
2) Lontong
3) Satay & Kuah Kacang
4) Rendang Ayam
5) Spaghetti
6) Mee Hoon tak pedas utk kanak2
7) Agar-agar
8) Buah Tembikai
9) Air Sarsi
10) Dan Kuih2 Raya

Okay gak la, nasib baik akak Bush ada masa ni, dia gak la yg membantu kami, dia jadi Head Chef la.

Tetamu yg datang aritu:
1) Suhana (Dr. sekarang ni..) ngan husband & anak
2) Apai n anak (Alif)
3) Jeen (Salina Salli) & anak (Pisha)
4) Ainur & anak (Shasha)
5) Yan Khalid & husband & anak
6) Fauzi Latiff
7) Putat
8) Yahya & Wife & 2 anak p'puan yg cute
9) Jintul & husband & 2 anak
10) Ina (Siti Marlina)

Ramai gak yg tak dpt dtg spt Zareen, Cipoi, Fauzi Ali, Damaq, Farid (Etok) dan berberapa org lagi..Kepada sesapa yg tak berkesempatan dijemput tu, minta maaf ye, sebab dah last minute dan tak plan betul2 pun sebenarnya..Insyaallah tahun depan kita ramaikan lagi jumlah jemputan..

Company's Open House

Hmmm... ni first time aku akan experience Company's Hari Raya Open House. Tak tau apa nak expect, maklum la aku baru je join company ni..(baru 6 bulan) Last dia diorang tak buat kat office, buat kat luar je, so makan mesti tak syok sbb kena control2..hehehe..

Tahun ni diorang plan nak buat kat office, pastu department2 akan dibahagi-bahagikan dan group ini hendaklah buat Stall masing2 pada khemah yg disediakan.. Dept aku akan bergabung dengan dept I.T, Quality & Corporate Comm. Idea2 yg disalurkan memang gempak lah...tp implement nya nanti..aku tak tau lah... Masa dah suntuk ni, Open House nye hari Selasa ni..

2 tahun lepas diaorang pernah buat dah cam ni, dan based on apa yg diorang cakap, 2 tahun lepas group aku ni dapat 'tercorot' hehehe...siap kena booo... tuuu... Ni semua yg membuatkan aku rasa tak senang duduk ni...(hehehe...tak mau la kalah..kan?) tapi aku tak dapat nak contribute apa2 sgt lah sbb aku bz la tiap2 hari..

Satu lagi masalah aku adalah...baju kurung..aku rasa aku dah 4 tahun lebih tak buat baju kurung ni..tiap2 kali raya (sejak 4 tahun kebelakangan ni..) kalau amek gambar raya, baju yg sama je...ah..lantaklah.. kalau org tanya aku kata la aku beli kain utk buat baju kurung tu 1 papan, so banyak dapat buat..hehehe..

Tiap2 group diberi khemah yg berukuran 20' x 20'(besar tu..) untuk dihiaskan (terasa macam menghias khemah rumah sukan masa kat STJ lak..)..tp golongan kaum Adam lah yg terpaksa bersusah payah untuk hias-menghias ni sebab kena panjat-memanjat..tak pe...kita tengok nanti camana hasilnya..